The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-03
GENERAL NEWS.

il is well known that the delay Is caused from its not be-
ing ready The receipts the 25th ut 402 bales
against 494 for the corresponding day Of last year.
OPENING % rms MARYLAND lssrTurrn FAiA-The ninth !
annual fair Of the Maryland institute opened wednes
day evening" and said TO be decidedly the finest exhbi
ton presented by this society The various depart
ments Of industry well represented and there are
many articles which have before been exhibited in
Baltimore In the main hall the arrangements are excel
lent and the articles disposed that difficulty will be
felt by yisiters in seeing and examining everything The
general arrangement very like that of last year. except
there is more machinery in the principal hall
CRIAEAS HEROES sELLise THEIR MEDALs.-The Montreal
Gazette Of the I'd ult says
ave regret very much 10 hear that of the soldiers
Of the 39h either tempted by love of drink utter
base to be careless of the honorable distinction which
Crimean medal gives have been induced to offer their
medals for SALE Some had honor enough to refuse TO
buy them Others found despicaby enough to |
purchase them These are possible by degree baser
than the soldiers selling TO them. The soldiers being
tried by courtmartal. The purchasers, we suppose, |
not liable to punishment but the stocks should be re-
viyed for their benefit"
NEW rLoUen-The Baton Rouge Comet of the 23d
ult says
"DrF NJ Hereford, of Manthac has invented new
plough with two tongues arranged in such manner rs TO
for the planting of cane, which is said to be great dd
erdsu With trench the plant pressed together
in such that if the season wet it is apt to
rot and the has not the advantage in growing
The Doctor has two three working models and plant
who have them say they the very thing want
ed and must come into general USE The Doctor has APP
piled for patent
The SOUTHERN RAIlRoAD-The New Orleans Picayune
says:
"Ths road runs from Jackson the capital of the State
of Mississippi, through Brandon, in line almost directly
east for tie distance of eghty-wo and half miles, to
where the Mobile and Ohio railroad passes few miles be-
low the of Marion in Lauderdale county near the
eastern boundary Of Mississippi The road connects with
and is extension Of the road from Vicksbug to jack
son. which in full operation and the Southern road
finished in good running order and well equipped rom
ycksburg bent on building the road from Bran
dor cot its eastern terminus and they are out OF
debt and have large amount due them from reliable
stockholders and have also at their command under the
grants Of land from Congress- some acres
doubt their call for proposals for doing this work will Be
promptly responded to"
THE COTTON IN MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, AND ALA
BAMA-A Mississippi correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta says!
al have just returned from flying trip to Nashville
Tennessee went by way Of Memphis and through west
and middle Tennessee and returned Memphis by way Of
Florence Alabama. made especial inquiries about the
cotton crop my whole route. From my own OBSERVE
TONS and what Others told me- there will not be half
crop made through the sections passed In west Tennes
and north Alabama hundreds OF acres that will
not make two hundred pounds eedcoton to the acre and
often Doll on
high This is the effect Of the drought which from par
tcuar inquiries learn has had the effect the
cotton throughout Tennessee north Mississippi north Ala
bama and north Georgia.
al examined the fields of cotton as came down the
river. They certainly will be very short One planter
said he would not make onethrd OF CROP others
not half The great storm in August completely
checked the growth of cotton in the country around Natche
have had the effect wherever il reached
No deny what stated above and they are facts
that every planter ought look to in deciding sell his
crop in the early market There is doubt but that the
crop will be short and that the price Of cotton win range
much higher before the middle Of next February What
crop made is being rapidly picked out and pushed into
market but the great portion OF II will be picked out be-
fore the middle Of October
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION LoooNoTNE.-The Baltimore
American of yesterday morning says;
loud and fearful explosion took place about hapast
three o'clock yesterday morning at the Bolton depot The
burden train for York about starting when the copper
lining Of the fre-box of the locomotive blew out killing
the fireman. Barney Hoton and completely wrecing the
engine In the coaburnng locomotives the inner wall Of
the rebox is made of copper which is secured to the
wall with bolts and II is supposed that the
the in the fre-box had burned Off and
the which surrounded the box had become
hot and generated steam, the copper sheet about three
feet long and foot wide forced off and the whole
Of the water and steam let into the frebox Holton
standing the steps feeding the furnace when the e1po
sion took place and was blown to distance OF about
hundred feet and instantly killed The engineer sit
ting in his place and received only slight bruse the
leg The locomotive, weighing thirty toms blown
about thirty ieet from where ~ stood turned entirely
around and capsized whole Of the rods reboK and
machinery being broken The front Of the tender was
also broken and the track up all around The ex
posion like that OF large cannon and heard for
some distance around and within n half mile from the
depot the largest buildings shook 10 their foundations 1t
was generally supposed considerable distance from the
depot that the vibration the shock OF earthquake
The loss will not exceed three hundred dollars.
AN inquest held the body Of the deceased by
Coroner Chalmers and verdict rendered that his death
occasoned by the accidental explosion OF the locomo
tveno resting upon the engineer or the officers
Of the company. The deceased about tweny-throe
years Of age and resided in Morris street Preston
lie had fred up the locomotive for the first time the FIRE
the employ OF the company in that capacity having
vacated his position yesterday
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAnRoApThe earnings OF the Illinois
Central Railroad Company for the second week Of Sep
tember S6500 the largest received This makes
$1,000 for weeks equal to s275ooo for the month
The land sales continue large, being s233797 for the
second week and about $3240oo for weeks The sales
for the second week o,l57 acres averaging s Al
per acre
THs PKsIrxsrrkRY or vrReNA.-The Richmond Enquirer
OF yesterday morning says;
Yesterday the directors Of this institution took the
nua inventory Of the TOOLS fixtures and articles hand
II appears that the manufactures for the fiscal year ending
the Both ult amounted TO $66324 81, being than
before manufactured in year, except In 1854
Immediately before the burning Of the shops The
chnery is nearly all in operation, and promises in
future an increase OF manufacturer
THF NATIONAL THrarRE.-The performances last night
Of most agreeable character The light attractive