The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-12

hAyAGEs or THE WILLOW FxyKR Nxw OKILANs.-
he yellow lever h4s prevailed al New Orleans during
The past week with ansxsmpled seventy, and there
ne dmiROoa Ia the number OF deaths up 10 the laesl
accounts bnsness Is said 10 be 10 great sue
pended and all who fleeing IRON that afflicted
cy The suffering and distress il has produced VIII
awaken The sympahies OF the whole country
A GIRL PANS "A young lady al Norfolk was haed
- 55 and held $500 security for her good behavof,
al Norfolk, on Monday for appearing the streets 10
meas APPAREL She was b. persons At hrst sup
posed 10 be a mldsA pnsan.
M julien has brought with him 10 New York,
or they roas over twenty solo performers. To
these he VIII add hTsIale atstss sufficient 10 swell bis
orchestra 10 nearly one hundred
FEMALE sEAHEs The BRUSH baTque EuphIosyne, al
New London, Conn., has a oil Malays, male and
female the laer being the wives and daughters Of the
sailors, &c. and dong The same work on board Ibe
vessel.
The STUrvEsAsr PEAR TREr.--The pear tree which
was planted ia New York by Governor Stuyvesani
" Two hundred and SIX years ago." on The spot which
has since become the OF Thirteenth street and
Iaird avenue, Is stlll fourishing and fruitful.
FRKNcH e1LosY IN TfaAs-Mr A Brisbane and
Mons Victor Consideran Of France have recently been
examining the Upper Trinity and Austin, Texas for The
purpose OF selecting large tract Of land with view
the settlement Of Fench colony in that porten OF the
State
A STRONG TEAM.--There are one hundred and forty
one locomotives IN the employ OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. The Wheeling Gazette says
that II hitched togeher they would form train
mile long, and Pre- sent the most imposing spectacle oil the
age Several OF them capacaied eighty miles
per hour.
The CROWD AT NEwPaRT.-lis SAID the hotels al New
port oyeiaowing, and moi that there
bers constantly gong " coming, there would be
no accommodations Tor The hundreds that vsii there this
season.
LARGE cLAIM.-Some persons IN PeHnsylvan have
laid claim 10 lhe whole OF the Western Reserve II IL
founded ona grant alleged to have been given by Con-
nsccu after the year i7d2, when Charles the III grant
ed that colony patent for the The General
Land Office, 10 which the claimants have applied put
them possession OF the property said that as The gov
ernment owned these lands. the State OF Connect
c III is the party TO whom 10 look for redress
BaRNUM wrr.-Tbe New York Tribune has the FOL.
lowing
speeches in Chicago, Cleveland, &c. Those who went
TO hear him expecting enlightenment edihcation
happily disappointed. No reader forcble speak
er has been circulating Of late in that rec ion. For
ample;
What shall we DO with the grsia that is now re-
CURED Tor dlstilling inieIposed careT while Mr.
b. was speaking al Cleveland. Feed the drunk ards
wife and children with --bey have gone hungry long
enough responded Barnum The querist hauled of 10
repair damages and lei the speaker proceed without fur
ther interruption"
RAIS THE USrTIn SrArEs-A paper submitted 10
The association Tor The advancement OF science by Prof
B!ocget, of the Smithsonian Institution. The fol-
lowing interesting isc;s:
a. ,f he II ~ Pei
ians dihefs essentially from The portion and
from Europe IN regard 10 The distribution and amount
Of rain. Its tall symmetrical and general not irresu
lar and local.
The actual amount annually falling greater in low
countries, and decreases with the elevation.
- IL greater The Mississippi valley than III e
Atlantic coast same latitude BIZ about one hth
is less IN tie Auegh than or the Atlantic coast
in the same attitudes BY about one eighth.
q The law OF distribution dedaced OF regular
decrease with decrease in Temperature wheh-
e at decrease Of temperature due TO increased eeva
ton or higher latitude.
The sources oil supply oil moisture considered
lying beyond The surface OF the water
SANDER, al time, offence punishable BY
statutory enactment in Massachusetts slandeIer, a
kbiter or a Mischief maker regarded pes, TO
society, and the laws provided for the exemplary pun
ishnen Of all such offenders will be ssen part BY
The following extracts from the ancient records OF Masss
chusetls:
Thomas Petit for suspicion Of SANDER ideness and
stub5ornness ~ sentenced 10 be severely whipped, and
TO be kept IN hold.
Capt Stone, for abusing Mr. Ludlow, IA Justice OF
The peace,l and Calling him Justass fined hundred
pounds and prohibited coming within The patent wihos
the governors leave on pain Of death"
A drunken fellow, recovering from dangerous Ill
ness asked whether be had not been afraid OF meet
ing hs God "No," said be, Il only Altered Of The
devil"
An industrious trade.man having taken a appren
tee awoke him . very early hour the FIRST morning,
BY calling that the family sitting down 10 table
Thank you said the boy. be turned in the bed
to adjust hnsei Tor mar, ihank you, but never
eat anything during The night"
They have great fan Hartford. in trying the powers
Of SWIM aers in the Connecticut river The course Is
THREE quarters Of mile and the racer takes place al
s.bt accompanied By rockets and guns, and boats light
ed BY torchss
GnsERAL ScJTT-We learn that General Scott has
ken up his curriers' for week days al The Pa
yiion al Rocksusy. This briggs versica OF Briga-
der General Morrls into requisrton
Ca cid Long Hand ses-gir shore
Fail m,ny hour I've whiled away,
In listening 10 the bse,kers'
That ~ssh the beach OF KockswHY
w, hope that General Scott will fully realize the
bessy Of the poetry, and The virtues Of the air. and
The breakers OF Rockawzy.
The Portland tNsine) Argus states that the coored
population OF that city decreasing year by year. thus
corroborang all previous experience Of he effects OF
dsnce in high laiiius. upon the black The editor
remarks very Justly "Whie OUT white population is