The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1852, Page 4

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Its contents will eanbrace the latest news about the fishery dispute, from Canada, California, Mexico, and all other parts of the American continent Single copies can be obtained in wrappers, to send b. mail steamship Washington Which will leave this port at noon Her mails will close at half past ten o'clock in the morning. The News. None of our readers who make it a point to keep well posted up in the varieus political, s rian, and other movements of the day, and especially those who avail themselves of every fair opportuni- ty to enjoy all the strange things that are pas‘ing, will fail to peruse the lengthy and graphie report of the first day’s proceedings of the Women’s Rights Convention, at Syracuse, together with the tele- grapbic synopsis of the curious transactions on the second day. ‘These ladies are evi lently making up for lose time in the way of public speaking, and are now going on at a rate which must convince every- body that, although they may have been deprived of all other rights, they have not been tongue-tied. Many of them are shrewd, too, and make most capital specches~speeches which nota fow of the promi- nent political orators, of all parties, might take pattern from, with profit to themselves, and benefit to the causes they advocate. But thea, these women who are so lustily fighting for what they claim as their rights, are at variance with each other, neverthe- less ; issues have sprung up among them, and they are romewhat divided, like the barnburners and hunkers among the democrats, or the unionists and free scilers among the whigs, and the Hale and Goodell men among the abolitionists. Mrs. Clarissa Nichols yesterday defined her political position by remarking that it bad been stated she favored Pieree and King, but she wished it understood that the did not stand on a pro-slavery platform. How- ever, it is understood that these women variously advocate the claims of the Presidential candidates of a)) parties with the utmost zeal, and will vote for them, too, if they can get an opportunity. Mrs. Jones yerterday wished to have parliamentary rules observed in the business of the convention, but Lucy Stone speedily demolished this proposition and annihilated the men in the same breath, much to the edification of all present. From present appear- ances, these women seem to have got theirrights ali mixed up together in one solid bunch, and each one is pulling at ber own particular share in her own way, regardless of the exertions of her neighbor in an opposite direction. They will get it all straight after » while. Enough eaid. Read the report. EiThe latest returns from the Vermont election, show that while the whigs have about held their own, compared with Jast year’s vote, the democrats have greatly gained from the freesoil ranks. Senator Hale is said to have left Boston for the West, last Wednesday, with the intention of stump- ing it for four or five weeks. The Philadelphia Democratic Convention has at length completed its labors. Robert M. Lee has been nominated for Mayor of that city. The demo- erate of the Fourth district ot Pennsylvania have nominated Wm. H. Witte for Congress. A despatch from Utica estimates that about one hundred thousand persons visited the State Fair yesterday. Hon. Horatio Seymour, the democratic nominee for Governor, will deliver the annual ad Gress to-day. Thirteen persons have been carried off by the yellow fever at Charleston within the last week. The disease is almost wholly confined to foreigners. Business was generally suspended in Richmond, Va., during the funeral procession of Messrs. Barnes and Rileigh, who were killed by the explosion of the Reindeer. One or two items of information this morning are of rather a melancholy character. N.H_ Crist, who was convicted of the murder of Mr. Coleman, was hung in Mobile on the 3d inst. Many of our read- ers will recollect the beautiful and impressive letter, published some weeks ago, from the young wife of Crist, in which she stated that she believed him to be innocent, but at the same time implored him, if guilty, to confess his crime, and thus remove one obstacle at least to his hopes of salvation. He did not turn a deaf ear to the appeal, but acknowledged the awful decd before his separation from all on earth. We also publish the details of the execution of Samuel Ward, a negro, at New Castle, Delaware. From Springfield, Mass, we learn that Richard Walkley, jr., was yesterday convicted of the murder of his father, and sentenced to be hung a such time as the Executive may determine upomt <A negro was yesterday convicted in the Suffolk county court of this State, for the murder of a white woman. He was sentenced to be hung on the 29th of October. The intelligence from Mexico, given under the telegraphic head, certainly leoks as though Santa Anna is at the bottom of the revolutionary move- ments now going on in that country. peta of two frightful railroad casualties wil] found in our city news column. What is most ‘extraordinary, not a life was lost nor a limb broken by either of them. Particular attention is directed to the inside pages of this sheet. Although many columns are taken up with advertisements,which will be found of great interest to every class of society, we are enabled to give fifteen columns of highly entertaining reading matter, among which we will mention the follow- ing :—Political and Gossiping Lotters from Paris ; Letter from Hong-Kong, giving the details of the capture and punishment of some of the pirates who infest that region ; Extracts from several of the London journals relative to the Fishery Difficulty ; interesting communication upon the subject of Sla- very ; the Catholic Test in the Presidential Eleo- tion ; Materiel of the U. 8. Navy; Franklin Pierce's Ancestors ; Reviews of New Books ; New Buildings in this city ; Fire at Troy, &o. General Scett—His Serviecs and his Pay= Littleness of Party Warfare. On thedeath of that sterling old patriot, Henry Clay, the democratic Governor of Kentucky sp- pointed to his vacant chai in the Senate a Mr. Meriwether, a democratic politician, regarded in the State asa man of talents and ability. Instead, however, of any attempt to emulate the lofty line of conduct of Mr. Clay, we find Mr. Meriwether, on the first convenient occasion, descending to the level of across-road small beer politician, in a resolution ealling for information concerning the pay, emola- ments, and extra allowances, received for their pub- lie services, respectively, by Gen. Scott and Gen. Pierce. The information communicated by this resolution has just been published by the Washing- ton Union, and will, of course, be circulated from one gnd of the Union to the other for electionecring purposes against (en. Scott. It appears from these official returns, that for some forty years of the most sciive and brilliant services in the army of the Uoi ed States, General Scott has received from the tre: ury an aggregate of two hundred and minety thowsend, five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and e¢ giieen cents. This would bea little over eeven thousand dollars a year for forty years—an exceedingly paltry exhibition of liberality, in contrast with the services, fer which it is paraded as an extravagantreward. ‘To show how niggardly and beggarly has been this extravagance of the government towards Gen. Scott for his ex- traordinary services, we select (he following items of extra allewances from the account rendered in by the Second Auditor of the Treasury :— 1, For per diem inawisne oe six dollars, made General Scott bv the Secretary of War, from the 22d Septem. ber. 1818. to the 17th May, 1819, 238 days, for extra services in the compilation of a military work for the army, wider orders of the War Department... $1,428 00 1825. ‘or six dollars a day, silowed retary of War, as the ectix between his pay and em d) hy the tod dif the Ist July, 1824, to the while érgiged in revi the Book of Infantry Tacties and the Rega lations of the Army, and preparing an ab- strac! of tho tia of the U For same allow: 1,200 00 ° 354 00 4—For eight dollars a conferring with the womies, Winne- ans at Chic: 7th October, 1332, rom New York to those place ther with his expenses duri conference, alowed by the of War.. 2,485 22 1835, 5.—For his compensation as author and com- piler, and services in supermtending tne privting of the Tacties, for the xed per act of ad ipline amd as authori- eof the ar 5,000 00 6.—For extra compensation incurred while act ing an commissioner under the Oberokee tresty, from April to December, 1828. 244 days’ aliowed by the Commissioner of Indian Aflairs. under the 10th and 13th sections of the act of 0th June, 1834........0se0ee eee 1841. per diem as commissioner ake aisangements with the Cherokee Indians, from the 11th April to the 30th Deceraber, 1888, inclusive, allowed by the Acting Secretary of War. 358 71 x .—For eight dolla to treat and | 1,952 00 -$12,867 93 Now here we have some sixteen hundred dollars compensation for a book on * Infantry Tactics,” and five thousand dollars for the “New System of Disci- pline and Tactics,” the value of which to the gov- ernment, as illustrated in the Mexican war, can only be measured by the gold mines of California. In any other country the compensation to a general officer, of the scientific attainments and experience of Gen. Scett, for such standard works in our military schools, would have been, even in poor Mexico, at least a hundred thousand dollars, in England a duke: dom, and in France a chateau and a country estate. Only look at it. Gen. Scott receives $5,000 for the work on the New System of Discipline and Infantry Tactics, and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe refuse $10,000 for the copyright of Uncle Tom’s Cabin: And so of Gen. Scott’s pay as an Indian Commis- sioner. How contemptible it appears alongside of the profits and pickings of the Galphin, the Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Choctaw operations of other commissioners, contractors, and speculators. Greeley’s “fuss and featbers” about the mileage of members of Congress was thought to be a small potato business, but it wasa great thing compared with this pitiful trumping of Gen. Scott’s pay and extra allowances by a Senator of the United States. But of all others concerned, the editors of the Washington Union ought to be ashamed of them- selves. Congress has just voted the handsome gra- tuity to Father Ritchie of fifty thousand dollars, '$50,000,) for losses upona printing contract which he failed to fulfil ; and they have taken away from another contractor the public printing, and given it to Gen. Armstrong, upon terms by which he will probably make a clear profit of one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand dollars. And they have done all this without giving Elwood Fisher, as far as we know, for his losses of forty thousand dollars upon the Southern Press, the first red cent. We are surprised that either Father Ritchie or Gen. Armstrong could be- come a party. under such circumstances, to this lit- tle, pettifogging, dirty, and contemptible proceed- ing against Gen. Scott. We are mortified very deeply at such conduct in Father Ritchie and Gen. Armstrong. It is unworthy either a father or a general in Israel, with his pockets brim full of extra allowances. It is but the revival of the same des- picable policy pursued by the whigs in the cam- paign of 1848 against General Cass. It is scarcely more respectable, though not quite so low, as the charges of the New York Tribune of drunkenness and cowardice against General Pierce. What a shame ! All this, however, only illustrates the broad line of demarcation between the dirty work of a mere partizan press, and the straightforward and digni- fied policy of an independent journal—neither the slave of party nor party leaders, nor the dependant upon party rewards, and under no dread or respon- sibility to party punishments. Now it has been, and is, and will be, the policy of the New York HERALD to digcuss the Presidential controversy up on its merits, and upon the legitimate issues of go, vernmental policy involved in it—upon the fitness of the respective candidates, and with the view of con- tributing te the success of that candidate, and of those principles and measures, in our foreign and domestic affairs, best calculated to promote the honor, the glory, the prosperity, and the pro gress of thismighty republic. We have had nothing to do, and can have nothing to do, in those mean end little party tricks and devices, on both sides, of falsehood and personal detractionand abuse, euch as the allegations of cowardice and drunkenness, or such as the trumping up the pay and emoluments from the treasury to any candidate for his public services. Take, for example, the following letter of Henry Clay, in which we hve simply changed the date, and the place of the convention, and the names of Gen. Taylor and Gen. Cass where they occur, to Gen. Scott and Gen. Pierce, and we believe that it not only conveys the opinions of Mr. Clay regard- ing Gen. Seott’s nomination, but that it will be ad- mitted as a protty fair index of the views of this journal, in respect to the civil qualifications of Gen. Scott. Just let us, then, make the change of names in Mr. Clay’s letter, and of the date to 1852, as suggested, and try how it will read:— EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY URRY CLAY TO THE WHIG EXROUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THIS city 8 he Ammann, September, 1888, “And here gentlemen I would stop, but for your request that I would communicate my vote ‘This 1 hall do briefly and frankly, but with reluctance and regret. “Concurring entirely gore that the peace. pros- perity,and happiness of the United States ri sially on the preservation of whig principles, be I know what was said and done by bag eons rotnge oF tiomin the convention; but there is a veil about tl matter which I have not penetrated. The letter from him, which it was stated one of that delegation possessed, has pever been published; anda letter on the same sub- tc addressed te the aerate: party of Maryland, ., at his instance, been wit from the publie. It was uite natural that after receiving the nomination, he yuld approve the means by which he obtained it. | What I should be glad to see is, some revocation of the declaration in the Richmond Republican letter before the nomivation was made. On the great — national measures which have s0 long divided parties, if he bas any fixed opinions they | are net publicly known. Exclusivelya military man, | without the least experience in civil affairs—pred up. and always living in the camp, with his sword by bis side, and bis epsulettes on his shoulders—it is proposed to travrfer him from his actual position of second ia command of the army to the Chief Magistracy of this great and model republic |! If I cannot come out in the active sepport of such a candidate. I hope that those who know anything of my opinions, deliberately formed, and repeatedly avowed willexevre me, To those opinions I shati adhere, with inercased instead of diminished confidence; aod I think that my friends ought to be reconciled to the siience which I have impored on myself from difference to them as Well as from strovg objections which I entertain to the competitor of General Scott. Ty wish to lead, or mis- Jead no one; but to leave all to the unbiassed dictates of their own jndgment I know, and fecl all that cam be urgedin the actual posture of the present contest. Leptertain with you the strongest apprehensions from the election of General Pierce : but I do not ree-enough of hope and confidence in that of General Se stimplate my exertions and animate my zal, I deeply fear that his success may lead to the formacion of a mere personal party, There isa chance, indved, that he may give the country a better administration of the execu tive government than his competitor would; but it is not such a chance ae can arouse my enthusiusm or induce me to assume the responsibility of recommending auy courte or offering apy advice to others, * * * * % rs * With great respect, Iam your friend and ob’t servant, MH, CLAY, To James Lynch, 4. H. Bradford, Charles Caamber. lain, Henry U. Merritt, &e., &e. That letter now takes a broad and statesmanlike | venture to use other arguments—are put in requisi- | consequence. view of General Scott as a candidate for the Presi- dency. It sticks to the legitimate points of his un- fitness for the office. He is a mere military chief- tain, and though, like Timour the Tartar, he may have piled up a military pyramid of seventy thousand human skulls as an evidence of his claims to popular support, such was not a satisfac- tory recommendation to Mr. Clay, and is not to us. Like Mr. Clay, too, with respect to General Taylor, we have very little faith in General Scott's princi- ples before his nomination, or in his professions after his nomination. From time to time, during the last twenty years, he has laid down his doctrines for the administration of the government, and a more rigid, stiff, and impracticable system has never been dreamed ofsince the time of the elder Adams It smacks of the tight rein of a military despotism. Moreover, he has changed and modified his views so often that there is no more chance of predicting his policy if elected, than there was of foretelling the policy of General Taylor. But, far beyond all other objections, we object to General Scott because of his political affiliations with Seward and the Socialists, and other cliques and factions of our Northern fanatics and incendi- aries. We know that the ultimate object, rule or ruin, of Seward and his pirty, is the extermina- tion of Southern slavery, root and branch; and that he calculates, in this war upon the South, to build up a great Northern party, which s all be strong enough and fanatical enough to say to the South, “thus far shalt thou go, and no farther,” and this man shall be the President, and help it if you can. We know, also, that Fillmore and Webster were sacrificed at Baltimore, because, in sustaining the constitutional rights of the South, they had dis- pleased Seward and his organs, and his allies. Ibis equally notorious that General Scott was nomina- ted because he was the favorite of the anti-slavery section ot the whig party, and because the friend: of Seward in the convention, desired to have it 80, and willed it so. Upon these grounds, and reeol- leeting, too, that through the kitchen cabinet iaflu ences of Seward, the administration of General Taylor brought the country, on the Texas boundary question, to the very verge of civil war, we have ro disposition to trust the same influences ia the kitchen eabinet of the next administration. We want the Union to stand—we want to see it pore manently harmonized—we want to see the rights of the South blended with every department of the government—we want to see the country going for- ward, and not backward, and its rights and in- terests and duties firmly maintained in its foreign policy, especially with Great Britain. We want a positive and not a negative government—~a national and not a sectional administration ; and these views and the objections of Henry Clay to a mere military chieftain, constitute the comprehensive measure of our objections to General Scott. We commend these views to the Washington Union. As the central organ of the democratic party, it ought to be above the mean and pitiful warfare of trumping up General Seott’s pay as an argument against his election, as if in being poorly paid for great services, aman becomes disqualified for public employment. Itis particularly in bad taste, and ungenerous in General Armstrong to pursue this course against General Scott, after the Union has received a sort of bonus from the treasury worth at least a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Let the battle be fought upon the honest plan laid down by Henry Clay. Let the mere party journals on all sides try if hey cannot do it, and adopt the plain, fair, legitimate, comprehensive, rational, na- tional and common senge policy of the New York HERALD. Joux Van BurEN on THE Go.—We see by tho country newspapers and the telegraph, that our distinguished favorite, John Van Buren, is tramping through Pennsylvania on a political tour, making speeches in favor of Pierce and his platform, and occasionally ruffling the feathers of General Scott, in the present dull campaign for the Presidency. We are glad to seo that John is engaged in this busi- ness, and is making up for past sins. He may pro- bably, if he shews a little more consistency and courage, come out perfectly qualified to be admitted asa full private in the democratic ranks, to serve in the present campaign, and will be entitled at the next chance, to be raised to the post of delegate of some convention at the primary meetings. John, it seems, has not taken it too much to heart that he was rejected by the Syracuse Convention—and in thishe shows his prudence, good sense, and dis- cernment. As we have undertaken the manage- ment of the Presidential contest entirely at our own volition and expense, and simplyto give repose to the spirit of General Jackson, which, according to one of the spiritual people, has been very much disturbed lately, we shall see that John Van Buren, if he behaves courageously and wittily, shall have all due honor and consideration. Another word to another private. Captain Ryn- dershas also felt sorry at being rejected by the Syracuse Convention. Let him follow in the foot- steps of John Van Buren through Pennsylvania and New York, among all the free soil districts, and his services will also be taken into consideration; and he may be promoted at the next chance or vacancy in some convention. Larest Concernine Mn. Wensten.—We havo just received a letter from Boston, which we think is enti- tled to credit, in which the writer says:—“Mr. Webster will publish no address to his friends on the subject of the present Presidential campain. All statements to the contrary are moan inven! of tho enemy. The Scott papers here, in your city, and elsewhere, have been industriouely circulating reports that ina fow da s Mr. Webster would set Minaelt ht. He is right in bis own judgment, and write ne letter for or Seott,” That is right. pie’ Ni os be an ie ao ag Wrebiiee stand . We believe war Whee aay ‘in Wail stroct? What stays Mr. ge now 1 fully and impudently jealous of the mighty and widely spreading influence of this country, and are fearfully anxious lest the necessities of the Mexican government, and their sense of good policy, should induce that country to seek for an- nexation to the United States. England and France are tremblingly alive to the consequences which such an absorption would have on their re- spective interests—colonial and commercial, in South America, the West Indies, the Pacific, and other portions of the globe; and all their powers of diplomacy—for we believe they would not tion to prevent the accomplishment of this natural It is not that they consider such an accession would render the United States @ more powerful republic than it now is, but they dread | the extension of territory, knowing that on this continent—at least the extent to which this absorp- tive process may go on—cannot be limited by any- thing less than the two great oceans—East, West, and South. But whatever views of policy may induce these powers to interfere in the affairs of Mexico, it is the duty of our government to teach them that we will not submit to this unwarrantable interven- tion. We protest against it in limine. France and England have just as much color of right to pursue such @ course, on this continent, as we would have to intervene between a union of two of the nation of Europe. France, it would seom, is taking the initiative in the matter; but this is merely the effect of the wily diplomacy of the British government which puts forward France and Spain, and keeps a backward position itself, although it is, in fact and truth, the prime mover in the affair, and is perhaps more interested in it than either of the other two. The claims of English capitalists and bondholders, which Lord Malmesbury has officially notified his determination to sustain in Mexico, must not be of greater avail than the professed will of the people. Too much latitude has already been given to this encroaching and domineering power, to intervene in the affairs of this continent. The Bulwer and Clay- ton treaty, and that more recently entered into with Mr. Webster, have admitted them to too much participation in American affairs. Let their proten- sions find @ curb, even at the eleventh hour. We have evinced our disinclination to intervene in Eu- ropean affairs, even when there was a mighty ap- peal made te our republican sympathies, and love of justice and hatred of oppression ; and we should insist—and we must soon insist—on tho European powers assuming a like respectful attitude in rela- tion to this continent. We go for the Monroe doc trine of non. intervention in its fullest sense. And if European powers will not observe a strict neutrality in what appertains to this continent, let thom be- ware lest we might be tempted to adopt Shylock’s reasoning, when he says, ‘* The villany you taught me IJ will execute, and it will go hard but I will better the instruction.” Tf, therefore, the Mexican government and people should manifest a desire to raise their unfortunate land to a condition of prosperity, happiness, and strength, by a connection with the United States, and should it be the policy, as it is the will of the people of this republic, to receive Mexico into the Union of States, and take her under the star span- gled banner, the imperious pretensions of France, Spain, and England, will be a very trifling obstacle inthe way. We may easily afford to scorn and set at naught the arrogance of these powers, and to pursue uninterruptedly the workiog out of the manifest destiny of this republic. We can despise the empty menace conveyed iu the article, which we quote, that ‘neither cabinet (of France or Spain) would quietly suffer the absorption of Moxi- co by the United States.” Let but the proper dis- position be mutually manifested by either country, to enter and to be received into the American con: ederation, and it shall be quickly ascomplished, without any alarm from the hectoring and bravado of these European powers, oy without being much affected by their friendly or hostile dispositions in the matter. This is at all events the public feeling of the people of the United States, and we must hope that those to whom they confide the adminis- tration of affairs, will show themselves faithful servants and truthful representatives of the popular will. TAMPERING wiTH RePorTERS.—From a very dis- creditable system—practised too frequently by re- porters of some of the starveling journals of this city, and by a few unattached individuals who aro employed from time to time by such papers-~it has grown to be a recognized fact among politicians, contractors, monopolists, hotel keepers and others, who have any scheme on foot, that reporters are all purchasable, and that by paying them five or ten dollars, they can be got to give such a description of matters as suits the wishes and interests of the party paying, in violation of truth and fair dealing. Sometimes, too, this can be done at a less expense; and economical gentlemen try to influence the re- porters by treating them to wine and segars, ina liberal and condescending manner. For the honor of the profession be it said, that such attempts, though generally successful among the unprincipled atiachés of such journals as do not pay their reporters anything more than starvation wages, are indignantly rejected by the men whose labor and talents are properly remunerated. It is on their behalf that we repudiate and denounce such a custom, tending, as it does, to bring discredit upon them, and expose them to the humiliating offers which, from time to time, are so made to them: Those who can properly discharge the arduous duties of reporters to the public press must necessarily be gentlemen of good education, who have a character to sustain, and who will not thus barter their repu- tation and their honor by stooping to such unworthy practices. It may, therefore, be taken as a general tule, that those reporters who eagerly snatch at the offer made to them, and promise todo whatever is required of them, are not worth the bait with which they are caught. Such fellows belong to the class of oyster house critics. But a word also to the men who adopt this mode fdeceiving the public. It appears that the system of bribery and corruption, of which we hear so much in connection with the Common Council, is openly and undisguieedly practised by all classes of men in this city who have any political or personal end o attain. One party only tries to counteract the other at thesame game. The capitalists, and prop- erty holders, and omnibus proprietors, who league to defeat a railroad in Broadway, endeavor to bribe the reporters to magnify the influence of their move- ment; and the other party of monopolists, whoseek to carry out the measure, would doubtless resort to the same mode of corrupting the members of the press, a8 it is charged they have done the membors ofthe Common Council. In politics the game is just the same, and it requires but little discernment to see that thore who are so easily purchased, on both sides, cannot be of much avail—as far at least as affects public opinion—to either. It is this facility of influencing some insignificant writers on equally insignificant papers, that has given rise to the general opinion in the community that reporters can very easily be swayed to misre- present occurrences. From this, too, proceeds the vulgar idea of the black mailing practised by jour- nals. The system of attempting to bribe reporters, and thereby deceive the public, is attended with a very dubious benefit to the party practising it, since their opponents can resort, with equal facility, to the anme mode. But it tends to reflect on the general reputation of the reporters, and, therefore, we de- unce the custom a8 injurious and insulting to the high-minded members at jon, tat unjust toward the public, who must on the truth and aceuracy of the reporters. practice be frewned down. Tur Guano NegoriaTions.—The guane speou- lators of Wall street seem to be inundating the press with deeuments and letters, and statements and certificates, intended to show that the govern- ment of the United States is bound to take care of their interests, in opposition to the right of Peru, because, by some means or other, the Secretary of State was induced, in June last, to give a partial and incorrect view of the rights of Peru to the Lobos islands. From the developements already made, there can be no doubt but Mr. Webster, the Secretary of State at Washington, was deceived by the guano speculators, otherwise he never would have compromised himeelf to the government, by furnishing the letter of June last, without making further and more special inquiries into the nature of the claims put forward by the government of Pern to the Lobos islands, and all the other islands on their coast. The newspaper press in this neigh- borhood—some of the journals at least—were de- ceived by the same speculators ; but those among the newspapers, who retain any high principles of honor and justice in advocating and defending American rights and American duties, must have long since seen the character of the deception prac- tied, both on the government andon the press, in these repreeentations, and will have corrected them- selves accordingly. The twenty or thirty vessels sent out by the Wall street speculators, on the faith of Mr. Webster's let- ter, procured as it was by misrepresentation, can have no recourse or remedy from the American gov ernment, if they should be excluded and prevented from loading their ships with guano under their original conception. The Peruvian government, wo believe, sells no guano at these islands. The system under waie! this business is managed is altogether of a different caaracter Foreign vessels from any country arriving at the Guano islands, seeking for cargoes of that article, do not receive such cargoes on account of owners, but are simply employed by the Peruvian government at a stipulated freight. Under this system, the Wallstreet speculators must consent to take the cargoes of guano as freight, bring it to this city, and deliver it into the hands of the Peru- vian agents here to whom the government of Peru consigns it. No foreign vessel can purchase a cargo at these islands. All the guano that is distributed over the world for agricultural purposes, is simply sent to the different countries as freight, and con” signed to the Peruvian agents in London, Havre, Lisbon, New York, &2., where it issold at a certain stipulated price, the vessels bringing it being paid simply their freight and nothing more. The guano speculators, therefore, will be com- pelled under the action both of the American and Peruvian governments, to give over their original intention, and permit their ships to become more freighting veseels, and be paid accordingly. If they attempt to make war, it will be on their own res ponsibility. Mr. Webster, as Secretary of State, has already notified them of the view which the ad- ministration will take of such illegal conduct, on their part, as they may be guilty of on reaching those islands. On Torcaicur Processtons.—Exuberant de- monstrations of hospitality and welcome to distin- guished foreigners seem to form a prominent trait in the national character. Perhaps, however, it is more apparent in this metropolis than in any other city of the Union. Patriots, revolutionists, and artists, who have obtained celebrity on the other side of the Atlantic, are greeted when they come here with an outburst of enthusiasm perfectly astonishing to themselves, and of which they never had a sample among the more sedate people of the old country. We have now to do, however, with those particular ceremonies in these receptions known as torchlight processions, with bands of music and other exciting accompaniments, with re- spect to which we entertain certain convictions as to the sincerity of the feelings which dictate them, and the objects for which they are got up. The latest instance of them we have had occurred a few evenings since, when a band of firemen, with music and torches, escorted Madame Alboni from Metro- politan Hall to her hotel, and subsequently ad- journed, according to the established etiquette, to partake of refreshments provided at the expense of the honored individual. Now, it oecurs very forcibly to us that all such demonstrations—of which, indeed, this city is yory often the theatre—eannot be regarded at all in tho light of a spontaneous exhibition of cordial wel- come and respect. Nota bit of it. Such a feeling enters very lightly indeed into the matter. They are the result, first, of that spirit of fun, devilry and excitement, which predominates throughout the community, and loves to manifest itself in mili- tary and civic parades, and processions, and target excursions, and congregations at watering places, and mass meetings of every kind; and secondly— and to a large extent—they proceed from the cer- tainty of having a glorious spree at the expense o¢ the person in whose honor the affair is organized. Of course it would be very shabby if such indi- viduals would not give an unlimited order to the nearest saloon for wine, brandy, segars, and other “* refreshments,” with which the actors in the sbow might regale themselves ad libitum. Who doubts that this was the case with the torchiight procession and serenade with which Jenny Lind was tormented when she first made her appoarance here. Barnum knew such things would get up steam, and give a furore to the Jenny Lind mania ; and he fostered and encouraged them, perhaps even paid to getthem up. At all events, the participants in such affairs were liberally treated in return for the services they rendered. But it is almost needless to cite this case particularly, as in all similar exhibi- tions the eame facts hold good. Therefore it is that these torchlight processions are by no means to be regarded as evidences of sin- cere and enthusiastic feeling. They are merely got up for the diablerie of the thing, and for the prospect of the glorious spree which is sure to terminate them. The merits of the artistes are to be judged of, not by these displays, but by the moro sober and rational expression of opinion in the newspapers. We doubt not but that the quiet, unostentatious lady, who was the subject of the latest display of this kind, wished all the red-shirted confraternity at the same time asleep in their beds, or working their machine, instead of coming to frighten and bewil- der her with their demoniacal looking torches, and wild shouts. She suomitted, however, to the in- fliction with as good a grace as possible, gave the necessary order as to the brandies, and went to bed to be haunted with visions of the wild looking charac- ters she had escaped from, and to wonder more and more at the manners and customs of New York, in the year of grace, 1852. Tne Ricnmonp Enquirer Ser Rigut.—Our co- temporary at the capital of Virginia is under a mis- take when it supposes that we have owned the soft impeachment of being purchased tor this Presiden- tial campaign by the democrats. We thought we had becn explicit on that point. The democrats have been for the last four years too baro of funds to be able to purchase us for any campaign. But, seeing that they had a good cause, with drivelling leaders, we have, out of pure compassion, taken their care in band, and will see that they have jus- tice done them is the present election. In fact, we are better able to purchase the democrats, ‘hook and line, bob and sinker,” so far as funds*are con- cerned, than the democrats are to purchase us. Our great purpore, in this contest, has been to pursue such a couree as would purify both the great parties of their abolitionist and socialist tendencies and influences. Tho whig party, for tho last two yoars under the influence of Seward and his satellites, has been chtirely given over to the horrible doctrines of socialiem and abolitionism; and we thorefore believe that that party is going to destraction ns fast as time will permit. The democratic party has some elements of sound sense and constitutional princi- ples in the North yet, affecting and stimulating and influencing its conduot; and it only requires one or two more years to purify it of all the atrovious abolition and socialist tendencies which yet linger” within its camp. The purification of the democrat: of the North has already begun in Massachusetts, by the split and breaking up of the coalition between, tho abolitionists and the national democrats. The same thing will soon take place in this city, and in this State, and the abominable doctrines, and the abominable and atrocious principles, destructive of all government and all nationality, which have beer heretofore promulgated through these atrocious jour- nals—the New York Tribune and Evening Post will all be cornered and broken down, and driver out of existence, and excluded from all action on the great movements of this vast republic. UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS.—The advantages of an. academical education in some of the great univer- sities of Europe have been expatiated upon of late, in books and reviews, to a considerable extent. Among certain of our embryo scholars and authors, it were quite heretical to assert that a man could possibly attain much proficiency in philosophy out of Bonn or Berlin; in theology, except at Halle; or in the classics, short of Cambridge. In fact, we have only to glance over a late publication of a townsman of our own, to see how admirably ono who has “ breasted” the tide of fashionable study in one of these royal canals to science, for “ five years” or so, may look down with supercilious pity on our grovelling natives, whose acquirements aro not equally transmarine. It remains to be seen what real distinction, in the literary world, is to crown a preparation so laboriously and expensively obtained. Meantime, our attention has been called to the course of a young American, (Mr. Henry M. Baird, son of Rev. Dr. Baird,) who is pursuing his studies, not at one of these sources of modern learning, but at the ancient, long-forsaken, fountain-head of Eu- ropean civilization. Little known to the literati of the West, there has sprung up at Athens an insti- tution which, in some respects, presents to the stu- dent, of whatever country, unequalled opportunities of improvement. It is well know that, under the oppression of the Turkish government, prior to the revolution of Greece, in 1821-8, a large number of enterprising natives of that country left it to seck employmen* in other lands. Many of these, having in the course of years of industry attained great wealth, have liberally contributed from their fortunes to the advancement of science and civilization at home. Under such patronage the University of Athens was feunded, in the year 1836. A single individual gave, for the erection of a suitable edifice, the sum of one hun- dred thousand dollars; and another, aince then, has given an equal sum, for an additional building. By such liberality, the institution has also been por- manently endowed, and supplied with all the need~ ful apparatus ef books, instruments, &c. Now, as to the advantages for study to be found in this university. The modern Greek language, as all are aware, bears a great resemblance to the an- cient—much greater than do the other four lan- guages of Southern Europe to the Latin. Even as spoken by the common people, this is true of it. But for many years it has been the effort of the edu- cated classin Greece, and especially of the literati, to restore the language as rapidly as possible, to the grammatical construction and idiomatic forms of the classics. This effort developes itself chiefly in the language of the professors of the university,and in the books and newspapers which issue from the press at Athens. The result has already been a considerable approach to the ancient language; and, it is not extravagant to expect, before many years, a com- plete return, in polite society at least, to the speech of Plato and Demosthenes. Atthe University of Athens, all the higher branches of the university studies are prosecuted through the medium of the Greek language. These depart- ments are very fully and ably represented. There are no fewer than twenty-six professors, several of whom, as Bambas, Benthylus, Maocordato, &s , are men of considerable distinction. Their familiarity with the language, history, philosophy, and archaw- ology of their country, is pf course greater thap any other men can boast of. It is naturally to these - subjects that the main talent of the institution is directed; they are treated distinctly and minutely Thus during a part of the courte, uo of the pro feccors, Benthylus, lectures on alternate days upon an oration of Demosthenes and a play of EHschylus; another, Agopius, on the Odyssey and the Greek poets; a third, Manousis, on universal history; a fourth, on Greek history. A fine library of seventy thousand volumes, rich in everything relatiog to the national histery, is accessible. And al} this in sight of the Acropolis and the Areopagus,, and within sixty miles of every town and battle- field famous in Grecian story. The length of time to be given by a young Ame- rican to such a course of study is quite optional. He may enter the university as a regular student; pursuing in the Greek language, nearly the same curriculum as in the German universities ; or he may attend such lectures as he chooses, in the cha- racter of an Akroates, or auditor. The present number of regular students, candidates for degrees, is four hundred and fifty-five; that of the auditors is about four hundred more. Thus one wight profitably spend at Athens, either a smgle year, after gradua-- ting at one of our colleges, gp the full term of four years, in the regular course of study. In either care, with proper application, it would be practica- ble to acquire a familiar knowledge of both ancient and modern Greek, and a good acquaintance with the history, literature and topography of Greece. A word about expenses—for not every studious young Amerisan has a Nabob’s purse at his dispo- eal. There are no fees or charges of any kind to be paid at the University of Athens. And as to board and lodging, that can be obtained at a most mode- rate rate— $3 a week. Suffolk County—Court of Oyer and Ter- miner. Judge Morse, presiding. TRIAL AND CONVICTION FOR MURDER, AND SEN- TENCE. Srrrempern 9.—Charles Williams colored man. of Co- mac, Long Irland, was convicted of murdering a female. the wite of a fazmer residing in the neighborhood, in the month of February last. The evidence of the murder, and that the preioner was the criminal was conclusive, and the general im- pression was, that a rape had been previously com- mitted. The jury after ashort deliberation returned a verdict of guilty, and the convict was sentenced to be executed on the 29th of next month. Before Hon Judge W ; Serr. 9.—Fisk vs. O'Neil,—Action on a note for $100, The defence is the statute of limitation, the note having been made 2ith February, 1845, at sixty days, Ad- Journed, Judge Woodruif presided, in consequence of ‘the indisporition of Judge Ingraham. The Henry Clay Calamity. ‘The grand Jury of the United States District Court ‘were occvpied in examining fcur or five witnesses, in the case of the Henry Clay ; and as there is a host of testi- mony to be cent before them, it may be some days before thcir action in the matter known. Naval Intelligence. Usiten States Frrcate Convsnra.--The following. officers have been ordered to this vessel, now fitting out at the Gosport yard:—-Boatswain, John J, Young ; gun. ner, Elijah Haskell; carpenter, Christopher Jordan; sail maker, Robert Hunte: ruff. Court Calendar—This Day. Lebeiet Ce wat LB Lion 54 to 68. Common 180, 828, 1,014, 1,108, 1,181, 1,155, 1,169, 1,891, 1, 8, 4,5. a ates Henry L. ertland Ma the bent place in the city to find Clothi ee rie, Blshing Goods, and struck extremely low prices ae ety — faction. Don't forget the numbe: Knox’s Trade ly dieappeariog, and, h lost to sight, to memory de mirable substitute iq Knox's style of Hat, which has struck the ‘oho fashionable. C m: ‘The White hats are rapid- fortment. ecg ana Manu attention of our Incy friends in invited Heian uveitien which wil take plese | SHC LPEN YS eae: rivm,on Munday Rexty, wh the entire of hiv'recent souportations will be pen wre inspection. For partion): ‘tiara one Dad