The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-18
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


OF the press Tor the safety of General WORTH attacked by
Santa Annals host of 80 900
We do believe there are any 900 Nexicans led by
all their best generals who can drive Gen Worth from Sal
instead sweeping down upon some detacI,me Of the raw
eves whom he might, with his immense superiority in
advance from Matamoros Tampico He will be badly
beaten"
Now this is something like the talk of an American
There are ether ferasts, BESIDES who show themselves
capable OF rising above partisashp Some federal
members OF our egslature-pronnent toou the de-
the appropriation for the volunteers strongly rebu
ked the attempted ielowiedealst to attach to the pre-
ambe OF the bill sur upon the Executive Two of
gentlemen who thus distinguished hemselvesall can
present recall -are Mr. Smith, of Schoharie and Mr.
Pottle, of Ontario
1t is manifest that the enemies OF the independent treas
uy resolved to give reckless opposition bickncPs
Reporter telsus of the last device in the banks OF Padel
phia
Some of the banks of this city are complained Of in
who make demands upon them for specie to pay duties at
the cusom-house mistaken policy, and always calc'i-
and those rtated are then likely annoy much more
We have heard of one instance in which citizen desired
cent pieces and was obliged until they
ed, take the banks word for the matter without count
ng and this is seldom done, the banks sometimes hest
correct after person leaves the building
"a mistaken policy" most certainly, which the banks
ought be the last TO commence The game Is, besides
one which is very easily blocked Congress has only TO
annex provision restraining the tender of more than
limited amount of te smaller COINS and the thing is done
Ii is too uch to expect the of the land is be
converted into engine of annoyance and oppression by
| insolent and swollen corporations.
melancholy paragraph in the papers, the selt-exie
the Rio Gane and death there OF young clerk
the post office Dayton Ohio, is sad comment on the
character of many of the complaints about he post
office" and she postoice cerksfrivolous and idle and
therefore wicked they In this merchant stu
pdly msdecs letter containing moncy--oi course,
does reach the destination for which he meant it, He
abuses he post Office and suspects its officers BY and by
t,et fine mi
dead-eler Office and the laundering is ashamed
his vile and stupid suspicious, too late to recall the dead
y blow he had inflicted too sensitive spiritnot too
late lppe teach such men more caution III their rail-
ngs against the post oicee general scapegoa Tor eve
rybodys mistakes
Once in a while the truth gets by mistake The 9TH
day the Courier and Enquirer of this city, in its re-
ohe Massachusetts congressional election under the
head of "Al wings in the following districts had
three marked ''ooubtul" and mo choice" We ocoocos
Gas they call have been long of opinion that federal
gressmen rahera "doubtl" set and taking them by
and large there is pretty much ''no choice among them,
only OF late the leading federal Journals have taken
owning it..
The other day, in Trinity Church, OF IA few de-
lighted hearers, while the accomplished organs, DIR.
Hodges, played upon the organ IL Is grand instrument
of wonderful powers and expresson-combning soness
and sweetness, with force and compass to degree OF
which scarcely believed the organ capable by partc-
uar request of the ladies present, the doctor played the
thunder storm The imitation was certainly very good
You could very easily fancy you heard in reality the storm
gathering in the misunderstanding and nearer, I'M
iii when with sharp, crashing bursts the
thunder The effect very great AS the immense vol
ue of sound rushed through the pipes of the huge nsru-
ment making only remble to the voice OF its own
deep and solemn music, but literally shaking the strong
stone of the church down its foundations, could
no, help thinking that something like this must be the
mighty anthem which the spheres make, and which rules
the they swing golden axcs, in harmonious orbits
through inenninabe space
Friend Greeley was burnt in cgy front of his Of
a., for
to the volunteers Fort Hamilton, just sailed for Tampco
A poor business, it strikes me, all round.
The and mild air to-day fast vanishing the snow,
and the sleghs begin to touch bottom. FED
NEW YoRK, January Is, 1S47
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser spreads itself exceed
ngy of late in retrospect of the growing business and
prosperity the queen city of the lakes Among other de-
tails says that within the past $4,000 tons of ship
ping built there that the large of 81 900 900
has expended in the building and repairing of
sells, and it adds:
$50 important has the growing commerce of lakes
become that capital has been transferred from other
Of lakes presents scene of busting activity with the
tensve pre- paruons making for the of l847."
Surely there is mistake here The Commercial was
of oudest and most confident OF the prophets of the
universal ruin result from the tariff Of 1886 What
change has DER the spirit of its DREAM that instead of
mourning the fment of its prophecies, it exultng
over an unexampled prosperity!
characteristic federal trick has been played of in
the assembly Albany. Not venturng oppose fairly
the appropriation the volunteers, the federalsts in the
house determined kill it oil by sratagem, and affixed
to the bill preamble casting sur upon the Executive
SO INDIGENOUS and nfounded that the democratic MEM
bers could for it. Strenuous efforts made by
them to get rid of the obnoxious portion in which
federalsts lent honorable and manul aid. In vain. On
the final question: the stood 81 ayes nearly all eder
alists and So noes with exceptions, all demo-
Gratis. Not having majority of all the members of the
house. Gas required by the consution,) it lost
The Atlas well remarks on this notable operation:
But this refusal send aid to the volunteers except
companying with reflection the government which
they serve accusation of injustice the in
which they engaged is in striking with the
noisy professions zeal and sympathy with which the
wing party first took mp this subject in the Legislature"
said Yesterday that the Tribune appeared to be
ing its the Mexican On other subjects it
continues to exhibit the mental improvement In a
long leader this morning. the tariff and sub-trcas
ury,' it says of them
i.The two are now laws of the land and such entitled
to the and obedience of every good citizen Let
them have a fair trial. Let the public mind be left unn-
famed unprejudiced to watch their workings and delb-
eraey Judge whether they beyond improvement, and
if not what changes they require. If they not fairly
Judged we mean that the fault shall not be ours"
So far very good. We ask than fair trial,
and that these great be judged their
its But will not the Tribune b. among the very first to
break away from its adnonitionsl 1t is TO be feared
that this is only lucid interval.
The circumstances attending the deaths of Senators Bar
row and Pennybacker sadly alike Both of them
cut off suddenly by disease the part of the system,
after brief illness, in the flower of their yearsboh, to
look them few short weeks the very two men of
all the Senate likely enjoy health and long life
What a lesson the uncertainty of mans condition!
The Hon. Y. G. Gray, a millionaire of Boston, where
wealth is synonymous with of luxury and refined
aste than in other places in this republic it is said
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