The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-21

b X Craig private secretary and Count klecykows OF
the French legation sailed from Woosung the 18th OF
October having in the United States schoone John
Hancock aud Fennmore Cooper. The British steamer
Rather with the English minister and suite sailed at the
time and ON the 18TH after remarkably pleasant
passage 10 anchor OF the bar Of the Pei-ho
twelve miles distant from the forts the mouth OF the
river The China Mail thus speaks Of the conference be-
tween the American aud British ministers and the Imperial
Commissioners
awe understand that at this conference very fun dis
Cussion and development bad OF all the questions at Is
between China and the treaty powers and that the
English and American ministers continued their intercourse
with the Imperial Commissioners during the remainder Of
their stay through the medium of correspondence and their
secretaries who remained within the river, individually
pressing the claims Of their governments that they have
advanced important step and that only remains for
the they have made to be followed with
ygor by the three treaty powers TO meet fully the interests
Of their countrymen in China and their respective
tries"
TnE RETURN PRINCE NAroLEoS.-A Paris letter writer
thus audes the ingorious return Of Prince Napoleon
"Prnce Napoleon accompanied by his father entered
may say stole into Paris Saturday night at eight
o'clock, without beat of drnm His health considered
bad enough 10 compel him TO sleep al Lyons and also
Cbalons, on his way to Paris
Prince Napoleon has been either unucky or something
worse in this his first campaign and tell you only the
fact when that he has returned TO his future capital
wronged, perhaps, but fallen There is even talk
that opportunity win be taken show the French peo-
pie that he is no longer regarded in the light of an heir
apparent
The LATEST NEWS FROM HsvASA.--The Havana cores
pendent of the New York Express under date Of February
IL, writes
The grand military review on the Campo Marie, in
honor of the English admiral off yesterday, y. m,
with great fclat Some 1000 assembled and re-
viewed by the capalngeneral. The was brilliant
one, as witnessed from the surrounding houseops and
balconies Concha is splendid horseman, and being n
ne-looking man. looked and acted well his role lie was
received with much enthusiasm the repeated Ord Of the
people proving how great favorite he is
The troops wretchedly drilled in fact, dis
graceful in their want of ordinary discipline. ptied the
officers who seemed to have deal of trouble in keep
ing the men in their ranks. To form straight front
seemed their greatest trial end certainly quite
effected.
At the conclusion of the review Concha addressed the
soldiers from his horse His voice is very fine and the
pure Castilian fell meodiousy from his lips The sub
stance of his words seemed but the usual call upon the
patriotism of the sempre feel Isle dc Cuba and vivas for
the Queen which last unresponded to by the people
|" There seems TO be political reports and per-
haps the recent excitement will die away will keep
advised"
SUICIDE GREEN, THE MUnDERER.--George W Green,
convicted at Chicago time since Of the murder of his
wife, hung himself in his cell on Sunday last
DUEL IN KESrucKy.-A duel was fought on Friday morn
ing the county line of Fayette and Bourbon Kentucky
between j. Blackburn and I. Steele Blackburn shot
in the upper part of the leg.
NATIVE GOVERNORS AND FOREIGN pEpPEn.-Gov Gardner,
of Massachusetts gave soiree Mt his house Mount Yer
street on Friday last, and oregn pep
per on his oysters
FARM LABOR WANTED IN Omo.--The Toledo Blade Feb
ruary 6 says there in the interior country the farms
constant demand for aborers than be obtained.
There is hundred times of food actually wasted in
the interior daily, than would support the thousands
almost a of
abundantlaborers This know from long per-
sona observation in the interior
IMpoRrAsr ARREsr--eRKAr HAUL COUNTERFEIT MONEY
The authorities at Chicago have succeeded in capturing
Nelson briggs of the notorious counerfeites in
the United States The Times says:
"Driggs searched, and his person. and in small
sache in his hand and in his baggage at the hotel
found counterfeed and altered bank notes TO the
nous amount of thirty thousand dollarsl
"These counteres found to be in neat packages,
and when loosed would probably fill bushel basket.
They consist principally in genuine of nearly all the
good banks in Illinois, the State banks of Indiana and of
Ohio, and the best banks in Kentucky, Missouri Louisi-
Virginia, New York. Connecticut Massachusetts, New
Hampshire Vermont and of several other States lie had
also in his possession notes of the Phoenix Bank of this
city, and other broken banks of this and other States al
tered to good banks he had also couneres of several
of these bank issues.
"The great body Of his money however consisted in
genuine notes altered from vrs tens twentes and
es His mode of altering the notes is the old but in
OF the same the figures ard words designating its value
and replacing them with Others TO suit the design of the
| orator.
| pAuPER HEREss--A drunken vagrant named Mary
Ann Stewart residing in the workhouse at New Orleans
recently became heir TO about thousand dollars
which had been left her by her grandmother in England
Missouri UNITED STATES sENAToR--The legislature OF
Missouri, in joint convention of the two houses having
balloed than forty times for United States
in place of Gen. Achon whose Of service expires
the 4 OF month"; adjourned the convention on the Sd
inst by of ss to &c. until called together by con-
ings will be had the subject the present session
| Iowa UNIrkD STATES sENAToR-t is pretty generally
conceded by the papers of Iowa. and by the leading
both parties, including Gov. Grimes and Chief Justice
Wright that the election of Mr. Harlan senator from
that State is utterly void.
| The LAST or BnADDocK's DEFEAr.--Died in Williams
town. Massachusetts, January 27h Ishmae Titus colored
of the extraordinary age of 100 ITO years He was
born slave in Virginia and when General raddock sci
out his Inflated expedition, the OF, shmae vas
employed by the commssary transport subsistence
stores for the army and took Ishmael with him.
l MusIroENT BEauEsrs--We learn from the Salisbury
! North Carolina) Banner that Mr. Maxwell Chambers o
that place lately deceased has wed to Davidson Coep,
the municen of 100000 He also left 100000 TO IN,
Presbyterian Church at Salisbury.
/ LABoRERs wANrrp-Mr. Hecksher, OF Pottsyille Penn