The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-19
GENERAL NEWS.

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ARREST OF ooUSTKRSKIrEHs-James and John Brown
arrested In New York Wednesday last for passing
counterfeit thu eedollar bills purporng to DO Of the Rock
VILE Bank, Connecticut Two OF this description were
found in the prisoners possession also slo 81 In good
money.
DESTRUCTIVE yIRK-At Norway, Maine, Saturday
morning. the two brick wooen mills Of the Norway Plains
Company upwards Of hundred feet long and three
stories high EACH burnt Two slightly in
jured The loss is supposed TO be about $4,000.
REyoLT AT LIMA revolt broke out among the troops
at Lima, the capital Of Peru, the 18th ultimo The in
surgents numbered five six hundred men, under
Gen. Castillo When apprzed Of the revolt the President
mustered these troops which had remained loyal to the
number Of six hundred and proceeded TO attack
the insurgents who had taken possession of the Square Of
the Inquisition. After diminishing and cavalry
charge the insurgents compelled to retreat out Of the
city, and the Instruction for the time being at least was
suppressed.
SrAMpEpR OF sEGRoEs.-A correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch writing from Leesburg, says;
"A stampede of negroes took place In this county Sat
urday night or Sunday Gen. Rust loses three, Gabriel
Vandervener three Charles Douglas woman and her
childreneight grown persons and believe three chill
dren More may be gone but 1t is too early in the day to
ascertain the fact"
says:
although caerpiars, and that species known e-
worms with long yellow, black, white hair gen.
orally considered harmless we would caution the young
folks from handling them. We met little boy on High
street. yesterday afternoon running home for life with the
back OF his hand swollen to nearly twice its size caused by
bite from of the laternamed worms They contain
poison and their of transmitting it is quick and
ce as the raesnake but of course not attended with
such serious results
RIVER Srws--The Augusta (Ga.) Daily Constitution
ast says:
"The river is in good boating order. The steamer
Augusta Captain Frazer from Savannah arrived yester
day with a full cargo, and leaves this morning."
THE DROUGHT IN vIaalsA--The Front Royal (va) Ga
zette says:
"The drought in Rappahannock, as well as here has
been excessive In the upper part of the county, along
the Blue Ridge the crop toleraby good but in
the lower portion of the county it is almost total fail
ure-worse than, perhaps, ever known"
CHILD CARRIED OFF BY BEAR.-The Manitowoc wis
consn Tribune states that fearful incident recently
Cured the village of Neshoa Just before sunset
child FIVE years old seized in the presence of its mother
by augrown BEAR and in spite Of its and the
frantic efforts Of its MOTHER borne off into the thcke
The alarm given and the men, with guns and other
weapons of destruction commenced searching the woods
but had discovered any of the child at last
counts. H. &a .... ..sa...
SNAKE sroRY-The Dayton Gazette tells the follow
ing: ....
"A young man, deaf and dumb, named Evin Birch,
amused the passengers the railroad train from Richmond
east last Friday by exhibiting his travelling companion
and pe-a live ratesRake which eighteen years old
and he seemed delighted to receive its embrace by per-
hitting it to coil around his neck 1t seemed to be
petely under his CONTROL and would permit him open
its mouth to show its poisonous fangs after which he
placed carefully in his tin box without the least fear
II had twelve rattles and was about three feet in length
lie appeared anxious to obtain another raesnake and
proessed be able to pick them in the forest and tame
them, without being the least afraid of personal injury"
Rror ON LAKE SUpERIoR-A western exchange says:
Accounts from the Lake Superior copper region men
ton that there considerable excitement among the
miners at 0Lonagon, which has resulted in civil be-
tween the Cornshmen aud the Irish. Captain Jennings
agent of the Rockand mine and Mr. Peck of the Mime
sofa mine badly injured 1.-The latter, thought
fatally The miners leaving in considerable numbers
about fifty having left the Minnesota mine"
Corros-Tbe New Orleans Crescent of the 18th instant
says:
"The receipts Of yesterday far exceed any the
season The Eclipse arrived with 34o2 bales the Music
with 1851 bales the Belfast with 3D. bales the Illinois
with 4sl bales the Linden with ios bales the Orleans
with 63l bales. Tota !, e,o67 bales"
Corros srAusucs- is stated that the receipt Of cot
ton at the ports OF the United States for 1856 to
3527s45 bales the total exports during the year to
2s546oe bales The stock hand in the United States
the 3lst August 64l7l bales. The total consumed
in the northern and States is reached by deduct
ing the exports and stock hand from the receipts and
the thus obtained for the last year $751;
bales To this should be added at least bales for
the consumption Of the southern States which Is not in
cuded in the reckoning
ELECTRICITY CAUSING BOILER xrPLosIoSs-The London Ne
chancs Journal abiding to the suppositon that elecrc
y the agent in causing the explosion Of boiler
in Sheffield says that although electrical phenomena might
be exhibited by the expansion Of jet Of steam could
be supposed that boiler with its many direct and metal
lie connexions with the EARTH could be converted into
reservoir Of electricity any generated II would be
instantly conducted away II had been supposed the
plates exposed 10 the action Of FIRE by the falling Of water
became oveheated and decompoed the steam the oxygen
Of which had combined with the iron and the hydrogen
formed gas causing the explosion. But hydrogen would
not explode unless largely mixed with atmospheric air
which could not enter the boiler except In minute qusn
ties forced through the eedpump in combination with
II might be possible to produce external explosion
but not internal one.
tbs NATIONAL THrArRK.-The attendance last night at
the second grand concert larger than that which
greeted this distinguished company their first appear
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed throughout the
entire evening Paul Julien in the opening piece Aards
grand fantastic "FavoritsD took the house by storm
This performances only erceed by that Of "Tbe Car
neva Of Venice There Is but opinion concerning the
performances Of this talented young artistic and that
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