The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-14


coAsr INSTRUMENTATION Samuel c. Dunham, who
recently reinstaed By the department super
insendenf AZ Long Branch New Jersey, Is making rapid
progress ia his duties and the stations that
all established and complete
osssus o. cEEvKLAsp, omo-The census Of Cleveland,
which has recently been taken gives the enumeration
1870 BY the Of October 1883 the population
was Al,ll2 Gain in fourteen months 2,s2s.
GzsAT REyKRss OF foRruSA-Gen Suffer once the rich
est il said 70 be among the poorest IN caor-
MIA Topoverty are added the infrmties OF old age.
sEavKD HiN ReHr-The Ripley (Indiana) circuit court
last week sentenced Mr. Muir the pensentsy for two
years for forging for SIS Mr. Muir probably the
richest man in Ripley county Indiana is supposed his
property is worth near 100000
A vESEaaBLk pRKacHra.--The' Rev Andrew Marshall
the eoiored pastor Of Baptist church Savannah
years of age on Christmas last and on Sunday the 9Th
instant preached sermon having among his hearers
Postmaster General Granger OF New York. and the Rev
DR. Choules, of Newport, Rhode Island.
fish p~triot exed by his love Of liberty died Milwaukee
on the 5h where be had resided nine years editor Of
the ToltSfre,md
CARELssssEss hundred letters have been dropped
into the Cincinnati post office without prepayment since
April.
Nxw ORLEANS RAcEs-A despatch from New Orleans,
dated the 10th instant, says:
ain the three-me race which CRIME off here to-day
Brown Dick beat Arrow time, 53os and 52s-better
time than that made by Lexington few days since. Lee
compile win probably receive the purse but not against
Lexington on the 18th proxmo"
A LARGE LoAp-The express train the Pennsylvania
railroad which arrived at Pisburg on Tuesday evening
composed of fifteen cars containing 600 passengers
of them eigants. This the largest through-tran
which came over the road.
A COSTLY BuIrDlSe-The City Hall talked of in
New York will only cost S25ooooo il built of marble
from Lee Massachusetts,.
WHAT NEXT Pit is said to be currently believed in
Holland that the te monarch, William the Second, only
pretended to d get rid of the Of royalty, and is
now aiding his hew the Gar in the Crimea under the
assumed name of Menschikoh
DEFECTIVE ARCHITECT EEThe chapel erected in Mount
Auburn Massachusetts few years ago at cost of SEA-,
600 has been eyeled the ground account Of defects
in its construction The history of this structure If written
out would be instructive and interesting to all builders
FALL or A CHURCH ngLL-Last Sunday forenoon, the
colored ringing the bell at St Johns Church.
Richmond Virginia, it broke from its astenings and
came crashing through the floor the EARTH distance of
ninety feet The sexton narrowly escaped being crushed
SAD CASE or suIcDE-There much excitement in
Poughkeepsie IN Y Tuesday night in consequence of
the suicide of Mrs NJ " Seller wife of John Seller of Mill
street interference of her husbands parents
with her domestic affairs.
TOBACCO ron THE pooR.-At Northampton, New Jersey,
they have atobacco fundpthat is benevol in
diydua has left $50 the interest Of which is forever to be
nl;ed tn Tho 81
the New Jersey Mirror.
THE VALUE OF GROUND is LONDON NEW YORK
The London Builder publishes highly interesting article
in reference the value of ground in the central business
portions Of London. We make the following extract:
THE block of buildings called the Royal Exchange
Buildings occupying an area of from 900 to 5000 feet
produced gross rental of 10000 year Travelling
westward to New Cannon street piece OF land opposite
the triangular plot adjoining St Pauls containing about
$500 superficial feet, has been LET at groundrent OF
fl55o year. which, at 80 years purchase, produces
about f460o00 To cap them all, however, we
must 20 back the plot of ground at the northeast cor
ner of Threadneedle and Finch lane, belonging to
Mr.. Alderman Moon the present Lord Mayor, which,
eport saws has been recently let at ground-rent OF
900 per annum The superficial OF this place Is
about 1000 feet and calculating the groundrent at tlr
~ years purchase find its value is at the rate OF
per Much has been written about the value
of the triangular plot Of land between New Cannon
street and St Pauls The OF the plot Is 627o feet
and understand positive offer has been made to take
it at ground-ren of 900 year, which would pro-
duce at thirty years purchase the sum named t600oO
being at the of f420000 We need scarcely
give any additional examples the enormous value
10 which land in the city Of London has arrived
We copy the following from the New York Courier in
order comparison may be formed ofthe relative value
of real estate in London and New York:
The lot corner OF William street and Exchange Place
so feet deep and average "a feet Al inches wide
containing Zoo superficial feet sold to the Bank OF
the State of New York for $4,000, and 100000 have
since been offered for it. At the latter valuation per acre.
IL amounts to Sl5I826l about t3260S7 The lot on
the lower corner Of Broadway and Wall street. 80 feet by
40 containing 200 square feet is held and may be cold for
100000 This is at the rate OF an acre. or
about $4,000 The lot Of Nassau and streets
on which the Express (newspaper buildings stand rs
feet by go and is held at $l25o00 or S242000o equal
N f500 900 per acre The lot Nassau street adjoin-
ing the lot on which Messrs- Duncan, Sherman Go.
have commenced their bankingh Is considered
abundantly worth 100000 but is held at Sl50OOo Al
the former figure il being but 90 feet by go and contain
ing 1000 square feet Is held at the rate of 81 306S0o
an acre For the lot of Cedar and Nassau streets
now covered by the Law Buildings Is feet by So 100000
we understand offered recently which at the rate
of al 900 per acre The lot and building adjoining
the custom-house lately occupied by the Bank o. the
State and BANK OF Commerce. sold 20 the United States
government for S530000 Estimating the value OF the
building $4,000 have 100000 for the value Of the
lot the of which is 1900 square feet The rate per
acre is S2420o0o At the change in the organza
ton of Mechanics Bank the building and lot occupied
ing is be torn down; it not counted in tho APP
prasement The lot is irregular piece OF ground OF
an area OF about 5000 square feet and its valuation per
acre was than two millions Of dollars Lot No
Wall street % by so sold year ago Tor 100000
which is at the Of nearly two millions per acre
Messrs Duncan Sherman Co paid for their lot on the
corner Of Nassau and Pine streets which Is so feet by 80
S47 600 which il AT the rate than sixteen hun