The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-17
New YoRK, June l6, 1886
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To the Editor Of the Union:

To the Editor ofhs Union:
Ii would appear from the follow wing statement, tina
whatever may have been the luck Of others, as ia
as messages are concerned between your correspond
ent ana the Union the cents per word for all un
der one hundred and Clio cents per word for al
over one hundred forwarded by magnetic telegraph
might as well be saved, and the mail relied on Ia il
place.
commenced sending dispatches in obedience t
your request on the 10Th inst, when two were hand
ed in TO be forwarded. On the lth one was handet
IN, by request at 5, p m, That day it was said tn
| wires were not In communicative order so one mes
| sage was Withheld and one sent on next day. tn
| lith. VI the hive messages only an extract OF one
sent on from Philadelphia where il had stopped tn
preceding night, It seems, reached the Office of III,
Union. The cost Of toll the five comm uncationi
was $40 81, which, with So considered due on III,
extract sent from Philadelphia, amounted TO sl3 CT
On the 18th inst, about 81 o'clock, sent a brie
despatch announcing the arrival of the Great lest
| ern, and wishing 10 know If should send her news
which was expressed IN ten words, and cost fny
| cents. waited TO hear from you till l0I o'clock
when, failing to do so, | sent you few items o.
news. The whole day passed of without my re-
celvlng any message from you in return. | was al
the Jersey city station at s. p. M and at the Office
IN Wall street as late as p. m, but still received
| no udings from you. To my surprise, this morn
ing, at 81, m, received from the telegraph Office
| the following note:
"WAsHRGroN, June Is, 1886.
"SIR: Countermand the request of this morning
We got the Baltimore Sun.
"RITCHIE & HEISS.".
| In a few minutes after this was receyed-to wit
about 81, a. nj received the following from you
"WAsHNGroN, June Is, 1876.
"SIR; Yes, send us about a column.
HEISS."t
| 1t will be perceived by the purport of the las
| note, that IL was intended TO be an answer 10 nv
| Of fche al At
and was therefore just about "a hours in reaching
| New York. The mail passes over the road in less
time. A curious part of the business the fact
! that the countermanding note should have reached
| New York before the note making the request
Ii remains for those who have the control and
management Of the teegrapkic lines between this
and Washington, TO make the necessary explana-
ton. leave the subject without further comment.
"A premature, II not iH-adpised nlopenent-l under
stand some persons in this city are busy in getting
up meeting for the purpose of nominating General
| Taylor for the next presidency II is said they
have appointed some hour in the afternoon Of the
18th inst for this meeting, purporting to be called
without distinction Of party. IL is more than prob
able that the brave officer, whom the getters up OF
this meeting intend to honor by his nomination for
the presidency, would, if known TO him. decidedly
dlsapproye of the movement. IL General Taylor
had concluded the. Mexican war, and had retired
from the fatigues OF the camp to private life, the
nomination would be better timed and more appro-
PIRATE. If any considerable number of his fellow
citizens nominate him at the present time, it will
be the first instance in which a general has been
named for that high Office while engaged in the
open field Of war. If those who thus prematurely
undertake his nomination, really design to promote
his interest in that direction, and not TO his
an instrument in aid Of other views Of political
or personal character, they take the worst posi-
BILE course to manifest il. Such ill-advised
movement can neither detract from the generals
merits as a distinguished and brave officer or add
any strength TO his claims for the presidency.
The steamboat Albany is to go on pleasure trip
down the bay. A proposition was before the board
of assistant alderman last night, for appropratng
90 900 for the Of volunteers for Mexico, raised
in this city
1t is stated that General Robert Armstrong our
worthy and popular consul at Liverpool who arr-
we'd yesterday in the Great Western, and proceeded
the same evening post-hase to Washington, was the
special bearer ofmportant dispatches from Mr.. Nc
Lane, our minister in London.
The stock market less firm to-day, and pri-
ces Of many kinds declined from to |! per cent
"The sales Of cotton very limited, without
change in price.
Holders were irmcr, while buyers were offering
to purchase, on terms easier to themselves, conse-
quenty only about 100 bales changed hands.
l,500 barrels Genesee -four sold at "a 1872; a
small sale do. was made at 81 l2l. 1000 barrels
Genesee sold at a. a 81 12,. 1900 bushels rye
sold at Ga cents A lot of southern white corn was
held at Csc.
Whiskey dull in barrels at 19c. A fuller report
tomorrow.
Exchange on London dull at 8 a g.
Freights less firm, though plenty is offering,
Sailed, the packet-ship Quebec, for London, and
Oneida, for Canton.
The weather is quite warm for New York At
3, p. M, the mercury stood at "a in the shade.
Yours, &c.