The New York Herald Newspaper, July 8, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7625, ~ PHE FOURTH UF JULY RIOTS, RAIA QUIET RESTORED IN THE METROPOLIS, THE RIOTERS ON TRIAL CORONERS’ INQUESTS, &e., &e., &e Peace and quietness has been restored in ihe riotous @\stricte of the Sixth, Seventh and Thirteenth wards, and pe further trouble peed be anticipated by the good people of Gotham. The Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys have decided to postpone further’ hostilities indefinately, se the ‘timid reridents of the np town wards can rest easy. There will be no further fighting fora ‘‘term” at least, ay Mr. Merriam would say. Some: iffict ty was anticipated last evening daring the leting uff of tho [reworks in the Park, bat thing parsed off quietly, an? at notime during the evening was there any manifertations cf « disorderly or nature on the part of those frem whom rome Sees Cares © montane of Saturday’s and Sun- work, x of the riote: s were convicted in the Court of Secial Seneto: 8 yesterday, but were remanded for sentence by Jxetice Osborne One of be prisoners was diecharged for went of evidence. The remainder of the prisoners were teva) until next Th: . THE RIOTERS IN COURT. SPSCLAL SBBSIONS. Before Justices Osborne and Flandreau. Jury 7 —The calendar of thie Court was unusually large , ‘and the prisoners’ box, as well as the galleries, were plaints w ben they wore brought before them. INQUES®?S ON THE SODIES OF THE KILLED. INQUEST ON THE KOVIKG AT BELLEVUR HOsPITAL— SBUOND DAY. SEVERAL OF THR RIOTERS TDENTIPED, Coroner Perry resumed the investigation as to the deaths of Bernard and Lantenberg, at the Coroner's office yeeter day, at 9o'clock A. M. All the witnesses examined, with ome exception, were policomen engaged in quelling the riot @@ tho afternoon of the Fourth, The first witness sworn Soa Loonard Sobriffelia, of No, 42 Downing street—Was a | policeman, ordered for duty tn the seventh ward on Fourth of July, with tbe first party sent from White @reet; when going up Bayard street raw a Nght be ween the Bowery boys and Dead Rabbits, between Baxter and the + reet above; heard po rhots fired toen, but siones were ying ‘ast; were met here by a party of about three nun dred men & »peared to be of the Dead Rabbit party: th Mtacked the po ice with # ; the police were rca: then, were soxvored. uppases, to watch the houre, fome were on the sideways, and some in the ceatre of the Breet Coroner—Very poor tactick, Isbould think, to say the all Witrors reromed—At 63 Baxter street a man threw a ney were taking bim ou! @ man named Ty struck witness in the breast with a stone; arresio bim and t ok him to the station houve; the mob Aid Det appear tovbave any leader; the = — di. video {nto two partics—one was engaged wiih ihe Bowery Doys, whe otber was io the rear of the police, in Baxter Willem Evans sworn—Concurs in the previous test! mony ; identified McGarry as the man who struck Sebeiffo a. Wm. J. Tefi, sworn—Was « epecial polloeman; was o10 of the party of twenty six sept from White street to the Seventh ward on Savarday, at 454 P. M.; on turning from Baxter into Bayard sirect were hooted bv a crowd; atthe ener of Mulberry street receired a volley of stones; at- tached the party who threw them, and they fled; iben a reinforcement came up, which proved too many for them, aad they were compelled to retroat towards Mott street, bere a b dy of the Bowery boys met them, coming t) their aanistavoe: if it bad not been for them they would have been und up; the equad of forty men sent from the eta them attac! ! wat porbing oo ther sticers. A Joror—I wish we could by ‘means identify the parties who killed these mon—that is what we want to know. will be Impossible: wo cannot ercertain who threw any particular stone or (red any particular shot; bat if to any O10 who ether thr will be doing & great deal was killed by there acta or Kill, and the parties are of couree criminal. at toe power are [toy bauds, unacg engaged in this and cannot, probably, ‘dentii Besides, the wounded wilt take no rey lation 4 ounde! them; from « feeling of honor they keep bat can LY no int that e oh r aed attempting & roseue 4 prisooor; that man was Thos, MoGarry ; arrested another who held a stone in eaca hand, but 00. ld not recognize bim now. Richard Van Vechten, policeman, #worn—Identifies Mo py CL ‘man arrested by last witness, be is now ja he ba; ameiaied to arrest Barney Wallagher in a cellar m Bayard strect; there were piles of stones stored in the cellar lerael Bowers, regular em, aworn—Recognizea the body of the largest of the two men who lay at White street station on Satarday night, (now in Bellevue Boapi- PGT it at rio’; he seemed to be one of the Dead Rabbite; he was urging them on, and throwing brickbats as fart as'a ean could well throw them; he had ed out for arrest when he was shot; understands | bim bis oa ne jn Berna d. Did you recognize any of the | Joror (Mr Vander! Aabvanded police among the rioters at either ride? J eaw nove of thom there. | Wi ness— No, #1 Dutcher, special policeman, sworn—Arreated « man Jehan named Metride in Bayard streot at 6 o'clock {n the le on the corner of Bayard a gontioman near im + as stro. k on the forehead wtin ckba'; hie head rae aplit open, and he foil; just raw 8 man out from « pile of bricks, and ihre ‘one; witness ‘rested after him, bot he cot into a house and hut the door; wit noe forced the door off it# hinges, and collared the man; MeBride then strnck him with a brick in the back, forcing bie to let go bie prisoner, before he recovered himeelf or fot Nir fort MeBride struck bim another blow in the neck Officer Ellie, of the Third ward, them came to hie aegietance, nd they took McBride to the ome, Coroner Rerry tell Justice Gonpoily not to jet that man out. The gre very busy himself; arrested him at the req: named Edward Dye rioters; bad a stone in cach down into a cellar at some policemen. Pilgrim, policeman, sworn—Arrested a map pamed Frapk ‘at the corner of Mulberry and Bayard streets; he bad a stone in each hand, with which he attempted to strike bim, but witness knocked them oat o bt. bande with his club; then took bim to the station house in Franklin street; he is now in the Tombs; saw no one on the grouad at o'clock, acting aa a rey Kisuces Jetting out men that ongbi to be held, at jeast until this investigation te over. Stephen D. Bailey eworn— Was with the second party of Din Bayard street on Saturday, about tix o’clock ; an they were along two citizens, reapectably dreared, dragged » young man by the shoulders acres the tt-eet and said, “Hero is the ringleader of tho riot,” car to ap offlcer—I wish you would ried him to White street; be gave ois name as Bernard McGiven; did not arcertain the names of the who gave him in charge; saw the man do nothing of two citizens. pene, sworn—Arrested @ man Bayard street; he was one of the band; he was throwing stones John J. Garbett, Joba T killed; bs tokbate were flying so thick that it was ‘mnpoeet ble to recognize apy one; it cave one enough w wateb the missiles and dodge them. J.C Coben sworn—Rerides at 21 Columbia street; was sporier; whi e there saw @ young man sbout 20 years old, witha white hat, raise a gun and deliberately shoot Bernar {t while tho Jatter was standing on a pile of bricks in the act of throw. ipg one; be let the brick drop and fell back dead; some ope in ibe crowd cried out, “Mac shot that follow!” Councilor McConnell was prevent ct that time; seemed to know some of the paries preqnt; saw the Italian boy and Mr. Pentouy shot. recognizes none of the rioters ex- copt @ boy called George Miller; don't know whicu erowd be was with; the man thatrhot Eerpard was near the Darricade; he was slightly pockmarked and wore a looee coat hanging about bim; thinks be could identify him; a Drickbat tiew past witness’s head and a bullet cut the heel from urder-bis boot; he thought it was time to run then. Officer Shangie, who bad been despatched to bring ap some parties who, i! was suspected, knew @ good di about the fracas and could identify @ man named Dunoo and ‘Fatty Walsh,” who were ers, bee re'urned and stated thet not one sons could be fownd. He had been to their worksbops and [aoa of resort,and no one could fell anything about bem. They were evidently hiding away somewhere. Pat Mathews, the owner 7 the saloon 40 Bowery, promised to be present yesterday to give his testimony, but he did not make his appea’ ance. the absence of these impor- tant witnesses, Coroner said be would be compelled to adjourn, promising to procure such in mean- bynes the criminality home to some parties. He would, ther adjours to 9 o’clock to-day. ‘A juror ruggested tbat Mr Pease might be able to give some information, as he was acquainted with all the por. sons on the Five Points. The Coroner said he would call on him and ask bim to ‘The inquest then adjou! 11 9 o'slock this morning. INQUEST UPON THE BODY OF WM. BUCKLEY. Coroner Connery held an inquest at the New York Hos. Pital, on Tuesday, upon the body of Wm. Buckley, a boy 13 years of age, who, while standing quietly on the corner the riot on the af- time as would boy could be obtained, and the testimony was it. The jury rendered a verdict of ‘Death from a gun- shot wound received on the 4th of July; but the jury ‘are upable to say by whom the shot was fred.” Deceased ‘Was a native of this city, and resided with his stepfather t'No, 61 Maloerry street. INQUEST UPON THE BODY OF TIMOTHY BIGGINS. Coroner Connery heli an inquest on Tuesday at the New York Hospital upon the body of Timothy Higgins. an who was Irieh Jad, 16 years of time of the riot oa shot a: the “THE DEAD RABBIT CLUB.” TO THE BDITOR OF THE EERALD., Jury 7, 1857. Several of the city journgis have called “The Dead Rabbit Club,” or ‘The Roach Guard,” a gang of thieves, pickpickels, Five Pointers, &. Now, I hereby offer a reward of $25 to one who will pret. sae member of That goat ( the way, there is no such club @ the Doad Rabbi's) is a Five Pointer, or thief, or 8 pick- Tam willing to sabmit the question 10 the deci sion of any ice Justice o* this city. I also hold myself ready to deposi: the $25 1m your bands (pardon my aa surance) at apy moment you may cail for it, in the event Of tis of whe ‘kiog men, most of whom which they follow for a living. THE SIXTH WARD RIOT. 46 Finer rawr, July 7, 1867 Jas. G. Breserr, Eeq , Editor Arnatp:— In your edition of this morning I netice the name of my ‘atber, Mr. Harvey N. Hitchoock, reported in your « Corrected }ist of killed and woanded”’ at the riot ia the @ix'b ward as being mortally wounded. This, ! am happy to pate, is incorrect. My father was on duty with his de tachment at the office No. 88 White street, and when or- dered to thercene of riot went with the rest, at about five o'clock op Saturday last® At that time be received the in uries * bich since bave coniined him to his bed. The in- aries, though pot considered dangerous, consist of several Revere cute upon the head, and with care apd q"16t repose it is hoped he will gvon be able w reeume his duties. BEN. W. HITCHOOCK. THE NINTH REGIMENT. The Ninth Regiment of the New York State Militia was on duty on Sunday last, It wae stationed in the Eagle drill rooms, corner of Chriatie and Delancey stroets, on Sanday evening, and remained there until two e’clock on Monday morning. It wae them dismissed by Gen. Hall, ‘who was accompanied by the Adjutant Genoral, the Com: sary General and Lieut. Col. Sandford. posecss a trade, THE POLICE ORGANIZATION. A litte regiment of appointments were passed upon yesterday at White street, and the crushing demands of Public op.nion in respect to the green and notoriously in efflctent condition of the force ie sought to be evaded by & hurried distribution. of the appointments. The pro- gress of the litigations im regard to the now law was ro- republicans are jab! They bost in the lobbies at White street that with the power and ge of there 1,200 places tp this city, with salaries of $400 eer! orgenived infigonce of the new police force from ti time of election, they must inevitably carry ind keep it, as they have the state, to the compleie the democrecy city rout A NEW REGION OF THE LOBBY. The apartments, approaches and entries of 1 \itan office are thronged scoordingly with politicians, as the beadquarters of a campaign ciad might in the heat of an ckhotion. There one sees ail the black republican ward commitiee men, with a sprinkling also of the Koow Nothing \odge masters, and the officials, from down to members of the Common Counctl. One mests there in regular operation Abraham Wakeman, biask re- publican, member of Congress from toe upper district (Pighth ) of the city, busy and vigilant in a general saper- vision, or om the part of the lower end of the city seme softening attorney for the bogur Sickles democracy Know member of Congress George Briggs, following Pp inth ward example under Cholwell in the reat of bit district on be wes: side of the town, !s kept in counte. panoe for his sanguine zeal by State Senator Petty, i th eTepth ward apd ober e op the opposite fide of the town and the Bowery. Thoro and otherr—not excepting Grace ehurch Brow bat i one ROWN'S MEN, If any ore should doubt the fact that those peers of the Metropolitan d.strict do net devote their daily ardor to the suppert of the new police, by & persistent and by | clamor for their depeneents and retainers, to be enrol! in the eco!, Jet bim ark Sexton Brown if jhe is not making personal application for his preter, the pastry cook at Weller’s confectionary, Brosdway—the mysterious man who provider thore excruciating sweets for the still sweeter “eweete’’ of Fifth avenue fancy jama. Let Brown be asked if bie anxiety for the preservation of this inval ‘uable comft maker's health bas not a his transfer from the hot and steamy coellare of Mr. Weller, aad ‘war te af bie genine on the unappreciative, vulgar popul Dow remaining in town, gorging their Fourth of July sur- feitg, to the more eligible position of one of Mr. Draper's Fifth avenue equad, As a Metropolitan policeman he can have a pleasant 6 of acoupation at the expense of the city, unt! the fashionable world suall bave returned again, and bis talents be vnited once more with those of the ineffable Brown. The fresh air woul! sharpen his renee of the T proportions of yormiliton, verdigri«, ond other innocent pigments, to put op in does for the Attenuated demotselies of Brown's conservatories. GENIN'A MEN. ’ If the researcher aro carried farther, Mr. Genin might be cavunlly aeked what his prospects tre next time for clection as the reform oandidate for Mayor, on one of 01" frequent exits from White stroet, and the an«wer, if #kil fully interpre rt ive the exact equation for the num ber of Genin pr iemen put on by the Commissioners up to that time, ONE OF THE BLACK Bree, The visiter who may bave a little business at the Tombe may encounter a Metropolitan patreiman, detailed there since the decision He would, Wf aske?, say that he had MORNING EDITION—WEDNESDAY, Prorcribed by the ruthless Fernando L, and mag: Bapimourly reinstated by the White street Com. missioners to carry out the first odject for whics the law was enacted—the vindication wf the American principle, that none but Americans should rule American. Tha patrolman would algo doubtless go on and answer, as he did op the witness #tand upon the re cent impeachment and dis; of the Know Nothing city Judge Stuart, ai) the tuesllans teen pt to him, the Pimp of the Judge In that melanoboly exbihitien ofa collu- «4 criminal traffic bet 2 bench and a vulgar prostitute. If the terti of this deponent is not ma- terial the lobby at ite street, and tho exact obaracter as to whieh sort of Know Nothing floger is now in tbe pie, baking the 1,200 and odd blackbirds there, then {Mt may not be worth while to carry the investigation further just yet awhile. ALL LOBBY AND NO THIEVES, Sucb is the frantic scramble on foot for the police ap- ea, that however much tho officials might bo lispoeed 10 busines», they are absolutely unable to | meet apy otber demand upon their time than that of the solicitors. They are almost excusable, ©ven in the face of all the cime and disorder which has raged in the city aince the dissolution of tho old police force. Even in the very height of the riots, tue Saperin- tendent was actually beget ani pestered, a8 were «!so the | Oiber officiale, with tho frantic offloe beggars. ot tho firet trancaction of legitimate police business has been en tered upon. the ides of going there about a robbery or apy other ordinary crime weuld be preposterous. There have been bo arrests. The fe old force, officers in the other wards, beyond the demoralizing ond paralysing beat of clamorous ward comeittees and lo*ge councile, make @ litle show of returns §=The new men, in the maw, as yet, are the merest imbecile cowardly loafers that could well be presented—all fr want of dieciplinme—and their realisstion of the inyidions fee! which prevails with the populace agsinet ir iment. fhe old force men among them mako uer complaints of them and their conduct in the late disturbances. Opo officer tells of clubbing a raw recruit whilst the laiter ran with all bis heels, Another, who had stopped a pair of fugitives of this sort, collared one and asked why he fled. He was answered— “ Why, that dam fool abead ran away, and if I had only caught bim, I would have mashed him.” But tho ine of th@e new men, under the clroumatances, is vutural enough, and it is only al inded to here as one Of the direct resulta of the “lobby” and the exclusively partisan are under which the force is being oxtemporised. Mr. Talmadge has exhausted Dimeel!, it is said, in bis efforts to attompt the reinstate- t plined men now in the cy eta- don houses. During the riots be taiked of resigning, if this were not done. But the politicians were frantic wi idea was broached. It can not be carried out, accordingly. Hence the inefficiency , the riots, the crimes, ‘and all the other consequences tobe anticipated. Hence also the disbanding and proscription of some thousand di plined policemen upon purely partisan groun is and to ad- vance a black republican crusade for the extnciion of bye end Ran and its split up democratic factions. aw jale proscription was never dreamt of before the White street reformers set about it eet Mayon’ POSITION. There is general clamor in regard to the Mayor's Hon, but for all the views, definitions and crftitiema Span it there js but one formula of fact upon wbich it stands, the encroachments e sion. Having of the = bave stu a two! rection—an carpest and practically peal to the people of ppt le wrong and oppression, apd all he may be able to do for the protec- on of the disbanded men from mbarrassmenis their Adelny c the city has Council. «banded 3 VEMENTS OF THE OLD POLI occupied The offices lately been set ony Hall having Commissioner, Mr. Devlin, that gentleman Maca, bol i cbarge dt the plac, and tok mises. e Strect "s office, Dureaus, as well as the law cc! inconvenience for want of some the Chief's office to accommodate the cro who have buriness with the F i ieee Fel g385 3 2 a s 4 e | ; es i the Poiice Commission bare been from the first removed from any ruch barial of themselves as that of oc. copying the celiars of the City . Mackellar bas still am accommodation on the where be has the disbanded men. With the obtaining their beck at once the old force have this collected at their in formally Figned the following powor of y for the clerk of tne Department, to enable him colleet of the Comp. _ Jue, owing, payable and belonging to us aS A whatsoever by the oo y jew York, gi and @ unto our said attorney full power and eutority Cael perform all and every ac: aad whateoever requir ite and necessary 10 be cone in apd mises, as fully and to all iptepts and io we might or conld do, if personally present, wi b full power ef substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and ccn@rming ail that our said attorney or bis rubstitute sball to be done by virtue thereof. In witners whereof we have hereunto set our hands apd seals, the seventh day of July, m the year ove thoa- sand cigbt hundred and filty seven, Sealed and delivered in presence of —— or oe eee and Mg gua [Brom the Washington Upion, July 7. We Dave witnessed wit! feigned regret the apirit in which nearly the whole Southern na has received wad jad * oy ry Oey ae Waiker, of ‘aneas. From the Know N oppowition press we had little else to expect; but it Ttibe tage tation 0 fee that the demociatic’ prerses aro by no means unaol mous in the view they take of bis conduct. It t# n #til! more imp rtant fact that two democratic State conven tionr—one in Georgia and one in Missiseippi—bave taken stropg exception to certain ¢x] in Gov. Walker's ipangural address. The Georgia convention goos further, And covcludes ils censure by ax preming the belief tnat be will be removed. is natural enough that this eve of ‘bings should afford a good deal of malicious pleasure w Northern abolitionisis, as well as to Southern Kaow No o quite sure Mr. Buchanan will take in dealing with thie whole Kansas allsir i a very path is so clearly marked ou: (bat a statermao @ith the thousandth part of hie sagacity could nos fail to see tt That he would wilfully turn aride from wbat be knows to be his a siaoder on bis cha racter which we think bis worst enemy i vot base enough to utter, He will not forfelt the high place to which bis part life entitles him im the hietory of bis country by an act of treachery t» the principles whieh carried him into office. The American people were never safer than they are at this moment in relying on the wisdom and integrity Cf their chief magistrate. Sot rorolutions asaall Governor Walker on two points: 1. He advocated the the submiesion of the consti tation to a direct vote of the people; and 2, be furnished arguments in favor of making a free State Oo both these peiots we have some opinions which we pro pose to record now and here. We do pot understand our Georgia friends to find fact with the general doctrine that the people of Kansas have tho power to decide the question of slavery for themseives by inserting ip their constitution whatever provision on JULY 8, 1887. their primary capacity. We admit that thie 1s not in all cages @ sine Qua non. It {sa fair presumption (if there be bo ciroums'ance to repel It) that a conventio: of delegates chosen by the people will act im acoordaace with the will of their constituents. When, therefore, there ts no seri ous diepute vpon the conmitution, either in the Convention or among the people, tae power of the delegates alone H Mey put it in operation. But auch i# n% the case in Kaneaq The mort violent etraggle this tow, upon the mor itution is to deter | years, between parties so evenly balancod that dotn claim the majority, end so bostile to ooe another yomerous lives have been inst in the contest Under these circumstances nero can be no auch thing as arcertavitg slearly and with ut foubt the will of the people in aay way except by their own direct expression of {tat the po''s. \ constitution not au rjected to that test, po mater what \t contains, will never be acknowledged'by its opponents to be anything but a fraud. A plausible color might be given to this arsertion by the ument \bat the members of the convention could have no motive for refoeipg to submit their work to their con- stituents except @conscioumess that the majority would condem» t We confess that we should fad somo diff culty answering this, Wow other motive could they have We do mos! devoutly beteve that, unless the constitu. tion of Kanvas be submited to a direct vole of the people, the uphappy controversy which bas heretofore raged in that Territory will be prolovged for ap indefloite time to come, We are eq) aily well convineed that the will of the majority, whether it be for or againat slavery, will floally triumph, though ft may be after sears of strife, disastrous to the best intereeta «f be conntry, and dangerous, it may be, to the peace and eafety of the whole Union. ain: This movement of the Terrivorial authorities to ‘conatitution ik made, not in the regular way, in ce of an enabling and authorizing act of Cosgress, the mere motion of the Territorial Legislature itself has been begun snd carri-d on ja the teoth of a re fural by ba w pare such ap act. This irregularity ie t fatal ere are other cases in which {t was over. locked But it can be watved only tn const. erati mn of the fact tbat the ;eople hi expressed their will in uom's If we dispense with ibe legal forme of iq have the rubstauce. We thiok, for there reasons, thai Gov Walker, in advo, catipg & subm'ssion of the constitution to a v tbe veo ple, acted with *itdom and justice, and foilowed the only Ine of policy which promises to settle tbis vexed question either rightly or satisfactorily. Tp this respect, at least, he has dene noibing worthy of death or bonds. Bat who are the people? What soaill be the qua. lifeations Le voter on the constitutiun when it for that .the convention might deciare the ita en Wi foil fares ot virtue of ee own will, can Dardis jepy ey might append to it a condition requiring it to be that appreved by the people. If they cun do tuis they can aleo ray what classes of persons shall be counted ‘ap being part of the people. The convention that formed the federal constitation exercised this power when referred it to thelr constituents, (the States,) and prescrib ¢d that thelr approbation should be given or withhels by State copventions. The constitution of Virg'nia was sub- mitted to tbe vo'es of men enfransbised by the conven Won for the first time. Of course the Kansas convention will eee that every proper guard is thrown around the le- gel voter, ‘and that hie bona Jide intention to remain ix the rritory is terted by a previous residence of sufficient length. " We should say that the qualifications required to wake a legal voter under the constitution, ought wo entitle ap inhabitant to vote upon it—for or against its adoption ‘Bot there is another accusation against the Governor of. Kanear, He has argued the f: ee & ate side of the question. We quote all that part of the inaugural on which this cbarge is based. Here it is:— “and let me ark you, what possible good has been ac complished by {mn Cong: ess and im presidential couflicta the slavery question? Has it or ancipated a sin- gle slave or improved their condision? Has it mado @ sin- gir State free where slavery otherwise would have exist ed? Has it accelerated the dissppearence of slavery from piohed ceslitwset Ghameat ‘llow alll. ap; good Ww io, my f'llow citi- zens, ‘Dothiog but upmi evil bes already ensued, with Cisasters Fti]l more impending for the futare as @ Cope quence of this agitation “Thre is a law more powerful than the legislation of ‘than or ened nae persion judice—that muat ultimately deter: the location (Orn io this country Tt \sothermal linc; it ie toe law of the thermometer, of latitude or altitude, regulating elt. and, a8 & consequences mate, labor and and lees Thus, of the tropics sia Jatitu J equatorial beate of Africa. Why is it that in the Union siavery recedes from the North, and progresses south? Ia it this same climatic law pow operating for or against peas? If,on the elevated of Kansas, the bare of our American Alps—the Rioty Mountaipe—and including their eastern crest, crowned from which sweep over her open Sing iaeta edule the average range saner ee ieaed epewan, seat a oe as thet low |, should reader a! rary saprete able bere, because unsuited to the constitution of the negro race, the law above to monet ultimately determine that question bere, acd cap 20 more be con welled by the legislation of mao than ther moral or physical law of the Almighty. E> ly most this law operate with irresistible force in this sountry, where the nomber Of siaves is limired, and cannot de increased by impr rtation, where many millions of acres of sugar and cotton lands are st@i uncultivated, and, from the ever- avementing demand, exceeding the sapply, the price of ling vastly thoue great rtapler bak nearly doubled, twore slave labor for thetr production votagltiaet om the operation of these causes, slavery rhou pot exist bere, I trust it by uo means followa that Kan-as *bould become a Sate co trolled by the treason and faoa Uci*em of abortion. Sbe hae, in soy event, certaia con- sdtutional duties to perform to ber sister States, aad capecially to ber immediate neighbor, the slavenoldiag State of ri. Through thas great Sate, by rivers and railroads, mua; flow to @ great extent our trade and ate course, our imports and exports. Our ontire ea-tera front ie upon ber border; from Missour| come a great number of ber citizens; e the farms of the two tates are eut LD boed ny b-4 ‘State boundary, part ‘a hee our ; 7 fvigitive slaves, or a proj ron, would be alke loexpediont and unjust, and fatal to the continuance of the American Union. In aay oven, then, [ trust that the constitution of Kansas will contain euch clauses a will forever secure to the State of Mivsourt the faithful performance of ol) evnstitutional guarantees, nly by federal but by Siate authority, aud the suse mecy within ou~ limite of the authority of the Supreme Court of the l'pite! States on all constitutional questicas be firmly @atablirhed.’? When we take thes phs and compress the meaning of them ino 1 sentences, they amoent to thie —The quertion of slavery bas faiwaye deen and al- ways will be rettied by certain inws of natare, whica are above all buman legislation. If thore laws of oature aball so operate upon Karsas as to make bere free Sta’e, all legislation in the other direction will be in vain Chis was raber expressing at ulet thao maki g ao argumest. The propriety, bow and timeliness of wtteriog such truism then and there, are subjects oo whieh we aifirm nothing apd deny nothing We too far away, aod knew too little of the ciroumetances with «hich be war rurrounded, to be & competent jurge of bis com uct in a mutter *0 nice as thir 4 But there ere certain considerations which will insure Govervor Walker w just if not a Kind joagmont from every fair minded man, eapecially in ine South A Southern man bimreif, he bas peee « uniform and copsittept Champion of Southern righ The extremest men of that rection preseed him upon Mr. Huchaaan [or the highest place io bie Cabimet. He is, besides, an able, fay se@ing ADO Peeacivur mtaterman, ar litte likely as any o ber 19 the conniry to impale biase!f on & point of mero prodetee. This lene wiqun felee 0 presumption that he oviiher did harm por \nt uded apy to Southn-n iatoreste a But wpen 6. in ad tition to this, that he is ac ively co operating with the democrave party io Kanras, tnclud’ #)) he prosiavery men in the Territory; when we ti hit whole course sustained by the pro-siavery presse there; Sbem we hear no complaint whatever from the quarter whence complaint ought to cone, if there wore any Camne for it, we sre constrained 1 think that the that subject they think r. This ix @ proposition which bo man can deny and cali if a democrat or a friend of the cops titution and laws. It was the shibboleth of tho party in the canvass of 1856, as itbad been in many ao contest before that It was embodied in the compromise measures of 1860; It was made part of the Kanras No brarka bil iteelf; lt was inoorporsted in the Cinei platform ; the candidates of the party Were pledged to it the speakers and writers of the party pleaded for it, aod it was enanimoualy adopted by the masses of tho party at the polls. Bosides al! thie, the Supreme Court bare estabberhed it as the law of the land, by demonstrating that the a aa the subject of slavery doos hot exirt any where else. Even if we bad not these overwhelming authorities to att back no— if : by dy ag re ae ui original prin ciples & question been Congress, an- ihe people, and canotoned by tie soltann sented to by of the highest judicial tribanal in the worla— ould require but little dialectic ekill to justice and necessity of it so plainly that no one could deny it bas tense enough to know his right hand from bis left * ‘The contrary doctrine i# the exclurive iy of our Northern anti +lavery if Kansas shall come to Congress and ark for admission with « constitution mato in pursuance of legal authority, not inconsistent with the fondamantal law of the Union, and approved by her own people, al! round men wiil «ay admther fhe aboliiion- iste alone would throw her constitution back imto her face Mf ile provisions on the rubject of slavery did not phase them. They alone would say to her pe ‘made ‘a constitution # hie d we are your masters. You mut disregard your own opinions and conform wholly to ours’ Thore whorincerely believe that Congresa ought to apesk thos have po rearch for it but the imeane hatred and prejudice againet Southern men with which they are | saturated, from the crown to the toe. Will Mr. Buchanan, in any event, take the abolition side | of thie question? Will he be found arraying his power and influence against hie own sense of right and duty, aod against justice rearon, tho law and the constitution ? ould be lend his brow to the shame with which auch as act murt blasken It forever? Would he ‘sell abe mighty space of bis large benorn’’ for anything that h@Pweak an! | impotent enemies have to offer? No; the democracy of the whole country, North and South, have been true to him, and be w)l be true to them, We repent that the constitution of Kansas must come from the people of Kaneas. Other power to make such | ‘An inetroment there is none under heaven a Rot the Georgia Convention, without denying thie great | principle, seems to think that the constitution of Kaneas ought not to be submitted to @ direct vote of the peogie in Georgia apd Misei® ppl democracy have pronounced their juvicment rather hastily, Guvernor Walker is @ Southern man; he hes been rent ont by a0 adminiwiration pledged to the dofence of Southern rights; be ® surrounded by @ corps of offices, mort of them from the South and every one of them sound oa Uioval men; be was instructed to regard the ferry orial au thoritier ax legal, and rurtain them agatast the reheliion of Oy abolitionists, be is ao ing im concert with the friende of the South, and ga/lantly fighting their enemies, such a man sosent so instructed, is entitled tosy apatny, com they can be given 8 cone cien foun regard to truth. Wittrauch # vatile f in bie front, it was harsh and ongrasious to open on bi Wb the Tribune Thought of the Sew Po- Hoe Act tn ING: (From the New York Daily Tribune, March 19, 1856 } THE PEW FOLIO BILL. The views of the Lieutenant Governor on the new Police dill, im reply to the recent le ter of Mayor Wood, oscupy a piace im our eol: ir. Raymond leads use cunningly, but fails, we think, to establish the nocersity of adding a pew of Commiastoners, with | ealaries of two or three th 1d dollars apiece, and all the luxuries of room rent, clerk hire and other incidentals, to the burdens of this over taxed ancsofficial ridden city, | Tt would, no doubt, be a very convenient and comfortable for the incumbents of the new offi som, bat #e ¢ yet to see @ good reason for creating them Oar Ma- bicipal administration is already comp tcated and unwieldy to 8 proverb, and this bill propores to add to the complica ton, Tt alreaay eoste too mach to ralaries and plonder, snd thie bill proposes to make it cont moro As for the organization and efficiency of the police, there i# no cause to expect benefit from the change. Thai a greas imyrove- ment has been accomplished by the present Hoard of Com missioners no ope can deny, and we «bject ty arresting the process they have #0 happily begun, and are so effics- ciously carrying forward. Resides, there can be no quew. tion, We think, among impartial observers, that \t would be & deplo-able error to dimineh the power the Mayor now exercives over the police, ax this bill is designed to do, That power is not a whit too extensive oF too absolute, ant fo curtail it would be to diminih the means of rendering Ife and Jor seoure, just at events are showing he dopth and danger of that eough of rufflavivm and crime from which the city and ite government are, we hove, prey, though rerhaps slowly, emerging. We trust the egisiatare will von before itimposes upon this metropo lisa messure which the people havo net asked for, and which, if it wore submitted to the electors of the city, would be rejected by au overwhelming majority, INTERESTING FROM HAYTI. “The Great fire at Fort-au-Prince—Ninety Houses Consunnd—Ketimated Loss Three Militons of Dollars—The Armistice with Domtnica—The Boston Abolitionlets and tne Mecognition by the United States of the Independence of Hayt!. The brig Abby Elizabeth, Capt Perry, arrived yester- day from Port au Prince. It will be recollected that the Abby Fiizabeth was the vessel spoke by the Illinois a short time since, and from whose captain the information of tho great fire at Port au- Prince was obtained. We haye now obtained the particu- lara of that calamity. We translate from the Haytien Moniteur of 12h Jone the following account of the great fre at Port au l’rince on the night of the 11th:— On the night of the 11th-i2h instant, the of high commer one of the richest. and moet beautiful riers of Port an-Pritce, was destroyed by Gre, at balf an hour after midnight’ flames Weoulug from the drog store of Mr. Myrti] Bruno, Plage Valliere, annonnced tho diewter. The Governor of the capital, in command of the first mi itary division of the Western provinee, repaired with biesuite tothe fire He was followed oiose by tho Min}-ters of ‘he Interior, of Fiwance and Commerce and of War, Tho tlames gpead rapidly from a'l sides of the drug store and enveloped the neigh voring houses. Hia Mujesty the Emperor, on horseback, accompanied by the Grand Chavceller and bis staff, was atthe tire at one o'clock, and remained there al might, directiog with an admirable devotion the efforts of the citizens aod sol diers agaist be flames, About five o'clock they #v¢ ceeded in mastering the flamer, when the two principal frente of the quay were consumed, His Majesty par Mcularly dirccred attention to the Custom » which was Gilled with foreign merchandise. Sparks carried by the northwest »ipd bad set on fre severa! cargoon of planks deposited on the quay opposite the burning stores, The Governor of the capital, under bia Majesty's direc one, soeceeded in saving the Castom House from utier roip. Fis Majesty, accompanted by bis minis'ers, the (rand Chancelior and bis rtaif major, returned w the palacy about vine o’clock in the morning. the tre bw copsumed the two islets compriad be'ween the quay, tbe street of the State Magazine (Megacin de 1 Biat),of Good Faith (Bonne Foi), and the crossing of Valhere plece; the islet on which stood the Bruno drog store in Valter piace, and balf of two other contiguous islétg, Commerce hes autiered s considerable loss. The merchanoise and buildings consumed are valued at thirty millions of ytien jourdas ($3,000,000). About ninety houres have been burped. dinirable order reigned througheut the ca ital during the ceplorable night, Up tothe moment of writing this there is no pews of Macame Bruno, who disappeared during the tire. On the subject of the project introduced ta March last Into the Mareachusetls Legislature, in regard to inducing the general govern.nent to recogaise the independence of Hayti the Menifcur bas the follow ing article:— The bern Foy che (traralated in full) which has been Introe uced into Marrachusetts » i an additional |. proof that an iniquit-us and cruel system is often on we eve of Ser isbing just after ft bas achieved atriumoh. In »pite of tbe persecutions directed gaint the propagators of the gospel, Christianity becam: eligion of the State from the moment that disciple of Christ, as- eboli ivnist iy, which f with arms ic cause of Africans, have seen t States of the Union enersetic manife siations thé blacks The question of abolitioni¢m, nc twithstand- favor tte defeat of 1850, is more advanced than an ri proclamation gevera) Lbert:. Mort americans of the North are on the eve of understanding that not on'y religion, but their ma terial bet Gina ke It their duty to abolish sla) wery, to mish which tarnishes the start of the prosoribe that new revelation preached by un- worthy pastors, which erte tlavery into a patriarchal inetitation—a revelation moulded in America by & sori.d interest for the ms intenanee of . We bave, thero‘ore, the assurance tbat the efforts of tha generous hearts 0” the United Slaten will be crowned by (be abol tion of slavery in the wholw extent of the Union An w Hayti, her indepencence baa been recagnizet, de Sacto, dy the feders) sovernment, which hasalreaty troat- ed with us, ape which receives our dag in let that recngnition be covsimmated aud the extivction of the the ficial level Then the oppression that is exercised over odern republic, cor trary to all gospel ‘millions of souls io a &! principles, @ill applaud that grat humanitarian act which will clevatothe to the rank of civilized pations. part ip all the efforta of Senator Vlark, ju thore u anthropic and generous city of Boston, the city of Frankliv, which is hovored by povsessing in ita bosom Madame Maria Weston, Chapman apd other |!iusirions abo- Utioniste, which, pe: hepe, ts destteed to pivo tho signal of general emancipation just as ip 1773 she made the frst re- sistance that brought about American independence. OUB PORT AU PRINCE CORRESPONDENCE. - Port av Puince, Jone 20, 1967. Eztentive on flagration in Port au Prince—Nearly a | Handred Buildings Destroyed— Loss $1,000,000—The Ar- mistice betwen Hoyli and the Dominican Repwhite— Ravages of the Yellow Fever among the Americans. A very disastrous conflagration oceurred at this piace, commencing on the night of Thursday, ith inst, at 11); o'clock, and continued with unabated violence uli alier 6 o'clock on Friday morning, The fire broke out in an apothecary shop on a corner of the Market plice, and ter mipated on th Wor street, in front of the Custom Louse, for want of other combustible maiter to feed the flamos. it consumed four entire squares and a part of a fifth, and demoed ninety eight buildings, in the very contro of buriness transactions, and property otimated to have bern worth a million of dollare, ®pani-b. As the fre con iwued for more than six hours, a large pyrtion of the com mercial houses had time to remove considerable of tbeir merchandite; and furtunately for thuve in the trade with the United Sates, their loeses, conse- quently, bave pot been very xevers, and probably no one will feel compelles to tue} his operations from the efeet of the fire. The lows falls heaviest on the owners of the bu ldings, who sre net generally connected with trace «This event will, xo doubt, embarrass busta as mattera covsiderably ;'and a# gany hundred bage of cof o were destroyed, remivances to the Calted Sates may be delayed for tome time But there i no goot rea tow to euppore that apy terions legs will be realize! by me; chan's of the United Sates whe are \n the habit of far hiebing gooda fur the Hay tien me-chante, and the stores of moet of the largest traders were not included inthe b sraed district. Through the mediation of Great Britain, aided by France, the two conten*trg parties of thi sland bave consented two ‘8 comration of hesnlities for the term of two years. About six weeks since the Emperor of Hay ti tent a commiasioner to the easte n part to prope se some trea y stipulations reepecting the Porcer settlers The Dominican Presicent recelved tne Com missioner graciovely , and wan prepared G go into the arrangeme ote immer lately, and direcwd his secretary to write the heading of ~aty in the I form; but wben he & far as “bet ween the Em seror the Heytien Com: monsirated, ipeieting ibat the term “the party of the East’? shou! t be ‘adopted in place of Domi: ican re Awericp1 w prbtic With this the Domipicen President refused to comply, and the wri ing of the treary waa consequenly abandoned, “Bot ’ said the Prerident, ‘sou can say to your Emperor thatif | fed a Hay tien en oursile of the hie Comming Cepre: ations I'll ehoot him! and if be fais a Demipican op bis rite of the line fa Ike unlawful acts, by. sbeot him.’ Here is a laconic treaty not to be mis- uncerstood Tt would be painful to narrate all the misery and deathe that occur to strangers viniticg thie, undoubiedly the most tickly port Ip the West Inaies. There is no cessation of the yell + bere, terminating with blace vomit, Abronghout +ptire year, aud it has coutinued for the jst rx years witbo benever there were eek: wad rpriving that mas babiteated to this climate, will risk cir own lives and that of crews for so paltry an ditior a) gum ae they recetre for coming here. There are now rome sixteen Amerionn vessels in port, aod al- mortevery ove of them that has been here ten day! has lort more ur lone of | leera or crew. Toe cap ain of ‘be brig Vermont bas been sice, but Is recovering; he haa lot both mater and cook and two men, and bas to other men sick on shore The captan an¢ mate of the Jobn Boynton bave died. The brig R W. Packer haa loat ber mate, The captamn ofthe R. Dyer is rick oa shore, and bas lest one man. The mates and crew of the C Par bins are rick. Several of the cre® of the sbip Arrnm have died Of the other eensels in port 1am not informed; | believe, however, tat the Rubia aud Chas. B. Lex have, thus far, oreaped the deetrr yer. TO THR RDITOR OF THR 1 New York, July 7, 1 We have to advive you of & verribie fire at Port aa Prince, capttal of the Island of Hayti. On the night of the 1th wit an alern of fro was given from the river dis. trict; fames were found insutng from the extensive phar- macy entabliehment of Or, Brano, in several places at ones, giving rise to the opinion that it was the work of an \rcondiry. Before proper assistance conid be given the Games Fpread to the adjoining horses, leaped arrose the street and were only extinguishe! by want of fuel, not, however, upti! five eptire squares Iny in ashes. Tee num ber of houses burned are upwards of a hundred, in the very centre of the business district, A cor mission, or Cered 10 tveetigate the cause of the fre, announces the lors to be wrwards of $3,900,000, American currency, Tho Emperor caused the trorps wo be called ont; they sar- rounded the ruins and repressed the rapacity of aa im- Menee mob engsced in plinder. The howe of the Amo rican commercial dient was in imminent danger; his Papers ard books were removed; but fortunately tne wind char ed and hie house was saved. This fire #i!! prove a fad blow to the prosperity of Portan Pri Business is entirely suspended for he ume, 4. BC, PRICE TWO CEN “ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. THE FRENCH BLECTIONS. THE NEW RUSSIAN TARIFF. N COTTON, ADVA 5 cE SPLENDID CONDITION OF THE CROPS IN EUROPE Passage of the Jews Test Oaths BIN in the House of Commens, &o., do, do. ‘The Conard steamship Arabia, Captain Stone, which tof? Liverpool on the 27th of June, arrived at her dock at half. past seven o'clock last evening. ‘The French elections had been all one way—the opposi- ton securing only about half a dozen members, In the British House of Commons the new Tert Vathe vid for Jown had been”parsed by a large majority. In the English House of Commons, on the 26th of June, Mr. Lowe announced that the projected bill to abolish the passing to'ls on sbipping, would not be brought forward during the present seasion of Parliament, The other Parliamentary proceedings were:devoid of in- terest, The London Star eays that there {sat length a prospect of some public movement bei Parliamentary reform a consid: reformers having held a mee pary steps to bring the matter before the public, ‘The work of sbipp'ng the sub. marine telegraph cable on board the United States friagate Niagara was expected to be commenced about the 20th of June. The American Chamber of Commerce in Liverpool had invited Captain Hudson and the officers of the Niagara toa dinner. The invitation had been accepted ; but pending the oxpected ar- rival of the United States steamer Susquebannad in tho Mersey, no day bad been fixed upon for the banquet. ‘Tho new cotton. supply movement was attracting tho atiention of the London press, The Times calla on tbo government to pave the'way for the Lancashire manvfac- turers to carry out their project in India. At an English Cabinet council the title of Prince C maort had been conferred upon Prince Albert, thereby making him legally, as be already was actually,a member of tho British royal family, atid assuring him of a high and deft- nite position abroad, but without gtving him any authority at home. The distribution of the Victoria Crore or Order of Valor to those who distinguished themselves in the late war, took piace In Hyde Park on the 26tb of June. Queen Vic- toria handed the cross toeach ‘nfividual entitled to receive tt, adding a few words of com limeat. The military dis play was mall, being confined to about 7,000 men, oom- prising tho crack regiments of the Orimea. In the tempo. rary stands whioh had been ran up there wore some ten thoneand spectators, while the ground was covered with » dense mace of people, whe displayed a considerable amount of enthusiasm, The annual commemoration of the Oxford University ‘wok place on the 2ith of June, and amongst others who were introduced for degrees, wes Mr. Dallas, the American minister, whose reception by the graduates is said to havo been somewhat equivocal, ‘‘as if the body doubted the friendly disposition of President Buchanan, and dieiked what they eonstrued into approval of a pro-slavery ad- ministration.’’ The Englith Fdveational Crnference adjourned after @ three days’ session, haying latened to a large number of creays and adopted « long series of resolutions. The police of Dablin bad arrested a paintsr named Apo)- len, and his son, for the murder of Mr. Little, the railroad cashier, which created so much sensation @ few momns since. Tae evidence is strong against the prisoners. The Emperor Napoleon had goae to Plombieres. Tho Paris correspondent of the London Times gives a rumor that ‘8 plot of a most rerious pature, connected with tho recent election movement, had been discovered, and four Italians, om whom papers and firearms were found, bad been ar- rested. Advices from Berlin state tha! considerable agitation prevailed in the Elberfeld and Barmen districts, tn conee- quence of a general strike for increased wages among tbo operatives employed !n tne cotton milla. Letters from Oporto state that the vine disease wae gaia making severe ravages in Portugal. The Emperor and Empress of Rassia started from St. Petersburg on the 24th of June fur Kiel, «n rouls for thelr German tour. The new Russian tari? went {nto operation on the 220 of Jane. ‘The Constantinople correspondent of tho Londos Mmes states that the groat Euphrates !Ine of tolograph bas heen declared against by tho Council, om the ploa that they conld not guarantes It against tbe Arabs, although no ruch guarantee was lemanded. A Trieste despatch, dated the 26th of June, the suthon- Hieity of which is doubted, rays it was reported that the Porte had demanded explanations from Lord Redciiffe re- epecting the occupation by the "ngiish of the Island of Pe rim, Im the Red Sea; and aixo that another Circassian vic tory, in which 1,000 Russians were lost, had been rt ported Advices from Gibraltar to the 16th June report the arrival there of the American bark Nevada, having on board a large gun, presented by the city of Beton to Sar- dinta for the fortress of Alens.ndria, being the iret of 100 guna to be raised by public subse Iption in different cidoe of America. Later news from Initia shows that the matiny of ibe native troops bad assumed a very formidable #bape. From China there is nothing of importance. The /ondop moncy market was teady at former rate. Cons vis for money continue 1 thort; for account they clo-od at OD sy a DN. The Council of the Pank of France had redoced the rate of discount on commercial bills to Ove and a baif per crnt, but the interest on advances was maintained at six per cont. The Liverpool cotton market was firm at an advance of one-rixteenth to a quarter penny per Ib, corn Is. « 1s. 6d. lower, Toe weather war magnificent. ‘The accounts of the grain and potato cropa in Ireiaod are bighly encouragin; The steamship Indiana, from New York, arrived at Southampton on the 26th of Jone, ‘The steamship Ariel arrived at the same port on the evening of the 26:b ult.,and the Washington at an early hour on the following morning. Our Paris Correspondence. Pam, Jane 20, 1867. Arriva! at Havre Nwisance of the Custom Howse— First Girmpees of the Grand Nation—Hawre to Rowen—LAfe on the Ratlroad—Safi'y First and Speed Afterwariit—Rowm —Normandy—The Churches—Place de la Pwcelle d’Ur- leans, de., de. After & brief stop at Southampton, where we landed thirty one passengers, the Arago tteamed across the Chan- nel 0 Hay re, which port we reached in twelve days from dock to dock, very much to the delight of two hundred and sixty nine men, women and children, who, although very pleasant people, bad begun to grow a little tired of each other, for goiog to ea is a bore after all. Now wo were resigned to the arms of tho police and the Custom Houre officers, who gave us ample time to examine the splendid docks and to criticise the crowd on abore, They do not expedite their movements, these French office- bolders. Finally, after an interminable delay, aa it seem- ed to us Yankees, who are always in a desperate hurry, whether we have anything to do or not, we were permit- ted to land on presenting owr paseports to the palice, who guarded the gargway. So soon as the representa. tive of the Emperor bad obmined an armfal of pase. porta, he was relieved, and marched off with the parch- ment to the police office. The cafis of Havre wore overrun by this sudden rush of three hundred perrons— quite difference from New York —nnd our party promenated to the Baropean Hotel, which establishment havirg received about one bundred guesta, was overcrowded. Iwas astonished at the exseediag cleanlinees of the streets adjacent to the docks, They were as free from dirt as the kiteben floor of a true New Eng- Incd farm boure, What would you say, Indies, to walking on the carriage way id Front, South, Pearl or Weat streeta? All ibe marrow back and side strects of Hayre were clean