Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-14

The American Party of Alabama held
Convection at Montgomery last week, and
ziPoiu'ed the following electoral ticket. the
sblest perhaps that has ever been in the field
in that State:
r- FOR FIR STATE At LARGE
JERE CLEMENS of Madison.
80 H. w. HILLARD. OF Montgomery.
DISTRICT ELEcroR-:
/. BENJAMIN NJ WooLsEY. of D tllas.
2 JAMEs G GHoHRIsT, of LownGes.
3 MILAN p. HILTON, of Macon.
+ + : ARPE>TEH. OF Greene.
lrKE PEYur-', Limestone.
6 i 4; "ALLACE, oiM.a!l-'n.
LAWS PAFsoS at ialladega.
TaeJa~k-port( NM American leqn--"Tue
lanI grant 10 aid iu the cpGS'ruc o. OF the
Ga 70 and FgIfoa EaH Hood, wIrin the siX
.....rz iinlt. has Re u djp-t-d trou Cairo T.
the T.xa- Inc. s. ia a. IL eau be done from
lie records ui re &, ne; al iaId fr,; AID tina
lie .stI for tie nHcet ule limit, outside Il
he miles. is nearI, corsnmmattt. and tha
tie whole III be certified 10 the State in d
short tine.
This l. certainly most encouraging to all
those who ieel an interest in the future pros
periry of orr great and glorious State 4
work 30 much needed as this roud-how car
one feel otherwise than deeply interested
How can they do otherwise than take hold OF
this work aud carry it forward with the
energy the case demandR Missouri at the
Northern terminus of the road is alive to their
du and the wants of the people. The leqis-
lalure "f that State has given 100000 to this
road, and Judge Cross recently informed u
that tie people had taken 100000 stock,
making over half auillon 10 commence the
work"
On January 18th, Mr. Chacornac. at the
Obse, vatory of Paris, discovered another
asteroid of the OH or 10th magnitude, in the
constellation Caucer, near the nebulous star
Presepe This planet is The fourth discovered
by VI. Chacornac, aud the 3Sth now known to
exist between Mars and Jupiter. The mos,
successful discOverer of these small bodies was
Mr.. Hind, who at the Observatory at Regents
Park London first found ten of them, but who,
since his appointment two years since, to the
office of Superintendent OF that invaluable
work, the British Nautical Almanac, has dis.
continued his laborous and exhausting obser-
vatious.
Horace Greeley, in a letter from Washington.
under date of the 9Th inst, says: "1he Poto-
mac is frozen SO far as the vision extends, and
the carriage road hence 10 Alexandria, (~even
miles lies directly across and down the noble
stream. | presume all the artillery of the
United States might have teen drawn on a bee
line, IN close marching order, from the Capitol
10 Alexandria, at any lime during The last fort
Light | do not hear that This was ever the
case before since this city was founded"
Geo. A Coffey, of Pennsylvania, late Presi-
dent of the Republican Conyenton of Penn
syvania, has come ont with letter openly re-
pudiating his connection with that party.
The jackson Monument Association of New
Orleans were to have performed on the 9rh
inst, the Inauguration ceremonies on theerec-
tion Of an equestrian statue Of Gen. Jackson,
on Jackson Square.
The Wheeling intelligence says, that all the
rolling mills in hat city and vicinity have sus
pended operations, in consequence Of disa
greewent among the employers and hands A.
10 d e rate of wages, the latter claiming s. %
per ton for pudding. and the former claiming
that they are not able 10 ray more than 81 70.
The price ,ffered at the Wheeling mills Is %
cents higher than the rates at Pttsburg, Pa.
The Commissioners who have been employ
ed Ia investigate the project of a canal across
Isthmus Of Suez have reported that it is prac-
ticable in direct line, but that the line by
way of Alexandria would encounter many, if
not iusuperabe, obstacles. The line proposed
will terminate at Suez in water of eight me-
tres in depth, and ia the Gulf of Potassium ia
wafer Of the same delth The cost, as cs-
mated bv engineers of the Viceroy will be
2OOOOO,OOO francs.
The counsel of Mr. Coles Bashford prepared
relation eft his case against Gov Barstnw.
and handed the same Ia the Attorney General
10 be filed. This relation aledged errors, DC
in sufficient number OF votes cast tor Bar.
stow which if proved wond oust Barstow.
II confined the issues 10 the e specific instances
of alledg,d error. The Attorney General, in
tiIlii g his relation, did 80 in general terms
alleging that manifold errors frauds, &c, eXis
ted III the laIe canvass If votes for Governor
whereby Bashford was derauded of hs Just
rights and office. This relation opened The
whole case 10 investigation, and allowing both
parties 10 prove errors, frauds dc. b ishturd'S
counsel moved 10 dismiss this relation of the
Attorney General HAT they might file one
them elves, and Chief Justice Wilton held,
contrary Ia the counsel OF Mr.. Ba~htord, that
but one proceeding could be At the saue time
IN progress against the incumbent of public
office, which must be brought by the Attorney
General. The motion was denied
- CoSsTIrUTI"NALLY RICH.-In casual CONVEX
sation a few days since, with friend. we
learned the circumstances Of an honorable act
secretly performed by geutleman-a person
al sIranger-now an honored aud successful
medical practitioner. Nearly ten years since
this gentleman failed, in a bushes, in Northern
Ohio, for some twenty thousand dollars; lie
came to this city penuiless, and commenced
the study Of the profession for which he is
every way fitted. His rise was slow but sure,
uutl during the past week lac collected the
products nf his skilliul toll, and found himself
rich ppouph--aud that WAS being rirh-tu
compass an object of his life. lie had no
real estate upon which To rest lieu-thc debt
was one of honor. The DR.. took up every
collar Of outstanding obligation, and with full
faith in he future, began life, as il were, a
new, and as penniless AS az first That man is
constitulionally rich Cincinnati Commercial