Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-01
Tennessee Items.

The American Statesman, " formerly published
at cambridge, has been removed to Morristown. In
its issue of Friday last, the Statesman has some
thing to cay relative to the progress of its home
Il says Morristown was incorporated in 1885, since
which time its march has been rapidly onward. Its
population nov exceeds five hundred. Il is imme-
dately on the line of the East Tennessee and Viz
GINA Railroad. and is made the point Of the Cincn-
natl, Cumberland Gap, and Charleston Railroad, a
portion of which has already been graded and is
no" under suspicious movement. The site of the
village is an elevated one, and commands a fine,
view Of the surrounding country. We doubt not,
in lew years it viii be large town.
correspondent of the Maryvile East Tennessee
an says Mr.. Frederick Shields, of Csde's Cove.
Blount county, killed panther on the 9th Of June,
which measured feet inches from the tip of his
nose to the end of his tail. The panther had kill
ed and carried off young colt about two months
old, and Mr. Shields followed him with dog, and
drove him up tree. The writer adds:
Shields drew upon the animal the outlines of
which be could discover between him and the stars
and wounded him in the shoulder The panther
Immediately fell to the ground, and attempted 70
make his escape, but the dog engaged him in the
branch, and a severe fight ensued. Shields fearing
for the safety OF his dog rushed into the thcket,
and dealt some several blows upon the panther with
his gun, but finding he could not effect much that
way, drew his hunting knife and kneeling over the
animal, as to not strike the dog, aimed a deadly
blow at the heart of the panther, when the end Of
his thumb, which was resting the end OF the
knife hilt, caught by a limb, which caused the
knife, when it struck the panther to sip through
and badly wound his right hand The knife having
dropped from his hand by the side of the panther,
Shields, kDeelng over the animal, gathered the
knife and by several we-drected thrusts soon caus-
ed the panther to release the dog from his huge
jaws and give up the ghost. A daring act
Is seldom recorded. After having dispatched the
panther Shields looked after the colt and found
that the panther had made an incision near the
heart, aud had taken the heart from the colt, and
swallowed it entire without ascerating in the least
as was discovered upon opening the panther.
The Fort Yuma and Ell Paso wagon road
expedition started from here yesterday crossing
the ferry to Arkansas. They will proceed to Lit
tie Rock, and there join the party collected there
ana from thence proceed on their journey A
great number of young men from this places have
Joined the expedition.-Meaphis Eagle aud En-
q1sirer, June %.
PRIZES IN EHE CRY SCHooLs.-We learn that
the following boys won prizes in the Senior City
School, under charge of Mr.. Pain during the scho-
lastic term just expired: T. B Trez.vant. E Hons
Bayliss
These prizes-these little testimonials of scholar
ship and good conduct-should be highly priced by
the boys: and they should ircite them and their
classmates to nobler efforts STILL during the coming
year. We hear, from all quarters, that they rich
iy merited what they WOMB.
new mail route has been established from Leb-
anon to this place to commence the first of July,
Ass-1As-PFice, Contractor. The trips are to be
semi-weekly, leaving Lebanon on Mondays and
Fridays at o'clock, a. Nj. and arriving at Cooke
vile at o'clock, p. NJ. the same days. And
leaving CookeVille on Tuesdays and Saturdays at
o'clock, A. NJ and arriving Lebanon at 8 O'clock,
P. Nj. OIL the same days. This is the very route
we need in this country; it brings in direct
municaton with Nashville 1t is to be two-horse
coach route OokViHs Times