The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-11
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Cleveland Plindealer Of Thursday, 3d. furnishes
the following item In regard TO the State finances IN
tegence direct and reliable from Columbus, assures us
that ever million of the money obtained on loan OF
last winter authorized by the legislature 10 take up State
bonds due january last and deposited with the Ohio
Life and Trust New York. for that purpose, has gone the
way of all moneys and securities left with that soules
and sunen concern There so 500 900 Of the State
bonds due January l, 1857 To redeem these bonds
law passed authorizing the fund commissioners to
borrow the amount which they did by selling new Issue
of State stocks The question then arose who shall take
OF the money and attend TO the business VI redeem
ing said stock The fusion officials decided this
question by selecting the New York agency OF the ONO
Life and Trust Company, without taking one dollar OF
security for the So 900 thus deposited although the
democrats in the Legislature urged them TO do So AS
be ascertained about 81 600 only had
been presented for redemption up to the time OF the fall
of said Trust Company. The balance is nan ea
rnlessa.
LATER RIO GRASDE. We take the following
from the Brownsville Flag of the 18th ultimo
Notwithstanding the unprecedented drought OF the
present year. the planters along beautiful valley will
reap good haryess On many farms where not shower
of rain has fallen comparatively good crops are being
made This is attributable to the annual overows of the
river which, receding without rain leave sufficient
moisture to mature the crops suiciency OF corn viii
be raised TO supply the wants OF the few planters who
have settled here leaving considerable margin for sale
.'Of local from the northern border of Mexico
we have but little of interest. The whole Rio Grande
frontier Is remarkably quiet With the commercial com
muny business at present Is somewhat dull the mer-
chants looking forward with hopes for new impetus
which, in times of perfect tranquility, their yora-
BILE geographical position must inevitably shod them
The and stock raso have every prospect OF
muneration the former have promises of good crops
and the latter from the removal of duties by this gov
ernment from the class of animals have in consequence,
caused their sales of stock to be greatly augmented"
The Lowell News says that twenty seven months
ago q young man named VIM X. Foster had the whole
of ono elbow joint torn out by an accident He was
taken to the hospital where DR. Kimball advised by Drs
Graves and Dckey proceeded TO saw of the fagmenary
bones, shortening them two and half inches, and
then uniting them as to make new joint. Strange
as il may SEEM the wound did well and healed and Mr.
Foster has good elbowjoint and arm tie moves the
Joint with perfect ease though not quite fully the
other, and can as he says, hold out twenty-five and
half pounds with the hand at arm length The arm is
now nearly three and half inches shorter than the
other and good and reliable for all the purposes
of labor to which Mr.. Foster is called
The seth regiment now at Montreal and under orders
for India is in sad state of discipline, according to the
Montreal Argus The approaching removal to Quebec,
and orders to sail for India viewed with great dsfa
vor and assertions have of late become numerous as
to render confinement in barracks for days past
cessary This has led to mumurs and in many instan-
ces, cries of INSTRUMENTATION.
The Boston Traveller says last Sunday joyful day
for Gloucester in arrivals of fishing vessels One after
another they in all day with colors flying and with
fares from 500 to 200 barrels About thirty-fve thou
sand dollars worth came in. great many more arc
due not nearly all of the first vessels have yet
arrived
Mrs Mary Francis Reed and three of her children died
in Fauquier county Virginia, last week Her husband,
Mr. Westley Reed and child all that is left of
family of six in health two three weeks since They
| all died of dysentery.
type founder at Buffalo has completely encased ripe
pear in coat of copper by the eectrotype process and
he expects 70 preserve the fruit for his children children
to eat
VIM. NJ Ferguson, tobacco dealer, committed suicide
at Nashville Tennessee the 4th inst He native
Of Lynchburg, Virginia, and about rs years old.
Young Witcher, who killed his father few weeks ago
in Atlanta Georgia. has been arrested and is in Jail
Dr. Spears, wealthy planter Lake George, Florida,
was drowned in the lake on Wednesday last .--