The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-29

STATUE CHIEF JUSTICE STonY Measures about to
be taken by the Law Institute of Chicago to purchase the
splendid marble statue of the late Chief Justice Story
now in the possession of Mr. kdder, Of Boston, to be
placed in the library OF the association in the court
house. asa
The GEORGIA LUSArIc ASYLUM is in successful op-
Grafton AT the commencement OF the year for October
1857, there hundred and four male and
ty female patients at the Notwithstanding total
Of one hundred and eighty During the present year
they have received forty nine males and fe
males, which give total of two hundred and sxty.
Out of this number seventeen discharged,
aud twenty five died and five eloped of those who died
six epieptcs three idiots and five of advanced age
There remain in the institution hundred and
sixteen males and one hundred and four females.
A GERMAN ''LoS KILLER Gordon Cumming and
Jules Gerard having ators in their wild sports
in Africa Count Louis Thurhein, major in the Aus,
trian regiment named Windscbgratz and imperial cham
berlan, recently returned to Austria from three years
tour in Africa during which period he trayersed tho
greater part of Egypt and Abyssna and penetrated the
desert to within ten degrees of the equator, unaccompa
MED by any European, interpreter, whose
vices he did not require, having himself knowledge
of the native languages He has brought with him,
trophies of his sporting adventures sixteen chests full OF
the skins Of animals killed by himself such eopars
hyenas, rhinoccroses, &c. He intends to return
with more complete outfit, and his upon
lions, elephants, and hippopotami
SMALL Pox IN BosroN.--For the year 1858, now near
its close only death has occurred in Boston from
smallpox, while in New York the mortality from this
disorder has at times been high twenty per week,
and probably for the entire year will reach 400
The exemption of Boston in this particular has
tinued through several years. In 1850 however the
deaths by smallpox reached 1922 and in 1854 10
while for the six years ending in 1854 the number
Alb.
STEAM FiRE EsoIyEs.--The New York steam fire en-
gines were tried on Christmas day The engines pro-
PEELED themselves the Novelty Works to the place of
trial. about three miles carrying each about ten mon
20 minutes. The j. Q, Carey threwa two-inch stream
17a feet 10 inches perpendicuary and IL about
rs feet higher Playing horizontally she three "a inch
stream 209 feet At her highest speed she discharged
upwards of 200 gallons per minute The j. g. Storm,
engine, when first tried threw stream III
feet perpendicularly.
The AUBURN PRrsox The excitement about the death
of the negro convict Moore has subsidized and it APP
pears that the cutlery raised to niure Mr. Inspector
Rhodes who happens to be democrat. After New
Years the republicans have majority of inspectors Of
State prisons, and they intend to urge upon them
make clean brush Of all the democratic officers of the
prisons and fill their places with republicans If they
should happen to get inexperienced officers and anything
should happen in consequence thereof shall find they
will have some excuse suited to the occasion.
TnE ST. PAuL's BnlDGE--The ST. Paul's Times says
the bridge the river at that place approaching
completion fast such huge structure can approach
anything. The huge stone piers, eight in number are
nearly all completed ready for the immense supersruc
ture of hessc work which to epose upon them About
hundred men regularly employed upon the bridge.
But, notwithstanding every effort of the engineer it is
doubtful IL it will be finished before May 1t will cost,
when completed, $3.50, 600.
PRoGREss FONDA "A letter received by gentle.
man in Montgomery Ala. from friend at Fernanduh,
Florida, says Our little town is fast improving We
have eighty;two miles Of iron laid road and the
iron is being laid with great rapidly and everything
connected with the Florida railroad is in fine condition
think in few months will have daily communi-
cation with your city by steamers The subject is greatly
agitated here
Some three months ago, among crowd of prisoners
sentenced TO the Chicago house of correction, two
men, one of whom WINS SENT up for two days and his
y6kefelIow for ninety days by inadsertence
these two got mixed up and the two days convict was
made to out the other man term of three months
at stone breaking The victim of this mistake has sued
for damages to the amount of $40, 900.
Arrangements making to put line of steamboats,
Lake Erie next summer, between Cleveland and Buff
fao for night travel The line will be under the auspices
of the New York Central and the Michigan Southern
railroads The North Shore line from Detroit il TO be
revived. The papers printed in the lake region think
that it is fully time for conviction TO seize the railroad
managers that water carriage for freight and passengers
Is cheaper than land carriage
A paper Published at Genoa called CaaoGoo, has APP
pearcd with deep black border the marx of mourning
denoting the opening of yaudois Church in Genoa