The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-30

Y UNION
the Mississippi we have incorporated city of nearly
eight hundred inhabitants and supplied with churches
and preachers schooIhouse and teachers ecturerooms
and lecturers and all other attributes Of cultivated civ
nation. We have also quiet and iAw-govsrncd
nifty No disturbances Of the peace personal
renoouniers broils mob gatherings and riots
things to which our people are utterly srangersp
DnArn yEsERABLE LApy.--Mrs Mary Channei, a
member OF the United Society Of Harvard and who
OF the choir singers that welcomed Gen. Washington
to Boston, died in that city few days ago in the 9is
year Of her age.
A RExAaKABLE The dead body Of r. @. Stain
back -four inspector Petersburg Virginia found in
large box in the cellar Of his residence Wednesday
morning horribly mutilaed II perfectly clear that he
his end by his hand, having cut his throat
from with razor besides cutting open his alb
domcn and pulling out his bowels Mr. s. leaves a wife
and six children The Express states that three letters
found upon his person, neither Of which furnishes the
slightest clue to the of This awful transaction
PRscrros CoILEeE.--The commencement exercises at
Princeton took place Wednesday last There
sixtyone graduates in ALL and among them the fol-
lowing:
From the District of Columbia-Jno w. Campbell w.
Lindsey, and Thos. s. Bell
From vrgnia--R II. Andrews, II. NJ Drewry, and G.
w. S.uckey.
From North Carolina--F c. Roberts
DEATH OF Ex-GoyEaSoR CoLLIER-Ex- Governor Collier
Of Alabama died few days since in Tuscaloosa county
had previously been honored with the highest and most
important Offices, which he worthily filed.
A BOLD MonMos-Orson Hyde one of the Mormon
saints is in St. Louis for the purpose it is said of
marrying twelve more wives to whom he ia affanced.
TRAyELLER.0n the last trip Of the Atlantic Captain
West completed his tpo hundred and irtysix uoyags
which is about equal to 7osooo miles Of ocean travel
THE CROPS PEHNByLyARIA.--A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger furnishes the following cheering pros
pcct Of the crops:
ave have passed through extensive range Of country
on both branches of the Susquehanna through Montou
Bald Eagle and Nittany valleys. 1t has raned almost
constantly for days Never have 30 great
breadth Of land in wheat rye and OATS and have
eyes behed such cheering prospect Of supernatural
ant crops. The winter grain is filling we'll The grass
crop cannot pc eIceed Potatoes ,s are blooming inely
all full laden apples pears plums cherries The only
injury from the heavy rains is little Judgment Of the
grain here and there If ever farmers wanted help they
will need it now, which may be welcome 10 the
employed"
To IGNITE NATCHEs.-A damp match will light
rapidly by first holding it to the other warm part
Of heat then rubbing it gently woolen cloth Of close
TEXTURE such docskn, what is commonly used for
pantaloons 1t will ignite if the composition be almost
soft putty wooen cloth is the best that case
it little friction and is good non-conductor Of
heat
GoSr TO EURorE-Col J. Dwell Green, Of Cambridge
Massachusetts, has gone to London and Paris with view
Of offering the of England and France his
celebrated breechoading rife, which has lately been
tensvey ordered for in the army Of the United States
DOES THE TELEGRAPH LIE 2-The following despatch APP
peared in the New York papers:
LOUISVILLE, June b. ls55.Charlcs s. Morehead, the
candidate for governor addressed meeting
Of eight thousand persons this evening"
The Louisville Democrat says no such meeting
heidi
BRuMwIux AND FL0RiDA RAILHoAD~--We have heard it
stated says the Southern Enterprise upon what il regard
ed as good authority that $40 hands have recently been
put to work upon the Brunswick and Florida railroad
The WESTERN n1vrss--The ST. Louis Republican of Mon
day says:
aThe river at this point at stand yesterday, and
tho Simonds reports eight feet to Cairo No change is
ported in the Upper Mississippi The Illinois has risen
twenty inches at Peoria which rise had reached the
mouth when the Brunette out of the river yesterday
The last arrivals from the Missouri report four and half
feet on the principal bars and rising from the mouth of the
Usage down"
ONE OF THE RuMoRsIt is rumored that there has been
quantity of from San Francisco to the Russians
at Petropauovski The arms packed In boxes and
be remains Of deunc Chinamen their way
to the Celestial Empire
THE VERY LAST DoDaEThe superintendent of the Crys
tai Palace advertses that ahe famous piece Of statuary
which caused Horace Greeley to be imprisoned in Paris
can DO seen the palace Thousands visit daily This
is the latest Yankee trick.
FRUIrThe young apples and peaches so thick upon
the trees in many parts of the country that trees will be
seriously injured unless the prccauton Is taken early to
strip off onc-half the number, We heard an intelligent
farmer few days ago. predict that peaches likely
be as low as one-eighth of dollar a basket
BUFFALO uARBoR.-The subscriptions by the citizens OF
Buffalo for dredging the mouth of the harbor sufficient
for the completion Of the work in thorough manner
which is to be proceeded with Immediately.
Wealthy CLOCK rRM.-The Bridgeport (Connecticut)
Standard says that the addition of tho Terry Barnu
Clock Company to the Jerome Company of New Haven
increases the capital of the latter by it
$35o,ooo
LAW or THE ROAD conductor on the New York Cen
trail railroad has had 800 damages given against him be-
cause be thrust passenger from the who refused to
surrender his ticket until he reached the station to which
he had paid