The Washington union., 1857-04-25
THE WASHINGTON UNION.


cordingly dead set was made upon New Jersey No
other locality but sandy Hook would do II was not suf
hcent 10 allow them the OF the place They wanted
possession Of Sandy Hook part OF New York state
The Jerseymen always sharp at matter OF business,
took the most efectual way OF getting nd OF New
York opportunities They did not refuse TO cee Sandy
Hook, but offered TO swap It for Staten Island II the
former were absolutely necessary To the Gothamites,
they could afford To give something for Il and as Staten
Island naturally belongs TO Jersey il would be iar ex
change This soon settled the matter for TO parting
with square inch OF all the Empire State, that was
thing not TO be dreamed Of commission was then APP
pointed to select location, and they have found
five on the oceanward side of Staten Island Long Island
aud Coney Island all eligible os quarantine They have
selected seguines Point but the governor has not APP
proved OF IT, and the matter Is still open The New York
Times grumbes at the Jerseymen being suffered 10
tlwart the plans and propositions OF Heaven Gotham
being synonymous with Heaven. In order TO get over
the difficulty the Times proposes that Congress shall
take possession of Sandy Hook and build and fortify
quarantine for them on that point
BosroS lslaoHALIrY--The capital of New England is
acquiring unenyable notorety by its indecent criminal
trials Directly upon the heels OF the kaoch trial comes
the Dalton trial which the Boston papers state exceeds
in repulsye necency any similar that has taken
place in that part OF the country Even the Boston Times
shoulders at its revelations. And yet the parties in
voyed in these sndasare young married people belonging
10 highly respectable families who had horne good ren
ttions until their immones brought to light by
the homicide o young Sumner, who MAS beaten to death
by the whose domestic peace he had destroyed os
ton may not be than New York. or any other Of
the large towns Of the unon but II has lately had
duyf the saae o sndalons trials than its popula
ton would entitIe to IL their morals par with
other American cities. Aoe lok TINES
ANOTHER ron,I REMEDY Lieutenant Many continu-
ing the Rural New Yorker his remarks ON the plant
ing of flowers preventive of chis and fever ia
marshy districts suggests that water lilies planted il
marshes would have similar beneficial effect.
SMOKING rnIRr.--on Wednesday a robber of a sooty
complexion attempted to enter the house of old Widow
Hardwood, in Bradford, Virginia by descending chin
ney. lie stuck fast midway, however, in the chimney,
and the old widow heard him. She heaped straw in the
fire place and lighted it, The robber half suffoeated,
roed Persons collected by his cries ho drawn
up with ropes to the top Of the chimney dead than
alive and sent to the mercies OF the law.
BroaRApHY OF Dn. KANE, We informed that George
Stephenson, who accompanied DR. Kane his last Arc
tic expedition proposes to visit this metropolis to receive
subscriptions not only for the narrative Of the first Grin
nell expedition but also biography of his late
der, from the pen of DR. Elder. The large number of
citizens who subscribed for the volume that records the
events and incidents connected with the final exploration
justfes the belief that the first Grhnell expedition win
meet with equal favor in their hands, and that the biog
raphy of Dr. Kane essential to correct knowledge Of
the heroic nature of the man. will prove peculiarly
ceptabe.
TnE EBDIrr HOUSE. We learn that Mr.. Smiths popu-
lar hotel has passed into other hands, and iter having
been refttet) win be reopened
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. The rule is in full
operation adopted by the Magnetic Telegraph Company
between New York and Washington, to keep the office
of the company open at New York Philadelphia Balti-
ao1 nj all doy and,
the transaction of business. This will be very great
convenience to the public message may be sent
from either Of the cities named at any time that
necessity may require.
TaG- COMET. Athough Professor Pierce and other
learned laugh at the idea, many firmly believe that
comet has now entered the solar system and Is the
Of the almost unprecedented cold weather 1t is
this chilling visiter it will be remembered that the Ger
mathematieians say Will in direct competition
with the earth on the 18th Of next June, -
TiIE rsIERIFs. The supplies of shad and of herring
from the fishing grounds the Potomac said to be
unusually scanty, and, consequently, command high
prices About twelve hundred punches of white perch
were taken at single haul made Friday at jackson
City"
CAUSE AND EFFECT Among other victims to what is |
almost universally chrstcncd the 'ra poison at the Ma
tiona Hotel Is Senator Hale, Of New Hampshire who is
said to have become g thin lean man" under the
rayages OF the disorder Ii TO be hoped that he has
also lost Of his ianacal and sectional preudces
GEORGETOWN A solitary stonecuter has
been very busy during the past week, but we suppose
active operations win soon be commenced. A new
post Office is sadly needed and the speedy completion OF
the customhouse in which the post office s 10 be oca
ted, is very desirable,
FLOWER GAnDENs. We regret not to see more attempts
TO cultivate flowers in the small yards gardens at
tached to large number Of houses in this city There
is no dwelling SO humble that It should not be craced
with its phiox, petuna, balsamine, and convolvulus
Fifty cents expended in seeds and hours time each
day in their culture and management would (if beauty
and happiness could be estimated by dollars be worth
thousands in the year The flowers best adapted to our
hot the ycrbcna peunia and saliva These
win keep constant succession OF bloom and in their
great variety make beautiful parerre of themselves
LOCAL NEWS.