The daily union., 1856-01-29
GENERAL NEWS.

IHs RIVER AT Sr. LoUIs-The Republican Of the asa
inst says:
The river is stll closed Of course and the weather
Yesterday exhibited signs OF moderating. The ferry
boats are still moones and the crossing the ice
unaes as thronged The bridge spectators
making good thing of the cold weather We have no
news oil Importance to-day relative TO river matters
EXCUSE Foa RleAMY.-George Lamb mate of the ship
Chariot OF Fame of Boston, brought up the police
court at Liverpool charge OF having three wives
having married in Liverpool in l845 another in New
York in ls4s and another in Liverpool In 1855 The three
were in court and gave evidence against him. His defence
for marrying the last that he "drunk pig"
and did moi know what he was about
MARRIAGE or ASronErrE L. Baows--The Rochester
Democrat publishes the marriage Of the welknown adyo-
cate OF womans rights the Rev. Antoinete Brown, to
Mr. Samuel O. Blackwell of Cincinnati The wedding GER
emony was performed by Joseph Brown esq, the brides
father at his residence in the town of Henrietta Monroe
county on Thursday Of last week. The Democrat sup
poses Mr. Blackwell to be brother of Lucy Stones hus-
band The affair kept still that none Of Miss
Browns friends in Rochester suspected it until the deed
was done. as-I
SAILING or STEAMERS EuRopK--The United States
mail steamer Hermann Capt Higgins, sailed from New
York on Saturday for Bremen, ola Southampton. The
steamer Ericsson Capt Lowber also left at the same time
for Havre. Neither took any specie a
BRIDAL pREsEETs-A correspondent Of the Charleston
Courier, writing from New York, says, .
"An aggregate of 26 900 said to have been
in to the daughter exMayor Mckle her marriage to
son of exMnyor Lawrence. only this morning. at
Ball. Black & Co.'S, Ss,50o diamond necklace, just
mounted brides present; also brooch Tiffany
Co.'s, costing $4,000 intended as present to another
bride. This is about up to the Babylonan mark
CHRISTMAS THE CRMEA.-A correspondent writes un-
der date Baakava Dec "A at is to be hoped that all the
grand folks in England well provided for Christ
mas in every department here IL does ones
heart good to see the grand preparations for the festival
Geese turkeys pigs sheep and bulocks in great plenty
and is charming sight to the steamer coming into
Baakava garnished all round with dead poultry which
is sold. The Earl Of Durham had string Of geese
hung round her. am sorry, however to say that she
lost the voyage about IL buocks and 500 fowls.
fancy other vessels had lost the in proportion for
yesterday off Balaklava passed through quite of
dead poultry BY vessel arrived from Kertsch we hear
that the in the neighborhood is frozen The
weather here beautiful An American barque arrived
yesterday from New York in sixty days. with cargo Of
-four which there So so the barrel Flour was sold at
Kadko shortly ago for 60 the barrel The -four by the
American is for the commissarat'
A FORTUNATE sUGGEsnoS-During the late visitation of
cholera Chicago Illinois, wealthy miser of that city
took the disorder and died. The weather being very
warm found necessary to place his body in the cot
fin without removing his usual apparel One of his heirs
who standing by suggested just as the lid being
fastened searching the deceaseds pockets which
DONE and the searcher found ordinary money belt
around the corpse containing $4,000 worth of notes.
bills &c.
LounIAxA-The Natchoches Chronicle Of the 18th inst
says: .....s.
"On Tuesday morning, house in the suburbs Of this
town occupied by negro woman was consumed by fire.
and child aged about two years who had been left
in IL by It's mother was burnt to death.
The weather for the last three weeks has been in
ensey cold than has been known this region The
Thermometer has frequently been low but Oldest in
habtants have no recollection Of such proracted spe
AxxExAuos-Upwars of FIVE hundred legal voters have
signed petition for the annexation of Chelsea the city
Of Boston.
Tur mRDs.-The cold weather (says the Richmond En-
qurer has proved quite fatal 10 birds Of every kind II
stated that least ye hundred dead birds have been
found section Of the railroad embracing distance of
nine miles below Charlottesville and psrtrdges and other
birds have perished In considerable numbers
HYMES AMONG THE JUvESnEa-Wm p. Branneman aged
sixteen years and SIX months of Augusta county, Vir
gina was married the 18th instant Miss Elizabeth
Moore, Of Rockbridge.
Hoe KLLING-The imports of bacon, pork and lard 10
Cincinnati from the lst Of November 1885, the 10th of
January 1885, were pounds The imports for the
same period last year were 2,os2,O57 pounds.