The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-20

items OF News aad Miscellany.
The New Orleans papers OF tbs llth instant RECORD
81, deaths the previous three days The wife OF Do
William /. Lambeth, OF Lynehburs, Virginia sifs' VI
Charles Hamilton, OF Virgins Maria T. PacnsIe. OF
Virginia; Robert v. Miller. OF Ohio and Wniia" II
Nelson. OF Allentown. Pennsylvania. havs all died OF
the epidemic. !,
LADY, writer of considerable ialeais, She fell victim
% the fever while attending the sick The Bulletin OF
the nth says;
Up 10 The preseat date the Official returns give for the
ore nt epdemc season 0o9 deaths from yellow fever
and 7i7 from other diseases making total oil i.7sd
from me 2sh Of 5Iay 10 the 10th OF August The daily
reportog commenced on the 21lh July. The most fatal
day have yet had on the 5b instant. when the
total deaths ass, OF which l0S were OF yellow
fever"
SALE or A WHITE MAS.-ChaIlss Denoyer. an intem.
persie white man, convicted OF vasAncy Carondalet
ST Louis, sold at auction al The court house door in
The latter city the 9th instant for the OF
He subseq aeniy redeemed by the spectators,
diiion tina, be leave the State Immediately.
lk0EsIous ESCAPE PRISONER James Dunn,
convict at Sing Sing N Y, Friday last effected his
escape from that institution ia very ingenious manner
Procuring some strip, OF India rusber, he made an air
tight tube Elk feet long TO the end OF which he at
iached bag Of the material, shaped like duck
Managing 10 elude bis keepers, he 10 the river,
where he threw of and rscreted his clothing. and with
his e-ireserver plunged in. and when the bot
ION kept end of Tue tube in his mouth. the bag
meanwhile floating the surface and supplying him
with air la this way he passed the prison DOCKS and
had proceeded about half mile down the stream Col
yefs dock, whes his pipe giving way, ne was forced TO
swim ashore where he met a crowd Of people, and in
formed them that some had stolen his clothes, and
lett them in pursuit Of the thief which is The last that
has been heard OF him. He was twenty years Of age
had we'd Term af tnp nd the
of his escape under sentence for life.
DEATH OF FAITHFUL PUBLIC sERvAKT-Capt. Chas
A. Beck, Tor twenty years keeper of the light
Long Island Head. Boston, died last Friday, The
deceased native Of Sweden; served many years in
the u s. navy was in the ffigaie Constitution, and
was appointed prize master Of OF The vessels she
took. AT New Ofleans in 1918, he presented himself
10 General Jackson. and worked gnn aboard the
schooner Caroline on the day of the battle
STRENGTH OF CHINESE HAIR.-Eight OF the acrobais of
the destitute Chinese dramatic company in New York
have been engaged at Burons theatre where they give
their extraordinary performances 10 full audiences To
show The strength OF Chinese hair, OF the company
stand upon chairs. holding stick their shoulders
when aaother OF the Chinese puts his pig tail over The
stick, and raises himself from the stage by his hair half
dozen lines .- aa- Ell
BILLY BowLxGs-A letter in the New Orleans Picayune,
lsed Tampa Bay. August ,. says that Billy Bowlsgs he
chief of the Florida Indians, had failed TO come 10 Fort
Myers. though be had promised to do after
The green Dance which over abou, the mid
die of June Mr.. Walbrdge, acting Indian agent, bad
gone to Fort Myers however, with the usual presents
and was expected that Billy" woulI make his appear
ance.
MINING IN East TEsSEssEE.-The mineral resources
oil Tennessee are beginning 10 attract the attention of
European capitalists Some OF The copper ores OF that
0inn hav hpen a., nd ,I
company 10 that city have sent sgen, 10 examine
and purchase mining lands. This agent has purchased
three tracts in East Tennesseeone OF 1863 acres for
$50 oo0 another of 100 for S75 0oo and anohe
Tor $4,000 few years since these lands entered
at from fifty cents down cent With the
copper found gold. silver lead. and zinc, but in
quantities suthcient 10 Justify sepa Tation.
II is great folly to fret anything which cannot
be remeded II is equally foolish 10 ire anything
which cannot be prevented. IL equally foolish dwell
and repine misforiunes which have already taken
place Cast them off your mind and think OF the future.
Never cry spill, milk il homely adase, but il fall
! of wisdom
| It's fact known 10 science that when We have a
season 10 this country the is experienced
In Europe While has been hot and suiry here for
The last lew weeks IN Europe has been cold and in
clement The circumstance is accounted for in this way
that the zone OF innumerable asteroids in their revou.
hons are now IN such position between the earth and
TO shut OF the solar rays from the eastern hems
pLerc and 10 have Them strike without obstruction upon
the western. To these asteroids are ascrbed those
phenomena OF ''dark days" which al several different
periods have asionishtd the people of the earth.
The Rochester Advertiser thus speaks OF the Nichigan
Southern railroad route From recent "trip over this
route from Chicago enabled 10 state that IL ia one
OF The bssreguated ttoroughia,s in the country No
pans are spared by the conductors and agents along the
line TO add to the comfort OF the travelling public The
road from Chicago 10 Monroe or Toledo is well built
through the most ghuul portions OF Michigan Ind
ana aud illinois. Al Toledo Monroe it connect. with
one Of the splendid steamers-Emprre State Southern
Michigan, or North Indiana
DISPARITY or Acr IN NARRIAcE-Mahomer. first wife,
ksdyah was at least 40, when he al the age OF a.
ried her. Shsk.peates Ann Hathaway was seven
years his senior. Dr. Johnsons wife was litaralIy al.
most double his age. Sir Thomas Mores wife was also
years older Than her husband. Howard the phi
lsnihropi., at the OF as married FRS, wife who
81 Mrs Rove, the auiborsss, was rs years older Than
Nh. Rove. Rapel, The German DE Sael wa, about as
much older The Countess D'Ossoli Miss rdler) was
nearly ten years her husbands senior Jenny Lind too is
said TO be eight years older than Herr GodschmiJ
The Boomer costume brings advantages sometimes 10
story Of husband and vile who in travelling in haste
through the wood., met with a melancholy accident,
which il thu, recorded