The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-22

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GENERAL NEWS.
| DFPosEn FROM MIsisrRY-The Rev. Geo Hobart
Doane an Episcopal Clergyman and OF Bishop Doane
Of New Jersey has joined the Roman Catholic Church.
and been displaced from the ministry therefor by his
father
Andrew Sin, German stabbed his coautryrnan Jacob
Kellogg, ia Glastonbury, Conn, Monday Both loved
the same German girl Sin fed, plunged into a factory
pond, stuck in the mud and pershed.-goaoa Atlas.
The wages Of Sin is DEATH
FnieHrFut MoHraDrY-Thc yellow fever has made its
appearance at the town Of Canton Mississippi and out Of
population Of $50 there have been lo7 cases Of the
disease, and 20 deaths
DESTRUCTIVE rrnE.-4alf the business portion Of the
town Of Carbonaalc Pennsylvania destroyed by Gre
on Sunday.
RACHEL COMING TO PHiLapELr.uA.- Philadelphia paper
says:
leased The Walnut Street Theatre from Mr. Marshall for
two weeks Rachel viii visit this city after the close Of
her engagement at Boston. She will give ten perform
ances here, and then sail immediately for Havana
SERVED RIGHr0n the 18th inst train ON the Cen
tra railroad rnn of the track Palmyra New Ycyk
through the carolessneas of the snitch-.en,e1 Fort-
natey no person was hurt ma the engineer having found
AMcsrke IGSosAseE---In work recently published in
Londap in paragraph referring the ice trade of Amer
lea the valuable information is given that Wenham Lake
y beautifully enbosomed in the mountains, the Of
New hampshire, Massachusetts.
WINTER coMIsa--Frosts prsyaed q wide extent Of
country last week, embracing New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Illinois Massachusetts and Vermont la Mas
sachusetis the frost was very 1eseFa.
AnyASoG Or lanlsALrrY.--Dayid Solomons jew being
senior alderman below the chair will be lord mayor OF
London for the next year. No opposition expected He
viii be the first Jew who has filled that Office.
Savers DROUGHT IN Rscnl ssLaen--About one-half Of
all the manufacturing machinery in Rhode Island has been
stopped account of the drought Upon both branches
Of the pawuckc river there about l62 900 cotton
spinalcs than 100000 Of which entirely stopped
Upon the Blackstone il is dry but at least ore
Of the machinery in all the mills is lying isls.
The ST.. NICHOLAS AysaAg.Ihe physicians Of Captain
s. o. Wright who stabbed in the late nfray the ST
Nicholas Hotel New York. that their patient
continues 10 improve and that they confidently beIieyc
thai he will ultimately recover
EXTREMES EasT.-Smith, the razor-strop man, widely
known shrcwd, wide-awake Yankee, has become
spiritual medium.
LARGE TRAs.--Last Tuesday the epas-burning loco
motive David Longenecker on lie Philadelphia and Sun
bury railroad drew iato Sudbury Pennsylvania, from
the mines train Of tao cars each containing Al tons Of
qoal,
PURCHASES N the BuTsu ARaiYThe following startling
statements appear in speech recently made by Lord
thur Pa9et in the British House of Commons.
IN The Life Guards lieutenant colonies commission
and outfit cost S3s25o which would purchase annuity
Of SAT- for his life His pay il S23l5 captains
mission and Outfit ooGi Sg50o which would purchase
annuity " 81 e4a while his pay is Sl35. In other
airy regiments lieutenant colones commission and outfit
cost 32s7a which would buy annuity of So 100 and
his pay s hnt SITES In the Foot Guards commission
and outfit for the grade $4,000 and equivalent
TO annuity Of $1,000 and the pay 81 40 And these
said 10 he fair examples Of the operation OF tie system
III all arms Of the seryige The total Of the anniites
which might he purchased by the amount given for the
commissions optss Of eight officers of various grades
and ages ndscriinna,ey taken is stated to be Sl2soo
while the OF their pay only Sl2so0 In these
instances officers only for nothing but they pay
something for the privilege,
1t il stated that in 1853. out Of 30 lieutenant colones
- promoted without purchase of 81 majors -; OF
266 captains 100 In ls54, after the waE began Of ta5
original commissions granted only sG eas than halt were
purchased.
The enormous money COS. Of abolshng the practice
Of selling commissions indicated by The following return
lately made pablo:
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