Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-11

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tire Connecticut Mutual Lite lbs, Co.-action
for $4,000, which plaintiff claimed defendants
had insured on the life of Curtis; claimed by
plaintiff that contract was made with defend
ans agent, aud thatthe agent was to pay the
cash part of premium to defendants; and wait
for urtis, convenience for the same. The
policy Was made out aud countersigned by the
agent, but never in fact delivered by the
agent to Curtis; it was detained by the agen;
until after Curtis death, then returned 10y the
defendants, and by them claimed and Cancelled,
Verdict for plaintiff to recover $3,9l2:4l,
damages and costs.
Agricultural Colleges are just now in high
favor All over the country and tits probable
that the example set by Pennsylvania in found
ing such an institution will he followed speed-
ly elsewhere. In the Legislature of Maryland
bill has been introduced for this purpose.
1t names Board of Commissioners who are
10 receive subscriptions to the stock Of the
College to an amount not exceeding $500 600.
The Governor of the State to be President of
the Board of Trustees. One section appropri-
Rtes $4,000 per annnm from the public treasury
as an endowment for the institution when it
shall have been organized.
The London Times, of the 18th January,
says: 1t is not unlikely that the proximate SEES
sion of Parliament will find the House OF
Commons divided into three parties. Those
who see sufficient grounds for an immediate
-, & l. Al. -,
the further prosecution of the war, not think
ing the terms at present accepted sufficient.
and those who take the intermediate course,
who hold themselves open to the voice ofpeace
but who will not lay down tEeir arms till peace
issecured Us on the terms otabiding obligations.
1t now remains for disagreement OF France
aud England To be firm and cautions in negotia-
tions, Austria to keep her engagements honora-
bly, Piu-sia to see to her interests for it be
comes the British nation warmly 10 upheld
the executive government and for The British
parliament to support the ministry with firm
ness, while those all important negotiations
are in progress of arrangement.
A new suspension is to be built across the
Mongahela, from the point of Jones's Ferry at
Pittsbarg. The bridge is thirteen hundred and
Fifty feet long and consists of two suspensions,
supported by piers at each end, and one in the
river. The FIRST suspension S 900 feet long
the second $50 feet. The bridge at its culmi-
mating point is 1l2 feet from the water, as
required by the Supreme Court in the Wheel
ing Bridge case The estimated cost of the
bridge is 100000.
Punch has questioned one thousand persons
for their reasons for wearing mUustache and
gives he following result. To avoid shaving,
So; 10 avoid Catching cold, 80; to hide their
teeth, 5; to take away from prominent nose,
8; to avoid being taken as an Englishmau
abroad, z; because they are il the army, 6;
because they have been 10 the army, 22l; lie
cause Prince Albert does it, 9 because it
is artistic, 90; because you are a singer, 8; be
cause you travel great deal, II; because you
have lived long on the continent, 3; because
the wife likes it, s; because you have weak
lungs, 8; because it acts as a respirator, %; be-
cause it is healthy, n; because the young ladies
admire il, AT; because it is considered "the
thing" 10; because he chooses, l. The last
is the best reason.
The destruction of property in the United
States by fires daring the month just expired,
was very large. Leaving out of the cacula-
tion all such as may not yet have been heard
from, the aggregate loss was not exceeded du
ring any month last year, with a single excep-
ton, which occurred in March. According TO
the accounts furnished by newspapers aud
the telegraph, there we're thirty-line fires
in the month of January, where the loss in
each Instance exceeded $4,000; sixteen Of
which destroyed manufacturing property. The
total loss amounted TO s., 100000. The lar
gest fires occurred at Middletown, CT, SYRIA
ouse, n Y, Charleston, 5. O., Cincinnati,
Auburn, Utica, Buffalo, aud Lowell.
There have been 500, 900 suicides in France
since 1900, aud the number is increasing with
appalling rapidity. There were in France 10
lSl3, l54 suicides more than in 1912, POO more
than in 1889 434 more than in 1888, 577 more
than in 1887, $50 more than in 1886, 7I5 more
than in 1885, 942 more than in lS34-that is
TO say, there has been an increase of about
Y3l 2 per cent. in ten years, without any rea-
ton 10 the increase OF population, aud tie total
number f.om lS43 TO 1853 will present a still
more rapid increase Suicide is more com.
mon among men than among women; three
times more common in Paris than in the
provinces; rare among children, il is n0N
spreading among them; il occurs more fre-
quently m old age than al any other period If
hie; bachelors and widowers are most given 10
suicide; out Of 4,595 suicides, 2s2 are atIribut-
TO poverty, 697 were committed by persons,
If large fortune, 1000 were committed by
persuns who worked for 4 livelihood, aud a G
Others 10y persons more or less pooi; suicides
increase mort Iapdly, aud most common in tie
best educated departments; tie number OF
sucides, crimes aud insanity, augment invsri-
aby from January 10 July, and decrease
progressively fron August 10 December; they
are more cummon on the drst aud second days
ct the month Than At any other period; tbs
number of suicides increases in the depart.
meats in tie ratio Of their vicinity 10 Paris;
c lareoal is the avorite means Of death; ont OF
1895 cases I.426 were committed by this
meats $50 sought death by drowning, 100 By
hapging, b7s By fire arms, 454 by lesplng from
windows, &c, 2O7 by dasgers, l5s by poison,
10 hy throwing themselves under locomotives,
&c, ano by starvation.