The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-13
4 GLEANINGs FROM YHE Mails


Poor Madame Mortura is dying of broke heart be-
the Pope deaf 10 her prayers for TIN release OF
her stolen child
shawnut Lodge No i, .sons Of Malta of Boston,
have made donation of hundred dollars TO inc iund
for the purchase Of Mount Vernon ssp,4 qi5sf aRHa
George Peabody has commenced suit against IawrAnee,
Stone s Co for 500 600 and interest in the Boskn
courts ~ lHa.s 1& E8# hh
Tho democratic State central committee Of Ohio have
fixed on Thursday the 26h day OF May next as the tii
for holding the democratic State convention u
A bill has been introduced into the Pennsylvania iegis
ature provide additional means Tor the extinSushment
of the State debt by raising the rate of discount by banks
to per cent? and requiring them to pay over per cent
to the Commonwealth ar4 BJFs4a ssh }873o u5H
On Monday last the North Carolina house of commons
concurred in message from the senate proposing to
raise joint committee to examine the state of the frrn
tre in the executive manson alleged to be shabby Hna
deficient ~
petition is in circulation at Calais, to the United
States Senate and House of Representatives, to extend sid
in clearing the St. Crox river of the refuse lumber accu
mulated from the mills. .t,sy, SKI 3..
The ABaay Rnickgbocte says that the mild admonton
of the governor the lobby has not had the slightest
effect upon the Third House That important depart
ent the legislature is numerousy attended than
ever before. srrgb ss&
strike for wages has taken place the Chicago and
ST. Louis railroad the employees OF which have received
pay for six months Two trims were stopped yester
lay and the passengers obliged to return to their
starting point The strike considerable excite
meut along the road.
The census of Minnesota the 21st September 1857,
gave the population, 81 ,395 white males 62425 white
females (; IA coorcd males, and 1873 colored females
Aggregate population, $50 0O2. The number OF fam
lies was 49, $780, Native votes 26,T37 naturaized vo
tiers, %, 1913.
The wife of Mr. Brooks, at Homer the other day
threw knife violently at her husband which pat out
his eyes The amount of her conjugal grief may
be measured Ivy the fact that she said afterwards she
would have given five dollars rather than have it happen
The city of Aberdeen has voted tax Of S75 600 to be
applied The construction of that portion of the New
Orleans Jackson and Great Northern railroad which
will connect the Mobile and Ohio road with the city OF
Aberdeen 1t is thought the amount the ccnnex
ion at distsnt day.
The umbermen and capitalists of Richmond Maine
have lately opened branch of business. They have
set mechanics work building houses for expectation
They entirely complete the houses to the finest OF
the finish and box them up and send them to Boston.
Last year $4,000 received into town for that
kind of produce,
AT the last spiritual conference believer informed the
audience that woman in New York recently put
ting down carpet and having temporarily left her ham
er and acks the floor the hail. behind an open
door after discovered that the spirits had driven
several the tacs into the wall in such manner as so
form the initial letters of her name. Iia sil ,Htt