The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-24
GENERAL NEWS.

soners q emigration 600 70 used b them for the
o. te pssFrs recently landed from tbs S4r
dinisn frigAtr Dies Geneys Who charge 70 the
commission
socALlsr ooLoSx N TKxAA-Tbe Dallas Gazette says
that agent Of FreDch coOny a socialists has Pur
chased several q Land n'thA couuy, and vii e
tAblish oae q their settlements tAsre
GAKAr srArsHrrR er cArrLx-On Friday evening u
last week the the Michigan Southern railroad
hto drove of cattle about 80 miles ham Chicago, kill
ing tweny-ons a their number. The drove crossing
bridge and many q tbs builockz slaughtered on
the bridge when the locomotive among them Ths
train vas not thrown o. the track bat several cars
broken causing dssenton few boan No person was
hurt By this serious and rather novel encounters
HKDsIzs rHE WEsrThe Louisville Journal says the in
PRODUCTION Of the Usage orange hedges substitute for
fences the western praires where the ordinary mate
riAls procured with officially. becoming very gen
era and viii thousands Of Of the most fertile
land lie brought under cultivation which otherwise
would lay for Of Suitable material for fencing
il -Four years only required render II impenetrabe
II Is stated that 5000 bushels Of Usage orange seed
brought into the western market last year from Texas
Crxsus or MKmoo.-The Mexican papers have recently
been Publishing Of that country. From il We
gather that there in that country IS cities ls5 towns
large villages 4S0o villages Ils missions kc. 10 hac
surasHHe Down EAsr-The Calais tNe) Advertiser Of
the 18th instant says, 4we have and better
sleighug this time than any time during the winter
with prospect Of another snOw-siorm on hand
THE WELCOME RAS-Rains, long needed, have recently
fallen eopously in parts Of Georgia South Carolina and
Alabama
AxorHH oHIoRoFoRa aonHrKY-A Mr., Field, Of New
York city, into BARRIERS shop al Dunkirk 70 get
shaved Thursday evening Of last week He remembers
nothing furiherony that be took seat and when be
came to consciousness found himself robbed Of 81 zoo
Choroform supposed have been used and the barber
has fed
REJoIcrxa-The hrst arrival from Deep river al VIII
mington North Carolina recorded in the papers Of that
in spirit Of rejoicing. The steamer H. Hanghton
appears for the FIRST time in the history Of that region
went up Deep river far Lockyie three miles above
Haywood in Chatham county where she took on board
cargo Of -four cotton and peas aud returned 20 Whining
ton
wog1D's FAIn-During the present year less than
three European Worlds Fair exhibitions have been an
nounoed To talks paceone Munich in Sardinia and
one in Paris
MAI RoHaKRs aRHESrEp--The Springfield (In) State
Register Of the 18th says:
The entire New York mails FOR three afrnate days in
persons-one Of them fernaleave beer arrested
picion Of guilt and are being examined
Nor wASrED.-Lola Monies is about returning to the
stage her double capacity of and danseuse She
has made engagement with Mrs. Sinclair, and after
brief tour in California, win return to the States
Carr OF Coon HoPE-Advices from the Trans-vaal re-
public say that great and decisive battle between the
Beers and the natives had occurred which the slsugh
latter fearful less than 1000 having been
left dead on the Geld The Beers had but tring loss in
killed This blow Is expected produce salutary effect
in securing the tranquility Of the country. In British
Katfraria all was quiet.
SoxKTf1sG LIKE A cLIsArE-A correspondent Of the
Charleston Standard from Key West under date Of
March To- a. follows
The growth of shrubs flowers and vegetables is
uxuriant and is far advanced the North in mid
We daily have table beans peas lettuce
celery DC &c The potato Hou.ishes in soil but
the Irish does thrive The grape is bloom and
from the abundance OF flowers promises large crop
HosoR1se MUSICAL coKPosER--Msyerbeer, the famous
German musical composer, lately honored with the
Of commander Of the order Of Albert al Dresden by
the King of Saxony consequence Of the great success
there of his opera -Btoile du Nord-7
The Nova SoorrA COAL rRADE-A correspondent Of the
Boston Post writing from Pictou, Nova Scotia says; HFrom
present indications there viii be detention the coming
tne want OF coal; Vessels
with certainty Of receiving despatch learn from the
very best authority that less than fifty Thousand cha
drons win be placed the banks by the time navigation
opens and thus the supply win be kept up during the
The demand for coal presume VIII be much greater
than any former year the duty removed from Nova
Scotia coal and retained by your government all other
foreign COAL
A LONG ARsExcE-One Of the crew Of the Whale-ship
james Allen, which arrived New Bedford Sunday
had been absent from this country stranger in strange
iandsfor thiry-four years he belongs in New Haven
Connecticut
SUIcmK--At Vaudeville New Jersey, last Wednesday
Malcolm Mclean shoemaker far gone in consumption
put the muEzle q gun his chin and dischsrging the
piece, blew his head to atoms.
ROYAL EgrERT AISaKxTrThe London correspondent Of
the Philadelphia North American in his last letter furnishes
the following bit Of gossip
ON Saturday last his excellency the American minister
and Miss Lane dned with her Majesty the Queen Buck
inghan Palace Mr. Buchanan and Miss Lane the
evening present grand entertainment given by
Niscouu and Lady Palmersion hs highness the
Duke Of Cambridge They viii slso present tonight at
siendd entertainment given By her Majesty TO the Duke
o. Cambridge General Sir Deaey Evans the Earl Of Car
Organ and other heroes their from service in the
British army in the CrmeA'
sax FRAsCrsco AFTER cHasRA san Francisco cor
respondent Of the Journal Of Commerce thus describes
things in Montgomery street after the crash:
distinguished officer in the United States army re-
marked your correspondent two days since that In