Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-26

SUMMARY or NEWS.
Patrick McManus, imprisoned in Baltimore,
on the testimony Of his wife, for having abused
his children, died on Monday night from causes
unknown.
A colored man named George r. Roberts,
over seventy years Of age, . well known resi-
dent of Baltimore, is on . visit to Washington
in quest Of pension for services rendered
during the last war with England. He was q
privateer, and served with Capt. Boyle, who
blockaded the ports Of Great Britain with
little brig He was taken prisoner, carried to
jamaica, and, with half dozen othera, barely
escaped the honors Of g yard-arm promotion"
The Ohio river is in fine navigable order.
James Matthews, an old and influential
merchant, died at New York yesterday at his
residence
The ship Underwater has been Cotton oil,
and reached her wharf ut New York.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
yesterday reversed the decision Of the circuit
Court Of Ohio, which declared against giving
the Methodist Episcopal Church South part Of
the assets Of the Cincinnati Book Concern, held
exclusively by the Methodist Episcopal Church
since the separation Of that denomination in
1914, and has remanded the cause for further
proceedings in conformity with the opinion of
the Supreme Court.
At 10 O'Clock on Tuesday night the tailor
ing establishment of w. r. jennings opposite
the Park, in New York, and several other val
liable buildings were destroyed by fire.
Consolidation Bill Tho bill to consolidate
the Baltimore and Susquehanna, York and
Cumberland Maryland Line and Susquehanna
railroads, passed the House Of Delegates Of
Pennsylvania yesterday, with an unimportant
amendment. It must 60 back to tho Senate
for concurrence. ;M
Freshst.-There was twelve-fee fresI,et in
the Delaware, and the water was yesterday
still rising. The Morris canal had been some
what damaged by the freshet
Sale Of Sfeamer-The steamer William
Norris, on the stocks built to cross tho Allan
tic in four days!) was sold yesterday at New
York for $4,000 at auction, to John Graham,
at ten per cont. cash, and the balance in twen-
ty days
Suicide.-Mr. Frederick Daggett, aged forty,
o cabinet maker, and highly respectable citi-
zen, hung himself at his residence, at New Ha-
ven, on Sunday afternoon. He had been mar
ried but two weeks
The Susquehanna river had risen very high
yesterday, from the recent rain and snow The
current was strong, and operated much against
shad fishing.
The Legislature Of Massachusetts, yesterday
passed bill annexing Charlestown with Bos-
ton.
Havana-The steamer Isabsl, Capt Rollins,
arrived ut Charleston on Tuesday morning,
from Havana and Key West, with dates to 22d
inst. The sugar market was dull. Money
was scarce, and business fiat
APPRENTICESHIP IN CUBA.-The Now York
Commercial advertiser pays:
"a number Of poor Africans rescued from
slaye vessel, have been distributed among
several Cuban gentlemsu, whom they arc to
serve for one year - apprentices, and are then
70 have that freedom 70 which, by birth they
were entitled, and Of which they were deprived
by force. This is done by order of the Cap
tain General Of Cuba and the Washington
Union finds in it authentic confirmation of it's
own ridiculous stories about Africanization of
Cuba by Great Britain The Onion is more
easily satisfied with the confirmation, than
its readers will be. There is not shadow of
evidence that Great Britain had anything to
do with the matter, or that the measure tx the
inauguration in Cuba Of the African appren-
tice system And If there was what them
ls Cuba, or, more properly, Spain, TO ask the
Unions permission, before she may take even
30 small a step toward the gradual meloratiou
of Slavery in her own dominonsi Is Slavery
not only to be perpetuated and diffused upon
our soil, but must we assume to prohibit any
movements toward its moderation ia other
landsi
% The ship Tonawanda arrived at Phila-
delpbia, on Friday last, from Liverpool, with
large number Of emigrants on board and
it was stated that there were forty or fifty
deaths ON the passage, from disease resem-
biiag the cholera. The ship was not permitted
to haul into dock, although the passengers
were taken ashore as fast as they could be in
small boats Philadelphia had yellow fever
last fall, from like carelessness.