Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-03-11

How Nearm Buchanan and J. CLAM
cey Jones came to being Poisoned.
The N. Y Tribune gives the following eztraor-
binary Darrative:-
] Clancy Jones is sick, and the singular mani
ner in which be became sick is generally unknown
owing to the extraordinary efforts made IN WASH
ington to keep the matter hushed up. IL VIII De
remembered that Mr. Buchanan recently went 20
Washington. He put up at one of the principal
hotels there--the same one in which ). -Glancey
Jones has his quarters Now, this hotel has been
terribly infested with rats of late, and one OF lhe
boarders conceived the idea that they ought TO De
disposed of effectually before the day OF inaugural
tion Accordingly, he procured extra large doses OF
arseBic which he disposed of in the most tempt
ing manner about the house. The rats ate OF tue
poison. II is wen known that when rat' parake OF
arsenic they put directly for wster.-There IS
large tank Of water in the upper part Of the hoie
referred to- and into this the host OF rats plunged
dr. INK, burst and died. From this tank the house
is supplied With water for drinking and cooking
purposes Mr.. j. Clancy Jones has been very
sick since that time and is represented to De now
in a critical condition Mr. Buchanan and others
were less affected, yet Mr.. B, left suddenly ior
Wheatand. He will be well enough, however, 70
return to Washington Monday next Mean
time, it depends upon Mr.. j. Clancy Jones health
wheteer he accepts the seat profered to him IN the
Cabinet.
New POSTAL TREATY.-Itis stated that the new
postal convention between France and the United
States has been competed and signed. 1t reduces
the present postage about so per cent to France and
the countries with which she has postal arrange
ments. The Washington correspondent OF the
Philadelphia American, says of il:
Havre andthe travelling Office from Paris to Calais
on the part of France and New-York, Boston Phll-
adelphia and San Francisco on the part ct the
United States, are the Offices established Tor the
exchange OF correspondence, though others may be
created.
The convention provides for correspondence con-
veyed by packets; frst between France and the
United States; second, by United States packets
plying between the ports Of the United States and
Great Britain and third, by British packets plying
between the ports OF Great Britain and the United
| States
France agrees to pay the transportation between
England and France of all mails exchanged between
the French and Unit I'd States post Offices via Eng
land; the transit charges due on said mails, and
finally, the expenses of sea transportation due to
| the same offices for mails exchanged between
French and United States offices by Of British
packets.
Our government agrees to pay the expenses oil
transportation OF mails between the United State:
and France despatched by American packets ply
ing between France and the United States; aud
also expenses OF transportation of mails exchanged
between French and III tied States post offices coa
veyed by American packets plying between port;
OF the United States and Great Britain.
The postage on letters weighing quarter OF ar
ounce is 8 cents to France and at the same rate
cfpostage charged TO France beyond her dominious
The postage is doubled for every additional guar
ter of an ounce and it is important therefore tha
the commercial public should understand this fact
and at once bring into use the thin paper which II
so common in European correspondence.