The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-18

Inc new BANK OF Commerce. at Baltimore goes into
operation on the 18th Of July with capital OF $4,000
the charter requiring that $4,000 thereof be paid up in
gold and silver before commencing business Charles r.
Taylor is elected president
letter by the Isabel mentions rumor, current in Ha-
vana that All foreigners in Cuba compelled either TO
join the militia or quit the island
correspondent Of the Syracuse Standard writing from
Rochester New York says that Fred Douglass the ne
gro is to be brought out for Congress in the Monroe dis
tre New York, and expresses the opinion he will be
elected
II is reported that chapter of the Order Of the Garter
viii shortly be held to take steps for expeng the Emperor
of Russia from the order. By the OATH knight must
take up arms against another assist any to do
The DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE SAs SALvADoR-A cir
cumsantal account OF the terrible earthquake which
CURED at San Salvador the 10th Of April last is given
in the government organ Of San Salvador The work Of
destruction was accomplished in seconds and the ac
count says:
The crashing Of houses and churches stunted the ears
OF the terrified inhabitants while cloud of dust from the
falling ruins enveoped them pail Of impenetrabc dark
ness Not drop Of water could be got relieve the half
ehoked and sufocang for the wells and fountains were
filled up made dry The clock tower of the cathedral
carried great part of the edce with il in its fall The
towers OF the church of San Francisco crushed the Epsco
pal Oraory and part Of the palace The church of Santo
Domingo buried beneath its towers and the college Of
the Assumption entirely ruined. The new and beaut
ui edhce OF the university demolished The church
OF the MERGED separated in the centre and its walls fell
outward TO the ground OF the private houses few
left standing but all rendered uninhabitable The public
edhcs OF the government and city shared the de-
structon Fortunately the loss of life great as
at first supposed The killed will exceed hundred
nor the wounded fifty Among the latter is the bishop who
received bog the head the late President Sr
Duenas daughter of the President and the wife of the
secretary of the Legislative Chamberhe latter severely
MURDER AND LYScmsG IN NIssIssIpPL-A few days ago
Mrs. Redman residing in Marshall county Mississippi
and who lately married went into a field on come
business, where negro engaged in ploughing
The villain finding she was alone seized her violated her
person. and then by threats induced her promise to say
nothing aboutit Soon after however she did give the
alarm when the fend left his plough and deliberately
walked TO where she and asshed her the second time
After accomplishing his hellish purpose he choed his VIC
tim to death thereby committing double crime and then
resumed his poughing, as II nothing had happened
In few hours the feess corpse found, but trace
of the murderer could be discovered until pair of hounds
were brought and placed upon the of the track
They Immediately traced the track Of the negro who was
still ploughng but he denied all knowledge Of the affair
At length he confessed TO the eommitta Of the deed giving
full statement Of everything The excitement became in
tense and the people gathered from every quarter and the
black wretch taken by the Infatuated crowd and first
casraed and then hung by his neck until nearly dead lie
then taken down and hung by his heels until life was
nearly extinct when he shot by ten dozen
men in the crowd.
DEATH Mourn VEsUuUs-A letter from aples states
that the l4th instant Mr. J. Daus of Bremen having
assembled Mount Vesuyps with party Of his countrymen
went too the edge of the crater and ground giving
way under him. he fell into the abyss His groans were
heard from the bottom but when persons descended
by means of ropea he was dead.
Paris letter-writer says "A few days since party
were trying their skill at pistol gallery when gentle
present criticised their performance Show us what
you can do the rejoinder wn' he replied 7 never
miss and taking up the pistol, he blew bis own brains
out he was stranger
| woxENs RIGHTS IN TUEkEY-A foreign correspondent
Of the Worcester Palladium writes please tell my friend
Miss Lucy Stone that in the of Constantine
pie in yellow slippers aud riding straddle horse Kara
Fauna-H noble and rich lady Of Marach who so
hcited and obtained command among the Turkish vol
uneer forces She has under her orders battalion of 500
wickedlookng Asatics equipped by herself She is about
fifty years old goes yelled in the ordinary manner but
shows her face freely in spite Of her veil One sees by the
expression Of her that she is made Of the right
stuff She viii do something"
One Of the most distinguished British cavalry regiments
the Scots Grays has been withheld from going TO the
war because their uniform and regmenal colors
covered with the "reminiscences Of Waterloo and might
offend the sensibflities Of their French allies
A FKRs-LEn.-Fanny Fern Is not In the habit of min
cling matters when she has anything saucy say The
following may be taken fair enough specimen Of her
peculiar style Of writing. Somebody asking What Kind
Of time could the have there only one man
in the world Fanny answers up:
aWhy, they'd resort to arms, OF course What kind Of
time would they haye2 What Is that to me? They
might take their own time every Miss Lucy Of EN- for
all should care and might the said himself for
with me the limited supply would increase the value
Of the article
STOUT FELLow.-Duriug recent voyage Of the ship
Eastern City Of The sailors with accident The
captain boarded the Dutch ship Admiral from Rotterdam
for Batavia and procured the assistance OF surgeon from
her board and smputaied Of the legs Of
the seaman which hsd been badly injured below the knee
Shortly after inflammation and modification took place
and Capt G. thought be could not survive The seaman
in the time mpored to have his leg taken OF higher
up After delay or couple Of days Capt G. consented
when the carpenter Of the ship with carving knife and
underwent the operation with heart and has quite
recovered.
NnRoD or THE WEsr,-The following description OF
Kentucky hunter is copied from the Evansville Journal
Wat Fckman mas followed hunting for a livelihood
since the year 1881 Since that period he has killed thirty
thousand eight hundred and forscven coons nine hum
dred and ninety ores nine hundred and sxty-one wild
geese two thousand and forty pheasans forty ground
hogs eighty wild cats fourteen pole-cats two hundred
minks besides squirrels quail and other small game he
yond his power TO calculate The he has realized from
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