The New York Herald Newspaper, October 21, 1851, Page 4

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Warsy Henarv.. ‘The storm on Saturday night and Sunday morn- ing: appears to have dome more damage thaa was | at first apprehended. On the New England coast, ene brig was totally wrecked, one schooner was sunk, another went ashore, and a lighter was washed to pieces. 1t isgnow known that the storm extended as far south as Norfolk. Advices from the ! and Ar whaling ®quadron, received at > show that there have been some exaggerati in statements re- e to the number of vesrels reported to be in the Northern waters. There is no denial, however, of the entire destruction of a great many ships, and | that upwards of sixty others were badly crippled by the ice. The sufferings of crews who were saved, are also represented as frightful ia the ex:reme. The insurance on the lost vessels belonging to New Bedford ir said to be very trifling. The steamship Brother Jonathan, bound to this por! from San Juan, Nicaragua, has been compelled to put into Mobile for fuel. | The participants in the Syracuse slave rescue riet have been bound over, on an indictment for misdemeanor, and will be tried at the November term of the Buffalo Court. In connection with this announcement, we would refer the reader to another pege, where the material points in the evidence of this case will be found. John M. Thurston, who killed his brother in-law» has been found guilty of murder in the first degree, at Owego. This israther asingular case. It was proven, by various witnesses, that the prisoner was & strong abolitionist, and very eccentric in his reli- gious views; and had frequently expressed his belief, that “‘it was less « crime to shoot s man than to vote for = slaveholder or a liquor seller.” Unfortunately for himself, he put his theory in prac- tice; the plea of ineaaity had no effect on the minds ef the jury, who had sworn to render a verdict in accordance with the evidence; and the result of his misguided principles is the gallows. ‘The case of this miserable man should be a warning to the da trective fanatics, throughout the country, who | ber, and is one of the three survivors of the power- | and attacking its aggreseors in this gross instance, Preach resistance to the laws of both God and man, ‘nd who would delight in ridding the earth of all persons who do not approve of their peculiar notions of society, morality, &c. ‘We have an account of a fire at St. Stephens, N. B., on Sunday morning, which destroyed $30,000 ‘worth of property, consisting of mills, lumber, &c. ‘The Marylanders appear to be in ecstacies with regard to their State Fair, which was opened at Baltimore yesterday. The display is said to be very superior. Our intelligence from Mexico continues to be of a truly deplorable character. The revolutionists in the North seem to be progressing, the government | is bankrupt, the law-makers are quarrelling among themselves, and we find nothing indicative of good feeling or social order from any point of that un- happy republic. Gold dust to the value of $425,000 was yesterday deposited by one firm, for coinage, in the Philadel- phia mint An important decision, so far as relates to ab- econding debtors, was yesterday rendered by Judge Hoadley, of Cincinnati. It appears that a person mamed (hilds obtained a large amount of goods on eredit, from merchants in Baltimore, and then be- | took himself to Cincinnati, where he was arrested on a requisition from the Govornor of Maryland, who wished him to be returned to the latter State for trial. The absoonding debtor sued out a writ ef habeas corpus, his case came up in the Superior Court, and, after a delay of several days, Juige Hoadley pronounced that the arrest was illegal,and | ‘that the law of the United States, as well as all the decisions hitherto made by the higher courts, were | alike unconstitutional. The matter will now be carried before the Supreme Court. ‘The motion of the District Attorney, to quash the writ of error granted by Judge Harris in the ease of Henry Cornel, was denied by the Supreme Court yerterday. ‘The argument on the bil of ex- ceptions will, therefore, commence this day. The ence bas created a great deal of interest amongst he legal profession as well as the laity at large. ‘There were only 324 deaths inthis city inst wook, of which 129 were adults, and 195 were children. ‘The principal causes of mortality we-e—consump- tion, 44; inflammations, 36; convulsions, 35; and @ysentery, 22. We observe that only threo persons are reported to have died from intemperance —thia ecrtainly speaks well for the habits of the people of this large city. Fun Anran.—Setween the Johnston whigs, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Wobster and Senator Cooper, there is ® prospect of an interesti quer rel. The issue is already joined, and it is mani- fest that the whigs of Pennsylvania oan never be brought to unite upon either Seott, Webster, or Fillmore. “0 much for the Lancaster Convention sod free coil. Penneylvania ir gope. Cio ditto. Whe comes next} ———— a ci me Our Duty to the Swiss Confederation and Bremen, ‘The attention of the people of this country has been arrested by the reported blow struck in Switz” rland, lately, at monarchical institutions. We advised our readers that the inhabitants of Chaux des Bonds, a town in the Jura Alps, and belonging to @hewamton of Neafchatel, had assembled to the number of ten thousand, and formed a people's Jeagme against the kings’ alliance. Although this report is pronounced a hoax by Le Republican New chatelois of the 23d ult., yet public attention was, nevertheless, attracted to the announcemeng. It is high time the republican party everywhero should take ground, offensive and defensive; and every move of that sort made in good faith, through- out Europe, will meet with a response from the people of the United States. We are told, indeed, that republicanism is considered to be a crime by European despots ; and the last accounts are, that, for that crime, they have conspired to destroy the | inoffensive free cities of Lubeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, our own port in the north of Europe. Such audacity must be arrested, and if we were mean enough to act on nothing but the almighty dollar, there are commercial reasons why the port of Bremen, whence the frst American ocean steam line acquired i:s start, and te which the stars and stripes are publicly carried, by semi public steam- ers, at regular intervals, should not be allowed to be violated by strangers and enemies. How long can weconduot the business of carrying freight and passengers as before, if this outrage is allowed? And who so tame, in these republican States, as to submit to the wrong committed by the strong hand of despotism, in crushing the vitality out of a single republican city? The time for co-operation with republicans in Europe hasbeen accelerated by a succession of such deeds. We are openly defied for being republicans, and the few feeble friends we have abroad are being trodden under foot. Yes- terday it was the small German States—it was Italy —it was the glorious land of Kossuth; and to-mor- row is will be Bremen, to all intents an American port, and then Switzerland. The case of Bremen is perfectly plain. For hun- dreds of years she has been free. She was a mem- ful Hanseatic cities. She has been decreed to de- struction, plainly because she is rich and republi- can, and because she is closely connected, by her direct trade, with us. We do trust that Congress will make the long session now before them always memorable by defending self-government elsewhere, if they lay their hands on the liberties of Bremen. The case of Switzerland, which will come next, should be briefly stated. Ske will shortly be in- vaded by the Holy Alliance, in pursuance of their principles, because she is a republic; but the pre- text will be two-fold. The Alliance will pretend that she is a perpetual eentre of conspiracy, which receives all the rebels of surrounding States, and gives them asylum. The tru:h, however, is, that she has given every pledge of her wish to avoid offence on that score; and that such have been her meatures, that there are scarcely a hundred refugees in the cantons. But the second pretext is more formidable. It will be the feudal claim of Prussia to Neufchatel. The anticipation of that claim is what has stirred sgain the democratic spirit of its people at Chauz des Fonds. The king of Prussia, whose title we will dis- prove, was dispossessed of hie fief of Neufchatel by the movement of Is48. But he has since publicly insisted on his claim : his first letter on the subject is dated 2Ist May, and his second 13th July, 1850; and at Heidelburg, in the fail of that year, the Prince of Prussia stated that Neufchatel would never be relinquished by his brother, the king; nor him: when he came to the throne. The royal titles are King of Prussia, and Prince of Neufchatel; and the Prince of Prussia is now the heir presump- tive to both On the American doctrine of popular sovereignty, this feudal claim to Neufchatel is very preposterous. The people, as we shall see, set it aside; and they had not only the broad natural right so to do, but a further right, founded on the origin of the King of Pruesia’s pretensions. His ancestor was Prince of Neufehatel by election of the people’s Diet ; and it is clear that they who set up can put down. A few words will explain the case of the parties to the controversy In 1707, Neufchate! was a principality; but the reigning family then became extinct by the death of the Duchess of Nemours, the last of the line of ite princes. The Diet, as the fashion was, met to eleet a successor, and, from several candidates, chore the then King of Prussia. The State was always sovereign, 0 negotiated, and so was recognized by the treaties of 1815. In Napoleon's day, how- ever, be overrun Switzerland, and incorporated Neufchatel into the empire ; and gave it to General Serthier, who was Prince of Wagram and Neuf- chatel. His deputy lived at the town of Neufchatel, while Berthier enjoyed the revenue in the dissipa- tions of Paris. The revenue was hardly a hundred thousand dollars, and was paid till Napoleon went to Elba; but not after, 'til his fall—since then it has been paid to the King of Prussia. In 1814, Neufchatel applied for admission into the Swiss confederation, and was accepted as a sovereign State—a membeg of the federal body— the King of Prussia and the other parties to the Holy Alliance being agreed, and having acquiesced ever since. The deputy of the king resided at it, | and the king retained a part of the places in the | local legislature to his deputies. By the special | act passed for the annexation of Neufeaatel, itis pro | vided: — Art. 1. That the sovereign State of Neufehatel is | admitted into the confederation asacanton This ad- mirsion takes place under the express condition that all the engagements contracted by the Btate of Neufehatel sball be faithfully carried out. The participation of the State in the deliberations on the general affairs of Switzer- land; the ratification and execation of the resolutions | of the Diet oy mae | belong exclusively to the | government seeding fatification nor uiterior tanction beti c eqe ite This provision was intended to exclude the King of Prussia from apy part in the federal government, and to exonerate the federal go- vernment from any recognition of his autho- rity. The confederation has always acted in that spirit, and has lately endorsed a popu- lar revolution at Neufchatel. After the French revolution of 1845, the people of Neufchatel reeolved to govern themselves, as we shall pre- tently see, and formed a provisional government. Berne (the capital) congratulated them openly, and recognized the change as legitimate. in answer to Von Syden’s protest, as Prussian Minis- ter, she said, t, according to the Neufchatel treaty, the federal government knew nothing of any Prinee of Neufehatel; that the canton had entered into th iss confederation with as much right as its colleagaes; and that it could not and would not oppose ite change of government. ‘The revolution of Neufchatel took place as fol- lows :— The last of February, 1818, as soon as the events of 24th February, at Paris, had reverberated across the mountains, there was a revolt of the peo- ple of La Chaux des Fonds, They are watch and clock makers, and do more work of that kind at that place and near it, than ie done at Geneva, or anywhere elee. The people forced the police, on the 27th February, to release all political prisoners. Next day, they required the municipality to abdi- cate. It refused) the town house was stormed, and the Swiss croes soon floated over the Prussian eagle. Joining the citizens of Loole, Travers, and Les Bro- neta, they formed a people’s committee, and dis armed the monarchiste of the valley of La Sogue; The municipality of Neufchatel was thanderstruck. they sent deputies to mediate, and called out the militia of the town to defend the castle and the town hell The wateh and clock makers of the Jura came on in three bodier, and the municipality abdicated, reserving the royal righte. The troops of the monarchy deserted to the peop.e: and on the | the tickets in nomination, show | tributed among the heirs, according to law Jet Mateh the republicans, being 1,8 strong, took porrersicn of the town, without firieg a gua. Oa the 30th April, a new constitution, leaving out the King of was adopted and proclaimed. On thel2th following, the new and existing tederal was adbered it two, out of the le, and was adopted. | covered the face of constitution—the first without foreign inter- to by the representatives of three, millions of Swiss Signals, bonfires, and the land to welsome the ever made by Swi ference. The diplomatic represemtatives of all the powers have remained at Berne ever since 1848, as before; | and Switzerland has faithfully, but firmly, fulfilled all her engagements. But she is # great obstacle to the monarchical system, and she is to be no longer menaced, but attacked, and, if possible, partitioned | among the robbers who have despoiled and propose | to despoil Poland, Cracow, Hamburg, Lubee, Bre- | men, Lombardy, Venice, and Lower Italy. We hope, for our eredit’s sake, and for the honor of the age and race to which we belong, that this great republic will forbid the atrocity of tearing the honored limbs of Switzerland asunder, to gratify the hate and cupidity of tyrants. We cannot recog- nise any shadow of a pretence for her dismember- ment, on either of the grounds of alleged provoca- tion. That provocation is one deliberately sought and manufactured; but if the appeal be to force, the United States should put it aside, and intervene for the intended victim, at all hazards. The anxiety of Switzerland for the countenance | of the Union is intense. It was with us thatthe | new confederation framed its first treaty of friend- ship and commerce. A section was struck out of that treaty last winter by the Senate, and hence the necessity of referring it back to the Swiss go- vernment for final ratification. Within a few days, a special agent of the United States has car- ried out the instrument, and it wil', no doubt, be accepted. The original was negotiated by Colonal Dudley Mann, and passed both branches of the Federal Congress at Berne, in November, 1850, unanimously, and by acclamation. The treaty per- fected, the two republics will be united in the bonds of interest, feeling, and honor. Svuvenion Courr or New Yor City.—We gave, in Saturday’s Heratp, the proceedings of the whig judicial convention, on Friday evering— at which Murray Hoffmanand Charles P. Kirkland were nominated as Judges of the Superior Court, | to fill the places of Judges Oakley and Mason, whose terms expire. The nomination of Mr. Hoif- | man, who is an old city lawyer, we presume will be acceptable to those citizens who do not prefer Judge Oakley, who is takem up by the democrats for re- | election, after more than twenty years’ service in | that court; but much surprise and indignation is | expressed, that Judge Mason, who was before elected by the whigs, is now left off the ticket. There is no objection that we know of to Mr. Kirk- | land, except that he has only resided in this city a | yeanortwo, having removed here from Utica bat | recently, and is quite unknown to the mass of the | voters of the city—and in addition to this circum stance, our citizens who are determined not to be governed by party feelings, do not like the manner in which Mr. Kirkland has been pushed on to the ticket by his friends, to the exclusion of Judge Mason, to defeat whose nomination the most un- worthy means were made use ofia the whig con- vention. The objections to Judge Mason wore, that he would not be subservient to certain whig poli- ticilans. But his independence weuld certainly cemmend him to honest men, if they had an op- portunity of expressing their opinion, which, it is to be regretted, the binding influence of regular nominations will prevent. |; remains only, there- fore, for us to state the circumstances under which Judge Magon has been set aside, by a bare ma- jority of the -whig convention, and leave it vo the independent whigs to apply the remedy. The Superior Court, it will be remembered, is composed at present of six Judges, four of whom are whigs, viz:—Judges Mason, Duer, Campbell, and Paine; and two are democrats, viz.: Judges Oakley and Sandford. On the question of ap- pointing a Clerk to the Court, Judge Mason re- fused to consent to the removal of David R. Floyd | Jones, who had been appointed by the democratic | Judges, and, al:hough a democrat, had performed | the duties of the office satisfactorily, with the aid | of one or more whig assistant Clerks. This refusal | to remove Jones gave great offence to those whig lawyers who wanted the office, and so they kept a rod in pickle for Judge Mason. The next ground of offence, on the part of Judge Mason, was his concurrence with his colleagues of the Supreme Court, in their deeision in favor of the legal right of William A. Walker, (democrat) commissioner of jurors, against a whig, who wanted the office, but whose appointment the judges were compelled to declare illegal. | These, we understand, are the points which were made against Judge Mason, and urged in the whig convention with suflicient force to prevent his nom- ination. Judge Mason, it is known, is a native of | this city, and a son of the late Rev. Doctor John M. Maron. Asa citizen, a lawyer, and a judge, we be- | Neve Judge Mason is entirely unexceptionable. As the whigs profess to consider the election of judges by the people an experiment, requiring the greatest care inthe management, of which nomi- | nations form the main feature, it does not become | | them, as « party, to treat honorable men inthe man- ner they have the Judges of the Superior Court. We | trust our citizens generally willdiscard party feel- ings in voting for judicial officers, and, by exercising a sound discretion in the selecting of names from leaders that they cannot make the courts of justice mere polit- | ical machines. Tue Farner Maragw Fuxv.—We are sorry to see, in certain quarters, efforts made to throw cold | water on the movement that is being made to raise a sum of money in this country, for the purpose of enabling Father Mathew to pay off his debts, and | have enough left to provide him a comfortable | support during the rest of his life. Such business | is exceedingly small and contemptible, when it is | well known that the amiable Aportie of Temperance | has reduced himeelf from comparative aftiuenceSto poverty, in promoting the cause of temperance; and has, in addition, incurred debts which bow him down, and which he never would have con- tracted if he did not look forward to means to dis- charge them A wealthy relative of his intended to make him her principal legatee, but, as she died | suddenly, without having made her will, he was deprived of this resource, as the property was dis- It is estimated that he has administered the pledge to upwards of six hundred thousand persons in this country, since his arrival among us. If we look at the to which the people of the United States are put, by reason of intemperance, it is easy to eee What a vast amount the labore of the reverend father will save. But we have no | tience to diecuss the subject = R shall say is, | that it will be a disgrace to the United States if | this movement be aot fully carried out. A Crvren Onoan Ovt or Tw. —The Fr man’s Journal (Catholic) of this city, raye:— Bo the P does not thank anybody for what freedem Catholicity en) ore ie Americn "etbotie Go mot | Tied Prevents ithe mattcr an Sant ray to rovidenee mal and etand willy nose of the first Methodist . | teat in act would attempt to prevent ux in the free ex. — 44 our retigion. If any of them doubt, let them ny Strange music that, on a church organ. Oar Saviour faye, you must “ pray for those that per- | fecute you,” instead of pulling their noses. Will hie lordship, Archbishop Hughes, attend to oar | neighbor, or will the American Bible Society fur- | nish him with a copy of the New Testament! This | man is & proper rubject for Christian charity. Can it be true that while bis Grace does not ackaow- | ledge the Freeman's Jowrnal as his organ, he gives the heretics an occasional shot, between wind and water, through ite col if thus the maeter and the man play behind a masked battery, how are | we to dittinguieb which is which’ 3 | less war-like in their outfit, | found less efficient for active service if required. | A few days training, under regular drill, would | simply impotent, and the alleged alliance “y Our City Volunteer Corpe--Military Strength of the United States. We have heretofore published, and more recently observed, going the rounds of the newspaper press, achapter of statistics, embodying the superficial area, the deb‘r, revenues, population, and military forces and resources of the several nations of Eu- rope. In the instances of France, Russia, and Austria, the warlike aggregate is truly formidable, and rather appalling to contemplate in view of the people who have to foot the bill; but for all the purposes of defence, and even of aggressive war, if necessary, the catalogue exhibits nothing to eom- | pare with the internal military strength of the United States, as we shall presently proceed to shew. First of all, however, we would remark that our at- tention has been more directly called to this subject by the numerous handsomely uniformed and equip- ped, and well drilled voluntee: companies which pass by the New Yorx Hgratp office almost every work- ing day in the year, going to and returning from their target excursions. Of these companies, one of our diligent reporters has furnished us the fol- lowing catalogue, to wit:— NEW TORK CITY VOLUNTEERS, Fulton Putnam G) juards, Willett Guards Pulton Light Guards, Cameron @ 8, Knickerbocker Guards, Trimble Guards, Gotham el Connely Guards, Franklin G Gulick Guards. Bunker Tall Gust Guar Guards, mepe tae Light Gi Swamp Guards, Morss Guards, Pacific ¢ Fag Fi Guards, Tweed Guards, Wosth Guards, re Guards, Columbian Guards, R. M, Johnson Guards, Manhattan Guards, Union Guards, Wolcott Guards, Norfolk Light Guards, American Light Guards, Allen Guards, Second company, do., Turks Island Guards, pay a Guards. jrotto Guards, Lafayette Gu Focteaiee s Guanes, Sehuyler earn Guards, First Co. ain ‘cay de Frntita Guards, Beoond do., Liberty Guards, Hyler Guards, Wisreburn G United Guards, Wiseburn Light Guards, Sinclair Guards, Brennan Guards, Smith Light Guards, Chanfrau Guards, Warren it Guards, Brieder Guards, Independant Guards, _— Light Guards, Barnum Guards, ht Guards, Brougham Guards, on Guards, Empire Guards, ee York HeraldGuards, Tompkins Guards, New York Sun Guards, Herring Safe Guarde. Centre Guards, Red Rover Guards, Marion Guards, Red Jacket Gua ards, Friendly Guards, Live Oak Guards, Forrest Guards, Higgins Guards, Metamora Guards, Colter Guards, Metamora Light Guards, Dyckman Guards, Eagle Guards, ichmond Hill Guards, Aulantic Guards, Dunford Guards, Atlantic Light Guarde, Allaire Guards, Rose Light Guards, Rutger Guards, Chepman Guards, Croton Guards, tus Shay Guards, Stryker Guards, Peas wasure Guards, Independent Vreeland Brown Light Guards, Guards, Britton Guards, Franklin Volunteers, Brower Guvrde, Jackson Volunteers, Hyer Guards, Star Volunteers, Paulding Light Infantry, Centre Place Guards, Bowles Fencibles, Shurreger Guards, Scarf Guards, Hudson Blues, McCarthy Guards, The Hounds, Perraze Guards. City Continentals, McNulty Guards, Tenth Ward Legion, Magee Guards, City Musketeers, Novelty Guards, Funny Fellows, Growier Guards, ‘The K.A Cadets, Our Own Guards, Boney Fusileers, Mazeppa Guards, Tremendous Curb Stone Old Croton Guards, Romer Guards, Bloomer Guards, Amity Cuards, Swett Guards, Epicurean Guards, Caulker Guards, Plumber Guards, Frame Makers (uards, Light Infantry. Senta Anna's Advance Guards, Atwood Fusileers, First Ward Magnetizers, Moustache Fusileers, Boerum Guarde, Red Fort Guards, Purdy Light Guards, Hopkins Guards. Downing Guards, Rig ers Guards, Kelly (inards, arhington Guards, Foundry Guards, Vietory Guards, Mechanics Guards, Alliance Guards, Indep Pearl Guards. Downs Light (iuards, Island vity Guards, Olive Giards, MeSmith ¥ Winnans Guards, Nobody Guard Bparks Light Guards, Rover Guard: Tenth Ward Miller Asso- ‘Tenth Ward ciation, Stevens Guards, Marhattan Asrociation, Frog Town Guards, Ringgold Arscciation, Shifiler Guards, Independent Gouverneur Whitehall Guarde, Bives, Moyamensing Guards. Fanning Guards, The Young Mechanic Adem Light Guards, Guards, Davis Light Guard, Centre Market Guards. These companies, numbering, on an average, sixty men each, are exclusive of the regularly uni- formed militia, and are not subject to any military rules or regulations, except those made by them- | selves, and for their individual benefit. If a stranger desires to know with what degree of precision these volunteers use the musket and the rifle, he has but te attend one of their excur- sions, to be convinced that the riddled bull’s-eye with which they return, is the result of bona fide sharp-shooting. The caricature companies, though would scacely be make them capable of coping with the best ap- pointed troops of Europe. We have here, then, a Volunteer nucleus of infantry companies of twelve thousand men, admirably equipped, with few ex- | 7b# ceptions, and well disciplined by active training, | with a proportionate force of atillery and dragoons. Altogether, however, they are but the nucleus ef the military power of the city. Let the exigency demand it, and in three days the city of New York, within herself, can raise an army, and equip it, of one hundred thousand fighting men. Nightly drills are now held, merely for pastime, in ali parts of the city. Six companies passed the Herat office yesterday. On Christmas and Thankegiving days, twenty or thirty of there splendid companies are out on parade and for target practice. If such are the military resources of this single city, we havea fair starting point from which te | estimate the aggregate military strength of the ‘ whole Union. Actual statistics, however, are more satisfactory. By reference, then, to the Army Re- ister, (official,) of 1850, we find the actual or- ganized militia force of the United States set down in the aggregate at one million nine hundred and tixty thousand two hundred and sixty-five men, | with no report from Iowa, California, or the ter- | ritories. The total militia force of the Union may, therefore, be safely set down at two millons of men. This is the land strength of our country. It is not a regular standing army—it costs little or no- thing; and, if not disciplined and organized to the perfection of the French National Guard, an inva- sion would render it, in a few months, more than a match for an equal number of the best troops of all Europe. There-is an inherent military spirit in the American, and a love of military glory as strong as in the Frenchman, combined with the most practical character in the world. The Amerivan has the adv: , too, over Luropeans general, of a su “more active pl evelopement. His average ht is two or three inches taller. Ina word, he better fed and clothed, leads a more active and heads of the umber bore an awful to the number merely wounded. ‘are accustomed to take aim. The late invasion of Cuba was composed mainly of mere con- another illustration of the a om roan men for war. The American, too, generally bow to a horse, and soon becomes a capable dragoon. Vista has left a satisfactery record ot che enuineny penetice. In fact, an active war, on a large ecale, ina few months, would rally to the of the country, an army of two millions of able bo- died, brave and men, and effective By 3 ont and crance is absurd. So tar trom en atonny foreign egy ee in our affairs, we are abun “dantiy to direct the balance of powe- in the affairs of rn powers of Encope will do * beet in avoiding all provocations for ite exeroieg. ports of three several meetings tha! were recently held by the colored people of New York; one on the subject of colonization in Liberia, one on anti-colonization, and one in reference to the Christiana (Pa.) outrage. Every one who reads these repor's will be persuaded, if, indeed, they are not previously persuaded, that the colored population of New York possess no moral force or influence, are divided among themselves, and that, as a people, they never can hope to effect any or- ganization, either here or elsewhere in the northern States, that will be attended with any benefit as regards their position in society. We have no ob- jection to their meeting and resolving, as often and as much as they please; but that they oan never effect anything is obvious. ‘The moro sensible of them, we believe, are of the same opinion, and accordingly submit to their fate. By these reports it will be seen that the colored people of New York are divided among themselves, even as to the propriety of Liberian colonization, whieh, according to the views and opinions of the most intelligent men of the age, and the best friends ‘f the African race, is the best, and, we might [say the only, plan that has been de- vised for promoting their interests. Experience has proved that not only is the North unfavor- able to their increase, and to their sosial ad- vancement, but that it is positively destructive tothem. They cannot exist ina Northern climate. The experiment has been fully tried, and the last census shows most conclusively that it has failed. With all the advantages they possess in a religious, social and political point of view, the negro popula- tion not only degenerate inthe Northern States, | but they actually become lunatics and run out: This has been proved most conclusively; and yet there is a party opposed to colonization in Libe- ria—in Africa, the original home of the race; and in a colony where thers isa great want of intelli- gent colored people, to which they are invited, and in which there is no impediment in the their reaching a position far superior to any thoy can ever hope to attain in this country. In relation to the meeting called for the purpose of collecting funds for the defenee of the persons charged with the Christiana outrage, it carries its moral with it The parties indicted for that out- tage will, no doubt, have a fair and impartial trial; will be defended by able counsel, and, if con- |, they will be punished according to law. All hn money the negroes of New York, or of the | =~ North, can collect, will have no influence, one way ‘especially to x Ripled ts ‘the last seven years, 2a Braaaay. eat Warren street, where can be hed his oon had > price W cents. ‘verte red or gray et “ae Dy Golozing for the hate, syepeows, and whiskers, ean be pro~ eure the wholesa: if servation of the hair, a etl tion. et ty) The druggists and perfumers iemmane ‘the worl The Leoks, and all depots, 5834 Ludlow. also, fc by BE. Budvon; J.B. Dodd,” New York; Mre. Hayes, Brooklyn, Price 26 oe: Canchala, eh f the great remedy for Cow Catarrh, Bpitting of bt Sepding’ So comment iris 0 Fag ty ~ " 4 nclock das daily, reat ¥ Materials, ‘Window Curtain Orme Regalia « bo Raegueey bore Just rer Belaaee from Paris ete ate es eae Gouraud’s | wid Halr e instan’ cated Boap “cures ‘tan, pimplos. freckles, salt eheum, Worm. chaps, shaves, and iT akin defor irene IM onan Wate o ve 0 pear iiond way; Callender, 88 South Third street, e.—Batchelor’s genuine Liquid: perfatere in town, Hyperion Fluid, mn the increase in pal Both of these may be had of the iiven or, 277 Wash- ‘and A. au, 183, and ra Rushton’ Clark & "8. H. Cary & Co , 245 Pearl street, Now 0 have the fear of Patdnene oe the ‘aro sdvised to provide themeclves with Davie’ orcall at his office, 5834 Ludlo and Dr. Roger’s Syrup of Liverwort, Tar, and Colds, Influenza, Depot, A°L. Beovill. & Chie Noe large bottles, $1, or three bottle » ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY. Post OFFICK BOTK AIL STEAMER. Asia, TOR Ly! and Newspaper oglam land me ty other rae Cs Europe, wit close ab the LETTER . or the other, on the result. Germany, +E ene “Se , dw Office, 'N Broadway, four doorr Tur New Macuine.—The Buffalo Commercial al street, to-morrow (1 Wednesday) morning, at 10 s ® AMES E. HARA(OTT. Advertiser, speaking of the fire annihilator, says:— 7 ame Most sincerely do we hope thnt the mackine possess | POST, OFFICE, CHATHAM, SQUARE. CORNER OF sil the power attributed to it; but every movement on | Letter and Pewspaper bare will close at this oflee on Wed- the part of the patentees would seem to be suggested by | nesd: o'clock A.M, for Liverpool, Lom- a desire to provoke distrust and throw suspicion over the Gorm whele affair. Barnum’s name would damnify any pro- Ject, and even the best im world, _ Ifour Buffalo cotemporary had said ‘ indemnify” Instead of “damnify,” he would probably have been nearer the mark. Vide, the Buffalo hunt, the Feejee mermaid, the woolley horse, and the negro ion that ever blessed the turning white. Asfor “the machine,”’ we under- stand a public experiment is to be given in a few days, which will be decisive one way or the other. Unton Course, Le Dashes 21, 1°51, at half-past two o’cloe! h for $f WO, three taf ret br ¢. be wae oklyn, for the C . returni each -—_ ‘WBeents. Express Mati for Californ' fia pe in twenty-five days—An express for Cali- mer Daniel Webster, via Nici wages, with i packages, will leave the B: Res Exchange, Wall street, on W THE FAIR es HE Fair THE FAIREST era THE, Fair at Castle G: wh ARE. PAL ere e NDEPENDENT bags > _—FOR Alderman, Kdmund Griffin; for Assistant Alderman, Charles B. Janes. Si ENTA WARD WHIG PRIMARY MEETING, HELD at 82 Pi On m 1 hat a Nominating Commit- ist mo~ ike Josern CAxnina, Secretary. day, Oc at two o'clock. im charge o! ecial miseee: fers NB. Delivery guaranteed, or money returned. obairs ‘od ond 1-100. Every ehait fe humberest of the room. Tt ison, the fest hoor, hirty foes from v ile be the entire ie Pe iene fornia of the % cert Room, SMiTH pirate Them Twelve Dollar Gok apd ved Pee Yer Watches, warranted keepers, Ladi Se Hty 0 ‘Sliver erm $25 id Eslinder We Watches; them Marranted timepieces of every des- THE 6 ORIGINAL. Private Instruetion In Pen cription, at L. JACOBS’, OUNTY MEETING.— CHE DEMOCRATI” REPUBLI- cap Electors ihe 75. county ey ap os a the nengee of the the party ba mere of 20 its ws bas reduced his iT the Children's Parisian Beaver Hate—Autumn and winter styles. NTA, 105 Canal street, hee just re; = late several hildren's and ridiny Paris expressly for hie fall ATURALIZATION COMMITTEE WILL BE IN 58! gion at Tammany, from 9 A. M. till 5 P. “ oe icles eombine ty of form with mee of material; rarely evalled by any ever imported. vitation is hereby extended to the ladies to call and ex- Aiming these articles before purshacing else BANTA, corner of Canal and Wooster streets, ae wan, ee Commercial Bank, Perth | Amboy.—Notes om thie . tg 3 t New i'n pat a ana band of the most el pag is ts ty for there hased geatlonen aaa "trem pat whbrokers hE, to $i0. Corner Nacsa a Bee! roc 6. i fore Francis 8. Banks, Brockholst Cutting—Com V suite GUARDS, A we LUMBIA COULRGE AT A AN “INFORMAL A ie vaverniy the Aionllthe Alpha Chapterter ia ‘ates tien te tain be qiee preamble sectwiioas were unanimo: roa aed Opposite St. Pout's. et ee ieceendueeae rite to! ped ot there. reee! to the id friends of tas Gomoed as tee of the Committee; R, |. Tucker, THE MILITARY. Above oe pany! a ae wane Tae 4 a < Streets on fe “October 2h § ae ~ rooke’ Boot Store.— Low The mem i requested to attend, a Wesineas would J “YY Lk ti fe for theit low priee Aman with «a bad sae boots looks seedy all over, no matter how glossy his hat or coat, The boot select the man: let people say whee they will. How, to ‘real good fitti handsome, call ia wt Bootmakers’ Un! eon Stevets bere are of importance will be transac B, © Ries a. REED: Commandant. ‘. Locweon, Seervtary. PUBLIC LECTURES, MR. WARREN, AGENT OF THE NATIONAL ™ _ will deliver a lectinee In the meet iret Baptist Chi tnd Foreyti sige ev. hee New Silke! New Silke!! and ear on Tecede: Te snd prod aaa Pihaoae found at mateo teat pie 3 sang Oy pond rare trae, aaa at tiful ks, at Ce.; aloo beauticul - HIS DAY—SRUECT rRry Siibut wise savers soir a | Pretpslimen. ou Panta Puratory aad oe tain Every Shirt and every Set of Shirts made Bite cites sgncviiy nd Forpiny jeep ‘ eh at GRE! aver ve fow Vbevadwy ugteated by si tis Hodcie ana if teert meatal ‘well made, nnd sors to voie bems ot tee crate, Ladies Course on Female Health, samme a hs | ¥ ting his say, De. remain atthe Astor oa ¢ and Pen Knives, Razors, ac.—A beautiful assortment of =A above one of the most rare and unique Ee Corner of Liber ty street, an fat, Cases, in all that the Laoag te, containing useful ar- | bald) a WG, Beced Seeiey. Comer of Liberty ste Sauer ah respectfu' gh j Ratan Perea 3. ipo 387 Brostway, | Gant ‘The | Acoordeon ta and és, uns, &e., very ebeap. This mort interesting as well as bonnes nme Te etn e Reichs Maps ky 3 roe ei | ona Dollars oe, would not sropeeer destrered, tay sro ty way. “Also, every, variety of Sentnaratle it of iowa thes pa Varo Wen gorgiie yolte seca Pi Phiit pe faa Fie | Erne We Rahs ares Renae etacruree “a, meee, ere mecca ere erent ek “ Hee rewarded, fe Gear 1 Ls salen 's pier, IS aphid tore | poretasere, | or enia bale, will 3 LOST, &. MORNING LAST, EITHER LY~ Or We Ss tl i wick’s, 7. Dari Lost on, = OCT. MA A BLACK. or ea TOrP | S¥ant3 Porte bag sremisgsst sy cajen t ati bt th NaN “¢ S recovery ot “ber ry, Chal re aetae ars pict, tenis rae from the Ni Wit ye ee pie eas pier 18 North ied } j