The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-02-09


Bv the packet ship England, Waite, from Liverpool
-. have received accounts ten days later The news
Is of the highest Importance
An attempt was made to assassinaie the Kihs ~
France on the 9th of Dec. by young man ageu ony
% ve,rs while on his way to open the Champer o.
mites He succeeded in firing pistol at the earrings,
ast was passing the quay the Tmlleres Inc o'''
entered the carriage without doing much damage
The Young mans name is Muenen Inc oan ene
the window The flying glass cut inc Dukes nc ~
leans and Nemour faces. The ASSASSIN was ii'iineu
atelv arrested Two other persons CRED "pfa'o anu
were with arrested.
The excitement in Paris, and throughout France, IN
onseouence of this additional attempt to destroy the
L;no IS very great 1t is generally believed that
the Orleans family cannot long retain the sovereign
mower in France Every day the old republican spirit
is rising up to the point OF ferocity
Rents--Progrcss OF Cupidity and Avarice.
On the night of the 10Th of December, 1885, cold,
piercing and terrible, scarcely aperson within the con-
fines of New York. slept quietly on the downy pillow,
or was not reused by the terrible cry of fire. who
will ever forget that fiightful confagraton! The
richest portion of the city covered with sea OF flames
piles of the most valuable merchandise in the world
rising in urd glares to heaven-the brightest orna-
ments in architecture crumbng to the earth in sue
cessive crashes-the ssnowing inhabitants standing
parayised looking on-and the very spirits looking
down from heaven, almost iegrettng that the wicked
should be punished with the guilty that fearful
night.
The night and day of the Great Confagration IN
New York, form remarkable period IN the annals
of our CITY, As the flames continued to rise 10 hea-
ven from the burning ruins the sympathy OF the city
of the counry-of Europe-was excited at the
M s..,x~. bald
the best feelings of humanity were invoked-the
energy and enduring spirit of the people were called
forth But, if that calamity the ground work Of
the best and kindes feelings of the heart-ofhe high
est energies Of the seu-of the most efficient extr-
cises of talent it also gave rise to fresh movementn
the passions of avarice, cupidity and speculation
which have asionshed the world and kept this city
ever since in continual agitation between extordon
en- one side and industry on the other.
Ills well known that the great fire Of New iork
rave new impetus usurers, extortioners, specula-
Tors and era spng landlords, at the same moment 1t
excited the general sympathy of mankind. The de-
sruction of nearly whole ward in the city was seized
upon and made the Of the most terrible exac
irons for rents that known in the history Of
n peope. The commercial engagements OF many OF
the unfortunate sufferers turned to the unholy
uses of like class of Soon after that great ca
lamy and consequent on the fire. the interest of mo-
new began 10 rise beyond the legal rates. AT first
per cent? month was the modest demand-but this
kent increasing till the world was astonshed at the
fact Of 30 40 per interest becoming the ordinary
rate Of usancc here in Wall street during period of
more than six months. The land SPECTATORS and the
money spectators, shoulder to shoulder increased
and enlarged the momentum, by Illegal usurious and
every species Of underand practices, till at this mo-
ment the state of things has become alarming
TO create dread Of revolution a general emigra
son from the city.
After period of six months, during which time the
capitalists and the drew the very life blood
out Of the merchants without murmuring in the
shape ofnterest and exchanges, a relaxation has ia
ken place of the same character in which the wild
beast of the forest reaxes his erociy, when he is
ted with blood, and gorged with plumber.
But while this class Of usurers retire for moment
10 enjoy their spos another class, the speculative
landlords and agents, come into the field armed
cap pie with all the instruments Of torture TO
tract the last drop from the great Of the poor
nantry of New York. The merchants could sub
init and did submit almost without q murmur to
these atrocous, exsrbitant demands of the usurcr-
hut what can the eckanic-whal can the small deal
sr-what can the little industrious family do-those
forming the great body Of the tenanry OF New York
There is, and has been, in full operation here, since
the fatal 10Th Of December 1885, an atfocious and
wicked conspiracy by the rich SPECTATORS, Of all
classes to grind TO the earth the great Of
Getty to take away their little property-o deprive
them Of the ordinary comforts olfe, under the
of interest exchanges, end enormous rents. No CT
vilized socetycan continue its organization if some
equitable and moral principle do not otherwise mode
and break the power of the mere letter Of the
law, which at best is imperfect and easy eyaded by
the wicked either 10 plumber his neighbor or to de-
prive Kim of his dearest rights and most undoubted
comforts II the felest cupdity and avaricc is to
mark our civlisation-if under the sanction Of the
laws iron letter. the terrible passions are TO be
permitted produce the most terrible effects had
better at once abandon all ordcr-break up
rable institutions-retun to state of savage life and
ENJOY at least, of the glimpses Of happiness
which that condition of humanity afford, in
the midst Of its gloomy wilderncsses. II one two
thousand grasping and avaricous specula-
tors, are to abandon all moral and equitable, and
Christian principles, which the laws Of property
not prevent and lord il over their 100000 fellow
beings, good as they, wha, mockry is TO walk