The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-30
GENERAL SUMMARY.


WESTERNS WAGON TRADE The Independence lhlo) Dis
patch publishes letter from Dams Rancho Nebraska
Territory giving list OF the trains and stock that peu
that place from the 18th of May the date Of the n'st
train, to the 10th of june We have footed up 'he s.
and find So trains with 1895 men, 602 horses tso
mules b43 wagons Is 3I2 cattle and 500 sheep The
letter concludes as follows
The above statistics include the whole amount OF
travel to Fort kearney Fort Laramie salt Lake anu
Oregon as near as could be ascertained at this point
The Fort Riley road joins the Fort Leasenworth ROAD
above u.s. and we could not get the precise amount OF
stock on that road but should judge the following
are not far is-cm II Men, 400 horses ooo mies
400 wagons 900 cave, 10000; sheep, 5000 dogs
600
case of yellow fever terminated fatally AZ wi.--p
burg, New York, Sunday last after an Illness OF four
days
Captain Joshua Patten whose msfortunes and SUI
ferings in connection with the ship Neptunes car have
been the theme of much public COMMENT died at the Nc
Lean Asylum, New York, on Sunday, aged 80 years
Deaf and blind and SICK he had been for months past
his heroic wife refused nevertheless to surrender him to
the of strangers and it was not until ON Friday
when ii apparent that his was gone ana ne
utterly unanageable that she consented to his re-
mov,l to the asylum Mrs Pattcn herself is slowly re-
covering from the effects of,feyer
Rev. Charles NJ. Blake and family arrived at New
Bedford ON Friday from Talcahuano. Mr.. b. has been
missionary at Loa for three years past company
of Scotch miners, whom the Hudson Bay Company had
paraso in distress, and the voyage abandoned This
was four years ago The Scotchmen made contract
with the Lot Coal Mining Company TO work their mines
The Loa company engaged him to reside in the Scotch
settlement missionary. Being Professionals, the mi
ners experienced much persecution from the Roman
Catholic clergy and in consequence the mission is ADAM
doned Mr.. b. Is native of Bangor, but atterly has
resided in Philadelphia,
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. "A remarkable of suicide
is recorded by Cincinnati paper The who destroyed
himself to that city about two weeks ago. and open
ly declared his intention to drink himself to death He
drank desperately and in the most degrading state
of ntoxcaon morning, noon, and night he Thought OF
nothing but alcohol and did nothing but swallow it in
large Quantities at all hours He accomplished his pur-
pose in about twelve days dying Thursday night last
| He literally went out Of the world drunk
We learn from Quebec that the grand jury of the court
of Queens bench returned Thursday afternoon true
bills for manslaughter against John G. Rudolf the
ter John Wilson, jr, the owner and purser Louis Ro
berge the mate Jean Baptise Dorval the first pilot
and Alexander Rocheleau second pilot, of the steamer
Montreal Rudolf Dorval, and Roberge were arraigned
and plead not guilty. The trial is fixed for the I'd day
of the ensuing term of the court
M Gaillarde writes from Paris to the C5rrier DIES Eat
Lhis that besides Nine. Frezzoni, Mr.. Ullman has
gagged the great French tenor Roger and the great VIC
linist, Vieuxtemps. He tried to engage NJ Lainarn,
to and deliver lectures in the United States but
Lamartine rejected his tempting offers.
4 GEN CoNoHA's WEALTH Gen Concha 1t is stated re
mitted last year surplus from the of Cuba
four millions Of dollars and the present promises te
yield still larger return 1t is also stated that he sen
home million of dollars his private account,
allied in successful stock spcculations.
Gotschak, the pianist is in Caracas South America
giving concerts with unbounded The story cir
cuated short time SINCE that he dying of consump
ton, we are happy to learn is without foundation.
Boston is about to widen some of its most frequentet
and business streets The common councils have votet
q half million of dollars for that purpose.
| I'M li.,l r.
lately in nearly every part Of Georgia. and that the hope
| of the planters had greatly revived.