The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-10-20
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


lrlfat New YORK. October -. lSt7.A
This morning, about O'clock had the arrival of the
nehch steamer Missouri, with eleven days later news
aler tedious voyage of DAYS and directly after
hke minute gun, by telegraph the report of
nvai Oh the cambria, with days ateor altogether
snoen uays ia.er received in one day. The news is
s,ooiy enough Cotton down, and falling still ower--he
oldest and strongest houses gone or oernp There
no business done in Wall street this morning so ms To make
IT impossible 10 say what win be the effect of the news
there From the 9th the 9th the weather was 50 bad
that the Missouri hardly made 200 miles She behaved nd
mirably, and suffered very little damage. She brings
very large freight aud l6 passengcrs1 in the cabin and
80 in the seeragc.
The procession to-day very grand affair. At least
$1,000 men must have had place in it, while it
companied along its by fully 100000 people The
military out in their strength The remen also made
strong muster; and in their red shirts, formed quite
feature of the demonstration The Odd Fellows presented
a very striking display The various Irish societies Of the
city turned out all their members and with their scarfs
and banners Of the green, had really picturesque effect
Altogether it noble tribute the memory Of of
the greatest Of the of The Grafton delivered
by Chief Justice Jones' did hear it, and presume
very few did, the speakers voice being wholly naudble
at even short distance, of his advanced age
An unfortunate halt-crazy Frenchman but lately arrived
in this city, put himself out Of the world yesterday in true
French meodramatic style. He shot himself through the
head and then through the heart with four bareled
volver. On breaking open the door, in his hand
writing wefc iound-one TO his brother and one to his
mother. They must have been written after he had
IN nead, were covered win
his blood, and the handwriting unsteady and
and more ndstnct towards the end. That his mother
is as follows:
"To MOTHER God the devil wishes to stig-
matize your name. There pistol shots that have
fired without being able to kill myself FAREWELL forgive
me-" .U
The number of deaths last week in thercy 236,
hbng slight the week previous. caused by
the prevalence of dysentey and yphus Cor ship fever
The Italian company of the Astor Place House give
us a of their quality Wednesday night the
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composition honor of the birthday of Pope Plus
TX The Of Biscaccanti, Peti, Avgnone, and
eal others equally polysylabc and Italian, are mentioned
in connexion with the concert
We have had to-day more of that beautiful weather
which gives foretaste of the Indian summer indeed,
be the veritble opening of that delicious
The boys do thank Gov. Young all for fixing the
18th of November thanksgiving day. 1t is Evacuation
Day. he anniversary OF the evacuation Of New York by
the Britsh) and time of mind has been great day
boys and they consider that by the of his
antirent exceency in rolling two hoydays into one they
have been cheated of clear. Three groan for him
We have had this year almost all kinds of scarciyofpo
toes of grain even But the oldest of u.s. that
which prevails here Just scarcity of eeches. There
in town, and single half dozen found in Brook
yn were snached up dollar each. This arises from the
loss of some $1,000 recently, and from disease
which has destroyed numbers of them in this vicinity
Such is therefore expensive business here pres
Business OF all kinds has been nearly suspended to-day
in consequence of the Washington Monument celebration
The courts board of brokers' &C., have adjourned
The evening papers issued and but for the exra
Erd" with the Cambra's this morning, Gotham
would have lapsed almost into quiet. FED.