The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-04-21
Our New York Correspondence.
NV YoRK, April Is, 1852.


Ma. EDiToR:--
| do not know that your readers. or
your members oI Congress, feel anv de-
sire 10 have a. national appropriation
made 10 rcmnncrale the pr,prleiors oil
the Collins line Of American Mail
Steamships for the losses which they
have incurred in building these vessels
upon model and style which renders
them superior to anything ahoa,; still
would not think SO poorly uf your love
of country as 10 believe that yon are not
III common with New Workers, proud oI
the triumph achieved by this American
line of steamships over the neetesi ves-
sells of this description which Old Eng
land has rs yet been able 10 produce.
Aud shall the men whose enterprise has
written victory on our colors. purchase
this triumph for the nation by their own
pecuniary rninf II would certainly be
more credilable to the nation 10 obtain
some claim 10 the honor by paying for IT,
Beyond doubt, these owners have
lost money by their contract,o carry the
mail, and Congress ought IN grant Them
the additional 5000 900 per annum re-
quisite to the continuance Of their liae
II has been SAID perl,nently enough,
that Congress might refuse the appeal OF
individuals for the desired relief. hut
were the question put II" the country.
" Will you pay halt million dollars n
year to have the British fairly logged il.
thc matter of ocean steam navigation 4?
Yes or not" the response would be
yes -
This line Of steamers have knocked
all the truth gu, OF that llne of poetry
Britannia ru'es the waves"
and while our McCormick's. famous ma.
chine beats the English farmers in reap.
ing the land. the Collins steamers are
far ahead Of the BRUSH in ploughInr
the ocean.
by the way, is M il droll that now
that the English have bought the vach,
America. they cannot sail her! W,
shall begin to think that there is some,
thing in American seamen, as " ell as in
American ships.
Adams 81 Co. advertise to send an
Express from this city To Vera Cruz and
the city Of Mexico. This is new ex>
tension of their business.
The steam propeller.. William Penn
aud BenJsmn Franklin. are To ply here,
| after between New York and New Or
leans. The former will proceed lhilher
IN The 20if inst.
Some little feeling is ranking here, a ;
well as in New Jersey, on accrun, OF
President F'ltmore's making Wes,
Point Cadet Of a son Of Senator Stock,
tons Secretary. Mr.. Bayard, (democra,)
INSTEAD Of the Wing Senator'S, Mr.. J.
w. Miller's son, who, it was ,hough,.
would receive the appointment.
'Prrliapsall your readers are not "a
ware, that the Cadets who receive the
military education al that romantic 10.
cation on the Hudson river, called West
PMui. are regarded as the children of
the republic. aud are raised at Uncle
Sans expense. OF course, the chance
To become West Point Cadet is re-.
garded as very desirable by people Of
a milit'ry taste, aud The uniform is the
pass TO the fret circles"
The Steamship Ell Dorado, which ar
rived yesterday afternoon, las YOU have
already learnt by telegraph, J brought
much less gold dust than was expected.
This defci, was owing TO the ireshet Al,
Stockton and its vicinity.
A large number Of Americans, chiefly
young men. are out Of employment at
San Francisco. Sacramt nto Ciiy. Stock.
ton aud Other considerable communities
IN the land Of gold. pennless and sui
fering.
know a man emplo, ed in a rtsfau.
rdfrur in San francisco who writes
home that II Is a common thug for well
dressed young men Ia Come INTO his
place aud beg a nersei 10 eat, as they
are out of money aud starving. .If, for
getting his avn pecnniary interests, he
gives them meal Of viciuals. they come
again, and hang round until he is forced
I" the painful task OF bidding Them To
rdmose the coop, that is leave the
premises.
Being person of tender feeling.
though rough man to look at) he can
stand'thi ordeal. aud for this cause is
going to quit the business and ramos
himse.l To the mines. mention this as
one Of the best illustrations of the reali-
" Of the tales Of suffering sent home by
young men now living IN idleness in
| Californis.
On Sunday morning about 9 o'clock
some Of the light sleepers in our house
were reused from their SAUNDERS by the
explosion Of large boiler in the suga.
factory in Duane Street, where, in def.
ance Of the laws Of God aud man. the
work does not cease on the Sabbath
Alter they burst their boiler. however
the business was probably suspended for
the balance Of the day. as eight met
were badly scaIded.
On'ihe same Sabbath. I saw from m,
window in Chambers street, two" gen,
ilemen " playing billiards IN the yer,
ar'stoeratic clubhouse opposite. There
were also two military parades through
the street.
iid"sn't- seem entirely superfluous
then. that some earnest Christians from
various denominations should have mel
every morning during the last two oil
three weeks. and intend touniie ever,
morning, until the May anniversaries
for The purpose Of praying God to have
mercy on the city, aud grant a revival ol
pure and nndehled religion ia our mids,
Thee daily meetings occupy from 8 to