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The Weekly Intelligencer from Paris, Tennessee • 2

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XT -c "4 LLogal A clvort iscm ent maxim Eeportfid Dkcoveij in iri Africa: -f "We find the following In the Xatal Mercury worthy missionary in Zululand confirm" principal Fresiilent Johnson 1ms a natural ami political fiVit to demand of nil iillibcj holders full arid feordtal support of hia nrimiiilst-rasiorn Any Wnekept in Ptytudods tlovsaSfir fashionable Vrpes 14 Tfie Hound vt-t-L has bn artiolo ou tho qvval of jqtfmper is said to have fmitid Ii clue to the vestiges ot tho undent or' of somo city of tqually old nndTOvetic-J renown These vestiges are laid to have heen'debCJ-ihcd to the misMouarylMosiiAY is Septembeb unde question by natives residing to thfc Fna Rwdand Li north of Zululand They ye reputed i Fall Nofuion of ihus nbtitution will eonimcnce iUomiay is Septembeb under n- ii a it a 1)0 tile remains of a largo city coy-1 cring a wide area ami situated about three'dnW--trck (which- probably its means Bm-h more) Irons wlye he Stirany where missLonary'tbcni yaV pphtch to them is strictly forbidden and proven- ted by tho chief 'of the tribe living in tin locality Attention vyas drawn to vbe fact by notice being taken of sundry golden ornaments worn by the natites at the krall whero these disclosures were made The precious metal wvs said to havo been obtained Horn the ruined city or its neighborhood There is tymctbiiig too romantic ubout this 6tory wlticli rcts- it will be Sethi on- the elBder foundation of a nativh tale Were Iftothat a similar statement eh mo tn light a short time ago through wo tWnls the agency of Ilcv Dolmo we turotibl riot give prominence to what the idle invention of: savage nx-T TtAwjto Wreent tHo white-' pin sfad'- his territory Fnmarv Ticea ext-nue a-wntment of mush department under Teriis of Tuition pgr lVimpry Department Preparatory- ad Sophomore Jouior and Senior Mndo ioeluilinguse of Incidental Fee" No extra charges for the Board including lights fuel can boqirocure in good faunlies to tha Institute for (IS to (20 KLYCE i ltd A TAYLOR July lbG6 nl8 lira Female College will ppen on the in September 1806 Terms of tuition per HE next gesaion of the Primary Department since-there are do ntanyjand endless ways' in hit hju juditifal opponent t-ari ruar 'the gcircrul- -and di8sittisfy the expectations- ot the people- ye Insist that no one should for a moment ocupy any public posi-tion howbvtu- uuiniportsmt who dees not yield a hearty cordial and active suppwt to' the' administration he who docR not do bo subjects himself to tliflfcharge that" he is not looking to thJgood of the country but to his own good He gives evidence agnihst himself that lie prefers the eniolu mentlf of the- plaewto its dignity and the honor and Welfare of tho Government It is useless to disguise ft we have-in opr midst ofjleo holders who are dumb as deatVjust spdak out gerufen the people are generally one way in this section they want to know your opinions We are In the people want i hiding behind the bush but expect of those who hold office under tho Pres-dent to af least have the manhood to speak for the cause he so warmly es pouses minute now Ig tlie rather of some stratejrm The times are wild: contention like a horse Fnll of high feeding madly broke loose And would bear down all before him The Pkialdetpliia Conyention- Tfe learn through the latest papers that the Philadelphia Convention has with au unprecedented atten dance and been organized Senator Doolittle from lowappresiding Its proceedings so far haveecn marked by harmoriy Although y-e have had no' full expression of its 6ontimenls and views of public policy yet its an imus is strikingly illustrated by one of its earliest scenes tho admission of and South Caroli-naVdelogntions These heretofore regarded as thq Eepresentatives of opposite ideas wero received together manifesting in their bearing toward Oaeh other every token of a cordial esteem and reconciliation Weliave typified in this tho earnest wish of tho Convention to restore the closest friendly relations among all parts of the Union besides an example of forbearanco ani oblivion of all past bitternesses through which such a restoration can alone he effected In contaTdiction of this simple policy Iidicalism may exhaust its cunning originating monstrous devicoa of rccQnotrriction end the South iiCAtg of the viridlctWo1' ferocity of Its- efie rales may crouch in acquiescence to its bitter Jot hui never will she heroine happy and contented part of the great family rcf States until she is made to feel instead of its severity alone an equal share of the beneficence of the Government instead cf leniency wrath and persecution' Every other idea is absurd and the National Convention in approving it gives the most positive evidence of its sagacity and a most creditable instance of its fairness and justice in proceeding to its work of reconstruction We cannot believe a party organizing upon such sound RncJ'juat principles is destined for failure or discomfiture The impulses of the people are generally good their jconctusions generally correct and if at first mistaken will in the course of time that corrective of all evil te-actin favor of the right Even if their reason was less unerring we might rely with certainty upon the inherent deformity and depravity of Radicalism achieving us a victory The revolting cnbrmlties of its leaders arc rapidly dqthehing from its support whatever 'intelligence and purity it once could claim and if we ke Kentucky's scornful repudiation Jts mildest form and least offensive as a criterion we may safely expect aftor the full elections none will bo so poor as to do it hcriff JSalcst EY virtue of two Ire Expt to me from the henoritlilo court llenry county Tennessee I ij (eH f)r ready money the court Imu-e door in tlie town of Paris 'fenn on the 1st Monday in Fepfember next 'all the right title claim ami interest jt Kobert Kclsoe Lewis Stuu-sim nd Levi TIillebrcw hate in and to tho following described tract of land lying in llenty county Tettn in civil district No range and section ten containing by estimate 113 acres and bounded as follous' beginning at the corner an itri' granted to Samuel 8 Story 163 of uhicli tills is a part of said entry runs south poles to a beach with beach hdg um pointers thence south-east of the same thence west 13 poles to a stake with beadi and sugar-tree pointers the south-we-t corner of the same tnence north 113 poles to a rock north east 30 poles to a stake with Lindt4 oak a nters thence east 44 poles a stake nth whiteand black oaks ss pointers thence north 63 juries to a stake near mouth of a lane thence east 60 polss to the beginning levied on as the property of Levi Killcbrew to satisfy two judgement obtained against Robert Keisoc Lewis Ktunsen and Let i Killcbrew both in favor of Datis at tho May term of the Circuit court for 1806 JNt) POUTER Sliff 1366 3w fee $12 July 13 BY virtue of a Vtn Exp to me directed from the honorable Cireut court of henry county Tennessee I will sell for ready money at tire court house door in town of IVris'Ten'n on the lot' llojfUiqjl September 1866 all the right title claim and interest that Haynes and Hayai-s has i and to onn south half of a town lot in the town of Caledonia Henry county Tennessee known in the ohm of said tqwn as lot No 17 on which Basford lived" on in FehVuary 1861 also otre other lot in said town known as lot No? 24 lytas west of Wm garden east of- the school home the same bonght of John A Chambers by said Haynes levied on as the property ot Haynes to satisfy a judcecient that It Irvine obtained against Haynes and Haynes at the May terra of the Circuit court for 1866 JNO PORTER Shff July 13 3w IVs fee $9 BY vir from the honorable Circuit court of Henry connty Tennessee I will sell for ready money at the court house door In the town ofTaris Tenn on the 1st Monday ia September foGG all the right' title claim and interest that Derjnmin Travis has in and to the following described tract of land lrrtjr in civil district No 9 Henry county Tennessee hour dod on the north by the lands of James Allen on the cast by the lands of heirs south by the lands of Bowden and west by the lunds of 1 Milam containing one hundred and foity atres to satisfy a judgment that James Allen obtained T-'qat lb fTior' at the May term of the Circuit court for 1 Htfi JNO POKIER Shff July 13 1866 3w fee $9 BY virtue of a Ven Exp to me d'rected bj by the honorable Circuit court of Henry county I will sell for ready tnonej at the couu houso door in the town of Taris Ten nevsoe on tho 1st Monday in September next all the right title claim and-interel that John Clark Denais Glison and Liichard Todd have in and tothe following deaprihed trad of land lving in Henry connty Tenn civil dmtiict No 10 bounded as follows on the north by It Todd east by Pemberton south by Andrew Hall west hy Dennis (lhson containing 100 acres more or less levied on as the property of jolrn Clark to satis! a judgment that Haywood obtained against John Clark Dennis Ulisson and Todd at the May term of tho Circuit court for 1869 NO 0 'POSTER Shff ow (1V je BY virtne of a Ven' Exp to directed by tho Hot' Cireuit Court of Henry county Tenn' I trill sell for ready money at the courthouse in the town of Paris Tenn on the first Monday in September next all the right title claim and interest that Benj Diggs has in the following discnli- ed tract of land to wit lying in Henry conn tj Tennessee civil District No 9 bounded as follows Beginning at a dogwood and maple on the South boundary lino of Jesse tract running East 90 poles to a maple with maple pointers on the South boundary line of said tract thence South 251 poles to a stake with black oak pointers tlwnceWet 90 poles to a stake with black oak jointers thence North 251 poles to the beginning containing 141 acres Al- so one tract beginning at a hickory Thos Southwest coroer thence North 9T poles to a stake with hiokofy and post oak pointers in a line thence West 96 poles to a stake with hickory and black jack on Campbell's line thence South 35 poles to a stake with black onk pointers thence West 161 poles to a small ash with maple and sweet gum pointers thence South 80 poles to a birch with white oak pointers thence East 122 poles to a hickory end sassafras us pointers thence South 134 poles with William Allen's line to his corner thence 4 poles to another corner of Allen's thence South 60 poles to a small hickory and black jack a pointers thence East 165 poles to UAtako with sycamore pointers North 110 poles to three hickorys thence East 9 poles to stake with oak and hickory pointers thence 52 poles to a stake with hickory pointers thence West lyG poles to the beginning containing fonr hundred and thirty one acres Also one tract begnmng at a poplar (corner on the South bunk of the 'Still House branch the Southwest corner of the Meeting House tract running west 190 doJgi to a stake in the old mill pond the ace North 49 poles to a stake on tbs South boundary of tract thence West along said Anderson's South boundary to the said Southwest cornerr a distance of poles thence North 73 poles along said West boundary a stake on Wm Southwest corner thence East 252i poles along Campbell's South boundary to Campbell's Southwest cornpr on Jesse corner thence Sonth 76 polfl along said West boundary to a stake thence Wet 27 poles along the North of said meeting House tract tnence South 61 poles to the beginning containing by estimate 1 75 acres to satisfy a judgment that Harrcy- Barnet obtained against Benj Diggs at the May term of the circuit court for 1866 JOHN PORTER Shff Juno 29 '66-nll Pr's fee $21 00 BY virtue of a Ven Expt to 06 directed frrm the Honorable Circuit-Court of Henry county Tennessee 1 will sell for Joady money at the court house door in the Town of Parts Tennessee on the First mon-dny in September 1866 all the right title claim and interest that Joseph Kimble -has in and to a tract of land on which said Kimble now livesj bounded as follows: be-gining on a black-gum with hickory and black -gttm pointers ou th west hy William Palmer's Snd Busan Simmon's on tha south by Tnomas and ides Bards wnd Brooks fetid Wm" Palmer containing one hundred and ten acres to satisfy a judgement that Edward Janet obtained against Joseph Kimble a the May tern of the Circuit court fos 1806 JOHN PORTER Shff Do 29 3w fee 99 INSOLVENT NOTICE ALL portion holding claims against the JARIS TENNfAUG 17 1866 imtm 1 Cincinnati Aupft There wore eighty-six deaths front elipiqra yesterday information -has been receive! from the In dian agent jtt' Montana that sutisfaitory tie Have been miiife with of Indians' intbe uppqy goiuilry- ft CiBoetr pnblisoer of the New Torki nftopendeht has beon-rerroted from the 'ul Internal Kevynjc for the Third Distript ofXew York Brook!) It is reported that vesiel laden with arms and ammunition Jfar the Liberal army in Mexico mOoU front the port of a few days iWice J0T14 Brack nridre denies that of-feyeis belpahip the Fenians duriug their late invasion of Canada Since the 11th ult twanty-four men have been scalped between Broun Spying urtl Tongue river Tho Mobile Tribune states that not one eghth partof tho usual rice will be raised in Geprgik the present year and that the roeiimao are iibanIoningtha General 8 Buckorr lias been made President of the ComnjerciallnsuranceQom-pau of Tw Orleans which has just hen jtermedT The wheat-crop of Nebraska now har- i rated is said to be the heaviest known sinCi the settlement of the Territory It is etjtiyet ly free trant or ruff An Illinois doctor has stumbled upon an old dlv under wh oh be proposes to fsigovor pcsseKsion of the lund upon which thegity of Indianapolis stands i The Newdrleans nnd coast packet steamer Saratoga was destroyed by fire at New Orleans last Thursday She was valued at ninety-thousand dollars and insured in Cincinnati offices for sixty thousand dollars The German Princes who have been'dis- posscssed of their territories by the victorious arms 'of Prussia are about to hold conference for the protection of their 'infer ysts It is thought that there will be 30Ccti people at the great Union Convention Philadelphia on the 14th of August Thu-iiyreased pay to members of Congress amouuta to each Si rf Of Eve" hundred cadets wl graduated at the Virginia Military Insti ute before its destruction by Hunter's force i four huudred and seventy-five of them wde killed and wound ed in the army undCn General Lee Can old Harvard old Princetot or old Tale cither beat that i 3 Washinoton August 9 By direction of the Secretary of War the Ikovost Marshal Bureau wif be abolished Immediately and the aruhives turned over to Assistant 'Autant flensial Townseml by the 38th instant 1 4 Wtyh 1 Branan'the pert painter and author -of the renowned burlesque of a the laud String-" died in Cincinnati on Wednesday morning of disease of the brain The artists held a meeting this afternoon and passed resolutions of regret The Empress of Mexico has arrived in Paris and asks aid for Maximilian It is Reported that ij -Gen Canby is to be Assunant Secretary of War A Southern millionaire married an Irish servant girlst Charleston Mess on Saturday because she nur-cd him faithfully anJ successfully through a recent illness at a'Bosxon hotel The burnt district of Portland has been accurately surveyed and found to coVer ap area of three hundred and acres John Robinson the circus proprietor returned from New York the 3Lsl ult having been relieved of (1800 by a pick pocket in that city The armistice between Italy and Austria which expired on Saturday last has keen to-newdd for four weeks "he offi-ial paper of Berlin opposes the claim of France for an extension of her frontier Gen 1 Herron was appointed a Delegate from New Orleans to the Philadclpbl Conservative Convention hut after the riots declined This astonish anybody It is impossible for a Hcrrcn to avoid being JIsAy The yellow fove made its first appearence at Quarantine Station New Orleans Wednesday last The patient was one the souls on board the ship Alliance from Vera Omr The cargo consisted of hides St Loots August A strict quarantine has been established below (lie city Eighty-Seven cases of cholera in the last twenty-four hours are reportedly the Board of Health whereof thirty-six died The sale of cucumbers melons anil stale vegetables is prohibited throughout the city Tb Internal Dvcnue Commissioner de rdpt that singe August 1 auction sites der fridicialor executive order for execmtffi or administrators are not liable to the auction tax be It ih Reported in Washington dispatches that General Howard will proahly beiign or be removed from the Free! men's Bureau and GsqcriB Tillson be to place wr Mf Antheny'O Sallvvan Grand Sectery of the GratSfjodgo MissoiM died JR hia residonco Ifo 139 Clarke Avenue 1 near Su leuth on SaturdsyR-t wNtw few Af Just by entwo iiwrci -'Tbere wentwo difc hea Yh offic Wfrjftsjair forVasAailBsioa evr thcile takjLinoufited lo fay hwdrai and i goia V-- fousdiOBrafifwantyjG whareoffjyUjn jsre whitw and toeRe wore hlaeht at fmald Institute movrTsviLLE text oJd and jwipular thed'dRi-T the snpsrlision grated by Miss izie Brwce It eubiuet of speci- a line library and a rail selei ted and nppuratiH while Prof Wendel Session 13 00 1H 00 claiaes 23 00 00 Instrument 38 00 1 00 classics audiing Ac oenxeaient 00 per month f1 roP- r3 College second Monday session of five rjris Female Preparatory Academic Collegiate Incidental fee French Music- -i Drawing Oil Painting Embroidery One half due in advance and no deductions except in case of protracted sickness For further particulars inquire of Miss Hru or Mrs Taliaferro July 20 1SGG nl7 2m PARIS STALE A xY 1) MY THE undersigned will re-open school at this Institution oa Monday September 3rd 1866 The rates of Tuition will be as follows for a term of Five Months Classes in Reading Spelling and Arithmetic English Grammar Geography and higher Arithniteic-Algebra Rhetoric LatiatyTram-mar and Reader i Geometry Trigonometry and advanced Latin Greek" ilneidental Fee Onellfof the tuition required invariably in advanae th toother a the close of Parents are requested to- -send boys at the beginning of tlie session as much time and trouble may thereby be saved both to teacher and scholar An experienced assistant will be engaged A CLARK July 13 Now Advertisements READ THIS AND IF kOU THIN THAT YOU WILL FORGET IT IT OUT AND GIVE IT TO YOUR WIFE TO PASTE ON II FAMILY RECORD- mhe art ides' that WANDELL formate with tbfcpookipg stoves that he is selling to cheapty 1 large Wash Boiler 1 Cofiee Boiler 1 Tea Kettle 1 Sauce-pan 1 Steamer 3 Pie-pans 1 Coffee Pot 3 enps 2 Iron Pots 2 Skillets 2 Bakers 1 Lid Lifler 1 Gridiron 4 3 Bread Pansf 2 Joints of Stove-pipe 1 Elbow or 3 Joints of straight pipe And remember above everything else that he warrants every Stove to give entire satisfaction- jy 10-t Copartnership have essocieted with us in business have associeted with us in Col Topp of Granada Miss The style of the firm in New Orleans will be Topp Dickman Hill 4 Co and in Memphis Hill Strange 4 Co i KENAN HILL lw-J STRANGE Memphis DlpKMxN Tew Orlean3 KFKAV HILL STRAXGB Memphis I) TOPP DICSMAN New Orleans If HILL STR1NGE (0 cotton factors and Commission Merchants 020 Front Street MEMPHIS TENN TOPP DICKWANV New Orleans KENAN HIIL STRANGE Memphis TOPP DICKMWX DILL CO Cotton and Tobbacco Factors AND elcfba-nti Jcnvnitddwn 7 56 Carondolet Street je 15 3m NEW QRLEANS II WILSON YOUNG WILSON )cindn4jswn Qyictcconf 7 1 if 1 1 Not 55 Carondelet Streot i ETcw Orleans July 13 1866 2m 5 INSOLVENT NOTICE A IX persons having claims against ths estate of R- Cook deceased are hereby notified to file their claims with the Clerk of TVeahley eouaty court for Proratt distribution among the creditors pa or be-fore the 9tH day of October 1066 the- insoh vencr having been repotted to the Clerk of Weakley county court June 13th 1866 nolS ot 12 anee which has Jitoly tiikca Lkicc akd asserts1 thftt te- ravages oi the vice are partiiiillafv ltoticeUble among Women it says: 1 Prinking -is again fashfon-jihltvumd the ladies are reapoimilile for this retrogression Two weeks ago we hud oet-mio tOk-Jtatiea-tlui 'prevalance of drinking ladies at Che watering places but it is not ulono at such jffiiei's' that the ladies thus indulge At their own homes ot tlie stores "and at those public nuisances restaurants they are accustomed to drink liffioVs The sight of ft tipsy or intoxicated women is notuneonjiHoa at the seaside and rs ly rb means' ex nrord a-ry upon have the best authority Stating 'tliat some of the most elegant ladies of our leading cities will pass this summer not at Saratoga or AewpoiJts usual but at an asylum for inebriates And we assert upon 1 the sam authority that tho vice of of fashio: (le drink- iDg Is now more pyevalen -raQngthb gentlemen ot this city- In thes4 statmeflts instances of ho m'ost distressing character notice have been brought to women trace the" degradation to a nat ural appetite for spirits bed others to a habit formed during a long illness when they wcVe ordered to drink nors ns it tonic Once developed the taste soems less con trolahle in women than Hr men The ladies drink in secret-' They have private botttes hidden about the- houso in spite of the vigilance of doctors nurses husbands and fathers- Certain dressmaker make it a point to furnish their Custom eta Tvith drink and some ot the most fbshlonable jn'aisons des modes are in fact fasionatle drinking houses In some stores bottles of wine are kepftfn nand for lady shoppers aDd in othersYthe merchants allow their biys to be sent to the nearest bar-nJpm for liquor wheh -fedies desire At tho so-called restaurants all sorts of fancy (kinks are As freely ordered fy and to women as Creams and it -s ued to be and anybody who 11 tak the trouble to visit Wfo of these resorts In ay see well-dressed fashionable ladies enter unattended and cad for liquors at all liorus of the dav 4 Thesb are startling facts but there are others still more surprising and equally true Our fashionable female drinkers do not card1 so much for wines' and claret punfchcs and sherry coblerq They can obtain such beverages at dinner or ut evening parties and when left to themselves they pre fer stronger spirits Whiskey and brandy are the fakorito drinks with the ladies It may by true that a wo man very tfar gone upon the down ward rqd en riU-jpan' order and 'drink such sfiVfiuTaeta in 4 public saloon but' Still hundreds of wornyn in our best society do this every day Some of tbe'salocns which they frequent do not have tbfe stronger liquors upon the bjll of fare but a neat little sign whi'dhrekds you do not see what you want ask for it" gives tho hint to the initiated In dress-makers'JJidls the signifiernt item '-small often covers up the expenses which the lady has ordered through the modiste who panders to her vitiated At the watering-places a bribe totlie waiter procures a secret supply of liquor which the connivance of the landlord is charged a3 lunch Thus the poor infatuated wo men find no difficulty in obtaining the means of intoxication and often the man of business engrossed with his cares and thoughtlessly unsuspicious of the serpent that has crept-into his Eden discovers to his horror that his wife or daughter has become a con firmed drunkard Jmd that ail his efforts to reform are utterly useless If we could nnroof the houses of this and other cities we would exhibit to the reader instances of female intoxi cation that would make angel weep Mothers of families are breaking the hearts of their husbands and daugfi ters by this vice Girls of eighteen of our most respectable merchants havo been seen grossly intocicated on Broadway stages and upon the public streets -ilany a homo apparently most elegafit nd attractive is rendered a perfect pandemonium by one of the lady inmates through weakness The belles at fashionable watering places this sunyner who sit upon piazzas late af night and think it very amri6ltig to be madq by drinking with gentlmen nerv-e How Mr DaviEsPasses his Toge Ttiklatest newfrojp Jefferson Davis is givon in the cotrcsjJpdenco of tho New ko rk J'imr By day Mr Davis is at entire liberty under parojo -writhin the limits of the fqrtress and generally spends the most of hts time in the apartment of bis wife who has lmd one of the casemates- assigned to her Ijeisat liberty to deceive any- books ob papers that anybody chooses to send him and in perusing tl'ese and in ttonver-stttions with his wife and' with the numerous visitors who are constantly bailing upon jhim he prevents time frofu hanging heavily upon htyhands AM an who was boaqting that there never was any rope or cord whether made of hemp wire oh anything else in -which lye-cotftd Ektie a donblebow knot was summality puTdowuby be requested to tie aisoot in a cord of wood ia to other" Wtirso if generally 't llowid would ((rut hr dUatsitrand dqusit "As weTMnight the voilTmiirivlcv of ship Sea expect hjs vessel "to safe hr and proudly ride the waves lasted into raging billows by tho" Storm' find whose every agent under him iliso beyed hitorders-nd in every eoiiceiy-aide Way attempted to frustrate his dans Inevitable "wreck would bo the consequence President Johnson by tho voice of the Amlricah people has been selected from the many millions of his fellow citizens to stand as the helmsman of the ship ot State at a time too when the receding waves of revolution were rolling mountain- igh when every rib atnl epar and timber is pat to its utmost strength when the very lowest depths -of -tlie great soa of society are tasting up filth and mire 'when breakers oc-tur on- every- sidend the great currents through which other navigators have sailed have been changed At g' di a'criticat liflonlont it is all important that -his crew officers and men stand firmly to their posts that they obey orders that they sympathise with every suggestion of their chief find exert every -power within them for the sdtety of their vessel HoW unfortunate if instead of the crow being true that there are very many who anxiously-desire the ship to go down vainly hoping and foolishly believing that they will escape from the wreck and that their stolen booty and treachery may onsure them favor and promotion elsewhere This is no time for mutineers To drop melphor and spcali plainly this is no'time for traitors yet there ipe rfiore traitors at this moment by a hundred fold than ever before in the- history of this before whole section rose np in arms in resistance to what tho people considered oppressive and a violative of the constitution there were few traitors there were States and pea-do' resisting other States and poople but now those who are endeavoring subvert the principles of the government and at the same time to Kiid on'to the natno and Tlag are traitors vyt la word support jimp unconstitutional measures Of the c-Trt Congress nro faluo to the oonstitij- would tion the government and meanly steal its flag and rdnownt and power with which to uphold a tyranny more intolerable than any that is now maintained by tho most despotic crown-head of Europe Now we 'desire to come nearer hpmo Wo have men in Tennessee holding Federal offices under the broad seal of the United States with the- patent name of Andrew Johnson affixed who have not been heard to a word in his favor for many months No doubt they have in dark alleys and in secret places uttered bitter imprecations upon his headl5hen none but the annoint-ed by Parson Brownlow that high priest of the 1 were present to hear We know the tree by tho fruit it boars White their desire for office moral -cowardice and inexcusable selfishness makes them unwilling to assume a bold and manly stand in the broad light of day vetdr fJtt prints are easily detected by tho cool and wary vigilance of the true oSililjerty the country se men have their petty tools who iJP'Khem in t' dirty work and they having live for concealment dohot hesi to ally togejjand would did occasion require it most-probably avow "ffdnr opinions Now we "call no names at present we however intendVAouo so before long if it fceedmes necessary flTio -ountry demands tojow "tfie opin ions of men who its tige notVnly does the coital- (Icmanj-j ie 1 iJemands that men holding positions fljL support thWrovfcrnmentad'no't b(Aoi to a party tha 111 focrttly plotting its overthrow The man who supports the Rump Congress in its riespo'tTc fiof-vcy to override the liberties Of the people by disregarding the Constitu-tionart enemy of the Government smfWs more guflt'y than any Cenfuder-Jto ever waa If ho president is charged with tli administration ol 'the Government and" the execution of the laws To perfbrta1 fid th fully Aftd thoroughly tho Of his office VW mgu Jhsif natural thiitjheshoula desoryfe honest and earnest "support of bis pol-Jj that admin-ieteh the Government it Is reasonhble that ifie efforts be seconded especial- 1 11 aV stmk A tnv I IL 02 Jxo ly by ail tkoso 'who hbldqflico'uinlor him There must be harmonious in the 3'fsrs ancWioncert of action -V i A few months ago a reference was publicly made to certain ruineff cities said to havo been discovered in tho interior their exact whereabouts bong ratlaer Vagurij- there fs room tor at theological speeu-ation on this subject cannot be denied That largo corner-block of thq continent tying between Transvaal and the Bidinn occdn between Delagoa bay and Quillimme is almost if not wholly an unknown land and yet according to popular belief this region was tho gU the ancient Ophir tho Biblical El Dorado while the theory has hazarded that the Queen of fehehacame from this locality! i There is -moreover tho understood fact that the sand found at the niokths of rivers on this coast lino contain particles of gold indubitable evidence of more abundant traces elsewhere In any case the archeological interest attaching to Buch discoveries warrants some further investigations the reality of tlie allegations made about then' The New Orleans Riots Death of Dr Dostie and Rev Mr Horton Dr Dostie died at the Hotel Dieu last evening between five and six of the wounds lie received in'tfic riot at Institute on Monday A few hours before he took Borne medicine prescribed bykis attending physician and then seemed cheerful About one hour proceeding his demise however bo bdeamo insensible and remained in that condition up'to the moment of his death no was one of a few men who brought about a lamentable state of affairs in tbfc commtmity bat he bud an earnestness and a qourago which received from hiaipponcntfl certain kind of respect not given to equally of more dangerons men to tho public' peace whose frequent changes of opinion and in avoiding personal consequence's provoke suspicions that their politics are tentative and are abandoned and changed hen found nnprofitable or unsafe while their dupes are left to the fate better merited by the crafty knaves who tole them on Wc also learn that tho Rev 'Mr Horton who opened the convention meeting on Monday last with prayer also died yesterday afternoon of wounds received in the riot Mr Jno Henderson jr we likewise heard yestesday was in a dying condition The most excusable man concerned in the conspiracy as a leader was Mr Henderon- for his mind has been in an unsound state many years Picayune 6th Richmond Tobacco Manufacturers Before Tnr War and Now In no branch of business in this city has the effect of war been more sadly felt than in the manufacture of tobacco Before the war our streets resounded with the cheerful songs of the negroes as with willing hands they manipulated this great staple of Virginia in the factories which lined every street of our beautiful city but now the song is hushed the factories are in rnins many of former proprietors are in their graves maDy ruined by the disastrous fire of the 3rd of April and the negroes that once worked so merrily being thrown sjuUJf-work by' tho destruction of the factories now spend their time in idleness and quarreling Those of our manufacturers that were not totally ruined by the war with A spirit' oft enterprise which cannot bejooi highly commended- i named iat tty set to work rebuilt their factories and with The means at band recommenced tho manufacture of tobacco Tho fiftyr-six firms before' the war yehrly manufactured one hundred and thirty-five thousand boxes of tobacco and employed about three thousand- negroes Tho twenty -six now at work yearly manufacture a-bout thirty-thce thousand seven hun dred and fifty boxes -'and employ about fifteen hundred negroes being one-fourth of the number of boxim manufactured before the war yet at thfl same time requiring one-half the number of negroes to do one-fonrth the work Bich Whig A tall Eastern girl 'named Short long loved a certain Wg Mr Little littlo "'thinking if LittleIdved a little las named Long JTo make a long 6tory short Little proposed to Long and Short longed to beeven with shortcoming So Short meeting Long threatened to ljiarry Little betore Long which caused- Liftle to marry Long Query J)i4 tall Short love Littlalfsi because Littl loved Long? "ty 'p and the Indian TerTitoty calls for rations for thirty-five thousand whites and five thousand Creeamcn- StroKi "Words from Fanrcil IlALL-At the Naiiomtl Union Con-ftntion held in Boston on Wednesday last Don Everett Saltonstall presj-dediJImale an introductory spoec-h jgod that the full tiirve ad a-Wor tho poople of Massachu- tteTo show thoir disapprohatfon ofo lU moasuros of ft disorganising CotTblnc0H effects of unjulgen 1 little know Die" jjjtfj that'ss 'id for them The 'painted courtesans who flmipt in anfi themselves for their foul vocation glasses of gin are hardly so much to be pitied ftstfiese respectable ladies scarefly indulge the same craving Pfor stihirtUjs but who are unable to gross ne predicted that if the question of restoration was left unsettled aqpthor year another civil war ho proeipilJtod not bptwron'ffffato and Stall but in tho North bctmen individuals The ReconstructionUomj ni(tteo hadTrarriocI the' hopes of patriot citizeps But tho National Union Convention would resurrect thenf The Convention appoihtcd the following delegates at fitrge tote Philadelphia Convention viz "Robert Winthrop and Judge Abbott of Boston Isaac Davis of "Worcester Gen Couoh Of Taunton" Genfibal Sutton of Salem: John Quincy Adams of Quincy Geo Ashman of Springfield Prpsiaont0( the National Convention that' nominated Lincoln and CBailey of Boston A 4 I 't A-Felton being awakened bjy the clefk bf astoamer was told that he mttst not occupy the -berth with -his KaaSmi It A AA Ml xl AH toll WAft I I Ail boots he very considerately estate of 1 Cook decttrd hereby notified to file them with the Cierk of Weakley county for Pturatu distribution on'' or before the 8tu day of October 1866 th Orcjaxb August 13 f000 lore-- Cot 32 to Raceipt (Oo wlRe 95c i (a Bonk fTS Mixed corn (iVsFlrmi trUng5S1d of Weakley coaniy court this June th 13th 1866 COOK Admia'r BOHJW rtOh the bugs guess they arc an old a "re 1 1 4 -T.

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