The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-16


Arkansas, but short the made this year
Cotton go up to At least IS cents to make up the
probable deficiency.
DEATH or JuDaE PARKER--A Boston paper says
The Hon. Edmund Parker of Nashua New Hamp-
shire died the residence of his son-n-aw, Hon j. j.
Prentiss in Glaremont Monday last at the OF H.
The Nashua Telegraph states that he born in Jaey
the 7th Of February, 1888 graduated at Dartmouth
College in 1903 read law with Samuel Dakin ESQ., OF
Jeffrey, and David Eyerst esq Of Amherst was admit
ted the bar In 1907 and succeeded TO the law business
Of the latter gentleman He represented the town of Am
herst in the legislature eleven years and IN the fall session
of 1924 elected speaker Of the house In 1926 he
appointed judge probate OF Hsborolgh county This Of
fee he resigned in December 1885, and on the LIST OF jan
uary 1896 he removed 10 Nashua and opened the agency
of the jackson Company de represented Nashua five years
in the legislature and member Of the constitutional
convention 1880 He resigned the agency OF the Jack
Company six years ago but AZ the time OF his
death be president Of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad
Corporation"
The HEMP oRoP-The Liberty (Clay county, Tribune
says:
aThe great Importance Of the hemp crop TO Missouri
well as It's bearing upon the commercial interests of St
Louis makes object of great interest that its quality
should be ascertained possible Our best inform
alton is that in Clay Platte Lafayette Saline Buchanan
and Andrew nearly all the counties in the State in which
ii is raised TO any great extent there greater guam
y of seed the last than the previous year that the
upland crop equal to last year. whilst the bottom
hemp about good usual We think it safe TO say
the average will be fully 600 pounds to the acre. and
the crop equal in quantity and better in quality than the
crop Of 1855"
BUTTER AND cHEEsE-I is stated that during the fiscal
year 1855 the shipments of butter from the United States
amounted TO 2sl524s lbs valued at S4ls723; and of
cheese 5os hs valued at S5l4o34 OF the butter
the largest proportion 46 0l5 lb the British
West Indies To England there exported 334s, 900
lbs Of cheeemore than threefourths Of the entire ship
ment Nearly $4,000 lbs Of butter were sent TO China
and about 234 900 lbs to Australia Strange ii may
SEEM during the fiscal year $4,000 lbs of butter
imported into the United States from British North
America, Hamburg, Bremen Holland, England, and
France for home consumption. Besides this 6052ll lbs
imported for expectation The imports of foreign
cheese extensive scale the total amount
being l526942 lbs, valued STAG 26e. The Germans
5es lbs Of their fragrant Limburger and other
varieties and the Dutch 22002 lbs France sent US the
largest supply viz; 1907 46 lbs.
The TEuuASrEPBC sTAsE-RoUrE-The Baltimore Amer-
can says
The stage-road between the Atlantic and the Pacific
at Tehsanepec which has long been considered beside
ratum is rapidly advancing towards completion and il is
supposed that carriages viii be running from TO ocean
by the st Of December Thirty miles Of the road have
been completed and the remainder is in such Of
progress that doubt exists that about the st Of Nove
Der viii be ready for the stages The contractor about
order iron steamboat for the navigation Of the
river and direct the building OF coaches for the rans
poron Of travellers and their luggage in eighteen hours
the isthmus. thousand men work and
the difficult places have been An increased
force viii be put on and is expected that the
tire distance hundred and eleven miles viii be
peted within the next three month"; When the road
open passengers viii be within four days travel the Pa
c6c New Orleans and in eleven days can
reach San Francisco from the same city"
RECEIPTS o. NV Wharf.-The Alexandria Gazette SAYS
at estimated that up to the present time there have
been received and sold in this market half million bush
els Of wheat Of this years crop The wheat coming to
ket is generally Of excellent quality and have
era parcels from the county Of Fairfax that have eXceed
in quality any wheat remember 10 have seen-indeed
it has been subject Of general remark that the wheat from
Notwithstanding the quantities coming many Of the
large farmers holding back their wheat for better
prices and may therefore look for further large receipts
later in the season
THE DISEASES The VIVA Philadelphia exchange
says:
Authentic intelligence has been received from Europe
that the damage to the vine in the winegrowng districts
Of France and Germany BY the sdis and oono IL very
extensive and The yield Of wine this year will consequent
ly be much less than In previous years. The oda is
disease which attacks the vine and threatens h very
isence In the south Of France this blight very viru
lent but the growers guine that they viii succeed
in erAdcaung IL The c0HlOHr the other hand dis
which attsc the fruit leaving the vine apparently in
healthful state II is saline encrusmeut Of vhitish
color which forms the grape and prevents il from get
ting ripe The crop this year is shortened by another
At the commencement Of the when the vines
in blossom there period Of cold and wet wealth
er which did vast injury the vines and reduced the
yield fully half The long-contnued heat however
which ensued Of great benefit and though the yield
may be small il 10 thought that the win be unusually
good Prices win be very high and the great profit TO be
realized win doubtless give fresh stimulus 70 the win
growers Of our own land
ApUuTERArEp ROOD AID pEuGs-A London correspond
ent says:
"A subject that Is just attracting considerable at
tenon 10 the Aduteraton Of food and Of drugs The dis
closures which have been made In recent investigations OF
the extent universally with which the bread eat
and the medicines swallow poisoned BY bakers and
phArmaceutss is positively fghtful II has been
tanned that there is hardly in the metropolis who
manufactures bread for the public who does mix his
-four with alum otherwise adulterate IL while this
tenn Of fraud practsed by the small retail dealers upon
In the matter Of drugs the IL just alsng
We told that out Of every "a samples Of opium ia
adulteraed; and Wholesale druggist Mr. Draw ubo
forward 10 qualify the testimony az otbor yitncg
admits that ons-half Is made impure by mixture Scar
mony s said 70 be universally combined with cha b;
evil il attributed 70 two principal causes tho excessive A.
sire for cheap drugs on the part Of g buyer and fraud IN
the seller Ihsse TWO cses work together and mutually
TRhvEILNe IN EuROFE-A correspondent writing from
Rocco d Papa Italy, 70 the Savannah Republican says
have thought IL well TO add a memorandum about
travelling In Europe may be Of advantage 70 some on
your readers Ny impression is that the traveller who
would spend 500 dozen years ago, would under the
same circumstance spend $3.50 now and In some cases
$500. Those who cannot about may console them
selves have done by pleasant quarters but they who
expect TO travel genteely without fun purse win be