The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-01
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GENERAL NEWS.
The editor of the ST Louis News saw train of ten
wagons from Illinois, bound for Nebraska the 18th
instant.
The Picayune of the oath reports the general health of
New Orleans as being excellent"
| POVERTY AuTHoRs-Mrs Inchbad, well known as
the author Of the Simple Story and other novels well
in her capacity of editor dragged on told to
the age of sixty miserable existence living always in
mean lodgings, and suffering frequently from the want Of
the comforts of life Lady Morgan well known
as Miss Owenson, brilliant and accomplished woman is
dependent altogether upon the public charity ad
mnistered in the form of pension of less than five hun
dred dollars year. Mrs Hemans the universally admired
poeess lived and died in poverty Lamar Blanchard lost
his and committed suicide in consequence of being
compelled by his extreme poverty to the effort of writing
article for periodical while his wife lay corpse in the
house Miss Milford, well known TO all of us found
herself after life of close economy greatly reduced
have been under the necessity of applying her Ame
readers for to eStricate her little property from
the rude hands of the sheriff Like Lady Morgan she is
public pensioncr Leigh Hunt is likewise dependent
on the public charity. Tom Hood SO well known by his
Song of Shirthe delight of his readers and mine of
wealth to his pubshersa without vices and Of
firing ndustryved always from day to day the pro-
duce of his labor On his deah-bed when his lungs
through silver tube, he obliged to be propped up
with pillows, and with shaking hand and dizzy head force
himself to the task of amusing his readers that he might
thereby obtain bread for his unhappy wife and children
With all his reputation, Moore found il difficult to sup
port his family and all The comfort of his declining years
due to the charity of his friend Lord Lansdowne In
of his letters from Germany Campbell expresses him
self with joy at hearing that double edition Of his poems
had Just been published in London "The unexpected fifty
pounds says be sayes from Jail Haynes Bayley died
in poverty Similar statements furnished
in relation 10 others who have by the of
their pens largely contributed TO the enjoyment and the
instruction Of the people of Great Britain IL would in
deed be difficult to find very many in which it had
been otherwise with persons exclusively dependent the
produce Of literary labor With few and brilliant excep
TONS their condition appears have BEEN and to be-
Of almost hopeless poverty Scarcely anything short of
this indeed would induce the acceptance of the public
charity that is occasionally doled out in the form of pen
sions on the lte<ary fund
Carey on International Copyright
The cholera morbus is raging extent In Boston
at the present time Miss Phipps daughter of William
Pbpps who died last week Of cholera morbus also died
Friday night of the disease after being sick about
| six hours
| woman in Wisconsin, who WAS lately attacked by a
bear in the woods abused the poor animal with her
| tongue that IL died at her feet.
Moral suAsrox on A RAx-when a friend Of ours whom
call Agricoa boy he lived farm In Berkshire
county the of which troubled by his dog Wolf
The cur killed his sheep, knowing, perhaps that his
ter conscentousy opposed to capital punishment and
he could devise no means to prevent IT,
can break him Of it, said Agricola, "if you will give
me leave
Thou art permitted said the honest farmer and we
will let Agricola tell the story in his words
There was ram on the farm said Agricola aas
torous for butting Wolf was for sheepking and who
tO01 N n mn iced Of mo Tho I
shut Wolf up in the barn with this old fellow and the
consequence that the dog looked sheep in the
face again The broke every bone in his body lit
orally. Wonderfully uplifted the aforesaid by
his exploit his insolence became intoeabe he sure
10 pitch into whomsoever went nigh him I'm fix him.
said l. and so did | rugged iron crowbar out Of
hole in the barn. point foremost and hung old hat on
the end Of It. You can't always tell when you a hat
whether there is head in il not how then, should
ram The ram made at II full butt and being good
maksman from long practice the bar broke in between
his horns, and out under his tail. This little admo-
milton eiectually cured him Of butting"
We should like see the sort Of moral suason
applied TO the leaders of the abolition horde II is the
only way in which to their fighting propensities.
Bali Argus.
MAssAcRs ny THE Ispnss--An extra of the Western
Texan dated May 8 gives the following account Of another
Indian massacre;
"On Tuesday, May 3D. government train consisting of
fourteen wagons and about one hundred mules horses &C.
left Fort Ewe for III Paso and had proceeded about five
or eight miles from the fort when they attacked by
about twenty Indians who well mounted and armed
with bows and arrows knives ances and two rifles AT
the time Of the attack the wagon-mastcr Mr. Mcintosh
short distance from the train In pursuit Of horse and
unamed and there was only weapon Of defence among
the whole train and that an old rife and unoadcd
The Indians made charge upon them and killed the
wagon-maser and scaped him, and also killed FIVE others
Some rev escaped, and two are still missing They are
supposed TO have been taken prisoners and are now with
the Indians and no doubt TO undergo the most horrible
fortunes All the mules and horses connected with The
,,1cfoIv
with their contents amounting in all some twenty or
thirty Thousand dollars One Of the wounded men arrived
in camp at ii o'clock m, two hours the massacre
The lieutenant In command notwithstanding he was at
the time sick in bed within hour had four companies
armed and equipped and in hot pursuit and IL Il TO be
hoped that they viii ovcrake these savages hold an
inquest their dead bodies"