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ri 1 a 3 . y. A' i u i ii - i . a 4 i i i a , , ii . (j ii m ( i . :.. il , . 1 A VOLUME 1. :- -T 'Old Series,. vpl. 13.:, , CLARKSVILLE, TENN., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, ; 1865. . Old Series, No. 18, J .NUMBER 8.; ' . T IA NV ; H m O WM.' 'K3 V-. .11, JU JB JUJ xainm fiarfls. DR. II, M. AC2EE, Surgebn Dentist, " "' "cLATlKSVILDE, .TEX", "r ""TENDERS hi services to lb citizens of tlic city X anil vicinity, lo the different brauches of his profession. . . -, . A No. I Second hand caso of Dental Instruments, ith plate tool, nil complete, fur sole. X-vjiliuc, at liis residence, one aoor ensi or m. 1 v DR. J. II. PIRTLE. OFFICE at hii',c5iViPCr-roTnc.r of Mnin buJ .fourth Street,, opposite, CumWlaiid Church, I'l.vksrillc, Tenu, . . ,-, 'July 2i ?m.-. S. Jf. (JltAXT, Proprietor. '' ' Clark8Ville,. .......i....Tenne83ee, HA VINO leased this well known House from Mr. C. M. Stewart, 1 urn now renovating and re fitting It for the accommodation of the public When the arrangement being inaile are completed, will be a Hotel in all iU appointment. The public are respectfully United to call, as the best tie market affords, prepared in style, will be served at all times. -fjy" Polite and attentive servant will be in at tendance In every department. t SST Mrs. Ki.lis, a lady of long experience, will tire general supervision of Ihe ladies and culinary departments. 1 ' - 1 1 ' The Hons at Tuit's Station will be kept tip. as heretofore, for the accommodation of the rravoling cwnwinnity. Respectfully, ..july i4tf S. B. GRANT. , ii ercr, Late Judpca Adr! Diat. Mid. Teno. j. c. Memi.trM. ' Late Capt. U. S. A. BUCK & McMUL1jEN, Attorneys at Law, , . . i, ;, . - - A X D ,' B24L KSTATX Att CLAIM AGENTS, Will practice In the State and Federal Courts. HAVIXO served as ofTicera in the 1. S. Amir, will have facilities to prosccuto sucecMfnlly all le gitimate claims ajfniiut the Uoverninent. t Urksville, Teiin", Aujr. , 1865- ! : TJTJTCTTV A T5VPWT1 Forwarding and Commissioa ''"V--M K 11 G II A N T, AND STEAMBOAT AGENT, ' t WAKFUOL'SKl.oicer Eml Wharf, (MiARKSVILL!', TENNKSSK 1 :. Jiilyl t-tf . R. II. WILLIAMS , 1R.VI. I , . DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, , ,Atr. -1A7 CMS, Ci 'roct;i'ic.s, Ti rmlcs, S:c ' mAi.5(., t'LAKKSVII.LE. TK.W. .Inly 1 1 -tl' ' W. S. POINDEXTER & CO. WHOl.CSAI.il AND UKT.UI. C4 11 O C IE It S ! An IiffALBTj IV Iron, Salt, Cement, Cor.. J'rankli.i and Murhet Sit. ClarksVille,-.-''." Tennessee. . July U-ly , ' , ! . HODGSON & LINDLEY, 7 " sot.t: avkxts ros tiik Kanawha Salt Company, ' v ' A!U' DKAl.thS IN i (UOCERICS k COUNTRY PRODITK, 7 WALL' VM'KR, Tin, llnrU mid uenurc, Oils, I'ulnH, White I.euit, Kc. 1500 Ii A RULES SALT FOR SALE. f'raiil.lin-St., U-tf C'ltil ki lllo. II. July k I.. CHAPMAN & CO.,. Produce ant! Commission Merchants, - 0 UtALEBS IN OltOCERIES. Winr and Liquor,' JlnrJicarr, SadJUrjj, lluots and Mioei, ', "WOOD AND WILLOW WAKE, a ATS, CAPS, TOBACCO, C ft: ARB, ETC. rgASXI.H STBMT, CLARKSVILLE. TEXX. A I.I. kinds of Country 1'roJuco Utkeu in ex change for Goodi. Advances made on Tobacco, Flour nnd oilier Vrmluce for shlpnient to our fiieudi iu Louisville, Cincinnati or New York. July 14 Cm JOHN COIMROY, Dealer in Grocorios and Liquors, QUEENSWAHE, COUNTRY PRODUCE, fitC, ' FUASKI.IN' STREET, OLARKSVUiLK, TENXESSEK. ' ! pares a man tor action ns thought; but not lung so T EKPS ronitaiilly oulmnd afull line of Fniuilr uulits a man for action in the course of action. IV Groceries of the lwl quality, and offers tucin , Butter by far adopt anino course and pursue it eu tu the p HI'u-iqMin reasonable teims. ergetically, even though il n "iv not be best, than m. Articles purchasrd nt my house, will be de- to keen continually tliinkinir w ithout aclinu. "Go llvered, free of charge, nnvwhure iu the limits of the city. : IJuly 14 -vf ) J. C. ' ; OfA"U1 i JN 6W J-il V GrV kDltlDlG! , mills ..,.'.1..ri,.ne.l Ion inn cW-.d il, la.-,. J... LIYLIIY STAHI.K, on 1'i.inkliu hired, and is j i.o vi prt'paici 10 no a general i.ivcry nu-mi i... leuu Homeland I'liriii.u Hacks and lluygics, with good .ale borjc and i Idle Morses, I ill U pli..i.c,l to attend to all w ho. inav i.h imvthing in niv line, . 1 t .. 1, . u" 11 It l.fcc P. AI.I K.V rnixTKO wtEKlV, vry ft.ipat Hottxucn, BT NEBLETT & GHANT . . rrbLmilKltS AND paoMllRTOU. . Terms Three Dollars per Year. ggyAb name rntercd on omt bookt till tin tub lertplinn it paid for.Jf , . Terms or Advertising: Ttctlce L'met or Leu Conttilute a Square. One Rqunre; on week,.w.',.....i. ..........'. $ 1 00 One Square, two Weeks......... 1 60 One Square, three weclu,... , 1 00 One Square, one month,. ....... ..!.. ' i 50 One Square, two months,.... r,. 4 &0 Ouc Square, three months,. 6 00 One Square, six month i, .'. . 9 00 One Square, twelve months, 15 00 Two Squares, one month, 6 00 Two Squares, two months, v - 8 00 Two Squares, three months,....' 9 00 Two Squares, six moulln, 13 00 Two Squares, twelve mouths, .. 18 00 Three S inures, oncmimh,, 7 0 Three Squares, two month, 10 00 Three Squires, three months,,.. 12 00 Three Squares, six months, v 15 00 Three Squares, twelve months, 20 00 Ounrter t'oliimn, one month, 10 00 Qua ffer Column, two months 12 00 Quarter Column, three months,...; 15 00 Quarter Column, six months. 20 00 Quarter Column, twelve months, , 25 00 line Third Column, ono month ' 12 00 One Third Column, two months, ISA" ine Third Column, three months, ' 20 00 One Third Column, nix months 25 00 One Third Column, twelve months,. 35 00 Half Column, one month 15 00 Half Column, two moutb, ; H 0 Half Column, three mouthy. ' Tl 00 Half Column, -six mouthy , 30 00 Half Column, twelve months......... ' 45 00 Three Quarter Column, ono month,... 10 00 Three Quarter Column, two moulht 25 00 Three Quarter Column, throe mouths, 30 00 Three Quarter Column, six months, 35 00 Three Quarter Column, twelvemonths,.... CO 00 (Mis Column, one month,...'..., 2o 00 One Column, two months...... : MO 00 One Column, three months, 35 00 One Column, six month,... ...... ...... ..50 00 (Ine Column, twelve months, 75 00 tCff" The abort art prrtttrly the tame jtriea tre charged for advirlumj prior to the war. . "1 THOVGIIT IT WAS V01CE.' 311 MOTHER'S A friend told me, not Ions mm, a lieautiful slory n'lout kind word.. A good Indy, living in one of our Iar'e cities, w us pntsiiip; a drinking ulocm just ns the keeper was Miniating a young man nut into the street. He was very young, nnd very pale, but his haggard fiice and wild ryes. told that ho was far jnne in the road td ruin, as with an oath, ho bran dish! his clenched fists, threnleiiinff to be revenged on the mini w ho ill u?rd him. The poor young ' ni.m wus so excited nud blinded with passion that he did not fee the Indy who stood very uenf to him, until she laid her hand upon his nrm, nnd spoke in her gen tin, iovinj voice, asking him nhat was the nin'lcr. At the fir.-it kind word the-young man started if a heavy Mow hud struck him, and turning quick ly round, paler tlmn before, nnd trembling from head lo foul he surveyed the lady for a moment, nnd then with n sigh of relief he said: ' ,'I thought it wns my mothers voice, it sounded so rtnmgely like it! but her voice has been hushed in death for ninny years." 'Von had a mother, iIkii," snid the lady, '"and l:e loved you.'' With that sudden revuh-ion of feeling which of l. u comes to people of line, nervoiH temperament, the young man bum iiiuxVars, subbing out, .'Oh! ves, I had an angel mother, and idie loved herb y lint since she died all the world has turned ngninsi me, nnd I nm lost! lost to good society, lot to de cency, and lost forever!'' "No not lost forever: for Ood is merciful, nnd his pitying love can reach the chief of sinners," said the luuy, in her low sweet voice: nnd the tinielv word' swept the bidden chords of feeling which had been long untouched iu the young man s heart, thriving it whU magic power, and wakening a host of tender emotions, which had been buried very deep b.'iicath the rubbish of nil and crime. More gei t 8 words the lady spoke, and when a ip passed on her way, flic youth followed her. lie marked the house w here she entcied, and wrote the name which was on the door-plate in his memo randum book. Thi n he wilked slowly away, with a deep raruest look on hits w hite fuc, and deeper, more earnest feeling in his aching heart. Years glided by, and the gentle lady had. quite forgotten the incident w have related, when one dsn-, a stranger seut up his car J, and desired to speak with her. ' Wondering much who it could be, (-he went down to the parlor, where she found a noble look ing well dressed man who ro?c defcrently to meet l.er Holding out his hand, he said: "'Pardon me, madam, fur this intrusion; but I have come many miles to thank )ou for the. great service jou rendered me a tew years ago, said he in a trembling voice. Tho lady was puzzled, nnd naked for an explana tion, m she did not remember ever having seen the 'gmt'.eman lie fore. r 'I have changed so much," said the man, ,:thnt you have quite forgotten mej but though I only saw your face once, I am sure 1 shonld have recog nized il Hnywhoro. And your voice, too, it Is so ike my mottier s! Tuot.e last words made the lady remember the poor young man plie hajl kindly spoken to in front of the drinking saloon so long belore, and she min gled, tier dears with those which were falling slow ly over the young man's checks. After the tirst cujh of emotion had subsided, the gentleman sat down and told the lady hu thote few words had been instrumental in saving him, and making him what he then was. "The earnest expression of 'Xo, nut lost forever,' followed me wherever I went," said he, and it al ways seemed that it was the voice of my mother speaking to me from tho tomb. I repented of my ninny transgressions, and resolved to live ns Josais and my mother would bo pleased to have me; and by the mercy and grace of tlod, I have been ena bled to resist temptation and keep my good resolu tion." "I never dreamed thera was such power In a few kind words before," exclaimed tho lady, "nnd sure ly ever after this I shall take more pains to speak thorn to all the sad and suffering ones 1 meet iu the walks of life. Sunny Facet. Gex. Jacksox's Motto, "Thiuk liefore you net' but wheu the lime tor action comes, stop thinking.', I This is the true dix'triue. Mnuy men fuil iu life I nud go down to the grave with hopes bUslud and pros tpecU of happinus unriializcd, because they did not adopt aud act upon this motto, nothing to pre- ahead" ouuht to be minted in every vonnir mau hat and read until u becomes a narl of his nature, uiilil lie can act upon Ins own judgement, and not I lie turned from hi course by every w iud of intcr- estedadvUf. Iii conclusion, we would sav, "Think i before you act, but vi lieu tlm time for actiou come ; i'4 thiukiag." i I-.. - . ...in., r...... 1 i . .1 . . . . . . i . 1 i.oivuie uwr.,., nm.i ahvh ii ,i kiih io Congress in the Tth District, Tennessee, Col. Lane K. Hawkins is the member elect. Hon. Akin II m - kins Is oil the Supreme lb ,i.h of Tetiues.-ec, and , .- hoi . Mil date. ILKITKR FROM .11 OX. JOHX A. CILUI&. Hon. Job ;i A. Ciliner, of North Carolina, has published a letter In vindication of his politic.! courseconcluding al follows: ' ' I first argued and remonstrated against the wnr. and endeavored to avert the consequences, and the only regret I have in thl Is that to very few ciime then to my aid, (in icaton,) either in Congress or out of it. wlwn the country was pre cipitated and rully committed to the war I ventured to advise nnd say what I Conceived would bo the consequences if conquest ensued. For this war, before Ood and my country, In my conscience and in my soul, I feel guiltless. , This brings mo to the pfciul in Which you de si i more particularly to hear me. I am. for peace and order I am for the Federal Government nnd for the State government, nnd mm for getting the snmo into operation as speedily n the same can be safely and prudently done, on the terms proposed. We are powerless. We are In a stato of sub mission. I have yielded (and in n innuner satis factory to my slaves, and to tho Government, I trust) to the emancipation required. True, I should have preferred other terms. Hut to talk of these now is useless and ont of place, nnd in my opinion it is unwise to .thiuk of .or tuggect any further resistance--! am opiKiecd to all further rebellion. Let us strive, by willing nnd ready submission, to secure nmncsty and a modification of the confis cation and other laws. Let us keep the pence, and Infuse brotherlv kindness among ourselves, nnd banish forever nil henrt-burninp growing out of past differences of opinion. Let all thote he hurried in tho past. We should honestly unite in putting the management of our affairs into tho bands of our wisest and bent men, nnd ask the blessing of Providence on their deliberations and labors. I.ct onr united exertions be directed lo the eleva tion of the material, social, and moral condition of the Slute rather than ranglo about petty dif ferences, and in due season, with God's blessing, all will be well with us again. Let us be honest our- selves, secure industry and fair dealing among and with nil, white and black, and get back to the good old times, when the farmers grain was sare in bis pen or his crib, without the aid of Iock3 or bolts, and his stock snfe in his pasture when nil could lie down at night nnd Soundly repoje, under full confidence that they would rise in the morning nnd find nothing disturbed. Let us have charity for each other, uud love our neighbor as ourselves. Give proper care and attention to moral nnd religi ous culture givo no ear to useless disputations give every man his own and do hurt to no one, and I feel confider.l, Hint in a few years we shall have a Sute Improved, rather than ruiued pr in jured. I am a friend to the Stntc government nud of the Federal Government, and shall sustain President Johnson in his efforts to bring pence and order out'of confusion and war. His efforts in his last Congress, in which we served together, ami more especially his sreech of the 5th nnd 6lh of, February, A. P., 1SG1, of which I distributed many thousands, showed that he loved his country nnd his whole country. Yours Irnlv, JOHX A. CILMKIt. "And it may added for the information of reik lc'S jourunlists who have so mn.h to say about government porhou3es to teed negroes, that iu i en ni'SRcc twenty w hite persons have wen led on government rations, where one negro has been the receiver of such bonittv. A full expose of facts will beinnde in thiscuse, which will put the enemies of free lauir lo shame. The above is taken frou) letter of the editor of the Nashville ici and u?mes. It alludes to the -white nn 1 colored ieople of thix section. The fliptmncy with which tho editor writes nliout vliito paupers,'1 when the circumstances which have impoverished our people nre eoiiniuVrcd, is de serving the execrations of all honest men. c grant- that pro-slavery journals have ilono the colored race grent injustice by harping oil the slave-driver's aigiimeiil, that the negro would not work unless compelled to' do so by the argument of the lash. The negro has irnd is daily proving the f'nNily of this argument. Uut this is no reason whv those who have been imj overished by the war and whose natural pro lectors have been taken awny by the i-asualities battle or by disease, should be slandered, and clashed as "white paupers." Hundreds of while women and childreu havo been fed by the Government. And the Government has performed no more than its duty in feeding them. If the Government ttill pay these people lor w hat it was compelled to take from them, it w ill not be required to Usue rations to them niiDther day. It id, hard that a people who have suffered at much as tho of this section shuuld now be taiinU'd with beiug "hite pnupers." They have tho proud consolation of knowing, bow y 7.. , , . n " ' 'rl " mid 7im.i u-lm time linihulr Rrirra nt tliMm i . :. 1 . .1... fc-..i...:n I.- Chaltanoooa Otiirtle. - Ths Imi'ortakce or tub Lira or Phebidhxt Jouxbon. The Xew York Timet opens au editorial under this title, with the following estimate of tho President's life: "The first duty of President Johnson to the country is to tnko care ot his health. We nn nn precisely this. The very foremost of his public ob ligations is to keep well. Xo patriot was ever more solemnly called upon to die for country than he is to live tor country, runco this Republic had an existence, never was there a life of such conse quence to it as his. This comes not fioin his special personal qualifications for his office, great though they arc, uut irom tun peculiar circum stances in wliK.li he holds Hint otllce. lucre is no Vice Presidency behind him to furnish a successor to his place for tho rest of bis Presidential torm, should he be tuken awny. Senator Foster, the preaeut President of the Senate, would succeed to tho Presidential position, but could occupy it only until a new President could "be chosen by Iho peo ple. The death of President Johnson would be the greatest of publiu calamities, because it would force the country Into all the fierce excitements aud n:ritatiouj of a Presidential canvass, la this transi tionnl period of reconstruction." Soiniriri PrtsjLnrjt. The Philadelphia Ship ping Litt says : . " We arc informed, upon what we consider good authority, thnt a number of gentlemen owning grounds 111 est irgiuia, found some tnjie ago, upou tin r premises a hard, black subslauee, which was supposed to be coal, lt run in veins,, and was considered to be something of a mineral nature. Upon chemical analysis it was found to be solidified petroleum crystallized upou the outside of the vein aud grnuiiluted inside. It lay in a stratified form, and the vein was from fifty-five inches deep to 2')0 feet thick. So fur as traced, tho lodo is about a mile in length. 1 he discoverers wcro determined lo put thoir acquisition to test, and they found it possible to distill from the substance a pure oil, at the rate of from 1 BO to 170 gallons to tha ton. The location of this petroleum mine is ten miles from Cairo, and thirty-onu miles fast of Parkers burg, Va. Should the matter turn out as represen ted, it will exercise a very important iiilliiot.ee uon tho production of petroleum In tho fluid form." Tns FaAKcnittB Act. Gov. Brownlow, iu a let ter to the Knoxville Whig, dated the 1 2th inst. says: " Enough is also know n to warrant the assertion that in many of the counties in the State the Franchise Act has been wholly disregarded. Every county in the IStatn must be looked inUt nud where the law was not regarded, the vote of the county s will be set aside. This review of matters may 'turn some men out wno are now anea'l. 1 ho for the best, but I am certain that the Tut of a county can't come in where the I'rancbi.'o Act was uot regaided.'. . Jr.rr. Davis. The August t i 'tcniele, of the 13ih, savs: Wo' are informed that tha ladies of Georgia I I,.,-.. u.l.lrpuff! neliiioii to President Johnson lur 1 the purpose of obtaining the pardon and r-lc,e of lKTbat was a smart youngster who boring hi Mi. Davis. The petition Is now being circiiluled 1 moilur remmk that she was fond of mu-ie, rtrialu in l'n. tv lot s'.giuturc.-." I, -Thtu why don't you bay me a dtum." DOW IIE CAME TO BE MARRIED- It may be funny, but I re done it. I've got a rib and a baby. Shadows deport'il oyster stews, brady cocktails, olger boxes, boot-jacks, absconding shirt buttons, whist, and demijohns. Shadows present hoop-skirts, and bojes, ribbons, gaiters, long stockings, juvenile dresses, tin trumpets, little willo-r chairs, e radios, bibs, pap, engnr teas, pare goric, bive eirup, easier oil, Godfrey's cordial, soothing syrup, rhubarb, sen a, salts, squills, and doctor bills. Shadows futnre more proud babies, more hive syrup, etc., etc. I'll just tell yon bow I got caught.' I was always tho dnrndest, most tea ?ustard bashful fellows you ever did sit I It was kinder in my line to be taken with the shakes every time I saw a pretty gal approaching me, and I'd cross the street any time rather than face ono; twasen't because I didn't like the critters, for if I was behind the fence honing through a knotjiole, I could look at one long enough. Well, my sifter Lib gave a XlJ one night, and I stayed away from home hocan.se I wss too bashful to face the music. I hung around the house w histling "Old Dan Tucker," dancing to Iteep my feet warm, watching tho heads bobbing np and down behind the window curtains and wifhlng the thundering party would brake np, so I could go to my room. 1 smoked up a bunch of cigars, and It was getting late nnd mighty uncomfortable. I concluded to skin np the door post. No sooner said than done, and I soon pat myself snng ia bed. "Xow," says I. "let her rip! Dance till your wind gives ont l'1 And cuddling under the qnilu, Morphens grabbed me. I was dreaming of soft shell crnlis and stewed tripe, and was having a pood time when somebody knocked at tho door nnd woke me np. " Kap " ngain. I laid low. Up, Rap, Rapi1' Then I beard a whispering, and I knew there was a whole raft of gals out side. " Itap, rap!" . Then Lib sings ont : ' "Jack, are vou in there?' "Yes," Bays I. Then came a roar of laughter. u Let us in," says she. ' ' " I won't," says I. " Cun t you let a fellow nlonc?" " Are vou a bed?" savs she. " Yes," snys I. Get up," says she. -, " I won't," says I. Then dime another laugh. Hy thunder! I began to get riled. "Get out, Ton pctlicoixled scarecrows!" I cried. Can't yon get a beau vritliout hauling a fellow out of bed? I won't go home with you I won't so yon may clear out f And, throwing n boot at the door I felt better. But presently, oh! mortal buttons! I heard a still. s.nail voice, very much like sister Libs, and it said: ' "Jack, you'll have to get up, for nil the girls' things are there? ' . "O Lord, what a pickle !'' Think of me in bed, all ; covered tip with shawls, mud's, bonnets, nnd cloak", and twenty girls outside the door waiting to get in! If I bad stopped l think I should have i pancaked on the spot. As it was, I rolled out among tho bonnet-ware and ribbons in a hurry. Smash! went the millinery in every direction. I had to dress in the dark for there was a crack in the door, and the girls will peep nnd the way 1 tumbled was death on - straw hats. The critical moment came. 1 opened the door and found my self right among the women. "O, my Leghorn!'' cried one. "My dear, (lark ing, winter velvet !'' cries nuother, nnd they pitched in they pulled me this way nnd that, boxed my cars; undone briglii eyed littlo 1 ce Sal ber namo was put her arms right round my neck, nnd kissed me right ou my lip. Human nature could nt stand that and I gave her as good as she 'sent. It was the first time I ever got a taste, and it was powerful good. I bolivo I could have kissod -that gal from Julius (iesar lo the Fourth of July. "Jack," tnid she, "we are sorry to disturb you, but won t you see me Home? ' "Yes," said I, "I will." I did do it, and had another smack nt the gate too. After that we took a kinder turt'.e-doving alter each other, both of us sighing like a barrel of new ciucr when we were nwny from each other. 'Twos nt the closo of a glorious summer dnv the , sun was. setting behind a distant hen-roost the bull iiwp' wmw ,vrijiujt-iii-iii iiivir ritriiuiK Buua, 1110 polly wog, iu their native pud muddles, were p re pairing themselves for the shades of night and Sal and myself sut upon an antiquated backlog, listen ing to tho music of nature, such ns tree-toades, i jcs'.er?, atid grunting pigs, and now and then the mellow music of distant jackasses was wafed to our ears by the gentle sephyrs Hint sighed among the mulleu Etalks, and came heavy laden with tho delicious odor of hen-roost and pig-styes. Tho lant lingering ruys of the setting sun glauting from the buttons of n solitary horseman, shone through akuotholoiaahog-ufulllnSal'stace.dyingher . 1 . . ' J .B hair an ornngepeel hue and showing otT my thrnad bare co.it to a bad advantage one of my arms was around Sal's waist, my hand around the small of her back sho was toying with my locks of jet block hue she was almost gone and 1 was ditto. She looked at me like a grasshoopcr dying with the hic-roughs, nnd I feli like a mud-turtle choked with a codJ.ili bull. " Sal," says I, in a voice as musical as the notes of a dying swan, "will you have me?" ' She tnrnccrher eyes heavenward, clasped uio by the hand, had an attack of heaves and blind stag' grTS, and with a sigh thai drew her shoe-strings to her palate snid, " les! ' hue gave clear out and squatted in my lap! she corked-screwed and curfltimjxcd nni rolled in. 1 hugged her until I broke my suspender and her breath smelt or onions she cat two weeks belore. Well to make a long story short, she set the day nnd we practised for four weeks every night how- we would walk in tho room to get married, till we got so we could wnlk as graceful as a ccupel of Muscovey ducka. The night the company nnd tho minister came, tho signal was given, and nrm In arm we marched through the crowded kail; we were iust entering the parlor door, when down I went kerslap on the oil cloth, pulling Sal arter me, Some cussed fellow had dropped a bannnnn skin on the floor and it floored me. It split an aw.U hole in my rassiiueres righl under my dress coat tail, lt was too late to back out, so clapping my handover it we marched in and were spliced, an1 taking a seat I watched the kissing the bride opera t'on. My groomsmarfwas tight, and he kissed her till I lumped in to take a slice, when, Ob horror, little six-year old imp had crawled belaud mo and pulled my shirt through the hole in my pants, and pinned it to the chair, and in jumping np I dis played to the admiring gate oi the astonished muu litude a trifle more of white muslin tinea was pleas ant. The women giggled, the men roared, and I got mad, but was finally put to bed; and there all my troubles ended. G'wd-uight. lft,If you sncexe on Monday, it indicates danger. Sneeze on Tuesday, you will meat a stranger. Sneeae on Wednesday, you will receive u letter. Sneeze on Thursday, you will get something lietter. Snecrc on Friday, indicates sorrow. Sneeze ou Saturday, you will have a beau U moTrow . Sneeze before you eat, you will have company befure you sleep. PutsimiNT JoHxaoa Axn Ex-Got. Lktciikb. Tho Lynchburg Virginian says In a recent Issue: " We have been permitted to read a private letter, written b hx-Gov, Letcher, now at bis homo lu Lexington, to a 1'iieod in this city. The Governor bad an interview with President Johuson, with which ho was much pleased, the tendency of which was to convince liuu that we have only to recoguize the existing stale of affair, regard si very as dead, aud sustain the Gun ruiuciit, aud the President will do all for the South that we could expect. He it not vindictive toward us, as some have supposed, and will, if sustained, res i.t to the Uut the radical pressure that may be brought against him. CIKCUAn, SO... IlKAtgrsTKRS Department or Trxxr xraa Office Provotl Martial Gen Wrrflt, Knoxrtlle, Aug. is, lBUfi, The Amnesty Oath will be administered at the following named points, to the residents of Ten nessee who ay permitted to avail themselves of the benefit of the proclamation of tho rrcsident or the United Stales: Applications for pardon by persons excepted t.j' the President, from the benefits of theprochiumliim, must bo accompanied by Btt iy a copy. oi ine Amnesty Oath, administered uj ..u u...ir. ..,-,...... v u. . . of the department commander; U applications will be forwarded to the Provost Marshal General of the Department, to be submitted to the Department (Commander, ior reference to the Governor of the State, nnd transmittal to the Department of Suite nt Washington. The following names are designated as adminis tering officers. They will trptirt. direct to the Provost Marshal General of the Department for orders and Instructions with reference to tkeir duties as such: Nashville, W. II. Torbett, Lt.-Col. 18th P. V.I. Murfrecsboro, A. M. Bceliee, Maj. 2tith Mich. I.. , Tnllahoma, W. F, Slocumb, Cnpt. !5id Ills. V. I. Columbia, W. Davenport, 2d Ll. 148th Ind.V. I. ' Krnnnttn, J. C. Judy, Cnpt. 6fst Ills. V. I. PiJaski, A. E. Calkins, Cnpt. 8th Mich. Cat. . Gallatiu, U. McMillan, 1st I.t. 190th U. S. C. I. Kingston Springs, R.G. Sylvester, Lt. 12th do Clarksville, Tho?. S. While, Cnpt. 143d Isi1. V. I.' Johnsonvillc,0. B. Sncll; 1st Lt. 12th U. S. C. I. . Decnsrd, B. F. Burnett, Cant. 148th Ills. V. I. Chattanooga, J. W. Burcb, Major, 44th Ind. V. I. Swcplwaler. J. fl. Cummins, Cnpt. 10th Mich. Cav. Knoxvillc, Henry Romvn, Capt. 14th U. S. C. I. Greenville, J. B. Charles, Capt. 1st U. S.O. II. A. Cleveland, J. II. Stout, Cnpt. 11th Mich. Car. McMinnville, G. W. Martin, Lt 148th 111. V. I. Additional offices will be ojiened in other portions of the department as goon as practical. By command of .Major General Gxo. Rtokbu. THOS. C. WILLIAMS, Brevet Lieut. Col. U. A., nud Pro. Mar. Gen'L Tife Lacgii or Wouak. A woman has no natural gift mora bewitching than a sweet Inugh. It is Pko the sound of flutes on the water. It flows from her la a lenr, sparkling rill J and the benrt that hoars it feels ns if bathed in the cool, exhila rating spring. Have you ever pursued an unseen fugitive through trees, lsd on by a fairy laugh, now here, now there, now lost, now found? We have. And we arc pursuing that wandering voice to this day. Sometimes it comes to i.s.in the midst of our caro and sorrow, or irksome business; acd then we max turn away and listen, aud hear it ringing through the room like a silver bell, with power to scare away the evil spirit of the mind.r-. How much we owe to that sweet laugh! It turns the prose to poetry; it flings flowers ot sunshine over the darkness of the wood in which we are traveling: it souches with light even our sleep, which is m more the imago oif death, but is con sumed with dreams that nre shadows of immor tality. ' . ' Death or Madam Jt sir.L-r.fRR. Madame Elisa I). Jumel, says the Sow York Evening Put, died at her residence on Washington Hights. Her decease was not unexpected ; age mid feebleness had done their work, and dissolution had been imminent for a long time. She was married in early life to M. Jumel, a French gentleman, who died, leaving ber with one child. Later, her singular marriage with Aaron Burr brought her into notice. They were married about the year 1832; but the nlliance was soon followed by separation. Since, that time she has lived at her residence on Washington Hights. She resumed tho name of her previoiA husband many yeans since. She was respected and esteemed by the few to whom she was known. Sheowned a considerable .tract of real estate on tho Island. Her property is probably left to her grandchildren, the children of ber daughter. UsKrcL Orthographical i Run. Among other difficulties of English orthography is the rel ative position of i and e in the words ending in "leve" or "eive," nnd both In manuscript and print are seen "believr" nnd "beleive," '"recieve" and Teceive," reprieve" and "reprcive." Tho writer was somewhat suqirised on being told not long since, by a foreign lady, who was taught English in Holland, that there was a rule regulating the iiosition of the letters referred to in all such words; and as it was new to him, nnd so far as he tins dis covered, new to every one, he thinks it may be use ful to give it publicity. hen the preceding con sonant is a letter which comes after i in the: alpha bet, e comes after 1 in the word, as "believing; but when the prcceeding consonant comes before i in the alphabet, e comes before ! in (he words, as ''receive." The rule Is invariable as applied to the class of word3 referred to, but is not of as general application to weds, of one syllable having the same vowels in jnxtn-position; thus we have "niece," "ceil," &c, which conform to the rule, and 'chiet, "seize, 4c.f which do not. CiioleiiA Midicine. Tbo New York Sun pub lishes the following invaluable remedy for cholera morbus, dysentery, etc.: Mix in a small bottle equal carts or the tincture of opium, (laudanum :) tincture of rhubarb; tioc ture of cnpiscuui, (reTl pepper;) tincture of camphor, essehco of perppcrmiut treble strength ; and two drachms of spirits of rouintic ammonia. Then shake all the ingredients togetlu? r, cork the bottle, and have it ready for instant use. It will keep for years. Dosi. Ten drops, twenty drops, or a tcaspoonful, mixed with a littlo eugnr and water; to be taken every fifteen minutes, thirty minutes, or an hour, according to the severity of the attack and the age ot the sullerer. The Sun says: "The compound Is pronounced hy medical men 0110 of the most judicious ever pro- pared for popular use ; but, at the same time, It must be borne in mind that it is a medicine, which should lie ued discreetly, although no one can be harmed by it if they follow the above directions. A few doses generally relieves the patient. Children require only half the quantity used for grown people, tftjL. Betsy Wilder, a negro women, died in Eicb mond, last week, aged 108 years. She was present at Yorktown, Va., when Cornwallis surrendered his army, aud used to relate with peculiar pleasure many incidents connected with that memorable event. A son ninety years of age, attended the funeral of his venerable mother. This old negro man resides nt Petersburg, and apparently bids fair to attain even a greater ago than bis mother. RkLiuiots Ci EiuiiLLAs. The La Cross (Wiscoo s'n) Z.-mrrt says : We know of no belter mime than. religious guer rillas fur the great majority of army chaplains who put on their blue and tinsek, shouted lor Lincoln and the negro, begged their way to proniolbn, and went South to eat sanitary supplies, pilfer from pri vale houses, and help bleach out Iho negro race, Tbs Tennessee delegation In the Congress of the United States will stand thus: Senate Hon. V. T Patterson, of East Tennessee ; llo 1. J. 8. Fowler, of Middle Tennes.se. House of llepresenlatives l lrsl District. John Mille: Kocond District, Horace slay. nard; Third District Vfm. H. Stokes; Komth Di trict, Edward Cooper; Kilih District, Win. B. (rop bell; Sixth District, D. 11. Thomas; Seventh District 1-H.r R. Hawkins: K.l-IiIIi District. John w. I.eu wlch. Cuss ro Lov. Into a pint of tha water of oblivion nut of the essence of resignation t graiu, of prudence and patience each three grains; and of sound Judgment on aracum. mix wii ; and after they have slood tome time, take off the senro of former remembrances, and sveeten the mixture with the syrup of hope. Pass it through lb filter of common sense, y the funuel of con viction, iuto the buttle of firm resolution, slopping it tightly wilh'thecork of indifference. Tuke a drachm night aud morning, or oflener if Ihe con stitution will hear 1', reducing Ui do:e ai the di.iare I'-.-rrAic:. WHAT SlErKEXS' THIXK8 ISO SATS. The Boston Trantcripl contains the following respecting tlie cx-Vice President of the Confederacy : Stephen thinks it rather severe that he, of all the Georgia leaden, shonld be held In, somite, while the rampant Secessionists of his Stats are at large. Stephens always disliked Davis, and for two years kept away from Kichmond. He avers that Jeff, established a despotism throughout the South, destroyiug all freedom of opini-n, and compeling rtie(fce to bis Government. ; tor upwards of (Hr u.Utn ,n(, wnpse of the rebeWoit, Stephens i,lrve(1 Uml all Cbance of its success bad vanished. He considers the people of the Sonth thoroughly wilsfied with the whipping they received. They have suffered terribly, hist almost everything, and could uot lie goaded into another such suicidal en terprise. Stephens was opposed to the war at the outset, bnt finally gave it his support, as It was useless to endear to breast the popular tide. ' Before the capture ot Stephens, Toombs called upon him to inform him that b detersaiaed to leave the country.. Stephens argued tho question with Toombs, who endeavored to persuade tli" furious fire-eater that he had better not run away. The "Vice President " a'ated that so far as he was concerned ha had rather be hung in the Lnitcd, Mates than live anywhere clso. As soon as Lee lirtd surrendered, Stephens gath ered the slaves of bis ptantatioa together, and told them they were tree, and advised them to stay where they were, and cultivate) tho soil for a fair proportion of its products. Stephens snid that he did not know what might become of him; perhaps the General Government might lung him. He - speaks with some self complacency of the superior character of the culture on uu plantation. It U chiefly a corn producing estate. Stephen has no doubt that slavery bas been de stroyed. He never had an overseer for his slave, most of whom he purchased at their own request, nnd encouraged them to exercise as much skill in tilling the earth as was in their power. From his former opinions and social position in Georgia, the Rebel ex-Viee President has no doubt that he could render the I'nion cause essential service if he wcro now allowed to visit that State. Stephens is quite social and communicative with all obtaining access to htm, and; bis frank and manly bearing invariably makes a favorable im- pression upon visitors, the number of whom has been quite large of late. , , , . . ArucTAirf" Gexisal Thomas ok thi lMo.ea Docrmxx. Adjutant General Thomas on beiag serenaded at Elmint, loth jasf, by the band of the First Vetcrnh Reserve Corps, responded in a brief speech, In which he said : He had been through the war, and his whole' heart had been In the cause of the Union. Ho said that Maxmlruilian would have to get out of Mexico, or we would hurry him out. The Monroe doctrine must be enforced; we were in a condition to hold our own against the world. : He hoped that the soldiers would now return to the arts of peace, populato tho immense territories of the West, and carry civilization with them. He hoped and felt sure that if the safety of the Union" should again be endangered, every man of them would tush to the rescue. ; , PnortoriRAPU or tbi Moo! A lama photo graph of the moon, taken In March last, at Mr. Uutberfords observatory in this city, has been u Wished by the artist, Oscar O. Mason. BUB Broadway. It is perhaps the fiuest work of tba kind yet produced; the tone beinir clearer and better, in consequence of favorable atmospheric conditions, than of the numorous experiments of the kind tried m England. . The moult is taken in its giblwus phase, and its Irregularities, nvoiintaius, valleys nnd volcanic craters, examined with n glass,' are revealed with wonderful distinctness. As a' triumph of the photographic art and a scientific study the work is worthy of attention A'tw York JW. ' H II . . . . Tuiv.ars Herb. One of our cotemuaraxie an nounces the arrival of distinguished visitors in tho following graphic and expressive style , J hat s so they ve come those pesky Deace-dis- turning, wheezing, wheedling, never to be caught, probing, blood-drawing, villainous, despicable, dia bjlical, detestable, contemptible, contumacious. coudcmnable, long billed, long legged, and always 10 oe nnaineinnuzca exercisers ot sweltering human nature mosquitoes! Up with the bars, keen your blinds closed your lights ont your bump of patience distended to Its fullest capacity and per-' haps with the help of claret, ice water and soda. you sufferers may survive. But remember, they nre here! hizz-zist-zlp-pc-lup! Strikixo W1111. tin Iho Was Hot. A colored woman applied yesterday for a marriage lioeoso, stating that her proposed husband was a soldier on duty, and couldn't apply In person. On being further questioned, she admitted to hare don most of the courting, and thought she bad better clinch the marriage while ber friend was in the notion, vi course she got tbo license. -V. 1 . Timet, Good Dbbm. Thousands of men live, breathe. move pass oil the stage or life and are beard of no more. Why? They da not a particle of good a the world, none are blessed by them as the in strument of their redemption. Not a word they spoke could be recalled, an J so tbey perished; their light went down in darkness, and tbey were not re memliered more than the insectsof yesterday. Will yon thus live and die, O, man immortal f Live for something. Do good, and leave behind you a mon ument of virtue that the storms of time can never destroy! Write your name in kindness, and lore, and mercy, on the hearts of tboitsknds you may come in contact with year by year? You will nev er be forgotten. No! your name, your deeds, will be legible on the hearts you leave behind a the stare on the brow of the evening. Good deeds will thine as the stars of heaven. sWJU Young ladies are often asked why they bliiih to when spoken to about their lovers, but they are seldom able to give a tatfuctory answer. Taking ity on thoir bashtulness, a writer In the American Aledwal Uatette furnishes the following lucid explanation of the beautiful phenomeoou: "Ihe mind communicates with the central gang, lion, the latter, by reflex action through the braiu and furial nerve, to the organic nerves iu the face, with which Us branches inosculate. The mystery i now perfectly clear. Tht. Secks-siox Nomination is Ohio. The "Stat rights" or secession wing of the Copperhead Demo cracy, met in convention at Columbus, on Thurs day last. Alexander Long, of Cincinnati was nominated for Governor, and C. A. Whits for Lelu tenant Governor. Strong State rights' or secession resolutions were adopted. The other branch of Ihe party, though pretending "to endorse Gen. Cox's position', will probably be compelled y this flank movement of the Long faction to accept tho dicta lion of Ihe la Iter, How to Rwsk A Rxpobt. Equal if nut supe rior to ths mode mrsued by IhcTeliabl geiitlemeni Mother Hopkin told me the heard Green s wife y that John Harris' wife told her that granny )lpp kins heard the widow Bushman say, that Col, Hop kins' wife believed that old Mrs. Lamb reckoned that Samuel Dunham's wife had told Moulding' t wife that she beard John Frank's wil'o sy, that kvr mot her told her, that old Mr. Jinks beard granny Cook say, that It was a matter of fact. All Colorbo Troops to Mcstmso Out. The Wuhingtoa eorre.-yon.leiit of the Now York Tri bune "There is good authority for stating that all the colored troop in the .rvlc re oon to be mustered out. The idea that tbey would be retained as a part of lb regular army is iron eons. They form simply a provision! corps, which will be discontinued iu a tew niontUt." , tfi-The exKrt of petroleum from January 1st to January 14th of Ihe present yr were 13,338 IIT gdlons; for tb tame time last year t,lt,0 I gal'unt.