The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-02
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FRoM DUrcH GUlASA-Advices from surinam to the 9th
nt received and m later intelligence has reached Us
from Paramarbo
The Royal Gazette (Demarara paperl of August 9Th
| says:
There were two arrivals this morning from Paramaribo
II is said they bring respectable firm In this
city that several OF cholera had occurred Niskee
ana that IN consequence all vessels arriving in Paramaribo
nom that place were placed in quarantine II is further
said that the disease had been carried there by vessel
from Barbados which went for timber.
The Sntnadmsehe CourdH of the 9th July gives an ac-
count OF the anniversary meeting Moravan Brothers on
the 4th Of same month
The secretary of the society r H. C. Focke gave some
interesting of the earliest origin of the Surnan
branch.
In 1875 they began their labors among the Caraib In
dians.
In l776 the 2lst of July thew baptized the first ne
gro slave aud gained thereby the goodwill of the gov
ernor at that period Governor Nepyen they succeeded
in building small church. which was enlarged gradually
until 1928, when the present large edfce was erected
In l776 they obtained permission for the first time to
instruct in the Christian religion fty-two plantation
slaves
When the present branch society was formed in Para
marble twenty-five years ago the members were $40 in
number, and they visited about six plantations in the
| "Commeweni.H
In quarter OF century the members have increased in
the following wonderful ratio 5l35 in town and IA 2s4
in the neghborins districts-togeher l949 There
2S working brothers and "a sisters together aborng in
| their good work on 1876 plantations
The expenditure of the society has amounted the i'm
porsnt sum OF lo s2s074 guilders NEARLY 10000 Span
sh dollarA soe3o of which the most CON
Eiderately paid.
The meeting was crowded excess. His exceency the
governor all the civil and military authorities members of
| all professions, &c, were in attendance.
The Week Blad shows by the register Of the military
hospital in Paramaribo that from 1889 to 1853 out of H.
| 65l patients S39 died.
The result of their observations is that death Is far less
frequent among Europeans than any other class in proper
ton TO population
| PENNSYLVANIA STATE FAIR--The Philadelphia Hortcul-
tura Society has resolved hold separate fair this
son. but instead thereof to solicit all contributors send
their horticultural products the great Pennsylvania
State fair which win he held at powelton the outskirts
OF Philadelphia, commencing the 2Gh OF September
The Poultry and Bird Fanciers Association viii also CO.
operate rendering the State fair attractive As regards
the Franklin Institute the North American thinks they too
viii wisely resolve to make their usual display in conunc-
| ton with the State Agricultural Society
BEAUTIES Ksow-soTuIsGsM.The Number of killed
during the St Louis riot ten and of the wound
ed AT last aiyces sill in dangerous condition 1t
is estimated that 1900 pistols and 500 bowie knives
1 sold in the city while the riots were in progress,
| ExTRAonprSARY PERFORMANCE OF A LocoMonyr-Thc
locomotive Nashville belonging TO the G. G. and O. and
T. Il. R. Company George Westfa engineer ran from Co
lumbus to Erie and forty miles back in all 295 miles
with one tender Ct wood This fact is unprecedented in
the history OF locomotives and challenge the world to
produce like instance C2evetand Herald
The CHOLERA AT FALL RryEa-The New Bedford Stand
ard learns that the number of fatal of cholera in Fall
River between Saturday noon and o'clock Tuesday
ing, 80 There is, yet abatement in he ravages
of the disease The authorities % tie city taking every
precautionary measure stay the ravages of the disease
/ A young irish couple were married Saturday eve
ming and on Sunday the bride died of cholera Fall
River and buricdl sad conclusion hopeful aud
happy matrimonial alliance.
Miss Dix enlbarkS for Europe in the s,eslner Baltic
I day, for the improEunentef hey asal,hs
New Hampshire the most free from coored population
Of any State in the Union there towns in the State in
/ which black face never seen
THE BROKEN BAYSsThe following are the prices paid
by the brokers for the of banks which hare recently
/ failed
Drovers Bank IS cents
Ba " 81
Erie and kalamazoo Railroad Bank. so
Canal Bank, Loekpori.. 30
Bank of Milford, Delaware. 25
Bank OF Washtenaw, Michigan ,..................
Farmers and Merchants Bank Memphis-......... 25
Adrian Insurance Company, Mcignn...,.,....., so
All Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana notes from ~ t.
per cent discoun.--ditaag .ttlas
THE oAoLEAA ~ BosroS-The whole number of death
by cholera in this city thus far the present is abou
225 In lS49 when the disease became epidemic, TIN
number of its victims the last of August about
and when II ended about the first of October the numbe
had reached something 600.-Boston TrcascsiPs
APPLES AT THE WEST Letters nom residents in thu
western part &c ae State OF Ohio mention that the crop
apples in that vicinity is very large, and the fruit is solC
at low rates Good apples plenty at from 80 to A
cents bushe-H.
SINKING OF A RAuRoAp.-sTha traek Of the Milwaukee
and Mississippi; railroad has sunk about eight feet wher
the road runs on the marsh land between Second and
Third lakes about eight miles rou, Madison Wisconsin
The track lies six feet under for space of about iC
rods
The growth OF Iowa is surprising. The ST Louis New!
says that the OF the last spring election shows grea
increase that Of last August and the vote Of the pres
August is much larger than last spring, Counties tia
had returns eighteen months Agp now show vote o.
en border counties advancing in population bu, away
the interior of the State the hardy pioneers settling
down and around them wi gather dense settlements
HAIRS on New oRLESs-lt appears from the published
list OF internents that there 25s deaths in New Or
leans for the week ending the goth inst against 2o7 thu
previous week and 2l2 the week ending the 9th instant
OF the deaths last week there lis from yellow fever
being nearly treble increase the week Immediately
preceding The progress Of the disease in sister city
this may he glance by the following brio
abstract
i Deaths TOR inc week ending July 25d...........