The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-08-30


OF our city and the pride of the citizens dying
want of noursh men There is great scarcity of
and seventy-fye cents is the price paid for barre
OF drinking water, and nearly all the soft water for
washing has be carted from the canal In the Who'll,
White Mountain region the streams remarkably low
the roads dry and the uplands bare of verdure.
The Cleveland Herald says the drought there is
that it is making sad havoc among the shade all
the city many noble ems already ees and Others
dying. The fine naples too thinning out and The
borer has done doing the work of death upon every
locust
The Warsaw Democrat MOI of the nth says: "Never
since the settlement of this country has the prospect of the
crop been dseouagng the present The whole
OF Southwest Missouri and to extent the whole
State with part of Arkansas and Texas is within the
range of this dreadful drought Many of the
dying the gravel ridges
Superadded the calamity Of the drought and
stoned by il, fires extensive in many districts and
thousands Of acres OF valuable wood lands have been laid
waste by the deyourng element.
FIRE IN THE MouSrANs--The blooming burgh Wing, Sui
Ivan county says the woods on the side of the
Shawangunk mountains in that town fred Satur-
day last by unknown person. Over thousand
have been burnt and greatly damaged.
FIRES OHo.--The dry time they are having in
Portage country is productive of unpleasant expen-
siye and dangerous results In Rootsown, 900 rails
were burnt by fire which originated from locomotive
spark. The lightning started another fire in Edinburgh
township in the above county, which required the united
and energetic efforts of the whole neghborhqoa to master
fire occurred in Charlesown which lasted several days
A fire a swamp, south Of Ravcnna, has been burning
two months and several other swamls fire.
Cfa Gar- Friday.
We have heard of fires in the woods in the vicinity
Perrys Neck and along the line Of the railroad in Free
town that have been raging during the last few days
The forests in all directions and in all sections of the
try fire. and immense damage must have been done
10 the growing wood and timber.
Nem Bedford Epeaiuy Mantiar 26h.
The fire in Raynham woods during Its sx-days pro,
gress has extended about thousand acres nvov
ing the destruction Of much property The efforts to ar
rest its progress have as yet been unsuccessful In Norton
also valuable wood lands have been burned along
the track Of the railway Baayor Wig, 2tlI
The Portland Advertiser Of aeth says:
BY letters from opposite sections of Franklin county,
appears that that whole region on fire Fire is raging
in the pine woods Of Cheterville and has burned up
house and barn
Further north famous blaebersy territory, between
Deed river ap1 Sanalebaca mountain is all blaze and
the picking OF The berries stopped people being unable
get the ground The Chronicle says we hear Of fires
in the woods in various directions which much
anxiety and alarm
MOUNTAIN ON FIRE VERMONT Extract from letter
dated Sunderland, Vermont August esd @Tnc large
about five weeks and has burnt about 400 acres
valuable timber land and will be very great loss to the
The sight from my window of the tall and thick
forests all wrapped in light blaze is of grandeur
before behcd" Boston Ec Transcript Of Aug 2G
FIRE IN BRASronp CoNSEcrur--We learn that fire,
originating from the burning of brp7h is prevailing in The
town Of traaorl IN tue woods mile two north OF
Stoney creek When the passed last evening the light
of the flames indicated conagraon OF considerable ex-
au1i We 1o
hear that any buildings have yet been destroyed.
Ntw Harea Palladium 26M
Correspondence of the Albany Argus
sAnArSsA, August Is,
ARRANGE rAhs - rslE sonrnEas woops- volunteer to
acquant you of the destructive fires now raging in the
wood Of northern New York.
From Reuses Point, north, for twenty miles there are
fires in many places and from Chazy, nine miles west Of
Rouses Point Malone the entire country is threatened
by the fauics which are spreading rapidly.
The passengers from Montreal were detained on We'd
nesday night Rouses Point by the non-erriya, az the
steamer Canada from whitehall winch could not leave In
consequences 81 tue dense smoke from the burning forests
Five miles back from tho lake at Crown Point the saw
mills together with wood and lumber belonging to Ham
mond Cos have been totally destroyed by e .e spread
ing from the forests Their loss . estimated at $4,000
passenger told le that the sources of the Hudson
the forests were burning for fifteen miles around
When We reached Whitehall the side of the mountain in
that vicinity in perfect blaze The appearance was
sublime, but the air hot almost to sutfocation The
lake literally covered with burnt leaves waited hither
by the wind and the air thoroughly permcaed with heat
smoke, and ashes.
noticed fires at se.eral places between Whitehall and
Saratoga, but they were not very extensive
The Berlin correspondent of the New York journal of
Commerce states among the from St Petersburgb
that Baron stieglib4 the Russian banker has paid
over to the Gar for the expenses of the war contribution
amounting S225ooc for which he has received letter
Of thanks and the rank of privy councillor Of State The
Gar is reported TO have remarked Of tho Epgiign They
may repp NE oni the Danube they may enter Cronstadt
ana take possession of St Petesburgh they NAV force me
to retire from Moscow but they drive me from The
wilds OF Siberia or take me prisoner In the mountain
passes Of the Ur before strive for the position
have taken
venerable Of North Adams Massachusetts only
90 years of age gave old folks party few DAYS
since and among the guests four ladies of the ages of
Sc 80, So TO- and three of 81 so aud ~ making
the united ages of the EIGHT pprgens 9 sasn average
OF o. 81 u tpc persons own fyns on which hcy reside
all IN one leighborhpod p less tap mile square and
have been residents of the town over Gfty years
MURDERS IN NIssssipaL-from the Grenada Aiiss) Re-
publican learn that Mr. James Il. Gillespie son of Dr.
Allen Gillespie Of that place, shot and killed by man
named May in Calhoun county last Sunday the 9th
slant
There had long been diipcuy Between them May al
last adyices undergoing examination before mag
istrate
The Southern Mss) Advocate of August 10th gives an
PETIT an old gentleman of nearly fcHr-score abou, three
miles from, who founl