Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-01-19
News Brevities.

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corner oil the square, bounded by Madison and
Third streets. The tenement belonged to John N.
Lea' OF Nashville, and was in tue occupation of Mr..
1. W. Wilkinson The Ere originated in the rear
portion OF the building, used az a kitchen, and is
supposed to have been communicated from stove.
pipe. The furniture, carpetng, books, etc, were
al removed by those who assembled at the alarm.
with probably less than the usual amount Of dam.
age. Three Of the engines Of our excellent Fire
department were promptly on the spot, but the
nre mas made such progress before the alarm was
made general, that they in time only to save the
shell of the building. The three OTHER times that
the building was hred, was when it was unoccupied.
- The Central Organ, CT the 81 inst, pub
hshed ~ Aarksville, Avoyelles parish La. gives
an account OF a nonstrOus outrage perpetrated by
two negroes Mrs. Cochran, widow lady. living
on Bayou des CLASSES, weut to a ball on Christmas
eve, leaving at home, in the care Of an old negress
her two children, the eldest girl of twelve years.
During the night, two negroes belonging to Mr.. E.
kAoellas, entered the house, dragged the Young
glrl from her bed into the yard, and brutaIly vio
lated her person. Her cries attracted the atten-
ton OF neighbor, who arrived in time TO catch
glimpse Of one of the wretches Fastening away The
chiid was so much injured that it was feared she
would not recover. In tbe struggle jacket and
par OF earrings were dropped, the latter having
been torn from the of one of the negroes, and
these articles led to their Identification The me-
groes were arrested, aud on the following Monday
tribunal of ten shareholders and two Justices of
the Peace found them guilty, and they we're sen.
fenced to be hung on the 5th inst
-. Forty>two scoundrels, embracing some OF
every grade in the fraternity such as burglars.
highwaymen, sneak thieves, DULLES and pimps,
were arrested on Friday night in New York, and
placed on exhibition free gratis) that persons who
had lost property might see, and possible, iden-
tify them.
49, Mrs Prewett, the editress of the Yazoo
American, who is now on a visit 20 the Crescen
City, has been presented with service of silver
By some Of her friends and admirers, beaded by
Chas. Waterman, Mayor of the city.
new counterfeit $50 bin on the Southern
Bank of Alabama has made its appearance. Be.
tween the signatures should be a dog, instead of
steamboat as in the counterfeit and instead of the
word "hfty," printed on the right end the figures
'5O" should appear on the upper right corner of
the same.
Tobacco has become one of the staple pro-
auctions of the soil of the Chemung Valley, N. Y.
and 1t Is said TO be more profitable than any 9TH
er' II is only about three years since it was in.
troduced, and this year. we learn, two or three
hundred tons have been raised in that county a.
lone.
80. The Treasurer of the United States repre-
sents the joint Indebtedness of the several States
as reaching Sl90,OOO,OOO, and that of the General
Government as reaching $50, OOO, 900, making
total OF $3.50 100000. The figures appear large,
but when compared with the Indebtedness of Great
Britain, they are quite Insignificant Indeed, our
total debt, State and national, is not equal to one
years interest Of the national debt Of the United
Kingdom, computing it at our rate of interest, six
per cent. This exhibits big difference in the pc
cuniary liabilities of the two countries.
80. Recent letters from Liberia represent the
suffering from scarcity of food, especially in Simon
county, to be very great The Board of Managers
of the New York State Colonization Society have
directed an appeal to the humane and benevolent
for contributions on behalf of these poor people.
vessel is now loading for Liberia at New York,
which efers to take freight free for this object.
-. At the late meeting Of the Illinois State Ag.
ricultural Association at Springfield, stock inn
porting society was formed. The object of the So
ciety is to import stock from Europe-all of which
is required TO be sold at public auction in the city
of Springfield.
-. We learn from the Huntsville (Ala., Ad-
VOcats that, on Monday last, the following gentle
men were elected Directors of the Northern Bank
of Alabama for the present year-viz-James I.
Donegsn, Samuel Cruise, Charles H. Patton, James
II. hastin, F. t. MastiD, Fras. Levert, James
L. Watkins, George p Beirne, Thomas Fearn, w.
T. Blunt.
The GAINESVILLE Jsfersoniaa Of the l4lh
inst, makes mention OF sales of real estate in that
meek of the woods" as foIlows-"Since our last
issue there have been several toleraby heavy sales
of real estate in the city and vicinity. The prop.
erty known as the Grant property on franklin
street corner of second cross street. owned 6y Her
ring and Jones divided into lots 80 feet deep by
twenty-twO front sold at from fifty 10 seventy,two
dollars per foot, the latter figures were obtained
for the lot on the corner of Franklin and second
cross opposite the property Of VIM. A. Quarles.
That portion Of the property lying in the rear Of
the Franklin Street lots and fronting on strawber-
~ Alley, forty feet deep with one hundred and e.
leven feet front for something over Eve thousand
dollars. The amount realized from the sale was be-
tween $40 600 and $ll 900. The same property
one year ago sold for something over s. 600
showing an enhancement in value in one year Of
over two thousand dollars. On the same day o.
w. Herring sold two lots nearly opposite the Post
Office on Franklin Street. running through to
Strawberry Alley, twenty>iour feet, at SIS and
the other at Sss per foot. On Saturday last the
property Of WIN. E. Newell, upon the Nashville
road, about a mile and half from the Court House
was sold at Auction. We DO not know the precise
number of acres sold but learn that il brought
from $50 to Sl96 per acre. VIM. A. Quarles J.
L. Glenn, Z. r. w. Thomas and some other par
ties whose names We did not learn, we're the pur-
chasers."
So. A rather magnihcently prOportioned illus
tration Of the credit system can be found in the
condition OF the Richmond Rpgairsr, when, after
fty years Of publication It's proprietor removed to
Washington his books showed over $500, 600 dse
from living patrons" The amount Of total loss
was DO. given, bat gss estimated or $500, 600 OF
more.
-. A machinest at Memphis, Tenn, has con-
trived what be calls marine locomotive wb.ch be
Is confident be constructed 90 as maize forty
miles an hour. The invention consists Ia using
two huge payAllel screws 10 place OF tie present