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REASONS WAY MARRIED MEN
OUTLIVE BACHELORS.

DIR. Hall in his health articles gives the
following why married persons
live longer than those who remain single:
Bachelors are always in state of unrest;
they feel unsettled. If indoors after sup
per, there is a sense of solitariness Undue
ing sadness, if not settled melancholy,
with all its depressing Influences; and
many hours in the course of the year are
spent in gloomy inactivity, which is sd-
verse to coed digestion and vigorous
ard healthy circulation. His own cham
Der Jr house being so uuinviLiDg, the bach
elor is inclined 10 seek diversion outside,
in suppers with friends, in clubs which
are introduCtOries to intemperauce and
RIGHTEOUSNESS, or to those more unblush-
ing associations, which under the cover
of darkness lead to speedy ruin of health
and morals; and when these are gone, the
way downward 10 an untimely grave is
rapid and certain. On the other hand,
marriage lengthens a mans life by its
making home inviting; by the softening
influences which it has upon the charac
ter and the affections; by the cultivation
of the better feelings of our nature, aud
in that proportion saving from vice and
crime. There can be no healthful devel-
opment of the physical functions of our
Dature without marriage; it is necessary
to the perfect man, for Divinity has an
nounced that it was ''not good for man to
be alone.
Marriage gives a laudable and happy
object in life, the provision for wife and
children, their present comfort and future
welfare, the enjoyment in Witnessing
their happiness, and the daily and houtly
participation in affectionate interchange
of thought and sentiment and sympathy;
these are the considerations which autag-
onize sorrow and Tighten the burdens of
life; thus strewing flowers and casting
sunshine all along lis pathway.
Voltaire said: "The more married men
you have the fewer crimes there will be.
Marriage renders man more virtuOus and
more wise. An unmarried man is but
half perfect being, and it requires the
other half to make things right; and it
can not be expected that in this imperfe ct
state he can keep the straight path of rec
titude, any more than boat with one oar
can keep straight course. In nine cases
out of ten, where married men become
drunkards, or where they commit crimes
agains the peace of the community, the
foundation. of these acts was laid while
in single state, or where the wife is, as
is sometimes the case, an unsuitable
match. Marriage changes the current of
mans feelings, and gives him center
for his thoughts, his affections, and his
acts. Here Is home for the entire man,
and the counsel the affections, the exam
pie and the interest of his better half keep
him from erratic courses, and from fall
ing into thousand temptations to which
he would otherwise be exp sed. There
fore, the friend to marriage is the friend
to society and to his country"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-26

SALARIES OF STATE OFFICIAIs.-With-
in q few years past there has been a
marked increase in the salaries Of State
governors and other executive officers.
The highest salary appears TO be paid by
the State of Louisiana its sdveR'uFing gov
ernor, Yarmouth, receiving s. 600
year, equal to the Vice-Presiden''s. Csl-
ifornis pays s., 900, and Nevada Sc 900,
the latter State containing the smallest
population in the Union. The follow
ing States pay So, 900 each: Arkansas,
Kentucky, Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania,
and Virginia. Alabama, Georgia, New
York, Ohio, and Texas pay 81, 900 each.
Maryland pays So, 900, and SJuth Caro-
lima $500. Indians, Minnesota, New
Jersey, and Tennessee pay SO, 600 each.
Iowa, Maine, and Missouri pay 81, 800.
West Virginia and Kansas pay 81, 900
each. nlicOis and Oregon pay 5 500.
The small salaries are paid by WILSON,
sin, 81, $50; Vermont, $1,000; Rhode Is
land 81, 900; New Hampshire, 81, 900; Ne
braska and Michigan, also, 81 900 each;
Florida, 1888; and Delaware, 81, 100.
Massachusetts, New York and CslifOFnis,
nave luc uiJot pOlAGOb ahA ulO5b sCfNAOt5h
State governments, each of them contain
ing within itself the machinery of an IN
dependent nation. Virginia, Msssachu-
sets and Connecticut, develop the most
harmonious State spirit. Rhode Island
hiss The reputation of being the most cor
rupt State in New England; COunec icut,
the mot uncertain, and New Hampshire
the most factiOus. Maire is the most
popular with strangers. New York Is
always governed either by swing" or q
ring Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary
land and Kentucky, bys railroad; Nevada
by a bank, and Delaware by family.
Illinois has the most progressive State
constitution, and Missouri sppears 10 in
dictate the greatest material future under
the bold policy of manufacturers with
out protection the Capital
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..HOW,S THAT FOR HIGH ~,

BIlck POmeroy, IN his Democrat thus
explains the paternity of the above popu-
lar interrogation. In answer to q CORE s.
pondent, PomerOy says:
Henry Ward Beecher is the author of
the sentence, which has become so pOpu-
lar. At the time of the Cleveland Con
Vention, in 1864, when John Cochran
was by certain disaffected Republicans
nominated for the Presidency, Henry
Ward Beecher, the author of the phrase.
''1t's most ID hot" was at the
Spsulding House, Binghampton, New
York. While there waiting for the train
to bear him west, he became acquainted
with few gentlemen among them con.
ductOr of the Erie Railroad named c. o.
Graves, who was strong Republican, a
great admirer of Beecher, and a member
of the same church.
To vile away the time before the train
which was TO bear them westward should
arrive, it was deemed best to seek little
amusement in private parlOr, by indulg-
ing in the popular game of ''seven up, p"
or sold sledge."
To this game Mr. Beecher made no OBJ
lection stating that he had played at such
games as checkers, backgammon, chess,
euchre, whist, etc, at home with his
family, and that he considered it no harm
to seek such amusement when travelling,
or even to carry with him a pack of cards
or box of chessmen, as he generally
did.
Graves and Beecher were partners, the
party playing for the lemonade. On a
fOuI handed game Graves and BeeCber
were stuck, and ''sawed" to see who
should pay for the lemonade. They play
ed a siUgle game to decide the matter. at
last the game stood, Beecher six, and
Graves five with his deal. By accident or
design Graves TUNED the jack of hearts,
which put him six. 1t was then ques-
ton who had the highest card to go out
Beecher looked at his hand, found moth
ing in there of nO.e, and he laid down
the deuce on the table with the remark:
Il give you your jack; that puts us six
apiece. Here is the deuce; how's that for
high ?"
The remark was so original, and the
joke so good, that every body laughed,
and Graves ordered in the beverage. The
ory was told first to one conductor and
then another along the road and, at last
ran over the country, till now nearly every
one uses that as a slang phrase which
has become as popular as '-You bet, " or
stShoo f1y u
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-26

Fl 1E #s E q Ell &Na
were until the river could be bridged.
About 4, 600 prisoners taken at Gettysburg
were ferried across the river by the
morning of the 9th, aud was ordered
to guard them to Staunton. Before We
had proceeded two miles l received
note from Gen. Lee TO report to him in
person Immediately. l rode to the river,
was ferried over, and galloped out to-
ward Hsgerstown. AS / proceeded be-
came satisfied that serious demonstra-
ton was making along our front, from
the heavy artillery fire extending for a
long distance along the line. I overlook
Gen. Lee riding to the front near Hsgers-
town. He Immediately refined up, aud
remarked that he believed l was famil-
lar with all the fords of the Potomac
above Williamsport, and the roads ap-
preaching them. Ireplied that knew
them perfectly. He then called up some
one of his staff to write down my an
swers to his questions, and required me
to name all fords as high up as Cumber-
land, and describe minutely their charac-
ter, and the roads and surrounding coun-
try on both sides of the river, and d.
rected me 10 send my brother, Col. In
boden, to him to act as guide with his
regiment, it he should be compelled to
retreat higher up the river to cross 1t.
His situation was then very precarious
When about parting from him to recross
the river and move on with the prisoners,
he told me they would probably be res
cued before | reached Winchester, my
guard was so small, and he expected a
force of cavalry would cross at Harper's
Ferry to cut us off; and he could not
spare to me any additional troops, as he
might be hard pressed before he got over
the river, which was still very much
swollen by the rains. Referring to the
high water, he laughingly inquired, 'DJes
it ever quit raining about herel If so, /
should like to see clear day."
These incidents go TO show how near
Gettysburg came to ending the war IN
1853. If We had been successful in that
battle, the probabilities are that Balti-
more and Washington would at once have
fallen into our hands; and at that time
there was so large a "peace party" in
the North, that the Federal Government
would have found it difficult, if not i'm
possible, to carry ON the war. Gen.
Lees opinion was that we lost the battle
because Pickett was not supported, ''as
he was to have BEEN" On the other
hand, if Gems. Buford and Fitzpatrick had
captured the ten thousand animals and
all the Transportation of Lees army at
Willismsport, it would have been an If
reparable loss, and would probably have
led to the fall of Richmond in the su-
tumn of 1868. On such small circum-
stances do the affairs of nations some
times turn. j. d. IMBODEN.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-26
CLAW OF FLIRTATION..

Young men given to hIrtation, who do
not desire to get themselves into trouble
in the way of breach of promise suits,
had better be on the lookout, and guard
well their conduct in the future, if they
would keep free from the rigid application
of thelaws of evidence. The claw of fir
tstion, as recently laid down by certain
judges, is of a nature to give pause TO
the frolicsome and sentimental tendencies
of the times. Chief Justice Parker of
Massachusetts, announces the opinion of
the Supreme Court of that State that an
engagement ''msy be proved by those
circumstances which usually accompany
such connection; and the Kentucky
Court of Appeals had declared thu, the
mutually of an engagement may be
proved against young lady "by show
ing that she demeaned herself as if she
concurred in or approved The young mans
promises or offers" 1t is not necessary
that there should be an express promise
on either side; for the learned and vol
luminous Mr.. entity, in his work on
contracts, says an engagement may be
evinced by the unequiYocsl conduct of
the parties, and by a general yet definite
reciprocal understanding between them,
their friends and relations, evidenced and
corroboraied by their actions.
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Total number Of childr-n tout Of 1000C0l
registered under the above Is names - &, ss3
1t will be observed that these twenty
five titles belong to about two thirds of
the 100, 900 children; il is also evid nton
examination that, however great the va
riety of the names divided among the re-
manning third, there was but one name 20
every 2, 635 persons. There ID good rea-
son for supposing that the table affords
fair sample of the proportions in which
personal titles ere distributed among the
population in general, and therefore two
thirds of the children registered in Eng
land and Wales receive, as a first name,
one or the other of the twenty-five sp-
pellatiOns above mentioned.
NAMES FROM THE RUSSIAN WAR.
The Russian war gave rise to q new SCI
of names. On Sept. 20, 1854, the battle
of the Alma was fought and won. Traces
of the victory forthwith appear in the
birth registers; in the indexes for the
quarter ending Dec. 81 IF that year, SIG
children, many of whom were the infants
of soldiers, received the name of Alma,
and there are many instances of such
combinations as the following: Alma
Bslaklsya, Alma Eugenie, Alma Inker-
man, Alma Raglan Arnaud, Alma Victo-
ria. Ever since 1854 the appellation Alma
has continued 70 hold respectable place on
thepages of the national register. But the
Russian war left more pleasing denomi-
national record behind it than that which
consists merely in the titles of generals
and of battles. The name Florence
now stands high among the names of
English women. 1t was about 1S55-56
that it began to spread among the people;
and it has now become an universal IA
vorite. The couplet Florence Nightin-
gale is often to be met with entire among
the Christian names of children. Flor
ence, however, had received a previous
impulse abOul the years 1S4647, when
Dickens ''Dombey aud Son" was in
course of publication. Florence Dombey
excited much sympathetic admiration, and
gave her name to large numbers Of young
ladies.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-26

q fVAsAf A SCENE 81 AffAF-
n the House of Representatives,
March 16, 1871.
PLAIN LANGUAGE BIZ BEN BUTLER.
Which wish to remark
Ana my language is plain--
That for ways that are rk - 49,
And for tricks that are vain
Our Speaker is peculiar
Which the same would rise to explain.
We had had small game, f7
And Blaine took hand
Reconstruction the same
He did not understand,
But ne smiled IS he tai red to us of 1t.
WIN smile that was childhke and bland.
Twas March the fifteenth,
And quite soft were the skies,
which 1t might be inferred
That Blame was likewise:
Yet he played 1t that day upon Grant
And me in way despise.
Yes, the game he had stocked
In way that grieve,
And my feelings were shocked,
For could not believe
That one all so childlike and simple
Gould come in that way to deceive.
But the game that he played
Was right up tree,
We're quite frightfol to see;
I'll at last he put Cox up, and Randall,
Which the same had been turned DER to me.
SPEAKER BLA1NE's REPLY TO BUTLER.
Which my name it is Blaine,
don't want to call names,
But must to begin,
Say just this of Ban Butlerl--
That am convinced he is rather
Well up to the sinfulest gamess
And about that small game:-
did NOT understand,
So made IT my aim,
With tue smile that was "bland,"
To keep my small eyes at their keenest,
On Butler, as he dealt the first hand.
Which is why l remark,
And my language is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
Benjamin Butler is peculiar
Which the same am free to maintain,
CHORUS BY THE DEMOCRATS.
IL the scene that did enaue,
W.. did no. take hand; .l-
And the ar II was blue
With the execratiOn of the band,
Composed OF the Radical members,
Which was game they DID understa nd.
Which is why we remark,
And our language Is plain,
That for ways that are dark,
And for tricks that are vain,
Radicalism is peculiar,
Which the same we are free to proclaim.
THE POETS REFLECTIONS.
Do sleep; 90 I dream?
Do i wonder and doubt?
Are things shat they sem,
Or is visions about?
Is our civilization failure?
Or is the Radical party played out?
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-26

A MARROW ESCAPE The Pennsy lvania
Historical Society has secured large col
lee ion Of manuscripts relating e this
country, and several hundred original
letters of William Penn, which we're sod
for waste paper by representa- ice OF
the Penn family 10 England, bat we're
rescued by a gentleman VITO eognized
their great historical value.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-26

MAKING PRoGREss.-The japanese,
who have hitherto used the Chinese sys
tenn of printing, have now introduced the
Western method, and have opened an
establishment tor type-founding and cleo
trotyping.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-26
LEE AT GETTYSBURG.
The Bearing of the Great Chief.
tain after the Battle.

A Scene that n Historical Paint
or Might Well Immortalize.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-19
SAVANNAH.
A Wonderful Story.

SAVANNAH, Ga, September lS-A
most wonderful story is told here OF q
startling phenomena in Florida. A
large portion Of Orange county has
changed to a lake, and has engulfed
houses and people. There were many
Witnesses, one Of whom says the first
thing that attracted attention was the
trees moving; first general rotary mo-
ton, some sinking gradually out Of
sight, the tops revolving more and more
as they sank and disappeared, the
others following, and as they fell, dash
ing q huge volume Of spray up against
the sky; then the whole earth as far as
the eye could reach commenced sink.
ing, and its place was supplied BY a
sea OF waters, rushing, seething and
boiling, with the sound Of mighty can
mons, and ever and anon casting TO the
surface the roots and tops of mighty
pines and oaks. The country in every
direction is entirely submerged, and ID
now one vast lake. 1t is rumored thai
the town OF Orlando is swallowed up
and that the whole chain Of lakes, from
Apohka to Conway. are now united
and form an immense inland sea. Tht
people are flying terror stricken from
the scene Of the disaster.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-19

TIE total OF dry goods landed at
New York in the month Of August was
nearly twenty millions, against fourteen
millions for the corresponding period
of last year. Since the beginning OF
the current calendar year the imports
have reached the enormous amount OF
$S7,676,70S against S72. l64,SS5 in cor
responding time last year-showing q
gain of over twenty-five and a half
millions of dollars, bringing the eight
months aggregate to nearly one hun
dred millions. AS showing the extra.
ordinary demand for goods for distribu.
ton, the stock OF dry goods in bond has
increased under this large importation
less than two and quarter million
dollars. The Journal of Commerce says
there is now large assortment on the
market, but the package trade there is
diminishing every year, owing to the
fact that SO large a proportion is I'M
ported by those who break the pack
ages for their own regular jobbing or
retail trade.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-19
CHICAGO.
spirituaIistic Shooting Affray-Ses.
sion OF the Grand Lodge OIL. o. Of
d. F-Committed TO Jail.

- SahI.
Chicago, September lS.-A fight
took place last night at No. l45
South Halstead street, during the
progress of Spirtualistic Seance, in
which Miss Carrie NJ. Sawyer and
Benjamin X. Mitchell were shot by
Charles Baker, who claimed to be the
husband OF Miss Carrie. Neither were
dangerously wounded.
1t will be remembered that in the
Hickey-Lanergan contempt case OF
this city, that Captain Hickey and
Colonel Lanergan were ordered to file
bonds in the sum of $1,000 each, for
their appearance in the Criminal Court
for contempt. This afternoon Mathew
Taften, Captain Hickey's surety, sur
rendered him to the Criminal Court to
receive sentence, which resulted in the
Captain being locked up in the county
Jail.
At ten o'clock this morning the
Grand Lodge of tbs United States OF |.
o. 0. F. met at the Sherman House,
and were escorted by the Grand Lodge
and the Grand Encampment OF Illinois,
to Metropolitan Hall, and were well
coined, on behalf of these bodies, by 7.
G. NJ. Rogers. and responded to by
Grand Sire Frederick Stewart, OF
Washington City. There are thirty
five Grand Lodges represented from
the different States and Territories, and
twenty-five Grand Encampments.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-19
MADISON, WIS.
Terrible Accidental Boat Capsfzed
and Two Persons Drowned.

Terrible Accidental Boat Capsfzed
and Two Persons Drowned.
MADISON, September lS.-A terrible
accident occurred here last evening.
Four gentlemen, Hon. Jas. Ross, DR.. J.
L. Wilson and Fred. Bells, Of Madison,
and Mr.. knight, Of Milwaukee, were
sailing on the lake at Mendoza, in the
boat d Lady of the Lake" One of the
gentlemen, in furling one of the sails,
capsized her. They managed to get
on the keel of the boat, but about half
an hour afterwards a heavy wave struck
her and threw them all into the water,
and Mr.. Bells, who was in an exhaust
ed condition, Immediately sunk to rise
no more. The remaining three gentle
men remounted the keel, where they
remained, slowly drifting towards the
Insane Asylum. Shortly after, two
other waves struck the boat and washed
the nearly exhausted men into the
lake. DR.. Wilson, who complained Of
being cold, did not regain the boat but
sunk. The other two gentlemen sue
ceeded in getting on the keel again
where they remained until daylight,
when q boat from the Asylum took
them ashore, where they were kindly
cared for by Mr.. McDill, ofthe Asylum.
The sad accident has cast q gloom over
| the CITY.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-19
WEATHER REPORT.
Synopsis for the Past Twenty.Fous
HOura.

Synopsis for the Past Twenty.Four
Hours.
WASHINGTON, September IS, 7P.M.-
The highest barometer has extended
eastward over the Middle and Eastern
States but has fallen during the day.
A small area Of low pressure has ex-
tended over Minnesota and southeast
erly to the northeastern part Of Lake
Michigan with winds circulating in a
small area around it, which amounted
to northeast gale during the night on
Lake Superior. Brisk southerly winds
prevail on Lakes Michigan and Huron,
and light northwestly winds with rising
barometer in the northwest. Clear
weather has prevailed from Maine to
Virginia, and: ALSO in the Southern and
Gulf States until this afternoon, but
cloudy weather is now reported with
occasional local rains. The barometer
has risen at the Rocky Mountains and
Pacific station. .
ProbabiEties.-The barometer will
probably fall very generally on the
lower lakes and Atlantic coast, and the
disturbances on Lake Michigan move
eastward aud extend into the Middle
States on Tuesday. Cloudy weather,
with occasional light rains, is probable
for the Southern and Gulf States rising
barometer, with clearing weather and
falling temperature on the upper lakes,
and brisk winds on the lower lakes TO-
night and Tuesday morning.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-19
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Latest News.

Gold closed in New York yesterday
at ll4!.
A number of New York thieves are
in Cincinnati, attending the exposition.
The schooner Montana, from Chicago,
was run ashore at Picator, Canada, dur
ing the gale, on Saturday night, on
Wilmington beach. The vessel is light
and her cargo in good order. II Is ex.
pected she will get off without damage.
Leonard Jerome, Lawrence jerome,
Henry Davis and Schuyler Crosby. for.
merly OF Gen. Sheridan's staff, and Ed.
Rogers and Carroll Livingstone, arrived
at Chicago yesterday morning from the
east, en- route for the plains to engage
in q grand buffalo hunt.
Pixies Opera House, Cincinnati,
under the management OF John L.
Ford, q well-known eastern manager,
was opened, for the season, tonight,
with Joseph Jefferson in his famous
Rip Van Wrinkle. He was greeted with
the largest and most enthusiastic audi
ence ever assembled in that city. Rob
ert McWade has Just closed q very sue
cessful engagement in the same charac
ter at Woods Theatre, and he attended
Mr.. Jeferson's opening night applaud
ing him heartily. Mr.. McWade goes
hence TO California