The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-10
GLEANINGS FROM TIE Mails.

The Boston Advertiser says that the feeling in favor of
the purchase of the Hancock estate by the Common
wealth of Massachusetts, residence for the governor
~ every day gathering strength
despatch from New Orleans, dated the sth instant
states that Aramon still prepan to attack Vera
Cruz and Jairez was making preparations for desperate
resistance.
The piano-iore makers furniture carvefs, and carpeI
ers of Philadelphia the point Of striking for high
er wages They demand an increase OF from fifteen to
twenty per cent
Professor Mitchell at the close OF his lecture on the
It'll inst at Albany N w. announced his acceptance OF
the post of director of the Dudley Observatory Tho
event is regarded the close Of the Observatory difficult
ties.
Cincinnati paper says the Spanish quarters are being
bought up in the East at twenty and half cents
and sent there and put of the dealers at twenty-five
cents. merchant few days since received in payment
of his bills $500 in this coin.
There %, 900 bales Of cotton detained at the
bar below New Orleans in consequence of
sells being unable to get safely The cotton mostly
destined for Liverpool The delay is likely to prove Of
serious injury to the parties Interested
Letters received in New York, dated February 10Th,
state that the accounts received that day from the United
States disappointed operators in cotton as the falling off
in receipts had been anticipated Holders however re-
fused any concession and the sales reached 900 bales
at unchanged prices.
The Memphis Appeal Of the 9Th inst learns that the
Steamboat Douglass burned to the waters edge at
bTault on the buliablSha river, IN Ialla
hatchc county, in that State, the 2sth ult The boat
estimated at $40 900 and was insured for one half
its value AT the time of the burning she had board
full cargo of cotton, which entirely consumed.
The loss, however, falls chiefly upon the underwriters
No lives were lost
The Richmond Dispatch states that the examination in
the of the suspected SLAYER Julia Dean has closed
and Captain Headlun and the supercargo Mr. Domin-
guez held to bail in the of 81 900 each for their APP
pearance before special term of the United States dis
rct court the Sth inst The mate bailed in the
sum of $4,000. The barque has been brought up to
Norfolk and the cargo is being discharged.
AS French frigate at Montevideo recently was re-
turning salute of an American national vessel one Of
the gunners had arm blown off. AS soon the fact
made known, subscription started board the
American squadron, which produced among ten ships,
the very handsome sum of 81 400. 1t sent to the
sufferer and the French Admiral in acknowledging its
receipt said there bounds 10 the generosity of
the American sailor,
The Hartford Times publishes the address Of the Con.
nectcu democratic State central committee II is Justly
upon the republican, who have plunged the State
into financial disorder In the short period Of four years.
the State expenditures have sprung yearly dsbuse
ment of SIPS 600 TO STAG 900; in fact they have been
nearly doul led There is parallel in the history of
Connecticut to this sudden and extraordinary
the expenditures of the people, money The address APP
peas to the electors to redeem the State the LIST of
April from the party whose loose policy Is productive Of
such abuses
The Buffalo Republic states that Russian named Al
the penitentary of that county vagant has fallen
heir by the death of his father immense fortune
in Russia valued at two millions of dollars The
banker Of the deceased in Buffalo the 25th ult
taking to effect the release of David who,
he To this country four years ago with sixty thou
sand dollars in his possession half of which he lost
by the panic, and the balance of which he squandeed
Seven persons, aged one hundred years and upwards
have died during the month of February. Their names
aud place of death follows: Covngton, Louisiana
Pa Caesar. colored aged 1885, Norfolk, Virginia, Sarah
Mallory, colorcd 1885, Mddlctown, N j., Jelphy Schanc
aged Il9; and Aunt Ksndas, 1903 both colorcd; Spun
Beach, N. j., Hannah Phillips los Port Macon, Noa
Scotia, John Maxwell, 1902; Philadelphia, Mrs, TtsJ
Gray 100 n iF'b
The New Orleans la True Delta sums up the sugar
crop Of 1858 at 3264s2 hogsheads, Of which 1851
have already been received leaving t4 SCI yet TO go
forward of the number received 49, SIG hog were
shipped by from Franklin and New Orleans, and 49,,
los up the liver. Assuming that the balance Of the
crop VIII be shipped in the proportion, the True
Delta calculates that the amount Of the crop yet to come
up the Mississippi is "a 900 hogsheads sugar. and 1907
900 barrels OF molasses,
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