The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-03

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MORE THAN FIvF HuhpsED xsDs F4ysr aAups III
'ur OF EHPLoYNEET,r The extensive imachins n
'hop and locofnotys works Z Of VIM Mason 4 q
he hands employed, about ave 6undfsd snd CIV y
n numbef have BEEN discharged, % oa6count 81 ib
the pecunafy embar ecssd via ID N
ALLURE Of yas Mills, Of Boston, who Is the largest
owner in these es tablishmept1 The Whittentonss 4,
mills, large cotton manu- ctulaRR estxbIishmenx
Of which Willard Lowering II ageiE, ana James X. b
Mills large owner. has also stsrpsd running for ii
the same reason and The employees discharged aa
IRON AND WIRE RoPE.-aA Appearances indicate 1,
that wire will grow more and mora into request
IN architecture, ships, ana rigging. Irvine 40 now
ussd "a many of the English mines. AT equal .
strengths wire rope ID lighter by one-third than
hemp rope, and by twolthirds than . chain---aa,
important fact especially where mines are deepest
Then there are metallic life boats, pont00ns and \
army wagons, The boats, itit IL said; cannot be 4
broken Or overset let them beusedere 20 roughly;
and The pontoons are described az models Of light
hess Boon 1aTiialf Igrg $500. n n ~
lsu ior 8dE XII $3.50
y BURSAU or PRovIsoEs AND CLoTHINa. "A sp pes@
cia despatch to the Philadelphia Press, says il n
stated that Purser D, slamn, IF the Boston Navy
Yard, will soon assume in the Navy Department,
the place Of head Of the Bureau Of PFoyiaions and
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y FREscH AND EsaLI ISL NAVY. The present efYsc-
tive force Of the French Imperial Navy, is slT !
sailing vessels, carrying gums and a2o steam
vessels g. carrying os1 gans; AcsSrdng % the
the navy Great Britain was at that period, 2e9a
sailing vessels, carrying an aggregate Of 9,3e2
guns 26S steam vessels, carrying al aggregate
of 1880 guns I'm '2ti'ii 'aisbsiti
A MAMMorH CucUMBER.4-A Mammoth cucum-
ber has been shown in the Office of the Providence
Journal. 1t weighs over eight pounds and Is Eve
and a-half feet in length. It resembles serpent
in shape, and is in fact of the species called the
90 serpent cucImber.n There are two others on
the same vine still larger, and more serpent-like
in their shape. Though large, they are in flavor
more delicate than the cucumber of the usual size
The seeds from which the cucumber sprang, were
brought from Belgium qitiipasfia gaf slieipp94
The MoNroUR IRON CoMPANY.-It is stated by
the New York Coiner, that the Montour Iron Com
spany have determined to pay off their hborers
F(2 800iin number,) and close their rolling mills
at Danvie. This will throw out Of employment
some 1000 men, and, with their families, at least
5000 persons-the natural result of change of the
tariff and the war upon railroad securities, o,iasl
W. Y, DEATH OF < VENERABLE PRINrrrR. gRichard
Sherwin, seventy.two years Of age, supposed to be
the Oldest printer in Boston, died on Saturday at
hisresidence, No. 4, North Russell street. In the
procession upon the occasion of inaugurating the
Franklin Statue, he personated the printer Of the
olden time, and dressed with knee breeches cooked
hat, &C., worked the ancient Franklin press. his
appearance at that time attracted great atten.
ton. .btorg!ga ,igRc4y t,,F,J.a,.,
THREE SoNs.--At Willow Island, Pleasant couety.
Virginia, Mrs. Roster, wife Of VIM. Roster, gave
birth to three sons on the 2Bth August. One of
the boys weighs six pounds, another six pounds
and half and the other seven-making nineteen
pounds and a-half Of babies The children are all
fine, hale, and healthy, and the mother Is doing
well. M NJ tt,t, 20 y ~ ~ 5saNl
| a.FAcroRIEs AT MANAYUNK, Pay the suspen.
sion of the cotton and wooden manufactures of
Manayunk over 1000 workmen have been dis
charged. The following named manufactures dis
charged the number of working hands set opposite
| their names: Mr. Ripks, 100 !; Mr. Campbell.
800; Mr.. Arbuckle, 100; Messrs Preston & Wal.
lace, 100; Mr.. Winpenny, 100; Messrs. Holt & La
| cock, 100 Mr.. Roberts, 100; Messrs. Ring
| Brother, so; Mr.. Grant, 80 !; Mr.. Buckley, 40 |;
and various others, 500; total number discharged,
l2,24o. .iaq 81 - :,
The Catharis, or Spanish fly, is native of Cali
fornia. Large numbers of this insect were OBJ
served some time ago on the " Island, beyond the
Guadaloupe, Santa Clara county. They can some
times be seen there il is said in clusters or swarms
large enough to eli pint measure. They are $
DIV 9th haatl a,nd u Z
powder Of catharides is sold In our drug st ire e,
a very high figure, there seems no reaso why
these little bugs should not be marketable com,
modify. 4Dt ,saJl M .lsr5a sfa.f...6T =
Ezra Underhil, of Newburgh, New York, was
jealous of his wife, and separated from her In
April last, since which she and her two children
have lived with her father One hight last week
Underhill went 70 house where his wife was and
snapped pistol at her, when he was elected, and
Immediately shot himself dead q , g s5tl1s
Iig ts ~ -. > -l I9drtlH bHog,
Do In Decator, Missouri, Mr.. Charles Shepard vas
30 much excited by fight between T. A. Green, q
young lawyer, and Mr., Davis editor of the Gs1stte,
that he expired In few minutes. Green, II seems,
undertook TO pound the editor for crticising 4
piece Of his original poetry. %
Mrs. VIM. Miller, Of Easton, Prebie county,
Ohio, committed suicide by hanging herself with
q Sauuc bhbh.1 oh5 haa oiny puoA nihrflcu ycAFs
and leaves O child about three weeks old. No
cause assigned for the rash act. 70 bra trBulz ..
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wnEAT.-A letter from Dewitt, Clinton county,
Iowa, states that wheat was sold there At too sl
hfgs per bushel. Clinton county, borders on the
Mississippi, and Dewitt, is only thirty-miles west
OF the river, lying on railroad. The wheat cold
was good article ofithe spring crop. h gsi,,Tr'
/ SUeAR.--The Newburgh Herald states that a
cargo of very fine sugar is stored upon Johnson's
wharf in that city, for which firm In Boston paid
] 211 cents per pound; now Il win not bring nine
cents. The depreciation, storage, shrinkage &C.,
will occasion a loss Of forty dollars on q hogs.
head. y 7" 1,''l'1 DUG go q
NATIONAL HorfI. % The Philadelphia Press says
the National Hotel (Washington) isto be openedin
alittle while By company Of New Hampshire men.
They have given security for the due performance
poftheir part Of the agreement. They are 70 have
III rent free for a period of years. . ggt3. s..,'i
The new Satinet mill Of Converse, Brother 4
Co., in Staffordvile, Tolland county, Conn, was
burnt on Friday morning d three o'clock with all