The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-11
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
From our New York Correspondent.
NV YoRK, August 10, 1917.

NKw YoRK, August TO- 1877.
Friend Greey's caechism for 'those northern whg ed-
who favor General Taylors for the presi-
dency is drawing them out The Albany Evening Jour
nal Is the first respond II declares itself in of
whg national convention for the nomination of candidates
Tor President and Vice President and hopes that the
and place for holding such convention will be determined
by the wing members of Congress In the Tr-
Dunes Wilmot Provso" question: the Journal says
gorically:
"Shoud he, General Tayor,) however, be induced or
constraned to declare himself opposed the principle of
thc Wmot Proviso, or 10 the protection of home indus
t or to liberal system OF national improvement of rivers
aud harbors we should feel TO be our duty as it would
be our inclination, to withhold from him support"
This is plain and unequivocal enough The truth is that
the Evening Journal and the Tribune will be found on
uerent sides of this question Of General Tayors nomi
nation For years they have pulled together in all the
great political movements of the State and wing
men', which has not had their joint and cordial support
has been successful The Evening Journal holds still
Tor General Tayor but il is preparing the way leave
nun Where the Tribune stands sknown Its leaders
ceny on General Taylor presidential candidate have
been barely less than attacks him. and his parsans in
the "whg" ranks. 1t loses occasion to repeat them
Mark the words-t cannot be brought into his support
Either General Taylor tcM himself in n,a,er
hardly TO be expected Of him. before January the N
Y. Tribune and Albany Evening Journal, twohirds of
the wing of this State wA be firmly opposed him to,
the presidency hazard the prediction.
The annual election for officers (most woshipf grand
master, deputy grand MASTER grand warden treasurer
secretary &c) of the Grand Lodge and Grand Encanp
of the l. O. O. f. of this State just held in this CITY,
very warmly contested. Eieven hundred and thirty
roes (ncudng about 400 proxie) cast and many of
the maorities ranged from five forty! Joseph R. Tay-
Tor, the present excellent and popular worshplul
grand master (whose worst fault is his politics. which are
whig and nothing else) was reelected, and James A
Coin our first and best of the Croton Water
Board, of whose services wing proscrptveness did
not venture to deprive the cys first grand representa-
tive
The intelligence received here last evening" of the taking
nfM Nav al,
of course, and long looked upon as thing 10 e dome
to excite surprise And thus great city of the Mon
ezumas has again passed into the hands of stranger
without drop of blood shed upon its battlements or
shot fired from its walls Will its fall accelerate pe,ce,
think it w for, with all their seaports in our possession
and now and pride in occupation what
more for hope is there left the Mexicans In peace
alone and God grant it may speedily come!
The weather here for the last three days has been of the
horrible order Rain and mist have surrounded and over
powered us, until even patch Of clear blue sky became
almost subject Of tradition How hate that cut-,hroa
weathercouds and damp envelopng YOU and the air as
close and sutry the breath of the occo Such day was
yesterday and as walked along Broadway uncertain as
to what act of desperation | should commit raised my
eyes, and above melike the forcing its rays through
cloudsshone the bright face and beamng eyes of eesco
Sweet songstress she has returned to New York and ON
Monday, part of the troupe will begin Castle
Garden with La Norma. The remainder of the company
including the gentle Vita, visit Newport
The sunk' having excited city into Chinese fever
all China is about to be exhibited The walls pumps and
fences, where pacads and playbis most do
have been, for some days, informing population
only Chinese woman who came in the "iunk" is con
exhibition at Niblos She has drawn pretty well, soon
sidering that no female passenger in that monde
script On this head, however, the junk-folk have re-
manned orninousy silent, apprehending perhaps too
severe scrutiny into their doubtful origin The Tr-
bune thus pays its devoirs the only Chinese woman "
"THE CHINESE LADY.-Some of our cotemporares aron,,
them the Commercial, have been airing their wit in ren
hon to lady claiming to be Chinese, who is now ex-
hbtng herself somewhere in the city The burden the
joke with these ocular gentlemen is doubt whether
the person in question really raised the skies of
the Celestial Empire. We beg to saw that we are in nos
session OF authentic iniormaon obtained by special mes
recognised the best of authority Ou own
AYERS that the lady of respectable yeo-celestia n
y being the daughter of Tchtao XII esq Mrs Toosee
She was brought to this wilderness spccula
ton about ten years ago. by Captain Obear and that
through the country long enough prove that spec
laon was bad one. Thereupon, Miss A. Withdrew to
the sacredness of private life in the rural retreats of Mon
mouth county, New Jersey where she has remained wish
ing well and hoping well until the arrival of Captain KEEL
let's famous Junk revived the for Chinese crositie
In such state OF feeling she before the
public TO turn an honest penny and little fun ayon
IN regions otherwise quiet and demure.'
The tide of emigration is yet upon the ebb Every
ship from Europe brings many stout hearts and
strong arms to people western wild The propoon
of sick is however, decreasing Whats contrast between
this city and Montreal! There the number of deaths Is
Incredible, and sckne the increase here althou
receiving much larger number Of passengers the wnes
OF deaths excies agreeable surprise Witness the follow
lowing statement tor the last week
Statistics Of Staten Island Hospital from Amgx I'd to 1u
Remaining at Admitted Disch ar0ea MIA p.u.;,