The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-10
ATTORNEY GENERALS orplcr.


ArTonsKY GENERALS oFFicE.
The Cls Of Charles CroreH The Attorney General ha.
had under consideration the case Charles crowell an
ordinary seaman, lately sentenced by the naval court
martial convened at New York He found guilty Of
striking dlsobeyng, and treating with contempt his SUI
perior officers and sentenced TO three years con-
nemcn at hard labor in the penitentiay OF the District
Of Columbia 10 be deprived Of his pay and 10 he marked
with the letter on his right hip The specc question
embraced In the reference Of the Secretary of the Navy
was az to the legality of this sentence The Attorney
General holds that there is nothing Illegal in Il and
Is therefore, TO he carried out in every particular The
punishment to DO inflicted is undoubtedly very severe
but the offence of Crowe Of such character that it
could be lightly passed without serious injury to
one of the most vital elements OF naval discipline
The CIsc Of John Snih 1t will be recollected that
John Smith alias Francisco Soares who convicted in
New York Of the murder of Charles H. Grooves Of
the brig General Pierce and sentenced to be hung the
18th day of August last reprieved by the President
until the 18th day Of September. The repricye granted
being about expire the President Tuesday last
muted his sentence years confinement in the
State prison in the southern district OF New York.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
The Nas,s Grape Investigation Arkansas. Subjoined Is
the letter of Major H. G. Williams to the Commissioners
Of Patents in relation his investigation Of the native
grapes Of Arkansas
/ Hor SPRINGS, Arkansas
August Il, 1851.
o. p,,r,rant a. Inc ;n.tr,con. Addressed IN M. h.
M Patent ofce an tI. DIST md left Wash;nyon city
-, + oy,in ~ Tia "a Instant tahnr xybat doomed
the shortest route well the most expeditions mode
~ traI tlrou The Stse M Virginia n, bristol Know
,i,la a,d ,I.ttanocoa .nnessee ,xbey. the route q
inteseccd by the Mempbis and Charleston road termi
otn - Ma,,nh;s From tbis noint accea Ia the state
| of Arkansas is easily effected.
A. W;ncestcy stonned I few ,lavs h, nscertain tho
| he;rbt of the Cumberland mountain and the tenn
erotnra ~ one az tbe Iorcs cayerna near there Her
iofe have ,resed tho opinion that that locality Of
eet Inducements TO vine culture the soil altitude and
las fo,,at apoea ~ tenncrat,,re a. s,,nney anil fall
aud the Law, caverna which might with trifno crnens
he converted info vine vaults all conc,Yrinr IN INV
or;nion To render ynenaSinr a safe snre and nro6ta
hI business The short time spent IN that portion of
th tte making observations with reference 10 the sub
ieot confirms this opinion The cavern which descend
~ abont % yarda rave cInnen,t,,,e az 55o whe Tn
theoncter stood at $50 in the omen air under the shade
&c thn traos 81 the month Asocna;ng The mountain
water bo;led at 1000 Fahrenheit
Leaving Winchester on the 10Th arrived at Mempbis
on the Iaib md LIT IN steamboat on the 18th for
Aberdeen Arkansas one Of the points where the south
western mail rontes commence From that place 10 tbs
have baen subject TO yexatious DELAYS and invitations
which those Who have never travelled In Arkansas cam
not fully c,nprehend or Justly appreciate However
have averaged one hundred miles day since started
and and here that the senson has not vet arrived for
be rinenne Of The grape and that shall have annie
zine to make an extended exploration In accordance with
! tha ;nstrt,ctions of the Office
Nearly all kinds of fruit were killed IN this State by
the late spring fross few mscaincs are on the vines
but have not vet seen any wild pums or grapes in fruit
The chickasaw bushes arc very numerous il; open espo
srcs from which they are taken and planted in orchards
cnsvey cultivated The latter grows vigorously, and