Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-03

THE SLAvE vKssELs.-The probability sew il,
thst the Wyoming, Clara, and Eash, wiBbe thsswa
sPon the hands Of the English government Spanish
property, to be dealt with a. such Their il .
curious one and 10 pronounced not wthis the uris-
dctisn Of the United States government. The Cabs-
act at Washington look upon il in this light II the
vessels American property, the English went toe
far in capturing then and if they are Spanish ves-
sells, tns government has rot, OF course, any bus~
ness with them Therefore, as il is doubtful whether
they be American not the Cabinet refuse to adju-
dictate upon them in any way; and accordingly Cap
tain Fitzgerald and Lieat BeddOss will be compelled
to tax them back to Sierre Leone for cos6scation
This decision places the business in pretty near
the positien anterior to the sei3ures and
it will depend satirely o. the English whetherthey
catch Yankee or Spanish vessel dipping into the
slave trade. Tbs British craizers will overhaul
every vessel they meet with the coast, and take
them to 6erre Leone. Some shrewd Yankees will
get clear while others will "suffer some'
1t was undoubtedly good policy in bringing the
slave vessels to thiScountry; for it leaves the busi-
ness wholly with tAe " Mixed Commission whe-
Their the slsvers carried before them American,
Spanish, orPertusuose; and it ever they do make
a mistake, the owner here will not be in hurry to
acknowledge the vessels as his, for If he did, go.
vsrnment wsald haul him the Goals for piracy,
in short order.
We are glad the que ,tion is settled as it is for the
honor Of this country 1t places own domestic
slavery in the light before the world it should DO in
The African slave trade has been TOO long blcsde ID
with the slavery the SOUTH and the social relations
between master and servant in this country now
made known by the refusal to acknowledge, by our
government, as American, the slavers now in port
We arc sorry tho other hand, that the is SO
decided for it prevents the disclosure Of many Curl
Gus and important facts
WEAKLY LITERARY PERIoDdcALs.-The " Ex-
positor has just been discontinued, and short time
since, the "Literary Gazette was discontinued.
The "Corsair' has signaly failed, and will probably
fall through in the Spring, and SO with the host Of
literary, monthly and weekly periodicals that have
sprung up this season. Brother Jonathan will not
live long, although blown oat like big bladder; then
there is the weekly this and the weekly that andthe
weekly Humbug-and they all humbugs. The
fact is, that the writers for literary works in the
present day behind the age; they know nething
Of the intellectual tone Of the people of the present
day, and therefore they cannot successfully cater for
it. Paulding, and Bryant, and Halleck, and Irving
and Cooper, were all very well in the days when
they first wrote aad raised sensation; they under
stood the tone Of that period and they wrote
accordingly; but they have had their day,
and that day is gone. The present rase Of wr-
tiers are all wrong. The mandy pamby trash they
produce, does not go down. The tendancy Of society
is to 60 back to the sterling literature Of the olden
time-to the ancient literary, moral and philosoph-
cal tone of the Bible Look at the state of society
as Swallowed forth in the Bible; in Homer; in the
olden time, before it corrupted by the fastidi-
business Of modern FOOLS and say if il not preera
bic to what has been since Shakespeare drew all his
and scenes and sentiments from tie
Bible; and hence he is writer for all times and to
succeed now, we mist 60 back to the tone Of the
Bible, with its high and lefty tone and sterling
sense.