Washington telegraph., 1851-10-22
correspondence Of the Telegraph
New YCRK, Sept. %, 1851.


V.,o,d.v WAS Ike. The last rose OF summer, and
tn .dav a cold wet equinoctiai is down upon us,
..and no mistake" Yesterday, the Park, the
Battery, the Broadway. all were thronged with
beaux and bellies, rich and poor, tall aud short,
white black and brown dressed TO within an inch
of their lie, and evidently bent on making the
most of the fine weather while II lasted. The
churches never So Well attended In new fork
in fine weather as in foul Thousands go i'll to
keep out OF the rain, aud many sinner is thus
accidentally Il should say, If did hot know that
there was "a special providence even In The fall
of a sparrow,') impressed with religious truths
which induced him 10 lead new lie. But the
outsiders yesterday Were IN large majority.
Broadway was crowded with strolers. "Broad
is The way DC To-day shows vast difference.
The great lung and lounge is comparatively
empty at least there are no lady pedestrIansy aud
the snowy equipages, with Their be-liveried oui-
riders ami parUeace nrid-rs, are laid up in Law
ender.
Sunday afternoon had the pleasure Of hearing
the Rev. DR.. West, OF Pittsburg, Pa. he Is
Scotch Samson. and when he puts his shoulder
to the structure of error they are bound 10 come,
yous1nay be sure OF IT. He baby, that's
certain. Still, huge as he is in size, aud venerable,
too he evidently speaks from heart almost child
like in its simplicity and righteousness. Ills
mon yesterday vndication of the justice
of God, creator and king. His discourse
was remarkable specimen OF cogeut and per-
spicous arg ient, little ponderous perhaps. (ke
DIR. Jobnson) bat teIse and convincing, and would
have done honor TO any lupI,.
At the close Of Tie sermon, Mr. West presented
the case Of his own churt h to the charitable con-
slderalIon ol DR.. Springs congregation. In lo47
assuming the pastoral charge of his society in
Plttsburg he found ii TO be trammeled with debts
to the amount of 1900 By interchangeable efforts
in his own congregation and the Geighborhood,
they managed TO discharge ST., 500 Of the debt by
periodical payments. The balance remained
upon mortgage. which would have been fore
closed and the meeting house taken from tas m,
had not Ged put it into the heart Of a rich man
there to lend them the money and take mort
gage himself AT this happy issue. the grateful
congregation recently assembled iii the builGing
to express their joy and thankluness. Fhe next
morning II was burnt to the srounf. Al the
breaking out of the fire, the two engines in the
vicinity were found hampered, aud the hose stuGed
with cotton, to render them useless evidently the
work of malignant iDcendlaries. Either
subsequently or prior to this, two other churches
Zone protestant and the other a Ro'naE) were
burnt through like maIignity. MIR. w gratfed
Us with tue fact that several Of the principal viii
lans now in tle Pennsylvania prison, serving
out their sentence.
There is nothing particularly new ia the city
day A Bostonian has been IN to see me, and
crack up the "great demonstration" and show,
in which Shawmut has rejoiced recently. 1t is
fact beyond doubt, that Boston bears the bell in
The matter of public professions. The ten thou
sand Broadway stages spoil all our shows OF this
kind. Bat wait TIL kussuth comes, and we'il
beat Boston to flinders. The stages ught to be
bansbed from broadway on that day, or else be
filled with ladies' and children and make purt Ui
the procession
BY the way, some think il about time TO project
a Worlds Fair in America, since the English
boast that they have made over two million dollars
d the door oi the "Cryslal Palace" And where
shall it take pace2 Snail the Quakers of Phila-
delphia, the officials of Washington, the good
looking Batimoreans, the Buckeyes OF Cincinnati,
or the chev alters of Charleston, boust OF its loca
ton in their nds,l The choice OF Washington
would occasion the least Jealousy, but Cincinnati
or Louisville would be more central. The whole
country, it is be hoped will take this matter into
early consideration.
The English affected at first to hold the Ameri
can section of ''the great exhibition" in sovereign
contempt, but the report of the commissioners
changed their opinion, and the triumph Oi our
yacht has really rendered them quite respectful;
so that the next Worlds Fair, should it be held
in this country, will be likely to receive good
share Of foreign contribution and attendance. 4
ship load of real hUe lords would be- quite nrv-
city, and who knows but what even her Ma
herself, might venture DOWN on tne sea IN Dig
ship, and come to visit the American Fair
IN propria persona? Ii the commissioners will
time the occasion with view to the condition
of the Queens health, we shall not despair Of
seeing Victoria on American soil.
The execution o! Stookey, last Friday, is at
tracing much comment because he struggled
violently for two minutes after having been swung
off.
The announcement Of the appointment OF B. K.
he otfic nj ludO nj he
preme Court, vacated by the death of Hon Levi
Woodbury., is satisfactory. MIR. Curtis was as
.'sober Judge" from his youth up, and it was
always said Of him that she would sumo day be a
Judge" "PeopIe might know 1t by the cut OF his
jb." Judge Story, think, prophecied II oil him.
He is short, thick-se, biack-eyed man, on the
sunny side Of forty, but old in experience, and
profound in legal requirements In politics he is
(quietly) !" hig.