The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-28
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
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25h, caused By the hurry Of composition as much,
probably, as BY the eospOsiiOrs themselves r0yaiad-
drss.- Casionrhouss regulations. alteration q The
hour for The meeting u merehanis on sTchsHgs-IAs
a,TiUal u sniigranis The piiol-boai HIN. j. ROmsr
spoken BY The ST. Patrick about 1000 miles Hs't d
LiUePOOi.-.M righ.--fn extra from The Times
(Canada) has reached The city, containing Lord Cath
carts speech al the opening Of the Canadian Palia-
Hfm.-ifis sreeiLsaey escorted by The san aud
93drsgimsnis.
person who writes rough and iegible
hand as do, cannot expect eompositors TO set up
articles without IL is said some things are
so plain shat one may run and read" With me
the rule is reversed; have to "run" and write.
have to exercise sort of ubiquity in the business
part Of the town till the day is far advanced, en-
deayoring TO learn what is going forward in the
great commercial mart of the country; talking with
merchants here and there, aseertaining the present
position and future prospects of things in genera,
till the town clock admonshes one that very brief
period is lefi for scratching down and sending of
letter TO the "Union.n | have not the advantage,
like many WRITER'S Of being able TO read their proof
slips, and correct them for the press. On the
by the time | have signed "Mor-
gan" the period for closing has expired, and
| have 10 despatch what | have written, with
out the opportunity Of re-reading what | have
written, which would enable me to make
some necessary corrections. i have no doubt, as
often send of my letters before the ink is dry, that
you frequently lind them glued together. Taking
these things into consideration, Il Is little marvel
Gus TO me how your compositop and proof
readers follow me well they do. Another dis
10 me in this kind Of rapid composition
arises from the fact thai am often forced to draw
largely upon my memory for the results Of previous
reading without having time TO refer back all the
authorities from which information has been de
rived. My letters, therefore, intended for
practical illustration and uutaran discussion, than
for literary display, or finished composition; the
main object being briefly to convey the meaning Of
what say, rather than TO please the mind with care
fully rounded periods, did time or ability per
init me 70 excel in this particular. STILL am not
insensible to the use Of language not TO feel
little annoyed at occasional very broad typo
graphical errors, which generally let pass without
notice, supposing they will be apparent to
your readers as TO myself Several such occur in
my two letters published in the Union Of the 18th
inst. In the first letter am made 10 say, "the
Sikhs Of the Punja are Sikh Of the Hindoo re-
lgion." II should have been, "the Sikhs sprung
from a sect Of the Hindoo religion" Instead OF
the "hand" OF the fan, It should have been the
"handle" OF the fan. Instead Of the Pujaub stretch
ing across the northern frontier Of India, it should
have been, from "thenee (the Punjaub) to Birmah,
the Hmmalaya range Of mountains stretch across
the northern boundary of India"
find a wide discrepancy prevails in the ortho-
graphy Of places IN India, such as are employed In
standard works on the country, differing from that
used by the English newspapers Of the day. In
the former, meet with "Punjaub," "Seiks,"
"Sutledj,p &c. In the latter with "Punjab, !"
"Seikhs" "Sutlij," &c. A writer is therefore left
to choose between them. Other errors appear in
my letters, in reference TO the Punjaub, OF minor
consequence, which il is Unnecessary to notice.
In regard TO the project Of French steam-packets,
| have been made TO say, "Messrs. Deahante, Boz
keH & Co.. when | wrote "Messrs. Delahante,
Boiken, & Co."
A pIsrIseUIsHEp address, saw a large TRAM
gular box setting out in front Of Messrs. Adams &
Co s express Office yesterday afternoon with the fol-
lowing address on it, ITO the Emperor Nicolas, care
of the American minister, st. Petersburg, Russia.
Care of VIM Ropes e. Co., India wharf, Boston"
II had been received by the express from a house
IN Philadelphia, and was en- route TO Boston, to go
out. suppose, by the Hibernia II would likely
take great many yankee guesses" to guess what
yankee notion" was inside oft. In all PROBABLE
ty, from appearances, it contained some kind Of
easy stting-cbair for the emperor to repose in. IL
is said, .',ineasy is the head that wears CROWN
This is no reason however, but rather an argument
of Gro xned heads having an American easy arm
chair to sit ACKNOWLEDGMENT, too, by republican
hands. II is only recent thing that American easy
rocking arn-chairs found their way into England
American ladies' have long been accustomed to the
Ia xury of rocking themselves to and fro in chairs
with rockers. The English ladies have Just found
out the utility Of such piece Of furniture. They
are quitting the upright position on straight, stiff
chairs, for the reclining see-saw" motions Of the
American article If Nicolas thinks its appearance
too republican in look for the of his majesty
he can pass il into the nursery department of the
palace where it will no doubt prove valuable &C
quistion.
still have in reserve letter in reference to the
unnecessary annoyances, perplexihes, and ex-
penses, TO which merchants are subjected at
the United States custom-houses.
Under the present law, merchant is compelled to
exhibit his invoice and TO swear TO 1t; yet the Off
GERS of customs directed to disregard both, to
proceed TO make appraisement OF the goods and
TO collect the duties the value of the goods; to
which must be superadded the costs and the charges
of importation. One thing is certan if the govern
ment relies upon the appraisemen TO reach the value
of the goods the production of the invoice under
oath is unnecessary. If the invoice sworn to were
relied upon, the appralsemsnt would be useless
charges, by officers receiving fixed salaries, in the
way of fees which ought to be abolished and if the
salaries are not sufficient, let them be increased.
More hereafter.
Emigrants from Europe begin to pour into the
country in great numbers. The Henry Clay, from
which we have Just heard, had three hundred on
board passenger has just arrived from the scene
of disaster and reports that the passengers left on
board were all safely landed shore yesterday, and
were on their way to the city. The ship appeared
TO be little injured, expected TO be soon got of,
and that the goods would be saved with little
damage.
The 6nc fast-sailing ship St. Patrick, Captain
Prosl, to David Ogden, esq, arrived yesterday with
three hundred and fifty Storage passengers. The 81
Patrick spoke the VIM. J. Romer 10 latitude AZ, =,
and longitude 81, about 1000 miles west Of Liver
pool. She was in company with the Patrick Henry
and ST. Nicolas, and was sailing before a stiff gale
with small sail set All appeared TO be right on
board She no doub. arrived ont in safety, aud
may soon be expected back
The fine packet-ship Utica, Captain Hewitt, has
also arrived TO Messrs. Boyd e. Hincken. The
Utica brings out SO steerage passengers, mostly Ger
mans. Capt Hewitt lost one Of his seaman on his
passage, who fell from yard arm when sent aloof
10 reef sail, and was drowned. He was a foreign
err by birth. The new packetshp Columbia, TO run
in G. Fl Marshall's line Of Liverpool packets, went
into the water rugged all a-tnnto, and no mistake
Lord Cathcart's speech at the opening Of the Ca
madam Parliament has reached the city. His ex-
oellency was escorted by the 54th and 93i regi-
,,on,s es a guard of honor &c. | have not time