The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-05-12

what celebrated Pennsylvania hall, burnt down
some years ago, after one of the meetings of the
amalgamationsts and intend erecting building, in
which the meetings of the grand lodge of the State
and the subordinate lodges of the city and county
will be held.
Rev. DR.. Stephen III. Tying, of this city, and Rev.
DR.. Samuel Bowman, Of Lancaster, in this State,
are announced as the opposing candidates of the
slow" and "high" church parties, for the vacant
place Of bishop in the Episcopal church Of this do
cese. The election, you have already been in
formed, takes place in this city the 10th instant
As this is the for the anniversary meetings
of all the religious, literary, and scientific bodies, it
has occurred to me to suggest to some of our pri-
anthropsts the organization Of society to advance
female wages The great increase Of prostitution
the nightly additions to the army Of painted wantons
which throngs streets--are to be attributed al
most wholly, to the shamefuly triaing wages Of the
seamstresses and servant girls in the large cities.
Many beautiful woman, delicate, intelligent and
refined, is literally driven into the dens of vice to
save herself from starvation. am often tempted to
exclam against the inequality which allows one to
roll in his uncounted wealth, and another to starve
for the food which Heaven intends for ALL Mis-
sionary societies well enough--indeed,
highly approve Of them; but when we have
so much of this restitution at home, am reminded
Of John Randolph's exclamation TO the lady whom
he found making clothing for the poor Greeks :
''Madam," said the eccentric Virginian, "why diff
fuse your charity abroad ! The Greeks are at you
rery d0ofS!" What noble ana s0u-lnspiring
work it would be to reclaim these erring beings; or,
If not to reclaim them, to prevent the increase Of the
hideous crime, by allowing such wages to female
labor to place women above want and beyond
the reach of dcpravity!
In my last, took occasion to refer TO the forth
coming works of Mr.. Ingersoll and Mr. Rush, and
to accompany the hasty notice with the expression
of wish that more of our native writers might be
induced to contribute to our national literature.
Since the appearance Of my late letter, have been
favored by Messrs Lea & Blanchard, book publish
crs Of this city, with an examination Of superb
edition Of Captain Charles Wikess "Narrative of
the United States Exploring Expedition The
price of this edition is twenty-five dollars There
are FIVE volumes and the atlas. The whole work
is one that does the greatest credit to both author and
publishers. The printing paper, binding, maps,
engravngs, &c, are exquisite, and establish an Inn
provement in the arts of engraving and printing that
even England cannot surpass Twenty-Five dol
lars for this book is very reasonable price, as any
one who has examined il may observe The whole
execution is superior, and worthy Of the great UNI
dertaking whose sbors and whose triumphs are thus
handed down to posterity My. notice Of the work
itself would be the merest superhuity. II is known
as the memoir Of an expedition fitted up by the mu-
ni6cence Of the government Of the United States for