The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-14

last just before the opera company len for New YORK
The Boston Bee Of the th inst states the ereumsAnes
- follsws:
SDurng the engagement Of the Italian opera troupe last
winter Baron dc sHksyiteh occupied rooms At the 10
House His hotel expenses averaged about $3.50 per
week, which paid punetaAly Al the expiration o.
every days For the last siz days thai be Was
Al the botel q ball was rendered 70 the amount Of
$3.50 This the Baron Thoughts rather 'HtaeP for a
party combating Of himself ws wifes father one child,
one servant and three Sey G2icais poodle aeys Sag
yetns TO ne clerk that there In the
bn Gsducfion Of two hundred dollars made the bi
reoepted and fIdy pad. Abort SIX weeks Afterwards,
says the Baron he received letter satng that there had
been an error discovered o. l5 and be requested 70
forward the Thinking they had received thsr just
dues the Baron took no notice Of The demand and whs
be again visited Boston, carried his whole party including
The leading arstes Of The opera troupe % the Winthrop
House The intaon he received Of The existence
Of the demand was the presence Of the shenf
= II Is said that the claim VIII be contested
FIaE IN EoRFoLKA ere broke out in Norfolk, Virginia,
Monday morning about two o'clock which Is stated 70
have destroyed the Office Of the Norfolk AAmeriean and
greatly injured the adjoining building rumor prevailed
that parties suspeoaed Of having fred the American once
under arrest second FIRE had also occurred IN
Portsmouth destroying SIX small teneents Of little value
RrEa sEws-The St Louis Daily Lssdar of the 9Th in
slant says:
The river here swelling quite fast this morning and
there l. now a channel depth Of feet big
rise is coming from the Upper Mississippi the packets IN
this morning reporting rise Of over two feet al heokuK
and il has been raining at that point and above for thres
days past Our exchanges from various points between
Kaokuk and ST. Paul say the water rising last The II
nois has risen about two feet at Peoria we learn from
dispatches down and rain has fallen along the rysr
from one end the other. We have news from the
Missouri river there having been no arrival from II except
the w. H. Russell, for four five days The oao rising
slowly At Cincinnati we learn from dispatches There
about dozen boats aground in the Ohio river al
NOS points that viii be ahs to get out rise OF Six
inches aud the larger number Of them bound for this
port"
CASE or HORRIBLE DEsrIrUrIos.-A FAMILY LLVISs Ex-
DER TEE PAvExExTThe Chicago Times OF the It'll instant
says:
aon our way to dinner yesterday found collected
near the corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets large
crowd Of persons whose excited gestures and eager IAN
guage betokened scene of unusual excitement On mas
tening the spot which readers viii recognise as me
site of Doans ruitore now removed ana wnefe
workmen engaged in making encAranons 'or tne
foundation of and splendid block Of buildings the
cause OF the excitement became nj once efldsnt
The workmen in the progress of their iAsns nAa e
moved dozen Of the plAnks Of the sideN ana IN
doing removed the roof Of what proved to be
apartment The sight thus Suddenly presented 20 the
view Of the spectators would have moved heart OF store
Three infants who could not have been more than Anew
old lying without particle of clothing, upon rude
bed which found be made Of dried hasks Of corn
There another single article Of furniture in the
inmates exposed the cold November wind, and
made the air resound with their plainive cries
Where the unnatural parentsf No one could
this question, and passed on TO dinner The
infants retained understand, by one Of the
workmen"
LArKA KKrSEs Mammalian Keenes new theatre
the city of New York expected TO be opened for the
first time Saturday evening next Prom the description
Of the house given by the New York Tribune make the
following extracts:
The theatre located Crosby street between Beeck-
and Houston ii IS feet in width $50 feet
in depth and shout 80 feet in height from the sidewalk TO
the peak Of the roof The at No GA Broad
say and IS feet wide and 50 feet deep the ceiling being
arched and beautifully ornanented The interior of the
house is very and elegant and the arrangement OF
such nature thai the stage be plainly seen from
part Of the pxrqueite, first o second circles
THE stage 81 feet wide and IS feet deep with prose-
mum IS feet in width II feet deep and IS feet in height
The orchestra very spacious and capable Of seating fifty
musicians The scenery, by Calyo, entirely new The
various appointments Of the stage and other parts Of the
house excellent The supersrucure is very substan-
tA the foundations being laid in cement The walls
well brsoed aud strong and solid Mr. John NJ Trim
bic the architect and proprietor The stage win De IN
der the management Of Mr. Harry Hall and the orchcsrs
under the direction Of Mr.. Thomas Baker