The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-25
GLEANINes FRoM rnE MAILs

The Boston merchants are making efforts 10 reooyer
control OF the tea trade which though carried 10y their
capital, centres in New York city
During the heavy blow on Monday the spire Of the
South street Congregational Church ItsReld Mass
was bloNa down lno steeple Of the Baptist Church
also much shattered.
bright boy OF nine years delivered in Lancsboro
Mass, few days since for the purpose OF attending
school, having been forwarded by Adams's Express from
Houston Texas. Tho freight had been four weeks
the road
Since the State OF Louisiana last taken the
people Of New Orleans, being dissatisfied with the figures
IL gave for their city, taking another The Pic
ay gays that from partial returns the result will show
very small increase over the census of 1883 which
1852, 900.
An exchange says that party at a country town was
lately visited 10y the following persons Two Miss Under
standings, three Miss Takes Miss Management Miss Con
duct, Miss d. Mcaner, Miss D. Hdyior Miss Fortune and
Mr. Philip Buster IL must have been happy gathering
An individual from the rural districts sluntered into
the Boston Athenmum few days since, and looking at
the bronze misconcepton Of Webster asked II that
his statue " YesP replied the person Intercepted,
a that his statuel Z" Well " Tetorted the country
man, a. should think that statue needed repeating"
Owing to the inferior quality of cigars now thrown into
the market many old smokers have been driven TO the
of the pipe, the quality Of Turkish and other fancy
tobacco being better than that of which most cigars
made and pipesmoking being less than tenth
pensiye as cigar smoking.
iho chitis VI the OHohuagd iHultiS ltll u SOlclhu
council at their Council House. in onondaga valley.
the 10th inst Nearly all the chiefs of the nation
present at the council and after considerable discussion
ia which the whole subject thoroughly canyased IL
decided by nearly unanimous vote that division
Of the lands would not advance the interests of the
ton.
subscription ball in aid of the Mount Vernon fund is
to be given at the Boston Theatre Friday evening,
March g. Hon Edward Everett Is chairman OF the board
of managers Gov Banks, Lieut.. Gov. Fmsk, Mayor
Lincoln the mayors of cities around Boston, Rufus Choate
Caleb Cushing Robert O. Winthrop, Ben Il. Curtis, Geo
S. Hiar, and about two hundred Others of the solid
men of Boston compose the board.
An instance has occurred In New York in which a
bank has had to suffer for negligence in small matter
merchant keeping his account with the American Elk
change Bank deposited two notes for collection. When
they became due the maker did not take them up and
they protested The person depositing them sued
the endoser he refusing to pay because notice of protest
not sent through the mail The court held that the
service Of notice of protest through the mail not sf
fcicnt to hold the eEdorser The person holding the
notes then sued the bank, and not only the
face of than, but also compelled the bank to pay the
costs and his colnsels foes,
The Baltimore Price Current furnishes table of the
cotton factories Ia Maryland showing the daily consump
ton of cotton to be nearly fifty thousand pounds of
the value of six thousand operating 81 800
spnlles and 1856 looms The large amount OF cotton
duck and other heavy goods made, explains the paucy
Of looms. 1t adds The capital invested in these various
properties Is about three millions of dollars, and the
value of the annual product, at present price OF mannnc
tured goods is about three and half million of dollars.