Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-01-16
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/ WASHINGTON, Jan. 14-Senate-Th Hous,
bill, making appropriations for the support of th,
Military Academy, was passed.
Mr.. Benjamin reported bill making an improve
ment, by contract, of the Mississippi Missouri
Ohio and Arkansas rivers.
Mr.. Houston offered q resolution asking the
President to inform the Senate why certain officers
recently returned from the East India squadron
and for the number OF desertions from the Navy
The resolution lies over.
! The House bill for the settlement of claims OF
revolutionary officers, advocated by Bell of N.
H., and opposed by Clay.
In the House a large number of bills were Inc
troduced by several members, after which the
House went into a committee of the whole on the
Tariff bill. Il was discussed by Messrs. Akers,
Durfee, Letcher and Campbell, when the commits
tee rose and various amendments were propos ed
and ordered to be printed. The House then adj
journed.
CHARLESTON, S. G., Jan. 1.-THE steamer lisa.
bell, from Havana and Key West, with dates to the
! 10th, has arrived.
The news she brings is unimportant
The health of DIR. Kane is improving.
There a storm of Vera Cruz, in which nu-
merous vessels were wrecked including the ship of
war Gaudaloupe and the steamer Iturbide, with 80
passengers on board of the latter all of whom
were lost
There was a conspiracy on the Isle of Pines
among the soldiers. Chauncey, an American sea-
| man, who was the leader, was made a martyr.
! The fish monopoly has been annulled and foreign
ships are now allowed to sell.
| Sugar firm, but inactive. Muscovado Molosses
coming in freely. Clayed S4a9 reals Coffee i'll
good demand Seconds l6.60al7.5o.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l4th.-Letcher introduced a
bill into the House to-day for the establishments of
a branch-mint 10 New York City.
The Senate's post Office bill, empowering the Post
Master General to enter into contracts with CON-
panies to carry mails railroads now or hereafter
to be completed, not to exceed once daily each
way, for the term OF eight years. the contractor to
have the privilege of importing iron without duties,
to be used on the road.
Bigler, from the majority committee, will report
against such special legislation, as it preudices
manufacturers of iron, and opens the door for
frauds.
Raymond, the editor of the New York Times,
was under examination to day before the corrup
ton investigating committee
New ORLEANS, Jan. 12-The steamship Texas
ia not reported. 1t is supposed she has gone to
New York. The Adger is here.
BosToN, Jan. 14-The steamer Niagara sailed
for Liverpool at noon to-day. She takes out a
quarter of a million in specie.
steamer Iturbide, are George Chesney and John
Walker, natives of the United States
The engineers and officers of the Mexican Navy
arrived at Havana to take possession of the runa-
way steamer Democrat but the crew thereof re-
fused to surrender.
De Pamino, treasurer of Havana, had absconded
deiaulter TO large amount.
New ORLEANS Jan. 13.-Receipts of cotton at
all Southern ports up to Saturday last, amounted
to 1885, 800 bales, against 1885, 900 bales to the
! same period last year.
New YORK. Jan. 15.-We have Porte Au Prince
dates to the 18th ult. The city was healthy The
coffee crops abundant. American produce plenty
Money scarce.
DETROIT, Jan. l5.-The Michigan Legislature
elected Zachariab Chandler, Republican, U. S.
Senator for six years from the Attn OF March next,
in place of Gen. Cass.
NEw YoRK, Jan. l5-Flour advancing, at 6 25.
Corn ALEC advaning-mixed 72a75; white 76
The propeller Emma is sgnaled below She
LETT Havre for this port on the 9th OF November
last.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l5.-The meeting of the agr
ricultural society to day was well attended.
President Wilder has been reelected, and one
Vice President from each State.
The following gentlemen have been elected to
the Executive Committee Gov. King of N. Y
Gibson Mallory of KY, Dr. Elwin OF Penn, D. j.
Brown of D. G, Frederick Smith of n H., and DR..
Stevenson Of Ind.
Secretary-B. P. Poore
Creasurer-B B. French.
Secretary Guthrie's invitation to hold the next
exhibition at Louisville, KY, with the guarantee of
fund OF $4,000, accepted
Resolutions in favor of purchasing Mount Yer
non for an Agricultural University, were discussed
and adopted.
The culture of the Chinese sugar cane was also
discussed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5-Senate-Seward, from
the committee on commerce, reported a bill for
the protection OF steamboats, from damage or de-
'structon by fire, providing, among other things,
that the woodwork shall be removed a certain
distance from the furnace and fues fire rooms and
passages protected with iron and in case Of fire. TO
be extinguished by steam worked by machinery
outside of the fre-roOm. The act to take effect
one year after its passage.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. l4.-No change in cotton
an average business doing. Mixed corn scarce, at
80. Mess pork, $l95a2O. Provisions and bread =
stuffs dull.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15-House passed the Senate
bill with amendments relative to foreign coins. 1t
provides that quarter, eighth and sixteenth dollar
pieces be received by Federal officers at twenty,
ten and five cents, but shall not again be paid out.
Campbell, Of Ohio rising to points Of privilege,
dsavOwed intending TO insult Rust in a remark on
Tuesday, as Rust had considered. Rust admitted
himself satisfied.
House then adjourned.