The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-10
GENERAL NE ws.

NEW Way OF RAISING cHIcKEss-During the scorching
weather Of last week says the Abingdon Standard batch
Of eggs which had been deposited under the Of
barn at East Abingdon by some highmined bidds be-
came sufficiently heated bring forth respectable lot Of
lady and gentlemen chicks who did not appear be at
all disconnected by their cure Of entering the state
Of chickenhood.
THE ICE TRApEbe first cargo Of ice exported from the
United States was shipped Boston, Massachusetts, in
1905 by Frederick Tudor esq. II shipped To the
West Indies but owing various circumstances the In
vestmen did not prove successful 1t until s34
that Mr. Tudor realizing profit from this bust
ness Ia 1882 this gentleman then the only person
gagged in the business shipped from Boston 1882 tons.
Last wear there were sent from there l5G540 The
ice crop in the vicinity amounts to 2s5,ooo tons.
TIE SPECIE WROUGHT by EnIeRASTs-We find the fol-
lowing statement in the New York Mirror know
organ
At Castle Garden an account is kept Of the money
each emigrant brings-all specie of Since An
gus, LIST 655 emgrants have arrived and confessed to
Total gece means Of 2o95 being S44 Sc for every man.
woman and child The Germans bring most their aver
age on confession $50 for every soul landed The prob
ability Is thatthe emigrans bring than they
fss and that 500 for Germans $50 for Irish and $50 for
others At the wreck Of the New Era 800 persons mostly
Germans lost $50 0oo found in the trunks and
on the bodies Of the persisted Altogether the tide Of Eu
ropean emigration brings annually several millions in
specie.
LONG pAssAGs-The British schooner Rover at Balti-
more Maryland from Nassau N p reports that she spoke
on the aoth ut in latitude 81 %, longitude rs oa, the
Mroue Avola Capt Crowcl 30 days from Boston, bound
to Charleston All were well on board
PLEASANT MrErIsaRer. DR.. Sprague of Albany, Rev
A. A. Wood Of New York, and Rev Henry NJ Field now
Of the New York Evangelist all formerly pastors of the
congregational Church in West Springfield Massachusetts
met there on Sunday worshpped together at the old
altar.
TuE HARVEST N ILLrSoIs-The Cincinnati (ohio) Com
mercial says:
"A friend of ours recently returned from tour through
northern and southern Illinois confirms AL the statements
hitherto published of the vast grain crops now on thu
ground and being gathered in that country Between 81
Louis and Vncennes great deal Of wheat is rottng or
the ground Of labor machinery to secure it,
WHFhr cnop IN wrsooSsus-Speskng Of the wheat crop
the Appleton Crescent says
aCal on Wisconsin for 100000 bushels and she will
honor the draft II YOU pay enough not she win export
to Minnesota Nebraska and the rest Of mankind
RARE ISsrAscF-The pulpit of the South Church was
occupied yesterday (says the Salem Regserl forenoon
and afternoon by two brothers, Rev. Brown Emerson
senior pastor Of the church. and Reg Reuben Emerson,
South Reading The former is in bis 18th year, and
the latter In his s4th; and both have been pastors
churches more than half century each The entire ord
nary services Of the Sabbath with the additional hbor o
the ADM of church members and the administering
OF the Sacrament were conducted by the two venerable
pastors indicating rare degree OF mental and physica
vigor.
Tur YELLOW FEVER AT Nrw oRIEass-It is stated (say
the New York COURIER that the medical faculty of New
Orleans after long and careful investigation Of the source
Of yellow fever have, by large majority determined