The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-30
THE DAILY UNION

Episcopal, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches
nearly the throughout the country but each Of
three denominations have about oneeeyenh Of the
Der Of Nethodist scarcely oneeghth that the Baptist
and not oneourth that Of the Presbyerians The entire
Protestant population Of the country compared with that
Of The Catholic, is about as Il TO Citizen.
Nm GREELEY IS DssusrrD- In recent letter from Lon
don Mr. Greeley says
The English are not skilfuI in vanishing viee-at
least have seen evidence OF their tact 10 that line
have endured the spectacle Of dancing with
when rather beery and smoking but last He st ef
dirk, and by no elegant m'laao ,oaizing wih de-
eefoekn9 lchHe girl while putting away rather bad
cigar proved too much for my Yankee prejudice, and
a,arted7
How viii Greeley be able to face his abolition friends
after such frank and fragrant admission the above?
He viii certainly be read out Of the TabernQcle.
cUmosrTy-An original draught of improvements
in the machinery Of the Claremon by Robert Full
ton ut the time her changed 10 North River
after her first i'll success is present says the Boston
Chronce in possession Of Mr. Shark The chief engineer
the Merrmsc at The navy-yard Il has been preserved
among the papers of the old West Point Foundry Compa
nv since 1905 and probably the only authentic work of
the kind that be traced TO his hand. Ii looks well
al this late date and is only little oied and
what torn
ACCIDENT no ConnoDoEE SrEwAnr--The Pennsylvania
Of the cath says
The friends Of this worthy officer much alarmed
by report which reached city Saturday morning
last stating that he had fallen from and ser-
ously injured. We informed by friend of the Com
modore who has just returned from his farm that he is
seriously injured, but much stunned by the fall
No limbs broken, and he is doing well his
friends could wish under the direction OF his medical adj
wiser
REMARKABLE LoSGEv1TY.--Mrs Fanny Pote died in Phil
adepha the 23d ns aged hundred and FIVE years
She had twelve children, forty grand and hundred
and twelve greai-grandchldren.
RAa-riclRR's HRlRs-A New York paper says A
sister of Billy, the ragpicker who died several months
since leaving about $4,000 in money has made herself
known and will claim the property Of her deceased brother
She Is very respectable woman wife Of clergyman
missionary the West and mother Of several daughters
Her father and Of the father of Old Billy she says
Of the extensive publishers Of theoog
cal works in New York Her brother she states enlisted
early in life in the United States marines and after many
years Of service commenced the mode OF life by which he
was enabled TO leave $4,000 cash.
LATER IRON HAvASA--The steamship Granada arrived
at New York on Tuesday last with Havana dates to the
23d instant: The Commercial says;
aThe Granada brings no account of the arrival of Santa
Anna though The despatch that announced his abdcation
reported that he sailed from Vera Cruz for Havana the
nth instant
By permission Of the captain-genera steamships are
permitted TO enter the port OF Havana their usual
chorage until 10 o'clock at night
A Spanish steamer left Havana the 22d instant
for Vera Cruz.
medical gentleman that the number of deaths
among the military from cholera in Havana has been 2os
whilst the average number OF cases among the inhabitants
s only ten
SONS members of the captaingenerals family are I'M
derstood to be suffering from yellow feverchans being
placed the ends Of the street behind the palace TO
prevent carriages, &c, from passing.
In the hospital OF San Juan de Dios there were lsl
patients the I'D Instant and on the same day there
ll2 patients in the Paula hospital. Only part
however yellow fever cases.
The Coun, dc 0lieu chief auditor (eontador mayor
Of the exchegucr Ibnaaf de eeal Of the island, had
died OF vumito and buried the 7ih instant
"Donna Rafnela Lisana, widow OF Don Manuel Lopez,
died the 30 ult al Cuba, AT the advanced age OF IS
years months and days in The full possession Of all her
faculties This lady leaves eight children, forty
grandchildren, and thrtyour greatgrandchildren ~ Re-
doe remarks that these privileged beings rare"
INSTINCT AND MECHANICAL IYsrcTs-We copy
the following from the Boston Traveller;
ain paragraph on insects the other day alluded TO
the wonderful instinct and mechanical skill with which the
insect tribes are endowed. Every book entomology is
full of illustrations of these But the observant and
woman 90 books for examples of the wonder
intelligence of insects and the curious adaptations Of
TO ends which they often display Every person
who has garden, tree, shrub two, may study
entomoogymay learn something OF insect life and skill
awe have proof of this in little wig which lies before
we write these lines. IL is little insects
househis rosewood summor-house Externally il rescm
bes knot wari and is Of the size Of large chestnut
Ii formed the extremity of small branch of rosebush,
and arranged for the accommodation and support OF a
family Of ten or dozen insect children each of which
furnished with separate apartment where it supplied
with sap the branch This being accomplished the
surplus sap suffered TO pass through the house TO
nourish twigs which grew out of the war; and acted
drains carry off the superiuous liquid On cutting
open this excrescence number of living white maggos
were found each occupying his separate apartment all
which apartments ran ongitudinally with the branch
from which they derived their support
This little knot wart was externally quite hard-as
much so at least the wood OF the limb which il grew
and formed the outward extremity of the limb the twigs
growing Of it both turning backward, towards the
trunk of tie BUSH"
DEATH or Mns SroEY.Thc death Of this venerable lady
is thus announced in The Boston Traveller of the Esd
slant;
aMrs Sarah Waldo, widow Of the late Judge Joseph
Story died at her residence No Rome street yesterday,
Of debility the age OF seveny-one years She is 10 be
buried III Mount Auburn Mrs. Story n lady of great
excellence of character and of varied accomplishments
She has left large circle Of friends to their oes
She was daughter of Mr. William Wetmore."
SHpPISG AT RcHsoNps-The Richmond Dispatch says:
@The dock is so crowded with vessels this time that
they lay and three deep The entire space alongside
of the wharves is closely packed There "A large
class vessels in the dock
LOCAL NEWS.
large and enthusiastic meeting under the auspices Of the
Democratic Association OF the Sixth Ward, was held on
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