Washington telegraph., 1852-03-10
Correspondence of the Telegra h.
New YORK,

New YORK, Feb. II, 1852
A March-like morning, with scudding clouds
some sunshine and a white frost. This will be
good weather for sugaring up in groves of maple
Yesterday, and the night previous, we enjoyed
warm rain which washed the treacle-Iike mud
from the side walks, and rendered it unnecessary
for gentleman to carry much real estate about
on his boots.
If we have not hql .ha worst possible agong''
IN Broadway and Wu-l street for the last week
wouldn't say so. 1t was an exceedingly good
thing for the makers of wagonsprings, and stages.
Indeed there Is reason to believe that the boot
blacks regarded it rather favorably. The little
mud-larks, who sweep the crossings. really re-
yelled init. These snipes were out in large num-
bers and monopozed all the places where people
| are accustomed to cross, except at the Museum,
where the famous halter, had brace of men
keeping clean path which he dubbed 'Genins Free
Bridget in contradistinction of the narrow ways
at which the juvenile foot pads eXtorted from the
green ones one-cent toll To cross elsewhere
without 'splashing ones self all over was slow
work not admitted by the rush of stages and other
vehicles. The ladies cut queer figure in the
effort and not a few well-dressed men of lax
principles seemed to take pleasure in watching
them cross. The Boomer dress would have been
lustlfiabe, perhaps, rather than such an exposure
Among the far sex 1t was considered indicative
of rare moral courage to cross at ALL | shall
never, perhaps forget the expression of a tall SAL
low teuuated lady, in deep mourning, to whom
though stranger, gave hand to cross Broad
way. If | had rescued her from a house on fire
or sinking boat, some other direul dam
ger, she could not have looked more unutterable
things. Certainly not, if | had been some physi-
clan of the soul, who had saved her from mpend-
ing spiritual ruin
Opposite the Post Office, the workmen are still
eXcayating the ruins made by the great fire by
WI Dpror1uS and l;eh
ment and other rich stores We're laid low The
eXcayators resemble miners. Fer day or two
they will dig away at placer of sheetings, and
anon strike vein of red flannel: and they turn it
out by cart loads: for our cellars here are cellars
as rs cellars, and In this they Of at least
25 feet depth below the level of the street.
The surface Is so precious in the vicinity of Wall
street SAY all the way from SO to $50 FOOT
that the purchasers make it up in digging dotcH
till there is danger of the Emperor of CHINA ION
the other side) suing them for trespassng upon his
Fairgrounds.
There has been some talk Of removing the Post
Office from the quaint old Dutch Church in Nassau
street. (where the Assistant Postmasters' sane
tum is in the beliry) to the more central and
capacious Brick Church. so called in Beeknan
street, opposite the Park.
The latter Westinghouse has been used since
It's erection In 1898 by the society of which that
eminent Theologian Rev. DR.. Spring. has been for
more than half a century the faithful PASTOR
Such has been the emigration of the seutiiity'
from the Park section to the uptown quarter
that DR.. Springs society are for the most part a
long way off, and desire a new meeting house
more contiguous to their place of residence. but
their church-pToperty in Beckman street and City
Hall Square having been originally given by the
City Corporation with the condition that it should
be used orno other purpose, the congregation still.
nominally, worship there, though the audience
hos
neighboring hotels especially in the afternoon.
After the Kossuth excitement, came the Forrest
talk, and this having died away the all engrossIng
topic is the proposed passage of Temperance
law on the Maine model It promises to be "the
standing dish at breakfast dinner and supper.
for some time to come and even the question OF
African slavery fails into insigntcance before the
slavery of Rum. 1t threatens to rock our State
to the centre. Men of influence, eloquence and
great Uml have already emil sted on both Sides
The advocates of the Maine law (which warrants
the authorities IN entering any store, bar-room or
private residence and destroying any spirituous
liquors which they may find therein.) say that it
is ustifiable, the ground that three-fourths OF
all the crime and wretchedness in the city and
State Of New York, may be traced directly to the
use OF oflntoXicating drinks. Their opponents (who
have been for some days past organizing a sys-
tematlc reslstence say on the other hand that
moral suaslon must do the business. and not a law
which violates the sanctity of a mans dwelling
and subjects bis property to destruction. A little
Frenchman who from behind his bottle of claret,
at meal-tmes. is accustomed to fire hot shot at my
position on this question, shrugs his shoulders,
and says it is great tyranny, and worse than Louis
Napoleon! And the importers in Front street
swear that they will resist the law. VI ct orn,is
My own opinion is, that such law could not be
enforced in this city. unless executed by the State
authorities. We have law against bar-roons
being open on the Sabbath, yet thousands of them
pay no heed to it.
Ex-Gov Kossuth has not suffered much by the
abusive letter published by the Hungarian Pa
triots Batthyany and Szemere, now living in
ignoble ease in France gay capital. Ii is sign-
fcant circumstance that thsse letters emanate
from that tomb Of French freedom Paris!