Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-02-19
Editors Correspondence.

| Illness OF Daniel Graham-Mf' "oo-
ster, Gen. scott, and the Presidency
! Temperance Movements.
| New YORK, Feb. IL.
In my last | stated the cost of Thompsons new
saloon and ground at over $40, 900; it shouldhave
been $4,000. This reminds me to mention that
have heard strangers, who have had occasion to
spend much time in Washington, remark that
while you have excellent confectioners there, the
| ice cream saloons are not arranged on the same
tempting scale ms in other cities. AS the Spring
approaches, it would be well for some of your
enterprising caterers on the Avenue to set them-
selves about the preparation of an establishment
on the first floor, disconnected with all bars, and
which, by its neatness of arrangement and large
windows, showing the interior by brilliant gas
lights will tempt the passer-by to taste q sardine
or sandwich, cup of coffee, tea, or chocolate,
or glass of ice cream. But enough on subject
which is perhaps too trihing to comment upon,
were it not that the immense outlay of Thomp-
son, and the larger one which Taylor is about to
make in a similar establishment, excites much
comment here now on the amount of money made
by the business.
The money market continues easy, although
apprehensions are expressed of tight time COM
ing, as the expectation of specie to Europe still
continues to greater degree than the exporta-
ton of produce. One extensive silk house has
failed for more than $500 900.
1t is difficult to realize how the merchants can
afford to pay such enormous rents, and such
heavy store expenses and clerk-hire; but the
larger establishments, like Stewards and Bowen
s. McNamee's, are swallowing up all the smaller
ones.
The hotels and retail stores in the lower part
of Broadway are gradually giving place to the
most costly erections of brown stone, with every
variety of architectural ornament. Many of these
stores are 100 and $50 feet deep; and the piles of
dry-goods, at wholesale, are arranged on coun-
tiers in the most tempting form. Pearl street.
where all this kind of business was formerly DONE
is becoming devoted to other branches. Rents
there have fallen, but must sooner or later rise
again. It has been predicted that in the course
of twenty years the Astor House will be convert
ed into stores.
Speaking of architectural improvements, | am
reminded Of the greatly reduced cost of the Con-
ueCuCuI DIOWu III consequence Va eAio Va
tensive steam establishments for saving and
smoothing it down. A block is now shaped in an
hour which it formerly took man whole day to
chisel off. At first the workers in this material
rebelled at what they thought would be an en-
croachment on their business, and refused to
work for those who used the steam-saws; but the
increased demand for the article has given en-
ployment to more persons than formerly, when
it cost more, there being no machine to do the
ornamental work now SO extensively introduced
into buildings
A company of gentlemen has been formed, who
are about to apply to the legislature for an act of
incorporation to enable them to erect an extern
sive opera house, to be called the New York
Academy of Music, 1.-THE Partisan opera is, or
was, called the " Academy Royal de la Musique,")
with capital of 100000. The design is to
make the opera and other refining musical enter
tainments accessible to the public at moderate
'price-the high prices necessarily charged in
order to support the opera at small establish
ments like that at Aston place, having proved the
principal barrier to success.
Daniel Graham, esq.-long well known through
out the country as a lawyer of high reputation
for his work on practice and latterly as one of
the trainers of the code of procedure, also for
the numerous criminal trials in which he has
been engaged, and deservedly esteemed for his
high integrity of character and consistency as a
politicians about to depart for the south of Eu
rope, in hopes of obtaining relief from pulmo-
nary complaint which threatens to cut him off in
the prime of life. His numerous friends in
Washington will be glad to hear that his physi
clans entertain some hopes Of Improvement from
another climate.
Mr. Webster has finally determined to come
on and deliver his address before the Historical
Society, on the 23d instant. His political friends
intend to avail themselves of the occasion to give
an expression of their preference for him for the
Presidency. General Scott is here, but remains
very quiet at Delmonico's. His chances seem to
be regarded as rather the best for the nomination
among the politicians from the rural districts of
this State.
Our papers are filed with temperance discus
sions. But / prophesy that the result of the
whole excitement will be this the two houses of
the legislature will each vote in favor of strin-
gent bills, but will dispute about amendments,
and betwixt the two houses the whole project
will fall to the ground but the politicians will
be all right on the record Of votes in favor of
temperance, while the opponents of the law will
laugh in their sleeves. CIvIs.
A HIBISCUS IsM," AND ITS REMEDy.--A zeal
GUS Divine of our city, who had noticed with
pain the continued absence from church of n
gentleman, for many years constant worship
per, met his negro servant, and inquired why
his master no longer attended divine service.
ode fac is Massa's been berry bad, sab, and