Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-27

ges at $4,000. The trial, saws the Transcript,
was very thorough, aud after the case had
been deliberately argued by Hon. Rufus Ohoaie
. for plaintiff, aud Hon. John II. Clifford for
defendants, Judge Sprague, in charging the
jury, who soon after found verdict for the
defendants, maintained with great emphasis
and clearness, that an agency Of this chsrac-
ter, having used general care to obtain correct
information, and without malice having I'M
parted il to subscribers whose agent 1t was for
a pecuniary consideration, in case unfavOrable
intelligence was impaired, its managers were
not to be held responsible; but in case injuri-
Gus results followed from the disclosure OF the
Information, the parties receiving 1t, and
breaking the confidence imposed by impsrting
IL, were responsible. The business OF the
agency, he maintained, was both legitimate
aud honorable, and TO be protected by law.
Although the copper mining interest in this
country, is, as yet, in its infancy, it has already
produced results alat give promise of its soon
standing among the foremost Of our industrial
pursuits. Previous TO 1910, we were entirely
dependent on England for our supply of this
metal, while now we are producing about
5000 tons Of it, equal TO 1-l7th OF the amount
required to meet the demand of the whole
world; the beds of its ore are inexhaustible,
and il is of great purity. Eighteen new stamp.
ing mills were erected last year, and at least
NIFTY more VIII be added IN 1890.
Prunes have been very successfully cultivat-
ed ia Pennsylvania. Among the economists
in Beaver county they have been grated on
plum. Mr.. Pfeiffer, of Indiana, raised prune
trees in large numbers, and sold them at exor-
bitant prices, some high as s. or so per
bushel He had some Of the fruit at the Penn
sylvania State Agricultural Fair, held at Pitts
burg, which sold readily at 90 cents quart.
The Alton (Ill.) Courier, specializing 10 re-
gard to the prospect Of wheat, says the crop Of
last year is not all marketed, and that part Of
il which has left the producers hands is far
from being in the hands of the consumers.
1t anticipates fine crop the coming season,
both on account Of the increased nu'Hber OF
acres sOwn and the favorable winter for the
grain, uninterrupted cold weather and snow
being good for the grain. The Chicago Jour
nal says: The snow which has fallen during
the past 60 days is equal to five inches of ma
nure. People capable of estimating matters,
imagine that the wheat crop of 1856 will be
the largest ever harvested in this country. To
estimate the value Of the snow upon the ground
at ten millions dollars, would be low figure
The Peoria Press says the quantity of grain in
store in that city is 10000 bushels. 1t adds:
"The country is still filled with grain and eve
nv day the receipts are increasing We pre-
sumo there is not a town in GENITAL Illinois,
nor between Chicago and st. Louis, that can
show rs good a record of their winter transac-
lions as Peoria" These specuations and facts
have an important bearing upon prices
A correspondent of the New York Post says
that an important service was rendered to the
foreign residents of Montevideo during the late
revolution, and to the defeated party, after all
was over, by Commander W. F. Lynch, of the
the u. ). slaop- of-war Germantown. When
che fighting commenced he Immediately went
ashore with his municipalities Of whom
were stationed TO protect private families, and
the main body so as to prevent the pllage OF
the Custom House. Immediately upon their
defeat the revolutiOnists were ordered TO leave
the country in so many hours As they pass
ed down the street to the harbor, they were
fired on by parties of the incensed and still ex-
. cited victors, and would have been massacred
10 a man, if Commander L. had not thrown
himself between them and their enemies, and
covered their embarcaton.
The origin of the name of Canada is curious
enough The Spaniards visited the country
previous to the French, and made particular
searches for gold and silver, and finding none,
they often said among themselves 'Agui RGlid,'
There is nothing here) The Indians who
watched closely, learned this sentence and its
meaning. After the departure of the Span
iards the French arrived; and the Indians who
wanted none of their company, supposed they
were also Spaniards come on the same errsnd,
and were anxious TO inform them that their
labor was lost by tarrying in that country, in
cessantly repeated the Spanish sentence, 'AqHi
NADIA The French, who knew as little OF the
Spanish language rs the Indians, supposed this
necessarily recurring sound was the name of
the country, and gave it the name of Canada,
which it has borne ever since.
The ETnDprOr of Auatria mark pf
spect for his illuStrious ally, and in respect 10
Queen Victoria, has pardoned Col Turr, who
was, we believe, arrested on a charge in con-
nectiOn with enlistinents for the British Army
on the Austrian territory.
We take from the Havana PrenSa, Of the
18th inst, the following account of an attempt
10 Gssassinate the Archbishop of Cuba, com
munioated TO that paper by correspondent
writing under date of Holquin, Feb. lst: with
feelings Of just indignation, | Sit down to COM
municats 10 you the following horrid piece
OF intelligence. Our virtuous Archbishop, the
most excellent Senior Don Antonio Claret
Clara, recently arrived 81 Gibara from Neu-
Vitas, on the steamer Pelayo. He stopped
more than two days at Gibara, aud then leit
for this city. On the evening after his arrival
he preached an eloquent sermon in the parish
church, in the course Of which he took COCA
sion TO lAud the people for their pety and gen
eral good conduct. The church Was complete
ly full.
"As the archbishop left tie church, the peo-
pie Hooked around him usual, aud among
Others several pious women, al waiting for an
opportunity TO kiss the ring bic finger At
this moment man elbowed his way through
the crowd up 20 the archbishop, expressing BY
his looks aud manner u desire 10 receive the
holy fathers benediction. AS he was in the
act Of STOPPING TO kiss the ring, he suddenly
drew a clasPkniie, and stabbed the rchbshop
in the ce. The venerable prelate fell sense
less TO the ground. The wreched assassin,
not content with this, but blinded by rage en-
deavored To strike his victim anew, but at this
crtica! moment pri waite soldier, belonging to
the garrison stationed Ia the town, brew him.
self between the two, and succeeded iu appre.
hending the assassin ard leading him oil To
pfi-un. The clasp.knife was afteryards found
On the ground, and near il the archbishops
ring.
"The assassln's name is Antonio Torres. a
native Of the Canary Islands, of low stature
and aged about thirty five years. Tie wound
begins near the upper part of the ear, aud
stretches obliquely down 10 the middle OF the
face We all trust that the lie of the virtuous
archbishop may be spared, and that the fer
vent prayers which arc offered up by all for
the preservation OF his life, will not be without
avail"
"Iou," ofthe Baltimore Sun, thinks that the
efforts made by our principal statesmen la the
Senate 10 sustain an Independent course upon
the Central American question viii amount 10
nothing The various Interests OF The country
which deprecate a war with England are too
powerful lor the Administration, aud is views
cannot be sustained. The same writer SAW:
a D. a.