Washington telegraph., 1851-12-17
Correspondence of the Telegraph.

NEw YoRx, Nov. 10, 1851.
By the time this letter is spread before your
readers, we shall probably be ia the mi DIST OF
reception of Kossuth. His welcome will be all
but unanimous. Preiudices have given way; Aus
tran calumnies, circulated here by Americans
who ought to be Austrians are now generally
discredited, and the tide of public opinions and
popular feeling are setting towards the illustrious
exile with irresistible force. good many very
good people have eyed Kossuth rather suspciously;
not that they doubted his honesty, or the goodness
of his cause, but fearing, on account of the won
deru fluency of his tGtk, that he was ito use their
own language) "merey great bag of wind"
"W ashington," they would say, "was no great
taker, but he did the thing in hand, and let others
do the talking about it." Very true, old gentle-
men, but man may be very considerable person
and yet not be Washington. Washingtons, as
Fanny KembIe used to say, "don't grow upon
every BUSH" Besides, Kossuth's circumstances
widely different; he is defeated nan, and
can do nothing but talk. / am informed, by per-
sons who have seen and heard him, that the por
traits with which the country is flooded. scarcely
resemble the man in the least His form is bent
his couptenance indicates exhaustion or II health,
his voice is weak, and only IN his kndling eye,
graceful gestures, and earnest manner does the
orator appear. His reception in New York will,
l expect, be the most magnificent thing of the
kind we have had since La Fayette's triumphant
entry. Every society, and every military COM
pany, will take part in it, Some of best
artists have furnished designs for the triumphant
arches which to be erected in Broadway. l
only hope we shall not kill him with kindness.
WillIs suggests that surgeon be drafted from the
army to attend the hero constantly, just when
a man is iogged, and withdraw him from the
crush OF public admiration the moment his pulse
begins 20 flag.
The large number Of persons interested directly
and indirectly in the extensive salt region in this
State, have been recently gratified by an order
from the War Department directing 300 barrels
of pork to be packed in Syracuse Salt for the use
of the army. These barrels will be dispersed all
! over the Union, in The warm and cold atudes,
| and some of them indeed will be sent TO Oregon
! round Cape torn for the purpose of testing the
! reservatlve powers of the salt. prejudice has
existed against saIt--Turk's Island being al
ways preieried-but Secretary Conrad, with that
constant regard for the best interests of the coun-
try for which he is distinguished, has resolved that
the Syracuse salt shall have fair trial. L. it
proves satisfactory it will be used, hereafter, 20
the exclusion of the imported article.
| Having the most enlarged and liberal views to-
wards all denominations of christians, never at
tack religions opinions, but as a matter of fact.
| Without assuming TO determine where the blame
lies, l may say that there has been considerable
disturbance, lately, among the Roman Catholics
/
dead, Archbishop Hughes is the proprietor Of a
| cemetery near Wllliams5urgh, which has been
oCnsecrated according to the forms OF the Roman
! Catholic Church,; and the priests under his iurs-
dcton forbidden TO otfciate al the funerals OF
! persons buried elsewhere.
Before this cemetry was opened, il was common
! for Roman Catholics to buy lots in Greenwood,
! and other public cemeteries and thest lots were
cousecratsd by the clergy, and the dead in
1 Z
Now, however, "a deceased Catholic must br burr
ed in DR.. Hughes's Cemetery, the burial rites
will not be performed. Those who have relatives
inferred in other places, naturally desire TO have
the whole family buried near each other, and the Y
conn!ain Of the new regulation, as being designed
TO enrich the Archbishop, who receives 81 be-
lieve, for each burial in his cemetery. On the
other side, it is said to be fitting and proper, tina,
the "faithful" should be divided from the hrretics
after death; and that it is desirable 10 have but
one place of nlerment for all belonging 10 the
| Roman Catholic Church.
| am told by those who have travelled in the
! Eastern departments of France, where the Pro
| testans and Catholics are almost equal in number
! that it is not uncommon for the same church t.
| be occupied by Protestants in the morning. auC
! Catholics in the afternoons; aud that the grave
yards common to both denominations. WHY
there should be more rigid separation here, il
not understood.
Two priests have arrived in this city, with au
;hority TO collect subscriptions for the purpose o
building Catholic University in Ireland. have
| known of persons making trip from this country
| to Europe, in search of money to build meeting
| houses, etc, but il is a thing to see funds col
| lected IN America to eudow European University
| The Worlds Fair advertised The fact that
! America sis not contemptible;' and these priest,
are endeavoring to avail themselves Of that dis
covery. Shrewd men these priests They're on
J hand, in good season. They lose no time; know
| ing that now it has gone forth over Europe, from
london, that we are no longer contemptible, we
shall be so bored by the better class o beggars from
| the other side of the Atlantic, that we shall be
| compelled at last, in self defence to button up
| our pockets and give no more. 1t seems that
foreign priests determined to be on hand, while
| our pockets still unbuttoned.
Yours truly,
PETER PIKE.