The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-14
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"a low that she is unable 70 obtain such measurements as
An IL 10 be new one show that II is here
totore seen -Nantueha bqara, July ..
WssrraS SrnanwoAr AcorDsS1s.-ihe following are
given as the main losses the western rivers for the
q, months ending May IT, 1858 steamers burned, Is
exploded snagged, 0; collisions, total loss, 26
total lives lost 3d.
The Judges of the English court Of common pleas have
decided that railway travellers not bound TO take
care Of any portion Of their baggage, the company being
legally responsible for its safety.
There arc yet stqndng in sight of the olympian
Springs Bath county Kentucky, fourteen log cabins,
built by regiment Of United States soldiers in 1872,
under command of Colonel Owens, whose headquarters
were there.
VIC learn from the scioto Gazette that the flock Of
Cashmere Angora goats sent to that county by Hon.
Iobn P Brown Of Constantnope, have been increased
nv the addition OF four kids which dropped this
spring All the flock are doing well 80 far.
IMPORTANT PalsolrIE SETTLED. "A suit was brought
against benevolent society before Justice Sanford and
iuly Wednesday, by member, to recover benefits
claimed 10 be due from May rs to June I'll. The de-
fence set up was that the member not SICK and II he
were he could not society of which he
Der for tenefts. Inc testimony of physicians proved
that he was i'll and unfit for labor The jury gave ver-
dict for the full amount. Nswak Adpetsey, July 10.
Write "A merchant of Mobile recently wrote
letter Of Importance to gentleman in Mississippi and
in due of mail he received letter with his
signature and pasted the back of the envelope
in which the writer stated that he had received his
munication, but didn't know who the writer
word that written in it, and that his only of
finding out the author to cut the signature and
use it the address, with the hope that the postmaster
in Mobile might be able to do by it than he
had.
There Is mammoth congressional district in Wiscon-
sin 1t Is the third which extends from the line of Mil
waukee county to Lake Superior, and embraces twenty
or countless having aggregate population of
$50 900 souls and upwards of 10000 voters Wiscon-
sin will probably have under the next apportionmcnt
eight members of Congress and ten votes in the electoral
college
An IAroarASr DIFFERENCE is fact of some politi-
cal significance, that while the two and the only repre-
senaives in Congress from New York who opposed the
President policy in the settlement of the Kansas difficult
ty derive all the sympathy and support which awaited
them their return from Washington from the repub-
lcans the members from the Western States who acted
in the manner-we beg pardon--who voted in the
wayare making distinct issues with the republic
cans in their several districts.
While Haskn and Clark have neither hope prospect
of democratic support and if returned to Congress- must
look TO their former opponents for the votes Cox of Ohio
and indeed most Of the western members 60 frankly to
their democratic constituents telling them that to them
alone do they look for support and to their Judgment
their future condition public private citizens
mitted How much dgnifed and honorable is such
than the covert, doube-faced action of the
treacherous members from this State, who first misrepre
sent and then insult their constituents.N. T. Journal
Of Commerce
Tns LYSou.so CASE IN KENrUcKY.--Joseph Beard the
city marshal Of Lexington Kentucky who killed by
Barker on Saturday morning. was, at the time, endeav-
oring to stop fight in the markethouse. Barker who
was engaged in the rushed upon Beard with knife
which entered his sde severng the lungs and entering
the heart, killing him instantly. terrible excitement
Immediately ensled and the citizens assembled in large
numbers BARB taken to the watch house and
thence to the jail He was however, seized by the
indignant multitude and marched to the courthouse
yard temporary scafold erected from the court
house window and at s. m, Barker swung off.
The first rope broke and he fell to the ground distance
of thirty feet brusng his face considerably He
cred in o few minutes aud was again taken up to.the
window, another rope attached and he then made to
jump again from the window His lfeess body left
dangling in the air throughout the day.
HoSoRAmE CONDUCT OF THE SUMMERS will be re-
membered by readers that Mr.. Albert Sumner of
Newport. Rhode Island, his wife and child, some time
since, shipwrecked and all undoubtedly persisted
by the prescriptions of law the wife and child died first
and the husband became entitled to the property Mrs S.
was daughter of the late Walter Claiming Of this city,
ind enjoyed the income Of aarge estate Under these cir
cnmstances than $50 900 became legally vested in
tho late Mr. Sumner and through him to his mother
and sister and his two brothers--Charles Sumner our
senator, and George Sumner, esq. The estate ad
ministered upon by Mr. George Sumner, and with the
consent of all these heirs, the whole of this property
which the deceased he derived from his wife has been
surrendered to her relations 1t gives great pleasure
to record act SO honorable to the parties and prompt
ed by 80 nice sense of justice and equity Trans
o1s Jrly 10.
NEWPORT IrEas "A correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal says
There many people who make great mistake
in the time of visiting Newport. The best parts of
the year to city, and enjoy the benefits offered
are June July and September and yet the great crowd
are here only part of August and few days in Septem
Der Then the hotels crowded to sufocaton and it
Is fortunate if obtains barely sufficient food keep
away suffering, while counters SOFAS and parlor carpets
answer for spring beds.
g am assured by the commander of Fort Adams that
If possible, regimenta band will be stationed there in
August If not the Germania Company will play on
the battle-ground that the delightful drive and
promenade concerts will again be established which
were participated in last year by thousands. =
EpRcr OF OCCUPATION UPON LoNoEvITr.-rDr Edward
Jarvis OF Boston, president of the Statistical Association
has prepared table from the mortality reports OF Massa
chusctts, from May ls43 to December 81 1885, show
ing the average ages OF men of different occupations He
divides the community into classes and finds that in that
time the average Of the ctvators Of the earth who
died was about Ga, of professional So merchants
ana capitalists As, mechanics active abroad 49, active
mechanics in shops Az, sailors 4G laborers AS common
carriers A. inactive mechanics in shops A. OF the par
tcular occupations the average age Of cergymcn S.
lawyers 50, physicians 3d. coopcrs 81, blacksmhs 81
carpenters so, masons As, tanners 49, merchants aud
clerks AZ, shoemakers AS, painters Az tailors Al.
The triumph of woman lies not in the admiration of
her lover but in the respect Of her husband and that
only be gained by constant cultivation of those
qualities which she knows he most values
RAuRoAp THRouGn MExIco-some two weeks ago we
mentioned the fact of the continuation of the railroad
from the Gulf to our city, through Mexico to Chhua
hua BY late advices from chihuahua learn that the
legislature Of that State has granted Messrs Mcanus
and Potts special privilege for the construction of