The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-27
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represented at the Paris Exhibition will receive higher
proportion OF hrstcass medals than will be received by
any other nation MeCormcks reapng and Pittss thresh
ing machines, Blanchards for bending wood, Singers
sewing machine Goodyears vulcanztd India rubber Fow
Ter and preerre for artificial teeth, Richmonds machine
for cutting iron for seamboi!ers and Maury maps and
charts among the articles which took the medals Colts
guns and pistols met with great opposition, and many
competitors from France and Belgium and be- in
quence gets but third class medal Farbain the cele-
braed engineer before the British Association, paid
marked compliment TO the many and useful inventions
which he found at the Paris Exhibition by American
tributors
THANKSGIVING DAYs.-The following days to be OBJ
served in Maryland and Virginia. November l5th Penn
sylvania and Ohio the ed and Massachusetts, the 18TH
ia the 9th district Of Massachusetts, have chosen tie
Hon b. f. Halle their delegate the National Demo-
cratic Convention al Cincinnati
( In FAVOR OF CAPITAL Pussnnnsr-A public meeting
has been held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, petition the
Legislature Of that State the death penalty for
murder.
SrRoNG IN THE FAITH--A negro preacher was holding
forth his congregation upon the subject of obeyng the
command of God Says he Bredren whatever God tells
to do in dis book, (holding up the Biblc dat I'm
gwine TO do If see in it dat must jump troo stun
wall, I'm gwine to jump at it, Going troo it longs to
God, jumpin at it longs to me-"
AN AGED coseREG ArIoSRcv DR.. Emerson off Salem, now
ia the fifty first year of his pasoate recently preached
the aged from the text When am old and grayheaded
o, God, forsake notP The venerable Doctor, who
claimed the right address his aged friends with propr
ETY. stated the remarkable fact in his congregation there
yet living eighty persons who Upwards Of
enty years OF age m
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STRANGE TRuE-lti is said that Winchester, the smb-
ous aeronau whose disappearance has been noticed before
has been tolerated out of preponderant sensuaty and
consecraed his whole love nature life to the Development
Of all the mysteries of tho moon. FREE LOVER.
Music MArTER--The celebrated Madame Albon is
gaining immensely in size and reputation distinguished
literary lady recently said of her that she gave her the
idea of elephant that had swallowed nightingale.
CANAL REcEIpTs-The receipts of the James River and
Kanawha canal for the fiscal year just closed reached 1884,
000 expenses, l58,292
Hon. A. H. STEpuEss-Ths friends Of this able states
man in Ogle,horpe county (Ga) have presented him
with snperby finished wahingcanc testimonial Of
their The following is the inscription engraved
on it:
"To the Hon. A. H. Stephens from the citizens Of Ogle
thorpe county, Georgia.
speech at Lexington, September %, 1885,"
Triumph Of the constitution in Georgia. October 1867
Kansas Nebraska act May 80, 1854"
81 Reply to Campbell, 10th January, 1855"
INDIAN HosrIITIEs--FoRr LARAHE-Gen Harvey
rived the fort the nth. The Sioux Indians
committing depredations and had sent defiance to Gen.
Harvey Capt Cady had arrived and will accompany the
General as Col Hoffman is sick.
EARLY sLEIonIsG.-The citizens of Shrewsbury, York
county Pennsylvania and that vicinity, enjoyed the
sport Of sleghng recently it being pronounced by those
engaged in il as most excellent
TRADE OF SAVANNAH, (GA.)-Accordng to the Sayan-
nah Georgian the commercial trade of that port is
suay active Six large ships loading for Europe with
coton49e45 bales of which have been received from the
interior the opening of the The receipts Of
wheat too are heavyreachng for the 3s3,62O
bushels nearly all of which has been transported to lis
destined markets One of the pecuarcs of last weeks
market report the shipment of bushels Of wheat
Liverpool the first shipment of the kind made direct
from Savannah any European port Since the first of
January boxes of copper have also been received
VALUABLE Boston Atlas of the 10th inst
announces that Capt Griffith Morris of the r. d.
Forbes has discovered apan for detecting measuring and
correcting the local attraction in any ship that the
compass may be relied upon under all circumstances
CRIMES AND EXECUTIONS IN CALIFonSIA.-From the list
of January LIST Of August 1856 there $40 muir
ders lynchngs in California Two persons were law
fully hanged.
FAITHFUL Lovrn-A young lady, teacher in the gram
mar school at Cambridge Massachusetts, has received let
ter from the authorities of Para stating that gentleman
recently deceased in Para has wed to her property to the
amount of $4,000 The bequest, unexpected, comes
from disappointed suor of the lady, who, in despair of
his rejection some years ago, wandered away to South
America, and made fortune there