The Washington union., 1857-04-28
THE WASHINGTON UNION.
GENERAL SUMMARY.

lOi the hituC region IN bcaiCh ol tic lost
steamship Franklin 10 this the Atlas German repub
can1 replied that it before heard that Sir John
Franklin steamship Shortly after, the Grad Aus
had long article endeayoring 10 prove how mean the
Atlas in taking cognizanee OF such small mistakes,
and wound zap by saying that as matter of course,
Franklin was not steamship, but merely siiaag resse!
The steam frigate Niagara, (says the New York Ex-
press of Saturday, which touched on the ship at
Sandy Hook yesterday, after two days steamng, and
put ON board steam tug the persons who had been in
vted TO witness the trial trip is said TO have proved
entire success The engines worked beautifully she an
swers promptly TO the helm and although only 81 and
~ revolutions per minute We're made, she accomplished
from to knots an hour at o'clock last night she
had headed for Greenwich to get her share ohe inter
oceanic telegraph cable
Twenty years ago sand boxes the absolute accom-
paninent OF gentlemans writing desk They are now
tabooed and botng paper has usnrped their place Al
though such immense quantities of this paper are con-
sued In this country told that il has not hereto
fore been made In own paper mills Parkers Mills
at Westye, Connecticut, New Haven have led of
in making this kind of paper and produce an excellent
article in different colors
An ancient Finn who sat for his portrait to Bayard
Taylor in Lapland had curious notion of the discovery
of America, and mingled tradition and history together
in queer way He claimed to know all about America;
was not present when ID discovered ''but Jenis
Lmpi who lives In Kittali of the crew of the
ship, and he told me how it happened Jenis Lainpi
said they going to throw the captain overheard but
he persuaded them to give him three days and the
third day they found II,
The New York Liquor Dealers Association numbers
600 persons, and has cash fund of $500 900,
which, it is sad will be expended in testing the const
tutonay Of the license law recently passed by the legis
laure committee of nine has been appointed to pro
ceed to Albany and obtain the opinion of the attorney
general on the question 1t is stated that under this
law not dealer in five hundred will be able to obtain
| a license.
ST. Petersburgh has rapidly recovered from the
ca prosaton occasioned by the In 1856 the total
| ~. % a
all articles exported "a 4,926,09l roubes, In 1858 the
exports amounted to 53,267 26l roubes in 1854, to
5S5 $50 roubles in 1855 to 1856, 1874 roubles and
| in 1856, to 54,926, Qai roublos
The New York correspondent of the Boston Transcript
states that Mr. John Turner of the old firm of Lang &
Turner editors of the New York Gazette the great
mercal paper of that city thirty forty years ago. yet
survives here in Lexington avenue at the advanced
of 49, Of the Oldest II not the very Oldest printer
and editor In the country He apprentced to the
printing business long ago the year 1885, to the
| well known Samuel Loudon, of that city.
The New York Commercial Advertiser states that in
the of John Scatchard alias Crosse, charged with
conspiracy to get huntington the forgc out OF the State
prison by of forged pardon Justice Connolly de-
ciied Friday last to hold him to bail in $500 to await
the action Of the grand jury In default Of bail the prs
oner was committed.
In some parts of Western New York the hay is all
up there is grain the grass has not come, and cattle
diving for want of food The still lies upon the
ground; the roads almost impassable and the hay
stray and grain are exhausted there alternative for
the farmers but to spner ti,e.r fajFle to dia
Syracuse New York; exchange states that the emi
grant train the Central road which passed through
that city Friday evening" consisted of twenty cars loaded
| with cmgmnts, most of them Mormons bound for the
Territory OF Utah The greater portion Of them Eng
| sh, who arrived at Boston few days since.
The supreme court of Illinois has decided that animals
wandering the track of enclosed railroad strictly
trcspasers and that the company not liable for their
while N guilty
wul wanton injury, OF OF gross negligence evncng
reckless wilful msmanagement
On the 22d instant the first nail driven by the pres
dent Of the Alabama and Florida railroad and the first
car was put upon the track The Montgomtry Advertiser
/ was assyyad that hyre miles would be completed and
| In running order, by the st q 4pyyabtr pr and by
yul 1852 the oonnexion would be made with Pnsafta
railroad conyert;nn is now in session at Buffalo New
York in which nearly thirty dfferen, .,.y -.
resented by delegates The object of the meeting is to
arrange time tables for these various roads,
| The Emperor Napoleon having consented to act as
arbitrator in the money matters in dispute between
Count de Norney and Madam Lehon, has made award
in favor of the latter to the amount of four millions of
| francs.
The steam propeller Fanny Garner bound from Trenton
to New York. by way of the Delaware and Raritan canal
exploded on Saturday morning near Milestone Five men
employed upon her instantly killed. and the boat
was nearly destroyed.
The New York Daily Times states that the grand spirit
ua concert the 24th inst in that city success
though IL announced that the amateurs who prom
ised would not assist in the o because they sang in
the churches, and did not feel at liberty sing of
| spiritualistc origin.
Steamers have begun to the inland route be-
tween New Orleans and Galveston, leaving Berwick s
bay upon the arrival Of the the Opelousas rail-
| road.
Fletcher Webster in reply to inquiry from the Rev
Geo ask, OF Ftchburg Massachusetts, states that his
father used tobacco at all and had great aversion
| to it,
| The Broadway Tabernacle Society of New York city Is
about to erect church Sixth and Thirty
fourth street The land cost $7s 000 and the church.
which is to be of white marble, will cost about 81 900
more.
BY Memphis Tennessce paper we learn that Madame
La Grange in that city, and that her concerts at
tended by large crowds The paper says Mad
La Grange is great vocalist she proved last night
her title to the fame that preceded her.
While little daughter of Moody Barbank of Water
Vile, Maine was standing window, partridge
few from the woods against the window breaking the
| glass into hundred pieces and pcrched upon her
shoulder
writer in Cincinnati paper makes out the aggre-
gate loss of hogs in that city, that have died this
son of cholera to be sixty thousand valued ut three
hundred thousand dollars.
The city of Chicago has been mucted into verdict of
SIS 0O0 in suit brought by citizen for injuries re-
ceived in falling into sidewalk man-trap
The canal appraisers of the State of New York have
drawn for their terms of Office Mr. III. H. Hull drew
three years, Mr.. William Wasson two years, and Mr.
Ashabe B Parmelc one year
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