The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-11
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SHORT AND sHARP.-An exchange says:
"Mr. Fillmore writes that he puts himself in the hands
of his friends That is what Mr. Weller would call tying
himself up into VERY small parcel"
Ex-BIsHoP IVES BRuTALLY AssAuLTED-A New York pa
per says;
The exbishop OF North Carolina Professor Silman
Ives was knocked down and brualy assaulted yesterday
morning. at the office of the Hudson river depot by bag
gage master there the only offence of the reverend gen.
teman being request to deliver a vase and trunk
fender arrested taken before justice and sentenced
deliver the baggage pay heavy fine and to give bonds
for his future good behavior"
Coal FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES AND GREAr Brit
Amin the United States there 100000 square miles
Of coal beds while in Great Britain the greatest manufac
turing and ronproducing country in the world there are
less than 1900.
ArERAy EDENros-An afray took place in Edenton,
North Carolina few days since, between Mr. Cotton ed
tor Of the Banner and Mr. Badham lawyer Of Pasquo-
tank. Mr. Cotton criticised sharply anonymous article
of which Mr. B. the author and refusing to react
words used in the reply fight ensued in which Mr. Bad
ham was badly wonndsd ny siSi sbvt fired ~ Mr. csi-
ton
SAILED ron EuRoPK-Among the passengers by the Asia
which sailed from New York yesterday for Liverpool are
Bayard Taylor the poet traveller and Mr. Kensett the
landscape painter Mr. Taylor goes abroad with the
intends to travel in the north Of Europe and spend win
ter in Lapland brother and two sisters accompany
him Mr.. Kenset intends TO spend two three months
skechng in the lake districts Of England Scotland and
Ireland and in November. Mr. Muir the British
consul at New Orleans also goes out on brief visit
OSE OF TIE FIGHTERS ron KANSAS FREEpoM-The Lafay-
cite nd) American mentions the return that place Of
one of the parties aid bleeding Kansas bringing
with him $40 in cash and revolver furnished by the Aid
Society. The committee called him TO report about
Kansas which he did with great brevity wheeupon that
body upon and made him disgorge SIS Of the funds
which he had brought back.
NEw ENGLAND EcoSoMY.-we understand (says the Low
ell Courier that the deposes at the Five Cent Sa-
wings Bank Saturday reached 100000 Nine thousand
dollars were deposited Saturday afternoon The smallest
deposited FIVE cents the largest 81 o0O 1t
pleasant such general swarmng to the bank OF
and women, young persons and small children, as
witnessed that afternoon.
A MAMMOTH DocuMEST.-An address (says the Boston
Transcript from the citizens Of Manchester England TO
the people OF America in favor Of peace placed In the
Merchants Exchange Reading Rooms this forenoon II
has attached to 1t 81 ,04l names. \
CRops IN THE wEsr-The editor OF the Cleveland Plain
dealer, in his issue Of the 18th instant says:
"A two-weeks tour through the States OF Michigan Wis
cOnsn Iowa. and Illinois has given us an opportunity TO
observe the growing crops and TO judge for ourself
ain Michigan the is backward but the and
sun bringing forward fast and average crop lie
looked for. The winter wheat is good.
ain Illinois 1.-THE northern part wheat both spring and
winter Is rank. Corn ia breastbgh stands well, and
promises heavy yield There is too in this State i'm
mense breadth Of land sewn.
Fsrmers getting independent have acil-
es and take Of more grain than heretofore The
trouble has been with them that they could than
they could reap, help in harvest being But
chinery poughs sows reaps rakes thashes and cleans
their grains and but little is left for to do except 10
market his crop.
There Is old wheat in the country but plenty OF
corn Every farmer almost has half two-thirds Of his
last years crop hand lying in heaps about his barns
"Crops In Iowa and Wisconsin there win be inn
mense yield Of wheat oats and There Is fly or
rust yet visible and this week the wheat harvest will gen.
orally commence. Look out for low prices"