The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-05-19
GENERAL SUMMARY.

riculture a farm of seven hundred fertile acres &
the city of lansing, where the State capitol Is Located
Joseph r. Williams late editor of the Toledo Blads 4
president. IL has endowment Of $50, O0O the pro
ceeds of the Salt Spring lands originally given to Mb
gan Territory by the federal government The levs,i
ture has appropriated 10000 per annum for two years
the support of the college.
letter from St Louis, speaking of the effect ofM
Eyeretts literary address Mt the Inauguration Of the M
versity says "Durng the day of Inauguration one zen
tleman, who had before given Sl2 000 added $50 0OO
and another who had given 500 000 added s27 OOO
to endowment When Mr. Everett closed, ST. Iou,
millionaire who had listened almost entanccd by b
spell thrown around him, declared that he must be p
mited to build observatory for and asked 10 don
at his expense without aid he resolved to M
apart 500, 900 TO the work
BY the condensed report of the Thirty third Anni,e,
sary of the American Sunday School Union ii will be SEEN
that the receipts in the missionary department have BEEN
In donations, s7l,9 81; in legacies $lI945 81; and
balance hand from last year, being specially desV
mated by the donors S769 49, making the total resources
of the department for the year SS4 697 81 During tina
last six years the society has organized through the al
rect abors of its missionaries, than q 900 Sun
day schools containing about $4,000 teachers and nearly
500, 900 children.
The governor says the Philadelphia Ledger has signed
the bill for the sale Of the main line, and il is advertised
to be sold at public auction in the Merchants Exchange
Thursday evening, the 25th day of June The lowest
price for which it may be purchased is 81 800 900 Tho
who have that much loose change about them have A
chance for profitable speculation The State debt viii
be reduced TO that amount by the purchase money If The
Legislature, in fit of beraity of most questionable
character does not hand the proceeds to tho Sun
bury and Erie railroad.
Three steamers left New York on the 10Th instant t
Europe, The North Star" for Southampton and Bp
men, with BAG passengers and s35,6O0 in specie The
g Herman for Southampton and Bremen, with 1853 pas
sengers, among whom John Zoechler and wife ami
Casper zoechler and wife, of Wheeling, Hon John Vince.
Ter and Ogden Haggerty, esq The H. takes S25 900
in specie The Leopold t. for Southampton and Ant
werp, with Is cabin and stcerage passengers but no
specie.
The steadiness (says exehange) Of the product Of
gold in California and Australia for several years past
very remarkable That of Australia has been quite uni
form, at sayl sixty sixtyfye millions of dollars and
California has ranged from fifty to fiftyve millions On
the whole the indications to warrant the belief that
the maximum of production has been nearly not fully
reached in both countries
The annual meeting of the American Baptist Publica
ton Society held at Boston last Friday. Rev. Mr.
Sinard, OF Pennsylvania, presided. Tho annual report
is quite satisfactory. Whole number of pages printed
during the year 20, The coportage OF the soc
~ has been successful during the year beyond example
The receipts for the year have been s4S l5O Expenses
SIS, 900.
Rev." Mr.. Kinney, who was arrested in Frederick
Maryland several months ago the charge of having
robbed the Roman Catholic church at hartinsbug of
which he formerly the PASTOR Of silver vase and
other vauabes, convicted in the court of Berkeley
county Virginia, during the past week. and sentenced
to the pententiary for the term of one year.
The dinner table at the late railroad festival in Mem
phs nearly three-quarters of a mile long and had
on it 900 plates and Dishes $500 pounds beef and NUT
ton rs hams go pigs 1875 turkeys 400 chickens $50
beef tongues, 10 barrels potatoes, Is baskets salad u
barrels ice water, 500 pounds cake, besides rns al
monds, oranges &c. Some Is 10000 persons partook
of the dinner
The authorities of Niagara Falls have determined to
put stop to the Objectionable practice of runners so
tors hackdrivers &c. by which summer visitors are out
rageously swindled.
Her Majesty the Queen, (says the Toronto Leaderl
consents to accept the reference made to her by the Cana
dian legislature in relation to the seat of government
The imperial government awaits the information which
the different competing cities may furnish before making
the selection.
The Pennsylvania Inquirer states that the police Of
Philadelphia have discovered new class OF thieves Com
plants being made of the non-receipts of newspaper
upon investigation it discovered that the papers
taken by 'long bearded goats
The Annapolis Republican states that the Hon. James
L. Barto took the oath of Office Judge of the court
appeals of this State Tuesday last the 18th inst be-
fore the governor.
severe storm, which caused the water in places
rise feet above the gale Of September 1855 doing
much damage to the milling interest Total loss esma
ted at $50 600
The Bristol Virgna) News says the past week. though
somewhat variable, has been of great satisfaction
farmers Wheat and grass growing finely the ground
has been dry enough to permit corn planting, and tho
young corn is beginning TO shoot forth
On the occasion of fair held in Spencer Massacbu
setts Oh Wednesday night sixty persons werepoi
soned from eating ice No has proved fatal
but the physicians of the town have been kept busy
teracting its effects 1t is supposed to have been acct
dental
The Florida Sentinel says that the planters about Tal
and that If favored with late fall they will obtain
bountiful harvest.
A lady in Owen county, Iowa, has become dcranged
from dwelling with morbid apprehensions upon the pre-
dicted collision with the comet
German who by being asleep, passed the Rhinebed
station, Hudson River railroad whcre he wished to sopl
on Wednesday last jumped from the while they were
in full motion and mraculously escaped injury, nowth
standing he was thrown into heap of stones.
1t appears that the pay OF the attorney general of Ind
ana was mere pittance in 1903. The salary of the at
tomey general at that time was only $50 a year.
The mystery in regard to the Newburg tragedy still
continues to excite the minds of the people and nothing
Of any Importance has been discovered as yet and IN
less the murderer should be discovered soon the excite
mcnt will naturally pass away.
The Philadelphia papers warn the public against ten
dollar counterfeit bills just issued the Hatters Bank
of Connecticut 1t is not improbable that Of there
bills may find their way into this section of country.
The New York Commercial Advertiser is informed that
the hotckeepcrs at Quoge south side Long Island are
making arrangements to accommodate some 800 summer
boarders and will put the weekly board at IS, except
some few double rooms which will be more.
1t is stated that German recently deliberately threw
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