The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-06-02
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
From our New York Correspondent.

NEW YORK, June l, 1871
Our are filed with mmi grants and with their pc
cuar dress Trough eze and coreroy knee
and their simpe ploddng, and much puzzled faces they
may be seen at every sreakng the of
salowwon city faces, and black broadcloth rather pic
uresquey Some OF them, especially The other day
the promenade side of Broadway was startled from its pro
prey by the unwoned appartion of young Irish girl,
Just come over" evidently, who driving up the
street, at rapid pace in her blue mantle, with ruddy, i'm
noceht lace, and long hair streaming down her waist
bareiooted, but with instep and ankle Naiad or
or Hamadyad might own and drew the practised eye
OF many man about town turn and look and turn and
look again She, simple child of nature, fastened
thinking of ankle nsep very e, unless that she felt
the broad smooth flags of Broadway harder than
and springy turf of her home.
The Board of Supervisors have fixed the salaries OF the
Judges of the two county courts-of (tle Superior
Cour at $500 year, of the other (e Common Pleas)
at $4,000. This is good deal better than the miserable
legislative scale of salaries.
The great between the Oregon and c. Vanderbilt
came off to-day Both boats started from the Battery
minutes before ii, up Sing Sing and back ~ miles,
and at 10 minutes past the Oregon past the Bat
terry again ust easy, about half mile head ofthe
other boat having thus done the whole distance in about
hours and 20 minutes, nearly possible % miles
an hour Going up &C. Vanderbilt into the Oregon
and smashed her wheel-house. Coming down, the
Spuyter Devil Creek, about IL miles above the Oregon
got out OF COAL and, by order of her owner Mr. Law who
was on board everything wooden and movable board
old barrels tho gang panks the Stats of the berts,
doors, settees, &c.-was burnt The excitement very
great and both the banks of the river all the way TO Sing
Sing lined with spectators. 1t is said money
changed hands the result confident the friends
OF the O. Vanderbilt in her capacity to beat the rushing
Oregon SO much for the race and will be
lucky If we do not have three steamboat expo-
sons this summer That's the rub.
Talking OF push things often in this country by
steamboat and railroad break-neck rate of speed but
compared the way they do things the English rail-
ways, but "slow coaches" Forty five miles an
hour is the contract time for carrying the mail and much
higher speed is obtained for special occasions On the
London and Northwestern Railroad special rain with
five carriages Tor rather few from London
mingham in hours running time, being fully Sc miles
an hour. The last Il miles done IN Fl
single mile having been III 4S seconds the
75miles hour. Ofcourse all this presupposes road in
as perfect order as road can Degraded and laid
har-ensines and carriages working a charm-oifcers
and attendants thoroughly their
of the BEST and in the best condition In this particular
matter of railroads, are, in the United States, good
way behind all this; but it is only for while Byandby
shall be much ahead of England in railroads,
already the splendid and swift steamers Of rivers
or Yankee enterprise will for once be at fault.
This afternoon, at halfpas o'clock the Washington
have sailed, with full passenger list and mail but
whether she did not, is than is known your
'New York correspondent this present writing, GUAR
ter before our At hapast three she had not passed the
Battery, to the disappointment of 5000 5000
" sovereigns there congregated, including your
pondent witness her departure and to cheer her
the first American line OF steamships by
OF which said nonperiormance by the Washington to
start at hour advertised, your correspondent only
failed to her grand and graceful proportions sweeping
by but came near missing the mail for his letter.
Mr. Webster and family arrived in the Sopthener this
morning from Charleston.
To-day has been sort of interregnuin in the weather.
The rain has held up but Notwithstanding occasional
glmpses of sunshine it cannot be called fine day 1t has
been cloudy, moist, and warmhe best growing weather
in the year. The bount rains Of yesterday and last night
were needed exceedingly. FED.