Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-05-29
NEWS ITEMS.

= 1t is stated that the principal hotels in New
York have resolved to increase their charge for
board and lodging from s. soto So per day, finding
that with full houses they are secretly making ex
penses, in consequence o. the high prices Of nearly
every article Of household consumption.
Mr. Jacob Oft, of Biloxi, Mississippi in letter
TO the Commissioner of Patents, speaks of a new
kind Of grass. He has cultivated it forthe last two
years. and it beats anything he has ever seen. He
sOws it in September and pastures it all winter It
grows in the coolest weather, and after the cattle
taken off It up to seed and is in less than
two months fit to harvest 1t afterwards gives
second crop.
The city of St. Louis, though one of the most pros
porous in the Union, is burdened with a large debt
From the recent message Of mayor Winner, we lind
the bonded debt Of St. Louis to be 81 $50 1886 Of
which nearly two millions are stock in railroads.
Gen. Lamar, the Annexation President of Texas,
is said to have in press a volume of poems, bearing
the title Of Verse Memorials.
The Hagerstown (Ald.) Chronicle says an unusual
large quantity Of corn has been planted in that
ty. The farmers generally have finished planting.
The Galveston Civilian thinks Texas -four far su-
periOr to the Northern article for Southern use that
it will remain sweet much longer in that climate.
Capt. Samuel NJ. Richardson, one Of the 'Defen-
ders of Baltimore" died in thar city on the 10th
inst, in the seventy-fourth year of age.
A New York paper denominates the inhabitants of
the 'broWn-stone" quarter Of that city ''the Fifth
Avenoodles" n p Willis thinks the gentlemen
may be AvenoOdles, but the ladies are Avenudities
While Edwin Booth was performing in Boston,
Miss Matilda Heron, who was in the managener's
private box, threw him with a floral wreath, her
white kid glove Was that a challenge, after the
old fashion Of ehivary to contest Of arms, or act
ing?
Col Benton has written another letter, deploring
slavery agitation as an unmiGgated evil. He
claims that Emancipation controversy in Missouri is
intended only to excite the slaves, and saws that
much mischief has already been done in this way.
A struggle is going on for the abolition of sepa-
rate schools for eolored chldrenin Rhode Island and
the introduction Of the blacks into the common
schools. The petition to the Legislature in behalf
of the analgamation was drawn up by the Rev. DR..
Wayland, and bore the signature of Bishop Clark.
Hester simons, in Troy, has been fined S75 for
disnteTing the corpse Of the husband of the widow
lady with whom she had quarrel, and upon whom
she thus ventured her spite. This is the latest in
vention Of feminine cruelty.
Sixty persons were poisoned by eating ice creams
a fair in Spencer, Mass last Wednesday night, but
by the prompt aid Of physicians no death ensued It
IS supposed some poisoning substance was accdently
placed in the cream.
Among the passengers by the Asia was police
officer from Cologne in pursuit of a merchant who.
having defrauded the banks in Cologne and Frank
on-theMain, of large sums of money, by means of
forged bills fed to the UUited States, and is now
probably in Quebec.
Mr.. Wat Eckman, wealthy citizen Of CIeves.
Ohio, died, to all appearances few days since and
was duly arrayed in shrOud and placed in a coffin
But while the body was lying in the church, and
the sermon was in progress spns Of life issued from
the coffin; it was broken open; and now Mr. Eek
mon is alive and we'll