The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1854, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. ! MES GORDON NNBTD, - PROPRIBTOR AND EDITOR, | NASSA0 AND FULTON Yrs. gaviCn N, W. OORNER OF compcaahe seein PHE DAILY HERALD 2 ents per enum, THE WEEKLY HBRALD every Sas x) oot cow or OS ret of reat Britain, and ¥5 to amy bart of the | toinclude postage DENCE, contetineng y conbithons or th | Ours Fi core per be lider Pou wGN COMRESPOND RETR ARE PARTIOULARLY REQUSSTEO TO GRAL ALL Lurruma | U8 : ‘nail _for Sidmeriptions or with a@eor- by mail for aeor. | money renrii NU NOTIC mot return tho Volume : SSMENTS THIS DVENING, ASTLR GARDEN—K. Jouiten’s Concenre. BROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway—Favervs~Ante- xv AND CLEOPATRA. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—-Fazio—Saevaron Ress. WIBLO’S, Broséway—Foun Lovens—Beruia, ba Pa- QuEKETTE. NATIONAL THEATRE. Chatham street— Tue Cress or Dyaru—Tur Rear FarayCicur Guamp La Peaouse. LACK’S THEATRE. Broadway—Tnx Scwpan— we AUnrlA Petty Poros vr Busiwaes. ~ RICAN MUSEUM—After: ative Tee FAIRY CacMr wor BANDS feway Werw Mew Bven ag~Bonoor a TONG conte per an. CHRISTY’S AMSRICAN OPEKA HOUSB, 472 Brosd- wey—Brm0riam USLO0G8S BY CxnueTy's MineTB cis. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 444 in eraeiay—Burletta of Uso! To BUOKLEY’S OPFRA HOUSE, 09 Brogdway—Bour asy's Ermsoriax Orcaa Taoure. 87. NICHOLAS EXHIBITION ROOM—DowriacRsTI0n er Moscow —VantrRi10g be WHOLE WORLD, 377 » Bening. JONBS’S PANTISCOPE—Aror10 Rooms, —————— New York, Sunday, May-28; 1854 The News. THE RIOT 1X BOSTON—NEBRASEA~-THE ECLIPSE. ‘The three prominent events of the past week are the passage of the Nebraska bill, the anzular eclipse, andthe fugitive slave riet in Boston. The firet has been attended with a marvellous but not unexpected perturvation of the political elements generally. The office holders. are in an awkward fix especiaily, as the administration, convinced that the principles of the Nebr: measure are be- coming vastly more popular since the settiement of that question than its most sanguine friends hoped, is making it the test of political ortho- doxy. We pity the poor fellows, far few could “wheel about and turn about” with the celerity of the or- ganat the capital ; and having once lost’the cue what remained for them butto take the chances. Already the Collector of this port has rece'ved or- ders to ‘dispense with the services” of the nnsound in the custom house; but itis said that he rebels against the edict, and Mr. Redfield will, therefore, in all probability, be Bronsonized for his contuma Our Postmaster, too, and the subordinates of his department, hold their places by a very fragile tenure. Mr. Fowler belongs to the bainburner fac- tion, which was but the other day defeated:in an at- tempt to choose w Grand Sachem of the wire pullers of Old Tammany. The influence of that party is gone. Even John Cochrane is set Gown as among the suspected; but -he has, happily, rendered such good service tothe Executive that he may possibly es- cape the general decapitation. The first of June will perhaps witness the hegira of an army of patriots who have grown sleck at the public orib. They Should join: the Nebraska emigration company— 500,000— izing by the abo- “ the principle of squatter sovereitnty plored solitudes of that mag- pificent coun! As for the eclipse, with the excep- way, Ermoriar | ‘Canim. 979 Broedwey Afternoon aati tion of recording a slight but very agreeable cool- ness of the atmosphere, and a brisk demand for with a corresponding activity among , We have nothing to say. The fugitive ton now occupies the public mind. est details of this affair on the first aphie despatches contain the latest information from the scene of the outrage. At alate hour last 1 a large crowd remained collected about the court house, but the presence of a strong force of military prevented any hostile de- | monstration. The government at Washington has authorized the Marshal to call upon two companies of United States troops stationed at Newport. The Rev. Theodore Parker and Wendell Phillips, two of the most active promoters of the riot, yeaterday ap- plied for a force to protect their residences from an apprehended attack of the Irish, who have become excited to frenzy by the murder of officer Batchel- der by the mob, and whose death they threaten to avenge. ie NEWS FROM HAVANA. Our correspondence from Havana describes the feeling produced by the arrival of the French vessels of war, amongst the official portion of the popula- tion, as amounting almost to a-frenzy of delight. They now think themselves secure. against all ulte- rior danger from this quarter. The Captain-Genera! and his lady were busy féting their new visitors, and treating them, amongst other sights, with tho humane spectacle of a bull fight. The new capita- tion tax turns ont, as usual, to be only another device to replenish the bankrupt treasury at Mad- rid. It is not unlikely that it will give rise to an explosion amongst the slave holders. We give the text of it in full. ON THE INSIDE PAGES May be found letters from Paris, Australia, Chili, New Granada, Callao, Acapulco, Washington Terri- tory, Texas, and Albany; an interesting communi- cation concerning the Chincha Islands; news from the Babama Islands; the anarchy in Greece; Pales- tine mortgaged to the Rothschilds; synopsis of the Nebraska-Kansas bill; Affkirs in Washington; im- portant opinion relative to water rights in New Jersey; fashionable intelligence; court reports ; review of new books; commercial and financial news; theatrical intelligence, &c., &c. MISCELLANEOUS. The steamship Arctic is now fully due at this port ftom-Liverpool. She will bring four days later news from all parts of Europe. The steamer Detroit, with a cargo of supplies for the Sault Ste. Marie Canal Company, was run into by a brig in Saginaw bay on Friday, and sunk. No lives were lost, but the vessel is a total loss. APPAIRS IN THE CITY. There was a rumor in Wall street yesterday that the city of Cronstadt had been bombarded by the allied fleet. The report came from the office of the London Sun, and it was stated that two mercantile houses in this city had received letters by the steam- ship America in which allusion was made to the circumstance. It was further stated that t thousand lives were lost ih the conflict, and tha‘ town was either taken or abandoned. We give the rumor for what it ia worth. The arrival of the Arctic, now dae, will either confirm or show its falsi ty. There isavast deal of mung news in Europe just now. By the report of the City Inspector it appears that the whole number of deaths daring the week en ling 27th inst. was 359, being 35 less thaa the previous week. Of the total number 214 were chi! dren under ten years of age, and 52 inmates of th public institutions. There were 49 victims of coa sumption, 10 of congestion of the brain, 32 of dro; ey, 9 of debility, 9 of dysentery, 13 of fevers of vari ous kinds, 26 of inflammation of the lungs, 20 o r lung complaints, 1¢ of matasmus, 23 of cou ons, 14 of croup, 5 of smallpox. 29 cases of stil! , 6 premature births, 1 suicide, 2 fatal casual 4 11 persons drowned, are recorded. 25. were natives of the United States, 70 of Ineiqnd, 12 of England, 2 of Set'and, and 22 of Germany, le Arms--Marder of a United States Officer. The peeple of Boston are for the third time in open armed opposition to the constitution aml laws of the United States, - Un ‘er the cir- cumstances, it is proper that the country should be informed of the fullest particulars regarding the disgraceful conduct of the people who mee such braggarts of themselves by calling their eity a peaceable, law-abi !ing com- munity. ‘We havesgiven in another part cf the paper | all the light which the Boston newspapers and our telegraphic correspondents hive been able | to furttish us, and the record is a most horrible ‘one, Itisa remarkable fact that but three of | the papers have editorial comments upon this affair, and those comments are of the weakest sort. It- appears that a slave, named Anthony Burns, escaped from his master, Mr. Suttle, of Alexandria, Virginia, and, on Wednesday last, was arrested in Boston, under the authority of the act commonly known as the Fugitive Slave law. He was taken before a United States Commissioner, Mr. Loring, and two witnesses, the master and Mr, Brent, of Alexandria, proved his identity. Mr. Suttle also proved that Burns was his property. At the request of the slave's -counsel—two notorious abolitionists—the ex- amination was adjourned until Friday; on Fri- day night an incendiary meeting was held ct Faneuil Hall. Mr. Wendell Phillips and Mr. Theodore Parker, (the last named person is a minister of the gospel,) counselled the mob to resist to the @eath, and highly inflamma- tory resolutions were adopted. The meeting adjourned to the Court House, where the slave was confined. One of the doors was broken in with axes and a battering ram. The rioters were beaten back by the United States Marshal’s aids, who were armed with sabres, The Marshal himself narrowly escaped death, and James Batchelder, one of his special depu- ties, was shot dead by one of the abolitionists. Mr. Batchelder fell.a martyr to:his devotion to the constitution and the laws of his country; it is the hope of every good citizen that his vnurderer will not be allowed %o go unhung. The riot was quelled for the time, but broke out again yesterday morning, when ' the Com- missioner again adjourned the slave’s-examina- tion till Monday. The public eentiment of Massachusetts must give countenance'to these lawless acts, or they could never huppen. The abolitionist party in Boston cannot muster over.a thousand voters, and there were four or five theusand persons in the crowd, »vhich was actuated by the same bigoted spirit of fanaticism” which in ancient times caused the hanging, branding and banish- ing of Quakers, Anabaptists, and women who were unfortunate enough to be old and ugly, and, therefore, were adjudged ‘to be witches. The whole force.of the city of Beston seems to have been employed for the rieters, or else it was entirely inactive. The speakers at the meeting told the mob that the city authorities had pledged themselves not to interfere in the matter; and it was not until after all the mis- chief was done,.and Batchelder ‘kad been dead twelve hours, that the Mayor appeared on the scene of the murder, which is not three hun- dred yards distant from the City Hall. The conduct .of the Commissioner is myste- rious. It certainly exhibited great weakness on his part. With proper firmness the riot might have been avoided. He had all the evi- dence required by law at the first examination, and there could have been no doubt upon his mind as to these facts :—First, that Burns was a fugitive slave ; second, that he was the pro- perty of Mr. Suttle. Why, then, did not Mr. Commissioner Loring do his duty, and give up the slave to his master, and provide protection for slave and master while the latter chose to remain in Bostgn, and safe conduct when he should see fit to leave that city? That was his duty; and if he has not -back‘bone enough to do his duty according to his cath of office, he should resign at once. No, Mr. Commissioner Loring paltered and succumbed to and played with the abolition- ists, and they, taking advantage of his weak- ness, first got out a process ageinst the claim- ant of the slave and his witness, by which they were compelled to give bail in five thousand dollars to appear and defend a suit brought against: them for conspiracy to kidnap; and also stirred up all the black and white traitors in the city to break open the Court House and shoot down the officers of justice. That’s what Mr. Loring has done, and hig imbecility will receive, as it richly merits, the contempt and derision of the whole country. The city authorities are likewise highly reprehensible. beund to execute the fugitive slave law, but they are bound to preserve the peace of the city at all hazards, The Mayor hasat his order two hundred policemen and two thousand volunteer soldiers, It seems strange, too, that the Mayor and Aldermen should allow an incendiary meet- .ing to be holden in that hall, which, two years ago, was refused to the late Mr. Webster, when he desired to address his fellow-citizens in de- fence of the compromise measures. In fact, the only person ia Boston who seems to be willing to do his duty in the matter, is the United States Marshal, Mr. Freeman. So far he has kept the slave secure, and he avows his intention to continue the same surveillance at all hazards. We have stated thaf this is the third time that Boston has been in armed opposition to the federal authorities. The first occasion was in the case of Shadrach, a lave, who was taken out of the Court House by an armed mob, and run off to Canada. The second was the cele. brated case of Thomas Sims. In this case the ingenuity of the abolitionists was baffled, and after two weeks of delay Sims was returned to his master, Several persons were tried for attempting to rescue these men, but none were convicted. Although the evidence was clear against several of the accused, yet no jury could be found to agree, and thus the abolitionists were encouraged to the last attempt, the details of which we give to-day. Contrast all these facts with the proceedings of the New York people and the federal au- thorities here, under similar circumstances. On Friday three fugitive slaves were found in this city. They were taken before the proper offi- cer, the necessary proofs were put in, and found to be valid; the slaves were surrendered to their masters, andthe mitter was ended. There was no excitement whatever upon the subect, and not more than half a hundred peo- ple knew anything of the matter until they were informed of the circumstances by the newspapers, Now, there are abolitionists ia New York, a8 well as in Boston, but they do not dare to show themselves—the popular vo'ce is It is true that they are not. Me Negro Hivts tn Woston—Trattors in | for the Union and the constitution, and the peo- | black races; nor in the practical operations of | ple are always ready to uphold the law. It is to be regretted that Boston, with all her law, all her tearnfng, all her orators, all her statesmen, all her common schools, all her churches, and all her newspapers has not s lit- tle more patriotism and love of c.untry. Bos- ton is always ready and willing to tak» South- ern money, but never ready to acknowledge | Southera rights, : ‘The Spanish American Republice—Thelr Re~ volutionaty Condition—Pernicious Effects of the Equality and Amalgamation of Races. A glance at the condition of the Spanish re- publicg of this continent, from the date of their reparation from the crown of Spain to the present day, is suggestive not only of a dark, bloody and melancholy history, unrelieved by any solid advantages, but without any appa- ‘rent prospect or hope of redemption for the fu- ture. Assuredly there is fo hope for them ex- | cept from the most radical and sweeping changes | in their political, religious and social institu- | tions, Most of these Spanish republics have | been experimenting upon the doctrines of po- pular government for a period exceeding thir- ty years, and they have been steadily retro- grading from bad to worse, antil, at this day, from the Rio Grande southward to the empire of Brazil, they are (with scarcely an excep- tion) either at war with each other, or ina state of internal revolution and anarchy. Take, for examplg, the following schedule of our bel- ligerent Spanish sisterhood, from our next door neighbor down into the very heart of South America. The republic of Mexico has found no relief in the recall of Santa Anna. Her people appear, to have no aspirations for the empire which he proposes to establish over them; and, without waiting for the subsidies of the Gadsden treaty, he is compelled to take the field against the re- volutionary movement of Alvarez, the avowed object of which isto drive the wooden-legged dictator from the country.. But should Santa Anna be superseded by Alvarez, itis altogether probable that before.the expiration of the year, Alvarez, in his tarn, will be thrown out by a counter revolution. Thus .left to her own re- sources, there is nothing promised to Mexico but the revolutionary tread-mill from one gene- ration to another, as'the years roll on. The next republic south is Guatemala; and she is amusing ‘herself at present, under the direction of Gen..Carrera, with a war against Honduras. An ultimate design of Santa Anna, if successful in his Mexican empire, is said to be the incorporation of the Central American States into his dominions, and the war of Car- rera agginst Honduras is supposed to be a part of the game. Perbaps the appeal of Honduras for annexation to the United States, when for- mally laid before aur government, may throw some light upon this business. Nicaragua, not- withstanding all the labors of our ministers— Mr. Hise, Mr. Squier.and Major Borland—is re- visited by her old malady, and is again enjoying all the excitements and _ bru- talities of a civil war. Our late news from San Juan gives .a beautiful picture, also, of the supreme colored authorities of the Mos- quito kingdom. In the republic of New Gra- nada, President Jose Maria Obando is con- fronted in every direction by the armed-forces of Gen. Jose Maria Melo, who claims to lead the liberty party. The Anglo-Saxons, how- ever, along the isthmus reute of Panama, a it appears, have mixed up a considerable sea- sonivg of the doctrines of socialism and the an- ti-Catholic platform of the know-nothinz party with the general staple of New Grawa- dian politics, which have given a more than ordinary zest to the present revolutionary movements in that country. The next republic adjoining that of New Granada {is Venezuela. Here Jose G. Mo- nagas, President, and his hopeful brother, have for some time been alternating in the occupa- tion of the Presidency—first one and then the other—but invariably at the point of the bayo- net, the usnal substitute for popular elections in all the Spanish States of the Continent. At present General Paez is in the ficld against Monagas, and as it is perfectly immaterial which is victor, it is useless to attempt an ex- planation of the causes of the war or its probable resulte. Next to Venezuela we find President Jose Maria Urbina, of Ecuador, compelled to take up arms against the presumptuous General Flores, an old campaigner and a very troublesome cus- tomer to the constituted anthorities of that republic, when he is excluded from the num- ber. Brazil is quiet, and seems to be compara- tively happy under the rigid discipline of a despotism. South of Brazil, everything again is a state of revolution, disorder, anarchy, or uncertainty, till we reach the Land’s End of Patagonia. The gigantic anthropophagi of that highly interesting country are in the bleseed condition of primitive barbarism. They plunder and butcher occasionally such ship- wrecked mariners as may fall into their clutch- es; but fromnone of the few that have escaped have we ever heard of any revolutionary dis- turbances in Patagonia. The pernicious insti- tiitions which the Spaniards have planted in other places, do not exist there, and hence the internal condition of Patagonia is that of com- parative tranquillity. Now, what are the causes of tls incapacity of the Spanish republics to govern themselves? Why these continual wars among them?— these successive revolutions, this calami- tous, degrading, and irretrievable condi- tion of internal anarchy into which they have fallen? Their executive and legis- lative offices are largely occupied by men of intelligence and education—their peo- ple (such as they are) are tractable and kindly disposed. Almost any government which would give them peace would be satisfactory to them. But they have been so long the vic- tims of ambitious demagogues ; they are so steeped in ignorance and superstition; they are such an incoherent and enervated mass in themselves, that a revolutionary aspirant can always muster an army among them, from the prospects of plunder—in the hope of some change which may possfbly, in some way, bet- ter their condition. The supremacy of the Catholic Church in these Spanish-American States can have but little to do immediately in their intestine feuds and wars upon each other, for all parties in all these States are alike at- tached to the church, excepting, perhaps, in New Granada. The causes of this disordered state of things lie deeper; and yet the main cause is visible upon the surface. Aceording to our declaration of independ- ence, “all men are created equal;” yet the con- struetion of our government, and the social and political distinctions of our institutions, discard this axiom asa fundamental error. Our federal constitution does not recognise this rinciple of equality between the white and our government do we find the African or Indian tribes admitted to the same social and polities) footing with the white races. The result has been a distinct, homogeneous, self- sustaining and constantly improving governing element in our population, to which negroes and Indians, and all the inferior mixed races, are subservient. One of the strongest objec- tions of Mr. Webster against the incorporation of California and New Mexico into our Union, was that it would infuse into our governing population of pure European extraction the piebald Mexican hybrids, resulting from the miscellaneous intercourse of negroes, Indians and Spaniards, and all recognized as among the sovereign Mexican people. But the evils anti- cipated by Mr. Webster from this infusion was prevented in New Mexico and California by an American emigration sufficient to overwhelm the indigenous hybrids, or to hold them in peaceful subjection. The present delegate from New Mexico to Congress is of pure Spanish descent; nor is it likely that a negro, or a mu- latto, or an Indian, will ever be sent from that Territory as its official representative at Washington. But it is to this deterioration of the Spanish race in Mexico, and in all the Spanish States south of it to New Granada, from its promis- cuous crossings with negroes and Indians; and it is to the practical recognition, more or less, of all these different varieties of cross-breeds, to the same political and social level with the pure white races, in most of thg Spanish republics, that they are indebted for their constant down- ward tendency to anarchy and ultimate extinc- tion. The effects of this promiscuous amalga- mation have operated not only in a general de- terioration of the Mexican population, but they- are strikingly presented in the census of that country. Twenty, or even thirty years ago, we believe the aggregate population of the re- public was some seven millions, and from all the information at hand, we are not aware thet it is greater than seven millions at this day. Hybrids may be occasionally prolific, but they are physically and mentally effeminate and short lived. But we have no space for further argument, We take this position—that the fun- damental error of the Spanish-American repub- lies, to which all their subsequent misfortunes and their present hopeless imbecility may be traced, is the deterioration of the population by the amalgamation of the white with inferior races, .and the admission of the hybrids to the same social and political footing with the un- adulterated whites. We care nothing for statu- tory regulations to the contrary, (if any there are,) so long as the practical working of popu- lar government in the Spanish States has been to-admit whites and hybrids to » common level as the sovereign people. Contrasted with this pernicious system of equality, we turn to the careful and rigid dis- crimination preserved in the United States, which excludes both the inferior races of In- dians and negroes, and their hybrids, to the least discernible infusioa of African blood even in the white man, from equality with the whites, socially or politically. To this end the institution of Southern slavery has been the controling power. Let Southern slavery be abolished, and let whites and blacks, and their miscellaneous offspring, be admitted to the same political and sgcial level, and before the expiration of fifty years we shall have fally realized (even should we escape the horrors of St. Domingo) all the evils of the revolations and anarchy which have ground poor Mexico and her Spanish-American neighbors to the dust. “And yet the social and political equality of the African with the Caucagsian is part and parcel of the abolition programme, of which the Nebraska agitation is but a passing incident. Let us abide by the safeguards of the constitu- tion. Nava Rerorus—Tue MeprcaL Derartuey | —Now tiat off naval service seems likely to undergo a thorough revision, we deem it use- ful to offer such suggestions qs appear likely to increase the efficiency of its various depart- ments; and in none more than the medical branch of the service is the work of reform neeced. It is so important that the re- sponsible duties entrusted to this class of of- ficers shall be properly and faithfully dis- charged, that, notwithstanding its dryness, we may well be excused devoting a portion of our space to the consideration of the subject. When a surgeon enters the service he must be examined by a Board of Naval Surgeons, de- signated by the Secretary of the Navy for that purpose. The board reports the relative merits of the candidates, as shown by the ex- amination. Those of whose qualifications the board is satisfied, are appointed assistant sur- geons as their services are required. After serving in the capacity ofassistant surgeon for about five years, they have to submit them- selves to a second examination by a Board of Naval Surgeons, and if found qualified they are designated pasged assistant surgeons. They are then eligible to be promoted to the grade of surgeon whenever a vacancy occurs. The assistant ‘surgeons are generally pains- taking and industrious officers. Their duties are to study minutely the various modifica- tions of disease, their therapeutic treatment, the details of medical topography, and tle progress of medical science generally. They are stimulated todo so, in order that they may be uble to pass their second examination. But the passed assistant surgeon, knowing that he will be promoted according to his num- ber on the register, stops short in the march of improvement. Morbid anatomy is neglected, therapeutics are forgotten, and medical topogra- phy becomes irksome, and is seldom attended to, unless it be in compliance with express orders from the department. He ‘attains the swnmum tonum of his ambition when he receives the appointment of surgeon ; he knows that he can attain no higher grade in the service, and that his pay will be augmented, not by meritorious conduct, but at stated periods from the date of his commission. A life of ease is now the ha- ven of his desire, and a useful and formerly in- dustrious officer is by this process converted into a worshipper of the god of the epigastric region. Shore duty is his paradise, and syco- phantic intrigdes with naval commandants con- sequently occupies the whole of that time and attention that might be advantageously devot- ed to the service. If the Secretary of the Navy would order every naval surgeon who recejves leave of ab- sence to prepare an essay upon the medical to- pography of the place where he resides, and to forward it at the expiration of his leave, to the department, for the purpose of being priated in the leading medical journals of the country, it would not only be a step towards keeping his mind employed in the interest of the profession to which he belongs, but it would be the means ' of directing his attention to the steady inves- tigation of scientific truths, in which his pro- gress would be rewarded by a feeling of con- tentment and satisfaction resulting from their successful pursuit. There are, unquestionably, a good many sur- geons in the navy who are posseased of consid- erable professional ability, and who have earn- ed for themse)ves a reputation for talent and industry; but they are the exceptien and not the rule. The great majority are of a different stamp, and they could not well be otherwise. They were admitted into the service when an examination was a mere empty form, and they have invariably acted upon the principle of “the more days the more dollars.’” The Eng- lish navy is now experiencing the embarrassing effects of similar inattention to this department, and before we are more seriously exposed to them we should endeavor at once to apply a re- medy. The desire which is observed to be rapidly gaining ground amongst our naval surgeons, to have themselves permanently attached to shore duty, is an evil of the most serious magnitude, and which, we fear, can only be corrected by legislative means, Jt re-acts injuriously upon the interests of the country, in more ways than one. ‘Those who have not friends powerful enough to get them appointed to medical du- ties in their own native districts, have, in many instances, succeeded in worming themselves into the civil service, where they: continue to xeceive their sea going pay whilst they are dis- charging, or attempting to discharge, the duties of the civilian. It is time that some effort should be made to put a stop to sug glaring abuses. ° Tae Axsotitionists Breomnninc THEIR WoRK. —The abolitionists having failed to carry out the project of burning down the capitol at Washington, have commenced their work of revenge against the passage of the Ne- braska bill by the murder of an officer of the law connected with the recovery of a fugitive slave at Boston. Greeley, it appears, with all his violence, could not succeed in firing up the treasonable agitators in New York to the same pitch of fanatical phrenzy, or probably we might have had some lawless attempt at the rescue of the three fugitives sent home to their masters from this city on Friday last. Doubt- less our Fourierite neighbor regards with envy the more successful agitation of his abolition co-laborer, Lloyd Garrison. At the same time, we perceive the ‘Jerry rescue” gang at Syra- cuse have been stopping a railroad train in search of a fugitive slave. They, too, are evi- dently inflamed with new zeal in their traito- rous work of resisting the laws, since the final passage of the Nebraska bill. We trust that the whole set, from Boston and New York to Syracuse, as far as they are not indictable for the scaffold, the penitentiary, or the common jail, will be permitted and aided by the lovers of law and order to emigrate to Kansas or Ne- braska. M they desire to be revenged for the passage of the Nebraska bill, let them meet the South upon the ground where the battle is to be fought, and chouse them out of it if they can. The order and law abiding people of the North desire to be rid of Garrison, Greeley, and their whole tribe of seditious agitators, as soon as possible; but these miscreants cannot be permitted to murder, or aid and abet the murder of an officer of the law with impunity, They must be punished, or there is no telling the extent of the murderous and incendiary acts which may follow. Let an example be made in the case of the Boston assassins, for the benefit of their compeers, here, there, and elsewhere. Greeley was mightily outraged with the result of the Ward trial in Kentucky. What bas:he to say concerning this murder at Boston of an officer of the law in the discharge of his duty? Will our ferocious philosopher stultify himself, or boldly adhere to the policy of a traitor? Let us know. Marine Affairs. Goop Psssack.—The schooner M. M. Freeman, Capt. Glover, which arrived yesterday from St. Barta, left there on the 18th inst., at 10 P. M., and on the 24th inst., at 3 P. M.. was forty miles north of Hatteras, with nothing more than moderate winds. After which she had very light winds, and was up with Barnegat at 6 A. M., yester- day, and at Sandy Hook at 2P. M. \ TEPARTURE OF THE ATLANTIC.—The Collins steamship Atlantic, Capt. West, sailed at her usual hour yesterday, for Liverpool, with 215 passengers, a full cargo, and $408,148 in specie. ‘Tur Sreamemp Crescent Crry, Capt Windle, left yester- day afternoon for Havana and New Orleans. Smp Moxmzuma.—The following is the latest report from this vessel, ashore on Long Island :— Ow Boarp Sump Montezuma, orr HEMPSTEAD, May 26, 1854. Yesterday wind got in S.S.W., and blew @ gale. ‘Sea Ligh, and breaking over ship from stem to stern. Noone could get on board to bring off the men, who passed a \ery uncomfortable er Water knee deep on cabin floor, Wind today N. .y blowing hard; cea going down; +hip heeling to larboard; pumps probably not be able to clear the wreck. Toe Wixcnmster’s PAassencEns.—We learn that the Governor of Newfoundland has ohartered the British brig Ann Amelia, to bring to this port forty-nine of the 't passengers who were rescued from ship Winches- ter, and carried into St. Johns, N. F. The Ann Amelia was to sail on the 15th inst. The authorities at St. Johns had done everything requisite to make the emi- grants comfortable while there, and furnished them with 7 oy supply of food and Journal. jay 26, City Intelligence. Ixsexction AGarxst Tun Hupsox River RarRoap.—It will be sen by the Superior Court proceedings, that eee Slosson yesterday granted an injanction against the Hudson River Railroad Company, restraining them from making @ receiving depot for newly arrived emi. trante at the foot of Canal street. It seems that for feveral days past the streets in that vicinity have been completely blocked up with the recently arrived emi grants, awaiting the pleasure of the railroad he ge Bing forward them on their journey West. Mr. John ¥. Tall man and Jason Mapes, of the Collins Hotel, are the com- ylainants, and on the application of Mr. E. P. Clark, their counsel, the Judge granted the injunction. The cefend- ante are ordered to show cause on the first day of June why the said injunction shall not be perpetual. Pavi Jviiey.—We have received a phic portrait of this great artist, drawn upon stone by F. Davignon, from a daguerreotype by P. Haas. The artista have done their work well, pt we have rarely seen a more eTective and spirited likeness. As our lady readers are well aware, Master Julien has a fine face and handsome person in addition to bis wonderful talent. In Cpe ey have no doubt that all his admirers will possens - selves of this “ counterfeit ”* Oar copy is endorsed ‘Souvenir de , 1864. AN Opp Fetiow’s Warcome.—The members of State hts Lodge of Odd Fellowship, of this ve @ fine Dooree tase acemre meters to New on K- Rone, (rom fan Francisco. Br, Rowe ety fer of Gold some four years ago, and im ‘was the pioneer ta ad Fella wikipy Setas SO mes to establish there a lodge of . a effort was followed by had after full justice ty loaded the tables, neveral eloquent pee made, by Mr. Rose, George Picbneisgay ant others,” The Sart ‘chars, t about an a ty ri at ya ‘two o'clock, in great good,.humor. Muiurtary Visiters.—The Cleveland 1 tht Artillery will visit New York on their Sleveland Toute to ton, on Wodnesday next, which place they hae Bob at the invitation ‘of the Boston Lancers. They dowa Ly: Light Infantry and day, and on Thursday proceed to Boston. All honor to our Western friends. : Supreme Court—Special Eefore Hon. Judge Mitchell. In the Matter of Widening ‘street —Counsel for the Corporation moved the confirmation af the Commis- sionera’ report of assessment. Mr. Whiting, on the part of c staead opposed the confirmation. Decision re- erved. ‘THe EFFECT OF THE NEBRASKA BILL ON OFFICE- NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. A FLUTTERING AMONG THE OFFICE HOLDERS... Mr. Redfield and Mr. Fowler to be Removed. Critieal Pesition of the Anti-Nebraska Men.- THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLIES, ee, &, &.” Prom Wi * HOLDERS—OFPONENTS OF THE MEASUKE IN ABAD ‘WAY—RESIGNATION OF MR. O’CONOR. ‘Wiseesnsen. We understand it has been feather officeholders who were active in their Opposition to the Nebraska bill. This will kick up a row, especially im New York, where the number of faithful is few. The Col- lector, Mr. Redfield, it is true, wrote a letter in favor of- Nebraska; but notwithstanding that evidence in his fa- vor he finds himself in trouble. The fact has been com— municated here that several of the Custom House em- ployes opposed the Nebraska bill, openly and secretly, and even went co far as to laugh at the leading articles. in the Union—the emanations of the Cabinet itself, at + least the kitchen portion of it. Mr. Redfield has been written to, to remove these men, but he refuses to do so, and declares that he cannot find any evidence against them, notwithstanding the fact that they do not deny the charges made against them. ‘ The Collector being thus in a state of open deflance—of rank rebellion against the administration—it has beer. determined to cut the knot by cutting off his head, ‘The Surveyor of your port, Mr. Cochrane, is deemed to be sound on Nebraska; and having that Scarlet letter in. his breeches pocket, it has been considered advisable to let him Besides, his uncle, the Hon. Gercit. Smith, is fast becoming a good national man, having as- sociated with, and given dinners to, so many Southern: members since he has been in Congress, that he is even. thinking of buying some negroes; and this national uncle. of his has endorsed Mr. Cochrane. Mr. Isaac V. Fowler, the Postmaster, is, however, de- > cidedly in trouble. His anti-Nebraskaism will be the- death of him. Qut he must go, and most of his clerke’ also. The President declares that he only gave him office upon condition that he would support the adminis- tration through thick and thin; and having violated the: terme of agreement, the office must be vacated. We give you the determination of to-day only. What: change there may be in the wind by Monday it {s impos- sible to say. Butif the President continues firm—a ra- ther improbable supposition—there will be a turning out. of office-holders on the first of the month perfectly alarm- ing. ‘ It is too bad that the poor devils should be made- to suffer for their conduct. They doubtless endes- vored to be on the same side as the administration, but. did not tack about with sufficient dexterity. It is known that the President and the administration. were only kept in favor of the Nebraska bill, after they~ did commit themselves, by the unceasing efforts of Judge Douglas and other gentlemen. Rumor has it, that the: Judge had great trouble in keeping the people at the ‘West end of theavenue from caving “in, by using even. plainer language to them than he used on the Senate- floor. But Redfield and Fowler, and their clerks, had no Judge: Douglas in New York to stir them up. They have fallen from grace, and must repent in retiracy their stupidity, whilst their fortunate successors will do well to keep their: examples before their eyes. + Beyond passing the Deficiency bill next week, nothing will be done in Congress. Both Houses will probably ad- journ over on Wednesday till the following Monday, and. from Monday till Thursday—ao as to givea week for re— fitting the two chambers. Frequent Cabinet meetings have been held with regard to our relations with Spain. Nothing is decided upom yet—though it is rafe to assume there will be no war, if arespectable backing out on the part of our administra; tion can preventit. The two Commissioners—Dallas and? Cobb, who have been suggested by Mr. Marcy to assist’ ‘Mr. Soulé, will probably carry the day. Apropos of these changes: Mr, Charles O’Conor, the United States District Attorney for Southern New York, has again sent his resignation to the President. This the third time he has made an effort to get rid of his éf— fice. It will be diMeult for Gen. Pierce to refuse accept- ing this third resignation. If he has a particle of self-re~ spect, be must allow Mr. O’Conor to retire to private life. ’ Religious Affairs. PRESBYTERIAN (N.S.) GENERAL ASSEMBLY. PrILaDELmita, May 27, 1854. The Presbyterian (N. S.) General Assombly was occu pied through the whole of yesterday and to day discuss- ing the report of the committee upon the education of young men for the mfnistry. The debate is upon the expediency of Ecclesiastical Boards in distinction from. the voluntary society system. Drs. Allen, Brainerd and’ Spear, are the leaders of the young Presbytery, which. | includes those in favor of distinct denominational ac- 7 tion. Drs. Beman, Riddle, and others, are strongly op- | posed to the mov: s é San very sharp.” Rev. “Albert Haraee ‘une the Aes Monday morni A protest was presented against the action of this As- sembly upon the slavery question. It will be read op. Monday. < PRESBYTERIAN (0. 8.) GENERAL ASSEMBLY Burrao, May 27, 1854. The Presbyterian (0. S.) General Assembly adopted a report recommending the transfer of Dr. McGill to Prince- ton Seminary. The resolution recommendisfy that appointments to ‘vacant professorships in seminaries be made by a Board fee parame instead of the Assembly was.laid on the: An overture, thiat churches be f in certain localities hee ieee no mabe ruling elders, was 5 pane Amembly adjourned early,in order to Viele Ningars. The Fugitive Slave Excitement at Syracuse... SrRacuss, May 27, 1854. The intelligence from Boston creates great excitement here, and knots of people discussing the subject, are gathered on all the corners, Last night 2,000 men.guarded the depot till ten o’elock. . P.M., at which hour the Jerry Rescue tocsin was» sounded, as the train came down, but the cars were ex- amined in vain for the ex) fugitive. It is A ome adamaatine solf ths ety, teteelgas theesigent . From the South. COLLISION OF STEAMERS—THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY. - Baurinons, 27, 1854. soa is Salen oh Cape Fatah et rien vet 4 came in col on ‘i and the latter sunk, Noles version ee G. P. R. James, the British Consal at Norfolk, cele- brated the Queen's birthday on Wednesday by entértain- ing a large party. Police Inte! NCES a Charge of Stealing a Trunk Avet.—A Ger- man named Jacob Mier, alias Munder, was yea' ar- rested by Marshal Stephens, and officer bay the Mayor's office, charged with si on the * tad Teac apne Tiel at Rat Be eer ware a L, va! of A. R. Cook The olkcore a a the whereabouts of the a ivcmee and in his ioe a 7 eae til remaining. poet the . E : C 5 officers: discov the owner had not " missed it from the was much , when notified about Mi credit is due the for their vigilance in this matter. The prisoner was. taken before the Mayor, who committed him to the Tombs. for a TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, E, Naw Yorx, May 26, 1854. Dean Sim :—The report stating that a portion of the is stolen from our store were sold to a jeweller in yen row is in jeint Ineorrest. ‘were merely offered for sale, and Mr. George Rogers, at the corner of Chatham street and Tryon row, (he is po doubt the: jnded your re] ‘been previously Fernihed with a description of the articles, rey proape- ly (instead of purchasing them, as your gave us information that led to the arrest of the and the recovery tf the pro; . We trust you Teamediate insertion, iautics. *e Br, Rewer ve "i ol » Very res} ly . 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