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BY F. C. DjnnmJGT02T & CO. OFFICE: CORNER CTTORCII AND CHERRY STS., OPPOSITE THE TOST OFFICE. Tcroin atly, 8H; WecWy, fJ. natitiway, i:cnnEK 10, isos. TO I'ONT 31 ASTERS. : In resuming tlio publication of tlio Usiov axi AvnniCAX wo contracted with the old firm of J. 0. Guirmn & Co-, to fill out their unexpired s ub f criptions to the extent of the amount itill due. But as many changes have been effected einoe the suspension of this paper in 18G2.WC aro com pelled to ask tho various Post Masters at whose offices tho Ujsiok axd Ameiiicax is received, to inform us promptly by mail what papers are not taken out by.rcason of tho absence or death of tho parties, or for other cause. Their rsouTT attevtios will greatly oblige us and will bo reccircd as a personal kindness. To ocr Fmkjids is EooErirxD. Our Route Agent, Ma. SATTEKFirxn, is about perfecting nn arrangement by which ho will bo nblc, bright and early every morning, to placo the Uxion and Auebicax at the door of our numerous friends in that crowing and prosperous village. Those who dosirc to receive tho paper in this way will please make it known at our counting-room. Tkk Senate lias adopted a resolution call ing iiikhi the Pnwidcnt for wicli information as he may ixnscss rotcctiiig the occupancy of Mexican territory. In other word, the Senate is anxious to know how matters tand at this crisis between the republic and the empire of Mexico, in order to ascertain the prwpcct for the Monroe Doctrine with out Congressional intervention. Tatsosxu Gen. 2loomt A. Piiyoii, for mer editor of the lUchmond Enquirer, has been admitcd to the bar, and ii now prac tising law in the Courts of Kcw York. Our friend, Hon. Jajiih M. Quaklis, former Itoprcscntativc in Congress from this District, lias also located himself in New York, and is associated, wc believe, with Bacon, Clardy 5c Co., in tho commission biisinosd. Maj. A. J. McWmitTrat, for many years n Kpular merchant of this city, has associ ated himself with D. 11. Baldwin & Co., general commission murchonts, New York The Widow ox "Stonewall" Jacksox. Tho Houston imxns) leleernph publisliesa letter from n distinguished clergyman in Virginia, to tho ef fect that tins widow i.f "Stonewall " Jitckson is in a most destitute condition. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, was never a man of very great wealth, and wc have no posi live information of the pecuniary condition of his bereaved family; but wc trust that, if there was truth in the above statement when it was made, such is not the case now. Gen. Jackson was as eminent as a humane and generous Christian gentleman as he was asaFoldierand commander of soldiers; and we are sure that tho people of Virginia, who 1 1 1 1 It Cj lilt T I kuuw ami joveu oioncwail" jacKson ho well, would ropcl tho imputation that his family is permitted to puffer in thetr mid.-t for the necessaries or comforts of life. J.vfoiimatio.v Wanti:j. I Ion. Mr. Cow an, of I'ensylvania, M. C, lias offered a resolution of inquiry as to whether the re bellion has yet been suppressed. AVe sup pose tho honorable member was not present on the 'reading of the President's message, or Gon. Grant's rcjwrl. Mr. "Wilson, of Massachusetts, has pre sented a joint resolution to prevent the salo of bonds and pcript of the "so-called" Con fodorate States. This script is payable three yours "aftur tho ratification of a treaty of poaco between the Confederate States and tho Uniled States of America." Tho "din iiuguiMii!-- nvuauii m writing Jiimscit down in history a simpleton or a knave. Wliiel is it? tiii: cuxi'iimiuati: ri:.vi. AVo frequently meet with poems, and other tributes to tho "Confederate Dead." Whils tho dead who sacrificed their lives for the principles which were presented to them in the late war, arc entitled to-our ndmiration and gratitude, and to a perpetual placo in tho memory of the Southern people, thero is yet a living duty resting upon us. Tho widows and orphans, now suffering for tho necoHsnrios of life, and thousands of maimed wirvivors, call for our respect and sympa thios. In all the Legislatures of the South ern Statos, wc have witucascd with gratifica tion movement looking to the amelioration of these classes. Our failure places our crip ples beyond the palo of assistance bv the Federal Government, lo pensions, no bounties, no land grants inure to them. The decropid Confederate soldier must rely hikhi the kindness of friends. Tho emptv sleeve aud tho absent leg must be supplied by tho kindly offices of the more fortunate. I lappily, in this work of charity there need enter no po litical question. The war is over, and whilst the Government can take care of the unfor tunates, who wore maimed in its defence, thoeof the other tide fall upon the list which addreiKes itself to tho feelings of ab stract humanity and private charity. There are cases in which tho benevolent feelings of human nature arc enlisted, without regard to the causes of the misfortune. Thero is Kcarcely a city, town, village or hamlet in the South in which thero aro not represen tatives of the miseries and misfortunes of war. It is due to the better impulses of hu man nature, that these sufferer lie relieved. Let us not forget these duties nnd obligations. These cold and chcorlcts winds of Decern oer remind us forcibly of these claims, and enforce tlicm upon our consideration nnd at tention. Let not tho higher and kindlier qualities of our nature fail to assert them selves, while there aro so many objects of our tender regard. Tun New York World says that General Butler has determined to rcakc an effort to get out of tho bottle in which he has been corked up by General Grant, and that this is to Ikj done in nn exhaustive reply to General Grant's late conclm'tvc report. There raui lie no objection to this undertaking on the part of General Butler; but wo foar that it will be labor in vain, and that he will continuo tightly corked up in his bottle. Tho simple nnd established facts of historv are too much for even a Massachusetts law yer ; but as General Butlor feels uncomfort able in his bottle let him get out if he cnn. Wc aro opiKwl to uncorking him. The cholera scasou is approaching and good sani tary laws require the suppression of all "villainous compounds." Tm: Legislature of the State of Mississip pi has passed a special resolution inviting foreign immigration to that State. It speaks of tho productivcnoi and variety of her soil, the salubrity of hor climate, thVhigh prices of Iter chief staples, and the consequent great demand for certain nnd productive laltor and capital. It refers to the diminished popula tion of the State, and the great and unusual inducements to immigrants ; and tenders a hearty welcome nnd full protection of jcr eon and property to the peaceful and indus trious white population of Kuropc and clso--wherc. BUbop Greene, of the Epicoial diooeso of Mississippi, publishes a report of the late council of the Southern diocese of Au gusta, Georgia, and approves of its action leaving each diocese at lilxirty to unite with the Northern dioceses or not. He, howov- cr, thinks that they will all ultimately do to. Ho directs Jtix cJiurciies to proving for tho President of tho States and nil in authority. ; resumo United LIW, AND IXTEIU'IIETATIOX. Is it possible for a human society to es tablish a rule of action ard abide by it It baa been tried in all ages and by all coun tries, and yet the shifting condition of peo ples, the changes of dynasties, and the in stability of ideas themselves have postiioned a solution of the question to the present moment. The laws of the Medea and Per sians undertook to model the rights and du ties of i-ociety upon an unchangeable idea; and it was established at one time and in one place, that no man should grow taller tlian bis liciKhlwr. Since then the Ilea of social and civilized life has been made more permanent and certain ; but the applica tion of that idea, through the forms and language of constitutions and laws, seems to have been reduced still more enigmati cal by tho nnccrtaintics of expression and the vagaries of interpretation. It is a little singular for example, that the longer we live in this country, tho greater become our diversities of opinion as to the true meaning and interpretation of the words used in establishing the Government. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson took wholly different views of the theory of our institu tions, as well as of the import of the lan guage used to give them form, and consis tency, and practical cfTect. Hut they never dreamed of the accretions that these differ ences were to receive in the practical pro gress of the government which they united to bring into existence. Tho idea of Repub lican government deriving its just powers from the consent of the people who com- licd it, was simple enough ; but when it vas applied, there was a very serious diffi culty in finding language equally as simple and plain, in which to define its application and functions in an organized governmental system ; and, hence, the people have been quarreling over it, in some shape or other. from 1789 tolSG-3. The defect may not 1 so much in the Constitution and early laws, as in the loose ness of thought and expression which has obtained in later statues, and especially in the general discussion arising upon the sub jects of difference. Our expounders, in the halls of legislation, on the stump, and in the press, have given away to a hasty and unconsidered course of exposition and argu ment which has confused the general public mind, rather than enlightened it. Tho truth is, tlio tendency of all olitieal speak ers and writers, is to talk too much and write loo mucn. it is nut seldom wc en counter one of either class who does not sac rifice sub-tancc to form, to a greater or less degree. Another difficulty is that, in tho rapid changes which our progress urges, wc obtain new ideas, inconsistent with those entertain cd by the framers of the government, and in our efforts to reconcile the two, without vio lence to either, wc resort to construction or interpretation, and so unmoor the whole svs- tem, and trust ourselves to the whims and fancies of each and every expounder whoso position may intrude his views upon us. o must tako the law as it is,fcbc it or ganic or statutory, and adhere to it. If it docs not answer the demands of our circum stances wc must alter it till it will, and al ways stick to its letter taking care also to make its letter expressive of its idea and essence WHAT CONGRESS IS IMHXfl Tho bill introduced by Mr. Patterson in the House on the 11th, repeals certain laws and ordinances in the District of Columbia, providing. 1. That all laws or ordinances in force in the District, which make any distinction bc- on account or color, be re pealed, and the corporate authorities of the cities of "Washington and Georgetown, and the Levy Court of the county of "Washing ton, arc prohibited from enacting or execut ing any law that does not affect persons of whatever race or color in all rcpects alike, anything in the character or laws of the two cities to tho contrary notwithstanding. 2. That all laws in force in any of the Terrritorics of the United States, making niy distinction between persons on account of color, be repealed. 3. That any officer or person who shall attempt to execute any Jaw in the District of Columbia or Territories of the United States, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean or, and, on conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fivo lnjndred dollars and imprisonment for not less than six nor more than twelve months. iir. r.noiH (jiass.j joint resolutions, in troduced in the Housetbesamc dav, declare: i. J (inline united Mates, as conquerors in war, now have the political power of the Slates recentlv in rebellion. That, until action by Congress, the President, as Conimander-in-Chief, has au thority to organize and maintain Govern incuts within said States. 3. That the States are not entitled to tako part in the Government of the United States until Congress shall, on such terms as it may prescribe, confer upon them the power to act 1. I hat, disclaiming all desire to impose hostile or burdensome conditions and mind ful only of irreversible guarantee against future distention or secession, and of plightj ed faith to all who have aided in the over throw of the rebellion, wc declare it to bt our indisputable condition for tho reeogni ion of said States that their constitutions should secure to all the inhabitants thereof equal rights liefore the law, without distinnc tion of coler or race. It is said that Senator Nye, of Nevada, is nlxiut to introduco a bill to disfranchise everylKuly in the South, and thus strike a worse blow, if anything, ngnint the Presi dent's policy than Stevens has by his reso lution. Tho bill for a uniform national bankrupt law introduced in tho Ifono by .Tenckes, ot Ithodc Island, is the same one which has been presented by him for several previous sessions. He is the ehninuau of the siiccial committee on that subject, and intends to bring it before the Ilonsc at an early day. It is a very elaborate document. Tho recommendations made by tho Comp troller of the Currency in his report relative to an increase of tho national revenue by a tax on cotton, tobacco, whiskey, etc. met, it is said, with approval by a majority of the members of Congress. Ivcprescntativc Garfield's bill, 'introduced to facilitate commercial intercourso between tho States, is in accordance with a para graph m tho annual message. It prohibits a per capita tax by a State on tvissengcrs bv rail orlKwt, and looks to an air line railroad between "Washington and Now York. llopreentativc Wilson, of Iowa, introduc ed a bill to reorganiie the judicial system of the United States. Tho object of this bill is to icrfect arrangement for the trial of Jef ferson Davis in tho United States Circuit Court at Kichmond, Virginia. Tun Galveston, Texas, JUiUetin. has the following: ""Vo are advised that a colonr is being organized ic Dutches County, 2"cw York, designed to settle in Toxa, for tho ptiriKxc of engaging in wool-growing and agricultural pursuit. Tiin Ixmiwille Hotel, which was leased at fifteen tliousand dollars per vcar. live years ago, was recently leased at forty-five tliousand per annum. TnEcitiicns of New OrlcansarcBubscribinr; money to build a new theatre for Ben Do Bar. Jeff IJnvN-HM conoiiioji, iie.utn, Prospects and llope At nat He Thinks About Trial Kfc Views orthcOIMy of Bullets In Conned lion Willi Hid VresIilenl'H Mi'vunst' Condition of Clement V. Clny. Extract from the Fortress Monroo correspondent of the '. V. Herald, under date Dec, 10, lbii".l WHAT DAVIS SAYS ABOUT III3 TKLVL, Keadinc the late Message of tho Pros!'' , has not, I am told, produced a very areea blc impression ujtonMr. Davis as tr, hisTtrinl. lie iookcu tor Eomeining more assured on the subject an assurance at ltat that would have the cfTect to quell his nnxietv and give an inkling of the doom awaiting him c r-. 1... i r. tapiaui itirasiuiu ut'iicrwuon ins sentence was made known to hiiu, as death is fre quently preferable to worrying delay and uncertainty, so Davis would" be more at rest if the simple preliminary fact whether he is to be tried or not, and before what tribunal could be made known to him. ""What do you think of the President's message?" an officer asked him. "It is wisely and boldly sneeific nmn every subject but the single one concerning me most vitally my trial, replied Mr. Da vis. Quickly the officer comprehended what the one vital subject was, and his delicacy forbade further questioning. But there was that in the tono of response, and the look of bitter disappointment aecomnanvine; it. which portraved more palpably and earnest ly than words could his-views and the keen ness of his disappointment. JKFKEKSOX OX THK UTILITY OF UCLLCTS. However Mr. Davis may be disappointed on the subject of his trial, "it has not so far depressed him but he is ready for a joke. General Miles camo into his room two mornings since, and, after exchanging the usual morning salutation-), took a bullet from his pocket and carelessly commenced whittling it. " Shouldn't waste bullets now," exclaimed Davis ; " the President's Message holds out the prospect of a war with England, if not also with France, and bullets may conic in more demand tho next four years than the past futir years." I did not think to ques tion my informant whether the General stopped his bullet whittling, but from the facts as now given mav lie gathered Mr. Davis' opinion of the President's Message from another point of view than that given above. JKFF.'S CONDITION' AXI) HEALTH. I started only to write tho fact that JefT. Davis is Ftill a prisoner here, that the fact may not be forgotten wholly by the public. He is still in Carroll Hall ; still in a large and well but plainly furnished room ; still in the enjoyment of a good fire and good at tendance; still allowed abundant raiding matter ; still permitted his daily walks on the parapet, and last but not least, still grant ed as regard eating, as say hotel bills, " the best the market aflbrds." Excepting occa sional boils, which troublo him with Job like persistency, though happily not quite as plentifully, his health continues good. The methodical precision of one habituated to business is evident in bis arrangement of his papers and books, and the same fastidious ness upon the subject of dress and clean linen is still a prominent characteristic. "When ho walks out he is alawys neatly gloved, and his jaunty oano bears "him un failing company; Ills strength of will is re markable. It has sustained him thus far .through a long, and what, to one of his ac tive habits, restless and grasping, ambition, must be a torturing imprisonment. With this will so indomitable and his resources of thought and intellect he can stand infinitely more. JIU. CLEMENT C. CLAY. Pate and the national will and purpose that prolong the imprisonment of Jeff. Davis measures out the amc destiny to Mr. Clay. From the lively hope he once had for speedy trial and persistent writing to urge for a hearing, he has subsided into seeming apathy and patient waiting for whatever may betide him. He would have saved much waste of ink and worry of spirit if he had entered on this course long ago. Meantime his health, notwithstanding his natural delicacy of constitution, continues to improve, as it has for the past three months General Omul's Southern Visit -Tlio Trip front Wilmington lo Savannah The lleecntlon nl Charleston. Correspondence of tho New York Times. Savannah, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1SG-5. Pre cisely at 12 o'clock M., Nov. 30, I found cit-miai o.uni i-tanuiug uu iiiu wiiarr at Wilmington, patiently waiting and calmly surveying the slow motions of a gang of dusky creatures, seemingly making an eifort to smash the baggage or pile it on to a di minitivc, snorting tugboat, used now for conveying passengers' six miles up the north east branch of tho Cape Fear Itivcr to the present terminus of the "Wilmington and Manchester Railroad. Tho General was dressed in tho plained citizens' clothes, without any mark or rank whatever, and wore on his head a black felt hat which, I should judge, cost about two dollars in greenbacks. The gentlemen ac companying him, (Hrig. Gen. Comstock and Cols. Uabcock and Uadeau,) were also in plain dress. To many they were unknown, and but slight attention was attracted. Our passengers comprised gray and butternut-coated cx-rcbs., North Carolina tur pentine men, stock-holders of the road, re turning home from a general incctinjr iust adjourned, (all supplied" with a bunch of sweet jH)tatoes and cheese,) a few ladies, and, of course, a good sprinkling of woolly heads. The nasty little tug snorts and bespatters everybody with mud and water. Time's up, but wc don't go. The General looks at his watch. " "Why, it's 1 o'clock an hour after time, " says he ; " what are wc wait ing for?'' A gray -back reckons "they're awaken for a stockholder." The General makes for an old colored apple-woman and. provides for contingencies, climbs on board, lights a cigar and looks resigned. Another hour goes by, and another. During the af ternoon the shareholder arrives, and the tug flounders away from iluungton. "Wc arrive at tho cars two hours after. The tug blows terrifically and plunges her nose into the bank. Hero an exciting race takes place from the tug to the cars. The train consists of only two cars, one white and the other black. The General is not behind, and is m fortunate as to secure a seat. I rather think he sent one of his staff in ad vance. The great commander of the ace knew enough for that. After another long stoj) we move oil slowly, the shareholders null out their cheese anil potatoes, and arc happy and talkative the subject of their conversation, being the negro question and the insolvency of the railroad. At U o clock at night wo arrived at a t-ta- tion where supper is usually prepared, ft was cautiously whispered among the North ern party, that the landlord did not expect so many, and consequently somebody would turn uii short. "Wo kept our own counsel. prepared for a charge the moment the train slopped. There goes the whistle! only twenty minutes for Mipper and everybody ravenous. The instant the cars stopped out we rushed pell-mell, grav-backs, turpentine men, butternut, stockholders, Grant and his mcrrie men. n was every one lor nimseit, and all for the supper room. The doors were shut. "What now ? The General was his element strategy; he discovered a , . . V 1 1.1. 11 1.1 side door noi iockcu. jh jic wanes anu me crowd follow. Ho secures a position at the table and is actively engaged. The ragged wo-lci?iic son of chivalry is unconscious that the man who whipped him soctTectual- is at this moment seated by his side. The viands utterly consumed, wo are off again, tho train moving slowly and uncertainly. Mv New York friend mysteriously intimates that a cros tire is likely to be thrown on the track. Pshaw ! too many owners on board : no fear. At Florence, South Carolina, the General received a hearty reception from his own soldiers btationed there. Numerous bon fires lent cheerfulness to the greeting, and a rebel gun. now out of service, boomed forth a loud welcome to the centre of " original sin," South Carolina, the cradle of secession. SVe left Florence at midnight. An occas ional smoke in the colored car, and a free social talk with the General, whiled the time away pleasantly, if not profitably. General Grant is not at all reticent in social intercourse. Ills views regarding mat tersoftKilitical imiwrt were cxprei-ed with the utmost frankness and simplicity. His opin ion of leading Generals, both union and relcl, were freely given. Sheridan he con siders the best cavalry officer that has ever cxUtcd. Joe Johnson is a favorite of his. As to the Mexican question, General Grant does not pretend to know more about it than you or 1. Vt'c arrived in Charleston at 11 o'clock A. M. Gen. Sickles and all the officers at iircs- -nt ctntinncd there, tocethcrwitli tlio Fortv- setcnth Pennsylvania Volunteers and band, rcceircd Gen. Grant and escorted him lo the residence of Gen. Sickles. In the even imr n kind of torchlicht demonstration came ofT mmnosed of tho loyal citizens of Charles ton, made up of tlio colored population al most entirely. Gen. Sickles made a sieech; Grant didn't. Tho next day (Saturday) the General received a ginxl many callew. On Sunday morning uencrat urant jeu Charleston for" Barannnh the fine government boa Cosmopolitan. At 0 o cloc lhe General arrived at the boat, and alx)llt tliat t;me a fo -1,; jia(j ,nriar .gingheavily over the desolated city y(y er'utiful harbor, magically dispersed, ""closing a clear view of all those points of such terrific interest to us during almo-t the whole period of the war. Bharlcston in- ruins the battery (not unlike that in New 1 iork,) where the lauies and children came to view the grand pyrotechnic display down the harlwr; the steeple of St. Michael's church, the prominent mark for our gunners, which was struck but once, carrying away the pulpit and demolishing the tablet upon which the ten commandments were in scribed ; Castle l'inckney and Fort Moultrie to the left as wc move down the Bay; the numerous remains of batteries on our'right ; and there, right ahead, that monster of per sistence, Sumter. Our boat came to anchor, and the company were transferred to a tug. Arriving at the fort wc were received by a dozen of the blackest negro soldiers I ever saw. The company dispersed over the ruins, each wrapt in sombre thoughts of the past. Gen. Grant, leaning against the lookout, was truly meditative and sad. The scene was impressive. Here the greatest military Fkill of the age, was viewing with critical eye, the behemoth of unjust rebellion, now lying battered and crushed into a shapeless mass, at the feet of an outraged people. In two of the former casemates, far under the debris, I found a few old negro women and children, lying about on straw scattered on the ground. The companv returned to the boat, and after viewing Moultrie and recognizing va rious points of interest on the islands, put out for Hilton Head, where we arrived at C o'clock in the evening. Here a battallion of negro troops and omj regiment of regulars were drawn up prepared to receive the Gen eral, and a salute of fourteen guns fired from the fort. After an inspection of the place, and a reception of officers here stationed, the boat departed for Savannah, where she arrived safely on Monday morning at S o'clock. No reception here. A few negroes on the Fhorc yell I nizz.il is for Gen. Grant, but they miss the right man, and cannot be made to believe that there on the guards stands the General, quietly smoking his cigar. The General drove quietly to the Tulaski House, and last night an attempt was made to exhibit fire-works in the square opposite the hotel, but tho whole affair was a failure. A few Ivoman candles and rockets were set ofl'by some soldiors ; the rockets would in sist upon-entering windows instead of going up into the air. The crowd of blacks screamed with delight at every explosion, and the General enjoyed the attempted dem onstrations and failures as much as the crowd. The Tciiiipsipp Dolofrntloii What Others Thinlt or Vs. From the St. Louis Republican. Our Washington correspondent telegraph ed us a few days ago that decided symptom' of a reaction among the Radical members of Congress were visible with reference to the admission of the Tennessee representatives. It is known that President Jolin?on is ex ceedingly desirous that Mr. Horace May nard and his colleagues from Tennessee should be given their seats at once, md in this desire every Conservative in the land warmly seconds him. To Mr. John son' there is a personal importance tritached to this quotion, for the same rule which would exclude Tennessee from the Legisla tive branch of the government logically debars that State from the Executive Department. Rut there is no just rcaso;i why Tennessee, of all the States which at tempted toseccde. should be an exception in the work of reconstruction. If there is a portion of Tennessee which has always been loyal, so there arc portions of all the Southern States where rebellion never took root. If Tennessee was repre sented in the National Congress after the State had seceded, so were Louisiana and Virginia. If Tennessee has a Governor elected by the people since the restoration of the Federal power, so have Louisiana, Ar kansas and Mississippi, there being no "Pn visional Governors" in those States. Mr Picrpont is acting as Governor of Virginia upon the same claim of popular election as Governor Rrownlow's. There is, indeed, no political advantage that Tennessee may not iioast as being entitled to representation m Congress that other Southern States may not, i.-hli .m iiiui.li juMlce. On Hie oilier hand, there is no identification with the rebellion that may be charged against any of the late revolted States, which does not apply with equal force to Tenneee. "What we mean to say i, that they are all in the same category anu 6iiiijcci 10 me same general principles. Now- that tho war is entirely over, slavery abolished, and peace settled "on the univer sally accepted basis of the permanence and indivisibility of the Union, all the States should be entitled to equal privileges.Eand none of them denied the right of repre sentation in Congress. The N ew York Tribune has no doubt got wind of the movement for the admission of tho Tennessee delegation, and discerned the logical consequences of that event. We judge so from the following editorial article con spiciously printed iu its issue of last Friday. Tk.nxesseb Loyalty. The tclczrnph has in formed us that tho bill allowins blacks to testify in tho Courts of Tennessee, which passed the Senate by 10 to !. has been defeated in the House by :M to 27 Tho Kat Tcnncssco Unionists prenerally op posing while many of tho ex-rebels supported it. This is what wo had been lml to pmiwt. Tlio.ii. Ka."t Tennessee lTnionits have been permitted by a weak and worthless Union (lencral command ing ami n rercrrncd cinckaHiirti nvio in Hyled for rrnor, to jnurdcr two or three neproes to balance e:ich of tho paroled and returned rebel soldiers whom they have seen fit likewise to despatch, until they have good reason to deprecate the ad mission o1 negro testimony; for it would banc hundreds of them if there was any semblance of law or justice in that rccion. Accordinc to our information, not less than a hundred rebels and nccrocs have been butchered since .Tunc last in and around Knoxvjllo alone; and thero will of courso bo more if tho shone hand of authority be not stretched out over them. Tenncssco has many rtnunch I'nionists and worthy men anions hereitirens: but "he is never theless a Pandemonium of passion and crime, nnd no more Jit for nelf-giivernment lo-diw limn Dnho- my. She need tie ttronff arm f tnititnrv power ttrrteheit orer hrr foi month vet : and she need' that this rule should L-uarantce the freAilnm nml lecal equality of all her people, and thesolid basis of a true reconstruction. Tiie animus of this and similar articles in the Radical papers is plain enough. It pro- cecus irom opposition to 1 resident J olinson s statesmanlike Reconstruction policy. CoiiN as Fuel. Tho Galena (111.) Gazette of December 5tli, says; "Wc understand that many of the pconlc of Tl I -.1 . ;.!.... i urreii ;iuu oilier lun us m me east art Ot tins county arc usiugcorn lor fuel. c had a conversation yesterday with an intelligent gentleman, who has been burning it, and who considers it much cheaper than wood, lie Fays that corn in the car gives consider ably more heat than the name bulk of wood. Kara of corn can be bought for ten cents per bushel by measure, and seventy bushels worth seven dollars, will measure a cord. A cord of wood, including sawing, costs $9.50, which is $2.50 more than the cost of a cord of corn, besides the faet that the corn pro duces more heat than the wood. If these statements are true (and wc have no reason to doubt them) thero is no fuel more eco nomical than corn. The crop of corn this year is far beyond the demand, and if it is cheaper than anv other article for fuel we can see no objection to using it as such. The Fhkedmen. The Ilurcau of Uo fugeo.', Frccilnicn, etc., lias recently received many reports from assistant commis.-sioners tiiro'Jgiioui incooniiieni siaios. iney con tain the usual amount of information in re gard to the condition and prospects of the frecdmcn. It is gratifying, however, to un- dcrstmil that most of tfie?c communication! represent that there is less cruelty practised upon colored persons than previously men tioned, and that they, as a class, are be- j coming worthv objects of a nation s solici tude, Washington Ditpalen. A "Widow gets a Verdict or $10,700. At tlit; late term of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester county Pa., a widow named llailey sued the Pennsylvania Kailroad Co. for damaged for the lo of her husband, al leging aircleiiiosH on the part of the rail road employees. It appears that in Sei tembcr, 1SG4, llaily was returning, with .1 number of other persons, from a political meeting in Lancaster. The train, filled with jiassengers, reached Penningtonvillc toward midnight, liehiiul time, and being on the outh track, and the i-tation house on the north side, Mr. Baily and a number of the pasiengcrs alighted from the cars, wid were on the north track when tome one dis covered a locomotive coming up that track at full speed, and not many roils below. He gave tin? alarm and succeeded in getting all the people olT except Mr. IJaily, who was struck bv tho cow-eatched, tossed into the air and .fell with his head lietwecn the ends of two crs-ties, and was w much injured as to die from the effect; of it the next morn ing. Tho widow recti veil a verdict of $10, 700. Twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy emigrants were landed at Kcw York during the month of November this year, of whom 13,179 were Germans. FKOJI AUH.VJ1A. Xn5ri TesV,mo,.!y ln Alnlmnin-Orcm-t! 1,,c 'resident lo witSictraw rroops Ac., Ac. The Legislature at Montgomery on Satur day la,t finally passed the following bill concerning the rights of negroes, in the Courts: fie it enacted, f r.. Tlint nil fr,n.l.,. cn n- croc, and mulatto fluid hare the riirht to sue anil be .sued, plead and ho imidendrd. in all tho Uiflcrent and variou-, Courts of this Stale to the Kline extent lliat while persons now luiveby law; and they shall baooinpctcnt to testify only in open court, and only in casein which ficodmen.lri-e nejrrucs and mulattos are parties cither plaintiff nr defendant, nnd in civil mid triiiiin.il case-", fur injuries on tho persons and property f freudinen. free nesroes and mulattos, and in all cuses civil and criminal in which a frecdinan. free negro or mulatto is a witness ajraiat a white person, or white i person against a frrcdman, freeneproor mulatto, tho parties shall be competent witness; and neither interest on the question or suit, nor marriage shall disqualify any witness from testi fying in open Court. On Monday adopted tho following mem orial and resolutions on the subject of the removal of Federal troops from the State: The memorial sets forth tho fact that the freod mcn of the State, tfie crcat majority of whom arc under contracts for labor for the present year, arc encouraged in their idlenos.violationofcontracts and insubordination, by the soldiers, especially the colored portion thereof. The memorial closes with tho following resolutions: 1. JUiiotccd, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby respectfully requested and memorialized by the lleneral Assembly of tho State of Alabama to order tho withdrawal of the Federal troops now on duty therein. 2. lUtuheil. That the (lovemor be, and he is hereby authorized, in the event of tho withdrawal of said troops, to tender to tho officers of the Freedmcn'a liurcau the uso of the militia com panies recently organized by the Provisional Gov ernor to enforce their orders; and that copies of iiiis memorial anu resolution' no lurmslicil to (Jeneral Swayno. and to our Senators nml inrmliom to Consrcsj, to be presented to tho President of me i uiteil states. The memorial and Joint Resolutions wero adopted, and directed to be sent forthwith to tho Senate. Guxkkai. Ikwin Romvak Rucknkr has retired from the New Orleans Orescent, and engaged in the mercantile business. Ex-Gor. Thomas Overton Moore, of Louis iana, took, the oath of allegiance in New Or leans last week, preparatory to applying for pardon. Capt. John G. Ryan, who was conveyed to Washington last summer in such a mys terious way as to excite attention, has been released. He has been in prison at Vicks burg, Miss., five months. A itEroitT submitted to the Annual Con ference of the Georgia Methodist Church, lately convened at Macon, showed that the Methodist book and publication interot had lost 890,000 by the failure of Confederate curiency. Some of the Southern journals are elated in chronicling the fact of direct trade with Europe. The Charleston Actrs says "a ship is expected here in a few days from England, freighted with merchandise, which will be offered to our merchants at rates probably much cheaper than prevail a't-jthc North."" ' ' That great and good man Risbop Hoi kins, of Vermont, is now making a tour through the Southern States, for the purpose of delivering lectures in behalf of such char itable objects as the citizens of the different points at which he speaks may designate. A sr.vi:nK Sunday law, directed at the Germans, has passed the lower House of the Indiana Legislature. About the same time the negro exclusion law was repealed. Thus we sec a Radical Legislature increasing the privileges of negroes and restricting those of I a white race the Germans. Tin: winter has seen a new fashion in la dies' dress inaugurated in Paris. It con sists in having the great-coats, which, in im itation ot the men, arc now worn, fabricated partly of one color, partly of another the body, for example, being black, and the sleeves blue. Ry the Prussian law of divorce, it is re quired that, before ulterior proceedings, the pastor of the quarreling couple shall have an opportunity of reconciling tlicm. In IStJl, of 7,5'JG applications for divorce, 0,774 were reconciled by their pastors. In' the Senate of Virginia, on Saturday, the joint resolution looking to a petition to the President for the release of Hon. Jcfier son Davis, ex-President of the late Confed erate States, introduced by Senator Dulaney on Wednesday, was taken up, and, after some discussion, unanimously adopted. I'oi: ki:nt, "NK OF THK MOST DKSIRAlSIiK 0R0CERY J Mores in the city. Aditrcss ville, Tenn. Pox Rl. Nash- declft-2t CATAIVBA unn cat a 'AWIIA GRAPE VINE HOOTS. UUU of three years Kronth. of the first quality for f ale, in any quantity, at my Nursery, at Galla tin, l ennessce, and at low prices. Adilress R. M. ROYEKS. deelG wlra CHieiSTIAX ADVOCATE, J'lilillslieil nt tlio .Southern .Methodist Publishing; House, under tho auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Its i;.sues will bo resumed 1ft January. 1S03. Terms: Till 1st July, invariably in advance, J2.00. Under $10 may sent by tho mails at our risk. Sums of $10 and upwards, by Exprcs', at our expense. Subscriptions aro mado to end 1st July, for the following reasons : 1st. That is tho end of our fiscal year. 2d. DuriiiK tlio timo our General Conferonco will hold its sc.-Mon, and it newly elected officials, editors, Ac, will by that time bo at their posts. 3d. The prices of material, and expenso in volved in its publication, mar. bv that time, mod ify or inoro clearly indicate a permanent subscrip- I nun price. As most subscribers will doubtless desire to be cin with tho 1st issue, wo will strike ofT a larso edition. Our friendss will send us their names at once. Urcthren of the press who will aid in extending this notice, will render such a favor us wilt bo highly appreciated, and nt any time cordially re ciprocated. J. Ii. McFEURIN, Asrcnt. Nashville, Dec. 10, lbOo. tf J I'SSY SAfKH. Hl'ItLAI'S, (If) nnn second hand gunny sacks yjyJ)JyJJ and liurlaps for sale cheap. Also, 10,000 pounds pood second hand Cord age, all sizes. MEDARY A- HUP.KK, boutlicast corner llroad and Market sts. dcclO 3t inn iiarkkia o.niox.s. in good or- xwj Dr.lt. ju.-t received and lor sale low. MUDAltY .t HIJKICK. Southeast cornor Drond aud Market sts. -.It deel.l inn ai Ivt-' just received and for salo mkdary sz hi'iiki:. Southeast corner llroad and .Market sts. dcclS 3t Just received. MEDARY A- Rl'RKE. Southeast corner liroad and Market sts. 3t. decli Ann s.vnts mrrrtwni:AT ri.orit. OKJKJ elegant artiele. Just receivnl and fur salo by MEDARY A- Rl'KKE. Southeast corner Uroad and Market sts. ilecl, .it Knrj itAititr.m xr.w voitit Ai'iws, OUU the best in the market. MEDARY Si nritKE, Southeast corner llroad and Market sts. deel.V-St THE RUTLEDGE ESTATE. Grciil Chnnoory Sn!o of 1 T.oln. r TiirnsnAY. nKrEMnp.it 21 st ier.-. J on the premises, at 11 o'clock a. m we wili sell at Public Sale, to the highost bidder, a great many or too most beautiful itrn.nixc lots eveV offered for salo in the city of Nashville, be ing thoe beautiful Lots on College Hill, known as tho RUTLEDGE ESTATE, fronting each from ffl to 65 feet on University Avenue, Lebanon Pike, Marker; Rutlcdrc. Castleman and Central street-. These laits, in addition to their eligibility for pri vate Resiliences, possess all the advantages of 1- reo Schools. Gns and Water, nnd tho carlv emnnlniian- of the Mreet Railroad making them within a few minutes travel of tho Public Square. Ever body aro expected to be on hand at this great salo. Omnibuses and Collation as nual. F. B. FOGG. Executor, etc. M. B. HOWELL. C. A.M.. J. L. Si R. W. BROWN. Agents, decl5 tds 3S'4 Union street. CHEAT PUl$r,IC SATiE OfMoslTnliuibleCiiyProperlr ON THE PREMISES. ON WEDNESDAY m:ri:itiu:it aoth. isr..i. at nj ociock! A. M. Two desirablo Vacant Iits, each 5714 feit on nerry sircei, oeiween v ntircn ami liroail ts, niljoining the residenco of Tom Smith, Km Terms. Cash. On the same day 12 o'clock ., we will sell tho JOHNSON HOUSE, containing 10 rooms. Kitchen, etc. onBroad trect, near Cherry, and opposite the Broadway House. The Lot fronts 02 hvi. aim 22 feet adjoining. Terms one-tdird Cah, balanee one nnn iwo years, with interest, and notes paya ble in Bank and lieu retained. Immediately after this sale, between 1? nml 1 clock, we will gn the residence of the late Judge Maney, on Broad Mrcct. and sell two Vacant Lots immediately boyoud. fronting uien 37VS fton Broail street, by 2IOV4 feet deep, "free Territory- no laxes lor a pen on 01 iweiiiy ymrs. lernis Jath. A rare opportiuiil- is now offered to neuro a desirable rcHlenec, and raako good investments. J. L. i R. W. BR0N. Ageob.. doclS it 3SJ Union street. sacks: sacks:: 30,000 GUNNIES AND BURLAPS. For sale alXo. 6 North College street, declt-lw S. LANDAUUR. tVAVTEI. PARTIES VrilO DELIVERED TWO CAR Londsof Salt at i C. It. R. Depot some two weeks aco. Salt marked E; and II. x S., will please furnish ns with duplieato Bills I.adinj, iu salt cannot be shipped for want of destination, docl-lw Y. B. JONES, Agent. Feeioiit Office X. ft C. R. R. Nashville. Dec, 11, . f OX AND AFTER' TO-DAY OUR DEPOTS will be open cilnt Sf-t- ' for the reception of . Freights, and promptly cloicd at 4 p. w. decl3 lm Y. JOXES, Agent. Jp J2, ID .S-II FAMILY GROCERIES. , WE HAVE OX AIEXTof . HAXD A (500D ASSORT- i-OIIIiY GltOCEKIES, Consisting in part of Sugttr, CoiTee, Frnils, Mackerel, Tobacco, Flour. Cigars, etc., Which wc will disposo of at private salo for fair prices. Wc have also for sale 1000 buhcl: of prime heavy Oats, which wo wish to close out at oneo under instructions. .MR. W.M. PR1C1IARD long and favorably known to this community has taken quarters witn us, and will bo pleased to see his old friend-i and cui-tomers. UODSHAIjL .t HOLLAND, dec-tf 1?A South .Market street. CHRISTMAS X W3 KB? UP-RIVER CMrfjerland Coal,' ONLY TEN DOLLARS TIIE 1EI,IVEKEI. AT Si SOUTH COLLEGi: STREET, NEXT DOOR TO NO. 2. FIREMAN'S HALL. Tho only genuine Cumberland iu this Market. Cheapest, because most ccouomical. Clearest bcins a pure Gsls, and sives no headache. dccl3 lw I X. STEWART. O. II. HOLD EN. SA.IXT LOUIS MUTUAL LiFE INSURANCE COMP A. IV Y, II03IE Ori't'E: NO. OO XOirrilTHIItD St SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. Assirrs, July i, isr.5 p.-.r.i.r.u ar: SECURELY INVESTED. Dividend! declared to Policy Holders Jan. L 1805, Forty J'cr Cent. ' Reader, Is Your Life Insured? If not, what provision havo you niado for your dependent onos? THINK! What would bo their pecuniary situation were you to diu to-morrow? If it U wiso to Insure, is il prudent to Delay? DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. niltlXTOKS. JAMES II. LUCUS ..SAMUEL WILLI Robert M. Funkhou-cr, of Fnnkhouscr & Runiett. Chas. II. Pek, Presd't of the Philo Knob Iron Co. Robert K. Woods. Cashier nf thn .Murr-lmnta li.nl- Jules Valle, of Choute.-u, Harrison .t Valle, Geo. R. Kobinsnn, of llohinson A- Garlard. Chas. W. McCord, ofMcCord .t Co.. Machinists, John F. Thornton, of Thornton A- Pierce. Isaac 11. Stnreeon, Prcsid't of tho N. Mo. Railroad Hon. John lloiran, Member of Concress. Henry Ovcrstclz. of Ovcrstclr, Wagner A- Co., i.uiiiuur ii'iiitrri. Nich. ScbatTer. of Nicholas Schaffcr i Co., Star '.anuiii nenicrs. William T. Gay. of Hanenkamp ,t Edwards. David Keith, of Keith A Woods, Booksellers and Mauoncrs. R. P. llanenkamn, of Gay & Hanenkamp. Isaac Vt . Mitchell. D. A. Januaryt of D. A. January ,t Co., Groctrs unit uiiiuji??iimi .ucrcnanis. Wm. J. Lewis, of Lewis A- Pro., Tobacconists. F. Itozicr, Jr., of V. Rorier. Jr.. Ac Co. Jacob Tamm, of Tamm .t Meyer. ori'it'i:its. SAMUEL WILLI, President. JAMKS II. LUCAS, Vice PrcsidonL W.M. T. SEL11Y, Secretary. WW x- TOVTOV n I 1 DR. JOHN T. HOUGEN, Consnltinc Physician.. .,'. ... AW.., lltllLlAl ..iillll. . LACKLAND, CLINK A- JAMISON.Lcgal Adv'rs. HON. ELIZUR WRIGHT, Consultins Actuary. SII.A.N It. FOOT. Stato Agent for Tennessss. O. I!.VKI'Ii:i,I, r. w. S'st.ihi;n.sox, Special Agents, Nashrille, Tenn. Office: Second NntlonnI IlnnU Ilullillii Nashvillo Local Beard of Reference: Ilillman. Pro. Sz Sons, J. A. McAIUtcr Si Co .no. Kirkinan. O. J. Stnbblefield, James il. Hamilton, A. Hamilton, James Woods. Examining Physicians: Tlioi. R Jennings, M. D., T. M. .Vadden. dcclS lm 100 1000 2 dccG- IHtLK CIIOIt'K AVVI.VJi; DainSr.lt: " Superfine and extra faimlv Flnnr- Carloails Bran, in store, and for sale St. W' RHEA .t SMITH. tvAXi'i:o, 7Y A YOI NG' MAN. A SITUATION IN U Miinc hoIesaloliroecrj'orCominission lloue. lias siiinc experience as sakMinan. Addres O." Box 15, Winchester, Tennessee. dec!!! lw NTUAYI'Ii Ht STOI.I'.X, ON YESTERDAY MORNING. FROM TIIE Tront of onr U'lircboiise, one small BAY MARE, about 13 hands high, dark leg, no other marhs rcmcmiicretl. c will give row aril for ucr return to in. BAILEY, ORDWAY Si CO.. dccl2 2t Broail street. B. D. BBNTON & CO CITV STEAM UAKKItV, AXI CAXDT MAXITACTOUY, C AND 8 UltOAI) RTRnrr. Dealers can Iks supplied on short notico with everything in our Line, made by our selves. Social Attention given - ' v-, -To Crackerj And Candy. Also, Bread, Cakes, etc., etc. 1 " D. D. DENTON tf. M, lYUNTINOTON. doot lm No. NORTH CHERRY STREET. Special attention paid to the with COI.I.i:CTIOX OF TI.AI.Mfl AGAINST TUB UOVKIIXJIIIXT. T , . Li-- NO CHARGES IN ADVANCE. n0'.VARD 4 NELSOy. ' Attorneys and U. S. Claim Agents. RirtBEfcrs-tHon. CTF. Trif.J,. S? District Judge Anson Nelson, Esq., President Second N- UoBaLiiAnk; Mtt. uou.-Aonaiaion. Ltiieriynar tcrmattor. doci-la Wholesale House, T. W. KVAMS, Lato of Kvans co W.H. KVA.3. Lnte-jof Evntis coi ' Tims. n. mr. Late Fite.Shcphcrd co K.fc. fiHiriNER, : Lato of Uardncr CO. It.Ti. nrocxER. Lato of (I ard nor & co., n. w. jgSMKfis, WM.l'qitTF.R, ,Latc,of Kr.iiia, U ? ' jliitowith (lanlncriCo, WW VAMS;FIT&CO; i XO.' -1, ISTA' lifcOCIC, WK ARK NOW OPENING A LARUE AND wjII assort cd stock of s, Boots, Shoes, Hats, AND READY MADE CXOTIIIXG, PURCHASED FOR CASH Since tho recent declino in prices, which wo offer to the Trado AT VEItY LOW PRICES. Bcingconncctcilwith EVANS, GARDNER A CO. of New York City, and IMPORTING all Foreign, and purchasine from Manufacturers all American Goods, and possessing cvciy adrantago of getting Goods nt LOWEST PRICES, Wc feel every confidence in saying to Merchants that wo will sell tlicm as Cheap as they can pur chase in AXY MARKET, Having adopted the CASH SYSTEM, of both Buying and Selling, enables us to do business on a VERY SMALL ADVANCE. so that thoso who buy from us cnn compete with Stocks purchased any where. ' Having resident partners in New York, gircs us advantage in keeping up a Stock, which Mer chants will find large nnd well assorted throughout the season. 4 Ve solicit mi Examination of our Stock Evans, Fite & Co., AO. 4, INN" JILOCK, NASHVILLE, TENNI1SSEIU dcel3 3m EDGEFIEID. irat I'ulilic Sale of ) Iao(s, TN BRYAN'S MAGNIFICENT ADDITION. jl. iiiiuic premise?, on Tl'ESDAY, DECEMRER 10, 1SKJ, at 11 o'clock a. m. These Lois are mot beautifully Minimi uciwren me n duo s urccK riKo anil L011 lsvillo and Nashvillo Rnilroad. immediately North of the residence of Robt. Stcuart, Esq., and front ing Harris Avenue. Lishy Pike, Foster and other jireeis. au broiamiliarwitnuic beautiful grounds 11 r.iigeucii, nnn mo many advantages possessed by them for private residences; freo from tho heat, dust and hetiru Pontorationtaxet of tho eitv. lerms, one-fourth Cash, balanee on a credit of one. two and tnrce years, with interest from date, payable in Bank, nnd lien retainnl. I.ilipml iln. uuciions lor an cash. Omnibuses and Collation ns usual. . 1 J. L. Si R. W. BROWN. Agents. dccl2 td: 2H Union strcot. Dr. Tlids. Menoos, HAVING PERMANENTLY L0CATHD IN Nashville, has taken oQice on Chureh Street Ho 47, (upstairs.) ds4-im. DSS. R. C. FOSTER AND J.R.BUIST q LENDER THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVI- jl viks lo me cuiiens or JNastirillo and visinity. Orncs r.o. 2 AVnalilntrton Tllock, Corner Churth and High streets, aesl u JTssliTilIa, Tena L. A. QAGB. O. U. niBHLtR. GAGE & HIBBLER, Cotton and Tobacco Brokers, i CORNER BROAD AND MARKET STS- MASUVILLE, TENN. COTTOX AXI TOIIACCO AXI SO I.I), HOL'IIT Takcn on S.toragc.nnd Money Advanced. . Special aiicmivn giTcn 10 vruers nna uonsignmsnu. nrrKiiKXCES: French .t Co., NahviIIe. McAllister ,t Co.. Nashville, llailey, Ordway Si Co., Nashville. Mitchell i Armstrong. Louiivillc, Ky. Robert Moore Si Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Jordan, Marsh .t Co.. Itoston, Massachusetts. Allison Si Kirkinan, Nashville. Stratton. Pointer .V Co., Nashville. J. R. Paul Si Co.. Naflirillr. McFerrin. Menifee Si Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Sawyer, Wallace A- Co., New York. C'hnmberlin Pros., Boston, Massachusetts. dec!2 It FOll IlENT. i on ni:.vr. A SMALL ROOM, IN THE UNION AND American liiocK, iroiumg on uhnrch street. Apply at the countimr-room of the Union and American office. Uectt-tf. FOK RKVT. IUV0 VERY LARGE R00.MS IN THE L Fourth Story of tho L mom Asn Awi:ipi lii.oct, well adapted to many purposes. Apply nt uic counnng-ro'in"i inis nniee. j.UlllAMSUIOSiCO. deein tf FOR SALE. KESIIsKXCi: I'OK NAI.K ry THE CORNER OF SOUTH Mrl.KMfm J street, near the FraklinPikc. containing thrm rooms, a long porch, a Kitchen, a Store Room on thestrcet, and a Stable in the rear, all on a lotM in six months without interest. Possession cirrn tir lou leer. I'nee. wz.;iuu cash s'Jiiinnii ,jl'ji in one week from sale. Amtlr in me nn eimrr,r ouin Lnion ana ine, or at thi otlicc. uer II v. J. ZKUTZSCHRI, I'AKJI I'OIt (UIE. A GOOD FARM CONTAINING l.n ACRES, ...m u... ....u, . ... it. , uu ..uii .rrrK and one-half mile fnim Antioch Depot, on th ..... a ml Iu In.Tr. n K ... 1 1 n (III " . 1 . .Nashvillo and Chattanooga Railroail: tolerable Auproyetaenis, spienum urenarJ, finely watired and fenced, soil rich. If not sold before, this Farm will be sold at J'vhlic Aurtinn nn fiATITli- DAY, December 16th. lsx,iii front of the Court- uuu?uuu.ir in .liuiitiuc. icnni, one-iniru caan balanee in one and two year', lein retaineil. ARRINGTON Si FARRAR, Agont. decft lw IERiOXAI. XOTICIi MR. JOHN HOWARD WILL PLEASE CALL on Jlt. Howanl. at tho United Stater Claim Agency of Howard A Nelson, No. 13 North Cherry vircci, nearly uppoiiiic me naie jiana, ami leam somethbig of material interest to him. dec9-lw MORGAN & CO. 7)ARTIES INDEBTED TO THE ABOVE J. F1IUI will (iuil their Notes and Accounts Mr. JAMES KiLK. at the new bouse of Stratton. Pointer Co., llroad street. Mr. K. is aathorised to receipt far all money dua ths firm. Nashs iUe. Dec 9t '& ilwlm. 1VJI. II. ILUIKKUALE, Attorney at Zatv, ,t. i.'-J. . HARTSVILLE. TENN, "TriXL,PRACTICE IN THIS AND ADJOIN 11 ing coanUes. Prompt attention will bo rtTeo to all bniintss eatruitod to hiin. " - V INSURANCE. THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD. P It E 91 1 U M a FOR INSURING AGAINST ACCIDENTS. L'mlcr thefJenoml Accident RisIc, IKX DOLLARS AN.Nl'AI. rRCVIUtt Will secure a Policy granting Imuranco for TWO THOUSAND DQLLAKS, In Lho event of death by ; AXY DESCRIITIOS OF ACCIDENT, "With Ten Dollars per week Compensation T?0Ran; JL from tmued uaujiii;; ui-aimiiy lur rive nrrro, will reimburso the assured for the wholo cott of hi. Insurance. TWEXTY-FIVK DOLLARS 1'KElUUJt Will in liko manner ocuro Policy for Five Thousand Dollars, And Twenty-five Dollar per week Compensation. FIFTY DOLLARS PREMIUM Will in liko manner iccuro a Policy for TEX THOUSAND DOIXARs, And Fifty Dollars per week Compensation. Untlcr tho Traveler Riak, Tho annual payment of Ten Dollars will icxurc a Policy granting Insurance for FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS , Against Loss of Life, caused by Accident to any I ubhc Conveyance, and Twenty-five Dollari ' per week Couipcnjation. I olicics issued at thij Agency for One Month to Fivoiearc. p.p. PECK. JOSEPH .NASH. Agenttat S'athtilt. Dec 4 lm ins 1VASHIXGTOX Insurance Company, or Y O It K , IV KW ASSETTS. -$370,000 HOME Insurance Company, or HA VEX. ASSETTS.. . S'liftOOO pOLICILS covering risks against fire, and also ii . ""cru"1! lla" uoau isiuetl on moil favor umu luuii, in mis agency uy P. P. PECK, Agent at Nashville. Office temporarily at Forbes Si Stephens, Cor nef 0 1 , ,cf 0 m,J Union Streets. 11 lUl 11U-1US The Siaic Insurance Co. OF A'ashvillc, CAl'I T A Ij $ "OO, O O O. i.Tiiti.: r , if rri? utttt avt t--t JL .transportation Risks taken ateiiuitablernti.- OFFICE, SECOJD SAII0S.IL BASK Bl'ILDISC, College Sflroct. OSS IS FAIRLY ADJUSTED ASD PROMPTLY PAID OFFICERS. JOHN LUMSDEN. President. W. J. THOMAS. Vice President. JAM ES STEELE. Secretary. JOSEPH NASH, General Agent, decl-lm. KEEP INSURED. COMMEItC'IAI. IXSUHAXCK COMPAXT, C'npltnl All 1'nlil Iu. 'PHIS COMPANY. ESTABLISHED IN l&'A X mmres Buildings,. Vessels in Port, Merchan dise, Household lurniture, and other property cn the most liberal terms. FIRE, MARINE, AND INLAND RISKS TAK EN AT LOWEST RATES. jotjsoa Liberally Ailjustraanil Promptly s-niii uy tins company. rrcmiums paid in Gold will bo entitled to rciums in uoiu in case of Ion. Parlies or Finns giving us their Marino Rusineis nm uu tiiiiui-u iu prciercnco in t ire Policies. Amplt Security, lair Jtatet, Prompt Ijnentt. I IlIKKt'TOKS. XuiinhWh' JAS"M WOODS. m W"'' aViiiiMJuir. .M.JSUftS. .IVII If L'llrf. w. H. EVANS. ham pRicinrr UOI1RRT Tlinftlcnv1"1'11117- ALEX. FALL, Pres't. R. C. MoNAIRT. Seo'r. acci-ijanl. I IV S U II A.;1V 0 E. TENNESSEE Marine and Fire lKNUItAXCK COJIPANT, Under the new eharter. Is now open for butinees AT NO. J NORTH COLLEGE STREET, Next door to eorner of Union street. JOSr.PH W. AM.KX, I'r-I.Irn. A. W. jlCTLKn, Hcrrrtnry. DIRECTORS. Jonn M. Hill, Watson M. Cook e. C. A. R. Thompson. D. Weaver, Daniel F. Carter, John B.Johnson. Samuel anleer, G. M. Fogg, It. B. Cheathsm. A. G. Adams. Josepn W. Allen. de( ly '"(LMJUtTOlf as CO., pcalib ur r Personal Injury causing total Disabililr business, sothatshould the Policy becon- in force for Firts Ymr-t. itnv mia Av..l,..t DRUGS, MEDICINES, ETC NO. 55 UNION STREET, iW-lm NASH VILLET, E3TN. braxdiea A:vriwixiis. TCST RECEIVED- 23 eases luperfinn Heidiick Champsxn. .20aic.N. JItBtnfioVchrislmiV. 1 10 X casks Fine It rami y: 30 case Maderia Wine, or isJe ehep br , if. T. Hoter kO-2 rl 1104 Ue, BANTCRRS & RR OTTERS n a x ici.vu HOUSE OF IV II E E J, E S H A CO. 23 UNION STREET, A. KALKRS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Jixchanse, unenrrcni .upney. Unkt and Sil ver. Government oucncrs, eiato anil Inited States Rond. Foreign and Dometio Hilts. They take jrrcat p!exurcin callingthcattcnti'jn of their old friend', and the trading public gene rally, to the fact that their banner is again un furled, and they respectfully ask a share of their patronage. Ueluw nro our rates for uncurrcnt nauk notes, Ac. ' TE5JNE33KK. Hank ot Fulton.-. .25 Uank of Tennessee old rannah 10 issue ...-.40 . .. Mate of Ua.0 Plunten' Rank -W CttT Bank of Augusta.lS CTanka MeC',la-, , Pant of Chattanooga-S ?nVIy - 3 " . KnoiTiile-Jeh'andPlant- M.mnliU.7j crs Hank . 6S - ttrk s 411 Union Hank--...- -05 " the Union par .. ii-... rn ,. KOKT1I CAB0f.UA. Ruck-, liEirs City Rank. Commercial Bank -85 Merchant.' " -15 Northern " par Ocoeo " JO Rank or ShelhyTillo 75 Southern Uank 10 Traders' Hank 25 Life and General Insu rance Company 25 SOUTH CAR0LI5A. Charlotte. 25 llarcndon 10 " Commerce 15 FaycttcTiUc.113 " Lcxington.25 N. Carolina.. Wadciboro .-20 Wa.hington-05 WiImington..l5 YancoyvilIcOS Commercial iik. 10 Farmers' Rank of N. Bank of Camden tarolina.--.- 25 CharIaton.15 Mc",ha"L" Bnk 15 Chester 15 "an of Roxhoro. .10 Georetown15 3,i1?cr? acd Haters' Hamburg 15 nk a) " Newberry-. -15 viroinm. Bank of the Stato of . , ,, ,, South Carolina .25 ni. of Berkley 65 Commercial Bank -.15 Commerce. i'5 KowardsrilloIU tho Old Do minion. 30 Richmond.- 10 Rockbridge 15 Rockinghaia. ScottSTilfe 1 Uie Valley of . Virginia. 25 Virginia. 15 Wheeling. -75 Kxelianga Bank -J2 Farmers'andKxehanzo Bank 10 Merchant,' Bank 15 Peoples' Bank.. 45 Planters' Bank of Fair field . 12 Plantert' ami Mechan ics' Bank -25 State Bank 10 Southwestern R. RoadJW Union Hank 05 n incbester 25 Central Bank if Va.15 LOC1SIAKA, Bank of America. I'anviiie Jfank- 0 par Kiehango Bank of Va.15 .... .) l'enango 11 k : ; at Wc- " New Orlmn. .VI top 15 lmuttiknft Canal Rank, .o Lxehange Bank of Al- Citiiem' Bank ) exnndrin 30 Creseent City Bank.. .t0 f.airmount Bank- 50 LouWiana Statu Bank 4t)arm Bank of Fin Mcchaniea' St Traders' en.tle . . --15 Hank .runners jhuik ol a-13 Merchants' B.uik. Southern Bank. Union Bank New Orleans Scrip. ALABAUA. Bank of Mbil. .y Jianuiucturers A r ar- ,r men' Bank , 20 1 ;),, Merchants' Bank.- .20 jj Merchants' and Me chanics' Bank.---. SO .Northwestern Hank.-40 Southwestern Bank 15 VV Traders' Bank.... 15 Montgomery ..Sr ' Selma. - Central Bank Commercial Hank. Eastern Hank Northern Bank. -Southern Bank.. . "S) Gold 142 .20 Silver, Dollars-. 140 .4S " Halves, Quar 'j) t'-rs. Dimes St 70 . Half Dimes. 113 nuchcrs ...-.V T.. - . T 1. ... OHORniA. Central R.Rond Bank.85 Davidson co. Bonds-,-TO Georgia Railroad and L. Si N. IU R. Script .7S Banking Company AS Bank of Middlo Ga.-K5 Tho aboro bonds aro Marino Bank fiS bnug't with coupons from Bank of Augusta 31S0I included. Augusta lnsuranco.10 Bank of Athens.15 N. Carolina Coupon'--14 , Columbus XI .Memphis City Coupunstl) Conniicri'p... 1( Tennessee Coupons -0 Empire St'te.15 Georgia Coupon'. ..3) COTTON FACTORS. I'urtiicralilp Xollcc. SAMl'KL A. MKDARY of Coinmbus. Ohio, nnd THUS. K. Bt'RKK. of Nhtillf, bine this day entered into a copartnership under the titln nnd fur conducting the business as given andde scribed in the following card. Nashville, Tcnn.. Dec. 1st. 13. B. A. UEDAXT. TMOI. MEDAltY & HURKE, Wholesale and Retail Grocers COTTOX FACTO BC.S, A HI) General ConmiiBsion Merchants, AND BEALIU IX STEAMBOAT STORKS Johnson oil Stiiml, SOliTH UST COMER OF BROAD A.ND HARKE1 STS, xashvii.i.i:, TEXX. Goods received on Commission, and liberal ad vances made. decl-ilAwtf PAYNE, JAMES & CO., Cor. Clmruli ColICRC S'(H., JTASUVILLK, TEXX 0FfS?I5i. TH.EIU SERVICES TO THEIR rnniiiM, and rojpoctfiilly sotioit .jnsiguiaenU. lhcy are prepared to rcceir COTTON AMD TOBACCO, And will funrish erery facility and accommoda tion to thoso who will entrust their busincs to tlicm. PATNB, JAMES A CX deel-lw A. A. RrKVOSS. lLt,a notLinr. 1 4. SPfJCFR & CO., So. 8 niPKCII ftTQRET, Between Market and Frtnt, Nashvillo, Torrosboo, Dealers in COTTOX, HAY AXD CKAIX, SEEDS. FLOUR. W1IISKT. GROGERIBtL J'rotluco ami 1'rovltiont. Prompt attention glrsa to RiTisr. Vorwsxd-' mg fctenox ami i , SELLINQ GOODS ON COMMISSION. Consignments and orders soHoitcl. Wpy THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE. tor Cotton. Bison ami Cconirr Prodiua, t . A. A. SPENCER St Co., BeeeiTine. Forwarding and Comralssbn Mer chants. No. i. Chursh Strest. betwwa Alarktt and I-rsnt. J. BITTEUUCH, No. 16J Xaderlek 8treet,. (Orer Bwrkhorn's SaloonJ T9hP m .PAnp T0.iECEI VE WORK i. A his old stand on ;Ddenlc street, (oser ilMkl horn's Saloon.) He dots all kind? of Otta iii. Pfatol rtpalrinr and warranU his workv OfUrracUflttaWtlaUilty, 5$M 15 t- .u-