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The daily union., 1854-07-18
HON. SMITH MILLER, OF INDIANA.

We are indebted to Hon. Jesse d. Bright for the highly
acceptable information that Hon. Smith Miller of the
sterling democratic representatives in Congress from ndi
ana has been nominated for reelection by the democracy
of his district This is the double triumph of faithful
public servant Smith Miller among the first to take
ground in favor of the Nebraska BILL and by the rule
which prevailed in his district he might have been asked
give way another democrat but the district
ton overlooked this rule and placed him again before the
people
The daily union., 1854-07-18

We glad to notice in his place in the Senate Hon.
John r. Thomson, the faithful democratic senator from
New Jersey He returns his with renovated health
and has postponed his proposed trip to Europe until after
the adjournment
The daily union., 1854-07-18

The cornerstone of Martha Washington Female Col
iege in Abingdon Virginia laid on the 4th with ap
propriste ceremonies
The daily union., 1854-07-18

Mr. DANIEL DKcxHxxT, OF Pennsylvania sutoxed
subserpu this paper, ana to rcceps for the
~ Mr. @. w. JANIS, No. Harrison street, Cincnast Ohio Is
general collecting the Western States and Texas
assisted by IL. J. THOMAS T. BxHT, VIZ. II. THOMAS, p. d.
YnssR, O. M L. WIsxnAS A. l.. CHLDs, and Dr. W. IRsIs"'
Receipt. Of either will be good
The daily union., 1854-07-18
Communicated.
Communicated.
sUPERINTENDENCE OF THE NATIONAL ARMORIEs.

SpRMaFIELD, (Mass,) July l3, 1854
SIR: Your committee having closed its investigation o.
the affairs of the national armories and submitted its
port to the House. the undersigned citizens of Massachu
setts unconneced with the public works having observed
with much interest the progress of the inquiry embrace
this occasion to express you and through you the
members of the committee who joined you in the report
their high appreciation of the abors of the committee and
the correctness of the conclusions which they arrived
After years of violence to the public in sub
ectng citizens possessing the rights of electors to the
ders and control Of officers of the standing army in
of profound peace it matter of mutual graduation
among people when gentleman length re-
turned to Congress- who had the courage forth
vindication of the rights of injured and abused
and arragn the policy of their oppressors at the bar
public opinion His able and eloquent speech delivered in
the House the 18th of February 1853, almost the
first event which inspired hope in this community that
Congress might be led to and the error into
which former administration had fallen through the
Vaccinations of mn interested corps.
The impartial and udicous i'll which the inves-
tgaton has been conducted is highly satisfactory here
and your able report repcte with facts and the just views
of the subject it handles it may be confidently affirmed is
in perfect harmony with the sentiment of the great body
of citizens of all political parties in the States.
In rendering, they do, to yourself and your coadu
tors their cordial thanks for your valuable labors in this
cause the undersigned beg you that they
of this community, and that the people looking
you carry this of armory reform through
its consummation in the form of law.
With sincere respect, sir, your obedient servants
PHILOS B. TYLER
Mayor of Springfield.
JOSEPH LUMBARD,
w. l.. WASHBURN,
ELKANAH BARTON,
R0DRICK LOMBARD,
WILSON EDDY
RODNEY HOLT,
Aldermen of the City of Springfield
G. w HARRISON,
A. H. CLARK
DANL COLLINS,
HARRIS B. JOHNSON
HORACE PEASE,
Common Council of the City of Springfield
WILLIAM RICE,
Register of Deeds.
L. c. BEMIS,
ELIZUR BATES
NATHANIEL HOWARD,
WILLIAM FOWLER,
ALBERT EAMES,
JOHN G. STEBBINS,
WM. F. DoRsETT,
D. REYNOLDS
JAMES E. MCINTYRE
O. A. SEAMANS,
GEO F. RAMsDELL NJ. D.
SETH B. BLISS,
SAMUEL r. B. LEWIS,
WALTER BATES,
EDWARD FLAGG,
WILLIAM CHANDLER,
HENRY REYNOLDS,
JAMES p CHAPMAN,
HENRY d. WALLAN,
WILLIAM FRENCH,
Editor of the Hampden Post
HARVEY CHAPLIN,
A. w. CHAPLIN, Postmaster
HENRY r. DAME NJ. d.,
LYMAN WALCOTT,
s A.. WALCOTT,
o. w. CHAPLIN
WM FOSTER
THEODORE BISHOP.
TO Hon r. H. STANTON Chairman of the
Select Committee U S. House of Representatives.
The daily union., 1854-07-18

1t is common TO speak of those whom Hirt has Tilted
as her victims This is grave error her real victim is
the whom she accepts
The daily union., 1854-07-18

Com. Storer, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire has been
appointed governor Of the naval asylum at philadelphia
The daily union., 1854-07-18

TO Hon r. H. STANTON, Chairman of the
Select Committee, o. S. House of Representatives
From the Harper's Ferry district.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16
THE AyTHoNY-sTREET MURDER.

The case Of Patrick Matthew'S charged with shooting and
fatally wounding colored man. named Edward Matthews
at early hour the morning of the Dist u was under
investigation Saturday afternoon before Justice Osborne
large number of pugists and others from the Ocean
House in Church AID other similar places of resort
present and seemed to take much interest in the proceed
ings The testimony of Matilda Badger formerly residing
at No 4s Elizabeth st, but at No AZ Deancyst was
taken and is follows;
Ihave known Patrick Matthews for about six months
on the night of the goth of December last at the
house No. AZ Elizabeth ST. tho prisoner came
In between and o'clock in the mornings he kept dogs
there and occasionally in to see woman; coored
woman, named ROsanna Thomas, and Catharine McClus
key in bed at the me ind when he entered the room
got up entering he said, Kate, ] want you to take
care of my dogs am going to California :" he further
said there had been town and he into
it, that negro had been shot and that he shot him he
then corrected himself and said, Kate, did not do IT,
"yoa know that L would not DO such thing " shortly
after he said again that he had shot the negro with pistol
and was going to California Kate then told him keep
quiet he then went 10 the door and looked in the entry TO
see if any person looking stening he then turned
if any person was in the ROOM and think ne saw
the cosred girl apparently asleep at the foot of the bed
the prisoner then sad Kate, don't tell any Of the girls
about the house, Kate then tried to get him to to
bed but be would not and left the house. but returned
few minutes afterward, and said kate be sure and take
"care of my dogs, for am going to California. They
then cOnversed in low tone together and did not near
The witness was cross examined but nothing c6htradic
tory TO the evidence above given was elected.
On Sunday afternoon the examination was resumed
and Rosanna Thomas, the colored woman placed on
the stand but all that she rccoected simply the fact
OF Mathews coming to the house. and telling Kate that he
was going California and wished her to take care OF his
dogs she had no recollection of his having said he had
shot the negro The hearing was then further postponed
until this afternoon at clock, when tie testimony Of
Kate Cusky will be taken, which it is understood will
contradict that given by Matilda Badger on Saturday The
decision of the magistrate will probably then be given as
to whether the evidence adduced win warranhe holding
of the prisoner fol- trial.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16
HOMICIDE-FATAL STABBING AFFRAY

sailor named Charles Edwards died on Saturday night
at the New York Hospital from the effects OF wounds he
received on the afternoon of the 10th Of November last
while board the ship James Ruedge then lying in the
North River Coroner Donne yesterday held inquest
upon the body when appeared in evidence that the de-
ceased and two shipmstes named Thomas johnson and
Joseph Curan got into gh. together when Johnson as
he alleged in self defense stabbed the deceased in the right
side Of the chest between the fourth and fth bs inc
ing wound which the of death. BE was i'm
medatey arrested and has been lying in prison since e
occurrence Cuan, the other party in the fight was also
stabbed by johnson and taken to the Hospital where he
recovered and has gone to The following verdict was
rendered by the Jury; That Charles Edwards the de-
ceased came bi, death by stab with knife, in the
hands Of Thomas Johnson he johnson having volun
tary confessed that the said stab given in selfde
Tense" On the rendition of the verdict johnson re-
committed to await the action of the Grand Jury. The de
ceased was years of age His place Of nativity Is an
known
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16
SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAK

John Weaver mason by trade, was arrested on satur
day afternoon by.Ofcer Walker of the Twentieth Ward
charged with dangerously abbng lsborer named james
Gafney The parties fellow wOrkmen in new build
ing at the corner of Twenty ninhS and at noon pro-
ceeded grocery the opposite c,rer to get some re-
treatments While there quarrel ensued between them
they clnched and the accused seized large eheesekne
and stabbed his adversary FIVE times infictng wound
near the groin another the LEFT side another in the breast
one IN the neck near the uguar vein Tho wounds were
dressed by Dr. squbb and the sufferer then conveyed
to the NewYork Hospital His recovery considered very
doubtful The accused was taken before Justice Stuart and
locked lp.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16
NAVAL LNTELLIGENCE-C 4
THOMAS

The L. S sto7eship Relief A B. Fairfax Lieut., command
ing arrived q. this port yesterday from Rio Janeo and
10 days from St Thomas
The L s frigate Savannah was at Rio Janeiro Tue
L. ftigate Columbia at St. Thomas bound to the
windvsrd Islands.
The cholera was prevailing to alarming extent AZ o.
Thomas when the Rsie left and was eonsned piihe'pany
anong the blacks some 800 hsvis. died in 10 days
The following is the liz: Of officers GA board Oh the eel
A B. Fairfax Lieut., commanding s. T. Garter Acting
Master 7 u Potter Passed Assistant Surgeon Geo l.
Morgan. o + Johnston, d. B Harmony Passed h'i'hip
ner. Y FaTfaY Captain CleTk
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16
LAW INTELLIGENCE
U s. DISTRICT coURr-ss<or. Jsss. IsssisclL.

10 III JAW naseS 10 .eoa 0ocs FRIDAY to 10 Seoes
Tbsy stood sid six IN favor Of verdict OF getty a0A 'A '
Mr. smith On bsh of Rose moved Ii sum
wtsh Dad been Ia n him on his Arrest be restored @ aS ~
serss s:5. hat Ross. ssSSjas i,,. ;: .ssi.
mmsd TO he custody oIhe Marshal To. Court granted
b. nSaoo The a1oaa, %. 70 be a. es9se , ,ns
vs.. sS.fssd
U.sD DISTRICT coURT-Befors Jads, ISsEssOLL
CHARGE or ExrESsTE cOUSrERFkirISG.
The United states Joseph n. Johnson - ,
The particulars in this have been already published
in when the examination had before the seoer Il
sion 81 co Of eSgGte, coin PTneP. quarter eagles and
John Il BaIs; y Mr. punrns associate State. At
toipey dtPOd de. b. =. Pess sssr .'d the 9TsSasr, on
iop w.s informed that he bsTsT rssdsn
PM q &. m T s% 70 81 r. F G'.: 'S o Nc n
s',ir 'pd ourd him IS Of soopte,s s1s ana $1,000
bs eip produced thee are some Of The coins they are Guar
usd in eoin these found in his he hsanns
Imp and going up 10 his room when ra nm s1st Of ne
him h ks po.,essicn
T,ssrxtmiSed by Mr. Druker-I think there complaint
again before JohDoas arrest came mo tbs
house NJ Isa down; there zone noise IN che street
usSs 10 answer ca. for johnson and h,aa
him the box When he started up stair. he bad h bundle ws q
the lox had knowledge OF what hat box contained from any
Mr. Drnker with smueker associated opened the
for the defense the theory Of which w th the eSaneI
MONEY the prisoner and before he ssaned what vas
Eksuezer hng deposed that he wa az the DA DINO -
hurley Johnson there man came 10 with
and inquired tor Johnson BaTsy attention was %
Johnson remarked Ny name Johnoa aud tho
mar him Barley followed Johasoa up
s;oirs him; Barley have the S be
patssd BY bin. -
saw him said him. Halo John vhst iss police
'o car tons Burey made melton to HIN TO keep silent
John X ChAe save .sr testimony aud minson
said the tin business for thirteen Have you
Irob.i can't sEeaI to that there are per,on eaed
y bTehs Laughter @ Give me the names OF Them A 10
al The names for some OF them hys tnree OF tour va
iL.ushr The oldest called Nathaniel Esench Chase Con-
inutd laughter The 10 Hanson senats Chsse the next
Nahsn Cbsi bs me- him In years t Two month ago
o. had brother in pr son yet
eope spd sskur for said There is 1r john
son handed him package and went out csa that
that On the 5tth of July.
The the jury who pronounced the prisoner
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16
SUPREME COURr-SPEcIAL TERN.
DECISIONS

Enos Blossom set. Arthur Tsppen ct al
Appeal from special term as 10 an order striking our an
defendant strike out the denial tho CON
plant OF the that the the book priv
i!eged Order modified without costs .
Johr LEVY sgt the Knckerhocker Bank.
Partnership debts have precedence over the ndiydua
has power In the present case to sail Order
Henry W Hunt ct al sst w. s. Pendlston.
Motion granted.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16

COURT CALENDAR, THIS DAY
CoMHos PLEAs-PaTt Nos. 1911 lss, l95, ~, 22l
80 - "a n 70 af sB ISL zs8 Part TiNos 50, H.
10 II II - CG Is q. g. q a. g. g. 3l5l. 49,
superior Great and other Cours pnoshed On S1tur-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-16

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-Before Judge DAILY.
Adam BibOn and wife agt George Onkle
To damages for alleged assault and battery as 10
Mrs B. already referred TO- Nsdiet plaintiff sIo aud eos
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11
MISS LoGAN'S BENEFIT.

Tonight Miss Logan plays Juliet, at
the Variete. This is part which is Pc
culiarly her own, for she is the very
child of passionate sentiment in her i'm
presentations. We understand that she
has reserved Romeo end Juliet for her
benefit night, to enable her to present it
asher part in it-her chef dourre.
Mr.. Goodall is, of course, to be her
Romeo, and he will worthily play his
part, in this one of Shakespeare's finest
plays. We understand that the proprie.
tors of the Variete propose very shortly
to remodel the interior of their house to a
great extent, and increasing their arm
chair accommodation greatly, as well as
their number of private boxes. Already
they have made many desirable improve
ments in their arrangements, one and all,
as has been testified by the greater pa
1ronage bestowed upon their establish
ment. By the way, Miss Davenport
than whom, more especially in comedy,
we have no finer actress in America
opens at the Variete on next Monday
night week.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11

BoRRowERs.-An exchange paper truly
remarks: If Gen. jackson ever said, as
his opponents reported of him, that per
sons who live upon borrowed capital
ought to break, (of which we have a
doubt, he did not cover the full ground
Of what he might, with at least as great
propriety, have said, viz: that newspaper
borrowers are great bore upon their
neighbors, and especially are they both
great and mean bores when they make it
a habit to annoy their neighbors by Dor
rowing instead Of purchasing newspaper
which costs but one cent. AS evidence of
their meanness they will annoy a neighbor
six different times on six different days to
save enough to purchase themselves a
glass of ale, and then not own the paper
to file for reference and to look over al
their leisure afterwards after all. Ifthert
there is or can be anything meaner OF
more contemplate than this we do not
wish to hear of it, nor do we think any
honest or decent reader would like to read
description of it.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11

OThe 'street preaching" excitement
is again up in New York, and serious ap-
prehensions of difficulty are apprehended
on Sunday next, in eonse., uence of the
interference Of persons, said to be Roman
Catholics, with man named West, who
preached last Sunday, in the street, against
''Romanism. 1t is reported at the Pc.
lice office, that the Knoar Nothings openly
profess to ''have satisfaction" West
breaches again on Sunday, and the Police
are making their arrangements accord
ingly.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

SENArE.-At the termination of Mr. Smith S
speech yesterday, which lasted until nearly 5
p. M, Mr.. Weller obtained the floor, and on
his motion, the subject was postponed until
Monday.
The Senate then went into executive session,
and afterwards adjourned.
In THE HOUSE, yesterday, after we went to
press, the following bills reported back from
the Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, with amendment, were taken up and
passed, viz: A bill for the relief of Harriet
Leavenworth, widow of the late Brevet Briga
der General Leavenworth and a bill for the
relief of the heirs of Anthony B. Willis.
After next referring private Senate bills
laying on the Speakers table, they went into
Committee of the Whole on the Private
Calendar, wherein the bill to indemnify the
State of Indiana for the failure of title to a
township of land granted to said State on her
admission into the Union in 1906, was con-
sidered
When the Committee rose, the Chairman,
(Mr. Wright, of Pa reported this bill back
amended.
And pending the question on the amend
ment.
The House adjourned
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11

C. The New York Herald, according
to the Times statement, has abandoned
all attempts to obtain Washington news
from its own correspondents. 1t copies
daily from other papers, and mainly from
the Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Ledger
and North American, Whose correspond.
ent is the regular correspondent of the
New York Tines and the Washington
News and Gossip of the Evsning Star.
Occasionally the Herald gets budget Of
fabrications from a late eaves-dropping
free-soiler, who is now a rabid hard, and
whose questionable character prevented
him from getting an office-which is so
glaringly untrue, that all who know any
thing about Washington matters, laugh
at his twaddle. 2.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11
THE WEEKLY STAR.

81 The Weekly Star for to-day contains
the very interesting narrative of the suf.
ferings of Mrs. Adeline j. Wilson, during
her captivity among the Camanche In
dians, several pretty tales, poetry, per-
sOnal items, news from Europe, California
and all parts Of the United States, Wash
ington news and Gossip, Washington
local items and interesting miscellaneous
matter. As a general newspaper adopted
to all classes Of readers, the Weekly Star
cannot be excelled. Persons wanting a
good paper are invited to call at our Office
and examine this paper. PRICE ONLY
ONE DOLLAR AND A QUARTER TEAR.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11

GIVE are pleased to see that the
Baltimore Patriot, an influential Wing
Journal, is decidedly for the Nebraska
bill, now before the United States Senate.
The Wing and Democratic press of the
Monumental City now stand upon the
same platform on the question of the
Missouri Compromise. We do not re-
member before having seen them united
on great national issue. Verify, better
times are coming. ~
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11
PIE RSONAL.

Colonel VIM Robertson, formerly one
OF the proprietors of the Georgian, died at
Savannah on the Sd inst He had suffered from
80. Fanny Kemble Butler. it is stated, is to
return to this country in the spring, to resume
her residence at Lenox, Mass
... Bettini is singing in Edingburg, in
opera. Mad Amadee the contralto, contin-
ues to be very attractive at the London con-
certs Mrs. VickeTy is at Drury Lane. Mr..
and Mrs. Wailack, Of the Marylebone, are
studying parts in new tragedy, soon to be
produced. The News calls them :. these truly
great performers.
-. An exchange paper undertook to an
nounce the arrival of Archbishop Hughes in
Havana, Cuba and got it g Arrival of Arch
bishop Hughes in Heavcn.''
-. Judge Lancaster has been nominated for
delegate to Congress by tie democrats of Ore
gon. Col. Wallace is the wing candidate.
-. The principal question in the Legisla-
turc of California, which is now in session, is
the Senatorial election, which will soon come
up, aud doubtless provoke a long and stormy
debate. The friends of Mr. Gwin are conf
dent the election will not come off during the
session, while those of Mr.. Broderick assert
positively that it WILL In case it does it is
understood that the latter gentleman will be
elected
THE sheriff of Chester county, Pa, yes
terday appeared before the Criminal Court of
Baltimore, with q requisition from Governor
Bigler, demanding the body of the notorious
Hugh Sudden, or Sloan, charged with having
been recently engaged in prize fight in Penn
sylvania.
1.-The British Admiralty have announc ed
that if intelligence of Sir John franklin or
MS ships, the Erebus and Terror, and of the
officers and crews being alive, is not received
by the 3lst Of March next, they will be con-
sidered as having died in her Msjesty's SER
vice.
-. The Philadelphia Ledger boots at the
idea Of Bennett, the GhOul of the New York
Herald, having no attachable property, and
calls it nonsense. The Ledger says sThe office
Of his establishment We know was bought in his
own name, and this of itself is no mean for
tune. The idle rumor' to which the Ledger
refers, appeared first in its columns from its
New York correspondent, who we happen to
know to be one of the most reliable persons
writing from tho empire city,
80. From the Paris Musical Gazette we learn
that Bosio is great favorite, and that her
place at the opera could not be filed. Cru
velli was conyalescent, and her early appear
ance is announced. Two new tenors are well
spoken of, Brignoli and Macadferri. III.
....Hon. F. w. PIckens, declines a nomina-
ton for Governor of South Carolina
-. The celebrated Andrew MARVEL, in his
ironical libel upon the press, said, ''Lead when
moulded into bullets, is not half SO mortal as
when founded into types"
lucy Stone'slectures in Louisville, Ky,
are said to have netted her about 500 per
night. Better than rocking the s'cradle, Miss
Lucy" =" t}ls a-as1. ~