The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-19
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ExPHEE1DEJr vas BUEES-EEsPresidsnt Van Buren,
who % severely injured b. being thrown from
rage the seth ultmo ID recovering Apart from the
effects Of the injury be Is IN the enjoyment Of his
TONED health
A oHHAz HoxEr raoF-Mr NJ 0uinby, Of St townsville,
Montgomery county, New York (sAys the New York Tr
buus has sold this year uprard q 10000 pounds Of
urinoipaly produced BY himself and the remainder
~ ts Drsgbbors - have followed his example, Him
self and son make the production Of honsJ Business ana
undoubtedly very profitable The honey aeposteu
By the bees il small cheap boxes With glass sides and
sDds and sold the by weight Including the weight
Of boxes
SNAIL oHLssE-A Paris correspondent says;
There viii be plenty Of small change in eitculAtion
presently No less than loooooooo ngon o. gold ana 81
in the Paris mint in process Of coinage II
hoped that the iaSae Of all this money viii reeTe the
present financial pressure"
TIE RUNAWAY MEXICAN ETEANR-The Mexican screw
steamer Democrat which reported after having been
run Of By her from Vera Cruz have been
tered and attacked outside the harder Of Campeachy by
the Mexican war-steamsr Guerrero entered the hArbOE Of
Havana on the 81 instant short Of coal and represented
herself have last from the port COasaooslcoF
Nothing Is said Of any irrguAry in the circumstances
connected with her; and il is hardly possible that she
some marks Of the conflict after il IS said to have
occurred.
EcL1rsEs-Ths Paris correspondent Of the New York
Express says
The calculation has Just been made at the Paris Obssr
rAory that between the presen time and the end Of the
century Only total eclpses Of the viii take place
none Of which will be visible in France These eclpses
viii in the years 1850 1851, 1870 1887, 1885, and
1890 Ii is somewhat singular fact that Of 295 ecpstE
n aBp Viii AkrND
one total eclipse visible tsn the word be used in this
conjunction n in Pars-hat Of the 18th August 1854
CorEnEp Win MELTED rnoS-Tbe Boston Herald Of the
18th instant says:
tsrrhle accident occurred the Miami foundry at
California few miles above the city, recently Ger
man by the Of Rabbe moHlder, while engaged al
his work received large adeal Of melted iron his
lower extreiries Ii into his boots and his clothes
on FIRE and il time before the flames were sxn
guished by the throwing Of water The flesh came OF
with his boots and the poor fellow suffered eKcrucangy
Both his legs ii is thought must be amPutsted and eTen
with that his recovery Is doubtful
Toslooo FACTORY BuRSr-Ths tobacco stenmery Of
William Jackson Clarke Of Richmond, Virginia,
almost totally destroyed by FIRE Sunday afternoon
last The FIRE caught accidentally from the gweathouse
attached to the establishment The building Of brick
was worth about s. 500, and was fally insured Mr..
Clarke viii lose about 81 900 in machinery and books
upon which be has insurance strong wind was
blowing the time and the c1noers from the burning
buding set fire 10 the old Academy, coal Office and the
Iecture-roon Of the United Presbyterian church. bat
timely discovery prevented serious damage
Trz1BE FIRE AT THKEE RrvKnS-A slegrAphie despatch
from Montreal states that this tGrbe conAgrAton broke
out at Three Rivers, Canada, o'clock On Saturday
morning last house on Notre Dame disoov
cred 70 be on fire at that boar and those who in it
had barely time to escape with their lives The wind
blowing from the north the Ere caught the houses the
surned three sides Of the bock-in all about fifty build
iuvs The estimated value Of the property destroyed is
fIoooo0 About oaehA Of the business portion Of the
town been laid IN AShes As usual the scarcity Of
ter tended to this result For upwards Of half hour not
carter could be fOund to draw water from the river,
which il in the immediate vicinity The flames spread
with fearful rAPidify till they literally exhausted
from xsat Of susteaAno AID burned every thing until they
reached the river
CoyvEcrrp or wuKpEa II THE SECOND BEGKEn-We
learn that Hoyt who shot Miss Allen 81 Erie PennsylvA-
MIA some time since because she refused marry him
has been convicted Of murder in the sond dsge and
sentsncsd TO solitary ooufDement in the Western Psnin-
tiary Of that State for tn years
CHARsE or sxrGsLnG-WilliAm ksnt;sz, the FIRST mate
Of The packet ship Southampton, which arrived from
Liverpool on the 9Th instant arrested in New York
Tuesday lzs On q charge Of having EuuEgled board
the Southampton thirteen packages containing valuable
a--s, enhroidsries and artificial howers boy belong
ing 70 the ship named James Clark and German named
Jacob SkiH residing Brooklyn also arrested for
assisting in removing The packages from the ship knowing
ttg-n 70 have been snAEgled