The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-03
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE


NEW YORK, February 2, 1917.
The Judiciary Committee in our House of Assembly
have reported bill TO married females the right
of enjoying their property whether acquired before
after marriage provided always that all the net annual
income of such property beyond 81 500 shall belong the
husband and be liable for his debts.
Friend Greeley, who writes n letter from Washington,
in his Tribune to-day tries make believe that at
Washington Governor Young's pardoning manifesto has
produced strong impression in his favor. This
scarcely be unless the good people of the metropolis have
become all at suddenly demoralized
The Massachusetts Legislature have by the large of
95 80, postponed indefinitely of thanks 10 General
Taylor If locooco legislature, instead OF where
there scarcely enough of always call for the yeas
and nays" what yell of federal patriotism there would be
The newspaper accounts from Ireland. narrowing
they are fall short of the terrible reality friend thore,
who has been travelling through large portion of the
with unusual facilities for observation, writes
'You know how obstnately incredulons the sub
of the suffering in this country have with my
own eyes, and am more than convinced The truth IS
horbleia beyond (what thoughD the widest published
Such sights have shocked my eyes for this
holloweyed hurnanty-such dreadful death. Government
appears to be really doing what it can; but even its ggan
moment half million of the Public Relief works.
scarcely alienation of the universal mserynot
than drop the bucket For Gods sake the Irish in
America think of their countrymen at honest every
American give his aid in the of most afflicted hui
manity ~
All this is really frghtful. The Unted States Gazette
(Which has taken benevolent interest in the matter)
publishes appeal, simple and touchng from some Qua
1t has been copied by Tribune of this city, (Which even
than its Philadelphia contemporary has charitaby
distinguished tsef) and ought to be published by every
leading paper in the land. Some Friends in Philadelphia
have quietly organized and already RENTED thou
sand dollars in money and provisions. noble-hearted
dealer in this city offers 30 100 barrels of corn meal to DO
distributed by the Quaker ladies of Cork If any shpowner
will take il free of freight. Such will be found Let
the good work go The calamity is unparalleled in all
modern history and ordinary preudccs ought
to stand in the way of the national sympahie Why should
they?
novel project is on foot in Common Council to run
telegraph line from the Fire-ookout the City Hall
each the Is police stations, to give intelligence of tho
whereabouts of every fire, that hearing the great bell
person any part of the city ascertain Mt the station
house where it is This will also off NIL false alarms
harasng the iremen The cost, it is said, will bo
only SO OOO not to be compared with tho benefits of the
thing.
The whole number of emgrants this city last month
was 4663 from Great Britain, 22s4 from Sweden, 100
Germany, 708 Holland, 253 Belgium 6S4 France, 644
miscellaneous, 10.
The difficulty which has broken up many opera COM
panies in this city, menace present excellent
1t is darky whispered about in circles likely to
know-mustaches and macaroni to wi,hat the temper OF
the fair pma donna is sweet her voice, and that
she has given umbrage members of the company
certain speech of hers the other day. in her dspleasure
that because something not done '.just so that the
troupe call fools"tutfe tufts BIAS, it is said,
offended principal male singer, that he meditaes
early departure for a land where such sweeping denunc
dalton for these umors If true, that the result will
not be breaking up of the opera. confess my fears,
however. These Italian musical people singnarly
prone dscors, and it seems live together
quietly than many canaries in cage.
The packet-shp Oxford, which sails for Liverpool to-day
take single passenger but in their stead the
filed with wooden clocks, of Yankee manufacture
This fact speaks volumes to the freighng business