The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-30
THE DAILY UNION

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gence oezignity, and aigniY young Lad robust &C
- Sf,sat a. sanoe@1ns o&nse Along I1nailng
hssde1rt saw him stop 70 catch look from the good
@nd great oid Imnezieiy be recognised words
q ksnane-s we're spoken and e friencly kAnd a he ven
erAtie patriarch extended u him Never shall sor-
set his graceful and delicate acknowledgement q the c0yet
"a recognition The re fellow raised his cap kissed
the aAnd % kindly oHered made low b0wi and q
u tslhklinE The was The distinguished president
y tAe IHou College DR.. Non the boy nephew q
Louis Kossafh"
~ nERAnsrrrys r. EKrOEr,-Tbs New York Evening
Post presents rather gloomy picture q the supply a
hrsaastafs Al pses1zt IN ths ooantry FROM is
We would inr that there j. xurPnsAge and shove
bone wants aSd consequently none 10 send abroad
thai ie what vii bake place in Europe these staples win
continue % command high price In markets until
the ingGihsng II ths neat harvest II i mentioned
gBhCAui fact that ran-eaerS frOu Albany and Troy
are il View York city buying wheat The supply Is
daeed % $4,000 bushels and : composed mostly q south
sTn and Canadian
Suicide on RAsE oFFIcER--We have already pub
lshec elsgraphc despatch announcing the suicide Of
Mr. Hooper the paying teller Of the Merchants Bank o.
Boston The following particulars Of this distressing affair
We ind in the Boston Times Of wednesday last
Great sKciiesut occ4soned in this city yesterday
morning about IL o'clock by the report that the paying
teller N one Of principal banks had committed suicide
The r1mor soon confirmed By he development thai
Thomas Hooper Of the Merchants Bank had destroyed
himself BY hanging II that be to the bank
II nine O'Clock usual and gfter attending has bas
Dess for short time took lamp and into the cell
lar Of the bGldng bis absence did any par
cular notice tin about eleven o'clock when blaek man
who s engaged in doing chores discovered his body hang
ing BY the neck by rope attached spike in the floor
ING above, IN the front part Of the cellar. He gave the
but life extinct The deceased had taken every pre-
caunonary to insure selfdestruetion he had
tied his legs together and apparently while the act
springng from chair on which be stood while adjusting
hint had oked IL
reach The assigned for this rash variousy
named The Traveller says that since the death Of Mr.
that while the cash In the Merchants Bank Is correct vet
by means Of certified checks in other banks there will
be loss Of $4,000 Of which il Is thought wl
legally fall upon the Merchants Bank The monthly
animation Of the tellers cash made and the amount
Of money hand in large bills other Boston banks
excited some comment and led to the discovery mentioned
above
Mr.. Hooper hfT-two years old, and leaves wifi
two sons, and daughter.
CRuSNAu soUrHERs rRADE-The Cincinnati
Gazette is urging s importance Of early completing the
Ohio and Miss pi railroad in order that the southern
trade now on with the East by way Of the lakes
mag be interoaI and conducted through thar city.
A MONUMENT HEAL HEEoEs-A monument TO the cler-
gyen and physicians Of Savannah who died there during
the yellowever epidemic last summer is about to be
erected
LE6sLATuRE TExAs-Letiers from Galveston are said
TO be in New York written by member Of the Texas
legislature stating that il Is the intention Of the gov
Of that State call special meeting Of the leisla
tur this year consider the proprety Of accepting
recent act Of Congress- relative the Texas claims but
win leave It's consideration TO the ordinary meeting Of the
Legislature In 1856.
TRAsaPLASTISG rEAcH TEErs.-The Cincinnati CONNER
cal says Mr Ward Of Loveland Ohio recently brought
from the Jersey nurseries $1,000 peach An immense
number Of peach trees being planted in the region
round about the city"