The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-14
GEN ERAL NEWS.

GENERAL NEWS.
Activity N THE IRON BuslSxss-The Troy ~ ~ Wing
says that contrary the usual CUSTOM operations will be
carried nearly oil the iron manufactures in that city
through the coming winter and that it has yet heard
of one firm which intends to suspend.
CHARITABLE pEQuEsr-Wm. D. Roberts who fell a vic
tim to the late scourge Norfolk, bequeathed $4,000
the Norfolk Female Orphan Asylum The deceased left
estate worth about $4,000
ALARGE cAnGo-The clpper-ship Dreadnought, Captain
Ssmuels at New York. from Liverpool brings 1000 tons
Of fine dry goods 700 of steel tin plates and cutlery
being the largest cargo Of fine goods shipped New
York from Liverpool She was towed up by the Achilles
TnE RCss misunderstanding to the New York pa
pers this famous pavement has proved failure.
correspondent writes:
"The Russ pavement in Broadway has become a terrible
nuisance Scarcely day passes but what several horses
have their legs broken otherwise seriously injured
to render them totally unfit for further The whole
pavement has become smooth that it is dangerous
for pedestrians cross it, 1t is unusual thing see
least dozen horses slip and fall while going the dis
lance Of two or three blocks"
FArAL FoLLY.--on the 5th inst two young men by the
Of Tufts and Bean each about 90 attempted
q pond on the ice in Nor,hwooa, New Hampshire when
tue ice broke Tufts drowned and Bean rescued
ing cling the ice for hour and half They had pre-
viousy raised false alarm, and insued persons going
their assistance
TEsSEssEE.A bill is before the senate of Tennes-
authorizing conventional Of interest of per
cent leaving the present legal Of interest six per
cent stand in the absence Of any agreement between
the parties to contract fixing another not higher
than ten per cent.
STATISTICS OF CNciNSArL--Ths following statement
shows to good advantage the trade and commerce of the
great city Of the Ohio valley The annual value Of its
manufactures il $52,lO9,37i Its imports annually
valued at $15,O000O0 and its exports at 100000 900
There are 5000 miles Of railway divergng from the
city, and 1000 miles under construction.
THE YEr.The largest cargo carried to New
Orleans louisiana a steamboat arrived there Sun
day. I'd inst board the John Smonds. She had 5241
bales Of cotton and 800 bags of wheat
FEMALE NAIL RoBsER--A Miss Hume OF williamsburg
Indiana trial last week at Indianapolis a charge
of robbing the United States mail.
SuDDEH DrArH-John Cook, butcher, Of Brighton Mas
sachusetts on Monday had tooth drawn in WATERFOWL
and almost instantly died in the dentists chair Of heart
disease.
The ARarzos TRrsL-The second trial of William Arri-
son. for the murder of Isaac Allison the marine hospital
in Cincinnati the 20th Of june 1854 by Of an
Internal machine was commenced in that city Monday
MAMMOTH TuRsR.-An English turnip weighing
25 pounds without the top which ofsef weighed about
10 pounds) raised this year By Mr. Paul H. Whit
comb Of Ashby, Massachusetts,.
CAPTAIN or cAPrAxa-Captain Jesse Atwood who
died orringon about twenythree years since aged 81
the Bangor Journal says the father Of six sons four
whom sea-cptns and OF whom is the father Of
six sons all seacaptans lie the father aud grand
father Of tweuty-eight captains tweny-sx of whom
seacaptains and sixteen Of whom bear the Of Att
wood All the soa-capains living reside in Orring-
ton and Hampden militia captain resides in hendus-
keag Captain Atwood master Of vessel which
went from Boston Halifax for the rs exchange Of pris
oners in the revolutionary war.
TIM SIX STEAM FRra .rxsAs frequent inquiries made
relative to the length Of these magnificent naval structures
the following from foreside Of rabbit Of stem
asde Of forward post line Fl feet above the
lower edge Of the rabbit Of keel may be Of interest Min
nesota 254 feet Wabash 2e2 Merrimac, 255; Roanoke
263 Colorado 253i Niagara 3l5.
FATAL RESULT o. THE BosToS cowHIpns AFFAIR-The
Boston papers Of Tuesday evening state that William sum
ner one Of the victims Of the late dsgraccfu cowhding
affair in that city, died Tuesday morning. having been
gradually failing ia health since the attack made
him. The deceased was young about 10 years Of
age Of hghly-respecabe connexions, being cousin Of
Senator SUMNER and his brother member Of a weknown
firm Of ship-chsndlers on Commercial wharf
Edward o. Coburn and Frank Dalton have both been
rearrested The Telegraph recurring the circumstances
OF the murder--for such il seems TO be-says,
On the afternoon q tho day which that assault
made freud and companion Of Mr. Porter, young
Of ~ Mr. William Sumner Of Milton, who had BEEN In
duced by the advances OF the ladies to indulge sundry
hirtations with them in confectionery saloons and tie
street sought out in saloon in West street and