The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-18
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BY reducing the wheat to four the quantity of the latter
left Underwater this year, compared with the correspond
ing period of last year, shows equal to lZoo
barrels of -four. The receipts OF corn thus far exceed by
the large of bushels the entire receipts OF
1896
The mammoth sea- steamer s'nited States for the New
Orleans line, to be launched in few days. is an OBJ
great and general curiosity to our citizens she Is
largest seagong steamer built on this side oil the
Atantic256 feet long, 40 feet beam, and BOZ feet hold
She deep in the usual proportion TO her sze being
built on new model, fat-bottomed, with long broad
floor, give great buoyancy, having at the same
time proper of weight below the waer-line She
is of burden, with for 800 tons measurement
goods with all stores, &c. in for voyage. Her frame,
when up and sgenealy allowed to be the best
ever put up city Mossrs Seco building her
gnes, which win about 2,5O0-horse power Ameri-
cam about 750horse power British. She is pledged
TO be fast sailer
The 'Herad" this morning has news by telegraph rom
Boston, of catastrophe far beyond the ordinary
range of horrors sagge belief TIE ship Chenunga Pat
ten, from Liverpool 18th ult for Boston, reports having on
the 9th nst o'clock in the morning. weather foggy come
in collision with the Swedish barque lduna, from Ham
bugh New York. with BOG persons board crew and
passengers and sunk her in 30 minutes; carrying down
into the depths of the every SOUL except hrfyo
saved by the Chenungas boats Is not this awful! hum
dred and human beings swept in half hour
from their and breathing life into watery grave!
Upwards of fifty vessels (mosty square -rlgged-quite
feet lying at quarantine, for yellow and snip
fever-especaly the former. Among them, Is the brig
1t is but few since she and the barque Stratord
both left the port of Galway, in Ireland, bound-the Wa
kula New York. and the other for New Orleans Inc
brig arrived here after quick passage OF 10 days ladeu
her cargo obtained freight for New Orleans, took 1t IN,
arrived out the re- unoaed and loaded again, and just
she was clearing mouth of the Mississippi spoke the
barque which had only then arrived from Galway. One
scarcely help feeling of regret to her tossing her
swift and graceful hull and noble pars in the eaden delays
of the Quarantine.
The Broadway theatre gets on finely. The walls are
up the roof on; STAGE pit and tiers of boxes laid
1t WILL without FAIL be ready by the middle or end OF
September The Opera House does not make nearly as
good progress 1t is only built up the second tier OF
beams as vet and can hardly be finished, this rate, be-
fore November.
makes think better of his know that the
ans of Hon. Mr. Bradley late member Of Congress elect
from Michigan deceased in New York; conveyed all
along the from this city Detroit by the various
steamboats, and railroad companies, free of expense.
Gin the memory of the oldest inabitant," this unoru-
nate Gotham of misgoverned as pres
emit She almost afaid to know herself" The princi-
pal streets impossible with piles of rubbish and the
smaller ones by of their filth, and free only the
builders and the hogs. Mexican battery is less difficult
of access than the steamboat andngshe darkest and
wettest nights the anps lighed-and altogether
this new reform wing corporation is out OF sight the worst
concern we have ever had here in the way Of city govern
ment.
country has been extraordinary probably unprecedented
At Boston, during the first nine ,ys of the month, it
five inches which has since been certainly increased to six
or seven while the average for the whole month OF August
in mean of thirty years. but A Tor not quite 30 inches
This is good for the corn, which about this time
ought have spel of warm weather to rpen and per-
fectit. ZED.