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THURSDAY, MARCH 39, 1800.
Heading Matter on Each Eagc.
macs or central mws.
All the leading New York papers sustain tbe
resident' veto or tho civil rights bill except the
TWCwae and iW.
By order of tho Proidcnt, all udvcrtifcroonU
from tho War Department have been withdrawn
from the- WcttlieU Pott, fit. Louis. This paper
hai Tied with tho Chicago Jtcpullican and Mrs.
Swisshcltn's paper in slandering the President.
ThuDcpartmcntof Stato yesterday received
advices from the consul of the United Stated at
Liverpool, England, rclatiro to emigration. He
represent that steamers and emigrant -vessels
leaving that port for tho United States are filled
with emigrants. Ship owners and persons en
caged in tie hnslness inform the ecusul that it
will be enormous, and that the Indications are
that it will be heavier from Europe this year than
it ever has since wo have been a nation.
Under date of March 1st, tho Assistant Com
missioner of Frcedmcn'g Affairs for the Stato of
Florida Informs Major General Howard that thcru
havo been no material difficulties or any unplcas
rot relations engendered since his last report, and
that even-thins; is progressing satisfactorily, and
that tho condition of Ihofrccdmen is almost
universally good. Ho represents that the planters
are as well contented as might be expected, and
aw everywhcre.dolng prosperously.
The Commissioner of Customs a day or two
tlnee received a report from a custom house offi'
cer stationed on the EL Lawrcnco river, to the
effect that a party of smugglers had succeeded in
laying pipes at the'bottom of the St. Lawrence,
through which they arc engaged in pumping-
liouor from Canada to the United States.
The causeof tho Mexican Republic is gaining
ground. Tbo successes reported yesterday are
confirmed, with the addition that tho national
forces captured fifteen hundred men instead of
five hundred. The account is doubtless exagge
rated: but due allowance, must bo mado.fur South'
cm enthusiasm in the reports of both sides. The
French version will reach us from Vera Crui in
about a week.
It is raid that Edmund Cooper, member of
Congress elect from the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict, and who is now at lis home in Shclbyville,
will soon address his fellow cititens upon tbo po
litlcal issues of thoday. His speech will bo look
ed for with interest,
Harvey Tlrown. Esa.. of Jackson, has con
sented to become a candidate for tjio Legislature
from Madison county. He is a good and true in.m
7 Jjo mechanics of Memphis have recently re
solved to memorialise the Legislature of Tennes
see in favor of tho eight hourzystcm, 'and to ask
for a laboring man's library association.
A letter from Jackson, Mississippi, informs us
that officers of the negro regiments being mus
tered out, have been making from $30 to $30 on
each of their soldiers In hiring them to tho plan'
tors; and it also opens another chapter of tho
mysteries of cotton-stealing.
Notwithstanding tho largo number of labor
ers who have left Georgia and Alabama for Mis
flssippi this season, the demand is entirely inod
equate to the supply. In many sections, tb.6 plan'
tcrs cosset make more than half ti crop on ac
count of tho scarcity of hands. Mississippi suf
fered heavily from raids during the war; and
much of her labor was run into Alabama and
Georgia, And scattered. In Arkansas tho pros
pects are very favorable, Repeated accounts as
suro us that the crops will W very good.
Tbe Ohio Senate has passed the bill author'
iilng tho City Council of Cincinnati to purchase
the Gt Works, at an expense not exceeding two
and a half million dollars, and to issuo bonds
therefor, to run not more than forty years.
The latest Now Orleans papers report that
tho excitement attending tho municipal matters
of that city has almost died out. IJy an official
order from 0 en. Canby, tho acting Mayor, J. A.
Roller, was relieved, and George Clarke, resi
dent of tho Hoard of Aldermen, has been ap
pointed Mayor jro tem. All things ofo going on
very smoothly and. the elected officers will, pro
bably, take their placos without further opposi
tion.
Theplanlers along the banks of tho Mississip
pi aro sufforing greatly on account of high water,
Tho levees along tho coast aro in a bad condition,
and broken in many places. Cultivation is stop
ped almost entirely for tbo present. Planters up
tho Arkansas river aro happy in anticipation of a
big crop of cotton. Tfaoso up Xaioo river inquire
for more labor, and say not inoro than half a crop
can be brought forth with so few hands.
It Is stated that 40,000 acre Of land in South
east Missouri are being taken up every month
under tbe Homestead act, aud that tho extraor
dinary Amount of 70.000 will ho renclicilhyno.it
May.
Another caso of suffocation from leaking gas
occurred 'in Chicago Saturday night. A young
man named Kramer went to bed In his usual
health and was found dead in tho morning, hav
Ing been asphyxiated by the escaping poison,
Swindlers now tnoko tours of the NcwYoik
kitchen, persuading tho cooks to invest in bogus
Fenian bonds. One girl had promised them $5,
when they over-reached themselves by tho re
mark that tho "girls next door had given $15."
"Sure the girls next door are iiHrurJ," said Brid
get, and started for the polico office, but the im
pottors escaped.
Tho number of young Southerners, of both
foxes, who aro at present seeking employment In
tho Northern rltlcs is almost Incredible It is
said that In Now York alone there arc more than
fifty thousand Southern born-nnd-brol persons
seeking their fortunes.
Tho cost of living In New York does not go
down with gold. Western drovers havo had a
hard time In that market lately. They had a good
tiino yesterday. Beef cattle were scarce, and nd
vanoo ru-o centi per pound, and closed fully as
high as at any time In the last two months. Sheep
sold freely at full prices, and hogs ndvnnccd one
rent, clostng with an upward tendency.
Insolence never soared to a higher flight
than that attained in the lladical candidate's
pronunciamcnto to the officers of election.
Assuming that these officials nrc disposed to
betray their trust, ho orders them to take the
oath, and be careful that they observe it. He
instructs them to guard against disloyalty
and treason, as if they vrcrc not acting un
der law, and were not as competent as he to
understand their duties. Not content with
hectoring tho judges, ho sits as universal
challenger to "each and every" voter, nnd
requires them to pass the ordeal of the oath
at his bidding. "I, M. M. BltiEN, demand
and I challenge." No man votes here that
docs not undergo my inspection. Any vot
ing done at these polls in violation of these
orders makes void the whole election. "I
am Sir Oracle, when I ope my lips let no
dog bark." Hear all men, "you and each of
you," this is the law given unto you by
Maxsok M. Brik.w
Weill things have reached a pretty pjss,
if elections in this country ore to be con
ducted at the dictation of a candidate. We
can tell this blustering lladical that this is a
government of laws, and the people have
appointed officers to execute them. Good
ienc and good taste teach him to be quiet,
and leave tho conduct of this election to the
Sheriff and his officer.
THE Radical party in Shelby county seems
to meet with much difficulty in keeping on
the track the candidates they nominate for
the Legislature in opposition to Messrs.
Poston and Walker. They havo nominated
two sets, but all, fo far, have declined to run.
Mom, Tlios A. Hamilton and J. A. Docn,
the gentlemen who were last put forward,
have both withdrawn from the canvass,
stating in their cards that when they ac
cepted the nomination they did not under
stand that they were to he the candidates of
any party, or were expected to adopt patty
views, or make party pledges.
Heivy RoBBEar at Lagrange Safe
BLOWN OPEN AND ROBBED OF TlIHEE
Thocbant DoiAARS. The Memphis Cbm
sntreuu rays that on Fridty night last, the
tore of Mr. Baum In Lagrange, was en
tered, the safe blown open and robbed of
twenty -cvcn huridred. dollars in green
backs, and three aundrod In gold. Ills
thought that all the money will 1e recov
ered from evidence they havo against par
ties implicated in the robbery.
Tui! Radical candidate intimates a desire
that we shall publish his Rellevicw speech,
ire promises that if wc will do so, lie will
forgive us many of our sins. Regarding
that speech as purdy personal, and having
the least possible bearing. ujon the interests
of the public, we roust rrpftti our rufr, which,
is to charge for all such matter as wf do for
MreiUtetBrnta, according -to the published
I.
THE BIXFF GA3SX.
Judge BrtiEN, in his speech on Tuesday
night, announced that lie proved to require
a strict compliance with the franchise law,
and demanded that admitted voters should
require the prescribed oath to be taken by
every one offering hbi vote. lie read the
following circular which htj had addressed
to tho officers of the election ;
TEE ELKOTIOX OS 8ATC&IIAT.
To theSheriff of Daidson county mid the Judges
3j. 181"'''', anil to all admitted voters under an
oi me election to be Held on Saturday, March
. lfii-.il 1 . .. 1 1 ., : . . . i . i .
aci.io lima mo election lrancblve. chapter :
Pge32, of the Into acts passed June 5, 18G3
You and each of you aro hereby notified that I
am a candidate to represent taid county at its
present session of tho Legislature. I have com
plied with the section of raid act, and taken the
oath therein prescribed. I am a voter and cnti.
tied to VQlonndersrfid act. I, therefore, urge you
to guard the ballet box faithfully and effectually
against the approach of disloyalty and treason, no
mancr in wan cuaracter it may enme. A acsiro
those entitled under this law to vote, and none
others.
Therefore, I now demand that tbe Judges at
each voting precinct in the county, beforo receiv
ing a vote, take the oath in said act prescribed in
said seventh section,, page thirty-six. I also chal
lenge each and every voter to take this bath at
tne pons.
A this is the law, and fastened upon tho public
by Major Lewis, I desire it faithfully executed. I
will contest every poll and every vpte which is
not strictly in conformity with said act. I also
rcaucsl ull-admitted voters to co to ttie nous.
challenge the votes, and see that no one votes
witnout first taking said oath in due form.
Wc liavc no exccpllonj to thin notification
to the officers of election?, hut think it ques
tionable taste for a candidate to give it in the
lordly gtjle here assumed. The charge that
JIajor Lewis i responsible for the law, lias
been denied by him and thoroughly dis
proved, and of course Judge Ilmnx will no
loneer repeat it. But it is the law of the
Stale, nevertheless, and should be cu forced,
and Major Lewis desires equally with his
competitor that no vote should be polled
which is not strictly legal.
The sixth section of the law makes it the
duty of the County Court Clerk to register,
under oath, if he sees fit, applicants for the
certificate of the privilege of voting, and
it has been heretofore esteemed that the
presentation of the certificate to the Judges
of election was all that was necessary. But
the seventh section provides hat an admtit-
ted voter may challenge any voter, and it is
(hen mado the duty of the Judges of election
to administer the following oath:
I inlpianlv rrnr thfit f will HkXCLVOETII sup
Dort the Constitution of the United bUtea and de
fend it against the assaults of iU enemies; that I
ara an active friend of the Government of the
Unit0"011"' iiiaij. win iicaruiy mu ou umjoi.
.L.tnral ttmtln In wlintcvnr measures may bo
adopted under the Constitution of the United
made In pursuance thereof, to establish the Na
i.i,,M nnthoritv overall the pcoplo of every fatate
... . - an,i unriAr nil flwi ntwi nruciamuLioua
and Territory embraced in tho .National Union
' T .1... T ..ill C.ill.CilH- nml mint heartily sun
aim vuhi.a c - , - r
port nnd delcnd mo uousuiuuou ui w cmiu
Tennessee, and tno auienumcnw ami cu
thereunto appended, aud adopted by tbepcoido
it., "w.i hv ..r P.hmarv. 1MB: and also all tbe
Acts of tho General Assembly assembled in ac
cordance tlierewuii; ana iiiaw a iu
frccls'. voluntarily, and without mental rcserva-
.1-.. - t. .. 1...I.. Ij.v,!
Now we have this to say to every quail
fied
voter who has a certificate. iou
may or may noi nave lain-u iuv.
. 1 i 1 ll. ro ! li
n ol.fnin tlm certificate, if it is nc-
ecflsarv to auneaso the carping and ftc
tious snirit of Judge IIrihn and his friends
in order to nut the result, oi tuis eituuou
beyond the range of cavil or pretext, do not
hesitate to take it again at the polls. JSiarK
the language, and it will be seen that it re
quires nothing that the voter cannot consci
entiously subscribe to. Under tins oath you
swear to support the Constitution of the Uni
ted Slates, and defend it against the assaults
of Un KatUcals, of idiom Judcie Biuen him
tclf is one; that you arc an active friettdiof
the Government tctict many of the advocates of
Jcrxin Dries are not; that you are in fa'
for of all measures which will perfect the
rightful jurisdiction of the General Govern
nicnt over every Statcand territory; that you
support the Constitution of the State, and the
amendments adopted on the 22nd 1'ebruary
18G5, and the laws passed m pursuance
thereof. Every true conservntive man can
take this oath freely nnd without mental
reservation, and they are the only men who
will faithfully comply with it. The party
represented by Judge DninK are to-day spit'
line uiKin the Constitution of the United
States, and the Constitution of Tennessee,
They arc attempting to govern the people
by a law higher or lower than cither, as
the caso may be. The great end of con
scrvatisin is to bring tho Government back
to the principles announced in this oath
and hence no true man should be deterred
from meeting it at tho polls or elsewhere,
Wc however caution tho friends of Major
Lewis to be vigilant, and demand of their
opjioiieiits the same oath that may be re
quired of them.
The chief object of this move, however, is
to frighten voters. It is an assumed lion
roar to terrify the timid. But it is only
"Snuc the Joiner" nt last. It should deter
no true man from doing his whole duty on
Saturday, and it will not, though Judgi
liniKN roar novcr so loudly.
Tin: ikkui: mam: at home.
The speech of Gov. Brownlow, atlvuor-
ville, on Saturday last the main points of
which we published yesterday presents to
the people of this State tne issue which they
arc to determine in their future political ac
tion. Though he did not say that ho was in
antagonism to the President's veto of the
"Bureau Bill," he did say, "so far as the
reconstruction policy of the President is de
veloped, I do not indorse it ;" and he did
say, " I go with the Congress of the United
States, the so-called Radicals. I do not fear
to side with them." That is a reasonably
fair definition of his position, and we desire
to especially call the public attention to it.
The President has asserted tho vitality and
binding force of the Constitution of the
Union over all its parts. The Congress has
said that the Constitution as it is, is an un
fit chart for the guidance of the country, and
they will make a new one, in which the
Southern people shall have no voice, the de
sign, intent and force of which is and will
be te degrado the pcoplo of the Southern
States to the condition of abject poverty and
slavery.
Tho policy of tho President is looking
and directed to a restoration of the rela
tions that wore temporarily interrupted by
a great civil war between the different sec
tionsto re-attach to the Government the
afTections of thoc who may have been
alienated to make the Constitution and
laws of the land, supremo over both the
North and the South to assure all the in
habitants of this luacnificcnt country of
free American citiicnship to give them the
protection or the Government while enforc
ing their obligations to it and thus pro
moting peace and prosperity, and minister
ing in the highest degree to the security and
happiness of a people who established the
Constitution and lairs for that avowed pur
pose and for no other.
On the Other hand, the Congress, so far as
its intentions can bo gathered from its pro
ceedings ,and action, has teen engaged in a
wholly different work. It seeks to launch
the country again upon the sea of experi
ment, to institute new inquiries into the
means of attaining the best farm of Gov
ernment, and of producing the greatest
amount of individual happiness and pros
perity. In doing so they discard the past
experience of mankind in all ages of the
world, and violato without hesitation, every
principle and precept and practice of the
frantcr of our Government and its institu
tions. It U for the people to decide between the
two, to shspo their actions at home and at
Uio ballot-box, so as to sustain the one or the
other. Governor Brownlow sides with
Congress, and declares war upon the Presi
dent. The question for each and every, citi-
en to decide is which he will support.' " '
This statement of the matter relieves it
of all extraneousipoints ofebateand jre- j
scnta gmt principles and objectin which
the &eof the country as aEepublic isjat
With us. there is no doubt or hesita.-
i. We espouse the Constitution and laws
of the land, and their true exponent, who
no other now than President JonxsoN.
His is no other than the people's cause, and
if they are untrue to him, they are' untrue
t tnemsetves, ana to me institutions given
them by an unselfish and patriotic ancestry.
Whoever may follow Stevexs and Scmxee,
and Bnowxiiow, who is now their sworn-in
recruit, are at perfect liberty to do so though
we utter a warning againstdt, which may, be
unheeded now, but will, bejre'membered, sn"
bitterness hereafter.' - -
Itr.PORT'OF Till'. RECOSSTItUCTIOX
COMMITTEKTE.STI3IOyY OF OKA.
i.i:i; AMI OTHERS.
The report furnished us by telegraph of
the testimony of Gen. Lee before the Recon
struction Committee is 'so imperfect and
senseless, that in justice to that worthy man,
as well as to our readers, we determined to
omit until we can get a more perfect re
port Eds. Un. & Am.J ; .
"Washington, Feb. 28. Generals Avery
and Turner, and Col. Brown, and most, if
not all of the unmialihcu Union men, con'
currcd in representing the sentiment of the
people of Virginia in relation to tuo Oov-
ernment as unimproved, and as rather
having hecotne embittered: 'since Lee's sur
render.
They say at that time the people were
humble, sick of war, loiiinnpr. for peace on
any terms, and ready to accept gratefully
the pardon 01 the Uovernroent and to sub
mit to any conditions that "might be made,
while now they are, "arroiraut, exacting' and
intolerant.
Most of the witnesses of that class express
the decided opinion that the withdrawal of
the rederal troops and of the jrccdmen's
iiurcau would be followed by an unrelenting
proscription of white Unionists, and the
proscription and remission to slaver) of the
colored people.
The change oftfeeling is very generally
ascribed by these witnesses to the Presi
dent's liberal policy.
In regard to the Feberal debt, the people
of Virginia are represented as in favor of
its repudiation, or at least of combining with
it the Uonletleratc debt.
The witnesses who have been connected
with the Confederacy, however, deny this,
and represent thepcoule as unwilling' to pay
incir Miarc oi uie reuerai ueut, oy taxation.
Un tins subject Ucncral lice s opinion is
thattucy are willing to pay both, and are
opposed to a repudiation of either.
Outside ot tltese matters of general in
quiry, mere is one historical episode con
f.ectcu witli tne secession ol Virginia and
- ..... . . . . . ,
the outbreak of the rebellion, in which the
testimony of three witneses was taken.
ibis was a conference soucht for and held
by Mr. Lincoln with a member of the Vir
ginia secession Convention, delegated by tlie
Union members of that body, Mr. J no. f.
JJaldwin, prior to the opcnintr ot the rebel
batteries on Fort Sumpter. The first state
ment on the subject came lrom Air, J no. li.
Laws, an uncompromising Union man all
through the war, and who had himself been
a member of the Virginia (Jonvcntion.
lie testified that on the evening of the
lGth of April, 18C1, he visited Jno. Minor
Botts in Richmond, and -learned from him
that he had an interview with J. P. Bald
win.
The narrative of the transaction given by
Mr. Uaklwin is this : After relating the cir
cumstances of a special messenger being sent
to Richmond by Mr. Seward, with a request
that Judge Summers or some other leading
member should come to Washington to tiave
a conference with Mr. Lincoln, of his being
sent for and accompanying the member to
Washington the same night; of his.being in-
irouuceu mc next morning uy ur. ocwaru
to Mr. Lincoln; of Mr. Lincoln's taking him
into a private bed room that they might b'
the more free from interruption.
He cave a narration of the conversation,
which was open by Mr. Lincoln's remark
ine: Mr. Baldwin, I am afraid you have come
too late.
Too late for what? I am afraid yon have
come too late, said he. I wish you could
have been here three or four davs sooner.
Why, replied Mr. Baldwin. Allow me to
say, Mr. President, that I do not understand
your remarks, iou sent a special rucsscn
per to Richmond, who arrived there vester.
day. I returned by the shortest and" most
expeditious mode of travel known.
Vhydoyou notadjourn tho Virginia Con
vention said Mr. L.
Adjourn it! How do you mean, sine die?
Yes, sine die. It is a standing menace to
me winch embarrasses me very much.
I am very much surprised, said Mr. B.
to hear you express that opinion.
Tho Virginia Convention is in the hands
of Union men, who 'have in it a clear and
controlling majority.
e arc controlling it for conservative
results.
We can do it with perfect certainty if you
will uphold our hands by a conservativ
policy here.
. If we were to adjourn sine die, leaving
these questions unsettled, it would place
the Union men of Virginia in the attitude
of confessing an inability to meet the oc
casion.
The result would be that another conven
tion would be called, which would be under
the exclusive control of secessionists, and an
ordinance of secession be passed in less than
six weeks.
Ourtrue policy is to hold the position
that we have, for you to uphold our hands
by a conservative national course. The
Union men in Virginia would not he willing
to adjourn that Convention until we either
effect POnie settlement of the matter, or as
certain that it cannot be done.
Mr. Baldwin then went on to sketch out a
plan of the pe'icy which he thought the
President should pursue, embracing a con
ciliatory and assuring proclamation, a call
for a great National Convention, nnd the
withdrawal of the forces from forts Pickens
and Sumpter.
This was about the substance of the in
terview; Mr. Lincoln giving Mr. B. no pledge
and no promise, and making no offer of any
sort.
Mr. B. visited Mr. Seward the same af
ternoon, nnd found him extremely earnest in
the desire to settle the matter, nnd apparent
ly shrinking from the idea of a clash of
arms.
Mr. Haldwin went on to Richmond and
reported to the gentlemen who sent him.
WnitE Judge Brien is parading beforo
the public the beauties of his unconditional
Union record, and telling how many com
mittees he served on, and how many conven
tions at Baltimore, Louisville and elsewhere
ho attended, and how many offices by ap
pointment he has filled, let him not forget to
state thttt he was among the first to advocate
the employment of negro troops, and that ho
was in 1S02, while a member of tho City
Council; the nuthor of resolution making
grapevine a penitentiary offence, and that
dining the war he was regarded as a clever
nian,(!) the " chief among ten thousand and
si together 16vely."
Tliestt are geni9 in tho crown of his re
joicing, and we wanrtjiem to sparkle.'
The init of F. F." Lucas against a mem
ber of the firm of E. M. Bruce & Co., for
the destruction of a pork-packingfctablish-ment
at Bowling Green, Ky.. by-the Con
federate forces m lSG2,has been on trial be
fore the Chancery Court at Louisville for
the past two weeks. It was decided on
Tuesday adversely to the claim for damages.
There is great curiosity to see the dis
patch from the President, alluded to by
Judge Brien, condemning the action of
Messrs. Lewis, Poston, Steele and oth
ers. Judge Brien says, "If I go to the Legis
lature, I will vote yes or no on every ques
tion that comes up." How will you vote on
the franchise bill? Tell us. Oh, let us not
burst in ignorance
, A gentleman who heard Judge Bi-iENon
Tuesday night for tho first time, says he may 1
be a good Radical, but, as X Ward would
say, he is a very poor spcaVist.
' Tire deathTiofl&nalor Foote, of Ver
mont, was announced in the Senate by Mr..
Sumner, on.yestcrds morning.. , He wat the
oldest mcmbtr of that body.
mTPBsidentWeto
OFjTHK
n:
CWEL RIGHTS BILL
Washington, March 27: -
I regret that tho bill which has passed
both houses of Congress entitled " An act to
protect an persons in me umieu ouuua w
their civil rights and furnish the means of
their vindication," contains a provision
which 1 cannot approve consistently with
mv sense of duty to the whole people and
my obligation to the Constitution of jthe.
united j. mil -iiicrciui c ui:iiiu
to return it to the Senate, the house in which
it originated, with my objection to its be
coming a law. By the first section of the
bill, all persons born in the united ataies
and not subject to any foreign power, ex
cluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be
citizens of the United States. This provi
sion comprehends the Chinese of the Pacific
States. Indians subiect to taxation, the peo
ple called, gypsies, as well a3 the entire race
designatcd'as blacks, people of color, negroes,
mulattoes, and persons ot Aincan uiooa.
Every individual of these races born in the
United States by this bill is made a citizen
of the United States. It does not purfiort to
declare or confer any other right of citizen
ship than Federal citizenship; it does not
propose to give these classes of persons any
status of citizens of the States, except that
which .may result-from their status' as- citi
zens of the United btatcs; the power lo con
fer the right of Stato citizenship is just as
exclusively with the several States as the
power to confer the right of Federal citizen
ship is with Congress.
The right of Federal citizenship thus to he
conferred in the several States on the gener
ally excepted races before mentioned, is now
lor tne lirsi tune pronosea to oe given uy
law. If, as is claimed by many, all persons
who are native born already are. by virtue
of the Constitution, citizens of the United
States, the passage of the pending bill is not
necessary to make them such. If on the
other hand, such persons are not citizens, as
may be assnmed front the proposed legisla
tion to make them such, the grav,e question
presents itdlf. whether, while eleven of the
thirty-six States are unrepresented in Con
gress, as at mis nine, it is sounu policy iu
luiike the entircolored population, antl all
Other excepted classes, citizens of the United
States. Four millions of these have just
emerged frem slavery into freedom. Can it
be reasonably supposed that they possess
tlie rcquisiiu quaiiucauons iu limine iuuiu iu
all the privileges and immunities of citizen
ship of the United States ? Have the people
of the several States expressed such a con
viction It .ma bo asked whether it is
necessary that they should be declared citi
zens in order that they may be secured in
the enioymertt of the civil rights proposed
to be conferred- by the bill. Those rights
aro by hederal as well as by State laws se
cured to all domiciled aliens and foreigners,
even before the completion of the process of
naturalization, and it may be safely assumed
that the same enactments are sufficient to
give like protection and benefits to those for
whom this bill provides special legislation.
Besides the policy of the Government, from
its origin to the present time, seems
to have been that persons who are
strangers to, and unfamiliar with our insti
tutions and our laws, should )as3 through a
certain probation, at the end of which, be
fore allowing the coveted prize, they must
give evidence of their fitness to receive and
exercise the rights or citizens as contempla
ted bv the Constitution"? the United States
The bill in effect proposes a discrimination
against large numbers of intelligent, worthy,
and patriotic foreigners, and in -favor of the
negro, to wnctn, alter long years of bond
age, the avenues to freedom and intelligence
have iust now been suddenly operfed. He
must, of necessity, from his previous unfor
tuhate condition of" servitude; be' less inform
ed as to the nature and. character of our in
stitutions, than lib who. coming from abroad,
has to some extent at Ieastfamiliarized him
self with the principles of a government to
which he voluntarily intrusts life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness, yet it is now
proposed by a single "legislative enactment
to confer the rights of citizens upon all per
sons of African descent, born -within the ex
tended limits of the United .States, while
persons of foreign birth wlio make our land
their home must undergo a probation of five
years, and can only then become citizens
upon proof that they ire of good moral cha
racter, attached to the principles of the Con
stitution of the United States, and well dis
posed to the good order and happiness of the
same. The first section bf the bill also con
tains an enumeration of the rights to be en-
loveil by those classes so made citizens in
every State and Territory in the United
States. As these parties are to give evi
deuce, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold,
and convey real and personal property,
and to have full and equal benefit of
all laws and proceedings for the se
curity of persons and property as is en
joyed by white citizens, so, too, they are made
subject" to the same punishment, pains, and
penalties common with white citizens, and
to none others. This perfect equality of the
white and colored races is attempted to be
fixed bv Federal law in every State of the
Union over the vast field of State jurisdic
tion, covered by these enumerated rights,
In no one of them can anv State exercise
any power of discrimination between the
different races in the exercise of a State
policy over matters exclusively affecting tho
people of each State? It has frequently been
thought expedient to discriminate between
the two races by the statutes of some of the
States North as well as South. It is enacted,
for instance, that no white person shall inter
marry with a negro or mulatto. Chancel
lor Kent says, speaking of the blacks, that
marriages between them and the whites are
forbidden in some of the States where slavery
docs not exist, and they are prohibited in
all slaveholdiug States by law, and when not
absolutely contrary to law they are revolt
ing and regarded as an offense against pub
lic decorum. I do not say that this bill re
peals State laws on the subject of marriage
between the two races ; fpr, as the whites are
forbidden to intermarry with the blacks, the
blacks can only make" such contracts with
the whites themselves as they are allowed to
make, and therefore they cannot, under this
hill, enter into the marriage contract with
the whites. I cite this discrimination, how
ever, as an instance of the State policy as to
discrimination, and to inquire whether if
Congress can abrogate all State laws of dis
crimination between the two races in the
matter of real estate, of suits, and of con
tracts generally, Congress may not also Te-'
peal the State laws as to the contract of mar
riage between the races. Hitherto every
subject embraced in the enumeration of
rights contained in the bill has been consid
ered as exclusively belonging to the States.
They all relate to the internal policy and
economy of the icspective States. They are
matters which in each State concern the do
mestic condition of its people, varying in
each according to its own peculiar circum
stances, and the safety and well being of its
own citizens. I do not mean to say that
ujxm all these subjects there are not Federal
restraints, as for instance in the State power
of the Legislature over contracts, there is a
Federal limitation that no State shall pass a
law impairing the obligation of contracts;
and as to crimes, that no state shall pass an
exposl facto law; and as to money, that no
State shall Inake anything but gold and sil
ver a legal tender; but where can we find a
Federal prohibition against the power of
any State tj? discriminate, as do most of
.them, between aliens and citizens, between
artificial nei-sons oiled cornorntoi and
natural persons in the right to hold real es
tate? If it be granted that Congress can repeal
all State laws discriminating between whites
and blacks, on the subjects covered by this
bill, why, it may be asked, may not Con
gress repeal, in the same way, all State laws
discriminating between the two races on the
subject of suffrage and office? If Congress
can declare by law who shall hold lands,
who shall testify, and who shall have capac
ity to make contracts in a State, then Con
gress can also by law declare who, without
regard to race or color, shall have the right
to sit as a juror, or as a judge, to hold any
office, and finally to vote in every Slate and
Territory of the United States. As respects
the Territories, they come within the power
of Congress, for as to them the law-making
power is the Federal power; but an to the
States, no similar provisions exist vesting in
Congress the power to make rules and regu
lations for them.
The object of the second section of the
bill is to afford discrimination and protection
to colored persons in the full enjovment of
all the rights secured to them by tlieprece
coding section. It declares that anj person
who, under color of any law, statutit, ordi
nance, regulation, Or custom, 8hatl subject
or cause to be subjected any inhabitant of
any State or territory to the deprivation of
any right secured or protected by this actj or
to different punishment, pains, or penalties,
,on account of'such person having -at any
time been'held,inacoriflitidnof slavery or
involuntary servitude, except as a punish-
menfr crime wKereof tike party shall have
been duly eon vieted, or by reason of color or?
irace, than is prescribed for the punishment
pi a wane jrson snail oe deemed guilty ot
a misdemeanor and conviction, and shall be
punished by fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one
l.iV. j i .
jwfw uviiu, uiuic turcreuon oi uie courts.
This section seesas to be idesiened to aufilv
oomeexistingor future law of a State or.
territory wnicn may conuict with the provi
sions of the bill now under consideration.
It provides for counteracting such forbidden
legislation by imposing fine and imprison
ment upon tholegislator who may pass such
conflicting laws, or upon the officer or agents
who shall put or attempt to put them into
1 : T i rr - rr .
u-tiAiuiuju. niuL-uns an omciai ouense, not
a common crime committed against law upon
the person or .property oHhe black racd
Such an act may deprive the black man of
nis property, qui not ot ins right to noid
property. It means a deprivation of the
right itself, either by the State judiciary or
the State Legislature. It is therefore as
sumed that under this section members of a
State Legislature who should for laws con
flicting withthe provisions of the bill, that
the Judges of the Stato Courts who should
render judgments in antagonism with its
terms and that the marshals and sheriffs who
sliould as ministerial officers execute the
processes sanctioned by the State laws is
sued by Staje' judges In the execution of
their judgments, could, be brought before
tribunals, and there subjects to fine and im
prisonmcntfor the performance of the du
ties which though State laws.may impose.
The legislation thus proposed invades the
judicial power of the States. It says to
every btato court or judge, if yoa decide
that this act is not unconstitutional if you
refuse, under the "prohibition of a State law.
to allow a negro to testify if you hold that
upon such a subject matter the State law i3
paramount, and under color of the same re
fuse the exercise of the right to the negro
vour error of judgment, however conscious.
shall subject you to "fine and imprisonment.
X do not apprehend that the contacting
legislation, which the bill seems to contcm
nlate. is likelv to occur, so ns tn rpmlor it
necessary, at this time, to adopt a measure of
such douutiut constitutionality.
In the next place this is the duty of a ju
dicial decision, and converts the State' judge
into a mere ministerial ofliccrbound to de
cide according to the will of Congress.
It is clear -that, in States which deny to
persons, whose rights are secured by-the first
section of the bill, any one of those rights,
-II ?! I .1 ! ?1 - IV .? Ji '
ui crjuiuim auu civil cases aiiecung mem
will, by the provisions of the third section,
come under the cognizance of the Federal
tribunal. It follows that if any State which
denies to a colored person any one of these
rights, that person should commit a crime
against the laws of the State, murder or any
other crime, all protection and punishment
through the courts of the State are taken
away, and he can only be tried and punished
in tne reuerai courts, ilow is the criminal
to be tried if the offense is provided for and
punished by Federal law. That law and not
State law is to govern. It i3 only when
the offense does not happen to be within
the provisions of the Federal law that the
Federal courts arc to try and punish him un
der any other law. Then resort is to bo had to
the common law as modified and changed by
State legislation, so far as the same is not
inconsistent with the Constitution and laws
of the United States. So that over this vast
domain of criminal jurisprudence provided
by each State for the protection of its own
citizens aud for the punishment of her sons
who violate her criminal laws, Federal law,
wherever it can he made to apply, displaces
State law. The question here naturally
arises, from what sources Congress derives
the power to transfer to Federal tribunals
certain classes of cases embraced in this sec
tion. The Constitution exnrosslv divlnrra
that the judicial power of the United States
shall extend to all cases in law and eouitv
arising under the Constitution, the laws of
il. tt:-.i cn j . t , i
mc uurnii ouues, anu treaties maae,anu
which shall be made under their authority:
to all cases affecting embassadors or other
public ministers and consuls : to all cases of
i - i ' ,
uuumuii anu maritime junspruaencc : to
cantroversies to which the United States
shall be a party : to controversies between
two or more States, between a State and cit
izens of another State, between citizens of
-i:m, ci.i..
uiuciciik ciaicj, ueiweeii citizens oi uie same
States, claims of land under the grant of the
different Stales, and between a State or the
citizens thereof, and foreign Stales, citizens
or subjects. Here the judiciary power of the
United Suites is expressly set forth and
defined, and the act of September 24th. 1789.
estiblishing judicial courts of the United
States, in conferring upon the Federal courts
jurisdiction over cases originating in State
tribunals is careful to confine them to the
classes enumerated in the above recited
clause of the Constitution.
TJiis section of the bill undoubtedly com
prehended the cases, and authorizes the ex
ercise of powers that are notj- the Consti
tution within tho jurisdiction of the courts
of the Uuitcd States. To transfer them to
those courts would be .an exercise of athor-
ity well calculated to excite distrust and
alarm on the part of the States, for the bill
applies alike to all of them : as well to
those that have a3 to those that have
not been engaged in rebellion. It
may be assumed that this authority is
incident to the power granted to Congress
by the institution, as recently amend
ed, to enforce, by appropriate legislation.
the article declaring that neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude, except as punishment
lor crime, whereof the party shall have been
dnly convicted, shall exist within the
the United States or any place subject to
their jurisdiction. It cannot, however, be
justly claimed' 'hat, with a view to the en
forcement of this article of the Constitution,
there is at present any necessity for the cx-i
..!.: e ii ,i i .i , tn
ci cisc ui un iuu jiuwers which tins uni con
fers. Slavery has been abolished, and at
present nowhere exists within the jurisdic
tion of the United States, nor has there been,
nor is it likely that there will be, any at
tempts to revive it by the people of the
States.
However, if any such attempts shall be
made, it shall become the duty of the Gen
eral Government to exercise any and all in
cidental nowers neriuirv nnn nrnnpr tn
maintain inviolate this pvernmental law of
the ireectmen.
The foregoing is all of the message we
received up to the time ct going to press.j
A DAXGEROCS DRIFT.
Concerning the enormous power which
the Civil Rights bill, vetoed by the Presi
dent, would place in lib hands, the friends
of the measure say that the power is in the
President, and if despotism comes it must
be through him; and this, says the National
Intelligencer, "brings us to the most impor
tant practical point of all," which it states
in the following terms: " He could not ex
ecute such a law, for he would not betray
the people. They know he could not They,
therefore, hope to pass it over his veto, and
when he refnscs to provoke universal insur
rection, to he put down by the monstrous
tyranny to which they invite him, knowing
he cannot accept it, they will attempt to im
peach and ranove him." '
"This," says the Cincinnati Commercial,
is a pretty distinct declaration that the Pres
ident will not execute this bill if it should
be passed over his veto, and become a law.
Such an announcement shows the dangerous
drift of nffiurs."
Miss Anna Dickinson is a peripatetic
lecturer in thNorthern cities. She is of the
North, northy, stringy-necked and strong
minded. She grapples with questions which
baffle whole cabinets of statesmen, and dis
poses of them as easily a? she would make a
pudding-hag, or backbite her neighbor. She
is now engaged in the patriotic work of de
nouncing President Johnson for the delec
tation of the Radicals. A cotcmporary is
reminded by her of old Dr. Johnson's re
mark when Boswell told him he had been to
hear a woman preach.' "Sir," said the gruff
old moralist, a woman preaching is like a
dog walking on his hind legs, it is not done
Kell, but wc are surprised to find that U U
done at all.
The Case Well Stated. The Knox
ville (bmmcreial, whose editor was never in
sympathy with the South in the war, but
who, in harmony with the true people of
East Tennessee, is unwilling to follow the
destructive policy of tlie Radicals, contains
the following pungent paragraph. We like
to quote from such authority on ruch a sub
ject: " Every man that will -sot indorse the Radicals
ud swallow the irfrro, held, body snd heelj and
swetr it wsj & it morsel to Uke, is now called
a rebel. Now whs, do these Radicals want?
Iter want you should say that yoa beliove tho
nejrro if jastas eood ss the white man. They want
you should believe that the negro ourht to vote,
to sit on juries aodfintlwjudre's beneh.and.if hi
can cet the vote, they want he should b electe.1
as President of tbe United States." WUI
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. 25-AMD 25 lh
COLLEGE STREET.
Opposite Sowancc Hotel.
TO CLOSE CONSIGNMENTS.. ';
W. H. LUCUS & CO.
WE WILL SELL FMDAY MORNING,
AfarliOn laJt IVCak T inftne. fins tMn
Lawns; Bleached and Brown Domestics; Prints;
Nansooks: Mull, Bwis, Muslins, and B. Muslin:
nn rapcrs; and Ladies liress uoodj, a good
Fino PoDlinex: TVLaines; Crane "Rercffcs? Borate
Shawls: Cloths: Casaimers: Five Hundred Fancy,
11 ati; Lidies', Misses', aud Childrcr.s, fine Soaps
and Perfumeries; CoIouge.iEigbteen baskets extra
i.a&nipagn8 mne; i.incn uanusercaiei.": Jicns,
Ladies', and Misses Hose; Umbrellas: Parasols;
White. Flannels; nnd a variety of small articles,
to close consignments.
Sale at 10 o'clock.
v. ir. lucus & co., .
Commission Merchants, .No. 23 and 25.
M. C.CATCE.
w.T.rtouvsE,
T. t HEARD.
B. UlNSEEO.
CAYCE, BEARD & CO.,
WHOLESALE
Auction' Emporium,
COMMISSION MEKCHANT3
ItEAIi ESTATE BROKERS,
No. 3T South Court Street,
AT THE ARCADE. MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE.
C3 Special attention paid to tho sale of Mer
chandise, Stock. & j. "l
Consignments Solicited.
niar29 lm
JOHN SHILUT0IC0-,
AKE'XOW 01EXIXaTliETli ."
', -ft, - . .Tt i ri ?
SPRUNG IMORfMOiYS
OF
JL Jui' a. i5
PL.AIiV AXD FAXCY,;
EXGOSII,
GERMAN, ,
Antl FRENCH
BBESS GOODS;
LACES AND EMBROIDERIES,
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
. And NOTIONS.
'. . K
-i . . j
i ji ..
Cloaks and SJumvls:
also, ;
Carpeting,
Oil Cloths, - ":"; '
' RtlgS, -
. t. Mata, &c,
ioi, io:$, aud i.05,
WEST U'OXJK.TI-I ST.,
CINCINNATI. OHIO.
mar29 w2w
ROBERT MOORE & CO.,
COTTON FAOTOES,
Commission.. Menchants,
J:
CIXOIX.VVTI, OHIO,
i 1 f ' .
For tho sale of
PIG I BON,
BLOOMS.
PRODUCE GENERALITY.
Wo fill orders for '
-it:., ' . .
CORN,
L flour, ;.
. 'BAlpON, ..
; LARD,
PORK,
GROCERIES,
And articles generally needed by tho South.
inar29-dlm
J. P. TIXC.LC J. C. MOOREB.
J. P. TIXOLE A CO.,
WHOLESALE A XI) RETAIL HEADERS Ht
Saddles, Harness,
TRUNKS, VALISES,
E. E. Bags, Ladies' Satchels, etc.,
XO. 1 10 WEST FOBUTU STREET,
CINCINNATI. OHIO.
Plantation Harness of all kinds on hand and
made to order merShwlm
"SPENCER HOUSE,"
COItNKlt OF FROXT AND BROAD VTA Y,
CIXCIXXATI, OHIO,
L. A. PRATT, Proprietor.
"XTE. S. JOHNSON. FOR TEN YEARS CON
llJL nected with the Burnet Home, is noir
with tho "Spencer House." and will be pleased to
see his many old and valued friends throughout
the South. mar23-dSm
EXTENSIVE
IPTJBJLIC SALE.
ON THURSDAY. 2Cth. of April, at 11 o'clock.
A. v.. on the premises, we will brine off a sale
of about 75 Uta in II P. Ilostick's and IV. Ii.
Cooper's Addition to Nashville.
Also, Lots belonriuc tn the Estate of Win.
Stuart, decccsed. J. M. Brien, Esq., Adminis
trator, will assist us in the sale of tbe LoU. The
Lots are situated on and near the. Charlotte, or
rniOnn Pike, convenient to and ftfiminardiar a
fine view of the city; well salted for Residences,
and Uardeninr purpose. Terms, of sale liberal
All Lots offered will bo sold without reserve, far
ther particulars will be civen in due time.
J. u. aC Iw n.linUWiM. AftulM.
2S Union street.
mar24
DR. PAUL F. EVE,
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE A3 FORMERLY,
corner of Sprisc sad Vine streets. .
surrery exclusively, except consunauons.
Special oco hours to SH x. v. andl2to2r.V.
NEW a-ADIETIS2MENTS
T. A. THOMAS, X. TC. THOMAS l.' RrX CACLtY.1
Late af Warl-. 7t " W !3i
vtflc. Tenn. Lntimilte. Air. Atlanta. li.,
. .." 1 . ..- . . . A vJI, . . St
THOMAS &C0.
-t
o o Jf .-M -I-SnS.-I ON
AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
NO. 49 VINE STREET,
CmeiNNATI,, OHIO,
AND .
Noi 1 Maiuilioii's Iitiilliiig,
Corner Sixth and Main streots,
!r!LouisviL!LEi k!en"tucky.
Consignments of Cotton, Tobacco antV.'ethcr.
Produce Solicited. ''
3' Wemake tho Purchasing of all articlei'of '
t t
-ucrcaauuiso aspeciaiuy.
REFEB.IS XASIlVlLLr, TESK..TO
Thompson Anderson, Berry k Deinoville,
A. Hamilton, Kuril JlcOrca.
U. W. Fall & Bros .Maccy. Driver Browe.
mar2& diw3m " '
A: & J. TEO.UNSTINE & CO.,
VH0LE3AIjE
..' Li. ksi. '
J ..--.. -i. ' -
Cloths, a.vsimcrc,
Hi
Vesting; Trimming, ami
Gents' Furnishing CmOO1s,,
-Nos.87and 89 Third st; Southeast cor. of VincB
. -..MCixciNXATijrtoino. .
. a" K'l ti S .f'i. ''- it t'A
i-nSf M
tv
i' - - 1
iTTT?' AUV. OFFF.RTNO ORE AT INDUCE-
VY MENTS to tho Trade in Tcnnesseo and other'
Southern States;. aud wo .invite special attention,
to our depurtmentofUoods. .manufactured by us.
especially suited to mat section oi souniry.
We invite the Trade to pive us a call.
82- J.R. Brifss, late .of Nashville. Tennessee, is
with this House.
mar29 dim
" NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
FREIGHT OFFICE, N. & C. R. R..
NASlivlLLi!.AIarch2S. 1805.
ON AND AND AFTER TO-MORROW, tho
29th inst, we will receive Freights from all
iioints.onconnectmeiioads boutn or unaitanoosa.
Shinners are notified that we -will not receive
Freight of any description, unless- each Package
is plainly marked with the name of the consignee,
nnd direction, ic. As this rule will bo strictly
adhered to, bhippers are earnestly requested to
conmlv with iL a.4 we do not-wish to nut them to
extra expense by sending their Freight back to
tlicm. on account ol its not beniK properly marKcu
Y. II. JONES.
iuar2S lw FrcishtAgcnt,
MYERS & HUNT,
Carriage Manufacturers,
72 NORTH MARKET' ST.,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
(ESTARILISIIED IN 185 8.
TTAVINO REFITTED AND.
ENLARQED
J.-L
nnr Foftnrv and Salesroom in order to SUD-
nlv thn lnnriM!nr demand far our Work. WO re
spectfully call the attention bt the citizens of
Davidson county and the surrounuinir country to
our large and varied assortment oi
Cnrringeti,
Riiroucht'H,
Albert RurbIch,
Yacht BuRgies,
Coiil Box liuggicH,
Dcconium or Howl Buggies?,
Square BoxBuggiett, (with door,)
Jagger "Wagon?, Track Sulkies',
Skeleton Wagone, Pannelled Rockway?,
Jump Sent Itocknvt'nyu,
Two Heat Park I'hnrtoBs,
Phaeton Buggies,
SnuareBox BurbIo,
Stag Buggies,
Bracket Front Buggien,
Bevel "Cut Out" Buggicn,
Square "Cut Out" Buggies,
Road Sulkies,
iight Express Wagons,
No-Top Buggies,
Of nil tlie X.nteKt StylcH,
"Vhicli we hare on hand and are con
stantly manufacturing,
OF TIIE BEST MATERIAL
. "WORKMANSHIP.
AND
WE CIIAIilTENCE A COMPAR
ISON OF OUR WORK
"With the production of the firt class Car
riage Shops of New York, Philadelphia, or
Cincinnati, and invite the criticisms of
judges, for we are satisfied that onr work
will be found equal in every respect, if not
superior, to the best, and oar prices as low
as any house making first-class work.
Every Job Sold Varranted for
TWELVE MONTHS,
And nartlctdar. attention paid to ltoztn: and
snipptng. neaiso cava a larce loren empioym
in our Bepairinr Shops, and are .mow able to meet
all demands 1
indsmade cponns lor vrorK in taatd
partmentat moaeraie prices..
4t-
sckSS 3m
BUSINESS CARDS.
NEW STORE,
Wall Paper, Paints, .Colors, etc.
riWE SUBSCRIBER WOULD INFORM HIS
JL frieodsand the public generally that he has
openedVStoreat ...
No. 32 Clmrcli Street
IVhcrn can tiE found the finest se!cction,'o?'"all '
i"apcr ami ffwdow aaade. i'aints. Otis. Onlors.
Varnish Itrushcsv Window Class, etw Enelish antl
Eastern W hi to Lead. Painters aro si-octfully re
quested ta call
OEO. HUTCHISON.
mariS 3 m
FORiSATJE.
11 l-v) ACRES OF GROUND, near tho
11 1 it Cnri-oration of Cbattnnooea, Ten
nessee, and near tbo Land of Jir.f Jt'ulton and
Mr. arncr. A (treat bargain. Apply to
ANDERSON. JOHNSON i SMITH.
manS -lnt Real E.tate A cents. Nashville.
Chattanoocra Qasctto copy ono month and send
bill to this oalee.
THE GOVERNMENT SALE
OF
i
Cutlery, HardwareBlanketk,
y Stoves, and .
i
... Household Burnishing
Articles,
Will be continued at the
MEDICAI PURVEYOR'S
1VAREROUSE, .
ON
Wednesday,
and Tliursdaq.
Sale commencing nt 0, A. jr.
mar2S 2t.
J. r. IiYTIsE,
. Wholesale and Eetail Dealer
IX
Ifats, Caps,
and Straw Goods,
2j West Fourth street, bet Main and Widnut,
CIXC1 XXATT, OHIO..
maris duw
B. SCHWEGMANN,
DEALER IN
Cirars. Ziouors and
Tobacco,
No. 21 Public Landing; Corner of Sycamore.'
CINCINNATI. 0.
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WJ1. GIsESTX fc SONS,
Wholesale G-rocoi's,
70 and 72 VinosU bet. Second nad Pearl sts.,
. Cincinnati, .
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Jons WTSSE,
X. X. BACKET.
THOU IS WILLIAMS.
l.v. ruaii.
(Successors to Wynne, Jones i Co..)
' W110LE(AI.S'EAI.KIS IX
, Foreign and Domestic '
No. SO bearl street, between Vino nnd Race,
CIXCIXXATI, O.
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BUXMTET HOUSE,
COKXEK THIRD AND VINE STREETS
Cincinnati, Ohio,
SILAS TP. 3XI3L.2L.EIi
DPi'opx'lotor.
rpHE BUBNET HOUSE IS TWO SQUARES
X from the U. S. Mail ana people blue otbteam
crs' Landing, and very near the J.G.&. C.ll.Jc D,
R. It. i A. Jt Q. W. II R. Depots.
Omnibuses leave the House for all trains Eats,
West. North and South. asna-min
Washington Iron Works
NEWIIURtt, NKW YOItK,
And furnijiron short nolicoi
MARINE. STATIONARY,. ANp,p6llTADLE
..mil.. k. . '
NTEAH KaTGINEN, ,lir
Horizontal Engines and Boilers:
Circular Saw Mills: With .
James Patent Set Works;
Extra Caststoel Circular Saws;
Mill and Clans Saws;
Sugar Cane Mills; , .
Oil Well Machinery;
Improved Oraln Mills;
Entices of any diameter of cylender'or strjko
,' required famished on order.
, Steam Fittings, of every variety and site;
Shingle and Sash Machines;
Improved Grain Mills;
Circular Saw Mills, with iron and
wood frames, of various situs and
Patterns.
Locomotive Passenger, and Platform Railroad
Cars; Car Wheels; Springs; Bolts,
and Castings.
The undersigned, as Agent for tbe above Com
pany, will furnish Illustrated Catalogues, and
Price Lists, and take orders for the same, on ap
plication to
P. P. PECK,
31
mar27 tf
College street, Nashville, Tennessee.
wu. GALLOWAY".
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JAVIS L. gc3t.
AUCTION
AND
Commission Mouse,
COLUMBIA. TENNESSEE,
TIIE undersigned having formed a eopaitner
ship for the purpose of doing a General
WholeNnle nml Retail AhcIIoh and,
CohhiiUuIoh RuMlnenN,
Are. now prepared to recMvo and sell at Pri
vate Sale or at Auction, all kinds of Goods, Wares,
Merchandise, Groceries, Ac.
2" Prompt Attention given to all Consign
ments. GALLOWAY k GUEST.
Columbia, Tenn.
ZtTZViKKtS.
JoseDh A. Walker. Mavor t Wm. M. Sullivan.
Sheriff: Jnu. D. it core. Postmaster: John II. Pad
gett, County Clerk; W. Matt, Brown, May w of
ia!nvtlle;llolre x iviiiarcuroeert: j. u. niwi
side, Grocer; Wm. S. Fleming, Attorney; W. 0.
Whitthorne. AttorcevtJ.B. Johnson. Em,- Nash
ville, issra-io
CARD CLOTHING.
A full assortment of all description! Just
received. .
HKIiTI.I U.
Oak-Tanned Leather and Gum Belting, of all
wnltns, kept constantly on band.
BOLTING CLOTH".
Wo hare a full stock of Bolting Cloth of Du-
lour x Co. s celebrated band v
HAMILTON dt Cl'NXIXOIEAX,
Dealer In Hardware.
IS Aorttt college Bsrelt, iaiaviii.
TAX 3ARK WA.-VTEB,
We wish to turebase 1 J00 Cords it Ckefsat
k)ak Bark. PropoAk- for delivery of sasae
will be reeeivw untu iMSiApni.
iltiLXItiVU J: tu.l.Nl.-xuilAil.
aaril tl?-t
rTATHK I rOTATOBW 1 1
7E HATE JUST RECEIVED
i we'will till ceJ? v , h
rpL'E FIKRmreV STEAMER
X KRMVJA. Captain Johs &jfATKx!l
vt -.11 wut .leave lor tntsviue antt lotenBediatsT
Landings oa" tS-morrawi FRIDAY 'EVENING! j
an 4 o riocK.
For freightor passage, apply on board, or'tr
CapU. CORBEW. B0YDi!AKcnl5J .
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JOHNSONVILLE. CAIRO AND St: LOUIS
l)aily Line of Packetsl
RUNNINO IN CONNECTION WITH TUB .
Nssvillo anil Xorthwrattcrn. Nashville and -
Chattaccosa. and Tcnnesseo and Alabama Rail
roads. A VIK.NT C1VASM PA.VHKXCJEK .STEAMER
Leaves Johnsonville for St, Louis. Cairo, and,
Padncah tvery day on the arrival of the cars,
eonncccing at Padueah with the Cincinnati Pack -
ets. at Cairo with the Illinois Central Railroad t '
the Memphis Packet Company, and AtLiatie,and
Mtssissip Steamship Company and at St, Louis
with all the Railrcads and Upper Mississippi
Ports. .
OfHcc corner of Church nnd Summer
Strain, onpooltc St. Cloml Hotel,
jai CG-tf
LOUISVILLE AXI XASHVILLE RAIT.
KOAH IMPORTANT TO NHIM'EHS
RERUCTIOSOK R.VT1S. T '
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE AND UNTIL
Further Notice, the following ratm will'ba
cbarceit on rcient Detwcen Nashville, Tennessee.
and LiOUlsviue, ivrntuck
null liuuii iiir, nnimu
FIRST CLASS. M ctsi.
er 100 lb.
:OND CLASS. 43 etn.
THIRD CLASS. Met. FOURTH CLASS. 30ct.C'
GRAIN. 27 cts. ,
Special Hates will be made for
Largo Shipment.
Reduced Kate Per Car Load..
Pig, Railroad ami Sirap Iron, Hay, Salt, Ce
ment and Plaster. 83.? er Car Load.
Live Stock, Dressed Lumber, Agricultural Im
plements, New Furniture and Machinery, 815
per Car Load.
Freight Classified according to the reduced clis-.
siScation of the regular Freight Tariff of this
Company, dated December 1st, lSu5..aBdJreceivd.)
and transported, subject tci the rule ifml'cotidi'
tionsofthesame. ALBERT VLVIO ,
Gcberal Supcrintendentf'
JNO. S. BRASF0RD. - ir
General ArenL I
T. S. BLAIR. f ""
Freight Agent I
Nabtillc. Tenn.. Dec. 2J. 1SS5. t , tt, .
Speed! Comfort!! Safbtijr!l!
OIa1 REIIABIiE1"1
XITTLE MIAH'I
RAILROAD '
Via COIUMBUS. " ,
SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTJR v
rcOU CIXCIXNATI TO ALT. TIIK
Xas!tra Chle. Toum, Tillages al Sbiioai.-.
43-The LITTLE. MIAMI is the ONLY Line
Runuinr Lightning Express Trains from Cincin
nati to the EastI It being the Short ft. Line, ,
CnNN-cTioss are Cirtais andPassengTrt havo'
Aki'.k Time for MEDALS.
Fast Time from Cincinnati to .
Boston 34 hours, Baltimore iu 29 hour.
Albany In 17 hours, Washington C1ty3)f hrs.
New York in Shouts, SaratogaSprlugsln IMhrs
lluffiiht in 16 hours, Philadelphia in SS hours'
Dunkirk in 14'4 hoary. Cleveland in 9 hours,
Pittsburg in 13'4 hour. Crestline in 6 hours. "
Wheeling in 12 hours, Steubenvillo hi H Jiourv '
Zanearille iu 3 hours. Columbus in 4 hours. J
FOUR DAILY EASTERN TRAINS t 4 u '
6.00 a. m. Lightning' Epress
9.00 a. m. Express Mail.
7.00 p. m. Lightning Express.
J l
1L40 p. m. IVight Express. '
Modem SliEEPINO CARS by Night rTraIns.i (
SALOON CA RS by Day Trains. ,
The 7.00 P. M. and ll.0 P. M. TralnsNeav
SUNDAY Night instead of Saturday Night;-
43" BAGGAGE Checked Through.
THROUGH TICKETS aresotlatall'TICKET:
OFFICES m the SOUTH and WEST.
tSAkfor Ticket! tin Cincinnati a-ul Columhai.
P. W. STRADER. General 11eket;Agent.
JNO. G. BENSON. General Agent, Ctne&maiL' '
Capt C. W. S. aaowjr. J alSoutbem AgenU.
GenltE. B. Bbowx, General Western Agent,
January 1st I860. (JanZ7-tfe
Important to Travelers and Shippers
BETWEEN
I.OUISVIMiE A3TD THE IL1SX
THE
ATLANTIC) '
... 4X'
ASD v
GREAT WESTERN RArlfiwXYJ
(broAd oauoe)
Is now In full atd successful operation
From, Cincinnati to IS'cw York Boston, Ac,
And Is the only direct route to the ,
Oil KcgloiiH of Pennsylvania.
Connections are made with
JeSersonvllIo and Ohio and Mississippi Railroad,
via Seymour, Jeffersonvllle and Indianapolis and
Col. Rrailroad, via Urbnna; liouisvllle and Lex.
ington and Kentucky Central Railroad, via Cin
cinnati ; U. S. Mail LlneSteamers via Cincinnati.
Two Through Trnlnn Dally.
Passengers by the Broad Gauge Railway secure
wide and comfortable ears, quick time, and sunt
Connections.
Throurh Tickets and Baggage Cheeks can be
procured atall the principal Railroad and Steam
boat officers in Louisville and theSouth.
D. MrLAREN. Oen'l Sup'U
E. F. FULLER, Gen'l Ticket Agent.
T. D.Cotr, Passenger Agent,lNo.25Fourthstre'et
Wv.CoLtigB, Freight Ag'nt, Iuisville, Ky. -'
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OllATCirMCERYSAlCl
ON
TUESDAY, THE 24th APE'IL,
OF
Valuable CityBiiopeiiyj
ON TUESDAY, THE 24TH OF APRIL. itjVi
o'elockliif., TIIEPREMISE8 ifH
thniinilTimVl wlltn)rVat'
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PUBLIC AUCI'IOZV,4!1
M A H S F I E
'Kit .
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BraiurxcE or the latx
H0N.,M3)BEW ,EWfc.
ta.A serle ofTlots, admirably hififff
lor. Building or, Uanlenlng purposesj-jgji,
MANSFIELD lies' upon the edge
Nashville, on the Murfreesboro turn- ' ' ?ii
pike,; In easy reach of tbe terminus
-''if
of th Cherry Street. Railway, which'
may'Lo extended to include It. Wtf'ti
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oatirCil fiv mittht ftnrinrv. nnit nf wlitellf . -.
....... . . .v.i ;Aj,
is conspicuous lor iu exoausuess .voir
urns of pure water. The soil y
yorid compare, and the sites for Builds 7' L
fngor" Oardenrng are of aSteW
beautyandfirfgibUity1. I
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Sal e Ro siti verjTe rm sEasy Ji :
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Tbflltuara'laldfoirin vi-,! -
riousitiss to sult buy-
iV,;and are
divided
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. ccoTnlnl avenue,
streets and alleys. -
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