The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-11-17
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.


The election in this State great deal better
han could have been anticipated from its first aspects
Mr. Hunts majority Is merely nominal conslit
ency which poll nearly half million Of votesj and il
be remembered that this meagre majority would
have been much more decisive mimorify had not the
firemtus placed Mr.. Hunts the head OF their
ticket. To Offset this wing triumph-such IL is--the
wings have lost all the Of their State ticket and besides
this have failed to secure even morty of the thirty -four
members Of a congressional delegation Of which in the
ast election they carried thrytwo. The New York dele
CATION in the next House Of Representatives stands
een democrats seventeen wings On the other hand, the
have elected Mr. Maher their canal
err over Mr. Blakey, who, as well-known antrenter,
had both the wing and antren vote This an imPoran,
result in that il will give the democrats the majority In the
canal board-the influence OF which, In political point
view hardly considerable than that Of the guberna
toral chair Maheis majority Is not yet officially an
nounced, but it will probably be less than Hunts
Messrs. Church. Angel and Benton, the democratic nom
for the other State Offices having received also the
sa-ren nominations, did Mr. Hunt are elected by ma
iores counting thosaWds than Mr. Hunt hun
dreds observe in OF the whg prints to
regard Mr. Hunts election evidence that majority
the people Of the State approve Mr. Stewards course in
the Senate The idea preposserous Mr. Hunt published
his very adroywren Granger letter with the specia,
object rescung his from the odum Of the charge
Of Sewardsm and il answered its purpose well TO
induce tho Utica boilers to give him their nomination
and their 1t is understood 70 be arranged and settled
he wings having the egsare) that present governor
Hamilton Fish, will be Mr. Stewards colleague in the Senate
II So one, take the liberty doubt whether Mr. Fish
will stand by Seward in his utraisms. There is
among the wings Of tho Empire State for only VIM.
Seward To sing the second parts In the Seward brapas
be object Of ambition with man like Governor
Fish
The wings in Massachusetts appear be badly off
possible Out of ten representatives TO Congress they have
elected only threeMesss Appleton, Mann. and Fowler
The other districts vacancies and several OF
them will probably remainhe given indicating that
no choice is to be looked for There end OF the un
broken wing delegation in Congress from the Bay State In
tbol Of enh xuhi
have elected only eleyeniwo doubtful and there
five yet be chosen Giving up all these last, the coa
ion opponents of the wings have already asceraned
majority Of the whole senate, having elected twenty-five
members The political character OF the popular branch of
the islaure yet uncertain The wings have I6
the coalition" ILL., and there seventyve districts In
which no choice has yet been made No choice OF COVER
having been made by the people, the constitution
qures the house of send the
the OF Of the four candidates having the largest
for that office. It is not yet known who the fourth
candidate Is. He be looked for among the
ing y and these altogether poll but 4S4 votes OF
than 100000 Unless therefore, the house oil
tives commits the gross outrage of refusing send up the
Of Boutwell, the democratic nomineewho polls lin
round numbeIs) 900 against the % 900 Of Phillips
the soer and against the OF Briggs, the WING
idatethe election Of Boutwell, appears almost
The question Is doubtful The
rs members of the legislature yet be chosen may
come in as to return Mr. Winthrop; but there is yet a
reasonable hope that Governor Davis may have good
democratic colleague the floor Of the Senate. This is
doing very well for old Massachusetts But the best part
Of u.s. that in all this business the democracy
Massachusetts stand strong Union ground in all their
platforms The wing free sellers have to thew
they moved towards dsunion doctrine. Indeed
each Of the three candidates has gained considerably
his last years Brggswho gains the eas-has gained
Tin round nnmber) $500; Boutwell, has gained $500 and
Phillips 1900 This shows plainly that the democrats have
held their doctrines firmly against the abooniss,
while gaining In numbers against both ebolitonists and
wings When tho coalition" between democrats and
the Massachusetts, spoken Of this significant
fact should be always borne In mind.
This aspect of the elections In and New
York; viewed in connexon with the total Of the wings
in North Carolina, New Jersey, and Delaware, forms
clearly great deal than rpose the unior.
of things in Missouri, and loss in
the congressional result in Michigan.
The great speech Of Senator Douglas upon the fugitive
slave BILL recently delivered at Chicago has just appeared
in the New York Standard. Ii is mastery and ui.
umphant vindcation Of the whole principle of the law
against every objection which has yet been urged oppo
siton It, Marked il all by Mr. Douglass uni.
versaly admitted and unsurpassed logical and dalectc
power IL Is also noble display Of the highest attributes oil
national and patriotic sta,esmsn.hip. 1t should create
and IL will create, profound suspicious impress.
| sion throughout the county
In stroll through the leading bookstores Of our city, one
meets many pleasant token Of the coming holydays
Such array oil splendid and ptuous gf-books a.
the present is producing has been belore
and is perhaps TO be in Its full display nowhere bu
In New York In this line Of luxury novelty
which might well specimen OF American
and invention the Worlds Fair" come off IN
London The Messrs Appleton have Issued under the title
OF sour Saviour pih Prophets and Aposes" volume in
which leter-pess and engraving have combined to do
utmost OF elegance and in order that these gems
the typographical may be set in a fitting catket small
part OF the edition has been bound In the beautifully
stained and painted plate gias In this shape me book
the literary OF which, by the way, from the
most eminent clerical pens OF the coun,ryoms one Of the
superb Of the table that can
devised IL Is not certain that Caxon got out
the first English book than that these enterprsng gen.
| uemen have produced the Abandonment. To meet a
secular astc the house has issued another vol
ume in similar STYLE under the title Of the Qsen Of Eng
biographical sketches by Agnes Strickland. Nothing can
exceed IN Its way the beauty Of the print and the illus
stions OF these volumes and such Is the toll Of artistry
which employed In the establishment Of the plate glass
in which they oct, rather than bownd, that the pub
fishers find difficult learn, supply the demand for
these highly finished saigpes.
While the subject OF litea eegancies the occasion
should he let slip claim for New York the distinction
Of having, In the latelycstabished Ahcnmum the most
superby fitted up readng-room and chess-cub in the
world. The suit Of apartments consist. OF three large
rooms the same level covering area OF about one
hundred and fifty feet in length by seventyfve In BREADTH
the first Of which Is for conversation, the second chess
and the third for reading The high ceiling 10 beautifully
painted in iresco The walls Of the classroom are hung
all four sides with crimson CLOTH instead Of the ordinary
paper. arranged In the form OF acove or tent When
brilliantly lighted at night with gas the immense
reading room appears as II hung round with gilded velvet
while upholstery seems to have exhausted all its inventions
In the dcvsng and LOUNGES and sofas
Ing chairs OF all descriptions splendid and inviting
TO the ounger such things be- Among lis higher