The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-10-09


| BALTIMORE COAL rRADE-The Baltimore American OF
yesterday morning says:
Heretofore as we are informed the average daily arr
val Of Baltimore has been 10 cars with (say
600 tons OF coal Under present arrangements the full
aotment OF 240 day being engaged about zoo
this new engines win be borrowed from the Northwestern
Virginia road whose Locomotives have been built by Mr.
Winans, and are now ready for use"
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION or THE ADVENT OF PRryrIEs
MO NEW HANPsHRE-This celebration took place Al
Portsmouth, n. H. the 9Th instant The programme
consisted Of procession including military hrenen and
civic societies followed by an address BY A. p
Peabody ESQ., editor Of the North American Review At
the dinner given the press was literally represented and
the speeches and sentiments eloquent and interesting
and suited to the occasion President Pierce not
present
Huss-The Richmond Enquirer OF yesterday mornir
states that the negro Sam convicted Of the murder
Of F. W Sheridan, in Highland county Virginia wls
hung Monterey Friday last There were about three
thousand persons present spectators OF the execution
DECIDEDLY COOL oFERkuoS-The Boston Times says
One Of the wornen upon Greenes rifles at the MAssa-
chusetts Arms Compsnys works unfortunate a
day or since 10 st the thumb Of his right hand
upon q circular Concluding, upon INSPECTION that
the member used up be cooliy back the saw
and holding the damaged thumb with hs left hand made
ed by surgeon
Hormxe WV uxpn I'M sux-Tbe New Orleans Pic
Ryune says:
alt would seem that the idea Of s1-shooting revolrers
Is centuries older than Col Colt for the quaint
old chrouicer Pepys In his gossippng Diary tells Us
under date Of July 1862 that after dinner there
srOngh, to sT y " Compton EoP to discharge seven
and very servceable and not baube for IL il much APP
proved Of and many therefore made And sgan under
several people trying newashoned gun brought by
Lord Peterborough this morning shoot of often one
after another, without trouble or danger
A msr oomSa.-Tbe ST. Louis Democrat Of the lssinst
says;
The river At this point rising slowly al YESTERDAY
gentleman Just down from Gaena reports n rice az stv-
srs feet in the Upper Mississippi despatch from Daven
port dated 2eth states that At that point the river
rising rapidly, heavy rains having recently fallen All
agree In reporting important rise coming from
above which IL Is 70 be hoped will be Of long enough do
ration prove beneficial 70 commercial interests On
the faith Of this rise several boats the landing are
loading FOR through trip to St Paul natural couse-
qpence Of the rise win be reduction IN the price Of freight
and augmentation % the quantity both mp and down
No improvement yet reported in the Illinois the Mis-
souri, Boats still aground below; but this rise viii
probably make them All night
PROCESSES OF rHr ERIr RAILROAD srHrKE-A New York
correspondent SAYS:
THE strike Of employees still continues to be the sub
jet OF comment The engineers have published
statement denying the truth OF that published BY the
psny. The war continues the road also few addi-
tiona engineers employed yesterday, and or
three OF The new engineers persuaded by The former
engineers TO leave the road There IL considerable de-
rangemen IN the trains and Of them have even had
TO be temporarily abandoned Only two instances
Of violence have been recorded resulting vet In nothing
serious than blow from stone one Of the new
engineers"
TIM BANK THE OH DuNrv1or-The Alexandria Ca
zstte Of yesterday morning says
The stockholders met yesterday at II O'Clock Buck
inghnm appointed chairman, and l. Mckenzie secrc-
tary The committee TO whom The subject was referred
through their chairman, Henry Dangerhed reported n
favor Of establishing branch OF the bank Pesr.turp
Ia Giles county which report unanimously adop,e
The following gentemen unanimously elected d.
rectors Of the branch Pearisburg Albert G. Pende
ton, Joseph A. Peck, Hugh Noodram, James W English
James ID Johnson, Coy d. French and George d. Hore
Arrangements viii be made 20 PIT the branch In operation
At early day. And aer the rsnsaction az some other
business the stockholders adjourned