The New York Herald Newspaper, October 16, 1869, Page 10

w THE SAMOWICH ISLANDS, Barrer Dificultice of Journaliste—American Consule— Judicta) Acamen—The Coolie Laber System Oritictsed—Horace Greeley Brought te Task—Abuse of American Seamen—Cowing ElectionA Description of the Crater ef Haleakala. HONOLULD, Sept. 18, 1869, Correspondents of foreign papers have to walk very circamspectly in thia community, er they find themseives objects of unusual interest to the “powers tmat be,” ~The leading San Francisco papers come ‘to as by every steamer, with a letter from “a regular cortespondent” in this city, and, singular aa it may @eom, they all take about the same view of the doings @1 this government. Tne Gazelle has felt called upon Jately vo read us all a lecture, which has somewhat sbaken our nerves, but the situation demands that ‘we stand by our pens. Since my Jast Mr. Adamson, Consul of the United States at tis port, and Mr. Houghton, Consul for Lahaina, have arrived, Mr, Adamson has assumed ‘the duties of his ofice and has left a very favorable Smpression with those who have become acquainted with him. Mr. Houghton has not visited his post as yet, but probably will do so during the present week. Our citizens enjoyed a hearty laugh lately @t the expense of no less a personage than the ecently appointed Second Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. A case came up for trial lately, ja which two of the crew of an American ship were Antercated, and the question as tothe jurisdiction of our courts was raised, and argument was about to De heard, when the Judge surprised the bar by ren- ering an opinion of the Court on the question of Jurisdiction, which offended tne party who had Faised the question, and led bim to make remarks mot very complimentary to the Court, upon which the Judge coolly remarked that if he wished to argue the point the Court would listen. This was too much Jor the spectators, and some had to leave for fear of being called to task for contempt. The absence of Chief Justice Allen seems to have deprived our Supreme Court of all that made it found and its judgments respected. Should the present associates continue blundering it is a ques- tion as to how far it may be right to jeopardize the rights of American seamen by allowing our courts to adjudicate upon such cases, ‘The coolie ta still an object of interest in these arts. The question as to the morality of the tratfic in he articie has been revived by the discussion which American papers are now engaged in as to the pro- priety of transplanting him upon American terri- tory. Strange to say the government organ trote out Horace Greeley and an article which receutly ppeured In the New York 7rivune m support of 13 aystem. In allusien to the matter the Adveritser gays:— The {dea of making the venerable apostle of freedom the 4efender of our system of labor is simply absurd. Mark how carefully he expresses himself:—The pretence that the Chinese on our Pacific coast are slaves ts taise.” In this lies the difference, that in the United States a contract inade in foreign country is interpreted and governed by the lawa of ‘United States ; that in case of a violation of the provisions of the contract by either party the mode of redreaa lies in a civil action for damages; that in some parts of the United States person of fuil age may make a contract to servo a term of Years, and in case of refuaal to comply with the terma of the ‘Sontract cannot be compelled to fulil his contract. Again, Mr. Greeley has that confidence in the Integrity of the Su: Brome Court of the United Btates that, even should ‘its chief Justice and ail the members’ of the Presi- nt’s Cabinet own coohes and directly inter. ted in the importation of coolles, they could not ake Jaws nor interpret oxisting’ ones to stut velr Individual interests; that if they should, a sutlictent bar their plana would exist'in the “uprising of a great poopie.” jow diflerent here, Contracts made, or gald to have been made, in China are binding here, even in cases where the Jnborer never saw the contract he is said to have signed, and ‘even where bis name fs not even mentioned in the document; and in case of his refusal to comply with the terms of the contract it is considered a penal otfence, and by the following aoction of th je fe deprived of liberty, incarcer- ‘ated in the | rison and compelled to work beside the thief and on shall refuse ection, or the terme of the contract, his master may apply to any district @r police justice where he may reside,who sail be authorized, by warrant or otherwise, to send for the person so refusing, and if such refusal be persisted in. to commit mich person to ison, there toremain, nt hard labor, until he wiil consent Eoterve according to law.” It is said that this government intends to import another. lot of Chinese under the same iniquitous system. The bark R. W. Wood recently cleared for ialands in the South Pacitic for the purpose of secur- ing natives sor the Board of Immigration, by your American papers I see that a Mr. Walter Murray Gibson has been in correspondence with the Memphis Labor Convention, and signs himself as “fits Hawatian Majesty’s Commissioner of Emiqra- tion.’ His Excellency ©, C. Harris, on benaif of the overnment, says that “there is no commissioner of fomigratton from this government, either special or general, confidential or otherwise, in America or anywhere eise. Knowing bot parties, I incline to ‘the belief that Gibson has a commission. Acase recently brought before our courts has developed some facts in relation to the abuse of sea- men on board of American ships, in relation to ‘which a local paper says that “Thomas Hazlin was at one time a seaman on board the American ship King Philip and was discharged from her to enable him to sbip on board the Lorenzo in May last. Haz- lin admits thathe had taken some drink and feit unwell from that cause, and while leaning on the Fail the first officer of tae Lorenzo seized him by his whiskers, threw him to the deck and then stamped on his face with the heel of his boot, laying the eheek open and breaking the bone under the eye, from the effect of which the eye 's sti!] weak and Probably will be for some time to come. The first Officer of the King Philip, who was standing near by, ‘was cheering on bis brother oficer, using language ‘which ts unfit to repeat. Who can wonder that sea- men will fire ship or refvse to act In an emergency and thereby cause che destruction of a vessel when Buch treatment 1s allowed f” ‘The election of representatives to the next Assem: Diy is already occupying tie attention of many per- ns, The radical or American party 1s somewhat athetic, the helplessness of correcting existing abuse of power by Jegislative action is ackuow- ledged, and the radical elements would not put forth its strength in the wena’: for a majority were it Not that in the case of the King’s death, without Baming @ successor, the Assethply has the power to appoint the next ruler, His Mujesty, being some- ‘what superstitions, deciines to name a successor, It is @ matter of no iittle importance to American interests here that the person pamed should be known as friendly to America and her institutions, As it is generally admitted that the ultimate destiny of these islands is thai they are to become American territory, and that the wme when — they shall become g0 depends upon the growti of American interest and sentiment, it ‘Wonld seem that the Pacific States particularly, 4@ the Unned States cenerally, were somewhat interested in our local elections, It is sald that the Ministers do not expect to carry the next elections. If they have intimated as much it is to quiet the movement already commenced, The schisin in the ranks of the American missionaries is being Made the moat of by the Ministry, The natives gene- rally Jook to their local missionary for some sign as to which person or ticket they shallsupport, and act upon the advice give Should the missionary fathers continue to feel so sorely npon the action of the Board, they will doubtleas remain neutral, or rhaps aid the Ministry, in which case the radicals ave no hope of a majority. His Excellency, 0. C. Harris, probably cares as little for the miss:onaries, personally, as he ever did, bnt if he can make then ‘ueeiul in his ambitions desigus he will undoubiediy stroke them down the back until his purpose is gained. The return of Bishop Staley at this time would Jead some to believe that the Reformed Catholic Church party had not given up the hope of gaming guch a foothold as to warrant another attempt to manage State affa'ra to their own liking. ‘The material aid and support which the steamship company, which has the subsidy granted by the ‘United States government, gives to the friends of the Ministry causes soine aiarm, It is strange that Americans can be found who would willingly and knowingly injure the interests of their own country in this Kingdom, and yet not so strange, either, when the fact is known that the company and many of its employers were revels, or, worse yet, copperheads, in the iate rebellion, A winged ant Is proving very destructive to wood- ‘work abont houses and furnitiie. A person seated Upon axofa was somewhat surprised to have it give ‘Way and fall to the floor, and upon investigation found it completely honeycombed by these insects. * A centre table bad also been desivoyed by the same ant, The woodwork in verandas fas in some ‘IMstances been jound riddied and weakened by them, d it fe feared that a3 they increase their ravages ‘Will be alarming. Professor W. D. Alexander, of Oahu College, dur- ing bis recent vacation, explored and made mea- surements of the crater of Haicakaia, on Vast Mani, and furnishes the following account to the Adver- tiser:— He ascended from the Kaupo side on the morning of An- gust 4, and remained there Gil Aucust U1, throngh the gap or rent made by the eruption, and traversoll overy part of the erater bottom, returning to Makawao on the lth, having ent six nighis in the crater. He was furnished with a rape: rlor theodolite, and made a carefw trigonoinetrical survey of the main points, A baseline was measured one and a bait wollen long, over atevel plain along the such aldo of the erater, true meridon and variation of the Obtained by careful nigut observations of the polar star, ‘The greatest length of the crater was foriad to be kevel it ties from east to weet. Tho greatest width three x f miles, and the narrowest point two and « quar eak of the mountain, t above the sea, and evel in the bottom of the crater, Fauirenheit on th ‘above the from Mak Pakaono (on the west the same peak Js 2,750 Water Tho bighost tae, te {0,217 fe fort hbove the Dolled at 198 de ammit, jndieating an Regnauit’s ‘rule, hea the summit On the orater. ght of August 6 there tro, erect the Uermotucter indicating Sea Tonia ae while at noon ft avers, od 1S deg in the ahace, The orern yrenatce of the need was found to be 94 enst, mt ingeat natok enna eke dlerent localities, On iy magnetic, Pieces of this 4. +, have thetr north and south and’ attract the opposite poles of i appear 8 large ‘daily. varintic ena were noticed by the sofoutite corn uf tie Wiltek expe. dition, when thay visited the grater in 7 s from the 8149 Uhrough the erater reached small hole in the rock, for- merge ~ large aoe, but now left opens In of ‘are sixteen crater cones of va- aes, of red and black sand, which th Ears od fect nig Tue of thee Was found of view bundred feet high. vo ta'be 180 feat ne \—about the het 43 Fj 2 ft ight the size of Punghbowl. The shape of this buge Haleakala in former |, befor Keung were made; mer 4,000 feet deep. Wine Sow we tha wih, tars the. mount JAMAICA. The New Chief Justice of Jamaica~The Finances of the Island—Santingo de Cuba to be Declared Infected=The American Mis- sionary Soclety—Jamaica Church Disendow- ment—Vrofeasor Delisser’s Predict of Earthqnakes=The Schooncr Lahave—Do- mestic Detaile—The Speculation in Log- wood, Krnasron, Sept. 25, 1860 The appointment of Mr. Lucie Smith, the Autorney General of Demerara, to the Chief Justiceship of Ja- maica, is popular with the colonists, Considerable dis- Appointment has been expressed that this gentleman and his family will visit Engiand before he assumes the duties of the Judge's seat. It was hoped that the new Chief Justice would open the Supreme Court in October next, when some important causes would be brought up on appeal. If it is true that Mr. Lucie Smith left Georgetown on the 23d inst. for Plymouth, instead of Jamaica, then the litigants and solicitors On both sides would be grievously disappointed when their respective causes come up for hearing. The 30th of the present month will be the end of the Jamaica financia! year, and there is a rumor current that, notwithstanding the howlings of the enemies of Sir John Peter Grant, the Financial Secretary, Mr. Bushworth, will be able to announce at the opening of the Legislature (shortly to be con- vened) @ surplus revenue of £74,000, There are many who doubt this, and some of the press hesitave to believe 4; but I can assure you itis nevertheless true, and, as an evidence of ite truth, I will give you @ few fguses in advance. The ram duties will exceed the estimates for this yearby some £10,000, and the import duties some £60,000 ahead of the estimates, thus: Jn 1808 the ram duties were...... £72,034 In 188 the ram duties were estimated to re- NZ seccerseees sence Tn 1869 the rum duties will be found In 1803 the customs collected were In 1:69 the customs were estin: alize ..... In 1869 the ens UG. + +243,000 In regard to logwood the increase in exportation is very remarkable indeed, and the figures may not be uniateresting:— pretty Tons, Logwood exported in 1867 reached..... Logwood exported in 1863 decreased to..... Logwood exporied in 1869 has incressed to nearly.. Peete eeteefeceeeees + ve0s 2 084,000 This shows how the island progresses, commer- Clally and agriculturally. 1t is reported that the Governor, in Privy Council, has decided upon prociaiming the port of Santiago de Cuba an infected port, in consequence of the prevaience of cholera and smallpox, It 18 also rumored that the government intend to iasuo orders to the several health oliicers that any vessel reaa- onably suspected of having touched at an infected port will be required to produce @ British Consuls ili of health, and that a toreign bill of health vised by @ British Consul, wil not be in itself sudicient to gecure such vessel pratique, ‘fhe government of the colony are about to take over the schools, workshops and industrial institu- tons of the American Missionary Society, at present under the superintendence of the key. Seth Wool- cott, of Richuond. This is the finest industrial insti. * tution Wwe have in the country, and Mr. Woolcott has done more than any other man of our acquaint. auce in impianung into the mind and habits of the mouutain negroes that indomitable spirit of enter- prise aud persoverance which has made Americans great as farmers and mechanics, The Bishop of Kingston has published a letter to- day on the subject of the disendowment of the Jamaica Church. His Lordship takes Mr. Roundell serlously to task for stating that “the white man Tepresents to the negro the idea of mastership.”? His Lordship denies tie fact and says it is the very Opposite oO: the truth, but adds, Mr. Roundell means superiority, such as in America or in Eng- land, gives an upper and a lower class, the statement ig true, but that there 18 no other idea of mastership in Jamaica thaa such as prevails in New York, Washington, Middiesex-on-Lancashire or ind throughout any civilized country. That while in England the upper and lower classes are of the same race and covor, in the West Indies and America they ace not 60, and while this 1s an unfortunate fact, we must make the best of it, for it cannot be heiped. So long as Jamaica exists as a civilized country it will relain the white element, the white men being always found among the upper classes, the greater numoer of negroes among the lower. Let the Church or the government do what 1t woald, and however eminently successful they might be in ele- Vating the negro race to an equality with the whites the rule would still bold good, and a@ certain mas- terstip would be felt to attach to a certain color. Professor Delisser, whose name ts now familiar as @ household word, predicted an earthquake in this Jsland on the 15th inst., aud, true to his prediction, at ten minutes to midnight a smart shock of earth- quake and a loud subterranean noise startled the inuabitants from thelr siumbers. This same gentie- man predicts some terrific storms or convulsions of nature of some kind witbtn forty-eight hours of the ith of October, and Commodore Phillimore has sromd So much importance on it as to order all her ajesty’s Bteamers-of-war on this station to proceed to sea on the bth. Professor Delisser does not stand alone in his calculations; for in Europe Professor Falb, of the University oi Rostock, and Protessor Saxby, of Barbados, have been predicting for some time éarthquakea on the 24th of August, 6th and loth of Septemper, 6th and 7th of October. Tne pre- dicitous of Professor Saxby had very greatly alarmed the tniabitants of Barbados, and One of the news- papers of Bridgetown, in referring to this, says:— Beginning with those who expect only an unusually bigh tide and sirong breezes, there will be fonnd a gradation of h looking for gome natural phenomenon more tour in its resuits, until! we Come to those who ‘uticipate not less than the destruction of the worid itself. And, after all, it really seers “fest meaus clear whag we are w aspect. Tie only chance of solving the question would be to calculate back and see at wht time the sun, moon and éarti last occupied a similar position with respect to each other, Althougi we have seon many learned dis- quisition as to what is to be expected, we have not acen any attempt at a ca:culation of this sort, althouch we are told that it must have happened before. A littie reflection will i alewation is of extrems importauce to us, For example, suppose that a similar conjunction of the heay- enly bodter took place say p00 years how can we tell, with a record of only @ litte over 200 years, bat what the cal disturbances were on that occasion so extreme that tion of then would be disastrous in the highest cafa, (fon calculation it fs found that this nique of ity kind, who then will be able to S degree? An: con janction Is say what may not happen ? The captain of t chooner Lahave, or his lawful agents, Lave been called on by au order of Sir Bryan kdwards, Judge of the Vice Adimraity Court, to show cause why 1,400 Kegs of gunpowder and other articles seized by ute Customs on board tuts veasel should not be confiscated aud deemed forielied to the Crown, The Hon, Hugh Anthony Whitelocke, custoa of the parish of Hanover, died on the 14th inst. He was @ few vears awo Finance Minister under tho old con- stliution, aud Was considered one of the avlest poll- Ucians tie country ever possessed. greatly mourned, and the goverament will lad it dimcuit to name a successor, ‘The grout tall in the Engiis’ market in the price of log Wood lias put @ wholesome check upou the rash speculation of some of the Kingston merchants, Woo in their eagerness to ship und ouwo their ighbors, have helped to ran up the price in a most unconscionable degree. The price within the past few days fas fallen heavily, and if men will only be fair to thelr constituents and themselves the price of logwood will soon place itself on a healthy foot- ing and retain tts natural value. There is a dispost- ton among merchants here to ‘rig the market,” so aa to La up the price by advices of its scarcity and ‘the unwillingness of she cutters to work at present raves and boiders to bs Induced to sell. Of course that is a natural consequcace of a temperary fall in the market. SUICIDE OF AN UCTOGENARIAN.—The dead body of Joun Hartman, a tatlor by trade, and who is over eigity years ol age, was fouad in the woous, known as tio “Hessian encampment,” on Mount Penn, yea- terduy afternoon about u quarter-past two o'clock, by two men, named Maurer and Selgiried, and a smail boy, Who Were gathering walnuts. It seems Mr, fiartiman left bis home, on Tenth street, near But- vonwood, on Wednesday morning, and was not heard of until found in tie woods, The boy saw him first and called the men, who spoke to him, but re- ceiving no answer, they exammed him and found him dead, He lad a siugle barrelled pistol clasped 40 lig band, ‘The Corouer was notified and held an inquest and a verdict of suicide was rendered, It Was (odud, upon close examination, that Hurtman had placed the pistol 1m bis mouth and fired tt, the bali euteriug bis brain, A letter was found in bis pocket, written in Geran, stating Wat he intended to commit suicile at one o'clock on Wednesda: atlerivon, aud gave bis name and reaivence. —Kead- ing (Pa.) Bogie, 0 A CLERGYMAN INDICTED FOR Wire MURDER.—A man living thirty miles from Chicago, but not far enough to escape the contagion which rages among married people, 18 indicted for wife murder, His Dame 33 Siuith, and he ts a clergyman. He had taken out his life insurance poitcy of $3,000 and an acei- dent policy of $6,000 on her life. An “accidenv”’ hap- pened soon after, The two crossing the stream in @ buggy; the buggy upset; and when the reverend ntlenian arose le could see nothing of his wife, e therefore went for heip to a house a quarter of @ mile distant, and the body of his wile was atter- ward found in the stream. It has since been proved that the depih of the stream was but seventeen inc and consequently inferred that Mr. Smith Killed his wife, by holding her under the water, jor the pake of the insurance. THE SUEZ CANAL. The Hffect ef the Work in a New Point of View—The Alabama Claims in Question. To THE EDITOR OF TH LONDON TELEGRAPH:— ‘The question of the “Alabama claims,” although shel for the present, may at any convenient pe- riod reviv it 18 not my intention to enter into auy controversy as to the merits of the case, but with your permiasion to raise atvention to a circutm- stance not hitherto considered, namely, how the at- Utude of this country may be affected, in dealing with this complex question, by the opening of the Suez Canal ou the 17h November next; and to this end 1 purpose directing the attention of your ers. 1 beg it, hewever, to be distinctly understood that, as it would ill become any member of the adminia- tration of the Suez Canal Company to betray any party or national bias, I shall endeavor, as far as lies in_ my power, to confine my observations to facta and inferences which may be reasonably drawn from tuem, leaving your readers to decide for them- selves, With this object in view, it 1s necessary tbat I should briefly retrace the negotiations witl reference to the “Alabama claims.” it may still be freah in the recollection of your readers thas two days aiver the signainre of the Uon- Yention, on the 12th of November last, Mr. Reverdy Jobnson informed Lord Stanley that he had received @ telegraphic message saying, “Claims Convention entirey acceptable, except a8 to place of meet- ing; and tbat it is essential to its approval by the Senate that the place be Washington, and not London.”’ To this Lord Stanley agreed, although he considered it would be productive of incon- venience, and an additional article was signed on the ‘23d of November to that effeet. On the 27th and again on the 30th November Lord Stanley received telegraphic despatches from Mr. Thornton, iniorm- ing him of “the very important modifications which Mr. Seward wisbes to be made in that agieement,”” because the convention was not in accordauce with Mr. Reverdy Jobnson’s instructions, and that he was sure the Senate would refuse to sanction it, Lord Stanley wrote to Mr. Thornton on the 8th vecember, expressing bis surprie at the intelligence, ag during the progress of the negotiationd Mr. Reverdy Jonn- son ut no tune intimated to him that he was not act ing under gufticient instructions from his govern- ment, At length, on the 14th of January, 1809, another Claims Convention was signed by Lord Clarendon, the Ministry having changed in the tnterval—speci- tying the arrgugement respecting arbitration, A clause with reference to it, considered very impor- tant by Lord Clarendon, was left out at the request of the United States government. No impartial reader, in glancing over tho fore- Going brief summary of the negotiations, can fail to Observe that the British government has been very Patient under somewhat trying circumstances. Nor can we forget the wonderful scene which took place at Liverpool, when the English flag was lowered to saiute Mr. Reverdy Johnson, ‘us the highest com- puneas that can be paid to an American citizen.’ is acts Were soon alier disavowed and himself recalled, If 1 refer to these cireumstances it Is with a view of showing that rather than invotve tuis goonies. in @ disastrous war tle British government yielde many points and bore things which, were it not for the underlying dread of war and its conse- quences to commerce, she would not have accepted, At the present time Engiand has to guard her Indian trafic in its course of 10,000 miles rouud the Cape. In the event of a war with America our India trade would be, as it were, at the mercy of the Americana, for it would be impossible for England effeccually to guard so wide an area. America’s geographical position is favorabie for aggressive acis upon our indian traders. ‘This 1 admit is one side or the question; the other is that Eng- jand could inflict even greater tujury on America, but this would not restore the safety of our carrying trade go long as a war lasted, It is not that the American governmeut desires war, but we have seen from the attempted negotia- tions how dimMecult it is for the Senate to run counter to what ts called publicopinion, and that not justiy, seeing that the dislike toward Engiand proceeds not from the intelligent American, but may be said to have its source with persons who can as little appre- clate Englishmen as they can their own countrymen @bove tiem in social position. Hence che feeling of dislike may be traced to an element underlying American society, and yet suficiently pow oriul to mar the peaceful intentions of the Senate and its representatives abroad. Urged on by this turbulent community, the Alabama question may at any time be again forced upon tie Senate, so 8000 as a favor. able opportuni'y for its introduction to our wotice should present itself. But it may be worthy of remark that the chances for such an opportunity are considerably lessened by one circumsiance—the opening of the Suez Caual ou the 17th of Novemoer next, From that ume forth our Indtan traders wili cease to be exposed to an unprotected seaboard of 10,000 miles round the Cape, but, rounding tue Straits of Givraltar, they would enter the Mediterranean and consequently be safe from molestation. Tue policy which opposea the abandonment of the Rock of Gibraltar will be more than ever appreciated in this instance; and, wich Malta, Aden and Perim to protect her, Kng- land may be said to be at home ali the way to her Indian possessions. It follows that after the open- ing of the Suez Canal England will have nothing to fear from America’s geogrephical position in respect to her Eastern trade. Nay, the relative positions become completely reversed and te tables turned; for, whereas America will be able to do England’s commerce comparatively little harm in case of war, England will have the power to in- flict injury on America without risking any inter- ference with ber Indian trade. How far this circumstance may modify the pre- tensions advanced by @ portion of the American people with respect to the Alabama claius it is im- ible to predict. It may possivly streagthen tha ands of the American Senate in dealing with ube war-cry party, and as such be viewed by that body with favor, 1 their endeavors to arrive at a reason- abie adjustment of the question. Meanwhile Eng- land may experience cause tor congratulation in the fact that the negotiations nave made little or no progress, and that sae siands unpicaged to any ro- cognition as to the rights of the Aiabama cisims. Thave the honor to be, sir, your very obvedieu: ser- vant, DANIEL A, LANGE, LONDON, Sept. 23, 1869, What is Said in Enginnd, (From the London Siar, Septem! The Suez Canal 18 bow so far com according to a telegram from the Isthiny riers which obstructed the passage of the water into the Bitter Lakes having been removed—a sivaier, With M. de Lesseps on board, has made the passage along the whole Jength of the canal in fiftwen hours. Taus ts the practicability of tae great work, which 50 many scientific men and politicians have labored to prove the most costly and extravagant of chimeras, conclusively established, At tis mone v Mh David Langé, whose naine has been so long at ad so hoh®ra- bly assoviated with the project of the Suez Canal, has made an interesting contribution to the Alabama controvery. Mr. Lange gives a narrative of the diplo- matic events whica culminated in the rojection of tho Clarendon-Johnson treaty by tue Senate of the United States. He argues that, although the American government does not want war, there is a turbulent element anderiying transatiantic society which may at any time drag the two nations into hosttities. The danger to British tuterests of this menacing state ot things 1s greatly increased by wo exposed nature of the seanoard—ten thousand miles in extent—which our Indian waders are now cou- yelled Lo travers: But, as he points out, the open- ing of the Suez Canai will enormously diminish the risks to Which in Case of war with the United States our Eastern trade would be exposed. * * * Considering the active part which Mr. Lange has taken in the great undertaking whic 18 destined to revolutionize the meaus of 1atercommu- nication between Hurope aud Asia, we cannot blame him for potnting out the advantages we may hope to derive from the canal in the event of war with the United States. Mr. Lange, however, manifestiy exaggerates the danger of such a calam- iy; aud this tone of exaggeration, whoa combined with the Ime of arguinent he ‘has pursued. 19 adapted to imparc mereased vilality to whatever of tarbuient feeling there may be in both countries, It is true that the shortening of the distance to India and China, and the contraction ia the same propor- tion of the line to be defended, must prove a great boon to the commerce of this country, whesher ta peace or in war. Bub we are afraid that if the eventuality upon which he speculates were really to arise his vaticiuations would only be partially borne out by by the result. When cursairs are ouce let loose they roam over the sea without limitation a3 40 degrees of latitude and longitude; and the change 11 the route to India would ‘give very Httle security to our traders in traversing tue lugh- ways of the Indian Ocean, ‘There remams tue ques tion as to the extent to whica the S:e~ Canal will really divert the trade of the Bast into tie new chan- nel, This resolves itself tito a simple matter of pounds, shtitings and pence. Will the tolls fled by the company enable shipowners tn all, or even the majority of cases, to eae the preference to the short route? Tue toll for the passage from one sea to the other is Oxed at ten francs per ton measurement, ud an additional two francs per ton for towage. A simple arithmetical calculation will show what this tribute will amount to a8 regards a ship of any given tonnage. Ou the other hand the compauiy 1s always able to adapt itee'r to circumstances and to revire its tari ud Mr, Lange has, therefore, good reason for anticipating that the new road to [udia may, at no disiaul day, entirely eclipse the oid one, ANOTHER BROOKS CASE IN PHILADELP! A Government Officer Badly Beaten and Left For Dead. {From the Philadelphia Post, Oct. 15.) Philadelphia is fast revalling New York in tn and crime, and a few more months of the wi y mt srule of democratic officials wilt place our city far in advance of ail others in the Umon. ‘To-day we iiave to record another caso like that of Revenue Detective Brooks, alihough not equally as daring, hg? Jar more brutai—an attempt to kill upon the public streets of the city a government official, simply because he had been faithful in the dia charge of his dutics in ferreting out the nefarious doings of the whiskey ring, The victim’s name Is Pat- Tick Morley, @ resident of Filbert street, above Ninth, Who Js In the employ of the national government and under the orders of collector of revenue in this city. For A while past he has been watching the diatil- lery of Owen ae, on Market street, near Thirtieth. It had been alleged time and again that plea A Was belng removed from there tllegaily. Yeate: my, afternoon Mr. Morley, while In the dis- tras attacked by {nree men, wie book bin abool 6 en, who beat bim about the head and face with rakes, cutting him fearfully. ran, bleeding from the ea made oe struck Morley fair on the back part of the head knocked him to the pavement senseless and ng. The would-be seeming, Dainking they had finished their victim, left him to the care of any one who saw ft to carry him away and retreated to parts up- known, The almost murdered man was fini picked ep by, some kind ple, and, on his resi dence belong ascertained, he w: laced riage and driven to his home. for and his wounds were dressed. mogt precarious. His skull is believed to have been fractured and the wound in his body, although not penetrating the vital organs, may be sufiicient to cause his death. - THE STOWE-BYRON CASE. Position of Some of the London Weeklies. To THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON HERALD:— The Saturday Reviewer breaks silence once more, though, as he implies, with reluctance, which -1t is not difticuit to understand, ‘The firat impulse of an boaorable foe ts tu retract a cruel libel which he has made on very inadequate evidence; the last subier- fuge of an Cee slanderer 10 maintain to tno” last the possibility of the truth of the orginal impu- tation and to escape from the odium of tue proceed- ing by adducing irrelevant misdeeds on the injured person’s part. Unable to prove incestuous adultry igh, it is some satisfaction tothe high- minded critic te tickle the jaded taste of the bitherto unsuspecting public with & scene trom the life of the ‘unhappy Shelley. The scene 1s, to be sure, 8 most eifective one—Shelley living in adultery; Byron ditto; Mra. Snelley SORTS DIRBRE at home the suicide she 80 soon executed, Why should not the critic turn Doyelist or playwright alsof A brother critic might review lis romance or play in @ fu- ture number of the Saturday, and thereby no swall advantage accrue to the amiable pair. What I wish to be ailowed to do in the few lines I now beg you to accept, is to remind the public that every particle of evidence which has been extracted be the weil-nigh endiess letters aud remarks which Ts. Stowe's article has called forth, is to the effect that Mrs. Leigh was a lady of uublemisned repua- ton and of tre. 4 personal worth, and that, accord- ingly, there is the strongest possible moral propa- bility of her innocence of a foul, unnatural, almost unparalleled act of outrageous, tmiamous—siail 1 say bestial wickedness, ‘That a lady shoula be charged, gave on almost conclusive evidence, wita such an offence, may seem a light thing im the eyes of the Mippant young erveee, who, as I have heard the race described in the early daysof the Saturday Review, “would write down their own fathers and mothers for s0 many guineas the articie;” but it is nob so considered, und never will be by English gentlemen; aad I repeat tnat the insolent, swaggering astectation of logic and eel alre Which the “Saturday Reviewer,” in an articie not free from errors of fact, pronounced that on duly weighing the probabilities a slight pre onderance resulied in favor of branding Mrs, Leigh with irreparable infamy is a disgrace to English journalism. And yet it is evident, fro: tho seli-compiacence of the writer throughout, that ho cousiders his treatmeut of the whole subject @ model of “tairness and honorable criticisin’”’—i doubt not of delicacy and modesty also. Qui Curios simulat et Bacebanalla vivit, That this edifying preacher should lavish praise on “the admirable article in te Speccuior,” and on the “Reader of Byron’s Letters” ia the 7imes, is not very surprising, considering the coincidence of tieir sentiments, and even here and there, especially that of “the Reader,” with his own, Why, once more, should not each of the writers, whether they be three or two, g1¥O us their names, as Mrs. B. Stowe has done, as Mr, T. Arnold Las done on one occasion. Al- low re to urge, in conclusion, that sneers at the gene- ral tone of Engiish morality im the present day come with the worst taste from the Saturday kevew, which some one has calied the “Saturday Reviler,” and the Spectator, journais which have the credit of having sapped and tumbied {nto chaos the ancient faith of young English nen and Engilsh women, ‘10 encourage scepticism and tien scourge as childish enthusiasts the Coleusus who enbrace it—such is thought by nota few to lave been the part played in pubic instruction by these two journals in our day. A noble and patriotic, and above all, a Christian task, God save the mark; and what may make amends to us for tie impudent, futuous vulgarity and conceit with which they congratulate them- selves that they are not as other journals, as “the penny mind”’—py the way, have they altered this sorry jest since the Pal! Mad became penny read- ing?—the Peckham Onuntous, charming and geniie- maulike soubriquet; and the Standard, 1 Jorget what they cail you, or the moral but maudiin ‘iup- per, Yours, B. A. OXON, ‘ko tis HpitoR Or TUR LONDON HERALD:— tis @ pity the Savurday Review suould not have aduered to the resolution, at which it says 1t had ODCe arrived, hot again to break slience concermmg Mrs. Stowe's ‘True Story” unui thaciady had pub- lished her defence; for it is now becoming apparent that tad i¢ done so the article which appears in its last issue would have been relegated to the Greek Kaieuds. Its trresovation, however, ts not shown ti one particuiar alone. ‘Phe aatior of “A Vindication ot Lord Byrou,” 1) says, “uas cervainily succeeded iu ciowing ali controversy with ourseives.” This, i presume, reiers to the trank manner in which I have expreseed—though, indeed, mosc tmperiectiy—my sense of lis conduct in this und ail cognate matters; and I shouid have been only too glad to bave done with an adversary whose Lehavior 1 am uot abie to visit with terms of ordunary reprobauion, Bat hay- ing aunounce? its controversy Witu me on tie Bub- ject as Closed, tt forvawith reopens {tia a manner that would be characterisue were it not for its ex- treme svupidity, in the following fasijon:—“His ad- milrera, ainorg Whoin be 18 himself Vue chief, may jadge of bis powers vo conduct aay controversy by the following counte specimen.” ‘The “specimen” in question is tha, Alluding to vhe argument (which { ireciy ackuowledge “was never aijdaced by any one out of Bedlam,” but which was certatnly pelted in the Saiurday Keview) tuat if an allusion to incest can be coustrued out o! any passage in “Manfred,” everybody must see that Mrs. Svowe’s story 1s true—I sail that it might be dismissed with the reaiark tiat—if it is good for anything it is good to show that Byron coiusmitted murder ag weil, and to corroborate the observailon I made tie following quotation:— I loved her, aud destroyed her, With thy hand f Not with my hand but beart—which broke her ge yeark; Tt gazed on mine and withered. I have shed Bivod, bni not her’s—and yet ber blood was shed, J kaw-—and could not alaunel it, Whereupon the Saturday Review remarks:— “Byen a child can see that tae murder which Man- Tred owns to was a metaphorical oue, the murder of a broken heart, the blood avything bat material and arterial, in shedding which the metaphorical sister- siayer used not lis fand, but beart. What Asiarce died of was not a stabbed, but a broken heart. The expressions are figurative througiiout.’? Were it not that the readers Of the Saturday Review are evidently expecied to accept the foregoing with- out comment 1t would be dilicult to ascribe it to mere obtuseness. To transcribe it is to expose ft. ‘True, Manfred does not say that he killed Asiarte, aud nobody ever intimated that he did say so. In Acts he says distinctly the opposite, But he adds— aid here, of course, 13 the polnt—1 have shied b.ood, but not hers.’ In pian prose English, “1 did not murder her, but [lave murdered somebody else.” Witch is really the co.sical specimen of eritical con- trovere I think I inay leave people to decide for themselves. 1 hope you will pardon my thus trespassing once more ou your coltinns; bnt | think you will be chart tabie enough to credit me with no mean or uuwor- thy motives. [ am not aware thas [ have auy “adiairers,”’ and 1am sare I have never done any- thing to deserve them. but whether I have or have not, What has that to do with se Serious a charge as tne one brought by Mra, Stowe? Like the Sacurday deeview, the Spectator too, as you have already pomted out, takes refuge in impertinences; and because, it seems, Mr, Tupper bas written in defence of Byron, it pokes some poor fun at bis poeiry, and then cals all whe have pur- shed a sunuar course ‘“Tupperian Byronizers.’’ surely, sit, 1¢ is time te have done with Uncee chilaish, irrelevant, but perpetual persouaii- tes, It isa sorry course Whica depends on such tnnsy weapons. Ouly oue word more. However biameworthy Mra. Stowe may be for Wing pub- lished her “True Story,” yet, worshipping vilualy, as she did, at Lady Byron’s feet, she may be in @ sense excused for having yleided @ oredence which not often withaeld by tie devout, But those of whom { have been writing stand laa diferent post- tion. A correspondent of the Tomes wao signs him- seif “Indignans” cail her “True Story” @ vase lie, ‘That, sir, 1s the proper plrase for it ; and in ali tue sobriety of conviction and moral sense | now fasten it on those Who, alter the overwhelming evidence which proves Its falsity, sll persist tn avecting to behove it, Ihave the honor to be, sit, your obedient pay So ALEK ACSI ws R CARLTON CLUB, Sept. 27. BASE BALL RITES. ‘The Mutuals went up to Fordham on day to play a friendly sgame with the young coliegians wiio attend St, John’s College and are banded under the name of Rose Hil Ciub, The Mutuals found they bad tough customers to fight, and they narrowly cacaped defeat. The score at the close of the gamo Stood 11 to 10 in favor of the Mutuals, The Kose Hil boys, a8 18 their wont, entertained their guesie most hospitably, The Mutuals rendered the occa- sion aii the more pleasant and memorabie by pre- seuting the Rose Hill Ciub with a handsome set of colors, The gentieman with chronic smile, from the Empire Club, of this city (Mr. John Kelly), oml- ciated as umpire during (he game and gave uulver- Lal sausfaction. The “Rose Hill” boys are anxious to get a game with the Yale nine. Should the latter agree to piay the Fordham 1ads @ spirited and close contest might be expected, ‘To-day the Mutuals and Orientals of this city will play the first game of a new series at the Union grounds. The ‘‘Levantines” have latterly been prac- tising eh” and can give the “Mutes’ a good “wrestle, On Monday the Eckford and Powhatan clube will lay at the Union grounds, and on Tuesday the Kratunts Atiantios will play their return 4 game on the grounds. MUSICAL REVIEW. ‘The revolution in music publishing inaugurated Dy dime and half dime publications of pieces which formerly cost one dollar ana fifty cents is progress- ing to such an extent as to excite the liveliest appre- hensions of the monopolista who have so long held abaolute control over the trade, The revolution is a Popular one, as it purposes to place music of all kinds within the reach of every one. The deluge of trash which some unscrupulous publishers inflicted on the public under the name of “Spirit of Bur- Jesque” bas nearly disappeared, and, after the necessary fumigation and cleansing of the establish- ments which were so unfortunate and short-sighted as to receive ‘his refuse of London concert saloons, the musical atmosphere becomes purer and clearer. We are glad to see that the claims of mative composers are likely to receive more attention than under the monopoliaw’ regime, If newcomers from the other side of the Atlantic are permitted to enjoy the profits of copy- righting pieces which they never wrote, and which were published in Europe years ago, surely the genuine, meritorious works of American composers should bring them a little profit, as well as honor. We have spoken repeatedly on the injustice and swindling practised toward composers by some of the publishers, and we are glad to find that our strictures nave produced the desired effect. No jus- tice need be expected from those publishers unless they are compelled to adopt such a course from the formidable rivals which their actions and the dis- ist of Lead and the profession have brought vo the fleid. Ditson & Co., New York and Boston, publish the WI folio’ — “My easy | Sadie.” Song and chorus. G. A. Veuzie, Jr. melody of a rather ordinary and hackneyed nature, with @ fairly worked up chorus. It is admirably suited tor ® minstrel hall, “Sweet Home of My Childhood.” Song. G. A. Veazte, Jr. einels and pretty, with much expres- sion in the meiody. yy Gypay.”” Song. 8. Nelson. The mel- oay 18 good and appropriate, but the accompaniment is Very poor and monotonous, “1 Know a Song.’ Ballad. Jules Benedict. An exquisite littie 1ay:, with a veln of poetry and ten- cae Tupning through it, It is quaint and peca- ar. “By the Blue Sea.” Song, Henry Smart. A flue, spirited baritone gong, witd a descriptive and artist- ically constructed accompaniment, The words are 0 “Concone’s Mass in F.”” Suitable for smnail choirs, fell possessing any features of noticeable in- r “Under the Hazel Tree.” Ballad. Guglielmo. A sparkling litle melody, just what one would expect irom such & popular composer, The waltzes of Gugiteimo are unsurpassed im their line. G. Schirmer, Broadway, publishes the following:— “Love's Plait.” Max V. Littwitz, A charming German song, wiih 4 world of sentiment and tender- ness 10 It, “When Love Is Kind.” Song. P. A. Rivarde. Very uninteresting and monotonous, but the accom: barrio evidence of artistic work. “Tae Miiler’s Dauguter” and “Love Hath Us In the Nev.” Songs trom Tennyson’s “Muller’s Daugh- ter,” music by S. P. Warren. Both are evidently the work of anaccomplisned musician, the former se the botter of the two, The melody of the secon one 18 eparse ud uninteresting, but the coloring of the accompaniment compensates much for other deficiencies. “La Capricelosa.”” Canzore. Tito Mattel, A bean- tiful sopg, which is fully equal in ita tne to the fa- vorite “Non e Ver," by the same pores, composer, ‘There is a sparkie and coquettish dash about it which will counimend it to every one. ‘dn Dunkler Nacht.” Song, Gustave Luther, A fanereal affair, safticient to give any one the biues, “Peace, Troubled Soul.” Solo, duet, trie and quar- tet, irom Lysberg. By S, Jackson. An extremely beautiful lite hymn, with a tender and devotional vein in the melody. D. PB. Faulds, Louisville, publishes “Chauson’s Créoles.” Bugene Baylor, The first of these, “Le Soupir,” has rather commonplace andante melody, but tne treatment of it 1s very artistic. ‘Tue second, “Serenade Acadienne,”’ is a little gem. “‘é tol, ma Belle,” the third, is likewise very good. The next, “L’Arrié Pensce,” ts not up to the stan- dard of its predecessors, The two last, “‘Chauson de Katelier” and “Dang le Hamoc,” are quaiit and pretty. In all these waifs from the South the arranger has proved hiinself a thorough musician. H. M. Fairchild publishes fve new numbers of Dwyer’s Musical Coronct, cousisting of a very pretty vocal quartet, “Softly now the Light of Day;” te shadow song from “Dinorab,” “The Dream of the Roses Waltz,” Camille Schuvert; “Vaillance Polka,” J. Ascaer, and “The Staudard Watch.” ‘They aro all first class selections and pub- lished tn cheap form. W. A. Pond & Co, publish a song by J. G. Macder, called “Though the Day of My Destiny ’s O’er.”? {6 1s Lord Byron’s address to his sister. The melody is pretty tn tts line, but we think it is inappropriate as Qn illustration of the beautiful words. ‘neve are some objectionable progressions in the accumpani- ment. MUSICAL AVD AHEATRICAL NOTLS, Eleven matinées are announced fir to-day, a3 follows:—At Booth’s Miss Bateman will appear for the last time as Leah; “Twelfth Night” wilt be given at the Fifth Avenue theatre; “The Tempest” at the Grand Opera House; “Sam” and Chantrau at the Theiicre Francais; ‘Phe Streets of New York’? at the Olympic; Herrman and magic at the Academy of Music; ‘Perii’’ at the Museum; acrobats, horses and clowns at the Circus; “Ixion” at Tammany; varieties at the Théatre Comique, and varieties at Tony Pastor's. The great magician, Herrmann, 13 not going to neglect the young folks 1n hts astonishing entertain- ments, ‘To-day he has his frst matinée or afvernooa performance, so as to give them an opportunity of enjoying themselves, and no doubt the Acalemy of Music will be filled to overfowing. Next week wiil be the last of Herrmann’s performances in New York, A grand concert will be given this evening at Irving Hall, under the auspices of the American Conservatory of Music, for the benefit of the Avon- daie sufferers, A number of popular ar/isies will assist, at the performance, and the affair gives far promise of being a grand success, The Sponish prima donna, Setiorita Maria Cortes, will make her début in America at Steinway Hail on the evening of the 20th ins, supported by Mlle. Fiiomeno, the Chilean violtatst; Signor boy, tenor; Signor Fossati, baritone; Signor Bosoni, pianist, and Signor Salcedo, cornet player. The Zavistowski Sisters, immediately after the close of their engagement at Wood's Museum, will give @ series of tei buriesque representations in the provinces, under tue management of Mr. Fred Lubin. They open at Poughkeepsie on the isth inst. On arriving In Loadon Mlle, Ntisson found awatt- ing her a royal bracelet from the Queen of England tn return for Mile. Nilsson’s visit to Windsor Castle. ‘This is the Lilst gilt bracelet the Swedish songsiress has received, Mr. Maurice Neville, the young Hungarian tr atau, will favor our German citizens with “Ovnelic in their mother tongue, next week, at the Stadt theatre. Mr. Neville bas already actieved a grand success. both ow the German and American stage, but this, we believe, will be his first siteinpt to render Shakspeare in German ia this city, aud as @ natural consequence there is much curtosity manifested in the “profession” as to the resu't. There 18 scarcely a doubt that Mr. Neville will acquit nimseif as creditably in German as he has often done before In English. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wiiliams are meeting with immense succeas In the fastidions “Hub,” where they are playing in “Tae Emerald Ring,” at tne Boston theatre. The receipts for the first week of their engagement in that city, Including a matinée, were & trifle over $10,000, Mra, Charies Edmonds, late of tne Olympic, is about starving the country with a dramatic company of her own. Their season commenced at Easton, Pa., on Thursday, 7th lust, when “Arrah na Pogue” was presented to the cittzens of that town witi ao extraordinary cast, On Monday nignt she appeared at Allentown, and this evening performs in Reading. The prince of tenors, Brignoli, has started on his grand fail and winter tour, Miss McCuiloch, Miss Antonia Henne, Susint, Petrelli, Giov.a and Loca telil accompanying him. He first essays New York State, and wili visit Califoraia about November or early in December. He has already given coucetis in Albany, Syracuse and Buifalo, On Monday even- ing next he sings in Detroit, where he proposes giving three concerts, ‘Thomas’ celebrated orchestra have started on their travels through the provinces, They gaye con- certs in Providence and Hartford tast week. fae well Known conductor has taken ail his forces with him, and it will be hard for his raral friends to resiat ch a combination, On Monday evening they Nudie ‘ewark, and on the 2ist, 22d and 23d inat. ti will give a grand musical festival of three « duration at the Hartford Rink. Quite an cmeuée in tie musical Way has occurred at Muuich concerning Wagnor's “Rhemgold.”” The chief of the orchestra, ans Richter, has resvsed to direct this extravagant work, on account of the impossibility of overcoming its diMeaities and pre- venting & flasco. The artista engaged have quar- relied and left the theatre, and the opera has been indefinitely postponed. The quarre} has been 80 Herce that Wagner timself has judged it prudent to quit Munich, In spite of the most brilliant ofers made by the King of Bavaria to Hans de Bulow, the ie statetand to retura, he has declined the pro- osal. On Tharaday next the annual dramatic perform. ‘ance for the benellt of the orphans wHl be given at the Academy of Music. A large number of profes- sional Jadiea and gentlemen have already voiun- teered their services, aud @ good programme will doubtiess be offered to the tet ana 4 dic," who love to swallow the pill of charity when it is suger-coated with enjoyment. Mr. N. B. Clarke will 1 the responsi! of stage manager ‘upon this occasion. P LITERATURE. “ the late M, Pete ROG RIRIORT AY iu France, from the Paris edition of 1863, Chicago: The Western News Company. ‘That, in a country like this, in the year 1609, a ne- cenaity should exist for the publication of such # work as the one before us, 1s one of those anomalies: hardly pardonabie in this age of advanced enlighten- ment and general progress. That so miserably self- fh, 80 audactously dishonest a theory as that of protection should find defenders among others than the few men personally interested in enriehing themselves at the expense of their neighbors, ® im ~ itvelf @ wonderful exhibition of the powerful soph- isms of such theory. It ts a proof how influential can become the specious arguments of logiclans who, assuming the name of political economists, actually convince men, not born idiote—men en- owed witn all their faculties—that the true path to rational power and prosperity is to be found im stealing from the consumer for the bonefit of the producer, With the first series of these “Essays on Political Econemy” many readers of the HsBALD are doubt- leaa already familiar. They were publshed some tea years ago by Messrs. Putnam & Son, of this city. As in France, Germany and Great Britain, they et- ‘the “protectionists,”” the first sime publisned here. They will undoubtedly exercia¢a powerful aud beneficial influence if the bock be widely circulated, as we trust it ‘Thore is nothing 1u it apply! to France that does not apply directly to this country, our midst, labors under the most deplorable know! in what constitutes true political eco- nomy; this condition is that of darkness. M, Bastiat cannot be one with peruaiity in the discussion of his subject. There 14 n0 sop! em- ployed by the advocates of prote that he does not fairly and honestly state, present most javorabie and most powertul light, the deceiving property of such Larrea shows exactiy Where the fatal error he pro- ceeds mercilessly to ani lay it bare. He secks to prove, and he does prove:—‘'Firat, that equalizing the facilities of preduction is to atiack the foundations of all trade; second, that it 1s not trae that tue labor of one coun- try can be crushed by the com; jon of more favored climates; third, that even were this the case, protective duties cannot equalize the facilities of production; 1lourtb, that freedom of trade equalizes: these conditions as much as possible, the countries which are the jeast javered by nature are those which profit most by freedom oj trade,’? (p. 86.) ,We cannot follow M. Bastiat at length through ‘his essays. He clearly proves that even where, with free trade, the importations exceed the exportation, the country need not be impoverished thereby. ‘The style, too, iu which be tears down the fabric of protection is admirable. By means of cleverly written stories and aimated dialogues he invests a usually dry subject with all the interest of @ romance. He writes for tae masses, and that Anvellect must be extraordinarily obtuse which fails to grasp with clearness all the propositions laid down in these essays, 16 18 not our purpose to write Qn essay on poOlitival economy, but simply to call attention to the merits of tue work before us. Of all objections which have been urged against projection there 1s none 80 Catt * as that which exbibits its repulsive cowardice. 1p this country I¢ cowers before a virtual monopoly for the attainment: of advantages. M. Bastiat shows it to the world in its true colors, and we are gin that the opponents of protection have published tese essays their complete form, for the purpose of disseminating their doctrines throughout the republic. Not years will pass by before the tari will be the all- absorbing political question which will make presi- dents and unimake muny politicians, We have been advancing rapidiy of late towards the erection of a Chinese wall between us and ioreign trade, That competition which under the low tariif of former days quickened our euergies, extended our indus- tries, gave svope and variety to our products and hurried us forward im the marci of civiilzation, ts fast giving way to & stagnation which 1s the pre- cursor of national deteriorauon, We hoid this axiom true that every production of @ people which lives through ‘protection i8 that moss fatal to national prosperity, masmuch as 1¢ is purely the result of an artificial stimu- fant and cannot depend upon tts own resources. ‘There i8 no limit to protecuon, and as we grow older we will discover that every industry must be free, or all will mevitably require te be nursed in hothouses, It is sometning astonishing that all men of intelligence cannot perceive that the ve protective tarur which Is imposed for the pose of preserving the baiance of trade between us aud foreign nations ts the avsolute cause of our im- portations excesding Our exportations by Many mit Hons for tue past nine years. Snouid the reader sire to ascertala how this ts, we refer him to BasYac's “‘Easays on Political Kconomy,” which we heartily commend as embodying the tue principles Whose exercise will Indubiiaoly lead us to national prosperity. His arguments caunot be contreverted save by sophistry; they are founded upon the sound. est theories, which have been put ty practice im France, since he gave them to the world, withe success so overwhelming as to annihilate the party of protection in the French empire, ARMS AND Anwon. In Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern Weapons. Tranalatet from the French of M. P, Lacombe. By Charles Boutell, M.A. New Yor! D. Applevon & Co. The piacing of this book in a “brary of wonder s” isa blunder. There is certainly nothing wonderful about the contents. But while we cannot agree to ite being placed in a category of marvelious subject, we willingly praise it as a thoroughly tustructive and entertaining work. It is, really, @ history of offen- sive and defensive weapons from the earliest ages to the preseatday. The account of the “weapons of the stone age”’ ts naturally limited; but what there isef itis a most curious and interesting record of the arms used in pre-historic days. When the author enters the “age of bronze” nis work becomes more complete, more graphic and more exhaustive. With remarkable perspiculty he gives a thorough mit of the “arms and armor” used by the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Gauls, the Romans and other ancient historic nations. Coming to later days we havea not less perfect history of the arms and armor used in Europe and cisewhere from the Christian era to the transition period when ths discovery of gunpowder gradually brought about a change in the Style of defensive and offeusive weapons, e tents chapter is written by the translator, and is confined to a history of “arms and Armor {a England.” The last chapter gives @ very iull account of artillery and small arms, and the notes at the end of the book are valuable for refereace. Throughout the pages are embellished by numerous engravings om Wood, admirabiy executed and illustrating the sub- ject. As might be expected, the style in which the book 13 writtsa is fairly fascinating. The research of the author has been tminense, and he has given the reader the benefit of it without wearying him with dry detaiis and autaorities. To teach us what our ancestor: fought with, and what they protected themselves with, and to teach this in the most agree- able form, was ilis bject. We caanot conceive any person in the least interested tn bistory who can Tall to find 1m this book @ source of the liveliest in- terest. We conlesd to having become 80 binplie d interested fn its perusal a few nights ago as to sud- denly discover the fignt of morning stealing in tnrough the window, when the time had pi by 9 © agreeably that Vi hardly seemed an hour, JENRINS'S HANDY Lexicon. By Jabes Jenking, Pailadelphia; Claxton, Remsea & Hatteifinger. Have you, oh reac ever sat at the breakfass table, reading your newspaper and become suda- dehly conscioas that some too-eradive Reporter had, in the article to waich your attention was directed, indulged in the ase of words beyond your ordinary comprehension? Have you never shuddered to learm that some sacrilegious wretch had contemeratea # sacred edifice, by his graceless presence? Or, per- have, you may have veen cailed upon to rej olce at the exundation iu the land, without, at the moment remembering the exact meaning of what you are called upon to rejoice tor, As, in a few words, gear tle reader, you doubtiess have been more than once the victim of anotier’s pompous style of gies TY will be consolatory to you to learm that the lexicon before us enables you to conventently ascer- taim the meahing of every word for which you are at fault, It is, indeed, a “handy lexicon” for the Namerous ‘“Jqnkinses’? and thelr multifarious readers; and, with all seriousness, we recommend it to the public as being in all respects a practical, usefai and most convenient little book of reference, anadmirabie compilation of “all except familiar words," in all reapects of value both to readers and writers, PROTHSTANT GENS OF THE PRAYER OOK. Rev. J. Pieasanion Du Hamel, Diocese of Dela- are Piiladeipnia: Claxwu, Remsen & Haffel- nger, ‘This little book contains an exposition of the Pro- testant Episcopal reiigion, including the Articies of Faith, to which are attached numerous documents by the anthor. Of tue preciso value or uttiity of this book we cannot conjecture. It seems to be a defence of Kpiscopalianisni, but the work is very crudely done, Lowever, a3 there are doubtiess many who will understand the object of Its aoe better tian we do, to tivia we recommend the work, which is very previtly gutten up by the pablishers, Lire Prorurrs. A Poem, in three Cantos, By J. H,. Powell. jon: Adaias & Co, real poetry in this little volume. , Srow birth to death, and, after death, all of immortality that the poet can conceive. Some parts of the posi exhibit real genius, which deserves encouragement. The author is evidently ® man of origina! ideaa and of cuitivated taste, His theologicai opinions, as expressed in his poetry, are not altogether orthodox; but with these we cannot Well Hind iuit, Aliogether “Life Picturce” is a bi mo poem, and 1s quite equal to the previous he seme poet. It not be general! known that Mr. Powell is the author of white Thole dents,” “Poouc bictures,” &¢., poems which have been Tavoraiy uvticed a@ possessing reel merit,