The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-06-21
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regards the cultivation of the strawberry but very little
is yet thoroughly understood The average crop Per
is from thirty to fifty bushels Song euYators have
succeeded in gathering one hundred and hum
bred and thirty, bushels from The cost Of Guilt
waiting the berries estimated $40 and $25 the acre
with the additional expense of 81 so per bushe for pick
ing crop of thirty bushels per about equal to
corn crop of ten bushels on the same ground.
Considering the profit yielded the only won
der is that farmers do not devote attention
the cultivation of this fruit which all agree is one of
greatest luxuries the earth affords
BRAZILIAN TAmFF.-We learn from the Correio Mercan-
til of Rio JRneiro May l4h, that the legislative council
of Brazil are occupied in revising the tariff and
plate making reduction in the import duty at present
payable on -four.
Sickness ON sHIpBoARD.-The schooner Julia NJ Hsock
Captain Halock, arrived at New York Thursday from
Port Prince having the captain mate and passen
ger lying sick board with yellow fever. One of the
crew died on the passage Of the same disease.
CANAL BnEAK-Another break has occurred in the Wa
bash and Erie canal 1t will take several weeks repair
it This is the third time break has occurred in the
place this season.
VALUE OF oooLEs-A Havana price current in noticing
the sales of the week previous to the 9Th instant mentions
327 Asadcs from Hong Kong distributed among sub-con
tractors-value $3.50 each.
THE TELEGRAPH cABLEone of the great sub marine
telegraph cable which is stretch the Atlantic
ocean left London the oath Of May in the ship South
ampton, for New York
ELECTRIC cLocKs-The city of Marsslles has undertaken
TO establish complete system of electric clocks One hun
dred Of these clocks to be up the
which require the laying of forty thousand metres of
Quoting wire The clocks are to be placed in the street
gas lamps that the hour may be read at night well
as by day. The whole cost will be about $4,000.
BETTING ON THE ELEcTIoS-The Natchez Free Trader
says:
"The other day we heard democrat offer to bet any
up TO ten thousand dollars that Fillmore would not
be elected the next President knownohing standing
by remarked that even bet would not be fair for he had
idea that Fillmore would be elected but IL the demo-
crat would bet ten to one he would take the bet Such
bet is considered among betting characters perfectly
hopeless bet and consequently regard that according
TO the estimation of the Natchez know-nohnRs Fillmore
chances perfectly hopeless The only bet that can be
got out Of know-nothing here is that Fillmore will
carry ONE State"
SPECTATORS oAUGHr-Speculators in corn in Chicago
have met with runous losses. They purchased at AZ TO
90 cents per bushe and cannot realize 30 cents
SUNDAY EXERCISES IN PARsos BEEcHERs oHURcH-The
Providence Post tells the following story
"Parson Beecher played good joke on his congregation
few Sundays ago. He paraded colored lady In his pull
pit and told the people she unmarried slave who
had been sent there from Washington, her parole Of
honor TO raise balance of FIVE hundred dollars
Of redeemng her from bondage The parson plead her
with much eloquence and enforced the necessity OF
prompt action by saying that II she not Immediately
purchased, she would be sold into life OF namy The
bait took. The pure and nnocentlookng girl faced the
audience and the boxes started Nothing but gold
and bank-notes contributed and the result
FIVE but eight hundred dollars The money having been
counted and the amount announced the parson cooy in
formed the congregation that the three hundred dollars
surplus should be used in purchasing the young adys
ehidi OF course this caused autterng Of the sanco-
NOUS hounces, but 1t too late to mend matters"
MEXICAN AFFARs.-We copy the following from the
Louisiana Courier
The most important matter contained our files Of
Mexican papers, brought by the steamship Texas from Vera
Cruz is the constitution published by President Com
onfort, at the city Of Mexico, May 18th.
II desgnaes the inhabitants of the republic defines who
are Mexicans and who citizens procsims the guarantee
Of the nation for the liberty security property, and
equality Of the Inhabitants prescrbes the elements in which
these -four rights shall consist and the extent to which they
be enjoyed and proceeds TO define the powers Of the
several branches Of government
II Is needless to say that the constitution which
processes 10 follow the plan Of Ayuta modified at AGA
pulco establishes absolute dictatorship the hands Of
the President General makes all the powers of the gov
In the several States dependent upon and subord
nate to him. and gives him the power OF naming those who
to discharge all the functions az government whether
ministerial judicial The constitution Is thoroughly
Mexican throughout and merely the foruary proclaim
ed by chief whose authority remans absolute even 10 al
ter or abolish the constitution itself
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