The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-12


streets exposed great portion Of the time the rays Of
The without nelung We have known the like
before ia this latitude
The Palestine Advocate says the THERMOMETERS has been
low as eight degrees above aero At that place.
ATTAms IN HAYrL-A correspondent Of The journal Of
Commerce at Cape Hayten writes on the 4th ultimo
Everything is in confusion here and all business at
stand The Haytiens have had engagements with the
Domineans the frontiers in the division which ae-
compaued the Emperor all the troops OF the south refused
TO tight and left him. In consequence CT which he has had
TO abandon bis march lie on his way hither but
the latest egence is that the army has advanced again
TO 0unaminbe and that all the troops being collected
TO continue the invasion For time il thought that
the Emperor bad lost his sway and fuor even spoke
his having been named at Portau Prince but
this requires confirmation Those who deserted
fused to light have been shot twenty miles from
here "A number Of officers, (all who have been taken
and many Of the common soldiers have been executed
The most vigorous measures are In force here for the coli
lection OF troops The people caught up in every d
recton and put In prison until they are ready to be sent
off,
PosrAL RxSoRn MEETING ~ BosroS--A postal reform
meeting held by the merchants of Boston Wednes
day last They want The postage be reduced to a un
form Of cents letter and free distribution of
letters in cities. sas BID. ar
Heavy DAMAGES FoR sLANDER--THE cosr OF AN W.
GuARDsD ExraEssIosin the Boston superior court,
Saturday morning the Of Mary Dohery John
L. Brown brought toa close. The plaintiff in this
sued for $4,000 damages for injury done her character
by opprobroaa epithet applied to her by defendant in
whose family she had lived The use of the language
not denied and the defendant undertook prove its truth
from the conduct Of theplan but failed The jury
dered verdict assessing damages at S3,666 &C.
OfuoThe income of Ohio the last year was about four
and quarter millions OF dollars and its expenses three
millions and half II has eight hundred miles of canal
six hundred of navgable rivers and two thousand miles
of railroad. Its wheat crop last year was 100000 Of
bushels, and corn soo00,00o.
NORTH CAROLINA RAmRoAp.--The Great Central road,
from Charlotte to Goldsborough distance of two hun
bred and twenty three miles learn from the Western
Democrat is now completed The first throughrip of the
passenger train made on Thursday last
GEORGIA STATE FAR--The executive committee of the
State Agricultural Association Mlledgevlle the
18th ult and decided to hold the next fair expected at
Atlanta
A3AS WALKING UPSIDE powS--This extraordinary feat
accomplished few evenings since the Broadway
Theatre, New York. by Mr Lenton the antipodean' The
Express says asaa
when the curtain rose, apparatus seen nearly
as high as the prosceninm, being platform similar
inverted tenpin alley resting each end the respect
i've wings upon uprghts and suspended by pulleys in
the The under surface Of the platform appa-
enty polished to the smoothest surface exhibiting the
texture OF wood through TIE polish Midway above the
stage stretched for It's full length Tetting Of
about the width Of The suspended PLATFORM drawn
elastic tension. f ee 7. ..H #aE#.a. #7aa
aWhen the curtain rose, Mr. Lenton saluted the audi
ence assembled ladder TO resting place. had pair of
peculiar atsoed sandals attached to his feet and walked
duly, in inverted manner the undersde of the
platform E.
The soles of the sandals had opportunity Of
amning but presume they Of nely-poiished metal
like substance, aud supported the performer by their
adhesion to the prepared and polished surface Of the cell
ing, hen is remembered that the adhesiveness of
faces is proportion to the completeness of their
the feat is reduced TO the mechanical preparation of the
surfaces Of the shoes and The ceiling in question. The
atmospheric pressure upon such surfaces believe is
down at Al pounds TO the square inch The surface OF
OF the shoes used this occasion might present
Of 20 square inches If may this natural prin-
cpe to be the basis OF the feat the support which the per-
former would gain from each foohod in case of a com
plete contact would be eight hundred pounds against
vertical moyement quite multiple Of his hanging weight
Against horizontal movement that of stepping for
ward, there would, of course, be resistance. .
THE extended net beneath the performer quite a
relief TO the anxiety OF the spectator he stepped slowly
forward At the termination Of his walk he quite
black in the face and reached for his support he
could not make another inch OF progress