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TIM News.
We again devote a large portion of our spve to
tbe oetaila of tbe popular tumult going on in our
city Yesterday the inhabitants of the Seventeenth
ward continued in a highly ex sited state, but no
bleach of the peace occurred. The military were
anoer etms auruig me eveuing, our mere wns do
occasion for tbtir terrices. Tbe police remained in j
their station houses, and did not attempt to patrol
the ward, -earing that their presence weald be the j
nigral for a renewal of the rioting of the previous
day.
Tbe funeral of John Miller, the German who ws3
scot in the Seventeenth ward riot on Sunday last,
took place yesterday from his residence in avenue
A. Aboct ten thousand persons were present,
among whom the most intense excitement and
hatied of the new police force were manifested.
Fears were entertained that the occasion would be
used to create a riot, and accordingly Superioten
dert Tal'madge issued orders for a large force of
police to be in attendance at the Seventeenth ward
station house on the Bowery. "She Germans insisted
on convejing the remains of Miller past that station
loose, a proceeding that threatened for a moment |
to ltad to a dangerous collision. A flag was borne
after the coffin, with the inscription, in German, "A .
Sacrifice of the Metropolitan Police." The spirit
which dictated this device is easily understood, and '
its effects were plainly visible in the exas(teration j
and fierceness which pervaded the whole proceed
.rg. Mot less loan dtp thousand men were in the ]
/ lEfrsl cortege. A fall report of the scene Is 1
given elsewhere.
We give a full report of the meeting of Germans 1
held last night. The people were excited, the j
speeches pacific and the resolu'iona law abiding, j
There was a sprinkling of political capital. Funds
ire to be raised for the support ot the family of the
deceased.
A rumor, which proved unfounded, prevailed yeat<fd?y
morning at Btapleton and in other parta of
Biaten Island that a second attack had been made
the night previous upon the police force at 8e?uice'a
Point. Everything on the contrary has continued
quiet at the Point since the attack of Batorday
night Captain Walling aent yesterday to
Superintendent Talmadge for a still farther addition
to the police force under his charge, but the request
waa not complied with.
At the old Quarantine some dockmen. belonging
to New York, were arrested yesterday for tmarding
the Ellen Austin, which arrived an Sunday last
with several passengers sick with small pox. They
were locked up in the Quarantine jail, and will be
detained there till they can l? brought to trial. A
Hteamtug. designed to ply regularly between the
upper and lower Quarantine anchorages, was put in
operation yesterday, and is found to be of most
essential use.
It was expected, when the Board of Councilmen
met last evening, that they would conour with the AlA
?>Misn ih tMnsfaMdi* tKa us iniaidii in (ka Bfnand Paim.
UC1 LUC LI IU HBunuuifi fcuv yi wjwi 1/ ui miv uhcw wui"
mlasioner's office to the custody of the Counsel to
the Corporation: but they were restrained from doing
so by an injunction issued by Judge Pea nod v
and served as soon as the Board met.
The Court of General Sessions ad journed jester
day for the term. Recorder Smith sentenced Daniel
li Pierce for marsliughUr to the State prison for
two years, and Thomas Holland, a Custom House
officer, to tb? )*tiitcutiary for one year for an aggravated
assault on Thomas Goldston. From the re
marks of the Recorder it would seem that Holland
is a notorious character, for the efforts of distingue
bed men proved unavailing in the mitigation
of his sentence. Hi" Honor tojk occasion to refer
to the distorted state of our city, and affirmed that <
no efforts were made to punish the violators of the
aw. He said be would punish every case brought
tietore him with the utmost severity. The District 1
Attorney signified his intention of trying all the
alleged rioters next month.
Judge Robtison.of the Albany Court of Ke-wion*.
yesterday charged the Grand Jury that selling
ouoc without license wa< no misdemcicor. and
that the la* fixes tbe penalty at fifty dollars for each
offence tbe amount being collectable by suit.
The Board of Coundmen met last evening, but
transacted no business of importance. A special
tcmmitUe was appointed U> investigate into an alleged
scurrilous report of the proceedings of the
Board, published in the Tnlmn* of Saturday. A
petit ion of tbe school officers of the Third ward for
tbe p-cmlae* lately occupied by the Municipal police
a as presented and referred. A resolution f o extend
the hospitalities of the city to tbe Msyors of Bt
Louis and Cincinnati was adopted. The report of
tbe Conference Committee on the stree' cleaning
contract specifications was received from the Board
of Aldermen and ordered to be printed.
Borne lniere?tiag extract* firm our European files,
brought by the Arago and City of Washington, are
published this morning. Lords Ellenboroogh and
ftranviile, In the House of lsnds, had both acknowledged
that the native mutiny In India wss a roost
serious matter, and the former went so far as to hint
that it msy even permanently shake England's i
power in Asia. The project for tbe renewal of the
African slave tr de by England was warmly diecussed
in Parliament and oaf of doors in England.
The tames of the persooa killed and wounded by
tbe late accident on tbe North Kent Kulway in
England are given. A Mormon missionary in Rdin>urg
Hcotland. had uttered some most treasonsb e
e'.arg against tbe United Bute* government.
The seventh annual commencement of Bt. Krancia
"Carter College la Fifteenth street, concluded last
evening in the chnrch adjoining the college. There
we ? large audience in atteodauce.aud the students
qui ?ed themselves satisfactorily.
John Hyde Jr., a Mormon elder of experience,
delivered a lecture last evening on"Morm unsm as a
ite.igion. Our report of the discourse, which was
very interesting, we are compelled to lay ov?r.
IV R Eck'.es, of Indiana, has been appointed 1
Chief Justice of Utah. All the Territorial offices '
a e ro w filled except tbe Marshalship, the duties of
wb.ch will continue to lie performed by the present '
incumbent Mr. Detroit.
The New Haven Railroad depot, corner of Oanal
street snc Broadway, was abandoned yesterday, ?n!
hereafter passenger* over this road wll' take the cam
at the company's new and spsclous depot at the cur
Iter of Fourth avrnue and Twrntv seventh street.
The traveli ng pubic will rejoice at this change, as
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tbe old, dismal and dimly Ugkted depot vu farorite
reeoct of pickpockets and other thierea.
The leases for ten yean of the Honter'a Point and
Hellgate ferries were put up for sale by auction
yesterday. As there were no bidders for the Hellpate
lease the sale was postponed till the 3d of Sep
tejnber next. The Hunter's Point lease was knocked
down to A. W. Winana at one hundred dollars per
annum.
Tbe cotton market was vary firm yesterday, with sales
of shout 1,600 balm, based chiefly upon mtddllBf uplands
at 14'kc a 16c Flour was again dull, and closed at a
farther decline on common and medlam grade* of abeut
6n. per bbl. Wheat was dull for Inferior grades, while
prime to choice lots were Arm. Balm of prime white 0*
uadlan were made at SI, and Milsraukie club, In the slip,
at fl ; new red Southern at 12, and Chicago spring at
tl 46. Western mixed corn was rather firmer, with aaloi
at &3c. e h.'i v Pork was firm, with sales et $22 80 e
22 00 for mem. About 400 hhds. Cube muscovado sugar
were void at rates given elsewhere. Codec was steady,
with moderate sales. For stock* and prices see another
column. Freights were dull and engagements light at
unclianged rater
The City In Siatr ef Anarchy?The Causes
ai d tbe Remedy.
For row nearly two weeks the priccipal busi
ners cf the newspapers of this city has been to
chronicle riots and disturbances of the peace, all
of them serious and menacing in their general
aspect, and some of them resulting in a deplorable
loss of life. This state of things is very discreditable
to a highly intelligent and prosperous
cf mmanity like ours, and if it be allowed to continue,
mu9t operate more or less injuriously to
the business of the city. It is cot at &U unlikely
that Lumbers of country merchants and persons
inter ding to visit New York have been and may
be dctined from coming by the altered condition
of things, and that many of the families of onr
own citizens who have gone into the country will
be induced to remain there longer than they
otherwise would have done. Thus not only do
the&t daily disturbances of the peace bring sorrow
and wo to tnauy a domestic hearth, but they
d ("grace the good name and injure the mqral and
material interests of this great metropolis.
How is it that the character of the community
appears so suddenly to hnve become changed ?
llow is it that in a city remarkable for the respect
which its citiaens have always entertained
for the law and its officers, there should have
been within the last few weeks so many violent
manifestations of disrespect for the law and
hatred of its officers? It is not to any sudden
revulsion of feeling on the part of our people in
reference to the necessity of obeying and uphold
ing the laws that these disorders are to be attributed?nor
are they justly to be ascribed, as
they hare been by some partisan journals, to
secret underhand influence brought to bear upon
them by the officers of orr municipal government
and the disbanded police. At bottom the
citizens of New York are, as a whole, as deeply
attached as they ever have been to the principle
of obedience to and respect for the laws. That
ecntimtnt is too deeply implanted in this community
to be so easily and suddenly uprooted;
aid if to-morrow the Metropolitan police
phou'd be disbanded as the Municipal
police have been, the peace of the
city would be undisturbed; nor would it be necessary
to have nightly alarms beaten for the
military to march through the streets with fivcd
bayonets, as if the city were in a state of siege.
The preservation of public tranquillity might be
Kvfely confided to the good citizens of New York.
The riotous manifestations that wc have so
often had to record within the last fortnight are
directly traceable to two causes. One is the unwise,
uncalled for and unconstitut:onal interference
ot the State Legislature in the municipal
government of this city; the other, the despotic
Undercies of those State officers to whom the
peace ot the city has been committed.
Since the occurrence of the Astor place riot ?
which itself was promptly quelled?there has not
been a time in the history of this metropolis when
any incipient movement tending to a riot or general
disturbance of the peace could not be and
was not promptly crashed out. Bitter party animosities
and violent feuds have at timca menaced 1
put>lic tranquillity as, for instance, in the case
of the homicide of Poole two summers ago?but
in no instance since the Astor place riot has
the peace of the city been disturbed by riots.
Our population of 7QO,OOo is largely, if not mainly.
composed first of citizens from all parts of the
United States, and then of natives of the various i
countries of Europe, who, (lying from the despo- 1
tlsm of the Old World, oome here with the wildest
notions of American liberty and democracy.
We have the Irish laboring classes, to whom law
has been ever synonymous with oppression; the
French red republicans, who would expunge all
laws, human and divine; and the Germans,
deeply imbued with socialistic ideas, and clinging
with Teutonic devotion to their language,
their a mured. and the traditions and institutions
of their fathcilatd. It was no easy matter to
raculd these apparently impracticable elements
into the fatbiou of good, peaceable, law abiding
American citizens; and yet the municipal gov- [
rnmc-nt and the police authorities of our city
did that very thing. They went the right way
about it. and they succeeded. The lri*b, with
only an occasional indulgence in a rcw. ju?t for
the love of the thing, have hitherto proved themselves
industrious and peaceable citizens. The
French red republicans have kept th^c
pccuiiur notion* 01 gorernmiat pent up,
lifting th? m explode harmh-wly onre a
year in ccleltrating the onnivcrsiry of the j
r? public of 179'i. The German* have k iwd their
/ram7i, smoked their pipes, drank lager and 1
Rhine wine, enjoyed their Mai/ntt and the celebration
of their &mf*r1*nd>, and showed a good
example of social and domestic enjoyment. Dut !
now the Irish riot# in the Sixth ward and the
German in the Seventeenth show. with too sad re i
tnlt*. that the system of dialing with them ha*
been changed for the worse.
The origin of all thir> trouble in onr city in the
interference of the State Legislature with our
municipal government The last Legislature was
largely black republican, the city largely democratic.
The Legislature, with the twofold object
of humiliating the city and increasing Its own
stn ngtfa therein undertook to tinker np unpopu
lar laws. A couple of years ago a lirpior law. In
imitation of the Maine law. wa? pawed with the
ohject of wiping out barrooms which were
supposed to b? hot beds of democracy. Instead,
however, of the barrooms being wiped out, the
lav itself was wiped out, it Ming declared unconstitutional
h i u cr urts The next session
the Legislature trad to px?* al'ol'ce law for this
city, but failed at that tare. La-t s*fc*ion it
made a dead set upon the ineU. pclis ftu<l pawed a
dozen law*, all more or t:?- repugnant to the
constitution and de?t~uct"rc of our municipal
franchises The law *1 cb attracted most Opposition
on the part of o - c.'izen* was the I'olks
law,* licit, however, was by a st.rang? decision
of the C jutt of Appeals, dec'arod constitutional.
Put i' may be said of all the laws alT cting this
city pa?wd by the la?t Legislature thit they are
adverse to the b?*t interest* of the city socially
EW YORK HERALD, WE
and commercially, aod arc consequently opposed
by all classes of our citizen* The partisaa character
of the rote by which they were carried as
well as of the spirit which Rave them birth, will
be seen when it is remembered that out of 82,000
votes cast in the city at the last election, the republican
party received only 16,000, and that at
least half of those votes were due to the personal
popularity of Col. Fremont. Besides, the
votes of some of the raral members of the Legislature
in favor ol the Police bill were obtained by
false representations of the disturbed peace of
the city, and by getting up a hue and cry of garroters
in our streets.
The legislation that originated in such a partiran
spirit has, we regret to say, been seconded by
Governor King in a like spirit of partisanship and
nepotism. The laws in reference to port aud
harbor, and all other affairs, have been entrust jd
to Commissioners selected by the Governor from
party and family motives; aod the knowledge of
thai frtft hna hplrvfl tn omhittur thu hnuh'io tnnl.
ing of our citizens, and make them opposed instead
of being obedient to the laws
And then there has been altogether too much
petty despotism exhibited on the part of the n?w
police officers. It is the old story of the tricks
played by men' clothed in a little brief authority."
Captain Hartt, of the Seventeenth ward, maie
himself extra officious last Sunday in having
the lager bier saloons closed?an officiousnet-s
which, as we showed yesterday by the extract
from the Excise law, and as is eho am by the
recent decision of the Supreme Court in
reference to lager bier, was not justified
by the law. This created some ill feeling the?e.
But the trouble was principally oecaeioued by
the harsh, brutal and utterly unjustifiable conduct
ef pome violent members of the Metroplitan
police, who undertook to force the teeming
population of Third street within doors. The
houses there are are occupied by from five to
twenty families each, principally industrious
Germans, and men. women and children were on
Sunday evening on the sidewalk and ia the Btreet
getting whatever pure air they could. They
were quiet, orderly and peaceable, and when they
were commanded to clear off the sidewalks they
very naturally declined to obey. The police
commenced to use their clubs. The Germans be
coming incensed, retaliated with what weapons
they had at hand; and hence the not.
All this is much to be deprecated and deplored.
There are no better, quieter or mere industrious
citizens than the Germans: and when
we find tbem involved in a riot or fight, the natural
inference is that they most have received great
provocation. That they did ao in this case we
have the highest assurance. But let us have no
more of these riots, which are disgracing and injuring
the city. Let obedience be rendered to
the laws, unpopular and outrageous though they
be; and if we would be free from anarchy, let all
good citizens of the metropolis and the State at
large indicate by their votes at the next election
their desire to see our municipal rights and good
government restored.
The Science ok Bcrglajit in New York.?
The extraordinary developeraents made in the
case of the defunct burglar Myers, alias Jack
Spratt, give us a valuable insight into the systematic
complications of the science of burglary aa
practised in this metropolis of law anl order.
Jack Spratt had several active confederate
btfrglars, his house was supplied with all the
useful implements of the profession, the gang
were aided in various wayB by several women, |
doing the duty among other things of pioneers 1
and inspectors of stores to be robbed. It also
appears that this gang were not dependent for
the warehousing of their stolen goods upon the
notorious junk shops of oar filthiest localities;
but that such as Jack Spratt A Company transfer
their deposits to agcuts holding the character of
respectable retail storekeepers. It further appears
that these upper crust burglars of the
Jack Spratt order lire in a flourishing style,
and buy j a happy way of closing the eyes,
ears and mouths of the police with what Mrs.
Myers modestly calls " hush money," which
is the climax of perfection in the art. At this
rate, before another year is orer we shall be in a
nice condition lor the introduction of a San
Francisco Vigilance Committee.
Gov. Wisk on Kansas Affairs.? Read our
desputch from Washington touching ttis position
of Gov. Wise on the Kansas question. We have
no doubt that our correspondent in the premises
is substantially correct. Ourreidcrs will rem'-mber
the Washington letter from the Richmond
F.mqmrtr, to which he refers It advocated ttie
policy of referring the Kansas State constitution
to all the people of the Territory. f*>n<i fide, n? the
only pol'cy of justice and fair play. Il-rc. *hen,
is the issue exactly made up for the n;xt democratic
Virginia Legislature, as b tween Mr. Buchanan,
Gov. Walker and Gov. Wise an1 the Nebraska
bill on the one ?!de. and Senator Hunter,
Senator Douglas and the Southern secession ultras
oathe other side. We are with the administration,
and tor the fair application of the KansnaNtbraxku
law; and we shall now pretty soonflud
out who are against the administration, and what
they are after.
Davt Bkoukku'k Dkkinino nw Position.?
The letter published to the Calitomiaos by the
now ucmocratic >onuv<r irom mat Mate (tn days
gone by one of the lively Isiys of the Titnnmoy
biotherhood) is a very curious letter. It shows
that a bile Davy not only secured his own election
to the Senate tor six years, bat the re-election
of Dr. Gwin tor the short term, the Doctor
Bud his act have carried olf the lion's share of the
spoils at Washington - this. too. in spite of the
etprtas undciVanding that Davy was to have the
lion's share. Davy does not like this; l*it wc
derive some consolation from the assurance that
he still intends to stick to the administration.
And this is the example we commend
to all democrats -spoils or no sjioils. It
wa*i lacky thing that this Senator from California
went out to that country when he did. Otherwise
he would now, perhaps, be no better than
the demoralized spoilsmen of Tammany l(i]|?a
mere spoilsman, and nothing more.
Sijivkry tn Orkoon.?We perceive that some
of our Reward republican organs are rolling up
the whites of their eyes at the reports which they
bear of the design of "Jo Dane" and the
Oregon democracy to fasten negro slavery upon
that Territory. Humbug. Wlem white men
ere substituted for black men in the cultivation
of the sickly rice swamps of South Carolina, then
we shall Is; prepared to Isdieve that black slave
labor can be made to pay better than free white
labcr :n the high Northern latitudes of Oregon.
If we could repeal the laws of nature we might
establish African slavery in Greenland, but in
default of this legislative power African slave
labor and a nigger climate must go together.
This Is the law that is solving the nigger question
In Kansas.
DNESDAY, JULY 15, 1351
Vbt African Blare Trade?One f f Um ProMama
of Umi On jr.
We publish in another column, fi&af the London
Tim ft. a remarkable article on the iK'w plan
for meetirg the European demand for cotton raid
Bugar by transporting large numbers of negro
apprentices from Africa to the West ladies. We
repeat, a remarkable article, and it i? ho for
many reasons. Resides being wanting in that
logical sequence that usually mark? the articles
of 'hat journal, it contains a tacit admission of
the foibearance toward the institution of involuntary
servitude that iB springing up in the
European mind in contemplation of the results
that have attended ite partial sudden abolition;
and in assuming that the slave trade, and not the
inst-tution of slavery itself, is the object of European
attack, it completely ignores the true aud
only cause that maintains in th<- present day the
African slave trade.
We have said that it is illogical. Opening
with a distinction between the African slave
trade and slavery itself?against the latter of
wtich it adds, "enough can certainty be said, but
with this at present we are not concerned"?it
recognizes the good effect which slavery has
had upon the world in producing sugar, admits that
"it is allowed on ull hands that, when slaves were
weli treated their condition w*s superior not only
to that of their countrymen at home, but to that
of many of the poorer classts in many parts of
Europe," and then urges as "the final argument"
in favor of a large African emigration, that "this
promises to be tie only effectual method of
abolishing slavery." The admission of a new
feeling in Europe toward slavery is to be found
in its "Moreover, it is not for the interests of
civilization that productive estates should go out
of cultivation, or that an article of almost first
necessity should fail iii the European markets."
This 13 a weighing of cmauc'pation againBt the
cotiou of our Southern States and the sugar of
Cuba in the balance of Eutopcan civilization, and
emancipation is found wanting. It igno'es the
true and only cause that maintains the African
slave trade in the present day, in stating taat
Spain "will not be at the pains ot executing its
tngagiments against the will of an important
colony," meaning Cuba.
In this the 7W.= is radically wrong. It ,has
never been the will of that "important colony,"
as expressed in the utterances of her leading
native statesmen, to continue the slave trade
with Africa. For many years tbey have contemplated
with alarm the dangers that menaced
the social fabric there by the increasing numerical
preponderance of the African race: and m>re
than twenty jears ago. when Cuba hoped for the
admission of her representatives which she sent
to the Spanish Cortes under the constitution of
1833, a pamphlet under the title of -'A Letter
from a Patriot, or Clamor of the Cab job, addressed
to their representatives to the Oortis," and
which was universally approved iu Cuba, contained
the following strong language:?"The slave
trade is one of the cardinal points on which it is
requisite that our representatives shall manifest
all their zeal and patriotism. Humanity, religion,
the clamor of justice, a faithful luldlment
of existing treaties with England, the interest of
Spain herself, her honor highly involved, and the
salvation of the island, whose existence it menaced with
death, all loudly demand the immediate extinction
of the contraband slave trade." Neither
have the people of Cuba ever engaged in the African
Blave trade. It has ever been carried on
?bere by Europeans and an occasional Braz'linu.
It is the Europeans in Cuba, and not the Cubans.
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WUO Bt-iiu urri" iu new iuiiv iu ( uieuwc
u-Bsels for that trattic. We know full well tho
truth of what we say. And this trade is carried
on to-day because it is the policy of Spain
to incAasc the disproportion between the
black and white races in Cuba as a
measure of prevention against that colony's
following the example of the other
Spanish American States in severing their connection
with the mother country. In this policy
Spain is today supported by England aud
France, under the idea tbut they are thus delaying
the adtance of the American I'nion.
If it were only the stoppage of the slave
trade that w as d .-aired by the policy which has
ruled Europe so many years, that could be easily
uttaincd. There would be no necessity of appealing
to un African trad * in free negroes t i
put it down. The United State* stopped it loug
since; Brazil has stopped it: and Cuba now the
only country whose government fosters it. would
stop it if she were free to rule her own destiny
independent of Spain. But England Is in a dilemma
of another kind, as is p'ainly evident
by the illogical reasoning of the Tin'*. She is
beginning to awaken to a sense of the dangers
to her matt rial great: as that lurk in the thtories
of Exeter llail. In th? deficient supply of
sugar caused by tbc desolatlou of the fields of
Hayti and Jamaica she fere what evils might
hare conn to tn r rwi not mi" country wiinsroou
htr climM nod her abuse. nrd refused to destroy
the racial fabric in one ball of the States of
(his Unioo. Amid the torrent of her Villitieutlon
cotton was and is saved to us and to her.
Hut besides the "toppage of the slave trade
there is another evil io this plan of a vast transportation
of free negroes across the AtlanticThe
scheme is not one of sudden growth. It is
now several years since it was flrst started,
though it has only lately taken root in the Cabinets
of Madrid. Paris ar.d London. Pczueia Or*;
tried it as a means for subjecting Cuba to " the
torrent of European thought and idea." In ] H.V1;
but the people of Cuba resisted it so strenuously,
and invoked the aid of out filibusters so successfully,
that Spain became alarmed at the threatened
revolution, and abandoned It for a time.
She did not give it np. however, tint artfu'ly
sought to bring France and F.ngland over to her
lews. What arguments she used, or what
promises she has mule in regard to the social
laws of Cuba, can only be Infrrred. The adherence
of those two Powers to the scheme, and
the argument that it is the only true meat* of
destroying the Institution of slavery, leave
abundant room for conjecture. Louis Napoleon
adopted it at once, and has sent out his free
negro traders to the old slave marts of Africa,
fortified with passpur's from the Eu,!i*n
government as weli m bis own. Pal
merston is a little tnnr? coy, and seem
ingly desite? that public opinion should force
him to adopt a course to which there i* abundan
reason to believe he lias already assented.
The other evil to which we allude is, that it is
an adherence to an old and mistaken policy: that
of building up beyond the southern Iswindary of
the United States some political fabric that, either
throngh its social nctirity or social Inertnesssh*11
lie a liar to the southwaid cxb nsion of our Union.
That policy is fraught with more evil for Europe
than for us for extension is neither virtually Important
to its as a nation, nor essential to our
matetial developenirnt. T' social desolation of
Ilaytl and Jamaica docs not T-.-ct us at all; but
r. .
the want of those supplies which they formerly
contributed to the markets of Europe is ginning
to bo seriously felt there. This policy inv *olvea
two points?the destruction of slavery, aotC hi
tie words of one of Lord Palmerston's official <U **
patches, "a powerful element of resistance to an)'
scheme for annexation to the Fnited States,
where slavery exists." Time is slowly answering
the question that the truthful Humboldt asked
thirty years ago, and which tho European politicians
have been continually repeating:?"Who
shall dare to predict the influence which an African
confederation of the free States of the Antilles, lying
between Colombia, North America and
Guatemala, might have in the politics of the New
Woild!"
Thr mutiny In India.
The reader will find in another column some
information upon the mutiny in India, contained
in the debate in Parliament, and the leader in
the London Timet on the subject. Among the
speeches, the beat worth reading is that of Lord
Ellenborough, whose long residence in India, and
official experience give great weight to whatever
he Bays; though possibly some allowance mast
be made for the jealousy with which he views
the policy of hi6 successors. Mr. Smith, the government
speaker in the House o f Commons
admits the charge that the disaffection among
the sepoys arose from an apprehension on their
part that measures were about being taken for a
comprehensive conversion of the natives to
Christianity, in which work they?the sepoys?
would naturally be employed as instruments
But no facts are given. The London Time*, which
doubless writes with the concurrence of the government,
says that the outbreak indicate# the
necessity for more stringent measures of denationalization
and tyranny than have yet been attempted.
Tfie whole story is not told. Before as we
have a few plain facts. The army of India, not
in one place only, but throughout the country,
wiih the exception ot or.e or two cantonments,
is in a state of actual or proximate insurrection
: there doe< not seem to be reliable
troops enough in India to protect the capi.
tal in case of a decided movement on the part of
the insurrectionists. The Indian army consists
of 200.000 men, the bulk of whom are excellent
soldiers, as they have proved during the Persian
war; and though, in the event of a general insurrection,
it would lose its officers, there are educated
Ilindoos in abundance to take their place.
The first symptoms of insubordination were noticed
in January last The first actual outbreak
was in May, at Meerut and Delhi, and was characterized
by much bloodshed. The only cause
assigned for the mutiny?where a cause was assigned?was
the new regulations obliging the
troops to bite cartridges smeared with hog's lard,
which no Hindoo will touch.
Upon these facts we have to reason. Aod iu
the first place, it will appear utterly preposterous
that an insurrection of such (pagnitude. and a
movement so widespread, could have its origin in
the cbsracter of the grease employed to lubricate
cartridges. This must be a mere pretext. Remembering
that the Hindoos have no newspapers
| to Ull their story, and that the government of
India can regulate the press of that country by
4V>a tV/wla iiu< il V\t? VuikitKi.\n Sn irrti (On if can
lie till lituur UTN U tu 1 I?.IVV, ? l?M?
1k> easily understood that there may have l>een a
deeper cause for the outburst In the abKUice
of positive information we are inclined
to believe that the government of
India, under the dictation of Exeter Hall
fanatics, has actually entered upon a comprehensive
policy of pros-lvtlsm, and that the apprehension*
of the Hindoos have been well founded.
This is ODlya conj?cturo; we are content to await
inquiry for its verification. Should it prove cor1
rt ct. to what depth of infamy should the miserable
fanatics who have caused so much suffering
1 be consigned by a common sense world!
As to the result of the movement?there are.
1 we believe, some ten thousand Europeans in India,
atd one hundred and fifty million nai
tivea. Notwithstanding this disproportion of
numbers, the two races have been contending for
a hundred and fifty to two hundred years, and
success has uni'ormly sided with the foreigners.
Should the Indians be victorious this time, it
would be the first example of such a thing in
' their history, and the first example, too, where
an undisciplined and unorganised pcoplo triumphed
over a compact, well organized, and
amply equipped government Still, this is, we
believe the very first occasion that the contest
has been one of religion as well as of raoe: and
that consideration would naturally tend to impart
unity to the counsels and action of the Hindoos.
and to render tbelr courage desperate.
It is Impossible to take leave of the subject
a itbout a singular mixture of horror and admiraj
Hon at the sublimely impudent and atrocious doctrines
put forth in a moral and sanctified tone by
the leading organ of the British press. For a
cntnry and more the poor Ilindnoa have been
mercilessly trampled by the English; their land
hns been seized, their daughters have been rav
lMi* II. unrir BOOH Dave KJTCD inane Bcrvauifi, uieir
money ha* been Appropriated, tbcir political independence
taken away; nothing whatever hae
been left tbem, no?neither family, nor national,
por religion*, nor carte, nor personal right*. Yet
at tbi* hour of day. when all thie frightful oppression
h?- been practised for a century, the London
7Wj? coolly tell* n* that the reason of the
failure of the East Indian experiment ha* l>cen it*
too great leniency and it* too imprudent favor
to the Hindoo. Nothing therefore remain* but
to cut the poor creature*' throat* bodily.
Tnr Nrw Sii.vkr Cncvntr ok Arizoma,?
Some of our credulous cotctnporaric* arc giving
currency and color to the otherwise vague and
irresponsible report* of tbe abundance of silver
in the Gadsden purchase. Against these vague
rumors we Interpose the official testimony of such
men as Gen. Kearney, CoL Emory. Col. Fremoot,
Col. Cooke, Kit Carson, Lieut Beale, and last,
though not least, Mr. Bartlett, of the Mexican
i Boundary Commission. From the personal obser[
vations of these and other Untied States officers.
' to say nothing of private citizens, who have
travelled through this territory of Arlzonia, we
arc satisfied that it is one of the poorest and mwt
Godforsaken regiou* in the world, in water, timber,
gold ami silver?the very next thing, in fact,
to an African desert We therefore caution all
parsons interested in silver mines to await the
definite location of these wonderful mines of
Arisonia before investing in them -otherwise
they may turn oat like the Mexican silver mine
of Dr. Gardner A Co., a regular ssrlndle.
Mas. CrmroninAa m Corsf A.;ai* ?This mornm*.
Jnly 14, Hannah On Ian appeared before Judge o'Connor,
tf Iba Peewnd PUtrlct Onnrt, So. 3 Chambers aire*'., for
the purpose of tinning Mrs. fonnlrgham fhr wages Mr
Stafford, Mrs. C.'s munanl, appnarod for her, and rennesle.1
that the rase should not he dismissed, bnt ronttnaed. In
or ter that another summon* might not be tanned against
her. Tbe .lodge adjourned the naae temporarily. Hannah
anted the summon* to he drawn Is the asms of Csnslsg
hats, to he rstoraable thli morning.
THE LATEST NEWS,
Non-Arrival of tba America.
Halifax, July 14?11 o'clock, P. M.
The Royal Mull it earns hip America, bow duo Uda pot
frotn Liverpool, haa not, up to the praiOBt hour, boaa algoailed.
Weather calm and foggy.
Howe from WulUnglM.
,tuk xan8k8 188 UK?tub ADMIN JNTKAflON??ot.
WISH AND 8RNATOK BDMTSB.
Wa8hukit05, Julf 14, 1MT.
Home dfn aft a communication to the Richmond
Btomimer, ft&m tbla city, on the Keniaa <p*eeUon, waff
transferred to the cokuaaa of the Hixau>, with an inMnaUoa
that the writer aeened to apeak ai one having authority.
I have reason to believe that your aunalio 0*0
correal, and that no lean a personage than Gov. Wlae, of
Virglula, wm the writer or ImHgaior of <hat letter.
Drawn to Washington by the etgne of rebellion lq the
extreme/Jouthern camp. Gov. Wlae haa taken hla poetttoa
fairly and completely on the side of Mr. Buchanan and
Got. Walker. Nor la U the habit of Mr. WUe to do any
half way work upon any burlneas which he takes In hmf
Accordingly he goei to the full leog b of sustaining the
policy of Got. Walker's course In Kansas, even to the sobmission
of the Btate constitution to the rote of all tbo
people of the Territory be Tore making application to Oowgress.
This will make the Issue between Wise sad Hunter la
Virginia, for the United States Sonate, very Intereatlng, bat
as WUe has the Constitution and the law and the administration
on bis side, and as " the kite's as mo Is a toner of
strength," the probabilities are decidedly la favor of the
election of WUe Hit election, too, is somewnat neoeamry
to the adminUtratlon, inasmuch as It Is needed to transfer
the balance of power of the Virginia delegation la Oca
greet from the teoesslonlsU to Ihe Union men of the twa
bouses.
The Kansas Nebraska bill U coming to a focus, and the
parties getting It up have been, some of them, and the rest
a 111 be, thrown sky high by lbs operation. Jeff. Davis,
Atchison, Mason, Douglas and poor Pierce have already
had enough of" popular sovereignty," but as they gava
the law to Mr. Buchanan so they must abide by It Be
duty U to see the laws faithfully executel, and the people
say amen. Even so let It be
a bfkedy 8btti.kmknt ok the new qbanada
trouble looked for? t11k walkrk H1.1BUHT11U.-i
at a8pinwall?their number and pkobablb
destination?thr naval courts?fro to kb
adjournment bob a fbw wbkkh?farcical
character ob the whole business.
Washington, July II, 1E6T.
Despatches were received to-day, giving the most encouraging
prospect or s speedy settlement of all the points
at issue between our government and that of New Grana
da. The British Conrul at Cartbsgena wrote to Captain
Krskltie, commander of the British squadron now In those
waters, as follows:?
Bimn Coiwn ats, Cabthaooa, Jane 10,1807.
Mr. Griffith writes me that instructions base been sent
to the New Granallan Minister at Washington to oede
everything to the Americans and to decree 10 the governors
or ihe littoral provinces to communicate that feat
te any ship or war which might be sent out from America
wits hostile Intentions.
The Acting United Slates Consul at AsplnwaU, Mr. Marre
11, also writes, in confirmation of the above, as follows >?
The difference between the United Slates and the republic
are likely soon to be amicably arranged, as the Exeoatire
has, It Is said, been authorised by Congress to set tie II
at once, and on the beet possible lermt. Instructions wtl
probably be transmitted by Ihe present mall to Oca. Barran
on the subject.
This la in corroboration of what I have heretofore said,
that matters would be adjusted without difficulty.
President Buchanan removes to the "Soldier's Boms"
tomorrow, whers he will resaain during the hot weather,
attending regularly, however, at his offlse In the WhMa
House. Secretary Caas will remain at his post during the
aeanon. His family are sew enjoying the delights at son
bathing, and will Join him here about the 1st of September.
Secretary Floyd oootemplates a brief sqjoura at old Putsd
Oomfbrt.
The Navy Department received to day lettois Dram
Commodore Mervtne at Panama, and Captain Montgomery,
commanding the Roanoke, senior offloer si Aspin rail, la
relation to the balance of Walker's filibusters, three bandred
and fifty seven In number, which arrived there
recently, is as he says a most wretched condition, bstng
in a state of utter destitution. At the time of the salll^
of the mail xtcamer no deciticn had been arrived at as
to what disposition would be made or them, as he was
eomewbat embarrassed as to his future movements. A
few ef them?some fifty in number?who were principally
from the North, were to be sent to Boston on board the
Cyans. It Is reported In some quarters that all of them
will be sent to Boston A list of all the filibuster^, giving
IkniV ntmM and mtKnwn lhas nsnKavlrnrl fWttn mas sUa na.
eel red at lbs Nary department. They are principally
Irom New York and New Or leant. When they arrived
at aapinwall Ibetr euppUee were In eo Qlthy a ooodlUoa that
the CM plain waa oompelled to throw them overboard and
furnish them from bis ship.
In Naval Court No. 1 to-day moch documentary evidence
waa^submitted In the aaae of Lieut, Dulany, oe the charge
of dishonesty in money matters. Ilayard Smith, of this
city, was also examined as a government wttneaa. It
Courts No. 2 and No. S Commander Merret and Leu tenant
Khlnd continued accumulating teatiaouy to provo aAdenoy.
The JaCga Advocate la Court No. 1 suggested
that an adjournment for a few weeks would be a great
favor to the Judges Advocate, as they had bees required
to pre pert a sy nopals of the testimony in each case for the
examination of the Secretary ef the Navy aad the Preet lent.
This announcement started officers ami counsel
The Judge Advocate lo prepare a vyaupais of the leattmo
ny !?and by thla synopsis they ware to sink or swtm I
It la only one of the many laroioal featuraa of the whois
pretended naval reform.
nir i.samut sswrrarsa nmraTrs.
ots Dirncci.tt wirn nkw (ikanada-tsi amkansas
and m1hhou3i land (jkanth adjusted?
PEW CUIBP JUSTICE POB UTAH,ETC,
WjL-misi.Tosr, July 14, 1167.
The Navy Prparteaent received official lea pate bee laday
irom Commander Mont ornery, of the Koenoke, In
' which be says that reports from crellbls sources have
reached him, such ss lo tadooe the belief that our dlffioul
l ties with New tiranada are is fair way of speedy aad am1oahle
fettleoirnt.
The adjustment of the lands granted to Arkaaaaa aad
. Mtsaouri. by the act ot Unacrnes of 186 ., to aid In the ooo
sir action of a railroad irom a point no the Mississippi
I river ojiposlte Cairo, na IJtUa Rock to lbs Tessa bound
ary, has bee a completed at^ the i.eneral l.*nd (tffisa
and approved by tee secretary r.f the Interior This forma
a oonneeiiog lies between the Illinois Central and fartfto
Railroad The amount of land already apportioned to
Missouri and Arkansas Is 1,126,OCO.
I) R. t. kiss, of Indiaoa, has been commissioned as Chief
1 Justice of th* L'nltsd Hinted Court for the Territory of
I'Uh Mr lot sue will be continued na Marmhai there.
< The United Antes Mar>hal has not as yet been seWAed
With ibis axcep loa all the federal sppoiatmsau for thai
| Territory are made
InamsJi L.wli.nsa UasmIIi Has Kaaw MMMnlah.1 law lha
Preaideal at < <>o?ul frotn Prelum for Chicago
A bono'j land warrant fbr 100 acre* wa? ln-ood hy the
Gnmmlaetocer u? Onelnaa to day, to Hon Robert M Miv
lane. for hla ? rriora la the I- lorlda trar Tbin In the Attn
i warrant that Oaa beea leaned to Hon Ionia Met anr'a fbj
mily?nr? to htmaolf for rervoca la the war of lAli, aad
one to rar a of hla four ton* for aert toe* either In tha Florida
or Mrilraa war.
The I'reeidrnt baa poetpoard bla ?lalt to tha Rpr'nga. Ha
will no Wedneaday remove to tbe Soldier'* llotna, bat
tranaact buatnee* at tlto Wblta Honee dally, between the
houra of twalra and four.
Tha Preelileet to day pit tbr Kaw delegation of la
dlaoa front Kanaa* aa audience la tbr preaeace of hla
Cabinet They repreaantad to their Ureal Father," aa
Utey nailed the P real dent, the manner la whi-h the atiltaa
trrwpaaa on their raeervea, aad claim their rtghta to the
Ian tie rterignated ae tbe half breed Kaw laada, lying na tbe
north aide or the Kamaa river, oppoitte, above and be?ew
lecomptna They are willing. If Decennary, to naako a
new treaty Tha Preeldent referred their onmpiatala la
the CommlMloner on Indian Affair*
Bnmlng of the ntate l.nnatlr. Aiylam
i'Moo, n. v. .. ....
I'net, B. T., July M, MAt.
AtA o'clock thta mom lag flamee were aeeo burmmg
Oom tbe cupola #f the New York (bale Lunette A*T ?
thla cttf. Soon they aaoeaded in a grand column, aad then
horned dowiward. rpreadlng toward* tha wlnga no aa
weal. By barricading the taaaagra with lumy oorered
with blankra* the fre wae checked. The aaroa
Itbrt wan not to aacnaaBftil em tha enat aoa,
aad that wi.g waa vary ^
water provided upon tha >",'**!* .T?
upon the Are, but iha Are raged wlUt rich .violence rt tfca
nmmlt of the bnildtng that Uie waterJ"'1' 'J",??!?:
and the annolv waa aoon rabauated. The Are report meat
, were quickly on tbe grtnad, bat the lack of wate* la tfco
vtrinitv drlared their ertorta Urea were fo-mrd to tha
! canal to obtain water, bet the great d'tarco v/the-V
ration or the Aaylum above the canal, mad" tbe ?up?iy
1 b?,ufl"clent to check the flamrw Tbey ragdd foboor*
and completely burned out the mala building to Uw
Verv cellar, damagleg "??<-h ">e * ? "lag aad aomewhn
to taring the weal wing. The rear wlngv are nninrnrri
Fire romtwalee from Rome New YoAB tflMe, l ittle Fa: a
and Herkimer name and rendered eltkden aid Viva artrrd
patient* were la the any Inm at the Mme. The* wm ?
removed to the rear wlagi, and a otmtkderable armber of
Ibem were taken, a* tbe Are progr?*- d. it
a grove In the rear of Ike bu Sega. The
(111tea'* oor|w were rtatinned t*t ||1| gfokbd tat to, aad
the Hey moor artillery, lb- I ?'~u wb, the frntneA
Hoard*, the .lohnaon Ouerdf, Ike Fa ~w- Art llery, and Um
Herman Rife* were called oh g ?rd iha pro ierty removed
and to present the e*cape ef patient* in tbe ax
citemcnl The orlgtr. of tbe Are It not explained, but II la
eald that one of lb- rhtmato* bad been oa lira, art that a
"park from that riar hare ranghl the woodwork.
Dr Gray aad tit* hsnuttat* ware cool aad ?n?r(eUA la