The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-09

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suddenly in Concord, New Hampshire, Saturday last
had preached Nashua the day before and had returned
home in the cars While his way his house he fell
and though there people near before they reached
him life was extinct The New Hampshire Patriot learns
that be complained Of difficulty in the region Of the heart
on Saturday before he len for Nashua after active exer
else he did appear consider il Of much import
anee lie WAS 50 years Old
TINS ONO nrrA-Tbe Wheeling intelligence Of Tues
day says:
About the most orloru prospect Of the age the Ohio
river AZ the present time Here Il Is frozen tight as
drum-head and eight ten steamers are wedged in
al the wharf securely Sir John Fanklins ice
bound and Inflated vessel They have decidedly the APP
pearanee Of permanent fixtures TO the town
LARGE EXPORT or lEAp-Gaiena exported last year az
2s5,O00 pounds lead.
Dox'T LIKE woRKAn advertisement in Boston paper,
lately, for young man to work in STORE answered
BIZ eighteen applicants but for gentleman to travel
and play on the banjo met with 400 respondents.
FAILURE or ANOTHER PRIVATE HAxKKR.--The Geneva (N.
VI Gazette Of Friday the failure Of N Kid
der private banker with liabilities to the amount Of $780,
600 He was sole part owner Of the cambridge Bank
and Bank of Hornesyie both Of which discred
tied at the Bank of Geneva
pRizE-rIsHr MPFKD N the BUp--A fight between two
professors Of the many art John Lees of New York. and
james Mcintyre Of Philadelphia for $500 aside was to
have taken place Tuesday last Rkers island near
Flushing bay Long island The police getting wind Of
their Intention spoiled their sport by arresting number
Of persons, among them party from Philadelphia with
tie ropes and stakes for the ring in their possession
A SEw LAW POINT aalsED-A New York correspondent
writes:
In the supreme court yesterday in for adver
tsng in which the sunday Courier was plaintiff the eoun
sci for the defendants moved for nonsut on ne ground
thai The contract roid or not rod n hse ne P46tied-
zion Of the advertisements Sunday rds sufficient 70 make
So BY the provisions of the revised statutes the plaintiffs
liable an indictment and, consequently they could
claim nothing under which Of ndieta-
BILE Judge Roosevelt suggested that the parties
take verdict subject TO the opinion Of the court above
The jury then found verdict for the plaintiff"
TERRIBLE EFFEcrs OF THE COLD wEArHER-The New
York Sun of Wednesday says:
Yesterday was the coolest day in this city since 1885
The poor horses suffered terribly from the ce 70 foun
dered in Broadway and several died One omnibus driver
was frozen DEATH and three Others were found nearly
nsensble."
PRESENTATION or DIAMOND RrsG.-Edwin Forrest esq,
has recently presented Miss Lizzie Weston of the Walnut
Street Theatre Philadelphia with magnificent diamond
ring in token of the of her ability and merit as
an actress and for the excellent in which she sup
ported him during his late Baltimore engagement, and
particularly for her rendition of the character of Julie de
Mortimer in Richelieu.
Aul--some of the good folks of Norfolk luxu-
rating upon fresh shad, which cost 81 piece
DAMAGE BY THE ST. LoUIs.-Under date Of the
Tth instant a despatch from ST. Louis says:
Durng the breaking up of the ice yesterday several
steamboats, badly injured. The Badger had her
crushed and part Of the saela wrecked the
hole punched in her hull the Ahambra has sunk and
number of barge and coaboats broken into spnt
ers. The loss is very heavy.
HEAVY RoBBERY.--The office of Peyton King, the re-
ceiver of money for the United States land office Monroe
louisiana lately entered and the of ten thousand
dollars stolen.
A YOKE BURsxp DEArH.-on Friday afternoon
Miss Abigail A. Hill burned to death in chamber of
the house where she lived, at Portsmouth, n. II.
RrIs OF YoCSe LADY FoRrusE-rELLER-The fol-
lowing from the New York Express, conveys its own
warning:
aComplaint was this morning lodged at the mayors
office OF fortuneteler having her rooms in Great Jones
street who adverses to husbands &c II seems
that the young lady in question of those adyer
tsemens and called the fortuneteller in relation TO il
that she he ortuneteer told her that she would regis
her 1.-THE gr) name and her husband for So
This she readily paid in the vain hope of securing her
self good husband She subsequently introduced at
this forune-teers house 10 young gentleman who was
represented being in search OF wife The pleasing man
ners of the young won her atfecons-so much
So that she agreed to proposition formally made by him
which that winter set in he would take her
to ball and there receive formal introduction him
by respectable person He subsequently, by his acts
effected her ruin
POINTED REsoLUrox-A resolution has been adopted
in the board of aldermen of New York calling the chief
Of the police TO report as soon possible many Amer
leans and how many foreigners land of what naion
employed in the police department of that city how many
have been naturalized hoV many hare been the prisons Of
this and ether countries.
TExAs-The Layaca Commercial Of the goth nit reports
delightful weather and vegetation beginning spring
up--an indication of an early spring.
A roLERABLY ARMY-The adutant general of
Pennsylvania estimates the militia force Of that State at
100000 men
LOCAL NEWS.
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