The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-14


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TINS CANVASS This ins>ttatioa eootinues To enjoy
exnsllsni healsh Ne ssAsn fhas " lsas,srs gsve 81
the Lttts eyenAax a rstised fs the old Ia Dis
gust They woald have saved scaas credit and coaSicr
able money think. II they hAd cried peccAvi
time ago. The inundstoa tbs other side viii be Of
long couausncr, and notabae feature IN tbs hisosy Of
the right bunk good many u the right bank ers,
considering the wrus,g bank for them just now have
made tt left bank by coming 10 the city Or
ieazs Cfsscs4a, Nay T.
The New Orleans Delta 10 sse by notice N its col
unns is to be pabshed ia future ~ oiatstock COM
paAy fAas A M 81 sea
The members Of the lar Of Columbia South Carolina
upon the u t< dscesss u Senator Evaas
held meeting and sdspAsl resolutions u conaoence
with the people OF the STATE Of South Cxoiins hk s
aud extending 10 his fA>ily thsir dnGsrs sympathy
The whisksy war At MaquoksttA. Iowa, hss' become
rous and the whsksy party indignant It the summary
ppsesxion Of the txs by the Temperance men, threat
to burn the city The Germans have Released several
OF their countrymen from s where they held for
selling liquor Illegally and the mayor has enrolled spe
eiAl kases of 200 policemen
The river by accurate At three different
places shows total decline Ut fourteen inches The do
cline up to Wednesday evening 1t 5 O'Clock six
inches and that time to clock yesterday the de-
cline was eight inches, making fourteen inches alto
gether- Memphis Eagle, Ia nas-
AT 81 Paul, Minnesota. ON the 4th instant Norman
W. Kittsa the regular democratic candidate for mayor
elected combination Of back-rcpublicns and
botng democrats by majority Of 243 votes-
The Rev Henry Wood, chaplain in the U. s navy,
writing from St Helena, says that in the where
Napoleon died there Is now thresbinsmachne In ope-
ration and stalls for the horses that 1t ia his bed
chamber
There has been great deal Of excitement La Fmnkln
Johnson county Indiana recently in consequence of the
mobocrtc demonstrations OF an old woman named Mary
b. Myers upon the groceres OF that 1t appears
that the Myers demolished the stock in trade Of
"A ma Petty while he dinner consisting
eansiss rxsns candles, and keg each Of beer and
cider. She then attacked the establishment Of Mr.
Islacs, who defended his premises, for whsA ne na
rsay dklsrs She then proceeded to assail two other
establishments In similar For all this the
-man Myers fined osnt aud COSTS
An enterprising citizen Of Canastota New York is
naenng that village by setting out maple trees along
the He has also set apart three of his farm
for village park Such a man IL public benefactor
we'll ucious improver Of the value Of his prop
erty.
It pretty much settled that tho democrats of
Kansas are vote unite with the conservative anti
nigger free-soilers and kill the Leavenworh bastard
the 18th instant. consider il good policy and the
prospect Is that the thing will be overwhelmingly de-
cnted il ought to be. There il almost nauch
element this topic there used to be Lecompton
It shows that there people in Kansas who II they
lost their once, have found and got them back
again. Kaasss correspondent " the g. Lsas Rsf s1lxm
On the evening Of the 10th instant severe thunder
storm visited Columbus, Ohio during which the Column
bus tub and pail factory struck by lightning and
tireIy consumed. The loss is large
The largest individual depositor ia Boston has less
than nsoa hadre3 AND fty thousand dollars to his
credit in State street 1t in three Of the best banks
WIscoxs1S Luxsm Legislative report has been re-
Gently made In Wisconsin upon the lumber interest in
that State From the report learn that there $50
mills within the State-33S water, and a54 steam
mills The amount OF lumber manufactured hst year
was l49 500 600 feet which there manufactured on
the Wisconsin and ts tributaries IA, 0eO, 900 feet The
total value of4e lumber manufactured in the State In
1857 - 3S5 400 and the number OF men employed
in the business 4 800, Of whom 5s7 employ
ed on the Wisconsin river md its tributaries.
The Detroit Free Press learns that English explor
ing party that lately passed up to Lake Superior to
visit the head waters OF the Saskatchewan and
probable that practicable route for travel will long
be opened from Fort William, Lake Superior Fort
Garry, Red river, the estimated cost of which il
to 600 1t is urged that of communication
should be promptly opened to the broad prares which
lie beyond the Lake Of the Woods and Winnipeg In order
that Canadian capital and labor may have outlet and
west. The expedition is under the command Of Mr.
Hind, man Of science. a5a.s ~ AZ
Tnx Caors IN FRANCE. The Paris Absaaw of the 26th
nit says Travellers who have lately by railway
from Marsees to Paris have been struck with the prom
sng and sxivanced state Of the crops Coruslis mead
ows vineyards and fruit trees Of all kinds in the
most thriving condition From Lyons to the cspihal
vegetation under the influence Of temperature
ally for the season. has advanced very rapidly and
ii the present weather continues Tor another week.
will rarely have had stronger grounds for antic
pating abundant year.
DROP. MACLEODS boarding and day school for
III y,ang adies, 3oa street, between Ilth and 18th.
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