Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-10
News Brevities.

-. VIM. D. Hogan a eugar weigher, was shot
and killed on the levse at New Orleans, Thursday
morning last, by Samuel McClelland, who followed
the same occupation. The difficulty arose from the
latter charging upon the former the authorship of
Article in indecent Publication, and Hogan
retorting that he was liar.
-. DR D6FF, speaking of the railroads that
have recently been constructed from Calcutta, says
that some OF the old incredulous Brabmins in Ben
gal, when srsuaded to be eye-witnesses have been
knocking their foreheads in a sort of agony, and
eIclaming, the mighty ;raia rolled swiftly along,
that India himself, their god of the armament, had
no such carriage as that.
80. The Central Teran learns from gentleman
near Nsviseto, that while be was cutting down a
tree near that place he made most remarkable dis
covery. He cut down very large cotton wood
with hollow 10 it. and an aperture from the out
side some six feet above the ground. Upon split
ting open the tree the hollow was found 70 contain
an Indians skeleton which was perfect, not bone
missing. The conjecture is that, at some time or
other the Indian got into this hollow tree to make
his escape from some enemy or wild animal, and
was unable TO get out again and so persisted
-. Lieutenant Catesby APP Roger Jones, an
officer on board the United States steam frieate
Msrrimac, writing home to his family from Barba-
does. under date of the 26th of February says, in
speaking of the productiVeness of the SOIL &C. that
the Island is 81 miles long, by IA wide, produces
annually $4,000 hogsheads of sugar. and the land
sells at $500 per acre. 1t will be remembered that
this Island endezvous for the negroes stolen
from Virginia in the late with Great Britain by
Sir Admiral Gockburn and bis confederates. The
lands of the Island have been cultivated by those
slaves and their descendants from that time to the
present day.
-. Some seven years since, says the Elmira
Advertiser, Wilmington Sayre, gentleman extern
sively engaged in the lumber business in that place,
and highly respected by large circle eff acquan-
tances, went a visit to a couple of sons near
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; but shortly after arriving
there, he was taken i'll, died and was buried in one
of the graveyards Of that city. few weeks since,
on accountof read being about to be opened
through the ground where his remains were depos-
tied, it determined to dsinter them for burial
elsewhere. On removing the earth from the coffin,
(which was considerable decayed,) it was found
than Mr.. Sayre's body was in as good state of
preservation when interredl-it was taken from
the grave and examined by large number of peo-
pie. The general opinion was that the petrhcs-
ton had been occasioned by some action of the SOIL
but when the remains of Others in adjoining graves
were taken up, they we're found to be almost en-
tirely decomposed. Every feature of Mr.. Sayre's
face was perfectly preserved, and the whole body
was as hard as the hardest stone. This is remsr-
ksbe case, and win give rise TO como speculation
among the scientific and curious.
THE n Y. Musical World, states that the Mr..
snodgrass, (of the Burdel csse) has concluded an
engagement with Christy's Minstrels, and was to
appear in that company on Monday last Hopeful
youth
.... A most daring attempt was made on Sun.
day night to destroy the wine liquor and tea store
of Messrs Macy & jenkins, No. lac Fulton street,
New York. The forcs Of the explosion was 80 great
that the front doors and windows were shivered to
atoms, the large shutters being blown across the
street and logged against pile of brick, The iron
shutters and door the of the store were burst
open, and the bars which secured them were
wrenched of and thrown into the yard yet, strange
as it may seem, but very slight damage was done
20 the goods in the store, neither the bottles on the
shelves nor the stove pipe appeared to have been
displaced. The object of the perpetrator Of the act
could not have been plumber as no articles are miss
ed from the store every thing being left on Sat-
urday evening.
Tb.n ~
The rates ofireight from Charleston and Savannah
to Knoxville and al other stations on the East Ten
nessee and Georgia Railroad have been greatly re-
dnced. 1lt. @
-. shooting ARRAY recently took place at Cal
70, ILL.,, between T. F. Blackburn and D. T. Smith.
both of whom were physicians The former receiv-
ed ball 10 his left side under the arm He Iinper-
ed but few hours Smith abscOnded and has not
been heard FROM
.... The responsible Office of Secretary of State
in Presidential Cabinets has been held at various
times by the following distinguished citizens -
"rhomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Mon
roe, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Martin Van
Buren,, Edward Livingston, John G: Calhoun, John |
N. Clayton, Daniel Webster, James Buchanan, and
VIM. L. Marcy"
-. The authorities of New York are getting to
be quite on the alert sfter murder cases. Thomas
Winters was arrested some days ago, on a charge
of numbering bis wife, Elizabeth Winter who had
disappeared very suddenly. The evidence was very
strong against him, and he was committed to jsil
for further examination, about which time his wife
"turned up, having been committed 70 the Toombs
for drupkeDuessl The u1justly suspected man was
of course discharged.
80. President Pierce has accepted an invitation
TO sojourn after the Inauguration with Mr. Secrsta.
~ Marcy. So
go. II is stated that during Saturday afternoon
she porsemonnaie which Col. Lee lost, and about
which the difficulty occurred which resulted in the
death of Mr.. Hume, highly respectable merchan.
Of Alexandra, was returned TO him by a highly re-
spectacle citizen of Georgetown, in upLose pocket
some Gdroa viiisia had pat Il after riaiag Il Of its
coHteAts. 0ae or two other gentlemen who Lost
pOrtemonnaies at the levee, have bad them return
ed by neighbOrs and friends far above all Suspicion
under similar circumstances.
80. Speaking of the Tehusntepec Railroad, the
n. o. PieiyNne OF the sd inst says:--"In connec.
ton with the additional interesting intelligence |
from the TebuAntepec Isthmus, published this
m"rning, our readers win be pleased to learn
do from private source, tina. this great work is
now certainty. The surveys, il is well known, are
already made, and nothing remains but to push Il
forward 20 an essly completion. The new wagon
road VIII doubtless prove a valuabls aurEIiary.
From Minattlan, by railroad, il viii be lsss thsp