The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-03-16
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
Correspondence OF the Un,o.
NEw York, March 10, 1874.

that during absence has had It's
birth, fe and may almost add, lis decension, (ior 1t
is not now quite as active as before,) has affected
small share of the altered aspect OF things meeting
the eye Of the observing man. Well nigh everything
under the sun, as you must have seem Is oeius
advertised 50 for the California uade"-irom India rub
lead pencils and preserved meats, warranted
to stand the climate The shop windows Ia all the shop
streets bedizened with engravings and labels 10 attract
attention whatever may be there exhibited for SALE as
being just the article the emgran for California most
needs. One stumble in Nassau Chatham street, at
every patent portable furnaces for smelling Cali
orna ore, gold washers (pans) every conceivable
device California boots hats knives, books candy
and pckaxes, momenarlly thrust In lace by the
pedars who appear take il for granted that every
mothers son in the city preparing to make the voyage
Yesterday morning placards exhibited announcing
that the aerial steamer TO through in five days with
head wind, will positively about the 18th proxi
mo-passa and fare only Sjo-in advance, OF course
The saloon, contain the machinery and passengers
is be five hundred foe, long, re- But will um-
Der your columns with description OF what its enter
prising projectors promise. There were full four thousand
persons the Tabernacle few evenings SINCE when the
model exhibited in operation The balloon raised the
miniature saloon and machinery; which, by the operation
of the wheels, worked by the accompanying scam-engne
progressed there evidently control over the APP
paats, IL being quite likely sail for the gold regions of
Russia for those of our country Nevertheless not
few of those who wtnes ed the experiment. which, blythe
by proved handsome thing for the projectors, away
satisfied that IL he made ITO co. have idea how
many passages by this line have paid in advance but
the propresos will find customers for there
people in this city possessed with all of notions Fall
FIVE thousand individuals understood to have left New
York for the gold region and though their departure has
the ong always gathered points OF the prin
cipal shop Streets cape California "fxings full as
many more but waiting the arrival of the Lexington,
with the large Of gold which she is believed to be
bearing This city, TO be off for the land OF promise
Our friend. the wings the city in trouble about the
offices which President Taylor pledged himself not to dis
tribute upon party considerations They fear Just now that
their quarrel the division of the sPo will force the
President ORDER that removals shall be made
until they to better understanding amongst
themselves the division TO be made OF them. Each
cque-and there a dozen-have delegation in your
city, pressing the merits and claims Of their immediate
hackers upon the administration. II may fairly judge
from the length of their faces the reports being received
from them and ALL are by favorable to these
aspants who before election, you will recoIlect
saunch an-proscnptionists, to man.
care not what disposition President, pledged
party his administrations, may make of his pa
tronage this city he will disappont loynne in every
fifty of those who made noise for him the last cleo
tion for there full fifty wanting every place in Gotham
disposal of the general government The wings who
do Office, already give unmistak able signs OF
dissatisfaction with the powers that be. They scarcely
know what they perhaps should be
in saying, that two appear affairs conducted
after fashion The selection of the cabinet has given
offence alI-moral offence of them. II is
southern in its promise for New York city whgery which,
for the part is alter the fashion of thar of Mr..
Greeley Mr. Ewing the only member of the cabinet
whom the party here have confidence, Mr. Coamer being
TOO little known while Ne Reverdy Johnson passes
moderado." Not New York federalst in fifty knows
aught of the of President Tayor's constitutional adj
visers, further than their Under these circum
stances there is degree Of uncertainty hanging their
minds which is alb solutely agonizing
SO successful has been the commercial policy of the late
half the wing merchants Of New York
become to the theory upon which is based
certain that in other quarter OF the country
will be
effort interfere with the tariff of 1885, the independent
treasury law warehousing system than here have
heard single wing merchant of New York speak,
within past, the achievements and plans OF Mr..
Secretary Walker of the man himself, who has not
awarded him the credit of having done for the
mercil advancement of the country than done by
either his predecessors. When is recoected that
undue share ohe commercial Of the city wings in
clned be mbued With all the virulent hosyo their party
the and measures OF their opponents, realize
how deeply they have become impressed with the superior
excellence of the policy which has been his good fortune
have the opportunity put into practice and euc
date At this moment, he is far popular in the
mercal circles Of this city than any other in the
try.
Already the spring migration has commenced to flow in
upon u.s. principally Ireland hundreds of the most
destitute class of this em grafton daily be
derng through the streets And remember that all the
guards and police regulations of the State have been done
away by the late most unfortunate Objectionable and
and celebrated decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States i do recolect before
have large proportion of apparently mbecile and
destitute individuals among emigrants coming
Indeed few would venture to encounter the trials of
winter passage in emigrant ship unless compelled by
gripping necessity in the nclement season, if
they would come ALL They hang in droves around the
commissioners office, and the various Offices
procuring EN- ployment the idle willing to work. Poor
they supply the absence OF native pauper
and mendicants, who swarm the of Gotham in
weather, turning out like flies, by myrads when
the sun shines There the less of these,
however, in the city; for they merely compelled by
OF clothing to keep housed this much
possible in the miserable dens inquity and sinks filth
which that large class of New York city people conge
gate. Indeed have hardly laid my eye upon an Amcr.
can born pauper since my return WISH from the bottom
heart that could write you that they had decreased
in number But the daily reports from the police and
greater demand for indoor charity made upon the city, tell
that while skuking to pundcr, they safe ly
sconced in their various hiding places.
The change in the warehousns system virtually abohng
the drawback upon explorations of foreign goods and
hitting imported merchandise remain the public stores
to instead OF year. without the payment duties
went practical operation the first tme understand
to-day; thou has been the law of the land nig
of the Sd Instant was the cutom-house this morning
for hour, and witnessed display of the qualification
which this admirable change has afforded the importers
city While the treasury is thus protected from de-
ands drawback goods that really have been
exported pauby presented that legal guards have
been found sufficient any country to defeat them the
honest importer receives extension OF one year upon the
period in which he either reshp directly from the
government stores the dnes ms feature III tue
commercial policy of rival in rade-Braln-has prob
ably done much anything else give her The virtual