The Washington union., 1858-03-25
GLEANINGs FROM THE MAILS


Mr.. Nathan smith Of New York. has received st,.r
$50 In bank bills, and small scIap of paper incrteJ
with the single word restitution" Nothing else am
pesred TO indicate the origin Of The ,ettet.
A family quarrel has broken out among the rrpubli
of Poughkeepse New York. the distributiop
of ythe spoiis by the mayor and aldermen One indc.
nation meeting has already been held and another viii
follow in few days
AT the last session of the legislature OF New York
hill for raising the negro 10 electoral equality with
the white was adopted by republican vote. which pro
ydcd ior the submission of the equality amendment 10
the people. There were warm congratulations in the
republican ranks at this great act Of justice, and for
the blow which it gave to foolish prejudice The child
which Ia lie born Joint hcir Of republican houos
had promise Of excellent But the time serving
policy OF their leaders cruel death toward it, Tbs
resolution in the wois Of the New York Daily Times
was Hasfad in the executive eha,alcr, and thus falling
to be advertised sesonaly in the State PAPER, died an
untimey death The republican majority II the present
legislature bound either their scheme o
negro equality, acknowledge their demsgogusm ON
the subject The { er alternative have been
chosen, and the Times now admits that there Ia no
TO believe that the Of the State of New
York would now place the negro any more favored
platform than the one he occupies
few weeks ago the discovery at Nisncs In France o
the 5lst aserod small planet revolving between the
orbits Of Mars and Jupiter, announoedhe frs dis
covered in 1858 But last week circular from the Paris
Observatory stated that the 4h of February yet anotb
er the SID, had been detected in that city by Mr.
Godschmidt already weIl known for his great success
in this department of astronomy Boaon T5araer, I6M
The Chicago Democrat publishes list Of several hun
ircd Names not TO be found the City Directory which
appear the voting lists of the third ward Of that city
No one kscws where they reside, or, indeed whether
there any such people at all tremendous kansas
fraud perpetrated BY n.ack republicans is supposed to
be at the bottom of the affair.
1he japanese government il is said in a French jour
,nlh hnr. he 49, Norr~-
the ports of Nagasaki and HakOiadi 10 all nstio the
first 70 date from October Is, 1857 and the second ten
ntontss hitter An Exchange and Hlznn viii lr estab
shed at Hak,u To- facilitate transactions between the
natives and EnropeaEs Professors Of the japanese Ian
guage will be appointed by The authorities with power
receive pupils, without distinction, e foreigners who
may wish to learn the language Of the country. These
concessions believed to have been the direct result
Commodore Pcuy's friendly visit to that country.
At Ottawa illinois, there are five Touring milIssome
of them very heavy three four planning
mills plough factories. reaper factories, &c The largest
establishment Of all h the Ottawa starch factory, which
works 90 hands and consumes 800 bnaises Of per
dat. Upon the opening of navigation, the consumpthn
will I've raised to shout 500 bushels per day
Nj Henry C. Carey has written his goth letter to the
President which Judge from its concluding paragraph.
L the last Of the series, Let us all give thanks.
AN Assassination. American and British captains.
who have years been ~ Genoa, will hear with
rye Of the larbaons assassination Of the English and
man who, by his honest and upright dealing had
qucd the confidence Of all with whom he had business
transactions.
The legislature Of Maine hos repealed the law requiring
intentions of marriage be pubiiss, and in its stead
Law has beer enacted requiring the sfs ~ deposit
notice Of thcr intention with the town clerk, and he
shall enter the sle in book kept for the purpose
At the end five days. il no ,sga objections inter-
posed, the parties may be married
The esisia.c Of the State Of Wisconsin has taken mp
the subject o the adtsion Of Minnesota into the Unon
and the has adopted resolution demanding her
immediate admission.
new -Shool law has beeu enacted by The Legislature
of Iowa one poviop Of which directs the election Of
superintendent in each county Of the State
primitive looking saw mill has stood for forty years,
on the very brink of the Fafis east side. But
has succumbed to tme and recent frtsbet-
Chinese travellers say that at pekin, when newsrger
publishes any false Intelligence the possibility Of Its req
ettion removed by the rrorornt f the pahtr hgd II
such state of things existed In this country, backr-
publican editors would become scarce . commodity
in a very short space Of time.
The bill passed ly the Virginia house of delegates
granting an amnesty to all persons who have been en-
giged ia tues before the lst o March last. passed
hy the senate on Monday week The bill does not affect
law hut merely grants amnesty to all persons who hM
come under the disabilities contained in it before the lit
instant.
Books of subscription have trcu opened at Richmond
to the stock of the Atlantic Steam Ferry Company char
tered during the recent session Of the Virginia Legislature
The report Of the surveyor general OF California shows
that sweet potatoes planted that State have yielded an
average of hundred and seventy bushels pei acre