The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-06
THE WASHINGTON UNION.

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wstchsll and jealous Il their rights will not 70
have Auss rights saasdd BY thoss VINO manifest hab
tual dHsasd VI thoss essential elements that dignity
vrtuoue No. and give security to the great social edoe
The fefAfal advocates and watchmon Of public and
private virtue deserve 10 be ho1srcd everywhere for
! their hioA and holy comIsssiOn. Bat let no masked
pretcndss have pis within the temple where the Just
abide heH ,gis'pd W ~ vOX POPULL
lsao3tg apt I.ea ~ atid For the Union
CAUTION TO THE JUDGES OF ELECTIONS
have saoos that some of the know nothins have OBJ
tanned certificates whose as pal lists aud
the nisrcppe may be fairly made that they ntend 10 vote
in the ward In which they registered and also to
uote !" sos eT aar ~ ssA esrfoud Also have proof
that magistrate (of course know -nothing is engaged In
certain yw@h'y atcs marsfactwsny aevteeates
Let those who cherish the memory Of the late John w
Maury bear IN mind the manner III which he was de
cated by the know nothngs when he candidate for
mayor Of this city Did not Mr. Waiach oppose Mr..
Maury trYoH m D. b $50 acar ~ o. p.
Let the friends Of tho lamcnted John w. Manry
member his defeat, and the party aud who brought
it about and punsh the Az they deserve, at the polls
| on Monday. sgHrI yiimAl ia.d ~ fai d ~
Heed NOT their cry of 4Indspendent Candidate No
Richard Wallsch himself was one of the rnglcaders
and held the purse strings to help that niquty through
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A DrFKRKxm er1sIox.--Ths States Of yesterday.
in speaking Of the capture Of mentioned in the
Union of Saturday morning says -
Yesterday IL became known to the police that CON
siderable number of firearms Of various descriptions
concealed in the house Of Nugen the coorcd william who
has of late figured In connection with the Park riots and
is also suspected of being the who shot at Captain
Bright at the Navy Yard few weeks ago. They made
descent upon the premises and took thcrcfrom five
stand Of arms including three muskets, raced mus
kat nd Az and. Init
is TO believe he will be prisoner before night.
The arms are in Capt. Goddards possession"
The Star gives this different version of the affair evil
IDENTIFY calculated to spare the feelings of its Republican
alias u y .fl4sh 85bQa ~ y fr28 Er f3s
Yesterday information was given by an old and
spectacle coored man. named Nugcnt, that several
had been concealed in his house The police officers
for and they proceeded to the house and took
them The old mans reputation has always been that
Of pous and orderly person. and will not suffer by this
circumstance. The guns, 1t Is supposed were placed
there by an unruly without his knowledge
On the other hand the Bulletin gives this version Of the
affair, which it heads, :. armed amalgamatjon"
Lust evening the police searched the house Of col
ored man, Nugent, in the Sd ward and found FIVE
kets secroted all loaded Five anti know nothings
therefore, under particular obligations to the officers,
whose vigilance has saved their lives They claimed
by the snakes who threatened to take them back
before the police reached the watch house with Them but
the weapons WERE nevertheless placed in safe custody
! PROFILE PORTRAIT or WAsHNaroN.--M j. p. Mexican,
of this city, has had printed in colors at Phadelphia
profile portrait Of General Washington, which is fac
smile Of original picture in his possession II is
thought that this picture painted by Wcstmuer, and
that it had been borrowed from Mount Vernon for the
purpose of copying by artist who absconded from Al
exandra in 1920, leaving it among his effects When it
was shown to Mr. Peter w. Gauadet, (now deceased
who for several years Washngtons private
tiry, he exclaimed sa
This is Washington where did you obtain il why
did you not show 1t to beforei" Gazing upon 1t in
silence for few moments, the tears flowed down
his aged checks he remarked, g You must
cuse mo, for l am now an old man. And it has
been many many years. since saw the General have
seen oil of the portraits OF him but for the first time
feel II again in his presence. That calm and thought
full expression of the eye and quiet expression Of the ce
How often have seen him now when great sub
ject HIS mind and occupying his thoughts Thus
he appeared and remember it we'll, looking towards
the opening Of his marquee his features calm and placid
on the evening Of that important night before he
moned his officers to meet him in council, when he in
formed them of his intention to retreat from Trenton.
CELEsrIA astronomical writer thus describes
of the wonders of the heavens, now visible
That ruddy lumnary visible in the southerly
section of the heavens every fair evening red
neian of the syis the veritable planet Mars. He is
far in apparent position, from tho constellation
Scorpio His distance from he completes his circuit
every twenty two months varies from about 240 million
miles to fifty millions. This variation in distance
sons OF diversity in his apparent size When
to us he appears somewhat at presenlarge
glowing, brilliant and twenty five times larger
than when arthest from At his remote extreme he
is hardly noticeable ordinary star His diameter is
about 200 miles He presents to the good telescope
eye spots ON his full ofbed surface which have declared
the fact and the period of his axal rotation His orbita
speed is about fifty five thousand miles hour He
in opposition the nearly three weeks since Mars
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