Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-13

wing machines were invented by l. W WHIP
pie, ri Boston. by which. al a small cost. the
thinnesi glass can receive the finest and most
elaborate impression of ornamental figuring
The machines are driven by steam The die
Is fixed 10 a lathe, which is made 10 turn
against tbs glass which is to receive be impress
sion, the glass being fixed lengthwise in the
machine, and made 10 reVolve rapidly. those
portions Of the glass which are TO be engraved
being covered with emery to cut its own figure
e on The glass as II is made to revolve. 1t is tx-
tensively used in ornamenting the glass globes
which cover the gas burners Of chandeliers.
The Naval Committee of the Senate have
decided against investigating any Of the cases
disnosed Of bv the Retiring Beard being m
willing 70 assume the responsibility which be
longs elsewhere. They have now under con
sidera'ion the policy of establishing Revisor1
81 Board, to examine the cases of all those who
seek investigation. allowing ample time and
means for the fullest enquiry. They are also
considering the proprietv of advising the
President IN leave upon all vacancies accrning
from death, resignation. or other causes, for
the benefit Of such officers as NAV have been
unjuSily dealt with. Both these propositions
involve the inference that some errors have
been committed by the Retiring Board.
A Railroad Law is mp before the New
Jersey Legislature similar in features to the
law now being discussed by the Pennsylvania
legislature. II provides for the creation of an
officer of railroad companies 10 he called q
Train Guard, charged with the special duty OF
watching over the safety of trains. Ii makes
it unlawful for persons to cross railroads when
an engine is near. 1t limits the amount of
damages which may be recovered in cases of
death By accident TO $4,000 for each person
killed. II makes railroad employees. causing
death by negligence or mismanagenept, guilty.
of nanslsughter.
The London Gazette con aims a copy of the
convention between her Majesty and the
Emperor of Japan. Under this convention
''the ports of Nagasaki and Hadendad shall
be open TO British ships for the purpose of
etfectng repairs and obtaining fresh water
provisions and other supplies of any sort they
NAV absolutely want for the ships" Only
ships in distress from the weather. or unman-
sgeahle. will be permitted to enter other ports
In the ports of japan either now open, or
which may hereafter be Oper ed to the ships or
subjects of any foreign nation British ships
and subjects shall he entitled to admission and
to the employment of advantages with those
of the most favored nations, always exrepting
the advantages accruing 10 the D1tch and
Chinese, from their existing relations with
Japan.
The Paris correspondent of the Philadelphia
american, says:
al fear | was premature last week in an
nouncing a change in the French postal
regulations favorable to the readers of Ameri-
can Journals and literature in Paris Snch
appeared, indeed, TO be the case and for a
week American newspapers were allowed the
same privilege now accorded to English ones
Re- il INT. s 81 I I.
seems to have been considered too liberal bv
the authorities, aud the post Office has even
now reverted to its former heavy and very
arbitration taxation"
The case of Palmer, the English poisoner,
occupies columns m several OF the leading
London journals. The inquiry into the death
of Mrs. Ann Palmer the wife of the accused.
resulted in verdict of willul murder The
chemical analysis of her stomach proved that
she bad been poisoned. The verdict in the
case of Mr.. Walter Palmer, the brother of the
accused, had not been rendered. The prisoner
was noted aa a great sporting man. His racing
stud was sold on the 10Th ultmo, and realized
upwards of $l7, Prince Albert bought
one Of the mares for s ,220.
Tie Legislature Of Texas has passed bill
for The protection oi the frontier. Il authorizes
the enrolment aud organization in and tor The
more expused frontier settlements of not ex-
ceeding fifteen companies of minute men, 10
afford protection against hostile and lnarauding
Indians said companies 10 be composed of not
more than forty men each, including one cap
TIN, one lieutenant, and Two sergeanJs.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
TiMtss writes that great events are said TO be
preparing for the accouciIment Ofthe Empress
which wall take place sin about a month. The
personnel of the Iulleries isto undergo impor
tant notifications; there will be a perfect
shower of new titles; some changes are anticS
pated ia the Senatus Oonsulrum; great feres
will be ordered at the expense of the State;
political amnesty will be declared, "and the
Joy of the people will be great"
Curious rumors were put in circulation
lately AZ ConstantinOple in regard to the Sui
tan's harem. Some of the stories were singu.
lar enough, and arrived even al Pars; but the
truth has at last come out, and il appears the
rumors had no other foundation than the fact
that the Sultana had lately contracted enor-
nous debts without the knowledge of the Sui
tan, which gave rise to daily reclamations
on the part of tie merchants, some OF
whom were French. BY order OF the Sultan
statement of these debts was drawn up, and
the sum total was found Ia be ffty-four mil
lltuo VI llidSNttb. Allt NItGlkOIS were called.
and after making elimination Of ten per cent.
on their bills. they were promised a complete
liquidation in three years, in monthly pay.
ments.
On the 18th ofJanuary NJ Chacornac. at the
Observatory Of Paris, discovered another As
terud of the ninth or tenth magui ude, in the
constellation Cancer, near the the nebulous
star Presepe This planet is the fourth dis. !
I,y NJ and 81 -.
now known I" exist betw cen Mars and Jupter
The most successful discoverer of these sma!
bodies was Mr.. Hind, who, at the Observatory
al Regents Park, London, first found ten of
them, but who since his appointment two Years
since 10 the Office OF superintendent of that
Invaluable work, the British Nautical Alma.
nae, has discontinued his laborious and ex
hausting observations.
The Charleston Courier of the 9,h gives the
following summary of tie Races on the Sth.
LIT RAoE-Two MILK mEA 5.
hsviHc.Jle >
Mary BlueskiA
Adetgisd ga
linda 40
Time Of heals-S55 I-2-3.5S
2nd RAoE-HUroHlNsuNs STAKES Il MILE HEATS.
B. c BY Yorkshire, (HoidorO "a
b. c. Kansas "a
Is. f. Carolina
4. T. Julia
Time of heats-l:5l-l:57
asa The following horses have been handicapped
for the race to-day for The
JOCKEY GLIB PUB,E S6Ol-rnREE MLE AEArs.
AaRnie Le'ois years old 80 los
Frankfort. years Did % los
Frank AlieH, years old 30 lbs
D.. 4. }. Go"dS!n's c. C, by Hero, years
old, Father
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