The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-24
FROM THE CITY or NEW YORK.


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The publication OF Mr. Reed Instructions has greatly
pleased the commercial community here, and the
OF conduct which they enJon ON our commissioner 10 the
flswery Kingdom meets 80 TAI learn with very
general approval IL is manifest that have nothing
whatever to do with Great Britain quarIes and that
were We 10 involve ourselves In war with China be
Yeh nsulted Sir John Bowring and jeered at Sir
Michael Seymour should be doing very foolish thing
Commercially, however We have very large and yearly
increasing atereSts in China, and it Is to our direct All
vantage ths the old exclsvism should be done
that should have direct diplomatic intercourse with
Pckin that the inland tariff goods should be
equitaby arranged and fixed, and not left AS now de
pendent ON the avarice and corruption OF Chinese of
cas and tho Necessities of the several provinces that
citizens resident in any part Of the dominions
of the brother of the sun and moon, should be suit
ably protected in the enjoyment OF social and reli-
gious freedom and equality that additional ports, be
sides the five nomnally open, should he open to
foreigners ami increased facilities of access should be at
forded to the inland tea and silk producing districts
Some apprehension has been felt from reading the
counts In the English papers that Mr.. Reed had made
common cause with Lord Egn and Baron Gros, and
about order the United States naval squadron to
ss in the proposed hostile demonstration at the mouth
of the PeHo The matter is explained, and
only that the United States envoy has not formed
an ..entangling alliance but that he is in position
which will probably enable him to what the inter
ests of universal demand and at the time
arrange the existing quarrel the powers
of Europe and his Imperial Majesty Heung- Flung
Secretary of State during President Pierce administra
tion took place to-day ut Grace church Besides the
personal friends OF the distinguished deceased there
not many present. The remains We're enclosed ia
sve oaken coffin the lid of which silver plate
bearing the name date and place Of DEATH and age OF
Mr.. Thomas. When the funeral service the
coffin removed to Greenwood Cemetery and placed
in vault until Mrs Thomas, who remains in Paris,
gives directions to the site of the grave tomb, &c
The remainder of the of tho straightforward were
removed to-day from the infected vessel to the Quaran
tine hospital Two of the have died in the hospi-
tai since yesterday. Their Henry Pfcer,
rine, and John Nicho seaman. Captain Sands, 1t is
thought would come up himself to-day, and out
the lest of his quarantine at the hospital Men from the
Brooklyn navy yard go down To the Susquehannah to-
to cleanse and purify her She Is still guarded
by the United States propeller Arctic The number OF
persons sick with yellow fever who been sent the
Marine hospital from the Sasquehannah is twenty-eiht
in all sN
AS soon as Captain Sands is released from quarantine
he will be brought before the city authorities for al
legged breach of the quarantine laws
Lord and Lady Napier have arrived in this city, and
staying at the house OF Mr. William Butler Duncan
in Washington square Lord Napier will be present ut
the annual dinner of the St Georges Society tomorrow
evening We have assembage Of illustrious dipo-
mntiss here present The French Prussian, Mexican,
and British ministers all here. What for? To hold
conference themselves to the Or
SIM demonstration" hear Mnsardt The qud nucs
all agog about it, and all sorts Of current
to the object OF the meeting. The extra knowing
ones throw OUT llulb ABOUT Sthth nllIch|u "hu
Mexico and the professional guessers think that Napier
is here " to take his passage home to England 4
The street commissioners question, like the :. Eastern
question: the organization OF the Dannbian princi-
palities-er to nearer home, :. the Kansas ques
tion is not yet ended An order moved for to day
and granted by Judge Davies to show cause why Edward
Cooper should not be restrained from entering on the
duties Of street commissioner The order is returnable
on Saturday next, and from present appearances the
courts will he fully occupied for time to come with
the claims of Deyn and the hearing Of his grievances
Inatured people think that it would be better for him
he to employ his time in showing that the charges
against him not well founded
The Central Park commissioners had q meeting to-day
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The banks are getting very anxious about the short
supply Of negotiable business paper and the rapid accu