The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-17

GLEdNINGS FROM THE MAILS.

The Boston people preparing to harvest their ice
crop The ice is about inches thick upon
Of the ponds III that vicinity.
1t is estimated that So 900 spent every week in
New York for amements of which the poorer classes of
mechanics and laborers pay about one third
number of sloops schooners and other vessels are
frozen up the North river between Poughkeepse and
Albany. They much cut up by the ice--so much
so that two sunk on Saturday.
Some of the farmers in northern Ohio and on the bord
Of Indiana have commenced the breeding and raising
deer the they do sheep and they bring them to
market; hence the plenitude OF yenison.
The steamer Philadelphia, from Havana with dates to
the 9th inst has arrived New York. Six arrests had
been made at Havana of persons charged with consprng
against the life Of the captain general The Spanish
rigate Petrona arrived the LIST ult with three hun
dred troops.
During the past FIVE years there have been constructed
in California 405 miles of artificial canals for gold wash
ing, at cost of sl2 600 600. These canals generally
strong fumes for conveying mountain streams to the dry
dggngs and used to wash out the golden nuggets
The Chicago Times states that there is only seventy
miles of railroad to complete between that city and New
Orleans, distance by the rails Of nine hundred and
eleven miles BY the LIST of December 1859, the cars
will be passing the whole distance. At present. pas
nges go from Chicago to New Orleans in less than
three days few years ago such fact would have been
Incredible
The orange crop of Louisiana this season is very large
and the crop selling from plantations at from six to
eight dollars per thousand Last year planter below
the city offered for fifteen hundred dollars small
tract of land adjoining his, and which planted with
orange trees of full growth He refused and this
the owner Of the tract in question has sold his orange
crop for 50, 900.
They do things grand scale in New York. Mr..
PETERSON Friday obtained Judgment against the city
Tor S 1897 90 for furnishing plans and specifications for
.he erection of market the site of the present
Washington market The city chamberlain has just
ported the payments ut his office from January to De-
onber 3, account Of the municipal government The
police cost 5000 600, and the coronors fees foot up Sl5
AsS In the board of supervisors Friday, Mr. Barker
presented bills amounting to about 81 900 for stationery
furnished Mt the late election Included $50 bibles,
bought at the Bible House at 80 cents EACH aud charged
10 the city at 81 each.
The New Mexican mail has arrived at ST. Louis with
yates from Santa fc to the 22d ultimo. The Santa Fc
ua2elte says that the Navajo will be closed this
winter and probably not for years 1t is reported that
he outgoing mail party from Albuquerque to Ncosho
was massacrcd by the Camanches. Nothing had been
heard of the mail party from Neosho for Albuquerque
who started the 18th October. Adyiccs from the
AanSas mines to the 9Th instant represent mining
pended for the season. but thousands of persons ready
" commence in the spring. banking firm at Leaven-
worth had made shipment of gold dust to New York.