The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-29

ACCIDENT-The Alexandria Gazette states that the
wall Of building being erected the Middle Turn
pike Ivy HILL fell in yesterday injuring two brothers
named Camp and couple Of laborers None seriously
THE GROWING COTTON sroRM.-Integence from
New Orleans informs that the recent storm is
ascertaned to have extended largely the cotton
gion of the Gulf but very little of the cotton open
for picking serious damage is apprehended providing
the weather lemains fine for couple of weeks The
turity of the growing plant however has been retarded
by the storm at least ten days
SARAroeA-The Saratoga season being about over, the
DaS saraogfan has bee. discontinued The arrivals at
the principal hotels during the season have been
Congress Hall ......3,si4 Union Hal. .....a 725
United States ....3,66s Marvin House. ,5G5
The total number ID Set down at $4,000.
THE UxIyERsALIsr cosvENnoS-The general convention
Of Unyersass is to be assembled at Albany on the 9th
prox Sixteen socetes-entiled to four delegates each
will be represented Rev. Day H. Lee, Of Ogdensburgb
viii preach the sertnoh.
LINING WAR 1EssKs.-Lieutenant Walton, Of the Brit
sh navy has prepared mixture Of .aw-dust and
outchouc under the of kampucon, az lining for
the interior of vessels. The inventor claims that
from elasticity it will Immediately collapse when pene-
ated by ball. and thus prevent the entrance of water
1t also deadens conclusion, and by its buoyancy will
PECULIAR PROPERTIES Observation-Disclosures il 50 NAMED
by chemists from its as of the ingredients
in alum In the sapphire and ruby this extraordinary
body yields only the diamond IN hardness while ii far
SURPRISES it. gen. in the beauty and variety OF i COL
ors As the lux sapphire rivals the diamond itself in
coloress purity and exquisite ustre In its less brilliant
forms the uses of aumna almost the the ndom-
liable diamond dust while in its softer moods combined
with water il helps to form the plastic element Of clay
To bring aumna within the batteys sphere Of action
Davy heated II white hot and passed some potassium in
the form of metallic glass over 1t.
are at present Fauquier Springs upwards Of 500 rs
tiers and the arrivals largely ounumber the departures
The tournament will of the 4th of September.
PARopL-The New York papers say that Parodi, the
great operate tragedenne has concluded her arrange
mens for the coming with Strakosch for concert
tour through the United States Mr. s. has also secured
the services of eminent European artists who
shortly expected.
DrsrREsuxo AocDEsT--A despatch from Trenton New
Jersey states that William Halstead esq, old and
highly respectable member Of the New Jersey bar
cidentay shot about eleven O'Clock this morning, by
man named Charles Ewing. Mr.. HAlstead was wounded
in the neck hands and back He received prompt medi-
cal attendance and although his wounds Of very
painful character nothing dangerous is Immediately ap
pretended
ANOTHER RAILROAD AoclDESr-A serious accident
red on the 9th from the fall Of span Of the Lehgh Val
ley Railroad bridge crossing the Delaware at Easton
locomotive pushing another across the bridge to Phil
psburg when just the head had reached the abut
men on the New Jersey shore the span gave way
ing one engine and tender into the canal below and esv
ing the other engine hanging amid the tmbers, about
twenty feet below There were Eve men on the gines but
only one George Howe fireman, belonging to Wa,erbu-
~, Connectcut was killed
As serious the accident Is in the destruction Of proper
IT, is most providentA circumstance that IL occurred
when did few minutes later awful destruction Of
life would have been occasoned The Philadelphia train
was due the point by the time table at the precise
ment Of the accident-l5 minutes before O'Clock. II
was, fortunately behind time Eve minutes otherwise the
train would have stopped directly under the span that
gave way The New York train also nearly due and
would have passed over the span. boat was passing
down the canal and barely escaped.