The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-28
GENERAL NEWS.


Mountaneer, in describing his visit county court
says
We had the pleasure of meeting Colonel Orr at Pick
He returned TO Anderson after had left that court
We him looking better. He seems TO think the
prospects of the country better and brighter than they
lave been for years past His position in Congress and
the reputation which he has acquired throughout the Uni
ted States is most gratifying 10 his old friends and ac
quantances in Piekens.p
BARON SrELBKS-C Colonel Hosmer is delivering public
lecture various places in the State of New York. the
proceeds of which to be devoted 10 the erection OF
in memory of Baron Steuben the great tacti
clan and dscipnarian of the revolution This gallant
soldier devoted his talents and knowledge the OF
the struggling colonies laying it Were the foundation
ofour armies yet his remains repose in the soil OF New
York, without any tablet to mark the place
MARRIED IN Sus-A Miss Jacquet of Chester county,
Pennsylvania and Batchel Of Ohio, married in
sport about year ago. the impulse Of tanter but
the lady having shown her spirit declared she would
carry the joke further Both parties soon found that
they had gone far Mr.. Batcbell gentleman of
property in Ohio He could longer make title to his
real estate The young lady, who reigned village
BELLE soon found she had been trang with serious mat
ter, and she now applies for divorce
IcnrHYoLoGY-we find in the Boston Journal the fol-
lowing interesting sketch OF lecture ichthyology re-
Gently delivered in that city by Captain Nathaniel At
wood representative to the legislature from Provinceown
Cape Cod
In commencing he stated that he had been practical
fisherman since ago of nine years. and had been SUBJ
cted almost all the harshps incident to that occupa
ton In l843 inquiries with reference to the electric eel
directed to him by Dr. Story, OF Boston, operated to In
him study the history and habits OF the nny tribe
in general After these, and some apologecal remarks
way preface the lecturer proceeded TO brief CLASH
fcaon OF fishes and described their external appearance
by the aid specimen cod elevated in view OF the
dence and within haing distance OF his venerable and
ala vafad hroth in amt
"The teeth and food next described. Their jaws
have no notion and they therefore incapable Of
mastication. Their carlaginous tongue and recurved
enabled them to their slippery prey and pre-
its passing out under the gill cover The omniver-
nature and great longevity Of fish were alluded to-
Trout and pickerel long lived. specimen OF the
latter fish caught identified, and again caught
after lapse Of 230 years The mgrations Of fishes did
appear be extensive Their instincts guide them to
the favorable localities for the depose Of their spawn
Their temporary disappearance from the banks OF New
oundand and other places the lecturer thought was at
rbutabie to the flea which sometimes in inconceva
1 BILE numbers takes possession of their haunts.
TnE BARouH ApRIArIc The New York Journal Of Com
publishes the following extract from letter dated
Maree 4h instant relative to the seizure OF the barque
Adratic:
MThe barque Adriatc now at La Ciotat, has been de-
tanned for the last eight days by the French authorities
they having attached both vessel and freight through the
Havre and New York Transatlantic Steam Company on
of the collision with the French steamer Lyonnas
I'd of November last We do not know yet whether the
courts here will jurisdiction in this the col
lison occurred the high The affair will be tried
in few DAYS to whether they have that right or mott
at all the detention of American ship under the
circumstances great indignation amongst the Amer
lean shpmases here as they consider In case OF any un
fortunate collision at they would be liable to deten-
ton and difficulty wherever they might CO. The auhori-
ties attempted unshp the rudder of the Adriatc during
the absence of the captain but owing to their want OF
and the opposition of the mate they did not
succeed writing this at the request OF several inhu-
entail shp-masters that You may give publicity to the
affair and they would all recommend in case this vessel
should be seized and confscated retaliation the part
OF the owners by attaching the first steamer Of that line
that reaches New York after decisio to answer damages
i AMERICAN COLONIZATION SocETY.The New York papers
publish the receipts the American Colonization Society
| for the year 1856 The footngs 1888 Al New
York contributed most $24 81 Al and Virginia next So
ooo Michigan gave but So So This statement the Herald
remarks does not the whole work and
pense of the colonization movement does 1t convey any
idea Of the sacrifices for the by the several States The
South credit the value ofthe slaves emancpatd
during the year to 90 to Liberia There Of these four
hundred who represented under southern laws, cash
value of fully $500 O0O to which large item should be
added for expenditures in their outfit and travelling eIpen-
mort of embarkation. In the treasurers table the
ses - 'ne credited with less than $500, while
om.e ~ -.ian of 1000 from the State
| treasury and large voluntary donations, --..-
strengthening the settlement at Cape Palmas that
chiefly by Of its citizens furnished the American
Colonization Society with the noble packet Mary Caroline
Stevens costing $4,000 Moreover the table does not in
the thousands dollars expended by the various State
societies in support ofagencies and in using information
through the by newspapers and annual reports the
thousands of dollars used to promote education in Liberia
The cornerstone of new Catholic church in Norfolk
Virginia, laid on Wednesday McGil of Rich
mond officiating, assisted by Rev. Mr. OKee of Norfolk
and Rev. Mr.. Plunkett OF Portsmouth. The church will
| have lOs feet front and lao feet depth.
AT the last meeting Of the board Of directors of the Vr
gina and Tennessee railroad Walter c. Smith, chief eng
Of the Hempfeld pennsyvania) railroad, elected
general superintendent to fill the vacancy created by the
resignation Of Mr. GILL; Mr. s. will be at his post in
| a few days.
LOCAL NEWS.
CRIMINAL CouRT.--THE TRIAL DoDpRIDGE @. LEE
CHARGE MuRDKR.-FoURru DAY.--The court met this
morning at ten o'clock in the council chamber which
was again crowded with spectators.
The district attorney asked that the following nstruc
| tons should be given by the court to the jury:
a the jury believe from the evidence that the prisoner
the bar taking the life of the deceased and
armed himself with deadly weapon, and (havng