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


1--WE learn from the New Albany Ia-) Ledger
that the earnings Of the New Albany and Salem
RAirOad for the year 1886 is $fzs, 4ee So Durs
ing the last six mouths Of the year they carried s.,
slfthrough passengers, and lo9,z5s way pssseu-
gers. ffa ~ tAs - ~ - :,
&C.. The Merchants and Manufscturers' Bank Of
New Albany hss gone into liquidation, and holders
Of bills are notified 70 present them az the ofses for
redemption - ~
-. Three sons Of Mr.. Lawson McCOud, OF
Darlington, Cook county, H., aged respectively
thirteen. eleven and nine years, drowned on
che 9th inst. They were returning from school.
y, when, as one of them was crossing slough, he
broke through the ice The younger brother went
to his assistance, when he broke through. The
older one went to their assistance when he too
q broke through. BE told siIl younger brother 10
60 to their house for their father When be re-
. turned the three boys we're drowned.
u -. Isssc Shelby, Esq, Of Lexington, KY, re-
Gently sold his entire interest 10 Chicago real estate
for 100000, one fourth down and the balance in
one, two and three years at six per cent interest.
Samuel j. Walker, Esq, Of Covington, is the pur-
chaser. The greater portion Of the property is
termed outside property and Mr. Shelby purchas-
ed it three years ago for $4,000. .--~--- 2
49, -. Com. Thomas APP. c. -Jones has published
a. letter, in which be argues on the Necessity Of
privateers in time of war, and contends that the
effect Of the recognition Of the doctrine advanced
By the Paris Conference, in favor of abolishng pri
watering and eIempting private property the
high seas from prize Of war, would be TO enable the
great naval powers Of the old world, at will, and
with perfect impuniiy, by blockade, to snnihilate
Vi the commerce. OF weak States besides laying waste
all sescoast towns and cities well agriculture,
districts approachable by fleets and their boats
The Commodore thinks there is morbid sens
q sibIity Of the times, which, ifnot speedily rebuk
ed will strip violated Law of its terror and leave the
murderer and the feon to stalk abroad in MONDAY,
~ uDwbipped Of Justice .ed44e
IA correspondent Of the National Intelligenesr
abiding to the submarine telegraph, speaks Of the
necessity of q second or rival line, and says that
the Island Of 0uesssnt of the western point Of
France, affords starting place which seems spec
cisly adapted to this end. Il is not distant
d than England. line from Boston or New York
to this point seems possible. H.
80. AD old gentleman who has dabbed all bis
life in statistics. says he never heard ofbut one wo-
man who insured her life and be accounts for this
by the singular fact of one Of the questions being
''what is your age3"-
go. novel but rather perlous eIpedent
resorted 70 at Bordentown n. j. to prevent the
q railroad bridge from being carried sway BY the
pressure Of the ice Five locomotives we're run
upon the bridge to keep it in lie place. Il is
thought that had il been for this great weight
&c would have been lifted BY the ice and carried of.
OF, had the pressure of ice been great for this
weight, the loss of property and life would have
$40 been great as many of the employees Of the road
were on the bridge in attendance the engines. ~
1.-THE largest gun in the world is at RsjapoOr,
In the East Indies, and weighs forty tOns it is said
to be capable of holding FIVE persons, seated, with
out much crowding. 1t was once fred OF &c sa-
lutte, though only hall the quantity of powder was
put In which the chamber would bold, the cOncus-
20 sion shook houses, dOmes and towers to thsr foun"
auI dGtions won brR ea'ti'sgr ne l3'
..,. The Massachusetts, Legislature have, By
vote Of 2Os to 95, instructed committee to bring
In bin providing that no person shall be deemed
an incompetent witness in consequence of bis
opinion the subject of religion.
go. Chinese Coolie laborers have been introduce
ed into Peru and employed upon the Chincha Is-
lands to aid in shipping guano. Since the liberia
a zion Of the slaves they have come ugreat numbers
70 be employed upon sgricusuraI estates in the in
terror as servants and 10 hAndcrah works Of many
&C. descriptions; but their tatks are by means
severe. rFVfTU
80 We notice by the London Tines that at
~ recent private meeting Of nOblemen and Othcrs,
held at the residence Of Lord shAftesburE,i s was
resolved to employ Mr. Hart, Of Kentucky, sculp-
q cor of Florence, 70 execute burst OF DE- South"
wood Smith, as memorisl Of bic services in the
preservation Of the public health. The bust is to
be presented to some public institution. "
,1NO -. Letters from the North Of Europe fore.
shadow increased emigration 10 tht country during
she ensuing summer, cOnseqOent upon sslight dee
ductOn in the rates Of passage, and the hard tmss
prevailing for some time past among the industrial
classes. Tbe rates Of passage from the ports in
Holland are reduced about is per cent. -
.... private letter has been received in Cns
-, elpnati announcing the death Of Dr., Eli Smith,
- tdstoguishes missionary, Of shs Ansricap BOard
at Beirut, Syria, on the llth January last The
400 cause OF bis death was cancer Of the stomach
DR.. Smith had been twsntys6ve years a missionary
-ssnIn,Turkey and syria.-c ,g-T - y7EsH
go. little child Of Mrs. McMabOn was drown
I'D In New York. 10 . tab Of vater, on Monday,
While the father was lying in bed sick, and saw ne
child vainy struggling for life, bad not strength to
-a1- reecoe u Inc notner nso 6ono Jus " P'NS~'N
medicine. 9i8 o38 ,saild
slfhi7...io Atthe annual meeting Of Plymouth Church.
Brooklyn few evenings since, the salary OF the
pastor, Rev Henry Ward Beecher, increased
by the sum OF one thousand dollars mAbing il nos
foe hOHsaHd
80. Shakespeare performing the part Of a
.2Cadnria one Of kis playa The .heasre vas small
and Queen Elk Abeth's boz vAson one side Of shs
7'i sssgs By accident o. dssIge, TIE Queens glove
fell upon the st~gs, right 81 sbskspsAres feet, while
ff in she middle Of one Of bis hAFaHgues The poet
n tine lnssnay sioPpse--i pea ,s,s1g.
.'Hsrs vii ve pause, aas stra ight pick up our
sisters glove" f'~
So .ayiue, with shs grssssss dignity imaginable,
he presented the gOss TO the Queen, uho received
il with the greatest good humor, and shunesr' Of
applause OF course, from shs entire house.
az SD. sThs PhilsdslPha JosraaisayE--'D JAHEs
l. TTsOS, she Tor soc past three 5eafs has 80 ably
oiled the chair Of MateriA Msdica and Thsrapsa-
tcs ID the Medical College o. The city has resign
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