The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-15


They are soon 10 have a decimal currency IA Canada
The coins have been struck by the English mint "A
one cent, hse cent ten cent, and twenty Cen. pieces
The Hudson s Bay Company have been very u,success
full in their sales of fus this year. At lse 1aonL, sale
held in London about the first of March prices ali sorts
unsatisfactory, enailing heavy losses.
There is now at Constantnope an American missioaa
ny Of a highly scientific character DIR Hsmbln who
has obtained great influence at the Of the Sultan
by introducing his notice railway system aid tel
egraph lines When the British and French were
In the East he constructed two steam -four mills and
titus supplied thc sultan with the Of provding ior
that army
Stephen Rams, the chief man Of the company for
the exploration Of the Saiedo river is Of eminent talents
for such work. He Is Spsnafd, AN old resident of
Bucnos Ayres experienced In the commerce of the
try aud in favor personally not only with all the govern
ients interested but with tho various Indian tribes of
the vicinity. In the standardization OF Ro*a he kept out
the dangers of war; and carried lucrative trade
with the interior He may often bc visiting thu
hospitals and houses of tho poor ordering medical aid
provisions at his own expense and recently he ordered
well TO be dug in the hospital at his charge stng
$50 900 paper 81 900 silver The present undertaking
is make the Saedo navigahlc up possible for
which service he Is 10 have its exclusive navigation for
fifteen years. and. failing to improve the river aarve
he is to pay the government $4,000 silver santa 70
province has given him 70 aid the work fifty square
leagues nearly 100, 900 acres, and ncghbotnG govern
mcns have placed troops al his disposal for the defence
of his work should they be- needed The work will open
gions of the western continent
Correspondence q Ms Asw forh Herald
BOLD MAIL RoBnERy On Saturday night last, says the
Montgomery (Aa.) Confederation, whch the going
up from this city about mile beyond Auburn, the
mail wrcnchcd open and the Atlanta pouch ex
raccd and thrown the side of the road, where II
subsequently, found led Of Its contents IL contained
large number of letters, and from Of these which
the rogues left the ground it Ia supposed pretty
smart haul Of money WIS made. Ns
On of 40
vile Miners Journal OF Saturday says
The trade continues very dull but the shipments
larger than was anticipated. The canal leads tho rail-
road considerably and should not be surprised II 1t
continued to lead IT, Many OF those who exclusive
y by railroad last year. made their arrangements b send
by canal carly in the spring before they knew what the
rates Of tolls ON the railroad would ho and long
they sell their coal by canal they will continue
end by thut The demand from the East Is very
dull, which also affects the business Of the railroad
Some OF our operators who had started their collier
les intend stopping again unless the demand increases
and prices improve They refuse to sell coal ut tho low
rates at which sold Mt the opening Of nayga
ton. There is disposition manifested to push bust
in the present state Of the trade The sales made
the very low rates were merely to Obtain means to
furnish the men with food, many Of whom almost
in starving condition"
TnE END CONVERSIONS of the leading second nd-
ventsts in Newark, New Jersey, have again set period
for the destruction OF the world protesting to hive dis
covered the Of their previous calculations, and to
have finally ascertaned the exact truth. They regard
the financial depression aud the prevailing religious
excitement as signs of the last days By the next arrival
from Europe they expect to hear Il the destruction Of the
city of Rome and this will portcnd the conlagration of
the world next summer. Tho prophecy of Lord Rosse
the astronomer of England that the coming summer will
be the hottest one ever known Is thought to favor the
hope of general conflagration. tA
VAocINATIox wITrI a MA1NErIzED NEEDLE Professor
Roca states that since 1856 hundreds Of children have
been thus vaccinated with scarcely any failures occurring
The point Of the needle is we'll saturated with the mag
netc fluid before practising the vaccinations which arc
then performed in the usual manner single n,agne-
tlzaon serving of many vaccinations u y quite sur
p.she 70 observe thc '"pluty Win whch the vaccine
virus ~ apsotpea when the necue ~ thus prepared
London iH"a'afta Af'rs' March ~.
The Pawncc Indians, in charge of Mr. Dcnnison their
agent, now in Now York. At the Asor House they
gave dance, which delighted the spectators large
number of whom were ladies.
Herald, fo,nd cacked mn IN ,vhiaLcv ,myrel ~ ~,
freight depot of the Hudson River railroad was trans
ported from Chicago 10 tins CITY via Detroit Mayor Tie
mann received 'ecgrapihc despatch N relation TO tho
".eI Oh natu"y, Win request rom the autnoritics
NJ ocaso 'h hS poay so"u DC iorwafnea 70 tnat Guy
a soo as possn'c az ~ Ms i,e P'opanc tnas u COMO
NC idehthed. coroner Hills h'ehds cxnumlng the re-
mans OF ucceascu aha IN accordance VAIN the desire OF
the authorizes at uhicsso the corpse w be forwarded
,mmeaa'ey. Not'hg eise o. hote regarding the mys
tcf'o's case mus '''lsia'cu-
Tho annual city election OF Hartford Conn., took
Ia. Af,