The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-13

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HEALTH OF MohLn.-The Register of the 9Th says
We assure country friends that the city was never
healthier than at present mortuary records amply
attest There is not the slightest danger in visiting and
the doctors do agree upon most important actand that
rs that there is not SINGLE Of yilow teper ia The city
The epidemic passing away and everything gives
indication OF continuance of health such not often
enjoyed even in more favored localities"
The Mammoth Cave is the property of the family of Col
Crogan, formerly of Louisville He purchased il about
twenty years ago Tin consequence of many questions
having been put TO him in regard it while he was
Europe for the sum of $4,000, and shortly after of
ered 100000 for his purchase His disposal of it when
he died is thus referred to in western paper
In his will he tied it up in such way that it must re-
main in his family for generations thus appendnp its
celebrity to his There nineteen hundred acres
in the estate though the probably under the
property of great number OF landowners For fear of
those who might dig down and establish an entrance to
the cave on their own property Ia mans farm extending
up to the zenith and down TO the nadr great vigilance is
to prevent such subterranean surveys and meas
urements AS would enable TO sink shaft with any
certainty The extends twelve miles in several
directions and there is probably many backwoodsman
sitting in hi, hut within ten miles of the cave quite un-
conscious that the most fashionable ladies and gentlemen
of Europe and America walking without leave under
his potatoes and cornW
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CANADIAN roLIr1cs-The opposition candidate Mr. ST.
Coffee was on Tuesday elected speaker of the Canadian AS
sembly over Mr. Cartier ministerial The motion that
Cartier be declared speaker was lost by SO to CO. the
amendment that Scoe be elected was then carred-76
to 40 All parties favorable to the ratification of the
reciprocity treaty
MoNT BLANC on FInE.-In letter from Chamonix given
in the Savoy Gazette read "A new ascent of Mont
Blanc has just taken place. having been accomplished by
Mr. Blackwell, young Englishman twenty-five years of
age During the ascent Mr. Blackwell observed q rather
singular phenomenon In the night of the 10th after II
o'clock, guide having r2io from the cabin of the
Grand Mdets the ridges of this mountain cluster all
on fire lie Immediately communicated what he had OBJ
served to his companions who all wished to assure them
selves of the fact and then they that through the
electricity generated by the tempest all the rocks of the
Grand Muels were Illuminated. They found the same
phenomenon on their own persons When they raised
their arms their fingers became phosphorescent"
CANINE sAGAorrY.-A correspondent of the Rome Sent-
mel tells story of wonderful dog 1esag the western
part of that town farmer named Donnelly sent his boy
to watch lot of cows While in the field the lad was
taken alarmingly ILL., and became entirely helpless His
dog left him and went to the adjoining field where
young man was at work, and by repeatedly going up TO
him. and then running few rods toward the place where
the boy lay, succeeded in attracting his attention
when the young man followed him. found his young mas
cola wafer ana other restOratyes he
able to get the lad home who has since been restored
| to health
SUICIDE THE cAr--James Ransom an able sea-
man of the Valorous l6 paddle) Captain Buckle in the
Baltic committed suicide the 9th of August last by
jumping overheard 1t appears that the unfortunate poor
fellow had been sentenced to receive three dozen ashes for
some ofenee While tho gratngs were being rugged for
his punishment he pleaded hard to the captain for mercy
and subsequently to the first lieutenant intercede in
tanning other punishment; but finding these officers
determined to let the punishment be inflicted he jumped
overheard, and was ACKNOWLEDGMENT England Nail
ExPoprs OF RUSSIAN rRoDucE--BERLIN, August l9-
The export of flax, hemp, nseed and wool from Russia by
way of Memc, both by land and river conveyance,
tinHes the increased scale hitherto The extent
of increase since the reopenng of trade this spring under
the liberal auspices of the English and French concessions
to neutral powers may be estimated by stating that the
turnpkes in the neighbohood Of Meme take ten times as
much toll now % y usua, ut this time of the year. One of
the Prussan cpstom-houses the Russian frontier some
times takes much thousand thalers day for
import duties.
The difficulty and sowness of land carriage from the in
terror of Russia to any neutral port have of late caused
many Prussan products to find ready SALE where the
patience of purchasers sorey tried from the above
causes thus almost all the kemp The province of Prus
sia has been bought up for want of Russian produce
Hitherto 1t was Riga that sent the most goods to Meme
for the purpose Of the European markets but lust of late
as the Riga trade sackened, the goods from St Peters
burgh have taken their place Water carriage to Mcneil
is almost entirely superseded by land transport on
account of the saving Of time Freghts are going down
very rapidly, while prices for land carriage continue to
rise The demand for harvest labor has of late however
made the conveyance into Russia of tho quantities of goods
lying in Memel impossible at any price The fear of being
surprised by the English cruisers has driven the land tra
c further southwark from the coast that now goods are
ornbT h,, rofr,
stead of through Courand by way of Paepgan The ar
tices that Russia exports Just by the assistance of
Meme come for TIE ot part from the neighborhood of
st netersburgh by way of Kowno and consist of fax
hemp, OIL tallow, WOOL yarn &c What abe takes in ex
change are cotton sugar wines coffee spices and other
colonial produce The demand for articles of luxury and
fashion ia very much less than in former years.
From April to July of this year there forward
ed to Memel ria Tauroggen less than l25o70 pools
Gao lbs of hemp l694s3 pools of flax and 3379l pools
of hards That is reckoned that on this road alone
100000 silver roubcs had been expended for the carriage
of the above Macy ssrects and open spaces in Memel
out to dry to be dressed for the state in which these
articles arrive damaged from rain and from faulty prepa-
ration previous to packing render them very dangerous
comDustbc neghbors Every species of warehouse coach
house, stable clubhouse in the town and its neghbor-
hood is pressed into the service fabulous prices In the
latter half of May there frequently arrived per day as
many Us 500 carloads of hemp and fax from Russia On
the 18th of that month there s6 vessels lying in the
harbor and the Danga river unable discharge their car
goes account of all the andng-paces being OCCUPIED