The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-21


diAty after their arrival procession win be formed and
visit paid the President and his cabinet Subsequent
ly the guests viii visit the Capitol the Patent ONCE the
Smithsonian Institution and other prominent objects Of
curiosity in the city. About o'clock, p m, the whole
party will leave in the George Washington for
Mount Vernon returning by O'Clock. The bounteous
collation. at carus saloon win he served up at
O'Clock
The President and his cabinet we understand have
been invited 10 partake Of the collation.
Too BAD Everybody knows that the weather yester
day did not create a demand for oveTcoats A and
\ two women heavily burdened with bundles and hand
boxes moving at the top of their speed toward
the railroad station TO be in time for the 20 train They
certainly deserved To win against time considering the
temperature but aIas they had turned into
the station house than the inpatient locomotive erked
out the and away with them in the direction Of
Baltimore One minute sooner and passage could have
/ -, -. Disappointed, sad, the party watched the
o'si ~, then slowly retraood their
steps If It any consolation, they we.- .'' -
sured by a hackman that thsfs ~ouid he ehanes n,
them the next morning at o'clock.
LsMnsrsBtr OCCURRENCE. half past six clock
/ yesterday afternoon voting man, named VIM. Rich
ardson printer "a nephew Of VIM Carey Jones, esq
met premature and shocking death. He with
cral companions the house Of Mr. John FILL 10th
street where he had just taken rooms and the party
innocenty passing the hours when Mr. Richardson pick
cd up a revolver, single harreed pistol, and knife
and, holding them up, hourshed them at arms length
Mr.. L. A. Hrgy payfully extended bis hand and obtain
ed possession Of of the pistols and the frearm
was descending, in a fange nearly with Richardson's
stomach it accidentally exploded the ball entering the
/ bofy OF his respected companion, who soon became
specifies and died IN TIE course Of twenty minutes
from the effects Of the wound notwithstanding the
prompt attendance of DR. Borrows, who in vain sought
I for the hall with a view TO extract il.
Mr. BTgy is a young man Of fine character and noble
| impulses and might naturally be expected is in
1 tehsels distressed at the truly sad event.
DEATH or RoBERT FaRSif3a Our citizens were ysstsr-
day startled by the intelligence that respected fellow
citizen, Robert Farnham suddenly killed Will
mington Delaware at halfpast eleven O'Clock in the
morning. A telegraph despatch states that while the
train oin Baltimore waiting at Stanton for the
Philadelphia train, Mr. Farnham left the car, and
standing the track when the train approached and
struck him before he had time to get out of the way
killing him instantly, and shockngly mangling his body
He was in company with his three daughters their
way to the North The remains of Mr.. Farnham were
forwarded to Washington by the midnight train He had
been resident of our city for twenty five years and
universally respected valuable citizen and honest
/ man
MUcn has been produced in this city by those
arsocratic, privileged classes Two of them
were, week ago. killed by human beings, who had not
before their eyes the fear of falling victims the
tire canine pack The twa dogs had exhibited synp-
toms Of hydrophobia and therefore it proper
bullet In each worthless Several children
were Within the past week seriously bitten by dogs and
Justice Dom Saturday injured in similar man
On the hast named dry, too little boy in the
4 was EbO nriY torn in fla Inv,
which had instinct enough to make its escape before the
| advance of two armed with muskets The little
bitter slipped away from his pursuers
Here four several of dog biting which have
come to knowledge within week and there may
! be more of them.
Is it not time that something done to guard the
inhabitants Of Washington from the dog nuisance and
possibly hydrophobias
1 PHEASANT! wARM! Hor VERY Hor THE smithso-
MAN Institution yesterday morning learned through
Morse telegraph line, of the state Of the weather from
New York TO New Orleans 1t is singular fact that
/ while in Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina and
Savannah and Macon Georgia. and Gainesville Missis-
sippi, the weather pleasant r. It was actually
warm in fifteen other places, North and South But
in Columbia South Carolina IT '1hot and in Mobile
Alabama livery hot T. Washington is noted as 'sclerr
and uaa We boldly assert that far as this city is
concerned the person who communicated the information
| told the truth
/ Presentation. Mr.. Millson Of Virginia is at
Browns ; Hon. j. C. Allen, Of Illinois, at Krkwoods
and Major McRea United States consul to Paris at VIII
/ lards'.
Cry IrEMs-A plan for the hall Of the Washing
ton Art Association has been designed by Mr. Hasxna
architect and said to meet with the general approba-
ton Of the members The hall is TO consist of the sec
ond story Of brick building about to be erected
the north side Of Pennsylvania just east of 18th
street the first story Of which is to be partoned into
three stories that it is evident that the hall viii be
spacious and the floor well supported Considerable in
tcrest be taken in the hall by able and inuen-
tial men both in the metropolis and out and there is
now no doubt that its construction secured It is
believed that the demolition Of the old buildings
cupying the site will be commenced in week or two
1t is said that large halfcipper ship arrived at Alex
andria yesterday with 900 tons Of guano from the
/ Chncha islands.
! Travel ON the Long Bridge resumed on saturday
1t reported here that the water is TO be let into the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal to-day, and that boats may
| be expected from Cumberland by next Monday
The ice-house OF Mr. Fuller the National observ-
atory was set on fire and consumed Sunday morning
About $500 worth of ice belonging TO Mr. Simpson
left exposed.
is said that the army is destroying the govern