The daily union., 1856-11-01
GEN ERAL NE w s.

LocoNoTvE-It Is stated that at the Of
the present year there in the United States about
y 900 miles Of railroad employing about 5000 Oeomo-
ves II Is estimated that these locomotives be
tween four and five million cords Of wood annually the
product Of Al least 100000 acres Of woodland
ExrRAoRpSARr SALE OF AFPLEs--Ths Nashville Tenn.
Banner says:
We have the pleasure Of putting on record probably
the best sale oEfrut this country and tina
too Tennessee fruit The specimens OF apples exhibited
the fair BY Mr. W. Dodge, artist raised bis fAE
in Cumberland county, The mountain, sold Al auc
ton on Wednestay night They were sold By the half
half doEen paid The whole lot sold amounting about
barrel and half Of different varieties brought
one hundred and eleven dOIlArA II any Of our famous
utgrowing States in any section Of the Onion can equal
this should like 70 hear from them
HoEHsLE AyTnR.-A GENTLEMAN scALDED 70 DrArH II
RyANTs-lt mentioned . few days ago that
Lewis Noruspd, ESQ, Influential and wide y-knoWu
merchant Of Granville county North Carolina had
his death the night Of Tuesday, the 2lst instant in
sudden and mysterious mAnner The Petersburg EI-
press has the following additional particulars:
About his usual hour Of retiring, % o'clock his
lef him in his chamber. He was then IN his
usual health and condition, both Of mind and body Some
hours his negroes reported the neghb0rs that
he bad fallen in the FIRE and been burned 70 death The
eighbors Immediately assembled and found him corpse
Burns upon different parts Of his person were discovered
but his hair singed even, and his clothing
posed that the burns have been scAlds from bot
His little daughters asleep AZ the time in
the chamber but Of course could tell nothing OF the sudden
and mysterious in which they had been deprived
Of their protector
An examination being instituted suspicion rested up
his negroes and il asosrained that be foul
" and shOckingy murdered by Of the slaves Prom
such fac have been enabled gather n that
negro belonging 10 him had for some time Abseuted
himself Mr. NorwOOd suspected that two Of his negroes
harboring the runaway and, 70 prevent contnu
The practice bad for several nights previous TO bis
murder locked up the suspected Clubhouse hs
premises On the fatal night however he stunned By
blow and large pot Of boiling water, which had been
prepared for the purPose poured through funnel
down bis throat until life became extinct lie then
conveyed 70 his chamber and the neghbors apprEed Of
the death have stated above We understand that
of his negroes have been arrested and now 10
Jail
DEsTurcrTvE GSonsrA.-A destructive FIRE broke
ou' in LaGrangr Georgia on the night Of the 18Th de-
vAstatng the entire side Of the public square and
sutng in serious personal injury several persona The
frr vss discovered in apartment Of large tEosory
stone building the northwest Of the square
cupied ~ Mrs withsn a millinery establishment bot
h.4 TOO mach headway Be arrested Some eight build
ngs composing entire side Of the square destroy
sd. large amount Of goods Of various sorrksepers
vas also burnt and a building occupied store and
physicians Office blown up-scv.relJ not danger
ously ujuring Dr. Smith Mr.. Buchan, and several color
ed people The amount Of loss not stated but must be
severe
Loss At rHE SArrox-The Moscow correspondent oG
Le Nord gives the following curious story:
aOu the day Of the coronation and the when
the oortege entering the Krsmlin, magnificent pearl
necklace BY Lady Granville broke and the pearls
which Of great Vaue scattered At her feet Her
adyship did evince he slightest emotion At the cir
custAnc but proceeded her way leaving behind her
remnants Of ornament which would be fortune to
any less wealthy than the lady Of the English smbss
sador"
FoasED rATKa-Tbe ST. Louis Republican cautions the
commercial community against the purchase of any bill
Of exchange check draft certificate Of dsposits upon
which or in conneIou with which any Of the following
names appear Alexander Guy Monlin Dutton, jules Inn
ber- Adrisn de LOrEs, John IL DSvis, Louis Richard,
Frederic Jourdan and George DArsts these names and
othsru having been used BY orgsr nov in custody in
81 Louis in eounsxion with numerous extensive forge
rss and fraudulent transactions in sterling and domestic
exchange ia various States and the Canadas One draft
Of Canada baak, in favor Of N Dutton, frauduenny Oh
Ained known TO be out now and the payment Of The
same hss been stepped,