The daily union., 1854-11-11

changed but firm with sales of between 1000 and 1900
bales.
GENERAL NEWS.
DISCIPLINE on smPBoARD.-A meeting of the Boston Ma
rne Society was held op Tuesday OF the proceedings
which the Boston Courier says
The subject of disasters discussed briefly by
Capt Sleeper Thomas Lamb esq C. Curtis esq, and Mr.
Weman. 1t agreed that the sad loss of life board
the Arctic owing mainly to the want of discipline
board that ship and since Congress had taken away all
the of enforcing obedience board ships il be-
necessary for merchants, masters and under
writer's counsel together and devise plan for the
better safety of life and property The whole subject was
referred committee consisting of r. b. Forbes, Caleb
Curtis, and Cassius Darling
SEARCH FOR THE ARcrIcs noATs--The Newfoundlander
published John f. contains the following absractof
the cruise of the cpper-ship John Clemens r. Luckey
MASTER in search of the missing boats Of the Arctic She
absent nine days and experienced very heavy
weather Has been eighty miles south Of St Peters
and cruised the ground carefully. Spoke many
sells and desired them to keep a good lookout Saw a
large chest but unable to get ii board also
mattress supposed be made of India rubber and filed
with air but could not it, Think the boats have
been picked up BY vessels bound outward
new telegraph line viii shortly be constructed con-
Meeting Boston with Provinceown, (Cape Cod.) The
ceiyiug station will be located the line at Plymouth
yannis Chatham and Bridgewater 1t is also contem-
plated connect Nantucket with the main land by sub
marine WIRE continuation of this enterprise The
importance of the work will be appreciated by shipowners
underwriters and others interested in shipping,
YALE CoLLEGR.--From catalogue Just published, we
that the whole number of students is COS of whom
450 undergraduates and 55 professional students
The latter are classified follows Theological a. law 25
medical 46 students in philosophy and the arts 60 OF
the undergraduates 81 members of the senior class
90 Of the junior 23 of the sophomore and 81 of the fresh
The French Crystal Palace covers--the ground floor
u G6s square yards the surface of the gallery Of the cir
cumferenee ls072 total 45,lfo yards The large
room numbers PIG windows the pavilons 1922 the
ground floor there 3ss columns in ron and 81
the second floor the central has length Of 1872
yards with breadth of 49, and its height the entabla
ture is IS yards. The building has consumed $4,000
square yards of cut stone without counting the filing stone
and the mortar $500 OF castings 1900 tons Of iron
and 80 600 square yards of unpublished glass,
THE SAUT cAyAL--The Detroit Enquirer says this mag
nfcep naa.aaa work, containing within its limits the
largest locks in the world will be completed by the IF
eenth day of November The commissioners appointed by
the governor superintend the works have been notified
be present the twentieth of the present month Judge
Of and accept the work if found be in fuhent of the
terms of the contract
SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION WITH EunopR.-The subma-
rine cable hundred and thirty miles long said
nearly completed and viii be laid across the Gulf of ST
Lawrence conaecting St john Newfoundland with New
York the ice will permit No doubt is expressed
of the completion Of the undertaking early in June next
About three hundred miles of the land telegraph between
St John and Cape Ray which is hreequarters of the
tire length contemplated is already niahed and months
labor il al. that IS required for the remainder On the
completion Of the whole line will be received from
Europe in all the principal cities Of the United States four
or five days sooner than AT present
SINGULAR AccrpKSr-The Des Arc (Arkansas) Citizen
Of the 4h ult says We have been shown extract of
letter from gentleman residing Lawrenceville Mon
county in which he states that Aaron McNullin aged
twelve years killed by tie bite of rattle
snake under the following circumstances 1t that
M head of the snake had been severed its body and
laid log The little fellow had forgotten the head
was there and laid his in its mouth which in
stny closed it and only dsengnged by pulling il
off with his other hand tearing vein and artery of his
He died in twenyfour hours from the effects of the
bite
NAVAL ESGAGEMEHIs on 0Hlo.--Sone time Satur-
day evening the Ohio river opposite Sx-me island
the scene of bloody fight between parties hunters
and rasuen who had been over The river hunting and
were returning ,a sks One Of the boats manned by
John Ray and Harvey Walls, who armed with long
guns The other boat contained two three men, OF
whom Tobert Cardwell and Oscar Priest of West
port kentucky, armed with short skies, reyovers .Ac-
cordng to the version of the bunting party the in
the other sk gave the FIRST FIRE by running into them and
of the rafsmen striking Ray the head time
two with an oar AT this the companion of Ray fred a
broadsde into the rasmen with his doublebarreed gum
would have fred bp the caps only barsed The boats
then separated for brief space when the rftsmen
turned the charge and fred couple Of shot balls
from Of their short SKIES the balls taking effect in the
and breast of Ray who returned his FIRE with broad
side from both his long guns woundng and erppng the
rufsmen severely who compelled beat
them another broaside with what effect is not known
as heu aaG there Tie bhte endedhoajsrWe Courier on
The New Orleans Picyune announces the arrival of the
new ship Shakespeare from Boston at which place she
was built last The PiCaye says she is Of 1920
tons burden and is the largest sailing vessel that has
visited that port
The corporation Of Norfolk having passed ordinance
imposing specific upon each resident lawyer physi-
eian and dentist and additional tax Of and halt
per centum upon the income derived from practice
their profession they have held meeting and resolved to
resist It's payment unjust and unconstitutional Coun-
sci is to be employed to test its legality.
A movement Is now on foot In Canada to procure the
passage Of bill by Parliament in session. similar to
that proposed for the United States by the homestead bill
A desperate and bloody afray occurred board the
steamer City Of Richmond her last trip from Phiade-
phia to Norfolk The particulars these detachment