The daily union., 1856-10-24
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TuE Anniversary or rHR SUNDAYsmooL UNoE oE THE
METHODIST EPIscoPAL CHURoH-This Sunday sehoolunion
anniversary held in Philadelphia Sunday and Mon
day last Sermons preached in all the Methodist
churches OF the city, Numbering thiryeght and
collections taken up for the sundAy-schoOl cause.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN AusrRIA.-According TO a
recent statistical returu there in the Austrian
empire 639s physicians $500 surgeons and 1000 apothe
caries-makng about physician and surgeon to
every 6ooo inhabitants and apothecay to every l2
900.
YELLOW EEyER.-Dates from the Bermuda islands to
the 9Th instant have been received The yellow fever is
still prevailing and had broken out at Ireland island for
the hrst time and in Paget Pembroke and Southampton
parishes twenty had appeared in three days
Somerset and Warwick had been fearuly visited Their
united population numbers 2O and upwards of 500 had
been attacked with the fever.
THANKSGIVING DAY-Governor Clark OF New York, has
Issued proclamation recommending that the goth pror
mo be observed as day of "public thanksgiving and
prayer This makes the seventh State which has united
upon the Goth of November for public thanksgiving
day, as follows New York, Missouri Maryland, Maine
Vermont New Hampshire, and Connecticut
The PROGRESS coUSrRY.--The Baltimore American
OF yesterday morning says:
is stated that the population of the eleven infant col
were added to the number about F4 and the
ports give us l0A6O00 In the year l775 the thirteen
colonies had 100000 whites and 100000 slaves After
the adoption of the present constitution in $780, there
thirteen States with 3,l726G4 white so 456 free coored
and 697s07 slaves In 1866 the States had increased TO
thirty and the population to l9550oOO whites 600
free coloied, and 3204 900 slaves The total population
at this time is approaching thirty millions The number OF
electoral votes is 296 requiring 49 President by
the people The free States have l76 and the slave 1907
A WONDERFUL woMAE-There is now said to be living
upon Bates island in Casco Bay off the of Maine
woman of the most wonderful powers of hardihood The
island contains about five acres the largest portion o.
which she has put under cultivation, raising handsome
crops of potatoes and other vegetables yearly The land
never was poughed but has been thoroughly hoed
by her. The remaining portion she devotes raising hay
of very superior quality every crop of which she has
moved and cured with her hand. The early part Of
the day she devoes to fishing going through the break
ers in fragile skf rowing singlehanded where many
strong would quail and hesitate
The PERPETUAL-MoTIoN DELUsIoN-A joiner in Edin-
burgh Scotland has communicated of the newspa-
pers the by which, he alleges he has discovered the
long-soughtor perpetual motion The invention is stated
to be real selfmovng power, which may be constructed
of size sufficient to drive all kinds of machinery
greater expense than little OIL According to the nven-
tors description the machine is wheel propelled by
weights the weights rising when the wheel the
empty There four weights balls two of which are
always working the Wheel and the other two the
centre axle ready TO fill the place of the others when
they bring the wheel to the plumb and before it loses
The ball at the bottom rises to the axle when
the other comes to the top, and so on.
MELANCHOLY AccIDEST.-Whe Hon. Joseph Lesesne, OF
Alabama, his two sons, and servant attempting
cross Mobile bay in small yacht the 18th instant
the boat capsizOd and Mr.. L. and his eldest son were
drowned The servant succeeded in getting himself and
the youngest the boat from which they taken
the next morning by boat from steamer which happen
ed to pass them.
Judge Lesesne (says the Mobile Evening News) was
native Of South Carolina but had been a resident of Mo-
bile, we should think, twenty years He a
yer Of fine talents and atainment and filled for many
years. with high credit the important Office OF chancellor
of the southern division of this State He elegant
scholar and political writer had few superiors for
vigor of style and force of reasoning melancholy
end Of gifted and useful man.