Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-02-10

out good cause, and, as the comparison Is ihaue
with the prices some two years since, it IS no
marvel that housekeepers and others, who have to
pay sII barrel for family -four, lift up both hands
in tiismay. We have had put in our hands a CON-
mercial letter from Philadelphia to house in Bal
timore, of the date Jan. 20, .lSl7-just 81 years
ago. The following are some of the statistics,
Flour is pretty steady at Sl375H Rye whisky
was sold yesterday out of wagons at 81 cents
but to-day at 65 cents Philadelphia money. Coun-
try gin 72a73 cents. Coverseed S1I SO, CASH
Flaxseed 81 per cask in the rough Rye flour
So 50aSS 10. Corn meal 81 rs per barrel, and S35
per hid. Coffee, green 22a23 cts, very scarce and
IN demand coming in from Baltimore in wagons
Baltimore bank notes 81 per cent dis. New York
2aa3 per cent premium. s-f S, = sos
- The New York Reporter, a paper devoted to
the Insurance interest says the losses of the last
three months have satisfied companies that present
rates on some classes of risks are so low that de-
cided advance must be obtained, with full prohi
bition of the use Of camphene in any shape. A
positive refusal by all responsible companies to take
risks except with prohibition of the of burn
! ing fluids Of all kinds, would be the most speedy
and certain method of driving these deadly com
pounds into dsuse. viii they at once resolve SO
to do2 .I...t. i..ss-.5 .s5.f.,fsf ~ s.slgasfe
= TIE Senate Select Committee on the Pacific
railroad, are reported to have agreed upon bill
giving alternate sections of land twenty-five miles
each side of the road for the three following routes
FEst--From st. Louis through the Great Basin,
over the line explored by Fremont and Beale, called
/ the central route.
Second-By way of Memphis, Arkansas, and
Albuquerque, in New Mexico.
Tiud-By way Of Austin in Texas, Ell Paso,
Mesila Valley and San Diego.
"a: - A letter received in Boston from Liverpool,
dated the llth ult, says: q =-.i-ss
Freights from Boston have &c ne down by the ton,
in consequence of the great surplus of tonnage ;
and that railroad iron, for which as high as 36s.
| was paid on the previous week, had been taken on
that day at DDS. per ton, with prospect of fur
Their decline when the large fleet, then overdue had
arrived. as-. -5 -raI-s4 h. asai
= Resolutions have been introduced into the
Louisiana Legislature, approving the Intervention
of our Government in the Koszta case; also, de-
claring "uncalled TOR, and 1un-American," and
| 'inexpedient efforts the Federal Government may
think it its duty to make, with view to put down
movements suspected of having the liberation of
Cuba in view. s,a $3.50 s.es
Il Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the
9th of December, inform Us that all was quiet and
the people were in very prosperous condition.
The lands of the natives were being parcelled out
to settlers, the troops were withdrawing from the
country and Ivory copper, and other rich products
were arriving in large quantities from the interior
= The clipper ship Chariot of F51n,s, sailed from
Liverpool OF Boston, on the 1lth of January,
of
at flo0000. 1t is said to be the largest and most
valuable cargo that has been taken from Liver
| pool to the United States.
= The St. Louis Republican, in recent issue. de-
votes eighteen Of its columns to interesting his
tory of the trade and progress of that city The
mass OF statistics and facts which it presents, de-
monstrates strikingly the extraordinary progress
which the city has made progress which is direct
ing toward it the attention OF the four great cities
on the Atlantic seaboard, and attracting from each
an earnest rivalry to secure the earliest and most
favorable connections with what all see is to be the
great starting pontof the trade and travel of the
West ~. ~. 81. asl a. l-.-a 80 ---.- e
-ss - For some time past rumors have been ahoat
in New York, that the late Patrick O'Donohue, the
Irish exile met his death through careessness and
neglect on the part of the lady with whom he
! lodged, This lady, Mrs. Henry of No. 2 Hamil-
ton avenue South Brooklyn, hearing these painful
remarks resolved that her character should not be
/ sulied and accordingly desired that the body
would be exhumed and an inquest held upon it
Accordingly the body was exhumed but no signs of
an unnatural death exhibited. The evidence shows
that the deceased was excessively Incorporate.
The Washington correspc ndent of the Courier
and Enquirer, says that the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads will soon report bills direct
! ing the Postmaster general TO abrogate all mail
steamer contracts which by their terms are under
4 the control of the Department and to advise pro-
posals for the transportation of the mails on the
! routes now covered by such contracts--the lowest
bids to be accepted without discretion on the part
of the Postmaster General sod.
: Prof Wales, who has been for two wears
past engaged in the prosecution of geological sur
vey of State of Mississippi, has made to the Board
most interesting report, which was to be laid be-
fore the Legislature. This report contains an ac-
curate account of the early history of the State
and many interesting facts appear which have not
been accessible TO the general reader. Theexecu-
ton of this report and the plan of it said to be
| highly credtable to the author.
= The Committee of the House of Delegates of
Virginia to whom was referred to the petitions of
numerous citizens of the Commonwealth praying
for the passage of law prohibiting the sale or
barter of Intoxicating liquors. under certain restrc-
tons and penalties, have reported against the PRAYER
of the petitioners. The Richmond WING considers
this report pretty sure sign that there will be no
legislative enactment on the question this session.
= The opinion gains ground that the Emperor
of Russia, will even at the eleventh hour, forego
his ambitious design, and accept, with some modi-
fcauons, the Vienna Note. Money continues in
good demand for accommodation but the rates of
discount exhibit no symptoms OF stringency First
class short dated paper can be discounted at AZ per
cent in London
= The Boston Post says :-'Letters received in
this city by the last steamer from Europe directed
commercial agents here of foreign houses to enter
into no business engagements at present. in couse-
quence OF the probability of general European
war" H.. ...I..# - r.
= The Bank of England returns published on
the Sth, for the week ending 9TH ut, exhibit de-
fciency in the bullion held, of Ell, $50 while the
public and other deposits exhibit decrease of 9l
703, 5S5. -. -aa. .-,s-r"- -s-N
Amelia Wyand, who died in Washington |
county Nd, few weeks ago, has left the follow
ing offspring: Ia children 70 grand children, 203 |
great grand children, and 10 great great grand |
children-in all 800 descendants. -
= 1t is said that detachment Of United States |
troops from Fort Niagara, and another from Sackets
Harbor, bayebeen ordered to Erie. rf = |