The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-04

GENERAL NEWS.
TN rsasHr Ar HArAsA.--Ths Havana correspondent Of
a, Ssw York Tribune, under date q the sd ultimo
writes
M going for several weeks 70 supply the place q the
suAF troops Of the garrison, nearly all Of whom have
80 marched 70 ports threatened By the terrible Qoitna
Nhie the government 10 have lost It's head AZ this
.pected invAsion, The American consul Mr. W Robert
- preserves his usual saAy rod securing the esteem Of
su the Spanish authorities tie frequently visits the
ssce and Is perhaps better with the captain
saers tnan any other foreign sgent The government
aeQfy wishes 10 show thai It's hatred the hlbusierx
sos. not extend the Cuited States government with
shon d Is anxious 10 establish the most intimate
percA relations The government however, shows the
struugest determination tain the Of sabelA
i esen rumoFed and recently more than ever, that the
general reduced 10 extremity has authority 70
uocaim the freedom Of the whole slave population Of the
STAND II Is fact that large number Of free negroes
nave been armed and formed into regiments and that Gen
oachs hinse declares that the black militia shall be In
creased 10 1900 men
yarAL-The United States sloop-ofwAr jamestown,
Commander Eson bearing the broad pcnnant Of Com
odore CAbbe and destined the ship Of the squad
roa on the coast Africa arrived in Hampton Roads
Wednesday, from Philadelphia TO take in powder and
stores
Loan RAGLas--The London Times continues to can
nonade Field Marshal Lord Raglan and thinks be should
interpret defeat and disgrace Of the Aberdeen ministry
as national invitation TO him to resign
T,xxs sos-arsuprsrs-The bin authorizing the taxa
on Of non-residens doing business in the State Of New
York has been signed by the governor and Is nov the law
In that State
JKsSy LiSD.-The Swedish Nightingale is shortly 70
make her public appearance again in England
A RaRK mHD-A specimen of the red-throAted loon, a
rare bird in Vermont captured under the ice in brook
IN Montpelier last week and forwarded 70 Prof Thompson
II Burlington celebrated Eooogist who says that but
oas specimen had been in that State before
REJoIcNe-A New York paper says: . The passage Of
The arpropriston for the Collins in the Senate
causes much rejoicing among the friends of the line The
steamship Baltic displayed the national eolors on the occa
siouT
THG LAKE, sHIrrISGThe number Of vessels now in
mission on Lakes Michigan, Huron, Superior, 81 Clair
Lie Ontario and ChampIan obtained from the differ
sn eustom-houses lIso Of which lilo are steamers 81
Uropelers sag schooners and the balance haques briggs
soops and The valuation OF these vessels SCI
down at slo,ls5,oo
HIsH PRICES ron srsnoKs-At the administrators sale
near Forest Depot Bedford county Va, thrty-nine ne
goes-men women, and children Of all ages from infancy
70 extreme old agewere sold for the immense sum Of
lars averaging $722 o.
DAsAsxs CAUSING DBrsKKSsEss-ln Noblesville, In
diana Mrs Julia Freyberger brought suit against Martin
Nounoy for damages caused by liquor sold by the defend
ant 10 the plaintiffs husband, John Freyberger. She
charged that the defendants liquor had made her husband
drnnkard had caused him lose his time and waste his
money. and claimed one thousand dollars damages The
jury gave her a verdict for $500.
WHERE KxKEy is rorxn-lt Is singular fact that al
though emery has been sought for all parts of the world
II has been found in only paces-in the Island Of
NA1Os in Greece and in few places in Turkey The
naa production is present limited to aooo tons of Naxo
stone and 600 tons of Turkish
81 lspogTaST IRON CHIsA--A letter from Hong-kong,
dated December 18th, says:
AN American gentleman whom saw in Canton after
bis from the North says step has been taken in
the right direction by The French
and our own They have been heard The truth has been
plainly told the Chinese authorities and they have been
made 10 see the Stiffness Of their claims superiority He
thinks the step should be 10 insist upon the residence
Of foreign embassies Pekn. When told By the Chinese
officials that they stood in Of the Emperor and dared
ask Of him such measure though they approved Of it
themselves the feeling Of the commissioners that the
western governments viii ask il then"
The letter zMr McLane the American minis
ter goes in the overland steamer on Monday for Europe
FrRx-rSexnsrHH TABLES TuRsEpIn 1854 the first fire.
Lynn by by the Of jerks for the of the
town Of Boston In 1915 are-engine was made in the
city of Boston COR the city Of Cincinnati In the city
Of Cincinnati furnishes steau-engne for the city Of
Boston
ARRIVAL OPERA ooxFAsT.-.Signor Marini and a
portion Of t Havana opea Troupe arrived at Charleston
On Tuesday last
ErrcrKpDr William Collins has been reelected presi-
dent Of Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company and
Moor ~ Falls esq, Of Baltimore Of the directors
TEE FURcsAsKR Ma WERsTEgs FARm--The name Of
the gentleman who purchased the Webster farm Frank
In New Hampshire is Rufus l. Tay esq and Fay
has been announced BY the papers 1t is only few years
since be apprentice carpenter Concord, but
TO his purchase Franklin his permanent resi-
d-ncs.
COLLEGE yIRh-The Petersburg (Yal Express Of
Thursday publishes despatch which that the
College discovered TO be FIRE and but for the united
srrtons Of nearly two hundred students the entire build
1g with TIE laboratory and library containing 10000
Volumes must have been destroyed
EMIGRATION TO TKxAs-KendaI, Of the PicayIne writes
from his home ia Texas as follows.
have negec1ed tel you that emigration to this
section OF Texas has been constantly coming in and that
lands are all the time increasing in value When re-
nect that the price Of real Is either stationary
nE almost every where else IN the United States ook
upon the fact that It rising here as most hopeful
eTc~d Of And all seeking new homes in this quar-
a. IL. Il.