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CHRONICLE A VOLUME 3. OLD SERIES, VOL. 16. CLARKSVILLE, TENN., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1868. OLD SERIES, NO. 40, NUMBER 22 CLARKBVIL U11V00DJLANDING! JOHN J. THOMAS & CO. THB UNDERSIGNED IUVE FORMED pirtnenhip ander tbe abort style, for the purpose or doing a general Forwarding, Storing and Com mission Business, LINWOOD LANDING Thli warehouse It situated a few hundred yards below Trice's, on Cumberland river; it ii Flre-proor, and entirely above high water murk. There Is a (rood turnpike road leading to It, and it Is tb nearest point on tbe river to Christian county. JOHN J. THOMAS will give but undivi ded time and attention to tbe receiving, weighing, Inspecting and telling all the To 1 bacco consigned to tbe honse. A comfuruble sale room will be fitted np in Providence. js8nlet tvery week. JOHN J. TH0MA8, JAMES W. PARISH. SAM L O. BUCKNRR. Linwood Landing, Tenn., Aug. 0, '07-tf. W. J. M'CORMAC, Wholesale aud Retail Grocer, AND DEALES IN ALL K15DS OF COUNTRT PRODUCE, 118 Third (Street, LOUISVILLE, ICY. Orders for Goods o Manufactured Articles, filled with promptness and at tbe lowest market price. Consignments of every de scription carefu'.ly attended to. June II, 1867-tf Wm. Williams. Cuas. O. Shaxelin. Williams & Shanklin, WU0UC1ALB AMD RETAIL GROCERS AND Provision Dealers, FRANKLIN STREET, CMRSVIUK, TENNESSEE. Jan. 24, 18G8-Cra XH. J. M. LAIIKIISS may be found at his oftce, 2d floor of the Chronicle buildiug, at all hours, unless pro fessianallr ahtent. March 1, 1887-tt DR. H. M. ACHEE, Dontal Surgeon, CLARKSVILLE, TENN., Office at his new residence on Franklin street, two doors East of the Episcopal Church. Jan. 11, 18Urt-tf. W. H. ARMSTRONG, PHOTOGRAPHER. GALLEHYl WEST SIDE I'lULlC SQUARE, ClurkMvilte Tcnn. March 1, 1867-tf. TUMBULL, KIRBY & CO. Cotton and Tobacco Factors AND CouimlMlon Merohants Ke.9, Union Street, NEW ORLEANS. Ml. 8. B. Seat, Agent, will attend to ma king advances on Produce consigned to this firm. Sept. 14, 1 807-1 y. D. IIKCANNON. W. B. ARMSTRONG. 4 Franklin Street. CLARKSVILLE, TENN., MANUFACTURERS Of the most approved patterns of Wrought Iron Cooking Stoves, TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE, And dealers in all kinds of Cast Iron Cooking and Heating Stoves, Hollow-waro and Fine Castings REPAIRING AND GUTTERING (tone in the most approved manner, on short notice. Jan. 3, 18t8-tf E. M. THOMAS, Attorney at Law, Offirf, ovrr Tboinns, Ncblctt I (Vi CLARKSVILLE, - TENN. Oct, 15, 1867-ly. HA.ISllllTlrr LAW. W. A. TFTFER, Esq., Is pretared with all proer blanks and forms for any business uuder tlie Bankrupt Law. Parties wishing to avuil themselves of the law till find it to their advantage to consult him. Charges very reusonab e. July 6, 18C7-lf PAINTING, l'njH'i' llniitfluc Caluae lilt?, &tt.tV.c We P. Lindlcy, TAEALF.R IN WALL PAPER, WINDOW XI bll AliKa, Tire Screens, Faints of Eve ry Description, Windov Glass, Putty, &c. Two or three good workmen wanted. Paints mixed ready tar um. eA,8hop at Fowler's Hall ffft. It tit tl E. C. ROACH & CO., Cotton and Tobacco Factors, AND GENERAL Commission Merchants No. 28, Carondelet Street, NEW ORLEANS. Not. 9, 1867 ly A. F. Smith, tat qf Smith $ Turntey. D. B. noTCHtNOB, tat o Ilutchmgt $ Orinter SMITH & HUTCHINGS, TOBACCO FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, "CTUBERLISD WAIEIIOCSE," CLARKSTIllI TJtmSSEE. Nor. 8, 1867-ly. W. II. TokKLlT, tat o Smith J- Turnlry. E. W. Wbatusm, m u Todd County, Ky. TURilLEY & WEATHERS, TOBACCO FACTORS AND f Known as the Hutching & Grinler Warehotue, CLARKSVILLE, . . TENNESSEE. M. Special attention mid to the sale of Tobacco, Keceiving and forwarding Mer chandise and produce generally. Proceeds promptly remitted. Make all contignmenU to TUUALLl 4t YVBAillMtS. Not. 22, 1867-ly. R. T. TORIAN. Cotton and Tobacco Factor, AND COMMISSION MERCHANT 63 CARONDOLET STREET, NEW ORLEANS. (.Liberal advances on all consignments. Jan. 17, 18G8-6m H. C. YEATMAN, n. YEATMAN, New Orleans. Nnshrille, Tenn. YEATIYIAIM & CO COTTON AND TOBACCO FACTORS, AND GENKRAL OommlfsIon Slercliniitss fl CARONDOLET ST., VI NKW ORLEANS. Jan. 10, '68-tf. SIM. R. ROGERS, AUCTIONEER, CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE. Will attend to the Sale of Property, either on the street or iu the couutry. Dec. 6. l8U7-6in. Clarksville Foundry, AMD Machine Shop. COMMERCE STREET, MANUFACTURE PLANTER'S PRIZE SCREWS, SHINGLE MACHINES, SUGAR MILLS, BRASS AXD IRON CASTINGS. Prompt attention given to orders for repairs on Steam 12ngineH, And all kinds of Machinery, and Machine Blacksimlbing neatly and promptly done. J. A RATES fc CO. Mnrch , 1867-ly. 0. J. SMITH. J. W. AMIKRSON. J. BURNS- SMITH, ANDERSON & CO., Furniture Warcrooms, 153 West Fourth St., and 110 Elm St., CINCINNATI, OHIO. All goods warranted of tbe best material and workmanship. gX Munuliirtory, North-west cor. Trarl and Elm streets. Oct. 25, l-C7-m. W. H. & D. M. DORRIS, HEALERS IN Stoves, Tinware, Castings, Grates, and House Fur nishing Goods. Every description of 'J"iivni'e made up in good style. ROOKING and GITTKR1NG promptly attended to. Itjr II. P. PORRIS will superintend tbe work and salesroom. Sept. 6, 18U7-tf . V. ItOTII, -.Vyr't, (Successor to J. f. Mrhlhope i Co.,) Clarksville, Teunessee, Wholesale & Retail Dealer IV ALL UNDU or Inmily C3 rocoricw, Cunfecttonarift, fbrtijin and Jbmettic J.iquori, Wt'net, tuitt and Nut. Having returned to rUuksvillo (or tbe pur pose of returning my old occupation as tiro evr, I would solicit from tbe citisens and sur rounding country a share of patronage. 1 will keep a full ajiortineiit of eveiy artl. cle in my liie, and m di-iurmined to sell at the lowest CASH PltlCES. Highest prices paid foi Country l'rortuoe. I am also Agent for tbe sale of Wllaou Pitt's Celebrated HhMtryJ O. A ROTH Ant. ' THE .Blacli Croolx Hag not Arrived, but 0. H. MORRISON & Co's new rocx or have, and it comprbtet all tbe tabsUntlals well as the choicest luxuries to be fonnd in any establishment of tbe kind in the city, We hare on band as ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OK STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES All of tbe Choicest Brands and Su perior Excellence. Families would do well to pur chase their Supplies from us, as all our Goods are carefully Selected and will be sold Cheap I CALL AUD EX AH IKE OUHSTOCKl RESPECTFCLL-', C. H. MORRISON & CO., Nearly Opposite the Court House, Franklin Street. Dec. 6, 1867-3m. JAMES H. MALLOR7, GENERAL AUCTIONEER Clarksville, Tenn. Office with C. U. Jones, Public Square Will Mil nr.rv ilfwrlntlnn nt Pffirt. fnr I " -t- -j A itmitiliitrAtAra RvM'tilnra Trust... A nunti fc . and Private Parties, either ou the street, In lue cny or country, uas muvu experience in Dry Goods Auctioneering. Will give prompt attention and make rea sonable charges in all cases. Also, Tobacco Auctioneer and General Af nt for Harrison A Shelby. Clarksville, Jan. 24, 18t8-tim. NORTON, SLAUGHTER & CO., Tobacco Factors, AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. NO. 40, BROAD STREET, NEW YORK. JNO. T. EDMUNDS, of Ilopkinsville, Ky, will assist in the Sales of Tobacco. Jan. 24, 1868-6m NATIONAL HOTEL! T. D. SCOTT, Proprietor. CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE Feb. 9, '66-lf SHOUT &, CO., Cotton and Tobacco Factors -AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, IV13W Olir.l'2-A.IVS. Sept. 6, 1807-tf NEW BAKERY) WI WOULD RESPECTFULLY IN form the cilueiis of Clarksville aud vicinity ihat we have secured tbe services ot a lint claM baker, and are prepared to furnish, at reasonable rales, Bread and Cakes, of all kinds, and all times. Cakes ornamented iu any stylo when desired. Very Respectfully, LIGO.N k ELY. Aug. 3, 1867.-tf. R.B.TARPLEY&'CO., HOUSE, SIGN, AND OTlIVVIIilNTVL t Clarksville, N.iv. 7t. 1 :T tf. Tenn. t 0ttide. R. W. THOMAS...... EDITOR. We set it stated in some paper that a Grant club has been oelebra- tinghis victory of FortDonelson. For his sake, his friends should aroid man ifestations calculated to invito scruti ny into faots. To people) abroad it, doubtless, appears that Fort Donel son wu a defensiT work of great magnitude and strength ; but to us, in the immediate vicinity, that idea is preposterous. The works consisted of a few luoands thrown up on the aide of a hill and on them cannon were planted for the defense of the river ; on the other side, were mere rifle pits This was tbe world renowned fort' and with these trifling advantages the Federals were repulsed for three days and sustained, in killed, a loss greater than the entire confederate force. It was published at the time, that Gen. Grant's report of the fight was grossly erroneous that he reques ted its return for amendment This is the boasted victory, and but for the blundering of Confederate command ers, their entire force could hav been withdrawn thus, in effect, making it a signal triumph of southern prowess and strategy. That place, as we understand it, was defended with no expecta tion of permanently holding it against overwhelming odds. The post be came worthless after the fall of Fort Henry which gave the enemy the con trol of the Tennessee river and access to the very section which Donelson was supposed to protect. But Grant's blunder in attacking Fort Donelson instead of hurrying up the Tennessee to cut off Sydney Johnson's retreat, explains the object of the fight as well as tbe relative ability of the two General. Sidney Johnson accom- p lisbed bis purpose after which Don elson would have been evacuated, as no longer usclul. And but for tbo prisoners needlessly surrendered, the result would have been a tri umph for the South. It may properly be called a Grant victory, however, as it is the only sot t he won during the war, except Belmont and Shiloh. The truth is he has all political capital by trading upon the brains of Sherman, Thomas, Smith, Buel and McPherson, and but for them, he would have sunk, ere now, luto tbe obscurity from he was dragged by a concatenation of ortuttous circumstances. CORRESPONDENCE. LETTER FROM ROBERTSON. Ma. Euitoh: Not having met you in our accustomed walks of life lately, possibly you have come to the conclusion that I have "shuffled off this mortal coll," absconded, or evaporated, and not willing you should remain uuder false impressions, I take the liberty of Informing you aud all my fellow. subjects that I am still alive and expect to be so for some time yet. Well, at tbe beginning of tbe present year, I changed my base from Clarksville, and find it located near Springfield, Robertson county, determined, if possible, to ''fight it out on this line." On the day of my debut here, it being in tensely cold weather, necessity and tempta tion urged me on to build a huge fire In oae of tbe oldest and largest stone chimneys ex tant, whose capacious fireplace will receive at much wood as is contained in one of your two-horse town loads. I had two laudable motives for building such an enormous fire, which you may easily conjecture: first, to create a thaw in my Immediate locality Second, it was the first opportunity I ever bad in my life to burn wood without money and without price and without measure. 1 embraced the opportunity. I next found myself in an old arm cbair, enjoying the fruits of an hour's labor. My first ejacula tion was to bleu tbe man wbo Invented Ore, and felt thankful that the yankees did not remain long enough to burn all tbe timber in tbit county. In (taxing into the old fireplace, my thoughts naturally ran backward. I could see, in my imagination, tbe many groups of families aud v in tors, which had for sixty years congregated around this bearthjtone, composed of the old and the young, the grave and the gay, in their respective generations, and concluded these reflections by asking myself where are they now T Most of them gone and remembered with those wbo lived before the flood. Ity this time, I had piled on more logs with a liberal hand, as though I had a con tempt for all "town fires." An evidence that extremes will sometimes meet, and thst truth is stranger than fiction, it verified by my re moval from t'larasville after a residence there of forly-one years, and having wit nessed the erection of almost every building ef whatever kind, and having from the Ant settlement recorded all important events, whether grave or ludicrous, for my owu amusement, which has been pretty well sat isfied. Perpaps they will now share the fate of "Cesar's clay bo used to stop a hoi.-, to ketp the wind away." You may tuk what I have gained by tbe trensition. The an swer is ready at nana, i nave at least et- 1 rnim a of uncivil, and unrequited toil from a multiplicity of caret and per pitaltiet of life, and havt escaped, in time. from becoming the only landmark of a past generation in Clarksville. But tbit It only the negative tide of the answer. Here, I have entered npon new ceoec tee new faces; fstl at though I bad began a new existence ; oat which prolongs a man's lift at least a moath longer than a town lift, from the fact that la the country wt first bear tbt ftc about a month after you baTt forgotten it, and not unfreeuently never bear it. If igno rance it bliss, as to what it going on in the political arena, then we are a happy people. I do not know whether the great mogul at Nashville Jis alivt or foot to Heattn; or whether he it Governor or President of tbt "best gortrnment the world ever taw," to- called; nor do I trouble myself about it, to long as I can realise tbe fact that "I am mon arch of all I surrey, my right, there it nont to dispute, from the centre, all round a udg. JUU, I am lord of tbt fowl and tbt brute." (Except my neighbor Ts Urge herd of bogs, wN teem to claim a preemption right.) 1 have a magnificent prospect of tn abundant crop of blackberries and persimmons, which creates a liberality In my feelings and induces me to proclaim Hoi all ye wbo lore delic- iots fruit, come and regale your fastidious tastes la the proper season. I And myself among a people whose pecu liar habits of life I can almost imperceptibly adopt, at they are congenial with my own nature, Bert erery one attends to bit own business. Here any person may ride a male ur go afoot or cross a ford on stilts ; weal a stovepipe hat or go bareheaded; wear shoes or go barefooted ; wear a roundabout jacket or a pigeon-tailed coat, as teemeth best in bit own eyes, provided, always, that ha does so tt bit own expense and does not offend against good manners, and I assure yon he will not disturb tbe equilibrium of his neigh bors or tbe community. Here, too, I may gratify my appetite with viands of a pecu liar taste, and which carry ma back in my recollections to the days of my boyhood, the days of auld lang syne, tuch as taur kraut, sebnits, knepp, noodle soup, liver worsht and onions, and nobody turns np their nose at the mention of those names. Nor does tbe eating of these time-honored delicacies give offense to the delicate olfactories of tbe most refined and fastidioot lorer ofcbitlings. The land here appears to be composed of any quality you may desire, from good to indif ferent At a general thing it yields surpris ingly. No better tobacco, corn, wheat, po tatoes, melons, Ac, can be raised anywhere than in this county, and in large quantities, proportionably to the number of hands en gaged; for tbey are emphatically a working people. Old and young, men, women and children, work in all the necessary avoca tions of life, and to did their fathers before them. Labor it esteemed alike honorable Individually and to the State. Mothers taacb their little bands were made to work ; bence kid gloves are only teen at meeting on Sun day. Sensible mothers, pillars of a State. There never was (comparatively) much slave labor nsed in this county; bence tbe Amer- can citizens of African scent, are few and far between, nor do I believe that disfran chised whites feel their loss. They, the people of this county, teem to have passed through the great transition from slavery to freedom, so-called, without a jostle, and without being overwhelmed In tbe general confusion. At like the practical man travel ing on the highway, when bit horst diet, he slings his saddle and bridle across bis own back and continues to prosecute bit journey. I can bear continually of the praise of Robertson county whisky and of tbt many distilleries, yet it it a strange fact and ap pears almost paradoxical, that notwithstand ing it's far famed for quantity and superior quality, "Old Robertson" is rarely found in families at a beverage and yet more rare to meet an intoxicated person. Perhaps this proves the old adage to be true that Doctors seldom take their own medicine. Cider. however, is a common drink In its season. The principal denominations of Christians are Methodist, Cumberland Presbyterians and Baptists, and tbe double Injunction banded down by "Moses to tbt Jews it most strictly observed by the population generally. That is, tbey work six days in the week and do all that tbey have to do and judging from tbe number of saddle mules hitched around tbe meeting houses and others, tbey rest from la bor on Sunday, or the first day of the week, the Lord s day or Sabbath of tbe New Testa ment. Happily for these people protesUnt priestcraft bas not yet reared its repulsive bead, nor infused Its virus amoag them. As might be supposed, tbe soli is not congenial to iu growth. Tbe foul spirit of sectarian bigotry aud exclusiveness bat not yet been ablt to sulk abroad In the social walks of life and alienate social ties, nor to interfere aritb the transaction of business life, nor bas any over righteous motbsr as yet ordered her son to return goods he bad purchased at a gentile store, with the positive command that "hereafter, be should purchase good only at Brother 'e as they beloog to ber church." May the Lord deliver this people from such pernicious influences and pharisee- ism. Iu a political point of view, this county, at you know, likt every other county iu tbe State, is withering under the blighting in fluence of the vilest despotism a ouct free people were ever cursed with. It presses likt tn incubus upon a prosliate body. It hangs like a cloud of gloom, a black pull over the liberties of the people. "How long, oh, Ixml, how long." "Hide us with the shadow of iby wing until this tyranny be overpast." As uo uood government ertr lasted always, to I havt strong faiib that a bad, tyrannical oue cannot last to long, thai tht luspii iout day will surely come when the Sua will rise sbeddiug bis beams npon free aod independent Aincrians. sitting un der their own pereirumon tree, discuwing their constitutional and iuulicuablt rights, 'and there will be none to make tbeui afraid," as tbey were wout to do hco Ten- nc.tee in lime past I'.Mi forth in the nicrii ; tail of ui r l tv, la conclusion, la leaving Montgomery, I leave maty friende, tticd and trot, wbe have faithfully stood by dm through every ordeal and Tlcissitude of life. Their mem ory I will ever cherish with a grateful heart. I leave enemies no dosbt, and I would But baTt them otherwise, at the price required. I leave tbe latter to the immutable and in, exorable taw of retributive justice. Favors and frowns art alike indelibly written npon a retentive memory. Rver yours, OBSERVER. IX ACROSTICAL REPLT. U PCSRI BINDS. That is tht rub to be or not to be Ha puzzled kmge beadt the point to see; Or smoother tongues presumptive tales to tell1 More oily far than a petroleum well ; And but for courtesy I'd surely say Silence becomes yon best, kind sir, good day, Just at yon please, your would-be flattering rhymes, At once sound likt tht distant cow bell chimes You followed ia tbt shadowy oiden timet. So now a courtesy profound Til make, My exit by your poet leave I'll take, Imploring morcy that when next you write Those gushing thoughts that thrill us with affright, However grand, pray leave me out of sight. Streak of Lightning In the Georgia Convention. In the Georgia Convention, on Friday last, Colonel J. D. Waddel, a gallant officer of the late Confederate army, and a Conservative member of tbe bodv cave utterance to the following thoughts that breathe and words mat burn : Mr. President It was not mv Intention to trouble tbe convention with a single word upon the subject immediately before us ; aud i snouia noi now, dui lor some remarks bicb tell from the delegate froji Richmond (Mr. Bvraot.) He complained because alln. lion had been made to tbe fact that tome of tbe conspicuous delegates to this convention; those oflenest ' on the floor were recent residents of Georgia, and intimated that In consequence of that fact a prejudice was en deavored to be kindled against tbose dele gates of Northern birth, i have sat in this convention nearlyorty days, and I appeal to those around me to know if twenty ill-natured flings have not been made at Qeorgians mis vin ecu uunajiccuui allusion uas been made to New Knclaudera. Four. filihs of the white people of Georgia were reocis, "so-cauea," ana not a day bat been suffered to post when tbose " rebels" have not been denounced, in tome thape or form, by those who have assumed the task of "in. grafting upon the stock c f Georgia ignorance New England ideas and New Fngland civil, ization." They seem to have an intense loathing for tbose who bore part in tbe strug gle for liberty tbey deuounce them as reb els and traitors. . No terms of reproach are ngoious enougn to cnaraclenze them by no puuiaumi-ui u severe enougn to mulct upon them. When we tell them we hare anrren. dured in good faith we have laid down our arms upon tbe honor of soldiers wt hare abandoned what they call the "heresy of se cession" henceforth we meau to stand by me tuioo unaer ine institution it is all to no purpose, all without avail. Tbey are not content. They are creed v for tbe nound ui uesu. numiug eoorvoi ruin, degradation ana eternal disgrace will appease or satisfy mem. Now, sir, I hart borne rituueration Ions enough. I am not ashamed ot my record. There never was a monument since the dste of my political accountability when I' vm not true to tbe great principles of penu lar liberty, as laid down in tbe Constitution of tbe United States. It was precise! r be cause I conceived that that Constitution was practically overthrown, that its principles were in jeopardy, that its spirit and essence were violated by tbe election to tbe office of President of the United States of a section al candidate upon a sectional platform, that I espoused tbecause of Georgia. Through her sovereign voice, she commanded me to avouch my ballot with my sword. I bowed to ber high mandate. Georgia made me a citizen ot tbe United States. I conceived she bed tbe right to absolve my citizenship. She comraaded me to defend ber; tbe Federal Government commanded me to crush her. I could not obey both masters. I elected without hesitation in obedience to the in stincts of my nature, to stand by Georgia; the home or my childhood; tbe graves oi my kindred ; tbe honored ashes oi him whose name I bear. Of whom then shall I be af raid 7 Of what shall I be ashamed 7 Let me here speak one word for nivself alone. aod if my voice could reach to the uttermost boundary of creation, creation should bear the declaration. To-day, poor as I am. I would not exchange tbe memory of the part I bore, humble as that part was, in the noble struggle of Georgia to be free for the crown tbe bourbon lost. I would notexclmnze lbs uitmory of my poor part at Manassas, Gettys burg ana Libickainaiiga, a dozen other proud but melancholy fields, tor tbe best bo; I have. If I erred, it was on tbe side of niv State and my section an error, if one it be, tbat stands recorded in tieaven t Cbanceiy upon mercy's page. I erred, too, in comny with tbe best, the brighten and tbe bravest of my State. I erred with men whose names are garnered up la bur heart, whose valor shed uufadiog luster upon her aims, and whose fame is among tbe jewels of ber crown, and over whose hero dust ber most precious tears have been shed. Air. ttaiuwin nere interrupted by inquiring whether Mr. Waddell still aeld to secession 7 of war. I accepted I be result. When I surren dered my sword, I surrendered tbat doctrine. I surrendered to General Graut, wbo is a mun of honor and has kept his pledge. 1 have kept, and meau to keep mine. Would tbat I could say as much fur some of hie support ers here. My houor was pledged, and that is nntlained. But I will not sit sileutly by and bear the memory of tho who wr Ubed in tbe effort to muko sveessiou glorious calumniated. Those Chrisliau beroes, Tom Cobb and Siouewull Jaa kson, wbo baptized your cause aud uiiue, Mr. I'rvsideul, iu their blood wbo sacrillea lite in maiulainlng It- over whole- gruves glory weeps tuey are i ..ii.. . .1.:.,, i linuuiiixu ur v"j u iiur u trniiur. to tht country, while Butler, tut beast, w bo incited a rull'.n soldiery at New Oileans to i violate defenseless females wbo went there a b uikrupt In fortune, as he is uo a bank rupt ia fame who grew rich by plunder, robbery, rapine and theft he is uow a pa triot I Put me down among the traitors I Here a large uuuiber of uVkgalee on the "oihtir siils of the bousu'' rose to their feet louking horrified. Tbey knew well that liny f?t4 the numerical strength to crush the spcukcr by force, and consequently tbey were furious to pounce upon him. Some ad questions lo ask, aod others bad points of order. A las I tlie arch rtbel bad losun uiub to the pressure, aod be took hit e.t like sll ret?!, lo - ovi'rpwered.. b'Jt oo roi'i iv. 1. WOOL GROWING. Valuable Facts and Opinions from tbe Oldest Wool-Grower la the World. To the Editor of tht Nashville Banner. woousbowwo is viii torn. Tht latt war has destroyed the great agri cultural pursuit of the South by robbing her of ber legitimate system of labor. Cotton is no longer King, and at tbe South It mt rily tn agricultural country, ber people must look for tbe best snbstitate for their former staple. As I hare bad a longer experience in wool-rrowlnc than aarmaa in the South. and perhaps in America, I feel it my duty to gno wj news to me pnoiic, Doping mat tbey may be the source of unlimited wealth to our now Impoverished people. Many in. terested in wool-growing know that for a naif a century I have been advocating against every writer upon tbe subject tbe Wea that a warm climate it best adapted for producing fine wool. I have not only advocated tbe oocinne oy my pen, but nave practically de moastrated tbe actual fact bv defeatine- tbe enure world at toe - world l Fair In London, in 1831." with wool grown near Nashville, Tennessee, In latitude 36 degrees north. At this exhibition tbe wool-growing reirlons, the German Provinces, Spain, aod tome of tbe Northern States of America were reme. ..i riatT RxriRiixcts. In 1814 I selected tbit branch of sericul ture for my pursuit, with all mr enenrr an. deavored to post myself thoroughly both on the effect of climate upon the wool and upon tbe habits and diseases of sheen. I than. fort read t very book I could obtain noon tbit subject, wrote to and obtained aamnlea from all of the most celebrated flock masten of the world. I obtained samples from the highest latitudes, lo within IS degrees of the equator, l bis enabled me to sit in my own room and compare my wool with tbat of the world, which to my great satisfaction, com pared favorably and caused me to tend my wool to tbe London Exhibition In 1851. After purchasing my first sheep, which were selected from the best iu America, I moved to Madison County, Mississippi, about 42) degrees north latitude, where I kept my flock until 1835. I then moved to Lexington, Ky., where I defeated the Hon. Henry ;iay, who had bantered tbe world, with wool grown 42 degrees north latitude, as above mentioned, which in my opinion was tbe finest wool I ever taw. I subsequently moved to Tennessee. CAS WOOl BK GROWN IN Till SOUTH t The preceding facts art sufficient to con. vines any one tbat extremely flue wool can be grown in the South, and I am satisfied that it is now the most lucrative pursuit that can be adopted by onr people. It requires but little capital to commence the business, and comparatively little labor. In many lo calities sheep can live tbe entire year without any feed save what they pick from the na tive verdure of our warm climate. This does away with the expense of feeding, and they never require to be housed. Tbo ab sence of these two great expenses, and the cheapuesg of our lands, will enable us to compete with and even excel any country in the world in tbe cheap production of wool. This fact will enable the people of the South to go extensively into wool growing without any disastrous effect to themselves. TIH RNUilEt AXD DISSAirS OP SHIir. Tbe sheep, like all other animals hat bis natural enemies and diseases. Toe most destructive and yet ibe easiest vanquished is the great nuisance, tbe dog. There are from three to six million dollars worth of sheep destroyed aunually in the United States by worthless curs. Tbit enormous sum. bv prudent legislation, could be saved to the country. I here suggest that this nuisance be taxed, and the procec.is used to educate the poor orphans of the couutry. Next to me uog comes t lie insect commonly known as me -sneep ny. -mere Ii one peculiarity in tbe babits of this insect that is not known to any one whose writings I have ever read. This peculiarity is that it produces living iiwienu ui iur popular Idea tbatii lays eggs upon the nose of the sheep. This tact l Have ascertained by crushing the liv. ing fly, immediately upon being exuded from the fly, the worms commence crawling. ine natural naDitor this insect is to dart rapidly to tbe nose or tbe sbeep and deposit the living worm; then the worm imuvdi ately crawls up the nostrils aad locale, in cavity about the opper extremity of the nos trils designated by nature for its growth. Here it remains uutil spring, then it leave. iu place of abode aod burrows into the earth, assumes a crysalis slate aud remain. until w.rui weather, (in this climate about the 1st or June) when it appears ia lit per fect state, a fly again. The worm somotiims takes a course not designed by nature, and goes up and interferes with that great or gan, the bruin, which inimetllulely deranges the circulation of the blood, causing it to become weak and somowhat to lose iu col or. Hence "pale disease." Other symptoms are, t profuse discharge from the nostrils, sometimes accompanied by blood, an accu mulation of watery substance about th jsws, known as "rot," and "stacrgera." 1 bousands or limbs and some sheep die an nually from the efTect of these worms. Each of these symtoms, which are flora tbe same cause, has given rise to a name, and manv writers are not aware that tbe cause of each aud all of them is the worm which is the larva) of tbe sheep fly. Tin Rxiiinr. To prevent tbe fly from effecting lt nll t I tar the nose of the sheep. The smell ot tar is offensive to the fly, and when deposited in it tbe worm cannot trawl. The following is tbe plan by which I tar the nosea oi th. sheep: Take straight poles about six luches in diameter, aod as long as your flock may require; take a two-inch auger and bore holes in the poles about six ini tios anarLand one aud one-hull" inchus deep, and every Iwu or three days In fly time take a small paddle and smear piue Ur around the inside of the augrr holes; then sprinkle a little salt in Ibe boles, nnd your sheep will tar their own I nows. A ii tie sulphur added to lbs suit is of greet advantage in keeping lbs skin heal thy. This is very essential to procure good wool, bhould Ihis preventive fail, and vou discover the effects of the fly, preMie a strong amber by boiling lob icco leaves (ot stems, which are cheaper); then take vour subject, plait it upon iu buck a man holding in ir-., iwu in eacn nana; place tlie sheep s head on an angle of about forty. fir dcgiecs lake, an ounce syringe, fill it with ami, and liyct out hair of iU contents in each nostril, tuking care not to ullow the sbeep to swallow it, or to keep Ii down long enough to slrunple. In twelve hours you will per v-ii ceive whether your oN;rai ion was effeciivr ... ,, K.i....i I, ivi... .1 i. ,ucllM ,ut worlI1 it wi,- ki mlnaiale. iv THI MKH1XO KHt'br. I bare found the merino sheep to lw ol the greatest longevity, to lw uio-t active iu search of loud and the ni'Mt provable lu rear. In commencing or pursuing auy bu.-i-neas in ujdi-r Iu insure sums, one iun..l p. no tice economy. I would therefore advise s Dfginuer iu in 14 enterprise to prucme coituion wooled ewas and and arlevl bucks from the best flock tu be found. Thru in tvery three or four years, to purchase new bucks at "in aud ia breeding' it destructive 10 nit puyuoal form, aaj of course bat a ten aaary to sbortea life. I btvu puataud this a-U Of frtt!.g t:r to tfce p'.jvji tnse - It selecting buckt alwajt beeping In mint, tint, tbe quality of tbt wool; next, the most desirable form. bints net arjutMNO. I order for ewes to produce plenty of milk for their offspring, they should bare grero herbage. Therefore, the time of biwding net be governed by the latitude. Ewes carry their iambs five months, and in order to give strict attention to them at their time of lambing, tad have tbem lamb as early nt vegetation will admit, bucks should be kept separate from the ewet until Just fire months previous to the desired time for lambing. Then put them with your ewet and allow tbem to remain as short a period as practica ble, of course being governed by the number of encb. I bare always endeavored to select a sufficient number of bucks to as to allow tbem to remain but tix weeks. est mason rot aaziDiNA. In this latitude I breed from tbt 20th of October to the 1st of December, bringing tbt lambs from tbe 20th of March to ibe 1st of May, avoiding the cold rains which general ly fall between tbe 1st and 5th of March. TO T8t PRCUS. I have writen this article hoping, at I hart before said, tbat it may be tht cauee of di. reeling tome of tbe enterprising minds of the South to this hitherto greatly neglected source of wealth. 1 therefore respectfully request all "newspapers" interested In the welfare of our now deaolata cuuntrt In timK. lish. r Respectfully. Mark R. Cocit t. Stock Place, near Nashville, Tennessee. New Discoveries In Jerusalem. The following extract is taken from a let. ter written from Jerusalem to tbt London Times: Tbt colossal foundation at th. tmnt. wall, which art "stonet of ten euhlta ..rf ttonet of eight cubits," laid by Solomon or ois successors on the ibroue, are now being laid bare at the enormous depth or ninety feet, and more beneath the present surface. The bridge that on e spanned tbe ravine be tween me paiaoa on .ion and the temple on Moriab, is now Droved to h.re h.n m,..i of one hundred and fifty feet high. If this oo, as ii seems, tbe ascent to tbe House of the Lord which Solomon showed to th.O,..n r Shebn, we can not wonder that on teeing it there was no spirit on which the tempter placed tbe Savior bos Just been uncovered to tbe base, and Is found still to have an Nova tion of oue hundred and thirty-six feeU Tue statement or Joscphus is therefore no exaggeration. irany one looked from the battlement J into the rallev he wonlri l dy, while his sight could not reach to such an immense depth." Sections of the anci ent wall of Opbel have been exhumed, show- . .B .uui, mm .joeepnus sayt, it was joined to the south-east anule of the ton.nl. Ax,,.. ducia, cisterns, rock-hewn channels and pas tiget hare aho been discovered within around the btrcm, throwine- llirh tl. buildings, the arrangements, aud Ibe ser.i. ces of the ttmple. GOING NORTH. Tbt negroes of tho Mississippi Valley art migrating North. Tbe Aberdeen (Mist.) Examiner says : It is with pleasure that we state tbat Mis s'sslpi is rapidly losing the negro majority that enabled the convention lo prevail at the late election. Not a train parses ny the Mo bile and Ohio Railroad but bears many of them to Tennessee and Alabama, while we 1 arn that they are leaving the counties on tbe Mississippi liver by every steamer passing up to Missouri. Illinois aud the other States of the Great West. We wish the de parting blacks all possible prosperity in their new homes, and t-ongratulule our people on tbetr Thnm mitt i....fuaa - 1 . 1 . J ' uii am ,u kuuW 111 form ns that tbe decrease In Monroe since tbs middle of November is not less than three or four hundred. Well, we can spare as many more, and then hare as many luft at wt require. Jobn C. Breckinridge. A letter received here from an American citizen at Beirut, Syra, dated January 32d, says John 0. Breckinridge was there, making Inquiries in regard to traveling through Syria. He denied all claims to ibe privile ges of a citizen of tbe United States, and ap peered much affected wbilo convening upon affairs in this country. Wben asked It he Intended to return, be tiid he bad wished lo become a martyr, and should not return uutil ht could do so iu per sonal safety, but no other country could bo bis home. Re said In reference los flair tht war was over and tbe appeal to tbe sword bad been decided against tbose with whom he had be n associated. Ho was willing to shoulder bis gun like any other man i" de. feuse of his country. He, however, spoko of matters here iu the tone of a foreigner. The saint letter states Jacob Thompson and other leading parties of the South duriog the latt war were wandering about Turkey. A correspondikt of the Chicago Times, writing from Washington, says: "Tbe Messrs. Pike, of Cincinnati one of ihe largest spirit firms in the I'nilcd States- are heavy exporters. At Ihis time thsy have, in the port of Smyrna, In Turkey, sloue, some thirteen luousaud barrel of spiriu on baud. The bill just passed raises the value of their spirits, as lam informed by New York and Boston spirit importers, at least thirty per cent. The newt of the pas sage of the bill was, of couise, Immediately leiegrapueu mrougu me Atiuntlo cable. .Now, 1 may at well inform importers, that a supplementary bill, allowing exporters to ship from bond, will not be reported uutil tbe firm ol Pike Brothers sell their spiriu now held in Smyrna. Bome siintite-ininded. honest prsou will ask, "Why so?" I reply, "Be eiuse one of the Messrs. Pike is the brollior- in-law of tbe Hon. R. U. Scheuck (thrv married sisters), aud Hon. H. U. Kclieuck (l Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Meaus of the Honse.' " Storm Suiza. It's a sign of a storm to tread ou anybody's toe that bos corns, it't a sign of a iloriu If you wake the baby ou a wash day. It s a tigo or a storm to call a baby ugly in presence of lu mother. il l a sign of a storm to start a yarn about your neighbor at an alt house and sums one runs and tells. Ilia sign of a alorm to spit on tbt parlor carpel and your wile sees lu It's t sign of a storm to speak ill of your wife's relations. It s a sign of a storm lu tell your wife she looks horrid iu that last new bouuet. A Fact roti f Asanas. ft may nut l egrn. ernlly kuow u th it the suuli liver is .h;nio.t itil'.tlliihle remedy yet discoiered, l.r lit-. srouy cure of founili'r In bor es. I lie di. revllous, whii'li we glean from a brief article upon Unit viibji'd in ih' I s-es Haiiticr, say.: Ittim uiuUily uu discuTcrin ihiil your horsa Is fjuudervil, in .bout a p ut of tbe w b liu evud ia bis food, aud it will ilvci tare." Tuk Hon. A. U. II. Sluart, Secretary of the Juienor under Prsuidriil Fillmore, aud laiulf a toefsderate Heiialor. bos Jua beta ;hou roausui w y;s riM' rut-i n uin -ss.i'.i. v.y'..ia