The New York Herald Newspaper, May 18, 1858, Page 4

] NEW YORK HERALD. aan oe preps ay Bars, orrice &. © voANED OF FULTON amp massa ETS AMUDEMENTS THIS BY SNING. wINOt 4aeUER, Groedwer—Fioseo—Crene Bore Ponte Komean Bowery —Suzpgs Darven—Pave Mn. teen tae wer @ovcaite Bend ree a Sersoes o Commas Sorarese ttre fe On—Teat Braneve Rane ‘3 WW coct @ aA TRS oonewee Toe Peonen Lace —Aweatace 200-—Twols THe Moastisg beOne 88°98) ThesTEE Grosaway—OsmiLe— Roce Duron {ToN Halt » 8 .—Paence Teme by “us ame Siar beres Vane UM area: Rete Sones se 0/2 Groweway—oar, LeeQuee —HOr oO” Fasmion se BhUAUW Al —mare Pusey Sreserias Me core ase Os pree—SaciaaLe Vint The New York Hcreld—Edition for Eurepe. ‘The Coperd mali sweamship Karopa, Capt. 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Buropean Express Uo., 21 Kae Corpeiiie. ‘The contents of the European edition of the Beran ‘will combupe the Bewe received by maii and teiegraph at the offce Guriag the previows week, and up to whe hour of pe bicake The News By the arrival of the steamship North American in the river St. Lawrence yesterday we have European news to the afternoon of the 5th mstant, four days later than the advices previously received. The in- telligeace is, however, of an unimportant character. ‘The London money market was in a healthy condi- Console on the Sth opened at 974 a 97), both for money avd account. American securities were doll. At Liverpool there had been a better demand for cotton. and prices had improved one-eighth of a penny on the rates current on the sailing of the tion. Perda. On the Sth the market opened bucyantly American produce continved depressed. In the British Parliament the India bill and the union of the Duoabian principalities had been under discus- Nothing of importance had occurred in The de- tails of the news from India developed no facts of fon, France or in other parte of the Continent wpecial interest. The recent operstions of the Britieh men of war fn the Guif against oar commerce have created an in- tena excitement at Washington. Directions have been ened to Collectors to promptly report all cases of visitation and search to the government, and orders have been despatched to prepare rein- forcements tor the Home Squadron. The subject was brought up in beth Houses of Congress yester. day; in the Senate by «resolution inquiring whe ther any further legislation is necessary to enable the President to prevent the aggrewions complained of, and in the Hoase by the adoption of a resolution similar to the one which has already passed the Se Bate, calling for information as to the facts. A despatch from St. Louis gives some additional particulars relative to the departure of the Governor Cumming No official information as to these events had reached Mormons from Salt Lake City. @ntered the Mormon capital on the firet of April Washington up to last night. bot the intelligence was generally credited. The Senate yesterday pawed the General Appro Priation bil! substantially as it was reported by the Finance Committee. The Hous, by a vote of 141 to 34, removed from office Mr. Hackney, the Door. keeper. The democratic caucus last night nomi. nated Joseph L. Wright, of New Jerey, to fill the vacancy. The Senate yesterday confirmed a large namber of appointments, among them Meer. Fowler and Rynéers, Postinaster and Marshal of this city. The other New York appointments til) remain in the hands of the committee to which they were referred We publish this morning full details of news from the city of Mexico to the 4th, and from Vers Cruz to the 7th inst. Our correspondent on board the United States abip Fulton, writing off Tampico, on the sth ult. furnicbes an interestiog statement with Tespect to the pomtion of aflairs there at and sabe quent to the arrival of that vese! from Havana. Captain Aimy, ber commander, found, to bis ear prise, the place stoutly blockaded by Garza, and was refused a pilot to take his ship ap to the town Having prepared for action, Captain Almy ran rafely to anchor opposite Garna’s batteries, ander directions of bis own sailing master. Garme bad four thirty two pounders mounted on » breastwork of cotton and sand bags, and right under them lay the American brig George EB. Prescott, whilet the brig Nathan FE. Stetson was embargoed and her captain kept in prison for refosing to pay castem duties to Garza, Onptain Almy demanded os interview with the General, sed after some hesitation he visited the Pulten. Owing to the apt Fited conduct of Captain Almy the Stetson and ber captain were relea cd, and « demand for damages to the cargo will be made. Garse's fire on the town ‘was very fatal, and the place could not hold out long. The Fulton wae about to leave for Pengecols for provisions, as none were to be had at Tampico. Henry William Herbert, extenively keown throughout the United States and (rest Britain a fn author of celebrity, and more expecially for bis works on sportsmanship, under the mom dr plums of “ Prank Forrester,” committed suicide Jotterday Morning, at the Stevens House, Bresdway, by Shooting himself through the heart with « pitted Though over fifty years of age be recently married @ young lady of twenty, from whem he wes sep rated s few weeks after marriage He left several letters, from which it would appear that domestic differences led to the commision of the rash act Elsewhere will be found & very full secomnt of the melancholy tragedy, together with an elaborate sketch of the life and writings of the deceased. Argument was heard yesterday in the Supreme Court, general term, on @ motion on appeal to set aside the decision of the special term in relation the sale ny the Corporation to Simeon Draper and Yobert B. Coleman of the Fort (ansevoort proper ty, at the foot of Thirteenth street. The grounds alleged for invalidating the sale were, that the ale ‘Was made in contravention of an ordinance cresting the Sinking Pund: that Draper being a Corporation Officer, was prohibited from making the parchase and that the property was of far greater valve than the price paid. $160,000 was paid for the property, while ite valne has been estimated at $200,000, ‘The rate of the pews of the new Methodist charch fat the corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty second street took place last night and was well attended. About 160 were sold, and @ premium was realized of nearly $2,000. This ia the first instance on record in this country of the pews of a Methodist church being cold at auction. The assessed value of all the pews 1 this church is $120,000, the buyers to be subject to ® ground rent besides not to exceed ® per cent. per annum on the amount of their parchase. Ata meeting of the Central Park Commissioners yesterday F. L. Olmsted, the Superintendent, was RT BUPUL Browdway. A’ Hane Vent. Lee noeves o'0m Paawina Lit—Le ie Pease Kowr ACUAEES. \way—aiterevoe —Troxuisg Timms AZ OBEATLNG sate sroetway trons AT) MINOTERLS , 51 King Witam st. Greet. . Am. Earopean Exorves Co. 6 Placs dela Bourse. elected Architectin-Chief of the Park. It was or | dered that all the duties beret«fore impowed on the chief engiceer and superintendent devolve upon the Architect-in-Chief, that through hint all the work shall hereafter be executed, and that he have super- vision of the employés of the Park ‘The trialof Thomas N. Carr for an alleged libel on the Corporation Counsel is progressing slowly in the Court of General Sessions, Mr. Whiting concluded his argument on motion to admit the letter of Mr Carr iv evidence, in which he disclaims any inten- tion to impeach Mr. Busteed. Judge Russell ruled it out, to which the defendant's counsel obj-oted. A number of witnesses were examined for the de fence, and at the adjournment of the court the evidence was closed on both sides. The summing up will commence this morning. Thr Recorder held court at the Tombs yesterday, and disposed of afew cases. Patrick McNulty was convicted of an aggravated assault and battery on Woolsey Degunion, having attempted to roast him ona stove. He was sent to the penitentiary for eight months. John Kelly and James Kearney plead guilty to forgery in the fourth degree, having circulated counterfeit bills on the People’s Bank of Rhode Island, and were each sent to the peniten- tiary for one year. In the Board of Aldermen last evening the report of the Committee on Wharves, Piers and Stips.re- commending the city to proceed against the con tractor for enlarging the Battery, for the sum of $10,000 for the non-falfilment of his contract, aud that a new contract be entered into, was adopted. The claim of the Special Committee ($545) for en- tertaining Mahomed Pasha was—notwithstanding the “‘ insolence of the press”—unanimously adopted. The ordinance reorganizing the Croton Aqueduct Department in accordance with the new charter was called up, and after a great deal of cavilling was passed as far as section twenty-five, when the Board adjourned. A communication was received in the Board of Councilmen last evening from the Croton Aqueduct Board, giving a detailed statement of the present condition of the department. After the transaction of considerable routine business the Board adjourn- ed till Thursday. The Aldermanic Tax Committee met yesterday and considered several petitions for the remission of taxes. The sum of $242 93, which was levied against the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Fourteenth street, came under consideration, and the committee agreed to report in favor of having it remitted, on the ground that the levy was illegal. ‘The journeymen ladies’ shoemakers held another meeting last evening, at which further steps were taken towards obtaining an advance of wages to the standard that prevailed prior to the financial panic of last winter. The Eurepean pews received by the North American yesterday, ee far as its effects were developed, failed to prodvce apy desided impression upon our cotten market. Sales of 2,000 bales, im transitu ‘for Liverpool, with freight at 16-324. were made at 11} c for strict middling. Common and low grades of State and Western flour were beavy and rather lower, while extra grades were without ebange. The chief sales were confined to the Eastera snd local trade, with some purchases of Southern, for ‘West India ports. Whoat was without change of impor- tance, especially for the higher grades. The sales em braced about 30,000 bushels, at rates given in aaovher colume. Corn was firmer, with sales of good souad Southera white at Tlo. a 723¢0., and yellow at 7éc a 760. Pork was lower and more active, with sales of meee at S17 60, including 1,000 bbls , check om the day, at that fgare Prime was at $14 125¢ © $1426. Sugars more ac- tive, with sales of about 1,540 hhds. Porto Rico and Caba, and 270 do New Orleans—the lattor by auction, at rates #iveo in another place. Coffee was quiet and stosdy. Preights were firm, with some lees activity in ongage- What Should be Done About the British Outeages—A Call upon Congress for Ac- Gon We bave to add another outrage to the long list of those recently commiited upon our ships by British cruisers in American waters. The captain of the brig Wingold, arrived at Bos- ton from Cuba, reports that his vessel was fired into by an English ebip, one of the balls bary ing iteelf in the mainmast, and that his vessel was afterwards boarded and his papers ex- amined. . The following is the record of British opera. tions in the Gulf within the last three weeks, and hardly a day passes now but we have some bew outrage to record:— and Dow detained at laagua, fired tnto, boarded and woarebed Schooner Mobile, fired into, boarded and searched. We are not going to argue this question of the right of search. It was discussed by Presi- dent Jefferson during the whole of his adminis tration, and finally argued and fought out by President Madison, on general princtplos, in tet. In 1842 Lord Asbbarton was again as sured by o “live Yankee,” called Daniel Web eter, ae the Englieb journals stated it, when dis coming the African cosst squadron ques ton, that the old Britikh bumbug of * “police of the seas” wenld not go down wm thie continent, and they might set it street, Bot Palmerston having been defeated io bie schemes in regard to this country through the eageecity of Mr Buchanan, bas endeavored with malice prepense to create a rumpus with we For this purpose be has sent these cun- boats into American waters to harrass our sbip- ping and \nsult our fag immediately uoder our nome and ordered bis Minister at Washington to open again the whole budget of sbolition dis cumion with our goverament The ocorres- pondence between General Cam and Lord Napier wbich we published some days since, ix * part of the plan of Palmerston, and ite whole design is nothing but o British intrigue to light again the sulmiding flames of civil discord in tbh country apon the nigger question The question bas been argued over and over again. and needs no further elucidation What it wants now ie the ventilation of action We therefore call upon Congres to apply at oner the remedy. This cnn only be done by the im mediate pawage of Jobat resolution by bowh | houses sutborizing the President to send out st once the Home Squadron, with orders to capture and bring into the port of Washington, Dietriet of Columbia, as prize of war, her Brith Majerty’* steamer Styx, and any and every other of ber Britich Majesty's steamers thet may bave fired into or boarded sod marched any American vessel at sea or in any port. and we call upon Mr. Buchanan the moment (onvrem sball have pamed these joint resolutions, to send out the Home Squadron under the command of the roughest and NBW YORK commend to Lord Nephe, tf be does not likey this course Of sotiog, to teke bie het aud go home, aud tel) the Broteh gowerniment that the people of the United States have made up their wird on this poiot, and will apport, to a aa, the administration io carrying out this potioy. We call further upon Congress to pass avother joint rerolution of beth bouses, setting forth that the Spavteb goverament iu Cuba, in connie: ing at the sluve trade and permitting its officials to mabe fortonce oul of bargains with the Spas nieb slave treders, under which they come to our Poriten shipowners in New York, Bostoa aad Tortisud, sod purchase vessels Outed oat for the trade to be delivered on the coast of Afrioa— inking advartage of the patriotic dewrmius tion of the American people to have their flag respected everywhere—is a nuisance to the fumily: of nations, which mort and shall bo» absted; ond sathorizing the President in case the Spanieh goversment dos not proceed a ence in good faith to put down this barbarous traffic, to suspend the neutrality laws or to pro ceed at once to take posession of the island of Cuba, and abate tbe nuisance, and thea ty e+ teblieh a friendly negotiation with Spain for the amicable ceesion of the istand to us. Aid we further recommend to Congress an expression of the opinion, by resolution or oth erwise, that Great Britain ia ber dilly dallying and delay in enforcing Spain to a farfilment of ber treaties, bas exhibited an utter want of good faith on ber partin the carrying out of their stipulations, whioh entitles her tu the dis trust and dirrespect of the whole world We seriously recommend all of these mea sures to the immediate and favorable consiae ration of Congress; and should there bo any member of either house who wante to di-cuey the eubject, or who questions their propriety, he bad better go home at ance to his coastituents aod ark their advice thereon. It is onsy by such @ course as we have recom mended that @ proper notice of these iafamous outroges can be taken; and as the question of the right of search bes been divcu-sed unttl nothing new can be said on the subject. it is time that it take an eotirely new phase, by the capture of some British abip-of war exercising this odious power. The Britisa goverment io issuing orders to its officers to exercise it, bas heen guilty of a virtaal act of war against the United Statea; and the Spanish government in Cuba, in openly winking at the coaree of its officials in fostering the slave trade, aud violating the proudest boast of America by urging their slave traders to seek the cover of our flag for their iniquity, violates the obligs- tions of contiguity and good neighborhood We call upon Congrese to act at once in this mat ter. Authorize the President to take possession of the Styx and the island of Cuba, snd then Gen Cass may carry on diplomatic correspon- dence about them with England and Spain titi toe day of judgment, if they choose to do so. AKKALD, Tux News rrom Mexico—A Cuance vor Dretomacy —By the letters aud advices from Mexico which we publish elsewhere, it would sem that matters there are taking @ tura more favorable to the liberal party. Althoagh the liberals of Vera Cruz were reduced to the posession of that port and the isolated castle of Perote, General Echeagaray did not venture to take bis troops down from the temperate plains of Puebla aod Jalapa to the fever re- gion of the coast, aud Gov. Zamorra would Probably be able to hold that important port agaiott bim. On the other hand the forces of the constitutionalists in the north had obtataed @ partial victory over those of the reactiovists under Miramon at San Luis Potosi, bad cap- tured Zacatecas, and were marching oo Aguas calientes. In the west General Rocha was ad- vaociog on Guadalajara, where there was but a tmall body of troops to oppose him, while the State of Michoacan was entirely overrun by the libera] guerrillas, In the capital the gov- ernment had discovered and broken up a Senta Anna conspiracy, but it was reduced to the last straits itself for want of money, acd contemplated resorting to the desperate expo- dient of « forced loan to be levied on the citizens. The suddenness and general character of thia reaction against the centralizing and crude theories of the church party proves the trath of the conviction we have so fully set forth, that none but a federal republican form of govern- ment can be established in Mexico with any prospect of permanency. The liberals may come into power there at an early day, and if they do so it will be under the necessity of a complete reform in a liberal sense. The very constitution which they now invoke has been tried and condemned by themselves as imprac ticable for the purpose of government, and they must necessarily organize the administration upon some other scheme. Now is the time for our government to take a decided course in this matter and Jend its aid to Mexico to establish a stable and just government. Let it send a commissioner there to confer with the new ad- ministration, aud advise with it as to the assist ance it may need and the policy it should adopt. If the Zaloaga government falls and is succeeded by the liberals, our present minister, Mr. For- sytbh, may not stand well with the latter on account of the distaste with which they received his recognition of the Zaloaga government. By sending © commissioner of some tact to Mexico now Mr. Buchanan may perhaps bring ebout all that it would be desirable for us to at tain there, Cart. Jupxins, TH Custom Hovse any THe Qvanaytine Laws —A considerable amount of excitement has been caused among certain par- ties hy the controversy arising out of the arrest of Capt. Judkine, of the royal mail steamship Persia, for an alleged violation of the Customs Jaws, in having obeyed the Quarantine regula- tionn The facts of the case are simply these :— The Persia, when off Quarantine, was boarded by the Health Offjcer, who discovered a case of smallpox on the ship. He ordered Capt. Jud- kine to lie to for some hours, and allow no one to leave the veerel. A Castom House officer who was on board in bis official capacity, de- sired to go sebore; but Capt Judkins, ia obedi- ence to the orders of the Health Officer—which be was bound to obey—refused to allow him and the Custom House officer remained on board until the Persia wasdischarged from Quarantine and came up to the city. We think our citi- zens will consider the strict administration of the Quarantine laws of much more importance than the detention of » revenue officer for a few hours on boerd the Persia or any other ship The safety of & community should certainly take precedence of the dignity of an official. That other persons than the aggrieved officer were allowed to go ashore during the detention st Quarantine wo are informed is a mistate- ment. Capt. Judkins te an old and able scamaa, jon and the coustant guardianship of the inde- TURSDAY, MAY 18, 1868, will killed in bis duties, and perfectly conver- vant with the regulntion- of our port, to which he baw now long beem trading. He, no doubt, knew what bis courte should have been ander the olrcumstanoes, aud acted up to it firmly and properly. ‘The Dey and tts Degemeracy. If it wee wot for the activity of public opia- Fight ef the Normen Leadoss trom Salt Lake Ony—The News Cmfirmed. The Mormon news which we issued to our reeders on the 16th, in our brief bat important special despatch from Fort Leavenworth of the 13th instant, is substantially confirmed ‘n the telegraphic advices from St Louis which we publich this moruing- According te this infor mation the wew Governor for Utuh, Colonel Cumming, appoiated by Mr. Buchanan te super- sede Brigham Young, had beea iavited to the Sait Lake City by Young himeelf; aad Colonel Camming, availing himself of this polite iavite- tion, and without an escort, had entered the Mormon capital, but only to find it evacuated by ‘his illustrious predecessor” and the chicf members of the male population. The reported date of the advent of Governor Comming into Salt Lake City is the first of April, the most suspicious day in the calendar; bot this circumstance does not impair the con- sistency of the report with all the well ascer- tained facts in reference to the resources, the movements, end the necessities of the Mormons. Their ascertained military «force and means are so contemptible that, with all their blowing. and threatening, any deliberate attemps on their part to arrest the maroh of the United States army. would be extremely ridioulous; and they know it. If there were avy previously existing notions among the Saints of their capability to repulse the government troops, we doubt not they were speedily set right upon that point by their tried friend and publio defender, Cetonel Kane, upon bis arrival among them. His appointment, in this view, as a special peace commissiouer was a gocd one. He is the Gentile to whom the Mormons are indebted for the most earnest, eloquent and able defence of their cause before the world which has ever been published. He bad witnessed their expulsion from Nauvoo, and their eufferings, privations and indomitable courage, constancy and perseverance in their exodas over that long wilderness journey to the Great Salt Lake. He had seen how promptly, on the requisition of the government, when they were in the midst of that wilderness, they had raired a battalion of five hundred of their best men to serve in the Mexican war; but at that day none of those later abomiaations of their faith had been disclosed. Colonel Kane saw them as inoffensive religious fanatics, and as the victims of a cruel persecution. He saw nothing of that horrible polygamy, nor of those bloody instructions of the Destroying Angels of Dan, which have since grown into suc h rank luxuriance at the Great Salt Lake. Col. Kane, therefore, of all men, was the Gentile to reason with the Mormons, and to convince them of the suicidal folly of an armed resistance against the civil authorities and the military power of the federal government. Thus we regard his arrival in Salt Lake City, bis cordial welcome by the Mormon chiefs, aad his confidential conferences with them, as most probably having settled the question of resiat- ance or submission in favor of the latter alter. native. We doubt not that he has convinced them of tbe resolution of the President, of the public opinion of the country, of the certain calamities which must follow the rainous policy of war, and of the advantages which they may command by adopting the policy of peace. Very little argument would be needed to convince Brigham Young of the folly—first, of resisting the ingress into his capital of tho government troops ; and secondly, of scattering bis armed bands among the mountains for the purposes of a guerrilla warfare. Ne community in the world is so badly situated for such an experiment of war as these very Mormons. Without artillery and with but a scanty supply of ammunition, and with- out mills, magazines, or any extrancous resources, their available warlike means would probably be exbausted in the first general skir- mishes among their mountain passes. But if not, then in the abandonment of their city and villages for a guerrilla campaign, they would be compelled to leave their women and children bebind them to the tender merotes of the invad- ing Gentiles—the very last mark of confidence to be expected. Meantime, the government forces would be content with the occupation of the settlements of the Saints; and if their lead- ers and warriors were disposed to starve them- selves among the mountains, they would be per- mitted to do so. It would be folly to pursue them, inasmuch as, excepting the habitabje places which are occupied by their city and vil- Inges, their desolate desert mountains, valleys and plains are without sabsistence for man or beast. Thus the occupation of their settlements would be @ blockade as complete against the guerrillas as if they were inclosed within thejr city’s walls and reduced to a few days’ rations. We apprehend, therefore, that this news of the evacuation of Salt Lake City by the de- pored Governor, and of the visit, by invitation, of the new one, is true ; and that the noisy bat sagacious ‘Mormon Prophet has had o re velation Instructing him not to fight for the absolute supremacy of Utah; but ra- ther to negotiate compromise. He has fled meantime, most likely with his chief priests and government subordinates, te get to the windward of that indictment for treason. If he can secure a general pardon upon that point he will, perhaps, next proceed to a treaty of peace comprehending certain local and re- ligious concessions while in the country, the right of way for his whole commanity out of the country, and a reasonable compensation for the property and the improvements they may be compelled to leave bebind them, in the event of their removal. The Sainta, from all accounts, are particu. larly anxious to secure the harvest of their crops of the present season. This anxiety may be readily accounted for. They have had daring the last twelve months large accessions of consumers, in the brethren called in from California, and in their reinforcements from the East. Altogether the community thas con centrated in the settlements of Utah has been increased perbaps from the ratio of forty to fifty thousand souls, including an extraordinary proportion of women and children. In view of this body of consumers, thus increased from there large accessions to their camp, their farmers have planted their fields for the coming harvest; and this harvest will be indiapensah!: for their rubsistence, whether they remelu in or depart from the Territory. Tru years ago their crops were very extensively consumed by the grasehoppers, so that from tHe supplies of last year they cannot have a very large warplas on band, considering their sales to overland emigranta, Nor do we suppose from the ravages which the grasshoppers and crickuts have repeatedly made in the green crops of Utah, that the Mor- mons will be very reluctant to abandon them, pendent press, we ahould believe the repablic ene in dauger of an early termination. Look where we will we see nothing bu& the struggles ot factions, the strife of demagogues, the ia- areasce of licentiousness, the multiplication ef corrupt and usclom laws, the deoline of the jodiolary, the demoralization of courte, and the eecape of criminals. Such, unfortunately, are the extent sod valae of the public domains, the emount of offoiel, patronage, the receipts of the revevues end the emoluments of office, that polit tice have become @ distinct profession, looking solely to sucoces as @ meaus of publio spoliation. The country is a continasl scene of partisan struggles, and partics are formed exclusively in tbe hope of pecuniary advahtage. We aro rapidly degenerating to tho sad level of Mexi cop degradation in ail sooiwl aud politionl woruls Let us look to the condition of things ia this city alone, end we sba)l find it an illustration of bet is going om through the whole couutry. To becowe rich without #ork 1s tbe great ob ject of the masses Fine houses, fine equipages, fine clotbes—these are the main springs which give motion to social life, ard are the am bition of all To sell miilions of dol lars worth of goods in a year, and millions of Collars worth of stocks ia a mouth, to build railways and towns for the benefit of the mana- gers aod agents, to Kpeculate in patent rights, (o seize upom goverument Coatracts, are the sole business of hundreds of thousands of people. Even agricuiture ruus wild after uew machines t do its ordininary work; dotlars are xiven for a dozen doubtful seeds; exotica are bought by the bale, to wither in our iaconstaut climate; and now horse tamers are rising up in regiments to break in the coite in the country and sweat the credulous out of their money. The mechanical arts are, consequently, rapidly falling into the bands of industrious emigrants, who design our public buildings, carve their de-. corations, carry aud lay the bricks and temper the mortar; and Young America, too proud to work, and too smart to get a living in that way, is rauning riot awid scenes of violence and lawlessness, contident of cscapiug all punisbment. Revolvers are carried openly, and freely used. Thieves, rioters, gamblers end pickpockets frequent our public a+ eemblies, and turn our places of public amusement into arenas of riot, debauchery and plunder, {¢ is becomiug unsafe to leave oue’s dwelling in the night, aud murders of the most shocking description, and of every day occur renee, escape even the appearance of punishment. Our prisons are a0 longer able to coataia their inmaves, and vothing short of » Vigilance Com- mittee seems to promise any relief. Our jaws are po more than cobwebs, if a criminal or bis friends have money, and our police are not only inefficient, but are suspected of being in league with the villains who prey upon society. Many of our public officers who are entrusted with the public funds do not hesi- tate to abstract them at every opportunity, and the records of official transactions arc interpo- lated with forgeries to cover the mort infamous frauds. Indeed, 80 unsafe are the depositories of our public records, that gangs of policemen are stationed at their doors to protect them from burglarivus attempts, while our private dwell- ings are not watched atall, but are entered with impunity almost every night. Our literary, learned, apd benevolent institutions do aot escape the spirit of the mes. They are chiefly used as tbe means of advancing private interests, of farnishing means of support to favorites and idlers, of elevating empty aud arbitrary pre- tenders, and huwbugging the real and unsu+ pecting friends of humanity aud educatioa. Our political managers sre coutinually on- gaged in personal contests for supremacy, the ballot box is profaned by illegal votes, our offices are occupied by ignorant and bental in- cumbents, discrder marks our muvicipal legis- lation, avd mouey is received in the most open manner for the support of local measures by the people's representatives. Iuvestigations into the most corrupt transactions end in smoke, and barefaced rascality defies exposure or convic- tion. * And evenany poor but honest man who ventures calmly to expose the doings of the executive departments of this plundered city, is hunted down as a libeller by the outwide hangers on of those departments, and even indicted, convicted and punished for daring to show how the poor taxpayers are wlundered of eight or nine millvons a year in the shape of taxes, while the third of that amount would ba sufficient for a better government under an honest administration of municipal affars. Even the churches are tainted by the univer- eal degeneracy. Immense salaries are given to pulpit favorites, by whom the poor are turned hungry away. The music of the Opera roils along the aisles, professionally werbled by *0 pranos eed thundered forth by bassoa The altars shine with silver and gold, and the em- broiderers fiod constant employment in pro- viding them with gorgeous and exigmatical trappinga And yet there are at least one han- dred thourand people who cannot get a seat in « church and go nightly supperless to bed. If the times are not out'’of joiot we do not know how either to observe or to reflect If this is Christianity, then we have been grossly misled by its cerlier teachings, ) These remarks may seem to be severe; but who can deny theirtrath? If what we have said be not correct picture, then our eyes and our ears bave utterly deceived us. What is to be done? The theory of our institutions is good enough, but as Horace arks:— Quid leges dno moribus vane proficiant? How tux Wixn Biows—The retainers and hangers on of the executive departments of the Corporation are quite confident that Mr. Carr will be convicted of a Mbel on Busteed, for daring to throw a little light on the manage ment of one of the departments of the municipal government, This shows bow the wind blows within the precincts of the spoils of office. No matter how the people are plundered in the thape of taxes and assessments, you muat not, as @ private individual, publish a word about the management of these departments, but you are snapped up, sent before the Grand Jury, indicted, and, if possible, convicted and punished as a disturber of the peace. The executive worthies of the municipal corpora tion had better raise the taxes of the city to twenty millions, and let as know the extent of their plandering propensities while we have eomething yet to sparc. ° if they cam fad a more desirable location, With all their industry and prudence, where they are they stand from year to year in danger of famine frum the abrolute destruction of their crops by the grasehoppers, which, from all thet we can learn, in appearance, numbers sad’ habits, are identical with the ewarming locusts of Africa, We may infor, thea, that Brigham Young bes given up the ides of » war of exter mination; that he will make the best terms be cea with the governmeat for the Present; self @ut as advantageously as possible, and move upon the first opportunity, with at least his ea- fiinchipg believers in his divine authority, to some New Jerusalem, as soom as be oan find it Of course, with the official confirmation of the news in question, there will be a material modification in the military programme of the government; bat in advance of this offeial confirmation, from all the facts aad cireae- stances we can bring to bear upon the question, we are fully disposed to credit these conousrems reports from.different sources. Harp Driven ror 4 Cuaracrer—Thurlow Weed is publishing the private letters of distia- guished politicians, for the purpose of bolater- ing up bis own pure and spotless character, leas, the $5,000 ackaowledged im the Lawrence, Stone & Co. case. It seoms that ex-Governer Hunt, a very respectsble maa, in the geaerosity of the moment wrote him a friendly letter, marked “private,” which Thurlow could not re- sist the temptation to publish as an endorsement of his purity of character, minus the confes sion of the $5,000 made with the Bosten mapufaoturers, Wall street is the sink ot corruption apd the centre of money, All the country newspapers, country politicians and country bankers are perpetually sneering at Wall street, and de nouncing it as the hotbed of all sin and eor- ruption, but the moment these country politi cians and bankers of the various States, South and West, want money, down they comeoa Wall street, hat in hand, begging and praying, and seeking for a little loan to eke out their existence. Boavs Goip Revorts.—One of our meralag cotemporaries has published a letter purport- ing to be from Charles W. Lowrie, Keokek, Towa, to the London 7¥mes, giving an ascceuat of the great excitement raiced in Keokak from the discovery of gold mines in several couaties of said State. The writer of the letter im ques- tion says that in Warren county alone “over four hundred men are working in the gold mines there, making from five to fifteen dollars aday.” But it is « little remarkable that oar first information of these astonishing discove- ries and this great excitement, should come from the London 7imes. The letter is evidently lad speculatcr’s trick to entice emigration inte Towa. Simultaneously, a report comes up from Georgia “from a reliable gentleman,” to the Richmond Whig, that lately, about two and a half miles from Altona, in said State, there has been discovered “a vein of gold, of richness equal, if not superior to any ever discovered in this country,” which, we suspect, is “all my eye and Betty Martin,” Some “reliable gentleman” perbape, may have land for sale near this great gold mine, but the trick is becoming stale. Tue Sovrnern Commenctat. Convention—Too Mvcu Nicoxr.— We perceive from the Charleston Mercury that the nigger drivers, with their clamor for the African slave trade in the Southern Commercial Convention, have bees disgusting the sensible slaveholders of the South. This is what we predicted; but ea theee Commercial Conventions are evidently got up for the relief of overcharged political spout- ers, we dare tay that no serious damage will be done in letting them spout. Have we not sar- vived our abolition and women’s rights spouters? - And so of these Southern slave trade spouters, we would say, let them spout. Tux News rrom Evrors.—The advices brought by the North American are not politi- cally of much importance. The India bill was still occupying the attention of the Hottse of Commons, the telegraph stating that it has made some further progress. The motion approving a union of the Danubian Principalities had been rejected, as was to be expected, by # large majority in the Commoas. The German Diet had been called upon by the envoys of the leadirg Powers to take ito con- sideration the position of Denmark in regard to the Duchiea. In consol, as well as in cottoa, there had been a slight improvement since the departure of the Persia, In breadstuffs no far- ther change is reported. Tux Savqvorr Baror.—aA specimen of the timber of which this bridge was composed was yesterday brought to our office for inspection Tt presents the appearance of wood at least a century old, and crambles awaf at the slightest touch. The conduct of men who could employ timber which would arrive at such » stage of decay in #0 short a time as this bridge has been built, and who employing it did not take mea- sures to guard agaiast the failure of the work in which it was used, cannot be too severely verdict of wilful murder instead of culpable neglect against the directors of the Central Railroad, we think the justice of the case would have been more fully met. A Piscnn vor Lawyens.—The Washington Market question, involving a contest between the State and the city, farnishes a perfect placer, in the shape of fees, for some of our leading lawyers, Half dozen of them are already en- gaged to argue this simple question. The Metropolitan Police controversy—a more im- portant affair—put $100,000 into the pockets of & dozen lawyers, which was expended by the government, This market question may yield $50,000 in fees—a better gold mine than you can get in California, and with less work. W. Hi. Sewann on a Orn Howny.—We had supposed from the liberal views of Mr. Seward on the Army bill, that he was about to take « wider range for 1860 than the narrow platform of the slavery agitation; but it appears from hia late epeech before ® repablican caucus in Wash- ington, that be sticks to the nigger like wrother. We would admonish him, however, that this will never do. First of all, as the Northern anti-slavery candidate, he must die place Fremont, Banks, Chase, Hale, and othors; and then, should be secure the anti-slavery nomination, he will have to contend against one or two opposition conservative candidates, and sgainst one or two democratic candidates, in- eluding, perhaps, the “ Little Giant” as the Douglas anti-Lecompton candidate. Scriously, Marter Seward, the nigger platform and nothing else will land you high and dry with Birney, Van Buren, and Hale, Try it. denounced. Had the Coroner's jury returned « . 4