Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-08
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In Florida, the orange trees, it is feared, are
ruined. lie Ncrtl Carolina, thousands of dol
lars, It is said, dave been lost by the injury
done 10 lie pine trees in that region, though
we supposed that thar tree could stand cold.
In Virginia tie apricots have been almost en-
tirely DESTROYED. In Boston, Mass, the cold
weather was so severe that the linden trees
which adorn the sidewalks split with the
frost as If wedge had been driven into them.
But these win close up again in the spring
The phebomena Of the life and growth of
vegetation, under polar colds, is yet mex
planned.
INSPECTOR" The Washington correspondent
Of the New York Courier and Enquirer, says
of Col. Fremont's claim: The Secretary Of
the Interior was expected to issue to-day
patent 10 Col. Fremont for the celebrated min
ing tract in California, consisting Of Spanish
leagues, equal to about 81 $40 acres Of land l
described this case 10 full some months since,
and stated that an appeal had been taken, on
some intermediate motion, by the district at
torney in California against the decree of the
district court there, in execution Of judgment
Of the supreme court. The supreme court
decided last week that the decree was in con-
formity with its decision, aud dismissed the
appeal. Having been thus declared, by the
highest tribunal Of the country, the legal pro-
prietor of this great tract of land, it will now
become the ask of Col. Fremont to take pos
session of it,7by the means he can find in Cali
fornia for enforcing his title.
4 few days since there was a serious emeute
between the faculty and students Of Dickinson
College, Pa. About one hundred of the latter
left the institution on account of what they
deemed the unjust expulsion of four of their
fellow-students.
DR.. Oppert, of France, has spent two years
on the site of old Babylon, examining the cune-
formip,criptons on the bricks and states. He
states that this famous Old city, in the days Of
It's grandeur and power, covered rather more
than an area uf 200 square miles, being about
two and half more than the site of London.
But all this space was not inhabited, there be-
irg immense fields to supply the CITY with corn
and pasture in case of siege.
We copy from the Scientific American the
following notice of an invention of a paper
Feeding Apparatus for Printing Presses" 10y
Samuel l. Chapman, Of Charleston, S. c. 10
this improvement the air-p pump is employed in
connection with perforated cylinder TO suck
up the sheets from pile, one by one, carry
81 into IL, ND nkar. I'm
proper moment The discharge is effected by
a cutoff arrangement, which causes the pump
20 change from exhaust TO blast, and blow the
sheet from the cylinder Engravings would
be required to convey full idea of the work
ing OF this invention.
The Secretary of the Navy, in answer to
the Senate Naval Committee, has proposed a
remedy for the errors COMPUTED by the Naval
Retiring Board he reports two plans,--one
executive, by re-appointing officers 20 vacan-
cies SIS they may occur; another plan is legis-
lative, the temporary increase of the nurnber
Of officers of the Navy, and the restoration of
those who are dropped or retired, at tie dis
erection of the President.
WAsnNeroS IRvIKe, it is said, is much
blamed by the members of-the Masonic frater-
nifty, for having omitted all notice Of the con-
nsction of General Washington with the "Mys-
tic Tie, while the records Of lodges in Vir-
ginia show that be was not only "brght ma
SON." but much attached 70 the fraternity.
The Potomac Lodge still possesses the "gave"
used by Brother George Washington when he
laid the corner stone of the capitol, on the 2lst
day of September, 1898.
The Life-Savng Stations along the shores
of New Jersey and Long Island are without
means, owing TO the inability of Congress TO
provide appropriations, consequent upon the
non-organization of that body. Private aid
will do something, but serious results are liable
to occur if these life sheltering shelters for
wrecked mariners are not kept up by the gov
eminent as usual.
The Ohio Legislature has refused TO abolish
capital punishment.
Hon. Andrew ]. Miller, Of Augusta, died on
Sunday morning last.
Since ,lhe death of Commodore Morris,
Commodore Shubrick is the Senior officer in
the United States Navy.
The number of deaths in San Francisco for
1855 was 1862, which is 44s less than the
number in the year previous. fhe ratio Of
mortality shows the city to be very much more
healthy than any other in the United States.
There are reasons for this fact other than the
extreme heatLfulness of the California cli-
mate. ofihe deaths STA were males, $50 fe-
males, aud % sill born. Places of nativity
5s4 we're from lhs Emitted States, 1876 from
Ireland, aud f62 unknown-7s from China,
aud The rest IL less proportion from other
parts Of ihSworld. There were e67 marriages
in San FRANCHISES for The year 1856.
The letter Of correspondent Of the New
Y,qk Sun speaking OF British fnsnciering In
Mexico, furnishes some additional evidence Of
tie manner in which British merchants aud
iaanciers conirlye 60 drain weak and erabar-
rased States OF their wealth. His letter de-
serves a thonghtfnl reading by those who
would understand the character Of that policy
by which England las sggrandzed herself,
and built ui, her commercial aud money pow
er At the expense Of every nation, state or
people with which she has had dealings. She
has always been ready to profit by otter PEG.
pies snisforfupes, aad whether 10 Asia or this
continent. slss has never scrupled 70 fan the
flames Of djscord and civil war when her par
poses required It. Her Mosqaito Prosectorass'
originated IA this way;--She insligsted the To-
dams 70 claim their Independence ofthe sov-
ereign authority 80 that she miehtrcovsr her
Smuggling operations along the cnast and