Washington telegraph., 1852-05-05
rorrespondence Of the Telegraph.
New YORK, April IS. 1852.

40 not know that your readers or your mem-
ho,s of Congress, feel any desire to nave ma
.;onal appropriation made to remunerate the pro-
n,;etors of the Collins line of American Mail
PPteamshias for the losses which they have incur
"A in building these vessels upon model and
,trle which renders them superior to anything
oaoat still would not think so poorly of your
1--we of country as to believe that you are not in
Common with New Workers, proud of the triumph
ocb;eved by this American line of Steamships
over the feetest vessels of this description which
O1d England has as yet been able to produce. And
sball the men whose enterprise has written victo-
- on our colors purchase this triumph for the ma
ton by their own pecuniary ruin? 1t would GER
.a;nlv be more creditable to the nation to obtain
Some claim to the honor By paying for it.
Beyond a doubt, these owners have lost money
bv their contract to carry the mail, and Congress
onqht to grant them the additional 100000 per
an1um requisite to the continuance of their line
# has been said pertinently enough that Congress
might refuse the appeal of individuals for the de-
sired relief but were the question put to the coun-
tv @Wil YOU pay half million dollars year to
have the British fairly fogged in the matter of
ocean steam navigation 2-Yes or no % The re-
sronse would be "yes!o
This line of steamers has knocked all the truth
ont of that line of poetry,
britannia rules the waves;n
and while our NJ Cullough's famous machine beats
the English farmers in reaping the land, the Col
Inns steamers are far ahead of the British in
ploughing the ocean.
The steamship El Dorado, which arrived yes
tsrdav afternoon, (as you have already learnt by
telegraph) brought mach less gold dust than was
expected. This deficit owing to the freshet
at stockton and its vicinity.
large number of Americans, chiefly young
men, are out of employment at San Francisco,
Sacramento City, Stockton and other considerable
communities in the Land of Gold, penniless and
suffering | know man employed in restaura-
tenr in San Francisco, who writes home that it is
a common thing for well dressed young men to
come into his place and beg morsel to eat, as
they are out of money and starving If forgetting
his own pecuniary interest, he gives them meal
of victuals, they come again. and hang round until
he is forced to the painful task of bidding them to
"UaHlos the ooop"-that is leave the premises
Being person of tender feelings, Though a rough
man to look atl he can't stand the ordeal. and for
this cause Is going to quit the business and Udnlos
himself to the mines. | mention this one of
the best illustrations of the reality of the tales of
suffering sent home by young men now living in
idleneSS in California
On Sunday morning about O'Clock. some of
the light sleepers in our house were reused from
their slumbers by the explosion of a large boiler
in the sugar factory in Duane street, where in de-
fance of the laws of God and man, the work
does not cease on the Sabbath. After they burst
their boiler. however, the business was probably
suspended for the balance of the day, as eight
men were badly scalded.
1t does seem entirely superfluous then that some
earnest christians, from various denominations,
should have met every morning during the last
two or three weeks, and intend to unite every
morning until the May anniversaries, for the pur-
pose OF praying God to have mercy on the city,
and grant revival of pure and undetiled religion
in our midst. These daily meetings occupy from
to A. NJ. and take place in the Presbyterian
Church in Brown street, where the Rev. William
Adams is the pastor. Many clergymen attend.
New York is very much behind the lighthouse
in the matter OF religious illumination and in this
respect the cities of the east of us are decidedly
ahead They seem not only in closer proximity
10 the sun OF the solar system but nearer also to
the sun of righteousness And this is not be-
cause we are not without faithful and talented
preachers, and excellent religious publications :
we have both.
Auctions of household furniture &C., are vely
numerous all over the city at this time, as many
families are selling out preparatory to spending the
summer IN the country, and others purchasing
with view to house, keep" There are also
large sales of new furniture 1t is the custom
here with two or three of the fashionable auc-
tioneers to line the Hall of Apollo, the Chinese
Assembly Room" or some other spacious and
magnificent salon, and To have it filled with the
most costly and snowy descriptions of furniture,
al of which they promise to knock down to the
lowest bidder.
In such cases, the sales usually last about three
days, attract large numbers of ladies, create an
excitement, and bring all that they the articles
and sometimes the LADIES' are worth.
We have all sorts Of shows here: A show-bi
which | saw in Broadway this morning advertises
the performance of a fellow, great masticator,
who asserts that his only living is paving stones"
Probably he is d street paver, and his notice is
practical joke, like that of the man who on col
Letting audience to him croucl into bottle,
sad he couldn't find one large enough.