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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09
Dry Goods, Ladies' Dress Goods,

Hats, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Qneensware, Cloth
ing BOnncts Straw Goods and Varieties, that have
had the pleasure Of Offering o. the trade before
The stock consists IN part as follows.
SO cases Prints-from the lowest grade 20 the best
and latest designs, and most popular brands.
1000 pieces Lawn-from the lowest price 70 the finest
French lawn and Jaconets imported.
100 pieces White and Fancy BrillAnts.
100 pieces Fancy SIX Dresses.
1000 yards Black Silk-ef all grades
1000 Robes-of every variety and kind.
100 Rnbes-fancy SifS Pongee.
Beautiful Embroderies, in great quantity and vRri-
ETY..
White Goods, a perfect score, every grade.
Large Stock of Fancy SIR and Straw Bonnets,
ranted the latest Styles Ribbons Flowers SIX Cot
ton and Pick-nitt Gloves. Fancy Nantes and Scaris
Dress Trimmings Buttons Sewing six and Threads,
Parasos; 800 doz Ladies' Hoop skirts In great vare
ty; a large line OF
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09
Scene I'm the Philadelphia Police

The following we find in the Police report
of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
"An old man and his wife were arrested as
Migrants and brought before the Police Judge,
where, being required to give an account of
himself, the former replied:
d" f you please, sir, had to lie down in the
Market-house; indeed, sir, 1 couldn't help it.
Martha here, my wife, your honor, was with
me, and we were just Gaming over from West
Philadelphia and"
I'VE have no time TO listen to long stories,''
says the Caesar, imperatively.
Where do you liver .....
IF yOu would only let me tell YOU
80 time for telling anything. Officer
what is the charger
Officer smilingly says - Drunk-maIket-
house-asleep-ol woman with him-both
drunk and asleep
IF your Honor pleases, had just come
over and was Foing-that was last night
going to try and find my son who is-in the
city and"
What's your name?' interrupts Caesar.
Thomas Ebcre il his name. and Jane
Eberle is mine replied the old woman, peering
up.
= Thomas Eberle-that's the name-my sou
is William Eberle.'
Where did you expect TO find your son?''
asked the Caesar, with the voice of a satisfied
Nero.
"Here--in this city, of course"
One word-Or rather one sentence from the
officer standing near, produced scene seldom
witnessed at a hearing.
That sentence was-''Old Man if you want
to see your sou, you'H find him in Cherry Hill
Prison. He was convicted last Sessions of
burglary and sent up for three years"
"My-my-my son-Will-no, not can
not be-"
ayes IL can he and il il tOo y
One stited groan-one cry of anguish and
the old man fell inert, lifeless upon the floor.
The woman bent over him.
The officer pulled her away. A glance at
the old mans fdce--only one glance by all
the crowd, and that look rested upon the dead.
Bring them up. I he cry is changed. 1t is
now "Take out the dead
Justice and Mercy are satisfied the vagrant
WAS vagrant no more.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09
The MOVE, shooting Match.

1t has been announced that Capt. Travis has
accepted a wager to shoot, at three shots,
three oranges. placed upon the head and hands
of boy. II is certainly a most remarkable
feat. only equalled by that of the great VIM.
Tell. with his " cross-bow and arrow" shoot
ing an apple off his sons head. 1t will re-
ouire an extraordinary amount of GOODNESS
nerve. Judgment, and precision even to make
the attempt and much more to accomplish il
successfully, as we are certain the Captain
will do. Great steadiness of n, rye and acute
sight are required to thus delicately play with
hair triggers, while aiming at an orange on
the bead of a gentle and coniding youth, who
trusts his life to your keeping for the time be-
ing. When we reflect that the least tremor or
movement of a muscle may be sufficient to
cause premature discharge. and that the de-
Walton of the fraction of AN inch from the
precise aim might terminate fatally to this
trusting lad. the feat appears as fearfully
wonderful as it is certainly novel.
Capt. Travis is man of medium height
and size and well formed. He has mild blue
eye, with very earnest expression. In man
ner he is perfectly easy. With high degree
of suavity, he combines great GOODNESS. He
is the very man to execute what he proposes,
possessing, as he does, all the requisites nee
essary to accomplish his aim and hit his object
The pistol which he intends to use in this tri-
al suOl rs Ole ny vi
Utica. New York, who has no superior in such
workmanship. The oranges are each to be
Il inches in diameter; one is placed on the top
of his head and one on the back Of each hand
the arms being extended. In this position, at
the distance OF ten PAGES or thirty feet, facing
the shooter and with no intervening Oh ect
Capt. john Travis proposes to hit each orange
and has only three shots to hit the three oran-
gee. The feat is to he performed in this city
in June next. The boy who is TO support the
oranges is ten years OF age, and bright and
spriehtly lad. lie has every confidence in
the ability of Capt. Travis 10 hit each object
and has equally ar much in his own nerve
which cannot be surpassed. de is now under
daily training. The boys feet are plac. q
twelve inches apart and his hands upon his
hips. Tue Captain shoots through the angl,
made by the bending of the arms and between
the feet. This is done to accustom the boy tC
the firing, and, if possible, give him NOR,
confidence and make him feel at ease. From
what we have seen, he possesses all the norv,
requisite to the perfect accomplishment of THU
most extraordinary feat The little fellow i,
native of Louisville, and his mother is al
ways present during the practising. She il
entirely satisfied that it will result in safety
10 her son.-L0u. Jour.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09

There are but few men in the United States
who have been made the target of more abuses
than Edward Everett. BY ultrasts of both the
North and the South he has been q, uOunced as
entertaining sentiments of a sectional charac-
ter. But n few weeks since the Richmond South
assaulted b min the most contemplate manner,
but all such attempts, whether they come from
the North or the South fall harmless by his
side. Heis not to be injured by such traducers.
In late article, the Ohio .Staie Journal relates
the following:
When Gen. Harrison, in 1910, nominated
Mr. Everett as Minister to England the demo
cracy in the Senate sought TO defeat him on the
ground that he was ''an abolitionist." He had
written a letter to Free Soil Committee,
when u candidate for Governor, saying that hc
was opposed to the extension Of slavery, and
in favor of abolishing II in the District of CO.
lumbia- VIM. X. King, OF Alabama, was
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and reported against Mr. Everetts con
frmation and made speech sustaining his
report In the course of his speech he said,
''that if men entertaining the sentiments uf MIR,
Everett in his letter to the Free Soil Commit
tee were to be intrusted with high Official po-
sitions, aud sent 10 represent our country
Henry Clay, during the speech OF Mr. King
was walking In the rear OF the President
chair, listening all the while 10 the speech, and
when Mr.. King came to the part we have quo
ted as above, he came round TO bis place. and
taking the words of Mr.. King, he drew hini-
self up to his full height, and polluted his long
and skinny foreiinger at the Alabama Senator
his eyes flashing fire, and his whole frame
trembling with excitement, he Numbered out
In the fullness of his magnificent voice, '' and
i tell you, sir, if you reject the nomination oi
the distinguished citizen OF Massachusetts, for
the reason you have stated, the Union In dis
solved already
No report of this scene in the United States
Senate was ever published Mr.. Moore
head was Mt the time colleague OF Mr.. Clay,
and was an eyewitness of the whole of AZ.
He said he never saw Mr.. Clay 80 great n
upon that occasion. The effect was eicctrify-
ing and when he sat down the case ~ A. settled:
Edward Everett was coniirme.-''
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09

A SIEErTNG GAIA special train was run
over the first sixteen miles of the Ohio and
Mississippi road yesterday, for the purpose of
exhibitinga passenger car fittedup with Wood
ruff's patented seats and couches, adjustable
for day riding as well as for sleeping at night.
The car is SO arranged that, in the short space
of ten minutes it can be changed from an
open day into long room with three tiers of
berths on each side, each berth OF couch Sc
cluded from the other and all hid by curtains
from the passage way in the center. The car
appears to be successfully adapted to supply
the want so long felt for an arrangement of
car furniture that would allow sound sleep,
and that would give as many couches rs there
are seats in IN ordinary sized car. We shall
take up the subject another day, and give the
car in question an examination in detail
On. Chm.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09

THE CANEIs.-In looking over our Califor-
MIA files, We find that Lieut.. Beale with four
teen camels, arrived at Los Angeles ON the
Sth January. The appearance of these I'M
couth animals created great excitement among
the people. The animals under Lieut.. Beale
have all grown serviceable, and most of them
are well broken to the saddle and are very
gentle. The San Francisco Bulletin says that
all the camels belong to the one hump species,
except one, which is cross between the one
and TWO hump kinds. This fellow is much
larger and more powerful than either sire or
dam. He is a grizzly looking by brid, a camel
mnle of colossal proportions, and weighs p
200 pounds. Their drivers say they would
get fat here donkey would starve to death.
The camCls are now on their return TO the
Colorado River, for the purpose Of carrying
provisions for Lieut.. Beale aud the military
escort, who. it is conjectured, will penetrate
from thence TO as far AS possible into the Nor
mon country Afterwards Lieut.. Bcale will
retnrn by the neg wagon route that he has
surveyed, to verify it; and SO on 10 Washing
ton. lie is expected TO reach the capital BE-
fore the LIST OF March. In order 30 lay his re-
port before Congress.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09

WHAT A GREAT FouNpERY ~ DoING.-At
this time there IL work being done ut the No
vclty Works Ion The Russian, Austrian, Esyp-
tian. aud Spanish gOvernmcuis- The hrst
vessel built AT this establishment for the Rus
sian government was satisfactory that she
ordered u tine steam irigate, which will lie
called the .Japaur-c,' also another vessel.
that will be the largest ever built in this city.
She will be 1000 tons and, like the vessel
now being finished, viii b. u screw propeller.
The entire cost will probably exceed si,uO0,-
O0O
The work done for the Egyptian Nieeroy Is
n INDUSTRIOUS pump, that Is To la put up With u
by traulic engine Tor pumAng, upon the banks
OF the Nile 10 draw "a water for the purpose
of irrigaliug the hclde: Ii VIII lTubanly cost
$4,000 or 1000, and will b. finished
early Ia March. For the Austrian government
there is being made by hydraulic machinery,
engines, cradl,,s, aud locomotives, TO be used
with dry Il, cks s.I.l.lar to tho~s. put up ut
Fhladclphia and Pensacola iVr the L. ) gov
ernnient Ibis work will 10 ii.iislicd Ia the
course ri four or i've months.
The work being ,ione FIR the Spanish Gov
ernment ARE massive lathes, intcndcd tor the
arsenal ut Havana In addition, the Novelty
Works have n large amount of work ou hand
for private companies. The most important
l. aI iron steam vessel, intended To run on
the Orinoco river anu it, branches. In ten
DAYS she will Le put togctlrr ia the shop.
She will Ia los terI ia lensth AID % feat IN
breadth. -4Nsss lork kJPrsSs.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09
wh.t will the south cain.

1T is contended by Southern politicians. who
wish to palliate their support Of the Black
Republican side of the Kansas issue. that the
South will gain nothing by the admission of
Kansas with the Lccompton Constitution.
The Louisville Cba,ier disposes of this excuse
Is Follows
On the contrary, we do know that the
South has something to gain by the admission
of Kansas as she now presents herself for ad-
mission into the Union. The South win gain
q dominion for slavery more extensive than
three such States as Kentucky. She will gain
the triumph Of principle over faction. She
will gain a signal victory over ianaticism and
injustice. She will gain the consciousness of
seeing her own principles conquer those who
are forever intermeddling with the Institutions
of the South, without q shadow of cOnstitu-
tional or legal or moral right She will gain
the just revenge of seeing the mad Abolition
devils of Kansas caught in their own insidious
snare, and defeated by their own iniquity.
She will, IN a word, gain her own seltrespect
and the esteem of all good men who have
looked upon the Kansas conflict and seen the
meanness and villainy and scOundrelism and
dishonesty of the Abolitionists visited with
the retribution that they deserved. The mad
and reckless devils would never have refused
to vote If they had had the sense to have fore
seen the result, but would have imported votes
through their emigrant aid societies enough to
have carried out all their fiendish designs.
The South gains by their folly and their injus-
tice, and the gain is a just punishment for
Abolition lawlessness.
1t is not now for the South to determine
how long Kansas will remain a slave State.
The question now is as to her admission as a
slave State Let us first get her into the
Union as a slave State, aud we will then talk
of retaining her. The question of retaining
does not now come up. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof" 1t will not be more
difficult to keep her as a slave State, if it is
right so to keep her, than it will De to receive
her as such. We are for arguing each question
upon its merits, and keeping the different is-
sues distinct. We repeat. that when we get
Kansas as slave State, it will be time enough
to talk about so retaining her If it is right
80 to retain her, it will De done; and if it IL
wrong, it will not be done.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09

IMPORTANT FROM WASN'T GToN.-The New
York HeTald's correspondent says: During
the discussion of the appointment of Mr. Cook
a. postmaster of Chicago, Mr.Douglas, it is
reported, declared on his word of honor that
Cook was personally and politically dishonest
and a man of neither reliability nor character
for any position under the Government.
The Tribune correspondent says: It is well
understood here in the most intimate circles
of the residents friends that, Immediately on
the adjournment OF Congress, Mr.. James y or
don Bennett will receive his commission as u.
;. Minister to Austria. This will be the simple
fulfllment of one of the conditions on which
the New York Herald gives its support to the
Administration.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09
The Slave Trade--Who Carries IL On


The New York Herald, in an article in refer
ence to the recent announcement of the New
Orleans Delta that the slave trade has in fact
been re-opened, and that tlaves have been
landed at Pearl River, says:
The announcement of this fact NAV strike
those who are not conversant with the subject
as something new; and will, no doubt, create
considerable alarm among those no are OPP
posed to the revival of the slave trade.
Whether there is or is not any truth in the
statement of the Delta, it will furnish text
for innumerable articles from the Abolition
and Black Republican orators and preachers
of all denominations. In view Of the state
ment and of what may be expected to follow
from its publication, it is as well to look at
the facts in the case.
In the first place, then, il is notorious to all
who are at all informed upon the subject that
the slave trade has existed in this country for
years past; that ii was and is carried on chief
iy by Northern citizens of the United States;
that Northern capitalists have invested more
extensively in il than the citizens of any other
portion of the Union, and consequently are
more deeply interested in it's maintenance
and success. The vessels which have been
employed in the transportation of slaves
have been fitted out mainly i'll New York,
Boston, Portland and Bristol, but of these
ton of the dealers. Within the last twenty
years over fifty slavers were captured and
brought into this port, nearly all of which
were equipped and fitted out with Northern
capital The number of vessels captured and
condemned, however, bears but a very small
proportion to the number fitted out from the
ports we have named. The slave fleet which
leaves New York, Boston and other sea ports
in the course of a single year consists Of about
forty vessels of various siz g, ranging from
one hundred to five hundred toas, and capa-
bic of carrying from four hundred 10 SIX hun
bred slaves each.
Every SLAYER is manned by crews of from
fifteen to twenty-five men, including the cap
tain and officers, making u total for the whole
feet of about thousand men. The whole of
the capital invested does not probably eX-
coed four millions of dollars, upon which a
profit of something like eleN Ell millions is re-
allied.
Here, then, in this array Of facts we have
abundant proof that the slave trade has cN-
listed does at present exist and il maintained
chiefly by Northern men and Northern capt.
tai. The reports of the Mixed Commission at
Havana present still further evidence on this
b lead; but there is no want of proof while the
records of the United States Courts in this
city can he presented. There Is another fact
which may be stated in this connection. The
landing of slaves along our southern coast can
be effected with little or no difficulty, and
without danger of detection. there is no
Mixed Commission, like that of Cubr, in the
South, and no one sufficiently interested in
the matter to furnish the Information TO the
proper authorities.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-03-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

March 8, 1858.
Motion to reconsider the vote rejecting Sc
nate resolution directory to the State Libra
rian, in relation to the exchange of books &c.
prevailed, and the resolution was adopted.
Senate bill TO reorganize the Chancery
Courts and for other purposes, was taken up
on second reading, and laid on the table. A
motion to reconsider was made and tabled.
The special order. being the Senate's bill for
the relief of the people-an increase of the
capital of the Bank of Tennessee, was taken
up, passed first reading without discussion,
and was made the special order for tomorrow
at 10 A. NJ.
The following House bills were disposed on
this reading.
To repeal the Act to authorize county sub
scriptions to Railroads Rejected.
To limit State aid to Railroads in this State.
Passed.
To amend the law of forcible entry and de-
tainer. Passed.
To amend the redemption laws Laid on
the table.
To limit the right of action of fenues covert
in certain cases, was being discussed when
the House adjourned till 2. NJ.