The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-19


SrsIT OF rae PREsIDEKr AND CABINET TO THE CATTLE
fhow -ihe executive committee OF the Mary land Stale
Agricultural Society has appointed the following gentle
men 10 walt on the President OF the United States,
sise him and his cabinet to designate day upon which
OF the society," To be held in this city week namely
ColoAel Geo w. Hughes, Wilson NJ Cary, James Car
roll, jr., James T. Earle, and Elw Lloyd. r
AArRlcAks AHEAD-The London Times Of Sept 18th
has letter from homas Laby. OF Melbourne IN which
10 the Australian market The miners will give twice a.
much for shovel pick Of American make as for an
English article OF the kind. American axes.
hsicheis, CLAW hammers, and many other tools. were
preferred 10 lbs EDg article. American stoves sold
from Els t. I25 he had such stoves sold in Amer
ica ioi 81 iOs Mr. Laby says be had resided for the
last six years in the United States and California, and
writes to the Times because he does like
better article furnished Australia by Americans than
can b~ made in Bs,an. providing the makers set about
doing their best"
CuRIous MARRIAGE sTATlsTlcs.-A Portuguese paper
gives some statistics which rouId only be obtained under
one OF those governments OF the spy and police
y stem They repor, the OF mamony Ia that coun.
Try There 10 Portugal s72 s34 married couples, o
which The present condition 10 stry nearly as ioows
Women VITO have left their husbands for their lovers
1861 husbands who have left their aiv.s for other wo.
nru, 35l coups who have agreed to 1--we separately
80 100
Couples who live in open warfare under the same
root, 1863: couples no cordially hate each oher bu
dsssmo ole her aversion under the appearance OF love
1862 $50; couples who live in state Of Tranquil ndier
enc~, sol 1872; couples who thought bv their ac-
qaainances 10 be harry but not themselves
OF their own felicity, l.l02; couples that happy
cnnparea with t,ose thai coniessedy unhappy, i3l
coup.s indispulaby hsppy reach other, Tota s72,
.34.
BALTIMORE AND SU ouEHANEA RAILROAD ConrAKr.-
Al tie a"nu., mer,re o. lie stockholders OF B.lli
more and Susquehanna Railroad Company, held yeser
ay al The ccm. anys Office, K Nd. Aiagfaw and Michael
Herr esqrs ~er. unanimously reelected decors on the
art OF The individual stock holders for the ensuing year
We understand The report OF the company exhibiting the
operations OF the road for the past fiscal Year, will be
placed before the public IN the OF few days The
business OF this road for the past year, is said, win
compare favorAby with the previous Year. sho wing a
large increase OF receipts, both in passengers and ton
asse.-Bah Saa
GREAT DIcovERr OF csPPKR ORE Horace Cres
veil. OF Rredsoarg, Sauk couhy Wisconsin, lately dis
covered II 10 stated, large bed OF copper ore on his
farm The vein ls about two feet in width and has
oeen traced over the width OF hundred acres OF land
is thought that the ore viii eid II per cent OF pure
copper.
MoRE PuGlLrM IA fruu OF the late beastl, exhbi.
ron At Boston -Four Corners. awful Gardner and
dublin Iricts had hgEt, in The presence OF number
Of their kidney at the Cooper Hoei corner OF Aaon,
street and Broadway. New Yorx, on Friday. Gardner
sa "Tucks' down and chewed oh portion of one ci
his ears.
The EscAPE OF JfHS AiTcHEL-A corres, ,onden, OF
NrW la. .Ies III A..
following particulars OF The escape OF John michel!
ifon Van D-man's Land
:. His friends having made the necessary preminar,
gemsnis, he proceed~d the police Office of the
tfic where he resided. and, with hs
I'd to tue mAxs letter containing Resignation of
ais nckei of leave The mag gistraie, his auiy
immediately opened IT, and. spccrArle- on no-e, COM
benced devonnng rs important coni~bis As friend
John had had The advantage OF prior reading he dId
u to s,en recital and cons~Q ue.y he left the
august presence of his hoIor. and moment AZ on
ihe back OF trusiy seed. which Two OF hls lznd our
ir'ends had ssddied and waiting for bim by The
three. zach we'll mounted, rode with becoming haste
the co.st, where boat them. and The noble
Mitchell was soon Lscing the deck OF vessel, at The
masthead OF which Haunted the stars and s,np<s That
X has hoAsa over many tue man. but one
fue 10 The Of befiy throughout world and 10
every rn"ob"s s~n'imeni and ferins. than John Michel
Css vessel Immediately put s~s and s now on her VA,
10 The hsrbof oi New York
The writer is inclined TO believe thai John Martin an
other OF the prisoners is with him but Of this ne is not
certain. Mrs. M,,cb.l and her children have sailed
IRON Hobart Town, and now on their way TO jon
Mr. Michel in New York.
WESTERN TOBACCO CROP Extract from letter dated
Bosiing Green, Krnlucsy, October II, from gentle
now in the West, TO a commercial house IA lhis
city:
Hsvns now nearly fnished my trip through the
tubscco-growing regions OF M,saonri, Kentucky and
Tennessee cone 10 tie following CONCLUSION as to This
,eaf's COZ, vz:
KrRtucky and Tennessee 30 600 hhJs
bfis-OuU iU 00u :.
Indiana, ILLINOIS. &c GOO :"
The quantity OF old tobacco remaining on The Cumber.
land river is petty well s-cersiued exceed 5000
nLes and ONO 5000 hbas so that tue ent,,s
receipts IN 1854 Of New Of~sns ST Louis, and Louis
vile must tail .bou OF so 900 shas as good deal will
n~ fsqu'ed tor manu- securing purposes home Thls
xissi falling Cd Compared the receipt IS 900
pbdr IN New Orleans alone Tins year, without hcvdlna
I'M receipts OF ST. Loup, Lousvr., Cincfnnzt,. New
York. and other places !"
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