The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-11

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DoDsEs soR rHE aAsD rsx1N-rbe following, from the
Boston Telegraph, contains il own warming
Two men have been going through The city taking in
persons after the following They 70 into
and inquire FOR shrtbutionS handkerchief other Ar
elen and oAe the other tAorIanAte enough
30 lose my Handkerchief other article called for The
other says There such word Unfortunate il Is
fortunate and thereGPon They get up bet with the store
keeper The dictionary looked mp and the bet decided
always IN favor Of the shA TIE word may Be found
there though now In disuse,
Tan HuDsox NzykA-Ths continued fhAW has far oF-
Grated upon the that the Hudson river railroad ferry
boat a. Albany commenced her trips o. Sunday.
ourrR rrArs on rHISes-Tbe Michigan papers assert
that te prisoners IN the State prison Jackson have
uay been engaged in the manufacture q bogus coin and
BY aid q accomposs outside The walls have put the
in circulation
PExssYLFASlA AxD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS property in
Pennsylvania for the year 1854 1891 oOo q which
sl50s40o0o Is N Philadelphia The amount q tar i
81 e49s67 The assessed value Of property IN Maryland
s248 ooo including s95479o00 in Baltimore city
The amount Of levy is sses9o5.
PrrnrEp wHnAr.-Mr Park, Of the LuminAry, says be
picked up on the Blue river in Kansas Territory,
curious specimens Of ptrihed wheat and further says
The resemblance Is distinct perfect An inquiry
up who raised that wheat who cultivated the isening
earth in region in ages long gone BY Can geoo
gists tell us Perhaps this the region Of the globe
referred to by Calanius who IN conversation with
uesecsius remarked that ncenty the earth covered
with barley and wheat az i then was with dust
LAID ga Philadelphia correspondent writes;
The steamships Of the Savannah and Charleston lines
are At the present all laid up Of the want
Of freghts from those points There plenty Of cotton
awaiting shipment but the ghtness Of the money market
prevents the usual advances being made
Ex-Goyernor Seymour arrived in New York on Monday
evening, and is stopping Al the ST Nicholas Hotel
TIE ALnaxY.-The United States steamer Princeton
touched at Havana on the 2lst ultimo after
fal cruise for tidngs Of the Albany and to return TO
Key West ON the ID instant
topol by the allies
KID GLOVES AND .sss-ln Paris there annually
slned 100000 kid and lamb skins for fabrication into
gloves in Brussels 100000 in Grenohle 100000; and il
Annonay 100000 making total within four cities Of
400 900 To work this into gloves requires just double
the number Of eggs l2sooeoo at annual expense Of
630,o00L
THr ONO nIyER-At Cincinnati, on Tuesday Last, there
was eight feet Of water in the channel Of the river
Hoe STATISTICAL despatch from Cincinnati says: Hhe
receipts Of hogs this date amount to al o0e head
against 3s2 900 received up the date last year
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sells at Sill Eastern exchange per cent premium
CIRCULATION LONDON PAPERs.-A correspondent OF
the New York Tribune gives the following the circula
ton Of the leading London papers The Times, 81 GAS
Morning Advertiser, 1895 Daily News 1886 Morning
Herald 1859 Morning Post 2,slo; Morning Chronicle
| 2 435--Bah Sun
1t is said that the London Illustrated News weekly
paper circulaes 10000 copies The charge for adver
Using in the News siz p0rd suey Insertion
Runs woRK.-A named Ford, and her child
aged SIX years were burned death Newburgh n y
on Tuesday last Cause.-The mothers drunkenness
MISS CouTTslt is said that commission de Iunatndo
has been sent by the family Of Miss Coutts and that
Mario has given his deposition that she monomaniac
HomcpE-The Osoeola (Mo.) Independent gives the
particulars Of difficulty between Marcelus Harris and
Dr. James Smith in which the latter was killed
DIED ISJUR1Es-CapL Benson, who was violently
assaulted on the highway Wilmington, North Caro-
lima last week, has since died.
TRADE THE PRoyIsCEs-The amount Of imports
from British American provinces into the port Of Bos
ton during The year 1854 follows, viz:
Value Duties
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