The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-14
G EsERAL NEWS.

~THAW y AEw YoEE.-fhe Evening Poet says:
general thAw q The ice asd snow bias begun ID the
y and already the sidewalks and streets are
WIN water The slosh i almost kaeedesp in broadway
TRANS dive the street Ia frantic manner 10 escape
NE crowd Of yehices and the splash OF the horses hoo
saen sight has not been presented 10 citizens before
this season
orfosED 10 sEFARAroS.--One handred and Eve laymen
o. the New School Presley eran and The Congregations
churches Of New York and Brooklyn have united in ssu
ing AN earnest plea against the separation Of these M
nominations a Al present threatened in The work q home
missions.
DEATH or xISvEsroA-John H. NANNY, The inventor o.
hAnnys celebrated reaping and moving machine died
Al bis residences Al Rockford Illinois on the slst Of Jan
uAry.
THAwSo orr cows,-Some one in the neighborhOod Of
Cleveland tells the Herald almost incredible story
relation to the cold weather Of the sh lie says
~ was 50 cold that the had be driven into the
house 10 thaW their bags before milking
DEATH-The Boston Transcript announces the death Of
Professor Edward r. Channing who filled the station Of
Professor Of Rhetoric and 0ratory Ia Harvard University for
inirtyiwo years and resgsed in 1851 lie the brother
Of the Late eminent Unitarian divine aud writer the Rev
William Ellery Charming.
JExKx LSD's RETCax 10 raE sTAcE--A London letter
10 Liverpool paper says Her Maesys Theatre be
opened for the performance Of italian opera That Mr.
Lumley viii have successful cannot lie doubted
for Jenny Lind has bear consented sppar the pri
ma donna"
Tug RASss FoRmDpES-Au act has passed the Rhode
Island legislature repeating that portion Of the marriage
act long existing thai State which requires the publ
cation Of notice or intended marriage religious
ings So the uteripG hearts Of the timd and bashfa
will hereafter te free from serious annoyance.
CoxMEHcE or BasroSThe whole number of arrivals at
Boston from the East Indies from january J. 1855 Jan
nary 1856 loo whole number Of clearances for the
same time for the East Indies was rs the whole number
of arrivals from Pacific ports during the rear IS;
eearanoes for Pacific ports 81.
FnozEs rorAroEs-now TO RESTORE rBEa--We are as
sured BY who has tried the experiment that potatoes
though frozen hard if pat into boiling with
out washing in cold are as sweet and as palatabe rs
though the frost had touched them Inasuch frozen
potatoes oyerpleny just now this fact is worth know
ing.
4 RuLL AxD BEAR IN WALL sTaEET.-The View York
Mirror OF Tuesday SAYS:
The sudden rise in the stock market yesterday running
bears and enrching bulls produced vey excited
feeling between the longs and the shorts The whole
atmosphere Of the street seemed 10 I've surchsed with
sort OF electricity dangerous trhe with In in
the antagonists in TO settle their differences
came TO blows and member of the board, il is
mored would appear to-day with at least of his eyes
in mourning II the market prices Of the leading stocks
continue rise the bears must succumb Peace and
prosperity will be the ruin Of them
TIE ARIKI MURDER CASE AT CHAELEsrox-The trial Of
the young boy George Anderson Of New York Charles
ton South Carolina charged with the murder Of Captain
Ayres Of the ship Ariel concluded Friday last and
resulted verdict of acquia On the rendition Of The
verdict there considerable applause which the
had some difficulty in restraining.
MAcAuIAT's HrsToRY-The Edinburgh Express rePorts
that the fifth volume Of Mr.. Aacsulays History Of Eng
land hEs been committed to the priater.