Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-07
News BreVities.


-. The Savannah Nep'. Of the I'd inst, says
'The schooner Marietta Burr, Captain Nickerson,
sailed from Boston for this port on the 18th Janu-
airy. On the fourth day out she experienced
heavy gale from the n. w, which lasted until the
18th instant, in which time she lost b-boom, fore
topmast,.. topsai foresail and Boat On the llth,
in sudden squall, split sails, stove bulwarks and
galley one Of the crew receiving a severe
injury on the head and face, by which he was rem"
dered unfit for duty during the remainder of the
passage. With all her misfortunes, and notWith~
standing wind and weather, Capt. n. has safely
noored his vessel in harbor."
80. mother and four daughters, all of whom
reside in Northampton, n e., have, collectively,
approached the altar OF Hymen no less than seven
teen timesl The mother had four husbands, one
Of her daughters four, and the others three each.
An important principle has been decided
by Judge Roosevelt, IN the Supreme Court of New
York. draft drawn at Chicago on New York,
was discounted at Chicago at 10 per cent interest
that being the legal rate in Illinois. The acceptor
contended that his contract was made in New
York. the law of that State restricting the rate Of
interest to per cent. governed, and rendered the
acceptance void, for usury. The court held other.
wise, and that the law of New York only applied
to the rate of interest, which the acceptor should
pay by way of damage, after default. Two Of the
associate judges of the district concurred in the
decision.
80. 'Ion," Of the Baltimore Sun learns that
Maj. John P. Heiss, formerly Of the Washington
Union, has made arrangements for the establish.
ment of daily newspaper in Washington on the
1st of March next. 1t is to be Independent de.
mocrstic journal, and to be called the Daily Times,
and about half the size of the New York Times.
-. The editor of the Sunday ~. ~ Dispatch,
went into a billiard room in that city, began game
with DR.. -, and made run Of six. The doctor
then commenced, and without pocketing single
'spot ball, or nursing the balls" made a run of
one hundred and nineteen.
-. A late Chicago paper says One of the
greatest drawbacks to the permanent progress of
church going is the fact that our churches, as a
general thing, heavily in debt, aud that peri.
Odcaly the members are called upon to make up
deficiencies. Many persons refrain from taking
peWs in churches for the reason that they do not
wish to be annually taxed for heavy debt.
-. In addition to the discovery of gold in
Walker Valley, it seems that Hope Valley, far up
Ia the Sierra Nevada, and embosomed in the basin
Of two SUBMITS, contains iron, gold, copper and
lead. copper vein has been opened there by
man named Rodgers. who has sunk shaft built
house, and employed FIVE men in running tun-
mel into the hill from the side. The ore thus OBJ
tanned is said to be of rich quality. This mine is
directly on the great highway Of travel between
California and Carson Valley. On the sides of either
range hemming in Hope Valley, and near the
shores of Truckee Lake, gold has been found in
considerable abundance. In fact, everything seems
to promise that the Sierra Neveds will, before
many years, become the sea. Of important mining
interests.
-. The Boston Transcript says: "a correspon-
dent writes us that, at party in NtVernOn street,
last week, the belle of the evening had five hun
dred and fifty yards Of ribbon on her dress."
-. Mrs. Major Delafeld, wife of the Command
ant at West Point, narrowly escaped fatal acci-
dent last week. She was riding down to the ferry
wharf, when her horse took fright, rushed down
the bill, struck bis head against wall, killing him
instantly, and threw Mrs DeAfeld, and the orderly
who was driving, ten or fifteen feet over into the
water fortunately doing neither any serious harm.
The wagon was also entirely uninjured. The fer
ryboat was just approaching the wharf when the
accident occurred, and the bostmen rendered such
assistance as required.
80. DR.. Durbin, the great Methodist orator,
once attempted to preach from the text, "Remem-
Der Lots wife," and made failure. Afterwards
remarking to DR.. Bond that he did not know the
reason Of his failure, the venerable Doctor replied
thst be chad thereafter better let other peopls'
wivss alonsi"
-. On Monday evening, Jan. 20, Mr. Parker
Eaton, Of oburn, Mass, worthy and much resa
pected citizen, returned from his afternoons work
and found that his house was dark, and he heard
his little child about year old, crying quite loud.
BE went into the house and struck light, when a
sad sight met his eyes. The dead body Of his wife,
with her throat cut and covered with blood, WAS
lying upon the oor and near it his little child also
covered with blood. He Immediately called for
help, and the neighbors came in. The shock to
the husband and father was so great as to unsette
bis reason.
s.... The Lafayette (Va.,) Journal says: son
the Friday night down train, on the Wabash Val.
ley road the conductor in passing around for tick
cts, asked = passenger, who was sitting near the
stove, for his fare, when, instead Of ticket the
passenger thrust q red hot poker into bis hand,
burning it terribly. The train stopped and the
iend put off, We understand that one Of the
brakemen avenged the ndignity by SOundly thrash
ing the scoundrel."
-. The Paris correspondent Of the Philadel>
phiA Gdzstfs says--0n last Sunday morning, eigh-
ty-seven American ladies aud gentlemen were pre-.
scented by our Minister to the Emperor and EN-.
press in the Sale des MSrechauH, at the Tuileries
The Imperial deree, which equres that al ladies
should appear at the evening receptions in trains
would exclude many who are DESTROYS OF witnessing
ths ceremonies Of q court from the possibility ofA
presentation, had not the Empress kindly consent
ed to receive Foreigners at morning levee, when
full dress carriage toilet Is the costume prescrib.
ed by etiquette. Our fair eountrywomen display
ed their usual good taste in the choice OF their at
tire. There we're magnificent moiro antiques, some
plain and others with broad stripesround the dress
Those of light color have white stripes, on which
are boquets or wreaths Of flowers In gay shades;
when dark, the stripes are Of the same shade, 10
bright satin; also, magnificent grey, violet pnk or
blue Lyons silks, disposition, in satin or velvet
stripes Of contrasting color. aud edged with elk
feinges; bonnets Of lace Of the richest description,
decorated with feathers or HOwers; NANTES of en-
broidered velvet, with deep lace vOants covering