New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-24
Things in washington.
Correspondence of The Tribune.


WASHINGTON, March 81, lsi6.
You have doubtless heard by this time of the death
of Mr. HoLDEN, the popular Editor of the Philade
phia Saturday Courier. Nothing has occurred re-
Gently SO much to surprise me as this. On Tuesday
| called upon him at his lodgings at Gadsbys, and
found him at dinner He looked remarkably well
and cheerful and promised TO attend the st. Patrick
Day Dinner that evening at Carusi's, as he had ex
pressed wish TO get acquainted with MIR. Custls
He did not come and 30 on Friday resolved TO see
him to scold him for not accepting the Committees
invitation but the warmhearted and generous
friend had passed from this world TO another. That
heart whose every pusation was Love 10 his fellow
man rest In death. That bright intellect
was now more and all that remained of the gen
tleman and scholar was the cold body soon destined
to moulder in the grave His memory will live
long in the hearts of his friends and admirers But
if the public weep over his loss and mourn his
death as if they had lost brother and q friend,
what shall comfort the mourners in that beloved
family, whose stay has been taken away, whose
pride is no more, whose hope, love and protection
are all consigned to a common graveI
This is bright and beautiful day. The sun shines
upon us with the sweetest smiles Of Heaven, as if
no hearts were desolate and broken, and the gay
throng Of life crowds on, breaking like waves upon
the shores of time, thoughtessly laughing over the
grave Of their predecessors, Cd the brink OF their
own. Such is and ever will be life. There is no
life for life is but the ante chamber of death.
] understand that ROBERT OWEN Of England,
who has been in this city for time leaves here
on Tuesday next for the North. He will stop two
or three days in Philadelphia and New York, and
take his departure for England by the steamer from
Boston on the lst of April. believe he intends TO
return to this country in about month
We are in daily ex pectaton of the arrival OF the
Texas Senators There will then be two
friends of Slavery, to thwart the hopes of those
who went for Texas and Oregon, who got Texas
and lost Oregon-and like the Wing party when
they got Tyler and lost Harrison, gained loss BY
the operation.
The new mail arrangement does not work well
as far as this city is concerned and the intermediate
places 10 New ork. The morning papers OF New
York do not reach this city now till the following
dny at 9 O'Clock some thirty hours after they are
published. They used TO arrive here at o'clock
A NJ. the succeeding morning. They do not reach
here earlier than the evening papers OF the same
day, thus bringing the morning and evening dates
together. Even the evening mail arrangement does
not work well, for with two exceptions we have
not had the evening papers till the following after
noon-the same as formerly. We shall not have
your papers of Yesterday afternoon till tomorrow
at o'clock. The mail did not reach Philadelphia
in time 10 connect last night The celebrated indie
pendent Postmaster HALE followed the cars 10
Grays Ferry and came ahead OF the mail He
got into such way of beating Uncle Sam, that he
cannot help il; II comes so natural.
LEOPOLD DE MEYER had another brilliant audi
ence last night at Carusis Saloon. BE leaves TO-
morrow morning for Richmond and will continue
his route TO New Orleans. He will be back here in
about 6 or weeks.
The Executive Session tomorrow in the Senate,
about which so much speculation exsted-whether
il was 10 be about treaty with England on Ore
eon or q message of war with Mexico-turns out,
according TO the IRtelligencer, be for the consd
Grafton Of the Treaty recently concluded with his
Majesty the King Of Belgium. RIcHLIEu.