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Year: 1874

drive nail at one hundred yards, who could
not shoot snake in the head


Several revolvers were quickly leveled and
fred at him, but the snake remained unharm.
ed. A soldier then dismounted, and taking
carbine, at the fourth shot nearly severed the
body of the reptile. "Foul p cried old Strad-
die, "you hit him in the body; but take OF
the rattles, the game is yours" The man
then did as he was bid, and there were Just
eleven rattles and a button.-W Western Cor
Philadelphia Press.


How INDIANS CATCH WILD FowL.-A
number of persons from this city and Gold
Hill are at present in the mountains, hunting
and angling. Wild duck are found in some
localities in abundance, and the trout IN the
streams take the hook rapidly. Wild fowls
have not yet made their appearance IN the
market in any quantity, as most of those shot
are KEEP by the sportsmen for their own use.
AS the season advances the Indians will take
the field and capture them in great numbers.
They make large swinging nets out OF strong
cord, which they manufacture from the roots
of fibrous plants. The bark is stripped off
and manipulated and twisted by the squaws
into twine, which is wound into balls ready for
use. It is then woven into nets, some of which
are forty feet in length, the interstices being
about two inches square. These nets are
swung between two trees in some convenient
position on the shore of lake or pond. Early
on cold frosty morning some of the Indians
secrete themselves in neighboring thicket,
while others get into boats, and forming a
semi.circle, advance slowly toward flock OF
ducks, driving them toward the mouth OF the
bayou. They swim slowly off, hesitating to
take flight, being, perhaps, partially benumed
by cold.


The circle narrows, and when the wild fowl
are in front of the nets the Indians in the
boats raise great outcry, and throwing sticks
and stones scare the flock, which arising from
the water flies in an opposite direction, d.
rectly into the net, in the meshes Of which
they become entaugled by their heads and
feet. The Indians on shore spring from their
hiding places, tear down the net and envelop
the ducks in it. They are Joined by their
companions from the water, and the work of
slaughter commences. The necks ofthe birds
are broken as soon as seized, and they are
thrown together in piles. In this manner
several hundred ducks are sometimes taken at
single haul, and the Indians have enough
for their own use and an ample supply tor
the Market Virginia (Neu) Chronicle.
Year: 1874

An old diver is as comfortable under
water as above. and can do eight hours,
work day in seven or eight fathoms.
As the business IS precarious, however,
the men are pad 9I5Q a month, and
supplied with board and lodging. DO
they serve an apprenticeship? Not
exactly that, but most CT them have
been attendants to other divers, and
have picked up the secrets in that way,
i waited on man myself, and didn t
get promoted until I knew the service
ike book, SAYS the diver, as he rises
and calls for his boy. ''All ready,
Tom? Excuse ne nov. sir; 1t 5 time
to 60 down" And so he leaves Us.


Two other men accompany him in
his next descent, and after they have
been down for an hour or two, they
signal to the men in the boat, aud the
heavy cable that we have seen is low
cred to them. In their curious dress,
theq work together with a will, and
drag the massive links from under
meath tie hall Of the ship-one length
anidsAips. a second length astern, and
a third length forward. This is slow
work, anI before it is complete night
has set in, and the divers are brought
to the surface. Betimes next day it IS
resumed, and when the centre Of each
great chain is righ5 under the keel, the
pontooDs are towed over the wreck.
Meanwhile, constant communication IS
established between the men below end
the men in the boats, by means Of the
signal line. Once in about four hours
the divers come to the surface for fresh
air and food. But these pontoons--
what are they? Let US pause a moment
and look at them. They are built
of wood and painted black. The larg-
est measures 120 feet in length, is
feet in width, and IL feet in depth
Those selected for the present case are
much smaller, and three are stationed
at each side of the wreck to buoy her.
In each pontoon there are several
wells, or holes, running through the
centre, from deck to bottom. Into
these the divers insert she ends Of
three cables, which are drawn upward
by hydraulic power This part Of the
work costs severe effort AMI much time,
and when it is done the injured vessel,
as a doctor would say is on the fair
way to recovery. The cables are
drawn mn throuuh the wells. link bv
ink, and are tightened gradually, un-
til the wreck lifts. She rises slowly,
and the pontoons groan from the
weight bearing upon them as they are
drawn nearer to her For some time
yet she is out of sight; but, at last,
her deck. is seen dimly through the
waves, and soou afterwards it is above
water. The wrcckers, as we observed,
arc impas8ive in their manner; but
they cannot repress their enthusiasm
over the success, and two or three OF
the most excitable burst into cheers
St. Ntchcjas for June.
Year: 1874

OF permanent griefs there are
none for they are but clouds. The,
swifter they move through the sky the
more follow after them and even the
immovable ones are absorbed by the
others, and become smaller till they
vanish.
Year: 1874

Love one human being purely and
warmly, and you will love all. The
heart in this heaven. like the wander
ing sun, sees nothing from the dew
drop to the ocean, but mirrcf Which
il warns and fills.
Year: 1874

On one occasion during t'1e rev.
olution "Old Put had received lot
Of new recruits, and as he had some,
fghtine which he wished to do before
long. and wanted none but willing men
he drew up his levies in rank before
him. Now boys said he, Il don't
wish to retain any Of You who wish to
leave therefore. if any one of you are
dissatisfied, and wishes to return home,
he may signify the same by stepping
six PAGES in front Of the line. Bat,
added the old war dog. 'I'll shoot
the first man that steps out"
Year: 1874

Every farmer who has to fence his
land know too well how quickly posts
planted In the earth become rotten, cs-
pecially in damp spot. All of them
will welcome the process to prevent
rottenness, a process as wonderful in
its effects as it is simple and almost
cOstless. It it taken from LIE Bien Pub.
lie, of Dion, France:


Take lInseed oil, boil II, and mix ii
with charcoal dust until the mixture
has the coOsistence of ali ordinary
paint. Give the post single coat of
the mixture or paint before planting
them, and no farmer, living to the age
of patriarchs of old, will live long
enough to see the same posts rotten.


'Some years ago ] discovered the
way of rendering wood more durable
in earth than iron ITSELF" says the
author of the communication, shut it
seemed to me so simple and inexpen-
sive, that 1 did not think it worth
while to make fuss about it. Posts of
soft wood thus prepared were then re-
moved after remaining seven years in
earth, and were found as sound as
when they were planted. The only
precaution is to use only well dried
posts before covering them with the
charcoal paint"


The above receipt is certainly cheap,
and seems to be well worth the trial.
If what is said of the efficiency of that
simple and cheap (about two cents per
poSt) process be only half true, GER
tainly it would save YEARLY millions OF
dollars TO the farmers and telegraph
companies. For it is said that the
farmer even in his teens, who will
'pfant posts having received coat ol
this "Perpetuity Post Paint" will
never live long enough to see the same
post rotten.
Year: 1874

II Is not generally known that when
our government was about to trade of
Oregon to the British in return for q
Ne Hfoundland fishing station, the bar
gain was upset by q missionary named
Whitman, who convinced Webster OF
its unwisdom, and thereby saved to us
the whole Northera Pacific coast.
Year: 1874

to his liberality and benevolence that
will last like the enduring marble of
which his own bust is made. The
good men do live after them, and these
are beautiful remembrances of kind
mans generosity. But my letter is too
long already. If it contains thought
that will entertain for a moment, / am
paid for my pains.
Year: 1874

The following is the text of the game
bill prepared under the joint efforts of
Senator Potter and Representatives
Kemp and Coier, which finally passed
the Legislature on April 1lth:
Year: 1874

Junius Henri Browne. in Galaxy.


Entire reconciliation is difficult with
woman. When she has once parted
from you in spirit she will hardly re-
turn. Though she seems to she does
not. She gives her hand again
perhaps her lips; but the heart is no
longer in one nor the soul in the other.
Kiss her you have once roundly quar-
relied with-if it be not mere lovers
quarrel-and you will find the statue
under the crimson curve, the chill of
the marble through the bounding
blood. A keen observer may deter
mine in society whether you have had
discord with the woman you meet,
However perfect the breeding, howev-
er disciplined the manners, the past
discord leaves shadow that will not
be lifted. The old wound may be
closed; it is not healed, nor can 1t be by
| the highest skill in spiritual surgery.
Frequently men like one another bet
ter after fighting; women never, be the
foe of either sex. With these the
bloom of favor II taken of. not to be re.
stored. They feel, though they may
not say or even think 1t, that slight OF
injury admits of no atonement. Wo
man reads the proverb: To err Il
feminine, to forgive impossible.
Year: 1874

1t would be idle to multiply in
stances of the thorough humanity and
geniality of Aga>Siz. Everybody who
knew him can tell hundreds of anec-
doles illustrative of his sympathy with
ali forms of life, whether in the jelly
fish, the human child, the developing
boy or girl, the mature man or woman.
Still his conviction of the immateriali-
ty and personality of mind was some
thing wonderful i'm so aHstere natural
ist. We happened once to please him
by defining a jeliy-fsh as organized
water. ''NOw look at it through the
microscope" he said. "But, Agassiz,
the play of organization is SO wonder
full that it seems to me that nothing
but mind can account for it." lyon
are right" was his answer; Sin some
incomprehensible way, God Almighty
has created these beings, and can not
doubt of their immortality any more
than doubt of my own" His fealty
to the right of animals exceeded that
of any great naturalist who ever pre-
ceded him. Incompetent as we are to
give him his due rank among the great
naturalists of the world, we think he
excelled every naturalist who has gGRc
before him i'm striking at the soul and
individuality of all animals below man,
1t isimpossible is to convey in words the
peculiar feeling which Agassiz had on
this matter. Doubtless this large and
genial genius is now satisfied. We can
not penetrate beyond the vail.-Boston
Globe,
Year: 1874

The English Mechanic says, Messrs


McDonne and Leuchan, of Dublin


have invented machine which per.


1orms the operations of rolling, sowing,


and narrowing simultaneously. The


roller Is of wrought iron, riyeted on


cast-iron wheels, forming a cylinder
six feet in length by three feet in diam
eter, Immediately above the roller is
sowing apparatus, by which the seed


Is rapidly delivered, a star wheel of


four points keeping the conductors in


constant motion. As the seed is strewn


harrow of four rows of ohliqua teeth


set in central axis turns up the earti,


over the seed. The harrow is kept in


motion by an endless chain or belt


which passes round the extreme end of
the large cylinder, and fits the groove


OF small wheel at the corresponding


end Of the harrow. Every time the


large roller turns over, the circular har-I
row turns nearly five times, causing!
the teeth to tear up the soil about twen.i
ty times at this of tie revolutions.
Meantime the seed-conduct0r and dis


tributOr rises and falls twelve times
during each of these revolutions. and
there Is a cOntrivanee by which the
quantity required to be sOwn can be
regulated. A lever is also connected
with the supports of the harrow, and
rest upon tuicrum placed at suitable


part of the frame of the machine. By
means OF this lever the harrow portion
OF the machine can be raised off the
ground and the roller only used, and
the distributor or sOwer may be- worked
simultaneously by means of the chain
band, which can be closed and the fowl
OF seed stopped. The machines can bel
easily made to suit either the purposes
OF sowing corn or grass for pasturage. 1
Year: 1874

Mothers eross,' said Maggie, COM
ing out into the kitchen with q pous
on her lips. Her aunt was busy IRON
ing; but she looked up, and answered
Maggie:


'Then 1t is the very time for you to
be pleasant and helpful. Mother was
was awake a great deal in the night
with the poor baby


Maggie made no reply. She put on
her hat, and walked off into the gar
den. But new idea went with her.
The very time to be helpful and pleas
ant is when other people are cross.
Sure enough thought she; that wo'd
be the time when it would do the most
good. / remember when l was sick
last year, l was so nervous, that, IL
anybody spoke to me, L could hardly
help being cross; and mother never
got angry or out OF patience, but was
lust as gentle with mel / ought to pay
it hack now; and l will.' Ard shs
sprang up from the grass where she
had thrown herself, and turned faee
full of cheerful resolution toward the
room where her mother sat soothing
and tending q fretful, teething baby.
Maggie brought out the pretty ivory
balls, and begon to jingle them for the
little one. He stopped fretting, and
smile dimpled the corners of his lips.
Couldn't take him out to ride in his
carriage, mother? it is such nice
morning. she asked.


Il should be so glad If you wouid''
said her mother.


The little hat and sack were brought,
and baby was soon ready for his ride.


sPll keep him as long as he is good
said Maggie; and you must lie on the
sofa and get nap while / am gone.
You are looking dreadfully tired


The kind words, and the kiss that
accompanied them, were almost too
much ior the mother. The tears rose
to her eyes, and the voice trembled as
she answered, Thank you, dearies II
will do me world Of good If you can
keep him out an hour; and the air viii
do him good too. My head aches bad
ly this morning


What happy heart beat IN Mag
pie's bosom as she truudled the little
Carriage up and down on the walk.
She had done real good. She had CIV
on hack a little of the help and forbear-
snce that had so often been bestowed
nnon her. She bad made her mother
happier. and given her time to rest.
She resolved always to remember and
act upon her aunt's good words; The
yery time to be helpful and pleasant Is
when every body is tired and cross.


The Wsll-Spring.
Year: 1874

The Philadelphia Ledger has this to
say as to the best currency for working
men:


In our opinion the most effective way
of setting the deranged industry of the
country al work again is to render it
certain that the standard of value is no
longer to be kept floating up and down
like cork on the waves. The work
ing people, with whom are included
the farmer, the artisan, and, in fact, all
productive labors are the great creditor
classes Of the community. They are al
ways running up ii debt against the rest
of Us, and when they come TO be paid,
at the end of week, a month or q
year, they ought to be paid in money OF
full Uat,te. When they haze produced a
dollars soorth Of commodity they do not
,oant to be put off acith ninety cents, and
tu secure them the full dollar is not on.
ly justice but the best means of encour.
aging an earnest and persistent activity.
Year: 1874

l think it is the most beautiful and
humane thing in the world so to
mingle gravity with pleasure that the
one may not sink into melancholy and
the other rise up into wantonness.-
Pliny.
Year: 1874

The self-conceit of some men is sur
prising. 1t is said that Ex-Governor Pol
lock, of Pennsylvania, who was brought
to this city to instruct the people of Del
aware as to their local affairs, stated in
his speech in the City Hall on Tuesday
night, that Delaware was only "separat-
ed from Pennsylvania by the Delaware
River" lie also found great fault with
our public school system, and thought
we ought to have system like theirs.
If his display of his knowledge of geog-
raphy may be considered MS a criterion
Of the school system of his State, Della
wareans may feel proud that they have
Il better one at home. Pollock may have
had little too much on his brain. But
he never was endowed with an overplus
Of intellect in his best days. lie sue
cceded here in closing u Radical meeting
at an earlier hour than any other meet
ing had been closed during the cam
paisl.
Year: 1874

The following is a literal copy of the
resolution in regard 10 outrages, offer
ed by Gen. w. B. Bate at the reunion
last Thursday of the Second tennessee
regiment, amended by G. B. Rogan
and unanimously adopted;


"Whereas. we are informed through the
newspapers of the country of various acts
of OutlawTy in this State; and, whereas, a
portion of our Northern press are imprOp-
erly seeking TO throw suspicion upon the
late Confederate soldiers as being the in
stigatOrs or perpetrators of such crimes; be-
lieving that there is no class of citizens in
the United States who are more orderly and
law-abiding than the late Confederate
soldiers, we take this occasion 10 express
our unqualified disapprObatiOn Of any out
rage or personal violence perpetrated
against any citizen of whatever race, color,
or calling; and We believe that there is no
class of citizens in f;le> South who yield
more ready obedience TO the laws or who
would go farther 10 support them and TO
suppress outrage. In our opinion, no man,
or set of men, who would go masked and
murder prisoners already in the custody OF
the law, ever stood forth unmaSked before
the enemies Of his country


Such is the spirit and manner in
which -Confederates hurl back the
imputatiOns cast upon them by reck-
less public speakers and writers that
they have been reduced by defeat TO
the level of crime and outlawry. Ger
tainly no such charge has ever been
made by conscientious and well In
formed men, but it has been made by
parties who enjoy the confidence of
many Northern people. 1t was highly
proper that an honorable body of ex-
soldiers, like the Second Tennessee,
should rebuke the offensive slander on
the occasion and IN the manner they
did.


We are sure that the resolution Will
command respect with all who are
aware of the gallant and manly record
of the regiment from 1851 to the pres
ent time.
Year: 1874

SENATOR BRoWNLoW's letter to
Governor Brown, published elsewhere,
lays especial stress upon the fact that
the efforts made by the latter to bring
the authors Of the Gibson county trou-
bles to justice were not the result of
Federal dictation." Its temper is al
together different from that of Grants
note to the Governor, which appears
among this mornings dispatches, and
In which the President manifests de-
termination to insist upon his absurd
theory of concurrent jurisdiction, %
despite Governor Browns protest
and with full knowledge of the fact
that our civil authorities are strenuous
ly endeavoring to have the laws of the
State properly enforced against all Of
tenders.
Year: 1874

As the above named individual has ac-
quired some celebrity by his connection
with the Trenton tragedy, it may be Of in
terest to know something of his antece-
dents.


This place was formerly afflicted by his
residence here. While here he gained the
reputation generally Of being a thief and a
liar, and bore a general bad character.


his evidence at one time was diScredited
and thrown out of court. He left this
place under the following circumstances:
He was arrested on a charge of having dis
turbed public worship, but by some means
made his escape, since which time he has
given this place a wide berth.


He was one Of the ten negroes who
made their escape from the mob which
took them from the Trenton Jail. He is
now reported to be in Jail at Memphis, and
it is understood to be upon his testimony
that the recent arrests by United States
troops in Gibson county have been made.


j more worthless, or vicious negro could
scarcely be found anywhere; at least this
is his general character here.
Year: 1874

SINCE the detection of the Gibson coun-
" iail-breakers and murderers, have
learned from the best authority that a
large proportion of them are men who,
from the close of the war to the time
of the passage of the Civil Rights bill
in the Senate, affiliated with the Radi-
cal party of Tennessee. Their politi-
cal records were, of course, notorious,
and the stripe to which they belonged
was known the instant they were ex-
posed. If, therefore, the Democracy
must shoulder any responsibility for
the outrage, there is an equal share to
buckle on the back Of Radicalism. :
Year: 1874

hartsNllie Sentnel, sept. Is.


In our columns this week will be found
two proclamatiOns by the Governor for the
arrest and conviction Of the men concerned
in the murder of Dick Mckinley, cOlOred,
in Putnam county, few weeks ago, and
the band who took Hall out Of COOkeville
iail and killed him. From what We could
learn in q visit to the upper country a. the
beginning Of this week, the killing of Hall
might have been avoided had the jailer at
CoOkeyille eVinced anything like a deter
minatiOn to hold his prisoners. He had
timely warming that the band were coming
to rescue the prisoners and he might, it
seems to us. have prepared 10 resist them
or have summoned enough citizens
to have kept the band al hay. The
man Bush, who was in Carthage
jail. has been removed TO Nashville for safe
keeping. Sheriff Conder, Of Smith county,
who is a most efficient officer, and will eK-
ecute his duty at all personal risks, had the
iail guarded while Bush was i'm custody,
and is leaving no stoIie untITned TO un-
earth tie remainder of the band. On
Tuesday night about 10 O'Clock, a citizen
named Hair came into Carthage, seeking
Sheriff COrder to inform him of the hiding
place of the band and to Get him 10 head a
posse to 20 after them. Their place OF con-
cealment is a cave which opens out in a
dense wood near Chestnut Mound. 1t
was discovered by watching one of their
friends carry in a supply of whisky, and it
is stated that they have plenty Of provisions
to stand long siege, and good supply
of ammunition. Every man in the
neighborhoOd who has taken part in the
endeavor 10 detect them has been warned,
and several of them hide in the woods. The
law-abiding citizens have been worked up
to such a pitch that the band will be ul-
earthed before long if they are rot under
arrest now.


The descriptions given in the Governors
proclamation are a little imperfect Draper
is six feet high, instead of six feet four, and
his whiskers are rather sandy, his hair
brown. Bush IS scarcely six feet, and the
partially closed eye is a noticeable peculi-
arIty. In Apple a very Distinguishing
character of the eye is not described. He
has full eyes, which look out sideways and
downward.
Year: 1874

THE recent experiments in the use OF
steam as a propelling power on the Erie
Canal seem to have been satisfactory, and
it is expected that next season there will
be at least twenty steamboats, on that canal.
This will effect practically revolution in
heavy freight transportation, and be of vast
advantage TO the producing interests of the
country.
Year: 1874

ALL who did not have an oppOrtu-
nifty to read the address Of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, pub
tshed in yesterdays UNION AND
AMERICAN, viii be furnished with cop
les of the paper on calling at our bust
ness Office, where the committee have
made arrangements for their distribu-
ton.
Year: 1874

THE address Of Morton B. Howell,
IN another column, sets out very plain
ly the main reasons why the people of
Nashville should sustain the nominee
of their convention. We have had
enough of the kind of government that
has prevailed in the city during the
past two years. Let us have business
done for the good of the city, and not
an easy chair used only for the pleasure
Of the incumbent.