The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-11


The battery was served with terrible effect by the Ger
mans and Irish and numbers of the French fen every
discharge. Still headed by Boulbon, they charged fu-
riously TO the very mouth Of the cannon bat again
repused with great loss.
Boulbons force amounted to nearly 400 men all of
whom are represented have fought with desperate
courage But the Germans and Irish with their
could not be disiodged while the MeKican taking heart
assailed the French on all sides
In the midst Of the conflict Boulbon challenged the
colonel Of the Sonoran forces 10 single combat 1t
accepted and they approaching each other Bon
bon was struck in the neck with escopee ball and fell
severely wounded from his horse
The Sonerans GernuaI.s, and Irish up a shout of
triumph and the French Immediately ceased firing and
surrendered Boulbon taken, and 10 be executed
by the Sonorians, even in his wounded condition imme
dateiy Many Of his companions would probably share
his fate, and the Mexicans wild with exultaton
From 80 to 40 Frenchmen said to have been killed
IN the conflict Thus unhappy has ended the life of one of
the nobest and most ciyalrous spirits of the age BE
hero and his fate viii be mourned by his eountrymen
here and regretted by all who admire true nobility of soul
everywhere
| HORRIBLE pFASTcIDE New soorLAsD.-Mrs Christina
Sngerland of "Dunbars Hollow" the Of the Dun
bar tragedy arrested yesterday charged with the muir
der Of her infant aged eleven months The crime was
committed Wednesday night last Mrs s., upon her re-
cepuon at the jail in this city confessed Mr. Houek
ano that she murdered the child but that she forced
to do so by her husband Isaac Sngerand and exhibited
in proof severe wound the eye another in the left
breast and still another in of her legs These
given her down and stab
bed her when she fearful that he would murder her
ed kill the child The manner of the murder as confessed
by Mrs s. that she placed of her hands over the
mouth of the child, while she compressed its throat with
the other hand aided by the hand Of her husband They
conrived to choke the child until suocaton ensued Both
OF the parties are OF disreputable character Officers from
this city have gone in search of Sngeand Much excite
men exists in the vicinity Of the murder Mrs S is
sidered to be 'haf foolish Albany Journal Fridav
|
The Troy IN, W Times of Friday gives the following
account of eommotion among city bakers in that city
High Constable Battershall, with officer Kipp, this
morning made descent upon number of bakers carts
weighing their bread in order TO ascertain if il fully
up TO the standard of weight required by law and cun
eating all loaves which did moi correspond with that re-
qurement One hundred and ten loaves in all con-
scated and given TO the Of the city poor for
such distribution as he might think proper The bread
seized by the officers fell short of the weight required bv
law from one to four and half ounces
We learn by telegraph fo Aew Orleans to Capt Bar
ney OF the United States artillery, in this city that
Leuenants Nebane and Burns attached to his company
died of yellow fever at Baton Rouge the 4th inst
Buff Com. -iar.
DEATH OF a onAEAcrEn-An aged man, named Billiard,
lately died in the Union workhouse Leicester in lis list
year. He of the mutneera If the More and was
sentenced to execution ie rope about his neck and
he Tas the point of being swung off when he was re-
priered. From that hour the time of his death
whether 1t was from nervous feeling from fancy
not be deermned--he were a neckerchief about
his neck Craya had for him. probably disagreeable
miniscences-N Nottingham Rericu
EoTIsG-The duness of the freiehtinp BUSH
ness is illustrated by the fact mentioned by the Tribune
that one OF the New fork merchants extensively engaged
in the shipping business has had rs-class ship offered
10 him for tweve-months voyage gratis-nothing being
required by the but guarantee that the vessel
he IN mir atapp tbo4,,o
| in good condition as when she taken.
In the port Of New York there were, on Monday SO
steamers 1876 ships ls barques 100 briggs 3s3 schoones
besides feet of coal, lpmbermen, &C. &C. numbering
some 500.
Tbs Hansa with dates from Bremen 10 the 22d
of September arrived New York Monday, bringing
| 754 passengers Her news had been anticipated
Late advice from the Marquesas islands state that the
natives rapidly depopulatng there by intestine wars
and the French looking with compaceny, it tends
to their facility for occupying them The missionaries had
met with but little success and about abandoning
their positions.
A DANGEROUS LEDGEProiessor Bache of the coast sur
vey the discovery of very dangerous ledge
the neighborood of the not lodges" in the approaches
to Boston bay which has only feet of water on it at
low water spring tides The rule for avoiding il is no, to
pass TO the southwark of the lghtboat whegs strangers
have no excuse for goirg at ayy tsae,
The Singapore Free Press says that intelligence had been
received from Menado that IL NJ. corvette Sumatra Capt
Wip totally destroyed by fire in the harbor Of Kea
on the 10th of May last
The steamships Canadian and Charity arrived at Quebec
Tuesday last The former is the pioneer of the new
line, and made the passage in sixteen days.
The following is list of vessels of war in the Chinese
waters:
Anerican--steamers Mississippi Susquehannah Powha-
tan, John Hancock ships Vandalia, Vncennes Lexington
Macedonian Southampton Supply; brig Porpose schoon
er Fennimore Cooper, and soop J. p Kennedy,
/ Ellis Burlington and VIM, Engiand, Cherokee Indians
reoentY met each other Grand river in the Cherokee
were killed
John Cox, telegraph operator Jefersonvile In
diana, sho, and wounded few days ago by despe-
RADIO named Athy, who came near being lynched
PREDEsT1SAToN" Do you believe in predestination r.
said the captain Of Mississippi steamer clergyman
who happened to be travelling with lim
! OF course do
And you also believe that what TO he win be p
! Certainly
well, am glad to hear it,
/ @Why y
Because intend to pass that boat ahead in fifteen min
utes there be virtue in pine knots and loaded safety
valves So don't he alarmed for the boiler amt burst
then il WON'T
Here the divine began putting his hab ana looked