The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-10-05
[From Bells London Weekly Messenger.


well as 1t has been commenced
This measure is IN substance as follows 1T is
confidently reported among persons whose station
and intelligence entite them to credit that when the
protest and declaration OF the Mexican government
against the annexation of Texas reached London,
and was officially communicated to our government
by the Mexican Minister, orders were Immediately
issued to our naval commanders at Halifax, and in
the West Indies, to send off, by single ships, as many
vessels OF war as could spared, and the departure
OF which would not excite any special notice Con-
currently with this order, single ships have also
been sent of from other remote stations the coast
Africa and Brazil and are at this time assembling
in the Gulf of Mexico " 1t is thus the object OF Sir
r. Peel" says our authority, gradually and secret
ly to assemble considerable naval force In the
Mexican seas, which Is to act as occasion may arise
and at all events to prevent any blockade by the
American navy, should the Mexican government
proceed further in their declaration of war"
We believe the statement to be true within the
extent in which we are about to quality it. Ii is not
intended by our own government to give umbrage
10 the United States but certainly to exhibit an APP
pearance Of vlgor and mediate preparation, which
may not be wltho Its effect upon the govern
ment and Mr. Polk. The immediate and osIensible
object OF the armament, or rather OF the assembling
OF British squadron oil the principal Mexican port,
Is to secure and defend our trade against the priva-
teers and letters OF marque which would immedi-
ately follow upon an American and Mexican war
We understand, also, that its purpose will be to
MAINTAIN what has become an established principle
In our Courts of Admiralty, namely, that though bel
hgerent parties may blockade the single pores ofeach
other there shall be no blockade of thellne of coast
that every blockade shall be actual and not consruc
tive, and therefore shall extend no further than to
the frontage actually blockaded by competent
force: That, therefore, no American blockade of
the Mexican coast shall be allowed. and no other in
reference with British neutral trade than such as
to prevent vessels from entering single ports ac-
tually blockaded
From the London Herald, Sept 1871
Most OF our readers will recoect the anecdote of
hay he TO
part OF his lite IN composing panegyrics on the
Court OF Louis XIII. In general, and on Cardinal
Kicheleu IN particular, and having repeatedly APP
Piled to his eminence for the grant of small pen
sion, offered at last what he thought an ndsruta-
BILE drgnnentum I'D hOminem: F." Mdise Mo1set gneur
u fdmt r,cre," and was answered, -" Maise, Mon
sieur," cooly, by the kind hearted cardinal, "je
men pois pas la nccessitc" Most probably the poet
died of starvation, to make good his eminence's
repartee.
A similar answer is given by the kind hearted
Americans, to the happy Immigrants who have the
good fortune to starve in the land of civil and reli-
gious liberty. We scarcely take up New York or
Philadelphia newspaper, without meeting some
shocking cases of death from want. 1t is all very
well to say that America Is the land OF abundance
This, doubt, is more or less true in the interior
and far west But even there without money,
which to poor man it is impossible to obtain
without employment, 1t is difficult to procure a
share OF that same abundance, and it is no less i'm
possible IN the larger cities, where such abundance
certainly does not prevail. The Federal Govern.
ment OF the United States has no poor laws and
has not In its power to the constitution,
to eglsate upon the subject. The individual sOve-
reign States, have, more or less something called
poor law, which in fact consists in nothing more
than law to enrich the State treasures, more than
to benefit the poor. According to this law,
more especially in the States OF Massachusetts,
New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, every
passenger on his arrival any port of those States
has to pay one dollar, for which the state guarantees
that ne shall be provided Tor in of sickness or
want. This money must be paid, and it is paid, be-
cause the ships owner is responsible for it, Fur
her, the expenses of naturalization amount to five
dollars or about twenty-one shilngs sterling, per
head, and this money, according to act OF the
several Federal Congresses sdestined for the same
purpose. This law has been in force since the year
1872, and according to Dr. Seybert's excellent sta
tstical tables OF the United States, the number OF
passengers landed at the ports OF New York, Phila
delphla and Baltimore, from the year 1890 to 1875
amounted to upwards of 100000; consequently
of dollars came into the treasures of these
four States. The number OF immigrants has, since
that period, much increased, and consequently the
sums paid into the State treasures might most GER
talnly have enabled the governments of the differ
ent States to extend the establishments for the re.
cepion of the distressed. This, however, they
have not thought proper to do on the other hand,
they have considered 1t more expedent to turn to
their own use the moneys paid to them for that par
ucular purpose The number of passengers landed
at the port OF New York in the year l843 amounted
to between 3C0,Co0 and 100000 1t is certainly
falr calculation to assume that out OF this number
least one. halt per cent, after having been confined
during long voyage in badly ventilated steerage,
and then arriving, mostly during the hottest
OF the year, In country, the climate of which is
to say the least, tar from healthy, may become sick,
consequently unable to work, and be thus deprived
of the means of support Now. all the provision
which the State government of New York has in
Its generosity thought proper to make for these
poor people who have paid for their admittance into
the republic, is an institution called the "New York
which ut rpafp m
may possibly accommodate about 5000 poor and
sick; but let it be well understood that this nstitu-
,lon Is not exclusively Tor foreigners, but is cacu
lated for the whole population of the city of New
York, which, according to the last census, amounts
to very near 400, 900 souls.
II may be sad that comparatively very few of the
enormous number OF immigrants remain in the
large cities that by far the greater proportion pro-
coed at once to their final places Of settlement,
whether these may be on the healthy shores OF
the lakes, or on the Presidential banks Of the Mssis-
sippl. Does that place them out of reach OF want
and disease? or have the different governments OF
the more Western States although they have re-
ceived no share of the money paid by the immi-
grants, on their landing, been generous as to pro.
vide tor them! Far from itnot trace of the dollars
paid at New York is to be found in the far west
The wretched Immigrants may starve, or il they
prefer 1t, die OF the ague as they please, with the
consolation that the hard-earned dollar which they
have paid may probably of these days contribute
towards reestabshing the lost credit of the Sove-
reign States.
But this is not all. The "Native American Par
ty" insist upon law that In future every new i'm
migrant, besides paying his admission money, shall
De furnished with awelLauthentlcaed certificate of
nus respectabillty and capability OF supporting
himself This, we believe, is the first instance OF
the KIND known In the history OF any country and it
IS not less remarkable in nation which is indebted
or It's existence and hourshing condition to TO-
relgners, to whom 1t makes no promise of return or
compensation tor the money extorted from them.
From Liverpool Mail Sept and l31
AL this port alone there have been several forfeit
ures Last spring an importation Of American but
Ter came with holder brand, to wit, "Cork, BEST"
ana me bunch of grapes Brother Jonathan smart
ness nad nearly lost him his butter, but it happened
70 escape the notice of the landing officers and got
stored IN the bonded warehouse, when the consgn-
ees observed 1t, and gave voluntary information Of
the ilegallty therefore they were permitted to re-
snip It to the place 1t came irom as it would have
passed into consumption, but for their superior no
nesty; A lot Of 100 boxes of American cheese
branded "Snglc Gloucester is condemned : ano-
"A