The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-11
GENERAL SUMMARY.

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University OF VIRGINIA The board Of visitors of the
University of Virginia have been in session this week
The Dispatch states that among the changes made is the
allowance Of certain per cent their schools to the
professors in addition their fixed salaries The proc
tor salary has been increased To So, 900 per annum
The board concluded to petition the legislature to
permit the university to accept the endowment of ag
cultura profeorshp the of the State Society TO
nominate the professor being objection. II was de-
teined to be nexpedient to erect additional buildings
the institution unless the present proveof insufficient
capacity The board appropriated 81 500 for gymna
sum- 81 900 for apparatus for the school OF natural
philosophy 500 for chemical apparatus 81 500 for spe
cmens for the school of comparative anatomy and $500
for paintings for the school of anatomy Professor Bed
authorized to appoint another assistant in his de-
parment John S. Dix was appointed hotelkeeper A
committee appointed to contract for the building of
water works for the university, ~ Richmond Enquirer.
SrEAMsalp ADRIArlc.-The Adriatic is now under the
control of Mr. Collins, who has taken sole charge, fast
approaching completion and it is expected she will be
ready to depart for Liverpool by the middle of September
Those portions OF her engine which were experimental
and could not be made to work. have been removed and
being replaced by such improvements have stood
the test of practical experience The builder Of her
gines began by putting in system of valves, and
arrangement Of surface condenser Several trials
made with the valves and condenser in all of which
they faed The valves which were made tapering like
faucets stuck fast by expansion and contraction and broke
down the valve gear The condenser in which the ends
Of tle tubes packed by India rubber washers
pla leaked 80 badly to BIO practically valueless
Nec York Times
Tar BEARDED BoY.-A boy named Arnold Mockeritz
ise three and half years, native Of Prussia, died
suddenly yesterday at ls9 Lewis street He remark
nbe fr his physical Developments having long beard
aLa heaty hair upon his body He has for some time
been upon exhibition in the Bowery. An inquest was
hcit IN which Dr. Hanlan testified that deceased
a 81 inches around the abdomen 81 inches around the
chest around the head Fl inches He 36 inches
hig Ky inches around the thigh and weighed about 81
papns 1t is stated that he would drink four gallons Of
"a hours His body WINS wifi black hair
being more profuse around the shoulders The follow
ing Nprlict rendered by the jury " That the said
Arnold ockeritz came to his death by congestion of the
brain, nom distenson of the stomach ~ u Post.
fiG4yy RonnERY AT THE JERSEY Cry RAILROAD DEror
M, Jpaph 2. Mahoney, from Frederick county, vir
gnia ID entering the Jersey City railroad depot We'd
nesday morning. to take the g. m, train for Philade
spha, robbed by dexterous pickpocset Of his
pocSet-boo containing 81 235 in money and two notes
of $6l7 each Mr. Mahoney missed his pocket book the
after he had seated himself in the cars, but all
his efforts to discover subsequently the perpetrator Of the
theft were Intellectual He says that as he passing
through the gate leading into the depot he felt
pull him by one Of his shoulders ht he thought nothing
of it, supposing person in hurryng to pass by him
had merely attempted to pull him aside A reward of
$500 has been offered for the of the money
The papers record of poisoning by the
bite of spiders In most cases. says the Providence jour
nal they have yielded to treatment in few they have
been fatal. Whether these insects abundant
this season venomous, whether the have
been generally recorded do not know. 1t is
said that catnil externally applied, is remedy Whis
Key, taken freely is said to be too much for almost any
other poison
The London Times states that letters from Malta men
ton that, at few minutes after 5, m, Sunday the
14th of june bright luminous band of variegated hues
observed to shoot the heavens in direction
from east to west remaining visible merely for few min
utes The Times adds that many consider this to have
been the predicted comet
HEAVY SHIPMENT VEGETABLES. The steamer James
town. which leaves this port this afternoon is to take
$500 bbs of vegetables at Norfolk for New York Last
week she took 400 bbs The Roanoke her last trip
carried 900 bbls vegetables, 400 boxes tobacco and
$50 bundles Of paper The paper for the New York
Herald and the Tribune and manufactured in North
Carolina probably sent specimen from some pa
per mill in the North State. Richmond Dispatch IuyT.
Some of the ctzcns of Abingdon Virginia. are about
forming company for the purpose of working coal vein
recently discovered in Washington county is located
the north fork of the Holson six miles below
the Salt Works 1t has been visited by competent geo.
logist who it anthracite coal of good quality
and says the indications that the supply is extensive
Specimens have been tried in of the smith shops
and it is said to be of superior quality.
SAnoRs.The Journal of Commerce states that the pre-
valng stagnaton of eight and consequent deness OF
shipping temporary surplus of seaen in New York
but no has yet been shipped under the system
The Daniel Webster, to sail shortly, will probably have
the first experience under its operations Small vessels
have procured readily but at increased wages AS
do not yet offer themselves freely, It is presumed
they are influenced by the boarding house keepers.
western paper makes mention Of block of marble
taken from quarry opposite Caradoan, Missouri fifty
miles above Cairo the Mississippi The marble de-
scrbed as of brownsh color, beautifully yariegaed of
very fine grain susceptible Of high polish, and
cellent for building and ornamental purposes.
Henry Winter American is at the head Of the ship
building establishment of the Danube Navigation Com
pany of the largest and most successful IN the world
whose invested capital amounts to SIT 900 600 They
have at present in constant employment 95 sde-whecl
steamers, Is propcers, 40 barges, and $50 landing
bridges, roads and coal tenders all of iron and they are
constantly adding to their number.
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