The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-05
From our New York Correspondent.
10 the Editor of The Union.

10 Inc Editor Of The Union!
New YoRK, 0et. 3, 1886.
Gen. Keamey's movements On Santa Fe exhibit
in striking light the importance Of ygor in our
military operations, In 6fty days, an army Is
marched nearly nine hundred miles, over a desert
country, without food for man or beast, and before
the enemy could have time to concentrate his forces
an important city, the capital of province OF
80, 900 souls, and the key to northern Mexico Is
captured without firing a gun. 1t seems as only
yesterday that Gen. Kearney left Fort LeaVenwortb
amidst the forebodings Of those who best knew the
difficulties of his expedition, and to-day the news
"overcomes us like summer cloud, !" that our stars
look down in triumph--a triumph undmmed by
a drop of blood--on the chief town Of northern
Mexico, and that already eonquering eagles are
Oh the wing for California. This is the true policy
vigor-vgor. As said Of old with the orator, so
with the soldier in this waraclion action, action.
We are expecting daily the news Of Gen. Tay-
or's arrival at Monterey. The feeling in the pub
lie mind, especially since the news Of Gen. kear-
ney's brilliant movement, is fast changing into i'm
patience for some decisive blow by the army on
the southern frontier, which will teach the Mexicans
We not 10 be Iihed with.
The whig managers in this city are coquetting
desperately with the Natives just now, in the hope
TO induce them to unite the wing nominations for
the important county Offices.
The utmost vexation is felt here by the merean-
tile men, not less at the crazy bunder by which the
great mail from New York for the Boston steamer
was carried of to Cape Cod, than at the inAexible
ineiyility which would not permit the steamer TO
stay long enough for It's return. The merchants OF
New York, however, deserve but little sympethy IN
this or any other disappointment 50 long as they
choose to remain wholly dependent for steam com
with Europe on English enterprise.
For my own part, | only hope John Bull will give
them few more samples of his sour churlish tom
per, when perhaps they may be goOded into think
ing seriously OF an American mail line Of steamers
10 Europe.
IL is wonderful what obsolete ideas of the fune-
tons Of government some persist in entertain
ing The Courier and Enquirer Of yesterday morn
ing IN the course Of article the doings Of the
Episcopal convention. (Which the gallant colonel
takes every year under his special protecton,) COM
plains that SHE preaching Of Puseyite doctrines by
Tho West Point chaplain, had driven two Of the Off
Of the army, who listeners to him. into the
arms Of the Roman Church," and adds, significant
", I'VE understand that the attention Of the War
Department has been called to'the subject" How.
,ver clear may be the colonel's views Of the kind
Of remedy to be applied by the War Department, it
would probably puzzle him to bring over to them
he head of the department Mr.. Marcy, though
in e.. n n,daa NJ tha NJ
our State, has made any pretensions, believe
% be Judge in Israel-a function which he must leave
10 theological amateurs like our friend Of the Cou-
-ier.
De Meyers concert last evening was a triumph,
the most miserable weather we
have had this season. IL was a storm Of music, and
storm of applause, and shower Of fowers-al
he evening. sivori begins to figure extensively in
he papers and we are already in possession Of the
important facts that be is little than five feet
nigh, slender, with dark eyes, good forehead, and
IN intelligent, uJorsign, (that is suppose sober
ACE, and that in his style of playing and general
manner he is Paganni over again.
The Episcopal convention has got fairly at it on
he disturbing question Of Bishop Onderdonk's
'alary One party is for paying him from the LIST Of
October in las, year, Che date Of his suspension
until otherwise ordered by the convention, the
,us salary of s2,5oo; another party is firm against
t; while third, by way Of compromise, proposes
hat fund be raised by the several churches of the
liocese by contribution, until the general conven-
ion disposes finally of the whole matter. Between
he three, the convention promises anything but a
peaceful session.
After some backing and filling, the State conven-
ion at Albany has concluded the subject of negro
outrage Just as it is in the present constitution
Mr.. Walker, hear, (ths time, correctly, hope |
s in town. Y |
p. S. have just seen copy of a memorial OF
merchants to the Postmaster General on the subject
# the mail left by the Cambria What MIR. Johnson
expected to do, it seems hard to guess; and the
nemoralists themselves do not suggest. In fact
he remedy for the future is in their own hands.