The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-05

"uch anxiety is felt in reference TO the steamer Golden
Age which had been some time missing, over due at
San Francisco at last dates The Illinois brought in
of her arrival Among the passengers the g. A.
were Mrs. Julia Dean Hayne and party"
CoMMurE,-Randolph the negro who murdered his wife
in New Haven county, Connecticut was to be hanged in
July but his has been COMMITTED to Imprisonment
for life.
KILLED By LIGuTSSG.-The wife of Daniel w. Bartlett
25 years old and the mother OF several children killed
by lightning, in Essex Massachusetts, Monday, and
shockingly dsfgured. The house badly damaged.
THE WELCOME RAlN-The Louisville Courier Of Wednes-
day says:
awe were blessed with genuine ran-sorm yesterday
afternoon the first that has thoroughly refreshed the parch
ed earth in this city for two months The rain fell in
rents-the full of waterand the svery drops
battered the roofs to the music of the oldent
Trains Everything sparkled and frightened after the
storm and the atmosphere became delciously soenedr
IMMENSE WORKS AT HoLYHRAD ESGLASD-The great kar-
Dor and breakwaer works at Holyhead progressing
we'll The north breakwater has been carried out G4CO
feet the eastern $500. Since the commencement in ls4g
100000 of have been used the works 1t
obtained from the quarry in Hoyhead mountain where the
powder for blasting is used several On
occasion 5000 tons Of stone rent from the mountain
Some twelve hundred men employed The expenditure
up to the present time has been upwards of 100000
=
HEALTH or New onLrass-The Picayune of Sunday last
says:
aThe health OF the city continues unuterruptedy good
nothing beyond cold, causing hoarseness being at all
prevalent This affection has visited good many but
Of sufficient consequence interfere with attention
business enjoyment of pleasure II Is caused by the
checking Of Precipitation by the gentle breezes which the
heat tempts all to open themselves to too freely"
SHOT pEip-we find the following in the Columbia Is
C.) Csroinisn Of Wednesday:
@On Tuesday morning Miss c. Mordecai a sister OF Mr.
l. d. Mordecai awakened by noise in her She
quietly slipped out Of bed and lighted the gas She then
discovered under her bed and with great GOODNESS
and of mind stepped to the next and called
her brother who the only other person in the house
Mr. Mordeca with revolver in his hand called to him.
but he did not reply; accidentally the pistol went of
which startled him, and on Mr.. NJ repeating the question
and getting reply he shot at him in the Of rising
He then he negro, who answered him that bis
name was jim and that he belonged 10 Mr. H. Lyons The
ball passed through his lnngs, and he died almost in
santly"
SroCE OF GRAIN N CmcAao-The Chicago Journal Of
Tuesday says that two bets made by produce mer
chants with regard to the amount Of corn In that CITY al
the present time With party be be, SI00 that there
was not over 25ooo bushels Of Germ in the whole city
Chicago Her inventory was Immediately taken and there
was found 10 be 54204S bushels This decided the first
With the other party he bet SO that there was not over
100000 bushels 10 any warehouses 10 the city Nv
the inventory there found to be in the two largest
warehouses somewhere between 22 900 and 100000 bush
els
THE LATE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT At PHILADELPHIA Phil
adephia correspondent Of the Baltimore American writes
The painful interest excited by the terrible accident at
the wharf OF Merrck Sou Heed street. has but little
abaled though the first reports OF the extent Of the caam
y were found TO be greatly exaggerated As II is yn
persons all children known to be among the dead and
II Ia feared that there others who have yet been
missed The Of the disaster will be the subject of in
ycstgstion by the coroners Jury, but as far be
Judged from appearances Of the wreck was probably
occasoned by the yielding nature Of the auvia depose
upon which the structure rested and the absence Of piles
70 hold the structure secure IN its place This wharf from
the fact OF its extending far into the Delaware has al
ways been syorite promenade for the and chill
dren Of the neghborhood and great numbers were accus-
toned to fish from IL moment preceding the accident
had caught very large catfish aud nearly all on
the wharf crowded 10 the southeast corner Of the pier to
see it. The gropna upon which the crowd gathered
appeared to sink from beneath their feet and nearly the
whole Of them were engulphed In the river
SINGULAR CASE oF ARaEsoE or MIND IN A cLEnaYu.x--
We hpd the following In the Meriden Conn Transcript
"Tbe paragraph which published week or two ago
giving an account Of remarkable Of absen
ness which occurred in this ovna minister having gone
into the desk OF neghboring vesry and conducted the
services supposing that he in his ownhavng taxed
the credny OF several Of contemporaries take oc
cason here TO voueh for It's entire correctness Not only
the reverend gentleman so absorbed that he walked
into the wrong vesy and ipie the desk Of brother Of
different doctina ath but be actually opened the meet
ing and had proceeded some ways with The services before
he discovered his error Meantime brother No coming
In found his desk occupied aud in puzzled mood quietly
took hi, scat with the congregation determined TO await
further Developments Phancy the pheelinks OF brother
No when brother No and said that he had come
with the expectation Of presiding over The meeting as
usual but happy TO see hs dssk well occupied and
that he simply 10 endorse the remarks which his
brother bad just made The congregation OF brother No
after waiting sufficient length Of time concluded that
from some cause they IN the predicament Of sheep
without shepherd and appointed the deacon to pre-
side and bad an interesting meeting their own book
SpscF GOING ARaosDThe shipments Of specie 10 Europe
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