Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-17

Inc eoltOr OF lhTia paper. a1S been fined
ard >eHo 10 all Toe au article disrespecttgl 20
Ni9eleon lll. And ver Sardinia has among
re CONSTITUTION. privileges tle guaranty of lLe
sreetnfo-rf fi,e rr->s Bur it T. dangerous a--
gn'r" W q. sse Isa-,.T OF twenty legsug-
On Tbur-di; last tle Express train on tie
Southside (Vs) Railroad fell through bridge
killing three persons and iujuring many 9th
ers.
The Hart'or CouraEt saws that the Old
Charter Oak stood the weight of the ice
bravely this winter-nnt limb or twig was
broken. A large number of persons visited
the old oak al he lime " hen 80 many
of our fruit and shade trees were breaking an.
der tie weight Of the ice, expecting to fiud
broken limbs TO carry away as relics, but they
all went away sorrowtul
Al the French Exposition there wa. watch
which created much interest auc admiration
/, tells the name and dav of the month, the
equation OF time, is a repeater, striking the
minutes as well as the hour, is a thermometer
of tolerable accuracy, and winds itself MP by
the action of its own movement. The price
of this most ingenious piece of workmanship
IS thirty thousand francs.
An invention has been patented for affnrding
better security at drawbridge crossings. The
patentees propose TO side branch tracks AT
each emp of the bridge, and to have the switch
es move and connect theisde tracks with
the main. Consequently, should train ap-
proach while the draw is open, ii must of
necessity pass on the side track and avoid
accident. The side tracks are TO be inclined,
80 as quickly to stop the head way Of the
train.
The Charleston Mercury, in abiding to the
landing at Havana of 35S Africans who are
called apprentices, but are really slaves, and
WHO were brought over in the British ship
Australia, ask: Why can we not turn this to
prof,2 The price of labor in South Canrlina
is becoming ruinous 10 agriculture. Let ~
have Coolies let Us give employ inent To British
shipping
There arc said 10 he 1900 banks in the
United States which in last January circulated
$l17,l57,4l2, willie of coin in circulation there
was $IS5, 100, 605 showing actually greater
amount Of coin than bank notes to be used in
the business of the country. The whole amount
of money 10 circulation was 1859 265, OH,
giving to each individual an average Of $l3 80
and showing al increase of about 100000
IN the last ten yea 5.
The Mobile Register Of the 9Th inst. says
A fugitive slave now in Canada, has written
10 his former master, in Bowling Green, IN
most depending terms. lie winds no 10y
begging him to send some little means, by
which he can be kept from starving or freezing
10 death.
Rev. Orville Dewey, d. D., has accepted an
invitation to become the pastor of the New
South Church. Boston, Rev. DIR. Bowen as his
colleague. DIR. Dewey has been lecturing in
Charleston. South Carolina, with great accept.
aDce. The New South Church is in Summer
street, and was for many wears underthe past
oral charge of Rev. DIR. Young.
Mademoiselle Parodi and troupe are concer
tizing in Augusta Georgia.
The Pacific Railroad line is again in running
order from ST. Louis To Jefferson City, the
trains having passed over the Gasconade brlg,e
on the ID. Ii is said that all the bridges on the
routh are now secure.
Good hands, il is said command unprece-
IDENTIFY high prices in r chmord, Va, at this
time The Yales' box of one hnnse in tie
past month show thai a, nigh 1880 have
been paid in some instances. There are numer
Gus other instances where common field hands
brought over 81 $50, aud very lew (warranred
perfectly healthy below $3.50. Girls in one
or two cases brough! 1850, aud Il large mum
Der 81 200.
The creditors of the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad, az a meeting held in Cincinnati or
Tuesday agreed Ia accept in payment of thea
claims, the bonds 10 be Issued bv he parties ia
New York who have contracted Ia complete |
the road from Cincinnati to Nincennes, pro-
vded the road be completed within the sPeci
fed time, Is months.
Another Arctic expedition is talked of
with the view of seaching for the relies of
Franklin and his party On the 26th of May
next, eleven years have elapsed since Franklin
sailed from Sbeerness.
"rhe correspondent of the Richmond Dis
patch, writing from Washington under date Of
~ ult, SAYS: 1.-The editorial article in Ia day's
IntcVigeRcer on the Philadelphia nomination
looks very much as. though "A Wing nomination
of the same candidate tor President may he
made, with perhaps Dawson, of Georgia, or
Rives, Of Virginia, as the nominee for Vice
President"
The correspondent of the Boston Transcript
relates that Secretary (of the Treasury
Guthrie, being asked, the other night, how he
rome TO fall on the ice, while crossing from the
Treasury building over Presidents Square re
piled, "al my own tanlt; had | kept in my
own track, ! should not have tumhed; but,
having occasion to cross over to the Attorney
Generals 10 WaS so slippery about there, that !
lost my footing ~
The latest and most convenient snuff. box
invented is ia the shape of pistol. aud 10y the
means of small sp ing, the snuff is fired up the
nose
The citizens of New Orleans are painfully
anprehensive of an unusual overflow of the Mis-
sissippi during the Spring. The extraordinary
fall of snow in The northwest during the past
winter, aud the unusual coincidence of rise
at the present time in all the rivers tributary
TO the Great Father Of Waters, are alleged as
grounds for serious unea>ue~s. The Picayune
earnestly advises the planters and all Others in
terested TO be prompt AID dillgent in the work
Of preparation for higher water than they
have known for many years
Jnseph Gales, senior editor Of the National
Jatelligeacer having occasion 10 visit the
House of Representatives a few days ago, WAS
received with degree OF enthusiasm re>emb-
ling An informal orati,n. Ii was spnutane
Gus tribute To honesty at purpose, high intelh
gence, and unblcmished character.
Scamen will never forget the DISASTERS of The
last mouth Il is said that 10000 ions at
ehipping are now on their way 60 New York.
The arrival OF this fleet Is expected 10 bring
iidnes of great losses. The ice field on lie
track To LIVERPOOL is lar beyond anything be-
fore seen Eighteen vessrls arrived at New
York in the last month, report 2S men l"si,
and a large numb,r Of others frOst-bllien aud
seriously injured.
TnE HARBoR FoKTITIcAuoNs- interest
was excited a day or Two ago, 10y elegraphc 'hs-
patel, from Washington, stating that orders IVA
been given 10 put the iorufcations on Gose'nors
Island 10 a complete state o; defense IL l. vefN
doubtful whether any orders have been received
here OF an unusual nature. lt NAV not b" vel
knoHu hut il nsVrrthel.s- a tact, that the HOyrft-