The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-18
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GENERAL NEWS.
AT special term of the New York supreme court the
injunction the Crystal Palace has been dissolved Thus
removed the only legal process restraining the action Of
the association in the prosecution of this important
prise Of Worlds Exhibition
Pennsylvania exchange says the spirit rappersp
have been consulted in relation the fate of the steamship
City of Glasgow and have answered that the steamship
took fire from the engine when eighteen days out from Eu
rope and that oryone persons lostthirty by fire
and eleven BY water the survivors two hundred and
sevenynine persons escaped by the small boats The cap
tain and first mate among those saved After fifteen
days exposure they made Prince Edwards island April
since which twelve have died
The New Orleans board of aldermen have passed reso-
luton authorizing the payment of 100000 to Messrs
Roseius, Hunt Grhcle, and Preaux the gentlemen who
conducted the McDonogh viii behalf of the city
The ship Pride Of the Ocean, from New York for London
is reported in the English papers having arrived Deal
on the 9th ult with the and 30 passengers of the
ship Sea Nymph Patton which sailed from Liverpool Feb
ruary 81 for Baltimore
VIM L. Brown, of Peacham Vermont, thinks he has dis
covered the secret of table turning having succeeded in
quoting table in several instances by of magnet
gavanic battery and compound composed of quicksilver
refined sulphur, and sugar OF lead When he went into
room with these things about him. where table cut
ting up its antics it became Immediately STILL and when
he left the room, recommended its dance again.
England imported from Russia last year 95 900 900 lbs
of talow72 per cent Of the entire imports from all
tries and equivalent TO about 100000 barrels lard She
also derives from the rs per cent of nseed
and hax-seed for oil purposes and nearly equal in quan
y TO allow These articles purchased in the interior
during the winter months by agents of English houses and
forwarded TO the Baltic ports chiefly, for shipment in the
summer The usual arrangements for securing supplies
have not been made the past winter and had this been
done they could only reach the English markets by long
and expensive inland routes. American lard hardly
fail to be materially affected for the better by protraced
interruption of commercial intercourse between England
and Russia
Insurance LossEs-The Boston Transcript says With
in the last twelve DAYS the losses in the Boston in
surance offices have reached very large amount viz The
ship Charles Humberson lost the of Ireland the
ship Pantheon, lost off Hoyhead; ship Emma Watts of
Hallowel Me- abandoned at barque Lucie Fields put
back Callao with guano ship Sachem ashore Ginger
bread shoals the ship Richard Surgis from Liverpool
Boston abandoned at and the brig Francis Watts Of
Kennebunk with valuable cargo of coffee, from Rio de
Janeo TO New Orleans lost the mouth of the Mississippi
rver the ship Orlando from New Orleans put into Nassua
and salvage claimed for $4,000 The above losses on the
ships and cargoe win amount to about million Of dol
lars
Tm RISE OF SEwsrAPrns--The Boston Post furnishes
interesting facts in regard the rise and early pro-
gress Of newspapers In The days Of James in England
occasionally circulated in small pamphlets The
earliest preserved in the British Museum Is entitled
News out Of Holland of the date Of 1919 and printed by
n Newbury and there Others Of the date Of 1920
1921 e22 In 1922 these quaro issues were converted
into regular weekly issue entitled News Of the present
week edited by Nathaniel Butler and this was the first
weekly newspaper published in England In the time Of
Charles these news pamphlets multiplied greatly In 1922
the Kingdoms Integencerr was commenced in London
which contained greater variety Of than had been
customary In few years the advertisement feature be-
gan Il was not until Queen Annes time in 1909 that
the Londoners had the luxury Of daily Journal The
Daily Courant' Scotland had newspaper in 1853 Ire
land in l64l Germany in 1912 the American colonies in
1904 The earliest country that then had them supposed
10 be Italy.
The main college building at Bloomington, Indiana has
been destroyed by FIRE together with the library valued at
$4,000 $4,000 The loss Of the college building
s greater We do learn that the property was in
sured. The fire was the work Of an incendiary.
gentleman and lady were recently united Ia the bonds
Of wodock at Fairvew, Erie county, Pennsylvania under
rather peculiar circumstances It is said they met at
church, for the first time, last Sunday week and the
Girard Express has il the man. impressed with the fitness
Of the maid TO become his life partner made
proposition her become bis wife She very modestly
asked him to wait for until divine service
over when she said yes and they married in
stanter.
Judge Roosevelt Of the supreme Of New York last
week rendered decision respecting the rights OF married
that viii doubt be read with marked attention
by husbands and wives roughout the State The Judge
maintains the independence Of the intact she may
dispose Of her property either with without the consent
Of her husband and all moneys due must be paid her
person. upon order from her She may sue In per
SON. or her husband may msy stand her next
| friend she may select
DEyoNrSATIoy OF COINS on HAND AT THE MINT
/ OF THE UNITED STATES, AT PHILADELPHIA AT
Il THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS FOR THE DAY. on
II APRIL IS, 1854.
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4 Half eagles 248goo 90
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