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TELEGRAPHIC,
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WASHINGTON.
OUEKENGY STATEMENT OF THE
WEEK.
Warlike
rrcparallons
East.
In the
Arkansas Rcfusees Ketnrnlng.
Another Express Company Motc.
Si! . . ;
Iteportea .
JKebel Victories
In
Incident and Accident.
WASHINGTON.
Financial Kinteiueut,
Washisoton, Dec. 2C Fractional cur
rency printed during the week, $455,000,
Shipment, SX&.ZS'J. .National flank car
rency issued, $91,810. Amount in-circula-
uoa, yj.w;Hjl,Vii. fractional currency
destroyed, 5zw,lS4.
solicitor iirincKley, in a' card review
representative Van VVvcUs' lately pub
lished report and denies the truth or the
statement therein concerning him.
NEW YORK.
A New Movement Anions: Express
Men.
New YortK, Dec. 2G. The Republican
eayg that a highly important movement of
recognized AiDg3 of Express Companies it
going on. Among those engaged. in' it are
managers of the late American Express
Company. It is understood this combina
tion with their associates meet at the soli
citation of a large number of the business
men, not only of New England but of the
entire West, to establish Expretsallaci lilies
throughout tLe territory now occupied by
the American Merchant's Union Express
Company.
BOSTON. ' '
A Conrt Decision A fled Inff Owners suit
lIullilerM e Disreputable lluuses.
Boston, Dec 20. The Supreme Court
has decided that the enactment of the
liquor license law last winter did not repeal
the law, known aa the liquor nuisance act
or sixth section of tbe S7th chapter of
general statues, which is as follows: All
building?, places or tenement?, retorted to
for prostitution, lewdness or illegal gamb
ling, cr used for the sale of intox'c tting
liquors shall be deemed common nuisance.
Tliii law, it is well known, allows the prose
rution of both occupant of and owner of
the building accused. The decision is
quite a surprise and an unpleasant one to
many parties who had been complained of
under the act and whose cases have awaited
this decision.
PHILADELPHIA.
A Shotlllll;
Arcldeul Iliuiier to
tbo
PiuratiEi.i'iiiA, Dec 25. Chrislmis
day has ben observed in the usual style.
A shocking accideut occurred this morn
at tbe house of John McDonald, in the
southern section of the ciiy. The family
went to sleep with a coal fire in the stove,
the gas escaped into ihe room and the
whole family were nearly suffocated. Oas
of bis daughters is dead, and another is
not expected to recover.
Early this morning the chair fkctory of
lireymaii, 111 North Kront street, was en
tirely destroyed by Crp. The loss is heavy.
Several firemen were injured by falling
ladder.-.
Among oilier Christmas celebrations,
the newsboy, to the number of one hun
dred and sixty five, were eotcrtnined by a
eumptuous dinner at the Ledger building.
Mr. Childs presented about $10,000 to the
employee of the Philadelphia Ledger
Sjtablihhmenl.
NEW ORLEANS.
Tbe I'crnvlan Monitor Ileclnreil ITii
hcnnorlli). Ntw Orleans, Dec. 2G. An inflection
of the Peruvian monitors resulted in the
board reporting that they were unfit for
sea. They will sail next week for Pensa
cola, for repairs, before taking their final
departure. If the report is true, the Pe
ruvian government has been badiy swin
dled in the sale, and a month may inter
vene before they sail for Peru.
GEORGIA.
A Terrible Crime In Columbia Cuunfj-.
Auoci-TA, Dec 20 Gabriel Martin and
bis two maiden sisters residing in Colum
bia county, were murdered and robbed-on
Thursday uight, their bouse was set on fire
and their bodies censumed. Suspicion
rests on some negroes residing in the neigh
borhood as the perpetrators of the deed.
ARKANSAS.
home Abntvmeiit iu die I'ubllr
Troubles.
MtMi'in, lcr. 2f.. The Avalanche's
Little Rot k special of to-night says that
Generals Hahroik and Porter, of Grant's
ttatl, left on their return tonight. It ap
pears thty were not authorized to investi
gate militia outrages. All the militia ex
cept .0 are to be withdrawn from Lewii
Lurg,and the citizens arc to be allowed to
form a company to aid the civil authori
ties. Conway county refugees are prepar
ing to return home.
CALIFORNIA.
Ucnvy Kaliii IMM'oveiy ol Another
Klcu lllne In Kcvniln.
San Francisco, Dec 24. It has been
raining throughout tbo Slate three day?,
for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 A. sr.
.the rain guagc ehows one and a half
inches.
The first and second mates of the ship
Sautce were to day sentenced to the States
prison, the tirst two year s and the second
one 3 ear for inhuman treatment to two
apprentice boys during a voyage from New
York.
The steamer Colorado from Panama ar
rived to-day. Another rich strike, equal
if not superior to the famous Eberhardt
mine is repotted iu White Pine district,
JStVDda, and estimated at 9I0OU to the ton
CUBA.
BeuorUtlttnccesi ol thcltevolatlotilslH
Havana. Dec 26. The city was innch
excited yesterday by Ihe repotted success
of tbe revolutionists. It is thought the le-
ports are started to cause an outbreak in
tbe city, but everything is quiet.
' MEXICO.
luleinul Improvement. Legislation
lie. Kir.
Havana, Dec 26. Advices from Mexi
ro Male that 2000 laborers were engagtd in
constructing the Vera Cruz railroad.
Gen. Canto had beru sent to Duruiio.
Gen, Onerango was operating against rwo
btdc. Petitions Imve bten presented to
Cungriss lor the abolition of deitlh pen
ally, and for the cuit-tnii-uon of a railroai
from the tapilal ot Oxaca to the Pacifi
On an. 1 be linancinl and commercia
cm.diiion of ihe Republic is critical. Con
pieis has approved 1 tie pn jeclnf allotting
the free export of mintraU. A reduction
ot fifteen dollars per Ion i to be granted lo
all vcscel corietruclrd iu the Republic.
Preparalion for woiking petru'eum in
Oxaca have bten conimenred. The forma
tion of New Leon into separate States had
been commenced hy Congre?. The ques
tion Ol hunting new Stales of II iililg'i wmm
under dimi-sion ; aleo Ihe proposition to
expMi gold aid -ilver lurs iindir ihe
6 mc duly as commercial money, (ot:
gtTtu had organized a grand jury to tiy
Alejia ai.d Kcmero. Mrjia was fund nt t
guilty. Tbe cat-e of Komero nas unde
cided. A project of amnesty hud betn
presented in Congress and ws under dir
cu;8ion. The journals generally andGsn.
Palacio advorate clemency.
N A S f
EBLISHEI) $1 ARCH 30, 1835.
TU Tliuc-n on tlie Alaliamn fln'mis.
London. Dec 2G. The Times this
moraine has another !nnc nliinrUI nn I hp
subject ofthe Alabama claim?. The peo
ple of both England and America, the
Pirn am o trr . . . ! , 1
IatioDS which 'are t6'xis." ih"fa?ure be
tween the two nations. This uneasiness
arises from the true stale of negotiations
tXndinf? Cn tlin Allliimi nnrafinn Tlio
Tiraea believes Mr. Seward himself ob-
tructsja. settlement, bat that question will
,be"nallv adjusted under the incotafnrr
administration ot, GrauU .lUverdy Job'c-
son u pol likely to be remove! by the new
administration but termillfrtl to maiD I
BwrA leeks to delay tbe oellleuienL of
this important question he should be re-
moredout the bun of protocol already
I fiOrvm linnn Iw I rn Ktsnlat ml Mr
MuSou muUremain fixed And vySllBoooer
or later command the conient of bolh
countries.
Orrfce I'nlUiig- Herself on it Witr
Footing.
iew x ork. uec An Alliens pre.
rial of tbe 25th Bays the Greek Chambers
Have acceded to the demand for the an
proval of an extraordinary credit tc the
amount of one hundred million of drach
mss. Also for extraordinary levies of
men for the army and navy ai called for
by .the government and reported in cable
dispatches of the' 23 J; ' . f . " ' J ' t ' ' '
Madrid, December 2G. It- is said that?
17....:- . ,. .1.. rr:i. .1 o... . . i
part in tno l uricey and Urcece uitliculty,
T I n i . .
io.Moii, ojecemuer zo. An Athens
diBpaich elates that two Turkish ships
have been placed ou the Cosst of Cerigo to
prevent the departure of U reeks for Crete,
Xondon. Dec"ember 2C A ditmlch
from Athena of 'the 24xh ,sa"ya .(hat the,
urccian uutmner has voted the money
asKeu lor by the government. Toe Cham
ber alaograuled the government full power
to raise more if need be. and made extra
ordinary levies oi men for the army and
navy.
PARAGUAY.
The Allies it jal ii Hennlstil.
Paris, Dec 25. A letter from Eio Ja
neiro has been recived with the ltnnortant
news that the Allies had attacked Ihn Pa.
guayans at Villeta in lorce.ibut weredriven
back with a loss of 1,590 killed and.
wounded.
INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT,
Nkw York, Dec 2G A desperate fight
betwten negroes and Germans occurred in
a ball-room in MchTenzie, near Newark,,
on. Christmas. Eve. At the commence-'
ment of the trouble the lights werepu"t but
and the greater part of the Gght took place
in the dark. Five persons were injured
and nine negroes were arrested.
New York, December 26. A Lynn
special to tbe Xen ays, 'a fire broke out
in Lyceum Hall about midnight and ex
tended to Frazer's building and Lubrie's
new block, which were totally destroyed.
The fire is now under control and the loss
will not be R8 great as thought before the
arrival of the Boston engine?. The loss
will not probably exceed $300,000.
Chicago, December 2G. Mrs. Augus
tus N. Dicken?, widow of Augustus N.
Dickens, a brother of Charles Dicken?,
the celebrated novelist, committed sui
cide yesterday at 5GS North Clark street,
by taking an overdose of morphine sho
leaves thrte children she has suffered
much of late from poverty, being depend
ent almost entirely upon her friends for
the necessaries of life. The acrimonious
controversy growing out of the conduct of
her distinguished brother-in-law, Charles
Dicker,?, towards Mrs. Dickens on the oc
casion of his visit to this country, will be
remembered by all,
NewFTorK, Dec 20. AJbreak.occurred
this evening in the main gas pipe on
Broadway iu front ofthe Olympic and the
e'eaping gas forced its way through the
maeonery under the theatre and was first
discovered in the ticket office. An officer
was sent below with a light, when on his
entering the vault the ga3 ignited, burning
him severely. The gas continued burning
during the performance of the play with
out the audience, however, being aware of
the circumstance. Every precau'ion was
takeu to guard againet a ptnic.
LojDON, Dec. 26. lteverdy Johnson
received a deputation of artisans desirous
of founding a colony in Nebraska. John
son encourages them.
THE OTHER sTdE.
The New Era on Hie ChnrgeM Afpiliiht
the .Semite's Eiijrossluc Clerli.
In an article devoted to the recent in
vestigation by the State Senate of tho
charges preferred by Mr. Itodgcrs against
William Baker, tho Eugrossing Clerk of
that body, the McMinnville JVeit Era of
tho 21th says :
It will bo seen that both charges made
by Senator ltodgers were sustained by
the committee, and their finding endorsed
by tho Senate, but Mr. Baker was ex
cused for his offenses. The first charge
was for suppressing tho laws of the State,
a9 Engrossing Clerk. The facts are
these . The Carrol Academy of Mc-
Minnvillo, lias a fund of some $:$000,
which is lying doinianl, tho most ofthe
Trustees being either dead or removed,
and a perfect willingness on the part of
our people to have tLat fund
transferred to Ben Lemond College,
to aid in the erection of suitable bulld
ogs, etc. Mr. Faulkner, our Representa
tive, introduced as an amendment to
souiobill a provision to that effect, which
was passed. Whcn the law went to the
hands of tho clerk this contemptible
Baker he suppressed tho amendment
and quietly made way with it in some
mysterious manner. Thero is no reason
for this, other than a desire to damage
the interests of this community to the
extent of his thieving propensities.
When he was arraigned before the Sen
ate, ho suddenly finds the amendment,
and overs it up by saying "in tho hurry
of business it was overlooked." This
community arc satisfied that tho over
looking was intentional, and that the
amendment would never have been found
except by somo such process as that
adopted.
Ihe next charge was for obtaining
money under "raise pretenses, and
which chargo we profioso to establish
before a jury of our countrymen. Thi9
scoundrel cannot claim that this act was
caused bv a "hurry of business,' for it
was a premeditated, calm, cool and Ui
liberate nttemnt to annronriato to his
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own uses money that did not belong to
him, and which he has since been com
pelled to disgorge. That our readers may
tee tlie whole case, wo make the lol
lowiug statement On the 3d day of
March, 1SGS, wo received tho Tax
sales of Fentress county, of condemned
lands, lor publication in tho New Era,
which sales aio inserted 011 the fith, 12th,
and l'.Uh of March, and this Baker clan
destinely entered the Comptroller's office
at Nashville, and claimed that tho foes
for advertising said sales were due him,
and the Comptroller, knowing no better,
and having but a slight acquaintance with
Baker, paid him the amount. The law
regulating legal advertising was passed
ontholTihof February, to taka ell'ect
thirty days alter its passage, winch would
bo the ltith of March, and Baksr could
make no possible lesjal claim to such fees,
aud he knew it. -
Tho i:Vo of tho same date publishes
the following card from the Comptroller
ofthe State:
CosirTRoi.i.Kii's Orrict", Nashville,
Tlnn., Dec. IS, li!iS. 1). F. Walla cl,
Ivq.: Dear Sir.: 1 gave Gen. Badgers a
wariant 011 the J rvasuicr, this morning,
for the amount of your fees; since which
Mr. Baker lias refunded what 1 paid him
Baker was wrong, and more than trronij;
yet 1 can but feel a little sorry forhim.
Yours truly,
G. AV. Blackburn, Coinpl.
I VTL Ui:
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Tho I?nglfsh crui3tr Nyrnph has cap
tured eight slavers off tho African coast
during the past season.
Wcndqll Phillips in the Anti-slavery
Standard, vehemontly opposes theTo
peal of tho tenure-of-office act.
Beuben Patterson, who was wonnded
by a sky-rocket in Memphis Thursday
night, died Friday morning.
The residence of John Kuapp, of tho
Bt. Louis Mepublican, was burned last
Thursday. Loss 15,000; insurance
2,500.
The EeformedDutcU Church at .Ghent,
JfeiF- IToric, vrna bumctl yiiarsIjr iiiiirn
TS It w&s 4ie& ot Vo o0Lest ctturcUea
in the country.
The St. J0W3 Episcopal CtawA
Watorkry, Connecticut, w destroyed
by firo Thursday morning. Loss-SlOO,-
000; insured for 35,000.
It is reported that tho Treasury Des
partment at Washington is to issue $20t
000,000 of new greenbacks, to take tho
place of an equal amount of burned and
mutilated notes.
Tho New Orleans Picayune says that
a mode of driving street railroad cars by
compressed air has been invented and Li
about lo be tried there,' which gives
promise of complete success.
KevfTS. RMngTtf r
uuu was uuu ut wie passuugura uu tuu tu
fated steamer United States, ha3 not
Jbeen" heard 'from by his friends in that
city since tho accident.
The Patrio has tho following dispatc
from Athens, dated November 22: " The
Committee of Action have addressed a
petition to the Greek government pray
ing for peace They urge the govern
ment to respect "tho popular feeling of
the country, which is clearly for peace,
and avoid war with Turkey."
The renresentatives of Sbanish au
thority in Washington speak, with the
utmost confidence 01 tnospecay suppress
sion of tho revolution in Cuba. Thoy
hold that the only hope of success fcr tho
Cubans is in the possibility of a general
civil war in tho mother country.
Tho amount of claims presented by
alleged Southern loyalists, for damages to
property by Federal troops, now' on tho
table ofthe Senate Committee on Claims,
foots up just half a million dollars, but
the Senators are of opinion that the
passage of the first claim, as a precedent,
will swell the list to hundreds of mil
lions of dollars.
PERSONAL ITE3IS.
Vermont, it is claimed, will first grant
women suffrage.
Tho most popular plumber on record
Littlo Jack Horner.
Flotow, the musical composer, was
lately divorced from his sixth wifo in
order to marry her sister.
In New York it is becoming customary
for the bride to furnish thedress material
worn by the bridesmaids.
A fellow from Ohio won over six thou
sand dollars, and broke a faro bank, in
Pittsburg, one night last week.
John Taylor, of Parkersburg, Virginia,
while cleaning his. gun, accidentally hhot
dead his little stop-daughter, aged 6even
years. '
Someone says that Alboni is losing
flesh and growing into corporal consist
tency with her name.
Two boys in Holmes County, Missis
sippi, went to school all summer, and
raised $250 worth of cotton b3' working
on Saturdays.
French capitalists arc going heavily
into beef curing at Houston, Texa?, for
tho European market.
Mr. George W. Adams, a leading
Washington correspondent, was married
last Tuesday to the daughter of John M.
Barclay, the Journal Clerk ol tho House
of Representatives.
Tho lifa of a fortnight-old child, in Es
sex county, to whom morphine had been
accidentally given, was recently saved
by coffee and four hours' persistent flag
ellation.
Near Poughkespsie, Tuesday, two chil
dren were burned to death in a dwelling
that caught fire while their parents,
Joseph Adams and wife, were absent.
In London now thev play "Tho Stran-
get" after a new fashion. By way of re
lieving the maudlin sontiment ofthe
drear drama, the Stranger and Mrs.
llaller, in the last act. dance the can-can
in the genuine Mabille style.
We learn, on the authority of a New
York correspondent of the Boston Post,
that Miss Susan B. Anthony and Miss
Anna Dickinson are accomplished riders
on that most fascinating of vehicles, the
twoswhcelcd velocipede.
T1IF.M AIltTI NCVSIO.V OF CUNQRCSN.
Corresi'OuJence of the New York Herald.
New York, Dec. 22. Several members
and Senators, the most promioent of whom
are E. B. Wasliburne and Senator Grimes,
are iu favor of repealing the law providing
for the meeting of the rorly-hrst Congress
on the 4th of March. Tbey are of opinion
that after passing the appropriation bills
tbe beat thing Congress can do is lo ad
journ. It is thought, however, that a ma
jority of both Houses are opposed to re
pealing the law, and lavor a session ot
about a month of the Forty-first Congress.
Nearly all ot the leading committees or
the House are overcrowded with business
some ol it regarded as important, ihe
Military Committee, for instance, has over
a hundred bills and resolutions before it.
According to the rules of Ihe House there
will not be time this session to give some
of the committees a chance to report.
Should there be no session of the Forty-
first Congress on the 4th of March, many
of these measures now before the commit
tees will be forced to go over until the
regular meeting next December. It is
said that some of them are of such a nature
tiat so long a delay would work injury to
tbe public interest?. 1 his 13 used as one ot
the arguments in favor of organizing on
the 4'h of March.
o:ti:ir)iiiGQi,ua cam:.
The frauds committed by importers
revealed by an examination in the affairs
of tho New York customhouse are stts
pendous. A short lime ago the collector
seized a quantity of silk valued at $100,
000, Now it appears that a single firm
havo succeeded in defrauding the govern
ment of tho duties on $250,000 worth of
goods. Another firm confessed to an
"evasion" of payment on goods to the
amount of $200,000. Tho first mentioned
have escaped. TI19 latter firm gave bail
to tho amount or 2oO,OUU. Tho man
ner in which the payment of duties was
avoided was very simple. Cases contain'
ing goods of little value were sent to tho
appraisers, while tho really valuable
goods wero sent directly to the store.
The discovery ot the Irauds has given
rise to rumors of collusion between tho
importers and certain customhouse ofli
ccrs. It is remarkable that tho appraiser
should acept the statements of inter
ested parties, examining one case out of
four, when tho duties of his olhce ue
maud a rigid scrutiny of all goods.
J'tttsfnirg Commercial.
Tho negroes who attempted a whole
sale robbery and murder in the vicinity
of Richmond, Virginia, a few nights
since, have all been arre.itcd, and one 0
them has made a full confession.
Several guagers in New Yoik,
pointed under the late whiskey tax law,
have resigned, and others propose to re
sign, upon tho ground that they are. una
ble to make a living by their legitimat
f (S.
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, . JXPtft ON - AND
NASHYILLE,
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE;
A Toang Man Struck by aKocket
and Mortally Wounded, ;
Almost the Entire Calf of the
Leghorn Away and the Main
c ; 'Artery ScTcrcd.
Not a few of our readers will grieve to
loam of a melancholy occurrence which,
ibis feared,. may result in; tho death of a.
most estimable youag gentleman or tltia
oAtv.
Between six and seven o:clocklast
lti t ?r i . tj- f n -y' ?v ?
wgat, wniie aix. tveuueniA'auBou.vouuK'
est son ofCol, Ueorgo mtathewel
known bookseller, was walking on Main
street, in front of tho Oak Hall clothing
store, ho was struck down by a sky
rocket fired by some ono from outsido the
confectionery under Odd Fellows' Hall,
immediately opposite The missile, in
stead of shooting upwards, as intended,
whizzed across the street, striking young
Pattison full upon tho side of the calf of
tho loft leg. . It passed through, explod
ing after striking, tore away the flesh and
ligaments in great masses, and severed
tho main artery. An incision was thus
made nearly t(wo inches ia depth, and exV
lenaing-ior several incnes -euner way)
revealing a most frightful gash.
Mr. Pattison fell on the pavemont as
though pierced by a bullet. His com
panion himsolf grazed on tho kneo by
the terrible missilo after it passed through
.the other's leg sprang to. lus assisU
ance, and was shocked to discover that
Mr. P. was bleeding profusely. The
wounded young man was carried into the
clothing store, where a tourniquet was
hastily impoverished and applied to the
leg in tho hopo or staunching the blood
Until medical assistance could be pro
cured. Drs: R. W. Mitchell and J. W. Erskine
"soon arrived. Thoy were joined by
'others, and during the entire night the
case was receiving their attention. Mr.
Pattison lay motionless and pallid on the
bare floor. It was a long time bofore the
flow of blood could 4bo' stopped, and its
loss rendered him very weak. The
striking and explosion of the rocket had
shocked his nervous system, and causad
him to sink alarmingly. Early in tho
evening the surgeons had partly decided
that an immediate amputation was nine's,
sary to save the sulferer's life, and in
response to a question from him one of
them bade him prepare for such a contin
gency. A feeble groan was the only
reply. Mr. Pattison. rested better,
having been placed under tho influence
of opiates necessary to lessen the pain.
Tho great loss of blood and naturally
delicate physique of the ,sufferer ren
dered it evident- that without a reaction
it wero impossible to attempt an amputa
tion without seriously endangering his
life. Nothing of that kind had been
dono up lo 1 o'clock thi3 morning. At
that lime it was feared that dissolution
was approaching, and wo should not bo
surprised to learn this morning that his
agonies had been relieved by death.
Reuben Paltisou has barely attained
his majority. Though fragile, he posses- 1
scs, to a inoro than ordinary extent, the
buoyancy of spirits incidental to youth
and an ardent temperament. Only yes
terday lie spoke enthusiastically to the
writer of Christmas: of the joys and
pleasures in storo for him this day, to
whose advent he looked forward with
almost tho exuberant glee of a child.
In a moment joyful anticipations were
changed to agony ; and instead of the
glad welcomes of friends have come the
sighs and tears of those near and dear to
him. It were scarcely possible to con
ceivo of a dispensation more sad one
which could occasion greater genuino
sorrow than will this tragic occurrence.
Memphis Avalanche, Dec. 2j.
ARKANSAS.
Col. H;idenu Goc lo Ihe Neat .of War.
We learn from a gentleman lately ar
rived from Arkansas that matters in
tlugusta and the southwestern part of
that' State, instead of getting better are
worse. Ihe few who could and did with
stand the rapacity of Upham and Cattcr
son up to the latter part of last week,
have at last succumbed, packed up their
traps and traveled, those of Augusta to
Little Rock and Duvall's Bluff, and those
from tho southwest to Texas and the
Indian country.
A rumor prevailed in Augusta, on
Monday, that Upham and his men, sits
isfied they had about cleaned out tho
country and ruined its people, were
about to leave for new and untried fields
where they thought it likely their enter
priso would be as thoroughly successful
The sardines, candy and other good
things of Augusta are giving out, and as
they cannot soldier without that kind of
provender, they are "going for" the
earest and next best point, perhaps
Camden or tho Bluff. The militia are
ubilant over the prospects of a march
in pastures fresh and green, and already
aro gloating over the surprises and miser
les they will induce, in the southwest,
Catterson is monarch of all he survey!1,
and has determined to remain so, unless
Col. Badeau, who is to make a tour of in
spection of the State, shall insist upon
s recall and the disbandment or his
miscreants. The murders and other
crimes committed by this man will never
0 known to tho world, unless ho him"
self should surprise us by his "confes
sions." He is tho most vindictive, re
morseless, implacable and brutal ruffian
that was ever associated with Clayton in
ulainy.
There is an idea abroad that Col.
Badeau will be able to insure the people
some mitigation of the sufferings thoy
have boon enduring by tho suspension of
martial law, and from tho presence of the
militia, and that even the Governor him
self will soften his heart and listen to the
voice of reason and common sense. But,
judging by his past, and his refusal to
hear even respectable Kepublicans and be
advised by them, it is hardly to be hoped
for. i ho fear ef Gen. Grant, operating
upon him through Col. Badeau, may have
the desired effect, and tho citizens of
Arkansas may bo spared any further in
terference by the thieves anu murderers
of Catterson and Upham. Clayton may
possibly bo induced to call ou "his dogs
of war." We will wait and see. Mem
phis Appeal, Dec. 21.
THK ST. TIIOJIAM IWSISES.
Gen. Raasloff, formerly Minister (0
this country from Denmark, and now
Danish Secretary of War, has arrived at
Washington to see what can bo done
about inn ai. Thomas treaty. He is
anxioii3 to have it ratified, but ia not bf'
lieved to have authority to make new ar
rangements. The treaty, it will be re
membered, was made eighteen months
ago, and ratified by tho Danish Rigsdad
about a year,ago, after the inhabitants of
the Island had voted almost unanimously
in favor of being transferred. It has been
before our Senate for a year, bnt "wn3
never acted on, the Foreign Committee
being all but unanimous in opposition
thereto. Raasloff will now urge that
comity between nations requires that wo
should do something with tho treaty,
either ratify or reject it.
The Mayor of that city has given pub
licity to an announccment'that thero are
nearly 201,000 of population in St. Louis.
They arc clasr-ificd. about as follows:
Irish, 30,000; German, 01,000; French,
50,000; English, 0,500; AmericaD, 14A,
000; other nationalities, 8,000.
TENNESSEE. SUKDAY, DECEMBER 27,
ENGAGED PJEO,rXE
'
Au A-nnalncr JStutly IIow It Feels Us,
Pains nntl Flensnrcs.
At ball or sociablojisst conyerta-
zione or croquet, ar- Tveaamfr, or
funeral, at any other'ofthose festive
occasions wherein ejiqicty disports
itself it not unfrequcntly happens
jtJyoung man, alter having been
lavish of his attentions, his admira
tion, and his hocls for tho solo be
hoof and l)enofit of some particular
young woman, whose eyes or hair
or toilette may havQ hit his fancy,
to bo told by a disinterested female
fi-iciitl. with, tho least. TossibI& xoui-
con of malicious -triumpli, -tlint tit o
object of his devotion ia engaged,
AU mon w havo at any titoQ
mingled in iKo divisions ot tho
salon can recall somo such experi-
.ence,-and writh .it, top, -111 o unmistak
able feeling of wasted opportunity,
the- chagrin of love's labor lost;
which the information brought with
it. . Even. wo. whoso silvering hairs
have Scarcely softencd-'tho fires of
youth, can remombor tho pretty
blonde or the lascmating brunette
wo danced with vainly for one entire
evening (ehculftZgaccs) i'so long
ago ; wo can romcmbor lier namo
thealimploiniherlovolv cheok.fthe
coquettish allurements of her side
long oyo : and we renew again after
all those 3'cars the tempest ot rage
and loathing that tore our manly
bdsom and threatened tho serenity
of our unruflled shirt front as we
learned that she was engaged to
that puppy Jones, or that scoundrel
Iiobinson, as tho ca.se may have
been. But we did not then what
wo propose to do now ; wo did not
pause to mornlheon, and, if possi
ble, to analyzo the curious conven
tionalities which this triumph and
despair pro-supposed and indicated.
The fact is that .that peculiar so
cial relation which is known as an
agemcnt- is among the most
amusing studies to which -tho philo
sophical student of society can ap
ply himself. To appreciate it thor
oughly, however, ho ought himself
to havo beon engaged at least once
and not more than twice. For re
peated engagements will have con
fused the accuracy of his recollec
tions and blunted tho delicacy of
his perception to an extent that
must matcriallv dim the lifrht
,which experience would otherwise
mve shed upon Ins inquiry. Hnt
to a man, who has beon onco or
twice engaged, who is neither a
cynic nor an enthusiast, thero is a
never-failing fund of entertain
ment in watching tho antics of his
neighbors struggling in tuo net
from which some friendly rodent of
circumstances has released him.
He will observe, in the first place,
that for both parties tho situation
singularly disagreeable, ror
both it involves nearly all the pri
vations, without any of the privi-
i 01 matrimony. Augustus
must leave his club and abandon
his cigar ; he must exchange those
cosy little dinners a trois plats at
he cafe for dreary and ill cooked
banquets at his intended father-in-law's
: he must put up with chafing
from his bachelor mends, and he
must sacrifice the affectionate and
platonic regard of all his female
acquaintance. Of course, where a
man is rcall in love, greater sacri
fices than these should be gladly
made ; but after all, tho sinccrcst
affection in the world will not prc-
ent an engaged man lrom leehng
hat his position is false and irk
some in the extreme. Arabella is,
no doubt, the best girl in the world,
and loves you very dearly, though
no better than you lovo her; yet
there arc times when .Xmcinda, lor
example, who doesn't care a button
lor you, and lor whom you care even
less, would be a much mora agree
able companion, At a dancing
party, let us say, where Lucinda
.waltzes like a sylph and Araballa,
dear creature that sho is, 'like
well, unlike Lucinda, and yet your
itgement forbids 3011 to follow
the inclination which would give
you a good partner instead 01 a
poor ono, and delight instead, ol
torture. So too at tho opera, where
despite your affection, you cannot
help constrasttng tho cold lnditter-
enco of Arabella, who, with all her
amiability and goodness has very
little taste lor music, with Lucinda s
charming enthusiasm and appreci
ative ecstacies. Then, again, at
tho picture gallery, you remember
how Lueijida 1 airly vibrated with
artistiejpleasure ovcrchefs iVoeuvres
which the darling of your soul par
ses Willi most provoking noncua-
lance. Now, profound as is your
attachment to your bethrothed, and
firmly as you are convinced that
sho of all woman is the one destined
or mako you happy, you canntt
deny to yourself that on all these
occasions Lucinda's company would
be vastly more agreeable Alter
you are married -you can enjoy this
pleasuro which is now denied you ;
you can dance and flirt with Lucin
da then to your hearts content;
you can invito her to join your
wile in little parties to tno theater
or tho opera or the concert; you can
go so far as to kiss her and every
other pretty girl that win lot you,
and nobody minds it a bit. It is
only your way; you always wore
wild, arfd this is but tho innocent
froedom of an old Benedict. But
just try ono ot theso innocent free
doms while you aro engaged, and
pouf! you havo Arabella and all
her feminino acquaintances, young
and old, buzzing around your ears
liko a swarm of enraged hornets.
It is this sense of confinement
and restraint thaUmakes the period
of betrolhalso irksome for even tho
most ardent lover. And for the
lad' it is even worse. From the
fatal moment of the official an
nouncement there is an end of all
these sweet observances where
with she was wont to bo encompass
ed. . xio longer the daily postman
comes to her freighted 'with store of
dainty missives, gilt-edged and per
fumed, invitations to ball, or opera,
or plny,the newest waltz, the latest
novel; no longer her boudoir is made
fragrant with the spoils of a dozen
florists; no longer a scoro of eager
c avaliers contend for the honor of
her hand at every dance; no longer
she goca fotthm promenade and
park like Iloraco's Barine:
"Jnvenum
Putilica cura."
For all these various jo3's, for
notes and flowers, for books and
music, and invitations, for escort
'and pailners, even for the flatter
ing homage of admiring eyes, she
must depend on Augustus, who,
ten' chances to one, nover thinks of
flowers or music, never goes to tho
theater, porhaps O, horror I does
not even dance. And in the latter
case he is sure to be the veriest dog
in tho mangor, andt 0 object vio
lently to. his beloved dancing with
anybody elgo. Could tho art of her
bitterest female enemy devise for;
her a more pitiable situation?
As we havo said, for two people,
who lovo each other truly thesd
litt.16 annoyances, it will be said,
aro vorv trifling and easily lo Io
ensured. Btxfc tho. Htncerest Iqv
cannot, altoirether relieve froxxx mon-
otony an intercourse jof montlist or
ovon yejirs, wnoso solQ cxcitomen
linn in ' 1 f... il n
tiea in uuiicipauuii, Alter 1110 lira
brtct flush of assured succoss. when
pissions cataloguo of pretty inani
t-IAa J .-1. .. t . ;x ? 1 1 1 ' -
viubojio uiiiiuaiuu, it is uaru lounv
aginawhat engaged neonlafind to
talk of evoning after evening that
custom tnrows them together;
WlnOh of us has a friend, male or
lemalo, that he could endure to talk
l -1. L T 1 n .
lu uiyub mier nigut lor a jrear to
gether, with no change and no ro
lease ? And what glamor'has love so
much mof e'potent than friendship to
mako us find variety in. monotony
useii r xno, course ot true love
never did run smooth," only from
tho moment it began to run smooth
it ceased to be true love. Patsiori
feeds on difficulty, and romance is
its lifo-brcath. The humdrum ouiet
and prosaic realities of an engage-
A ' 1 ' 1 1 . 1 . .
mum, are apt to coot tno aruor ana
.i:r.n:HA&A at. ?ii ...
uiaaiumo mo illusions wnicn
usually prompt a proposal, and
perhaps in this way, by giving a
cnanco to correct an error before it
it irretrievable, engagements do
good. From, this point of yiow the
practico, is worthy ot encourage
ment,but it must bo frightfully" stu-
piu ior tne engaged, remaps, alter
all, thero is more wisdom in the
old plan of marrying in haste and
repent at leisure: for aa. the re
pentance is pretty suro to como at
any rate, it may be as well to avoid
tins preliminary ennui.
The Bnrfflnry
and Execution
laskt.
in Pa-
Several days ago we acquainted our read'
ers with the particulars of the robbery of
negro named Fisher; near Pulaski, and
the killing of another negro named Mason,
the supposed burglar. The Palaskl Citizen
of Friday, after describing the visit of the
disguised party to the iail. and the man
ner of Mason's death, concludes the article
as follows :
There is no doubt that Mason was guillv
of the robbery, as we are informed, that
when he was lodged in jail, in the evening.
he told a prisoner who was in the cell with
him that he had Fisher's money, and ex
pected an attempt would be made to kill
him that night, and if he would help him
to hold the door (which opens on the in
side) and to defend himcelf, he would give
him threa hundred dollars of Ihe money.
This ia not the first offense of which Mason
has been guilty. He was under bond for
I113 appearance at the present term of oor
Circuit Court, for resi'ting lawful prfices?,
and shooting one of a Sheriffs posse
while attempting to arrest him upon a
charge of larceny. He has also been once
tried in this court tor htrceny singe the
war. He his been once indicted in David
son couuty tor horse stealing, and re
mained there twelve or e ghteen months
in prison ; and once indicted in Lincoln
county for the same ofien-e. No less than
half a dozen robbeiies have been com
mitted in this plare within Jhe last four or
five months, and it is generally believrd
that Mason was the thief, or one of the
thieve, as it is also believed that he was
the leader of n band of professional
thieves. He had no occupation, save that
of gambling and the supposed ooe of steal
ing. There is no doubt but he was a ter
ribly bad and desperate negro. He had
even become a terror to his own race, and
was alike odious to both whites and blacks.
But while all this may be so, while he
may have been covered all over with crime.
still we protest long and eirnestly against
the manner of his execution. The civil
aw should, and must havo its course, else
no man's life in the land is safe. We have
always been opposed to mob-law, but owing
to tbe frequency of these summary execu
tions, we now more loudly than ever pro
test against them. They unsettle cur
social organizations, and startle the safety
ofthe whole community, to say nothing of
the violation of law involved. And, al
though the executed may have deserved
his fate, there is a legal way provided for
him to meet that fate; and if he meets it
in any other, public sentiment should, and
it uoea condemn the proceeding, vt e trust.
therefore, that we will never have another
one ot these awiui occurrences in the
county of Oiler, as long as we have legal
tribunals or the semblance ot law lelt in
the land. Let us, oh I let us never have
another one of these startling tragedies.
In politics, Mason was a Democrat-; he
voted for Seymour in the late Presidential
election, and used his influence for the
Democratic ticket.
A GIGANTIC SKK.I.r.TO.V.
From the Sauk Rapids Sentinel, Dec. 13.
Day beforo'yesterday, while the quart
rymen employed uy tlie sauK napius
Water Power Company wero engaged in
quarrying rock for the dam which is being
erected across the Mississippi at this
place, they found imbedded in the solid
granite rock tho remains of a human
being of gigantic stature. About seven
feet below the surface of the ground, and
about three feet and a half beneath the
upper stratum of rock, the remains were
found imbedded in the sand, which had
evidently been placed in tho quadrangu
lar grave, which had been dug out of the
solid rock to receive the last remains of
this antediluvian giant. Tho grave was
twelve feet in length, four feet wide, and
about three feet in depth, and is to day
at least two feet below the present level
ofthe river. The remains arecompletil
petrified, and aro of gigantic dimensions.
The head is massive, measures thirty-one
and one-half iaches in circumference,
but low in tho os frontis,
and very flit on the top. The
femur measures twenty-six and a quarter
inches, and the tibula twentydivo and a
half, while the body is equally long in
proportion. From the crown of the head
to tho sole ot tho loot tho length 13 ten
feet nino and a half inches. The moasure
around the chest is fifty-nine and a half
inches. 1 his giant must have weighed
at least nine hundred pounds when cov
ered with a reasonable amount or flesh.
The petrified remains, and there is noths
ing loft but the naked bones, now weigh
three hundred tour and a quarter pounds.
The thumb and fingers of the left hand,
and the left foot, from the ankle to tho
toes, are gone, but all the other'parts are
perfect, uver tho sepulcher of the un-
knownrdead was placed a large flat lime
stone rock that remained perfectly sepa
rated from tho surrounding granite rock,
Theso wonderful remains of an ante
diluvian, gigantis race are in the possess
ion of a gentleman who has started with
it to his residence East This gentle
man, it is said, will send the remains to
Boston, and possibly we may hear all
that can bo said on the subject by the
learned in thesa things. It is supposed
by some of our ablest meo, among whom
is Uen. i. nomas, that many more stele
tons will be found during the process of
excavating tho granite rocks in this
place. .Some seem to think that these
remains were deposited in this sarcoph"
agus" prior to the formatiou of the pres
ent strata of rocks that now abound here;
but this is mere conjecture.
AMERICAN.
1868.
A SWKS BOlWiA.
Mary Jenaueret, the .Swiss Poisoner
How Kbe Reveled at tbo Den lb or
Her Victims.
At Geneva, on the 23d of No
vember, proceedings commenced
against one of the most monstrous,
women that ever lived. The trial
was terminated on the 2Gtb, by her
condemnation to twenty years' im
prisonment with hard labor. The
name of tho monster is Mary Jean
neret. She .comes of a respectable
family ; is thirty -two years old. and.
Tflara ireen spectacles on account
ot an &lle-el dVaci&ae ofT tlie eyes.
She simulated a weakness of her
cyea in order to procure some atro
pino. fltt ialoid prepared of belli
aonna, which is a very virulent poi
son. By an uncommon knowledge
of the medical tcrminologj', fine
manners aniVavyery insinuating de
meanor, she succeeded jn gaining
me conhdence 01 the druggists and
physicians at Geneva, and she
treated the patients intrusted to her
care in the hospitals and in private
t-tiuuiua mm iuu suuciiuuo OI a
mother. She was first employed in
a private hospital. vTwo of the
elder inmates a man and his wife
soon died; afterwards their
daughter, and in the end the land
lady herselt. Nobody appears to
have suspected herT but an unknown
hand wrote1 the celebrated verse of
Dante on the" entrance door of the
hospital r
Voi ch'entrate, Iasciate ogni speranza.
Jcanneret afterwards entered the
houso of the painter Bourcart. His
motner-m-iaw was sick, anu soon
after tho arrival of Jeanneret suf
fered from terrible nervous fits. Sho
felt an unconquerable apathy against
the new nurse, and the painter, who
suspected her" of mischievous deeds,
dismissed her, though in a polit6
manner. But he did not lose sight
of her, and soon learn od that two
persons, who were intrusted to her
care m the family of a Mr. Gross.
had died. A young latiy who had
visited the patients and took tea
with them, was also affected by very
singular symptoms, and Jeanneret
said to the domestics: "lou see,
that girl ha3 the same disease as our
ladies ; all three will probably die. '
The physician who treated this
young lady recognized that she was
poisoned by belladonna, and he
saved her. He spoke with the nurse
about the case, but she answered so
promptl and judiciously all the
questions that he did not suspect
ie. in the least. The nurse, never
theless, felt afraid of a discovery
and soon dfsappcared. The painter,
Bourcart, heard of all these cases,
and denounced the woman to the
State's Attorney. She had just
poisoned another woman who was
seized by a hysteric delirium iu con-
sequence of the use of a inedicine
administered to her by Jeanneret
She was surprised in her room be
fore she could conceal the vials con
taining the atropine.
It was proved during her trial that
she was a hysterical person. She
had consulted a great many physi
cians in regard to her imaginary
diseases. She feigned to have con
stant trouble with her eyes?, but an
occulist soon discovered that her
ej'es were in a perfectty normal
state. She used atropine immoder
ately on her eyes, and begged of
one of her physicians to apply a
hot iron to her shoulders.
By one of the witnesses she wag
described asa model nurse, who
could during seven consecutive
nights stay with a sick person with
out falling asleep a single moment.
But when her patients died in con-
ulsions, she constantly smiled, and
even hrolce out lor a moment 111
loud laughter. As she used the
atropine alwa3's for the eyes, she j
agreed that she might have made a
mistake and given it in lieu of other
medicine to her patient;. Some
times she said she gave them bella
donna in small, doses to do them
good ; never 'with the intention of
killing them " with these things."
Her behaviour as a woman was oth
erwise faultless, with this exception :
everybody who knew her described
her as the greatest liar on earth.
V as she sane i Was she posses
sed of a monomania? The- public
accusor did not believe it. Faith
lessness, perseverance, cunning and
audacity, he said were combined in
that woman, and if there were any
intoxication of her senses it was
the intoxication of crime, which
silenced her conscience. He asked
the court to condemn her to death.
She was very ably defended, and
tho assertion of her legal adviser
that she had watched the dead bodies
of those whom she was suspected of
having poisoned alone during the
subsequent night, and that she on
those occasions, never showed the
least symptom of fear or remorse,
made a deep impression upon the
audience. But it wa3 in vain that
he tried to prove her innocence.
The jury declared that Mary Jean
neret was guilty of having poisoned
eight persons, and found her " not
guilty" in regard to the young lady
who was poisoned ana afterwards
saved. Bnt it admitted " extenu
ating circumstances," whereupon
the court condemned her to twenty
years hartl labor.
k qrtunately such cases do not oc
cur often, But, whenever they at
tract public attention, the question
always arises whether the insanity,
in winch such a series of crimes can
only originate, is not precisely the
state of mind which induces the per
petration of every crime, and which
is only the highest degree of the
animus criminalis. Whether it is
rapacity or the morbid and horrible
delight in the convulsions of a dying
victim, which drives such a mon
ster to commit a murder, is a mat
ter of little moment. To the can
did mind both are insane conditions,
but it is an insanity which falls un
der the application of criminal pun
ishment. In this sense penitentia
ries are indeed nothing but insane
asylums. If they are not, it would
be good policy to make them so.
Geu. Grant has been repeatedly impor
tuned by Chandler, Morgan, Wilson,
Stuart, and other Senatorial leaders, to
give them a clue a3 to the formation of
his Cabinet, but thus far they have only
been informed that no Cabinet has been
agreed upon. The President elect is re
ported to havo said to a-Congresiman
who called on him, that he had not
settled upon a single namo for a Cabinet
position; but he manifests a desire to
hear all that others have to say on the
subject, remaining silent himself. !
NEW SERIES NO. 104,
Footprints on tub kovNbi-
RIES OF ANOTHER WORLD.
Ah Odd Keiuiuiseeur A Double
Wraltn What was Witnessed and
tbe Result,
Several years since we were read-1
ing, in the presence of an elderly
lady friend, the tradition recited by
Mr. Robert Dale Owen, in his work
on spiritual manifestations, of a fe
male school teacher in Switzerland;
who had appeared in the capacity of
what is termed " double." to her pu,
glL?. anci wlio -v ;t, trom til Ei pecu
&it3T comnlleO. to tlirovr jlid, lxev
position, as she hail upon, several
occasions been seen in two. places at
uie same time, ana wlien questionet
11 .. ...
upon the subject the teacher de-i
clared that at such times, in her na
rural body, she experienced a listless
nes3 that she could not account for.
ihe lady friend referred to then re
cited an occurrence that transpired
in a. town pn the Ohio, now a large
and flourishing city, some forty
years ago. A younglady fnend had
recently married and gone down the
river on a bridal trip; the newlv
married man holding the position of
engineer on the boat After an ab
sence of several weeks our inform
ant and her husband, after tea, one
evening, concluded to call at the
residence of the bride's mother, whd
lived some for or five squares dis
tant, and ascertain when tho daugh-
A . J.
ter anti ner husband were expected
home, it was in the month of
August, if our memory serves us,
and the moon was shining brightly,
so -that objects could be distinctly
seen ior a distance ot halt a square
very readily. They had entered
41.. 4 A A . . 1
tuu street at a poms Within one
hundred, yards of their destina
tion, and the house they wcre'about
visiting was plainly visible. It
was a large single tenement frame
house, setting about three or four
feet above the level of the street,
with steps leading from the pave
ment to the front door. When our
informant and hr hnsband had
reached within fifty feet of the door
they were surprised to see moving
up the steps the newly married
couple, and to see them noiselessly
enter the door. They congratulated
themselves that they would be the
hrst among their acquaintances to
welcome them back from their trip;
and went immediately to the door",
and, knocking, were admitted by the
mother of the young lady. After
being ushered into tho parlor, and
taking seats, the lady inquired foe
her friend, expecting to greet her in
few moments. The mother an4
swered that she had not arrived,
nor was she expected for two or
three days. This astouished our
friend, as she felt sure that she had I
seen her enter the house, but for
fear of subjecting herself to ridicule.
forbore to jiention what she had
witnessed. Her intimacy with the
family precluded the possibility of
the answer being an excuse for the
non appearance ol the bride and
groom, and after spending an hour
or two with the lady of tho house
iu social intercourse, she, with her
husband, started for home, on the
wa discussing the double wraith
that made the appearance on the
door step, and endeavored to rea
son with one another that it was a
hallucination.
This was years before the tele
graph had annihilated time, and
railroads had rendered communica-.
tion between distant points a matter
of small moment. The second day
after this moonlight walk and visit,
the steamer Ben Franklin arrived
from below, bringing the announce
ment that the steamboat Car of
C'ommcrce.(we believe this was tliQ
name ofthe boat) had exploded her
boilers at or near the Louisville
wharf. The" second engineer was
badly scalded ; the burn3 being very
severe, he jumped overboard in or-:
tier to obtain relief from the water
of the river, and was rescued only
to die on the landing before he
could be removed to any building
or receive medical attendance. This
engineer was the newly married hns
band, and the lady was blown over
board and her body never recovered.
Tlie explosion had taken place on
the da)' that our iufonnant aud her
husband had seen the double appat
tiou on the door steps on Waluut
street in Cincinnati.
When the old lady concluded the
narration of these circumstances to
us, we asked her if she believed they
were the spirits of her departed
friends. She answered that all the
facts related had transpired, and that
we could call them by what name
we chose. We give the story as
related to us, and it certainly, to our
mind, is as well authenticated as
many spirit manifestations that we
have heard narrated by living wit
nesses, and that they are firmly bc-
ieved. Wc can point to men and
women m our community who to
day have had as marvellous experi
ences as the one above related, and
who cannot believe that they
have been deceived. Xew Albany
Ledger.
BIXC l.XWS fill LI. IN 1'ORCC IS
COHNECTICUT.
A Connecticut paper calls attention to
some of the laws of that State, which are
certainly no great improvement on those
of two centuries ago. It says :
1. A married woman, guilty ol infi
delity, ia punished by imprisonment in
tho State prison not less than two years.
A rrarried man guilty of infidelity, ex
cept with a married woman, is punished
by a fine not exceeding seven dollars, or
by imprisonment in the common jail not
exceeding thirty days.
2. Ihe husband can in this istate con
vey away all his real cstato without his
wife's consent, and cut her off at his
death from every cent of his property.
In no other State in the Lnion can this
be one.
3. While the wife has no right to any
portion ol her husband a property dur
ing I113 mc. and may ue cut ou irora any
portion of his estate after his death, tho
husband, immediately on the marriage,
takes possession of all her property, and
keeps possession during his life, giving
. , ' - 1 .1 p . . 1 1 1 :
me principal uiereui 10 ucrur iter ueira
at the time of his death.
4 The property which may be acquired
hy their joint exertions during' wedlock
.. . ..1 1 i, , 1 ?
belongs to me uusuanu mono, sue naviug
no legal interest therein whatsoever.
- mt r 1 . r . .
o. ine cunuren, iron 01 tne marriage,
boloDg to the husband, not to the wife.
In case of separation, he is entitled 'to
the custxly.
The only remedy at present open to
married women again.it laws reducing
them to a condition nearer slavery than.
freedom, is divorce. We are not sur
prised, therefore, that two-thirds cl tlie
divorces granted in this State aro granted
to wives, who have thus obtained resti
tution of their own property, control ,of
their own children and a share of their
own earnings.
THE
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THE LOCATION Of IKR JFAJX
cnovxns.
The CoekrlH Springs Track.
T th Editors of tha Onion and Ametfean
The Directors of the Agricultural and
Mechanical Association hare yet nrJder
consideration the question of a proper
place for Ihe Stale Kiir QtonndntotthB
Central Division. -Thia 13 aa, important
mrttet, and one which Ihcwe'in cBarge
should not determine wiihont a fbH
knowledge, of the fact?. Several sites Eave
been otTered, and theirrespeclivs merits
have been vigorously urged b; those ialer
esled. The success of uch- exhibitions
depends greatly upon the location of the
ground- th"eir accessibilily frtjai lb? pity,
their Supply of water and theptopegrapby
Sabscribei.. to thb gtoct for the erection
and qu!pmtntof lite building and ap
purtenance, should acquaint themselves
fill It beioro- ch final Ict9oa- of tlw qm.
, lioo, m. tlie selection -wlUV in .gTC3.&3egreer
depend on the amount aabxiiW ior (lie
YMlousplacwiDdiaawiw, .
Witt your pmuj"oDf,LWeiore, wa
will calt attention to the CotiriU- Spr ngi
Trad.
This comprises seventy acres, more or
less, situated two miles from the central
portion of the city, on and between tha
Chnrch street and Cedar street turnpikes.
The grounds lie on a level with tha sum
mit of Capitol Hill, are beautifully undu
lating, and are, in the Southwestern grou
ped from that eminence.
The Church ilreot Ttro.,1 .iu.i
, . uu
Cedar street pikes lead directly to It, and
broad avennea connect the latter two pikes
with the 'first, and afford pleasant and
ready means of access. The Nashville
and Northwestern "Railroad passe through
the tract at apoint most convenient for the
deposit of material for exhibition, or for
visitors. A liberal charter for the exlen-
jfon of the Church street railroad to Cbck-
rell's Spring on the pike is in existence,
and the road could be easily constructed.
The avenues, from the Broad rtreet or
llillaboro, and Cedar street, or Charlotte
pikes pass immediately by the tract. No
site presented, offers-equil advantages in.
this respect. "
The grounds are admirably adapted-for
the location of the central stand and am
phitheater and .necemary out building and
stock stables. From the first, an entire
view of the grounds should be commanded
and several natural elevations are arTonl'J
for this purpose. Indeed, the topographi
cal advantages of the tract combine beanty
with utility and convenience beyond any
other named; and will require a compara
tively small outlay to make ita natural
conformation aa attractive ai art u pceai
ble to make a fair ground.
Of water there is an abundant arid never
failing supply. Cockrell's spring and the
stream which it furciohea Id historic in
this reiorwJt. was a-watering place for
the Indian tribe, and the first white set
tlers. On this important. ncore, Ihe merits
of this tract will not be disputed.
The necessary racing courses a mile in
length can be laid oil on the ground,
with a view to be commanded from tha
amphitheater throughout iu circuit.
The tract is easily susceptible of drain
ing and is eligible in every respect for the
object contemplated. I: is nearer to Ihe
centre of the cily than any other offered;
it is more readily accessible; it commands
a better view of and from the city. "
In addition to theae natural and ac
quired advantage, there is another and
important fict not to be overlooked, and in
giving their support by snbacriptioa to
cither of the compiling ei'e, the citizeD
of Nashville should piy e-pecial attention
toil. But one other location (Watkins,)
yet named, will benefit the city to the
same extent, by requiring the large propor
tion of visitors to the Fair lo piss through.
The other sites are acceuibla by railroads
and turnpikes on which partie- can come
and return-withont entering the city at all ;
and if any one of these should be selected,
one ofthe chief benefits to be derived from
the holding 03 the Central Division. Fair at
Nashville will be lost lo our merchants
and dealers and alt interested in the city.
West Nashville.
SfeKeutlrve Chrlituin Tree.
The Christmas Festival of the scholar of
the McKendree Church Sunday School U
worthy of a big paragraph. The. crowd "
that assembled was dense, occupying every .
foot of available space in that large chuxeb.
The fine large tree stood on the altar tlior,
and was lighted up with taper and ga,
and loaded to its full capacity with fruits,
candies, toys, dolls, plaything, book,
clothing, shoes and etc. for the children.
Kqiecially did the needy come in for their
share of articles of comfort. Mr. Youusr
and other ladies aiding her so dispensed
the good Ihiogs as to occasion joy in many
a household, and caused gladness to rule
where poveity bat a short lime before
reigned.
The children seemed oaly too happy at
this, their first Christina Tree. I'upt.
Frank Green acted Ihe part of "Santa
Claua" admiribly, and was ofT for ihe
Sandwich Wandi by midoight, as he .fold
the cbilJi en at the outset.
The muiic by the choir and the children
was suitable and-very tine, adding interest
to the occasion.
Too much praise cannot U; awarded to
the Superintendent and other geatlsoiia,
and the ladies in particular, who planned
and executed the whole affiir ia th short
space of time allotted them, and which
made the occasion a decided succet.
rt!irgItirIoii Frolic.
The 'tore of Gilbert, Parkes & Gordon,
80 and 82 South Market street. wj.i
entered on Christmas night, by a hilariom
but unambitioa party, who opened drawers
and examined thiogs generally, but left
without spoils, except a few sbioplatter,
and the overcoat of the bookkeeper.
Partie sleeping ia the house were undis
turbed. If intended serioaIy, it w&4 a
comparative failure ; and if as a joke, in
leaving the door open, it was a ridiculnui
one.
!ai4iur4(Iiujr.
We noticed several parties wending their
way 01 mosque last rnd,ty night to eome
place of amusemint. The season fornias
qoeradioghas opened with a good prcs-
pct of plenty of fun for Ihe young, men
and ladies.
Arrested.
A negro niynetl James Campbell wa
a rested last night on a charge of having a
stolen watch in bis potsessidn. He wts
sent to the Workhouse and "will lave a
hearing Monday morning.
' fitrnch. wllli a Buck.
A little boy wa attack In the face wiih
a rock thrown by a drnnken negro .Friday
on College street;, an ugly gaah on. the
lower jaw bone wa3 the result. ,
Larceny.
Julia Ellison, a prostitute, was arranged
before Justice Casuetty yesterday on a
charge of larceny in stealing $16 from
Bailey Moore. She waa discharged upon
payment of the cost.
Stealluir a Piitol.
Timothy Sallivan was arraigned' before"
.Juatice Wilkinsvn yesterday, on a charge
of stealing a pistol from Kobert Cloydi
He was bound over to the Criminal Court
