The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-22
FRAGMENTS.

FRAGMENTS.
At the charter elections in Pottsville, Schuylkill
county, Pa, which took place on Monday, the 18th
INST, the democrats were victorious, having elected
burgess and town-council ticket by majority over
both the wing and native tickets.
The New York Journal of Commerce remarks,
that ever since Sir Robert Peel's revision of the
British tariff, the New York merchants have been
sending small lots of American leather to England,
which have neted such good prices to the shippers
that very handsome business 10 expected 70 be
made of it..
New IRoN WoRKs IN PENNsYLyANIA--We learn
from the Clarion Democrat that six new furnaces in
Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and three in Venan-
go, have lately gone into operation.
The failure of the last sugar crop in Cuba and
Porto Rico has been sensibly felt in Maine Last
year the sugargrOwers of the West Indies required
$500 900 worth of sugar boxes from Maine. The
present very short crop has, of course short the
demand for these boxes.
The Vermont papers estimate that the quantity Of
sugar made in that State during the present year,
will be from ten TO twelve millions Of pounds. This
is equal to ten or twelve thousand hogsheads Of Lou
siana sugar.
The Baltimore Sun says:
"WoLvEs.-An Iowa editor acknowledges the re-
ceipt of congressional documents Sin advance of the
mail, in consequence of flock of wolves and an old
she-bear chasing the post-rder across the pralres"
There are now on deposit S7Os, 692 in the Sa.
wings Bank at Lowell, Massachusetts Last year
there were but $575,4 65. The depositors number
4,097; last year, 3,2l2. The factory girls are the
principal depositors
STATE TAKES IN MARYLAND.-No collections have
yet been made in the so-caed infected district of
Hartford county. Calvert county pays no taxes in
to the State treasury and has neither collector
receiver nor has Table, county paid sny portion Of
council have refused to direct the register to with
hold the tax of quarter of one per cent. upon the
city stock debt. We gather the above from Bick-
nelrs Reporter.
Bicknell's last Counterfeit Reporter remarks that
the notes of the Wooster, Norwolk, and Sandusky
banks in Ohio, are received with great caution in
Philadelphia, as suspicious of their soundness are
aaoat.
The same paper, in commenting on the present
business condition of Philadelphia, remarks that
property and rents had advanced considerably with
in few months. Houses renting two years since
for $500 per annum, now rent for $500 or $500.
The following is list of the last semi-annual div
idends of the Philadelphia banks; Philadelphia
Bank, 4 per cent; Commercial, 3 per cent; Me-
chanics', per cent; Farmers and Mechanics, per
per cent; Southwark, 5 per cent; Remington, III
per cent; Penn Township, 5per cent; Manufac-
turers and Mechanics, per cent.
The Rev. Mr.. Pierpont, whose difficulties with
his congregation, (of the Hollis street church, Bos-
ton Massachusetts, on the subject of temperance,
have created much stir in the religious world for
many years back, has at last agreed TO separation
by the terms of which he il To receive $4,000
arrearages of salary.
The committee Of the New York Legislature who
investigated into the affair of the steamer Swallow,
have reported that the accident twas owing to gross
careessness at the helm"
The following is a summary of the last years
proceedings of the Sunday School Union Of the
Methodist Episcopal church:
Number of schools under the control of the Union,
t000 number Of scholars 800 ono; books published
during the year. about 40 number Of pages printed durn
the year 10 the Sunday school department n cir
at the average rate OF hundred per day and will prob
ably be least 10000 before the close the present vol
presenting the largest circulation of any paper the
country and probably IN the world II has also another
unique feature that every volume paid for in advance
average Of ninety Ave millions Of pages Of SUNDAY school
books Thir.yhree Sunday school libraries have been
tablished during the year"
They held their annual celebration on Thursday
evening last the 18th instant, in Brooklyn, New
York,
Itappears to be generally conceded that the Rev
DR.. Joseph Wolf is deranged. 1t will be recollccted
didt sOnic une ago ne performed Journey thrOuSn
Persia to ascertain the fate of Messrs. Soddart and
Connolly; and that his various reported hair-breath
escapes and astonishing adventures were tho wonder
Of the day, Il that these but the dreams
Of distempered imagination. The Doctor has
most gloriously humbogged the "sympathizers" of
England; and tho best Of the joke is, that he was
perfectly Conscientious in all his accounts Of his
travels.
NEWSPAPER cgANeE.--Messrs. Ward e. Co. ofthe |
Mp York Saturday Empor'nsa, have purchased the |
sNs,c World, establishment, and will substitute |
heir paper for the latter.
According to the new constitution Of the State Of
LAS just amended by..a convention, any
citizen who may hereafter engage as principal or
second or az bearer of challenge to fight duel is
and rendered ineligible to any civil Of
Ice under the State government. A similar prov- |
ZION in the constitution of Virginia has done more TO
prevent the practice than all the homiies ever preach
ID against il within the limits of the State.
PENNSYLVANIA IRON woRKs.-From the Harrisburg
Argus learn that the anthracite furnace of
,. r. Porter and Michael Burke, recently erected
lear that town, is almost ready to commence opera
ions. Il is intended to make four thousand tons
# iron annually, and to consume twelve thousand
ons of anthracite coal, twelve thousand tons of iron
IRE, and four thousand tons Of limestone, in produc-
ng that quantity of iron. The new rolling mill Of
he Messrs. Pratt, in the neighborhood Of the same
lace, will soon be in operation,
The Hon. Joseph Bailey, of Chester county, Pa,
'as purchased the Caroline furnace, lin Perry coun-
W which has not been worked for three years. and
Intends to put it in blast Immediately. Great addi-
ions and improvements being made in the Ju-
,iata and Duncannon iron works, in Perry county;
md also in most of the important furnaces OF the
,eighhoring counties. :
We regret to see il suggested by exchange pa
,ers that the State OF Missouri may possibly fail TO