Washington telegraph., 1851-11-26
Correspondence of the Telerr,I
NEW YORK. Nnv q TO-.

new YORK, Nov 3, 1881
Beyond the office holders aud politicians -,
serve very little interest in our elections lb;,
Great apathy prevails, especially among m. wt;-
have not heard warm political talk Tor a Coos,
age. True, heard an old meIchan, twbo o''
to be ashamed OF himself for two lhiuys sr, SUI
being AN old bachelor, with plenty Of mana
support family, and secoud, Tor beiny -
swearer,) blowing out strong yesterday a.,
those who nominated the various tickp,s
placarded in big letters at all the CORNER, of a.,
streets. "They were all" he said, "a pack =, "'
scoundrels This condemnation OF the norni,
tons, aud Of those who made them, as very 60
mon with certain class vi grurnolvrs vino -.
attend the ward meetings. l. ciiizens Will n.,.V.
their duty, and stay away from the primary M,
Inss AT which the nomlnationS are made III.
ought not To say word against tn. tickets ofr.r.!,
by their party. Very shabby tickets are nnr,;
nated sometimes, and through the negligrnc. ',
the respectable portion of the community IN
| tl"ipaie IN making the nominations. the men -l.c,-
ed To Once u. THIS Slate and city entirely nn
worthy the conhJence oi the people. lepc. u
see the luhct.oharies more intent upon pluud-r and
personal ease than upon the ext cuton of I'M. -
and thousands OF public nusdnces hay. A., e.
swing because the mag stratvs, policemen. So
Nc'' are 100 lazy or coirup' TO do their duty Cal.
tie are driven through the streets, and d-s,ro,
ia.
gutter 10 rot; tboroughrares are obs:ruei.d NJ
piles Of old brick; 5000 grog g-shops are in full bI,
on the Sabbath and all manner of work is c,,
on Recently there has been formed an a,soc;'
tion oil Patriotic Americans" Il think they slys
themselves, and composed of respectable and -
tiuenlIal ctizeDs for the express purpose Of guard
ing the public against the election of anv s,v.
good men aud true.
| AS write, company wearing helmets. red
Ishg .nHh
On their iiag is the name "Ciayton Guards /" ibsy
are Determined TO riddle that target
"A lew minutes elapse, and with loud acclaim
oil h!e and drum, on marches another corps with
another Target 10 be made into ii cuIleuder rb.s.
are marked + u. and as they carry a proporlon
OF paper flowers, perhaps they are IN. Flow,
Guards Squads of 40 or 50 young fellows NAV
be seen every day in our streets, marchrny forlS
| Tor target shooting; aud il is astonishing what
penchant they have for artificial flowers Eva,
the rough firemen, decorate der machiaes" with
paper roses.
| speaking Of machines, | was in al the Fra
! AnGIhiator oftlce, this morning, and saw a nun.
ber of Tie articles ready for action with the ~,
ception OF The all-Important fuses whlch have 10
dry 10y "a very slow process My confidence IN IN.
efficiency oi tie Fire AunihilaIur Is unabat-d no,
withstanding the vexalious delay in getting them
into use.
we 90 not beiieVe The lies that were told against
hossutH. Some of our papers publish letter
from an anunS NOUS wrter at Ma,srIlIrs purpori
Ing 10 describe alleged disagrermru ut brtwrrn
hossuth aud Capt Long, OF the steamship Nls>is
spp but The editors express their belief ia lis false.
MOOD Even George " aShington had hls lraducers
Ia ms own country, aud why not kossuthl ''The
king has long arm'--lhe Emperor OF Austria,
tongue and pen are longer than his sword or
sceptre. We have Austrian emisares IN Wash.
mgton; and Wall street is not free from them,
but their web will be poweress TO ensnare us
Tom Butler King, is in trouble with the
San Froncsco merchants, aud +. A. Macondray,
Esq, the rich and well-known California mer.
chant, came in the Cherokee, for the purpose Of
complaining TO the authorities at Washington
| Mr.. King orgnatea the recent obnoxious law 10
! regard To the shipments TO California.