The daily union., 1854-10-15

correspondent of the Eeeilng Gazette that the
magnolia grow wei in Wezel county, Virginia not
30 miles from Wheeng--said to be the only found
north Of the Mississippi There is said to be mahogany
tree growing wild in Brooke county
cargo of northern ice arrived Savannah on Monday
jus, the supply in that city about exhausted
Mr. JAS Huston, formerly connerted with the Philade
pha Pennsylvania, died the 29th ut in Allegheny
county, Pa.
The mayor of New Orleans recommends the establish
ment of paid fire department in that city.
Robert schuyler of over-ssue notoretv is said to be
hourishing in Paris.
Kissane charged with bank forgery in New York who
made his escape, hes baoI reoaptnred.
VIM Dairy has been sentenced at Buffalo, to be hung
for the murder of his wife.
The report that n P Willis was writing his autologra-
ply is contradiced
Hon G. Toralinzon, formerly United States senator from
Connecticut died last week
Let he who will climb Ambitions glibbery rounds
And lean upon the vulgar's rotten love,
I'll not corrival him. The sun viii give
As great n shadow TO my trunk his
And after DEATH like chessmen, having stood
In play for bishops some, for knights, and pawns,
We all together should be tumbied up
In one bag. IOd Play, l60l.
Any one may do casual act of good nature but
continuation of them shows it to be part of the tenn
permanent.
The Harrisburg Herald states that the Sd instan,
droyer undertook drive about nine hundred sheep
the Susquehanna river Liverpool Pennsylvania and
lost seven hundred of them The citizens TO the
cue with boats and with great deal of difficulty sue
ceeded in rescuing about two hundred.
The London physicians are now divided into parties
on the chuerahe friends Of the oeaginoushe casor-o
treatment and the friends of the mineralthe caomel
treatment Tho minerasts are much the most numerous
and according to their views castor oil only does
good but do harm The poor patient dies however
under both kinds of treatment
FlGuRE-HEAD PICKED sRA.-On the 10th inst- in
lat 39 long "a the pilot boat Virginia No 3 picked up
the cut-water STEM and female fgureheao of vessel
The figure is painted light blue with wreath of roses
around her aead II he board the boat which
is living in the East river.
The schooner Medad Platt Captain Day eight days from
Newbern North Carolina arrived at New York Friday
morning reports 9th instant lat 35 deg % min long. "A
deg SO mn fell in with wreck of brig Rainbow, of New
York water-logged and took from her the captain and
seven seamen and brought them to this port
II.
boro North Casona, eloped with B. A. Torrance, tanner
by trade aud sometimes teacher of sacred music Saint
clair was lying sick in the house when she left taking
female child with her, and leaving five other children
with her husband Torrance left respectable wife with
six children entirely destitute
In New York girl about eighteen years of age giving
her Annie Linden, arrested by officer Dowl-
ing as vagant having no home visible means of live
lihood She dressed IN uens clothes when the police
man arrested her and he alleges she has been for weeks in
this attire boarding at hotels under assumed name,
and keeping company with of the highest "bloods
the city Annie states that she born in New Or
leans.
The sailors finding out method of giving no
ce of their disasters progress Capt Gookin of ship
Richmond at Boston, caught the 18th, a. s. m-
latitude 81 10, longitude 50 SO, large BOBBY having
tally lis neck marked "Schr Rose Ruddly from Mata-
1rs or Halifax-al well" After giving the bird break
fast on dolphin tied tally its neck, marked "Shp
Richmond from New Orleans for Boston, and let him 20
on the 10th The bird again caught the 10th
latitude 80 TO- longitude II l2 by barque Robert Mills
arrived at New York on the 25th.
THr OLDEST tSn MT pEApThe Warrenon Virginia
Whg says "Easter negro woman, the property of Mrs
Eliza Carter near Uppervlle in Fauquer county died
on the nth July having attained the age of hundred
and forty years This of the remarkable
Of longevity record
great many Of modern literary talk about la
bor and ncessant toll Lope de Vega is said to have writ
ten 81 $4,000 verses He worked nine hours a day.
An old farmer--one who feared neither God
had hired devout negro and to &c, Sunday worl
of him would always plan Of necessity Sat
urday and on Sunday morning would put this point t.