Washington telegraph., 1851-07-30
Correspondence OF the Tel.g,.i

~ tonh, July y, lS5l
The money qgar:er Of Wall street in ar.
sence Of the ''bds and bears". at the w,,.s
places, is quite stagnant. Stocks more slow
operations are comparatively few.
Messrs. Winslow, Lavier & Co., udy.r,
receive until the 10th inst. proposals for the ho
OF the Wilmington aud Manchester Railro.S ''
last line hence 10 New Orleans. An unh,,ts s
railroad route from New York to the "Crssna
City" will be great thing probably for NJ
Orleans, which am told needs something or ~
kind to ,tr it up little. Is il true, tbs, Ny
Orleans enteE eEprise has rather diminished ~.
increased during the las, ten y-ars7 II 50
really to be hoped that there may be a chsns. ~
the tide Of its affairs. II is a noble city
ought TO do all the metropolitan business Of ~
great valley OF the Mississippi, but II labors p0S''
great advantage in the unsettled cond;,,"'
of large portion Of its population.
A, very considerable number Of those epo,,.,
there in percantile pursuits, for instance, bsvn
gone thither from the north and west, with ,Is
! determination 10 remain only few y-srs. til.
Interest in any durable improvement of n
Orleans. nor in any enterprise, all the advan sv.,
of which may not accrue 10 thein within tn,
intended terp Of resdence.
An interesting peeling Of the American Bo.,a
Of Foreign Missions was held at the "RrI
Church" yesterday, and among other thny, .
was stated that Missionaries from the drlna.s
| Mormons had commenced operation in III. SAND
wi,h Islands
| On Monday last, an omnibas driver bsvi,.
dropped all hs passengers aid arrived al the snS
OF his route, happened TO look into hls s,,,.N
whereupon he espied a bundle which proved -
be hral.hy female Infant, Intentionally az as,nSN
doned there he thinks by a man and Woman WIN,
had got in at the Fulton Ferry. The child !. r.
| the Charity Hospital.
The establishment Of line Of steamers f,o,,
San Francisco To Canton is ii Yankee notion pow
beginning TO be seriously agitated. Such AN en-
terprise would certainly, refect credit upon on,
country, and on the othor hand it would disgr,c.
US to be anticipated by the Brit sb in q steam com
muncation with China.
Undoubtedly, u line of steamships be- .s,ee. Cali
fornia and Canton would give the Uuiied sist,,,
large advantage over foreign shipping and add
immensely 10 our commercial superiority 'rh;,
once accomplished, the London Times, aud olL.,
English journas now 90 loud in their cond-pn,.
ton Of the American exhibition al the World,
| Fair, will probably attempt TO chew up few old
| files. When the English steamers shall hsv.
made such rapid passages as are accomplished
| every week By the Ameri9sD steamships, il will
be time ior these little minded JOURNALISTS to think
Of resuming their sneers al American mechanic,
1t is the opinion of earnest and sagacious Jhrs
| taus that the acquisition Of California by IN.
| United States was designed by God 10 faclnats
the spread Of the Gospel and the establsbmrp,
o, the Christian grGgion in China; and, certaluy
| the proposed regular steam communication be.
tween ibis country and Caution will be ID yant
| all object.
| All that can do so are leaving the city, and il,
cares, and joining those who have prrcedrd
them, AT Saratoga, Newport, Nisgara, Trenlon
| the banks oi the Hudson aud the Whne Mountains
| Specie shipments TO England continue, the in.
debtedness sill being against us for the iich silks
| aud other fine feathers which we have imported
| foi our wives aud daughters, and neither cotton
| nor any other decker" will square ou account.
| The foreigners demand the hard sinners Er.
change on London consequently high as IOS
| per cent advance. The steamer Canada's news
OF decline in the cotton aud grain marxeis Of
| England creates d-mand for sterling bills.
The Bank vf the Metropolis is in full operation
at its special business Of receiving country bills in
deposle al ils own counter. New York country
bills are received al OF per cent discount New
England bills, deposited at the Suffolk Bank, a,
discoup, Of only LIS of per cent.
| New YoRx, July 8. 1851.
| The steamship Alabama arrived here yesterday
morning from Savann-b, aud, about the sau.o
time, the Southerner also arryed from Oh irl-slou.
| We have had several scorcbiug days. To-day
| is the warmest Of the season; but tber. has been
comparatively little sickness thus summer We
| get little scared" however. on each arrival Of
steamer from Jamaica, wbese.. il is SAID, the
| cholera is on the increase.
| The following bit Of gossip shows what men
are capable OF dong Tor money; About eighteen
nlonihs or two years ago. Horace Ii. Day, the
| celebrated manutacIuEer Of lndia-rubber goods,
whose factorrs in New Jersey aud Massachusetts,
constitute an eighth wonder Of tho world. con-
tracted with certain parties residing IN France 10
furnish several thousand India rubber racks; some
Of which were TO be five ieet long aud two feet
wide; some three rect long and eighteen inches
wide, and others two feet IN length and one foot IN
| breadth. The puIc chasers, who paid liberal prices
for the goods, required the sacks 10, ne 30 made
that they would resist the action OF water tor the
longest possible time, aud they were made &C.
| co.diugly. These sacks, It row appears, were
| shipped to Consiantinop- and other Turkish cities.
where .hey used by jealous husbands Tor
| 'sacking" their wives, preparatory 10 Throwing
them into the Bospaorns. The small sacks are
used for enclosing the bodies of infants INTENDED,
for the same destination; II being customary ~
| Turkey to throw infants lha, are N The way n1o'
the water, instead OF leaving them to take their
chance on some door step. as ~ this christian aoS
enlightened country A short tune since, Mr.,
| Day discover red the nefarious use to which hn
handiwork is put, aud immediately refused 70
| furnish any more sacks, although Offered The most
tempting sums il he would do la this money
| loving aye, however, there is little dihc"iy 70
procuring any ARTICLES whatever, no matter lot
what use they may be designed, If the business
only pays well; all manufacturers not being 80
conscientious Mr.. Day.
| NV business renders It necessary that should
keep posted up, iaE as possible, IN regard 10 a.,
| the rascaiity ard drpravty in the world; ano \
assure you that / could unfold many a taie tnai
would make each particular hair Of yppr reaoe"
heads Incline strongly to the perpendicular you
would publish them but you wouldn't. lhe view
Workers are accustomed not only TO read so'u'
but TO witpess "horrd occurrrnces, thai my
become IN a mrasure hardened, and are i''''s
affected by them.
But l must say, that the idea that men reafe'
in christian country could SO lar denofa'''