The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-14
ENERAL NEWS.


the goth ult says.
We have just received advices from sargeants Bluffs
that the express just arrived from the Punka tribe reports
that Punkas have the scps of three white and
fine American horses besides considerable gold coin and
much other property"
SAN Francesca UNITED STATES MNr.--The total amount
of coin struck off for the fortnight ending June IA
S97470 The total amount of gold dust depostes for the
period has been S35,5ss ounces for coin l4,73l
for assayed bars 2osl6 aud fine bars o34
ounces.
Eli Crosby second assistant engineer board the Uni
ted States steam gae Susquehanna died the cath Of
January in Napa Roads East Indies)
The United States cuter Jefferson Davis arrived
at Valparaiso May 7th from New York and Rio Janeiro
and sailed Goth for San Francisco.
The Cincinnati Times notices strange mortality in that
city in locality Tayors Tannery Out of twenty
three workmen nineteen had taken sick and eleven had
died The disease supposed have originated from
drinking stagnant water from well.
BURIAL OF A vErERAS.-The Albany Republican Artil-
lery, Captain Fredenda left town Monday morning to
attend the funeral of Mr. Daniel Spencer soldier of the
revolution who died at Canaohare at the advanced age
OF niaey-six years
White ISpiASs--The San Francisco Commercial Of the
10th utmo says Some doubts having been expressed in
the mountains Capt Gray who acted the guide and in
tepeter for Lieut. Moore in his expedition against the In
dams two three years since publishes card in the Co
lumba Clipper testifyng TO the same cthaving seen
them on that expedition
On Friday morning. about one o'clock, city Waterman
discovered alligator, between ihree and four feet in
length South Broad street passing towards the South
common. With the aid Of of to mounted police he
was captured ard taken to the guard-house
[!Saoeanoh (Ga) Nems.
DEATH or COMMANDER r. S. PIYcKSEy IT, S. N.-We
with regret the decease of Commander Richard
Shubrick Pinckney t. H. which occurred about eleven
o'clock yesterday morning. Captain Pinckney was the
grandson of Roger Pncney who held Office prior to the
revolution under the royal commission in this State and
of Richard Shubrick, who served in the action at Fort
Moultric, and held command in the revolution.
The deceased Capt Pinckney, entered the navy the
I'd August 1874 being then in his Seventeenth year. and
the commission OF captain in ls4lhs commission
of that Grade bearing date of the 9Th September in that
year. During his long career Capt Pinckney showed on
all occasions The daring gaanty and devotion to his pro-
esson which have earned for the American navy lis hon
orable On occasion he sgnalized himself by
volunteering to cut away the mass of the United States
frigate Macedonian during terrific gaethc same being
deemed hazardous that Capt Downes would not make
it subject Of Order but called for volunteers Captain
Pinckneys conduct in this instance received honorable
mention from the Navy Department
He also engaged in the operations against the Alge
rne pirates of the Mediterranean and received there
eral wounds from sabre cuts His last active
vice during the late Mexican war; when he command
ed the United States sloopowar Decatur He was in his
ffty-eghth year Charleston IS O. Courier.
LOVE AND surcpE-A Mr. Nash, of Pembroke, Massachr-
sets and Miss Sampson, formerly of the town. but
more recently Of Stoughton, drowned themselves Mon
day, in Reeds pond Arlington, in the same State. The
Boston Traveller says:
"Thc girl went with the Pembroke and thence to
Abingdon where after vcsng themselves Of their outer
garments they dashed themselves together and umr cd
overheard and in That position when the bodies
recovered They left noie behind stating their intcn-
tions and where the bodies could he found The letter
"sMy name is Isaac p. Nash. In this water you will
find me. am a perfectly sane man. z S-Bury us to-
getler you find us ISAAC /. NASH.
The deceased had formed an attachment for each other
but were prevented by from being married
The female had been in this city visit TO her aunt,
and was in her usual spirits
The oldest member of the grand army is soldier named
Harinand now in the Hotel des nvades at Paris. He
was born on the 3oh Of November, 1850 at Richemond
oele and is consequently one hundred and four years
of age He embarked when almost child under Louis
XIV and made the campaigns of Adals Rochambean and
Bay de Suien the Of American independence and
those of the French republic and of the empire and only
retired from the service after the battle of Waterloo He
had received at different times forty-hree wounds.
correspondent of the Journal of Commerce. in letter
dated Callao June lb, says that American captain
named Madigan just leaving port for Australia stabbed
by of his crew. and died in hours afterwards
An American steamer running regularly between Cal
lao and the Chncha islands The reports from the river
Amazon very favorable and the miners said to
realize $40 per day. Guano quoted S26 per for
the United States.
In Bangor Me- on the 9th instant Miss Elizabeth Rand
twenty-five years Of age burnt to DEATH in consc-
quence of an attempt to replenish uid-lamp which
burning Another solemn warning against the practice of
filing fud-lamps while burning
LOCAL NEWS.
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