The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-19

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PRoBABLE ROBBERY ArLASrIc.--The Newark
Daily Advertiser of the 10th inst says:
Mr Moore of Jersey City while out in his yacht in the
bay, discovered aportmanteau floating the water which
ON being taken on board proved 10 belong Captain
Thomas OF Washington, District Of Columbia
y left in the steamship Atlantic 1t contained three
guerreoypes Dutch pipe books papers, and journal Of
the Captains They not much damaged by water.
Mr.. Aoore supposes that Captain Thomass trunk was
broken open the Atlantic and the portmaneau thrown
overheard"
CRIMINAL STATISTICS STATE OF NEw YoRK-It is
stated In the annual report Of the State of New York
criminal statistics for the past year that there were 5l4
convicted for crime in courts of records of which only LOT
were females The nativity Of 1904 only is reported Of
those b3e natives OF the United States 445 foreign
ers, and 80 unknown.
WHERE PEPPERMINT COMES rRom.-Two towns in 81. Jo-
sph county Michigan produce large quantities OF pepper
mint from which The oil Is extracted by manufacturers
there. In 1855 $4,000 pounds of the oil produced
which brought in the New York market three dollars per
pound From eight to twelve pounds produced from
of the plant The first crop requires good deal
Of care but the next two years yields without attention
After The third the crop must rotate in order TO
the land The mint is cut in August and the oil extracted
by disatiop, filtered through flannel and put up in tin
cans Tor market.
AN EsouIMAUx "KYAoK' ON THE DELAwARE.--The Phil
adelphia Evening Journal states that quite interesting
and rather novel witnessed Tuesday last
the Delaware river Mr. John Davis who has passed
efa years among the Danish people, and become
toned to the Of such crafts seated himself in the
of the Esquimaux "yac which used in the Kane
petition bis feet and legs being concealed from view and
with the aid of light wooden paddle made his dminu-
overlooking craft dash through the water Of the Delaware
almost quick lightning, at the time cutting up
all of Freaks such throwing the lance in im
taion of the Esquimaux when catching the seal. Mr.
wis crossed and recrossed to the island and passed up
down the river several squares much to the asonsh-
ment and delight of numerous spec a!ors.
MANUFACTURE OF CHAMPAGNE wISE-Tbe New York Day
Book publishes method for making champagne wine
from which we make the following extract:
"When the fruit is gathered the juice is exquistey
sweet but in few days this is changed by the fermenta
tion in the casks in which 1t is placed When
ton subsidies the wine is vapd and very disagreeable
is then stopped and fined purified to great degree
Of brightness be obtained before the botng
which is usually in March following the vintage When
it put up second fermentation is induced by putting
into each bottle small glass of what is called liquor
(sugarcandy dissolved in wine aud fined to brightness
This fermentation produces fresh deposite of sediment
lees, however bright the wine may he when bottled In
this process the greatest attention is necessary and the
bottles closely watched the temperature of the air
ton yet thousands OF bottles explode that least
per is charged cost of manufacture In
great and sudden heat twenty twenty-five per cent
broken