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1.1. defence t0. ,B1't bi '0,""'". 1 on Suterday 2;U J,, of est m a (c I VT. rf! 7 it r jj " ej VOLUME 4. BANKING HOUSE JIT COOKE & eo. 112 and 114 South, Third St., Pl-IILADELiPHIA Healers In all kinds of JOVERSMKNT SECURITIES. OLD 5.20's WANTED, IS BXCHAHtfB FOB KKW 4 IIBIBAL DiriBRWCI AlLOWBD, OOMfOCHD UrrBBBaT MOTIS WAJII ISTBBEST ALLOWED OS DKroStT. .-tfLLF.CTIONS MADB. Stock. Boh d ob C'lmmiftton. . - lell buius accraaoaatloaa ..rvt for Boll (Jau4'6timia 4loS. teg1 MARBLE W0E-T. If fat WUU e ale aat f CRAVE STONES Fr tblld't (fnVB, ttiid ptr loiithrrn Rxprmt ettkar 910. r j--, ftna iar order to my tauo ftni Hitcuoft, ana 1 win furnt wiiiIacUou, Grave Stms for Adults: tM. IM. $"0, $3, on lihir of which 1 will pot tb. ardinary iDKritln, Bnv 4nj 4lvr t Ik ir pui at All tAe-' k'.o4 of rawrft r.i? m pvitoii! attett' llnt aad ifi9 fi. it'-wal'wt aNrUffti'ltoii. Link a' us ur yoar Ora.a Yard at Joaaaburo', a warn u 11 caa un aauaiias. Atmre"., J. B. OADrCIM, '. Lim-aaoau, Va. LEGAL. 8. A. BOVELL, ATTOHSEY AT III;. J0NESD0R0UGH,TNNSSE. H?nnvt!lf. NEWT01T HACKER, Attorney and Counsellor AT LAW, Jonesboro', Tenn. Will orailica iu llio vjuurw of Vasbtngioo, Catur, ail Green Coantira. ai4 la tht Federal and Supreme Court! at KISTOXVIL.I.E Offica formrly oeeapled bj Jfat. W. Deader let below Keeo't Gallery. Jan. 18th, 187lf NAT. B. OWENS, ATTOBNEY AT LAW, . ' COLLE(3tmO AOEWT, JONESBORO TENNESSEE, WILL PRACTICE W THS COURTS OF ' Greene, Waahlftoa, Carter, John ton and Salliraa onDtie,, and Id the rde 12 and Eapreme Coarts at IS. XX O 2K. "V ill OFFtC'S, front room of Dr. Armstrong', rteideare, main ilreet, Kajt of Court Houie. eb. 13, ly. A. W. HOWARD, . AttorntT and Coumollor AT LAW, WILL practice In tba Circuit and Chan cery Conrta of Greene, Washington, BulliTun, Hawklne, Jetfenon, Sevier and Cork Coontita nd Supreme Conrl at Kuoi ille. n ! rBewii, rat-hy Old BUumI, Mala Htnrl, et.JTly . GREK.NKV1LLK.TBSX. THOMAS Sa SMYTIL Attorney at Law, Oollootlns LR;ont, Taylors ville, Tenn, WILL PRACTICR I)T THE COUNTIES ' of Johmon, Carter, Waibington and Mreeae. A!o in tht Snpretne and Federal rv KNOXVILLB. TEUW. Xat. B. Owiai, Bjamib W. Jiaimi, Joneeboro', Ten. Tajlorfttlle, Tens. OWENS & JENKINS. Attorneys a n d Counsellors TA.xiiOasviLLE, TENNESSEE. Sll Itcellency W. O. Erownlew, Bon. Horace Marnard, ' Kaj. Gen. Joief b A. Coopw. Cel. Joht B.Browelo, Capi. oo. Edgar Oriihaai. UKjl-f Oa Ca KTNPT. Attorney t Law A0 OLT.CTTn'a iw rtTlwr-TTiV ItoBsy Croe'r, JitJerBoa Ciintjr, A V W!1?3ZJ eeuutud U till aaf. It Jy. J"PPr rtTBa,e, IU beDr:p;ly lM"janlOtCjij,tijtf. ' BR. J. R. HUTU. C ! J 2 1 1; 3 C J ; M T 12?.' ?J . J.T. CAZIER, D. D. S. DEINT IB T, JONESBOROUCH, TENN. 188juI0tf UEUICAL. D. J. Qibioh, M. D. C. WaiKLfR., M. D. Drs. GIBSON & WHEELER. , SAVING ASSOCIATED THEMSELVES together offer their aeivicea in tba ent branches of tbelr profession to the citiie-a, of Jonesboro' and iurrounding coun try. Vmct in Uibion s Kelly Drug Store, on Main Sreet, oppoaiie tbe Court House, Jeoesboro , Tennessee. .Novninber 1st, 1867. 1867nov2tlif DR. GEO. H. CROSSWHITE OFFERS HI8 PROFESSIONAL SERVI ees to tne citizeni of Washington coun ty. Office and residence on Cherokee, four niles South of Jone8horo , on the Asherille roan. je32mtt LEGAL. C. T. C. LEAKE. ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR JiSI? TiAW, JONESBORO", TENNESSEE. Will prattle In tk Conrta of WaMhlneton. Cartar. Johniun, ball It an, Rawklaa and Greene count.-, and in tn irai and Bitarrma Louru at kneivlil.. Oflca up uire lu U Court Uotua. 68ocJOtr. ( AXISCEIXAXEOIA. ATKIN HOUSE, KNOXVILLE, TENN. ACTON YOUNG, Proprietor. This new and elegant Hotel I, located near tbe Depot . Bsytriige transferred ree of charge. Trains bouud West take Dinner at this House. 68o;t30tf. DAVIS, ROPER & CO., WHOLESALE GHOCERS 1 - AND ' ' ' COMMISSION MERCHANTS. , PETERSBURG, VA. Btep onatantly an band a large and wall-salactad . Ktock of GIlOCEniES, Which they utt'.r low roil 'H Oil FKODUCB IN n a n if, Thajr pay aapatlal allentloa to taa aaie of Wheat anil Corn, And all kind of COUNTRY PRODUCE, and make liberal Cash aitTaiieua on aama whon In band, or oa ac-lptof Ball Boad Kill ol Lading. ioocJ3wo.(a J. E. VENABLE 4 CO., COMMISSION. MERCIlAiNTS, ' Bur and sell on commission . Tobacco, Wheat, Floor, Colion, Com, TroviBions, ana GENERAL MERCHANDISE, No. 3 Iron Front Buildings, Syoamoie Street, JoS. E. VlMABLB, ) T. D. WiiuAMsoit, v Peterabnrg, Va. H. M. Williamson, I ML. Prompt attention given te correspon dence. ' 1868jnlya4m6. M. II. STEPHENS,- ''' (Late of East Tennessee. '.' i Factor and Commission Merchant, Deals laraelr in Provi.ions, Linnors and Tobacco, Corn, Hay, Oats and a'l otbei Plantation supplies. Orders for purchasers of Cotton soiici'.ed, and promptly and care. fully executed. Liberal advances made on Consignments of Corn, Bacon, Lard, Hay, Oats and other East Tennessee produce. 1867Jec30tf Jell A. all, 1. OTIT TATLOB, Late taa. Bock A Tajlor. lata toa, Bocke k Taylor. LEE &' TAYLOR, (At Ik old atand or Laa Kocaa a i.jwr., VITtrOLESALG RKTAIL inn nnm AlERCIIAlSrTSa Ar Proof Building, 105 Main Blrtet, en A Ba4M, utar a. f J tnn. A. it. iTh LYNCHBURC, VIRCINIA. Will girt particular attention to tbe Sal of all coniignmenie, buck a Tobacco, Wheat Flour. Bacon. Lard, Butter, ' AnJ iWuM Omertlly. , ff. Attend promptly to goods eenilgned t . k. fn-wari4.it and kaan alwaTS on hand aa eitensi'e aasortment of GRCERIE3 Lt QU0R3, WINS3, c, Ac. 1868 Aug. i. ly. nt.a.nitenu., ik. i.iuimi, mas. . '. JOS. R. IIITCIIELL & Co. ' EXGIUHGE BROKERS, , Knoxville, Tenn., Peal la Bank Motet, Gold, 8'ilrer, aoi Gor. ernment Voach.rs. 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All hill! tTnnirl thitrlaa aad itarat Th lnnr of tba fre I Trt time lJO thonnanfj patriot! (rol Tba tbrloa of Lib.riT f Coma, with on hart, oua Uop, oo aim, ' An an til Tided band, ( Ta levatev with aolrinn rltaa, Th ruler of our iaad I Kot t Invent a pot n tat With r iSeo of aja7i Kot to onafsr a Mitigly crown Nor txmd tha anbjeot kneai W bow (Mnaath no acaptrad atrajr " Obey no royal rd ; Cofinulila'a aoDi, arect and ftaa ' ' Kal only to Ibeir Gwi I 0r mUr boat n kinjrly rank ; No ancient, prlpwly Um; Ho Tfgn to aovarflgnty. , r Ancttdtral and divine ; A patrttt, at hit enuutry'a call, jttwpondiug to bur ? diets One of tba puople b bwonioflj A aorerulgn by oar cbolca 1 , And now, before the mighty pUa Wtj'? rard to Liberty, Ua iwejara to chart th and dsfand . Tha charter of tba free ! God of our country f loal bta oath With thy orrera conatint. ' Qod - tha Union of tha bUtoal ; God attra onr Fruatdivutl Mmtlfamovis. GOVERNOR MESSAGE. Oentlerrun af ike Smalt and ' ' UauH of RrprutttatiBti t 1 (iongratnlate yod and the whole country npon tbe gratifying result of tha late Presi dential election, which has tarminatad in the eleration of General Grant and Hon. Schuy ler Colfax to tbe highest official sUtions In tbe gift of the American people. . Tbe result la especially satisfactory In view of the circumstances attending, and tbe principles involved la tbe canvass now so happily closed. Tbe issues were clearly de. f Bed ; they were fairly and strongly brought before tbe American people, and tbey were pronounced upon with a degree of nnanimi. ty seldom, if ever before witnessed in our national history. . , It is nnnecessary to repeat them In this connection further than to say that tbey show a just appreciation of the Invaluable services rendered the conntry by to Bigniy diatin. gaishei General now elected as the Chief Magistrate of tbe . Republic t tbey also dis play a eonSdence in bis integrity and ability which I can not for a moment allow myself to believe misplaced. They declare, mere over, unmistakably, that th Ameilcan peo ple will sustain at the polls by tbe ballot aa they vindicated triumphantly in the field the principles of loyalty aad the men who adhere to thus. In other words, that only thoroughly loial men eball administer tbe Government of these United States, and that in ancb administration, aa well as among those of unofficial station, loyal men, whit and black, North and Sooth, East and West, shall be protected. Tbe late election !s tbe most emphatically pronounced judgment of the American peo ple ever given, of th fundamental principles nderlyiog onr whole political labile and contained in the Immortal Declaration of 1774. As such, also, It fully vindicates the policy of the 8tato administration of Tit pets during the last four years. Perhaps never before, la tba entire exis tence of the Katlonnl Government, now near, ly one hundred years haa there been dis played aa equal measure of vituperation, un scrupulous falsehood, and reckless allega tions as have bea leveled against the sue ctaful candidates a most melancholy proof, this, of the attar degeneracy and corruvtion of thai parly which, attar instigating rebeU lioa and aiding and abetting it during lu f regress, afier lu alter defeat gathered ap it scattered fragments aad adherents, and toagbt to Invest iuelf with tbe full sanctions aad pawtr, of tbe Government it had vainly sought to destroy. Fortnnatelf far oar fu ture as a people, aad creditably for ear re cord la history, tha otter aad overwhelming, sad dishonorable defeat and overthrow of that party are eecorpl!ibd by tbe lotelll gent energy, the Incorruptible virtue aad free, unswayed, anpurcbaaed suffrage of American Citistoe. Aaotber special occaaloa for eoogretole tioa ll foan 4 ia the abuedaat favor wltk which a bene6cent Providence baa crowned tbe year. Geodly harvests have requitted tbe husbandman. Sickness and wasting and mildew have been turned aside. God bna graciously eiempted ns from "tba pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruc tion tbat wasteth at noonday." Plentifal re wards have compensated honest Industry, and general thrift and prosperity have attended our fellow-citizens. TUB BAlbBOAD QUESTION. '' The six railroads in the- hands of Receiv ers are indebted to the State, on Interest ac count, due July 1, 1868, one million one hun dred and twenty thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars and eighty-six cents. Tbe interest of these roads, aa well as that of tbe State, require tbat they be sold, and the pro ceeds thereot be applied to tbe reduction of the State debt. I would have seized the two other roads for failure to pay the July interest, and placed them in the hands of receivers, bnt that I had learned by experience that to do so would only entaii increased burdens upon tbe State Treasury. T recommend tbat no more appropriations be made to railroads, except in those cases where the State ha large interest in said roads, and would suffer heavy loss on ac count of the lack of snch appropriations. Of this class are the roads, runnins; out, north and south, from Knoxville, and tbe one extending south froni Morristown ; and, also, the road of which Hon. Senator Parker is President.. These roads, in order to become profitable and prndnctive to the State, will require enough additional appropriations to enable then to complete their lines, so as to connect with other roads bow in process of construction. I propose, however, to meet thes demands in a way not to increase the liabilities of tbe State. Tbe plan is this : Lee ding gentlemen connected with Import, ant railroads largely indebted to tbe Stare, are asking for authority to Issue second mar ram bonds, with view of exchanging them for State bonds ; thus pnrcbasiug State bonds by tbe avail, or these second mortgage bonds, tbe debt now dne by tbe State Would, in like amount, be tmnsferred to these rail, road companies,' and so tba Stiite would be relieved of a burden of several million dolltfrs of debt now resting upon it, I regard this proposition with approval, and advise its adoption by tha Assembly, Tbe payment of large debts now due from the roads alluded to, and th sal of the roads alreadv In th bands, of Receiver would reduce the Slata liabilities at least one-third, ' . This plan, it is seen, would enable the General Assembly not only to reduce materially the State', liabilities, bnt also to render such necessary additional aid to the roads whose completion Is demanded by con sideration of publio economy. Several of tbe railroad compnnlee hav un settled accounts with th sinking fund, the Steta being indebted to thera and tbey being indebted to the Stnt-V. ' It is Important tbat an early settlement of thear accounts be bad. I recommend, therefore, that the proper ae tioo be bad by your respective Houses to procure the desired settlement with the said roods. Since the adjournment of your extraordi nary session the Comptroller has visited New York and mude s.iti-ifHctory arrangements for the payment of the Ju!y interest. This fact, together with the result of the late State and Presidential elections, has induced an ap preciation of our State bonds and a material dertracinlon In the price of gold.. The occasion serve, to allude to the grst Ifviuir fitct tbat, 6iinnclal!y and otherwise, Tennessee occupies a tar more desirable con dition than any or the rtoutbern Btitea re cently In rebellion. Thns the policy of re construction maintained by the Union Re publican party of Tennessee finds ampl and triumphant vindication by Its achievements among us; and thus, also, the path of our future irrowlng prosperity is traced for ns by the history of the last font years. We have only to follow np with steady nerve and on faltering step the polioythus far successful, to assure to this great Commonwealth tbat de gree of thrift, wealth and power to which our national position, our bonndless resourc es and our enterprising population so emi nently entitle us. THS BAXX 0 TIHIIiaSE. ' This Institution has been in the bands of officers appointed by authority of th Gen eral Assembly for tbre years past, witn s view to having its affairs wound np and Its effects made available to the resources of the State. I have seen from time to time, as you also bavo, the report of Its President. I have no other complaints to make against its offi cers than to express my regrets at the slow ness of its movements towards tbe conclu sion desired, and I recommend that measures be adopted to wind it np forthwith. , ' Til rmscBiis. Strenuous efforts were made at yonr recent extraordinary session to induce you to extend tha franchise, and laclnda withia it those who, by tbe law and Constitution of the State, are deprived thereof. Not unlikely tbe attempt will be renewed and enforced during your present meeting. There sbonld be a discrimination exercised concerning those who wer in rebellion.- Tbey are not alike culpable for tbe past, aor untrustworthy for the future. Foi those who wer involuntarily draws into the service of th rebellion, and who, since it utter failure, have given evidence tbat they accept th re mits id good faith that they ar good citi sens, quiet and law-abiding; tbat tbey save strictly observed their parole r that they will not ns political power to proscrib and de grade ihoe whom th war has emancipated and Invested with the rights of citi sens for disfraachiaed person of this description tbe franchise might safely aad, therefor, wisely, b extended. Th extension) ihonld, how ever, b applied with soluble guards and checks, that advantage eoald not be taken of It liberality to the danger and barm of th Stat. . As to th ether class of rebels, wb entered Into It voluntarily and continued la It from ebole until their am wer wrenched out f their bands, and who, since the surrender, aad la moral violation of their parole, hare sontloned to work for tbe lost cause, who ar miles, agitators, who bara fomented violence and lawlessness, who have Incited to pobli disquiet aad restivenes lb ques tion of their restoration to full civil rights, It la very difernt. If the time should sver Mat wbe tbey should b ibis restored, I submit that It woald probably be whea tbe last dollar of tk national debt Incurred la tappressiBf th rea'lllea ha beea pid, and whea these nrpeolot, nareconuucle4 ra tals bad realortd la th baUot-uM ti half million loyal viter, who aow sleep ia areas a lr g-ave. These luggeilioss ar mad !a no vindic tive, iBptacabl hostility to these perions a, NOVEMBER. 20. 1868, men. Tbey spring from considerations af fecting the public welfare, the peace, stabili ty and honor of tbe State and nation. ' With holding tbe franchise from persons who hav proved, by fonr years of bloody resistance against tbe Government, and by four years of nncured hatred against it and Its defend ers, that tbey cannot be safely intrusted with it, is to be regarded not so much a punish ment as it is a wise and necessary precaution for tbe safety and welfare of onr civil insti tutions. THE tMSANB HOSPITAL. The noble puoliccbarily known as the Hos pital for the Insane, located lu this vicinity, ha done much for tbe relief of the unfortu nate. It has deservedly received large as sistance from the State. There are now over three bnndred patients under treatment, rendering tbe institution quite too much crowded for tbe comfort and improvement of the inmates. This is trus of both the male and femal wards, and also of tbe department of th colored insane, who ar as really insane, requiring proper oare and treatment, a an equal number of whit lunatics. Should tbe Ezell farm lying con tiguous to the hospital, be purchased, which I advise, the chronic colored Insane of the male department might be taken to tha farm bouse 'bn that tract, which, with a slight ex pense, could be made to accommodate twenty-five or thirty of them. Better provision is needed to enforce pay ment from those who enter their friends as pay-patients, and who give th required bonds, but from poverty, or som other cause, fail to pay more than the amount of tbe band, and pay that only after long delay and vexing and costly suits. Tbe Superintendent should have authority, by law, to return such pa tients to their friends, or to require new and larger bonds. Tbe friends of many of tbe patients here from surrounding Southern States during tbe war, are using their utmost endeavors to evade the payment of their liabilities. Such patients wer thrown unavoidably npob tbe institution whea care and medicines were very high. Many have served bankrupt no tices on the institution, and collection is, in various ways, delayed and resisted. The amount thus due th institution Is in '.be neighborhood of forty thousand dollars. It is quite uufair that the citizens ef Tennessee should be taxed to support tba indigent in sane of other States. I therefore advise that an appeal be made to the. Governore of the. respective States concerned, to pay for tbe care and mainten ance of said patients, and, ia tbe event that payment is declined, that tbe Superintendent be Instructed and authorized to return th patients to tha localities whence tbey cam. West Virginia, subsequent to the war, paid tbe Stste of Ohio th institution at Colum bus five dollars per week for tbe tare of. ber insane during th war. Nothing, it seems to me, can he more just than that our neighbor ing States should pay fur the car of tbeir poor iusnue in onr hospital, t ' Tbe crowded condition of this hospital re quires tbat an additional building, npon a smaller and less costly scale, be at once erected. Questions of economy, public con venience and Humanity indicate that it should be built id one of the other grand divisions of the State. This will hare to be done, aqd soon. rum its greater populousness and facilities tor buildicg, in well as salubrity, Ett.it Tennessee would seem Ut be tbe better entitled to Its location there. I therefore re commend that it be established ia East Ten nessee. . ,.--.- TUB PKVITIJiTIAKT. .Tbe Penitentiary, like the lasan Hospital, is quite overcrowded, to tbe injury of the discipline and also of the health of th in stitution. ' . . Sine your late adjournment, th Commis sioners met, removed the Warden aad elected another in his stead. Application has been made to me to set aside their action aad re instate the Warden. - This I declined to do, npon the grounds that it would hav beea an unwarrantable assumption uf power, and also in view of tbe fact that tbe General Assembly would soon again be in session. 1 advise tbat tbe whole subject be thoroughly inves tigated. Snch an investigation is alike due to the Stat and to tbe parlies who have been ia dispnte. , salabibs or cebtaib- orriciss. t Lave found considerable difficulty in fill ing tbe Supreme Court bench and tbe Inferi or Courts with qualified and suitable mea, owing to th insufficiency or th salaries al lowed to Judges of th Supreme, Chancery and Circuit Courts. ' No class of Stats offi cers do as much work for aa little pay as tbe Judges. No offices in tbe State require more ability, attention and hard work, or deserve equal remuneration. I must, therefore, org tbe General Assembly to fix the salaries of these officers at a sum tbat will better remu nerate them, and thus secure an order of tal ent and a degree of industry which shall be creditable to tbe State and useful to ail parties. 1 make a similar recommendation concern ing tie salary of tbe Governor. The present sum allowed him ia entirely too low to sus tain him in a styls and manner appropriate to a large and wealthy State lika Tennessee, and it is less than equal services ia ether of fices require and receive. The present salary was fi xed when price of all roods weie much below tbe present rate,. la making this recommendation, I cannot be deemed selfish, an it cannot personally benefit me. I shall toon exchange tna office I hold a present for en to which your votes hav called me. - Besides this consideration, I would be (slopped from receiving such In creased salary pay by tbe State Constitution. luaiGkiTluX. vl hav repeatedly called your attention to the importance of promoting and indnclcg immigration to our Stat. On this subject, y coarictioas hav undergone no change, except that tbey hav become stronger. A great aad pressing want f Tennessee Is an Increased producing population.' Tbis alon will develop onr wonderful resources, and enhance our material wealth to a degree that surpasses imagination, la Its absence, eur people Will suffer a pa'tful want, depressing kusinsss, retarding progress, dwarfiug aad paralysing all Industries. . Thus far, the great tide of foreign Immlgva tioa has swept past as and poured Itself out npo our vast national domain in th West and tb Nortb-we,t but sa Inconsiderable part of It bas been diverted t onr borders. Yea ao other Slate offers equal ladaceaeats to those ef Tennessee. Our snountaiaa ar rich in various minerals, our river ar alBu.nl In power to pr-pel machinery, pur Stat is grid Ironsd witti railroads, oar for ests abound with the Saest of limber, onr toil I capable of enriching production, onr climate is genial and aur sc. aery graaa bb beautiful Added to all lb advantage, with a good system of common schools, and a, hardy, Industrious, loyal, liberty. loving population, a central po.it'.o aesosf tba States, and easy access to 'market1 la all dlrec'.ions, Tennessee is certainly on' of tb most attractive of States to those who would Improve their condition by emigration whether from foreign counties or from sister States, - - , :' - Stilt, notwithstanding all those Induce ments, immigration In this languishes. Some thing mora elfectlve must be done to coun teract the efforts made by other States, and by other Jines of travel than ours, to direct emigration westward, so as to bring a larger proportion of It into our midst. Other States hav incorporated societies and appropriated eonsidetable sums of money to further this 'object. Tbey keep commissioners of imniieration at th princi pal American and European ports. If we successfully compete with ' them w must adopt tbeir tacticts and emulate their zeal. Money and effort thus expended will com back with manifold increase. , . , 1 reuommend that the ,General Assembly grant a liberal charter to responsible and energetic men as a Stat Immigration Society, and appropriate an adequate annual sum to enable such society to prosecutable work of immigration to Tennessee with mar vigor and upon a larger and more aystemaUu scale than it bat hitherto been done. . i ;i , The present is an eminently auspicious moment for a movement of this kind. Tbe election of Grant and Colfax meant peace: it means tbat ' carpal-baggers are not to be molested in Tennessee ; that capital, com ing to ns from abroad, whether of brains or bands or money, is not' to be spurned proscribed, persecuted because it comes tram north of a given line; tbat bere, as else, a bere, we are to have peace, prelection and security. ' In pursuance of this thought, and to aid in Inducing the influx of capital and labor among us, t recommend th General Assem bly to pas a law exempting from taxation for five years all foreign capital invested in machinery within our State. ' ' TBI CATTLB PLAQDI. ' ' My attention has been called to the rava ges of the disease kuown . as . th Cattle plague or th Texas fever among caul, and also to tb inadequacy of tb laws enacted by the several Stales for tbe repression of this and other kindred diseases, and the con flicting provisions of thes laws Which have been disclosed tine tho prevalenc of tht disease.- , ' There should be k concert of laws in all tb States to arrest th spread of a diseas which threaten to destroy all onr flocks and herds, and so deprive tie of meat altegether, or furnish as a diseased article of food which will scatter disease among tbe people. To effect this uniformity and efficiency af laws in all the States, it bas been believed that the best would be tbe assembling of a con vention Of the several States Interested in tbe subject, who would represent all the va ried interests of the producing and 'consum ing States, and supply all the information necessary for the full elucidation of tbe sub ject, and whose duty It should be to prepare a draft of a law which would insnre a most perfect vrolection to all parties, to be ra eommended to the several Legislatures for adoption. ; Th cattle commissioners of Ni w Toik, having been requested by tbe oommisaionert of several of tho States, and of the dominion of Canada, to take the initiative in calling such convention, hav recommended tbat a convention be held In tbe city of Springfield, iu tbe State of Illinois, on Tuesday, Decem ber 1, 1863, at 11 o'clock at noon of said day. Tbe object of such convention ia to consider th pathology, and bistoiy of the Texas cat tle fever and other infections and contagions diseases to which cattle and other Stock are subject, and tba beat method of preventing the spread of such diseases, with refereuee to the interests of tbe producer and consumer and also to consider tba sanitary require ment of tba commnnity with refereuee to tb feeding and resting of tba animals la transitu, and to the best method of slaughter ing and preparing them for market The I convention will also prepare a draft of a law which shall provide for tb accomplish ment of these objects to b submitted to tb Legislatures of the States represented there for adoption. Bach Stale and province to be represented by three commissioners. . It seem to me these precautionary meas ures are wis and Important, and I recom mend yon to take snch early action as shall represent Tennessee in th proposed conven tion. TBI CAPITOL OaOONDS. Your attention is called to th unfinished and unadorned condition of tba grounds surrounding the State Capitol. A building of such magnitud and beauti ful proportions certainly deserve to b sur rounded by grounds that wonld annaac, rather than detract from itt general beauty. Yet, all can see that these gronndl ar ia a condition rather to exclta disgust than to elicit admiration. I tnbniil that ll woald be a wise economy that would appropriate a few thousand dol lars to th proper improvement sod orna mentation of the grounds immediately around tbe Capitol, aow so ride and antightly. It wonld famish employment to those who aeed It; It wonld raise the character of onr Slat abroad, and to indue immigratioa, and it would gratify th just prid of (very good citisea who (('interested la th growth and iropiovement of lb Stat. ' ' TB STATB QDARDS. Tht militia bas not been mustered Into service, and consequently ao expeasttotb Slate ha been incurred. I have relied solely upon Gen. Geo. II. Thomas, who has fully met my expectations. Soon after the Leglslstiv Committee re turned from Washington, Gen. Thomas commuslcated with me, seeking to leer In to what cooatlr and loealilie 1 desired him to send troops, and the probable extent of resistance or opposition which might b expected. 1 accordingly gav hist tha aamas of twenty-two eountie la all, to which k promptly sett troops ia safficiaal number to preserve tb pc and maintain th law. tb result I kaowa to yoa as members of th Oeaeral Assembly, aad I seed add nothing more. TBS STATB TBISSVBBB, Some tea day, ago tb Treasurer, Joht R. Henry, Us;., on eccoeel of 111 health, resign td hi. office ialomy head, vald r.!atioa to tak fft a ooa a ha aod adjust a . llemeol wltk th Comptroller ef the State. I tecordior'y tendered th effie to William H. fitllwell, ,., of West Teneeaa. Th doty will therefore I. voir a tot ye to elect a traarer I fill oat tht aaexpmd term f Mr. Henry. Having the called yonr attention to the mor malarial subject, drvtng yoarofT.olal actios, I sloe by tavekleg apo year lab, 'NUaMBKR'- and Upon tb great Commonwealth pre sented by yoa, tbe bltj.siis of Dh lae ?ruvi. dnce . , Allow me to express tbe hope that yon will go to work industriously, and complete your work la a short session. ... u . , . . .. yf O.'BPOWKtOW, ' "' . i uovarnor ol Aeuuetue. Vntratnhar Orti 1R:0 I r . Mr Crittenden 'was engaged in 'de-',, fenditig a mar. who had Lauu indictfi . for a capital offense... He plotted hia, effort by tbe folio win ir beautiful alia- J5u, r ,-v . ,, , . . , . , (, ,Vbon God in his eternal mercy .eon.) ceived the thought of tan'8 creation,, He called to Him the three miointera ", waiting conttantly opon the throne Justice, Truth and. ilorcy,' and thua" addressed them;-' " , "! "Sliall we make man '?'" ' Then Biiid be will trample upon Thy laws. Truth, road a answur also, "0, God, make him"! not, for he will pollute Tby Sanctu- ' ariea." But Mercy droping down up-; on bee knees, and looking np through " ner tears exeiaimea, "u, tid, mak him . I will watch over him with all" my care through all tbe dark paths tbrongh which be may have to tread.'4 Then God made man, and aaid to bim, "0, man ;thon art the child of Mercy. go deal with thy brothers," . , Drill for Single Yoluytecrs. . Fall in Love with seme amiabl and virtuous young woman on the first opportunity you may have. ' Attention Pay to her, asbiducaaly: icu roBpectiuiiy. , y- MgH Face Pop the question like a man, and she'll accept you. . . ( (jyack March With her to th church, and go through the service of holy matrimony. , .. .. ;J v ' ifafAnd reflect asriously for a, few moments j then determine o de vote yourtelf entirely to your wife. ',' - awyin uuutm jcucd i torn iue oaunta yoa have frequented when single, and prefor your own home. ; Advance Anns To your youngj wife when out walking together, add don't let her walk three or four yards behind yon.' ' ' : - . i' : Breuk off Billiard playinjj, belting and staying out at night, if you wish to have ia happy home. - ' ' ' " v ..-; -a v.., ' dosbbUllagslaiu ., - I never bet on. the man who is al-, ways tolling what ha would have don it he una Wu t!ic:e; I haro uy'J.cei tbat these kind never get there. The fear of the law here, and the law hereafter,, baa furninhud ns somtv very clever specimens of Christianity.' Fools don't know tbeir strength ; if they did, tbey would keep still. ' ' True happiness seems to consiHt in wanting all we can enjoy, and then getting all we want. " - Beauty never dies ; it is lib truth ; tbey both have a immortality some where. - .. , ., ,; ,. If yon would make yourself agree able, wherever yoa go,- listen to tba grievancea of others, but never relate) your own. Men never seem to get tired talking of themselves, but 1 have heard them when I thought they thowed vjw of wtakneti. . , ... Common sense is mora generally despised by those who havr-'t got it. Althongh mankind worship wealth. I will give them credit for one thing, they seldom mistake it for brains. t Monuments are poor investments the bad don't deserve then, and th good don't peed thera. Tbe best way to keep a secret is to forget it ' . 1 v' It isn't bo much trouble to get rich as it it to tell when we have got rich. If a man wants to get at his actual dimensions let bim visit a gravoyard. It is a-(rood plan to know many peo ple, but let only few know yoa. sKaf After a long march, daring thn late war, a captain ordered aa a eaui- tarv nrecaution. that the mn alionld' change their undcr-sbirta. Tht Or derly Sergeant snggosted that half of tbe men only had on shirt each. Tha captain hesitated for a moment and then said : Military orders must b obeyed J let the men change wiia each, other. i.,-. 9 A good story is told of i boot". black whose energies were taxed by the huge sloe of a private who re toned from tha war. The little fel low, kneeling down looking over bia shoulder to a comrade, - exclaimed Lend me a spit Jim, I have got an ar my comrmot. - , C3A Domocratio organ in Alabama, says i w Gen. Grant cannot be classed aa an active member of the Ipabllcan party. He holds tha position, of at honorary member. " - If nnfnltring adherence to freedom, nationality andeqnal rights be evid denca of Ilepublicanisro, then Gen. Grant la not an honorary, but an hou nrabte member of the uveal cn'onal republican party. JV .1 k r; ,... B"? An extra lkinn trestv t boti mada between h United Sut st er.u Italy . .... (..asLutii. , iiisi sf r i ij