Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-23
The News.

We learn from friend, who arrived directly
through from Ahstin, Nexas) this morning.
that ut the moment lie left, that city WAS in n
state ot the highest excitement which had been
known their, or indeed ia any part of the
State, TOR many years. IL lad been caused by
8 most audacious attempt 10 outrage, or at least
TO override, The law. by parties charged with
having been concerned in the burning down
Of tie Auditors Office. reports of which deed
our readers will recolecr having read short
time stree iyne-, who was some time ago
arrested un the charge of having &c uay cum
United The offence. offered 10 turn States evil
aence Gud in his subsequent revelations lmpll-
Gated Blanken-li and Lewis parties to the
deed. The Sheriff of Austin thereupon Mt
tempted ~ Hrrest the former At Waco. bat was
prove. tied by the citizens of that place, who,
hos ever, pledged themselves that he should
nisks lis appearance IN Austin at the appoint
ed time, io answer the charge. Lewi>'s ap-
Trearnnce wss in like manner guaranteed. On
Sundsy evening last accordingly, Monday hav-
ing been fixed A. the day for examination,
Levin rode into town accompanied 10y about
twenty Of bis friends, all very heavily armed,
with double barrelled guns, revolvers, and
bowie knives. On the following morning, just
before the stage left Austin tor Galveston.
Blankensbip also came into the capital, in like
manner escorted by some thirty OF his friends
similarly armed, aud publicly declaring that all
the sheriff. in Texas could not arrest him, al
though they professed themselves willing that
he should undergo an examination before
magistrate. Il is supp sed that similar body
of men was never before seen so heavily armed
as these were. Very great excitement WAS
caused bv their high-handed attempts to over
ride the law and the authorities, the whole
city feeling outraged and Indignant at them.
nh.4rs n ha old m
most influential Inhabitants had been so tho
roughly aroused. as to be arIning to aid IN
carving the law into effect, if they should be
needed The sheriff himself Yves subpenaing
posse of fifty men and arming them, to ena-
Die him to arrest Biankenship, when the stage
left. It was understood that he was determined
and would be able to effect this, and that he
had further resolved on not allowing any ofthe
armed men accom- nnying the accused TO at.
tend in the Court House, unless they should
be needed rs witnesses There was no telling,
however, how the affair would end.
II j. stated IN the BIbliotheca Sacrs that
Professor Guyut of Cambridge. intends to
publish an exposition of ;he creation of the
Universe, upon The basis Of the nehular hypo-
thesis, embracing the internal fire theory as
one that can be sustained. Ii is not contended
that the evidence in favor of the center of the
earth being mass of fire is of q positive Nd.
ture, as in that case the reasoning would cease
to b. hypothetical But the evidence for the
affirmative is regarded as accumulslive, and TO
such degree that il has been CONSIDERABLY
q vast majority in the scientific world almost
conclusive. Even admitting what is alleged
as the cause OF the high temperature Ofsprings
and mines, il is argued that il by 10 means
follows that Ia the same origin may be traced
the mighty stores by which rivers of fire are
ronr..d tr,,tp tho hpwals of hs artb
Nothing is more common ia France than
for the sons of the richest aud most ari,tocrat-
ic families to enter the army private sol
diers The only son of Marshal St. ArDaud,
a corporal in an infantry regiment, died in
barracks at Lyons a few m' lbs before bis
father. late number of the Epoca, journal
published al Madrid, says that "no little Vene-
ration has been excited recently by the appear
snce at the French Embassy 10 this city, of
young French soldier in unifprm, bearing the
wOrsed stripes of a corporal. This young
man, we lea n, is the only son Of the Marquis
Turgot, the French Ambassador, and he has
cnme TO Madrid TO embrace his parents before
leaving To Join his regiment in the Crimea"
From an illustrated edition of Ten ON
mandments gwen To the miners Of California
ty n man who saw the elephant from the KEY
of his trunk to the end of his tail, we copy
the following. The man spake thus:
"Thou shalt not commit unsuitable matri-
mony, TOR oOVet single blessedness;' nor for
get abs, nj maidens; nor neglect.thy first love
-buI thou shalt consider how fai; lially and
patiently she awaiteth thy return; yea, and
covereth each epstle that thou sendest with
kisses of kindly welcome-untl she hath thy
self Neither shalt thou cuvet thy neighbours
wife. nor trfe with the affections Of bis
daughter; yet if thy heart be free, and thon
dost love aud covel each other, thou shalt pop
the question like a man, lest another, more
manly than thou art, should step in before
thee, aud thou love her in vain aud in the an
gnish Of thy hearts disappointment, thou shalt
quote the language IF the great, and say, 'Sch
is life,' aud thy future lot be that of poor,
lonely, despspd and cpnfortless bachelor
In consequence Of the frequent occurrence
of runaway slave troubles in Cincinnati, the
Mayor of That city has seen proper to address
written instructions To the chief Of police and
his subordluaies on the subject of their course
on such occasions He considers that the &C,
ton of the United States authorities, under
the fugitive slave law, should not he nteriered
with, but, nevertheless, an indictment of any
of the slaves or other parties, by II grand ju-
~, is evidence that the case demands the at
tenton of the State tribunals, aud hence the
police must render ali possible aid in executing
the State process
In a case of alleged child murder, recently
tried ia Pennsylvania the State undertook TO
establish the TACT thai the child had been born
alive, by evidence of AL examination of the
lungs by the hydrostatic test, by physicians
who gave il AS their opinion that the child had
lived, because the lungs fnated in water, in
whole or in parts. The doctors had neglected
10 regulate strictly The temperature of the wa
ter ia which the lungs had been tested. This
was taken advantage of by the counsel for the
dvieDce, WHO, toy very Ingenious and delicate
experiment, demonstrated To the jury that
there Mss M reliance To be placed on the by
druSiayic test, unless the temperature uf the
water had been carefully ascertsincd lie put
a small vial at shot, just heavy enough 10 float
ia water ut medium temperature, and IL sunk.
On ruttlug il into cold water the vial foaIed.
AIulle authorities were quoted, old aud new,
English and German, 10 show that No reliance
could be rlac,d on tie h, drostalic test.
a Washington dispatch To the New York
HeTaA sHys: i has leaked out of the State
Depai lueut that the French Cavern intent had
assumed position ia relation to certain Rus
s,sn vessels That have bv,n transferred since
the commencement OF the Eastern war, 10 cit
liens ui the Uni,d States, being, al the time
OF the transfer, la American ports, which IL
il likely Will make difficulty nnless the Presi-
dent tAints. A list Of the vessels has been fur
nished 10 Mr.. Mason, our Minister al Paris,
and the determination Avowvd ou lhe part oi
the French aud Engii,h overnments 10 hold
them NJ lawful pr,zes al war II they ARE cap.
tured Mr.. Mason, il Is reported, exhibhs
some apprehension on the subject. The cor
r,ssoudence will probably be- called Tor u a
few days
Mrs. Caroline Lee HentE, the Au,hOrsss,