The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-12
OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.

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The usual note of alarm and action that precedes
election is in all parts of city. The election of
Mr. Buchanan has greatly changed the political aspect of
the city and of the State When the election last fall
pending had no democratic organs except the
Journal OF Commerce. the Daily News and the Day Book
but since that time the Herald is favorable to the adj
mnistration The Times has hauled down the republic
flag the Mirror has become openly democratic; Put
Mans Monthly has gone down to the tomb and the Elk
press has done valiant service against the freedom shrek
ers - and on national matters.
The black-republicans have made themselves odious
as they generally do when they get chance and, In
their words, they have .thrown away the little
chance they had to perpetuate their power Union and
Cancellation the part of the democrats in New York is
all that needfu to sweep the State and put the
foes of the people down deep that this generation will
not them rsewith the rope of sand rent asunder
that made the republican horde in the last contest
with acts staring them in the face that prove that pub
lie plumber at all costs is their aim--with flying and
scattered hosts longer held together by the
bond of ''pubc plumber their great chief, Adams
expressed itand with internal contentious and d.
vsonstheir doom is certain if the democratic hosts
meet them this fall with unbroken front.
Judge Peabody decided, on Tuesday last, that Mrs
Cunningham entitled to bail, and fixed the at
So 900 Mr. Hail. the district attorney, gave notice that
he should appeal and the goes up to the general
term of the supreme court writ of cerorar to be
heard by the full bench One of the most eminent crim
nal lawyers in this land has expressed his readiness to
take up the of Mrs. Cunningham at the trial of the
boguschd affair. The lady does not lack for want Of
able and eminent counsel.
The commercial panic is by means The great
amount of railroad securities taken by banks and the
depths to which these securities sinking and to
sink make the condition Of banks critical. The
p,nL from, In a.
now down to 9s and all feel that the crisis has only
just commenced. The end will be good What is
shaking and unreliable will go down Tho institutions
that stand up under this pressure under any
Mr. Busteed and ex-Judge Whiting had passage at
this morning in the supreme court Judge Whiting
has taken up the Lowber claim the city, and is at
tempting to prevent the payment of that claim of
5000 900 for the site for market MIR. Whiting groups
the mayor, the council and Mr. Busted in one
bundle set of knaves, scoundres, and villains;
cuscs them of taking tribes in this case and on that
ground asked the court to set the judgment aside Mr.
Buseed, the counsel to the corporation, replied to Mr.
Whiting in language more Doric than Grccian, and the
Judge compelled to interfere.
The for amuscments has come upon us again.
but our houses of entertainment are crowded with
strangers We have acting now in New York worthy
of the name The Ravcs fill Niblo's, and will If they
stay year. But Wallacks Laura Keenes, Burtons and
the other small houses, have lacadaisical and sen
mental set Of actors the boards that do toward
bringing the drama into contempt than all the pulpit
the religious press do to bring about tho result
Such looking and green-acting performers such
soldiers such lovers-men and women-such elocution
such stage struttng and dignity before
We have baetdancers, bualoes monkeys, horse opera
and buffoonery generally, where formerly giants trod
No wonder the New York drama Is by word and re
proach
large delegation went from this city on Tuesday
to be present at Syracuse when the democratic con-
venon shall open We have succeeded In sending three
sets delegates to bother the convention But the gen.
era hope that in the presence of the united democracy
of the State the three sets will unite and send set
who will express the will of the party and give earnest
Of victory at the next election.
We have had the past two weeks delightful weather.
cool and bamy the green foliage looks like summer
and the prospects of autumn yet nowhere
MANHATTAN.