The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-13

| INV ESsrAxp WORKING ron ON EsGIASn-The Rob-
bins and Lawrence Company, of Windsor Massachusetts,
have recently executed for the Royal arory Woowich
England order the extent Of $4,000 for machinery
| for the manufacture Of Mimic rifles, guns, &c
TIE Loss BY FInrs-In Baltimore last year there were
three hundred and sixty-wo fires and destruction Of
property valued $685. in Boston two hundred and
three fires and property destroyed valued at $4,000
Boston has paid FIRE system bur Baltimore has the vol
un.rr system and the citizens appear be getting very
| thoroughly sick Of it
D,s7ssrrsFrrD LEcrrRERsIt was stated the thirty
fourth annual meeting Of the Mercantile Library AssocA
ton Of New York that correspondence had been had with
Victor Hugo, Wm NJ Thaekeray, Douglas Jerrod, and
Thomas CARLYLE respecting lectures from whom assurances
have been received of ultimate intenaon Of visiting
America
DEArEs--A New York correspondent writes:
or q 3lv & wsymeath @sisssoNn es ~, y ssb
YEAR 81 his are Samuel WOLF brothern-law 81 oe
| Garland, also died here yesterday
TIE ao1prsT 1SHAnrAsrR--A correspondent Of the
Richmond Enquirer claims that the oldest inhabtant
| resides in Powhatan county, Virginia he says:
There ia a negro woman in Powhatan now living in
nv Immediate neghborhood whom have very recently
seen and talked with who born the after George
assembled the throne England and four before the
birth az George Washington She Is hRndred and
ntvix wears oId ana was Of course very nearly half
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century old the time Declaration Of Independence
was proclaimed, on the 4th Of July, lTTs'
suAyr-Hnua-The Abingdon (virginia Democrat says
on Monday there save-hrng at Big Spring, in
that county at which some awful prices pad-for
instance Andy common field hand, 81 years old went
for sos for the year Tom field hand Sl5o Dizzy, fe
male house servant sl2l Margaret le years old, SIS
DEara or AN Ex-AExY oFFIcER--Capt Ethan A. Alien,
formerly Of the United States artillery died his resi-
dence Norfolk county, the 9th inst in the s7th year
Of hE age His disease apoplsxy. Capt Allen was
born Vermont educated at West Point and served
In the army until reduction in ls2l His brother Capt
Hannibal Allen died while in command Of Fort Nelson
Norfolk harbor about the year ls14 They the only
sons Of Gen Ethan Allen Of revolutionary fame
STATUE o. wAsHserox statue q W ashingtOn
executed for the Louisiana Stateboase arrived
New Orleans from Leghorn on the I'd instant
AMrsucaS roRK roR rHH Ca1nA--Ths French govern
ment stated continues purchase largely in the New
York market Of pork and short time since Vessel
sailed for Brest with 1000 barrels Of pork board and
another vessel is loading for France with like
amount
srnL AsorHKR-Henry Ruggles assistant postmaster
Nortb6eld Vermont has been arrested the charge q
robhirg the mail Of $500 He Ii in jail Montpelier
ATHs rrnsr SHALL m lAsrr-Ths EransviIs gIndisnA)
Journal says that old gentleman aged stxnFe years
married few days ago in Knox county, in that State
to bis Hz1A wife and has only married see his
FIRST wife is his last w and she is in her foTiyfh
year She has been married three times and her first has
4 hand Il Der last husband
ARRxsT RoEsEas--A despatch from Binghaup-
ton New York says.
The parties who robbed the mail bags made up in this
place Saturday last have been arrested and All the
/ bs.s-Nffeen In nunber-recovered
A Msx N wgaUp--The Buffalo Courier says Mr.
Van Hall The Dutch Secretary 81 State for Foreign Affairs
whose appears In the correspondents with Mr. Bel
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