The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-17

sisted by all the clergy OF the diocese whose duties per
nied their presence at the imposing ceremony in full
cnoncais The proposed edhce ID to be Of SURPRISING
magnihcence and size and the order Of architecture is 10
be Gothic The model IL that Of the great European
thedas with nave, transept and choir and the plan
that OF Latin cross 328 feet long It's feet wide, and
1888 feet high from the pavement TO the summit Of the
With the exception Of ST. Peters at Rome and
ST Sophia at Constantnope, believe it will be the
largest and loftiest church ia the world
The flags of all nations with which the telegraph Off
ces ia this city have been decorated since the receipt
the 9Th instant of the telegram from Trinity Bay that
the Atlantic cable had been successfully laid were yes
terday hauled down. and this taken ia connection with
the dispatch published in tho morning papers, that Pro-
essor Whitehouse and his aids would require or six
weeks for experiments before the line would be open for
business gave rise to very serious apprehesons as to
the ultimate result OF the enterprise whose success we
impatient to celebrate The doubters are more M
bious than and of the would DO electrical
experts assert positively that ii the electrical cur
rent Is perfect that Is perfectly insulaed-there IL
necessity Tor ten minutes much less six weeks delay
TO enable the operators to transmit the anxosly expect
ed message from Queen Victoria to the President The
delay ought TO be satisfactorily and authoritavey ex
planned and the public mind, naturally agtated and
anxious set at rest on the subject.
IL has been decided by the joint committee of the
mon council to present Cyrus W. Field with testimonial
In the shape Of massive gold box with appropriate
naments and Inscriptions.
The city inspector reports Cos deaths In this city for
the past week. being increase of I6 compared with
last week. and of SO compared with the corresponding
week of 81 OF the deaths this week 527 were of chill
dren unier ten years of age The following is
paratiye statement
Mon Women. Boys. Girls, Total.
"s'S ending August 70 10Y ssl sss
The total number Of deaths ia Brooklyn during the
week 1853, of which 1877 were children under fifteen
years of age
The supply of money is abundant at my last quota
TONS and though the auction sales and the in
the sugar market have furnished better supply OF
business paper and Increased the demand for money
find that the supply is still largely in Of the de-
mand Business is certainly improving in all its branches
but the utmost caution is observed in the selling Of goods
credit and there is relaxation whatever towards
the country customers who failed in their payments
last fall This viii restrict the of business DONE
but believe that II will be profitable in the end because
it is SAFE and will prove that prompness in payments is
the only way to get and sustain credit Foreign
change for Saturdays steamer (the Wonderfully
very dull Bankers sterling was quoted at 1921 109a,
commercial do, 1921 lO9s Exchange Paris, s, Is
a5. III Hamburg sGi 36a Amsterdam, 41A Az;
and Bremen, 79t 79s The following the exports
Of specie from this port for the week ending August
18th
gt.a., s-t