The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-05-05


We are hourly expecting the arrival Of Count Mirsso
and the officers Of his company, amongst whom General
csrieia L numbered. who has been appointed second mil
ary chief and inspector of the army In place of General
Carrie. who holds this post They also expect the
rival Of seven Spanish menowar in convoy OF Count Mi
An extraordinary snthusssn sparkling joy is os,ensi.
Of the delay Of General Lopsxs arrival and every one
watches with ardent desire for the moment OF his app
uaordlnsry Increased and most probably il viii be the
same Ia regard 70 the points Of rendezvous Such and
and the neighborhood most alarming state.
The existence Of the cholera in this place has been OIL
government underworld make the soldiers believe that
they were poisoned BY the but In spite Of the devil
aisehoOd They say thai there have Occurred some mutt
saoh procssdngs His sncslsncy has ordered to DISSENT
nate large portion Of them in some country places Of This
Guanajay and the other half Benjucal Three
companies Of the Barcelona regiment are qaar.srsd the
belonging 70 this have pehed In the Of only
so days msic. and some officers have died !, he mil
demic disease amongst the citizens.
have received all those precious lire things you
that Is 70 say, the numbers % and 81 Of La Vuddd
sundy pamphlets, &c, which are already in wide circula
Yours truly, &c.
Burning Of C.iissrni.-bound Brig At s.a.--R.ssus
OF the Grew and Passengers by a German Vessel.
SOUTHAMPTON April ii, 1850.
The Phoenix pilot boat of Cowes, arrived port
the 9th Instant with the captain, and passengers Of
the American brig Lincoln, of Boston, who were taken
Of the German ship Maria Christina q A.ona voss. mas
tel, off Portland, bound up Channel TO Hamburgh. The
of the Lincoln intors that he sailed from Boston
for California on the 18th January last and pursued bis
voyage under favorable until he reached the
latitude Of deg NORTH and longitude 10 west when,
10 3d. OF March 4 during heavy shower Of rain,
and without any menacing appearances Of lightning the
vessel was struck with the electric fluid, which shveed
her mainmast and found lis way into the hold On open
ing the scutte, volumes of smoke emitted and, lind
ing impossible extingush the fire. he endeavored
stie BY closing aperture In this they
manned for than four days, with the fire burning In
hold when they relieved from their perous suaton
the providena appearance Of the Maria Christina and
taken on board Previous TO leaving the i'll aed brig, the
matches opened when the flames burst FORTH and
thirty minutes afterwards the manmast fell The side.
Captain Aver of the Lincoln, is anxious bear estimo-
the very kind treatment he and his received
from the captain and Of the Maria Christina board
vessel he for thirty days Let government
bear this In mind We hope he win be rewarded he
justly merits The following officers, crew. and pas
| sengers OF the Lincon
Offcers-Willam H. Averl. captain; James Balls. first
mate Benjamin M Dodge, second mate. Crsw-Albon
r. Knsel Leonard Newell Charles Berry, Henry Lauley,
Benjamin CAVITY, M A. Hill, Charles Coleman, James
Bull.
Passenger-George W. Darling and Francis Richardson,
both of Boston.