The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-21

rier that there sold in this city weekly an aver
Of fifty through tickets for the Far Vest Many of
our best men are taking their final leave Of us.
rRocLAMAroS--The following proclamation appears
in the Boston Atlas
Follow the example of the patriot Meagher and rush
to armsl Become at once united Irishmen
p Ss--The London Times will please copy
SUIcmE.-A despatch from Philadelphia says;
&c Debus eminent mineralogist of North Carolina,
committed suicide by cutting his throat hotel in this
city this morning Pecuniary embarrassments sup
posed TO have been the Of the rash The de-
ceased was the discoverer Of gold in North Carolina
YALE CoLLEGE-The annual catalogue of Yale College
for 1855 and 1856 shows that there the following
Der of students connected with that institution Profess
sional sudents-tbeoogical 25; law, &c medical 80 ;
philosophy and arts 63l46. Undergraduates
on; juniors, III sophomores, Ill freshmen l54-473
Total 6l9
WNE-PRoDUcISG The UNITED SrArEs.--It is predict
ed by those who pay attention to this subject that within
twenty-five years the United States will not only supply
the American people with the pure juice of the grape but
viii become the largest winc-exportng nation in the
world.
ANOTHER PIRArIcAL lrFAIn.-We have already noticed
the killing Of several American BY Spanish cruis
The Havana correspondent Of the New York Courier
under date Of The 18th instant writes
"The Spanish brig Sarantes got shore short time
since the Mucaras shoals the Bahama bank and
abandoned She bound from Liverpool TO this port
and found by two wreckers from Nassau, NJ r, who
had commenced taking out the cargo when they were at
tackled by Spanish armed launch from Cienfuegos who
fired AT and killed two of the wreckers crew. and five
six of them jumped overheard and drowned The
launch then made all the wreckers prisoners and took
tlem with their vessels, TO Cenuegos where they
imprisoned twentyfonr hours without food, when the al
calde mayor set them at liberty
The wreckng vessels paid $40 for freight not sal
ON he nd an and were frtvpn
to each OF their captains and ST to each OF their crews
compensation The excuse Of the Spanard5 is that they
looking for the pirates who recently riled the Ameri
vessel Cayo COMMITTEES; but the Spanish brig in
British waters and if the most ample apology be not given
by Spain, as well ample compensation to the widows
and relatives of the who shot and drowned the
affair may make some trouble
THE rRKsDEscy.--The Florida Republican, prominent
knownohng organ has the following ticket at the head of
its editorial columns For President John T. Crittenden
for Vice President, Daniel S. Dickinson.
The CsoAes GRAIN misunderstanding to the Chicago
Journal there have been shipped since the opening of nav
cation to the present time thirteen million hundred
and sixty-two bushels of grain. This does not include
shipments by railroad Over and half millions Of
the above amount consisted of corn and upwards of four
and half millions of wheat
MILE RacHn--Rachcls farewell performance in New
York is thus noticed in the Express of that city
an intense conconlse OF people htied htblos Saioon
Saturday to witness the last night Of Phcdre as per-
formed by Rachel at the close OF her engagement here prior
her departure for the South Every part OF the saloon
was full and there were hundreds standing The audience
of the most brilliant and fashionable ever assem-
bed in this city but the ladies not in opera
tune the audience had not the effect that more highly
dressed audiences sometimes have"
Rachel made her debut in Philadelphia Monday eve-
ming last despatch says:
Rachels debut here this evening attracted large and
fashionable audience who evnced the utmost enthusiasm
at her performance
vEnrarsr woRsr The Petersburg va) Express states
that Thanksgiving day old free-coored woman
named Aunt Nanny who lives the Southern railroad
died from the following She at church, and in
The of singing and prayer became excited that
she burst boodsesse ntcriory and before her friends
got her to her home she died
MARSHAL, PELsslER.Thc Sultan of Turkey has sent to
Marshal Pelissier magnificent sabre and conferred upon
him the title of Srdar, with pension of 200 o0R (fS0oo)
annually,
Tux rusD.-Thc Norfolk and Portsmouth orphan
fund in New York amounts to $1,000.
TON or coAL.Judge Grer, of the United States Su-
preme Court has decided suit instituted in Pennsyl
vania that the legal weight OF of coal is pounds
and that no State law be enacted altering the quan
~ According this decision every coadealer who gives
but 1000 pounds the ton be arrested and convicted
charge of swndlng The law of Pennsylyonis makes
the ton only 1000 pounds
An IMPERIAL FREsEsT--La Grua, the handsomest aud
youngest ma donna the stage has taken Rio Janeo
by The Emperor of Brazil has presented her with
pair of diamond earrings, worth $4,000 francs5 900