The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-12
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE
From our regular correspondent
New YoRK, Feb. ii, 1886

Nsw Yoss, Feb. IL, 1886.
william A. Trilablstos,
! hess good fisherman,
| ana puts them In pens;
S So"s . ny egg. and some ley none
The condition and noyemeni. of The vhi~ Marty
al the present ume puts in mind Of the nursery
play story quoted above. Certain ORGANS and MEM
bcrs have sci out upon extensive fishing excursions
while other members are catching hens and put.
ting them In pens'-some OF which law eyy. While
others "lay none" In some way or other the whole
party is "ost" on some kind Of erand Al The
North, and especially in this State, the two head
fishers the Albany Evening journal, and the
Tribune. They and their assistants have supplied
their hooks with abolition bait and cast their lines
into every puddle OF water, whether IL be stagnant
muddy, or otherwise So far, their success has been
too much like the common fate offshermen--ust story
also repeated IN nursery circles. Reoonty they have
adopted anew bait said TO be much by black
sturgeon or gudgeons. They have now gone OF Qua
sun' alter 10, Of these highly oolored FISH, which
they expect to raise sufficient capital 10 set up
business again in York State, in The name OF the
old company concern. So that, IL they can draw
up, or catch all the gudgeons surgeons in Black
river they can count them as Is 900 votes which
would be amply sufficient to re-esiablish The hrm.
While these industrious fishers thus employed
their confeucs catching hens and putting them
in pens" "some Of which lay eggs, and some
lay none" The bank hen, afer laying eggs freely
Tor some ume ceased altogether, aud finally sieken-
ed and pinned away without producing another egg:
The tariff hen has been sci, and produced eggs n
great abundance; but abe, too, now begins TO give
signs OF failure. The public land distribuuoa hen
could never be forced 10 set long enough 10 lay az
egg. She lost all her time Ia eaekling about the
farm-yard. Finding their best hens 10 break down,
and stop laying, owing Il ia supposed TO some defeo,
In the breed they have recently, out Of spite and dis
appointment, ii is thought, tried TO kill OF then
neighbours hens. Their opponents had very good
hen Of the Texas breed which they tried 10 various
ways TO have killed. They would leave tho gate
open, or make hole IN the fence. through which
an English fox, or French badger, might enter
to catch the hen; but the holes discovered and
stopped. Being thus foiled IN tins scheme, they
laid plan 10 steal hen from their opponents OF
the Oregon breed and that In the most bold and open
manner. They went over IN broad daylight, and, in
the presence OF her owners laid claim, the Oregon
men Ih's claim was, OF course, resisted. They
then claimed, that Al those in whose possesson thew
found the hen would not give hes up to them thew
ought al least TO be paid for the trouble and expense
of prosecuting the claim, and for the value OF the
eggs which they expected 10 obtain from her. Thus
stood affairs when we last heard from the parties (,
and fears begin 10 be entertained that the intruders
might hereafter lay some scheme 10 steal away
valuable hen from the premises OF the froe-trade
breed. ... .'... ... a..
| have no more to add. leave your readers to
make the application. u
| COpnuence revived again IN w all street to-day,
and stocks rallied at the opening with slight ad-
vance on most descriptions.
Speculaiions have not ceased yet in reference 10
| the nature of the business on which the Romer
sailed. The Globe has il, that she has gone aftsr
an absconding or defaulting debtor in the person
of carpet manufacturer, al Astoria, this city.
Had this been the object, much secrecy would
have bean unnecessary. lam disposed to adhere TO
my FIRST opinion, that il Is speculation got up by
Mr. Mosss Y. Beach, Of the Sun, with other par
tics. Al. .t.
Government dispatches went out by the Patrick
Henry. AZ far as am advised, Mr.. Pakenham
sent nothing by the Romer, neither did Uncle San,
sent off a file or two of the "Unionn by her; ono
Of which was directed to Of your subscribers in
Paris. Other copies went to parties in Liverpool,
London, and Havre.
Nothing Of much moment stirring in Albany.
The market in Boston was without animation yes
terday. The following sales were made at aucuon:
Pork-mess, 80 barrels, SllI per barrel, cash.
Flour-western, l,932 barrels, l,049 slightly dam
aged, "A 52l; 400 do do. "a AZ, 400 badly do. 81
a 50 25 per barrel, SO days. Molasses--New Or
leans, 100 barrels, 27a ga per gallon, months.
Sugar-Havana brown, 40 boxes, 81 72b al IS
per 100 lbs - months. Seed--hemp, 20 =, IS
In NsS BsoIoru, on sne ,u,, I,vou ounce. ,,,,,,
oil (rooent imporaton sold at 80 cents, cash: ron
barrels South sea whale oil sold on the 9TH AZ 3I
cents, cash; 5000 lbs. northwest whalebone sold on
the I'd at 81 cents; 1000 lbs South sea were soid
on Saturday. During the week, $4,000 lbs. had
| been shipped to New York.
| Stocks IN Boston yesterday Norwich and Wor-
ceser railroad, from go to 81; Long Island do so;
Fitchburg do 100 to 1905 Boston and Worcester
do lis; western do. 95, 30 days; East Boston Co,
| l4I; Merchants bank l04a.
Nsp York market, this day, 5 p. m.-The stock
market closed at the second board without material
change from prices at the first board. - "...
400 bales Of cotton sold to-day without alteration;