The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-28

Henry county (Tenn) court an order was granted In
which will be submitted to the people yea nay
upon the question of subscription of 100000 the Mem
phis and Ohio railroad
LARGE AWARD A suIr--Hram r. Hunt
esq Of Troy has been awarded by the referees whom
the submitted $500 for damages sustained by
collision the Hudson river railroad Bath in The sum
rner of 1884
HAMLET AsswEREp.-0n Thursday evening, during the
play of Hamlet at Phoenix Hail. the of the fall and
destruction of sebasopol arrived justss Taylor Hap-
lei, was in the death scene, exclaiming-
--"Oh, die, Horatio;
The potent poison quite o'ercomes my spirit
cannot live to hear the news from EnyiaadF
friend OF the allies Immediately cried outs Die away
old fellow; se5astopolis takenp
tPetrrsosry Ya.) Express.
ScRIpruRAL NJuscrIosAn exchange paper quotes from
Paul's writings "0we any thing !" and then adds
We fear of subscribers read Pauls Epise
And most Of those who do read ii object the translation
of this passage.
MECHANICS rAIR-The Virginia Mechanics Institute
Fair opened at Richmond Thursday evening Rev. Dr.
Burrows delivered the opening address crowded
dence.
THE PERFECTION OF IMPUDEScE--For cool impudence
German by the of Tybalt just arrested in Phiade
pia is the paragon Having hired horse and carriage
livery stable he snapped them off for gold watch and
considerable sum of money, subsequently, pledgng the
watch at pawnbroker's for additional sum. He then
wrote the of the horse and carriage telling him
that the horse away breaking the carriage to pieces
and nuring him (Tybalt) that he confined to his
bed suggesting the propriety, the time of offering
reward for the recovery of the horse He next wrote to
the who had bought the horse and carriage, telling
him that he would probably himself trouble by
"a rio ta
watch, the better way to say nothing about it.
RAILROAD MANAGEMENT IN GEaMASy---A correspondent
of the New York Sun gives interesting OF the
manner railroads are managed in Germany:
Every railroad company is bound by law TO have a
double track their lines aud person IL allowed TO
walk railroad track atany time, by day or night
under penalty of the law. barrier consisting OF two
strong panks is placed along the side of the tracks 10
keep off animals. Every fifteen twenty miles along the
track there is station for guard Waterman, who
lives in little hut beside the road and whose business it
is TO be at his post with red flag in his hand at the APP
proach of every train and before tue train due pa
troll his beat to that oil is safe and to all COSTA
Giles which sometimes placed upon the track by mis-
In the of danger the guard hos tele
graph, called which stands each guard-house,
red-painted casce which be by the engineer
great distance but everything is right the two wooden
OF the telegraph stretched in the air During the
night there is instead OF the cdscc lantern with deep
red light placed in the air warning of danger and
if all is in cafe condition. At every
ing there is gate which is locked up as soon as train
is due and any one either horseback In carriage
who desires to cross must wait until the train has passed
BUTCHERS PAgIsThe project Of police of Paris
issued October lst decree regulating the price of
butchers meat in that city, which had caused much excite
ment The price will be fixed every fortnight for every
kind Of meat according the made the Casse
do Possy and to the weight Of meat asceraned to have
been from the public augherhouse of Paris during
the preceding fortnight The meat is classed beef Of
which there three categores-cow and bull beef and
veal and mutton In the shops established in the markets.
meat shall he sold at 10 at least per logamme be-
low the fixed price, part of the decree which delights
houaekeepers is the abolition Of rjoiSsdncean express
sion which requires be explained, the word rgoa-
used to signify that at which the good housewife
grcved is the custom of the butchers of Paris when
weighing ont meat TO throw into the scale piece Of dry
bone utterly useless to the purchaser upon the plea that
is the fair share of the bone belonging the portion
flesh sold. Many butchers bought bones purpose
out TO their customers roussanes 1t iickles the
French public immensely think that the has
condescended to interfere in matter which daily
of pickering between the butcher and the mistress
the house.
FURTHER FROM THE PLANs-A despatch from ST. Louis
to the Journal of Commerce. dated October rs, says
We have received dates from Fort Laramie to the 29h
ult.
aColonel Cooke has been ordered to the command at
Fort Riley. General Harvey to leave Laramie the
goth establish fort White Earth river with view
ofchastsng the Mnnesagos Indians the most hostile tribe
in the country Agaba Brule Indians had agreed de-
liver General Harvey the murderers of the mail party
and hereafter conne themselves TO their bounda-
ries. The Chief Little Thunder not killed in the
gagemen at Blue Water The general impression ut Lar
annie that there would be more fighting at pres
emit the winter having set in with unusual severity.
The courmarta ordered for the trial OF Capt Howe had
dissolved without ansactng any business account of
the irregnlarity of the order constituting it.
Col. Sumner, with seven companies of cavalry,
route for Laramie
The Santa Fe mail arrived at Independence Oh the 22d
inst with dates to the lst October.
q Mr. Galcgos had been elected delegate to Congress
There strong antAmerican feeling prevalent in the
country.
The Indian trouble had measuraby ceased and treaty
had been made with the Apacles
I" The misunderstanding between Kit Carson and the
had resulted in the suspension of Carson from
his duties
"Col. Brooks and Capt. Ewell TO leave for the
States in few days.
The mail party saw very few Indians
FURTHER TExAs-The adjutant generals Office at
Austin destroyed by fire Mt early hour the
morning of the 10TH letter to the Galveston Civilian
says;
aNot record was saved Every vesge of the military
rolls Of the republic and of the State has been destroyed
BY this sad and melancholy confagraton General Glet
had barely time 10 make his escape with few clothes
learn that first awakng and discovering the flames he
noticed that the window of the Office open. No fire
having been about the building, it is PROFESSIONALLY the
work of mscreant inccndares who have done the awful
deed up the evidence of crime 1t has created
considerable excitement and the guilty parties may yet be
ferreted out The exposure OF the systematic silany