The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-23
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LOCKED IN cHAscERy.-Rumors having long prevailed
the of the funds locked up in chancery in
New York State committee appointed at the last
of the legislature investigate the subject At the
present the report has been made 1t appears
the total amount invested in bonds and mortgages is
Sl,5I2sOs o. in stocks S39635; besides cash in the
hands Of county treasurers.
LAKE MICHIGAN FROZEN oyER-The Chicago (nlinos)
Democrat says:
1t asserted that Lake Michigan is frozen completely
from side TO the other This If fact has
occurred before in the memory of the Oldest nhabitan
With the best glasses from either side of the lake the clear
water cannot be seem" . .. .
ENGLISH RAsKs--The banking institutions of London
show larger profits than our own. The London and est
minister Bank he leading oint-stock insitution) has
Gently declared dividend equivalent to sixteen per cent
per annum viz Five per cent regular dividend and bonus
of five per cent for the half year. Capital floooooo de-
postes e. loans and securities fsl2oo0o Thus
the drawing interest nine times the amount
capital.
MoB LAW IN ILLMon-A criminal under sentence oil
death for the murder of his atherinaw who had been
epreved by the governor for ninety days taken from
prison and hanged by mob, the 18th, at Charles
town, Coles county, Illinois.
The FURNITURE OF A Ksow-SoTHIsG Lopas-A know
nothing lodge burnt by the fire in Syracuse
Their furniture inventoried according TO the Standard
four broken chairs threelegged desk, four volumes
The AdrtHHes Of Maria Monk lot Of choice songs
posed by aScthD copy of the Bible in Hindoo, and
brazen eagle with silver wings and blue tail The bird
liberty was saved and all the rest was destroyed.
BOGUS MISUNDERSTANDING TO the Tribune, sham
Sunday schools form favorite and successful means OF
swindng in New York and that paper says that in one
part OF the city less than four Of these bogus
lishments in operation with long list OF collectors
who raise for each school from 81 900 81 800 year OF
this per cent goes TO the support Of the school,
and the into the pockets of the hangeon The New
York Express says that the sham phanthropss cost the
city about $4,000 annually while their socaed schools
are at best but mere farce
AN ENORMOUS sALr-The enormous sale Of the new
volume of Macauay History in England has been e1-
ceeded by the sale in the United States We learn that
Messts Harper Brothers who paid the author 1900 for
early sheets sold $4,000 volumes of their three different
editions in the first days The London publishers are
said to have paid the author fl6O00 for the volumes
published
Az UNFORTUNATE FAMmY-Csptnin Newsom, who was
killed at Southampton, Va by young Barrett mentioned
In paper day since s the third Of the family
that has fallen by the hands Of Others His brother James
killed at the Southampton instruction; another
brother Nathaniel who removed to the West few years
ago. shot through the head and instantly killed by
man for some imagined insult
series Of experiments made yesterday near The
Point House 10 ascertain the effect Of powder Ia breaking
Delaware for the purposes Of navigation The experiment
made under the direction OF the active and energetic
members Of the committee appointed the reeng our
merchants who assisted by the sce skill of Pro-
fessors Rodgers and Frazier, and Mr. Vim. Du Bust
philadelphia Ledgr Of Thwsday.
The result Of this experiment has demonstrated the fact
TO the committee ,hat rivers be blown mp with gun
powder
rrtuaNhroS AND INSURANCE comaMrs.-The insurance
officers at Cincinnati sent in strong rcmoustance against
the proposed illumination which was to have come OFF in
that city last night
oYsrKn BosroS,-oystcrs are selling in Bos-
ton at Eve dollars per gallon.
Heavy IossEs.-The amount Of insurance in Boston on
four vessels recently lost is $4,000 ofwhch sum $4,000
is in State street.
NOVEL sLKsHs,-sleighs appeared In Nan
tucket harbor last week for first time ia twenty
The ice being very firm the sleghs leaving the shore
Commercial wharf have several miles Of excellent sleigbno
before returning.
Ics IN THE Hupsov mvNR-The Hudson river Ia frozen
solid down to Piermont From that point the Erie-rail
road boats have kept channel Open have not lost
trip during the whole winter The shipment OF goods to
The West over the Erie railroad ia now very large
Mans IN THE sTowscm or oarTIx-The following Gu
rious fact Is published in The Homestead BY Samuel w
Bartlett Of East Windsor, Connecticut:
In the fall Of 1884 saw stock OF cattle about
twenty-five no number the farm Of Mr. ezekiah Bssell
OF this town which were in fine condition and every
NAL grade Durham About midwinter following i sew
the same In very low condition, looking rusty not like
the same animals although they bad been kept In the
usual mamma having been bred The rm In Che latter