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

against the theory Of Importation On this question there
have always been parties in New orleansone main
tanning thai The disease is Of local origin and the other
that il is brought from the West Indies or South America
by vessels arriving thence The latter theory thought
stxpoded by facts furnished in the experience Of the
few years The pestilent epidemes Of New Orleans
undoubtedly engendered home-in the atmosphere Of
the swamps which sweeps the streets Of their city and
scaters in all directions its noxious and deadly vapors
BIHLEs sLAvK,-At a meeting Of the members OF
the American Bible Society in New York on the I'd nst
LOT Of Bibles and religious books granted "upon
special application for the Of the slaves in Tennes-
see.
How OLD JAVA ooFFEE-The Buffalo Express
notices the arrival al that port from the West con-
sigument Of @hyour barrels of peasnoi thai there
anything inrinseay strange about peas but that they
were consigned to ec6segriradiag establishment
Tim RECIPROCITY rEEATY-The oswego Times says NO
class Of citizens VIII probably derive greater benefit.
from reciprocal free trade than mers To say moth
ing of the Canadian whea, crop the removal Of the twenty
per cent duty opens them the -four markets of the ST.
Lawrence which frequently better than the
markets OF the seaboard has been the the present
Most of the -four manufactured here is now being
shipped 10 Montreal and Quebec their market being bet
ter than the New York market This win not always be
the when prices reduced to the export value
most of their breadstufs win always give Importance
the markets Of the ST. Lawrence
HEAVY PURCHASES or VIRGINIA LAsn--The Wilmington
(Del Gazette says:
"Charles H. Warren esq has purchased 1000 acres Of
land situated the Potomac river in Virginia for $67
900 Lewis and James Ellison, of this county, have pur
chased lloo acres Of land the James river Virginia
for S24 300 Thomas Clark Of this county has purchased
900 acres OF land in Virginia for S22,o
has account Of public examination Beth of
the little girl whose wonderful powers Of calculation have
attracted much notice The gentleman in charge OF the
child allowed any present to propose questions to her
Among the questions thus submitted How many
times does clock strike in the month of June? 1850
was the prompt reply; in the year 1855? 56s4o; in
lifetime Of IS yearsi 427o5o0 She asked the
value of sa yards of linen Is ODD per yard and in
seconds she gave the answer f44 o. 3d Being requested
TO show the ,nodus oprond she began aloud with sl3
times made 939, the as. in 9as, 234 times and
and of all the other denominations She asked
to cube 1885, and give the quoent of that product divided
by 10. The product 5o2,459,sT5, and the quotient
26445,256 lll9, both correctly given In the per-
ormanoe of this last heavy question her teacher begged
be allowed give her the square upon the board assist
her memory. She did not avail herself of it.
A MURDERER EXECUTED by A MoR--HonRIRLE DEArn.-i
We have already furnished the efparcuars of endish
murder in Wlsconsln The sequel % thus told IN lele-
graphic despatch from Milwaukee:
special court held yesterday Mt West Bend for
the trial of Debar the murderer of the Meyer family few
days since verdict Of murder in the first degree
dercd and while the prisoner about being conveyed
back to jail, guarded by military company, the mob
made rush, and the military giving way Debar was
felcd to the ground by stone the mob falling upon him
in horrible manner They then tied rope to his heels
and dragged him through the streets after which, they
ended the tragedy by hanging him up to tree, head
downward Thus horribly persisted the pcrpetraor of one
Of the many horrible murders that have lately dis
graced the country"