The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-30
Hon. RoBT MCFARLAND,
Secretary of the Interior.

GENERAL NEWS.
Fine IN BRooKLYE.-A FIRE broke out Saturday morn
ing at No. 100 Fulton street. Brooklyn occupied by Cath
cart 4 Swan dry-goods store and by Williams 4
Cochran as paper-hanging establishment. The building
entirely destroyed. The loss Of Cahcart Swan is
about $4,000 including their stock of dry goods and value
of fixtures Insured for $780, Williams Cochran's loss
Is about $4,000.
ALMOST AN AooDEEr--A piece of the "nose" of Mans
field mountain, Vermont computed to weigh 1000 tons,
fell on Thursday the 2lst ut only few moments before
this Mr.. White, of Burlington, with his wife
and daughter, had been standing upon it.
REPORTED CAPTURE RoBnERs-The Sacramento
(Ca) Union states that the sheriff of Yuba county,
Tuesday August 49, received letter from the Oregon
House requiring his immediate presence three
four of the Camptonvesage robbers with their horses
had been captured, and were in confinement.
Music HAREM-A letter from Constaninople
says;
The European taste for music has of late made
progress here The Sultan has at present. for his harem
an excellent orchestra composed of women alone One in
particular remarkable for her performance the VIOLIN
her style OF execution resembling that Of Theresa Manoo
Very few harems are now without pianoorte and many
of the Turkish ladies excellent performers The Sultan
has sgnifed his intention of building theatre
BosTos rsANoEs-The annual report of the city auditor
of Boston for the year ended April 30 1885, that the
aggregate amount Of Indebtedness, including the water
debt the LIST of May 1885, So 76923 81. On the
1st Of May, 1885, it $6e27,416 90 reduction of
Sl4l,7 54 Al having been effected during the year.
HORRIBLE nURDER-The Oregon Statesman says
"Joel Perkins, proprietor of the of Lafayette
Oregon murdered in the southern part of the Terri
tory, the California line the Gath ut, by
named John Malone. Malone arrested and confined
in the Jacksonville JAIL where he hung himself with the
chain with which he was secured Perkinss wife was
charged with being accessory TO the murder and had been
taken into custody and was undergoing examination
when informant left The report is that Malone
dered Perkins for bis wife"
Tm MARYLAND TRApE.-The Baltimore American
learns from the most reliable source that the fears that
have been generally expressed that the recent action of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in advancing the
the bitumnous coal freghts would result njuriousy
both the railroad and coal interests likely prove
entirely unfounded The advance in question: coupled
1t with of increased facilities Of
portation the part Of the road, has authorized
to state met the full approval of the important
sumers at the East
Loss OF THE STEAMER wEsrKRSEA-The Missouri Republ-
can says
Information was received here yesterday BY telegraph
dated Vickburg September 22d that the Western
err Captain johnson, had sunk about twenty-hree miles
below Vicksburg. She was on her way TO Ne Orleans
gave particulars further than that the boat had sunk
and up the hurricane roof in water The and
cargo viii be q total loss"
ExPKEsryE-A Hamburg correspondent Of A London
paper writes that although the rent paid BY the British
ambassador for his hotel during the coronation Moscow
is thirty thousand dollars month the house did not con-
tain apartment large enough for ballroom ard that
for another hotel which did not contain of sufficient,
dimensions the monthly rent demanded so exorbant
a. ~,
Moscow from England, about 1000 miles distant The
coronation took place Sunday, September l. style
or August 20, Of the Greek Church.
RAILROAD AccrDESr.-The Chicago Time, says:
"Qute smash-up occurred on the Galena road about
o'clock Sunday morning. at Cottage Hill this side Of the
Junction The facts reported 70 follows: An
inbound Gaens freight train behind time had stopped
and neglected the proper signal when the inbound Bur
ngon passenger train along and into H. nearly
killing the engineer Of the passenger train and knocking
nearly all the Of both trains pieces 80 that other
had to be sent for 70 this city bring in hs pasen-
gers who almost mirscuousy escaped with but slight
jury The passenger train bad greatly Stacked up 10 make
stop Al the station, or the accident would have been
more shocking one The passengertrain engineer who
not TO blame In the matter, brought the city
insensbe having bis shoulder badly injured his face
and probably injured internally The shock great
that thirty pair Of wheels piled all up in
heap and platform broken In the middle thrown clear
| over each other and of the track
JUDGE TERRr-Ihe California papers announce that the
ladies Of San Francisco have presented Judge Terry with
silver pitcher valued at 5000 Il bears the following in
scripton Hon d. s. Terry, from the ladies OF San
Francisco who admire his courage honor bis patriotism
and take the highest pride in bis heroic resistance 10 ty
ranny. August 26, 1884,
BuTKx sPIDKR-The Boston Times saysi
@Mr George W. Morgan the celebrated organist on his
last visit 70 this city, while walking in garden belonging
10 friend bitten by spider. The poison Of the in
sect that 1t dused itself all over bis system
and be confined to his several days He Is now
| improving"
DrscoyERY oUlRrz-The Alta Californian says
we learn from the interior papers that discovery Of
very rich quartz made Saturday last BY a ms
while hunting Angels Camp Calaveras county On
the day that he struck the lead he washed ont $T0O
On Sunday he returned and took pouads OF dust
being $4,000. The getting abroad the whole
neighborhood covered with miners stalking of claims
On Monday the dscoverer and his partner took out thirty
three pounds Of clear dust making for the three days about
$4,000 Another party PANIED from hole Ia the vicn-
ny three hundred dollars In hours writer in the
Sacramento Union speaking further Of these discoveries
SAYS he shown piece OF rock taken from the vein
weighing three ounces than twothrds Of which
gold Another VEIN about FIVE miles from the above place.
md been found also giving evidence Of rich
ness
Weston ven nort made