The daily union., 1854-11-21
GENERAL NEWS.

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There in port at Charleston, on Friday 30 ships,
10 barques brigs and 10 schooners besides number
of smaller tonnage vessels.
The trial of Mrs Baker for shooting and killing Hoh
man. at St Louis, commenced the IL tn inst
Ii is stated that establishment in Wheeling has
hand 10000 kegs of nails owing to the absence of ship
ping facilities.
General VIM. Ayres, Of Harrisburg has been chosen
president of the South Mountain Pennsy lvania Railroad
Company.
man named Edmonds crushed TO death between
two at Pitsburg, Saturday and another named
Brnker severely injured.
Gen. Tom Thumb has taken up his residence with Mr..
Barnum, at Iranistan Connecticut
The Vermont legislature adjourned on Thursday last.
The last Galveston Texas papers chronicle the arrival
of 575 German immigrants at that port
Washington slave, was hung at Richmond, Virginia.
on Friday for
Commodore Perry last dates had arrived at South
ampton, England.
Ole Bull Ameie Patti, and Max Maretzek giving
concerts in Indiana.
The Mexican war steamer Iturbide sailed from New
York on Saturday for Vera Cruz
AN AFFAIR OF noxoRH--A despatch dated Burlington,
New Jersey, the 18th, says:
"An affair Of honor took place this morning in i'm
mediate vicinity The parties respectable citizens
from Philadelphia Shots exchanged and the matter
amicaby arranged not however without the parties
ing both wounded One hit in the left arm the other
in the right thigh, producing flesh wound The difficulty
understood to have occurred in consequence OF quarrel
concerning female.
The party left the city this morning. and the hostile
meeting, which managed very quietly took place
short distance from Burlington. After the exchange of
shots and the woundng of the principals the friends of
the latter interfered and reconciliation effected"
The Hartford Madisonian states that the Philadelphia,
Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company purpose
having erected portion of VIM Skaters farm, at
Havre de Grace depot ticket Office machine shop, &C.,
and that they also intend laying off portion of their
purchase for building lots.
THE WRECKED SHIP g NEW ERA"-Thus far lS0 bodies
have been recovered from the wreck and there
10 yet missing The cargo OF the vessel is entirely lost
but the agents of the underwriters yet entertain hopes
saving considerable part of the rigging &c, with the
anchors and chains.
Boston despatch of the 18th says;
"The jury that have been investigating the circumstances
of the collision the Great Western railway Chat
ham, Canada by which many lives lost have returned
verdict that the accident the result of violation of
the rules of the road The jury also found j. Kettewel
the engineer, and d. c. Twiche the conductor of the
gravel train guilty of mansaughter and the former
arrested and committed to JAIL bail being refused
Destructive New BRuNswIcK--Late advices
from ST. john N. b. that the storm of the 18th and
l4th instant did great damage in various parts Of the
province All the rivers and streams overfowed their
banks and deuged the low lands. The reservoir from
which the inhabitants of St John derived their
seriously injured that the supply rom hhiy
On The tts DS other rivers great quantities of
timber hay, &c washed down the streams. Travel
ling suspended throughout the province and the mails
were all behindhand.
CANADIAN LEGlsLATIoN-A despatch from Quebec of the
18th instant states:
Last night the legislative assembly unanimously voted
one hundred thousand dollars to the widows and orphans
of the soldiers who have already fallen in the ranks of the
allied armies who may fall during the continuance OF
the present war
The government purposes to alter the tariff, reducing
the duty refined sugar to two dollars and forty cents
and sugars to dollar and fifty cents per cwt
molasses to two pence per gallon and on coffee one
penny per pound"
LATER Turks STANDBY the arrival of the British
brig Europa at New York have dates from Turks
islands to November g. The following the only points
of the news which important:
There is hand still small quantity of salt princi-
palIy at Salt Cay and Cockburn harbor.
There is prospect at present understand, of any
more being gathered there this
Should the weather. however during the winter months
prove fair would then be probability of obtaining
early in the coming year, an abundant crop
Quantity expected 22o59 price, 80 cents export duty,
cent
fire occurred at Winchendon Massachusetts, on Fri
day night which destroyed the pail factory, dry
houses filed with slaves and the adjoining sheds and
houses belonging to Parks Whitman also destroying
the pail factory of Jewet Howes, their mill dry
houses &c The loss is about 1000.
SMALL-pox AMONG RAILROAD PAssESGERs.A girl by the
of Ellen White took the smallpox in Boston short
time ago. and before her convacscence completed,
started board the for her home in Thetford Ver-
mont During her brief journey of few hours she
muncated the oathsome disease dozen people who
were on board the train in which she travelled of
whom have since died
Upward of 10000 pairs OF worsted socks 900 woollen
jerseys 10000 pairs of flannel drawers and 10000 pairs
of gloves have been sent the army under Lord Raglan
and still further supplies of the article will be sent
Arrangements have also been made send 25 900
great coats which will be addition the great coats
already possessed by each man and the army cothies
have at the request of the completed 1000
additional suits Of winter clothing which will all leave
the country before the middle of the month.
Eighty thousand children born annually in London
and fifth of them die in their first yearnearly twice as
large proportion as in Wesmoreland. The children born
in Manchester reduced half their number in six
years.