The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-16

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DECIDED The wings. frss-so,lsrs. and Alaus
law advocates in Ohio. having in number of instances
nominated common ticket, engaged In discuss
ipg The Interesting question, Who is sold,he wings 10
The aboiitonis the Maine lawiles the wings who
TO whom All agree that there has been .sell and
that somebody is awfully cheated
/" THOSE ~ara THE COP, HAVE JOINED Too ErHER.' =
&c "A fathless wife, young. beautiful, and accom-
pished tired OF the bed aud board" OF her liege lord
Gays The Norfolk Argus Of the 18th iLsan, left our city
a short time since With gay Loihsro for New York,
there to take passage Tor California. o the purpose OF
enjoying uninleupledly their golden hours the far
distant shores OF the Pacific They embarked from that
port the 9Th in the Georgia. but the faes seemed de
termned against the realization OF their dreams The
steamer encountered severe gale when but day OF
Two a. and driven by stress OF weather to
harbor Saturday evening where the al fair one and
her paramour had TO encounter storm more dreadful
than the one they had jus, escaped Blu, we draw the
veil over the that ensued. We canno look upon
such exhibitions Of human grief and human weakness
with composure have any lasts for their descrip
ton. u
Mr. Harry Hill, the well known cotton merchant and
liberal hearted Methodist is about building a Methodist
tabernacle in New Orleans in eligible position, at
Of one hahdrsd and fifty thousand dollars. !, is to
be capable OF seating three thousand pesons aud
pred for preaching alone He proposes to deed il 10 the
bishops placing i, under their control and that OF The
general conference Once in Tour years programme is
10 be made out, setting forth the appointments 10 this
grand arena this plan: The greatest OF each con-
ference be detailed for one. two, OF three months
service. ptt
SOMETHING FOR THE MARy ELLoUs--Ili is only once in
while that we gel hold OF some hing truly wonderful
aud marvellous, ike the following from the Boston
Chronicle OF last Saturday: She following remarkable
statements made to ns by Mr.. Robert l. Ells; oil
Medford, deacon of the frs, Baptist church. and very
excellent Ga Wednesday evening last. Mr.. Ed
wards, member OF band, died suddenly al his IS
dence on Ship street. Mr. Ellis kindly called upon the
a ced family reader his services TO perform those
offices required at such times He had been in the house
but few moments when he heard the notes OF post.
horn coming seemingly from an apartment N The rouse
the sounds repeated at intervals OF from hive 10 ten
mnu,es, at least half dozen tines Annoye! b. IT, be
searched the house and vicinity 10 discover the cause
but without success There We're ten or twelve other
persons in the room, all OF whom heard The sounds ard
were utterly at a loss 10 account for them. MIR Itch
field very respectable man. who occupies part OF the
house. suggested that the sounds proceeded from cer
tain closet II was opened, and the sounds were more
distinct On shelf lay the posihorn OF the deceased.
II removed by REQUEST, the soiinds ceased. and
have no, been heard since. We know Mr. Ellis person
ally Is gentleman Of intelligence and srcles integrity.
He say. all who there will testify The fat.
Here is. then, item for the marvellous, which has
caused no little ex element in Medford"
MONSTER conference.-the proceedings "a, New
York last week will greatly tend 10 bring into disrepue
The causes which The meetings designed 10 aid The
following views Of The Commercial Advertiser will be
generally approved. II remsrks: I" Conventions, how
good themselves, may, Ike all other good things,
be pushed far to be practical evils Taking all the
account, the good effected by the lem
pesnce conventions Of this and The preceding week must
be very little IT, indeed the scale does not prepos dyrae
on the side Of injury 10 the each designed TO
serve. Such conventions occur with such frequency
that prsc6c al men, engaged The business Of
Ife cannot attend lhem while their scope is wide
i'll Defined that The gaders- about and theorists find al
mission, and engross the time with their perpetual talk
ing; while 10 Others Nir Burexh. for Instance. they
form market for the profitable ssle OF pamphlets, Sc.
We apprehend that lever conventions and pac,i-
cal work Will be found hereafter the wiser and better
course. Nothing done at these conventions - binding
upon The delegates when they dlspefse and il cannot
be expected that harmonious action always be had
in such large bodies" .er.fs ..t
aLARoE TREEs-The editors OF the Yrka Mountain
Herald, California paper. vouch or the Truth OF the
following almost incredible story: In forest called
the Red~oods. on the Trinidad bay some twenty OF
thirty miles from the mouth OF the Klamath river on the
northern sea OF California, region that has been
ordinary size have been known since 1851 blythe miners
and Others operating in The vicinity The largest OF
these trees 10 stuafed Eel creek and easures, two
feet from lis base, the almost incredible circumference OF
one hund,ea ond ceny fat second nee. located on
the Trinidad TRAIL between the Elk and Red God camps
which had fallen 10 tue ground accommodated seventeen
persons and nineteen cargoes mule packs with abun
ami room for shelter for three weeks during the rainy
season OF 1871 third Tree the trail measures
ninety one fee, n circumference yard from ito base
while fourth. which is PROSTATE. 10 from eight
feet in circumference and hundred and niney on. feet
IL hngh-a portion Of The io being broken off, that -
DR. Giane, Corsicsn savant at Paris. recently per.
formed an experiment in the Seine designed to show
the possibility Of raising heavy body from the wa
ter by of The expansive force OF carbonc acid
gas. generated by chemical means in a suitable YES
sci The apparatus consisted OF small leather bag
or balloon, attached to which smaller metal
lie vessel, having two compartments connected by
a valve which could be pulled open BY string one
of the compartments charged with bicarbonaie
of soda the other with nurac acid The vessel being
attached TO the body be raised. the string was pulled.
the fixed air being liberated inflated the balloon, and in
this way the body elevated to the surface Ia
Dr. Gianehs experiment II was found that balloon OF
a foo, and hall in diameter sufficient TO raise
weigh, Of one hundred kosramm 1.-TWO cwt) from the
bolton OF The Seine.
As earbonc acid is very heavy gas, il would seem
natural Improvement TO substitute for IT much lighter
one-hydrooen for cxample-wbich could be generated
in similar vessel using scrap iron and oil OF vrio A.
the materials hydrogen Is more than twenty times