The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-15

president and secretary. should not have referred
to this merely benevolent but inAueniial body, or
rather society, only from the fact that large num-
Der Of your readers, and gentlemen from the South,
have been made honorary members OF 1t, and have,
believe, without dissenting voice, approved, no,
only Of the plan, but of all the proceedings of the
senate--not excepting even the frequent and some
times severe, fines and penalties imposed upon de-
| linquent members.
Joseph Emere-the person who, you will recol-
lect, shot Z. Grousset, with attempt TO kill last
spring, in Broadway, in open day-was yesterday
acquitted in the court Of sessions, on the ground,
believe, of sel-defence
| The Green Mountain boys Of Vermont have done
nobly La the liz towns heard from, Slade, the
great wing abolition champion and candidate for
governor, is but 800 ahead of Kellogg the demo-
cratic candidate. The wing majority last fall in the
same towns was over 5000! There will be no
choice for governor. The wings Of this city have
nominated their ticket for the fall eection-Morris
Franklin for register, and pretty much the old set
for assembly. II is just good enough to be beaten,
railroad goes ahead swimmingly, as intimated in
a previous letter il would, under the new regime.
| 81, 100000 are already subscribed. That will do
for the first six days.
We are great here in the way of bellies; but one
Of the very tallest kind arrived few days since
from Troy, New York. These things are ever cree
atng great excitement but the destinations of this
one--its gathering tongue, and slvery sounds--are
intended exclusively to rouse to action and incite TO
gallant deeds our noble fremen. IT'S bell for their
use, cast by A. Meeney, of West Troy, measures
20 feet in circumference, and weighs 8, lbs pounds
by far the largest in the United States The clapper
weighs 600 pounds tower 90 feet in heighthas been
erected in the Sixth avenue expressly for the monster
and it is believed it be heard all the island of
New York, at Staten Island, good part of Long
Island, and a large portion of the Jerseys. Our
fremen have dubbed il the "Oregon." That is the
name now for all great thngs--such as big bells, big
steamers large engines, great cattle and enormous
pumpkins They are all called the "Oregon;" and il
is strong evidence of how decidedly the public
mind is fixed upon that territory, and is proof too
Of the popularity of the question with the people.
The "Oregon" steamer, Just launched here, is truly
a monster--splendd and perfect in every part,
and the longest boat in the world: measuring $3.50
ieetten feet longer than the very celebrated Great
Britain.
Speaking of great things Forrest, our own great
tragedan, was, by the last accounts, enjoying him
self among the highlands of Scotland, with Scott in
one pocket and Burns in the other and gun on his
shoulder. Come hither, truant we want thee to re-
vive in us that spirit of poetry, which is anguishing,
and soon must die, surrounded az we are with the
cast off refuse of the Old World.
Stocks still continue TO advance.
by the way, new democratic paper, called the
Globe, to be edited by Levi d. Slan,m, esq.,, makes
its appearance here on Monday, the 18th instant
1t will prove an efficient aid in our democratic strug
giles. LEDYARD.