The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-17 00:00:00

THE GREAT EASTERN.

The Great Eastern was removed from the grid-
iron yesterday morning, and steamed off to Milford grandly.
It will be remembered that she was beached in Febrosry
last, for the purpose of fixing the new paddle-wheel and
completing other repairs. These have been done, and the
ship has, it is Raid, been rendered as perfect in all respects
as money, experience, and forethought can make her. The
additional strength imported into the new paddle-wheels
and steropoet will, it is believed, render a recurrence of the
disaster of September last simply impossible. In the /saloon
and state rooms many improvements, conducive to the coin•
fort of passengers, have been made, and no expense has been
spared to render the ship a floating hotel. She is to leave
Milford for New York in about three weeks. Special ar-
rangements have been made with the various railway com-
panies to convey passengers sod their friends to the port of
departure at reduced mtge.

ME. OLLDBTONeB V/8/7 TO MANCHDATEIL.—At a
meetins of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce held
Patarthr, it was stated that in consequence of a desire
having been expressed that an address should be presented
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the °cesium of his
visit to Manchester next week (when he is to distribute '
the prizes at a meeting of the lustitutional Awe-elation of
Lam:whirs and Cheshire on Wednesday evening), Mr.
Baxley, M.P., bad conferred with the right hon. gentleman
in Landon, and it had been arranged that a meeting should
take plane for the purpose of presenting an address in the
Town-hall, Manchester, on Thursday next, when the mayor
will preside. The President of the Chamber (Mr. Henry
Ashworth) bad invited Mr. Gladstone to dine with the
members of the chamber, and a letter was read is which
the right hon. gentleman expressed his great regret that his
ealKements would prevent him having a pleasure which he
would otherwise have made any effort rather than forego.
By the arrangement now made it will be seen that the sub-
stantial object aimed at in this invitation will be attained is
another way.
A correspondent of the Boston (American) Ad-
vertiser writ' ag from Cairo, in Egypt, says that Mr.
Buckle, the celebrated writer. has been travellieg on the
Nile, and was about to visit Syria, and afterwards an Pm:
need to Americ► iii next volume will treat of the Untied
State'.

BOSTON, Mown 31.
An interesting and instructive debate in the Con-
federate Congress, on the resolution advising the
Southern planters to abstain from planting cotton,
will arrest the attention of the English public. From
the drift of remark it is very clear that the thought-
ful men at the South see the danger a-head from the
stimulant which the American difficulties have given
to the growth of cotton in other parts of the world.
The cotton lords begin to find out that this staple
can be cultivated elsewhere, and that the spinners
of Lancashire will not always be compelled to kneel
in fealty to this king. M.r. Hunter, of Virginia,
said the secret of British legislation was to in-
crease the production of the cotton plant in
other countries, and thus destroy the Southern
monopoly. The notorious Secession champion,
Mr. Wigton, declared that England wished to see
the South destroyed as cotton producers, so that
she could become raiser as well as spinner, and
thus command the world ; while Mr. Semmes, of
Louisiana frankly admitted that the South bad
tested the powers of King Cotton, and found him
to be wanting. It is confessed that the plant
can be raised elsewhere, and that if they do
not keep a control of its production the sceptre of
power will pass from their hands. Thus are those
imperious and boastful planters learning wisdom
through the severe lessons of experience. Nothing
but the absolute pinch and suffering of their posi-
tion would have extorted the frank avowal of their
danger of being supplanted in that which bas been
their constant boast and glory, and by
the possession of which they confidently ex-
pected to bring the great European nations to a
speedy recognition of the new Confederacy.
While the legislators of Richmond are thus
watching the interests of otton, those at Washing-
ton are gradually approaching to one act of justice
—the abolition of slavery in the district of Colum-
bia. If they do not hurry the thing will be done
by the slaveholders, for they are moving away their
chattels by the hundreds, and if this proems be con-
tinued many weeks there will be no slaves left. But
the discussion of this question makes the old ad-
vocates of this institution writhe and twist. Most
of the members fromthe border slave States oppose
it with a pride equal to that of Davis, and with a
zeal akin to that of Mason or Yancey. They have
not been so filled with the spirit of the times as to
doff their old plantatiou manners, and have not yet
forgotten that imperious air with which the haughty
Southern was wont of yore to treat any effort in
behalf of freedom or justice to the black race.
When these men had the executive at their control,
and by their magic wand could make and unmake
presidents, their exercise of power carried with it the
weight of real authority ; but now, when threats
are made by members whose States are defended
by the brave soldiers of the North, and who have a
feeble constituency and exercise bnt little control
over executive patronage, it seems like the insolence
of weakness. This tenacious hold of slavery is
natural. Men cannot change long-cherished opi-
nions all at once, and they easily fall into the rut
of old habit. The institution of slavery has a
wonderful tenacity and deep hold of the Southern
mind. But this will not always be. Great move-
ments are a long time in preparation, and though
the folly and threats with which Senator Wigfall
made himself ridiculous may now to some extent,
be repeated by Senator Davis of Kentucky—in the
latter case it seems like the shadow of a substance
that has already gone. There are, however, new
men from the border slave States, animated by
the spirit of the times, who, like the recently
chosen Senator Mr. Henderson, of Missouri, can
contemplate an act of justice to a wronged and out-
raged race without the tone of threat or the wail of
despair. But the frown of slaveholders has ceased
to cow Northern politicians, and the nation will
ere long clear its capital from the last vestige of
that cruel wrong to humanity—the institution of
African slavery.

Mrs Beacole, the famous Crimean camp follower,
is sow living at Pain&

Yesterday afternoon his lEmdellency C. P. Adana,
United litres minister to this Miantry, received o depute-
Soo of tilt members of the committee of theli and
Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, et his affeal emithere, to
portent an address from the eimmittor. • The-
commuted of Mr. Samuel lisp„
irtiabLett
Briscoe, M.P., the Hen. A. .
Forster, Henry Story, Bobe 13""
rank Gourd Balsas, them. Cadffs, II A.
Chamerovrow. The fellowiagie the text of the Wiser :
"To His Excellency Charles Fords Adepts, Vatted r States
Minister to the Wert of St. 'Arise%
"Sir,—The committee of the Biqa d Perekm Anti-
hiery Society are grstillad hlcitiormenttrazd
of awrthill welcome fo an aastana
of Armes to this country, who halkle/Lisatier
with their aim:
" This elm and el es most appro.
w on the
of
the eldies, wheray them, in
direr damat.lawaidaet maid ghoidousPreaidests
'644"e!Tress44.,.....A•4°'matheMin".
woe..
Mesas the seemed of
Mr *ma& 'dee • tribute of
many yeses they're, watched,
mil, the diemisiment, in the
I minims through ail the phases,
161thatettltle, the isry arbor a
against the extension of slavery
tad a niamterabie sea lathe hie-
isetdedie to merges kirk umpeliffeel naffs-
fection at the avowed, delemeratiom of the Freisimet aid
his administrates to pie down the African slave-trade.
,sad leersider that et Mama, is deeply indebted
MW won Rik Mande now mourned against
perecution of this m' at iota-
MO" '041.11‘ But while lie measures ti. United States
government is adopting men evidence of a revolution which
cannot be tqo highly commended, the committee respect-
fully submit that other equally decisive are imperatively
required to prevent the abuses of the United States flag for
slave-trading purposes. It is notorious that the Trans-
atlantic African Slave-trade is carried on almost exclusively
nadir °over of that partionar deg ; and the committee
wed& therefore, venture to suggest that the United
Stars government should, without delay, concert with
third Great Britain the means of preventing the abuse
'refined to.
"The ormailites feel it incumbent upon these to ex-
Saadi* etheeireuCcation at the several propositions
bawd&s recently introduced to the United
titre especially those for the removal
per! eolrs►ap~rse► fire stliSslsS at Columbia, and for according
hp erg State desirous of emancipating the
saaatial indeed, when judged
eilfasaMismasillloes paint of view, fall short of newel
tee the °prelim& and injured slave, the committee
them, sad bail them most cordially, as full of
priesthifer the bade, and es steps approximating to the
topisineinde of justice end humanity.
ecemodthee view' with profound sorrow, the mi.
tr./adamant between the Northern and the Southern
the vernblio. In the presence of no appalling a
saisaidni?elin only give utterance to the fervent hope
thas couflict may soon cease, and peace be re-
' Mend as' bad ; and that, with the &Within of the true
diagod idallha • simmoo ground of union may be found,
and • Added community he again joined in the bonds of
the committee would assure you, sir, of
their pemenal esteem and comideration and of their very
sincere dodge for the welfare and the prosperity of the
nation you rerresealt.
"27, New ihseed-street, ILO., April 4."
Tat address leaving been reed by Mr. Chamaronow, his
lasellancy side the following reply
" Gentlemen of the committee,—l receive your communi-
cation in the spirit in which it is made, and with every de-
sire to reciprocate the friendly sentiments it eoeveys, as
well to your country generally as to yourselves in parti-
cular.
"The desire of the people of the United States is to ex-
teed the blowup to be obtained under free institution as
far as possible, consiateutly with the preservation of every
existing obligation,over the entire surface of their territory.
Against the prosecution of this policy an appeal to arms
has been take° by a misguided portion of their
number. The ultimate affect can only be to accelerate the
same general omit, under circumstances rendered needlessly
damming to all. It is the earner wish of the government
to see the end so brought about as to avoid all the deplor-
able consequences that may follow wilful and violent re-
sistor& I trust that those most deeply interested in the
issue may avail themselves in seam° of the means left open
for their restoration to safety, and that the common ground
for a reunion may be, as you exprees it, the voluntary
reenoval of the tree and only cause of strife.
"I think I can assure you that the President's attention is
closely fixed upon the subject of the African slave trade,
and that every effort will be made by the administration, so
far as it is possible ander present circumstances, to co-
operate with her Majesty's government in putting an end to
the abuses to which you allude. I am not without hopes
that effective means may be found to prevent, for the
future, the dastard= of the national flag by the pirates
engaged in the nefarious traffic.
•' I pray you to receive my thanks for the very kind allu-
sion yea have made to myself, and to assure yea of my cor-
dial sympathy with you in the arduous labours in which
you have been so long and so honourably engaged."
The Hon. A. Kinnaird, Mr. John lade Briscoe, and Mr.
Josiah Forster, having addressed the Minister on the sub-
ject of the memorial, the deputation withdrew.

TRAGIC ACT OF SCALPING A FOE, AS PEILFORNED
BY "Dtertrocer."—During the short sojourn of this fiery
footed red-skin in Worcester he was one day taking hie
we, arid, with a party of admirers, indulging • little in
' firewater," the delight of his race, at the Yew and
Young-en, in Ithuriel-street, when a gentleman from
Ledbury asked hint to gratify. the company with an Indian
war-whoop and its acoompammente. Geerfoot was at first
indisposed to grant the request, probably feeling that •
veritable Indian yell would grate harshly on the ear, and
perhaps startle the company out of the proprieties. But upon
its being pressed,, he courteously signified his willingness
to "amuse • " but cautioned the guests not to be terrified at
the discordant horror of the sound, or the wild eccentricity
of the actions which might accompany it. Preliminaries
adjusted, the Indian, with gaping jaws, uttered a yell so
shrill, ear-splitting, and protracted, that it literally cleft all
heeds. and the gentleman who had invited this trate of his
quality, clapping his baud incontinently to his auricles, and
looking as pale as the blood of a turnip, rushed out of the
bows like one frantic, but was pursued and brought back to
await the issue. The war dance, • aeries of strange contor-
tions and flexible bounds, something in the style of the
late Mr. Flexmore, or W. H. Payne. accompanied with
grimaces, which could be compared to nothing but the
gargoyles of the middle ages, was next exhibited. As
his- blood grew warm with exercise and whooping,
and his ideas were carried back to his people and
native wilds, the Indian gradually appeared to lose all
control over his actions, and to be thoroughly absorbed
in the character he had assumed. His eyes glared with
rye; his whole frame seemed to dilate with passion' he
looked the impersonation of • Fury, or of baleful Erie
shaking death and desolation from her snaky hair. The
bespeaker of the entertainment trembled in every limb, and
like Sancho, at the adventure of the follies mills, was
"strangely moved." But fear seemed absolutely to
have bereft him of his faculties, the Burden to be greater
than he could bear, when the Indian, with a wilder,
leader, and shriller whoop, and more frantic gesture than
ever, and looking unmistakeably as though he meant
mischief, and was most terribly in earnest, seiied
hie victim, and with a sounding whack of his tomahawk,
benevolently meant as a substitute for chloroform to de.
rimy sensation and prevent human nature from sinking
under terror of the approaching infliction, whirled hint round
as though he had been • feather weight and fixed him
between his knees as if in a vice. Resistance was out of the
question. As well might the moose essay resisters°e in the
cat's jaws. Is • moment the fatal knife wee unsheathed,
in another it was whipped round the patient's had, like a
housewife cuts piste for the lid of a pudding; the third mo-
ment, with a hideous yell of exultation, that scarcely
mashed the dull sound produced by the rending of skin
from fleshly fibre, the scalp of the unfortunate was (natl.
tally brandished in Deerfoot's hand, which relaxed He
gripe and left the tortured patient at liberty. In a pails
fright he darted from the ill-omened spot, his heeds clapped
in agony to his poor bead. which was utterly bereft of thatch.
Dsetfoot rushed behind him to the door, curl contemptu-
ously !hog the moil after him. It will relieve the reader's
anxiety, which must be by this time painful, to be told
that the scalp was an artificial one, the hair having ori.
`finally appertaioed to some one else, but been converted
by the ingenious workmanship of some Treefit or Hadley
into the covering df a stranger's pate—to wit, a wig—war-
ranted not to be distinguishable from the intend crop.
The knife which had does duty io the work of severance
was shaped out of Lath, just such • oue as George Bevis
counselled John Holland to get in (-A.'s rebellion; see
Bhakepeare, and part of Henry VI., act iv., scene 2.
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