Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-20

The following items we copy from late
Northern papers:
Two swindlcrs at Newark. n j., bought
$500 worth of -four in New York on 80
days time, sold it in Newark for cash at de-
prcciated prices, pocketed the money and
sloped. The question now IS, how they
managed to get the credit for that amount.
The subject of the extensive frauds and
abuses IN the use of military railroad passes
is receiving attention at headquarters, and
an increased stringency will make the prac-
tice more difficult and dangerous. Hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars have been
squandered in this way already.
The distillery of Furman & Co., Brook.
lyn, n. T., exploded on Monday mornin-
last, and one man was killed. Loss $20c
000
A young man named McGill, living at
292, Fifth avenue, New York, went home
drunk, the other day, had quarrel with his
mother, and ended by throwing her out of
the fifth story window to the sidewalk. She
was instantly killed.
Carl Hoync, convicted at Leavenworth of
the murder of Philip Friend, was on Sat-
urday, the 7th, sentenced by Judge Nc
Dowell to be hung on Friday, January 24th,
1862. This is the first capital conviction in
Kansas.
The spectators are having lively
time of it with cotton. A Boston COM
mercial exchange says:
We remarked, few weeks since, that g
gentleman of this city predicted that cotton
would 60 up to so cents. It is held at that
price to-day. Last week one Of our leading
manufacturers bought 800 bales at 273 cents;
six weeks ago the same person sold cotton,
of the same quality, at q cents. 1t only
requires pluck to carry this speculation,
both of the raw and manufactured article,
to very high figure. z.i.
An improved style of congreve rocket is
about to be introduced in the army of the
Potomac This weapon is one of the most
fearful that can be devised for setting fire
to ships or villages, or for use against COM
pact bodies of cavalry or infantry. They
fly with loud whizzing sound, scattering 3
shower of fire along their path, and, in
stead of projecting in straight line like
cannon ball, they turn sharp corners and
shoot off in directions like s'zigzag light
ming" No one can tell but that rocket
speeding past him at furlong's distance,
may turn dozen angles and kill him the
next instant.
The cowardly Yankees are inventing
and contriving all sorts of expedients
to keep at safe distance from the sharp
bayonets and flashing blades of the DASH
ing Southrons.
The tories of Oregon are rampant, and are
making all sorts of trouble for the Union
men. Gov. Whitaker is an avowed sympa-
thizer with the rebellion, and has named
such officers for the recruits he proposes to
raise, that no loyal men will submit to serve
under them Old Jo. Lane lives at Win
chester, and takes much interest in these
things, but he is said to be anxious to sell
out and quit the State for some more couge-
nial climate. IL would pny the Union men
to raise q fund and buy him out, if he will
leave. BENZ. Stark, appointed to Bakers
seat in the u. s. Senate, Is no better than
the gang, although Connections man, and
q former resident Of New London. He IL
enc of the ''bluc lights" order of tories
The shooting of Major Andrew J. Monet
of the Cortland On. Y. regiment, by Col.
Green was the result Of an old quarrel,