The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-10
oUn NEW YORK conREspoNDENcE.

The rage for nunctions 10 be in the city Of
New York. and the time of peace is near. The panic
.t struck us like white squall and gave notice,
bt came quite near throwing commercial beam
ends has passed away, and little blue sky appears,
which indicates the dawn Of better days Our banks
and our have stood the panic with great irmness
md we have now more confidence in these institutions
than before the crash. The Mechanics Banking Associa
ton in its failure has done much harm to the builders
and master mechanics of our city 1t their istitu
don Ii rs well known that the master builders Of New
York have an exchange OF their II il located in
Pine street and though not prominent and rising
as the famed '.afcrchsnts Exchange it has great
power the substantial prosperity of New York Here
At clock may be found all the leading mechanics and
builders Of city Of repute genius, and wealth
men whose power gives city her good fame. 10
these belongs the banking house called the Mechanic
Banking Association the failure of which caused by
the embeznlement of $4,000 by the chief teller and
in the vaults Of this Institution locked up the funds
Of these builders and though feels that in the
end the funds will be lost yet in these tight times is
quite hard to DO the of ten twenty thousand dol
lars and have the locked up in the vaults of bank
lp institution with the barest possibility in the world
that the same will ever out
The noble, patriotic and unanswerabe letter of Presi
dent buchanan TO the fanatics of Connecticut has been
hailed with qualification end delight by the people of this
reglon--hot SIMPLY Dy ny
men of all parties And the only answer that the
k-repubcsn prints give is that the President
should have condescended to reply to letter sent
him from such men The adro allusion to the Hartford
Convention and the and conduct of Mr. Madison,
and the recollection awakened that now of old, Con-
ncccut chosen place for the concertors of trea-
son and for resistance to law that then, as now,
the yeoinanry of the State indicated their own 10y
atty to law by branding such fanatics and traitors
with nfaIny; that no man can be found who will own
a relationship to any who composed that band
Of political algncs and the recent history Of the
Kansas nattcrthe determination that the President will
give fanatics full swing till they by act place them
selves against the general government with the hint
that the entire force of the nation will be employed il
need be- to support the laws Of the Union all this makes
the letter of the great issues Of the day tells s
story and indicates that have live President who
can qucll the plug at the door Of the Presden
hal Mahsion and aar of in Kansas.
The case Of Mrs Cunningham is again before the courts
She has been in court each day since Monday of this
week. writ of habeas corpus to why she should not
have ball She has been treated with great gor by the
district attorney and by the press generally since her
ond commitment Up to the time of her arrest for the
murder Of DIR. Burdcll she lady In good standing
Her daughters quite accomplished and beautiful and
their general do great credit to their moth
ers training and care. Mr.. Hall, the district at
torney is a back-repubcan of the deepest and most
viruent die. He presented to the grand jury such
an array Of evidence that the jury felt compelled to
find true bill against her by this Indictment she
was arraigned torn from her family, branded
deress incarcerated felon, and al Of vile
things said of her Yet the trial, the main witnesses
what the grand jury found their bill not pre-
sented and the jury ready to acqn without lear
ing their seats and great the public and general
condemnation Of tho Of the prosecuting officer thai
he has seemed called upon to regain his lost position
by INSCRIPTIONS activity The crime for which this lady
Is held planned, not by her, but by DR. catn,
who is in Jail So he knows; and if she committed
offence, it offence planned by Catn, and consum-
mated by the connvance and skill and approval of tn,
district attorney; and under such circumstances 1t
has been thought that while thieves, pickpockets muir
d and scoundres at large by the pleasure Of this
oaicer-whic indictments found dghnst them grow
musty In the Office of the govcrnment--this
should not DO alone prosecuted please the personal
malice of this gentleman Matthew Hale Smith, esq,
brought tho writ and the argued for four days
the district attorney had had retainer from the Bur-
dell heirs, he could not have been Jealous against
Mrs. Cunningham; and he quite personal to the
counsel Of Mrs c. if all who attempted to that
this lady had the legal rights were left her must
bs trodden down and made subject to nsolence of office
On Friday Mr.. Smith replied the court filled
to its utmost capacity and the marks of applause that
attended the argument show that the great heart Of the
people goes for fairplay, and that accused
,hal have fair chance and not be oppressed nor ground
down beneath the iron heel Of power Judge Peabody
presided with great dignity aud ability and will give his
decision Tuesday next at O'Clock. have doubt
hs will admit her 70 hail.
The Democratic Review has fallen into the hands Of
CJnrad Swackhamer esq, who has become the sole ed
tor and proprietor. He is scholar and gentleman
and of the most popular and uninching democrats
In all this region. He planted his feet firmly the
onal platform long ago. and has been true to national
principles the needle to tho pole And his urbanity
and genial good nature make him universal fivorte.
The Review has started to life by the touch of his
editorial spear his list of subscribers Is growing with
unexamped mpity, and he viii prove most able coad
utor In the great blttes which the democracy must
fight.
The prospect that shall have harmony among
the democracy that but set of delegates will be sent
70 Syracuse that Wood will be unanimously nominated
for mayor that the democracy will be triumphant in the
city and the State and that the foul blots of repub
canis and the tyranny of its rule will be wiped away,
and the Of the democracy will shine once more in
New York MANHATTAN.
[''Manhattan,' we think, will find no slight diff
Guilty in persuading the public that Mrs Cunning
ham is the victim persecution or of conspiracy, or
that the district attorney is guilty of any more seri
Gus crime than zeal without knowledge and discrc-