The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-11-03

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One Of The quickest proceedings In the administration
OF justice has Just taken place in Michigan On Monday,
October 18TH William Crosicr and William Cronuin,
hands board wood boat belonging to Chicago called
the Charles Sumner, were sent shore at Muskegon
for milk While there they heard Of dance to of
at night and after dark they took bQst and went
ashore again They attended the dance and Coser acci
dentally broke window glass; William Young and john
Powers procured guns loaded them with bucshot and
they would shoot Crosier He away, and they
pursued them but just Crosicr getting into the
boat Powers shot him he fell into the water picked
up 10y his companion, but died almost Immediately.
Young and Powers arrested that night Tuesday
they were lodged in Jail on Thursday they indct
ell Friday they araigned tried, and convicted
of murder Monday they sentenced TO solitary
imprisonment for life and on Tuesday nght-exacty
one week from the time of the murder-hey were lodged
in the penientiary. htu
STEAMBOAT NEwsrAPsR. Among other innovations
which the mammoth steamer Great Eastern is about to
inaugurate will be the publication Of daily paper on
board for the benefit of the travelling publicthe regu
lar public of travelleB-whom she may be bearing
the But this startling feature Is anticipated
on the western waters Of the New World for the New
Orleans and St Louis packet steamer James Woodruff
sails equipped with the force and material for the
publication of regular daily Paper board during her
trips up aud down the river with job Office attached for
the printing of bills of fare and other work.
CRors Como FORWARD are stronger indications
of the crops coming forward from the West The New
York Post hears of the receipt of bills of ladng of grain
from the West by of the banks OF that city smnta
neousy with the arrival of large amount of specie from
England, The Philadelphia Press says
1--WE are informed that the Bank of the State of Ten
nessee has proposed two banks in New York city to de-
post with them millions OF dollars in the bonds OF
Tennessee as security drafts to the amount of mil
lion of dollars to be drawn by that bank for the purpose
of facilitating the getting of the crops of that State to
market
The last English papers mention that the ship Inyest
gator in which the famous navigator and explorer Cap
tain Cook made his voyages has been removed to Dept
ford dock yard to he broken up For some years the In
vestgao has been moored in the Thames close to Somer
set House, and used as river police station. ..
Private letters by the Persia mention the marriage of
the eminent American painter VIM. Page at the Eng
lish Episcopal church. in Rome, the 9Th Of October.
The bride was Mrs Sophia Candace Hitchcock, daugh-
ter of Henry Stephens esq, Of Vermont, and sister OF
Simon Stephens, esga OF Lancaster, Ia
The rain of the last three days has been very abundant
and has extended over wide reach of country. The
ground is completely saturated with water the streams
are full and overiowing and in short the earth is in
readiness for cold weather The crops almost all har
vested.
The farmers of Aroostook county, Maine, boast of
wonderful yield of potatoes Mr.. Gerry OF No 8, says
he has raised this year the peachbow variety at the
rate $40 bushels TO the acre. and the Jackson potato
at the rate of 4l6 bushels per
The steamship Philadelphia has arrived at New Orleans
with Havana dates to the 2Sth ult and S450,00O in
specie. The steamship Star OF the west, from Asplnwali
for New York. had not arrived at Havana when the Phil
adcphia left TINT port, sT
At the burning of o block in Auburn, Monday morn
ing in the second story threw out feather bed
then threw out her infant which caught by man
below and then caped out hersethe same man catch
ing her in his arms before she reached the bed.
The Evansville 1ndiana) Journal says that om pres
cnt indications there will he hogs killed at Indian
apos this year than during any former one. The pork
is in the country, and the money is here to buy it,
Grapes becoming quite article of culture in Illi
nos 1t is estimated that citizens of Monroe county will
market 10000 gallons of wine which at present rates
will amount to $500, 900 A ~.
rAan Napier McNab for the past thirty years of
the most prominent in Canada has retired from pub
lie life on account of i'll health He is about sixty years
age and has been Speaker of Parliament and Prime
Minister. #a uE 'a@ #et .su
The constitution of Minnesota has been ratified by the
people Itrcceived 100000 with only about 1000
against it. ~