The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-23

this
The bounful harvest of this year. compared with the
deficient one of last year. giving employment higher
and cheaper food furnishes hope that the
turns will show any further pau
perism The total expenditure for the poor for the year
which ended July l. 1853 fl6l59Ts the correspond
ing hayear of 1854 showed expenditure of 81 295
ELoPEMESr-We learn from the Express of yesterday
that another matrimonial union off Monday
evening young lady 1.-THE niece of painter of this
city, whom he brought home from Philadelphia after
unsuccessful search for his wife, who had absconded)
eloped with physician of this city while the uncle in
the caaboose for his violent and unpeaceabe attempts to
frustrate the doctors yists--luemphis Eng
LATER PROM HAvASA-The steamship Philadelphia ar
rived at New York. brings Havana dates to the l4h inst
Captan-General Pezuea had reconsidered his determine
ton 10 allow public demonstration the landing of
his successor Gen. Concha and arrangements going
forward TO mark the occasion with extraordinary rejoicing
commission had been appointed to meet the General and
welcome him to the island and serenades lluminations
and oongratulatory addresses provided for.
The Jewish Chronicle furnishes us a beautiful insight
into the voluntary" character of the Austrian loan The
Vienna correspondent OF the Oee zeitg contains the
following document:
SIR have noticed with extreme dspleasure that the
Jews Of Pesth have not yet given energetic proof of that
patriotic feeling for which have given them credit
Whereas IN consequence Of the most high appeal of his I'M
peria Royal Apostolic Majesty, oneI say sim
gle subectdare nowadays eyade his duty his
egn you hereby requested TO every Jewish
nhabant of Pesh before you when you shall urge upon
him the duty of voluntarily subscribing, and give the
Of those who should behave in a lukewarm manner
presume to avoid all participation in the loan Ex
pecng to receive this very day your reply together with
list of the subscriptions made well as Of those ndifer
ent patriots cechten poroen who refuse to subscribe
am, &C.. BARON OF AUGUST
/ Imperial Royal Vice President
! Buda-Pesh, July 20, 1854
] rtftb Jewish ,nnitv nP
Pesth.
| AN EXTRACT Tnrs.--Hon. Charles A. Wick
life of the delegates from Nelson county in the co.,
vention which framed present constitution made
brief speech in opposition Garrett Daviss know-nohng
resolutions from which we make extract When il is
remembered that Mr. Wicklie is prominent member of
the Presbyterian church. his voluntary tribute the char
acter of his Catholic eowczens will be the better APP
prcciatcd lie speaks like and Christian, and
! like q sectarian demagogue;
q" RISE Mr. President to do myself of justice
is often said in debate but to discharge duty owe
those who sent me here Of the delegates from q
county which contains greater Catholic population than
county in the State represent the natveborn and the
naturalized Catholic In the Office now fill enjoy their
confidence though large portion of them opposed
national politics should be unathful my duty
and ungratefu Them if remain silent under the de-
nuncations against them citizens dangerous 10 the nst
utions of their country. If were to fail to deny my
place. the charge that they owed civil allegiance to the
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could control their civil conduct would be unworthy
of their confidence They him that respect and ODE
dience only, have always believed which is due from
them members of the Catholic church to who in
church government is acknowledged by them be the
! temporal head of the church.
Mr. President was born and brought up in the first
Catholic settlement west Of the Allegheny mountains
have associated with hem priest and lay from that time
to this and must do them the justice to say that have
witnessed in portion of our population devotion
the true interests OF our common country stronger allie
glance and attachment to her laws and institutions hs
among the Catholics, native and nauralzed As whole
7 they .re Il ls,v-loviur and law-abiding people
al have seen them tried in political commoton; and
when country engaged in war their patriotism
ana love Of liberty bespoke them raehearted American
citizens.
awth their religion their faith, unnecessarily intro
duoed into this discussion have nothing to do That Is
tween them and their God; and thank my God this
vention has nothing to DO with it We have in this free
government OF ours denounced all interference with the
religious opinions of the citizen and proclaimed the right
of all to worship God according to the dictates of their
| conscience,
FRENCH RALwAYs-A foreign correspondent of the Sa-
Republican speaks follows of the railways in
France
1T would be an injustice France did not make
mention of her railroads Without exception they the
best have seem and approach as near to perfection
thing can conceive, Though few in number COM
pared with those of even younger and smaller countries
they surpass them in completeness soldy strength and
beauty Of The masonry upon them is most per-
feet Nothing surpass it in strength and beauty The
bridges over the roads all of stone arched The
vaducts the valleys the tunnels under mountains,
the walls upon the sides of deep cuts all of solid
masonry This is the less to be wondered at inasmuch
the work though done at the OF private companies
superintendent by the engineers Of government which
permits nothing be half done The government win not
allow road TO business until its engineers
have examined and accepted the road We especially
struck with the splendid workmanship upon tunnel
through which passed before reaching Dion 1t is
nearly three miles in length No ray of light pcnetrates it,
except what streams for short distance through the
frances Our railroad contractors and builders might gain
much valuable information by careful inspection of the
roads and the railway system of France The banks of
the sides the road sQdded and their beautiful green
scenery is shut The line Of the roads is covered with
broken stone that there is dust to annoy although
there has been rain for days You must not
think my language too strong for you that
the roads in France deserve all and more than ALL that
have written
i James the First of England and Sixth of Scotland was
in no way deficient in knowledge but rather want
ing in the important element steadiness vigor
of mind It is said the monarch himself of this
defect and heard Of preacher who singuary happy
in his choice Of The preacher, with the utmost
gravity gave out the text in the following wordsaples
first and snh in the latter part of the Ie that
wayereth is like Of the sea- driven by the winds and
tossed" "Iie is nj hue already said the King.
have read books enough and observed and conversed
with enough of eminent and spleuddly cuvated minds
too in my time but you have heard higher sem
e timen from the lips of poor uneducated men and
when exerng the spirit of severe yet gentle heroism
and 1lietio implp