The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-21

Mr. Dean who stabbed Captain Wright at the ST Nicho-
las Hotel on Saturday last is son-inaw OF Hon Amos
Kendall and once had dispute with Mr. Prentice Of the
Louisville Journal-Iroy Budget Sept ls.
There two mistakes in the above Mr. Dean is the
son-n-aw of Mr. Balzer of Baltimore and not Of Hon
Amos Kendall. Mr. D. never had difficulty or dispute
with Mr. Prentice Of Louisyilleso least we are in
formed.
EARrHQuAKF-The Buffalo Courier states that The shock
Of an earthquake felt last Monday morning in the
towns Of Edrcd, Ceres and oean, Cataraugus county
The shock sufficient to shake the buildings and
instance chimney-top was thrown of.
TESTIMONIALS soBLy wos-A Philadelphia correspondent
writes;
aThe Philadelphia committee of relief to the Virginia
sufferers contemplate should they be able obtain sui
cen funds presenting each Of the physicians and
this city who volunteered in the noble suitable
gold or silver medal, with appropriate inscription
testimonial of the kind every way merted BY those who
perilled their lives 10 alleviate the snerngs Of he
unfortunate fellow-beings8
"a LEGAL MrRDrR--A correspondent of the New or
leans (a) Delta states that Friday, oath August the
boy Frank hanged for the murder Of the Rev. j.
Weems Mt Alexandria, Louisiana. The day before the
ecutiou, gentlemen TO his cell 10 tell him he
would be hanged on the morrow and found him playing
marbles in bis CELL He is said to have been only ten years
of age
We have the above several Of our exchanges We
inclined to regard the whole statement pontess
hoax
oHlo--Hon Samuel Galloway, fusionist, writes not
very encouragingly for fusion. He says:
Ohio will be carried by republicans, abolitionists and
know-nohings] although perhaps not by overwhclm
ing majority was given last year."
There is probability that the fusion majority in Ohio
will he as large as it in Maine
Chicago AS A LUMBER aARkEr.--Ths Democratic Press
gives the receipts Of lumber Chicago for week
ana nan ,ota nd tha M 0an
At this rate, Chicago will command high position
lumber market
From THE PLAss.--AsmcrArEp RATrLr--The ST. Louis
Republican Of the 18th inst. has the following:
"M Edward NORM has returned to ST. Joseph with the
remains of Capt Gbson killed by the Sioux Indians
miles below the mouth Of Deer creek in the Indian terri
tory The Sioux Indians represented by bis party to
have been troublesome and engagement took place be-
them and the Indians the 4h july at the North
Platte Bridge in which two Of the Indians were killed
Gen Harvey left Fort Kcarney the 4th Of August
with 800 men, making forced marches TO accomplish some
purpose as yet unknown"
A GREAT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. olTY.--The Oswego (N
W Times that there in that city at the present
time sixteen Touring mills with sxty-four of stone
capable OF manufacturing about ten thousand barrels Of
-four per day There is perhaps point in the United
States in the world where the manufacture Of flour II
conducted upon largo scale in the city of Oswego
The facilities for handling grain at that port are also ex
tensivc. The elcvatng capacity about thrtysx thou
sand barrels per hour and storage equal to about
two million two hundred thousand bushels
PRRsENTED-Thc official robes Of the late amened Bsh-
op Wainwright of New York, have been presented to
Bishop Scott of Oregon.
Tnn YKrIow FEVER AT New ORLrAss.The Delta of Fri
day last says
ahe yellow fever is fast disappearing We hear of but
little in private practice and the reports from the hospital
arc very encouraging In few days 1t will have de-
parted to whence 1t came"
THREE CHILDREN LGHrKISa.-On the 18th ult
Mr. Alfred Marsh residing about nine miles east Of Nota-
pulco Miss had three of his children killed by lightning
Their ages follows Sixteen, ten, and two years
The children returning to the house when they were
killed The eldest had the youngest on his shoulder when
death overlook them.
MURDER OF YOUNG LApY.-Mss Virginia Frost, aged
IL daughter of Austin Frost, of Raleigh N c. was in
stantly killed there on Monday morning by negro girl
in the employment of her father She reproved the woman
for insocnt language and thereupon she shot her with
pistol instantly killing her. The unfortunate young lady
was a niece of Mr. w. w Snead, of Richmond Virginia.
OBlruARY-The Rev. James Chisholm, who has fallen
victim to yellow fever at Portsmouth, native Of Sa-
lem Massachusetts graduate of Harvard College and of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va.
and fifteen years has been laborious and devoted min
lister the Protestant Episcopal Church. having spent all
his clerical life at the South. AT his death he forty
years old.