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A bound canvassing book Of the PICTORIAL
HOME BIBLE. Contains over 800 ILLUsTRA-
rIoHs. With Comprehensive Cyolopedia explains
eory OF the Scriptures. In English and German.
WIN. FLINT CO., Philadelphia, Pa. decs0-aw
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MLI.MINeToN TRANsFER AND BAaaAaE

WILMINGTON TRANSFER AND BAGGAGE
wv EXPRESS will call for and deliver baggage
and packages TO and from all parts OF the city, Rail-
road Depot and boat. Also, baggage called for and
checked (where Railroad tickets are held) to all
left at THE Franklin Telegraph ONCE, No.
4, West Third Street; K. Brnghurst a Co.,
Sixth and Market; Smith a Painter Seventh
and Market, and b. 4 @. Shoemaker, sos Market St.,
will receive prompt attention. Principal ONCE Bag
gage Room, p, W. and b. Railroad Depot.
]. j. MCMULLEN,
septls-ly J. II. SEAL, Proprietors.
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NJ ~ f....sstg LINE
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
aoUTBwARD.
RoRTHwAKD.

N AND AFTER MONDAY, JULY 17TH, 1871
sundays excepted,) Passenger Trains will leave a
Ollows:-
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cHIcAoo; Its History and De-
structlon.

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Send at once for circulars HUBBARD BROS, Pub
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Nj A R WINS
S A + Il S
Are most Desirable for Quality
Finish and Price.
THEY NEVER FAIL.
LATEST TESTS.
NEW YORK, March 27, 1871.
Messrs. MARVIN 4 Co.,
Gentiemen:-our store was entirely destroyed by
the extensive connagration Of last Saturday night
corner OF Canal and Mott streets. The fire was In
tensely hot, owing to the nnammable nature Of the
stock being all furniture and upholstery goods.
We are glad to say that all our books and valuable
papers were pressTved d. q geet 0Tasr n one q you
talnly sustain their good reputation.
Yours truly, WAGNER, SCHNEIDER q co.
tFTOm the NeD York Tribune, June 22d, ls7l.l
In the recent severe Gre in waverly, N. Y, dur
ing which nearly the entire town was burned, one
Of Marvins Safes had a test as evidenced by
letter they have Just received from there.
WAvERLY, June 10, 1871.
Messrs. MARVIN 4 Co.,
Gentlemen IL have just had the misfortune Of
losing my tannery by fire, and among other losses,
one OF your very valuable safes. 1t withstoOd the
most severe test, having remained IN one position
through the whole fire, and five cords OF hemlock
bark burned around it. heating it to intense red
heat Upon opening the safe after the fire, am
happy to inform you that my papers and everything
inside were In perfect state of preservation. Even
the woodwork was left perfect. Yours, very truly,
A. b. PHILLIPS.
tFront The EUening FOst, July 7th, 1s71.l
FoURTH-oF-JULY FIRE.
A special dispatch from Minerton, N. Y, gives
account Of severe fire at that place, occasioned by
fireworks. In this connection we see the necessity
| of good safe.
MnLEEToN, N. Y, July 6, 1871.
Messrs. MARVIN 4 Co.,
Gentlemen I'VE were entirely burned out on the
evening OF July 4th. We were doing general mer-
chandse business In store 52x60 feet two stories,
with large stock OF whskey In basement and kerr
osene I'm room next to safe. The fire was the hottest
| known in this region for long time; on opening
our safe which was fine one, with patent combi-
| nation lock OF your manufacture we found all our
books and papers In excellent condition every word
egible and papers In iron vault not even affected at
all by the heat. Our safe stands by the cellar,
true witness Of the superiority of your goods
II. Ii. WALKER CO., Merchants.
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PROFITABLE EMPLO LOYMENT,

We desire to engage a few more agents to sell the
world renowned Improved BUCKEYE SEWING
MACHINE at liberal salary or on Commission. A
horse and wagon given to agents. Full particulars
on application. Address W. A. HENDER-
son CO., General Agents, Cleveland, Ohio, and
1t. Louis. Mo. dec8O 4w
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-12

NEW FIGS NEW FIGS For sale by
In JAMES MORROW,
Nos. g11 Market and 21o shlpley streets.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-12

COTE MONTH TO Sell our Universal Cement
DOIO Combination Tunnel, Button Hole Cutter,
and other articles. sAco NOVELTY Co, Saco. Me.
lanS-4w
ID lilies, sHOT-GUNs, REvoLvERs, Gun mate
III rials Of every kind. Write for Price List to
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, PittsburQh, pa
Army guns and revolvers bought or traded for.
Agents wanted. Ians-4w
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WELLS OARBOLIC TABLETS,

WRLLs' CARBOLIC TABLETS,
FoR CoUGHs, COLDS AND HoARsxNEsH
These Tablets present the Acid in Combination
with olher ef1cent remedies, in popular form, for
he Cure OF all Throat and Lung Diseasea
Hoarseness and liberation Of the Throat are i'm
lnediatey relieved, and statements are constantly
being sent 10 the proprietor OF relief In cases Of
Throat difficulties OF years standing
CAUTION.-Dont be deceived by worthless imi-
.ationA. Get only Wells Carbolic Tablets. Price
2b cents per Box.
JOHN Q. KELLOGG,
is Plat street, N. z, Sole Agent for the U. s.
Send for Circular. dec80- -4W
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DERRY'S RAILROAD FREIGHT EXPRESS
5ress will Deliver frelght 10 snv paTt OF the ety i'm
medately upon its arrival also, deliver freight to
depot, in connection with all trains at REASONA-
BILE RATES Orders left at W. IL. Almond a Bro
sth and Market. E. Buchers tobacco store, 9Th and
Market, IL. X. BrDghurst, (. McInall, Jr., Freight
ONCE p, W. 4 b. X r., will receive prompt atten-
ton, as my whole attention is directed to this busi-
ness. Covered wagons in stormy weather. Respect
fully soliciting the patronage OF the public,
am, respectfully,
oct16-1y JOHN Z. PERRY. Proprietor
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AeKt advertisements.

EAn MORE AGENTS WANTED for the most
OVV complete, reliable and splendidly illus
trated work on
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
Imnortant whisky Law.

From the Internal Revenue Journal Of
Saturday, Feb. "a, 1872, We extract the
subjoined article which is of greatest I'M
portance to distillers and wholesale liquor
dealers:
Special No 1l1-Relative to the Mixing and Col
oring of Spirits by DIstillers.
OFFICE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1S72.-Much COM
plant has been made to this Office by recti-
tiers and other interested persons, that dis
tillers are, more or less, in the habit of mix
ing with their product burnt sugar or other
COloring matter.
The mixing spirits with any material
is declared by the act of April 10, 1869, to
be rectifying; and rectifying can be law
fully done only by an authorized TeCtitieT,
on the premises of such rectifier, not less
that 900 feet distant from any distilfery.
1t is plain, therefore, that distillers can.
not, in their capacity of distillers, lawfully
mix Their spirits with burnt sugar or other
cOloring matter upon their distilIng pTemi-
ses, or anywhere else; nor even as duly au-
thorised rectifiers, upon their distilling
premises; and whoever commits these vio-
lations ofthe law, or eithr of them, as the
case may be, renders himself liable to the
penalties prescribed therefor.
Accordingly, Assessors, Collectors and
other internal revenue officers are hereby in
structed that the practice complained Of
must be discontinued at once; and any
spirits found upon the market bearing evil
dence of having been so mixed will be
seized, and upon satisfactory proof thereof,
forfeited.
Collectors will furnish each distillcr in
their respective districts with COPY of this
special. j. w. DOUGLASS,
Commissioner,
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
CORAL ISLANDS.

1t was formerly supposed that the coral
ines built up IBOm the very bottom of the
ocean, but careful investigation has shown
that they cannot live at greater depth than
about thirty fathOms, and consequently that
their deposits are first made on submarine
rocks or mountains, There in these ocean
depths, hidden away from the sight ofman,
the little insect tolls on for its brief life,
faithful to the purpose for which it was
created, and, dying, leaves its work to its
successor. By and by, by whole ages of
steady perseverance on the part Of the tiny
architects, the reef shows itself above water;
then they cease building; and sand, which
being easily thrown up by the action of the
sea, rise to the top, mingles with sea shells,
floating leaves and branches, and the feath-
ers and guano of sea birds, till a soil is
gradually formed, Seeds, dropped perhaps
by some little bird on its winged passage
across the waters, or waited thither by the
passing breeze, spring up, and soon the lit
tie isle is covered with verdure, adding yet
another to these beautiful GASES of the deep
blue sea-anOther fair, peaceful Eden, soon,
perhaps, to be polluted by the crimes and
cruelty Of human savages.
In the formation of a single coral reef,
several species OF Jne pOlypeS are euSdS6u,
each seemingly content with the sphere to
which he is best adapted, and TRANQUILITY
plying his silent trade in ceaseless oblivion
Of the busy world beyond.
These coral banks are found in all stages;
some in deep water, entirely submerged be-
meath the blue waves; some sending forth
stray branch here and there, or showing a
few bare rocks above the surface without
the least appearance Of vegetation; while
others are covered with soil, stray seeds and
fruits, as of the cocoanut, bread-fruit' and
pandanus, and others have taken root, and
the whole island is crowned with verdure.
The specimens we see in this country, in
cabinets of curiosities, or used in the man
ufacture of ornaments, are broken off by
divers from the submerged ledges.--Little
Corporal.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
ANECDOTE OF BREruAETE.

The San Francisco Post says: HShortly
after Bret Harte arrived in California he
called upon q lady whose acquaintance he
had formed on the steamer, and upon be-
ing asked the usual question, How are you
pleased with California; replied: 4 am
disguised, Inever was so disappointed in
all my life. Why, would you believe it, l
have been forced to drive laundry wagon
TO keep myself from starving; and should
not have found your residence had not
called next door to take away dirty clothes,
and seen your boy in the yard 1t is GER
tainly a noble trait in the character Of Bret
Harte that he preferred to stOop to any hon
orable means to gain his living, rather than
run in debt or be tax on his friends. He
was as much a gentleman, then carrying
dirty clothes, as he is now as the boon com
panion of the first geniuses of the land. He
at that time won host of friends by bis
uniformly kind care of his sister, his neat
appearance and refined manners"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
New Advertisements.

We invite the attention of our merchants
to the advertisement, in our city notices, Of
the Mckenzie Times. This paper we can
recommend as one Of our best exchanges in
West Tennessee. In all the struggles which
have come up between Louisville and Nash
vile trade, the Mckenzie Times has stood
squarely up to Nashville.
On our third page this morning will be
found the advertisement of Buckner & CO.,
successors to Gardner, Buckuer & Co.,
wholesale dealers in Dry Goods and No
tions. The firm is composed Of II. B.
Buckner, A. ?. Council, Z. ". Peden and
Fl. B. Allen, all young men, buJ whose ex-
periepce in the dry goods business dates
back from early boyhoOd. a look through
their mammoth establishment and an
examination of the systematic manner
in which the goods are arranged, is
all that is necessary to convince the buyer
that the firm understand their business
thoroughly. In all our experience as re-
lates to Cooking through" as it is called in
reportcrial parlance, we have never seen q
house better adapted to the jobbing trade,
and we have never observed more taste
than is displayed in the arrangement Of the
different classes of goods. By this means,
the country merchant has but little trouble
in selecting his stock. The new firm have
adhered TO the rule adopted by the DID firm
that of purchasing for cash exclusively,
and by so doing, are enabled to make the
lowest prices, and guarantee their custom
ers against all markets, or in other words
duplicate any bill purchased in any city Of
the East. We may remark in conclusion
that the stock is equal in extent to any
former season, and has to be seen TO be APP
preeiated. In visiting this market, the
country dealer should be certain to pay
this house visit.
A. C. Collier, c. & NJ, Of Dixon county
has a notice 10 the creditors Of W. z. Stay
den, deceased and of the firms Of 7. Stay
den & Co., and w. q w. E. Slayden.
County Court meeiing-See notice Of
Thos. Smiley, County Judge.
Nathaniel Baxter, Jr., q. & NJ, notifies
all persons holding claims against the estate
OF Mary Geary, deceased, TO present the
same before the first Of April.
An important notice in regard to the sale
Of Turnpike Roads from L. II. Butler,
Secretary Of State, appears in our advertis-
ing columns.
James Hickman advertiSes good farms
and residences in the city for sale.
A proclamation from the Governor APP
pears elsewhere, ordering an election in
Davidson, Robertson, Montgomery and
Cheatham counties, to fill the vacancy Oc-
casiOned by the resignation Of the Hon.
VIM. Moore.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
THEFIRSr RAILROADS

The first railroad built in the United
States was three miles in length, extending
from the granite quarries of Quincy, Mass,
to the Neponset river. The road was COM
menced in 1926, and completed in 1927. 1t
was built with granite sleepers seven and a
half feet long laid eight feet apart. The rails
five feet apart, were of pine, a foot deep,
covered with an oak plat, and these with
fat bars of iron.
The second railroad was commenced in
January, 1927, land completed in May of the
same year, extending from the coal mines
in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, TO the Le-
high river, distance Of nine miles. From
the summit of the road, and within halfa
mile of the mines, the descent by a plane
was nine hundred and eighty-two feet in
Clined two hundred and twenty-five feet to
the river, and thence twenty-five feet in
shute to the spot where the cars were dis
charged into the boats. The cars descend
ed by gravity, with the loaded wagons, and
were drawn up again by mules. The rails
of the road were of timber, laid on wooden
sleepers and strapped with fiat iron bars.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
Personal.

Col. Wall, editor of the Mckenzie Times,
one of the most reliable of our exchanges,
is in the city.
Col. Wall, editor of the Mckenzie Times,
one Of the very best Of our weeklies, is in
the city.
Rev. c. II. Wiley, for many years State
Superintendent of Public Schools in North
Carolina, is on a visit to this city. He is a
gentleman Of splendid ability, and has done
much to raise the standard of education in
the Old North State.
Gen. B. j. Hill, w. L. Clarke, and Col.
Asa Faulkner, McMinvillee; Chas. Boyd,
Georgia; w. n. Wright, Fayetteville, and
d. w. Smead, st. Louis, are among the
arrivals at the Maxwell House.
Gen. Ransom, of North Carolina, brother
Of the United States Senator elect, vice
Gov. Vance, is at the Maxwell.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
a WOODEN Mill.

Why can't We have one in Nashville ?
No enterprise would pay better. Our mag
nificent cotton mill promises to be profitable
in a high degree. A well-appOinted wooden
mill would certainly pay here; we have an
immense country south Of us for a market.
Our country produces an abundance Of
wool Of almost every quality. Su6h eStab'
lishments pay splendidly in our sister cities
of Louisville and New Albany, as appears
from the following items taken from the
Louisville Iedger of the 2Sth ult.:
PROGRESS.
The wooden mills of Louisville are kept
running to their full capacity in order to
meet the demands upon them. Through
ont the entire South the products of the
several mills here rank among the best
manufactured.
The work Of enlarging the New Albany
WOODEN Mil, the largest mandatory Of
the kind i'll the West, has already com
menced. This enlargement has been made
necessary by the rapidly increased demand
for the fabrics Of the mill. The cotton
mill, owned by the same company, will
also be greatly enlarged.
Wake zap, capitalists, who sink your
money in Government bonds; put your
money into an enterprise like this, and our
word for it, your dividends would far exceed
any bond Investment you could possibly
make, TO say nothing Of the good you
would do the community in which you live.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
TuRNING TIE LAUGH.

In Bridgeport, Conn.,, there is a profes sor
who processes to tame all kinds of unruly
horses. Last week he gave an exhibition
at his equine academy, which was crowded.
The seats were ranged around similar to
those in a circus. The professor had just
finished exhibiting his educated pony, and
was about introducing a gray nag, deemed
almost incorTigible, when the seats on the
east side of the amphitheatre suddenly gave
way, precipitating the spectators on that
side in one common mass, Then there was
fun. Those occupying the seats opposite
laughed the loudest and longest. They en-
joyed the fun hugely, but it was cut short.
The seats began to sway, and men, boys
and lumber, bank presidents, diplomats,
capitalists, manufacturers, horse-jockeys,
usurers, deacons, politicians, councilmen,
aldermen, policemen, merchants, mect1In-
les, soldiers, civilians, fell in one undistin-
guishable mass to a common level. No one
was seriously injured, and the professor
made no charge for his performance.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
1890
THE COURTS.

SUPREME Courteous section of this
court is engaged on the MauTy county
equity docket. The other section yesterday
did not, as was expected, take up the Da-
wilson county criminal docket, but heard
argument in the murder case of John
PresswoOd VS.. the State, and of G. BrittOn,
convicted of larceny, and both from De-
Kalb county. This section also began the
trial Of Lemon Mcdowell, convicted in
Rutherford for murder and will most likely
finish it to-day, whereupon the Davidson
criminal docket will be taken up. To-mor-
row is opinion day.
MAGISTRATES CoURT.-In Justice Cas-
setty's Court Jacob Kimmerar, charged
with stealing two watches and chain, was
discharged, the evidence being insufficient
to convict.
In Justice WilkinsOn's Court Robert
Beach, colOred, was charged with stealing a
quantity of clothing from DR.. W. A. Barry.
Beach's wife was employed as a cook in Mr..
Barry's house, and it was charged that she
was implicated in the larceny. The prison
er was committed to jail in default of 81 900
bal, for further examination of the case
to-day.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
SPONTANEOUS COMBUsTTON.

. An experimenting Detroit chenast took
a piece of thread bare cotton cloth, smeared
it with boiled linseed oil, and placed il in
the center of chest filed with paper and
rags. Although the room was not tight,
and the weather was cold, there was a
smell Of fire about the room in eight days.
Unpacking it, the experimenter found the
rag half charred. In April be made q
similar experiment with pair of painters
overalls, which be rolled with pine shavings,
and crowded in next to the rOof-bOards Of
a loft. In a week the smell Of smoke
alarmed a workman in the next room, and
the Overalls were found to be on FIRE. And
during the hottest weather handful of old
cotton rags, not smesred with oil, became
hot enough, when hung up in tin box in
the sun, to light matches which he had
placed among them.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
REMUNERATION 10 Teunessee.

A gentleman of considerable means,
from Michigan, returned to this city yester-
day from North Alabama, where he has
settled for the present year ten families
from his State. He has been to our city
several times, and after an examination Of
the commercial, agricultural and mineral
resources of Tennessee, says he prefers it
TO any Southern State. He expects to col
onize at least fifty families and to start a
large factory in this State.
Gen. James Hickman, who has been in
strumental in inducing immigration and
capitalists to Tennessee, has been engaged to
select a proper location for the tannery.
The gentleman desires to locate the estab-
lishment as near Nashville as possible, and
we think it would repay those of our subur-
ban residents having vacant lots suitably
located to give the subject their attention.
Fifty families would be valuable addition
to our present population, and perhaps be
productive Of many others immigrating
bprn
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
THE AFTER TASTE OF QUININE.

In practice there is often experienced a
great difficulty in getting patients to take
quinine because of its after-taste, which to
some is simply unbearable; and when anti
pathy thus exists, combined with difficult
ty in swallowing pills, the therapeutic value
of an important drug is lest. We find, and
the fact may not be generally known, that
the mastication of some acid fruit, as an ap-
pie or pear, will permanently remove the
Cisagreeable after-taste Of quinine. The
first mouthful otfood should be well masti-
Gated and rolled through the mouth, so as
to cleanse the teeth, etc, and then elected.
The second morsel may be swallowed, when
it will be discovered that all taste Of the
quinine viii be remOved--MedicQl Press
and Circular.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
A SAFE COAL. OIL LAMP.

A correspondent Of the Scientific Alaer5-
can says: ''Allow me to give your numer-
Gus readers the benefit Of my experience
with long wicks. l cram all the wick thai
l possible can get into the lamp, fill up the
interstices with sponge, and saturate the
whole thoroughly with kerosene. l have
always found the supply sufficient for the
longest winters night; as long as any oil
remains in the wick the lamp keeps burn
ing have had this fairly tested. One of
my little Ones-a two year old-contrived
to upset a small table supporting lamp.
With the exception of breaking the glass no
further damage was done, not even soiling,
the carpet. In fact my plan was brought
about from a similar accident, and q mar
row escape from serious damage. As the
wick burns away 1 keep filling up with
sponge, l think 1 have the nearest approach
TO safety lamp"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-01
Educational.

Rev. J. C.. Provine, President Davidson
County Board Of Education, who is at
present visiting Rutherford county in the
interest Of education, has written to Capt.
Donelson, Superintendent of Public In
structiOns here, that his efforts SO far have
been rewarded with satisfactory results.
The attendance has been quite large where
ever Mr.. Provine has addressed the citizens,
whose interest in public schools is evident
ly increasing. The only objection against
the present system of public schools is that
the colored population who contribute but
little, if anything, to the support, viii re-
ceive all the immunities of public schools.
Hopes are expressed by Mr.. Provine of be-
ing able to carry the county in favsr ofpub-
lie schools when the question is submitted
to the people, and could the election be de-
ferred a month, no fears Ct the result are
entertained,