The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-12

and Pensacola Railroad Company propose build the
length the Pensacola and Georgia road to the Chat
tahoochee for $500 with the portion of the internal
improvement fund which the road is entitled and the
lands lately granted to the road by Congress
THE CINCINNATI poLcE-A police uniform is about to be
introduced in Cincinnati much against the wishes of the
consabulary force 1t will consist of blue and for
aging caps with the number of each policeman designated
thereon
CRUSHING LoAp-The Springfield American run up the
Fillmore flag the I'd instr and died the next day.
DICKINSON CoLLEGE-The annual commencement of this
institution took place at Carlisle Pennsylvania on We'd
nesday on which occasion speeches made by the
members of graduating class The speakers it stated
acquitted themselves admirably and reflected much credit
upon the college By appointment Of the faculty, Noel
Ecceston of Cambridge Maryland, delivered the vaedic
tory address, and VIM Aldred of Pennsylvania the sal
utatory
| HIRING pREsESTs-The Home Journal observes that
another bubble has broken by the development
the fact that the costly display of bridal presents
Gus weddings in New York. for few years back have
been hired from extensive jewellers for a reasonable
| amount
| RETURNED MAcHINIsTs-The machinsts of Boston and
vicinity who in the habit of spending their winters
the plantations Cuba and coming home during the
mer have nearly all returned for the present They
bring home unusual number of orders for machinery
A. TAx-BURDESED cTY--The Evening Post says the
taxes of New York city this year will amount to six mil
| lion dollars!
STRAwBERRns-One of our citizens (says the Hartford
Tmes has picked ninetysix quarts OF strawberries this
season from bed measuring wentyour feet by twenty
two They were mostly the Hovey seedlings and many Of
them measured four inches in circumference. Can any
body in this vicinity beat thisH
EARLY pEACHEs-Rpe peaches, from North Carolina,
have found their way to the New York market
SWEDISH EMGRAxrs-A New York paper says:
"An interesting spectacle presented yesterday at
Castle Garden by body Of 10 Swedish emigrans who
there meeting three times for prayer singing,
and preaching in their native language They appear to
be OF religious turn, and visited by o. G. He'd
strom of the Swedish betha ship who that within
the last ten years 10000 Swedes and Norwegans have
found home in this country and make good industrious
citizens The present body bound for Iowa and Min
nesota"
A MODEL crrY.-The Newburyport Herald of the 9th
inst says:
There has been before the police court OF this
city for any offence committed since last Wednesday.
What place Of $4,000 inhabitants say much for
their peace quiet morality during the independence
perodhe Fourth and the two days preceding and
ceeding2"
Florida Peninsuar that engagements took place with
the Indians Fort Frazier the l4h and 10th ult
Some seventeen Indians killed OF the whites Lieut.
Carlton Lott Whidden Robert Paine George Howell, and
William Parker killed, and Daniel Carleton, J. Ii.
Hollingsworth, James Whidden, William p Brook, and
John L. Skipper wounded.
destructive FIRE occurred at Fort Denaud, Florida a
few DAYS ago The soldiers quarters the stable forage
house. &C. were destroyed The store-house OF Mr. Ca
vasovch also burnt to the ground and all its contents
consumed.
REMARKAME BALLOON AscESsos-A novel balloon as
cension made at Manchester New Hampshire the
Fourth The Daily Mirror Of that city gives the following
account Of the affair:
"The crowd present variously estimated all the
way from 900 TO 10000 IL may be safely said that
| 900 people witnessed the balloon ascension They
covered and Of land curious TO see the
largest balloon in the world ascend with live horse at
ached The wind blew fresh and Mons Goddard did not
dare filing the balloon till the wind went down.
about hafpast six, as the rocking of the balloon on the
ground might wear n hole in It, He went up like kite
standing the back Of the horse amid immense cheering
Madame Goddard being In the Of the balloon alone.
They went up at twenty minutes past eight o'clock, the
upon the earth without struggling particle They
high in the heavensabout $500 feet according to
Mons Goddards estmae sailing in souherly direction.
They made circuit OF about twelve miles and at five min
utes before nine o'clock landed In field belonging to Will
| liam Plumer In Londonderry.
"They threw out anchor and caught the balloon the
tops OF trees where they remained some ten minutes before
they could get free in the time the horse eating the
leaves Of the trees IL nothing strange had happened
The folks where he landed thought the end Of the world
was coming and the devil riding through the air.
The into the house and shut the door, and for
minutes the afraid to and unasten the
horse The horse went TO feeding the moment he landed.
Mons Goddard says the people very kind to him in
4 Londonderry, and rendered him every assistance"