The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-06-27


GENERAL NEWS.
CRors IN IREIASp-The most cheering accounts OF the
crops received from every part of Ireland Every de-
scrpon of crop it is stated, exhibits the utmost uxur
ance and the farmers have given all their recent appre
tensions The potatoes have most hourishing appear
ance and in the heaviest soils the rain has not in
fcted any damage,
INCREASE OF wHsKEy.We have been informed (says the
Cincinnati Commercially by Of the most extensive dis
ters in the West resident of this city, that the increase
in the business within fifty miles Of this city during the
last four months equal $4,000 bushels of per day
or nearly so, 900 gallons of whiskeyl
METHODIST LITERARY following interest
ing statistics presented at the general conference The
conference has 10 universities and colleges with nearly loo
professors and students $4,000 volumes in the various
college libraries about semnaries with over 800 teach
and pupils The value of college property build
ings libraries &c, 100000; total endowments $780,
900. Two theological seminares at Concord, with
gu endowment Of s250oo ana at Evanston near
Chicago called the Garrett Theological Institute with
endowment of 100000 by the will of the late Mrs. Gar
rett theological professors and 100 theological students
The whole amount of literary property is estimated at
$3,l30,O0o
A TIE REvoLUTIoS.-Mr Rufus Cogswell, reyo-
utionary pensoner died In Essex Massachusetts, on the
18th instant aged 100 years Mr.. Cogswe a soldier
of the revolutionary war and in the American army
under Gates at the capture of Burgoyn At the time Of
his death be the Oldest person in the town. il not in
the county. He had been blind for the last fifteen years
A STEAMBOAT LIGHTED WITH eAs.--The Hudson river
steamboat Isaac Newton is now lighted with gas The
Albsay Statesman says In generating the gas the
Newton, three OF the companys medium slaves are
used The gasomeer is of 500 cubic feet capacity and
he hnaf
omeer filled in the afternoon and the gas is generated
while it is burning, and up to IL o'clock night Some
1900 feet of the gas made by this apparatus is burned each
trip which Is eua to 30Q0 feet of the coal city
gas the rosu gas Is heavier aud passes through tbs
burners only half fast This is the first experiment Of
the kind, at least in this part Of the world
AMERICAN RACEuoRsEs GOING TO EsGLAsp-The Lex
ipgon (Ky) Observer that Mr. r. Ten Broecks
celebrated racehprses Lecomte Prior, Priorss recently
known by The name of Poison and Etiquette threeyear
old FLY, by Mariner out OF Fashion, left Lexington the
9th ult for New York. whence Is expected they will be
taken by their spirited England to contend for
the honos Of the turf with the best blood Of that country
ARKANSAS mrER--The Fayetteville independent of the
9th says;
"The Arkansas river has gone down again and naviga
ton may be considered suspended, although Captain
Thruston by having very light boat and by the most
scientific skill in saudbar navigation did succeed in get
ting up with the Gypsy last week
THE GOVERNMENT ARMS AND THEIR xAscFAcrrnr-Tle
has twelve large depots Tor arms besides two
national armories which manufacture them In these de-
pots there $4,000 stand o small arms guns pistols
carbnes exclusive of that number issued the arscnas Of
the various States and the supply of the army In 1885
the anory Springfield Massachusetts turned out 900
muskcts and 1000 cavalry muskeoons while that Har-
pers Ferry in Virginia. manufactured 1000 muskets and
D haa If
for the army. At Wacrvcit arsenal Troy, during the
same years 7OB42 stand OF stored for use in
perfect order At the Allegheny arsenal 1880 muskets
and 900 pistols put In order, At the ST. Louis
arsenal stored 32476 stand Of firearms of all kinds
These statistics do not include the cannon bowers and
mortars stored at the aboye-named depots.
THt LAKE criEs-The Cincinnati Gazette furnishes the
following comparative table Of The growth Of the principal
lake cities