The daily union., 1854-10-28

The census Of Richmond Virginia has Just been taken
The entire population is put down at 81 sss OF is n
Der there are ls2s2 white persons sss Slaves ana 99
free persons Of color
An Offer Of 81 25 per es for 1000 fat hogs payable OF
ne ll O January with eight per cent interest has beer
refused al Lexington Kentucky Several ois howsyer
have been sold there at 81 gross, on time
FAsr sAiIHe.-ship Mary Robinson fof New Bedford
cfoeker from Boston for San Francisco put into Vsln
rso august 20 for water and sailed again on the 10Th
n ue lns assaee from Georges bank Cape Horn in
% das-equAling the Flying Cloud when She made tbs
quickest m and this with the northeast trades AZ east by
south aaa the southeast trades from southeast 10 south
sounesr NltA The exception Of three days part of which
She sailed nieen knots per hour which has never been beat
more tnan half knot She VIII sail twelve and A halr
knots within seven points Of the wind loaded very deem
as she IS now She 81 days in doubling Cape Horn
o o. ne Time ~ terrific gales and turbulent cross sea
Among the literary eurosties recently brought to o,t
IN London is poem Of some 700 lines in the hapa-tn
Of GOLDSMITH being translation by the celebrated doc
Tor Of Fesas ingenious Latin poem entitled @the Game Of
Chess -
Mrs RebeoeA hiti died at Wears New HAMPSHIRE last
Wea al the age Of lo2 years Until within two or three
years she has lived alone cuyating small piece OF land
with her hands
lne onicago Times has story u gentleman from Mis-
souS stopping in thai asy, having with him slave man
The ausaysIy folks hearing Of the slave rendered him
the hospitality OF winter in Canada and on his declining
to leave bus master they proposed to make him free whet
er be desired or not crowd of about Eve hundred as-
sebed for this purpose but the lsve proved st-necsed
and mounting store b4f made a regular speech ia which
he Defined his position against aboltonisn and the
crowd left him alone in his glory free 10 be- a slave
The Cincinnati Gazette of the 24th says.
We notice arrivals of potatoes from Wisconsin Iowa
aaa michigan OF a superior quality, AT 81 a bushel
Amongst the many strange changes trade has taken
TINS year we nolce the shipment Of LOCO barrels Of por
from New Gark % New Orleans this week
toasIcEA1s AT sEA.--A writer In the ST. John IN RA
News suggests that the se at SEA might be made
available to show moi only The proximity Of steamship,
but her course which S hardly ess important BY known
arrangements Of sounds and intervals Of time between
such blasts Euphonic telegraph would be established be-
tween vessels each other informing each only Of
danger but how avoid collision by the peculiar
ity Of the signal the direction by compass that each vessel
was steering would be knownfor instance one blast and
interval for steering north two blasts and interval
for steering northeast &c
ARRAY AT KASsAse-We learn that an afray occurred
in Kansas Territory Tuesday week thai resulted
it feared fatally to two citizens of that Territory The
sons from Platte county about claim The was
left third party settle who decided in favor OF the
kentuckans When the decision WAS proclaimed the
Platte county claimants beaded BY Burgess attacked
the other party and them up with knives in such
manner that DO hopes entertained Of their recovery
The governor who Leavenworth had the parties ar
rested once and il to be hoped be viii vigorous
means TO put a stop to such lawless proceedings
chioago 7ribahe
LAKE. SUrERoR FLEET-The Lake Superior Journa, SAYS
tha time during the past wesk noticed eight
and several yesssis In this port Below the falls
there wsrs ur, and also four ahoye. Eight years ago the
first steamboat put on Lake Superior, which time
had but small steamboat plying between the saut
and Macknaw have eight steamers here in one
dan
Rncr TO eserday the British schooner Queen
arrived in q days from Malaga with full cargo of fruit
and oil for Messrs f. Maitland Tylee Co. Montreal and
had she commenced dscharging her cargo Immediately
her arrival the cargo would have reached its destination
by the time Montreal friends receive this paper
The cargo OF The Queen consists Of oil isins
riety Of packages hIberts, figs almonds lemons and
oranges 1t the intention Of the consgneas take but
part Of the cargo Montreal The trade here should
wish to supply STATE ef Hain 25th
Ja said Joppa dame to her hopeful son. who follow
cd the pscacry profession do dear fix up little you
look very soveny Oh what awful thing it would be
if Won should get drowned looking so r