The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-29

The AUSTRALIAN POSSESSIONS The Australian posses
sons, they increase in wealth and power feel the
cessty and the desire of separate and independent po
lticil existence. The Rev. Mr. Lang in a recent dis
course at Melbourne advocated total separation of the
colonies from tue government OF Great Britain in view
of a war between France and England OF course in
such war; the remote possessions of Australia would
be subjected to all the evils incident to their connexon
with the mother country and derive but little of the
benefit of its protection. This danger will go in
creasing with the growth of the colony and aid power
fully the sentiment of separate national independence
The Inconvenience of legislation thousands of
miles off already felt and objected to-
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURED SILK. We were shown few
days since a beautiful white silk pocket handkerchief
manufactured at South Union, Kentucky. An agent of
the Shaker Society at that place, passing through
village selling garden seed exhibited half dozen Of
them, when they all purchased by two or three
pubc-sprted gentlemen standing by not only because
of their exceeding beauty durability and cheapness but
because the silk raised and the article fabricated
the South.-Hinds County Gazette.
TIE SoNs OF MAlTA.--We announced a few days ago.
that the Sons of Malta would distribute five thousand
oaves of bread Christmas morning to the poor of this
city The committee appointed to attend to the matter
In attendance at the Mechanics Institute Building
in accordance with that publication and commenced the
distribution of the oaves to those who made application
The committee somewhat disappointed that small
number in rant of the staff of life, and atributing
their nappeaance at the rendezvous provided some
unaccountabe difficulty in getting them to receive the
offering generally made from the aforesaid institution
of the Sons they procured express wagons loading them
down with bread and then visiting all the Streets lanes
and alleys in the city where they supposed any the
fering poor could be found They succeeded under
stand in dsposng of their five Thousand loaves in that
way and deserve great credit for the performance of
noble and humane act. 49, in cinnah Enquirer Dec rs
CHARlrABK -The Masonic board of San Francisco has
established employment office in that city, to aid
strangers and others to find employment Such well i-
rected charity is most commendabe. The bay city is
filed with strangers from the Atlantic and from Frazer
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dition There is room for them, and probably employ
men in the mining and agricultural districts, but not in
the crowded cities.
YouSa RAscAL--The Detroit Tribune notices the ap-
pearance in the streets of that city of Charles Baker who
four years ago the age of sixteen sent to the
prison for life He the leader of gang of burglars
who terror to the of merchandise in De-
tro and although his sentence was approved at the
time still it matter of surprise that boy only six
teen years old should have plotted and directed the
schemes scouting His accessories men old enough to be
his father This boy, Baker, having behaved himself
during the four years of his imprisonment in the most
emplary manner pardoned by Gov. Bingham that
account, and in consideration of his extreme youth
Reputation IN CuRA-About fifty laborers. who re-
Gently left Philadelphia TO work the Havana Cnba)
railroad have returned They promised on leaving
81 5Qa day but on their arrival they found that the
cost of their passage TO be deducted from this sum
also twenty-five cents pei day for boarding. and twenty
five cents per day to DO reserved by the company
til the conclusion Of the term (six nonths) for which
they engaged and the hours for labor were from
sunrise to sunset which, in that country is very long
period. These conditions repuJiated by most OF
the men, and nearly all have returned
EVANSVILLE, Indiana is in prosperous condition.
less than three hundred houses having been erected there
during the past summer The sales of merchandise there
during 1857 amounted to 81 o7G 000 and of manuiac-
turcd articles to 81 59S T0s yet single merchant
manufacturer, mechanic suspended, broke, made
assignment. We doubt whether another town in the Uni
ted States with the same population and business
port favoEably.