Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-09

that they had arrived all right published in the
New York Mormon, is contradicted: -''Another Of
the hsnd-csrt trains arrived here LAST Sunday, in
condition which beggars all description. Winter
caught them In the mountains destitute OF clothing
and provisions, and had not the relief which was
Bent Rom here reached them, every OF e Of them
would have persisted. As IL is out of the 300
which started, one-Gourth have died, and more than
100 Of the remainder have lost their hands or feet
from the effects of the cold When they reached
here there not 80 In the train who could help
themselves; the rest were slowed in the bottoms OF
she wagons which had been sent for them, ragged
and filthy beyond conception; helpless and despair
lug, they would not ge, out Of the wagons to at
tend to the calls Of nature, and il the weather had
not been intensely cold, it would have bred pes
thence. Inever imagined such scene. Heaven
preserve me from witnessing such another. And
yet the Dsssret NeOs has the effrontery TO tell the
world that they came through WELL It lie said that
there are yet hundreds of these poor deluded
wretches in the mountains A few DAYS ago an
express reached here from an OF train encamped
on Green river Their cattle had given out and
they we're bare of provisions, being obliged to feed
on their dead cattle. Some forty wagons With pro-
visions, had gone to their relief to endeavor, if pos
sible, to get them into Fort Bridger"
go. Mr. Charles A. Rosefeld, a citizen Of CO.
lumbus, has applied for letters patent for a most
beautifully contrved Fountain Pen. 1t is in an e1~
tension case, the ink fountain is incorrodbe sutss
bic for any kind of pen nips which one may wish to
use, and is, from its peculiar construction, cscula.
ted and designed to supercede all other inkstand
pens in vogue. As soon the patent is issued the
manufacture Of the article will be com menced, and
Of which every variety ofstye of cases. in different
metals, viii be made. We are impatient 30 be the
owner of go great desideratum as this invention
promises to furnish. 1t will certainly meet with
cordial greeting, and be generally adopted by all
who desire TO make the most of time and write
with the ayidty Of their thou ghts. What boon il
will prove to loDguwiuded gentlemen of the pres
and the novel writer's! hurry up this invention
Mr.. Rosefeld, for we are down on the old fogy
pens now in use!-CoLmbus Sun.
80. It is stated in the Washington papers tina,
among tbe friends of Preston S. Brooks there e1.
lists the greatest dissatisfaction concerning the med
ical treatment Of that individual during his Illness
and that it is universally believed that he fell vic
tim to DR.. BOyles utter ignorance of his case. This
feeling extends to South Carolina, and has produc-
cd such Indignation 10 public sentiment there, that
1t is thought the medical gentleman will soon find
il advisable to leave Washington and seek some
ID other field of labor. His former character turns
ost to have been that of bully, and it has been
great hobby with him to prescribe expulsion from
the city, in all alarming of difference of opn-
ion with himself and bis friends. He will probably
have a chace Of this favorite prescription to take
himself, ere long.
80. On Wednesday, the 18th ult., Mr.. Charles
Clark was attacked on the road about two miles
east of Augusta, Hancock county, H., by two men,
who, after wounding him with knife and pistol,
robbed him OF S645 in gold, mostly in $50 pieces.
The villains lett Mr.. Clark for dead, but we
glad to say that he is now recovering.
.... correspondent in the Richmond Engui
rer sigoing himself "Virg iniin" proposes, if conso
nant with tue feelings of ex-Presiient Pierce, that
the State of Yr iua raise by individual subscrip-
ton, sum sufficient to purchase Southern home
aud present it to bin as suOstautiAl spproval-not
in word, but in deed--of bis administration OF
the government" Good gracious
go. An accomplics Of the supposed forger "Ev-
erstt" has been arrested iu Wheeling. The gem
tlsmau who had him arrested is a mercla from
Boston, named Oliver Piersel. 1t appears thatti
fJrger, who went by the name Of Perkins, in
Boston, and Dr. clifton, 10 Wheeling, forged note
90 some bank in Philadelphia for s697, which Mr..
II Aac nod int A -
thng in the condectof this alias gent man, is that
be should have left Wheeling after Everetts arrest
and come on to Baltimore, and then gone back
again for ar, be alleges, that peops might have
supposed him to be party concerned. He was
fully identified by Mr.. Pierstl, and committed TO
prison.
80. The severest snow storm Of the season, &C
eompAned by tremendous gale, occurred in New
York City on the I'd inst. .H'a
go. A Mill Dnairs who lltely died in Baltimore,
began life in that city bar, footed and bare
headed errAnd boy. By honesty and perseverance
he worked his way to wealth and general esteem,
and for many years enjoyed all that could render
life pleasant and desirable.
.... The CsptAn-General Of Cuba has granted
percussion TO 'sn persons" TO land Chinese apprsn
tices on the Island, so that traffic in Coolies hence
forth is to be unrestricted English vessels are en-
gagged in this traffic, aud the English government
winks st it. II is said to be very profitable. How
much better i. thi., than the Afr can Slave trade,
for which phiI4nthropic England affects such hor.
FePi
The fertilization bill which passed the House
on Friday includes the folloWing appropriation !:
For Fort Carol, Soil RS Point fats, Baltimore bar
bor $3.50 0OO for the fertilization of Fort Madison
Annapolis hsr6or $4,000; for artesian vel at
Fort Monroe, $4,000; for Fort Calhoun, Hsmp
ton Roads 100000; and for the construction Of
permanent platforms for modsra cannon Of large
culbre in existing Notifications Of important bar
bors, 500, 900. The total amount involved 10 the
bin is $2,54l, 500 The Legislative, Executive and
Judicial appropriation bill includes sssS, go for the
compensation and mileage of Senators, and g.,
94s,75o for members Of the House of Represents.
lives.
-. Mr. Porter, ticket agent Of the Pacific Rsils
road at Jefferson City, No, was arrested on the
seth uli., upon chsrge of embeEIeling the Com
p,uy's finds. He gave up $4,000 and implicated
Pride and Abbott, conductors of the train, who
were arrested at 81. Louis the next day.
-. William Nation, of Springfield, Mass In
connection with bis brother, hiss contracted 70 con-
strucs the sbutments and towers for the saspsbsos
bridge over the Ohio river at Cincinnati. The
towers are to be $50 feet high, and the amount Of
the contract is one million dollars.
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