The daily union., 1854-10-21
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rren .hs cnarle.,au Courier.


port on the evening Of the ilh and the latter the
! 18th inst
We indebted TO Mr. f. DTeyer the obging purser Of
the Governor Dudley, for bis polite attentions
Don Manuel de Cortazar took charge Of the command
Ance Of Havana the 9Th inst
The Captain General is sgain directing attention 10 the
necessity and advantage securing increase and i'm
provemeni Of the water supply of the city.
In accordance with memorial from the Madrid city
council the Captain General has appointed commission
10 collect subscriptions for the relief OF the wounded and
the widows and orphans Of Ihose killed the 18th 18TH
and 18th Of July last during We revolution The presi-
dent OF the commission the second in command in he
island Don joaquin del Msnsno The other members are
Don Ignacio Crespo Ponce de Leon Don Jose Antonio
goven Don Jose de Solsno Al~ear Don Jose Suarez Ar
gudin and Don Ramon Pinto secretary place OF the de-
creased Don Vicente Gonzalez Larrnaga Don Rafael Toees.
These all appointed Of the zeal and patriot
sn they displayed in ihe action OF Las Poas and others
The stale Of health in Trinidad reported to be
very satisfactory the epidemic lately prevailing there hay
ing entirely disappeared Great reoeings had been got
mp by the authorities OF the place in honor Of the
Gen Concha 70 the government Of the island.
Similar reloengs had iaksn place q, Cenf legos Sagua
la Grande Niaclsra, SanieSpiritns St Jago de Cuba
Baracoa, Ma.anzas, Bayamo, and in short all the
sland be airing Of Gen Concas return AT the place
las named they lasted four days
Slight shocks of earthquake felt St Jago de
Cuba the mornings Of the 26th and z7th ult
lSmAx DErKEpArloNs IN TExAg--A letter from Fort
Mason the Texas frontier the Austin State Gazette
communicates the following intelligence;
FoRr Mason, Sept 10, 1854
MEssRs EDIroas On last night we were visited by
party Of red men who succeeded in breaking down the
stable door taking of horse and killing mule The
Of their killing the mule suppose they broke
down the bach door which used and the mule would
not be led These rascas have working upon US
ali This summer, al about every full They have
last got afoot They have stolen, in all this summer
from little settlement nine horses besides
killing two fine mnes also great many cattle On the I'd
they shot three badly that he died
We informed by the express rider who rides from
Fredericksburg Fort Mekavtt that three DAYS ago
Indians had stolen hundred head Of horses between
San Antonio and fredericksburg the neghborbood
Of the latter We informed by Captain John Connor
nelawarian who is in the employ Of Major Neigh
bor and who passed by here few days ago that there
soldier shot by the Indians al Fort Chadburne II
thought there no chance for his recovery Cap
Cpnnor also had eight horses which had been stolen
by the Waeos and brought in by their chief lie go
ing Fredericksburg he expected 10 find the Of
said animals, (seven horses and three mnes) We,
OF course feel considerably concerned far
CARDS the safety Of ourselves besides il is fairly
tanned that il we do not get protection il Is impossible that
we have amy horses We have been expecting pro,ec
| ton all this summer but II has not come
Yours respectfully &c 3, W T.
p s We informed since preparing this from train
passing down that snce The shooting or the soldier
Chsdbre there had been sixty bead Of cattle driven
off from that place by the indians belonging the butch
er Gt Fort Chadburne The Indians had killed twelve
| bead OF them G. ". 7.
Five been host during the present
yearthe melancholy list being follows The City of
Glasgow, the Franklin the Humbodt The City Of Pha-
delpia and the Arctic
The Philadelphia Ledger of the 18th says the returns
from ali the counties but Elk Jefferson Mexican and Pot
give Pollock majority of 35 Bgier 90 gov
srnor The majority for Black is orsr 10000 sud for
MotL far as heard from, is efi4oiooo.
DusI.-A New York paper Of the leth SAYS A duel
WAS fought tine Elysian Fields Hoboken this morn
! ing where Hamilton and Burr fought between Peter
Thomson, Of South Caroiaa and Mr. Norton Of this city.
They fought fifteen PAGES with pistols and the second
fire South Carolina received the ball Of New York in his
left arm causing sGe painful wound. The particulars
the difficulty not stated but it is announced that
tkev shook hands and expressed themselves satisfied
Madame Dudeyant alias George sand whose retirement
TO convent was announced months ago ii is now
reported written The history of her life in five volumes
and has sold the manuscript La Presse7 for 10000
| francs.
So great the feeling manifested arrival at
Yonkers OF Captain Luce that with the greatest f
bculty that the gallant captain enabled reach his
home Some persons carried their enthusiasm so sr
as to attempt to cat ths buttons of has cocti
PRoEAHLH PHzbFIeHT.Torn Hyer is in Cincinnati il is
said on professional husiness-that is he has entered
1 into q wager with named McGoyan of St Louis
for prizefgbt the staked bsig three thousand dol
lars The parties T. meet about half way between the
cities Of New YORK and Louis and the encounter is to
| take place about the last Of this month
A body Of United States troops numbering hundred
and forty-fve men in command Of Col Lee from Fort
Smelling arrived at jefferson barracks Missouri The
18th inst by the Shenandoah There also board
Capt Frost and euts Wilson and Peterson Of the United
| States army.
Brig Cronstadt of Boston arrived quarantine ST
Thomas tie 25th ult from Guadaoup having lost by
Yo the master Captain Collins and his son, also chie
mate and two seamen.
Mr. GODDARD an aeronaut assembled from New York, on
Monday in a balloon and carried by violent gale
seven miles in five minutes when ne thought it time
| descend
4 FISr cArr1R-At the wyfbe county iva) agrcul-
tural show last week Mr. stephen McCavock exhibited
Eve three-year old which weighed respectively 840
| ls47l 1900 800 and zoos averaging 1902 pounds
Mr James Crockett exhibited ysarg steer that weighed
4 l,225 pounds.
The Pscataqus Observer Il responsible for the follow
i ing
i gentleman called al hutin the Aroosook valley and
requested some dinner The lady her spouse being ab
refused supply his necessities for money or the love
/ of humanity.
every well said the hungry traveller, he turned bis
footsteps from the hospitable abode yon viii want nothing
4 TO eat Tomorrow
Il SWhy not inquired the
/ Facarse guzsxered the Indians