The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-11
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merce of Wednesday says;
Rain has been falling moderately the greater part of
the time for the last 80 bouts Most Of i has into
ground It'll blessing the farmers the
try generally, which can hardly be appreciated"
THE RED RIVER Rur.-The Shreveport Southwestern
understands that the War Department has adopted Colonel
Gmer plan Of cutting canal around the great Red river
raft, To afford safe navigation.
Rior AMONG THE sruDKsTs-The Lebanon IN H. Wing
an of riot Hanover between the students
Of Dartmouth College and the cadets of the Norwich Mill
tary School II that difficulty had occurred
wherein the cadets felt themselves nsuled and crossed the
river in skfs to seek redress. The college students
them promptly, and quite battle ensued, In which the
diets yanquished by the superior numbers Of the stu
dents Finding themselves woTsted the cadets drew their
knives and pistols and about wage deliberate
when the officers OF the college interered Meanwhile the
college boys the boats adrit and thus off all
treat the cadets who obliged to travel long dis
regain the shore of the river The matter
is to be investigated.
A PLEASURE TRIP ON A RAFr.-Three daring ladies
down the Susquehanna from 0wego TO Columbia raft
last week. stopping at the latter place Sunday and
then proceeding towards tide-waer The excursion
for pleasure.
THE LONDON MosrY MARKEr+-The London Times of
April 25h in its city article says that money is abundant
and the demand small that reduction TO four per
in the charged by the Bank of England is looked
for.
jews HospIrAI--An institution bearing this title has
been erected in the upper part of New York The funds
for the erection of this building from donation by
the late Judah Touro, Of New Orleans, amounting to
$4,000
THE ECLIPSE The St Louis Republican states that
hat ri an
the eclipse of the to be only in that place
the disappointment great 1t adds that gentleman
from Illinois, who visited ST Louis expressly to see it pro-
nounced the whole thing humbug, got up by the ST.
Louis editors to deceive an unsuspecting public.
ARRIVAL OF PRINTERS AT NEW OmEANs--The New Or
leans Picayune Of the 4h says:
We observe among the passengers BY the Cahawba,
which arrived here this morning from New York rla a-
vana forywo printers for the associated press for the
purpose informed of working at less prices than
our resident printers willing TO work for We had no
idea that in New Orleans there such scarcity of
printers to render importation OF such number ne
cessary at this time
RESIGNATION OF Bishop Misunderstanding White
house has issued private circular TO clergy and veses Of
the Episcopal Church in the diocese Of Illinois, TO the eff
feet that he intends retire from his present position
Among other for this step he gives that he
not adapted the present social and moral condition
Of the West The matter will go before the house of
bishops for their acceptance and is generally understood
that the diocese will nterpoe obstacles to the contem
plated resignation of the bishop
A MORMON SAINT AND HIS THREE WIVES ON HIS WAY TO
SALT LAkEWe copy the following from the Louisville
Courier of the Sd instant
aYesterday the steamer Monongahela from Pitsburg
for St Louis tarried at wharf and detained
time going through the canal Besides the novelties with
which she loaded from the manufactures Of the smoky
hmm ra1a of thc
faith, travelling toward the promised land near the Great
Salt Lake They exclusively English from the
ties bordering Wales and although fresh ruddy and
specimens of human nature possessed that
look and boorish that invariably charac-
tcrize the rustcs Of that section of merry England
One of the chief saints board had three very pretty
wives He is evidently mere beginner in the practice of
yet he most assurcdy rendered himself liable to
criminal snit in courts. If not OF higamy, most
suredly he is guilty of trigamy"
BURIED ALvE!-The Montgomery (Ala) Journal of the
9Th says Thursday evening last horse found fill
ing the mouth of old well the lot of Mr. Du VAL Of
city. In making suitable arrangements to get him
out the we'll caved around thereby precpitatng the
poor animal down to the BOTTOM some 10 eet covering
him entirely up alive!
FEMALE HOTEL rHIEF--Rosanna Agnissee handsome
looking woman arrested in New Orleans Monday,
the 3oth for stealing l700 in drafts and $1,000 in
ney from the Piney Woods House She distracted the
AN EXPENSIVE BITEAt the present session Of the
preme court 10 Springfield Massachusetts, Lucinda G. Ne
vers of Longmeadow, recovered $5249 "a of Samuel G.
Booth for injuries sustained by the bite of defendants
dog.
Flour RoTsn consequence of the price of -four having
been raised thirteen dollars per barrel and other bread
sus in proportion the people of Smiths Falls Canada
have broken open the and helped themselves ad b
tun A great deal of suffering is said to prevail in the
township of Marlboro and the adjacent townships.
DESTROYED rIRE.--The government house on Sandy
Hook known as the Cove House, and occupied by Mar
tin and Others totally destroyed by fire yesterday
morning
FACTORY RrII-Governor Pollock of Pennsylvania has
signed the bill limiting labor in the factories Of that State
to ten hours day.
Pas AND srRAwBERRIEs--We learn from the Norfolk
Argus that peas and strawberries in the Norfolk
ke from gardens in the vicinity Of that city Peas So
per peck; Strawberries So gallon
A VALUABLE Los.--A pine log was manufactured into
lumber last Thursday, Tonesa creek Pennsylvania
which made l0l5 feet Of clear stuff and 100 feet of COM
mon The whole tree from which the log taken will
probably yield lumber worth 500 on the spot
SLAVE TRADE A wAy.-lt is reported (says
the Boston Courerl that certain whalemen Of New Bed
ford--which is distinguished abolition cty-have been
in the habit during their voyages Of touching negro set
Elements and mpressng into their service numbers of the
natives whom they compel to do the drudgey ofshpboad