Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-04
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other theatres, the performances of the negro min
srels and the throwing open on Sunday of ever
place Of public amusement and resort" Il say
further:
Nothing short Of vigorous suppression of thss
pubic Nlolauons OF the Sabbath will save the cit,
OF New York from becoming as tOrious for Il
disregard Of the Christian saDcity of the Sabbat
as the cities OF Germany and other parts Of Eurooe
Nor will this be the only evil result We are les
light and<rlvolous community than theirs NOR
practical money-making people, and very soon tht
rest IS wen as the saeredness Of the day will b,
among the things thai we're.
THE CAMEL.-Mej. Wayne, of the United State
Army, has written very interesting account of tha
''shiP of the DESERT the camel, to the Washington
National Latelligeacer and he thus sums up tn,
general advantages that may be derived from the
use Of eames, the result Of ten years experience
and observation:
They viii flourish as well in the United States az
either horses or mules
They may be Introduced at Mobile or Pensacola
at rates not greater, certainly not much greater,
than present prices for good mules
They are not expensive to feed as hsrses or
mules.
They require no stables nor grooming.
They are as tough and as hardy either horse
| CT mule.
lucy save neaVy outlay I0r wagons, carts, har-
ness, and shoes, and constant tax for their re-
! pairs.
Their physical energy is not largely drawn upon
for the draught of wagon cart, and, therefore,
IS proportonately given more usefuly to the trans
! portstion of goods.
| They Will do more work at the same cost and
<eeping than either horse or mule.
TIE MEMoIRs OF GENERAL GREEEE.-Mr. Crit>
tenden presented t. the Senate the other day me-
mortal from Professor G. W. Greene, grandson of
General Greene. of revolutionary memory, asking
the assistance of the government in project for
publishing the private and public correspondence
Of the latter. The memorslist'. states that this
correspondence contains important materials for
the general history Of that war, and the only au-
thentie ones for the history of the Qaartermaster-
Generals Department, and of those brilliant cam
pains which rescued the Carolinas and Georgis from
the enemy. Mr.. Greene remarks that he has been
engaged for more than ten years in collecting and
arranging these documents in the hope of preser7-
ing for posteriy this essential part of our national
history. They consist of more than 5000 original
letters, upwards of 900 of which were written BY
General Greene. The whole work will make ten
volumes and Congress is solicited to give its aid to
the publication by taking two thousand copies, at
the rate of three dollars per volume The memori-
sist points also the resolution of Congress of the
9Th of August, 1856, directing monument to be
erected to the memory of Nathaniel Greene, ESQ.,,
at the seat of the federal government, and citing
the inscription to be placed on it and yet he says,
that monument was never erected, and not stone
remains TO show where the ashes Of the hero of the
South mingled with the soil of the country which
he saved.
CALIFORNIA OVERLAND MAIL.-What difficulties
the Overland Nail coaches have to encounter nav
be imagined from the following, published ia the
St. Louis Republican, after the arrival Of the twenty
first mail, which left San Francisco on the 18th of
November:
The roads were in very good condition from
San Francisco to Gila River. At the latter place
they encountered the effects Of recent rains in that
region, and the roads continued in q wretched state
the remainder of toe route, but particularly bad
East from Fort Belknap. The coach was overturned
three lImes, three miles this side of Van Buren,
Arkansas, end twice The other side of Fort Yuma,
California, but fortunately no one was injured.
Twenty FIVE hours were consumed in coming the first
seventy five from Tucson. Through Apache canon
the snow was fifteen inches in depth. At Apache
they we're forced to leave the coach and walk dis
lance Of twelve miles in the night, through snow
two and half feet in depth. By this operation
he never before experienced such night of suffer
ing. Along this pGrtioa of the route it required
tweny-fOur hours to travel distance of fuy-eight
miles"
BREACH OF PRoMsE.-A young lady Of Franklin,
New Hampshire, has commenced an action against
gentlemen now residing in Boston, for an alleged
breach of promise of marriage. The lady is the
only daughter of wealthy parents, and Ike the New
Hampshire girls, intelligent aud lovely For his re
fusaliO take her for b5tter for worse" accord
ing to his agreement, the lady demands the round
sum Of $4,000 damages The alleged faithless
lover is said be smart, active and good>ooking
man, about % years of age and native of the
Granite State
a case of breach of promise, seduction, SC, in
the Crawford (OhiO) Common Pleas Couft, in which
Miss Jsryiss was plaintiff and H. johnson dsfen-
dant, was tried on two different indictments The
FIRST charge was damage to the family, SC, for
which the plaintiff got judgment for So 800 The
second charge-breach of PROMISE seduction, &C.
was recently disposed of, in which action the plain
tiff received judgment for SIC, coo,
The DIFnCULTY OF GETTING Rim OF A FORTUNE
-ExEOUrORs IN TRoVRLE "A Philadelphia CORES
pOpdent Of the New York Tribune furnishes the fol-
Some weeks ago there died in this city a Quaker
gentleman, josiah Dawson by name His age was
nearly eighty, and bachelor at that During half
century he mad lived with great frugality, but not
meanly; neither had be been deaf to the numerous
demands upon his benevolence, On the contrary
the good of others more destitute was an uppermost
consideration in his mind. His income being greater
than bis wants or charities required, he regularly
invested the surplus in lots Of ground ia the suburbs
Half century ago these locations could be bought
al prices that now sound ridieulousy low Only ten
years ago there we're bargains among them for those
who had money, that have turned up most prcduc-
tive plseers. How enormously remunerstive, then,
must have been the early investments Of the self
denying Dawson. Keeping no misery record of
his gains, he was quite unconscious Of the value Of
his estate, and when he died, after proper lezaeies
to relatives and friends he gave the entireresiduuu
Of his properly to his executors in tiust for them
to distribute among such charitable institutions
here as IN their judgment might be deemed most
deserving OF pecuniary aid. To lady who had
daily read TO him the morning paper during years
OF blindness, he gave splendid country seat with
ample grounds, in token Of his gratitude. The
value OF the property to be given away is thought
will reach 100000. The executors, also Quakers,
are men who will cOnseisntOusly fulfil the trust