The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-06
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, The revolution m NV 0healwk ~ aylsxbsofbing
topic of conversation to-day, and British ou1g Of
which, by the way, the CahAwba from Havana reports
goody number. mosacnaarily forgotten On strict
y moral grounds, ths aayolgtopiss mpat b pp0demaed
because however great Che evils Of the city government
in New Orleans may be- and however hard TO bear the
srssSsS ps~ss X - Gssans City. vsiAnso St com
mittees. and bayone6 and cannon, not legit-
mate. though they may prove suoossafsl means Of
IsdISss 1 %. SsE9ess 81 party ai
zens Of New Orleans nAusnce wealth. intelligence and
respectabiNty, aso - gre49 mtsut excussble even
If they do take the Law into their hands and by
bold coup d main put stop y hs exclusive reign of ter
possible for pssceable cis y ezercAe their civil rights
without fear of being Murdered, or, at least severely
beaten. know Of several men of great wealth and
high standing In New Orleans who have, for long time
pat, regarded vigilance ooumittse a. the only means
Of rescue who, If ever they dared to express their
political opinionp verbally, o. at the bslotboxe did SO
ut the peril Of their lves and who have been Obliged
to submit In common with the majority Of the nhabi
tants systsm Of corruption and abuse Of every descp
ton, uneQualled Ia the annals of municipal misrule
Their indignation and yiolence excessive it may be
said bat are they wholly inexcusablo II there are
crimes mads yenia by the occason. Byron says in
his tragedy A. Wepr, the crimes Of the New Orleans
revoluHOnits ought not to bs too hArshy condemned
by men whose stemRtatoos' have not been ''too ex-
qusite for human fortituds to master or endure"
The triumphant vindcation Of the Secretary of War
concerning the sale Of Fort Smelling, &c. has been hail
cd with loud and hearty applause BY his many friends
and admirers in New York HIS enemies did their BEST
strained every usrve, used every that the most
vndictve hats could suggost and the most utterly
scrupulous rascsy could adopt to tarnsh his proud
and unbemshcd name, and detract from his high and
well learned reputation am glad that they made
the effort because the result has proved that truth,
honesty and sngleness of purpose must prevail in the
end over hlsehood fraud, and duplicity and be-
cause the object of such foul attacks and malg-
nant ISLANDERS now stands before the country more honor
cd aud honorsbe--wero such possible-than he did
before. Every honest man IN New York. and /
will venture to say In the United States who has the
privilege Of knowing tho manly generous and estimsble
Secretary rooices that he has completely overwhelmed
his infamous dstractov although their name legion
Aa he stood alone, cothed however IN the nvincible
arF of honor, courage and natural mobility Of char
actor, end ds1ndsd BY That bss.sn wall of which the
Latin Satirst spoas to be ssccnscouo Of crime and
not to grow pale ut The imputstion Of any fault"
largo meitng Of the virginians, resident In
Now York, took pacs hast night at the Metropolitan
Hotel for thepupose Of adopting measures TO partci
pate in the ceremonies attendant the removal hence
Virginia of the honorsd emains Of President Monroe
On the I'd of July Major H. Hile United States army
occupied the chair committee Of fifteen appoint
ID to be present the solemn ocasion The 56th reg
ent will be the guard OF honor and by order of the
Secretary Of War, the batteries the different fortca
In the bay will salute the steamer conveying the
mains to their final resting place. e''e7-'t
The demand for money 10 day shade active
Long p0pef~-tnnt over Oby6-WaS
popular than before, and who wanted discounts of
This sort Of securities were obliged to resort to the
brokers' where all thet were good were accommodated
reasonable terms Money sall was very abundant
offered and very scantily accepted Foreign exchange
exceedingly dull with an evident tendency to fall
n rates Those quoted to-day wore for bankers 60 days
sterling 1891 lOoA con- nercia do do, 1854 1921
exchange on Paris, 61S 81 .112; Hamburg, 363 81
A Amsterdam All II I, and Bremen, 794 q 79a.
The demand for treasury notes il more lively at full
rates Of premium but holders consider that they
lad better keep what they have got than sell and have
look for another and perhaps not profitable in
,estment .tl y altAe3
The stock market this morning was very heavy and
nanimate for almost all the speculative stocks with the
exception of Rec ling Of which 1000 shares were sold
L4& q AL The general tendency of the market was
downward the bulls being too weak Of themsev@, and
icing totally unsupported from outside, to keep prices
Ip At the second board the decline commenced and
he market closed heavily at the following rates for the
eadng fancies: New York Central, 844 Erie 1871 |
Reading, All Michigan Southern, 224 La Crosse and
Vii. 81 Galena and Chicago, s74 Cleveland and To-
edo, $50 Chicago and Rock Island ri and Mil and
Miss, rs.
At the Corn Exchange the -four market was more &C
i've and firmer for the inferior brands Wheat was
cents per bushel dearer with active demand Corn
vas frmer, with only moderate sales Pork heavy
md lower. Beef steady. Cotton very heavy, and
rooped slightly sugars are firm and quiet. pa
The cash transactions at the subtreasury to-day
S follows; ,,,-S.G Al al SSH R
oceipts 800, 40 y
ymc0ts ..,...-.-i-.. ~, III SO
aanca o,4lo, 356 ~
The receipts at the custom house for duties were
III 42I 69s.e IS ffi 4si ADSUM