The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-06
THE DAILY UNION

city 1t estimated by the Buffalo Courier four thou
sand The lecture given in the EsgestFeet theatre
which holds ordinarily about two thousand seats and in
which, by the of the stage Aeen hundred add
tiona seats placed.
LAooSic pEsrArcHAmong the little bits of the pic
ture of the capture of Sebasopo that has produced
immense effect upon the army in france IL is despatch
sent by General McMahon TO General Pessier from the
halako which he had just entered and the msslye
comprised in these words II in the Malakoh and viii
remain in it."
DESTROYED ny rIRs--The elegant mansion of Ex-tov.
Hunt at Lockport, New York. destroyed by fire on
Saturday. The loss is about $4,000
CoIoNnAros--The New York State Colonization So
eey have chartered the bafque Lamarne, CSC tons bur
den TO convey coored emigrants from New York to lbe
ria and which viii sail about the 18th instant 1t is
thought she will take out hundred passengers
GREAT CORK cRops-ln parts of Pennsylvania the
crops said to be greater in the aggregate than
any time before in fifteen years From seventy 10 ninety
bushels per acre is yield, and field owned
by DR.. VIM Ragen of Washington county, made one hun
dred and twenty-five bushels per
SHIPMENTS FROM CmoAao,--The Chicago Tribune pub
fishes the following statement of the exports of grain and
-four from that port for the up to the 2st ut
Flour, bbls.... ooaao
Flour to grain, 600
Wheat bushels....... ........."-,........8022f9 1856
Corn bushels, 4s3 200
Oats, bushels. 1892
Total bushels of grain. 1888
The amount of grain yet to go forward will not be large
PsRsoEAI-Edwin Forrest the tragedan has purchased
Of Miss Stuart Of Boston, fine portrait of Rachel
Phede He has also commissioned her paint portrait
of Washington after the original by her father
VESSELS Misunderstanding vessels needed at Nor
folk carry off the large quantities of constantly
irving at that port
BAD ssws FOR wINE-paiSKERs- papers announce
that onehalf of the vintage Of Here's de la Frone
the principal sherry depos is entirely lost this year.
WoRLp's FAIR IN Misunderstanding to the Vienna
journals it is in contemplation to have universal exhibit
ton in that city in 1t is said that the plan
the building has already received the appreciation of the
Emperor Francis Joseph
AusTRALIA.-Later advices from Australia give most
conragng accounts of the progress of the gold production
The shipments this year. up the LIST of September had
amounted f6,5ooooo and were expected before the
close of the twevemontb, to reach fl0,o0oo0o.
THE or MILE RAcHEI~--We learn (says The New
York Tribune) by private despatch from Charleston
dressed that Mile Rachel arrived in that city Saturday
noon perfectly restored in health She was to sail for iIa
to-day where she would instantly her per-
| Torrance.
The FORK TRADEThe pork tradois opening lively
in Cincinnati than it has done for several years. At
eral establishments sixteen hundred hogs killed daily
and all the establishments that proposed put in
operation at least twelve thousand hogs slnugh
cred there daily Pork is very high bringing 6S cents
| per pound net, with upward tendency
| TOBACCO FAMINE IN FgAscE.From Gaignani's Messen
ger learn that there had been cigars tobacco fol
sale at Bayonne, France for days. and that much dis
1 tress manifested by smokers and chewers Finally
however, messengers despatched distance of seventy
/ five miles by railroad and supply procured.
THE FIRST NATIONAL THAsKsGIyING.The first nationa
thanksgiving day appointed by President Washington
by proclamation in January 1906 who designated the 18Th
| of January.
! ONO cuRnENcy-According TO the quarterly satemen
of the banks OF the State the entire circulation of th
banks of Ohio the first Monday in November SO,
/ l5A6o5.