Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-01-24
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ceved.
The Southern Commercial Convention meets
in the city of Richmond on the 90th inst
Nearly all the Southern States and principal
cities have appointed delegates.
A serious difficulty larely occurred at hong
Kong between the Americans and English
The American Consul was imprisoned by the
British authorities for an attempt to rescue the
captain of the American ship Reindeer, who
had been fined for assault upon the carpenter
of the vessel. Commodore McClung of the U.
S. frigate Powhottan declared the action OF the
Court illegal, aud that he would resist by force
any attempt of the British authorities to exer-
else Jurisdiction over American citizens or
American ships.
Hon. George W. Stone of Lowndes county
was or Thursday last elected to I'll the vacancy
in the Supreme Court of Alabama caused by
the resignation of Judge Goldthwsite.
Col. F A. Lumsden of the New Orleans
Picayune has been elected to I'll a vacancy in
the n. o. delegation to the Legislature.
The question about the quantity of guano
on the Chincha islands is propounded by cor
respondent of the New York Express, and he
proceeds 10 answer it as follows:
All hands concur in stating that each OF the
Chincha Islands are from five to six miles in
circumference, or in all seven square miles OF
territory, and that the deposit of guano on them
is from three feet TO two hundred feet deep,
and on an average at least fifty feet deep. The
specific gravity of this article is stated by as
hugh authority as DIR. IRE, to be 100 lbs. per
cubic foot. Taking, however, 60 ID. as true
basis, is 26l, 800, 600 tons of guano on these
islands alone, exclusive of the Lobos Islands,
which probably contain enough more to swell
the gross amount to more than 30O,OOO,OOO
tons of guano, belonging to Peru, instead of
$4,000, 900, as her agents would have the
American people believe. The annual con-
sumption of this article is rather less than half
a million Of TONS If, therefore, the above
statement approximates to the truth, there is
no reason to apprehend any scarcity of it for
at least three hundredyears to come from Pc
RI alone.
Other deposits are also constantly being
discovered in different locaties-one on the
Pacific coast of Mexico called Maria Island,
from which some three American ships have
recently been driven partially loaded. Anoth-
er, the Bird Islands, in the Caribbean, from
which the Venezuelans drove off Shelton IL
Co. of Boston; and lastly, the one situated
somewhere in the Pacific, to which the own
ers have sent one or two vessels, and the gov
eminent q ship of war TO protect them.
Doubtless many more will, ere long, be
found either by citizens of the United States,
or some other country, since it is understood
that particular instructions have been given to
the commanders of the English, French and
American squadrons to make dilligent search
for these invauableal deposits.
It will be accounted quite happy era in ma
val service when the navies of the world in
stead Of destroying life, shall be employed in
finding food for mankind.
There was a large meeting of the American
Colonization Society in Washington city, on the
18th inst Addresses were made by number
of distinguished gentlemen. The report was
read. 1t shows that the receipts during the
past year were $5527o; $82 900 of debts has
been liquidated and 2O7 emigrants sent to Ii
IBERIA The affairs of the Republic were rep
resented as being in very encouraging con-
dition.
The New York Times Of the 18th says, that
every vessel which arrives at that port brings
some further intelligence of the terrible effects
on our merchant marine, of the late calami-
tous storm. The coast is strowu with wrecks,
and sad tales of suffering aud death are hourly
disclosed. The list of vessels which have
suffered is startling TO contemplate.
Old Joe Cowell played ''Cousin Joe" with
Mrs. Hayue as "Margery" in the play OF the
Rough Diamond, in Louisville on Saturday
night last lie was greeted by his old friends
in that city with most rapsurous applause, and
addressed them an appropriate and feeling
farewell after the fall Of the curtain.
Speaking of the contest about the author
ship of Peter Parley's works, the Lowell (Mass)
Courier says "There is a controversy going
on about the authorship of the Peter Farley
SERIES Goodrich through the New York
Times says that Mr.. Kettell, the late editor Of
the Roston Courier, had no hand in it, as al
legged by the Courier. But correspondent in
to-day's Courier signing himself "Veritas"
says that Mr. Kettel was 10 fact the anony-
nous author of nearly all Goodrich's History
of An Nations" and of the School Histories of
the U nted States, School Biographies, &c.
The TACT is, Mr.. Kettell was Goodrichs paid
hack at one time aud did the work while Good
rich amiably took the blushing honors aud
profit all to himself. Kettell, like all men Of
genuine literary ability, was Of a retiring ma
ture; Goodrich is a conoeited, pushing man Of
the world, and now turns up lis nose at his
old hack in the true spirit of the old English
publishers. who were said 10 drink their wine
out of authors skulls. Let not the living ass
Goodrich lift his foot against tie dead lion
Kettell. There was more intellect 10 the par
ings of Kettell's nails than in all Goodrieh's
chronological developments.
II Is stated that the Imperial Processes Of
Russia have sold their diamonds and paid the
amount received for them into the State
The Chicago Press estimates the grain crop
of Illinois, for 1855, As follows: 10000 600
h,.lsl, II T,aiao corn 90 OoO 0oO h,sh.,ls -