The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-06


Daily News at Omaha city, Nebraska writes on the 2oh
utmo
The governor this morning returned the bill re-loea-
ting the Of government which passed the house on
Thursday last by vots of twenty three TO twelve with
his objections thereto in the form OF Tao Inc question
recurring on the passage Of the BILL stood eight for the
passage and FIVE against Thus the bill lost for want
u twchirds vote. As the bin originated 10 the coGn-
ell il will not of course go to the house Thus hnsy
seteo - mnsh-mooted question Of the removal OF the
! capital from Omaha c..
Scotland
| LEGAL DECISION I'm law court in Edinburgh,
in relating the property OF an officer OF The Frank
lin expedition Dr. Raes evidence coDrmaiory Of bis
previous opinion that the whole of the Arctic party must
persisted in May 1856 after esortng 10 eannbasm TO
prooog their existence He stated from his hnovl-
edge that the Esquimaux thesves occasionally perish
from starvation. The court SO decided ~
DEATH OF METHODIST BsHoP-Bishop Reynolds, o. the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada died from disease
Of the heart at Hamilton Canada West, on the 18th Of
January aged seventyone years. He was born In ely
neki the city Of Hudson New York. and has been
preacher for fifty years.
| LATER FAoa HAvASA-The New York Mirror OF We'd
nesday evening says.
4 aThe Cahawba arrived at this pert this morning. We
learn her oblging purser Mr. Rogers that the S49
paroined from the Bank Of New Orleans by the run
OF that institution found this morning Ia corner
of of the of the steamer and handed over
the chief police Of this city who had been ieegahed
to take charge of H.
vana. The English line-ofbaile-shp Nile was in port
The opera troupe would conclude their performances about
the 18th, after an unparalleled success"
| The SUGAR CROP OF JAMAIcA.-The Kingston (Jamaica)
Standard Of LIST of January in article on tie condition
prospects of the island states that he year 1856 will
be noted III the statistical records Of the island as being
/ that wherein the smallest sugar crop manufac
she
Crown But for the adventitous rise in the price of pro-
duce it much say that the just expired
would witnessed the extinction of onebird par, of
the in actual cultivation at the close OF 1850"
The FUEL FAMINE In ClsoIssArL-The fuel famine con-
tnues in Cincinnati and many of the largest manufac
turing establishments in the city remain closed simply be-
cause of their inability to procure coal.
/ HEAVY pEYAucarIes--We clip the following from the
New York Journal of 6omnetcs Of last Wednesday issue
package Of $4,000 in notes the Dansville IN. I
Bank distracted from the safe of Benedict Colt real
brokers' the I'd January and suspicion fell on the
bookkeeper Ia young Engshman, named Edgar Q. Win
ter but confirmed until yesterday when portion
of the missing notes redeemed at the Metropolitan
Bank and it ascertained that the suspected novid
ua had left ON the preSors Saturday, in the At
antic The money was back, throagh e7era bro
kers to small exchange Office in West street Mr. w. A.
Colt r of the partners starts in pursuit to-day in
the steamship Persia .# ssa
Ar EXCITING RtEerIoS.-An election for chief engineer
the New York FIRE department took place in that city
Tuesday last and holly contested The journal
, Of Commerce says
"The whole number OF votes cast about 2,6oo.
Robert Walker the third candidate nominated by the
board of representatives received $50 The
returns will be canYassed at i04 o'clock Tonight at The
tuyvsssnt Institute when Mr. Howaids plurality may be
reduced by few votes There Is question however OF
the general result The Office is worth $4,000 year. and
position of commanding influence We doubt whether
the election o. the President Of the United States excited
more interest among the members Of the New York fire
department than that of their chief engineer
HreH PRICE CT RIVER rRAvEL--A number Of persons
left Memphis last week, passengers the steamer Wood
ford Cairo who paid $40 passage and agreed to pay
S. so per day board bill every day she forced TO lie
up during the passage.
THE OLD nREp ENr'-As the old fred cent is about be-
ing called p some contemporaries writing its his
tory and obituary The cent proposed in 1852 BY
Robert Morris great nancier of the revolution and
was named by Jefferson years later began TO make
its appearance from the mint in l722 Ii bore then the
head Of Washington side, and thirteen links the
other The French revolution after created rage
for French ideas in America which put the nsfead
head of Washington the head Of the goddess of Lib
ery--a French Liberty with neck thrust forward and
flowing locks The chain the replaced by
the olive wreath of peace Bat the French Liberty
short-ved and her portrait cent The pres
emit said classic dame with et around her hair,
into fashion about thirty forty years ago. and her finely
chiseed Grecan features have been but slightly altered by
the lapse Of time
The Evangelist tells of postmaster at Versailles Ii-
no who returned paper to that Office with the following
! superscripton: ed d-n you Why don't you stop
this paper2 The does not want it, The Postmaster
General having been appealed for protection the follow
ing reply, which may caution to other posnas
ters was forwarded from the department
e PosT OfrIcE DEPARTMENT,
!, .... ...... Apt Office, Jan. "a, 1857
GEsrlEnEs: Your letter of the 2st ns Justly complain
ing of the Of copy OF your paper from Versailles
Illinois, bearing on its envelope profane and insulting re-
mark received Ifthe postmaster who has been called
on for an explanation is found to be guilty of this act
which meets with the unqualified condemnation of the
Postmaster General prompt measures viii be taken to pre-
vent his repeating it. 1"
Please accept the thanks OF the department for calling
attention to IL. ....
] am, respectfully, your obedent servant,
b HORATIo KING,
.... ,...... LIST Asst Postmaster General
SMALL NOTES TEssEssEE.-The supreme court (says
the Nashville Unon decided that the Of the last
legislature febiddng the banks of this State except the
Bank Of Tennessee from issuing notes Of less denomna
ton ihaa FIVE dollars is valid and constitutional enact
8 ment The argued by Messrs r. j. Meigs and
w r. Cooper against, and by Mr. Snecd maintaining tbt
validity of the law The effect of this decision does moi