Washington telegraph., 1851-10-22
Correspondence of the Telegr,nn
NEW YoRK. Sen, ot ,o-,

NEW YoRK, Sept. 81, 1881
On Friday evening meeting Of the friena. \,
colonization was he in Rev DIR Sprny's CLn't"
Anson C.. Phelps, ESD. occupied The cha;r 1
the platform were some twenty colored cuizan,
of Liberia. In the course Of the evening s,
of these introduced by name to the ana and"
aud brief sketch given OF the pas, b;,,oN'
Of each one so introduced. Among them w.,
preacher, school teacher, several mecb.;
and practical farmers, with families
Rev. Mr.. Pease alluded 10 the fruitless .s.-.
Of England, France, SPaiu and Portugal TO ciyl,,s
and christianize Africa, and concluded bv s,r-e
that the great work IS TO be done by this coun,,s
aud by means Of her own restored and re,nrn;:n,
children Rev. Dr. West drew an interas,;'gg
parallel between the Africans in the IT, States aus
the Israelites in Egypt. Mr. Orcutt Of Har,carS
gave retrospective history of the American CO..
nzation Society from its foundation, thirty fam.
years ago. by only two members, after which r..
exercises were brought TO a close with a b.usdi
ton by he Rev. Mr.. Pesse.
The Young Mems Wing Committee me, ao.;.
last night, when everything passed off harmon;
ousiy Among the working men Of our CITY ,h.
nomination by the Democrats of William NJ
Alpine for State Engineer and Surveyor has Gre.
ated quite AN excitement. TINS McAlpine ;s ~.
person who Engineer Of the Dry Dock :,
Brooklyn, and his conduct while in that posi,;on
will be the means of taking thousands of yo,as
from him in New York city. rhe granite cu,,.,s
held out for nine weeks on a strike against bi,
and the carpenters society have denounced him.
in measured terms Out of two thousand ,,aa
employed in building that dock, but fifty could NO
found who would contribute one dollar each ia
wards making ham present o. a silver Jar n.
bears the name OF merciless, unfeeing tyr,,,,
among working men, aud expect that before tho
election he will be denounced by almost sverv
worl<arc' i'm, ci,y n.
will hnd that party harness will not always bind
our mec'i ianics; the nominaton of McAplne ON
any ticket would be a death blow 10 il.
The Hugkers and Barnburners h.reaborts ar.
striving desperately to harmonze, but unless some
provdeutiai event, oil sufficient Importance 10
bring them all up the scratch, turns up between
this aud November, | do not see how harmony
can be restored 10 their ranks. The Course pur
sued by DR. Brandrrth aud his coadlutors on the
canal bi, is now being used by OF the party
Leaders TO great advantage Iu certln quaulrr:
but. unfortunately for the Locofocos, some OF their
leaders always manage somehow other to undo
week what the other lea ders dad the week
previous. But DIR. braadreth, like his pills al
ways goes through with whatever he undertakes
and no matter how desperate the case, he pen.
eraiy sets things rght as tar As he is concerned
Money is potent ecm-nt IN party maueugrrs,
and The Doctor has lois OF IL hand, aud is ali
tbt tiliie EtltsEl1 more. hotNlttslanGng his
healing powers, ana his unlimited supp, OF casn.
he viii hno II u Gtliuui. matter 10 "purify Tia.
blood aud "cieanse The system OF tne Demo
cratic parry OF TINS state, 10 Restore II TO It's
pr.s,.ne healthtuiness and gnr. John v an Bareus
stupid manage has Frustrated Al Tor several
years to come.
The Herald published call yesterday for a
ratification meoung at Eammaay Hall on nru
Thursday night About 10 oc,ock every pOlu.
ciau Appeared To be an a great hurry, not having
time tn speak 10 any one. towards ! O'Clock
everything appeared to be arranged, anu matters
had a qui ter look, but IL only the quiet that
precedes the thunderstorm. About Z O'Clock "a
tue evening. notices were sent round for every
committee 10 repair forthwith to Iammany
for "secreI service" IL was discovered that du-
ring the day we'll organized baud had been
gotten up TO kick up shady ia the old wgwsm,
and reject McAlp,ues nou.Inatiou for State kn
gneer. The consequence Was that the meeting
had to be put off, ia order 10 allow lime to 1.-THE
faithful" 10 rally their forces, aud pat The nomi.
nation through in true IanImapy style. Yet, for
ali this, there viii be ''wdr TO tne Snhr on haF.-
day evening.
Punch says that the result OF the Yachi contest
IA, Cowes rebounds much TO shr marItme glory
OF England, for ihe American yacht ran clear
away from her British competitors. Punch
yrets however, that they dad not have yacht
fast enough to catch the r-treattng Americans
L, is reported that bark Is now lying al
quarant.ne thaI n;t a Spansh GosernmrnI tfaa'-
po,t tnrre days ago AT sea, having on board oil
of tie American prisoners captured ~ Havana,
cxce pI tn, .our alrr idy announced Husiug been
liberated oy the Captain Geu"ral
Il contractor told me on Saturday morning, in
the office of Mayor kingsIand, that there are Al
present l25 miles OF sewers IN The city oi New
York Of which II were constructed during the
past year; and that within the present y1a' is
more thau proDabie hat Is miles will be added
making ia ali oae huadred and thirty eisat ail,'
of Se.osrs!
rhe prof CT OF establishing lne Of steamships
between this country and tn. west tst OF AirIcs
na,ing been rejected by Congress, the British
Governm- has adverts for tend RS ior
monthly mai line ol screw steamers, 10 run be-
tween England aud Liberia, Sierra Leone, Fer
Ia ado Po, and other trading ports ON the western
coast of Africa The term of the contract Is to
extend oveI a pc iod of fve years
Yours truly,
PETER PIKE