The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-29
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence Of the Unlen.

is worthy OF note that every wing ofice-holder under
late New York aims house system removed by the new
ederalist and banbumer governors Is an anti Seward
Cayite, while every appointed by these gentle
iavors Mr.. Stewards aspirations for the next pres
dency Mr. Moses H. Gripne under whose directions the
Clay men were prescribed with Messrs. DSPefSbowen,
and Blatchford, were the prime the infamous
Glsnrworth fraud on the baotbox understand that Mr.
Gnnel declares that his tor this coalition with The
Van Burenites in the OF his prostitution oil the trust
conhded In his hands, expectation OF requiring the
fall for the WING nominees He will certainly
get those of such OF them willing to sell their ballots
money, whether in the shape of hard dollars in hand
or before the day Of election office afterwards But II
he succeeds In procuring the nomination OF ederass who
known TO his schemes advance the in
OF Gov Seward by the prescription OF the friends
of Mr. Clay who his mercy, he will lose ten Clay
for every ballot Of nominal democrat OF question
able integrity thus secured He will thus find that his
game is by broad il is long Mr. Grinnes
adherence to the fortunes of General Taylor will end at the
moment 1t becomes apparent that the administration will
not lend lis patronage the elevation OF Seward
OF this the President may be assured Governor g. is
in New York. blythe by, holding caucus after caucus
with his leading strikers Their present aim is Gust all
Clay wings from city office, in order to create
among the oice-seekers the general impression that
wing may hope for place in New York. unless willing
adhere to the political fortunes of the Great Mogu This
is small game-very small yet II is all Mr.. Seward de-
ponds His is, that all have pecuniary
price and he works day and night command that price
the expense of the city, county, State, and national
treasures He is bent having in hand to be bestowed
seems, Tor the likely attach his skirts
every federast in the city seeking Office for himself
another This is indeed bold game Of corruption, fully
equal thing sketched in the mind policy Of
the widest and INSCRIPTIONS coruptionist OF the Old
World. We will soon see, however, how it will work on
this side of the Such efforts the part oil this over
ambitious gentleman have already served to create strong
feelings against him in the breasts of many of the leading
wings of the city Iheard to-day declare that he should
deem il matter of duty to vote in favor OF any upright
the democrats may nominate in 1882 in preference to
Mr. s., because of the thorough corruption OF the latter
Though there slitte excitement existing in the city
upon the subject of the late riot there still remains feel
ing, deep and strong which to be gathering volume
daily really do not believe that Mayor Woodruff could
poll five thousand votes, if running for his
Office under the prestige of regular federal nomi-
nation The daribes in the city federal papers
in favor OF "law and ORDER" being published,
mere devices to disguise the fact, that the cupabe vi
olaors of law and order in this matter the author
ties who in shooting down the people before trying the
virtue of the civil power, committed far moro grevous
offence law, (and likely stimulate the thought
less to disorder revenge than did the poor fools who
pelted Mr. Macready on Monday night, and those who
stoned the building the night OF the following Thursday
| Preparations receive Father Mathew be
ade here great veneraton for his character be-
wing him done much for his any other
man living Nevertheless do trust that undue attempt
to onze him will be essayed. II successful will only
surround him with wolder-nongers and toades, to the
exclusion OF those who otherwise will surely be im-
proved by his mean the most ignorant and diss-
pated class in cities.
On Friday morning last the weather turned cold-very
cold indeed. Yesterday, anthracite fires quite
Portable had thought that we had the last OF the
winter but after weather Of Friday and Saturday,
shall not feel that are TO have unvarying warm
weather in New York until the 4th of July passes. Much
sickness with OF cholera, will probably result
from this cold SPELL have heard many complain of indis
position evidently arising from the change in the Temporal
tue of the weather The authorities OF doing
their best clean for the prevention OF the spread Of the
cholera appears that TO get rid OF all the dirt in
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least in all this The truth is garbage, mud and
filth generally have been accommodating in streets
for portion OF the top coat or layer
only being scraped of every 1t Is TO be hoped
that this flight upon the subject OF the cholera
lead to adoption of street cleaning system not de-
pending upon the approach of election, even to be
tended to be carried The amount paid for cleaning
the Streets if expended without the least reference
politics. would keep New York clean city indeed. In
fact under the administration OF neither party are the
cleaning contracts agencies, &c.
given to any others except ward politicians who for
little except TO fill their pockets In two the
growing determination OF the axpayers Of the city do
away with this system will have worked the necessary
changes If your readers will fancy the efficiency of
superintendent of paving who is appointed wholly
OF his influence perhaps fifty loafers
freauenting two three particular grog-shops, you will
have idea of the in which most of the corpo
ration administered
the of the cholera, which, far, has
not shown itself out Five Points, has again caused
the project tearing down the whole OF that quarter of the
cv LAYING ont the streets differently and rebuilding with
com odous and modern mansions, be agitated For
wears past this scheme the subject of newspaper
notice. but 1t will be very long before it may be car
Rod into effect The press the city, strikes me- fail to
cause keeping that part OF New York at
which Is, because the hold
es of the property that it pays far higher
rate OF interest than would yield If improved, modern
zed and inhabited by respectable business people, Indeed
question whether any part of Broadway pays much
nere on the value OF the lots and houses many oca
ties on the Points" All the rum holes there (where
poison is sold three per glas) are likewise houses
of ll.fame with dancing attached Tho police say
that from 10 D. IN. until or o'clock in the morning are
the the keepers OF these dens make most Of
their shameful gains. There some five or six hundred
such shops in that quarter with hero and there junk shop
or clothing crib kept by Jews who are to
the rest Of their brethren in the city just what the Christ
ians ~ fesding the Points to Christians living in
reputable quarters of Gotham ! presume that nine
tenhs of the he Points also receptac1es OF
stolen goods Youths and vicious men, sailors, &c from all
quarters Il the city, frequent these places for "a SPREE
well as the thieves and prostitutes who live there There
is also considerable pauper population he Points,
which for the part furnishes its annual supply of
yodng and prostitutes They neste in Of tho
buildings from twenty to thirty in room lying on straw
like pigs in pen. Somehow or other these miserable
manage pay higher rent Interest the value
of the and budngs than yielded by the best stand
for business Broadway and gradually the Points, prop
ery has fallen hands persons who take thought
of anything but making money They therefore, the
opponents of the scheme for roofing the vicious
Of that quarter of the city and rs yet there 10 no
law compel them pull down their old tenenents and
put up new ones, which, if anything can, will alone
have the effect of driving the present denzens of the
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