The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-13
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The NEw Major CaARLEsJoS.-Proiessor W. P. Miles,
just elected mayor of Charleston South Carolina Of
the volunteers who served through the Norfolk epidemic
WHOLE FAMILY SWIFT AwAr.-The Pittsburg Post tells
Of family, consisting of husband wife and three chill
drcn who left Piiburg last spring for Iowa On Monday
the father returned having in the brief time elapsed buried
his wife and all bis children who had died In their west
ern home By typhoid lever.
prosperous Togx-The Paducah Democrat saws that
in abe history Of tina, fourishing ahas
there been anything like such evidences " its prosperity
and onward progress il visible upon every hand
TRE MEDiTTERAsrAs sQuADnox-A letter in the Newark
N. j. Advertiser, dated Genoa October ., says:
The United States Mediterranean squadron Commodore
Breee has dropped down Naples from the anchorage
Speza 1t consists Of the fagshp Congress gae Of the
first class The Constellation Captain Dell and The
steamer Saranao Captain Long After brief soioGrn at
Naples is understood that the feet win sail for Consan
tinope where il will probably pass great part Of the
winter. The officers and generally in excellent
health when they left these waters
AWFUL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wretches recently formed
the following plan Of blowing up passenger train the
Milwaukee and Mississippi railroad The plan 10 sink
joint Of stoveppe SLED with powder and stopped up
the end under the track have train Of powder leading
from the mine several yards alongside Of the track mixed
with percussion caps that when the locomotive crush
ed and ignitea The caps and fired the train Of powder the
passenger would be directly the mine and suffer
destructive explosion.
VALUABLE plscovERY.-Niepece the co-laborer Of Da-
guere has after years OF study and experience succeeded
in almost perfecting the art his associate discovered
/ have begun" says he, with reproducing in the
obscura colored engravings then artificial aud
lastly dead nature doll dressed in stus Of different eo
ors and always trimmed with gold and silver lace hare
obtained all the colors and what is extraordinary and
curious the gold and silver depicted with their metal
lie us and rock crystal porcelain and alabaster de-
picted with the lusre natural to them
DEBr AND CREDIT OF GEoRGIA.-From the message Of
the governor of Georgia. transmitted the legislature
Gently convened that the entire debt of the State
amounts 10 S2644222 o. The governor expresses
surprise that the price Of Georgia bonds should be lower
in market than those OF other States which larger
debt and he calls the attention Of the legislature to the
fact The governor attributes solely the reason that
the interest the State bonds payable at Augusta and
Savannah and at the treasury at Medgeville The State
Of Georgia but small amount when her vast re-
taken into consideration 1t is recommended
make the interest payable in New York and TO call in
such Of the State bonds payable there and to
issue Others il their stead.
CAnHLs FOR THE UNITED STATEs-The American store
ship Supply, commanded by Lieutenant Commanding Da-
vid D. Porter at Constantnope the 18th utmo
A letter from that city to the n. y. Tribune says;
In Der arrived, Mhlor United States
army. You that the Supply has been attached
the War Department by the Secretary OF the Navy for
the purpose Of conveying number of cames TO the Uni
ted States 10 pursuit Of this obet she has visited Tun
Smyrna and Salonica At the former place she took
board three canels presented TO the United States
government by the Bey and two purchased These have
already been board sixyye days aad from their
excellent appearance clearly show that ordinary voyage
ibe Atlantic would affect their health in the
least They growing quite fat under the diet and Idle
life which they lead on shpboard bear that the Sultan
designs offering Captain Porter FOR bis government
Der Of bes, be had this place Every per-
quite well board Of the Supply. Captain Porter
MAJOR Wayne, and NJ. Heap have gone the Crimea
anime the aciran canels with two bumps in there
They viii also be able 10 visit the ruins Of Sehastopo7
THr ESeIIH orEHA CoNrASr COMING TO THE USInp
sr.rH--We copy The following from The New York
Times
HMr Sims Reeves, The eminent Engsh tenor fwho ranks
with the highest TENOR Of the age viii shortly visit this
country. he 10 giving farewell series of perform
in the English provinces prior 70 his departure Mr.
Suns Reeves VIII bring out complete Engsh opera
psny, consisting OF himself his WIFE Mrs Reeves Jcn-
NJ Bauer, Ar. Manners Mr. Weiss, and several others
whose shall shortly publish This will be with
amy kind of exception the best Englsh opera company
that has visited the United States II has hitherto
been the misfortune Of this class Of entertainment 70 de-