The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-16
EDITORS CORRESPONDING
From our New York Correspondent.
NEw YoRK. April II, 1917.


on We have saved nothing bur our ans-house commits
oner IAN important odce) and about one-thrd OF the
common council giving ms oil course Tor ue next yeo'
Wing mayor and CRY government vi course, 'ne Pafsa
- will noisly claim this as verdict IN favor OF
- b. " rinc,les whatever they may be, and against the
oocra nc mea ofthe present administration Nothing
an ha more absnrd-as the Tribune this morning u
cel ~ admit II says, But if we We're to claim this
~ "a n Judgment rendered by orr city in favor OF wing
a,los and measures-an endorsement OF the policy oil
nrotrcton and a condemnation oil The Mexican war-we
shond misinerpre the influences which nave produced H.
and 10 some extent mislead our readers
is we have beaten ourselves by our own uivs'ons
- 10 ,a objectionable character Of of our nominal
s The vote on efficient and excellent candidate Tor
commissioners of the anls-honse exhibits TINS nct lrresis-
blv lie beats Mr. Taylor, tbs most popular candidate oil
G ,vhiu (he grandmother of all The Odd-Fellows OF the
State. &c.) by 2oO majority and carries IL out OF Is
rods while orr candidate for mayor is beaten some looo
and the wings (nol we) have IL out OF is wards WIN
against ms, we lose the control OF The common
non nv less than $50 voesosing ward by " votes,
no,er by 20 Notwithstanding heavy splits in alb and so
on with any fair nominations and reasonable union, New
York is democratic by 1000 majority against wings and ma
lives combined
The san newspaper has from the city OF Mexico 10
,e OH instant being four days later than any previous
news either here, Washington, New Orleans. The
arrival ofou Vera Cruz, (o which ample de-
os were receved) had produced the utmost excitement
in the capital bat no apparent effect IN arresng The civ
discussions there The between the evolutionists and
rho authorities continued with sanguinary feceness. The
journals received by the Sun hold out no prospect OF peace
bu the contrary While NIL acknowledge the imminence
of the danger, venture to propose an honorable
hence They say their nationality is doomed to extinc-
non and her country yankee domination, therefore
dnost logical therefore, all ideas OF peace out OF
the question The papers says the sun, are filed with de
tails of the fighting robberies and murders committed in
the y by the opposing armies and the banditt In fact
that beautiful city literally converted into battlefield
streets were barricaded by the beligerens whose deadly
fire raked the principal horoughhres and killed many OF
the unotfending inhabitants and even women. Dwellings
were Numbered and robbed Wedrescd citizens
were wayaid open day, robbed of their watches and
ewelry and in instances murdered by the lawless
soldiers and handful securing the streets For several days
anarchy regned supreme throughout the devoted city All
law was ut an end and hundred and sixty thousand
persons were exposed the brutal passions OF the inra
ted mob of soldiers and robbers The robbers the prn
cpa mail routes had poured into the city of Mexico in
thousands many doubt, share in the excuses of the
revolution but more, probably to escape from the Ameri-
can forces who expected to proceed by the Jalapa
road
Colonel J. Watson Webb side, and on the other
Horace Greeley and Mr. Bruce, the type-iounder, we'll
known and respectable citizen, having in the columns
of the Tribune controversy about some private business
transactions of the gallant colonel which appears interest
and amse the public just about in the exact ratio that it
enanges embarasses and enrages the exbrgader gem
eal.
This the large number of 300 seerage passen-
gers arrived This port-many OF them in condition Of
inter wretchedness and restitution.
Powers, the scuptor-our Powers-has, il is said,
ceyed from the Cincinnati Art Union the offer of $4,000
tor his "Eve,a copy of his Greek Slave and another
piece himself to choose the subec-a public spirit highly
honorable to the good people ofthe Queen city.
Netherlands society has been formed here for the pur
pose OF aiding and protecting immigrants from Holland,
and is now in fnl operation large immigration of the
thrifty industrious Hollanders is expected this
Herr and Svor the Orphcus and Amphon of this later
age, were, the It'll instant, starring it in conjunction
Mobile, and with signal success.
"Planfeld' has yet got par than So and
your correspondents on that bank still cngs closely
him than is agreeable.
The wing croakers here and elsewhere who prophesied
confidently that the government could dispose of the
Sis,00O000 loan seem quite "dumbfoundered' by the
result; and they complain lin of their Prints that 'the
opening of the bids exhibited the unexpected fact that they
amounted to 90 millions" ZED.
Nrw York. April Is, ls47.
The failure OF the governor general of Canada Lord
Elgn, a of compromise ministry lin which
the Canadians of French origin should be cpresented)
be expected The time for compromises in Cana
dian politics is past 1t not during transition state that
they possible in any country. His lorship ought
have learned wisdom from the fate which Sir Charles
Bagot's attempt in the direction. II is not by ''o
gin but by principles that the grand difficulty is created
The people 'beral" government and the oigarchy
conservative Both cannot be satisfied least OF all
by compromises.
The Tribune whnes through characteristic paragraph
to-day because the three companies of the 10th regiment
which sailed the other day for Point Isabel before their
departure addressed by clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Nash of
Fort Hamilton and Bible and Prayer Book presented to
each officer and squad of men. What would the man
have? Surprising to be wicked as he represents it,
will he insist that nothing shall be done to mitigate its
evils
The Utica from Iavre yesterday, had SlO9 0O0-making
since the lst instant some 81 800 600 and January
1 a. 600 in specie received at this port About $685.
600 away mostly in Spanish gold, to the West In
dies.
The Delaware and Hudson canal is said to have made
profit of $685. 1857 in the year past being 20
capital paid in, beside 100000 extra spent for
pairs and damages by ioshet in March, 1876
There is railroad IN New England, Che Nashua and
Lowel profitable that its income considerably exceeds
the limit fixed by law and the company not knowing what
do with the surplus have resolved erecting very large
and expensive buildings in Lowell for depot engine, and
houses, &c.
The Irish relief ship Tartar recently despatched the
7h instant by the Boston committee with provisions &c,
has put back in distress. with leak in her upper works,
and Gas usuaD pumps choked with grain The sacrednes
OF her mission did not shield her from the elements
As the official returns of city election in, we
pick up here and there member of the council,
previously down lost but not enough TO do much
good. Snch close voting has rarely been known here In
ward we nj deunan George H. Purscr) by five
Notes.-The the satisfaction OF the democracy that
his fine talents win give in him efficient representa-
tive against the federal majority in the council In another
we lose alderman by votes, and assistant by IL
In third, alderman by III votes and IN two others
lose in alderman. and in another assistant by
about 30 each in every case, the result of
discussions.
The French residents of Cuba have contributed the hand
3d79 10 the fund for the relief of the
sufferers by the foundations in the south of France
boat the Aida has been put on the river, to Al
bany She of the largest class and, of course is the
fine It, stest and comfortable yet, 1t is the envabe