The Press.
London, England, 1856-10-04 00:00:00

AMERICA.

Intelligence from New York to the 19th states that
the Presidents' struggle is daily growing more intense.
The chances of Fremont on the whole are thought
favorable, and the southern States declare that in
the event of his election they will dissolve the Union.
The Bull of Pope Gregory XVI., for the abolition of
the slave trade, had been republished, with the view
of bringing the Roman Catholics in a body over to
Fremont. The Bull had been suppressed in America,
and the strong terms in which it was expressed were
considered certain to have a great effect. Indeed, so
great was the demand for the pamphlet that 40,000
copies were sold as soon as printed. The Bull " pro-

SATURDAY,

hibits and interdicts all and every individual, eccle.
siastical or laical, from defending or supporting the
slave trade, or teaching or publishing anything con-
trary to the admonitions given in the letter, which
dare all Christians to subject negroes or other men
to slavery, or even to aid any in so doing."
The Buchanan organs state, that "it is arranged to
call the legislatures of Virginia, South Carolina, and
Georgia, to concert measures to withdraw from the
Union before Fremont can get possession of the army
and navy and the purse-strings of government. Go-
vernor Wise is actively at work already in the matter.
The South canrely on the President in the emergency
contemplated. The question now is, whether the peo-
ple of the South will sustain their leaders ?"

The Virginia organs of the Buchanan party express
" their hope that the pious South, with its law-and-
order-loving planters, will, through Mr. Buchanan,
make such an impression on the middle States as to
induce them to join for the exclusion of the North
from the Union. An extension of the slave-holding
territory to the neighbourhood of the great lakes, so
as to include Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsyl-
vania, an ialliance with Russia and Brazil, and the
possession of Cuba, will, it is supposed, serve the pur-
pose of stemming and turning back the torrent of in-
fidelity, materialism, sensuality, aggrarianism, and
anarchy that threatens to overwhelm us from the pro-
lific hive of Northern Europe.
The Charleston Mercury says :—" There is not a
single public man in the limits of our State, not one
of her present representatives or senators in Congress,
who is not pledged to the lips in favour of disunion.
We have had enough of the glorious union.' . . .
A thoroughly organised disunion party is the deside-
ratum ; and until such be formed at the South, all
time devoted to political discussion will be time
wasted."

The New York Republican Convention has issued
a manifesto of principles, addressed to the electors of
that State. The manifesto reviews the aggressions
of slavery in the Republic from the foundation of
government. It declares that the past history of ti e
country is unhappily the triumphant and successful
progress of slavery, and summarises the advances of
slavery in the States, which, commencing with six
States with 600,000 slaves, now includes fifteen
States with 3,000,000, _ _

The manitesto then exclaims :—" Where and when
is this advancing tide to cease? And what power is
there on earth, except that will of the whole people
which we now invoke, that can bid its swelling waters
to be still?"

OCTOBER 4, 1856. THE PRESS.
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THE REVENUE.
1.-THE NET REVENUE.
Quarter ended I Year ended
J._ -...5--...,
,-
Sept. 30, I Sept.:-.30, Sept. 30, Sept. 30,
1855. 1856. 1855. 1835.
A s 4 C
CUSTOMS
EXCISE 5,137,000 5,446,000 17,388,170 17,861,77 d
STAMPS 1,652,723 1,770,619 7,259,585 7,180,041
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX
POST OFFICE 615,000 645,000 2,709,094 2,768,152
CROWN LANDS 66,516 67,837 275,516 2,3,837
MISCELLANEOUS 188,557 156,343 935,867 1,120,581
TOTAL
11.-COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Quarter ended Ilalt.Year ended Year ended
Sept. 30,1856. Sept. 30, 1856. Sept. 30, 1856.
a _i_
-.. ..- --.. ~.--.......1-......,
Increase. I Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. f Decrease.
A s A A A s
CUSTOMS
EXCISE
STAMPS
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX
POST OFFICE 9,000 59,058
CROWN LANDS
MISCELLANEOUS
TOTAL 1,183,645 69,357
1,585,649 46,572 9,291,232 79,524
I l I I
%
41,114,288 £1,53'9071 £3,211,708
Net Increase. Net Increase. Net Increase

Quarter ended I Year ended
J._ —__...s---,
,-
Sept. 30, I 5ept......80, Sept. 30, Sept. 30,
1655. 1856. 1855. 1835.
A A A A
CUSTOMS
EXCISE 5,137,000 5,446,000 17,388,170 17,861,778
STAMPS 1,852,723 1,770,819 7,259,585 7,180,041
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX
POST OFFICE 615,000 645,000 2,709,094 2,768,152
CROWN LANDS 66,516 67,857 275,516 2,3,6157
MISCELLANEOUS 188,557 156,343 935,867 1,120,581
TOTAL