The daily union., 1854-12-27
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friends will be likely repaee him with better IN
any hasty scramble Of candidates which may occur"
GENERAL NEWS.
rHaILLlse scrsr--we copy ,ho following from the
Philadelphia Ledger
Schuyk n consequence OF six persons breaking through
the and getting into the water The party consisted OF
five males and one female among the former Colonel fit
gerald of the City Lem and Mr. Alexander Harvey
a member of the Skating Club galauty plunged ia and
succeeded in supporting the female until she could be
cued from the perious situation Mr. George Paul threw
his reel to Colonel Fitzgerald aud he also
lieved bringing his with him The rest OF the party
extrcated, amid the plaudits Of immense
concourse of anxious spectators
THE nun cEAsED.The on Tie sayiEgs banks ia New
York has wholly ceased Many depositors who had fool
ishly withdrawn their money at the outset Of the panic
bringing back again. Two of shese banks have just
declared their dividends and of those who became
panicricken and withdrew their savings lose the benefit
of the annual dividend.
PARKER VEIN CoNrASy.-The property of this company
in the Cumberland region have been sold in New
York yesterday.
GIGANTIC woaE.-A leyee is in Of construc
ton between Bayou Sara and Coumos Landing, La. Its
length is about thirty miles and it will enclose about
$4,000 superficial of land $4,000 of which have
been ceded to the States by Congress for evyng and drain
land will be redeemed and rendered available for cptva-
ton by the construction of this levee.
FAILURES AZ THE SoUTH-A despatch from Charleston
says The of the parties whose failure yester
day rumored Messrs. ONeal Hill, Co. Rumors
also unavorabe to the standing Of another cotton
house Both parties have connexions at the North
ESpowNEsr--An endowment of $4,000 is being raised
for the Protestant Episcopal Theological School in Vr
gina.
A YlouIsrING cnuRcu.--The Bethel Church in San
Francisco said be the only sesusanng Bethel esab
iishment in the world.
DEArn--Hon. Cornelius Darrah, distinguished lawyer
Of Pittsburg, died suddenly of apoplexy on Friday
COLLATERAL SECURITY IN ARKANSAS Banks in Arkansas
manage business in rather primitive manner Some one
writes that before he could get y-doiar note discount
ed he had deposite collateral two cook stoves and
cross1cut aaw We would like to know the difference be-
tween such bank and a Chaham-street pawnbroker's
shop
Sixty YEARS Aeo-The Boston Massachusetts, Travel
Ter says Christmas day. l794 ship Betsy 100 tons
launched Salem Massachusetts, thermometer 30 degrees
at noon The grease down the ways, and and
boys indulged in swimming as in summer.
WONDERFUL spEED.-At a skating match recently held
fty-six seconds starting included. 1t said be the
swftest time record and is equal to ordinary railway
express trains.
ANOTHER RAFER.--The publication Of daily
evening paper called the Evening Programme will be
commenced in Philadelphia the first Monday in Janu-
airy. 1t will be published by jont-sock association of
business and practical printers and edited by Col NJ
Hardin Andrews, assisted by full corps of writer's.
ter says
1.-The meeting in the Park of mechanics and worngmen
last evening" perverted from its original purpose by
some two three demagogues who managed to obtain
control OF the proceedings Resolutions thus passed
threatening the peace of the city and the property of the
rich which to be repudated by the aborers at future
meeting
THE BELGIAN CONVICT cAsE--An examination of Capt
Stackpoe of the ship Rochambeau, took place at New
York. Saturday before police justice in reference to
the paupers and criminals he charged with bringing
from Antwerp The captain says he protested against
bringing the passengers he learnt their real
character but that the American consul advised him to
leave the matter to be adjusted with the New York author
ties.
RELIEF ron THE POOR IN New YoRk.-The New York
board of brokers have voted appropriation of 80 Oo0
for the relief of the poor Mr. Fontane phianthropic
citizen has contributed $4,000 in aid of the poor working
girls out of employment
TuE OLD sroRy-The editor Of the New York Sun thus
closes sketch of college mate:
few days ago, gancing Mississippi paper,
rested upon these very words committed suicide
the sad of the end oone whose brow
ensamped the seal Of Gods intelligcnceof
who FIRST in the university first in society first in
every circle and place but who fell by his hands in
fit Of mana pou. May not the young of readers
learn something from this and melancholy sketch
The COAL TRADE MARYLAsD.-The Maryland con
trade for the year nearly over the Chesapeake and
OHIO canal is closed by ice and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad is unable to transport coal The total transportation
of this year from the Cumberland mines has been 640
364 tons of which i9o3 by railroad and 5o233 by
canal.
MORTALITY AT sEA-The New York shipping houses are
uneasy again reference to the reappearance of the cholera
on board the European packet-ships arriving at New
York Within the week past there has been less
mortality almost every immigrant ship. Some Of the
physicians ship fever but others that is cholera
HopRiBLp ArIoN.-A WOMAN NuRDERED.-The Wa
teroo m Patriot Of December 18th gives the following
intelligence;
ON Saturday night last about nine o'clock the people