The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-10


succeeded Ia driving on The furious beast
% his route the elephant killed three horses aud
roasiy injured two men besides the damage 70 wagons
ne was covered with blood from the horses he bad killed
hs strength was surprising for he seemed 10 handle
horse with as much terrier-dos dOss rat The
horses Were terribly frightened when they the Wild el
pahl ~ believed that part OF the time he ran al The
rate Of mile in three minutes He finally exhausted hi
strength, and laid himself down in the bushes about two
miles ffom SHADES ferry. Here be secured with chains
ana carried over The ferry 70 Fall River
Frederick Bremen has written a warm appeal TO tho
Swedish Parliament in favor Of the Jews
Adyees from Valparaiso Of the nth Of April mention
with reference 70 the force Of the Russians in the Pacific
that they have sO-gun gate at that port and
daily expecting three Of the class well
s0gun line-obatte ship each with 200 troops board
fhe Russian officers II Is added say that there IA
vessesofwar Kanschatk and boast Of their superior
force IN these seas and also Of the mischief they win do to
the homeward-bound gold-ships from Australia
The Newfoundland Express contains the report Of A.
Osborn, upon the electric telegraph in Newfoundland and
q the submarine cable connecting Newfoundland with
Prince Edwards leland lie estimates the fl65
495 currency-equal 10 1901 97e The submarine cable
between Newfoundland and Prince Edwards Island is TO
be $50 miles in length and is estimated to cost 1850 per
mile Il is the intention of the parties TO have the entire
line completed within six months.
The Atlanta (Ga) Republican Of the 9Th instant says
The Hon. A. IT. Stephens said in this city yesterday
his return from La Grange where he had been at
te2d case in the superior court We understand he h
euda 10 leave for Washington tomorrow next day
BE brought withhm from Washington slave ofMr Robert
Moore OF Dahlonega who his return from Caor-
MIA where be had been working for his three
years on his hook Mr.. Stephens describes him as
horribly afraid Of abolionsts having slept two nights in
saw-pit at Baltimore afraid make himself known TO
any until he was sure they not aboltioniss lie
brings with h about eight hundred dollars the result
his labor since the last remittance which he says he in
tends to hand 10 dc boss He states that many per
told him he fool for returning but he told
them he had notion Of living without boss and pre-
ferred returning home to freedom in California
We have learned says the Trenton Gazee the curious
and rather alarming fact that within three years
past the sale Of opium in this city has increased
thing like one thousand per cent
Antoine lie Due Frenchman, ran ten miles in So min
ute- Eagle Harbor Michigan, beating two Indians and
Irishman for wager Of 500 The Irishman gave
the fourth mile Indian the eighth and the other
Indian just mile behind the victor who left the
ground shouting Vive la FranceT
One hundred Scotch girls sent for to work in the faco-
ries Hoyoke Massachusetts, have just arrived from
Scotland and entered their service.
The following strange story is related in the Quebec Mer-
curry OF May 2Th AS Captain Daniel German of the ship
rom LlInerlck, was on MS OUTWARD and
when about forve miles southeast of the island of An
tcost during thick fog and surrounded by field ice
heard the report of gun. Surprising it to be signal
from another vessel at hand he caused the ogbe
be rung to avoid collision In about twenty minutes the
fog cleared off, and his ship found be close to piece
Of ice which lay in view the body Of an Indian extend
ed and still bleeding profusely from wound in the chest
He quite dead and not far from him lay the body Of
another Indian, with dead seal alongside Of him The
first poor fellow IL conectured depairing Of relief from
certain death by starvation had just put period to his ex
istence not imagining that aid really so near They
probably together the field ice to kill seals and
had drfted out to sea- when the first dying from cold tn,
other committed suicide to avoid lingering death
A project is now on foot among number Of wealthy
gentlemen Of Cincinnati raise fund $4,000 10 pur
chase hundred Of land city for e pur
pose Of park garden the land be laid OF In carraq
drives and house to be erected upon the place for the re
cepon Of vsiters The plan proposed is raise list
hundred stockholders at $500 per share and we un
dersand that nearly forty subscribers have already beer
obtained
SNAKE mountaineering to the Richmond BuIlenr
land il ays lis authority is reabe) Mr. VIM H. Cole
Caroline county Va lately killed in his field hugh blacl
snake and upon cutting the reptile open found snugly
slowed away in the stomach fue young hares But tn
wonderful part Of the story yet remains be told
One Of the hares which have been but recently swa
lowed revived shortly after il taken from the body
the snake and rra array INFO The tusAes
The first bale Of cotton ever sent to Charleston from
Nashville Tennessee received there last week Tn
Charleston Mercury says il indicates that Charleston ha
progress