Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1857-01-14
News Brevities.

price Of fuel at Louisville the Louisville and Frank
fort Railroad Company have purchased and carried
20 the city one thousand cords OF wood, which
they are selling at So 80 cord, that being the
amount of the cost and carriage Of it, In order to
distribute il as widely az possible, it was determine
ed to sell no greater quantity than two cords to any
one person. This will be great relief to the poor
of that city, for whose benefit il is specially in,
tended.
-. Our Iowa exchanges say that the winter has
been uBprecedcntedly severe ia that State. The
snow is so deep that travelling is almost impossi-
Die, and many persons have been frozen to death
-. The Savannah (Ga.,) Journal Of abe 9th
Gays; "We regret to learn that serious, if not
fatal accident occurred this forenoon on the BAY.
As Mr.. E. Haywood, son of Alfred HAYWOOD. was
driving in buggy, the horse BECAME unmanage.
able and started at fearful speed, throwing Mr..
II. out. At half past o'clock, he was 10 diving
condition-Drs. Arnold Reed and Others are in az.
tendance on him.
49, We learn from the AbbeTile Is CT huds.
pendent Press, that the negroes on the estate of
the late Hon. Geo. McDuGie numbering about 2lO
T have been sold to wealthy Western planter for
$4,000, being an average of near $500 each. 1.
was stipulated 10 the sale that they should not be
separated. 1t is said the heiress of this estate is
shortly to be led to the altar Of Hymen by John
Van Bursu.
-. bridge is now being built across the
Upper Mississippi, at St. Paul. Minnesota. It is
to be 1900 feet in length, resting upon nine piers
the highest Of which are seventy feet above high
water mark, 30 as to allow the largest boats TO pass
snder without difficulty. The greatest span will
be two hundred and twenty feet sufficiently vide
TO allow the largest RATS to pass without coming in
contact with the abutments. The whole cos. Of
the work will be near 100000.
-. ladies' hair dresser, in NeWYork, informs
bis patrons that owing to present style Of dres-
sing ladies' hair, the charge will be two dollars each
time during the season. Brides, in the fashion of
Louis XIV, XIV, &C., as heretofore, five dollars
-. The next session of the State Council Of the
American party Of Kentucky, we see it stated ia
10 be held in Louisville, on Wednesday, the 2Ist
Of January.
800 One OF the largest gas-holders in the world
has just been completed at Philadelphia nislso
feet in diameter weighing 625, 900 pounds, and will
contain 100000 cubic feet of gas which accumu.
lAtes on moonlight nights when the lamps are not
lit. Such a reservoir in Washington would be ELL
ed very easily during the session of Congress.
-. The Pamela Miss Star says: ave learn
from letter from Mr. johnson, that on the lst
day of January, 1857, Col. F. M.white, President
OF the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad Compa.
ny, received 100000 more from the State Treasury
for our road"
80. The following are the salaries of the State
officers of Mississippi, prescribed in the code bill
regulating the same, which has passed the Senate:
Governor, a. 900; Judges Of the High Court, pro.
fided said Judges hold their Courts at least nine
months in the year So $780, Chancellor of the State,
$500; to each Of the Vice Chancellors for the
Northern and Southern Districts, s., 900; Vice
Chancellor Of the Middle District, 81 900; each
Circuit Judge, s., 500; Attorney General, 1000;
each District Attorney, 6OO; Secretary Of State,
$4,000; State Auditor, $4,000; State Treasurer,
$4,000.
80. telegraph cable intended to be laid across
the river at Cairo, was recently lost. The Mem,
phs appeal gives the following particulars respect.
ing the accident " In conversation with Mr..
Montgomery, last evening, we learned that the
cable lost at Cairo cost about 81 400, and was part
OF that lost in laying to New Foundlaud. Every
thing was In readiness to lay IT, and the steamer
Golden Gate engaged at the rate Of $25 per hour to
DO it, she took fat boat Ia tow to place il upon,
and In rolling from the wharfboat thereon, the
mate used short plank instead of a stage plank, ss
suggested by Mr. NJ, and used as preventive to
It's rolling too fast, rope called pGrbuekIs, on one
end OF the reel-neglecting to place a rope on the
other end. Having but one rope attached, ii
turned the cable around, and it was precipitated
into the river where the water lie thirty feet Deep
Endeayors we're made to ascertain its whereabouts,
but without success. The loss is attributed to the
csrelessness Of the mate and his crew. Il Is the
Intention Of Mr.. Montgomery to commence prose-
cuton against the boat Il the cable is not recover.
ed within ten days The cable weighs 6, 900 pounds
and is one mile long"
-. woman named Jane Garbut died Dec.
ieth, at Wslburg, county of York, England. at
the age Of l09 years. She was an inveterate smok-
er, aud visitor asked her how long she had smok.
ed, 40 which she replied, Every nigh hundred
years"
1.-The Lawrence Mass. Courier states that the
Pacific Mills Of that city have just made up their
haa-yeariy accounts, which show a clear net profit
Of trias over $4,000 beyond interest and e1-
psnse. This is equal to per cent on the entire
capital for six months.
=. There are living in ParAmus, Bergen Co.,
New Jersey, avenerable couple, whose united ages
amount TO one hundred and seEeuty-siE years.
The husband is ninety, and the wife eightyvsi
They have lived together seventy years, and are
Al well as can be expected under their great age,
their minds retaining all their vigor He is the
last Of three brothers who have long since been
gathered to their fathers.
The exports from the United States last
year, to Russia and her possessions, amounted to
tese, 4oS, against only si5s, 44B in 1855. Our
imports from Russian ports on the Baltic aud North
Seas last year. reached $3.50 5sl, against s996 lis
10 1858.
-. The N. o. Dsl,a Of the 7th, notices the
sale In that city the day previous Of City bales Of
'Desn' cotton at lie per pound.
-. The N. o. Pieayhns says: "We have been
looking with some curiosity 70 see Il there really
was any part Of Britain where Mr.. Thackersy could
make up bis mind 10 pronoanee that terrible satr-
Teal lecture Of his George The Fourth, which was
by all odds, the baE Of bis series Of Georgian ef.
fOrts, here. II now seems that on che slh Of De-
cenber. be delivered the George the Third lecture