Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-23


DEAD To TIE Lava queer ST. ~ is going the
rounds OF an Arkansas nan who owed al estate
OF $4,000 who went off and was not heard of for
four years. Administration on his estate was
granted. lis properly dis rJ-tsd, aud bis affairs
wound up. But ne day tue poo fellow came bsck,
appeared at tie probate court, AID insisted that be
was alive; whereupon the judge flew into vio-
LINT passion. and threateLei t. commit IN for
C nteDPt of court Tor daring to dispute the re
cord. The poor man h=d, and has not since been
hard Of
FALL GA WAREH U5E--A sing liar accident
occurred t. gIy7rGme t warehouse at S5O2Sh ON,
Sweden, on tue 24h Of November. |. was filed
with 500 tens cf corn and eco Of salt, and began to
settle ab Jut midnight and continued to SILK slow
II until on the next morning, only the Togf re-
named above ground The difficulty was piles,
probably.
TIGERs IN FLORIDA The West Florida Times.
published at Pensacola says Jhas Capt. SAMUEL
SoMERs recently killed, near bis residence OF tie
river 81 John, Fla, an old tjgress sEd two hali-
grown tigers He sl,O CAM 10 sight Of ths old
mae tiger several tines but was afraid to shoot at
him. The tigrsss measured eleven feet six inche3
from he tip Of he nose TO the end of the tail and
it is supposed would have weighed three Or four
hundred pounds.
gives 20 ice editJrlsy that an apprentice is want
ed N that office TO learn tie printing business, and
says very seriously one that can read and lUrits
would be preferred FtJm what little knowledge
We have OF tie profession, we should think
that sucl qualifications Mould be very likely 10
command preference.
PLgAsAYT DRAMA chemist in New Yorz
city l. sivrri-iug nsVly discovered article, under
the ab we name He guarantees, or the money
reuude ], t0at Eve drops on Pece Of sugar, ia
ken on retiring to bed will secure tie st delight
ful dreams a1d the sweetest sleep ever enjoyed by
mortsls"
BEg- The Catholics Of New Jersey f0d i: diff
cult TO comply with the order Of their Bishop
restricting funeral PROFESSIONS to six CIrrajges On
Sunday a. NeWa-k al irish funeral presented a
singular pactscIe; there were the six carriages on
ly, but hundreds followed them on foot, in pro-
miscuous sad dlsJrderly crowd, altogether more
unsi- hsy and annoying than the long sJrDg Of
rriages which the Bishop has ooIsLed.
OF 4 Paris Journal says that IN conssq uenco
of the suc1sss which attended the efforts of NJ.
Geoffry Saint Hi,lar, to bring h2sedesh into use
as human food, q society has been formed at Paris
for causing tbs 4 ssh OF young asses to be eaten
also. The soc ety. says the Union, maintains
that sucn flesh IS TIE most delicious in existence,
aud it hold, weekly DaHqusts in which the flesh is
prepared in various ways"
~ The New York Mirror says that cue Of the
most bes1-uI act esses 10 that city IS cursed with
8 dirty diu ken husband, and when be comes
home mt Israb Cea-ty, she locks him up, puts
the key IN her pocket, AID has "a good time gener-
ally" uutl the old s9t gets sober.
- Fontencle, ct the age Of 81, after saying
many amisole and gallant things to the young and
beautiful MADAM Helvetius passed her once with
out percsiving her. "Sse, said she, stopping
aud ad 3rsssrg him, chow l ought 10 value your
gsantr ,es. You pass ne even without looking
st me- Madame, " said the old MAD, if
had looked ct you, l could not have pals3d. "
- The report that it was 50 cold one Gay last
week as to bresk of 8 marriage engagement, by
the freezing up Of the young gsnt'eman's passion,
is doubted by the ladies' The general effect Of
cold nights is TO bring the marriage fever to
crisis.
- DR.. Benjamin Franklin said, that be could
tell where the good natursi people lived, by the
ashes ste Fn over the ice upon the side walks Of
their residences.
- The arms Of pretty girl wound tight around
your neck has ben discovered TO Do an infalllole
as we'll as capital remedy for sore tlroat.
- Since the blockade of the Baltimore hsrbor
by the ice, oysters have become very scarce, and
are now selling ct 81 per bushel.
- Oregon row sends to California considerable
quantities Of butter, eggs and smoked NESTS.