The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-12-06
ERAL NEWS.

IMPORTANT DIsCovERY-The Montreal Herald saws that
an important discovery has recently been made by Sir
William Logan. II is the presence in the township of
Chatham, on the Otowa, OF very extensive depee Of
the formation Of what popularity called burr stone Dir
William has expressed opinion that in its adaptation
for the grinding stones of -four and other mills il
fully equals that of the best French burr stone which is
imported into every market in the world and forms no
considerable item in the exports from France.
HEAVY FAILURE IN WALL sTREET.-The New York Mir
ror of last evening says;
We extremely sorry to mention the failure of Ja
cob Little the great bear of Wall street This calami
y announced at the board this morning. occasonng
universal regret The recent favorable from Europe
the let up in the local money market the influx of gold
from California and Australia the highly favorable condi
ton of the United States treasury and the great pros
perity OF this country and Of the world all combined to
upset the bear calculations and operations of the nan-
cial king OF Wall street. and he has been COM
PEELED to succumb to the confederation of unforeseen cir
cumstances But Mr. Little Is the Napoleon Of hnancers
and with the agility OF cat always falls on his feet and
makes, in military phrase, smart recover
"The entire street is friendly to him and the members
Of the board (half of whom have made their fortunes
through his aid and operatons will make speedy com
promise, and Jacob win be himself again His liabilities
said to be Notwithstanding into millions and his
assets are almost If not quite equally sublime turn in
the tide will again float him buoyany upon the of
speculation: Other suspensions it is sad must follow Mr.
Titles, like of bricks and there is quite panic
among the stock operators of Wall street"
DEATH or A GENIUS IN HUMBLE LIFE.-Mr. George Troup
Wells of Ythan Forgue, who was born in l774 died
the Oath ut At the age of ten he entered upon the world
farm servant When about fifteen he took strong
desire for the study of astronomy and often went into the
fields at night to study the motion of the stars He made
globe for himself of clay, dried it in the sum- pasted it
round with paper and delineaed thereon map OF the
world. The meridian ring and horizon of wood,
made with his knife and after having got it graduated he
enabled with great exacness to calculate the ecpse
of the and also the changes of the through
out the year, to hours minutes and seconds About the
age of thirty George bound himself apprentice
mason and it while following that occupation that
he learned the art of dang, art in which question
if he exceed by any dast in the North of Scot
land.
THE LABOR OF GETTING OUT OF RUss1A-The Nord of
Brussels contains the following from its Moscow
pondent
The labor of leaving Russia is worthy of Hercules
In order to obtain passport at ST. Petersburgh have
been compelled to undergo the following torture l. To be
announced three times in the public journals e. To OBJ
tain certificate of the execution of this formaity To
carry this certificate TO the police magistrate of the quarter
who furnished me with second certificate. L. To betake
myself to the bureau of Prince Dalgorouk where this
tfcate exchanged for counermark s. To go the
bureau daddrsss where another certificate given
To to the encouragement who furnishes with
passport To exhibit this passport at the steam packet
Office before obtaining passage was particularly fortu-
nate for the accomplishment of the above formaes took
only three days. many others have been detained three
weeks
DANGEROUS POSITION MISSIONARY BRIG.-A de-
sPatch from Provncetown says the Boston Advertiser
the 9th instantly received yesterday said that the mission
airy brig Morning STAR which left this port for the Sand
witch islands under auspices of the missionary board
anchor close to the breakers Race Point Cape Cod
She anchored during the storm of Wednesday.
second despatch, received in the afternoon said
There has been great anxiety here to-day relative to
the brig Morning Star She has dragged her anchors
about mile since last night and has been riding this
morning within hundred yards of the breakers in
about five fathoms of water. Capt Small and Others who
have just from the beach, that they never saw
vessel ride better at anchor now slip her cables
and into the harbor but the gale abaes che will
probably ride II out until she Is able TO 60 around the
Cape"
At o'clock the vessel still anchor, and would
ride in safety if there should be no further gale.
CHANCE ron AMERICAN ARcmrEcrs-The Boston Ad-
vertiser says
1.-THE British government is about to some very
extensive public buildings in the city of London and has
generously thrown open the competition for designs to
artists of all nations offering liberal premiums not only
for the design that may be accepted but for the best of the
designs which may not be used The prices of premiums
are for the block plan, $780, 600 and flOo sterling
For the foreign department $780, $500 $780, f2OO and
three of floO each For the War Department $780, $500
$780, f2o0 and three of fOO each Very elaborate plans
on large scale, showing the location of the proposed
Site dimensions and other details necessary to be known
by competitors have been forwarded this country one
has been deposited in the London and Liverpool usu-
Office in the city of New York, and hear that Mr.
N. D. Cotton has received set at his store in fremont
Row, in Boston. We should suppose that the subject
would interest the architectural ability of America The
Parliament Houses in London so wasefully
planned that they said to contain nearly hundred
entirely useless We should think architects
could contrive something practical and convenient
than that"
DEATH OF A CELEBRATED wAR-HoRsE-Black Warrior, a
celebrated war-horse died in New York last week He
twenyght years DID, and II 10 stated that be served
throughout the Florida war subsequently used in the
chase of wild Indians, horsehieves border-ruans and
at odd spells of foxes deer and buffalo at the various mil
itary posts the praires west of Arkansas Having
marched all the country and all the principal
rivers between ST. Augustine Florida and Mexico be was
in the whole of the Mexican war and took active part
in nine general battles having been wounded by muset
ball at Moline del Rey, and again by piece Of shell at
Chepultepec He ridden by President Pierce and also
by Kossuth the occasion Of their umpha entries into
the city of New York few years since and was never in
harness. but unequaed for discipline and grace of
movement under the saddle