The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-15
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GEN h Il A l. N JEWS.
The FREAKS OF FORTUNE REDUCED ARIsrocRAcY.- We
copy the following from late English paper:
There is family in humble circumstances at Ketering,
bearing the ancient royal of Plantagenet though
it is commonly corrupted into Plant suppose for the
sake of breviy There is also living in the town the
widow of baronet who precarious livelihood
washing and charng She is sometimes aceously called
My lady Her late husbands grandfather Sir John Nor
wicb lost large estate through gambling and after
wards pensoned by the Duke of Montague and his son.
the last Sir John poor that he died in the parish
workhouse leaving nothing but barren title to the late
William Norwich who followed the humble occupation of
sawyer His son, the present Sir William, emgraled
some years since to America where it is said he doing
well.n
MONUMENT TO GENERAL WoRr--A report has been
adopted by the New York board of aldermen in favor
erecting monument in honor Of General Worth The
port proposes that it shall be fifty feet in height and
cordng to the plan proposed by James G. PATTERSON
| DINNER on 4 UNITED STATES sHrp-On the evening Of
the 2sth May the officers of the United States ship indie
pendeuce gave an entertainment at Cao ON board their
ship, the American minister, Mr. Clay, and his wife
which was attended by the President the republic Gen.
Castillo and his wife accompanied by crowd of ladies
and officers Two three days afterwards ball
was given by Mr.. Clay
CRUEL spoRrThe extraordinary feat of trotng twenty
miles in ifty-nn minutes and y-fve seconds was per-
formed yesterday says the New York Mrror by the cee-
braed "Lady Fulton" the Centrevillc
The match for $4,000 that it could be done within
the time We believe that it has only been accomplished
before and then not in short time by few min
utes The odds against the horse the start and
the end Of the fifth mile 500 $40 offered that il
would be failure At the twelfth mile 800 SIS
offered But she did it, with FIVE seconds TO spare II
was cruel sport however, and hope that it will
again be ATTEMPTED
ESCAPE or TUE CHILD nuRpnaraThis morning (says the
Brooklyn Times of Thursday Judge Moore received tel
egraphic despatch stating that j. n T. Tucker ex-edor OF
the defunct Advertiser who, in fit Of insanity
thing else killed his child something like year ago.
capped yesterday afternoon from the Utica State lunatic
asylum whittier he had been sentenced. Judge Moore
quests the police any who may chance detect
Tucker should he lie lurking in these parts deliver him
al the county Jail and notify the district attorney
ONE OF THE PROVISIONS TEE Jaw EsroRcEp-One pro-
vision of the New York prohbitory-quor law see is
actively enforced and there be doubt of its good
effect upon public order and morals We allude 10 the
prompt and punishment BY fine Imprisonment, OF
all parties found intoxicated in the street Over fifty
persons already under imprisonment for this offence
whilst still larger number have been arrested and fined
FEMALE LAwyERs-Mrs. H. Cakes Smith is out in favor
! of female practitioners at the bar. She says
emma G. Coe am told has already entered into prac-
ce Mt Philadelphia, Pa; Elizabeth Young is doing the
at Lowell Mass; and now have letter before me
from young lady at Mansfield, Mass who has chosen
like career. This young gir-grave, sefposed, hand
come and nlegentcannot fail to move in sphere hon
orable alike to herselfand useful to Others"
DEArfMrs. Lucy Harrison Taylor, the only daughte.
of Major Anthony Singleton distinguished officer of the
revolutionary war; and niece of Gen. HARRISON of whose
family she member during the brief term of his pres
idency died Richmond Ind, the 23d ut in the Goth
4 year of her age.
! DEATH OF srRASoEa.--A despatch from Phadelp hia
j says
4 On Tuesday last taken sick on the Camden
and Amboy cars at Bordentown and received medical at
tendance, but il unavailing His body brought
to Philadelphia and inferred in the Jewish
His believed be Deresca and he was supposed
to be connected with the Mansion House Montgomery
Alabama"
1 THr NEw York DUEl.--Leavenworth the wounded due
st is recovering fairly. The leg in which he was shot
win be shortened about one inch.
The GREAT Moscow.-Tbe great bell of 81
! REM at Moscow, weighing 10000 lbs, which fell more
than three months ago, has been swung again.
LARGE PASSENGER rRArs--ou Tuesday train of twenty
two cars with two thousand passengers passed over the
Philadelphia aud Germantown railroad Chestnut Hill
on picnic excursion in charge Of Peter c. Gibbs con.
ductor.
! The MALAKoFr TowsR-A correspondent of the Boston
Post gives the following relating to the Maako aTha,
Maako Tower by the way be considered one of the
most wonderful achievements of modern enginery Du-
ring the suspension of for the burial of the dead a
the battle of the 9th of June the English French
engineers had opportunity for the first time Of cxamn-
ing thoroughly the construction of its works They de-
scribe the wonderfuully eighteen feet in
height and the of earth which had raised to
give soidity the work be like the huge
Of railway When it is remembered that this enormous
extension of the orhcatons Of Sebastopo begun
the close of the winter and that has been completed