Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-30

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CannxAL Coukr.-- Yesterday, John II. Craig re-
ooxniued IN The sum Of $500, 70 answer . charge
Of assault and he was discharged from custody.
Tbs following large 4ist Of persons were dis
charged nom jail, the grand jury not having had
sufacient evidence before them, to warrant the
finding Of indictments: Harrison Edmonston, John
Heating, John Wade, Elizabeth Hodges, William
johnson, Anthony Bias, Joseph Buchanan, Henry
Bloecher, Charles Frank, and Gilbert Gusts.
The grand jury were discharged until next Tues
| day. ls
To-day, Thomas and Julia Fitzgerald, and Mary
Lynch, were each put upon trial, for assault and
battery, and after the evidence for the government
was all in, the case temporarily suspended, for
the defendants TO procure evidence The defend
ants were represented by Mr.. II. G. Morgan,
The case against Captain Birch and Officer VOL
lard Of the Auxiliary Guard, was then taken up.
The charge is for an aggravated assault upon Geo.
G. Patterson, and aresting him and conveying him
to the watch-house, without warrant at night in
his night clothes. This was on trial when our re-
port closed.
'BREApsrurys.- Besides the large orders now
being filed at Chicago, for -four and breadstufs, to
be shipped for the Crimea, we learn that d firm in
Georgetown have received an order for 1000 bar
rels Of ship buiscuit, to be shipped for the same
destination If this business keeps up, this coun-
try will be the only one who will make one iota
from the great war which is now agitating all
Europe.
The ladies OF the Lutheran Church are holding
n II Asll
the 9Th of January inclusive. They want 1000
ladies' with their beaux to come there, and hear
some beautiful songs, which the Amphion Quar-
tette Club are 70 sing every evening.
SrRENaTm or W00Ds--The strength Of the diff
ferent kinds Of woods pulled lengthways, deter.
mined upon piece one inch square, Is as follows
oak, 1000 lbs; beech and ash, 5000, do; alder,
walnut aud cedar, 5000 do; fir and birch, 1000
do A piece Of fir two inches through win bear
seven TONS but the lateral strength Of fir Is
eighteen times less than its strength lengthways.
Emerson says, rod of oak one inch square viii
bear in the middle $50 lbs. for short time, and
permanently 2O7 lbs The proportions for differ
ent substances of equal lengths and Sizes in regard
to weights being placed in their middle, are-iron,
lOf Oku5c, OOtc, 81 O0n, - ubAi uiiu cAi,
8 ID; walnut and 6r, lead s IL; beech, birch
and alder, and freestone, 1: thus piece Of
iron one inch square, win bear lO7 times heavy
a weight in it's middle, as piece Of freestone Of
the same size.
CENTRE MARKET, Dec. 80. Prices Beef IL IL
Pork, IL Ia cents per lib. Mutton, IL IL cents.
Sausages, IL IL cents per lb. Ham, IL 1-2 cents
per ID. Turkeys, 81 to 50 SO. Chickens 80 to
rs cents pair. Butter, 81 to 40 cents per ID.
Cheese IA to Is cents per ID. Eggs, 81 IL cents
dozen. Potatoes 81 81 per bushel Hay,
81 81 to al so per cwt. Straw 30 cents to 81
per cwt. Wood-Pine, $5. Hard, SO go Sea-
soncd Hickory, 50 per cord.
The market was but an average one to-day
business being rather heavy, to what it ought to
be, knowing Monday is New Years Day. Eggs
have declined trAe hay straw, and wood
gone up. Other things are firm, Thursdays price.
JoHs WENTWORTH, the "long' Congressman
from Chicago writes home from Washington, on
the Know-Nothings, as follows:
"From all ! see and hear around me, IL is evil
dent that this foreign question is to override all
others, even the slavery question, as we see men
getting all their differences and acting together"
FIRE AT NoRroLK.--0n "Wednesday evening" a
fire broke out at Norfolk, in David Hutchins 4
Bros boat mandatory, which communicated to
the adjoining establishment, used by n Ash for
his machinery, marine railway, &c, and Mr.. VIM.
Church as paint shop. They were both entirely
consumed, together with several small frame houses
Loss $4,000 or $4,000.
IB- The Abingdon yirginian has been informed
that in the single county of Rockingham, where
the Democratic majority is usually NOT less than
$780, and the whole Wing vote not more than $50,
there are three thousand KNOWN othingsl' $500
voters in all, and 5000 of them Know-Nothings!
IL Is said that there are now from six 10 eight
hundred Know othings in the county Of Culpeper.
ICuipeper Observer
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