Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-01
The News.

made by detachment of twenty -five men, |
under the command Of Lieut.. Kendrick and |
Sergeant Edwards The purpose of the scout |
wss TO examine the road from Fort Meade to |
Fort Deynaud. They left Fort Meade on the |
ID inst, and returned on the evening of the
9Th They went through TO Fort Deynaud with
out making any discovery-found the road i'm
passsble, for teams we suppose,) in conse
quence Of the recent heavy rains-reached
Fort Deynaud on the 9th, and made their re-
port TO Mai Arnold. Crossed the river on the
6th--saw fresh Indian signs in oue-iourth Of a
mile of Fort Deynaud-pursued the trail, aud
saw one Indian within two miles of said Fort.
Owing to the nature of the ground, the Indian
succeeded in making his escape. 1t is suppO-
sed that there were several Indians in the
neighborhoOd, but they were invisible.
The manumission of slaves in Georgia is for
hidden by a statute of that commonwealth.
Persons DESTROYS of freeing their slaves, have
heretofore been in the habit of conveying them
to Ohio Pennsylvania or some other free State
and there executing the requisite deeds. IL
has also been the practice of persons DESTROYS
of hberatng their slaves after their death, to
leave provision in their wills for their convey
Rnce to so some free State aud manumisslOn
there. A bill has just passed the Georgia
Senate which forbids both practices, and de"
clares null and void all such posthurhOus be-
quests. So much for abolition intermediary.
The n. Y. Journal of Commerce says: "The
Persia brings advices of the damage done 70
the interests OF our commerce by the improper
standard adopted for -four inspection at this
port. We called the attention of the trade to
this evil at the time it was developed, and
urged the adoption of a standard which would
be alike honorable to the port, and protective
10 the interests of shippers. In several instan-
ces -four inspected here as "superfine," has
been seized in France by the police as unfit for
human food, and general prejudice has been
created against American flour from this
cause 1t is no use TO disguise this fact the
low standard of inspection here is a disgrace
TO the city, and this is acknowledged by
majority of the trade. Most of the -four
branded as ''superfine,n is not of that quality,
as the word has been used in past years; and
low grades of "extra" are only fair quality Of
superfine. According TO the present inspec-
ton, ''iancy brands are ignored, and there is
little -four fit to be shipped which does not 90
by the name of extra" The cry now comes
TO US from abroad, 'send us your wheat and
we will grind it, but give US no more bogus
-four
The Pittsburg Dispatch in noticing the fact
that the stock Of all incorporated companies
are below par, says 'lf we supposed there
was solid truth in the remark that joint stock
shareholders for the benefit of the managers,
we could find ready explanation for this
general depression"
The Rock Island Advocate of the 18th inst.
says that the workmen were busy engaged
on Monday in putting up the last span Of the
Mississippi bridge, reaching from the Illinois
shore 70 the centre draw The spans are all
mp and finished to the draw on the opposite
side. 1t will be finished 50 that the ice can well
be dispensed with for working foundation by
the time it is ready to break up.
After a dicussiOn of several weeks, the
House of Delegates has passed bill 10 extend
the charter of the Bank of Virginia. A fea-
ture which seemed to meet with much favor
at first TO make each stakeholder personally
liable to the extent of his stock was omitted
The charter is To run for sixteen years after the
present one expires. The vote on the passage Of
the bill was ll8 to 10. A new feature in the
bill Just passed is, that 'the mother bank at
Richmend shall not pay, by way Of loan or
discount, any note which is not payable and
redeemable in specie at par at Its own counter
The bills in reference to the other banks in the
Commonwealth applying for renewal oftheir
charters, were ordered to be engrossed upon
tue same footing. The capital of the Mer-
chants and Mechanics Bsnk Of Wheeling and
of the Northwestern Bank was increased.
Mr.. John NJ Bell has been appointed Sher
iff Of the parish of New Orleans in place OF
Mr.. Hufty removed
William O. Rives is writing the life of James
Madison 1t will be published by the Virgin
ia Historical Society.
An Illinois paper says there is a man in Oh
new so dirty that the Assessor put him as real
estate"
Barney Williams and his wife are playing
an engagement in Louisville.
81 1tl,-.l
The sentence Of the law was yesterday passed
upon Sarah Haycrait, tried and found guilty
of the murder of Thomas Hudson, in this city
two or three months since. Judge Lakeland
sentenced her to be hung on the llth of April
next She received the sentence with appar-
ent unconcern, and was remanded 10 jail. Ii Is
understood that the jury who passed upon her
guilt, united in recommending her To the
clcmency ofthe Executive, 50 far as 10 commute
tine extreme penalty To that of Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for a term Of years, and
efforts will, no doubt be made to give effect
TO this recommendation in behalf Of the
wretched woman.
The AthenGum has a paragraph explaining
the true state of the case with reference TO the
reported retirement of the Hon. Miss Murray
from the court. 1t appears, according TO this
statement, that Miss Murray, having visited
slavery question. This change of view Miss
Murray communicated to the Queen, who
replied to her lady in waiting if We are rightly
informed, by some very wise and very womanly
counsels Unhappily, the royal letter missed
its object; and before Miss hurry had the
advantage Of reading her august friends advice,
she had pledged herself not 10 observe that
discreet silence on a most intricate and vexed
problem which is Necessary in persons holding
public stations. Miss NJ. has courage of her
opinions; but as she chose 10 take part IN dis
cusson that every day threatens to rend the
Union, her retirement from the Queens houes-
hold followed naturally. These are the simple
facts There was no intention 10 dedicate Tie
book 10 her Majesty. Her MsjeSiy neversaw the
proof sheets. We cannot suppose he Queen
meant to rebuke Miss Murray, as the paragraph
makes her, for forming an honest opinion
Miss Murray's retirement from the court must
be assigned 10 potical--Eot a personal
motive. We zee nothing in il save what Is
creditable alike to sovereign aud subject
On the 20 ult., band of abUrtrs on the
Central Rail Road, in Allegheny county, Va,
ON Cady's section, penetrated INTO a cave, the
mouth of which was about 800 feet from
Jacksons river. Some of the workmen entered
il, and continuing on their course, passed un-
der the river aud came out ON the other side
OF H. In the cave was found the dead body
of a hunter, with all the equipments lying
near him. About 10000 IA bonds, payable to
Mrs A. Choss, aud dated IN 1928, were found
OF the body, which was Ia u wonderful state
OF preservation. The bonds are signed by
many the oldest citizens OF Allegheny and
Bath counties.
Capt Berry, Of the steamship ARd0Uer, at