Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-24
News Brevitfes.

ded the result ~ Washington. II will be remeu.
bered that our former Commissioner. Hon. A. B.
CorSine, was also unsuccessful in bis mission. and
that one Of Die Recommendations TO our government
was the seizure Of the entire Isthmus and placing II
under the control Of the United Sites. Whether
Mr.. Morse viii advocate the same decided meas
ures, and what viii be the course Of Mr.. Brchanan,
remains to be seen.
-. Among the passengers killed at the shock
Ing catastrophe onthe lsth. on the Great Western
Rd'road, from Toronto to Hamilton, G. W, was
CAnadas. He came 70 this country while boy,
lived for time 10 Pennsylvania, and subsequently
vent to Canada-wbere, BY industry, ssgscty and
lack, be became, in the course Of few years. i'm
msnsely wealthy. NOn, considerable part Of his for
tuue was made as railroad contractor but the great
srpart was by the rise of land He was tbeoMner of
the famous Clifton House, IN the vicinity Of which
Is his own private residence-a priueely mansion.
Mr.. Zimmerman liberal and philosophical
man. and his death viii be the source of great sor.
row in the Canadss, for which he had done so much
The career Of Nj. Zimmerman is an admirable Illus
trAtion of what energy perseverance, and enterprise
win accomplish.
-. IL Is now proposed to render the waters of
the Ohio river always navigable by making reser-
vors among its tributaries. We learn from the Lou
isvile Courier that Charles Ellet Jr, has made va
rious experiments upon the Ohio river at Wheeling,
and Is satisfied that half dozen artificial lakes or
reservoirs, made by locking and damming the Ale
gbeny and MOnOngahela, would supply the Ohio
with constant depth Of water of at least Ave feet
Of water throughout the whole year. Mr.. Ellet
thinks that these locks and damns would not cost
$780, 900 EACH or So OOO, 600 for the required
number. Other engineers estimate the expense at
from twelve to eighty millions of dollars. The Cou-
rier, however, arrives at the conclusion that that
project Of artificial lakes is wholly impracticable.
49,. One of the piers for the use of the man.
moth iron steamship Great Eastern, at Portland, Me-
is nearly completed. The vessel will be ready for
voyage in about four months Our readers will
remember that Portland is the only point on our
coast at which the G. E., can make a landing for
business purposes. Her draught With an ordinary
load is set down at twenty-eight feet
.... The Sank Rapids (M I. y Froatiersman con-
"Claim Association" Of Upper St. Cloud figured
lsrgely-sezing three young men, Messrs Bone,
Orr, and Wilson, who were making a claim near the
place-pinioDing them, shaving their heads, and
then, says the FrontiersmsD, (MnnesOts) 'for past
time during the night, they would drink eli round,
then throw their prisoners on their faces with four
men to hold them, and one to apply the cowhide,
and oalou 4. Il. 81 M
villains also threatened to shoot them, and we're
with difficulty prevented from doing so. The fe-
rocy and savageness Of this cruelty almost deserves
punishment by something broader than aw-so
thinks the ST. Paul Times.
-. The Marquise Dowager, of La Rochejuque
lin, the celebrated lady who rode on horseback by
the side of her husband in the war Of La vendee,
has just died at Orleans in the eighty fourth year Of
her age.
go. The wife Of Rufus Adams, of Cohasset,
Mass, died lately from the brutal treatment of her
husband. The physician test6es that the cause of
her death was that she went, on the night OF her
confinement, barefoot the snow and ice, to get
woman to come and stay with her, the brutal
husband refusing to 60. The scoundrel ought to
be hung on galows higher than HAman's
The SciOta Gazette, published ct Chilli
cOthe, Ohio, states that physician of that town,
on the 2d inst, removed ovarian tumor weigh
Ing one hundred and tlirty-siz pounds, from the
person of Mrs Judge Reeves. Chloroiorm was ad-
ministered, and the lady recovering.
New passport regulations have recently
been made in Austria. The more remarkable are:
l. The passports Of travellers will only be examined
and rise 10 the frontiers. 2. II foreigner should
neglect to obtain the Of an Austrian Minister or
consul TO his passport, be viii not as has hitherto
been the case, be sent back from the Austrian
fronties, but be furnished with document BY the
frontier authorities which will enable him to reach
his destination. In future no foreigner viii be
obliged to pay tax for an Agfeathaits-Kart (per-
mission of sOiourn) in any Austrian city or town.
80. Adviees from Lima, Peru, to the 10th ult.,
state that the revolution there was making slow
progress, but was still advancing. General Vivian.
CO has issued decree depriving Messrs Barrsda
Brothers of the agency for the sale Of guAno in the
United States and advertised for new proposals to
contract for the supply to this country. Tue Costa
Rican envoy, having failed 70 obtain the expected
money for the war against ihe lhbustsrs, had made
some severe accusations against Castillo 10 the press
80. The yellow fever Is prevailing at Rio Js.
neiro, and increasing In malgnity. Tho clipper
bark whestand thrsy-avs days from Rio arrived
at Baltimore on the I7th inst, her colors at half
mast Capt James A. HObsOa, Of the WheaIland
died at Rio, of yellow fever on the 4th of February
aud the bark was brought home by Capt. J. J.
Despair. Among others which had occurred wal
that Of Capt Dearborn, of the bark Fame, OF Rich.
mond, Va, who died on the slst of January.
49,. There win be a total eclipse Of the sun on
"Wednesday, she 2sth inst, visible Ia a part Of
the United States and Canada, west Of 76a 4sm, il
Mexico, on portion of the Pacific COST, and In
Australia. les path is principally over the Pacific
ocean. Il begins on the earth generally 10 long
1854 Ism E., lAL SEA. slm., s., at 2h. SIN. P
NJ, ends generally on the earth In lOag lO4d. sen
W., lat ESD. SON. n, at Sd. Olm. p. NJ Th,
eclipse will be central in MEXICO near the southerr
extremity of ths Gulf of califOrnis. Ia mos, 9th,
Eastera aud Nortbern cities Of the United States
the 6rst eoutaet will take place after sunset;
Cincinnati, 5h. 45n, St. Louis. 81. 9lm; New Or
leans, 5a. Ism; San Francisco, 2h. Som. The las
contact will not be visible in any pars Of she Uals
States Of the Mississippi We Of New orlean
will have jusi Que boar 70 witness the phenomsns
The eclipse vith Us however win be bOt partial.
80. The New York Sun says that NJ. John G
Boxer has commenced an action 10 HE owu nam
and that Of bis daughter Miss ksFianna Petlnsll
Boxer, against John DsAn. his eI-Ooachnan, TO dis
solve the marriage between Dean aad Miss B. Th
suit n a spid IA on The Kroand Of fsl,s n,.t.e.