Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-17


Mr.. W H. BFanhsua, formerly merchant Of thsetv arrived
home yesterday direct from the nes lie let here on The 18Th
he says reports to he tsraing eapasi,y Of
! try are exaggerated. tie bottoas oHly being good
lie has been through the mountains fr,n The
Tran Cheyenne Pass The gold sot Cherry Greek IS TAT
gold die gold being ony found IN Ihs ms and in
very limited quantities Mr. dug s. himself in ore
day VasqGe FORK II with No BIookhel, Of Ne
The most he has by man was by Mr. Barker
dav he am 81 Is tie seold So and the third "a, 81 -
There mas lile mining done the past winter The
rr nnd being frozen IL inches deep great many
have worked hard and got aon aud very much dseour
been successful have averaged from 81 s. per as, while at
siuiees or toms being built auemptei worked
There plenty Of pine tnerin the mountains and about tie
Mr. Brana ar,sr says that il any gola Is found in I,rre
quantities viii be in the nouutanstaf there Is geld
CAs1zy Greek north looking rad that the the pub
lie gets Cherry Greek cut q thsir be DIS the better.
As an ILLUSTRATION 81 h0 minZ operates gives the following
instance: Hnsef David kellogg and H. C. Rodgers worked
three Claims adjoining each other hfuy for week He made
si9 28 kellogg mate aothng, Rodgers 60 and as is
about iasr sample % ne m-tes
ABASk swHD1ED The Phtsburg Chronicle says
that the Allegheny Bank was sSindled out OF 81 600
by q very ingenious manegvre. 1t was as follows:
Omen. williams max shis appearances iniheyillAge
of New Philadelphia. 0hi1 where he proposes to 40
into partnership win Mr.. Hull, merchant of that
place. His proposition is accepted, bat Mr. H. is
informed that Mr. w. has two drafts for s., 900 each
which he must get eashsd. Mr. Hull being about 10
visit Piltsbarg iaviies his Partaer to accompany
him and get the drafts cashed in that city. Mr..
Williams goes willingly, and through the agency Of
Dir II. sintrOdaeed to the Allegheny Bank BY inuer-
tiul persons, ge.s drss for 81 coo cashed and has
not been heard from since
DAMAGE TO TnE MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RaIL.
RoAD.-F6e Memphis Appeal Of the 18Th says: The
mail and passenger tain over The Memphis aod
Charleston Railroad due at half pssl three o'clock
yesterday Afternoon, did not arrive unil twelve
o'clock last n ght The delay is attributable, doubts
less, to the dansgs incurred by the heavy rAias Of
Tuesday We learn that ihere are no less than three
breaks in the ,nbaakment hence to the junction +"
MEMPHIS AND Little Rock RAGRoAD The Mem.
phis Appeal Of the 14h says: " is generally kuOsn
that the running arrangements Of thsrOad were ca
tirely broken up 5y the late Od and that it has been
wholly imperative for several weeks. The road has
been greatly damaged by the overflow, aud the road
bed aud supersiruc;urs under water nearly all the
distance hence to Madison. In some localities the
grades have been washed away, and this remark APP
plies particularly to the division in the Vieniiy of
the Black Swamp. It seems that the natives over
theio Ste ui9pOaeN " ny 'no P'OSos' "a ''sy' ~
grntlemaa of Marion made isry for So. geo the
concern, YES erdsy, for OF indebtedness"
FUoTIvE TAKsN.-The Memphis AIPsGl Of the
18th says: "a fugitive slave captured % Tues
day a. Hopefsld, Ark uud-r the following cireum-
stancss He vas seen t3 leave The HoPtied landing
in dug-out by Mr. Evans and another gentleman
connected with the fer1y, both Of whom pursued
him in a skf When ;hc sWO men approached the
negro aud ordered him 10 Surrender himself, he
made an attempt TO GU hi rursuers with an axe,
two of which imPlemeas-h he bad in the clnOe Tue
negro, however vas knocked cut Of the canoe in'O
the river BY of the snd caught By the hair
OF the head, and was has toFed to the shore lie
was sent to Marion, the eOuuty seat Of Crittenden
county yesterday"