The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-20
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Fsssa our Baiumors Corrcspsndent

BALrIAoRs. July 1875, 2. m
Heat and Rdia-1he Smmese Tuins.-Funerdt Certm|
n,es--Foreign and CALIFORNIA Nssos Cabinet RI
housekeeping Intelligence. Reform Convention.
The Thermometer to-day ranges almost score of dsg1
lower than 1t did yeste rday and from midnight up
writing have had steady fall oil rain that n
but prove servceable the growing crops Of
potatoes, buckwheat &c, though all who have their
and rye sui standing must calculate plenty Of rust
SMUT, AVID but little sound grain.
The arcle that has recently gone the rounds oftbe pn
copied from Paris paper announcing the death in 4
city Of the Samese Twins, and detailing post moriem !
animation OF their bodies be 4 grand hoax
letter from them dated Juno u.s. their residence in MOI
Carolina, has recently been received Philad-lphl
which announces that they both in good health 4
spirts esch having Just received add his fam
maxim Chang the father Of five children, and Eng Of ~
This is pretty good evidence that they have yet
dtssecied
An effort is mskrns in Phadelphia 70 have the fuus
ceremonies n that city, which appointed to take
Thursday OF week. postponed until cooler wealth
The steamship America has bscn
days from Liverpool and tIdings OF her have yet n
received at Halifax. The American stcamer Auanric !
be due at New York Saturday, with news three
later than the America bring
On Saturday or Sunday next may look on, for
nights later from Califo rnia, by the
and Crescent City, both Of which will be due ahou,
time.
The rumor that Tom Corwin is to have post in Pr
dent Fsllmore's cabinet causes much surprise In
York, and is generally secuted as improbable and i'm
-iblc. Mr. toswin belongs 10 that cass OF ianatcsl
iicaDs that the gscat of the people, regardless
geoRra phical distinctions, would prefer excu
from all posts OF honor the capital Of thu nation-
who value the Union AS OF little importance In compaf
with an impraeticablc hobby
The barane Abby Baker and the schooner Flight,
OF the California fleet from Bal'Imore-have now be
out some seven or eight months and, no tdings hay
been received from them, fears entertained that
have been lost.
small boy, twelve years of rgc. namcd Henry BuH
was drowned last evening IN The basin His body ""
perceive among the democratic candidates TO the 81
Hon. LOUIS McLano and the Hon. Albed Constable
strong team.
~ B.Lnxonn, July is-6
The Storm and us Effects. Vessel Wreeksd -Congr
Debates
The storm that prevailed in this vic Unity throughout
day yesterday continued all night and Accompanies
storm nj wind Of almost unparalleled severity, when
done great damage in all sectops of The city.
Der of new houses, unfinished, have been made PEI
wrecks and one Of ten houses at Canton we"
prostrated. Trees nprooted, awnings torn "
ands. and posts brok en- and scattered in the street"
wharves all submerged in water. aud a consids
quantity OF wood and lumber hoated OFT Some
shipping wa. also injured by chatting the wbarvss
The steamer Jewess. which arrived from Norfolk
morning reports that weather in the bay was OF ~
ampled severity Captain Nickerson, Of tho brig fena
cut which sailed from Baltimore tor Cafornis on the
instant came up in the Jewess and reports his ves~
shore nd dismas,ed. Several other vessels were all"
shore in the same vicinity
The steamer Columbia, which was due at daylight
terday morning from Washington, did not arrive until
day She had been compelled 70 keep TO close hsro
tho mouth of the Potomac.
The debates in Congress tho Tcxss-bounday GU
ton attract great attention In Wall street, New York
think ,ha, there indication of bad spirit in the dse'
which may result in row, and which would cause ie
securities to decline st least - per
Mrs Taylor. Colonel Bliss and lady, and Dr. WOOD
family, arrived in this city last evening from Washns
and took up their quarters the Eotaw House., vns
understand it il their intention to remain until DIVER
Is engaged and fitted up for their reception tshe
ton OF Mrs. Taylor spend the remainder Of her days
her daughter. Mrs Wood.
There has been nothing done in the markets tooNn
account of the expec taon of the entsy rcccpto
Americas news.