Washington telegraph., 1851-10-08
Correspondence of the Teles,.a
NEW YoRx Sa.. =,

NEW YORK, Sept. II, lss,
The President passed through here on NJ,
night, on his way TO the Railroad Jub;l.. ;aay =
ton. Mr.. Webster has refused the inv;.,,ia-os- DOS
tended to him by his fellow -citzens of Ros,as- es-
be present and take part in the Ceremonies 70
So poor Cooper is dead! l have awsvs ~,
him the compliment of calling him "Go,paa paa
All over Europe. "Cooper' without iui,isI. !
ways nnde rstood to mean the Cooper. IN. .'., a''
Of the "Spy," the "Leather- stocking Tales ,o' !.
Cooper's novels have been translated into ,, -,
languages Of Europe, and have even seen WV WV
"Spy" in the Persian language They r.,., , "o
in any language, while SCOTS are insipid vre eH
translated. ""en
An attentive reader of the Pennsyyan;, ,,
cannot fail 10 see that on the success os s r'
Bigler, the Locofoco candidate for Goyernor bsO '
all the hopes of james Buchanan for The Pa,,g
more nomination. 1t is well understood bsr. W.
politicians, that the nomination of Bios, ,' Y
strongly opposed by Simon Cameron, U. s S..a
tor, Col. Fraser and other Cass Democrats: ,nt
that these gentlemen even now so cool aa1 y
luke-warm, and so dunn the .'candida,s Os quo ,a
party" with their faint praise, that il is svds". W.
their game is to indirectly favor Johnston,s .Isa
ton, and then shelve Buchanan for the -,o" :.
% by pointing out that he cannot carry bis o,.u
State Whether this game will succeed n, No,
is OF course doubtful; but the Berks copn,v -
vention, the ne plus ultra stronghold Of an'
mocracy," although il urged the support Of R;r,..
nevertheless threw Buchanan overheard in =.
and came out strong in favor of Cass. ~
l see that political affairs IN California A..
sumimg far more favorable aspect for tho WI;.
party; appearances strongly indicating tina, zig
Locos will be beaten throughout the STATE ,,J
with Wing Legislature, OF course Wby S.ns
tor for the term expiring in 1857 would be secured
The Hon. L. Butler King of Georgia, now Col.
iector at San Francisco, will, in case of sucb
hitherto unhoped-for success, be the fortun,,.
candidate for the honorable distinction and M.
lucrative mileage.
The stock of goods in San Francisco is dec,,,.a
to be tremendous; sufficient il is supposed, to I,.,
10 months; consequently goods are Knocked oF
al auction, few hours after their arrival. a,
ruinous prices Tor the shipper. Efforts are beipv
made to supply the city with water, by means Of
pipes from the mountains in rear Of the Town
The buildings which are takin. the places of tbos.
destroyed by the recent calainitous contiayr,,ion
are described as substantial, aud Of cbarac,s,
10 prevent The recurrence of such disasters A
splendid theatre is being built of hammered s,,n.
IS feet IN width by 1877 in depth. This theatre
according 10 the local papers, is TO be opened bv
Edwin Forrest, the ''hright particular STAR
This is looked upon doubtful in these 'dguiusu
as Mr.. Forrest commences AN engagement at In,
broadway to-nighi, aud, for the further reason
that little legal difficulty with a certain lady
who now b-ars his name and claims him As he,
husband, will not, fancy, be so very quickly de.
cided as - enable him to make has FIRST appear.
ance' ON the Pacific stage for some time
ChaDiraw, the" Nose. 'ihe paragon of Bhoys.n
has, however, been seduced from the Bowery and
Chatham street theatres 10 san Francisco by a
glhtering bait of $40 900 in hard cash plank.d
up belore starting, that f the devourers Of pea
nuts in the pit Of the "National" insist on the
reproduction Of the ''New York Fireman" In.
mantle Of the departed Chanfraw must rest on
some other shoulders.
From DIR. Lardner's new work on Railroad
Economies and the annual reports of several
railroad companies in England, have gathered
the following interesting items
In 1850, the length OF the lines IN actual run.
ning order was &, ,i64 miles The number Of miles
run by the iron horses during the year was 40.
l6l $50. The average number Of daily passeu.
gers was 22S ,265; and the average distance trav-
eiled by each passenger was rather less than III
miles per day.
Th. total receipts for the last six months
amounted TO S35, ,736. $50; aud The proportions Of
the incomes derived from passenger traffic and
the transportation Of merchandise, during the
three past years, exhibit steady increase Of the
revenue accruing from The latter source, as will
appear from the following table of the
.g- Percentage of Receipts.
LAS BY Passengers, 81 40 BY Goods ~ &C
lS49 54 10 - ~ so
1850 ' So 43 " 46 81