The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-13

health their crews But the British fgae vesu and
the French pan-of-war Meesgrewhich presumed TO
be alluded toef the day with the Cahnwba and
the San Jaento to leave on the day aier Nothing
was then mentioned con serning yellow fever.
| Everything quiet on the island"
TEIKsRArHIo wosDEas-T elegraphic wonders win
cease and it would that the time is not far dis
ant when the eircng the globe In half hour viii be
an everyday affair. The New York Times says:
Intelligence has reached us from Europe, which ought
be passed by unnoticcd in this country Ii Is the
great triumph of American ngenuily-o undeniable
talent for converting the discoveries Of science the
quremens of ordinary life. When Professor Morse inven
ted The electric telegraph only few years ago how few
looking forward dreamed Of all that ii destined to
compish Yet little while and shall realizing
the poets image and circng the globe in half hour
"The electric telegraph is established almost with
out break from London Europe under the Black
and into the Crimea, distance of some eight hun
dred leagues which is about equal our-dhs of the
tua distance between Liverpool and New York, and
than equal to the whole route from Ireland to Halifax
The last newspapers from England by the Asa contain
intelligence from Baakava Of The preptous dafethat s
such intelligence committed the wires at Baak lava
at o'clock in the morning. and received in London ON the
afternoon of the day We may thus calculate
ceivng news from the Crimea within ten days.
"The submarine cable is laid down 300 miles al
the bottom of the Black 1t remains be how
far may be affected by and other obstruc
TONS Scientific men in Europe have little fear ON that
score The principle established successful,
may speedily expect TO have submarine teegraphc line
between the Old World and the New, and there's reason
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Paris should be published in this country within
a few hours Of its occurrence
The Fnrscn EMrnEss--The London correspondent of
the Portland Argus who lately presented to the En-
press Eugene, says
"The Empress certainly very attractive person She
has perfect sepossesson pleasing manners and grace
full person. They both speak English but she was once
at school in England ad speaks much better English than
| the Emperor
| The London Morning Post very great during the
late imperial visit upon matters of dress and is regarded
high authority upon all questions connected with that
important subject This journal says:
In regard to the mucl-mooted question whether
bonnet should be the head of it, il may not
be amss take advantage the actual presence of her i'm
peria Majesty who is said to have introduced this popular
feminine eccentrcy place record that although the
bonnet of the Empress Eugene displays fully her face and
hair it does convey the beholder the idea of its be-
ing likely fall from the head behind but rather to
cling and support the hair in that position This gives
ghness and grace Of carriage TO the head totally dis
nct from that bodness and barefacedness which have
characterized the English adoption of the French imperial
| fashion,
/ TERRIBLE PowpER-MILI. ExPLosIoN.-We have already
briefly noticed the explosion Of powder-m Roehes
ter New York The Rochester Democrat furnishes the
following particulars of this terrible calamity:
The three buildings in which the powder is made and
stored blown up SUCCESSFULLY causing the several dis
nct conclusions experienced Five men employed in them
were killed by the explosion Their follows
James McCann, foreman; Matthew Clark Edward Moran
| Frederick Myers, Christian Myers, laborer.
Mccain and +. Myers leave families. John Riley,
other Of the workmen, in the salnre house, short
distance off at the time of the explosion and not killed.
but somewhat Injured.
One of the men thrown the high bank and
trees standing upon it. perhaps hundred feet high
into the field beyond distance of many rods The body
perfect but like all the rest entirely nude and black
ened by the powder.
! Every building was blown TO fragments so that no
vcstige of them remained.
Mo fopcn IF he trepG on q fro
| had run over them.
"The leg Of was hanging in the top of
aMr Wethercll, who the first person reach the
from the city after the disaster gives further
particulars The cylinder MILL granting mill and magazine
together having been rebuilt since the explosion
of winter little sonth nf tho uatar uSed in
operating them No lives to tell the cause OF the explo
son and it is left entirely to conjecture The present
owners Of the mills John Crombie and Edwin Gilbert
Of this city, and VIM Farnham, jr Of Mechancsvie Sara
oga county Mr. James Conoly disposed of his interest in
| January last.
shoe remaning and backened and from I'LL but the
i hair was completely snged off. They thrown from
ten to seventy rods and one Of them was torn into ag
ments The who was not killed was not badly injur
i ed by the shock
aThe glass in the surrounding buildings was shattered
| but no other material damage was DONE
aThis the fourth time that these mills have blown up
within five years, and the third time within twelve ff-
teen months
| LARGE FORTUNE EDIroR.--The Portland Argus
ports that the Rev Asa Cummings who has been long
the able editor of the Christian Mirror in that city, has
become the possessor heir legatee of relative
| of from $4,000 to 100000
HARD SUBJECT ron LGHTNING.--With view of test
ing our readers powers Of creduty clip the following
| from the Boston Post:
awhile Mrs. Danforh, of Warren, Pennsylvania
gagged in homework lightning stroke descended upon
her burning the hair from the OF the head to the
back of the neck melting her hair pins and proceeding
down her bodylcaving its mark wentuntl it pass
ed through the floor Strange to say the lady is rapidly
| recovering"
| Mr. CHAMPION AT QuEBEc-We learn (says the Mon
treal Herad) by special teegraphic despatch that Mr.
Champion the British ambassador at Washington, arrived
at Quebec on Saturday night and left Monday morning
for Boston The object of his exceenys visit to the gov
had not TRANSFERRED but it supposed TO
have reference recruiting for the British army He
peced visit Quebec again before returning to Washing
| ton.
|
REDEMPTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT FOR THE WEEK
ENDING MAY ~, 1855.
/ Loan of 1912 $4,000
/ ls47 1880
| LOCAL NEWS.
We copy with great pleasure the following from the Ba