The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-24
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The Northwestern Bank Of Wheeling on Friday last
threw out the notes o. the Kawha Bank Charestown
Va The Times says there Is a discount ON this money
which holders do not like to pay hence the OF its
being thrown out
Professor 5. s. Haldeman OF Delaware College has
been awarded $3.50 by Sir VIM. G. Treyelyn Of New
castle Tyne England for an essay on a reform OF En-
glsh orhography, for which he offered prizes about
year ago. open 10 British and American competition
Interesting agricultural statistics of Ohio have been
published by the State Agricultural Society There are
81 600 600 worth OF hogs in the State So 900 worth
OF sheep; 81 600 600 worth OF cattle sis5 900 OF
mules and asses and $50 900 horses worth SI5 900 600
The total annual value OF agricultural products reaches
sl53 O60, 600.
The Philadelphia Argus, understanding that Hon JAS
L. orr, speaker OF the House Representatives viii
shortly visit Philadelphia says that he will with
warm reception.
The new sloop-ol- war Hartford which was launched
at Boston Monday hast, is model naval architec-
ture. Her length from knghthcads to tanail is 2is
feet, and all 26i feet Her length Of berth deck Is
2l2 feet breadth Of beam A depth Of hold to gun
deck 81 feet Her light draught Of is feet for
ward and ~ feet aft and her lod irught is feet Her
tonnage is 2,023 1925, and her capacity I6 feet
daught is 1850 $4,000 Her propeIlng power sap
posed be III miles per hour, and her sailing speed
without steam, is knots per hour Her viii
consist of fourteen nne-inch guns (Paxhan) mounted
upon carriages and both OF peculiar construction
Each gun will weigh 5000 pounds.
The boundary commission left San Antonio, Texas
the 18th instant for III Paso Ii is their intention 30
commence the survey at point the Rio Grne about
sixteen miles above III Paso, soon practicable.
The steam sloop-ofwar zone of the authorized
by Congress which being built Portsmouth navy
yard is nearly finished and will be launched in about
three weeks.
A large cotton shed was burned at Memphis Tenn on
the ed Five hundled anu thirty nine bales of cotton
were destroyed
Major w. w. Dennison, United States Indian agent
left Nebraska City the Sd inst for the Pawnee villages
on the Platte for the purpose OF paying to that large and
powerful tribe their first annuity He accompanied
By military escort under Lieut.. Cunningham and
posse under Deputy United States Marshal III z Imd-
dingon and takes fifteen tons of annuity goods be-
sides the specie Immediately his return he goes
similar errand the 0ttoe reserve the Big Blue river
in the extreme southern portion Of the Territory.
Private letters from Lieut. Mowry state that new silver
mines of great richness have been opened in Arizona and
that the gold dggngs yielded we'll. He had secured
from the Mexican authorities ia Sonora privileges of
communication between GuayaInas and the mining re-
gions
meeting of the stockholders of the Bank Of Penn
sylvAnla held at PhadeIphia on the 10th instant
called t consider what action should be taken in relation
to the tIbll of Messrs. NewhalI and AIlbone which
commenced yesterday. Il determined to appoint
committee attend the trial and aid in the discovery
OF the guilty parties who had enlbezzed the funds of the
bank.
Printing glass has been successfully pliShed
by gentleman in New York city. by process he
Is enabled to print letters and figures of various designs
glass OF multi-eolors, with facility almost equal to
ordinary printing common paper Labels can be
printed by this process directly bottles OF any size and
form. These have the appearan of having been
placed there by the hand aud indeble Lettering
glass by the process be done at less than
third Of the present cost.
The receipts of the late agricultural exhibition at
Iynehhurg VA Sill ia and its clear profits over
81 600 Messrs. A. Mcdonald, secretary and j. r.
Slaughter, commissioner of the society have been re-
elected
The Methodist Conference of Virginia meet at Ports
mouth on "Wednesday next the gath inst and will be
presided over by Bishop Kuyanagh. Every preparation
has been made by the citizens for the entertainment Of
the members.
A large fire occurred on Wednesday night In Prov
ineetown, destroying the clothing store of Mr.. Boyne
the arge fish store of Jesse Cook the store of A. s. Bow
ley, jewelers. and the store and stock of A. s. Dudley
The further progress of the fire stopped By the pull
ing down of house. The total of loss about
Sl2 00O upon which there various amounts Of nsur
The hotel was several times on fire.
meeting of kraelites was held at philadelphia last
week, To take the Mortar Bologna into consider
alton. Mr.. Alfred Jones presided and report Of the
proceedings ordered To be transmitted to the board
of deputies OF British Jews
Col T. c. Hiudman member of Congress elect from Ar
kansas, who severely injured by being thrown from
his buggy just preceding the election in July will proba
bly, be cripple for life. He is able to walk without
crutches yet, and probably will never be-
PAY OF MAGszISE WRITERs.--The Saturday Press in
article Literary Pay, says that Harper's Maya
zine pays its writers from 81 so to $40 per page the
Atlantic Monthly from SO to So the Knickerbocker
S. which is equal So Harper and Sc for the Allan
tic. the North American Review 80 per naoe