The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-04

The receipts down the Hudson for the last two days Of
July Flour 22,3l7 barrels; corn, 1880 bushels
wheat l5,5l2 do. meal, 1876 barrels The total
cepts OF various staples Of produce from the opening Of
navigation August Flour, l,63i,975 barrels
wheat 1,260,934 bushels; meal 1856 do. rye, 45,
5t3 do corn, 2, lSO, 1874 bushels.
The cheap newspaperexampe set for the English press
by the London Daily News followed by journal so pow
erlu the Morning Chronicle, opens there the
effects of which the tunderer Tmes will be forced
byand-bye to feel.
The English papers contain account OF singular legal
proceeding Hartford, England. One James Tawel, re-
Gently executed for atrocious murder, was possessed oil
considerable property, real and personal BY the laws OF!
that country became forfeited the Crown and jury
called for the purpose of assessing its value
dict returned estimating it at nearly Is 900 sterling
One of the witnesses examined the widow of Tawe
who appeared suffer dreaduily, and whose esmable
character obtained for her the universal respect and SYM
patty OF all 1t is cruel that barbaous law unworthy Of
the age should fill the cup of her sorrows, by reducing her
beggary is difficult to believe that in this instance
its rgor will not be relaxed that much longer be
suffered to disgrace the statutebook OF England even
though be which is still blotted by of
lgious disabilities
mporant itr,e p-that at Covent Garden where Gris
rules sweet regent OF tho stage black and blue dress
only admissibe and dark brown coat though
futless and by the most fat of men
about town, can't i'm Even Mr. Lumey though
in the full tide Of Jenny Lind has venturcd such
distinctions.
The deaths last week were i53-bcing an Improvement
of nearly IL per the previous week, owing, proba
bly,, the GOODNESS of the weather The mortality among
children under two continues very great 1t is 2l0
this week-nearly half of the whole numb er.
1t is asserted this morning that persons "a fireman
and coal passe) killed instananeonsy by The OK
posion board of the Niagara 1t is extraordinary that
the fact, it so, should still be matter of dispute.
Barnum of the American Nusedm, has on exhibition
Santa Annals wooden leghe only part OF him that did
away at Buena Vista Not to be behind him. tobacco
mist in Wall sreet-"John Anderson my Jo."--shows the
identical cigar "a tempting regaia) which the puissant
generassimo just about to smoke but didn't, when
he had to cut and run from ''os Yankees"
The Phladc phia Che second ofhe French line of steam
er arrived from Cherbourg (he 15) yesterday afternoon
at O'clock after passage of IL days and 20 hours in
Guiding delay of "a hours the voyage repair her
machinery. Her coal was bad and contributed much to
reardher She brings SO the first and 66
the second cassand very good freight list is fine
vessel, nearly counterpart of the Union be:
"Cupids two eyes iker each other.n
Her news, of course, is anticipated by the Hibernia at
Boston.
This mosquito month has come in mildly as possible
this year, with fine cool days, and nights inviting
sleep will not be for long, however; and Gotham
ties make the most OF II while we have it. FED.