The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-20
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Prom our New York Corre.pon,lent.

Il From our New York Correspondent.
New YoRK April 10, isi7.
| correspondent of the 'Sun' of this city, who writes
from Vera Cruz, and is supposed hive his information
from the proprietor of the Sun, Mr.. Beach, who pres
detained in the city Of Mexico, says in letter to-day
very decidedly that the clergy, ''who clearly hold the bal
of power and represent least nneens ofthe peo
pie, disposed to favor and even make some sac
flee OF territory to obtain il, on two conditions;
la. The release Of the from the oppression Of ei
military leaders They pish the army dissoped
constitution ssaa BE- ,saiaed and piuais propety mea
sng that held by corporations aud the church, should DC
tism"
May be Quen sabe' as the Mexicans themselves say
to any question they will not l.st.
The Tribune this morning has its usual leader the
election in Virginia. in which claims with confidence
more apparent than real, "a gain of if not four
bers of Congress- Ii is hardly be expected rea
that we shall hold our with 1874, when swept the
State for Polk and Dallas leaving the wings but that
tary Loudoun district; yet il strikes that ga gain Of
FOUR is guessing Wild, for enthusiastic friend
Greeley.
Our old (and presently judiciary system passably
good one, though its faults grievous but under the
constitution smart chance of being left with
out any That is if the two houses of the legislature
Albany do not compromise their differences plan
OF dsctng the State Thus far they have been unable
to agree, the wings insisting obsnately fragrant
gerymander, distributing the antrent strength so as to
make il controls district for well known aSpant to Judi
cia eevation-said to be MIR. Ira Harris the great anti
districts that fair, compact homogeneous and cosf-
tonai and friends naturally unwilling to give it up
for the sake of any mans private ambition. .a4-
The city is crowded with strangers--as never before
You meet them in all the public places; they chequer the
hronged sidewalks ofBroadway (or the experienced eye
OF the cit detects them at y and they overflow all the
hotels. The spring trade will be tremendous
Within the last "a hours 1900 eerage passengers
have arrived at this port Among the of them col
lected in the amshouse, shp-ever and other epidemic
diseases causing fghtul mortality; and the ci-
begin to fear general visitation The condition of
most Of them after long and stormy voyages in the halfven
lacd thronged and sckenng steerages the British
transient ships, is truly deporable.
There is ship the sectional dock here for repairs
he General Jackson) which is than hundred years
DID, and is yet seaworthy She built of the imperisba
BILE teak about l725 Goa, East Indies by the Portuguese
She taken by the English in the old wars and taken
from them, in turn, in 1912, by the Yankee" Amer
prvatcer of Rhode Island She is about $50
den, and of good model though considerably shorter in
proportion to her breadth OF beam than modern ships
Her mzennast and other spars are teak undoub
eddy the original sticks from the giant forests India
Her tmbers perfectly sound and for aught that APP
to the contrary, she will last buffet the for
century She probably the oldest ship in service
in the world IT, like Argo, of classic fame, she could
speak, what tales might she unfold, from the time her
timbers left the prmeva woods the shores OF the Indian
under the hands of the swarthy Portuguese down
this year grace OF railroads and steamers the magnetic
telegraph, and the planet Leverrier f tft4
Colonel Prices campaign against the insurgents of Taos
series of sharp and sknshes from the start
the final and triumphant engagement Pueblo Thew
chickens evidently, those wild fellows OF northern
Mexico, ohough they did fly their general rather u-
dicrousy complains, at Chihuahua.)
Senator Wescott, OF Florida they say is preparing
pamphlet in defence of his i'm the Senate. His
'course" seems, needs pamphlet in defence" He
had better let it Alone nevertheless O that mine enc
my would write book.'
The Havana troupe Of Italians gave a concert on satur-
day evening, at the Tabernacle, which, hear, bril-
any executed, and well attended They go Boston d-
rect where beyond doubt they will musical Juror
with the certainty of another triumph awaiting them on
their return to .t8.
1t surmised through the city very generally this
morning. that the Cambria have reached Boston
eray abost noon because that time the telegraph wires
cut, and communication suspended VI the hour
of writing this however there has been confirmation
We enough to the first Of Mny-May day. with
its flowers the poets saybut far from spring
to Judge by the weather Last night had ice neary
inch thick and all day the air has sting it, against
which Just the thing Old Winter seems to
put aside his aye aud rhcunacs and back on
us with hop, step, and jump. No canal open now till
the 3d or 4th OF May, perhaps longer. FED.