The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-01

extent Heavy rains had faisn tauas.ug ~ oaiian
much IL thought
Says the Picayune -Thsrs Bsru was Isrhai- saeh
hard time to get anything 10 ID Mes urstnt A. H.
present There is literally nothing 10 ~ uarksH %
10 be eaten The meats poor and sctfe LeFta pi
Of the question and command fuu tauf g ia hiu dai-
en- Beef mutton, and p0uitry - tie 1rrsi possible
kind"
Potatoes are selling there At tbs rate a four mr due
and the Pieayune says the man who Rpul tF.ug llu
thousand barrels there just nov souls make isr'uns
TnE YELLOW rrvrn-rhe Charleston IS G standard q
the 2sth says
We are pleased to notice from che report ~ ths ss
register for the rast few days that he numh ~ dthr t
the fever is gradually diminishing aud hoge In shuri
time be enabled 10 chronicle n entire dsaplearanos
from midst The deaths Tor the twenty-i0ur hour
ending last evening twelve which y docfeasd ~
three from those Of the previous day We Informed
that there comparatively few oases and that ths
disease yields readily TO medical treatment
The Augusta board OF health announces that there
deaths by yellow fever reported for e p hours ending
on Sunday p M and deaths for the % hours cn4iu.
on Monday, D. The city h deserted but these : o.
have fed from it do not seem exempt ior number Of
deaths have occurred In the surrounding country ana there
is the present time much sickness the Sand Hills
"The Constitutonast comes 10 US upon half q sheet
having out of its whole force OF operatives bat
positor and its pressman left The worthy postmaster Mr.
Smythe is using every exertion get matters arranged
in his office He is hard al work night and day bat with
his present limited force mail matter, particularly
papers, accommodating his hands II Is as much as
he d. under existing CIRCUMSTANCES 20 distribute and
deliver letters.
Amongst the deaths announced is that Of james
Rhnd, esq., cashier of the branch of the State Bank lie
expired at his residence the Sand Hills on Monday
morning"
DEArHo CUBAN MLLIoSARr-Signor Jose NJ Lasa, who
has been passing the the New York Hotel died
yesterday afternoon of apoplexy aged co years Mr. asa
native Of Havana where he has resided Of his
md hapr pi The MIA In tTb
He leaves widow, SON. and four FIVE daughters
who are inconsolable at their loss.Eoeaiag Mirror
There four medical colleges in Philadelphia all
of which their regular sessions on the 9th Of
October The three medical colleges ia New York open
Of uctobep
The Charleston Mercury says the experiment of rearing
fine breeds Of sheep for WOOL in the upper part of South
Carolina promises TO be completely successful
On the 23d pltimo the tobacco factory of I Mullen
St Louis, consumed by rc-loss $4,000 and in
suranoe
Gold quartz it is said has recently been found in smnll
quantities in Berks county. Pennsylvania
WORSE THAN A MORMON ELDER--A Glasgow paper, de-
scrbng Mr. Coughs lectures to the fair Of that city,
excaim with enthusiasm Three thousand ladies hang
ing the lips of one manT
Al some of the hotels in Vermont they give glass of
river water, which has such peculiar flavor that some
people mistake it for schnapp and leave foprpence the
counter
When a devout Mussulman found himself in the midst
of terrible tempest be recolected that he had yo-
lated the Mahomedan law by indulgng in swnes flesh
particular occasion. Having made due confession and
prayed for cessation of the storm in vain, he pettishy
Ipyp hat n FMS nbput a lie
UNITED STATES SEAMAN MURpEIEp--The Navy Depart
uient have information that Charles Smith, of Loudon
county Virginia aged thryour seaman, of The rigate
St Lawrence in the Pacific, murdered while on shore
at Pay ta near Panama; August l3, 1854
In New York about three o'clock Friday morning
Policeman James Cahil shot dead while endeavor-
ing burglars The villains had been dscoy
cred in the of burglary became alarmed and fed Ca
hill pursued and alone closed in with them and in this
struggle he received his death wound Several shots
fred by the villains and unfortunately for justice they
capped Three persons have since been arrested susp
con of being concerned
/ NAvAL--The United States surveying steamer Corwin
| from New York arrived Mt Boston Thursday.
! MATRIMONIAL BREAKpowS-A couple presented them
before Squire Parsons this morning for marriage The
squire put them in position, joined their hands and pro
ceeded with the ceremony asking the groom if he viii
ling become the girls husband to live with her through
life and support her The groom responded in the ama
tive as far becoming her husband concerned hui
he he would neither live with her support her
This being the case the squire stopped the ceremony anc
declined Joining them as man and wife On consulting
the girl she urged the squire 60 on saying that she die
not him to live with support her All she wanted
was father to her offspring The squire, however,
unwilling TO Join in "hoy wedock couple who sc
unwilling to regard of the most prominent features
the marital contract The groom was found to be deter
mined in his objections and the only alternative the SOUR,
| had was commit him to Jail As far as appearance.
went girl had the advantage of the man. who looked
as if he was TT either live with support a wife
41lbany AAas 27M.
SLAVE OF GEN. WASHINGTON STILL lIvISG.--A cores
pendent of the Philadelphia Enquirer communicates TO tina
paper the remarkable fact that a negro once slave o
Gen Washington having been purchased and afterwards
sold by the Father of his Country still alive in Fay
cite county, Pennsylvania His history is thus given:
ae was brought in ave-ship from the of Guinef
TO the port of Philadelphia time between the years
76o and 10 and was purchased together with the nine
others for farm hands the Mount Vernon estate ther
owned by Col Geo Washington, already of note in
the colonies from his services in the French and Indian
wars His in his native country was Funtcmah,
but Mount Vernon they gave him the less babarous APP
pelaon Simon which he afterwards added the name
of Washington in honor of his good master. Simon con
nued to reside Mount Vernon until the time of the
oiuon when with others he sent out to tract o.
land in Fayette county, Pennsylvania owned by General
Washington to assist in the erection Of mill After la
boring here for years lac sold 20 Brazil Brown
rom " HON The OF Brownyile is named and he sold
him TO Col Edward Cook in whose service he remained
\ long as he was recognised as slave
The writer cites a strong array OF testimony show