The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-29
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEW YORK, March 81, 1859.

New YORK, March 81, 1859.
The gigantic fllibuster organization which the C6urrir
ds Etas Jnis discovered so accidentally in this city, and
which, with branches in every city in the Union, was
preparing TO conquer Cuba, and, with one fell swoop, an
initiate the captain-general and all the Spanish officials,
troops, &C., is generally believed to be "A myth. The
most searching Investigation has failed to discover a trace
of the monster plot, and we are forced to conclude either
that the fllibustcIs keep very dark, having only commit
ted one act of indiscretion in trusting the Frenchmen or
that the Ffenchmen are laboring under a frightful delu-
sion-the effect of indigestion or q constitutional fear OF
ces bandits Dc fibassas. | believe that Concha can write
polite letters to Gazzaniga, and that the favorite eataarme
can continue to sing for the benefit of Cuban charities,
without the least danger OF interruption from New York
fllibusters. Senator Brown, of Mississippi, had better
beware of the argus eyes of the French editors. After
his famous speech at Tammany Hall, he is open to sus-
picion, and his movements will therefore be watched
closely by those who are well acquainted with The mys-
teries of surveillance. tHH@EH rmn .
At last wehave a fair prospect of getting the quaran-
tine removed from its present location. The house of
assembly of our State legislature have passed a bill by
an immense majority providing for its removal and pro-
hibiting its reconstruction on Staten Island, or in Kings
county, or even within a mile of the latter. The senate
will doubtless concur, and thus an exciting controversy
will be satisfactorily adjusted. The question then arises,
where the quarantine establishment is to be located ?
1t is clear that we must have a quarantine somewhere,
but if New Jersey persists on reserying Sandy Hook until
Jersey City has absorbed the trade of New York, and re-
quires that sand bank for her own use as a quarantine, as
her newspaper editors insist, in a spirit Of patriotism
mlAeu Will prophecy, 'tneu VIC must ellneF Dullu an
island for the purpose, or use floating hospitals. The
subject is one Of general interest, and will, / have no
doubt, be wisely considered by the able commissioners
who have been appointed to choose the site for the new
buildings.
The uoldIine wings and "straight-out Americans
are making quite a fuss among themselves, and, after the
manner of the tailors of Tooley street, are making all
sorts of preparations to save the Union by electing an
oId-1ine- whig-straight-ou American President in 1860.
They are to the last extent indignant at being told that
they are making fools of themselves, and only working
to secure the nomination of Seward. The glorious old
party, : they insist, is revived, and before 1860 viii
sweep the country. A great gathering is announced to
take place on the 18th of April, Henry Clay birthday
winen it is proposed that "the friends of Harry of the
West SHAH show their hands, . and decide the interesting
question as to s'w.s.ere they shall go"
Contrary to general expectation, the jury have found
a verdict of guilty against Stephens. whose trial ON .
charge of having poisoned his wife, has created so much
interest for the last three weeks. judgment will be pro-
notnced on Tuesday but there is good reason to believe
that the wellknown ingenuity and skill of the prisoners
counsel, Mr.. Ashmead, will find some loop hole by which,
if not escape, at least n pretext for a new trial will be
found. For myself, / have carefully st~3ied the evidence
as reported in the newspapers, and am far from convinced
of the prisoners guilt. Another of the boarders who
partook of the fatal breakfast in the fourteenth street
house died yesterday. There has not yet been discovered
any positive proof as to who committed the atrocious
crime, but suspicion points most strongly to the female
servant, Margaret Burke.
The Evening Post reporter Us il the same who made
the creditable disclosures concerning q matrimonial bro.
kerage Z has been informed by q Mr.. Dunbar, OF the
wreck of q British war steamer off the coast of Cuba,
and the loss of a number of lives. The authority is so
bad that the general impression is that the whole story
% needs confirmation Mr.. Dunbar may be quite ac-
curate in his details, but he ought to have impaired
them to some more trusted reporter and selected some
better medium for their publication.
Harpcr's Monthly, for April, is just out, and is an ex-
cellent number. The Red River Trail, first part,) by
Charles Hallock, one of the editors of the journal Of
Commerce, is one of the most interesting articles in the
number. The author spent part Of last summer in that
part OF the far west where the scene of his tale is laid,
and the etchings with which it is illustrated are from his
| pencil, The second part, which win be published in
June, has, in my opinion, more merit than the first.
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