The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-05-20
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


Ngw YORK. May IL, 1877
In the large agricultural county of Duchess, this State,
the other day. at the annual settlement, upwards OF
hundred thousand dollars of old mortgages farms
cleared OIL The usual amount from $40 900 10 900
Iny The farmers having ruirous' times under
the new tariff policy of the government
by virtue oil instructions recently received at Montreal
from The home authorities, American ships win be permit
ted during the suspension of the navigation laws, go
ballast up the ST. Lawrence Montreal, and return
hesh'ed with flour grain consigned any in Great
Britain and Ireland first obtaining license for the purpose
from the principal officer OF customs at Quebec. This is
concession which will enable the wellknown superiority
OF the American merchant MARINE in great To
control the grain trade of Canada with the United Kingdom
is said in Wall that the Britannia had board
ElO00O0 sterling in specie, more than she brought, but
that before sailing il was Withdrawn by the shippers-an
American houeor the purpose of discountng their own
paper, refused by the Bank of England.
AfTopos of the annual horticultural exhibition here--a
very beautiful and interesting affair by the way One Of
the papers suggests The tors exhibition OF dandies
each tailor TO supply from five specimens according
his business Such show of mice young men" would
take away feature OF Broadway while it lasted
From the ls OF January, lsa7 to the l7h of May neu
sye 627 steeage passengers arrived at the quarantine
station here while 5T died their passage during the
same period Of those who arrived 795 admitted
the Marine hospital suffering with fever, of whom 65
died. The whole number admitted into the hospital with
disease general was LIB
The whole of tolls received the canal, up
received up the date last year, when the
vgaton open sixteen days earlier. This indicates
an business in the weeks since the LIST OF
May.
Monday last the ship Republic sailed from this port
tor Point Isabel with $50 of the tenth regiment (Col
Tenlplc's,) including the colonel and staff. swift and
pleasin, voyage TO them
sailor on board one of our vessels into Belfast fined
Is for attempt snuggle quantity OF tobacco--an
offence 10 which Jack in his goodnatured sympathy for
m lovers Of the weed, is specially He could not
pay and thrown into prison; but got about in the town
that he was an American and the fine was paid
and he was liberated.
breaduffs all this season Large contracts have actually
bcen made deliverable several months ahead at nearly
seven dollars for -four and rs 50 cents for corn; showing
that at least in the opinion of the parties, these articles
will maintain high range for long time to come This
is inst what have commended for all along through every
anctuaton of the market What ''runous result OF our
present governmental policy!
The first steamer the French line TO this port, named
the Uoa leave Have between the 10Th and Both
instant may be expected here about towards the md
die June least says the agent who has Just arrived
in town, Mr. Leon Lecomte.
We have had to-day, samples of two three different
climates. This morning it cold and cloudy then II
cleared off with wind, but still quite cool and now is
warm and like May ''Wliite man berry unsartin, .
said the African but about these times, the weather
is several degrees more so. FED.