The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-02


important From the mining districts the reports
highly favorable.
When The steamer left San Francisco the State and
y elections progressng but nothing definite was
known.
Dates from Tahiti to July 22a say that the French pate
Adventure was wrecked near New Caledonia the 2sth
of April last
The dates from Honolulu to the Goth Of July The
United States soop-oEwar ST. ays to sail next day
for Society islands
Dates from China TO the 9TH of July say that proca
nation had been issued by the superintendent of
orbidding the expectation of rice and other grains
News had been received at San Francisco of the
cesse Of the insurgents the Pacific coast Of Mexico
General Comoniort had taken Zapaan by assault Coina
had surrendered and the soldiers and officers of the gar
rson had Joined the revoluuonsts General Cononfort
had subsequently marched with 5000 troops to attack
Guadalsjara The city of zapatlan sacked after the
capture and entirely demolished The battle lasted but
hours during which 200 were killed. aud as many
wounded on both sides.
Seven thousand men under Cobao had marched for the
city of Mxico.
The news of Santa Annals flight had reached the coast
and already caused contention among the military lead
ers at Guadala]ara.
By this arrival learn that Colonel Kinney has been
chosen "cvl and military governor Of Greytown and the
territory thereunto belonging"
PROFITABLE hAHRoAD.-lhe OF
ford and New Haven Railroad corporation was held in
Hartford on Wednesday 1t appears from the annual re-
port the earnings for the past year have been 73oo2
expenses and interest S433l67 semi-annual dividend
of FIVE per cent and extra dividend of five per cent
declared, making fifteen per cent for the year
WHEAT From THE HERMrAGE.-Four hundred bushels of
wheat from the Hermitage of General Jackson in Ten
nessee arrived at Baltimore on Thursday.
INDIA RuRBRR BUTroNsButtons rivalling jet in beauty
of gloss and finish made from India rubber The
United States navy and several large clothing houses have
adopted the style
YALE CoLLEeR-The present number Of students in the
collegiate department of Yale College is as follows: Sc
niors 90 Juniors 1897 sophomores, loa freshmen, 15s
TOTAL 463
GREAT RISE IN THE UPPER MssissIPpI--The St Louis
Republican of Thursday last has despatch from Dubuque
which states that the river has risen four feet and is still
rising. The Republican says
THIS will be good news to our merchants and steam
boat men, Immense rains have fallen in that direction
and IL is probable that navigation will now be nninter-
rupted until it is closed by the ice"
SANTA AsNA-A Havana letter Of 22d ult. says:
THE ex-Pesident Santa Anna left Nuevtas last week
the British West Indies mail steamer Derwent for St
Thomas The captain, finding the weather pleasant as
sumed the responsibility of deviation from his route"
yellow FEVER AT sEA-The schooner Marietta Burr,
from Alexandria, Virginia. for Boston, has arrived at
South Dennis in Distress all hands being sick Of yellow
fever.
SALE or FuRSAcR.---Thc Fortmouth Furnace proper
ty, with 100 of land in Shenandoah county, Va,
has been sold to Hugh Galleese for $4,000.
FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE OF BLUE WATER
An army correspondent Of the ST Louis Republican,
writing from the camp on Blue Water river, September
4h gives the following additional particulars Of the late
battle with the Sioux Indians:
An express leaves us in few moments for the States
and drop you few lines by it to let You know that
General Harvey had fight yesterday morning with one
the principal bands of the Brules under Little Thunder
and very nearly, if not quite, rubbed il out
"The Indians were encamped the Blue Water river
beautiful stream which rises in the sand buties to the
north of the Platte and empes into the Platte about three
miles above Ash Hollow The Indians discovered as
in camp Ash Hollow the evening of the 3D.
and General Harvey at determined to attack them.
Accordingly, the mounted force, under Col. Cooke,
turned their position before daylight next morning while
at daybreak Major Cady with battalion of the sixth In
fantry, attacked the front
The infantry commenced the action, and as the In
dams retreated they all found themselves upon the
Dragons who, suddenly debouching from their ambus
cade charged the Indians with sabre aud revolver and
what between the troopers the infantry, and the Indians
there fine specimen OF free fight as one
could wish to The fight and chase lnscd for two or
three hours, the end of which time there no In
dams to be except the prisoners and the dead bodies
piled up in all directions.
The Indians lost about eighty Five in killed, including
their Chief Little Thunder, and between sixty and seventy
prisoners (women and children j they also captured
large number Of horses and mules-to say nothing oil
of new lodges buffalo meat and Indian xins
in general.
We lost four killed, four severely and four slightly
wounded Two of the wounded will not likely recover
the which struck them penetrated their lungs.
HOur camp is at the mouth of the Blue Water,
where shall remain few days, until small work
be thrown mp at Ash Hollow which will be garrisoned by
one company, for the protection of the road.
ain the Indian camp, many papers and articles were
found which had been taken from the mail party
Iowa AN AGRICULTURAL STATE--Bishop Lee OF Iowa,
that such the great depth and extraordinary erti
ity of the SOIL and such its ready proximity to market
that Iowa fail of being of the leading agricul
tura States in the Union Already it is giving homes to
emgrants at the rate Of about 100000 year.
LIFE's cuAseEs-The Lowell News says that there are
now in that city two young ladies who born in New
Orleans in opuence but in consequence Of death and
verses of fortune left not only orphans but penness
Ra Their than remain in indulgence at home they made
their way Lowell and entered the mills operatives
and are numbered among the many beautiful exen-
plary and intelligent ladies of the city who labor in the
mills.
SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEArH---A most singular Of dis
ease terminating in DEATH occurred recently in South
Boston, The case was that Of Charles W. Abbott % years
disease being what the doctors
Mr.. Abbott sick about three weeks,
during all Of which time the blood efused the cell
Iuar tissue beneath the skin covering the body with pur