The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-18

gineer By the nGus Of John Ross residing ID Montreal
hAs addressed letter 10 tie mayor 81 Boston upon TIC
subject Of invention Of extraordinary cngrAc-
ter. He claims 10 hare discovered motive power
which viii waft q snip the Atlantic ia three days
and further hole bored in The bottom the vessel
would Boat with equal safety and freedom In order 10
complete a working model which il wholly independent
Of stenu he ass the assistance Of fifteen hundred dollars
from some seaieAns pocket No progress says Er Foes
has been made in that direction The Sea 70 keep pace with
the movements railroads the lsnd, but this aesd
erAum will certainly be accomplished and demonstrated
il bis great discovery.
ANOTHER p7rAEsnIs--The steamer Constitution
built for the Belgian coFsry for tra1satianc navigation
from Antwerp 10 New York, wGs Launched n Apseraaul
o. tie 27h ult re FIRST steamer OF this line TIE begi
que il finished and viii soon be cent The Leopold
and Doc dc BrabSnt process Of construction.
HopEsr nks-alfe the composer Of The operas Of the
bohemian Girl ERcantress Daughter Of ST. Mark, &c.
has recently written letter 9Fere 70 ue 10 New York
city professionally on the following modest terms he c
Il 900 TO supernead three performances Of new opera
Of Lis in New York besides demanding that the e.
penses Of himself family and three TO- FROM and
while in the city shall Be- paid and the copyright q The
opera remain his own
ADVANCE II RESTsIt is estimated that have risen
100 per in Toronto in consequence Of the expected
place
THr NspH rusaOs xss1ps-Ths Portland State Of
Maine says:
The grand republican rally was failure Instead On
the 10000 or 1900 people promised beforehand the
whole attendance from out Of town was less than 4000R
HAY--Ten days since old hay was selling in the New
York market S94 per The Albany papers report
the Foe d new hay IN that city Tuesday at Sl2 per
ton. Qaite decline.
NrAr-The Cincinnati tohio) Price Garrett makes IN
estimate Of the Of cattle sheep and lambs
samed in the United States daring year. in all the cities
and towns containing 5000 inhabitants based cal
culaons deduced from the Statistics Of the New York
ket Ii gives these towns aggregate population Of about
four millions Of inhabitants and sets them down as con-
suing 100000 head Of cattle and and half millions
Of sheep and lambs besides three millions Of hogs the
whole valued seventy-one and half millions Of dollars
Twothrd Of this entire product said to from the
States in the valley Of the 0hic
A rRUE SNAKE sroRY.-Mr Albert A. Smith, Of this
town. gays the Worcester Patriot while moving IN
meadow few days since killed snake Of the
garter species which measured three and half feet in
length lis bulk induced Pos norton examination when
nnety-one live young snakes found In its pouch.
These the old mother serpent had swallowed the APP
proach Of danger Eight other snakes killed in the
lot making aggregate Of 100 snakes Killed in
day
SANTA kKsAs FAMILY TIE LOVELY DoLoREs.p-The
Washington correspondent Of the New York Journal Of
Commerce furnishes tie following bit Of gossip:
att il explained that Madame Santa Anra--the lovely
Dolores she is called in Mexicowishsd TO travel in
the United States and had the assent Of his Serene High
ness her husband and it arranged for her father and
brother TO accompany her and for that purpose they
10 be clothed with Official dignity Madame Santa Anna
is brilliant woman Of French descent and engaging
manners well educated, and only twentyhree years Of
age She Is perfectly conyersaut with the French Ian
gnsee but not with English Her halfbrother MIR Mail
lard the husband Of the daughter Of Santa Anna,
ady Of The age with Madame Santa Anna, and who
educated with her. The whole party, including
younger AID very attractive sEsle sister Of Madame Ana
Anna were been here this IN time visit
Of fashionable waferipgplaces But On the day
before they 10 depart in the war steamer lturbas
for New York urgent necessity for the employment
Of the in carrying Dispatches 10 Tampieo there
FORE the intended visit Of the family of Santa Anna to the
United States is dpayed; and meanwhile the unforeseen
ndisposton Of Madame Manrd has rendered il doubt
fuI as informed whether tie party viii be able TO
carry out their purposes"
sfycrrAn rArA11rr-About two weeks ago a gang Of
aborers went The Rock Island railroad about forty
miles Chicago Illinois, and, the day being warm
Of them drank freely from the waietAnk OF the ten
der well from jug Of liquor Next day, out Of six
teen known have belonged the party twelve died,
two were expected live very sick, and the
sixteenth escaped sickness entirely II is uncertain whether
the water or the liquor, or both, killed them.
lrEDERERs sEgTEsrED-The trial Of the two brothers
MASK who were charged with the murder Of Mas Smith in
Marshall county Mississippi has Just terminated al Holly
Springs They found guilty, and one Is sentenced to
be hung the other fifteen years Imprisonment the
penitentiary.
A LIBERAL ceLLEcTIoS.-A collection taken mp in
The Washingionstre Methodist church. Petersburg last
Sunday afternoon on behalf Of the sufferers in Portsmouth
when $3.50 II contributed. 1t Is supposed that ST.
500 in al win be contributed in Petersburg the same
object
TIE AszRcAE NODE or voTNG--The Louisville Demo
thus describes The method in which the know-noth
ngs controlled the late election in that city:
From all the evidence we can obtain, the polls 10
every ward taken possession Of before day By
bers of the knownohing party and with the exception
Of the 9Th and Ih wards kept Thus throughout the
entire dav. No foreigner allowed ALL
less be vas expected 10 20 the knoE-notng ticket or
managed by accident to get before the judges Scores
Of nAve-born citizens kept standing in the for
hours, during which time hundreds Of know-nothng
ters were passing in and Almost the entire vote
poed before The outrsges began early in the
Quiet unofendng trusting their constitutional
that there still some decency in the
opposite par.rustng that the Invitations Of the orcsns
were given in good atistarted to vote but were driven
away by blows kicks and cuffs As the day progressed
ihs disposition increased keep all democrats and
hnow-nothinEs away from the polls 1t is worth while
for any man TO so belle his sonl say that this
wa. not so for the result Is proof damBng they he
Loot 10 s serespeci deccney, and Of right who
viii ever think Of denying IT,