The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-01
GEN r. Il AL N Il WIS.

GENERAL NEWS.
NAvAL-The United States brig-ofwar cambridge,
Lieutenant Commanding j. H. Rowan, arrived at Rio ia
metro June IL, from Norfolk
The FIRST LOCOMOTIVE IN IowA.--We learn that on
Thursday the 10th July, engine run for the first
time the Mississippi and Missouri railroad the eastern
termination Of which road is at Davenport This is the
first time that locomotive has been put in operation in
the State Of Iowa
ExrRAoRDISARy HAnvEr-A letter from Centreville, In
diana, dated July I'll says:
awe have more than double crop Of all kinds Of pro-
duce in this country this year think wheat will range
from 80 to rs per bushe this fall There never was
since the first settlement of this country such prospect
should be surprised TO potatoes selling at 10 cents
per bushe Yesterday conversed with farmer who ex-
poets four and,a half tons OF grass to the acre.
have growing in my garden OF which think
that the stalk will not be less than 6 feet high and more
than likely it will be II feet"
BETTER srlLWe noticed several weeks since says the
Stanton Va indicator that Mr. Joshua Evans of this
county had received intelligence that estate of $780,
600 had been left in Wales, and that he OF three
heirs to it. We have been since informed by one Of the
parties that the sum is So larger than first
stated.
THE TIDE TuRsEp-A Philadelphia paper says the packet
ship Wyoming Capt Turley left Walnustreet wharf on
age passengers besides number in the cabin among the
latter was John Drew the comedian.
OvyRF1owlyG understandable Canadians take great
interest their elections they never allow the ballot
boxes to suffer for of ballots At late election in
Saguenay county where the population is 10000 the
Der of Ballots $4,000; and in parish where there
were inhabitants 1000 votes We're returned cert-
fed on the oath of the inspectors
XIV AVN ia 0cfu q
egn legion in England encamped in patent camp at
Shorncfe place the south coast, near Folkstone
there are fifteen hundred tereabouts in the camp and
five thousand are expected from Hcgoland According
to report this legion already the nuisance and scourge
Of the villages about in consequence OF drunkenness the
bounty being heavy
A QUEER oATH-The following oath administered to
little boy 10 years of age in the Iowa legislature, cho-
sen to do up documents You do soemny swear to sup
port the constitution of the United States, and of this
State and fold papers the best Of your abilityso
help you Godp
ASSASSINATION w L. Sharkey, formerly Judge of Mis-
ssspp and United States consul at Havana has
sented to run for seat the lower house of the Mss
spp Legislature The Mercury at Jackson represents the
political excitement in that State unprecedented Bar
becues and mass meetings held all over the State
PRopucE ON IT'S WAY TO BuFrALo-There are now (says
the Chicago Trbune twentythrce vessels from this port
on their way to Buffalo loaded in the aggregate with 2s
$50 bushels of wheat bushels of corn and lo76ll
bushels of oats.
AcQu1rrAL OF DR. SrEIsER--The Huntsville (Texas)
Item of the 14th ult. saws:
awe see that Dr. Steiner, who killed Col Arnold some
time last year. has been acquitted by the district court of
Hill county and troop OF soldiers who in attend
ance to arrest him leaving the court prevented
from carrying their orders by party Of men, who
ried the prisoner off to place of safety"
LATER FROM THE pLAISs--A despatch from st. Louis
says:
aLate adviccs from the plains say that Mr. Holomena,
the district attorney of the United Statas for Utah.
South Platte, route for Washington with dispatches
from Colonel Steptoe to the War Department At Sweet
Water he found large party Of Mormons exploring for
quantities of silver had been found One took $40 in
gold out in one day
Gold had also been discovered Ant stream south
"About one hundred Indians were encamped a short
distance from this river who appeared to be peaceable
If breaks out between the Sioux Indians and the
United States troops they say they will join the strongest
party The Sioux at Seaoutc, fifty miles above Fort
Laramie, where they awaiting the arrival of the
troops and they threatened i they did not arrive in ten
mic aud Deilsgate.n
OuR rAvoarrR posoS--We extract the following re-
marks "the favorite poison Of America" from woik
written by the late A. J. Downing:
In the signs Of physical health and in all that consti
the outward aspect of the and Of the
United States people compare most unfavoraby with
those the other side Of the Atlantic So completely IL
this the fact that though unconscious of at home
the first thing that strikes American returning from
abroad is the pale and scy countenances of his friends
and acquainauces-the men look pale and the women
delicate The national poison which all this is
not tobacco patent medicines coffee II is moth
ing less than the vtated air Of close stores and the
ated apartments which accompany them in the con-
mus
in rail cars in steamboat cabins in ecturerooms
concerts and private assemblies, all the country
aPale counrymen and country women yourselves
Consider God has given you atmosphere of pure
salubrous air for'y-hve miles high, andven,ilate your
houses
CAPTURE ANOTHER MAIL RoRnrR.-The Albany Journal
says
We learn from gentleman from Schoharie that let
containing $500 put into the post office at Gard
nersve the l6th directed to the Schoharie Bank IL
failed reach its destination Suspicion fell the post
office but all endeavors to find the offenders uitess
Last week the young man who carried the mail between