The New York herald., 1850-03-11

well known. An old party man was TO be
rewarded and made rich from government ptp.
and SO q Union was made up between this
old man, ana two or three persons OF no
note, and only one real name appeared, but
who represented the Presidential interest In
the concern, and thus secured the government pa
tronage. This unblushing arrangement has since
been modified, and a new man joined to the old.
The old concern made a fortune; one retired 81
tished with share in gold mlAe, while the
other, who even at the age OF over three score
years and ten, has still hankerng after the flesh
pots OF Egypt, and yet holds open his mouth for
government droppings, remained. The other edi-
tor comes from the State that sends j. P. Hale,
the notorious abolitionist, to the U. 5 Senate
Whether he is one or not, at heart, is not known
He is not so openly Probably, the Union could
Induced to take that ground. AT present it goes
no further than TO recommend submission and
union 10 the South at all hazards. Every reporter
connected with it Tin the Senate at easl is under
if not an open abolitionist. The Union paper err
culaies about 500 dallles, Of which number 450
are In Washington city, and the remainder are
exchanges, and few distant subscribers. It's
great number are exchanges Democratic or whig
posmasters. and office holders generally take the
Cnton or the jntGHigencer These papers have
had, and hold on, to some nice Jobs Each now
get q 5oper column fo,r, publishing the debates in
the Senate. The Republic Is Of very little account
any way i circulates 100 to 100 daily papers In
the city, and Its exchange and outside circulation
for the daily, perhaps, reaches. l,0oO or l,2o0 1t
being the government paper, postmasters are
obliged 10 go the weekly, consequently the weekly
has $4,000 or 10000 circulation, including, OF
course, an enormous list of weekly exchanged
DURING the session, the Globe prints a daily
which has, perhaps, thousand circulation. This
is printed merely as a sort of tender to the Con.
gressionai Globe, which fills the place of Niles
Register. Its proprietors, Blair & Rlves, are too
well known to require remark. They were beg.
ears when they came to Washington, but pap and
betting have made them rich men, aud large real
estate owners. Rlves Is very decent, gentle
manly sort of SIX fOoter, who goes in for money
making, and don't care who knows it. Blair is
Francis 2. Blair, and nobody else There no
two such men, either in ugliness or -, allowed
to exist IN one age. He is the head of the free
soil party here.
There Is a paper called the Washington Ners-
a weekly, end very weakly newspaper. It's pro-
pretor and editor of those last OF all Gods
crestion-a Washington Justice OF the Peace. 1t
has 800 or 400 subscribers, but the public not
generally aware OF IL existence until temperance
lecturer read 10 large audience leader on the
subject of the woolly horse hunbug, and Tom
Benton.
Lat, but not least, il the Era This is weekly
abolition paper 1t is edited by Mr. Bailey. 1t
goes to It's work quietly and securely II is back ed
up by 25 coo 10 10000 cash paying abolitonIsts
and, when 1t has article more than usually ras-
callv and VILE towards the South. an extra edition
o 600 10000 is issued, paid for, and sent into
The Southern states. Such Is The press Of the
capltal. RABaI.AIs.