The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-07

Annual STATEMENT or rHE COTTON cRor.-The New Or
leans Price Currents annual statement September the
LIST sets down the cotton crop at 900 bales and the
years receipts New Orleans 900 bales and the
value Of other articles Seoooooo0 the value OF the
years exports at S74o0o,o0o The New York Shipping
List gives the following in reference TO that fact
Upon careful examination, the stock of cotton in this
port the 3ls ulf ascertained to be 81 9ss bales II
win be by the statement below that spinners took but
o2ss bales from this port during the year ending sl
uit against sls5 the year before or ASA bales per
week against 3,44s last year-thus;
Stock August 81, 1855 67,515
Received since a25,6S5
Making supply Of ssl,s7o
Deduct
Export Esa , to ss.s If g gsss 'ss,sss
Total sci ,os4
Leaving the consumption lsO, ,se
-Four slaves belonging I. B. Matthews, of Nelson
county, Virginia kidnapped last week by white
men.
A grand military encampment Cincinnati is pro-
posed II viii include all the military Of that city and the
Louisville legion
There are now on the stocks at Richmond Maine ten
large ships and brig all of which win he ready for
this fall
The Rev. pr Stearns of Cambridge has accepted the
presidency Of Amherst College, Massachusetts.
During August s2o4 tons Of ice were exported from Bos-
ton, and since January s7,25o tons
The Chicago and Milwaukee railroad is 10 be completed
on the 18th December.
Al warrenton Springs Virginia there st the latest
dates about hundred visitors
There were "a deaths IN Richmond Virginia last week
and only 8 Of cholera
The Russian general who commanded Bomarsund
when it taken by the Turkish allies, is said be
named Bodsco, bat whether relative the late minister
to the United States not stated He taken prisoner
with his 1000 troops General Bodsoo lie Old man. APP
parenty eighty years of age He very anxions that
the French eenera-nchie should certify that had done
his duty General paraguay diIilers returned the Rus
sian generals sword, and at the time extoled the
vaor with which he had defended his trust and the pr-
dence which lad surrendered it when further resstau
could hsye done than eapsed useless loss of life
The outer forts, Tee and No!c, having been pre-
viousy captured the Russian general priest the
officer in command Of Presto Fort with orders surren-
der The order obeyed Thus the four forts of Boz
marsund iell into the possession Of the allies. There is
report that the Russians blew up containing State
prisoners and the seTetea Aand pilots but the London
papers doubt It's truth.
IElsH POTATO Ror--The condition Of tie potato in Ire
ls VI stfi2N- hl@Cd-siOsi DupiiE AuNO
cate says
The 80 exceedingly conflicting from every
district that without personal inspection 1T is difficult 10
form opinion upon the subject This much however
is manifest to ALL that the old disease has made lis appear
in all parts of The country The extent of its
and what point its progress may be stayed cues
tons beyond reach divine The nature Of this dis.
and The havoc il has made Up the present
districts have carefully examined create serious APP
prehensoE that the of damage already done far
exceeds that Of last year and may prove from its present
type, equally fatal as il did in ls47. The breadth of
land under potatoes being much greater than in any
year since 1884, leads hope tina; may yet have
spared sufficient to leave the crop equal n quantity to the
product Of last season
TIE LAcHNs RAPIDs-A correspondent of the Savannah
News gives the following interesting description Of the
Laehine rapids in the Lawrence river above Montreal
astonhed at their taking plo, for these par
cuar rapids bu; the captain told the insurance Offices
demanded H. He said il extremely dangerous and
he never would go himself but compelled
do il CRAFTY the curiosity Of travellers though he sell
dom found one that would do il twice. We TO
immense rock By the side Of which the channel passed AT
the rate Of thirty miles an hour and at the foot Of which
eddy returned boiling up al an equal rate with the
current downwards W bad To steer the very edge
Of this eddy and the captain told thai steamboat Of
forty feet beam wear took sheer into the eddy
and minutes after she struck her bow upon the rock
and sunk in three hundred feet OF water They have four
the wheel and our at the tiller aft; and the
er chain is inch and half thick for if from any
defect IN the machinery rigging the boat should release
herself for instant from control certain destruction
awaits her and perhaps all hoard II the dan
gerous position ever
SieamDg al from TO forty miles hour, between
rocks almost quite appearing upon the surface follow
ing ntcste channel deep enough, bet ere, tortuous
and certain that If any oversight i committed by the pr
lots engineer any DELAY any OF their
mcnts the boa, viii be twisted like reed OF the
channel into Of the eddes and absolutely bea under
in those bubbling foamng whirlpoosit is bad enough
when going down safely to feel the uncertain twist
of the boat she touches the of the eddy and
dozen men grasp insensbly something, az fbeY
f.p hn4s md. f~tr
place in the The Indian PILOT watches the boiling
stream ahead with eyes Ike cat and his three assistants
watch bita with equal intensity; while thu passengers
who have by this time ceased to admire and applaud the
water look at the pilots al the oaming current each
other iBquringiy Each holds something; though
that is not Aooessagg no that Is irsPslssH
USDERcRouND RAHsoAD.-The facilities AR led by this
mysterious conveyance seem 70 bo every day increasing
every Shareholder in community That we have abol
ton enemies among tanpefing with slaves not only
aaordng them escape but PERSONALLY supefin-
tending them in their efforts Is longer matter Of
doubt This system of negro stealing, Of SO
much risk l. boldly done in midst and slaves are
taken away broad daylight and shipped their place %
destination Steamboats, and railroads are ready 10 con-
rey them while there those in the ctr whe on nm
emergency End the Of facilitating their eEress BY
furnishing them with carriages and horses This whole
sale plumber viii prove destructive slave property ST
Louis and the adjoining river counties unless steps of the
most extraordinary Kind taken to prevent It
We have reason know that there is regular agency
established in this city. with branches Of the under
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