The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-03
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STREET LIFE IN NEW YoRK-we clip the following from
the Express:
ETwo bouncing girls named Adelia Anderson, living
al No Thompson street and Agnes Near Of 2sl Church
street both claiming 10 be pugsts of the Hyer and Nor
rissey order recently met In Broadway opposite Thomp
sons saloon An angry dispute between them,
and after brief Of words they squared of for fight
according the rules governing the manly art Of self
defence Agnes proved to be than match for her
antagonist whom she eyelled the walk the third
round, bye heavy tap on the nasal organ with her et
hpper. Adelia upon her feet again, and, with
the blood flowing prosey down her face and dress as
10 bloody the walk endeayored TO deal Agnes blow in
the region the peppers falling In that she pulled
knife and stabbed her in the lip and head in very
rious manner. Agnes fell 10 the walk and
weak from loss Of blood to be unable 10 stand Her
friends procured carriage into which she placed and
conveyed her residence During the excitement which
followed Adelia escaped She however arrested subse
queny by officer Lord of the lower police court and held
to bail ia the sum OF $500 by Justice Welsh 70 answer
charge Of felonous assault
LARGE sHELLs-I is said that shells sc inches in diane
ter and weighing upward Of ton each being manu-
factured the Lowmoor Iron Works England for the
Of the British artillery before Sebastopol
LAKE SUPERIOR LiaHr-HousEs- Lake Superior Jour
nal o. July II says:
@The contractors for the building of lighthouses on
Lake Superior are progressing finely with their work
The lighthouse at Grand island is nearly completed and
viii be ready for in three four weeks at furthesl
At Point roquois the work has been commenced and win
be pushed forward as fast stone and other materials can
be procured No difficulty is TO be apprehended on this
point and may have the pleasure OF announcing
its completion The energy manifested by the contractors
IN this matter will not soon be forgotten by those VINO
have occasion TO navigate the broad waters OF Supe
ror The other lighthouses viii be completed 50 soon as
possible We know not in what state of orwardness they
at this time but presume that nothing has been left
undone TO perfect speedy completion of the work"
PERsoSAI.-IIs excellency General Almonle, Mexican
minister, with his family has arrived in New York and
taken rooms Al the Breyoort House.
From the New York Courier and Enquirer
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
ALABAMA.
We make the following extract from letter which we
have received from Jackson county Alabama under date
of July 20;
As you make your valuable journal still yaua
BILE by reports of prospects of crops &C. viii inform you
that the wheat crop of this section Of the country equaed
most sanguine expectations. The crop looks
well, but begins to need rain.
Cotton looks very promising, but the area planted IS
extremely limited which presume the case generally
throughout the cotton region as have on good author
ty that in portions Of the South remote from nav
CATION has been high 50 per bushe and flour
Sl5 $40 per barrel and what poughng could be done
with starved horses was applied to corn.
The stage of water in the Tennessee river indicates
that rain has been plenty in East Tennessee"
NEW YORK.
Correspondence Of the Albany Jour,aLl
RocHEsTEn, July 80.
have had opportunity mark the effect Of the weather
upon the crops during the last fory-eght hours But
fear the Even the most hopeful of my agricultural
have not despaired hthertobegn TO
express themselves most despondingly.
The rain has fallen every day for twelve days with
the single intermssion of the last Sabbath Not only is
the wheat grown and the cut grass roed but the pota
toes corn, &c, which planted low ground, are
flooded alarming extent, and of course (unless
very rapidly reeved,) will be destroyed hear the same
thing of the crops in portions of the West But
have yet heard nothing to Justify any serious apprehension
either of general ruin" or short crops"
Correspondence Rochester Democrat
OAKLAND COUNTY, (Mch,) July "a.
Surprising that you might like to hear from me- and
also hear something in regard to the weather and crops
this section of country, will write few lines live
twentysix miles from Detroit in Oakland county town
ship of Nayi This section around here is what called
The weather here this has been very wet and cool
We have not had than week Of real hot weather
this season. and but little sunshine In regard to crops
wheat about weeks ago looked SLIM account of the in
sect but the very frequent caused the wheat grow very
fast and check the insect and there is large growth
this SOIL On the plains it is good but than
average yield while here where live it is third bet
ter than common. Some of my wheat will yield thirty
bushels per acre But it makes no difference how much
there is expect to lose the whole account of the wet
weather. Farmers commenced cutting their wheat about
week ago. and nearly every day since II has rained For
three days past il has raned almost all the while The
wheat is quite ripe and the consequence is it begins
to sprout-that which is standing well that which is
cut The berry of the wheat is the largest and pumpe
that ever saw, and would be great misfortune to all
of lose the crop If the present weather lasts twenty
four hours longer the wheat in this section gone there
being considerable cut and secured Corn is late
but is growing uncommonly fast Oats the largest
crop that known in the State Potatoes ditto.
Hay good crop, but injured very much by the
wet weather. &c.