The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-04


college have been suspended for the present
| Destruction OF TELEGRAPH oABLSs.A despatch from
St Lolis SAYS
RA the telegraph cables crossing the Mississippi river
have carried away by tho breaking OF the lee
DISSOLVED IL RUM--The knownothpg council at Free
dom New Hampshire, after listening TO lecture nom lIop
John s. Wells, unanimously voted TO dsband They had
so so in the treasury, which they laid out in
BREAKING up or IcE--TnE Ono RlyKR--The latest ac-
inform that the ice had broken up in the Ohio as
far up as Portsmouth and the Scioto up TO Pkeon
The scenes along the Ohio terrific and the smash.
ing Of boats unparalleled
The streams running out of Kentucky full tide
and sweeping the ice Of their mouths into the Ohio
despatch from Wheeling says:
awe have clear water front OF this place and as yet
without damage Of any kind An immense business win
speedily be here for the Baltimore and Ohio raroad.'
RAILROAD ALONG THE LEvEE Ar NEw OnLEass.--Tbe
Delta Of the goth ultimo says:
The resolution authorizing and providing for the con-
struction OF railroad along the leyee from the upper line
of the city to the United States barracks which passed
board Of aldermen almost unanimously at its last session
is expected TO before the assistants for action
Tuesday evening ensuing; The length Of the proposed
road is about and half miles its probable cost for
rail tracks and equipments about two hundred thousand
dollars ~
faN -
"FEET EAsIER"--A witness in a liquor case at Man
CHESTER New Hampshire the other day gave the following
testimony "Salsoda is ice and water and some stuff
squirted into it from Don't know whether II is
Intoxicating motif makes feel good-feet lift ca
ser." .a .a* # &a# #@
LrcTpRE,-Mr Cough lectures at York. Pennsylvania
Wednesday evening. 81,
THE PRICE GuAso--1he State Agricultural Society of
Delaware has resolved pay 4 per for Peru
Wan nd iave cd
the 18th Of March, to which all societies in Delaware
Maryland New Jersey Virginia. and Pennsylvania in
yted to send delegates to take action the present
bitaut price OF the article
OPENING OF RAILaoAp.--The Savannah Republican of
Wednesday says, ~
Yesterday signazed era in the history of
Savannah by the running Of the first locomotive upon the
Savannah and Gulf railroad"
CoLD WEATHER AND PULMONARY CONFERENCE.-THE pbila-
delphia Ledger says sstE
aThe severity of the present winter has caused per-
ceptble increase diseases Of the throat and lungs
Quite onehird of the Deaths in fact, have arisen from
these disorders
LEFT PULPIT SPECULATE IN KANSAS LANDs--A Con-
neccu paper that there twelve churches In
tain county in that State without minister's the former
preachers having gone into the land speculation
GoLD CAUSE.-THE Philadelphia Ledger, in speak
ing OF the manufacture of watch cases. which Ia carried on
extensively in that city says there are eleven firms
ia the business ali Of whom employ 300 hands, and
turn out at least 800 per week. of $780,
600 than 81 600 900 snnualy The goa manufac-
tnred into weekly will not amount to much less than
$4,000, or over half-mlIion Of dollars annually
DEarH VERY DIN sEavA sr-Died on Wed nesday soh
January 1850 near Powhaian Court Hopse Virginia an
old and achrespeced coored woman, Familiarity known
as Old Aunt Mamie She died at the advanced age Of 2I
years. Such of longevity Is scarcely on record
She was much respected far pety by all who knew her.
She the mother Of 10 children all Of whom died at an
old age.
fnE DAscEas OF A WINTER PAssAsy ACROSS rHs ArLAy-
Tfc-The following account which we find ia the New
York papers of the experiences Of The steamship Arngo
her late passage from Hayre will give the reader some
idea Of the dangers of winter passage the Atlantic
a1he Arago experienced strong westerly gaes on the
passage and detained 81 hours the eastern edge Of
the banks by ice February %, A. M, latitude Al,
longitude 40, passed three icebergs From that time
until 24h al noon, latitude 4424 longitude 40 The ship
constantly picking her way amongst cvbergs large
and small and patches Of closely packed broken ice For
part OF two nights she stopped her course and other
times was running slowly, frequently stopping and back
ug 10 avoid collision with dangerous pieces AT Of
The 23d she found herself in the blight Of bay Of cose
packed broken ice and large small ceberQs extending
from Il around TO north far as could be seen with no
open water to westward Stood the north IN hopes Of
hnding an opening but after running 10 miles found the
ice extended TO The north and far could he
Put about ship and stood back again the south
porng whatever had the appearance Of passage; at
time running into deep bay for 80 miles, which
found closely blocked up and bad stand out again In
this way the ship made 200 miles southng without seeing
any open water 10 westward before she found pnsssge
The quantity OF ice, from the argest-szed ceberrs
gradually down the smallest pieces and packed Ice
ceeded anything OF The kind that Captain Lines hal
heard OF about the banks before and IL
early Ia the season he is afraid that in few weeks the
widest track for European navigation VIII be impeded by
this dangerous foe. We therefore, reconm~ua shpmas-
tiers bound for Europe south OF the b1hts and
those coming westward when approaching the Zoe track
in thick weather in the night to the utmost vgf
lance and have their SHIPS under perfect command for any
manouyre ut a moments notice"