The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-05-11
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


The foreign news Is rather Interesting than important,
except France. There is very evident that the
experiment has gone through and thar the
of Sunday, the 10TH crisis only the exist
OF the provisional government but of the desnies OF
France The result followed up by the immense and inn
posing parade OF the national guard ON the 2hneary half
million of under arms-is great triumph for the
principle of selfgovenmen against the wild schemes OF
Ledru Roln and the communists Rational freedom has
lost nothing meantime While anarchy has been queied
certain heads of provisional government have realized
the necessity of bringing themselves and their measures
nearer to the republican standard The only draw
back that ali this cruelty dsappoint all those who
hoped in their hearts, like the OF the whg Journalists
that this last effort OF the French people would a as the
rest, by the fault OF the people themselves
This morning. the peculiar and beautiful national tri-
color of Germanyblack red, and god-oatng from the
top of the City Hall and other public buildings announced
hat this was the day oil the great German demonstration
in honor OF the regeneration of Faherand AT noon the
procession took its line of march In numbers and
pearance it was highly creditable, il have been
gratifying, to German friends 1t composed main
y oil persons OF German birth and origin, (with some OF
the French. Irish, Italian. &c, societies) and could
have numbered fewer than from 5000 $500 persons.
Adding the crowds which, though portion OF the pro-
cesson accompanied it, and entered heartily into the spirit
OF the demonstration, the whole turnout have been
equal 10 Is 900 ~ 900 persons prominent feature
colossal borne under canopy of Grape. On il
he words: "Glorous in le-immorta in death" 1t was
memory of the patriotic who had poured their
blood Berlin and elsewhere the sacred of ber
y. The procession is to bring up in the Park where
tons be delivered in three different anguagesGer
man, French and Engishby many different orators.
As write, (3 O'clock m the head OF the column has
not come in sight
The trade France has revived little but is very ui
fling compared with that Great Britain The exports,
last week, to the two countries we're;
To Great Brtain5259S5 lbs lard 81, 735 do. cheese;
255 beef; 4s6l bales 2495 bbls. M.
slaves 6l4 bbs rosin IL $50 lbs. grease 46O5 do
bacco, manufactured 3O4 $50 do. bacon and hams 100
bbs pork; lO7 423 lbs taow; $3.50 bushels 6,06S
bbls. turpentine.
To France-75 bbls. beef IL do. pork $1,000 slaves;
1000 lbs lard IL, ABB do. tobacco, manufactured.
The deaths last week 2S4-an increase the pre-
ceding week. These were caused by-consumption 81
commissions and Group 81 dropy in the head IL erysipe
las III yphus (und ship fever "a; Inflammation Of bow
els ii do of lungs IA; smallpox FL.
letter in town, received by the Britannia states it
fact that just before the sailing of the steamer the packet
ship New World had left Liverpool for New York with Fa
Mathew board This is contrary all his latest let
aud hardly be true though of course, all wish
it were.
Yesterday afternoon the southern mail went out in rat
Ting gust of rain, hail. and wind, which held for about
hour, and then the shone hotter than About
O'Clock had the repeated with considerable adj
dtons to wind rain, and hail To-day the weather is
beautiful ZED
New YORK, May 8, l848
To-day the mayor, Havemeyer, sworn into
office the presence of an unusually large assemblage OF
citizens The board OF aldermen, in which there Is whg-
native majority OF tsoo organized without difficulty. The
board of assistants being equally divided, not for
tunate. Some exciting scenes ensued "A democratic and
whg member having been moved at once into the chair
pro- the clerk (who whg) put the question the
whg and falsely declared him chosen, although tho votes
9to9 The yeas and nays demanded, and refused
by the wing funconary; and in the mean time the wing
member took the chair One of the democratic members,
Dr. Hbbard assistant alderman of the I'd ward promptly
clerks desk and proceeded discharge the duty
ofcang the yeas and nays. gang of wing rowdies out
side the bar attempted hiss him down, but were
speedily queted by demonstration from tho democrats
present. that repetition of the offence would insure the
whole party the quickest sort of an exit down the stone
stairs of the hall. The woudbe chairman attempted to
make a Speech but met with such manifesto
ton feeling from the board, that he compelled
dess In the midst of the confusion, the stove pipe,
some thirty forty feet long, was thrown down by
the pressure of the crowd, falling with tremendous
noise, and filling the with clouds of dust Dr. Hb.
bard having called the roll the ayes and noes found
nine in the negative the motion to make whg
chairman and accordingly decided it lost amid loud
cheers outside the bar. wing member then moved to
adjourn the counterfeit chairman put the motion, de-
cared it carried though the again tie and the
whig members varnosed. The entire proceeding, the
part Of the whg members is regarded by farminded mon
of all parties unqualified outrage The democratic
members will stand firm and the result will be- that they
will triumph.
The Express this afternoon croaks out its satisfaction at
the large majority Cos 40) by which the British House
of Commons passed to third reading the bill for the bet
security of the crown and recommendation Is In
fact the deadest blow that has been struck for years in
Parliament against the freedom Of Speech of the press and
Of the subject While every other nation IN Europe is ad
vancing the of human rights, this bill is
grade movement OF fifty years. No state of things
cuse such bill under any government protesting to be
even partially Free and the American who could rejoice
at its pa ssage through house of Parliament demon
strates thereby his want of any republican sentiment
The chevaer of the Courier des Etafs Unis-the gay,
the witty, the accomplished, sprtu and phiosophic M.
Gaiardetis gone last, in the ship Splendid for Have,
Yesterday He goes Paris follow his bent journal
ist and there doubt that in the wider and
king sphere it Affords his capabilities in that line will be
Justly appreciated His connection with the Courier will
not be dissolved He is to be the Paris correspondent
There is an uneasy feeling in Wall street to-day prn-
cpal cause the shipment Of specie, which continues
large The America (eame takes out it is said between
$500 900 100000 The ship Splendid, for Havre has
1850 900, and so on. We stand this very long.
1t understood that M De la Forestfor many years
the consul general OF Fancehas been removed by the
provisional government, and M Leon Favre appointed in
his stead The official if" in Lamartine's circular letter
was not them for nothing. M De la Forest is gentleman
and cultivation who atac he'd to him.
during his residence here, large circle of friends.
Mr. Senator Hale is in town, to attend the anniversary
meetings of the American Temperance Union, and of the
National Anti Slavery Society. Few men, think, have
ever gnay and utterly disappointed the expectations
both of friends and foes Mr.. Senator Hale. He has
proved unqualified failure
The weather all day has been cloudy, with strong symp
toms rain We have yet had enough of that
ry element led.
From our Baltimore Correspondent
BALTIMORE, May 1916 p. m.
Grouping ceathcrIhe Wing State comcent,on. difficulties
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