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Year: 1867

Go with us to the public house,
where a number of young men assem-
bic. All is life and gayety. A few
among them may be young and timid.
They approach the counter, and wine,
rum, brandy, are called for. No, gen
tlemen, we do not drink, please excuse
us. Immediately the rest turn, and
begin to taunt their friends who refus-
ed to drink, saying they are afraid of
getting tight, of the cold man." and
some may whisper audibly, "Well,
they are mean fellOws-thPy are afraid
they will have to spend a cent g''-
Here you see two very sensitive
nerves are tOuched-COurage and
Cleverne ness.-Their bOsoms swell, and
with pride, rather than bear these
filings of their companions. they step
up to the counter and soon Join in the
revelry. The ice is now broken, and
the first great act in the drama per-
formed. Others follow in natural Or
der, until the individual who refused
to drink first, reels along the street
without shame. ..-.. .--. @


Such is the manner in which thous-
ands Of our promising young men are
led away by false ambition and
thousands more will follow in their
path, unless they learn the meaning Of
courage.


We have in our midst a number of
noble hearted, goOd-meaning men,
who do not possess strength of mind
enough to face this opposition. Rath-
er than be called mean they will fol-
low up these habits until their appe-
tites become uncomfortable.


We advise you, young men, when
you are in company, and solicited to
drink intoxicating liquors, to saw
frankly and decidedly that YOU will
not drink. Let your tempters call
you anything, but be firm and unvield-
ing, and they will be forced TO admit
that your courage is sufficient to bear
all their taunts and not yield the right.
Those who stem the tide always meet
opposition; but never despair-press
Our only hope Of rescuing
the race from this brutal, slavish, pas
sion, rests with the young. Will YOU,
young friends, have cUurage-tO fate
this growing evil and Danish it from
our land2
Year: 1867

The publishers of the Fall River
(DTass.) News are sharp fellows. They
recently tracked a delinquent show
man away to Chicago, confronted him
with the bill he had along time ago
contracted at their Office, and he was
forced to pay it before proceeding
with his show,
Year: 1867

No sound but the beech-nuts falling
Through the green and the yellow leaves,
And the rainy west wind calling
The swallows from the caves.
No fading trees are shedding
Their golden splendor yet
But a sunset CLEAN is spreading,
That seems like a regret.
And the crimson breasted birdie
Sings his sweet funeral hymn
On the oak tree grim and sturdy,
In the twilight gathering dim,
Death comes to pomp and glory
They fade-the sunny hours
And races old in story
FBss like the summer hours.



SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES"
Glance not with careless eye


The =zcred pages Ger;
Nor lightly lay the volume by,
To think Of It no more.
Be not content to hear
What others say; but 60,
Like the Bereans, daily search
"Whether these things are So"
And search them prayerfullyi
There is nc promise given
To those who will not strive to gain
Admission into Heaven.
Year: 1867

HUNNIcUTT AS A FERocIoUs ''REBEL. -
In regard to the charge that Hunnicutt pro-
posed the capture of Fortress Monroe, before
the secession of Virgioia. Major Barton fur
nshes written statement of the matter, and
says: In January, 1861, before the election
of members Of the convention. Mr.. Hunnlcult
called at my Office, 10 company with gentle
man not now in this State, and requested a
private interview with me. Leaving one of
my brothers, who was sitting with me, we
went into an adjoining room, when he broach
ed the subject of the capture of Fortress
Monroe spoke of it as Of the highest and most
urgent mportance-stated that he would vol
nnteer on the expedition, and that he had
already spoken with others. do not remem-
Der the number he mentioned who would go
with him. He submitted no plan, but only spoke
Of the general subject of the capture of the fort
which he considered an immediate and impsri-
Gus necessity, and in which he desired to have
my concurrence aud cooperation. Ut course |
refused to give any countenance to any such
scheme.


Il did not consider that there was any serl-
Gus danger of disturbance of the peace OF the
country, though his talk was very high and
bold | should have been surprised at such a
proposal from any one else occupying the posi-
ton that Hunnicutt was understood to hold at
that time But his vagaries we're so extreme
and rapid that one could scarcely feel surprise
at anything he might do or say-ThateVer
other faplinr mi Oh he excited -
Year: 1867

The Union Register, at Greensboro,
though it is intensely Radical, has an air of
sincerity not common in its ranks. We find
the following sensible remarks in regard to
the course of the Southern people upon
the Howard amendment


eve, of course, advocate the principles
of the amendment, 'only more so ;; but
the members of the Southern Legislatures
would have been something less than men,
had they adopted it. 1t is very much like
asking a man who is to be hung to adjust
the moose himself to save the hangman the
trouble. We cannot see anything SO strik-
ingly noble in the course of the Southern
Legislatures in rejecting it, but it was na-
tural and sensible, and we can't blame
them for it. In fact, they would have
branded themselves as the veriest fools ex-
tant. if they had done otherwise. They
very properly refused to be culprit and
hangman both, and at the same time. We
never expected them to do otherwise, and
can't see how any sensible man could"
Year: 1867

Mary shed no tears-she was past that; when
the head goes wrong no tear can come Sitting
down on the bank, she took the drowned child on
her knee with her own hands she closed the
glazing eye, and stroked the yellow hair. There
some flowers in the dead grip of its hand,
but Mary let them remain there. Rocking the
child backward and forward in her arms, she be-
gan to sing, maybe she thought she was putting
it to sleep:


Hush, baby, hush-the stream runs bright


OIL father -mother-cOme,
And take the wanderer back again.


She longs to be at home.
The wounded bird would fold her wing


Within the parent nest,
The heart is broken, crushed and sore,


And tain would be at rest
The flowers loved and tended once


Are fading one by one,


When the chilling frosts Of winter come,


They'll all lie dead and gone,
But the blossom that you loved so well,


Your own poor stricken flower,
Must linger on and bear the frost


OF winters darkest hour.
You'll not cast upto me, father,


The step that went wrong
There's many one has slipped as sore,


That thought themselves full strong.
You will not turn aside, father,


Nor slight my dying prayer
There's another door stands wide for me,


That may enter thereI
1 have home above the stars,


Where sorrow cannot dwell;
To One who binds the broken heart,


Ny woeful tale I'll tell.
The scornfui hand may cast the stone,


The bitter tongue may blame,
There's One who waits to let me in


In spite of sin and shame?
The next morning when they came to take her
home, she and her child were lying by the side of
10 Str haH q home where
neither cold nor hunger shame nor sorrow, could
ever light on her more
Year: 1867

A project for supplying London with wa
ter from the lake district was recently dis
cussed in paper read before the Inventors
Institute in London. The plan is to take
water from the meres of Cumberland and
moreland-Ulleswater in chief-and to
bring it by aqueduct culvert and tunnel to
a great reservoir near Harrow. The esti-
mated supply is two hundred and fifty mil
lion gallons daily, more than four times as
much as the metropolis now uses. But
London grows.
Year: 1867




Co. Jail-Arrest of the Sheriff and Jailors.


At jury of inquest summoned to inquire
into the cause and circumstances of the
burning of the jail, the following verdict
was rendered after four days investiga-
ton


That the twenty-five colored persons
confined in the Jail of Kingstree came to
their deaths by the burning of said Jail,
wherein they were all consumed, except
the portions of three bodies inspected by
the jury. They further found that the fire
originated between the ceiling overhead of
the second floor of the third story; that it
was communicated by some of the prison
ers confined in the Jail, but whether COM
municated by accident or desigr the jury
are unable to agree upon any conclusion
They also stated that had the jailor been in
his proper place at the Jail, and V tn the
keys in his possession, when the jail was
first discovered to be on fire, and when the
alarm had first been given, the three women
and perhaps more of the prisoners. could
have been saved and that for his neglect
and direliction of duty the sheriff and jailor
are censurable.


Lieutenant Ross, commanding the gar
rieon at this place, acting under lnstruc-
tions from General Scott, of the freedmen S
bureau, arrested Sheriff Matthews, James
P Barrineau, and J. S. Beck, on yester-
day, and sent them to Charleston this
morning. This arrest was made in conse-
quence of their being in charge of the Jail
which was recently destroyed by fire at this
place.


These officers were arrested while in dis
charge of their duty on the District Court.


kingstree Star.
Year: 1867

The Mobile Tribune has changed hands.
The editor, in retiring, winds up with this
pathetic sentence. We pity him from the
bottom of our heart, and hope that he will
console himself in the reflection that in this
world of sorrow and misfortune editors have
their trials and grievances as well as other
people:


But I must drop tear over my baby,
the Tribune, which is now in the hands OF
Others [ drop that tear, and part with
those whom love, with so much pain that,
while writing this, the paper is wet with
the water that falls from my eyes. I know
very we'll that this is folly, but who has no
folly ?"
Year: 1867

On the 18th ins the Court of Appeals of Wes
Virginia decided at the law requiring attorney
at law to take oath that they had not participa
ted in the rebellion was constitutional and over
ruled the application of ex- Lieutenant Governor
Price and other attorneys to be admitted to tina
bar without taking the test-oath. An appeal is tx
be taken from that decision to the Supreme Cour
of the United States.
Year: 1867

PUTTING UP SWIFT CORN.-The time will
soon be here when sweet corn will be ready TO
put up for winter use. and few points in re-
gard to curing the article will not be ont Of
place. Get your corn when the grains are in
prime order for the table-when the corn is
tenderest and the juices are sweetest. Boil the
ears few minutes-not above five; three is
better than five. Then cut and lay away to
dry. A fruit dryer is best; even moderately
method that will soonest dry your corn, being
always careful not to hurn ii: and do not lay
in Jumps or too thick together when drying,
or 1t will soon mould. Around a stove, or
where there is good fire, is a good place, al
WAYS avoiding dampness, steam, &c; put in
sacks, and hang it away in a dry place, ana
your corn is fit for next winters use. In using
you are to restore as near as possible to its ORR
gnal state. This is best done by f1rst washing
1t to get out dust and husk and then thorough
ly soaking in water, the water retained to boil
1T in
Year: 1867

THE LIQUOR LAW IN MAINK.-A Bangor
correspondent Of the Portland Press asserts
the truth of the statement that the sale OF cider
has been ordered stopped by the State consta-
bulary; that no liquors can be openly bought
except at the city agency, but that II Is very
evident that strong compounds are sold else
where. He adds:


"At the risk OF being called rum favsrer,'
an ii prohibition an d anti-coustabuIary feeling
is rapidly gaining ground among our people.
l hazard the prediction that our representa-
tves to the next Legislature will be pledged
TO work for the repeal OF the Con stahulary
law and to modify what are termed the OBJ
noxious features OF the present liquor law
statute-imprisonment clause. DC. Certainly
lened to among many OF the most prominent
Union politicians in our city, and feel safe
IN making the assertion that an organized
effort TO that end viii soon @ a. be manifested
Year: 1867

~ The Columbus Miss.) Sentinel gives an
interesting description OF a plantation in that
neighborhood cultivated entirely with white
labor. The number of acres cleared is about
nine hundred, Of acres under cultivation six
hundred. There are twenty-one able hand
and seven or eight youngsters; they cultivate
and three yoke Of oxen, together with a large
number Of cattle and hogs. It thinks that
W bite labor Will take the place OF black labor,
in that section, as the ex experiment. is very sue
mass
Year: 1867

THB CASE OF REV. DIR. TYNG-7he Low
Church Clergy Throic Dolrn the Gauntlet 10 the
Commsissioa.-The excitement created by the
case OF Rex. S. H. Tying. Jr., has not yet died
away in religious circles. The announcement
that the commission appointed by the standing
committee to investigate the charge against
him would not meet till September next. has
emboldened some OF the Low Church clergy to
throw down the gauntlet to the tribunal ap-
pointed to inquire If the complaint should be
tried. They are anxious, they state, to have
the question settled forever, which involves
the right OF an Episcopal minister to speak or
cfibiate in the edifices OF any Evangelical de-
nomination.: and they declare further; that in
case the proceedings against Mr.. lynch result
in trial. they will present certain members OF
the High Church wing for ritualistic practices.
and demand the judgment OF the triennial con
yention on the whole subject 1t is stated that
even the standing committee of the diocese are
now divided upon the expediency Of prosebut-
ing the charge at the present time. and that one
OF the members has notified Bishop Potter of
their action, in order that the bishop might stop
the proceedings till his return from Europe
Netc I0rI. ErYirpss
Year: 1867

WHIPPING AS AN INCENTIVE TO MAR
RIAGR.-Two weeks ago the!minster Of one of
New York, learning that his daughter was
keeping company with young man he did
not like, inflicted upon the girl a severe chas-
tiss ment with birch rod, badly bruising and
discoloring her flesh. The next Sunday the
preacher, on retiring from the church, ascer-
tained that she had gone to q neighbours house.
He went to find her, and was met by the young
man, who exhibited to him marriage certif-
cate. The young couple had been married
while he was in the pulpit. The son in law
coolly announced that as the young woman
was under his protection he should net allow
any further use of birch whips upon her per.
con, and then bade him good day.
Year: 1867

A PRAIsEwoRTHY PRoJKcT.-The N York
Sun devotes about a column daily to letters
from Industrious young men striving to save
something ont of small incomes. The great
Lesson taught by this publication is that large
proportion OF the expenses Of Young men goes
Tor unnecesssries, things that they can not
only do very well without, but deprivation OF
which is a positive benefit. The plan OF tue
Sun Is good one. It Is an excellent thing for
ayoung man TO nave fixed definite object in
accum ulatien OF money as being q low aim ii
is m uch higher aim than the grstificati OF
demoraliztng propensities and ether forms Of
self.indul1ence
Year: 1867

II = so
and talking Union all the time


One or two blows made quite a large
opening, and with single jerk, Bill tore
up the flooring.


There lay the three rebs, dressed in
dirty homespun, huddled together at the
bottom of a wide hole that they had dug
beneath the house.


Bill was powerful fellow He seized
one of the rebels by she nape of neck,
and not only pulled him out, but pitched
him to the further corner of the room.


One Of our boys instantly covered him
with his revolver


Without waiting to rest, Bill served
the two others in the same way.


You ought to have seen him as he
turned to the women.


"Wcll, old sixpencc, you're Union you
are ?and the ole man and alters has bin
And you never seen no reb, you never
did, Miss Brass ? Nor you nu,her, on your
word and honor, Miss Secess"


They hung down their heads, blushed
up to their eyes, and left the room with
out word. We disarmed the rebels
and led them to the General. But it was
hard work. never saw men so cxasper-
ated. They wanted to lynch these as
sa>sins IF our wounded man had died
don't believe the General could have
held .hem back
Year: 1867

From the Mobile Advertiser and Register.


"The Southern people desire to see a
fair trial of the negro'5 capacity for self
government, and, most assuredly, every in
terest of the South urges her to desire also
a successful issue of the experiment. 1t is
difficult to overestimate the value of the
addition of four millions of industrious, in
telligent and upright citizens to the popu-
lation of any country. If the freedmen
prove to deserve this praise, they will con-
quer, eventually, ever prejudice against
them that is not founded upon a law of
God They will elevate themselves, and
contribute their full share to the general
prosperity, and they will settle a question
which has puzzled the world for forty cen
turies.


"Let us help them in this work, as far as
we fairly can, safely can."


The above remarks of the Richmond Err
amiaer express the sentiment of true South
ern men with regard to the negro. 1t is a
sentiment which Radical cannot compre-
hend if he would, and which some of them
would not comprehend if they could.
Year: 1867

=


raj Killed : An Exciting Day i'm


Camps


From the San Antonio Herald. 10th.


About noon Yesterday our city vas thrown
into great excitement by the rumor that
the United States colored troops stationed
at San Pedro Springs had mutinied and
killed several of their officers, and also that
the war having been carried into Africa,
many of the negroes were killed. There
had been hurrying to and fro among the
military stationed in the city, and they
were soon off at a double-quick. The ru-
mors continued growing in number and
varying in details, until there was no way
Of getting at the truth without going to the
seat of war, and we went. We found one
officer-Lieut. Griffin, we understood the
name to be-lying mortally wounded, his
head split open with a sabre; another
wounded in the hand while the negro SER
geant who had struck the blow with the
sabre was lying dead on the spot where he
fell. From citizens living in the vicinity,
we learned that this sergeant had protested
before the officer of the day, Lieut.. Griffin,
against the tying up by the thumbs ofsome
Of his company, and that the officer had or
dered him to his quarters, which order he
refused to obey, threatening TO report to
Gen. Merritt Whether the officer then
attempted to shoot or not, we could not
learn, but Immediately the sergeant drew
his sabre and cnt. Another officer then
shot the sergeant through the head, while
the latter officer was wounded in the hand
by still another soldier; in the meantime,
the whole camp was alive, and numbers of
bullets went whistling through the air.
The dash and boldness of the senior officer
present is said and believed to have done
much toward quieting down the mutiny,
which at one time indicated an indiscrim-
mate massacre of the officers in camp.
Gen. Merritt was very energetic in exam
lining into the causes and ascertaining who
were the instigators.
Year: 1867

TTOIu IuU IAIUANIIIt OOIHIHbTVIdIs


The importance of every mans voting in
a contest against the Radicals, is forcibly
illustrated by the result in Connecticut.
One Democratic candidate for the Senate
was defeated by four votes and this gives
the Radicals one majority in that body, and
twelve more votes would have given the
Democrats majority in both houses. We
hear, occasionally, of men in this section,
who are disposed not TO vote at all, because
they are disgusted with the situation but
we hope they will think and act differently
when they reflecs upon the value of every
vote, and that it is by votes alone, that the
situation can be peaceably changed for the
better. Remember Connecticut, and every
man to the polls
Year: 1867

Every department of business has an imme-
date interest in the markets OF the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fads to keep himself properly all
vised as to the rise and fall Of the markets. a.
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply.
and the relative condition Of the currency. Is
exposed to constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and snterprising
neighbOrs. In order 10 make our paper valuable
as well as interesting. we shall continue to
make this p SPECIAL FEATURE. Our Daily
Market Reports. domestic and foreign. by teie-
graph. and our City Reports. gotten up at heavy
expense. have challenged the eOmmendatiOn Of
our best business men; while our current finan-
cial Reports from all the leading money centres
of the country are fuller than have ever been
published by any other journal in Tennessee
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the southern
people TO be selfreliant, and shall DO what We
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end we viii pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing.
and exert ourselves to encourage the diTersh
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
nent Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

A THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE
IN County Court at Nashville. on the 10th day
Of April 1867, on motion of complainant by
counsel in the above cause, and it appearing to
fendants, w. w. Smith and II. Smith, are non
residents of the State of Tennessee, and there
fore the ordinary process of this Court cannot be
served upOn them it is therefore ordered by the
Clerk that publication be made for four weeks
in succession in the Nashville Union and Dis
patch. a newspaper published in the city of
Nashville requiring the said defendants TO ap-
pear at the next term OF the County Court, to be
holden for the county Of Davidson at the Court
house thereof. in the city Of Nashville, on the
first Monday in June next, and answer said bill,
or the same will be taken for confessed as to
them and set down for hearing eX parte.


aDFl2 4tW p L. NTCH0I. Clerk
Year: 1867

by A CONSOLIDATION OF THE NASH
WILLIE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support of the UNION AND DISPATCH By the
patrons Of both the former papers, the Proprie-
tors are enabled to present Newspaper hither-
to unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY OF
NEWS. our paper will compare favorably with
the best in the entire country and in saying
this. we only repeat the expressions Of many Of
our patrons. who are most capable Of judging in
ueh matters
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be seIf-reliant. and shall do what We
may be able 10 induce the establishment oi
msnufactories in our midst for our home pro
ducts. TOT end We viii pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturiBs
and.eVert ourselves 90 encourage the diversit
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
usnt of Southern resources
Year: 1867

tT- The Washing Compound, advertised in
our paper, manufactured by G. Ii. GREGORY,
is all that it is recommended to be. We have
tried it in our family and find it works like a
charm, and if the lords of creation have any
compassion on their families, they will pro-
cure the Compound, for permanent use at
once. Call on the proprietor and get a enough
to give it a fair trial-it will cost you nothing