The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-15
From our New York Correspondent.
NV YonK. Oct. -, 1886

NEw OcI iop low.
We arc happy TO see, by the "Union," that the
armistice granted by General Taylor, in the hrs,
place, does not control our other lines OF opera
lion; and secondly, that by its terms, Il Is sub
ect, ultimately TO the orders and instructions OF the
two governments. The public mind has got TO run
along with the vigorous policy pushed forward by
the administration.
Monterey, (uaess mistake, is the first walled
town ever stormed by American troops; and IL If
neither partially favor, but the strict truth to
say that there is scarcely in the annals of war an
instance Of greater GOODNESS and courage displayed
by volunteers and regulars.
Faster and stronger come the evidences Of that
"ruin" so confidently foretold by wing ssers, and
still insisted on by few Of the most intrepid Of
their newsmongers.
The Buffalo Commercial, ian inveterate wing
journal,) Of recent date, has the following para
graph:
"The vast amount Of western products landing
here has been shown 10 exceed all previous years,
and the fact that the amount Of tolls received by
Collector Thayer, up 10 the LIST Of October, is s24O
900 excess a corresponding period IN l645, and
$40 900 greater than the gross receipts Of last year
is proof Of The ulermpitd prosperity which charae-
terzes the business of this branch of our commerce
The largest amount ever taken here was IN l643
when the tolls reached s505,320. la 1874 il was
"a 900 less, and last year s4S2 900 were received
The tolls TO the LIST instant this season. stood 1852
$50. Our increase over last year to date Is large
The annual usually taken for tolls, either at Al
bany or Troy.
"lrhe press of grain and produce toward this city
for distribution during the past month has been un'
prsesdsnied and, Notwithstanding its vast increase
the forwarders TO possess sufficient facilities 10
carry IL hence as fast as required"
"Unexsmpled prosperity" unprecedented busi-
ness" This is hardly song which will suit the
whig tune, or "the most sweet voices" Of the wing
Ministries.
The French Courier des Etats Unis is orthograPh-
cally critical on the name of the conqueror Of SANTA
Fe. II says the spelling is Kearny, not Kearneyi
appeals for il to the autograph Of the general to
SHINE, his mother" to his nephew, p. Kearny,
it,, u s. A., and his relative Dr. Kearny Rodgers,
ofths city, array OF authority conclusive the
point and concludes with expression Of its sur
prise that foreign journal should be constrained to
show to Americans how to spell the names of their
celebrities. Vsrbum sat! BE the erring excised,
and the conqucring sylables in the trump of fame
be Kearny for evermore,'
Sivori made his bow, and drew it, too, last night,
in the Tabernacle. was not there, but understand
that his style is delicate and delicious the fairy
strains which put Ttania to sleep; and that he was
rapturously applauded by an audience sufficiently
discriminating and critical to make amends for its
paucity Of numbers. The French paper disposes
Of the concert in characteristic manner. alt was a
triumph best summed up in three words: admira-
BILE, rrodigious, sublime" hwithstanding
this, M. Sivor is, | believe, artist of extraordi-
nary merit.
To-day is the Pennsylvania election and from
my observations, infer that our friends will do
better-that is, they better united-in the city
and county of Philadelphia than in the rest Of the
State, where every little neighborbood seem to have
its little interest divide and distract II rains as
heavily in the straightlined city as it does here just
now, the election is a wet affair.
The ship Liberty sailed on Sunday last for Point
Isabel, having on board three companies ofthe sec
ond regiment of artillery, said to be among the
picked men of our service. Lieut.. Col. F. 8. Bolton
was in command. Y.
THE Army Register spells the stephen W. Kear
n.y." states him to be born in New Jersey appointed
New York LIST lieutenant 18th infantry the 18th
March, 1912, made brigadier general 3Oth June s+6.
Lieutenant Colonel Kearney OF the corps OF Topographic
cal engineers, Is spelt with an s.-UsIoN