Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-14

| old adsge, in vogue even among the Romans W
should expect that follow ng The general law mani
tested in nature there would be- most weddings il
spring but it is in February that they begin to fell
off and do not recover until October; fact sugges
tive of the Canada editor who reesrdei "iwo toni
of coal and Wifs' as iadisbersa for gettine
through winter comfortably Begirning house
keeping with the year, aud our American tusines:
habit Of dating all partnerships from the first Of
the year. may possibly account for the fact that nup
tisl arrangements generally inc ease in number IN
til the holiday season, and then abruptly din Dish
We have not tables OF statistics of other cities at
hand to refer to, so that we canaot decide whether
the Cincinnati figures hold good elseShere. Possi-
bly, people defer marrying there til the pig kill
ing begins, for the sake Of the spare ribs.
@ Current Topics,
DEAD BODIES AT SEA-Capt Spencer of the packs
ct ship Daniel Webster, from London arrived at New
York on the oath ult, reports that September 20
in latitude 80 90 longitude AZ. the outward pas.
sage, he passed large number Of dead bodies
swollen and distorted, with the sea-birds preying on
them. They we're thought to be the remains of the
passengers Of the steamship Austria : They were
nearly together in groups Of two and three.
ASHLAND NOT SOLD 1T having been reported that
Hon. James Clay had sold Ashland, the National
IntsIigencer contains card from that gentleman in
which he ssys:-"I request that yOu VIII do me The
favor of publishing this note, to make known that
have not sold Ashland; that never intend to do 80;
and earnestly hope that during my life necessity
may occur which will force me to part with home
so full Of memories dear to me-"
The success of camphor as antidote to strych-
nine. in Two cases reported last year, prompted to
its tralin recent case reported at lergth in the
Virginia Medical Journal, by Dr.. Claiborne, of
Petersburg. The strychnine was taken with suicidal
intent, in dose of two grains, and the patient
not seen until tetanic and epept spasms intense
violence had supervened, which continued for hours,
until one drachm of camphor had been administer
ed in doses of six ten grains every half hour, when
they ceased and the patient recovered.
dangerous widow of thirty, in Ludlow Mass.
with four dead or discharged husbands. has torn a
young lad of eighteenyears from his afflicted parents
in the same town, and taken him to bed and ard
as No. 5. The parents locked up the boy, but the
widow was TO mart for them, got him out, and fed
with him 10 Palmer, where they married.
BRIGHAM YOUNG TO BE TRIED.-It seems that since
the psci6cation of Utah, Brigham Young had return
ed to habits of expressing the Gentiles, and that
he to be tried in the United States Court for his
new offences He has intimated that he would not sub
init to peaceable arrest, and the duty of bringing
him into Court had been assigned to the military
arm.
Mrs Martha Field of West Brookfeld, Mass, cele-
bra ed, on the 25'h of October, be nineteth birth
day About thirty of her oldest friends we're pres
Pnt, and the united age of Is of the party 1913
years. Among the invited guests the young were
also seen aud one little girl, who was the same
day Just one year old, to offer her eoDgratu!a
tons TO the aged lady. The occasion was full of
of ancient times spinning wheel
part of Mrs. Fields marriage doWrY, was exhibited
and used also tea cups possessed By her before
the destruction of the tea in the Boston harbOr and
many other interesting relics
Statistic discloses he unpleasant fact to travels
lers intending to cross the Atlantic, that there is
one chance out of eight of their never living to
the other side. For the last four years, about l00
900 persons have made the trip-all told. In
that time three transatlantic steamers have been
lost with 200 lives For the last twenty years the
average loss of If. is one in a hundred.
The TEMPER OF THE FREEcH ARMy.-The Paris
of the New York Herald says: ain
military circles there is predominant faith that the
Emperor intends TO find something for the army to
do. It's impossible 10 enter any society where the
services congregate without finding that one sub
ject absorbs every other-the possibility of mea-
surfing swords with England The presence Of an
as far as have been able to judge,
does not deter them"
Mir. Norton, member of the Illinois Legislature
from Wills county, though q native born American
Citizen some years since moved into Canada, took
the oath of allegiance to the British crown, and
elected member to the Canadian Parliament. The
question is now to be decided whether Mr.. Norton
has lost his citizenship by his expatratiOn, and
to regain it must be re naturazed
Az ABsCoxDER IN MExICo-A Monterey letter.
Of Nov 80, in the Brownsville Flag, states that
Seymour, the sbscondng Treasurer Of the Hartford
Comm Savings Bank, was then residing in the
house of the notorious DR.. Mears, in Monterey.
THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER VAEDERBILr-Tt
Boston papers have the details of this disaster which
occurred at Rock Point, the trip from New York
on Monday night. Tho TruUcler says:
The place where the wreck occurred was within
ninety rods of the extreme point of Fishers Isard;
had she struck on that point, the steamer would
inevitably nave sunk aud carrrieI down with her q
large number Of the passengers of whom there
were ~ on board, Including 10 ladies. The storm
IN which she went ashore is e5cribsd by old
and long experienced officer upon the Souud steam>
The passengers all reached the land in salty and,
after a day and nights detention ia the life boat
station house, situated u ar where they were wreck
ed they we're carried across the land in OK teams,
and thence reached StoniDgton by fishing smacks,
chartered for the purpose The Vanderbilt will be
a total loss though the machinery may be saved.
She is valued at $4,000, aud not insured The
cargo will be saved in toleraby sound conditiO
FURTHER PROM NEW MExIco-RNRR News
A dispatch from Independence, Missouri says: The
Santa Fe mail is just in 1t was greatly imreded ~
sno w and bad roads The outgOiUg mail was delay
ed from some cause. There Is no news of the Ne
G. no mail, which is now given up as lost. The
Commissioners confer with eNaysjoes left Santa
Fe On the 14lh ult So iaI, toe Indaus except San
doval and his bands, are complying with the aIms-
tioe In Judge B0On's court, az Taos he Only ciss
of interest was against priest Monuicums for pos-
ing Father Abel, By int Oducing pOso into the
chalice at communion. The evidence being only
circum stantiai, he was acquitted.
The steamer Carrier reached this place yesterday
she could get up DO higher 90 account of ice The
ri ser blocked Il, day. The weather iFcold and clear
aud the Thermometer four degr ss b low zero.
SWAMP LANDS IL TIE HELENA DisTRICr-Pstent
No 10 Tor the lands 10 this district has teen receiv
ed. All the confirmed swamp lands in the Helena
district are nov patented to the State except those
in the last confirmed list, and which were offered
for sale by agent Smith at his last sale In other
words those lands offered for sale and sold by MIR.
Jesse A. jackson, and those offered by J. G. 0.
Smith at his FIRST public sale are now patented %
the Sts.s. But 3 small confirmation remains " be