The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-08
From our New York Correspondent.

NEW YORK, March z, 1917.
leading federal organ of this city had, yesterday very
acrimonious paragraph the disposition made by the adj
mnistation of the major generalshps and brgadier
generashps, that all the ncumbents elect except
Gen. Cadwalaer, 'rabid ocofocos, and protests:
There can be no doubt but Mr. Polk is the only person
who has filled the executive chair who could thus out
rage public sentiment.
How completely the force Of all this is taken away
the ferccs partisan, by the little words "Courer Il En-
quircr the end of the paragraph the ''credt The
gallant colonel has evidently found the grapes be
''sour."
The great subject of interest and appreciation here is the
mail steamers BILL passed Just before the adjournment of
Congress So excited was the fe cling about it, that all sorts
of rumors blown about 1t said among other
things in Wall street, yesterday that the bill had failed to
become law by the omission of the President to sign
il, which, of course, is The measure is
regarded in all business circles the measure OF the ses
and though, perhaps there is natural exaggera
ton of the importance of act bearing directly the
welfare of this city, is PROFESSIONALLY enterprise OF
the value, worthy of government, and long
qurcd by relations, toreg and domestic
The Journal Of Commerce computes that, within the last
year or So the citizens of New York have subscribed
new railroad enterprises the of nearly mil
lions of dollars. The details
New York and Erie, say $2,75O,OO0
Hudson river railroad, say 2,750,000
New York and New Haven, say l,oOO,OOO
Other roads, say 100000
This which is substantially correct goes show that
money plentiful and enterprise active
and bold than ever in the face of the uinous"
of the government.
At this moment subscription goes to make up the
$4,000 needed for the Oswego and Syracuse Rail
road How much better is this than lazily depending
the State government for help which, when given by
it, only half help the best and the people
the end.
The receipts the cuson-house day before yesterday
$S5 900 being the largest sum received in one
day since have had system in the United
States il n of the subtreasury system and
its capaby Tor large receipts but it proved fully equal to
the demand, and there embarrassment expe-
rienced.
Messrs. Kip ~ Brown, the propretors of one of our
largest and finest lines of omnbuses, have agreed
apart entire receipts of their sages-for day
week-Thurday For once, let pray for stormy weather
poet:
oAl the worlds stage,
And all the men and women merely passengers"
1t that up is really in about having
new opera-house. The Evening Post" Of yesterday,
SAYS positively that the ground is be broken for it, the
18th of this month"; the site proposed in Astor Place
The other musical of the month, is the benefit Of
her voiceon Tuesday 1t is thought that the
sve demand for bouquets hasten the breaking out Of
spring and howers-consderably
Last night beautiful, calm, clear and starlight The
heaven was radiant with countless hosts. To-day is
dark cloudy and dreary if there such thing
n bright sky in the world. Ia.