The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-12
CLEANED FROM THE MAILS.

The coinage of the New Orleans mint in November
consisted of 600 in gold and s326 in silver The
deposits reached STAT 1SS.
Mr. Ullman, the proprietor and director of the New
York Academy of Music, has rendered the splendid
chesta of Musard for grand ball. to be given in Rich
mond under the patronage of the ladies' for the benefit
of the Mount Vernon Fund The offer has been accepted
but no night has yet been fixed
-Four Presidents Of the United States viz Jefferson
Madison, Monroe, and Tyler, educated at William
and Mary College The Secret Society of the Phi Beta
Kappa originated at this college about 1775 The ai
atcd Society of Harvard received its charter from that
source. The original, however, interrupted by the
revolutionary 1t has been revived since 1850,
aud il in active operation with the old records
stored to the society They had passed into the of
the Historical Society of Virginia, and safely kept
lady it is evident she is lady. because she behaves
like one--of Cynthana, Kentucky, who was divorced
from her husband short time ago. having heard that
her late partner in the habit of saying unnd things
about her. called upon him at his store talked to him
severely not to say proanely threw Cayenne pepper into
his nose and eyes, and administered unto him two dis
tinct and separate whppngs, the first with cowhide,
the second with rope. The paper that relates these
circumstances makes the astounding disclosure that 1.-THE
parties are respectable For this reason II gives
names.
A great many Just and hard things have been said
about professional urymen " but incident occurred
lately in a Cincinnati court which illustrates point of
merit possessed by this class The judge had just charged
the jury in very important case, when to the great
to be from his seat and begged TO call the at
tention Of his honor TO slight mistake he had made in
Ills charge and actually quoted authorities to sustain his
position Upon referring to his citations 1t was found
TO the no small amusement of the spectators that Me
aas ,ras right and his honor rds wrog whereupon, with
all due gravity he Informed the bench that he knew he
was correct he had been charged a least forty e
snme point hs last four mouths, and couldn't be mistaken
On the 18th September last slave named Little
john arrested in Obcrlin by United States Deputy
Marshall Lowe, of Columbus by virtue of warrant is
sued by United st les Commissioner Chittendcn of the
southern district of Ohio ut the instance of Anderson
D. Jennings, the deputy agent of the owner, John G.
lhcon both residents of Mason county Kentucky. The
day mob of the citizens of Oberlin raised TO
prevent the execution of the process by the marshal and
the negro was rescued at Wellington, few miles from
obern The citizens of the latter place hold glorifea
ton mectng and determined to rcsist for the future,
any and every attempt to arrest negro at 0bern.
Within few days the United States grand jury at Ccve
land Ohio, have found true bills against thirty-scven of
the rngleaders in this affair, including the Rev Henry
Peck professor in obern College, the Rev. James M.
Fitch formerly missionary to jamaica several theological
students five fugitive slaves and thirty other citizens of
all colos.