Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-04-06
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has whip with which be cut his horses. His little
boy besought the father again not to do it. but be
was memorable He finished the cruel instrument
but at the very 6rst stroke at bis horses he bit
buckle or some bard substance, breaking of small
fragment of the wire, which few hack and struck
the eye ct the cruel man, and put it out
80. DR.. Lardner states that, 10 the experiments
mace by him and NJ. Leverrir in electric transmits
sion, messages were sent over a space of one thou
sand miles of wire without intermediate battery
power, and with terminal battery Of very limited
power; three hundred aud thirty-six miles Of the
wire upon which the current was transmitted were
iron, a very Indifferent conductor, and the remain
ing mills Of copper wire Of exceedingly small
diameter. 1t is certain, therefore, that by reason
of the inferior conducting power of the one part.
and the very small transverse section of the other
part, this length of one thousand and eighty-two
miles offered much greater resistance to the trans.
mission OF the current than would one thousand six
hundred miles of copper wire, such as is usually
selected for submarine cables.
Letter writer's from Washington state that
the three Departments of the Interior, of War; and
OF the POstOf6ce are uniting to hurry forward the
construction Of wagon road from the Mississippi
60 the Pacific. Such road is an indispensable pre-
requisite for Pacific Railroad. The Department
Of War appropriates 500 600, tn e Interior half a
to pay $780, 900 per annum for carrying the mails
over the new route.
David Hunt, of Rodney, Mississippi, has
contributed twenty-five thousand dollars to the
American Colonization Society.
go. President Buchanan has lost another rela-
tive in the decesse of Miss Lane. neice. She
died few days ago at Lexington, Ly.
-. The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer of We'd
nesday says: "a complimentary party WAS given
to our esteemed fellow-ci,izen, Jas B. Lamb, Esq ,
and bis lair and accomplished bride, at the Com
mercial Hotel, on Tuesday evening last, by large
number of the friends Of that gentleman. 1t was
of the most brilliant and magnif cent affairs of
the kind that has ever t,ken place in Memphis"
80. Prince Michael Hilkof, of the Russian court,
accompanied by one of the Governors of the Rue
elan empire, passed through New York some days
ago, on his way to Washington. BE was vctimized
BY one Of the bogus ticket Offices, aud, on CON-
planning TO the police, the swindler was arrested
and obliged to di-gOrge.
80. Genoa letter states that the Roysl Palace
of the NeapOitan King was discovered to be under
mined and ready TO be sprung, which caused the
hasty retirement of the King Bomba to Case-ta,
where he is 10 constant fear of bis life.
80. prize of ten thousand francs is offered
by Preach Duke TO the photographer who will
discover a means Of fixing sun pictures and max
l ng them durable. The award of the prize will be
made by committee of the Photographic Society
compete
-. A correspondent Of the Scientific American
sends that paper specimen of substance which
has the property of Indi0-Rubber, but is produced
all the States Of this country south of Sc degrees
and is in q solid form. II may be easily reduc-
ed to a suitable shape for e1poitation. The editor
ssysit looks like the real caoUtcbouc The discov-
erer is Joseph F. Ware, and II the article possesses
che physical properties OF India-rubber be has made
q discovery of inestimabIe value.
80. A reliable correspondent. writing to the
Memphis Bag's aud Enquirer, gives an account of
q "Sour Lake" in Jefferson county, Texas, the wa
ters Of which, be says, are an infabe cure for dys-
pepsis and chronic diseases 10 their worst form.
There are number Of wells, some of entirely free,
pure water besides the lake, which covers several
this water but very short time, and it has already
nearly cured lin of chronic entertis and gastrits
and that he has seen other cases, much worse than
his own, speedily made well and hearty. The own.
er of the place is erecting number of buildings for
the accommodation of nvalids. Should the story
be correct 'Sour Lake" will soon be great resort
for dyspeprics-quite a numerous class in these
days Of tobacco.
-. The Newark IN. j. Mercury says:-"We
had in use for some time in our press room new
feeding apparatus which has excited the admira-
ton Of every one who has seen it, and which must
ultimately Danish altogether the present plan of
hand feeding. No apparatus of the kind ever yet
invented, answers admirably the purpose in view
as this by which a whole edition may be run of
without any attention whatever from the press-man,
and this is done just well 10 total darkness in
broad daylight. During the recent cold term, when
our gas was frozen up, our edition was nesrly all
printed BY this machine, with no light whatever In
the press-room."
80. zion" the weI-known Washington CORES
pendent OF the Baltimore San, makes the soboined
statement ia relation to the pending treaty with
England. IL Is satisfactory, if true: The Central
American treaty, as ratified by this government,
has gone to England. Il was submitted to Lord
Napier, who expressed his belief that il would be
accepted by the British government The docu-
ment which recently appeared IN the New York
Tribune is not genuine copy Of the treaty which
was submitted TO the Senate.
80. The will of DR.. Kane has b 'en recorded st
the oIace Of the R gister OF Wills 10 Philadelphia
DR.. Elisha Kent Kane bequeaths the sum Of IS, 900
10 his brother, Robert r. Kane, the rest Of his es
tate unto such one or more Of his family, for such
estate, and on such limitations. as Hon John K.
Kane shall (whether to take effect during bis life
time or after his deceased limit and appoint 10
delaul Of such directions, the income from the es
tate to 60 TO bic father, aud alter his decease 20
bis mother, aud after the decease Of both to his
sisters and brothers.
-. There was lately violent guupowder sIplO-
sion ID ST. Louis 0ae Of the papers OF that city
says that the eIplosion vas 'su iden. I" Guupow-
der explosions generally are. GanpOsder ig ites
much more readily than anthracite coal or any Of
the ordinary fuels
The Albany n Y. Journal says that man
Of sixtJ-six years, uaned William TranE, was mar
Tisd afew days since in that ciy TO widow Of TWEEN
v-6ve. The bridegroom had family Of eleven
children, the bride only one. The sun Of 81 900
per aunum vas settled BY the bridegroom upon The
bride, and $50 per annum upon Der chai. After