The daily union., 1856-11-05
GENERAL NEWS.

THE FLOUR IN MoSrPELIER.-The Vermont Jour
nal says:
"Eighty-eght thousand bushels Of wheat have been
ground at Langdon mills since the Th Of May last and
Tuesday last 270 bushels Of hoar from three
stone The flour is Of the best quality be had any
where The task set for this years business is hun
dred and fifty thousand bushels Of wheat Ia addition
few thousand bushels OF western corn is ground and one
mill is devoted solely TO custom work"
GRATEFUL EEGRo-An exchange SAYS:
"When Mr.. Jonathan Gross superintendent Of colpor-
age was at the North collecting funds for the Tract So
cey he was publicly catechsed in various places the
condition OF the slaves at the South On occasion
was asked among other questions, what the negroes
thought OF their own position. He replied by mentioning
the case OF an old in North Carolina than
hundred years old who had been brought from Africa in
his youth and converted TO the Christian religion in this
country and who every time he said his prayers poured
forth his devou gratitude that he had been stolen away
from heather land"
ARnrvAL BARoUE MAuRY IN LoSDoN-A New York
exchange says:
This vessel sailed from Foo.chow-foo in June with the
first teas of the and the following extract OF
letter from her consgnees shows that she anticipated the
Lord of the Isles of three English cpperships that
sailed in company. The Chrysoite is not reported,
the American ship John Wade that sailed the day
Extract: We duplicate of our letter of the l4th
inst and have to inform you that the Maury arrived
in the dock the 18th instant and broke bulk at four
o'clock in the afternoon, and by day all dis
charged Her teas were inspected and many of them sold
and even some delivered by the Dock Company to the
buyers the same day The Lord OF the Isles arrived in
dock few hours after the Maury'"
KAGAwHA sALSEs-A plan is on foot (says the Kanawha
Starr to buy the entire salt property in the Kanawha IVA
sanes and place all the furnaces under the manage
ment of one company They yield 10000 bushels of salt
per annum. The purchasers eastern Virgnians and
will pay about 81 100000.
GRANADA TO FUTURE yENIcE-The El Mcaraguense
says:
AT no great distance from the city of Granada are
situated cluster OF the most beautiful and fertile islands
1t possible TO conceive They vary from a few square
yards to several square miles in superficial
these and separated from them by Deep nAvgabe chan
ne stands the large island Of Zpetaro whose bold head
LANDS and Irregular surface serve as guide to all who
navigate the lake Xapearo is in its western extremity
scooped out 80 TO form almost circular bay and the
shore OF the mainland opposite having deep al
most circular bay formed of several miles in diameter
securely sheltered by highlands make the slightest
ship lie secure upon its surface when be
lashng into fury the exposed parts of Lake Ncara
gua The part of this bay also entered by
channel of deep water which divides the southwestern
extremity of Zapetaro from the mainland The northern
part of the bay is bounded by the cluster known
Thousand Islands,, each of which Ito mind) is
in short IT, destined to be full Of houses stores aud
wareroom and where vessels of considerable
tonnage move from depot another with more
ease than the ox-cars used in Granada from
street to another On this city of thousand islands
pure, cool water will be always convenient and would
be impossible for Impurities infections exist in its
vicinity Here canals will occupy the place Of streets and
light aryke pleasureboats will supersede borses Here
instead Of a Wall street. have Rialto here will be
seen and heard and senortas in their gondola
singing lovesongs in the starlight and here will be
most pleasing combination of health convenience and
beauty in any city upon which the shone'