The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-08
GEsERAL NEWS.

sLAvKRY SoNTH CARoIN&-Ths Jacksonville News
records the death Al the residence Of Col roward Of
negro woman b. the o. Phiiis aged nnety-threc
years Al the time General Washington visited South
Carolina a. the close q the revolution ne sent 81
the father u Col b wait him For faithful services
she was given her freeOm; hut finding il TOO bard ,sk
q maintain herself after trial q fifteen years she so
cited return 70 the Colonel and sis brother 70 he
maintained iurug her life which grated her and
sed from his liable until her death
Paosuu1ios j. DELAwAEa.--The Maine-liquor laa went
into esct 10 Delaware the Sd instant An increase IN
he price " boarding Al the hotels went into operation al
the same time general storing away of liquor vas OBJ
s'rvable for several days previous
tose AEai.L voYAGr-The New orleans Delta u last
Tuesday says;
selegraphie despatch was received ia the city Last
evening from Mr. Gibbons 81 the Crescent who formed
one 81 The party that up with Mons GODDARD his
last ascension in The grand balloon America the effect
bat within SIX hours from the time Of starting Ae hal
loon toechea teFrs rna within ftesn miles Of Port Glib
SON. Mississippi and $40 miles from the city of New Or
leans Here Mr.. Gibbons and Mr. Davis got out and
Monsieur GODDARD and his Creole companions again
aseended into cloud-land and continued their flight
whittier deponent neither sayeth nor knowethR
Beslssss IL 81 PAri--The Mianesols Pioneer az tse
2ssh ut il with nearly column ofreceipts and river
Six bad arrived the previous day and
four had departed two come on the 18th aud
nesoaevery boat scattering her passengers along the
river from Gaena up by hundreds great many are ar
irving u St Paul By every One boat the Lads
Franklin, arrived at ST. Paul from Galeaa on the 27h
with 400 passengers Freight il also being received il
large quantities
BAcHwAapsEss or sEAsos-The backwardnsss Of the
spring attributed BIZ authorities 10 the quantities
u stil remaining the North Near Franconia in
New Hampshire which enjoys the reputation Of being the
coolest IN the Union the Monday was re-
ported . he three feet deep.
EXPRESSIVE sNoklsG,A eoanselor-at-law was fined two
dollars and cost on "Wednesday in police for suo-
king cigar in the streets Of Boston.
Bar7lsH voucE u rnn carnEA.-From detailed stale
ment Of the British force before sehastopo made ap pre-
vous the al at it appears that the total effective
men Was but fifteen thousand,
CHoLERA WEsr.-The cholera has appeared amoug
the erant passengers the Upper Mississippi On the
23d ut the Montaux buried of her passen
gers victims Of cholera between Keokuk and Dubuque
There the Royal Arch during her
upward trip to ST Paul last week
LrrEaARY-Tbe FIRST volume Of Trvngs Life of Washing
ton Will Re published in few days and the scond late
the summer
Is reported ia literary circles IN London that Teuny-
the Poet Laureate is Pfeparing poem the
Of the
EAroRrASr II rRcR--Dr. Tiusley, Of Cuba, claims to
have discovered that vaccine virus after passing through
the system Of negro i vaIueless for the white
SREEP.-Tbere are nearly FIVE millions of sheep in the
State Of Ohio.
AN uMEssE HAPr-The Columbia tiaa-l Spy Of Sasur-
day says The largest raft Of boards upon
usquehAan river was taken through to Peach Bottom by
rha IA 4 oafSt
county, New York, Sunday last This raft is said TO
contain nearly hundred thousand feet of lumber and
Is owned by VIM. r Whitney, esq, Of Chemung county
New York. Some of the lumber in this raft we under
stand made from trees marked by tue Mahopony trap
pers and which afterwards served guides Cen schu
Ter in his celebrated expedition against the Indians through
that section the close Of The revolutionary The
contained twelve platforms Of hiryone boards deep
RAMS ar THE Sourn-Throughout Georgia South Ca
rona and Alabama after the Iong-protracted drought
copous rains have fallen.
MEETING or THE PROVINCIAL coUscrI--The Catholic
council Of the province OF Baltimore assembled the
Cathedral in that city Sunday morning, and the
monies were of very imposing and impressive character
The following are the members Of the council Nos, Rev
Archbishop Kenrick Right Revs Richard v. wheeAn D.
d, Of Wheeling John MeGiI D. d. Of Richmond hehaa
oConner, II. d., Of Petersburg james Young y. D., Of
Erie Pa John n Neunan, Of Philadelphia with the adj
nistrators Of Charleston and Savannah and the supet
ors Of the Orders Jesus Redemptonists Sisters Of Char
ity and Benedictine Monks.
os 4 VISIT Ex-Governor Bell Of Texas is now %
visit to bis friends IN New Orleans
GREAF FAILING orr ~ SHIPMENTS OF RaRADsrUFFs
EuRoPK--iiunts Commercial Chronicle and Review gives
the following comparison OF the amounts Of breadstu
ported from New York to foreign ports between january
lst and April I4tb this year aud last;
1854 1855
Wheat -four, barrels 44i,56s l41,Tl4
Rye i0ar 1905 9,5lT
Cnrn-nieai 26599 1888
Wheat bushels l,0lasa2 2as03
RYE, bushels 304,063 5I3S
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