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

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FROM WASHINGTON, In the Senate yesterday, the bill allowing the State of Maryland interest on the sum of money advanced to the general government during the war of 1812, passed by a vote of thirty-six to seven. The principal of the debt has been paid long since. The House bill changing the time of the meeting of Revivetef the Slav ery agitation In Congress | —The Pisanion Question—Neerssity of a | Great Indeper’ gent Union Party. Mr. Reckwel", ‘the new free soil whig Senator frcm Mas: ach setts, in @ petition from citizens of Boston, f or the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law, has re ~opened the agitation of the disunion , question {n the United States Senate. The de- bate ur,on that petition, the other day, between Mesers, Jones, of Tennessee, Rockwell, and Suruner, of Massachusetts, Butler, of South Carolina, and others, was pretty well up to | that pitch of sectional exasperatién which cha- | ractized the memorable Congressional agitation of 1850, It was but a few weeks ago that Mr. Jones | ridiculed the idea that a storm was brewing | among the anti-slavery elements of the North ; and now he has become the veritable Cassandra of the Senate. The mantle of Gen. Foote, | (late of Mississippi, but now in California,):| appears to have fallen upon the shoulders of | Mr. Jones, He tells us that “ the Union could not be preserved one day after the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law;” but then we are con- soled with the positive assurance that it never will be repealed. The abolitionists, then, may rave on; Mr. Charles Sumner, in the face of his oath to support the constitution of the United States, may daily repeat the ery that he is not a dog, that he should execute the fu- | fled members of that learned body limit their gitive law; the anti-slavery societies may over- whelm the Senate with their petitions for re- peal; but, having the assurance of Mr. Jones that there will be no repeal, upon that point of assault, at least, the Union is secnre. But unfortunately the repeal of the Fugitive Slave law is but an incidental item in the gene- ral account of this present agitation of the dis- union question, Causes behind the fugitive law, and behind the Nebraska bill, lie at the bottom of the mischief. The demoralizing spoils party of the administration affords the key to this portentous excitement revived be- tween the North andthe South. The desperate exigencies of the administration demanded some such despérate expedient as the Nebraska pill to restore the Presideat and his cabinet, their policy and their party ,to the lost confidence of the South and of the constitutional Union men of the North. But haying in advance demo- ralized and destroy ed the unity and the efficiency of the triumphant party of 1852, the adminis- tration is powerless to reunite its scattered fragments, even upon the constitutional prin- ciples of the Nebraske bill; and hence the dan- ger to the peace of the country. The danger is not in the Fugitive Slave law, where Mr. Jones places it; but in the absence Congress from December to November, was taken up, and, after some debate, rejected. The ground for the rejection of this measure is, that the elections for members of Congress take place during the month of November in nearly all the States, and it is deemed essential that the people’s servants should be at home on such occasions. Inthe Honse a resolution to terminate debate on ‘the Ten Million bill at noon to-day, was adopted by ninety-four yeas to fifty-eight nays. This affords an indication of the feeling in regard to this mea- sure. The Wiscussion in Committee of the Whole was earried on with much animation. Mr. Haven made aforcible speech on the refasal of the administra- tion party to produce the correspondence had be- tween the governments of the two countries. The proceedings were diversified by Mr. Richardson, who took occasion to allude to a recent statement in a New York daily paper, to the effect that a fraud had been committed by him and others by inserting the Clayton provise in the Nebraska bill. Our special despatch from the capital is exceed- ingly interesting. THE WEATHER. Yesterday was one of those burning, sweltering days so prolific of sun strokes. The thermometer rose to 87 in the shade, and but fora refreshing shower, which somewhat moderated the intense heat, it would have been perfectly unendurable. Such weather as this is rather alarming, when we remember that the cholera is among us, and that it is just in ench weather its effects are most fatal. Let us have the streets thoroughly cleansed, let plenty of lime be sprinkied along tue gutters, and Jet all the dead dogs, cats, pigs, cows, horses and offal be removed as soon as possible. The Health Department must wake from their torpor and go earnestly to work, if they would not have our city decimated. AFFAIRS IN THE CITY. In the Supreme Court yesterday, Judge Roosevelt presiding, an order was made directing the Sherit to summon a jury to hear evidence in the cave of Mr. Dunlap, an alleged lunatic. An interesting report of the proceedings of the meeting of the Alumni of Columbia College, held yesterday afternoon, relative to the approaching celebration, is unavoidably crowded out. The body of Capt. Jewett, late master of the ship Hendrick Hudson, who was upset while in in a smali boat on Thursday last, and drowned, was recovered yesterday. It was found floating in the East river by two boatmen. A reward of five hundred and fifty dollars had been offered for its recovery. The Coroner held an inquest on the body. Flour continued dull yesterdJay, without change in prices, with more doing for export. Wheat was dull while corn was one to two cents lower. Freights to Liverpool were firm, and 5,000 a 6,000 bbls. flour Were engaged at 2s. per barrel. . Cotton was about the eame. Middling uplands were quoted at 9jc. per Ib. MISCELLANROUS, A telegraphic despatch states that it;was ramored in Buffalo yesterday that a collision had taken place on the Great Western Railroad, in Canada, occa- sioning the death of a number of persons. The report was generally discredited. The recent political excitement in New Hamp- ehire has led to a dreadful state of things. We Jearn that yesterday 2 committee was appointed by the Legislature to investigate charges made against the coalitionists, of attempting to bribe members, and of drugging their liquor. To what a state of depray- ity haa free soitism and anti-Nebraskaism descended! ‘The bribery part of the charge might have been ‘| cwinked at in this case,as it has on many other @ocasions, but drngging the liquor of an administra- tion democrat is a seriows thing, and should be Pigidly inquired into. What ie to become of the conetitution and the purity of the elective franchise if such a condition of affairs is allowed to continue? We publish elsewhere a biograpical sketch of the Gistinguished vocalist Madame Sontagywho died of cholera, at the city of Mexico, on the 18th inst. THE COURTS. In the legal intelligence will be found a report of the eighth day’s proceedings in the Walker divorce ‘ case, the interest in which seems to have greatly fa ‘creaeed since the commencement of the examina- tio ® of witnesses for the defence. Crimination and vem !mination seem to be the order of the day. The cours is densely crowded with spectators, notwith- stend "@ the extreme heat of the weather, and amongs ‘ the anditors there is a goodly sprinkling of latices. In the & "rine Court a verdict of $350 damage was renders | ® young man for injuries sustained by the bite of a dog. This should be a wholesome warning to par. jes owning dogs. Vicious animals should not be perk vitted to go abroad, and all deserip- tions of the canine *pecies should be muzzled at this period of the yeas. ‘An action for collision was commenced in the Tnited States District Coust against the steamboat Empire State. Decisions, whteh will also be found ja our legal Intelligence, were rendered in the S'¥- zr-me and Boperlor Courte. of avy great national, homogeneous, conserva- tive Union party, covering all sections of the republic. Mr. Jones virtually confesses that between the Southern and Northern whigs the rupture is complete. He admits the evil, as far as his party is concerned. But we have nocorresponding confession from Mr. Butler, Mr. Mason, Mr. Petit, or any other Senator of the democratic side, in reference to the broken-backed condition of the late national democracy. None of them, however, can put in any valid claim as champions of the consti- tutional rights of the South until their own position is a little more satisfactorily defined. Do they belong to that pie-bald dominant demo- cratic party of which the Charleston Mercury s the organ in South Carolina, the Union the organ at Washington, and of which, too, the New York Evening Post andthe Albany .4tlas are the leading organs in the great conservative State of New York? The contempt of Mr. But- ler for Charles Sumner smacks of waggery, while the Van Burens are admitted to the or- thodox communion table ; and the wrath of Mr, Pettit against the free soil Senator from Mas- sachusetts is all moonshine, as long as the party of the Buffalo platform are counted among “ the Latter Day Saints” of the demo- cratic church. In the teeth of an unholy, in- congrnous spoils coalition like this, all profes+ sions of constitutional consistency, or of devo- tion to State rights, or to the Union, are but ross in the crucible of public opinion. Neither parties nor partisans can maintain their ground in the profession of Union and constitutional principles, while they are parties to a league with traitors and dissension agitators, through the corrupting agencies of the spoils. The debate in the Senate upon the Boston petition for the repeal of the fugitive law does not touch the real merits of the general issue. It may all be well enough for bold and fearles- Senators to seize upon every occasion for the _expreesion of their abhorrence and disgust for the treasonable principles of such men as Sum- ner and Seward. They are fair game, and there is no peril incurred in assailing them. This, however, is but a paltry business, when the blows, to be efficient, should be struck in another quarter. Nothing is gained by these continued and violent Senatorial denunciations of Seward and Sumner, traitors to the Union though they may be, when the real causes of the mischiefs in hand lie nearer home. It is like a man with a bundle of contraband goods under his arm, crying “stop thief,’ in hot pur- suit of a poor devil with nothing in his posses- sion but a bad name. The Senate of the United States, in the pre- sentation of the Boston petition have discovered that the anti-slavery agitation is revived in the North. Unquestionably this agitation rests upon the seditious principles of Seward, Sum- ner, and their associates in the cause of free soil and abolitionism. Yet, a little more than one short year ago, the country was quiet, there was no agitation, and no apprehensions of agitation, The people of both sections cherished the delusive idea that the national Union principles upon which Gen. Pierce was elected would be faithfully carried out—that free soilism and abolition sedition, and all disunionists, whether from the Buifalo plat- form or from the Neshville convention, would be officially repudiated by the administration; and that the course of the executive in his ap- pointments, his policy, and his party, would be inflexibly consistent with the governing Union principles of the election which had bronght him into power. Hxperience has do- molished these extravagant expectations, The adminisiration and its policy and party have heen dictated by a coalition of free soilers and secessionists. Its original adherents upon prin- ciples are outside the camp, and its established bonds of cohesion are “ the cohesive power of the public plunder.” There is no national whig party——there ix no national democratic party, upon principles The administration party is limited to the spoils, for neither the Missouri compromis nor the Nebraska bill is made the test of party allegiance; and while the Washington Union repudiates the Know Nothings, the organs of the Cabinet are free to denounce the Irish Catholics, without reserve or limitation. At thie orisis of the utter demoralization and lesser disorganization of the two late national politi- | cal parties of the country, upon the plausible pretext of the repeal of theMissouri compromise, no wonder the great body of the Northern whigs, a portion of the Buffalo democracy, and all the outside abolition ani seditious factions of the North, should be moving for a grand combined ascault, in solid phalanx, against the South. No wonder, we say; for why should not the anti- slavery factions seize upon the present golden opportunity? The democratic party is divided and demoralized—the whig party is destroyed —the administration is powerless—there is no | existing» national organization capable of re- sisting the Northern Holy Alliance; and why, then, should they not take the field, and boldly tbrow down the gauntlet of defiance to the South? They are moving, on all sides, to this end—they are kindling up the agitation toa living fire—they are casting their firebrands into the Senate; and yet the grave ané@ digni- methods of resistance to denunciations of Sam- ner and Seward and unmeaning threats of dis- union. This will never do. The evil of the day de- mandg more powerful remedies than these. The great necessity of the crisis is a national, con- stitutional Union party, consistent and homoge- neous, North and South. Senators may protest and threaten and appeal; but while they are associated with spoils coalition which recog- nizes an allegiance with Buffalo free soilers and Naehville secessionists, all appeals and warn- ings will be regarded with derision and con- tempt. The danger is upon us, and nothing— from present appearances—nothing can avert the most tremendous disasters to the safety of the Union and the peace of society, North and South, but a great independent constitutional Union party. When Senators and members of the House at Washington shall have indicated their readiness to relinquish the spoils and spoil:men, for some such party organization as this, we may listen to their discussions ef the slavery question with patience. We agree with the great Calhoun, that no faith isto be at. tached to principles which rest upon “ the eohe- sive power of the public plunder.”” Sereer Finrx—Tuu Porice any THE Maats- rrares.—Some days since the Herarp called the attention of the Chief of Police to the city ordinance by"which the throwing of garbage into the streets is made a misdemeanor, punish- able by fine. The condition of the streets at that time— particularly in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Highth wards—called loudly for some interference on the part of the police, as could be easily learned by the bouquet (not over pleasant,) which saluted the olfactory organs of all persons who were unfortunate enough to be obliged to pass through these avenues, All these facts caused the promulgation of the following circular, first issued in August, 1853 -— If garbage, offal, filth, dirt, manure, cinders, ashes, shells, rubbish, or any substance that is detrimental to the public health, be found in any of the public streets, lanes or alleys, contrary to law, and the person or per- sons who placed said garbage, &c., as above mentioned, shall not have been arrested or reported by the sergeant or policeman whose duty it is to arrest and report said erson or persons, and the said sergeant or policeman as not been sutpended, the captain of police shail be deemed guilty of neglect of duty. By en Wome G. W. Matsei1, Chief ef Police. We presume that the police, after the recep- tion of said orders, endeavored todo its duty in the premises; we hope that such was the case, and we trust that it will continue: soto be. The policemen have always been abused, and they always will bo; but there are many good and faithful men to be found in their ranks. We have one piece of evidence to show that the order to the police has been obeyed. A policeman in the Eighteenth ward arrested a woman who had been caught in the act of throwing garbage into the street. She was arrested and taken before Mr. Justice Clark, who discharged her with a reprimand, as ap- pears by the following extract from the Eighteenth ward return, made by the Cap‘ain to the Chief of Police:— TxrowinG GARBAGE IN THR STREBTS.—Policeman Sher. wood arseged Catherine O'Donnell, whom he caugh‘ in the act ef throwing garbage into the streets. He con- veyed her before Justice Clark, who discharged her t the same time telling the officer he had no power to pua- ish her, but would reprimand her. I would suggest the propriety of the appointment of a lawyer to attend the police court, to give instructions to some of the police magistrates in intricate law cases such as the above. The action of Justice Clark in this case fo -i- bly reminds us of that great judicial prototype, | “Robert Shallow, Esquire, Justice of Peace, and coran and custalorum and ratalorum.” whose importance was derived solely from his title; and there have been many more such magistrates “any time these three hundred years.” We have had too many instances of the same kind in New York city, and we have no occasion for fictitious similes—our Shallows are real, living, walking, talking, blundering ‘beings, not the airy creations of a poet's brain. To look for efficiency on the part of the police, with such men on the bench, is simply absurd ; and where there are justices like Clark, there can be no policemen like Sherwood. The law is plain: the policemen will endeavor to execute it, It is important that it should be executed to the letter. The health of the city depends upon it, and there are many people who must be kept clean on compulsion, And yet, with all these facts admitted, we finda Justice who has only power to reprimand—not to punish. This is the cause of half our troubles in New York. A policeman makes an arrest, and through the negligence, bias, or ignorance of a justice, the criminal escapes unwhipt of justice. In reference to the matter at present under consideration, however, we hope that the police- men will not relax in their endeavors to pre- vent the aggregation of cholera breeding mat- ter in the public streets. We alsobelieve that all the justices will not be found so liable to err in matters of law and fact, as the gentle- man aforementioned. Our District Arrorney—Wuo 1s THE Man? —The spoils are still at a premium. They seem to rise in value as the term of the ad- ministration glides away. Among the candi- dates mentioned for the District Attorney ship, left vacant by the resignation of Mr. O’Conor, are Mr. Westbrook, Mr. Shepard, Mr. McKeon, Mr. West, and Mr. Busteed. The present assistant District Attorney, Mr. Dun- ning, is also said tobe o hopeful espirant for the post. We hear of no movement in this conncetion in behalf of John Van Buren, or we showld suppose his chances something bet- ter than the best of them. Mi. Westbrook, it is said, has some Claims for the place, in consid- eration of his self-sacrificing vote for the Ne- braska bill, Wut this we cannot believe. We take it that Mr, Westbrook gladly sacrificed himself for the con Stitutional principles of the Nebraska bill, without hope of fee or reward. Nothing like a clear co.science, But the moun- tain is again in labor, Wi’? is to be the mouse? ‘The Spanish Decrees Respecting Ouba. We publis|. eleewhere the text of the decrees of the Queen of Spain respecting slavery in Caba, promulgated in March last, and just laid befcre the British Parliament. Lord Howden | seems to have regarded them as a triumph for | British interests. Other commentators, as well in England as in this country, have inter- preted them as equivalent to a commence- ment of Africanization, or in plainer words, as an indication of the establishment of an order of things under which slavery in Cuba would gradually become cxtinct, anda large free colore’ population be settled on the island. In this persuasion, many statesmen have viewed them with distrust and hostility, We all remember the Spanish t' reat of surren- dering the island to the blacks rather than sell- ing it to us; with this intimatien fresh in our memory, it is natural that we sould at all events watch with some jealousy the introduc- tion of any change in the condition of the slaves now held by the creole planters. That jealousy is heightened by a knowledge of th> fact that the principles asserted in the deci'¢es have been further consolidated in a treaty just sigicd by the representative of Great Britain and the Spanieh government. The text of the treaty has not yet reached us, and we are therefore unable to state positively whether it contem- plates any actual surrender of Spaniah au- thority within the island to a foreign power, or whether it simply looks to the final sup- pression of the slave trade. The latter is the more probable hypothesis, as the dev;edgg upon which the treaty is based, have ao refer- ence to foreign authority inCupa. But Lord Howden’s antecedents, and the past tenor of British policy with regard to Cuba are alone sufficient to cluthe with suspicion any measures which are pronounced advantageous by the one and consistent with the other. The change to be wrought by the decrees has been rendered necessary, we are told, by the scarcity of laborers in Cuba, which has hitherto compelled the illegal prosecution of the slave trade. It being now resolved to suppress that traffic, and to put an end to further importa- tions of slaves, the Spanish government propose to remedy the scarcity of laborers by encour- aging the importation of Spanish, Chinese and Yucatanese colonists, and by compelling the owners of slaves to employ them in agricultu- ral labors, The means by which it is proposed to attain this last mentioned object are complex and varied; they will be found detailed in the exposition of the Spanish minister. Elaborate provisions are made by a special decree for the importation of colonists from Spain, China and Yucatan, and their employment on an extensive scale is obviously contemplated by the govern- ment. In addition to these, means are taken to provide against the landing of negroes from Africa by registering all the slaves on the island, and declaring every negro free whose name does not appear in the registers as a slave. These are, in brief, the leading points of the decrees. The plan of the slave registers has been ex- amined on a former occasion, and its defects shown. It is obvious that, if, as is probable, the British consular authorities are allowed to exercise any supervision over the practical working of the system, cases will constantly occur where the loss, destruction, or fraudulent suppression of the registers will lead to the forced manumission of negroes lawfully heldin slavery. It is also likely that no complete re- gister of the entire negro population of theisland will ever be perfected; and thus an opportunity will be afforded the British overseers to claim freedom for slaves whose names haye been ac- cidentally or wilfully withheld from the regis. trar. Every practical man will at once per- ceive how difficult it will be to make a com- plete register; this difficulty has doubtless been foreseen by Lord Howden, and is probably one of the advantages he sees in the system. It will undoubtedly help the cause of abolition in a very material degree; and when the Count of San Luis says that it is “not morally possible to abolish slavery” in the island, and at the same time recommends the registering of the slaves, he shows himself to be deficient in judg- ment and foresight. Should his scheme ever be carried into actual effect, he would soon perceive how widely inconsistent his acts have been with his professions. How far the importation of colonists or coo- lies will supply the deficiency of laborers and compensate for the cessation of the slave trade, time will show. There are many obstacles in the way of the introduction of coolie labor on an extensive scale into Cuba. But whether Spaniards, coolies, or Yucatanese can be had on the terms proposed, or not, we confess that we see very little difference, and certainly no advantage in the substitution of the plan of coolie importation for the old slave trade. For all practical purposes, the colonists provided for by the decrees are to be slaves. They “re- nounce the exercise of all civil rights which are incompatible with the fulfilment of the ob- ligations they incur,” thatis to say, all their civil rights whatsoever. They cannot marry without the consent of their master. Their children fullow their condition, and their fa- thers exercise no parental power over them in opposition to the power of their master. They may be transferred and sold, like slaves, with this single difference that husband and wife may not be separated from each other or from their children under twelve years of age. They may redeem themselves at certain seasons, it is true; but the conditions are such that it is next to impossible that they could ever be fulfilled. They may acquire property ; but as their mas- ters are authorized to work them twelve hours a day, there is little chance of their being able to do anything of the kind. In case of deser- tion, they may be pursued, caught and returned to their masters just as slaves are. They can- not demand means to enable them to return to their own country. They may be punished by fine and imprisonment by their masters, without recourse to the legal tribunals of the country. So far as we can judge, there is thus far no essential difference between this and many slave codes. The consent on which the contract is originally based, will obviously be a mere nugatory form, where one of the parties is a shrewd slave dealer and the other a poor China- man or coolie. The only practical difference between the colonist and the slave will be that the former, who is a slave for a fixed period, will be dischaged and left to starve and die when he grows old and infirm, while the latter is always provided for at the expense of his master until death relieves him of the burthen. If the cause of humanity, for which Lord How- den professes so much zeal,is served by A change of thia nature, our notion of the senti- ment differs widely from his. . We have yet fo see whether these decrees will be followed by any practical change or not. Until the registering of the slaves hoging ip earnest, and until ships actually arrive with | accidents occur @!1 the blame shall attach to cargoes of colonists, doubts of the sincerity of | the latter and none to the superintendent the Spanish government will always exist, and i dererve to fail as this attempt of the Erie grave suspicions wiJl be entertained in many | Railroad has failed. quarters that the whole business of the decrees is merely another cloak to the prose- eution of the slave trade on a new basis and with renewed vigor. Should we hear, | however, of the actual registration having commenced, the duty of our government will | be plain and obvious. Every slave that is manumitted under the working of that system | and by reason of some omission on the part of his master or come flaw in the register will ; diminish the value of the island, and endanger our security. The Count of San Luis well observes, that «the scarcity of laborers presses urgently upon the Island of Cuba; agriculture is affected by it; its effects begin to be noticed in commercial | traneactions; and if it be not opportunely reme- died, the rich treasures which that fertile island contains will soon be diminished if not exhaust- ed.” But his excellency has not devised the proper remedy. Registers and colonists will bot help the matter. Royal decrees are lost upon coradicn} anevil. The disease is organic, and the cure propose? Will, if anything, aggra- vate the case, Had the Spanish minister pos- sessed a more intimate knowledge of the queé- tion before him, or dealt with it boldly and frankly, he would have stated that so long as the island remained a colonial dependency of Spain, the evil of which he complains would press urgently upon its best interests; and that the proper, the only cure for that and the other ills of Cuba was to yield gracefully to fate, and to hand it over to the United States, At some not distant day, the successor of the Count of San Luis will be forced to hold this language. Nvuircation iy Connecricut.—Our Eastern neighbors have not altogether come to their senses yet. The honest burghers of Providence gave us some hopes of them when they repent- ed oftheir threat to pass the Fourth of July in fasting and penitence; but the epidemic has not disappeared entirely. It has loomed up quite recently in Connecticut, where the Judiciary Committee have reported to the Assembly a bill which we publish elsewhere, “for the de- fence of liberty in that State.” The drift of this bill is to fine and imprison any individual who falsely represents that any person is « was a slave, andany witness who falsely swe to the same.. Every claim made for the s render of a slave is to be deemed “false « malicious;” the claimant being bound to prove the contrary by the direct evidence of at least two witnesses. Ofcourse, under this bill, it would become impossible to execute the Fugi- tive Slave law in Connecticut; this, in fact, is confessed by the authors of the bill to be their object. The common and statutory law of Connecticut was quite sufficient for the defence of liberty, and for the protection of citizens wrongfully claimed as slaves. Had the Judi- ciary Committee sought nothing beyond se- curing the safety of the citizens of that State and preventing illegal captures of individuals falsely represented to be slaves, no fresh legis- lation would have been required. The bill we this day print wasintroduced for the purpose of nullifying aad violating the supreme law of the land. Should it pass, Connecticut will place herself in an attitude of open hostility to the Union. This attitude has been long since assumed by demagogues in every State in the North. Mas- sachusetts has teemed with them for nearly half a century. But it seems as though the honor of making the first serious attack on the coustitution was reserved to the State of Con- necticut. We congratulate the citizens of that commonwealth on the position in which their representatives have placed them. Connecticut has always presented a contrast to her neigh- bors. Not many years ago it was penal to kiss one’s wife in the streets of Hartford and New Haven; it is now made penal for a master to claim his slave except under certain condi- tions. The blue laws were simply ridiculous; this bill “for the defence of liberty” is some- thing worse, as Connecticut will find when any measure comes up in Congress in which her in- terests are concerned. Incenprarism.—The progress of the examina- tion to which the recent fire at Jennings has given rise throws a good deal of light on the origin of fires in this city. The witness White alias Boucher seems to be a very shrewd fel- low, and he and his friends appear to be quite familiar with the mode of proceeding in such cases, Seated, as he tells us, on the steps of the Hall of Records, he saw the fire at Jen- nings break out, and immediately his compa- nion Lowery observed “I'll bet my life Lyman Barr set that place on fire;” and if the re- mainder of the evidence is to be believed the guess was a pretty shrewd one. When the engine came, White “caught hold of the rope and went to the fire,” doubtless with the inten- tion of saving property. The next day, one Snyder met the witness and told him the whole story with a frankness which does more credit to his heart than his head. None of the friends, whose names White gives, seem to have been in any way shocked or astonished at the incendiary deed. White speaks of it quite as a matter of course. A few such examinations would clear up the doubt which now overhangs fires in clothing stores. They would likewise afford a pretty conclusive corroboration of the statements we made some time since with respect to the sys- tem of allowing runners to join fire engines, and might illustrate the working of the present fire department in a very striking way. TeMRMINATION OF THE Erm Rartroap Dre- FICULTIES.—The managers of the Erie Railroad have at last come to their senses and agreed to discharge none of their engineers for accidents beyond their -control. A direct loss of some one hundred thousand dollars, and a prospect of a’ much greater one are, we presume, the causes to which this return of senee and burst of honesty are due. Had the railroad engi- neers in this country evinced less esprit de corps, the Erie people would have won a victory at the expense of some poer fellow’s character, who might have been discharged at any time for a mishap which it was not in his power to avert. As it fs, the directors of this mammoth concern have been taught that rich and powerful as they are, they cannot yet trample under foot the rights of their em- ployés, or erect themselves into a sort of Rhadamanthine court of justice from which there can be no appeal. The lesson will be serviceable not only to the company directly concerned, but to all other companies in the North. Sound rules, and thorough superin- tendence will secnre safety for passengers without sacrificing the rights of engineers; and attempts to provide before hand that whe Necessary Cuanors.—When sanity becomes | geners] in thiscountry, a world of important: reforms will be effected. One batch was sug- gested by a correspondent of ours the other day, which we beg to endorse. It was to the effect that the seats of our State governments: should be got out of the hermitages where theyr now are, and brought to light, in places where: the Legielatures would see and feel public sen timent, For instance, the capital of this State. should be New York; of Pennsylvania, Phila- delphia; of Maryland, Baltimore; of Ohio, Cin- cinnati; and so on. Of course, it woul follow that New York would be the federal capital. This is a great and really an inevita- | ble reform. But reason is not common enough yet to propose it, ee Marine Affairs, Dramns At SRA.—The ship Eastern Queon, arrived yos= terday from Havre with 444 passengers, had twelve deaths on the passage. Naval Intelligence. pa 4 - pre org U. 8. N., has resigned, and Hen- ian a conirmed wing been appointed in his stead, ie Navy Department have tehes from Commo- dore Ringgold. dated at Hong Kong, April 10th last, ally well in the fo ecsoig . The U. 8. steamer Fulton arrived at Norfolk on Sands ~ from Vera Cruz. She broke her cylinder while at sea. Coroners’ Inquests. DEATs PRODUCED BY ABORTION ACOIMDENTALLY pow ANsEe gency) @ German Margi farner, vi city from and went to live with Mrs, 4 1Vonryatie street oe & domestic. On Fri¢ay last she was seized with purgio and vomiting, and took some pills that een given to her bys Mr, when on board ti ship, when she was sick, but wl she did not serving them foranother occasion. The pills appeared to give her ease, and she was enabled to sleep well the. Bes through. On Saturday the symptoms of the pre~ . ceding day were renewed, when a physician was son\ for, and the proper medical remedies were used, some time, to the asionl-hment of Mr. Dormer, ret was delivered of a dead infant. She lingered in w tate of great suffering until Monday night, when she died. e death was reported atthe Coroner’s office a3. ene of malpractice. Coroner Wilhelm attended, and in- stituted a most sreratiing biverneence. into the cireum- stances connected with the affair. Considerable evidence- was taken, but nothing was adduced to cast in the re- motest degree ruspiclon upon any person. Mr. Lasso, at: the time of prescribing the pills was unaware of the atate- the deceased was in, or he would not have given them to- her. ‘The jury, after sn attentive and patient investiga. tion, delivered the following verdict—‘That the de- ceased came to ker death ty puerperal convulsions, after an abortion caused by violent purging and vomiting. The jury find that the purging, vomiting and abortion the effects of a dose of pili taken by the deceased, without any intention of pro- tion, a that these pills were gtven to har » for other purposes, he being ignorant of hers on.’ Deceased was twenty-five years of age. UEST UPON THB Bopy or Captain Jewsrt.—Captalm: ett, of the ship Hendrick Hudson, owned by Messrs. Griswold, Morgan & Wiley, shipping merchants, at tho corner of South and Pine streets, was on his way to hie ship on Thursday last in asmall boat, whon it was run. into by the Wall street fer boat and upset, and the- coptain was unfortunately drowned. The gentlemen whose employment he was offered a reward of $550 the recovery of his body. It was found floating off Go- yernor’s Island yesterday, by John Alexancer, # boatman. living at 843 Water street, and Richard Martin, of No. 18° Dover street. It was taken to Whitehall slip, and the Corener was notified, Coroner O’Donnell held an inquest- upon the body, and a verdict of death by drowning wat rendered. Upon the body were founda gold watch and chain, nearly $1 in silver, a gold finger ring, and two- gold studs, “Deceased was a native of Counecticut, and ‘twetty-nine years of age. ‘the circumstance is more me- lancholy from the fact that he was en, to be married: in a few weeks. He has left a numerous circle of friends to mourn his loss. DgaTH From InveMPERance —Coroner Wilvelm yesterday held an aanatt at the Eleventh ward station-house, om the body of Robert Heartley, an Englishman, forty years. of age, who fell, at tho corner of Stanton and Cannon streets, on Monday evening, in a fit. He was taken to the station house, where he died. His body ‘was ex- amined by Dr. Richardson, who was of opinion that death resulted from congestion of the brain, juced by intemperance, and so was verdict. The deceasad ‘Was of intemperate habits, and subject to fits of delirium tremens. He resided in Philadelphia, and was but tem- pourlly in this city. Fatal Fatt.—Jobn Fitzsimons, a native of Ireland, thirty-seven bSseniy of age, aceidentally fell from his car’, on Monday last, and received injuries of so severe » character that he died almost immediately. Coroner- Wilhelm held an inquest ares the body, and a verdict of xecitental death, while deceased was intoxicated, was rendered. Fatar AccibEnt.—Wellington Dodge, a (iremam belong- ng to the steam towboat Birbeck, while in the act of stepping between the connecting rod and frame, for the purpose of wiping the connecting rod, on Saturday last, was struck by a pice of the machinery, and received injuries, of which he died yesterday at the New York. Hospital. An inquest was held upon his body by Coroner. Hilton, when a verdict of accidental death was rendered. he ia was a native of New York, nineteen years of LS i im for: Police Intelligence. Felontous Assault.—On Monday night a difficulty oc- curred between a man pamed Styles and Wiiliam Mor when Moran caught upa paving stone and struck his adversary @ severe blow wit ocking down and s0- verely injuring him, and of which injuries he is now con- fined to his bed. Moran was arrested by officer Kelly, of the aereseeaa a age he held custody, mim nam omas ple, exasperat at the treatment Btyles ‘bad recetved e4 his Hands, and-not content-wits the arrest, made an attack upon the prisoner, and before- the officer could interfere, d to give him a tolera~ ble thrashing. He was tuken before Alderman Howard, of the Sixth ward, who is acting, during the temporary absence of Justice Osborn, as magistrate at the ‘Tombs, by whom he was held to bail in the sumof $300 to answer the charge of assault. Moran was locked up, to- await the result of the injury he bas inflicted on Styles, who is said to be in a critical condition. The Initiation.—A resident of Hanapin, Putoam county, Illinois, came on to New York, having in the far West heard of 11s wonders and curiusities. So putting into hie wallet some $600 or $700, Mr. Charles A. Strok deter- mined to pay a visit to the Empire city. On his arrival here, Mr. Strok took every means of enjoying himself; . und hearing of the adroiticas of the New York light n= gered gentry, made a strong box out of his stocking, re- serving in his pocket enough forcurrent use, On Sunday Mr. Strok committed an excess, and early in the day, seduced by the influence of jolly companions, lie imbibed. a little freely. In the course of the Leh imbibed agaim slightly, and ended at night in being thoroughly drunk: and ke in the m ddle of the night and found him: ‘woman. ‘is was @ novel tion for Mr. Strok. After a moment he collected his thoughts, and the thought of his stocking bank flashed upon his mind. He jumped up and called for a light. His Indy compan- ' fon produced one froma match. The candle was lighted, and Mr. Strok looked to see if his treasure was safe. Beneath the bed he found $55, which he thrust into his. stocking, and felt, as he supposed, the rest of his notes. He again turned ihto bed and slept away his suspicions * ‘and debauch, and did not awake until day had far ad- yanced. When in the act of dressing himself, the Indy who had accommodated him the preceding night, entereg. the room, and seeing the rich stocking, a grab at. it, and ran off with the contents, He pursued, but wae unable to overtake her, and returned and dressed him- self and gave notice to the police. Mr. Strok found he had been accommodated at a disreputable house in Green- wich street, and that his lady Ce was named. Emma Marcella. She was, shortly after his complaint, met with by officer Welsh, of the First ward, and takem to the Tombs, together with the complainant, who was found too much intoxicated to properly give his evi- denc. He wasalso locked up. Yesterday he made a HE tek in likes Lt pore Ba states that a wi wan in bis s' 8 was porsesaed and. appeere almost distracted about his Tosa, and stated, that his wife was with him in the city. Emma Marceila ‘was eommitted by Alderman Howard to await a further examination. Asault with Intent to Kill.—80} ‘woman living at the corner of Water and Little Anthon; streets, was arrested yesterday by officer Jordan, Sixt! ward, on a charge of having violentty assaulted Mary KE. Parrish, of No. 6 Orthard street, cu her in the face and hand, with intent, as it is ‘alleged, of doing her se~ vere bodily injury. Khe was committed by Alderman Howard for trial. ' She denies the charge. hia Bore a German Charge of A @ Ohild.—Marcus Bunty, o native of Bohemia, residing at 328 Houston strect, was arrested aes , on a charge of having assaulted and abused a i girl named Newbaur, eight years of age,* whose father lives in the same house with the prisoner. The poor child is confined to her bed from the effects of the ill usege she at various times has received from the prisoner. He was taken before Justice Welsh, and com- mitied for further examination. . City Intelligence. ‘Wurrs Mrizrs, Worms, &c)—A short time ago, we: published in the Hznatp an article showing the origin, mode of living, travelling, &., of the Palmer worm, _ which, during the mionth of June, have swarmed in our: putlic parks, This worm has now had its day, and most- ly disappeared, while others of a different species are about to take its place. We have received the following commuzication upon the white miller:— ‘ Mx. kprTor:—At this moment the white miller heging to swarm in the catterpillar localities of New York and Brooklyn. This beautiful white miller is the great heir- loom in the perpetuation and manufacture of the detest- able black caterpillar. At chureh, on your dinner plage, and between your shects, has he hitched his way. This prolific old mother miller, will soon bogin to deposit her enee on the trees which the worm likes best to feed upon. P p yed observe it, io it in needless to say, these millers are a public nuisance. But the plon of destruction allow me to tug, gest, Set along the wolks in our parks, large lighte torches as soon as it is dark; extinguish tlio gas lanterns smong the eatteryillar treos—the torches will give ample light for pedestrians; flame attracts them, the more brile Nant the better. How often do wo experience it in onr parlors. | The white miller and mosquito seem to revel in the light, and mI! will flutter around the blaze tilt they accomplish self-destruction, Now lot us offer them a liberal ¢¢ for a singeing. Torghes of aloow - ¢ ‘ | ¥ ‘| qd