The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-21

LArKa rsos Tsx4s--Tias steamer chAries Ncsxxn has
arrived Al Ne~ Orleans with Galveston dates ~ sns 9Th
inst Lieutenant colonsl Charles Ma ons u her pas
sengers The Houston Star records ne death u Col VIVA
Wood, who commanded company Al the battle " sAn
Jaeinlo violent storm swept sAn ARtonio the
2eth uq destroying thousands Of dollars worth o. prop
eTy Daring tAe stora Simeon C. Rogers u ts nsm q
Rogsrs Bro and o. Judge RsgAnd Killed ~
Lightning An excessive drought prevails IA tbs vicinity
Of Ro Grande city, but the erops gsaeFay Psoalise q
heavy yield james Holt postmaster Pine Grove had
been shot dead by named Forrest and large num-
Der Of other murders have lately taken place In different
sections Of the State Indian depredatons usual ooca-
py large space In The Texas papers but no hghung q
ment Is mentioned.
The Dallas (Texas) herald states that Judge ReAgin,
while holding court reoenty, In the Of Sprase
had occasion 10 impose fine Of dollars upon and 70
order the imprisonment Of Mr. Williams who had grossly
nsulted the court The subsequent circumstances thus
described
aon has way to Jail, Williams drew a knife released
himself from the custody of The officer and gathered his
clan 10 make assault upon the An hour two
afterwards he discovered an the Of the
with rne ieFeled Judge Reagn in the act Of shooting
him through window by which he sitting holding
the court and the gun thrown up just In time
the judges life The sheriff was ordered 10 summon all
the bystanders TO arrest him. they either would
could not 40 IL and the court then ordered him
everybody in town assist Still falling to arrest the Of
fender Judge r. adjourned the court declaring that be
be respected and enforced
MONSTER prEp.-A adeyil fish, became en-
tangled in line off Suyans island wharf at Charles
ton, Thursday and after trouble was captured
by the of the line IL measured II feet from to
fin, and It's weight was a ton and half The mouth
measured two feet and half and taking him for all in
all 1t t said he was most dangeroas-lookng
This is the second of the species that has been taken
Charleston harbor during the last sixteen years.
The SPANISH FLEET ron CuBA.--The Ctamor Pubico Of
Madrid May s publishes the following list of the vessels
ordered 10 transport troops Cuba Frgate Cores 80
guns corvettessabe H. "a guns; Villa de Bilboa 30
guns; Ferrolana 80 guns; Colon l6 guns brig yolador
IL guns; seamersFrancisco de Ass l6 guns 50o-horse
power; Santa Isabel guns ls2-horse power Also the
following transports with part of their ordnance Ship
Soberano corvette Lusa Fernando steamers Isabel la Ca
oica and Condo de Reggie All the above vessels were to
be ready to sail June lst
UTILITY OF rEA--In the life of persons period ar
rves when the stomach longer dgess enough of the
ordinary elements of food to make up for the natural daily
waste of the bodily substance The size and weight Of the
body therefore begin 10 diminish or less percept
bly, AT this period tea comes in medicine TO arrest
the waste keep the body from falling away so fast and
thus enable the less energetic powers of digestion st
TO supply as much needed to repair the wear and
tear of the solid tissues No wonder therefore that tea
whose supply Of substantial food is scanty and on
the other with the aged and niirm especially OF the
feebler sex whose powers Of digestion and whose bodily
substance have together begun fail Nor is surprising
that the aged female who has barely enough of weekly in
come TO buy what called the COMMON necessares Of
life should yet spend portion Of her small gains in ppr-
chasing her ounce of tea She live quite as well ON
less common food when she takes her along with it,
while she feels lighter al the time more cheerful and
litter for her work, because of the indulgence.
Cheoqistry Of Common Life
DINING IN A cYIISpER-whie the mammoth steam CYL,
inder intended for the Fall River line of steamboat. 1.-THE
Metropolis was lying the Novelty Works dock a
table was prepared and twenty-five gentlemen sal down
70 sumptuous repast within its iron waIs After the
good things had been paraken freely Of the tah, wa. re-
moved, and gentleman. named Borden drove horse and
top carriage with the tap s through it, entering at one
end and passing out at the other In order further 10
show IL dimensions boards were laid from end 10 end
and men, the number Of hundred and one stood up
insidel-Ner York paper
CRoss PUErosEsA curious game of cross purposes was
played of in Cincinnati early Saturday morning last
Two vgilant police officers who in search Of rogue
came across Mr. John Cassidy proprietor Of the Queen
City course whom they attempted 20 arrest Mr.
had with him large amount Of money and suspecting the
officers we're rogues who wished to rob him be tried 10
gel away, and their approaching too near fired re-
voiVer 81 them After his shooting at the officers several
times bat without any effect they finally secured him-noi
however until they had beaten him very severely with
their Upon examination before the police
was clearly proven to be mistake all around and the
case was consequently dismissed.
The Martinsburs Gazette says Some forty free ne
groes liberated by the win Of Mr. Gunne late Of Jefferson
county, taken to Pennsylvania two or three weeks
ago. After remaining there few days and becoming ac-
quainied with the Institutions Of their very particular
friends number Of them retained Virginia intending
to 30 10 Liberia
Considerable excitement has been created among The
medical profession in London $50 says the Morning Adver
ser Of that city, sccodnt Of the hands Of young lady
having become firmly olasped together to require
great force separate the fingers and then only for
mcnt from the palms - hands The phenomenon oc-
CURED while she trying the tabe-moving experiments
and since then she has lost the Of her hands
ExrgnruoS BRAEos-Captain Marcy left some
days ago with his company OF for Fort Arbuckle
where he is obtain Of United States troops
He procured his outfit Of wagons provisions &c at this
place Our townsman DR.. Schumard, the wol-known &c
ologis accompanies the captain this expedition and
will doubt collect much valuable information 10 lay
before the country We shall look forward to this euped
ton the Of developing the Of country
entirely unknown, Captain Marcy, when he shall have
finished this expedition viii have the credit of having
psde known the Of the great American desert
the character OF the ooanty and its capacity for support