The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-03-14
G EDITORS CORRESPOND ENcE.
ltrom our regular correspondent
PHILApELfHIA, March II,

correct Of the evils growing out of the re-pub-
cation OF the news from foreign papers, lnimlCal TO
our government, and hostile our people. 1t has
oeen the subject Of surprise TO me for years. that the
most OF this intelligence should come 10 US through
~ h h'oouous channel. In the hurry, growing cut
=, uie competition among the papers in our eastern
Ie VINO columns are copied and published, IN
winch hJusuee To our institutions ridicule of our
agents abroad, and attacks nnon The neonIe and
,er oiheers at home, take up the larger portion Of
the space. IL has often seemed To me ,s # tbo,e
who delight IN this labor Of love in foreign courrrc,
hsa embraced The periodical voyages Of the Brush
steamers, land have litle doubt OF il To rour their
| noxious ialsehoods into the of tie American
people. The last and most hagitious case is that
| IN regard 10 the correspondence between the Hon
| VIM. X. King, our minister AT Paris, and NJ Cur
cot the French premier. The whole budget O. the
| London Times on this SUBJECTS vile charges
upon MIR. King, and its malignant Lerversion OF his
letter, is copied bodily into the American papers,
greatly 10 the injury Of the accomplished and expe-
| rienced statesman now at the court of Louis Phil
| PPe' NO man. with AN American heart IN his
| oosom' anu ABOVE all, no representative OF these
States at foreign court, could have pursued any
| other course under the same circumstances with
out doing injustice to his country or without allow
ing these ISLANDERS TO remain ked or unrefuted
Mr.. King acted nobly, and hts letter will long be re-
membered to his credit by his counrrymen in spite
OF the attempt OF our enemies abroad to do him inlus
ilce; slime at last makes all things even" and many
| who were msled into the belief that he had COM
mitted an error, or had acted imprudeny, and with
out dignity, now see that he did only what every
high-spinted and warm-hearted American should do
| fear that Wilmer d Smiths European Times,
published at Liverpool, and designed for American,
| as well as British circulation, il liable, in very
great degree, TO the censure which attaches almost
universally to the English press; and its compend
| Of news for the American market has more ihan
once been interarded with gratuitous attacks upon
this country, quite AS false they undeseTyed
and ungrateful. II seems To me dat this is q sub
jet eminenty worthy of the attention Of the Amer
san prcss.
Every day adds TO the list OF disasters by the
late fearful storm at sea, lasting through longer
period, and marked by more violence and misfor-
tune than any tempest Of which for many years our
Oldest sailors have sny recollection. Every fresh
arrival, and I'VE six foreign vessels reported
to-day, brings new tales Of the horrors endured aud
the disasters suffered and bears upon the deepest
| marks OF the protrected and furious gale. The Sa-
rah Jane, from ort-au-Prnce, laden with coffee,
| hides &c, was towed in this morning a wreck,
without her crew, by the pilot boat. She was ON
her passage only seventy-hve days Her crew
were picked up by other vessels. We must expect
TO hear still further and more melancholy details.
An American SLAYER the Pons, formerly Of ths
port, and now owned by Portuguese, captured
on the first Of last December, by the United States
ship Yorktown. When first seen, she raised Amer
lean colors, supposlng the Yorktown British
cruiser; but, discovering the mistake, she hoisted
Portuguese flag. She was boarded, and found TO
| contain 9l3 slaves, between the a;es OF and 20,
| in the most miserable condition. Forty-saveu
were females. IL appeared that 400 500 more
| had been left at the factory and that these would
also have been taken in the same vessel, II II had
! not been for British cruiser that watchIHr
| them, and from which they narrowly escaped The
Pons was put in charge of Lieutenant Cogdel, and
| was fourteen days in getting 10 Monroyia, during
which time $50 of the poor wretches died-some
of them Jumping overheard IN nj OF desperation.
and, on their arrival Monrovia several more Of
the slaves were in dying state, and many were so
emacised that their skin literally cleayed to then
bones, and the stencil Of the crowded hold was sui
locating IN the extreme. Ii Is gratifying 70 lean
that soon as the captured slaves landed at
Monrova, measures adopted by the United
States agent for liberated Africans and by the Meth
odist mission establishment there, for taking care
Of them. The account Of their ssfltrngs is soul
harrowing--thc living and the dying were hudded
together like brutes; and this, too, witt the Their
mon,etcr al 100 to 100 in the hold! Mist ofthert
were in state of nudity, and many hnd the,r
skin through, producing putr'd ulcers, which tld
| swarms Of flies. The Pons had sailed for the Uni
ted States (snpposed for PhIadelpha) under charge
Of Lieutenant CogdeII. 1 am most happy to learn
that this vessel well as the horrd traffic in which
she was engaged, was not in the hands of citizens
Of this city Men who can participate IN such pro-
ceedings, who these terrible suiferngs pro-
duced by their own cruelty and cupidity, and yet
pursue their infamous trade, objects worthy Of
| the just scorn and indignation worthy of the
dign punishment OF brave and intelligent nations;
and 1t Is gratifying to know that all participation in
it-even the bare suspicion of being connected with
it's warmly and anthoritatvey denied by our cit
liens.
The wing convention met yesterday at Harris
burg, and nominated their candidate for
nal commissioner James M. Powers, of Mercer
county.
The town election in Camden city IN. J.) took
place on Monday last, and resulted in the triumph
of the democrats over wings and natives by decided
majorities. The entire democratic ticket was elect
with two .5ang exceptions The yleors eele
At the election in Burlington City IN j. on Tues
day last, the question turned the license question:
and the result the defeat of the teetotaers by an
Overwhelming majority. The taverns in that place
will now all be licensed.
A society has been formed in this city, composed
of some of our active business and literary men,
having for its object the collection and preservation
of statistical Information relating to the agriculture,
commerce, and manufactures Of this Commonwealth.
This is a very important movement; and 1t is said
that it will be urged forward with becoming zeal
and activity. 1.-THE statistics are carefully collected,
the result Of the enterprise will be mass Of the most
valuable and reliable information.
The business of cheap publication, now so ex-
| tensively carried on by number Of our booksel-
ers and publishers, is not confined merely to Eng
lish works. learn that the same spirit is carrying
forward the same business in the German language
Eugene Sues "Wandering Jew" is now being pub
lished in numbers, at ten cents each, from the au-
thorzed German edition, in very neat and attrac-
tive form. There seems, indeed, to be no limit to
this business Of cheap publications, so remarkable
for its boldness and activity, and every way
thy of our go-ahead age. The best work may now
be had, on good paper and clear type for fifty CENTS
and the activity of those who cater to the voracous
popular appetite is SUCH that books that have here.
tofore been only accessible to the wealthy few, and
from their rarity actually closed to all others,
now offered to the million at prices amazingly low.
There is a liberalizing, democratic spirit in this
great movement, which, while it levels all distnc-
| tons in the means of learning, leads onward TO
day when he who shall be pointed at as an inlet
| tered or an uneducated man will also be known as
| a lazy and sensual one.
| The markets yesterday were more active and
buoysnt, and Pennsylvania fves advanced shade
| TSOR SALE-A highly valuable farm, contain.
| + ing sixtv-fve acres of we-mproved soil, about
one mile and half from the capitol, near the Bla,