The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-17
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The Wilmington North CarulIna) Herald of Monday
says that the day previous the bishop Of North Carroll
administered the Yitc Of confirmation to ut least fifty
persons in st james Church. Ii anything (says the
Herald, could add interest solemnity to the occasion,
it was the fact that large majority Of tho candidates
consisted of Young and young women, who thus,
after due rclecton resolved TO join themselves To the
people Of God
Being determined TO introduce myself walked up,
hat in hand, and said, with respectful bow, "Mr.
Charles Lamb believe. Yes, said Lamb, slowly,
feeling aud coaxng ut the time his short, thin, gray
whiskcrs g ycs--they call me lamb yet, but am old
e'ag4 70 b sheep.
Mr.. Samuel Wright, farmer, who resides In Washing
ton county, Pennsylvania, has eighteen children, one
hundred and eleven grandchildren and one hundred and
seventy -four gicatgrandchdrcn His wife, too is still
living
HEAVY CRARAScys The clcaranccs for foreign ports
at our custom house yesterday very large. The
principal items alone rs 634 bales Of cotton, AS
hogsheads Of tobacco and 10 535 sacks Of grain
Nesc Orleans Picayane, April TO-
WHr RaLRo.p Will no. The Virginia and Ten
nessse railroad is 2ol miles in length, and cost about
s7,OoO,00 III 1850 the taxable value of the land in
the counties through which it passes taken from the
census was $2s, 6t7 and in 1856 the State
ment makes it 229 increase in six years Of
$50 36555s This sudden increase is alone the result Of
an Internal improvement which has cost only 81 900 900
lHE Successor JupcE JonINe-Tl,c governor has
appointed aud the council has approved Of the nominal
ton Of John T. Putnam, Of Boston, Judge Of probate,
TO succeed Judge Loring, removed. The appointment
lasts until the first Of July next, when the bill consoda
ting the courts Of probate and Insolvency will go into cf
| tet, Boston 3ractiiy. Ea
TENNESSEE STATE Afp-Ihe Tennessee legislature with
drew State aid Ia railroads not commenced, amounting
IN the aggregate to 3d. AGO. 800 IL did this by CONSOLE
dating many roads, and by refusing to extend the time in
which many required to operations. 1t
thus reduced tile prospective State liability the above sum
u consolidated the Nashville and Chattanooga and the
Memphis and Charleston railroads Stevenson 10 Chat
a'ooga, such terms viii render tho track good
one and equal to both roads main trunk that FAR
AN INTERESTING SLAVE CAuE trial came off at vicks-
r"'s mississippi some days ago that is of intcrcst
,n'oNshoat The saycholsing sections. A named
Nrnroft, charged with killing slave, was convicted
mansanghter and sentenced to years hard labor
:" 'r e., pen''cntary The vicksburg Wing Rays:
ms was case Of some Importance to the slave
nodem The accused was an oycrseer and pleaded in
ms defence that the slave resisting his authority when
e gave The blow causing death We learn that his honor
ge lergcr, at the instance Of the State, charged the
"l 70 the effect That the slave, when his life
threatened or endangered by tho nficton Of cruel and
unusual punishment had the right 10 resist the
and that his resistance under such circumstances
would be no Justification to the accused for killing him
The New Orleans True Delta Of the 9Th inst has news
rom British Honduras to the 18th ut Great alarm and
excitement prevailed In consequence Of the capture of
he city of Beccor by the Yucstan Indians, and the
massacre Of some Of the inhabtants As II was feared
hat The svagcs would extend their marauding into the
OF the British Colony tocps had been sent up the
MO honda to protect the settlement.
wHpr,m--Ihe origin Of this term IL said to be the
Following
Some OF the nobility of England by tho tenure Of their
Estates forbidden Telling any Of tho trees upon
c the timber being reserved fur the Of the royal
V Such trees fell without cutting were the prop
'l OF the occupant. tornado therefore, was per-
w. god send IN every of the term TO those who
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