The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-16
GEN ERAL NEWS.

FnoM HAvAHA-The Isabel at Charleston, with Havana
dates to the sth las before announced brings the follow
ing which take from the Charleston Couriers cores
pondence:
The cargo of negroes of whose landing wrote you on
the Sd instant landed Pinar del Rio' the
south side OF this island and rabile dc ii found
impossible to bride non-commssioned officer and the
groes learn, have been arrested
Another cargo, landed the locality recently
told, have not been arrested The commanding officer
of the troops in that district being supposed to have
connived at their landing has been suspended from his
rank lie came to this city to explain his conduct but the
Marquis La Pezuela refused to see him.
The moneys collected for the assistance of returning po
tc offenders to be distributed by the governors and
lieutenant governors assisted by the Ayunamenos
municipal authorities central board for the whole island
has been established in this city, with whom the other
boards 20 correspond and whom oil surplus moneys
to be RENTED
There arrived on the 18th instant some two hundred
and thirty of the regiment of stura the mail
steamer from Cadz The Spaniards congratulate them
selves this frequent arrival of troops from old Spain
There is rumor in circulation that high official
the south side OF the island has been assassnated believe
to be true although have been unable the
NOR to reliable authority
You not be surprised should you suddenly hear
that the of the Marquis De LIE Pczue has arrived
in this island
The "vomitoa would appear to be leaving this city,
whilst at Matanzas is making sad havoc among the
hnbitants.
The port of San Esprtu called Zaza it is this morning
declared will not be port ofentance from the LIST Septem
Der ensuing.
PRoGREss cnoLERA-In the poor house at Buffalo
there have been since June s. 81 deaths of which
of insane persons AT Mount Sterling Kentucky the cho
has entirely disappeared At mmansville Wisconsin,
there SO deaths from the Sd to the 18th ult, all
Norwegians At Chicago Illinois, the 18th there
l6 deaths the Sh, IA deaths; the 9th, 10 At To-
1edo, Ohio, there deaths Wednesday last on
Thursday 81 whole number by cholera thus far 233 At
Troy New York. only three deaths took place Saturday
AT Albany, New York. there but deaths report
ed by the board Of health from Wednesday to Saturday
At Cleveland Ohio there four deaths in the
Sc hours ending Saturday noon, AT Detroit Michigan ON
Wednesday there 10 cholera deaths reported. At
Tfn, Ohio, there have been 40 deaths from chocra46
being foreigners. At Waukcsha, Wisconsin, there
10 deaths for the past weekbeing IS for the yearouIy
three Americans At Little Chute, Wisconsin, for two
weeks II deathsa foreigners and most of them just
rived Hrg
AT Montreal Canada there had been LIS deaths thus
far this year from cholera At Kingston Canada, there
were 80 deaths in The FIVE days ending Saturday week At
Hamilton, Canada the list inst there 10 deaths
on the I'd, 6 aud the 3D. II. At Loudon, Tennessee
and vicinity, there have been 10 deaths,
In Boston, in lsi9 up to the 10th August there 57
deaths from cholere this year, ILL., In 1910 greatest
Der in one day %; in 1854 0.
On the propeller Branttord from Quebec Kingston
few days ago rs occurred The Egin and Huron
also had many deaths
EXPLOSION OF POWDER MLL--The powder magazine at
Maysvle Kentucky, fred on Sunday morning, when
eight hundred kegs of powder exploded and burned hr
teen houses The explosion took place two o'clock on
Sunday morning. carrying destruction in every direction
The light produced was most brilliant and singular to
say not life was lost and but few persons injured The
citizens much alarmed that some minutes elapsed
before any would go into the streets The general inn
preston wa. that the day of Judgment had When
the citizens sailed out they found the sidewalks covered
with fragments of demolished houses The property dam
aged is estimated fifty hundred thousand dollars
Only two persons seriously injured One lady died
from the effects of fright The mayor offered thousand
dollars for information that would lead to the conviction
of the rascal that set fire to the magazine.
NAVAL INTELrJGEgcEThe soop~of-war St Mary's sailed
from Valparaiso, June "a, for Iquguc
United States sloop of Vincennes, commander Ring
gold; J. Kennedy commander Collins brig Porpoise
Davis; steamer John Hancock, commander
Rogers; and schooner Fenniinorc Cooper, commander
Stevens were at Hong Kong June United States soop
ofwar Plymouth, commander Kelley was at Shanghai
May 80. United States steamer Queen was at Canton
June g.
United States steam frgac Susquehsnpoh seiled from
Shanghai May ls, on cruise
While Edmund Burke was declaming with great anrna-
ton in his famous speech against Warren Hastings he
interrupted by little Major Scott II is said he Indignantly
exclaimed, aAm to be leased by the barking Of this
ackal while attacking the royal tiger Of Benga7p