The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-03
GEN ERAL NEW 3.

GENERAL NEWS.
JuDeE LyscHs Aram TERM IN IIllSois.A named
Billion, living At Gaena Illinois Of considerable wealth
and very respectfully connected has been in the habit for
years past of maltreang his wife and family In the
brutal manner On Sunday, the 22df be made an attack
upon unohendng woman 10 which he was interrupted
arrested and thrown Snto Jail and Monday morning
brought and fined Twenty-Five dollars-a 50
inadequate the offence that the citizens the number
Of about seyenty-hve comprising the most respectable
In the place determined 10 take the law into their
hands On Monday night the party proceeded to Billions
residence took him prisoner marched him outside the
corporation tied and stripped him and with good
hide applied to bis bare back settled the score tina, had
been running up for years then applying ahick
and feathers his person. they led him back his
own house and left him. with admonition to sin no
more.
A LARGE ioe.-A hog, said TO weigh thirteen hundred
and thirteen pounds taken through Toledo on FRI
day last its way for exhibition in New York This
animal is described three years old three feet
eight inches high and nine feet long II was raised
Monroe Michigan.
New PIss--The oakville Water
bury, Conneccut) Manufacturing Company put up their
pins by power, strips Of paper which rolled
up in compact form, leaving the heads exposed
end of the cylinder in convenient for use with
ont being transferred pin cushion Each roll contains
$50 pins-the number usually sold in single paper
The GuASo lsLANDslt will be remembered that Philo
Shelton, and other shipping merchants of Boston and
New York. sent ships not long since to the
guano deposes recently discovered upon Bird island and
that their after driven of by armed Ven
ezuelan ship The Venexueans IL seems, did not long
joy their triumph but in turn driven out by an arm
ed Dutch foreeoland claiming the title to the island
Music ron MAlEr ACTORS TIM HrrcHNsoNs--The Hutch
nson family recently paid visit Blackwels island the
Botany Bay of New York, The Tribune says
aon Saturday evening after the inmates had gone to
their apartments for the night the vocaists went into the
hall of the female Department where in the hearing OF all
they sang several Of their pathetic pieces The in
mates much delighted as surprised They then
visited the male department and sang Several more pieces
among others the Song for Cold Water The halls are
so constructed give the best effect to the music and
those who heard il will not soon forget its delightful
strains On Sunday morning the family by request took
part in the religious services of the female department. in
the chapel Of the institution They sang with marked eff
feet INV Mothers Bible 'The Good Old Days of Yore,
Where Now is Good Old jacob Where Shall the Soul
Find Rest &c The effect of the music seen in the
tears which moened the cheeks of not few OF the unor
tunate but delighted listeners
FRurr TRADE or Bosros.-The Boston Traveller states
that the amount of the fruit business of Boston probably
surpasses that of any other city in the Union save New
York and the sales Of some particular kinds of fruit in
Boston even greatly exceed that city About 1000 boxes
of oranges have arrived at that port in week since
last September 10000 boxes oranges 30 600 boxes lemons
and nearly 100000 drums figs
GREAT HAUL or rlsH-~The Norfolk Beacon states that
one hundred and fifty thousand fish, of the first quality Of
behring's and shad taken the Gath ultimo at the
fishery Of Mr. Charles w. Nixon, on Albemare Sound.
The number great that four hauls had to be made
with small senes of $4,000 each before the large seine could
be landed on the shore.
PRcE OF porAToEs-lt appears that potatoes coming
down to fair price in almost every direction One dol
lar bushel is the price in Cincinnati large lot on
the way TO that city has been stopped in Cleveland
count of the sudden decline in price.
LARGE cosrnAcr--The Cincinnati Commercial states
that the illinois Central Railroad Company have received
the contract from for carrying the river mail
between Cairo and New Orleans The pay $4,000 per
year.
THE NEWS FROM HAvANA--Our latest advices from Ha-
vana are to the 25h ult inclusive The New Orleans and
Charleston papers received yesterday contain number Of
interesting but unimpor,an letters from their Havana
respondents. The Charleston Standard says:
"The incidents communicated not particularly
citing. Commodores Crabbe and McCauey have merely
deported themselves sensible gentlemen, and finding
state Of facts little different perhaps from what might
have been anticipated have occasioned no disturbance to
the peaceful relations of this country.
The Havana correspondent OF the Pcayune under date
of the 23d writes:
@The United States brg-ofwar jamestown, Commander
Ecston bearing the broad pennan Of Commodore Crabbe
pleased much by her splendid appearance she sailed
into this han the 18th instant On the 18th inst the
English vessels-owar then in this harbor hostSd the Uni
ted States flag ut the fire. and salued II with the custom
AIRY complement OF guns, which succeeded by SINH
lar salute from the French brg-ofwar Meagre then in
this port Both these utes gave great annoyance to the
Galatians who did not like so much respect being paid to
the stars and stripes.
The Jamestown having returned these complimentary
autes in due FORM saued this city in her turn This
at 10 O'Clock, In consequence, as understand, OF
the arerymen having to be brought from the Moro Cas-
tie delay of three hours took place before this salute
returned from the Punta Fort
The Jamestown towed to the mouth of this har-
Dor the morning Of the 18th instant by six OF her
boats and equal number of the boats of the French
English and Spanish ofwar and then sailed for Key
West where report has ii large fleet Of United States
vessels-of- war are speedily TO be assembled"
From the same letter we make the following extracts
At party given at the palace recently the Marquis de
Espaa reported have sad he could march with fifty
thousand men from New Orleans 10 Maine Another
joined And would undertake with ten thousand men
TO march into New York Yes, replied American
gentleman named Day. believe you might do so without
interruption long you behaved yourselves but if you
raised any disturbance, rely upon it, every soul OF your
thousand men, and yourself included would find
selves speedily locked up the Tombs and brought early
morning before the justice and made to pay the pen
atty of your offence AS might be expected this
had the desired effect
g A few evenings since three young Creole gentlemen,
coming the Tacon theatre passed four Spanish army
officers who smoking One Of the young Creolcs
cited the courtesy OF being permitted to light cigar by