The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-30
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
from our regular correspondent
NEW YoRg, Oct. %, L.

4 EDiiOn CORhccI OINDENCE.
from our regular correspondent
! New YoRK, Oct. %, 1915.
The Great Westerns news is before YOU She
arrived this morning in 49, days from Liverpool
| have 1t from Captain Mathews himself, who in
formed me that he brought l27 cabin passengers,
and light freight of dry-goods.
IL is now settled, that the crops in England are
| short.
favorable, especially from the woollen manufacturers
Iron had again advanced COS. sterling per ton, in
| Staffordshre.
had the pleasure, to-day, Of seeing very inter-
esting sight, viz: the Great Britain and Great West
ern side by side, at the same anding---two Of the
| largest steamships now afoat in the world The
contrast was not quite so great might have been
expected. The Great Western came IN light, draw
ing aft about IA feet of water; while the Great Brit
ain was sunk down with 100 tons Of coal in her
hold. The vast magnitude Of the latter is, also,
less apparent on account Of the symmetry Of her
model. II is only when you board her, and peram-
buIate through her vast saloons, that you become
impressed with her great magniude-her immense
width and prodigious length. All ship-masters who
saw her raised on the floating dry-dock, pronounced
the form of her hull near perfect in its exact cur
vilinear form, the human imagination could well
| conceive a vessel to be constructed.
Her six masts are said to be named after the six
days of the week, beginning with the after-mast,
which is called Monday; the next, Tuesday; the
third, Wednesday; the fourth, Thursday; the fifth,
Friday; and the sixth, or foremost, lthe one that
was carried away in gale,) is called Saturday.
The heaviest part of her machinery is embOarded
about midships, and displays most splendid and
ingenious workmanship. The main crank is put in
motion by two immense arms, which turn crank
conformity, while their opposite ends are connected
with pistons which are acted upon directly by
steam in huge cylinders. The motion Of the arms
10 not unlike mans arms turning crank while
standing under it, and just high enough TO reach II
with both hands while turning it.
met Captain Mathews on the deck Of the Great
Britain, about an hour before she sailed
Captain Hosken has given favorable opinion Of
the working Of the floating dry-dock.
He stood aloof on high iron raised platform
that spans the great iron ship about the centre, Civ
ing his commands, as thought, with seeming pride
Of being the commander of the largest ship that ever
crossed the ocean.
Ihave a chapter on steamships, which | must
reserve for future opportunity.
II is a pity such noble vessel as the Great
Britain should not be better patronized. She carried
out this trip only about 90 passengers. She parted
from her mornings little after two O'Clock, and
bore gallantly down the harbor, gazed at by thou
sands Of spectators that gathered on the shipping
whnrves, battery, &c.
As she pushed out into the stream she was loud
concourse Of spectators. The weather, being Of the
mild and beautiful Indian summer order, brought
out great many people,
You will have seen notices of an earthquake
which was felt in parts Of this city, and still
more severely on Long Island, and in other paxts OF
the country to the II is said to have occurred
on the evening of Sunday the 26th instant, about
quarter past six O'Clock. l was at home in quiet
section Of the city, up town, and seated in my room
by the fire, reading-the same being in the second
story of a three-story brick building, with base
ment If the shock had been very severe, it seems
to me must have been in position to have felt
something of it; yet i was wholly unconscious Of
any noise or vibration. Il is possible its effects
were more sensibly felt at points in the country than
in the city Some suppose this earthquake to have
been more severe and destructive in the West Indies
or in South America. We shall, ere long, hear OF
its effects in that quarter, should the conectures
the subject unhappiy prove true.
There is correspondent in Washington, who
writes for the Commercial Advertiser of this
city, and who signs himself I" CANDID" (H.,
! without a candid hearty | must beg leave
to say, he is not only ,,,candid in many of his
statements, but absolutely guilty of saying things
wholly untrue. Witness his remarks about Mr.
| Hogan's mission to st. Domingo, and his charges
| upon the motives Of persons who he supposes
sent him thther This bitter and vindctive PARTISAN
writer--as reckless Of facts ms envenomed in fed.
eral gall-after imputing sentiments to the Union
wholly gratuitous, goes to say, at stands con.
essed, nothing more nor less than plea for judi
cious tariffism" sit speaks with apparent approval
of choosing the highest of two average rates of rs
and 30 per cent. ad valorem. Now, have no hest
tation in saying, that, taking together the whole
| Of last years impor,atons, the average rate OF
duty was not 30 per cent. upon the home valua-
ton" Now, believe the author of this declaration
has had "no hesitation" in uttering what is mani
testify untrue"
With this remark, leave "Candid" and his dec
laraiions to pass for what they worth. All can
did and fair-minded men will place proper es-
innate upon them.
| One OF the worst features which characterize the
squabbles of political parties in this city, is the
mingling of religious controversies with them. The
wings failing of the merits of their po-
litca doctrines endeavoring, under the pretence
Of great regard for religion and abotionism, to en-
list in their support all the worst elements Of reli-
| gious bgotry and fanaticism. To hear them hold
forth, you would think they the real conserva-
tors Of religion of emancipation, and Of everything
connected with the guardianship Of the true church
alone had monopolized all the piety and religion OF
the land as though they alone had absorbed the only
true faith; and as if all who do not fall down and
worship their creed, political and religious, are
heretics Of the worst stamp. Like the Borneo
chameleon, their real hue is the backness Of aris-
tocracy,he protection Of capital at the expense Of
| labor; chartered monopoies with paper-money and
credits, to be upheld by taxation and the borrow
ing system. Yet, just the of election they
attempt to conceal this color by crawling on to q
piece of srhite church paper, exclamng TO the world
Look hoC ichiie, ho'c pure, and religious voc are!
sincerely deprecate the Introduction of re-
ligious intolerance Of any kind into the discussion
Of political subjects. Such course violates the
spirit of constitution, and is subvcrsive of lib
erty itself. Our constitution has forever severed
church and state; and forever separate and distinct
they should and must remain, while liberty enduIes
The public schools State institutions, nobly de-
signed to instruct children in the rudimens Of use
fu and practical education, irrespective Of any
/ gious creed to sustain which, Professionals Catho-
lies, and Jews, with all other sects, are alike taxed
| Would il not, therefore, be better for the peace o.
society, as well as for the more rapid advancement
of children themselves, If their religious culture
attended to under their parental roofs, and at the
hundreds Of churches and Sunday schools scattered
over the city, and leave the State institutions to in
struct boys and girls in reading, writing, and arth
metic, with other elementary branches Of usefu
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