The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-10


number
The Public Economy of Athens The Profession of
Schoolmaster Reformatory Institutions at Home and
Abroad Venice Ireland, Past and Present Anatomi
cal Architecture; The Financial Crisis Jerusalem Con-
temporary French Literature Levels History of Phos
ophy Critical Notices. etc
EXPRESSIONS OF THE NORTHERN DEMocRAcY The indi-
cations that have far been given by the northern de-
mocracy their sentiments upon the present Kansas
issue are such to sustain the confidence which their
southern brethren have reposed in their honesty and del
ty and cbuke the unjust and ungenerous mputation
of treachery which sectonasts continually reeratng
against them So far have been enabled to learn
their sentiments through the mouths of their representa-
tives Congress- through their press and their popular
meetings the great majority Of them standing firmly
and zsalousy by the administration in favor Of the ad
mission of Kansas with the Lecompon constitution With
but very few exceptions the whole northern democratic
press cordially aud gaant sustaining the position Of
President Buchanan that question. As far as
informed majority of the democratic representatives in
both houses of Congress from the northern States sup
port him and recent popular demonstrations have
evinced that the rank and file of the northern democ
racy are to enthusiasm in his support. We
mentioned a few days since that monster meeting
of the democracy of New York city had given
enthusiastic expression in favor of the Kansas views
democratic off in that city the 23d
ult at which the administration indicated and
tanned with increased fervor. meeting also
sembled in Philadelphia Monday evening last to give
expression to the sentiments Of the democracy there in
favor of the Presidents Kansas views, and doubt not
from large list of of leading democrats of that
city calling the meeting that tho administration received
there an equally and enthusiastic endorsement
as in New York.
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hib themselves to in the Northsuch the gratifying
evidences which northern brethren giving of their
faithful and nexible adherence to the principles of
great national PLATFORM amidst the camorous denunca
tons of black republicans the detection of their
leaders, and the accusations of southern sectionass
And these the whom southern democrats are in
voked to discard from their alliance unworthy Of their
confidence and false to the principles that involve their
constitutional rghts.--Motde Register
LITERARY RARrTns. Unlikely things are sometimes
found in outof theway places copy Of the first folio
Of shakspeares plays 1929 has been met with in a
penter's shop Maidenhcad, and is in proper
hands 1t seems that it was sold at a country auction
many years ago. and bought with other books, for
few shllngs by the present owner copy OF Sponsors
works, foo 1913, which formerly was the property of
one greatest poets of that day has also turned
in the neghborhood together with the second cdi
ton of the notorious production Of Philip Stubbcs he
Anatomy of Abuses At Reading only few weeks
cbted Robert Greene published between 1889 and 1917
including the "Groatsworth of WITT in which Shaks-
peac designated "thc only Shakscene in country
1t seems all improbable that some il not most of
these rartes originally belonged to the old library
at Ufton Court Newbury, out OF which Mr. Payne
Collier corrected folio Shakespeare of 1882 is reasonably
supposed to have come.
A MOUNTAIN or GLAss.--Tho San Francisco Courier
says
We have in our possession several specimens Of glass
taken from hill situated about sixteen miles from the
of Napa, and the creek of that name The ar
tice all the characteristics of glnss being both
brittle and translucent u.s. however Of rather dark
color occasoned by the presence Of oxide of iron Those
we'll acquainted with tho properties of glass state that the
only operation necessary to make good marketable glass
out of the article under consideration is to extract the
small quantity of oxide of iron it contains which be
readily done by melting, and an addition Of oxide Of
manganese In fact experiments which have been made
show that heating it to red heat in stove has
the effect to drive out the dark colorng matter with
which II is imprcgnated.
The hin or mountain from which this glass obtained
seems to be composed almost entirely of this material
and is capable of supplying the whole world for many
years with glass.
A Curious BANK TRANSACTION editor Of the Bel
fast lreand Journal has availed himself of the col
umns of the London Times to expose an extraordinary
transaction in which OF the Glasgow banks WAS con-
cerncd Not many years SINCE, says the writer "
certain gentleman indebted to Of these banks
10 the extent of several hundred thousand pounds
when he was hauled up it found that he had no
acts and the bank therefore insured his life 10 the ex
tent of their debt upon which they, Of course pay
very heavy annual tax. This gentleman called the
bank some time after and told one of the Managers
am offered lucrative situation in Sierra Leone but you
know IL go out there the policy will he initiated how
ever must 60, l cannot starve. What, then,
to be done The "a now comfortably living on
the continent annuity granted him by this bank,
which annuity added to the premium of Insurance. forms
nice little item IN the expenses of the establishment