The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-06

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HEALTH OF yioKsBuRG--The vioksburg Wing says:
ave are gratied be able report another week Of
unexamped good health in our city. The superintendent
of the city hospital reports deaths in that institution
for the past week and during the period the sexton
reports but three deaths-al infants"
NEHRAsEA-The of this Territory has just been
taken by the United States marsha The returns TO
be made by the first of September and would it was
thought show population of between fifteen and twenty
| thousand civilized white inhabitants.
HEALTH OF NAsHyrIAK-Ths Nashville (Tenn.) papers
that the health of that city continues it has
been throughout the entire season. unusually good
| THE VINE IN GroRG1A-The Atlanta Intellgencer says
that Mr. Charles Axt German has fully demonstrated
that the successful cultivation of the grape in Georgia is
no longer a matter of doubt meeting held recent
Dalton for the purpose of forming Wine Growers
association.
THE LAST EsGLisHMAs IN yHR CRMEA-The last man OF
the English in the Cmea is said to have been Of the
Land Transport Corps who long after the Crimea was
given up and all had embarked found lying very drunk
bitches He carried to the beach by six
Cossacks and pulled off to the last ship quitting the port
So tipsy was he that he had be hoisted board
TEXAS sALr-The Corpus Christi @vaey says that any
quantity of salt is yet be had the lakes in Nuece
county Upwards Of hundred hands said to be
have dissolved the article in the least The market price
in Corpus Christi at this time is rs cents
GRAssHoPPKRs ON THE UPPER MsslssIPP-The grasshop
pers species of locuss said to be making fearful
the Upper Mississippi AT Little Falls the
St Anthony Express they destroyed corn oats wheat
and everything of the grain kind which in their
way At Elk River they appeared in perfect cloud and
lighting upon corn-6eld Of twenty acres destroyed the
whole crop in short space Of time At Crow Wing CD
the farm of Isaac Mouon they destroyed 5000 bushels Of
oats
BALTIMORE ExPoRTs-The total value Of foreign exports
from port Baltimore for the past week has been quite
large amounting to S474,756 Included in them were
s54 barrels Of four 344O barrels of meal 970
bushels of corn 1883 bushels Of wheat l67 barrels OF
rye -four, and 2454 hhds of tobacco or the wheat
ported 45a bushels to Liverpool and 400 bush
els London.
TURKS sLASD-Daes from Turks island TO the 18th Of
August have been received The Royal Standard Of that
day says The demand for salt been increasing grad
aay for the last three weeks 1899 bushels have been
exported since last report being the largest quantity
shipped in any week since present COM
nenced The price remains firm at 10 cents; quantity
hand, about 10000 bushels; expert duty, cent"
DKAru o. AZ ExrIrD rRIEsr.-A New Orleans paper
says
"FrCm notice under our obituary heading it will be
that the Rev YgnAoe Veazquez de Ia CadenA canon
Of the Metropolitan Church Of the city Of Mexico and who
arrived here the Texas her late trip Of those that
had been baniShed by the under accusation
Of consprnE 20 overthrow it paid the debt Of nature
lie far advanced in years understand and had
been sick for time previous TO his embarkAton al
Vera Cruz
SEA ISLAND oorrox-The Gonzales (Teras) Inquirer
thinks this species Of cotton is better calculated with
stand injury from dry weather than the kind
planter in that vicinity has about ninety Of Sea
Island cotton 10 cultivation twenty-our Of which be
planted with seed which he obtained from Charleston and
which he says is doing remarkably well The drought has
curtaed It's size somewhat but the plants thrifty and
the forms which keep their hold remarkably well seem
almost as numerous the leaves The remaining sIysiI
Of Sea Island is doing almost we'll while the
cotton is fast shedding its forms and suffering good
deal heavy yield Of this valuable staple is certain
less the picking proves uncommonly bad The In
quirer claims for Sea Island cotton the advantages of
standing heavy rains well any other the drought does
parch and inure il much the other and the
kst value is far greater.
MoaNoSIsH IN GERNASY--An exchange says:
GThe LAtter-Day Saints evince extraordinary
tivy in making proselytes In Great Britain and the
Scandinavian countries their missionaries found fruitful
soil and gained thousands Of converts mainly among the
agricultural casss From Denmark Of the Apostles
the Genes journeyed 10 Hamburger, where they firmly
established themselves and have already issued German
translation OF the Book Of Mormon They have also pene
trated 10 saIony and have succeeded in forming society
Of adherents in the city Of Dresden carefully avoiding any
collision with the police who the alert for
religious sects suspeetng every doctrine TO be mere
cloak for some political plot The apostles 10 have
plenty Of funds at their command apparently derived
from England with which they assist the needy among
their proseyes Several families have recently left Dre
den for Liverpool where they win meet other converts
and continue their journey the New Jerusalem in the
great interior salt basin Of America On the LIST inst the
Nor community in the city Of Dresden numbered SIXTY
members males and females belonging various grades
Of society Of them persons Of high intellectual
iovmen The greater part Of these newborn saints
making preparations to forsske the hradom Of the heath
ems and journey 10 the holy city Of Nauvoo."
Fatal RAILROAD locmEST.-A switch-ender the New
Jersey railroad, named Daniel BrAnnen almost m
stAnty killed the track Jersey City Wednesday
afternoon about o'clock. He tended the first switch
from the depot at Jersey City and observing on
the the 4pm. train approaching warned him
Oh and stepped the other track when Erie train sp
preaching in the opposite direction which he did OBJ
serve struck him the bead causing death in about Eve
minutes.
GOAL COAL COAL accompanying following varieties
Psr.op wishing purchase their supply
Immediately, and have the coal delivered al
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