Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-04-15
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and three and ahalf tons lighter than aoy steam
CINE heretofore made by these gentlemen, yet il
threw Urge stream ten feet higher than She tow
er. Through an II inch nozzle it threw wat two
hundred feet, and two streams each one hundred
and sevepty-fve feet. Another feat i, performed
was, throwing water through 500 feet Of hose and
1t inch nozzle to the distance of one hundred and
eighty-four f.'t This fine little engine, which is
called the ECLIPSE, can be readily drawn by two hor-
ses, and performed in all respects satisfactorily"
IA late letter from London published in
London paper coutiins the fOllO~ing:-The man.
sion of the Duke de Medina Cell described BY Ford
~ looking like houses taken out Of Baker street,
snd which was considerably damaged in July last
year by General Serranos csnnonade, is now near
IL repaired The papers give an account Of mag
ni6ceDt electric clock that is to surmount it, having
several faces, one Of which fronting the Salon or
chief promenade on the Prado, will show, besides
she hour, the day aud month, and the changes of
the moon. There Is to be carlton or peal Of bells,
which will play an air as often as the hour strikes.
The ars are to be l6 in number selected from these
Spanish melodies most popular in the provinces
where the Duke has eststes-thst is to say. in
iy every province Of Spaiu.
90. The number Of colored voters which the pro-
posed amendment to the constitution of New York
would create, Is estimated at 10, 900.
80. The Annapolis Gazette states that much of
the fruit in that neighborhood has been destroyed
by the late cold weather; the apricots are said to
be entirely destroyed.
-. The County Court Of Blount County, on
the 9Th inst, voted the Judge of the Court moth
ing" as a salary. The Judge accepted. Alas,
poor BlouDtl
-. The Augusta Constitaaionalist gives the
following account of one OF the manufacturing es-
Establishments which are in prosperous operation in
She Site of Georgia: "Some idea may be formed
Of the extent of business carried on at the Augusta
Cotton Mandatory, when we state that near sixty
thousand yards Of cloth are spun weekly cousum-
Ing about fifty bales Of cotton, of four hundred lbs
each. There are abont eight thousand spindles
and two hundred and sixty looms in operation.
80. A New York batter who trades With all
parts Of the Union, says that Virginia and the
Western States require larger hats than the other
States. New England heads are the same size as
those Of New Workers. Kentuckians have the lar
gest heads; Floridians the smallest The average
American head is "long oval, exactly the same
shape as the Irish The English head is long with
out the "oVal;" the Germans wear hats approach
ing In shape an irregular square. The halter
seems to think the American head is diminishing
u size.
Washington Irving, who Is now In bis 18th
year. recently lived an invitation to be pr esent
at the GRAFTON delivered by Edward Everett in Al
bsny. He returned an answer regretting his ina
biity to attend, on account of bis being busily
occupied getting the last volume of his work on
Washington through the press, and bis being inces-
sanity subject to the printers call.
-. The Mobile Advertiser announces that
contract has been concluded between the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad Company aud the agent of an ex-
tensive manufacturing company for the purpose aud
early delivery at that port Of considerable guam
tty of iron rails. and that the work Of track-ayng
on the road will be speedily resumed The Adver.
tiser ADDS The company have on hand rails suti
Gent for some nine miles. and as the delivery of
the iron under the contract just mentioned is to
commence the present month, there gill be no i'm
pediment to the continuous prosecution OF the work
when once begun. We understand that suitable
force for trAek-aying will at once be orgauz and
set to work at Macon, which enterprsing town will
very soon cease to be the Mississippi terminus Of
she railroad. The purchase of rails just effected
ensures the extension Of the road beyond the
"Tibb" 10 time for the next crop, and this extern
zion will bring to Mobile over the road next season
fall 10000 bales Of cotton additional.
-. The n. o. Picayuue Of the 9th inst says
"The Office of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany declared by resolution, pissed last even.
Ing to be removed this city, to remain here per
maoendy until the road is completed. This is the
FIRST step In that series OF measures which will give
she company Southern home, aud which m 81
secure the support and sympathy of the Southern
people. These accomplished, and We shall shortly
BEE the steam express carrying the glad tidings OF
civilization and light through the now solitary plains
Of Texas and return laden With the products Of the
richest and rsrest soils Of TIE continent II will be
reason Of jubilee to the wise the good, the pat.
BY an iron belt and knitted together BY the endur-
ing ties Of interest, commercial necessities and so.
cial relation"
49,. According TO q return recently published
by the Russian Government, the merchsnt shipping
Of Russia in the Caspian Sea consists Of ls2 vessels
Of different dimensions, which carry crews amour
tag to |, ESQ men.
80. On the Illinois Central Railroad lately the
engineer put his mead through the window, and q
Fence only eighteen inches from the tender, struck
his skull, killing him almost instantly.
-. The Legislature of Loui.iana. at its late
session passed an act prohibiting the emancipation.
OF slaves 10 that State in future.
-. The Rlnirl Advertiser IN speaking Of tina
fashions says: strip all The men and women Of our
village Of their Sne Clothes and What change
would be apparent" OF course there would
-. The Memphis Bsletia Of last Sunday cav,
-"we learn that the dwelling aud Ou,-houses Q
Mr john Trigg. Jr.. living in Arkansas, near th,
head Of Devils Elbow, on the river. we're total,
consumed on last Friday night week, while Mr.. t
aud his family we're absent from home. His loss /
about 81. 800"
-. The B'distia says slsO--"A large body Q
Kansas emigrants arrived here per Memphis an
oharl ss'On RdIrOad on Tuesiay Might snd lsft her
last evening on the steamer Matte WAYNE, en- route
via 81. Loeis The purity numbers over hunare'
souls many Of them families wi.h their negrOe
along They are principally from Central Alabsma
and 60 70 kansas 70 locate peTnsnsnlly. They an
healthy. robust pAr'y--an lntslRgsns and braV
clsss Of people. such vii do credit 10 tAs com
try"
IA liter from visnna 70 sss lloyd Of Pes.h