The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-13
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An INDErssDEs NloGEn. lin his recent abolition
speech LORD Brongham related the following anecdote
Lord Lyndhurst gave a short time since am anec-
dote OF gentleman who connected with the Hague
and who ON one occasion received an Invitation To the
house OF Cuban gentleman, negro proprietor Of a
sgo estate where he was received with the utmost hos
ptality and treated elegantly He said he was rather
entertained when after dinner over his ooored host
said that he was without any prejudice whatever
aud that whenever he found person honest honorable
ana respectable IN every point Of view he held out the
hand OF fellowship to him. though his color were as
white as that table-cloth
FISHES TRAVELLING BY LASp.--Dr Hancock. IN the
geological Journal gives description of fish called the
hassar that travels 70 pools Of water when that
In which 1t has resided dries up Bose also describes
another variety which Is found in South Carolina and If
our memory serves uswe also in Texas which like the
head leaves the drying pools in search Of others
These fishes, filled with water travel by night with
lzardlike motion and the other by leaps The South
Carolina and Texas varieties are furnished with mem
brane over the mouth by which they enabled carry
with them supply of water to keep their glls moist
during their travel These fishes guided by pecu
liar sense always travel In straight line to the
water. This they do without the aid OF memory for it
has been found that II tub filled with water is sunk in
the ground near of these pools which they inhab
they WILL when the pool dries up move directly towar
the tub Surely this is wonderful and mercful pro-
vision for the preservation of these kinds Of fishes for
nhabiting as they do, only stagnant pools and that
TOO in countries subject to long and periodical droughts
their races would, but for this provision, become ex
tinct.
Tho Charleston Courier announces that process has
been discovered by which cotton be compressed into
solid form harder than wood mpervious to the ele
mens freproof and waterproof and capable of use for
building purposes at about third the cost of brick
This process is the invention of South Carolinian named
Legare. a
The River OPPOSITE YIcKsBIRG We learn from accu-
rate measurement by scientific gentleman that the
Mississippi river opposite this point is M and
h feet above low-water mark The present depth Of
the channel just below the wharf boat opposite the
Prentiss House, Is ninay- feet Tho usual average
width of the river between Vicksburg and De Soto is
ssveysiz hundred tea Its width now from the extremity
Of the water on each bank is near three thousand feet.
Vicksbury Wing, LIST inst
James Mill Newburyport, has been advanced 10 per
cent by voluntary action of the directors This example
viii probably be followed by other corporations.
INDEPENDENCE DAY or A SuxpAY-In his letter to the
Boston committee upon the celebration of Independence
Day, the Hon. Robert G. Winthrop recommends, that
hereafter, when the anniversary Sunday it
shall be observed the day before rather than upon
the day ensuing He regards this arrangement prefer
able because from the first to the fourth of July the
Declaration was in the of preparation and
adoption and that either of those days is therefore
deserving of commemoration as the other.
THE CONDITION OF THINGS AT CAIno- "A correspondent
writing from Cairo July LIST says the rivers still continue
to fall and adds
'sCairo is beginning to dry up and viii be out of
water in few days 1t not falling half fast in
side yesterday it outside but are engaged in
deepening the crevasses in order to let the water 1t
Is three feet above the level of the river inside of town
and the water outside is above the mouth
of the The damage has been greater than was
at first supposed by the people Of Cairo and the houses
will need great deal of repairing.
The track of the Illinois Central railroad is being re-
paired rapidly possible but it will be month be-
fore the trains will be able to into Cairo The grade
is broken and washed away in several places from 100
to 800 feet in length and trestlework will have to be
put in.
LARGE QUANTITIES or FURs.--The st. Paul Pioneer of
the 2lst ut gays two hundred and fifty carts from
Pembna la len with furs encamped the outskirts
of that city and enough others expected swell the
number to six hundred Altogether they will bring urs
to the value of $4,000 These carts of the most
primitive character and are drawa by oxen and the
stunt I'd ponies of the plains.
SALT CHEAP.-Adyces from Turk Island of the 10th
of June report two hundred thousand bushels of t on
hand Price nine cents
THE WINE OF CALIfoPNiA--California, like Missouri
will rival Ohio in the product of native wine There
is firm in San Francisco which produced last year
two hundred thousand bottles of champagne from their
own vineyard in Los Angeles. 1nisis but one of the
many instances Of Cafol lila enterprise in wine g
Almost every State in the Union adds its quota--smal
in many cases. but always increasing the annual pro-
duct
A NOBLE ACT--A Mr.. T.llinghast of Providence
took the agency of what turned out to be bogus nsur
ance company A poor mans house, insured for $780,
was burned down. When he called for the money Just
l3 cents were found in the company's vaults. When
Mr.. T. learned this, he drew his own check for the
amount, although in no way legally bound TO do SO.
WHITE CRow.-A son of ours, while picking black
berries few days SINCE in the ncighborhood Of this
city, knocked down from small tree with stone and
caught perfectly wh''e 1t had lit with flock Of
black crows near him. in company with another almost
white Inc secured is shaped and had in every par
cular according to Audubon, all the peculiarites of
the black crow. 1t had been previously in the
flock. 1t is the first white we had seen and
his like not known to the distinguished naturalist
MiledgerAe (Ga) Recorder.
DIED,
JOEL D. FAIRBANKS, aged IS years.