The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-03

mother from Danbary Connecticut brings Eve children Al
two births, va: one tripct and twins 0ne rplet
also CONES from New Milford, Connecticut Thereafter
then let nobody say Connecticut raises nothing onions
and wooden nutmegsl A mother, from Sing Sing ex-
hibis eha four months old weighing only four pounds
~ is birth weighed bat pound and fourteen
One FAT ehid about twelve years old from western New
York, weighs 300 pounds
PorAroEs oxloSs Asp TOMATOES ~ THK w.y-Thr-
vessels had cleared from Bermuda for New York previous
% the i4th having board $500 bbls q sacks pot
toes, $4,000 les onions, and ESQ lbs t5maioes
Tm vAsAnrs FASHION egantly-dressed ladies
have made their appearance in the fashionable promenas
Of Phadephia with the oldshiened hoops the skirts
Of their dresses OF course The step will be revive
the aniiqnated English custom Of wearing the points Of
shoes % long that they win have be ooped up the
knee
DEATH o. MILLIONAIRE sAEBLKa.-From a late Paris
letter We extrae. the following:
rich man died Ia Paris week before last The funer-
al was gorgeous pageant Silver and velvet ciphers,
aud mahogany, ayshed lie left his heir above two
millions Of dollars and his mistress good many jewels
and 100000 in ready money. The hotel be occupied ex-
ceeds IN spendor any Of the ministries aad there Is doubt
any Of the private mansions Of the bloated wealthy equal
ia extent decoration It's salons capable receiving with
1000 guests adorned each with 20 eandeabra Of gilt
bronze costing not less than $4,000 apiece and the cost
Hest Japan vases and gliding and mirrors aud carving
or lis wang-rooms and smoaing-roOm hung in old and
valuable goldenhowered leather its staircase un-
worthy the Iuilercs tho Louvre its buffet adorned
with gold and blue grand fen Seyres dessert service
which cost 81 1000 It's bed chambers and garden and
two conseryatores The garden with its vstas Of ndens
and its numberess statues fountains and cascades
20 to Versailles before find anything worthy to be
compared VITA IL This Crusus died az the early age OF
81 years What reader do you suppose the occupa-
ton Of this powerful manfor the lord Of S200O0a year
Is indeed powerful man-how think you be passed away
his time lie had other delight TO pass away his
tmenark this, Crane Schuyler yet trembling the
border Of the locus p<ntenG between temptation and
crimebu contendng against the vicsstudcs Of chance
but following the fortunest cards. His friend
veteran gameser wonderfully, not 10 suspicious
~ adrot in all games Of chance and well adapted rep
resent the tenacy OF fortune rumor may be credited
his favors costly; it is said he $4,000 Of this
millionaire who left too, annual deposte the gam
ing table Of Hamburg OF less than $4,000 This
wealthy person found little pleasure from his possess
sons that be had visited the splendid salons above his
bedchamber these years be lived the groundoor
Of his MANSION waited by thirty menias, receiy
ing company neither glutton wne-bibber--poripg
cards with the patience of Benedctine His
was William w. Hope; he was the son OF Ansstaslus
Hope and grandson Of the great Amsterdam banker and
brother of the gentleman with the who figured
plaintiff in the Grim suit OF Hope Aguado
At the sale Of his stable the other day contained sixteen
booded horseshe auctoneer announced with the usual
urgidity of bis profession the horse upa fine blooded
nag for which Mr. Hope gave $3o0was the especial fvo-
rite of the deceased his constant riding horse and Of
the surestooed, gentlest animals in the world There
good many elderly millionares present who
enamored Of life they bid against each other until the
fetched 81 500"