Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-10

had enjoyed eminent position in socie,y, and
generally regarded as a marvellous proper man.
He was President of the Louisiana Savings
Bank. He left on the Eizsbeth Jane vessel
Of his own but was Overhsuled by the teIe-
graph wires. arrested and brought hack. lie
in in the Parish prison awaiting his trial.
The Louisville Courier of the 9th says:-As
an index of the BUSINESS of the CITY. now
that navigation is once more resumed, we cite
the fact that a single house in the grocery
line received, during Monday and Tuesday.
two days, one hundred Thousand dollars worth
of sug' and mOlAs 0, and coffee The same
firm had aioat in the Ohio river. at the time
Of the breaking u, of the ice, 1925, 900 worth
of property.
A correspondent OF the New York Times,
writing from Omaha City, Nebrasks Territory,
sayS Yesterday the Omaha Indians made
their appearance IN tOwu TO get their -four,
sugar and coffee from the hands OF their agent
About noon the scene was quite interesting
particularly so, presume, TO one who might
never have seen gathering of an Indian
tribe 10 their native costume. The ground
was covered with snow, and they built fires
around the town plat, and gathered around
them. Many were painted aud bedecked in
their Indian fnery, presenting wild yet ia
terestng appearance. One of the chiefs we
noted particularly-his age could not have
been much under one hundred, and yet his
step was az elastic and his carriage o. erect
az those Of q mnn of twenty. He recollects
the celebrs ed explorers, Lewis and Clark, and
bears his certificate of chieftsinship from
Governor Wilkinson, of Louisiana; this cOun.
Try then belonged to the Territory Of Lousi-
ana. On his breast hang an old Jackson ned
al, from whose hands be received it 10 Wash
iDgton.
According to the Paris correspondent Of
the PennsylrdniG Inquirer, The climate OF Par
is 10 Winter is any thing but agreeable. He
says: II have once or twice complained Of the
Winter climate Of Paris return to the sub.
Jet, not for the purpose Of repeating my com
plant, but to state q fact noted by a friend
Who has leisure for meteorological observations,
hat during the month Of December it rained
wenty-three days, and was fair but three days,
hat from the lst TO the goth of January there
.ad been fifteen rainy days. Since that
line | can state from Tersonal recollection,
that the proportion has not materially
changed. Ii rarely rains heavily, in general,
IL is a detestabls drizzle. The Parisans insist
that this Winter forms a rare exception. | WAS
told the same of the last winter and am dis
posed TO believe that the exception, rs the
French will have it, is rather to be looked
upon as the rule"
The Southern Medical Journal Of February,
referring TO the mortality statistics of the
late census, remark: These documents sustain
the general impression that the African lives
longer than the Caucasian race one hundred
whites aud one hundred and forty-eight blacks
being reported as having died with old age.
Although we do not mean to deny the correct
ness of the received opinion, yet We believe
that it is exaggerated. Age has advantages TO
the negro which are not experienced by the
whites and its immunities are generally claimed
by the slave long before his master would
think of resting from his labors. Hence 1t is,
that very many of our slaves, when sixty
years Of age, imagine or declare that they are
eighty or ninety, and are accordingly INDUCED
with an exemption from further compulsory
labor Many of the citizens OF this place
may recoect 'od daddy Quah," who averred,
apparently in good faith, that he was so old,
that when he arrived here from Africa, the
Savannah river was so small q stream that he
could "steP over III" He thought himself
one hundred and .JGtly years Of age, but was
probably not more than ninety-tive when he
died
DIR. Rufus Griswold the most fstulent of
American critics and authors is party To- 4
divorce case now pending in Philadelphia. lie
has already married again under . decree of
divorce, which it is now said was obtained 10y
fraud. OF course if this decree is ct aside,
the second marriage is void. The Council
against him. are the sblest in Philadelphia,
end they handle him without gloves. Witness
the following conclusion of the speech of Mr..
Sherman: Griswod's libel was a lie from be-
ginning to AEd-cunning and ingenious TO be
sure, but none the le-s false, trItilng with the
sacred affections of one whom he had sworn
before God and his angels, ITO love, honor and
cherish, till death did them part" Speedily
trsmpling that oath in the dust; remOrselessl,
turning her life of purity, peace and conton
into one Of prJtraoted agony-reekng with
the life blood Of broken heArt-he ''st"aS
the livery Of heaven 10 serve the devil in" aud
with assembling looks be enters the solemn
Temple ofJusticeIto detile the unsullied ermine
of its ministers by asking them 10 lega!iEs his
lust and gratifying Ills unbridled passion. i
say these proceedings were commenced in
perjury-they were continued in fraud-they
have developed 10 bigamy-and they will result
in death; when they will end the Great keep
or OF events at the last day can tell-ood forbid
that should seek TO penetrate the vail!
The Mayor of Memphis has received dis
patch signed by seven or eight members OF
Congress, expressing the opinion that II the
Memphis Navy Yard property should be ten.
dered 10 the Government, in accordance with
the original design, il would be accepted b,
Congress. We doubt not that such is the cor
rect representation of the feeling OF Congress
on the subject, and il il is now for the City
Authorities of Memphis 10 decide whether iii.
important publ c wO shall be re-estabshed.
A Washington letter says, many imagine
that the expenses ot the White House are par
TALLY, if not wholly, betrayed by government,
and that the large number of servants neces
sarily employed receive their pay from the
public treasury. Error. Although the Presl-
dent is expected To give public receptions aud
bGnquets, entertainments TO distinguished visi
tors and dinners To every political freud VII"
may come here, everything Is paid for out OF
the Presidents pocket, except NJ a few vese
table delicAcies raised 10 the garden. Until
last year, no appropriation WAS made for fuel,
either for the bsrn.like rooms and saloons OF
the White House; or for the guard and green
houses, 10 heat which il costs nearly $4,000
and the appropriation made last year was only
$1,000, leaving nearly $1,000 tor the President
70 paw. So with the servants. The only ones
paid by the Government are a oor-keePer,
who receives 5000 per anuum; an assistant
doorkeeper, who receives $500; aud q furnace
keeper, who receives 1855. All tle other do
mestics required TO keep this extensive estab-
lishment in order Ere paid by the President,
What may be purchased by liberal c"ntrl-
buttons 10 the church, appears from the fol
lowing extract from the Paris correspondent
Of the Commercial Adpertiser: The Archbishop
of Paris has just published pastoral letter on
the conduct 10 be observed during Lent, which
commenced yesterday, aud in which he SAYS
that peniteDce, fasting and modification are the
means set forth by the Church Ia obtain
salvation, but that the Church IN hs kindness,
is inclined 10 show indulgence To livr children
hy diminishing the severity OF her ordnanees