The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-09
GEN ERAL NEW 8.


GENERAL NEWS.
Grevous complaints made says the London Times
that there IS great deal Of bungng and delay on the
part OF Lord iardinge the British comander-inchef in
the management OF the his disposal After hav
ing for some weeks kept the railway officers on the alert TO
provide transport for cavalryafter having kept Pa
rsans on the qus sipe to the said cavalry march
through Franeehe whole plan changed and he adver-
uses for sailing TO carry the and horses by
from Englandand this when the want Of cavalry is
Gripping the Turkish force The natural result is that
both men and horses viii arrive months hence weared
and out OF condition. and very unfit for immediate service
The Duke Of Cambridge too, and the officers accompany
ing him, are blamed for wasting their time festivities at
Paris and elsewhere instead hurryng to the seat of
war Nor has i escaped notice and that by far
the larger proportion Of the staff appointments filed up
from the ranks ofthe aristocracy
There seems to be nothing remaining which TO found
hope for the safety Of the steamship City Of Glasgow
and the 441 human beings who on board. II is
thought the ship must have encountered the field
ice with which the Collins Baltic had on her out
ward passage 50 fearful struggle about the 9th Of March,
in latitude 46, longitude Al. The New York Courier
says:
The City of Glasgow sailed from LIVERPOOL on the Isl
OF March On the evening Of the 18th terrific
gale commenced from w. s. W. to n. ~ Wa which lasted
until late the next day Nautical board the Baltic
express the conviction that ship hemmed in by the
could have outlved that storm Making fair calculation
Of time and distance there be little doubt that the City
OF Glasgow in the vicinity Of that icefed and
posed to that gale 1t is becfin this Of facts which,
with us, extngnishes hope. Strength, courage,
skill could avail anything in such Those crushing
mountains Of ice would when tossed by such gale grind
4 to powder mans stouest structure"
The number of iccbergs from the deck Of Baltic
on that voyage from nine twelve hundred varying
in dimensions, the language employed by the captain
OF another ship from the size of omnibus to that of
! the Astor House"
Ina report Of the execution Of Hendrickson an Albany
paper says:
4 In lessthan minute after the prayer closed the
cut in the private Office the sheriff. the weight
fell, and the living body Of John Hendrickson r was
natched up to death From the instant that the body
elevated slight muscular contraction Of the legs and should
ers began and continued io several minutes The follow
nE was the state OF the pulse at the moments named
\ I'd minute the pulse indicated 5s beats per minute
/ Sd minute the pulse indicated 60 beats per minute
! 4th minute the pulse indicated LOG beats per minute
5th minute the pulse indicated beats per minute
9Th minute, the pulse indicated "a beats per minute
1 sth minuta the pulse indicated 70 beats per minute
% minutes the pulsaton ceased but there no pal
pitaton of the heart after minutes.
Death the physicians reported caused by strangu
aton'here being dslocaton of the vertebre of the
neck.
"Afer hanging sixteen minutes the body was cut down
placed in coffin and passed his friends who were
awaiting II on the outside OF the prison.
letter from Of the party of American travellers in
the Holy Land gives melancholy account Of the present
condition of affairs there The Turkish troops having
Withdrawn TO fight the Russians anarchy disorder and
violence of all kinds prevailing Many Of the inhab
itans have taken refuge in the walled towns and the
peasants they work in the fields have with them their
arms loaded for encounter Bands of Bedoun robbers
traverse the country in every direction and the party
which the writer attached attacked and one of
them wounded Thus, while Europe is about to plunge
into war, originating in the question the eoarol of
the Holy Places the inhabitants Of that region left at
the mercy OF the spoer In case stated that forty
men and two women were massacred BY party Of Beboun
vagabouds
ArrEarr 70 MURDER rHr President or Nrw Gnss.pA-
The New Grenadian of March 30 furnishes the following
account Of attempt murder the President of the re-
public Of New Grenada:
AT two clock in the morning Of Thursday the 10th inst
internal machine discharged against the windows
and the walls Of the Government House in the lead
ing from the Square Of the Constitution TO the Coliseum
On hearing the alarming report the Presidents guard was
called 10 arms he being seriously ILL., and having received
some medical applications from his wife and attendants
The place having been rcoonnored where the explosion had
taken place nine musketbas and six pieces of iron
found Of different sizes but all Of them about three four
lines IN thickness and proving to be parts Of iron flask
Fortunately the authors Of the crime had given il wrong
direction the greater part of the balls about thirty
ALL struck the wall between two windows, and only
of lead entered window breaking the glass and striking
the shutters falling Al the feet Of the lady OF the President
wher she opeaed u q few minutes af,erward'
A cunosryr-The Yarmouth Register that gem
eman Of that place recently attempted pick up dead
gull the fats in the harbor but found the bill TO be
firmly fixed In the sand On digging down. it found
TO be held fast by large clam. The victim Of mis-
placed confidence probably attempted 70 gull the shelly
gentleman Of dinner aud after having introduced his
I BILL bad aleaye to withdraw refused him.
Cumors oorscDsscE-in the year l5a3 the Sultan Selm
H. the request OF Francis sent large army and feet
under the command Of the celebrated Turkish Admiral Bar
bsrossa who occupied the and port Of Toulon
September l5a3 the end Of March, l5s4 the last Of
March 1854 French army and feet have sailed the
port Touon the descendants of the Sui
tan Sclim in his distress
The trial Of Major Wyse, by cour,-martsi s stil going
on at Governors island, New York II commenced on
Wednesday morning last II appeared in evidence that
being ordered board the Falcon Major Wyse object
ed st BECAUSE Ike The San Francisco she had much
upper hamper which in violent be carried
away I'd he just q dock and in an unfinished
state; ID because she old steamer and should be
thoroughly tested after her overhaung before troops
slowed away in her 4th because Der masts small
that her old pacheup machinery should give out she
would be rs helpless log. board 81 military inspeo
reported against every of the Majors objections
and declared her to he seaworthy. Major Wyse sis
fed win this report called another board Of examiners
which reported that the ship old and in bad order
and ought not TO go to until she had drst made
thorough trial trip.