The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-23

TIN COTTON EA0ToRT.--fhe Virginia Sentinel says:
sWs regret 70 learn that IL ID Contemplation 70 eloss
Of the present lease the sst instant We hope
mens may be made 70 eouiinae The mills IN operation
Dxsrnucuyx FIRE AT CoLuAsIA PA IRE broke out
on Thursday forenoon At Brooks Grubbs furnace. AL
OF the combusbe material about the works consumes
bat the fire did not extend beyond the furnace buildings
The loss by the FIRE and the stoppage Of the furnace
sequent upon IL win be about $4,000.
AGRICULTURAL scHooL-An eastern paper says:
"A plan for the establishment Of agricultural school
in connection with Yale College Is before the people
Conneccut IL Is proposed 10 locate the school al New
Haven where the advantages already existing estima
Ted NJ 100000.
THE FRENCH NUSDArIoSs-Ths amount OF the subscrip-
lions raised in New York for the relief of the sufferers b.
The foundations in France is s6,osO.
NEW ARRAsGkxEsT.--A Pitsburg paper says:
The board Of canal commissioners have recently
awarded the carrying Of passengers the State railroad
from Lancaster to Philadelphia to the presidents Of th
Pennsylvania asd Harrisburg and Lancaster railroads
This arrangement will single and unbroken super
vision Of passengers from Philadelphia 10 Ptsbug,
prevent the possibility Of Of any of those delays
which have hitherto operated against the travel upon th
route"
Coon OLD AuK-Mrs Henrietta Harden died in s.
Marys county, Maryland the goth ut having attained
the rarely precedented Of ls years The LeonardtowD
Beacon says she the widow of revolutionary soldier
and such applied for bountyland warrant under the
Of Congress- but owing the loss destruction OF
marriage records Of that early period and the fact that
there other person living in the county old enough
TO bear testimony such fact the old lady
cessful in her application to prove her marriage.
ENDORSING BnL-A gentleman writes to the
Hartford Courant that about year ago. while engaged in
counting money he caressiy put his upon the
back Of $40 bill ofErin came into his office few
days since with the BILL and said be had from Eas
Hartford get gold from the endorser The gentleman
looked in the reporter and found the bank had
suspended payment and was obliged to give the man
good bill for 1t
CURIOUS rAcr-It that of the ninety-one
ties in Indiana the inhabitants Of eighty leave bone
in the morning. 60 Indianapolis by railroad attend
business there from eight hours and return home
the same evening
HOT SUBJECT sEAsoN.-The following adver-
tisement lately appeared in a Worcester paper:
aNohes-By particular request there will be a meeting
at the Wesleyan church in Leicester Pleasant street.
at O'clock o'clock, P u N, Sunday ida. 1 July 10.
"B n. BULLOCK, Pastor"
EXPENSES OF THE CzARs HousEHoLD-The St Peters
burgh correspondent Of the Independence Beige gives thu
OF recently
tuted by the Emperor Of Russia into the expenses Of hs
household
sThe efforts Of Emperor to establish order and
sy in the expenditure Of his establishment have brought
some curious circumstances to light He has made 1t
point TO abolish the abuses and put end the fright
u frauds which daily practsed even by those on the
steps Of the throne One day the Emperor looking ove
his household expenses requested the items expenditure
10 be furnished him. be wished to form idea C the
amount Of his cv list Amongst other items he nareu
LARRY remarked Of about 3o0ot $0neI for .uet tn.
charge appeared strange be could Got understand how
or for what purpose 10000 francs worth Of suet coul
have been required de insisted on explanation in
quires made, and ii fssnd ,ia, the Enprr.,
Catherine was recommended by qusck doctor 10 TAX.
foot baths Of reindeer and other kinds sue as remedy
TIL her death; but that suet still Continued 70 be
charged In the imperial budget after her Msj-sys decease
and had been regularly paid for upwards Of City years