The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-05
FRoM OUR oWN CORRESPONDENT.


February s. 1859.
Our New Jersey neighbon quite Ia passion about
the proposed quarantine removal to Sandy Hook and
their Legislators passed all Of resolutions Yesterday
snubbng Governor Morgan Tor his s1nngenerous" CON
duct in auding 70 the probability OF further negotionA
Senator Stewards bill authorizing the sale OF the present
quarantine Staten Island and the erection of revenue
stations the haTbor OF New York ''on any other
Land belonging 10 the United States points SO decidedly
to the sandy desert known the Hook, that all New
Jersey Is in
Although have great fath in the ability and concilia
tory manner Of Governor Horstio Seymour and his two
coeaguesthe newly appointed quarantine commission
ersI do not dare TO hope that they will be able to in
duce New Jersey TO change her views on this question
We are at wits end here to find out where can put
quarantine The Staten Islanders openly avow their
determination TO burn the present buildings IL the attempt
Is made TO use them this year and all other oommuni
ties in the vicinity of the bay vengeance If the sun
mitgated nuisance is imposed upon them Even the
Coney Islanders talk Of am indignation meeting" TO
build an island on the Governor King and has
commissioners generously proposed at probable expense
OF million dollars and then find that the artificial islet
would be of use for aquaantne site does not with
much approval outside the contractors who would
undertaken the great enterprise We are in a regular
fix Has the federal government the power 10 transfer
its title to Sandy Hook for the purposes of quarantine
Ii II has we hope most feryeny, for sake
well for that of the New Jersey people that the trans
fer will be made at despite the instructions TO the
New Jersey senator's and the resolutions adopted by
clamation at Trenton on yesterday evening.
Our neighbors angry with because the Cunard
Steamship Company talk moving the depot for their
steamer to this side OF the river They consider this
blow macously struck at the growing prosperity OF Jer
sey City by enyious Gothamites hear that the mun
cpa authorities of Jersey City have sent memorial
TO the Secretary OF the Treasury praying that high func
tonary TO interfere and protect them from this runons
injury. 1 would suggest that In a friendly way Mr.
Cobb should recommend Jersey to give up Sandy Hook
tor quarantine and then he win do his best to keep
Messrs Cunard and their steamers out OF the United
States.
Hon Sylvester Mowry delegate elect to Congress from
the Territory of Arizona, delivered exceedingly inter
esting and instructive lecture sthe geography and
Of Arizona and Sonora last night in the
of the Historical Society Mr. Mowry, than whom no
is competent to treat the above subject
here expressly to deliver this lecture at the request Of the
American Geographical and Statistical Society Time and
space forbid my giving even an outline sketch OF Mr.
Mowrys remarks in my present letter, but shall
deavor 10 do SO in my next. The subject is one OF
much interest at the present time the public
ous to know more OF these regions which will soon
become important portions OF our political system feel
assured that the readers of the Union win be glad to
| learn the substance of the lecture.
The police at the Fourth Ward station house in this
city reused from their slumbers (ode wood cut
last page of Frank Leslie for this week. by the sudden
| trance OF Irishman named Roonan, Who with a
Ratchet in his hand and his person smeared with blood
informed them that he had murdered his wife because he
doubted her conjugal fidelity On inquiry and invest
CATION it found that the facts precisely as he
had stated and that the poor victim of his jealousy had
received arentyhoo violent blows of Ratchet the
head She cannot possibly survive Her skull Ia rac
| tured in several places
Wendell Philips, Pillsbury, Garrison had another
innngs last night, and batted away most vigorously
at the church. slavery the constitution and other
institutions which stupid old fogies respect 1t is
what gratifying to those who the French say do not
abound The of these unatcs that the Nsw York Anti
slavery Society composed almost entirely Of Massachusetts,
men. "a 1900
Lord Napier having entered the House Of Representa-
tves 10 company with Mr. Keitt of South Carolina and
having talked to Senator Hammond ourugeS which
the Evening Post cannot pardon. If his ordshp
the of departure from this country, the Post
would have to inform Senator sumner and the travelling
senator would have to inform Lord Malmesbury and de-
mand the minister's dismissal, and then Lord Malmes
bury would have to probably tell Mr. Sumner to mind
his business. But it too bad to walk with
slaveowner and talk with another Oh fe Lord Napier
ADSUM.