The daily union., 1856-01-20
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WITTY AroLoey.--John G. SAKE having been prevent
ed by the storm from fulfilling appointment lecture
in Albany, remarks in letter Of apology al had
tive to break the engagement and every motive except
locomotive, to keep it."
CHoRoroRMAt the last sitting of the Academy of Sci
ence Paris NJ Fourens remarked that the of choro-
form in the field hospital OF the army doubled the strength
and power of the surgeons In the campaign in the Cr-
mea chlorofom was employed $4,000 times and always
with success. @
STRAIGHT RoAD.-The Vicksburg and Texas railroad,
in progress does not vary three miles from air line
throughout its entire LENGTH which is 100 miles.
DEEP sNow.A great quantity Of snow has recently fallen
in the part of New York is thought average
throughout the State from two to four feet In Chau
tauque county the is said be three feet level
and in Lewis county about four and haftea
THE VIRGINIA coLLrGEst-In the Virginia legislature
bill is under discussion which contempates the permanent
endowment of all the colleges in that State. lt
MARINE INSPECTORS roR THE LAKEs-The Underwriters
Convention at Buffalo, just adjourned resolved employ
nine suitable persons at different points the chain of
lakes, TO act as marine inspectors.
IcE Omo.-A despatch from Cairo says:
"Thee is ice in the Ohio river than was ever be-
ty more than 100 feet from shore" ua.s...
NoAAGuAThe New Orleans Delta says that the Nicar-
aqua government agents publicly advertising in the
newspapers of that city for emigrants a.
and the Strakosches are giving con-
ccrs at New Orleans and Mobile with great success
The SAVANNAH RIvER-This river s now in good boat
ing order although slowly receding.
PEARL sHElIs--Durng the year 1855 there have been
four vessels loaded with pearl shells at the islands in the
Bay Of Panama amounting to $50 TONS The shells from
the island of ST. Joseph the largest and purest in the
bay.
THE WEATHER AT MoBLs--The Mobile Register of Sun
day last says: ..... sr H.-a..t.
Although we had rain yesterday, after early
hour Of the morning the atmosphere cold and PEN
etraiug any day Of frost One OF the oldest
inhabitants tried both his memory and records for sim
ar season. and could trace that of 1884
the year preceding Scarcity Of fuel is added to the
trouble this year which makes the aicon double where
it can be lily borne"
We copy the following from the St Louis Republican Of
last Tuesdays issue:
Tue RIVER WEATHER, &c.-The former still closed with
ice hard and fast the latter cold and changeabesnow
ing and clearing up by turns. On Sunday night about
inches Of snow fell and IL showing by spells al
day Yesterday In the evenngt was cloudy and hepros
poets for People have declined looking
for favorable change of weather for the river open
10 gyen time The ferryboats still paddle about in their
small Patch of river and thankful for their limited
room Most foot passengers prefer walking the
ice to crossing the boats Mississippi is safe
road ~ travel"
THE ICE BRIDGE AT NIAGARA FALDS-As ApvESruar-The
Niagara Falls Gazette Of the l6th instant says
"For week past the communication between this vii
age and the Canada shore has been uninterrupted The
large body which had formed across the ferry for
has and ia
safer for pedestrians The ice Is probably from twenty to
thirty feet thick and perhaps The crossing is per
fecy safe and the view which be obtained Of the
cataract Is unsurpassed, Such opportunity is
presented for obtaining front view Of the falls rarely oc
curs.
Island and the landing could be made from the Canada
side This is circumstance OF very We
are informed that such thing has not happened for the
last twenty or twenty-five years. This fact lends
tic character adventure Of Charles W. Jones' NJ
Clark and n. A. Race Thursday Of last week These
gentlemen the first to TO Goat island After leav
ing the ferry stairs they crossed "a the Canada shore and
thence struck directly back Goat island and ascended
the Bidde Staircase.
Just before the party reached the island they discover
ed an iceberg coming down from the Horseshoe falls
They Judged ID TO be about hundred feet square and
twenty feet thick Standing they neck Of Ice
between the American fall aud the approaching iceberg
they were without apprehension TO the result Of the
concusson The monster struck arrested In his down
ward career and made large addition TO the field
which they stood Since then many Others have gone
island since which IL be reached in that direction
The ice the ferry bids fair TO remain long time"
UScgRrANry or LREy-The biographical sketch Of tho
poet Rogers in the London Times, written Eve
years since in anticipation Of his death thcu expected
His biogrepher has been three yeap in the gravel
| MoRr WHEAT FOR FRAsor--Tbe Chicago Daily Press
| says
| Some days ago we noticed the shipment Of 10000
bushels Of wheat from this city, via the Illinois Central
railroad and Cairo for France From the Laalle Press
we observe that similar shipments made from other
points for the destination On Saturday last 5000
bushels received at that place from Iowa the
Rock Island road, which transferred 20 the Illinois
Central to 20 10 the Cairo and then 10 France. The
same State this week for the destination. This
believe the FIRST instance In which grain has been shipped
from Iowa 10 New Orleans via Lasse and is perhaps the
| forerunner Of more shipments"
GRoss suPERsTrTIox the execution OF Hubbard a
few days ago, in Wabash county, Indiana for the murder
of the French family after be entirely dead the
closure taken down and than Eve hundred per-
in and touched him. giving their for
doing that would in the future protect them from witch
craft Tho rope that he hung with the crowd after
wards took cut u up small pieces and divided II out
among them 10 act charm in protecting them in the
future from ague and all other diseases Erohang&
There Ia abou, much truth In the above story In
the recently told by the Pittsburg Gazette The Ga
4 zette says
"A German, who inmate Of the city poor-house
had become deaf and dumb through iuempeance and
posure some four years ago but Friday Last he suffered
from headache and water ran from his The
day he his apeech perfectly, and In a