The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-30
GLElNIA1GS FROM THE MAILS.

Insults are like counterfeit money; we can help their
being offered, but needn't take them
The Montreal papers state that recent Of the
newbuilt houses shows that within the last thirteen
months between $50 and 800 and brick houses
have been erected in Montreal
Throughout Vermont on Wednesday last a severe
storm experienced, accompanied with high
wind which seriously blocked up the roads and rendered
them in some places next to impossible.
~ wish, said beautiful wife to her studious husband
~ wish was book" !. 1 wish you an Atnaa-
ac replied her lord, " and then would get
every year. just then the silk rustled.
Since the first of November eight persons have been
placed at the bar in Boston trial for their lives
in the circuit court of the United States and in the
supreme judicial court.
Eleven foreign ships are now in Savannah or will be
there in the next thirty days, after timber One firm
has contract for millions of feet and some of
these vessels are now loading with portion Of it.
The Paris journals have published Commodore Laval
lettes history of his visit in the Wabash Constntnople
copied from the New York papers, and they now admit
that they in error in crying out against
violation of the treaty of Paris
Doesticks in his amusing sketches of fortune teers
entitled he Witches of New York, describes waiting
maid Of Madame Cargo "a shabby looking girl, with
her hair in much confusion il the city had contract
ed TO keep it straight y
Speaking of the Mimic rifle Mr.. Kendall writes to the
New Orleans Picayune from Texas that in of Lind
say recent scouts against the Navajos Of the latter
killed at the distance Of four hundred yards and
other wounded with shot from Of the famous Mimic
rifles.
An attempt has been made to reopen the ancient mar
BILE quarries on the Island of Paros. company was
formed for the purpose and load of the revived Paiian
marble shipped to Rome, where it found that the
marble scarcely fit for architectural purposes 1t
not SO good as the poorest quality of Carraro.
On Sunday morning a man. name not ascertaned
while passing down the stoop Of the house No 600 Broad
way New York. fell catching the third finger of the left
hand in the iron railing OF the toop tearing complete
y from the hand and drawing the sinews connected with
the hand and arm entirely out He conveyed to the
station house in helpless condition.
In the court Of nisi prus yesterday Chief Justice Low
rie granted an injunction to restrain the directors of the
Girdrd College from refusing to admit children into the
college whose mothers living The city solicitor
tended that child orphan unless both parents
dead but Judge Lowrie differed with him, and
granted the injunction.
In December ls4S, ten years ago Louis Napoleon was
elected President of France, and London journal Justly
remarks that during the whole time he has welded
power absolute aud uncontrolled that of the most
despoc monarch of Europe IL doubtless the con
seriousness that he possessed such power which prompted
the coup d da of December, 1851. which, indeed could
not have been accomplished without the possession of
power far greater and consolidated than usually APP
pertains to a popular Executive
Letters from Rome confirm the complete failure Of the
French ambassadors circumstances regarding the jew
boy Mortara. The Papal government we are told,
gres the occurrence Of this alleged conversion, but
finds it impossible to recede Although reports to the
contrary have been spread, it is said to be fact that
France is the only power that has addressed representa-
lions to Rome the subject The Sandman government,
which commonly thought to have united its expostua
tons With those of France has not stirred in the matter
That is ths report,
The Booth anniversary VI Queen Ezabeths accession
to the throne was celebrated in i@ndon on "Wednesday
the 18th ult., by religious services. M Westminster
Abbey there full choral service, and SERMON by
the Dean of Westminster Dr. Trench in which the his
orcal character of Elizabeth was skeched with great
power and vivdness while at Christ Church, in the
city DR. M nellie preached sermon on the same sub
ject before the court of aldermen the sheris and the
other municipal magnatcs At the Scotch Church. In
Covent Garden, DIR. Cumming, with whom the move
ment may be said to have originated delivered an cf-
fective the reformation and its results and
Pr Npile leaving London in the afternoon addressed
large meeting ~ the Liverpool ssmPhtheatre in the
evening of the same day.