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Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
The Democr.iic PLATFORM.

The Richmond E1ens,ze, the organ of the
Hunter wing of the democracy of Virginia.
opposes the introduction Of new article in
the democratic platform. 1t says eve have
expressed our conviction that nothing will
be gained by this proceeding. We believe
that the Democracy of Virginia, aud of
large majority of the Southern States, are
satisfied with the Platform rs it stands-and
We know that the rights of the STAKEHOLDER
have now as ample and solid a security in
the territories by an irrepealable law as can
be given them by any process whatever
under the present form of government. For
this reason, we are indisposed TO raise dis
turbing and needless issue in the party" On
the other hand, the Richmond Enquirer de-
elares that the Cincinnati Platform is sus-
ceptible of double-consiruction, aud that
its amendment is absolutely necessary. The
position of the Enquirer is similar to that Of
the democracy Of Alabama and Mississippi,
who demand the Introduction of an article
affirming the duty of Congress to protect
slavery in the territories. Upon this rock,
many democrats fear, and the Opposition
hope, the Convention. may split and
break up. This, certainly, is "consumma-
tion devoutly to be wished"-which would
be productive of beneficial results-but we
have 20 such faith in the frmness Of the pro-
tectionists as TO lead US to believe q division
probable. The democracy quarrel, and sep
arate into factions, but when the great race
for the power and patronage Of the govern
ment is on the tapis, they Immediately adj
Journ all their disputes to day subsequent
to the race. 1t is this keen appreciation of
the advantages accruing from the possession
of the government, that gives the party the
greater portion OF its strength. Let them be
beaten q few times, and then they can afford
to quarrel seriously and break up. We as
sumo, therefore, for the present. and until
they are clicked like thunder" that they will
never suffer the party to go to wreck on so
unimportant and trivial a thing as plat
form. Al Charleston they will fix up things
to suit all for the time being, and put the
party in the best trim for the Presidential
contest. They can't spare any portion of
their strength in the North the South will,
therefore, as usual, be prevailed upon to make
a sacrifice for the public good-which means
the Offices, and the spending of the public
money.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
From the Clsrksville Chronicle.

Mr. EDITOR Il wish to bear testimony to
the citizens OF your Senatorial District of the
ability and fidelity with which they have been
represented. in this Legislature, in the per-
son OF Judson Horn, Esq. The Senate branch
of the Legislature have, all the session, kept
up its work, disposihg of nearly every thing
on its calender daily, while the House Il
mean some of its members) have spent most
of their time in casing over unimportant
subjects, making records for future use. &c.
To no Senator is this efficiency more due
than to Mr.. Horn. =
He has been punctual in his seat, close
observer of the business Of the Sessions, true
to the interest Of his District and State, in
all his votes, and eminetly successful in carry
ing,all of the measures which he and your
two Representatives. have projected for your
District. He leaves a good impression here.
and is entitled to the thanks of his consIitu-
ents. AN EYE WITNESS.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
CHESS CosoRrss-A Western Chess Con

CHESS CoNGKEss-A Western Chess Con-
gress is 20 be held in St. Louis, commencing
on the 1lih Of April next. of the many
players who have been invited privately,
Messrs. Morphy, Paulsen, Tillson. Dudley,
Faber, Pierson. Rowland, DC, have signified
their intention of being present. Many 9th
ers are expected, among whom are Messrs
Morgan, Kennicalt. Nicholson and Turner, OF
Chicago Smith, French, Schmidt. Meredith
and Fosdick, of Cincinnati Ballard, of Lou
isville, &c. The Congress will be under the
auspices of the st. Louis Chess Club, who
have made such arrangements that all who
attend will be provided with Accommodations
gratis while in the city, and treated with
brotherly love.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
Extra Family Fiour.

IS0 RARRkiS Extra Family Tloar mauar.etnr.
leu Ell frosa ehesre Nhie wheat, 10 srrye To-
d y. sud for saie By
aarls-sf azEIL. Hooper On.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
AFTERNOON sEssIc
HoUsEoF REPRESENTATIVES.

SATURDAY, March IL.
The resolution granting the use of the Rep
resentative Hall to the National Division Sons
of Temperance for their meeting in 1860, was
adopted.
The vote rejecting the bill TO incorporate
the Memphis Coal Company was reconsid-
cred, the bill amended and passed its second
reading.
House bill to amend section I168 of the
Code, and to secure the lives and property of
The people from injuries by railroads, was
rejected on its third reading.
The vote rejecting Senate bill on the same
subject was reconsidered, and after discus
sion, laid on the table.
Tho vote rejecting Senate bill for the ben
eft of the Bank of Tennessee. providing for
duplicating certain warrants lost in the
mails, was reconsidered, and the bill again
rejected.
Senate bill to clear out certain streams
therein named was variously amended, and
then laid on the table
A motion to reconsider was made, and laid
on the table.
Several Senate bills passed on second read
ing.
Adjourned till 2 p. m.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

- T1mee.e3 zH
DR.. CUNNING has been stating bis opinion
at Leeds respecting the great events which,
according to hfs Interpretation Of the BOOK
of Daniel and the Apocalypse, are looming
in the future. He said The year 1867 seemed
to end 5000 years of the worlds history,
and from the earliest periods onward il had
been the almost universal belief that the six
days of creation were typical of those 5000
years, and that the seventh day of creation,
or the Sabbath, was ty pical Of the millenial
rest of LOCO years. But they would say that,
supposing this, were so, they were at this
moment over 40 years short of the 1000
years. 1t was remarkable fact, however,
that the abiest chronologists, irrespective
of all prophetic theories, bad shown that a
mistake Of upwards of 100 years had been
made in calculating the chronology of the
world, and that the year 1860 Of the Chris
tian era began not from the year 1904 OF the
worlds bistory, but in the year ABB, and
that the year of Cbrist's birth was Eve years
before that, or in 1882. If his premises were
just, then they were at that moment within
seven years of the exhaustion OF the 5000
years 80 that if 1861 was to be the termina-
tion of this economy. they had arrived at the
Saturday evening of the worlds long and
dreary week. II this were 80, it was mag
ni6cent thought that there were some in that
assembly who would never die. They were
just plunging into days such as they had
never before seen an European war was
looming, more dreadful than that through
which they had recently passed, and when
these things happened it would be seen that
the sentiments he had uttered were moi the
dreams of fsnaticisu,, but the words of sober
ness and truth.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
The Census and the New Apporiion-
ment.

The Census Bureau is preparing instruc-
tions to the marshals and his assistants in
taking the census. Instructions for mar
shals and assistants are nearly prepared.
The notifications from those of 1850 will be
slight. A compliance with the recommenda-
ton of the New York Chamber of Commerce,
regarding commercial statistics, is not deem
ed practicable. The Importance of infOTma-
tion about internal commerce is fully appre-
ciated by the Census Bureau, but no method
of collecting that which is reliable through
the census has been discovered. The multi
plicity of exchanges which products and man.
ufactures undergo in the course of SALE re-
sale ard transportation from one end of the
Union 10 the other, renders an exact compu-
tation of the value of domestic commerce inn
possible. IL is estimated that the cost of
taking the census this year will reach fifteen
hundred thousand dollars, and the enumera-
ton will exceed thirty-one millions of people.
Superintendent Kennedy intends to have re-
turns complete in less than three months from
the first of July They will be laid before
Congress next session, 20 that an apportioa<
ment law may be passed at once. This, how
ever, will not be in season to act upon the
ratio for the Thirty-seventh Congress, as "a
majority OF its members will have been elect
ed previous to the commencement of the next
session, but il will enable those States whose
Legislatures meet biennially to appOrLiou
their Districts in ample time Tor the election
of members Of the Thirty-eighth Congress
Washington Cor. Gin. G0z.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
SINGULAR FATALITY AMONG FORREST TREES.

SINGULAR FATALITY AMONG FORREST TREES.
We learn from a prominent farmer OF
Grcesvile, that a remarkable phenomenon
has been recently observed. both in that
county aud Sussex, which defies explanation.
The finest oak trees of the forests are dead
and dying. That they have been affected by
frost is at once ridiculous, for they have
withstood the chilS of winters thrice "a sc
we're as the unusually moderate one through
which they have passed. nor is 1t the nature
of this monarch of the forest" at any time,
To strike its colUrs TO the absolute dominion
Al King Winter. The extraordinary blight
is the common topic among the citizens OF
the counties where il prevails, and while IL
robs the woods OF their greatest ornaments
il also Injuries TO an important extent the in
terests of the timber getters.-P Petersburg pd.)
ErfTess
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

-NEw YoRK. March ls.-Tbs Tribune's
washington correspondence says: The re-
port and bill of Mr. Nelson. Of Tenn. on
poiygAmy Is being printed. The bill afixes
severe penalties on the practice Of poly amy
In any Of the Territories IL will come up
fos action in sfcw days. There IL MAORI
~ in the House in its favor.
News from the Rio Grand. IL Of a more
pacific nature Col Henry Brown has ar
rived at New Orleans from BsoznsvilIe. sd
teiegfaphs on the 18th TO the War Depart
meat: 81 left Brownsville 90 the sgh instant.
All quiet on the frontier. Disturbances are
believed 90 be, over. aud Cortinas hss given
mp the contest and retired into Ihe interior 81
Mexico. Major Heiuizlemzn has o1iciaiiy
reported the war ended
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

bill 10 enable the County Court of Ma
con county 70 apply her internal improve
ment fund 10 building q new court house;
passed.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

< nsrs. COAT OIL ysry sapsrsas sruels. d .
sssss-u kaiss. ssows co.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
The News from EurOpe---Ehe Crisis
on IIlc Continent.

The news from Europe, received last night
by the North American at Portland, shows
that the political relations of the several
Powers have again assumed critical posi-
ton.
1t is both affirmed and denied that treaty
of alliance between Russia and Austria has
been consummated. Whether this be true Or
not, there are powerful influences at work
which have produced some remarkable re-
suits. The Russian ambassador at Turin has
informed Count CavOur thai it would he the
assumption OF great responsibility by Sar-
DINA Tor her to annex the Italian duchies at
a moment when the other Powers of Europe
are eXerting themselves so stTenuously to pre-
serve peace: and the French Minister of For
eign Affairs has addressed circular note tu
Austria, inculpaiing the Pope for having per-
united the aggravaIiou OF the Italian ques-
ton by bis neglect in the Romagna, and fer
ing not to meddle with the States OF the
Church if the rest Of tn" questions in Italy are
permitted to be settled il accordance with
the popular desises.
These are strange moves on the political
chess board of Europe. and show that the
old issue of the dS naStics against the people
is again ranging the Powers for diplomatic
dispute. and perhaps for AN armed conflict.
In the d velopmentS now IN tde England l.
accused of having broken up the recently
proposed Congress, 10y refusing Ia permit the
eventual discussion of the treaty Of 1856
From this We gather that Russia wishes to
break up the treaty of Paris, while the aim
OF Lous Napoleon is to sweep away those OF
1915. In this dispute England is no longer
under the tory rule of George the Third, aud
through that the leader and paymasters Of
every combination of the dynasties against
the popular aspirations of the age. Com
merce has entered largely into the influences
A.. al has Ia.
sympathy with the musty theories of rule
by divine right and the Inheritance OF blood.
Matters being TO wear q serious aspect,
however. and every steamer will now bring
US important and interesting news from the
continent of Europe.-N T. Herald. l4h.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
National Dsmocratic Convensiou.

BALTIMORE, March l6.-The committee of
the National Democratic Convention Is here
to-day, inquiring rs to the capacity of the
hotels, terms for board. &c, with the Object
OF having an informal meeting of the Con-
venfion NJ Charleston and adjourniog TO this
city. They say that Charleston will neither
be able to accommodate nor feed the many
thousznds who will congregaie there. Our
hotel keepers promise the committee regular
charges, with the well known hospitality ot
our citizens TO open their doors TO all who
cannot be accommodated at the hotels The
delegation from Illinois alone will lumber
one thousand.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
THE Mur.r CRnr.-Wr have made dlligent

THE RHEAT CRoP.- We have made diligent
inquiry OF our farming friends in this county
coHeeruins the prospect OF the wheat GRIP.
Some represent the wheat in their neighbor-
hood as very backward and thin; others thsi
the wheat h growidg hnely, and thai. alto
u Is somewhat backward, vet the prospect is
good for reasonable yield. One farmer ie-
forms that bis wheat looks we'll a. any
crop far several years past Some that We
have seen osrssif Looks very well. while other
crops in the same neighborhood age, as above
stated, thin and small Should the ssssoh be
favorable The present Spriag. we have rea-
son u hops. from all that We can learn, thai
the crop Of this cOsn,y will De at least sun
Client tor home Consumption : SsAG0sssiIs
Gsoggsaa, I2&.
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There /. a terrible rumor in the Fifth Ave

There is terrible rumor in the Fifth Ave-
nue CT New York. 1t is being invaded by
shops. Heretofore il has been sacred to pri-
vate residences. The New York correspond
ent of the Boston Post says:
"The pioneer of the proposed movement is
a iirsi-rate fashionable tailor, who, on tue first
of May, will remove to the next door above
the brown stone front Inhabited by John j.
Cisco. United States Treasurer. and not far
from the paiatai residence of Robert l.. Stu
art, the itch sugar-fefiner. This new tailor
shop will be ia tue immediate vicinity ot sew
erai noted fashionable resorts, such as the
Uuios Club House. DIR. AlexandeE's Church
aud DR.. Maesuley's Charch, aud it, location
right Ia the midst Of fashions bot-bed will.
doubtless. create considerable excitement"
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

LOVE RVIks THE CoURT."-A jury In Tex
ss lately acquit ed man on the charge OF
DEMONSTRATING, although the crime was clear
iy proven against lin. simply because he
stole the horse to elope with bis sweetheart.
who vas present in court duiiHg Ihe trial.
aud willing 10 marry bin il acquitted. The
jurors had probably all been in love them
selErs. at one period OF another Of their lives,
AID there was no, perhaps one OF them bat
would have done the same thing in their
Younger days, il they couldn't have got their
wives without.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
ea- Parker II. French. the celebrated

r Parker II. French, the celebrated
desperate and swindler of Mexico and Mic
sragua, tonee Minister of the United States
to Nicaragua under the Rivas adrainisirs-
tion) whose arrest We published on Saturday
was on that day arraigned before Assistant
Recorder Monroe. and in defanlt of $1,000
bail. sent 10 prison, TO be examined on the
18th inst As we stated on Saturday. the
charge against him is. that he obtained 5000
from Messrs. Ethell & CO., as an advance up
on e lot of boxes, which he made believe
contained opium, but which upon being
opened, proved to be filed with rock salt
N o. Crescent
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MIlledgeyfIIe s. emocrrtie Convention
Adjourned.

MuLEDGEvIILE, March l5.-The Democrat
ic State Convention has adjourned.
The delegates appointed by the December
Convention were re-appointed and in addi-
toe thereto, the following for the State at
Large Judge G. j Mcdonald. Judge Hiram
Warner, Solomon Cohen, Esq, and Junias
Wing6eld, Esq. LIST Dist. More and Gauld-
ing. I'd. Jones, Johnson. Slaughter aud
Clark. 81. Gibson and McGehee. 4th Phil
lips and Chandler. 9Th Hogan and Fields.
9th. Thomas and Hill. 7th. Burney and
Thomas Sth Ashton and Casey
The December resolutions were voted
down; ayes l62. nays ia.
The Convention recommends no one for
the Presidency.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
(hrap Cooking Stoves.
crates and Mantelpieees.

kxTE hAvea very large stock vi P4rler Nans rs
w and Jsnsb Crates, q every psica and sizs;
Fenderx Of various F,stferns a1rbsiixe4 lron uan.
ties. se- MACKENZIE aISCTIS,
fs52-tf Nos aEs "a College street.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

~ pozES GA. Frssa rs.shs. Jus. reserves :.
s,.sis-a suziL, Hoorks %.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
The SHoE-MAkERs' STRIkE.-The following
are the names Of the towns in which the jour
neymen shoe-makers are holding out for high
er wages.

The National Era newspaper is about to be
discontinued. Mrs. Bailey has found that il
will not pay, and when the Republican par
~ has little patronage to besiow in the
Federal capital, 10 goes TO the most GREEDY Of
corrupt adventures from a distance. The
Republic. daily newspaper. The only daily
frresoil paper in the District of Columbia,
has also gone under. The Press At the Capt.
tai City Is now unanimously pro-slayrry.-
VA. Ohm
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

~We publish, with pleasure. COMMIT
nication from Nashville. endorsing the eff
cheney Of our Senator, Mr.. Horn, and hearing
testimony to his untiring fidelity to the inte-
rests confided to him. II gives us PLEASURE.
too, to add that the Representatives OF Mont.
gomery and this Floaterial District have en-
titled themselves to the thanks Of their con
stitueuts, not only for their strict attention
10 the duties imposed upon them, but for the
able and efficient manner in which they have
discharged them.-Cfarksvlle Garon.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

WILL OF Jonx G. BoKER.-The late Mr..
john G. Boxer, whose daughter Mary AM
married Der fathers eeachmAn. John Dean,
hy bis will. ~ originally drawn. len bis
whole property. understood 10 be Of quite
large valae. 70 his widow fos life: AID 20 bis
four children after her death. But, By .
eodicil, he di=iaherits bis son walsrr and his
daughter Mary Ana
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

~ j. F. Shelly, who killed McCarter
Love in the upper part of this county, in
January last. was. we learn from the Nash
willie papers, arrested and tried in that city
recently for stealing money, and sentenced
TO the Penitentiary for four years. At the
trial he confessed the theft. and said that be
had killed man in Georgia and had stolen.
the money to aid him in making his escape.
-Dalfon Times
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

nHASCFAczTRtS 81 lsez FsxxE -
wi GRAND, SGT Az. aaa Fakistk e.
Grand FlASo sosfFcS. ulasse sish
al che improvements szslauzzFs - -
superiority u taae, tss1 sed esr4bl1stF. GOLD
akDzAs zzzEfe1 ~ the IA ID Aes lsFs. 1851
50 szd IS zas Less. 1853 IAs isfs, tlsoz
sa4 - aaes siiz tn1afy ~ ezlAeg erf re psf
elzzins Al a<tEeE.eaEs EzFas Led Ter 4 ses
hEeeds.F } Ass fesk. F<e7l=sD
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

Mrs Window, an EXPERIENCED nurse MS
ernaIe ply stefan has soothing syrup for children
eethins, which greatly facilitates the process OF
teeth. BY softenins the gunsre lucing aliinfama
on-wilislIay all pain and is sure to regulatethe
bowels. Depend upon it, mothers, IL will give rest
O yourseive s and relief and health TO your infants
Perfectly safe in all cases. See advertisement
mother column. Ha Fz uue7dAw1y
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

The NV ORLEANS, JACKSON AND GREAT
NORTHERN Ro.D.-Mr Saunders. the agent
of this enterprise, in the last Sunny South,
says Col. Cromwell has taken the work in
Oktibbeba county, and will look to the coun-
~ and individual subscriptions for payment
Wesson, HaZlehurst & Co., have taken the
contract for twenty six miles north of Nc
Willie's Mills, Madison coanty) which will
bring the road near the Choctaw county line
sounth, and CrOmwell's contract near the
same county line north. leaving but few
miles to provide for Pieksbtrg Wing, l2h
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
Mobile aaee.--sseona D.y.

AoBrLE. March i5--Tbe second days
races over the Magnolia course took place
yesterday. The lrst race Was swo year old
mile heats-bezi two in three. Z. G.
Aoor's brown colt By Brown Dick. voa the
irst and second heats, john Campbeli's eh-s-
nut colt. By Glencoe. was distAae-d--
= The second race vas for the Battle Heess
Plate, valued at $S00- The heats were two
miles. Fanny Washington xon both OF
then. AIlendof came u srcond. while
Martha worrhan sAd Hzftnso we're dis
taseed. Tine $40.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
Cheap chs.

Il one usrx horses. Tor sale 4 man ufzcturcts
prices.
SPADES AND siioykLS, Ames' ,aae al ether erst
quality aEuiscAnEes.
kAkks AND Hots, ali sirss Aad p4ttsrHs-
Gardening .RpssnsetJiz e every ss<cft ttsszs
MACKENZIE a AiN.hiSs
feb21-u an - oliegs street
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
Early Corn. Early Peas and
Beans, Early Cabbage and

EUsr received, n fan .snpFly Of choice Vegetable
81 Seeds from Bliss famous nurseries, GALS ave
cents a paper, amy cents a stozsa-
eS- IL yen want extra early OF extra large Corn
or Vegetables, Of any kind desc Upton Tor nse
eents you obtain ssapf - ef ny one kina sun.
ebert fsf the II a suafl family
Al S0--tLowIR sEkIES, ~ ed variety.
feb2s-n MACKENZIE = AiScHIS.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19
~.MPu,a,Y NENV.

c.SA MONTH ASn ALL EXPENSES PAN
ostO a sEen; : sant-d H. etsft ss~ n -ns eeen
- IN fae Un sea states, engage IN f<spcctsbse
and eass business b. htaa tae sb-fe FEeEss oaEy
he certzsniy realised fsF farfAsF Rsrtfcaaars as
arczs mr. j. Hsssg akESsE. eosser i1Ih stress &ed
sroa6~sy. Nsz 1ork Cssy. eselosisk eae Fsetase
sr.rnn Gbz1-dsszEa
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

The House passed number of Senate bills
on second reading, finishing the calendar of
the same, and then adjourned till 81 a. H.,
Monday.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-03-19

ps-Tse EastsFa papers. Published Ia The
vleiniiy Of the sho<mskefs' strikes, announce
thai ~Asi l. quiet"