The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-24

yellow fever then in the hospitals
FArAL REscosTnE-A personal difficulty occurred at
Madison Springs Georgia the night Of the 18th instant
between Mr. Cox Of Mississippi and William J. Morton,
Of Athens, in which the latter mortaly wounded.
edition Of the New York Express find the following
nouncement:
aNademoiseIle Rachel her brother NJ Raphael Felix
and the members Of the French dramatic company, TO the
number OF twenty-five arrived in this city By The Pacific
o'clock this morning OF course the excursion TO the
quarantine did not take place.
The members OF the party all in good health and
spirspeased with al they have seen pleased with The
trip the ship and the captain, and most especially pleased
10 have got rid Of them all and 10 be well zaa.
They are stopping at the St Nicholas
The FIRST performance win take place Monday, Sep
tember : The play viii be Comedies tragedy Horace
AN ESTEEPRIsSe rssu-We copy the following from the
Edgartown Gazette:
The smack s. ! Dickson Of New London arrived
here Wednesday evening, having in tow large fish,
known The killer, captured at the south side Of our
island This fish derives its from The fact that il
often takes the life Of whale by getting upon its hack
and stopping us spout holes After u kills whale i
consumes tongue and then ahandons it These fish
have been known take whale from boats company,
after il had killed BY dragging il under water AT
such time regular fight ensues between the harpooner
and the killer.
aThe killer which is bnt seldom in waters is
handsome fish, of the whale species of most beautiful
Its deep black aud Whllt color,
finely polished the best patent leather and its pure
ivory teeth finely with the black surrounding
The fish in question will make some two barrels OF OIL OF
quality nearly equal sperm II has already been cut
IN and placed in the try pots
DEArH-Mrs Reid, wife Of Capt Samuel G Reid, who
SO distinguished himself Fayal in the of 1872
board the brig General Armstrong died Saturday last al
Wheeling Virginia 1t is stated that she made the first
flag of the United STATES present adopted BY Con-
gress.
FryrRAL or ABBOTT LAwnEscE.--The New York Jour
nal Of Commerce Of Wednesday morning Says;
"A deputatiou Of our dry-goods commission merchants
will 20 to-day attend the funeral Of thiE eminent
merchant and tribute Of respect bis memory large
portion if not all Of the firms engaged in that class Of
trade in this city w close their stores from II TO 2oclock
to-day that being the period assigned for the funeral
emonies.
The mayor Of Boston has notified the members Of the
municipal to attend the obseques OF Mr. Law
renee Col Chekering has ordered the regiment under
his command to report themselves for the occasion
and the Boston board Of brokers viii hold session
that day
DAUGHTERS or THE HEGIMEEr-The Cleveland Grays had
parade the 18th instant in which custom Of the
French army was introduced Tive beautiful yorng girls
dressed in uniform Of the company with shorskrted
dresses marched each side Of the ensign carrying
each basket with rags for the wounded, and cask of
brandy is supposedly for the fagued and aintng sol
diers.
PnonrBr1rox II NEW HAnrsHrRE- New Hampshire
liquor law went operation Monday last and it is
said to bear very heavily upon the old topers who have
spent pretty nearly every cent they were worth m aEern
and therefore could provide for the contingency Of pro-
hihion The moderate drinkers have laid in supply to
last as long the law endures.
NAvAL-United States practice ship Prebe, with the
from the Annapolis Naval School, arrived 81
Boston on Tuesday from Portland.
CHAsG1Se HIS LoDGrEGs.-Natban Richardson, single
man aged so hung himself Saturday night in Wohurn
Massachusetts, lie told Friday that he must find
boarding place and answered that he would find
new herne before Monday.
A sHaKwD PRTscEProH.-A Norfolk correspondent Of
the Baltimore Sun writes
aThe distress among no class OF population is great
than among the free negroes Of whom We have large
number IN the city, whose usual occupations "a drayen
washerwomen and seamsresses have been broken up
by the general deseron and suspension Of business The
fever too contrary experience prevails among the
colored people though not TO 50 great an extent a among
the whites. know Of great many sick with II and Of
several deaths There four in my family,
valescent, whose singular that DR. stone OF
New Orleans induced TO visit him. He lay for four
days like beastly drunk, unable TO artcuate
than few words and perfectly mpenctrahe TO either per-
suason or command before yellow Jack showed his coors
After that il thrtysiK hours before be became con-
scious When Dr. Stone saw him. he prescribed brandy
today which acted like charm, and be has been doing
well ever since
The nature Of The negros disease may be readily in
ftrred from The stimulating prescription.
SHAMFyur-Some wretch the other dsy fired rife bah
into daguerreotype Of young lady inserted in her
tombstone in the cemetery Wheeling Va
TnEATxEST or THE yellow TEyrR-EKtract from the
Washington correspondence Of the Journal Of Commerce
ain New Orleans it was common 10 hear people say,
III take the fever shall rely fer recovery upon good
and kind Providence throwing physic and the
doctor aside.
The medical faculty know about the disorder
than they did half century ago when Br. Rush IS
sued the professional ect ct purge and bleed through AL
Kensngt0n. Nor have they till lately taken any means
70 collect and compare the cts upon which consistent
theory can he formed OF the origin and treatment Of this
disease The American Medical Association have il APP
pears taken up the subject and their report upon il may
lie Of eminent in finding the proper means Of guarding
against invasion Of the pest or in essening its deruo-
tivenessT
Han groRm-The following is abstract Of letter re-
eeired from Cayoga county, New York:
We were visited on the fsih ty hsil-storm unpre
cedeuted before ID this region Hal-s0nes fell the size Of
hens eres breaking down the corn perhaps running the
crop entirely as the stalks broken bruised 10 such
render its filing quite doubtful Oats were
being harvested; they isveed as though roller
had passed over them and with this they are 10
raes hrnEbsd corupleteavhardy worth the hsrvesting