The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-04-08
FROM 0oR OWN cORREsPoNpRNT.
Nrw YonK. "WEDNESDAY night


The war of the railroads is being waged fercely and
Il am not enormously informed is not to be appeased
this time, by any Niagara Falls connexion or est
Nicholas compact" The merchants and business men
Of this city have resolved 10 espouse the of the New
York Central and with this encouragement and support
the managers OF that great road resolved to nail their
colors 70 the mast and fight 10 the waters edge any
one, or all three together of their rivas-the Erie Bal
tmore and Ohio and Pennsylvania Central The allie
cation Is that the two last mentioned companies insist
ed that Boston and New York should be treated in
tal points while Philadelphia and Baltimore 10 be
considered as waystations, thus creating a disorim
nation against New York of most prejudoial de-
scnpuon, because 1t made the Philadelphia and Bal
tmore merchants from 81 a 90 per ton nearer the
greater cities of the West than the New York merchant
The western and the southwestern merchant who can
buy raw coffee In Baltimore for the price as in New
York, and can transport it to st. Louis Cincinnati
Louisville for So per ton less than If he TO have
bought it in New York. will clearly go to Baltimore
make his purchase This is the argument which the
New York merchants to show the folly of the agree
ment TO which the New York Central assented and it is
the for which the New York Central has resolved
to break up the compact and go altogether on its own
hook. If the competition results in general cutting
down OF prices by way OF allowing freight and passen
gers the New York Central win always go le lower
than any of the Others and though the effect may cost
the stockholders dividend two, it will surely be
made The shares have rapidly declined in consequence
Great JOY occasioned among the members of the
old municipal police, who were summarily dismissed
from office when the new commissioners appointed
by the that the court of appeals had decided that
they had been improperly and illegally dismissed and
that they entitled to their pay from the day Of their
dismissal 10 the present day The legislature will proba
bly, provide in passing the tax levy for the payment of
the money, and thus the poor tax payers Of New York
will have to bear the expense of another of the pa
tricks of the backrepublican Albany yrants, who
would give power in our affairs, but to pay
over whatever money they require.
If the reported settlement of the Paraguayan difficulty
through the good offices of President Urquza be true
Al -
valuable victory has been won, which the whole
country may well rejoice If the facts stated.
shall probably receive official confirmation of them in
few days Sincerely is it hoped that we may learn that
Lopez has yielded .4.e
Deep and general disgust is felt among all ghtthink
ing in this city the conduct of those journals
which, usurpng the province of judge jury prosecutor
and counsel for the defence discuss all the points, and
endeavor to prejudice public opinion in the of Mr.
Sickles. They do not remember, they do not
choose TO remember that, however they may think,
however hostile may be their feelings to the ac
cused, it is the solemn duty of every honest, fair
journalist to abstain from all comment certainly from
all hostile comment while the accused is being tried by
jury of his countrymen the law directs The Eve
ming Post if to assert emphacaly its dissent from
the lines about the under dog in the fight has been
bitter than usual in its gratntous attacks on man
whom the gates of prison prevent from avenging or
defending himself n
Dr. Gunn the newly appointed health officer, to-
day confirmed by the senate to the infinite chagrn OF
the hundred and gentlemen who applicants for
the fat Office.
Jared Peck, the well Unknown predecessor of John b.
Hasn representative of the 9th congressional dis
trict in Congress- has found favor with Gov Morgan and
has been nominated of the three portwardens of this
port.
1t has been thoroughly ascertaned that the female
mains found in soapbox in Albany few days ago, are
not suspected those of Mrs. Bannan. The body
appears to have been what medical students term o
subject which was being forwarded for dissection.
The democratic victory at the charter election OF
Brooklyn yesterday was decisive and encouraging The
majority of Powell for mayor Cross, the republican
candidate, is upwards of 1000.
The Courier DIES Fists Uns insists that the llibuster
petition for the conquest of Cuba, which it discovered
few days ago,,i not myth horrible dream caused
by too heavy supper of pdH foe gra but dreadful
reality Not Notwithstanding the solemn recration of the
assertion, the increduous public refuse to credit the
story. a.. I'd. $50" .ga ##a ADSUM.