The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-27

ExPEDITioUsfe expedition is humanity, then the gull
otine Of Paris is the most humane instrument of its kind
in existence From the time Veges issued from the door
Of the prison. st the distance of hundred feet from the
guilotine, until his muated body left the ground IN
close carriage was but one minute ..
THE MOBILE FrRE-The late FIRE at Mobile is now ascer
tanned have destroyed cotton worth about $5s20eO
which there insurance of little less than $250o00
This at the foreign valuation The loss to Mobile and
interior planters was about 100000.
NEEDLE MANA-The Rochester Union contains extra
ordinary statement of of needle MANIA prepared by
Doctor Charles Sumner of that city which the editor
has been verified to his own satisfaction young lady
in 6sego county was laboring under terrible mania,
which mpeed her to thrust needles and pieces of wire
into her fesh where they remained until removed by
gcal aid. DR. Sumner who attended this young lady has
extracted from her body and limbs the number
of three hundred and eighty-three needles.
ANOTHER STEP MoRs-The cars on the Memphis and
Charleston railroad running nine miles beyond
Cornth Thus step by STEP says the Memphis Bulletin
the ronhorse" advances upon the route giving every in
dicaon that the president of the company will make good
the prophecy that by the LIST of April there will be
tnuous uninterrupted railrosd communication between
the Atlantic and the Mississippi at this point.
To CALIFORNIA IN FIFTEEN pAYs--The Journal of Com
learns that distinguished shpbuilder formerly do
IN
socation of landhoders In California for the construction
Of two mammoth steamships each Of 1000 TONS designed
for the conveyance of 1900 passengers to accomplish the
trip, via the isthmus, in fifteen days.
FASTER AND YAsFER-Fhis age (says the New York Day
Book is getting fast that it will be necessary to get
an improvement on the telegraph We learn that
private Geographic wires through the city getting into
USE Some of the large obbng have wires running
to the Commercial Agencies" While person is nego-
ang for the purchase of goods in part of the store
clerk is talking with the Commercial Agency"
blocks off about his habits and pecuniaFy resources
PROTESTANT CHURCH IN PARIs-The American Protest
Of Paris have bought very elegant church in the
Rue dAguesseau from Rev. Mr. CHAMBER for $4,000. 1t
was built by Bishop Luscomb for the British embassy but
had been sold to Mr.. Chamier
THE ST. LOUIS BRroGE-The ST. Louis Leader
gives the following specifications of the proposed bridge
the Mississippi river at that place:
HThe length of span will be 1000 feet with width sufi
Gent for railroad and teams The cables OF iron wire
on which the bridge will be suspended will be fifteen inches
in diameter and capable of sustaining with the stays
weight Of 10000 TONS while the weight Of the reading will
The of these cables alone equal to the entire of
the celebrated suspension bridge at Niagara The two
towers upon which these cables to be suspended will
surpass structures Of masonry anyhing before
in the West If not in the United States The tower the
side to be built the edge of the water including the
will consist of 900 cubic yards of masonry The tower
the side will be 242 feet in height The cables
pended from these will the side be support
ed by stays 1900 feet in length anchored into masonry
$4,000 cubic yards in This masonry is be
of the weight of $4,000 onsampy sufficient to
furnish unyieding support to the cables and bridge
with additional weight Of over 10000 tons.
The bridge is to be suspended at height of Sc feet
above high-water mark that obstruction will be Of
fered by 1t any the talest chmneys of seamboas
Ghe estimates of the cost of the work. allowing be
for
will be required to complete the whole
MAIL pEpREDAToRs ARRESTED-In September last (says
the Nashville Unon the mails between Memphis and Lou
svile and between Memphis and GAINESVILLE robbed
and $4,000 taken from letters contained therein The in
desgabe agent of the department Col Barclay Martin
has been for time In search Of the depredato and
has at length succeeded in discovering Them The robbery
occurred at Holyoke Henry county and perperaed
by negroes OF the money S2,40O was recovered. The
negroes were severely punished
SIMPLE MANNERS A MURDER rnALThe trial of George
Knight for the murder of his wife, which is going in
rural village in Maine exctes much interest that daily
paper has been started for the purpose Of reporting it The
courtroom has been crowded. chiefly by ladies' who both
young and old, bring knitting crochet and sewing-work
with them that the hall presents aside from the tra
quite busy appearance