The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-15


tculars, which We insert below:
The crowd supplied themselves with axes and other i'm
emens OF the SORT from the steamboats, at the wharf and
with them beat in the shutters and smashed the counters
and everything Irish that would Weld 10 blows On the
evee between Cherry and Locust there only
houses al most that do not lear disastrous marks OF the
conflict Al Locust street the damage stopped
Wounded men were constantly borne np from the evee
TO Broadway during the time the fight and such terror
regned m the neghborhood that the stores Broadway
ana on FOURTH Tor some distance down. closed and
remained closed during the afternoon and evening.
There IS talk the streets OF project attack the
college which probably had It's origin in the heated ima
ginaons OF some terrified irisen The Office of the An
zeger has already been attacked with stones and
we write crowds rushing down Third street in that
direction, shouting, Bernstein Bernstein
w found the eyee AT ten o'clock almost entirely de-
serted except for knots Of lshmen who certainly mani
Tested no rotous disposition Whilst engaged in
surveying the Of destruction shot two fired
the distance of square from where stood sent these
men flying along the levee like frightened hares.
AT e rough estimate there are not less than fifty
sixty houses chiefly Irish groggeries OF the lowest order
badly damaged and their contents destroyed. We
able to estimate the loss but should guess be much
short Of $4,000 All this, besides the murder and man-
ing was the work Of but few hours The police force
entirely insufficient and for nearly three hours the
excited multitude had full sway After the appearance of
the military comparative order was restored"
FROM HAvASA-The Orleans Pioayune furnishes the fol-
lowing news received in its Havana dates
The island is in state Of complete tranquility The
Spanish royal mail steamship Yelaseo brought to Cuba in
telgence OF the iDsurecon which headed by Gen ODon-
nell and Gen Dulce had broken at Madrid. This
received by the people at Havana with the utmost in
difference those seeming to have any opinion at all upon
the subject preerring anything to ODonne admins
traton in Spain
Upwards of thousand troops have arrived recently
from SPAIN and the Isabel and Colon and lne-o
battle ship Sobernno expected in the Of few
days with about fifteen hundred
The captan-general issued order the 2sth ultmo
that any one who would capture and deliver the
government negroes newly imported from Africa should
receive bounty of ten dollars for each man. dollars
for each woman, and three dollars for each child and if
the captor should be property-hode he shall have the
negroes adudcaied to him al apprentices the usual
terms This order properly complied with win stop the
African slave trade in Cuba and thus destroy the last
nant OF the vile traffic
aOn the last trip of the steamer Cahawba from New
York several Creoes returned to Havana under the late
amnesty
ARRIVAL CYAsE.--A despatch from Boston OF the
18th states:
The United States Cysne arrived at the Charles
town navy-yard to-day. Mr. Fabens, United States
mercial agent from Grey town. passenger by the C
ane Has on board the remains Of Purer Ashman and also
the body OF Felix Hewlett the boaswan who died the
passage since leaving Aspinwa. The Gyane hove TO,
July 26 for steamer FL Dorado which sent board for
supply ofprovison Spoke Ath August barque Frederick
Warren from Orleans TO Amsterdam in bad condition ;
would probably lay up
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE CAMDRDGKpoRr, MAssAcnusE1Ts.--A
most destructive FIRE occurred Cabrdgeport last night
1t commenced in Pixies stables opposite the Watson House
and consumed the whole square bounded by Essex Main
Norfolk and Tustin streets covering about two and half
acres Of ground,
Among the buildings destroyed the Odd Fellows
Hall, Cambridge Omnibus Companys stores Woods sta
bes, and large number of stores and dwellings The
loss is estimated at 100000
! At East Moultonboro, New Hanpshirs on Tuesday
night last there severe frost
Mrs Abby Kelly Foster has been appointed general nan-
cial agent Of the American Ant,-slavery Society
Hon. H. Jansen State Of Wisconsin who lost
two children year or two since by the burning OF his
house, when the little persisted in the flames has
within the last fortnight lost by cholera his three
naming children and brother and sister
ELoPKxgNr.-An Italian who has been temporarily So
journing with his wife IN this city awaiting the arrival of
Shipment c. goods from his native country for the pur-
pose of stocking in New York was thrown into the
most unitgated Mysteries Tuesday by the elopemeut
OF his other half with spruce young Lotharo also an
Italian who had stolen her affections from their legitimate
object The runaway couple spent their FIRST night in Hol-
yoke and the second at the pn.ted States Hotel in Hart
ford where they duly booked Cole and lady
and where Officer Walker of this city found them in disAa-
bile during Of the small hours Of Thursday morning
The parties scarcely speak word of English and they
moreover rejoice in string of startling that would
twist the jaws of FIVE and boy TO pronounce When
last heard from they trying to effect compromise
the Jail in this city.--!Spria2feld Republican
I TIM RAInoAps-Much conmotion has this
year been caused in Italy in consequence of the popuace
having imbibea idea that the evil influence which de-
sroys their harvess is dused through the country by
the long lines Of iron the railroad and the telegraph
while Others ascrbe the vegetable maady 70 the smoke
and gas of the locomotives In places the rails
/ been torn up for several miles and thrown into the
bitches The prejudice has proved so general and mis-
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