The daily union., 1856-01-23
GENERAL NEWS.

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ing has been removed from the side she stands
Ia the shPhonSe all prepared to glide gracefully into
future element
The "cotD TERN" WET--During the cold term Of last
week the thermometer Pitsburg Cincinnati Dayton
and 81 Louis ranged from IL to 2s degrees below zero
The psburg Post says that it cold before
az that place The Ohio river says the Wheeling Inte
gence frozen from head to mouth the ice being that
point nine inches thick The Mississippi also closed
GAR IN WlscossN--The Lancaster Grant county
Herald says:
We notice from the papers that game is common
peny In all parts OF the State, We venison is sold
ay N cur street as common as pork and beef and at
about the same price Prairie chickens pheasan quas
&c are offered by the boys at doors-chckens and
pheasans at 81 TO 81 20 per Dozen quails at 40 cents
| rabbits $l" &c. t.#. #f
GRANTS ps GoLpThe value Of stone quarred in Rock
port Massachusetts, for building purposes last year. was
quarter OF million dollars There 300 men con-
santy at work on the lodges and twenty soops are all
the time employed to carry it away The granite of Cape
Ann is more valuable than the of gold mines
in California
GREAT snIP-Two HUNDRED AGo--In "Howells
Familiar Letters" we find description of monster ship
launched in 1888 given in letter from James Howell to
simon Digby esq, at Moscow, the date lst July
1886: ss M sss4sa ~.
. have other TO tell you; we have brave new
ship royal galeon the like they say did never spread
saii upon salt water take her true and welcompaced
symmetry with all dimensions together For her burden
she hath as many tons there years since the ncar
nation, when she built which 1886; she Is in
length III feet her greatest breadth within the panks
40 feet inches; her depth from the breadth il
inches she careth 100 pieces Of ordnance wanting four
whereof she hath three tyre half may stand
IN her enthorn The charges his Majesty hath been at in
years ship money Sir Robert Mansel launched her. and
by his Majesys command called her the Sovereign Of the
Sea. y ~ N r#a .A "a AZ sa : s5a8aR
II the common account be true which refers the first ship
Of English build, of burden equalling 800 tons to the
year 1921, the Sovereign Of the Sea great achieve
ment t3 4s easA st@ A
FmeHTrDL OF saALLpox.-Through pri-
yae source says the Albany Journa we learn that this
dread disease has become epidemic at Prasvlle Greene
county and il has ragged there violently that strangers
have been prohibited from passing through the village
Nearly every inhabtant of the village had been
down with the disease Every business place closed
LENGTHY sEsaos-Thc Rev. DR.. Beman, Of Troy New
York. preached last Thanksgiving Day one OF his carac-
teristic sermons, occupying three hours.
LATER FROM FoRr PIERRE despatch from ST Louis
says:
Dates from Fort Pierre 10 the 10Th ult have been
ceived The troops there comfortably quartered
Major Howe's command had been sent out expe
dition, and had not been heard FROM Gen. Harney
fitting out expedition of loo for excursion up
the Missouri river. The Sioux Indians were to hold
grand council Mt Fort Pierre in February settle the b
sis Of peace The weather and there had been
much snow #..-EHt .a. Ea Es..
The rorSprnEp saiP-The New York Journal of Com
nerce says:
"The friends of Captain Follansbee late Of the St Denis
are raising sum OF money TO present to his widow This
Is very proper movement and will go far TO induce other
sbipmasters 10 follow his noble example when placed in
like circumstances Much property and many valuable
lives have been lost through recessness the part Of
commanders in abandoning their vessels at the first APP
pearance of danger which might have been saved IL the
ortitude and sefdenia exhibited by Capt T. had been
exercised Already about $4,000 has been subscribed and
the list is not closed"
The NEW YoRK AND GLASGOW LINE sTEANsinFs-The
British steamship Edinburgh Captain Cummings
rived at New York Sunday from Glasgow. She will
be followed by the New York. and then by the Glasgow
Only the Glasgow last year. The three steamers
named complete the line.
THE PARDON FELIx.-The report (ssys the New
York Express) founded teegraphc despatch from
Paris Liverpool that the Spanish government had par
doned young Felix confirmed by letters received by his
relatives and friends by the last steamer He may there
FORE be expected home soon
NOR IN THE CanrA,--wm, RUSSELL the well-known
army correspondent OF the London Times has been igno
miniousy mobbed from the Crimsa The New York Tri-
hune says this in consequence OF his letters about the
drunkenness in the British camp and his recommendation
in order 10 nbate it, to retain Sd per day of the pay
the soldiers and place 1t in the Savings Bank TO their
credit ..
sAp REysRsE or FoRrUSE--The New York Mirror tells
tho following sad story;
"a few years ago young gentleman Of this city engaged
Ia mercantile business which promised be sufficiently
profitable to give him handsome support married young
and accomplished lady Soon after things went wrong
and he failed giving up everything his creditors With
the loss OF income loss Of health followed and add 10
his wrechedness his family increased He i con-
fined to bis bed his child also is sick and the poor wife
and mother destitute of food and fuel has work
and bread. May charity speedily extend 10 the sufferers
the hand Of relief may the angel Of death them
gently TO another and a better worldp
Tux METHODIST Book CoScxRsThe Northwestern Chris.
commenced in 1889 Philadelphia under the Of
editor Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. with borrowed
capital ofSeoo and though losing, in 1892 by fire. nearly
s9oOooo this iustuon possesses a capital OF over
threequarters Of million and grand total of its sales
for The past fiscal year reached the sum of 69 II has
been 10 existence sxysix years The and peril
odcl departments are but branches of the great trunk
concern.
LARGE SUSPENSION HRIpsE-A suspension bridge Is
to be built the Monongabels from the Point 70
Joness ferry at Pittsburg The bridge is thirteen hun
dred and fifty feet long, and consists Of two suspensions
supported by piers at each end and in the river The
rs suspension is 400 feet long the second 45o feet The
bridge at its eliminating point Is liz feet from the water
required by the Supreme Court in the Wheeling
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