The daily union., 1854-07-23
GEN ERAL N wS.


GENERAL NEWS.
The latest adyices from Havana that the health of
the city without Improvement occasioning great loss
among the shipping in pora number of vessels being de-
tanned for want Of men to put TO sea with.
ymGnlA-In the 18th district lately represented by
John f. Snodgrass deoeased in Congress- the whg cand
dates are John J. jackson, John Hail. DR.. Pnnel and
Fleet W Smith and the democrats have Charles Lewis,
Judge McComas, Benjamin Basel, jr- and Benjamin w.
Jackson.
H. s. Lane, OF the speakers at the anti-Nebraska
meeting at Indianapolis, Indiana speaking of Douglas,
said have understood that his house has been thunder
struck but that he wasn't home But hare doubt
God Almghy feeling for him r This same conyen-
ton, highly entertained with stuff like this very
much shocked the structures upon the clergy in the demo-
cratic conyenton.-Louisrile Democrat
MARRYING OVER AGAIN.--The Buffalo Republic says a
brace of Canadians who had lived together fourteen years
gave the fo0 leave him forever and come to the
States which she did However the poor fellow got lone
some and sought his discarded companion found her in
Cleveland and married her the Fourth Of July and the
"happy pair soped for Canada.
Young man named Norcross was killed in Salem Mas
sachusets Tuesday by the explosion of soda foun-
tain which he charging" fragment Of the copper
fracturing his skull
CLOSE SAILING sHlPs.-Our morning and
evening editions of yesterday report the arrival of the cele
brated clipper ships Wild Pigeon built by George Ray
nes Of Portsmouth, the Sweepstakes" built by Weser
velt of New York and the Flying Fish, built by Dom
aid MacKay, Of Boston.
These three ships passed the Straits Of Sundahe Sweep
stakes and Wild Pigeon in company and the Flying Fish
four days previously and after repeatedly falling in with
tne riyea fourtpp
hours of the same time-the wild Pigeon" being first
reported then the Sweepstakes and shortly after the
" Flying Fish,
Last week an Englishman found dead, supposed
murdered in Fredericksburg Pennsylvania and the News
says that jury sat the body and the doc
were directed off his head if he dead
Having ascerained the fact, they reported and
dict given that he to his death by blows the
head, dislocating his neck"
When Kate and Ellen Bateman were in London, they
were invited by the Queen spend week Windsor
Castle with the royal children. While their visit the
Prince of Wales for the first time took his seat in the
House of Lords by the side of his mother. When he
turned before he would allow the gering ewels
be taken his breast he sought Kate Bateman and nd
ing her the nursery with his sisters and brothers, he
towards her. and taking her hand he said Kate
as soon I'm man, mas going to give me the throne
and then I'll make you my little wife and Queen Miss
Kate then said: WELL little Wales if you will be good
boy study hard and when you up study some hon
orabs profession I'll take your case into consideration
LAST HOURS OF john c. CALEoUy.-Mr Scovil, the pri-
vae secretary of Mr. Calhoun has recently published his
recolecons of the last hours of the dying states
man. Mr.. s. says
His country, the South, and its future all to him.
He did about his future. 1t was small mat
ter in his ewes as the following will show. For two
days before he died. when generally known in the
city that he could not live, many visers called at the
house His physician Dr. Hail. insisted for his own COM
fort that he should few possible Mr.. Calhoun
acauesced and added, Mr.. Scovil knows who will see
and who not" l. of course went to the front door when
the requests of those who wished to see him were pre-
sented On occasion the day before he ded found
the be the Rev. Mr. Butler told him that Mr.
Calhoun very "too i'll any one Mr.. Butler
replied:
you have me syYassss 10 an~ss me- and tell him that
ence to his situation
Ihesitaed an instant and then remembering that Mrs
Calhoun was communicant in the Episcopal church, of
which Mr. Butler PASTOR concluded u WISHED 70
stand well her future regard bad better forego my de-
termination of sending off Mr. Butler and so said wait
moment and left him standing at the front door while
returned to the bedside of Mr.. Calhoun
God bless his glorious soul / see him now as saw
him then his head propped up by pows-his pale ema-
cated but stern and commanding eyes piercing as an
eagles and fixed upon me as entered the room lie knew
had been TO see some one who called
'Who is it " he asked
Mr. Butler, SIR
Why do you not bring him at once 1t is his right
my colleague
Ii is not Senator Butler, sir"
"Butler? don't know any oher--who is he?
1t is the chaplain of the Senate sir the Rev. Mr. But
ler."
"What does he want2"
He saws he has heard you very low and considers
it his duty and talk to you about serious mat
tiers Y
Send him of about his business To come talk 10
me his nonsense and at such time ms thsV
went to the door and informed the chaplain that Mr.
G. too i'll to see him..
aYou certainly must be mistaken. Does he know il i:
mep
| cut the matter shot with decided Yes sir, he
docs; and he says he don't want to see you and won
disturb him by going in again with yonr namef
The Rev. Mr. Butler left and when returned to the room
the impudence of the call still in his mind His eye
were closed but l heard broken sentences such 7,
call on me for such purposeF "foung man not hal
grownT "Subject that have thought of all my life
Az INFAMOUS rABnIcArloSA paragraph has been goinl
was deposited from freight of Canton Sar
county in this State simply directed Canton The d
rection being nexplcable the story it opened
and found to be full of pistols and bowie knives and tina
in short time Catholic priest called and took it away
The last Stark County Democrat contains the statement
Kepnger ticket and freight agent of the railroad Can
ton asserting that the whole story is false in ul parcu
lars No such cask was there and Of Cath
olc priest ever called take it away The whole thin
was a vile caumny started by some ev-disposed perso
in order to increase the anmosity and prejudice that al
! ready exist between Catholic and Protestant
Cincinnati Bnquirer
,ro~no- Na,,..on NJ Illinois has cornmntcd the nun