The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-04
From the Bait. Sun Of thi. morning.

The DESPATCH OF THE MEssAGE.--As usual, the
city the qui pirs yesterday in relation to the
Presidents MESSAGE but the important subjects ex-
pected 10 be treated upon by the Executive had ex-
cited more than an ordinary interest amongst our
citizens and all parties and all classes seemed to he
on the tiptoe of expectation. As the hour APP
preached for its delivery before the Houses Of
Congress, Baltimore street tegan to throng with ex-
pectant faces, Notwithstanding the extreme cold
which whistled down upon them from the we'll
blown checks of point-blank north wind. The
arrangements which had been made, Geographic,
semaphoric, locomotive, and horse-agolive, were
pretty generally understood to be complete, and ad-
mirably calculated TO cheat old Time of his wings
and wits. To give him the go-by for the east a
slight trick was played upon him early in the morn
ton of the Union having been forwarded by the
early train from Washington by order Of the Post
master General in the spirit Of enterprise and ac-
commodation for which he is SO eminently dstin-
gushed, and deposited in the charge Of James Blu
chanan, esq., the faithful postmaster Of city, with
instructions to despatch them from his Office as soon
as the reading of this important document COM
menced in Congress. This note of information was
communicated at IL minutes after o'clock, p. m,
when signal, run up by Mr. Rogers, the attentive
superintendent of the telegraph office, caught
up and transmitted by the same means, through the
vigilance of Mr.. Nelson, from the observatory on
Federal Hill to the locomotive at Canton, whore all
was put in immediate readiness. AT the same mo-
ment, an express started from the post-ofice with
the package for the East, for Canton. This consist
ed Of buggy-wagon, behind an excellent piece
of horse flesh, and carried Mr. Samuel III. Shock
as driver, and Mr.. Griswold MS agent for
the Post Office Department. slight, but unavoid-
able because unforeseen, occurrence rather interrupt
ed this branch of the arrangement--an axetree of
the wagon, as they were crossing the railroad track
ON the Point swapping asunder, and pitching out
MIR. Shock on one side and Mr. Griswold on the
IN, he pr,ncinla how ~ mn t,odu cnn
stop to be hurt such an occasion, they gathered
themselves up in twinking, stripped the horse of
all but his bride, and Mr. Griswold mounting with
the package, went off at a round speed, and safely
arrived at Canton, where, the steam being up, and
the iron horse well-fed off they went for Philadel.
phia, under the conductorship Of Mr. Samuel Half
penny. Mr.. Shock attended to the dilapdated wag-
on, and returned all straight.
simultaneously with the commencement of the
reading the message at Washington, and with its
despatch for the East through the courtesy and po-
likeness Of Mr. Buchanan, the entire press of our
city was furnished with copies for the use Of the
spective Offices and, through this favor and the
listment of special army of rst-rate compositors,
were enabled to spread before our readers, coin
cident with the arrival of the locomotive express
from Washington, this highly important document,
multiplied into thousands, and they were caught
up as rapidly as they could be sent forth.
And now for Washington. The reading Of the
message, as before stated, commenced in Congress
II minutes after o'clock p. M, and, by signal, the
locomotive Atalanda and tender, having on board
the Baltimore COPIES took to her heels driven the
top Of her speed by Mr.. Edwin Sawiell, engineer,
assisted by Messrs. c. Russell and C. Sytes, fire.
men, and Mr.. VIM. Arnold, brakeman, under the
general superinlendence and ceaseess vigilance of
Captain William H. Hughes, conductor--bringing
also, having the special freight in charge, Mr..
Richard Gordon, the agent Of the General
Post Office Department And the good Alta.
lanta, without stopping even for golden APP
pie by the way, sped over the iron track at a
rate that brought her and her gallant company
TO the Mount Clare depot at thirteen minutes after
two o'clock; thus making the trip in one hour and
feo Misunderstanding in less time than it was ever
compshed before; and it is confidently believed, by
those competent to Judge, that il would have been
done within the hour but for the strong head winds
that prevailed during the whole trip. Arrived at
the DEPOT the several packages destined for the Bal
nore press were delivered to their respective rep
resenia,ives--George Riley esq, tho proprietor Of
an extensive livery establishment appearing on the
part Of the Sun, and who, taking perhaps, by acci-
dent, some innocent liberty with a most udicious
resolution of his predecessors in the city council,
troited down to the Office quietly in advance of the
agetbe importance Of the occasion, and the popular
demand seeming to throw the mantle of good humor
over an extra effort for the qualification Of that Gu
riosity not only pardonable, but praiseworthy, in
every citizen OF our free and glorious republic.
Osthe course Of the message in its transmission
east west north, and south, we shall learn some
thing from day to day, and Of course apprize our
readers of its fight illustrative Of the goaheadi-
tiveness ofth age Of the country.