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J: Jifc..yim,iiJtrjiUfcj-. '.V. k-vJii, i. I. .1 : I I .A ,1 : VOLUME 4. . BANKING HOUSE JAY COOKt - GO. 112 and 114 South Third St., Dealers in all kiiuls of GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, OLD 5-20 V WANTED, IS EXCHANGE FOB MEW ., , . 5 A LIBERAL DjrrKBKSCE ALLOWED, (10 U r 0 C M D INTEREST NOTES WANTED! J INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSIT. ' VmUKCTIONS MADE. Stocks Bought and SolJ i i n rommiuion i Spil I uiiafnon accommodations merred for I.v Ih. UKD1 OHIO ll LEGAL. """NEWTON HACKER, Attorney and' Counsellor AT XiA"W, Jonesboro', Tenn. Will wrnetlee) In the Court of Washing-. I Ion, Carter, una ureene uu, lid In the Federal and Supreme Conrti at KNOXVILLE Office forir.ely occupied bjr Jns. W.Deader , ck below Keen's Gallery. . Jan. 18th, 187tf "j NAT. 13. OWENS, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, inn I ' COLLECTING AGENT, AlONESBORO' TENNESSEE, UT7 ILL PRACTICE IX TUB COURTS Of l VV Greene, Washington, Carter, John son in 'I Sullivan- counties, and hi the Fede- ' ra'. and Supreme Courts at 1 jinoxvillo. I OFFICE, front room, of Dr. Armstrong's residence, mam street, bast ol tourt lloutc, f vu. , ly. ' ' A. W. HOWARD, Attorney and Counsellor I AT LAW, STTTILL practice In the Circuit and Clmn- eery Conrti of Greene, Washington, ; "'.Sullivan, Hawkins, Jefferson, Sevier and Cock Counties and Supreme Court at' Knox- ville. U litre near H'Dowpll. !WflinrlieT A Co'a. ,1 Old Hlaad. Mala Nlrewt, ;oct.27lv URKKNKVILLB, TF.SS. THOMAS S. SMYTH, Attorney at Law, ASD .Colloctlxas Agont, Taylorsville, Tenn, WII.U TRACTICB IS TUB COUNT1K3 .of Johnson, Carter, Washington anil rem. Also in the Supreme and Federal ll'oiirt at KNOXVILLE, TENN. I Fob 23, ly . UUI1.N B. McLIS, 0. C. KINO, Biijtol, Tenn. lllountville, Tenn. MLIN & KING ., Attorneys txt Law 4 AND j SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, fiKutt in in ( Judicial Circuit. fcaF" Wia glv their attention to inch tniiinees as may be committed to their care. Collectioas In South-Western Virginia and ltTenoess attended to promptly. . louojanivir JIEOICAU I DR. GEO. H. CROSS WHITE. rVKFBlld UI3 PROeKSStOSAL SERVI J ces to toe citisens of Washington conn ty. Office and residence en Cherokee, four aiiles South of Jonesboro', a the AebevilU !ri je22m :"D. I. Oissos, M. D. C. Wriilii, II. D. Drs. GIBSON & WHEELER. jTTaVISO ASSOCIATED TUE11SELYES Jl together offer their teivlcea in the 'lilereat branches of their profession to the fitiseas of Joneiboro' and surrounding coin- ,try. Office In Gibson Kelly's Drug Store, --. oree opposite the Court House, ""W, Tennessee. Sovaniber 1st, 1867. DR. . I. S. RHEA JONESBORH. TENN. Our Latest Improved NEW SCALE PIANO FORTE. GROYESTKKN 4 CO. pHKSB ,XSTB4S;"V,"th.Y o,t .L . ' L"1'8 "oni! from the Br.t Pi- . h. . f ! ?ntrT wh0 ' on' otliitation, ) i"t,,l.ll' l lb leverest manner no.. ! have been pronounced , J TDJ FISKST SQtTARI PIAS0-F0RTK i ,.v MADsI IN THK WORLD. . M aiwavs hnm on r policy during the ! Years that we have ? ' Oi, rW, awuw of which an an manufactured i III ,. r, .: . ' "--m,, ... in On. . " "'" th (owes toel- i fro-Lpr.lo,.wfM"'tiM ! r other First Class House. ' ll. . o' these Instruments are r.m.fV .ii r'M,,i,.PBli S"-eelns and Oreat ' TZ'.V ?"er Um1o "' 'i'r when 'oveed to their atmoat Tkf ,. " i j "mmg Its notitivencsa dM. patitiveness not ' llllas. Vlik.k-1: T ZV?r r,,' T MrH! "T "VnS "",MT- "'-r mJS "J 8Ptin. Basrichly "ini. Ih. u.ii. ."j . !'7 Oct 4thy.-C.n P.C0. v J. T. CAZIER, D. D. S. h u H t : 1 JONESBOROUCH, TENN, 18C8jaul0tf MlSCKLLAHEOtraj. M. II. STEPHENS. .... V ' . (Ute of East Tennessee.) Factor and Commission Merchant, Deals largely In Provisions, Liquors and Tobacco, Com, Hay, Oati and all other Plantation supplies. Orders for purchasers of Cottoq solicited, and promptly and .care fully executed. Liberal advances made on Consignments of Corn, Bacon. Lard, Hay. Oats and other East Tennessee product. ' 1867Jec30tf , r JOUS A. 1,(1, J. OTIT TATLOI, Lale Lee, Rwk, A Tajtar. Late Lee, Boeke A Taylor , LEE & TAYLOE, (At Hie old stand of LM Boeko A Tajrlor.) . WHOLESALE RETAIL ilERCHANTS, Firt Ttoaf liuiUing, 105 it am Strtrt, n Ms Ma, ntar Va. f Imn. X. K. JJepot, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA. Will give particular attention to the Sale of all consignments, sucn ai Tobacco, Wheat Flour, Bacon. Lard. Butter, AXD COTJXTIIY PRODUCE OEXKALI.T. scsi Attend oromntlv to goods consigned o be forwarded, and keep always on band n extensive assortment of CRCKRIE3 LI QUORS, WISES, c, Jtc. 1866 Aug. 3. ly, Sat. D. Owiss, Bhjamix W. Jiskixs, Jonesboro', Tenn. Taylorsville, Tenn, OWENS & JENKINS, Attorneys and Counsellors JST LAW, - TAYLORSVILLE, TENNESSEE, His Excellency W. O. Brownlow, Hon. Horace Maynard, Jlnj. Gen. Joseph A. Cooper, Col. John B. Brownlow, Capt Geo. Edgar Grlshsm, ' J868mayl If V. T. BERRY & CO., TEOIESALI BOOK AM) STATIOr RT IMUIiS, MARKET SQUARE, TCflsllxrjLllo, Tonn. BOOKS OF BVERT DKSCRIPTIOS ASD Variety, Writing and Printing Papers, Inks, Envelopes, Pens, and everything kept n Wholesale Stationery establishments. The public are Invited to call and eiamine our tock. Terms lrberaL 8V8fcbUtf. East Tennessee Land Agency. MUNS0N & SEYMOTJIl. Heal Instate -A.orents, KNOXVILLR. TENNESSEE. - WILL attend to the Purchase, Sale and Ex change of Eeal Estate. .We have comple ted arrangements to offer "our lands In the Eastern and Northern Markets, and have un exampled facilities for disposing of Farms, Town Property, MillstAe., on good terms. ' Western land exchanged for land la East Tennessee. . " Obtce comer Oat and Kaist Street, -1868janltf ' KnntUU, Tauutt. STACY & ANGEL, DEALERS IS RIFLES, SHOT ODSS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES : OF ALL KISDS, . GUN MATERIAL ,,, ASD SP0RTINO ARTICLES, . - -AGENTS FOR SMITH AND RAND'S POWDER iilD FUSE. We will buy the following second hand aims: 8PESCER RIFLES ASD CARBISE3, HENRY'S RIFLK3, COLT'S ARMY AND NA VY PISTOLS. No. 34 Oay 8tret, KNOXVILLE, TKSN a.am-aau, jo. a. aunii, eaas. a. a'eea. J0S. R. MITCHELL & Co. EXGHAHGE BROKERS, Knoxvillo, Tenn., Deal la Bank Not, Gold, Silver, aad Gov- emsaent Vouchers. CllMln la all a-omtawf Kat Twsiojll pwtmptif sttadoi lev - ' REFlRlNCZa. , ' First National Bank, Cowan A Dickinson, CoL Joha Williacoi, A. O. Jaeksoa, Kaoxville Park Bank, John Parker, (Cashier Paoanli Bask, Lawrence, Baldwin C., (So. It Wall Mtl. Alexis Brae. Sew ToeC George W. Howard, Wilson k Burns, Balti more. . : i Ik -..', Chambers, Steven k Co., R. M. Posaroy, Clacinaali. '-. 11161 apr 11. i InTcstracntj ia Nct York. ; T)KRJiOS8 WI3HISOTO MAKE ISVIST JL MBNTS In Nsw York, havo Uelr ousln.ee traatacted by , through our rU- bio torreipond.nl In that Cltf. . . JOS. B, MITCHELL CO, d. I I - . Knoivilla Tana ' " 'jfm ''''''' jfl 5s THE UNION FLAG. Jonesboro', Tenn., June 5, 186S. Q. E. GBISHAM, EDITOR AND l'HOVKiETUR. Terms. 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JoB-Paisnsa, of all descriptions, neatly executed. . 3uAll communications tending to per sonal agrandisement or emolument will be charged the same as advertisements. Artvcrtiaeitrata and NubacrloUonn con tlnaewl nnleiw avrvaracea are paid and rdrd to alopprd, and (Uejr will se rnararea ior aecoruincsT. -.-..:;. - JUNE. - The sweet voluptuous June, ' . 1 " Is here al lanflh throu(h all th. sunnj hoars , Over the (rat.ful earth to sprinkle lowers la beautiful array, Aad olotbe with doapar vwdure hill and plain, Aad give the woods their (tor, back again. Xo bird whose ewalllnf throat Qnlf ire with sent, or whose .xt.uiled wlnf Yaas the son air, but ebMrllw doth slaf. . While e'er the breesas ioat Odor, froat bloasoaia wbkk the san'e earasa, Vakos te new llh la the Held and wilderness. The sblmm.rln( sunlight falls On mount and vall.y with a softar sheen; And lot th. orchards, newly clutliod with ren, Lift ap tb.tr coronals Of flower, bright. hoed, or 'shaken br the Irene, Rain their sweot largoes from a Ihousaad trees. The (nea and tender malae Pierce, the melaUaed mold, aad from the el, Aad earth and sunlight (other strength to dare The sultry summer days ; Aad spring's svoet promise of autumnal fruit Lives In the Made of every fragile shoot. Out and.rneath the sky Whet the free winds may toes th.ir sunny curls, Frolic (lad companions of boys and (Iris, la sinlese revelry ; WhIU nature smiles approvtn( on their play, And lambs and birds with them keep holiday. Alt goalie things rejoice In the bow life and beauty round them spread Ore. a earth bnath, the bin. sky ev.r head - And with nultant votoa Pour their thanksgiving 'o the Lord of all, . Whoee lowing, san Botes uvea Ihe sparrow's fall. Tbea welcome, bonny June 1 The bream fragrant with the braath of Bowers, With aong and sheen thai make the laughing hours . The (lad year's holiday 1 With (raUful bearta their prasaace do we blots, And la thy gifts rejoioe with thaakruluoos. Republican Slate Cotfventlon. fiAiBvitLi, Tenn.; May 23,1808. In accordance with resolution adopted by the ilepablican State Central Committee, at ft meeting holden on the 28th ultimo, a State Convention of the Bepublican party Is hereby called to assemble at the Stale Capitol on the 10th day of Jane proximo, to consider tho nominations made by the National Ilepablican Convention, recently held at Chicago and to take appropriate' action in referonce thereto; to nominate can didates for Electors for the State at large; to nominate ft candidate for Congressman for the State at large for the unexpired term of the Fortieth Congress and for the Forty-first Con gress: to' take each other action as may do uoomeu j.jmjuiou. . The committee recommend tnat the Republicans of the-several conn ties of the State assemble in conven tion on Monday, the first da of Jane next, at their respective county seats to seloct ft number of delegatoa to said convention in accordance with the basis of representation adopted by the last Slate Conventron, by which the aerveral counties are entitled as follows: . ' nHrtcoaniMi05ALi)iTinr. Carter, 6 delegates: Cocko, 6 ;Grain- n TT I- ! IT gflT, 0, Ureene, V, JUawuina, i, nan- cock, 4; Johnson, 4; Jefferson, 12; Sevier, 8; Sullivan, 5; Washington, 8. SaTOKDCOnig'10!IAL Blin-aii-T. Anderson, 6; Itloant, 8; Union, 4 Campbell, 4: Claiborne, fl; Knox, 15; Koane, 9j Monroe, 6; JlcMinn," 8; Bradley, 7; Tolk, 2; Morgan, z; dcoiv, t. ' - . THtlnroiifinKwsn'isii. pi-ran-T. Bledsoe, J; iKlb6; ysntresa, 2; Graod, 2; Hamilton, 8; Jackson, 4; Jleig,- 8; Marion, 8; Macon, 4; Over, ton, 8; Rhea, 2; Sequatchie, 2; Smith, C; Van Buren, 1; Warren, 3; White, 3. JONKSBQftOUGH. TENN., FEIDAY. JUNE 5. 1863. Nomination of Gen. Grant. Obodiont to tho unanimous voice of tho Republican party, . the Chicago Convention on yesterday unanimously nominated General Grant for tho residency of the Unitod States. The name of the invincible commander was welcomed with cheers and deaf ening acclamations, which will be re echoed in every nook and corner of the lund. Our leader's name is a tower of strength, nnd gives asturanco of a success at the ballot-box ns de cisive and brilliant as his. success in tho field. Ilia lexicon knows no such word ns fail, ami he cannot fail next November beforo (ho, people whom lie served so well in tho darkest days of tho . Union, with equal merit, mid modesty, ever resolute, patient and indomitable. J.ct tvery Republican go at onco to work with nn onorgy worthy of his leader. It especially behooves lrnncssoo to cive him majority worthy of the hero of Vicks burg and Richmond. iTasi.' Press & Times May 22. Senator Fowler. We asserted, with confidence, a few weeks ago that Senator Fowler would vote for the impeachment of the .Pres ident. It turns out that we were mistaken, and we feel calletTnpon to explain. . Wo held no correspondence with the ben a tor, but had the follow log reasons for our belief: ' 1. lie was tho chief of impoachers and stated at the February Convon tion in , Nashville that the Presidon ought to bo impeached and turnod out of otlice. 2. He so worded his conversation with the Tennessee Representative as to make them believe that he would voto for conviction. 3. He knows that tho party that elected him in ienncssee are a uni in faver of imneaelimcnt. .' 4, Ho declurod in a speech before the .National Jttepnblican Committee at Washington, that "if Congress shall longer hositate to impeach and depose this Johnson, the blood of thousands of loyal southerners, raur dered by bloody-mined, implacnblo rebels, will rest upon our souls, " &o And yet Mr. iowlor s one most in explicable vote saved the Presidont Irorn conviction: Anoxvtlle Wing. RATIFICATION MEETINGS I I'nparalclled Rejoicings. pHiLADELf bia, May 22. A Inrge and en thusiastin meeting or tbe members or th National Union Club of this city was held in their club-hou'ae this evening. The object was to introduce a series of. campaign meet ings. The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock by John A. Addlcks, the President of the Club, who introduced Gov. Jno W.Geary, Gov. Geary said that he Lad just left the cap itol of Pennsylvania to mingle with the citi- sens of Philadelphia in th general rejoicing. AH along the route he bad seen the banners of " Our Country Grant, Colfax, and Vic tory" thrown to the breeze. ixdiasa'1 rnoHiss to bis pavobits Isdiaxafolis, May S3. Intelligence from very quarter shows, that Indiana is overjoy ed with the nomination of ber favorite son With Grant it will relteve tbe !burden of the canvass to a tenfold . degree, and bring the majority for Grant aud Colfax up to thai of Lincoln and Jobnsoa. X3TUU8IASU I SAM 7IUNCISC0. 8 FlAiciseo, May 21. Tbe Republicans In thil city, received the nominations of Grant and Colfhx with great enthusiasm. saint was fired, and a mass-meeting held Ibis evening. - GOV. Bl'LLOCK'S, TELF.ORAMS TO GBAST A5D Bostow, Mass., May 31. Gen. V. S. Grant, Washington. D. C: Accent my congrtauln. tlons upon the unanimity and enthusiasm of vour nomination. Slassacnusett will sup port you In victories to come, as In victories pent. - Airzamtrr u. Jiiiiut, 1 owner. Borrow, Mass., aiayxx. to lion, acbuyler Colfax, Washington, D. C; I rejoice in your nomination. Yon have ns better or more cordial friends anywhere than In Massacha- setts. Wo will contribute onr full share ia th harvest of November next. ' AlrttnJtr 11. BnlUrt, Gttrrnor, OKM ntJSOBED etTJiS IW roiTLAlfD. PoifLAi, Me , Mny 72. The Republicans of this citv fired a salute of 100 guns this morning In honor of the nomination of Grn, Grant and Spenker ColfiX. THE NONTNATinXS IS MESirill. Msvrais, May .1 Tbe Bullttm, W, and Loyal League bad their flags Hying to-day in noaer of tbe nomination of len. brant. Tna soLbiuits' asdsailohs' shiatiox. i:.ifliin. ht. al. Tlia ratnmillM af th. Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention will meet In Washington on Ihe 29th last, with the Committee of tb National atrpiililii-aii t'nioa Convention for the pnrontn ot ofliri.lly in forming Geo. Grant uf hie nomiaalinn and f presenting the Hl.itfirm of tbe Koluivrs' d Sailors' Convention. TBS rORHAfc TTXPKS (IF TUB TtOHIATin!. JiaarriLLS, Wis., May n The oRlceis of the National Republican Union Coavention who w.re appointed a eommltte to present to Gen. Grant the resolutions of the Conven tion and Inform hlra of bis nomination, pro pose to wait npon him, In Washington, on Friday, the 18th last. ' WAsmusToa, v. C, May II. Telegrams sre elng received Iron all parts of th United States, which announce th Irlag of guns nel th bolstlng of the Pwrs and Btnpes with th greatest enthusiasm, I konot of th nomination of Grant and Colfax. The Cincinnati papers teem with accounts of highway robbery nightly committed oo iho roads lead ing oat of the city. Tbe city police cannot cope with the foot pads, and patrols of horsemen are snpgestcd as the only remedy fjr Iho evil. First Fruits of Acquittal. 'Teacher of. a Colored School at Salis bury, Tennessee, Mubbed by the Fresi- . dent's Sympathizers. The news of tho troachery of the Republican Senators and the acquittal of the President, has occasioned n re bel jubiloo throughout this section, and we must for a time expect a re vival of rebel violence and proscrip tion. Indeed, the first fruits of John son's acquittal nppears already, in the mobbing, on Satuday evening, of a teacher of a colored school at Salis bury, Tennessee. This place is located on the Memphis and Charleston Rail road, midway between Grand Junc tion and Corinth. Mr. L. S. Prost is a while genlle mcn who was employed by the Freed men's Bureau and sent thither to teach a colored school aboata month since. All went well until tho rebels roceived tho news from Washington on Saturday evening, when a naif dozen of the President's sympathizers disguised themselves, by blacking their faces, and called upon Mr. Frost, cooked their drawn revolvers npon. him and beat -and battered him to their cruel satisfaction. Their only excuse was their determination that no white .man should teach colored children at that place. For this crime against the Southern chivalry Air, FroBt was sovorely braised and maim ed, but is still nlive: News of the affair reached the Chief of the Bureau here, and an officer has boen dis patched to investigate and report. Got. Wm. A. Bucklnsliani. .Hon. William A. Buckingham was elected last week United States Senator from Connecticut. He ft noble nod steadfast' Radical Re Dublican. He was first elected Gev ernor of his native State in 1858 was annually reelected down to 1865 when, hawing been eight times chosen . , t . ' , eoe ; :. me last nine oy ii,vou iiinjuiivy ho declined to be again a candidate No other man in our day Las been so often chosen Governor, or has held the Stato so steady in times of excite pient and convulsion, as William A Buckingham j and many throughtm the country who gratefully romem ber his efficient support of tho War for the Union, now rejoice ovor his election to tbe benate. The Death of Wm. L Yancey, Under the above head, we find the following paragraph la the Northern press : Wm. L. Yancey, died In Richmond shortly after his return trom an nn successful Confederate mission abroad It bas not generally been known that the cause ot his death was violence Ho was a Senator from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, and in course of a hot debate on the abstract doctrines of Stale rights nnd the di vinity of slavery, with a Senator from Georgia, ho received u the lie" from his antagonist. Yancey immediately leaned forward to .strike, but was caught and violently . thrown back over a desk by his opponent, serious Iv iniarinir his spine. He was carried away, ft vote of set-rosy was passed and in ft few weeks he died. It is on Iv latalr. that the case bas become known. Ben. Hill, of Georgia, is said to have boon the Sonator ! " t8" Tbe South Carolina Democratic Committee, having been received by the House Committee on Reconstruc tion yesterday, made known tboir ob- icctions to the new constitution They bold that the school tax is unjust in roo airing both whites and blacks to pay lorscnooih wnu-n tuo cuiiurni of the. white nobility will not attend. They don't like schools iu South Caro lina. ' ' ' Machinery for" East Tennessee, The Kinp-aton East Tennesxea says : Gen. Wilder, with some nny mechanics, and over one hundred tons of machinery, reached Chatta nooga on Friday morning last, on bis way to his manufactory hear Post Oak Springs, in this eontty. His machinory is-valued at 8300,000.. An Australian lady gives pub icnoticos. by advertisement, that if hor husband .does not turn up In three months she means to marry again, John Smith, an ex Confederate offi cer, has been teaching a negro school since tbe war, in Mississippi. - fcVIf your God hates Idolatry. why does he not destroy it? heath en asked. And they answered him: "Behold, tbey worship the son, tbe moon, the stars; would yon have him destroy this beautiful world for the take oi the foolish? . . t At Jacob's lewerly "store In Chicago, oo Thursday, ft man roquest- d to be shown ft diamond ring worth $3,000. Upon its being produced be put it on his finger, rnshod oat and Las not' as yet been captured. tyChe crying of children should not be too rroatlv discouraged- It is systematically repressed, and the re- alt may be St. Vitus dance, epileptio fit, or some other disease of tbe ner vous svitem. ' What ie natural is early always useful. legal Advertising. The act of Fobruary 18, 1808, reg ulating the mode of advertising and providing for the appointment of of ficial journals, does not seem to be un derstood by some country officials, whilst others appear disposed to dis legard it. We would counsel all in terested to examino the provisions of the act carefully. The)' cannot be set asido, and not to comply with them will injuriously affect the interest of all parties concerned, in advertise ments required by law must bo pub lished in the official journal of the county or district; otherwise the pub lication will be void. , For instance : Insurance companies are required to publish periodically statements of their condition. Unless published in an official paper, tho ndvertiseinent will not be a compliance with tho law. So in regard to the statomouts of banks, administrator's notices, trus tee's sales, notices of meetings of chartered companies required in the act of incorporations; and, we re peat, all notices authorized anil provi ded for by law. Those intercntcd can savo themselves some trouble by Boo ing that the act of February is ob served. ,- Importance of Studying the En- gusn Language. , . . r "What a pity," says Dr. Adam Clarke, '.bat the best part of the lives of so many of our yenth should be spent, if not wasted, in studies and languages, that in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred, serve only to pasa through tbe form of schools and colleges, and however they may have acquitted them selves In Greek and Latin, Mathematics, and a still Inefficient Aristotelarian Philosophy, enter upon life scarcely a requisite for pass ing honorably and usefully through it ; many of them not being alio properly to read, scarcely at all to acalixe, and hardly to spell their mother tongue 1 Parents would do well to Inquire most pointedly Into the character and qualificatias of the boarding schools to which tbey send their daughters; and the academies and col leges to which- tbey send tbeir sons. Let them never eacrilice their sterling coin for the tinsel lackering and gilding of learning. Let them give all dilligence that their children may be taught what will make them useful to themselves, profitable to others, and respectable in society. I say nothing to the necessity of attending to the advice of th wise man, 'Train up a child in tbe way be should go, and whea be is old he will not depart from it.' This, I believe, was never better understood than in the present age, and at no time more practicably applied, and hence tbei is at this time a greater propor tion of moral and pious youths than was ev er before in thil country, or is now in any other country in th world. To God be pinise forever." If good old Adam Clark had lived in these latter days of Rebel degeneracy ; instead of exclaiming - To God be praise forever!" be would bare exclaimed, " God have mercy on osl" The Democratic State Convention. Nashville, May 10. Tho Demo crats cttato Convention to appoint delegates to tbe National Convention will be held at Nashville on too ninth of Juno. The Laugh of Woman. A woman has no natural gift moro bewitching than ft sweet luugh. It is like the sound of flutes on the wa ter. It leaps from ber in a clear, sparkling ril; and the heart that boars it feels as if bathed in the cool, exhiliarating spring. Have you ever pursued an uuseen fugitive through tho trees, led on by ft fairy laugh, now there, now lost, now loOndr We have; and we are pursuing that wandering voice to this day. borne times, it comes to as in the midst ol care and sorrow, or irksome business, and thon we torn away theevil spirits of mind. How much Wo owe to that sweet laugh! It tunrs prose to poe try; it flings flowers to the sunshine over tho darkness of tho wood ia which we are traveling; it touches wilb light even our sleep, which is no more than the image of death, but is consumed with dreams that are the shadows of immortality. Letter from Dr. Livingstone, The followicir is an extract from a lottor from Dr. Livingstone, to a gen tleman in Bombay. We take it lrora The Times of India t It is dated March 2, 18G7, and was Written at Bumbo : "I have boen un able to send anything to the coast since I left it till now, and have hoard nothing from the coast. We have been very long In oar progress hither, bat I think we are now on the watershed between tbe Zambesi and Isapula, which flows, as report says, into Lake Tanganlka. X bare onlv nine of ft following, bat hope to rfel on in lime, and do what 1 have un dertaken. In some parts we had plenty of meat I I could easily sup ply the pot with my rifle. In other parts nothing could be procured, and we bad to go on as best we could. It was tbe rainy soason, and we had a long trudge through dripping forests, with the soil often to sloppy tbe feet were constantly wet This was made worse hy want of food, not of fine isbes, but of even a Mile porridge. Tbe people could not sell grain; tbey were suboisting themselvs on mush rooms, which are very good a catsup, but wrclched watery food, producing NUMBER 1 vivid visious of tho roast beef of by gone days. Now wo have come to a land where food is to be bought, and we mean to rest a little. When we get to Tanganika Lake wo hopo for news, and to find a second supply of goods. I shall, write to yon from thence. Tell - that his dog tamed out a famous ono ; and I was never so sorry for any animal as when we late ly Iost.hiin. Ho had more spirit than fifty country dogs, and as soon as, wo got a hut in a village be kept it clear of all curs, and never stole himself. He was as much of an attraction as tho white man himself. . He took charge of tho whole lino of march, and was so spirited when he went at anything. This is how we lost him : we had to wade marsh a mile wide and waist deep a peaty bottom with holes made by bufluloea feet, which made us all flounder. I went, first and forgot tho poor doggie. , He must have swam among tbe boys, each ono minding himsolf till he was drowned: no ono noticed him. I am unable to writo te Dr. Wilson, though 1: might to do so, bat the slave-trader will not give mo more time. I consumed Mis. - 's extract. of meat from real know ing hunger, and found it excellent. 1 have lost all my medicines tho sorest loss of good I lever sustained. You will excuse my brevity. Tho ' Slavery party leaves, and I must writo sovcral letteis. Blessings from tho Highest bo on you all, my dear friends. David Livinostokj!." rater.. love ; Letters. ' Dear Miss . Aftor long considera tion and much meditation Upon tho great reputation you possess in tho nation, 1 have ft sirango inclination to become your relation. If this abla tion is worthy af observation, and oan abtain commiseration, it will bo on aggrandization beyond all calcula tion of the joy and exultation of PcTEa U. Portation . P.S. I solicit the acceptation of the lOve and approbation, one propose the anexalion of tho lives and destina tion of Peter II. Portation and Mario Moderation. ;.' .' . ' The ANswep. Dear Petib I have persued your oration with great deliberation, and little consideration at the great in fatuation of your weak immagination to show such veneration on so slight a inundation. After mat lire delibera tion and serious - contemplation, I fear your proelamoli6n is filled ' wills adulation, or saying from ostentation to display your education by 'an odd enumeration or lather multiplication. of words of liko, termination, though different in signification. , But as I admire association,' and am in favor of annexation, I acknowledge my ap probation, and indeed my iiicliitatioii, to accept with gratificfllion the Jo'vo and adoration set forth In your decla ration and will, with preparation lovo, and animation, remain with re signation, and rejoice in the appellit- tion of j, - Mrs. Petes U. Foutatiox. P. S. 1 suggest the Information that we meet in consultation, anil make. some preparation for the final consumption of the intended anexa tion, when I bear tho some relation to your home and occupation that boar to myself. y Maric Moderation. ar-The London Spectator says: "Gifls of princely amounts araountn' which would yield fortunes in mere interest, havo been repcatodly made to groat American cities, to colleges, to libraries, and this during the life time of the donors, but we can scarce ly recall an instance of tho kind in Great Britain.' . ttffc. Tho Wand of Hawaii, Iho chief of the Sandwich Islands, has just boon Iho scone of ft terrirlo vol canic eruption. .It began on March 27, and at thoedate of oar Intos ad vice it had not yet ceased. Tho effect was frightful. One wholo villago wan destroyed, and nearly a hundred livos lost. On tlfo 3d of April one shock was so severe that no living creature could stand iVic York Tribune, ItTGen. Grant is aaid to be in hourly receipt of tolcgrams from all' quarters, pledging him such a voto an never was given before tho re-clecliou of Abraham Lincoln. . , . . . ItV Henry Ward Beechor, In a re cent Sunday morning' sermon, said that if he was ft merchant, and want ed to sell goods, ho would adrorliso. ttA. Women do beat the world in the invention of tbe dearest little pieces of machinory that evor glad defied household. Mrs. George D. Prentice was a Mias Henrietta Buoham, and the siaicr of Calhoun Bonbnm, who figured yearn ago as a second in tho famous Terry Brodorick duel in California, and lalor as a Colonel in tho rebel army. fK. A wife of foarteon year, who was manied after two week' court ship,, is in Toledo applying for n divorce.-