THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., May 17, 1849  Page 3 has several reports headed: "The Riots in New York", they being the Astor Place Riot, the deadliest to that date of a number of civic disturbances in New York City which pitted immigrants & nativists against each other.
Page 2 also has two detailed letters headed: "Interesting New from California", each dated at San Francisco, concerning the on-going Gold Rush of 1849.
Four pages, water staining, minor tears at the margins.