The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-08-11
GENERAL SUMMARY.

T1m LATE Hon. JAS O. DonBS.--The death Of this dis
tnguished citizen of North Carolina has cast gloom
the town Of Fayetteville where he had resided the great
part of his life Soon after his death immense town
meeting held feeling speeches made and touching
resolutions adopted His body followed TO the grave
by three military companies and the entire population,
all kinds OF business having been suspended The remains
deposited in the Presbyterian burial ground by the
side of those OF his departed wife The of the
Rev Mr.. Gilchrs the pastor of the church which Mr.
Dobbn attended while living is said to have been of
the most eloquent and feeling compositions ever listened
to in Fayetteville.
The Philadelphia correspondent says Gerard Ralston
esq., of this city has been appointed consul general
the republic OF Liberia London and has been officially
received in that capacity by the proper English authority
Mr. Raston has authority to negotiate treaties with the
nations OF Europe and America who have ministers
siding at the court of ST. James 1t is the policy of Lii
IBERIA To have Acknowledgements of her ndepend
possible. Great Britain, France, Prussia Bel
GUM, and Brazil, and the Hanseatc towns Of Lubec,
Hamburg, and Bremen have freely and promptly secog
Missed Liberian nationality"
The Fredericksburg (virgina) papers report serious
freshet in the Rappahannock river and great damage
along its The Herald, of that town, "a
part the town lying south of Princess Ann street. and
below the railroad depot, is completely submerged
The houses of Captain Daniel Reed, Richard Wallace,
John Solan, and Others are inundated. Mr.. s. house
is surrounded by water the only exit being made on
horseback Many of the lots along Main street and
cellars also bear testimony to the amount Of
rain that has fallen.
The Rev. w. f. Williams, missionary of the American
board Mosu has brought to this country gold coin,
dating back to about two hundred and eighty years before
Christ 1t bears the and efgy of Arsinoe Philade
phou of the founders Of the Alexnndran Library 1t
is about the size of sovereign is beautiful coin, and
seems bright and fresh if it had but just come from
the mint. The value of the coin by weight is sl8
The independents Spanish journal published in New
Orleans states in its issue of the 2Sth ut that the
departure of the steamship Texas from Vera Cruz
were in circulation there that President Santa Anna
had died No particulars given, and the independents
adds that these probably sprung from the same
source with similar it had received few days pre-
| viously from Havana.
The ladies of the Mount Vernon Association have In
vited Mr. Everett to repeat his lecture Washington In
Richmond during the week OF the agricultural fair.
Should he accept the washington relics" lately pur-
chased for him in Baltimore will be presented with APP
propriate ceremonies while he is there.
The Atlanta Ga,) Examiner of the 9Th inst. says
On Tuesday last hundred and twenty freight cars
passed the State road from Chattanooga to Atlanta
loaded with wheat The receipts for this freight by the
State road on that day amounted to 81, 500"
The Knoxville Wing Is confident that East Tennessee
will be able to sell two millions of bushels Of wheat the
present The farmers in the counties tributary to
Hickman likely to realize million dollars from
| their wheat crop alone. sF@