Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-07
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SERMON at the approaching commencement
Many of the disappointed American gold
seekers on the Amazon are said TO have Joined
the Indian tribes. and become the terror Of
the Peruvians, upon whom they make incur
sions. A party of twelve of these Americans
having robbed the villages on their way down
the Amazon, shot sentinel on the Brazilian
border. and were followed BY the guard, who
killed eleven of them. The twelfth man es-
capped.
A number Of the settlers in Kansas have
held meeting and adopted resolutions strong
ly commenting President Pierce's recent mes
sage in relation TO that Territory, especially
his recommendation that they be permitted 10
frame a State Constitution. They pledge
themselves to aid the General Government in
preserving the peace and putting down all
attempts TO produce instruction.
The peace rumors have had an extraordin-
airy effect on the stock market in Vienna. A
letter dated from that city on the 3lst Of Jan
nary, states that the Exchange had been for
several days crowded beyond all precedent,
and that rooms in the vicinity had been open
ed. Many individuals who never before oper-
ated in stocks, including women, had gone
into the business.
The consolidation of the Perkins Mills and
the Dwight Manufacturing Company, at Chic
opee. brings into one concern a capital of ST..
700. 900. This i said TO be the largest estab-
lishment in New England devoted entirely to
the manufacture Of domestic goods. Seven
first class mills are included in it, running
10000 spindes, and giving employment to
more than l 900 persons.
Letters from Honolulu give startling pic
tuee Of affairs in the Hawaiian Court. King
Ramehameha " is said to have no higher
pleasure than in boxing and keeping company
with Yankee Sullivan. On one occasion Sui
Iivan's wife was in the royal box at the circus,
and the ambassadors of France and England
sought admittance and were refused.
1t is stated that in the case of Capt. Richie,
the court martial lately held in Philadelphia
found that he used the language charged
towards Capt. DUPONT, and sentenced him to
a reprimand by the Secretary of the Navy.
But the Secretary, in a letter to Capt. Richie,
disapproves of the finding of the court. So
the sentence is rendered null.
The citizens of Portland, Maine, have rati-
fed the appropriation of 500, 900 made by the
city government for building wharf for the
accommodation of the mammoth Britieh
steamship.
The Washington Union states that Postmas-
ter General Campbell has adopted plan for
publishing the names of persons to whom let
tiers have been sent to post offices in California
and the territories of Oregon aud Washington.
Bv this system a letter can be sent 10 any post
office in the Pacific region for a person whose
location is utterly unknown, beyond the mere
fact that he is some where IN California or the
territories of Oregon and Washington; Vet,
incredible as il may seem, the ultimate recer-
ton of the letter by the person for whom i!
is intended is rendered highly probable.
The Dublin Medical Press, referring to the
Parliamentary Committee TO investigate the
authorizations of food and medicine, says -
Lone manufacturer produces twenty-one tons
of rhubarb per annum. IL is inferior to the
Turkey rhuharb, fetching 4d per pound,
while Turkey is lis 3D. Cod liver oil is inn
mensely adulterated; only five per cent of
genuine cod liver oil will answer all the chem
ical tests. Mustard is thirty per cent of lime
or chalk as adulteration. Chlorolorm under
goes decomposition, but it is not much adul-
terated. Qunine is very much adulterated
with starch and mama"
The U. s. House Of Representatives lave
elected to the chap,aincy Rev. Daniel Waldo,
of New York Mr.. Waldo is stated to he
ninety four years of age. He was a revolu-
tonary soldier, and has been a Congregational
preacher for seventy years There was the
usual squaLble for the sacred Office, and hon
orable members appear TO have omitted tie
usual amount of irreverence. We do not
know a body in the world which needs fer
vent, effectual prayer more than the House Of
representatives.; and there are few members
who might, with profit. bc made the subjects
of suppcaton. The venerable gentleman
upon whom the clerical duty has devolved,
has come down 20 us from time when pub
lie servants were not ashamed TO ask the Di-
vine blessing upon their labors; and we hope
his public exercises will ditfuse through hs
congregation something IF the spirit with
animated the earlier history of the country.
The report of the Managers of the Washing
ton Monument says: The receipts of the year
have been tar less than in any preceding year
since the corner stone WIS laid. The gross
amount from all sources has been bu; 1910.
We have now s., 800 in the treasury, aud are
in all not exceeding s., 600 for debts contrac-
ted by w. all of which is expected to be liqui-
dated and paid by the end of this month.
A new invention, called "Seropans" Pat
ent Bank Notes." designed to prevent coun-
terfe:ing Of all descriptions, is attracting
much attention in money circles. Ii Is said
TO be absolutely proof against Photographic
annastetic, photographic transferring photo
electrotyping, or any other chemical, process
by which the public is so frequently detrauded.
The value of the discovery depends npon the
character OF the ink employed and the color
ing of the psper;.but the ingredients of the L.
are kept secret, with the design of preventing
counterieiting by new plate engraving. Bills
prepared under this process will be hrst Issued
by the New Haven Bank, and are now IN
course of preparation. Several other Banks
in New Haven will follow. Tie note presents
a tinted yellow orange surface, upon which
the worth OF the note is printed. with a com
hut
when held between the eye and the light, the
lux becomes translucent. 1t also strikes
through 10 the back Of The paper, thereby
preventing alterations. The denomination, in
large white letters, appears IN thebody ol the
bill.
The popular idea that North Carolina produ-
ces nothing but TAR, pitch and turpentine," is
fast being dspeIled 10y the rail roads with
which the energy of her citizens are covering
her territory. Last year the county of Hyde
exported corn and wheat 10 the amount OF
$360, OOt; aud the county OF Edgecombe raised
aid sold $i00, 600 worth of cotton. The ex-
ports from Washington, n. C., for last year,
amounted TO 81, ,6l3l2, of which So, O4j
WAS To foreign countries. Since the opening
of The Central Rail Road 10 Greepsborough.
there have been $50 barrels Of hour sent from
that town, of which 800 went To Norfolk; TO-
600 5bls. of dried fruit were among the hrst
receipts in Norfolk, which resulted from the
opening of the Central Rad Raod.
The number of watches manufactured annu-
nlly in Neutchatel is from 100 TO 10000, OF
which about 5000 are in gold, and the rest
in silver. The United States consume the
largest quantity of these watches. With the
exception OF gold and silver for the msnuiac-
ture ofthe watch. cases, the other materials for
the constructions Of the work, OF mechanism
OF the Neutchatel watches, are Of lille value,
consisting merely OF little brass or steel. The
steel is imported from England aud Is tie best