The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-07

paper maturing the New York city banks BE-
tween the st and the 18th or the present month Is fo
eigh millions II dollars.
YASKEE NGESurrY-The American Ehale-ship W. +.
Stafford lately arrived at Cork Ireland from Nova ZembIa
with eight tons Of whale OIL A new system has been
introduced by which il would seem that this valuable
animal is surely, safely and speedily destroyed
than by the old means and the credit Of introducing the
present mode belongs to the captain OF the W r. Stafford
Instead Of being harpooued formerly course that was
both dangerous 10 life and uncertain In the resut-the
fish shot and after the ball enters the aesh il ex.
plodes in the body on much the principle shell
The effect Of the explosion is generally to shAsr that
portion Of the flesh where Il has entered and Il seldom
fails TO reach vital part
ASoTmR RAILROAD AccprxT-Another fatal railroad
accident occurred the aOth udmo on the Dixon Air
Line railroad, about mile and half OF Geneva
Chicago paper says
AN old locomotive with three rack cars loaded with
stone and box loaded with potatoes was backing
down from Geneva 10 the junction about six miles and
when mile and half out the boiler burst instantly kill
ing fireman and his brother-in-aw whose names We
have not learned The engineer badly soalded and
had bis hip and three ribs broken James Daniels Of Nor
rson superintendent q the track from Fulton to Dixon
was badly scalded, and cannot survive Another man
whose name We did not learn also badly scsded
and bruised that his life Is despaired Of
Snow COLD wEATmR-Our exchanges from the
North and Northwest speak Of aud cool frosty
weather The Chicago Journal Of the Isl inst says:
The fret have seen or heard Of this season
fell in this city yesterday afternoon II came down In
ulAr winter style for about FIVE minutes Further north
We understand the earth whteBed In some places
Cold weather has set in unusually early this season We
have not had really day since the middle OF An
gust II has been cold enough for and overcoa for
the last three weeks Our only consolation is that Indian
summer Is yet TO come
The Cleveland Plain Dealer Of the same date also says
+" A severe snow storm commenced during last night
and gave the fret day Of October strong resemblance to
December This is unusual feature Of equinoctial
sorms Its severity and the heavy weather upon the lake
viii result in disasters to the shipping and we may look
out Tor the news Of wrecks and mshaps Of the worst char
aeter.'
MoRE TEACHERS THE WEsr-Governor Slade arrived
in Chicago Monday week with another party Of Young
lady teachers for the West who came out under the aus
pces Of the National Educational Society The Chicago
Democrat states that previous to this the society had sent out
about $50 teachers Of which about $50 came into Ohio
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, lows, and Wisconsin.
DIFFICULTY THE EmE RALRoAD-It appears that a
Misunderstanding has asen betEeen the engineers on The
Erie railroad and the general superintendent Mn McCu
um arising principally at order issued BY the latter
for the discharge Of any engineer whose engine rims of
the track at station where be was to stop The eno;
struck work that for several days business on he
road cams stsnds and heavy oss was entaied upon
the company. The difficulty finally adjusted the en-
ginees resumed work and matters hare gone on smoothly
from that time until the meeting Of the railroad con-
Venton II Cleveland At which resolution was adopted