The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-06
GLEANfNcS FROM rHE Walls

- ~ lansing taYiacE~ ckbts I'D England. Even the
~ueen is Obliged 10 pay her penny postage
The portion Of the Mrfsouosh real estate la,,s,.,
the corporation Of New oeais ~ he sold IN taat =,
next Monday. - ~" '"' Gay
The monument 90 Ethan Alien. AZ y,,,,a.,,. a a.
Az h ioEts feet kigh ooloAml ss.t... n
de Egae Mountain zero Is YET 10 be placed On lie sum-
znft y asasstsa y. ~
Baltimore i taking Of an Academy OF Music as neoes
sary 10 the amrsernen's Of tsfrt city Baltimore in
creasing IN wealth aud ia busrs ali f1sis the eonse-
nienccs Of metropolitan greatness indspap@ahse.
-Four hundred and ninety Elk dollars have been ooi,es
ed Ia Berkshire oonnsys Mass towards the Mount Yer
fund, Of which sale from the to~n of Pitts
heid
A. Land lcrouoti.s successfully traverso the streets
Of Dayton, OhIo reertls y designed for dranght
the farm IN ploughng and th'eslr.s ss other labor and
for the highways.
The Canadian papers state that Application win be iIs
10 Parliament 10 charter the Union Bank Of British Amer
ic- The capital is TO be twenty five millions Of dollars
confined exclusively 10 a specie circulation.
The Individual tried to clear his conscience with an
egg endeasorrg % raise his spirits with yeast If
he fails in this il is bis aeletate nsosslon blow out
his brains with the bellows.
The trustees of Columbia College, New York are abou
publish biographical catalogue all the graduates Of
that Institution from the year 1858 to the present time
The Alumni Association have undertaken the work, under
the supervision Of Mr.. A s. Van Duzer, of New York
that the pneumatic pistols, which the delight Of
juveniles last year. and manufactured in such vast
numbers 10 raise the price of ENC have lost all their
vogue The sale Of drums too, has greatly diminished
scicstifc play things are all the rage Al present
White partdges from the north have appeared about
Quebec Canada since the extreme cold weather. Their
hill differs In shape from that of the brown FaTtrdges
and they arc also very ticiy xthered down the aions
like '.bantans" The Indians say they plentiful ut
the sasusnay TINS winter but never before
4 a. "a. rn.t. a
out in fall force upon the ST. Lawrence and performed
all the light infantry evoutions consequent the corps
acting skirmisers thrown out 70 cover the advance OF
brigade the fozen surface OF the ryer The Ell
feet is described as very picturesque
report has been made by a committee Of deputies
stating the total debt of Spain TO be $4,000 o0o, 600
fsuls-~about SI40 600 zoe An extraordinary budget,
apart from the general supplies. is proposed for the year
equivalent TO $50. DOC, 600
The plumber Of hogs in Ohio six months old and over
the LIST of April 1855 IA fit day to take pug census
9l4 In 1857 there 2, sJI.7ss thus showing
an increase Of 223 I26 in theyear This prosperity should
make that State brase mp
The total loss by the burning Of the steamer North
Carolina is about SlSl 900, which there inn
ARRANGE ION the boat OF $50 600 The loss of Adams
Express Comp my is 81 900 DR. Toup So oo0 freight
SIS 600 money and effects Of passengers 81 o0o, captain
and officers 81, GOO
During the month Of January, up to Saturday night
last there 600 applications for relief fled at ths
York Fifteen thousand relieved, At cost to the
CITY Of IS 600 in money and 900 tons of coal Nearly
se relieved protested that they out of work,
all on long time.
and had been SO 10. : -,,,u,,.. r. p.;,o,
A Milan letter says the news Of rne .- ex.
Napoleon with the Sandman Princess produced gre.
element amongst the Italians who regarded ii pledge
Of the united action of France and Sardinia in the
OF Italy 1t expected that Prince Napoleon pres
Genoa and Turin would lead demonstrations Of
a unrnistakable character
The whole number Of whaleslps which sail from New
Bedford is 316 their voyages averaging from three to
three and a half years The number Of embarked
in the feet which sailed last year is about two thousand
estimating thirty to each ship; and the whole
Der employed in the entire feet from the port q 4S0
The estimated value of the entire feet about nine and
a half millions
By the annual returns Of the railroads of Aassachu-
sett it appears that The expense incurred by the differ
cnt companies in keeping their tracks clear from
and ice, during the last five years, follows In
1854 sl9e36 in 1855, SO, s35 in 1856, SIS AIS in
1857 S5s 235 in 1859, sl0,IIA Total COST in five
years sl69 CAS- Horse railroads not included in the
/ above estimate.
sharp piece OF swindlng speculation in New Jersey
waste lands developed IN a New York court We'd
ncsday. Two men had an elegant map prepared, show
ing popnlous country village called Cedarvie, in the
centre Of their property, where unsold lots and farms
waited disposal, and by SIS induced New York
merchant part with 81 500 worth of goods in bogus
sale They were properly looked after
II may be remembered that, months ago, the
/ Rev Peter Il. Green, of the Mississippi Conference
| OF the Methodist Episcopal Church. shot by a
named Fisher Fcksburg, for receiving Fisher
wife as member OF the church of which Mr. Green
the pastor Fisher has been found guilty and sentenced
to the pcaitentiary fer seven years.
The lady skaters upon The Connecticut river at Hart
ford Tuesday having resolved that 'the trade
upon the skating ground is nuisance. detachment
from the skaters that not female down
| stream. BY an unfortunate Ms-step the leader fell
against the restaurant. and his followers. being nm
able to hold up in season, fell the demolished
bic and bottles causing great destruction of the thirst
destroying compound The accident met with the un
qualified appreciation of the crowd
One of the seveTcst criticisms pronounced an
author is that pronounced by the Atlantic Monthly
notorious usurper OF female souhTiquet .aIf he viii
persist in playing the part of woman, says the Allan
TIC referring to the letters of tBelle Britain 'let him
bear in mind that to be unnanly not necessarily bt
womanly and that it does follow that writes like
lady because he does not write like gentleman
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i WAsHNGross BIRTHDAY viii be celebrated in New
York city with than usual ccia The seventh reg
ment, National Guard The seventy-frst regiment
American Guard and the eighth regiment, Washington
Grays viii make ulldress parndes the occasion. On
that day each member of the National Guard win be pre-
scented with handsomely bound volume containing the
history Of Mount Vernon and fun Of the visit
to Richmond, also complete history Of the regiment
from its organization 20 the present day. The book il
got up by gentleman Of New York city at expense
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