The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-15

ships will the remotest risk of their
safety We have thus fur only lost four passengers,
who have left from necessity and not from choice
This shows the great confidence placed in our ships by
the large number passengers who remain by the
sell although offered the refundng Of their passage
money.
The Steamship United States.
From the Liverpool Abionl
On Saturday afternoon the new steamship Unted
States, under the command OF Capt Hac kstaff, ar
rived at Liverpool from New York, after sue
cessfu trip the Atlantic of thirteen days and
fifteen hours. The interest of the spectators
particularly excited by the fact that she is the first
American steamer, propelled by paddle-wheels,
that has entered the Mersey. AS she steamed
steadily up the river which was almost calm, her
large form was seen to advantage. She displayed
at the head of the foremost the British ensign and
on the peak of the mizen the American ensign
The United States is a fine looking vessel the hull
being formed more after the style OF the New YORK
struction of British steamers. She Is built very
full both fore and aft, which gives the vessel great
| length of flooring and increased buoyancy She
has neat blllet-head, richly gllded, ana round
| also gilded, on white ground. she mas tnIee
stowage for $50 tons of COAL there is room for 800
| to 1000 tons of freight. She has ample accommo-
dation for lGO cabin passengers. The saloon IS 80
feet long, and fitted up with two rows OF dining
tables.
Newspaper Postage In England.
1t was some time since reported IN the papers,
and afterwards contradicted, that newspapers, by
having penny stamp on them, may contain any
remarks or writing on the paper OF the newspaper,
y for saying, that newspapers may go to- any part
of the country, if written all over, provided they
have penny stamp on them.
Important from France.
After the extraordinary excitement in the Pari-.
sian capital incidental to the prodigious display OF
troops and National Guards which took place last
week, our nelghbors have subsidized into a CALM
Not fewer than 10000 armed men assisted at the
recent great spectacle of national traternzatlon
| and this demonstration and the introduction OF a
considerable body of troops of the line into the
capital have concurred in maintaining tranquility.
The provisional government did not fail to seize
this grand opportunity once more, by means OF
National Guards, and to the army, to enforce It's
opinions. 1t declared that " order was guaranteed;
the security and independence of the national re-
that family and property are. sacred IN
dustry is free; credit revives; specie, burned by
dstrust, reappears labor, the property otthe ope-
ratlve, is created by government, surrounded by
institutions protective of the rights OF the poorest
| and the weakest. Fraternity will not be mere
ceremony; it will be the law" How far these
declarations are in accordance with the passing
occurrences, our readers can determine.
On Sunday the great event OF the elections I'M
! medlately followed the spectacle OF the Thursday
previous; and fortunately all the approximations en-
terained of great disturbances during the progress
of this formaity have been falslfied The voters
have performed their duties in Paris without any
interruption of the public peace indeed, the quiet.
ness which prevails, and the paucity OF actual
voters compared with the number of real electors,
would argue indifference of public spirit rather than
any vehement degree of patriotism or the other
As the returns would only be complete on Friday In
Paris We shall have scarcely time to form deliberate
opinion of the general result of this election. upon
which depends the future happiness of France and the
general peace Of the world In the meantime, great
complaints made Of the open bribery and corrup-
ton nseparabe from universal suffrage Stringent en-
beavers have been made by the authorities
| 0f ha lpcfiv franc
have each procured, with apparent facility, no fewer
than eight tickets emitting them to vote as
many times, and MS the provisional government
| is charged with using secretly undue influence
| through the army, and Louis Blanc and Albert,
purity of election is not altogether immaculate or
free from suspicion The provisional mt con-
crsss Notwthsta ndns its irst pledge. that no sys
tenn Of taxes should be imposed by the provso nal go
vsrnment that it belonged to the national delegates
to decide this point. and that opposite conduct
| its part would imply the bodost usurpaton-in spite
Of this decree has been issued aboshing the tax on
SALT which 10 to take effect on the LIST January next
ma ny months after the National Assembly shall have
met together. In lieu Of this unquestionably OBJ
posed a tax on the rent Of apartments, &c, and
also tax of one per cent on oil mortgage moneys,
whether on funds or on the land either held in trust
waiting the judgment of the law sourts Bedcs this
serious income tax aimed to be levied property the
provisional seems resolved to put it out Of
the of their successors whoever they may be- to
restore matters to the ante quo in any department
The judges have been removed from their Offices under
since 1880 with monarchical bias incompatible wthre-
publican views.
Tho provisional government has also passed decree
definitely aboishing slavery in all the colonies and
possessions Of the French republic The decree is to
take effect two months after its publication in the
onies An indemnity Is to be granted to the slave
owners the amount and form of which is to be liked by
the National Assembly AL traffic in slaves is to be in
tcrdcted between propretors from the date of the pub
LEGATION of the decree, and measures to be taken to
prevent the introduction of free aborer from Senegal
as at present by England from the west
| eruc nat If Africa with these issuing
daily after the other scarcely leaving us breath
ing time to discuss the merits or demerts Of any one
of them. cannot but ask ourselves by what author
ty the provisional government ventures upon such
sweeping changes and whether such arbitrary ordi-
in accordance with any principle of repre-
| sentative government, and with their declared
principles of action? The provisional government
seem apparently resolved eoue qui eoute to pass Ger
tain DEGREES to render reaction work of utter
mpossiblity. As anticipated, the railways in ac-
tua work throughout France have been appropriated
the State and the owners Of the shares to be re-
mbursed in five per cent stock valued at tho average
price Of the last six months the shares being appraised
upon the principle. The unfinished lines will
doubt be seized upon also but the terms of indem
MITIGATION will be different owing to the unequal posi-
ton of the funds and property Of the respective COM
panies
| By our latest accounts it would appear that the
provisional government has come to the wise detcrmi-
| nation to dispense the German bands Of marauders
who lowering the Rhensh frontiers The alleg-
ed reason s "because of its liability to uncas
| to the German States and to commit the repub
| lie in with its ncighbors.n If the provisional GO
vernment will persevcre in this policy for France, she
yet be saved AS far as We can collect from the
confused accounts receive Of the elections through
out France attended they have been with tho most
wholesale bribery and corruption, and even violence,
we think the Assembly will be decidedly republi-
can but rather Of moderate than of ultra charac
| ter Lanartino appears to have received the unan-
nous vote Of all parties Dupont de iEure, Marrast,
Arago, Marie GARNER Pages, Belmont. Carnot and
Cremieux, rank after him NM. Cormenin Berangcr.
the poet) Lamme ais come next Albert stands 25th
the list Of the second reimbursement NM Ledru-
Rollin, Eocon, and Louis Blanc much lower in the
list, but their return is said to be certain Odillon
Barrot LHerbcttc Vavin, and Quenitte, son Of the
convcntionalist. have been elected in the department
| of the Aisnc. All the coaportcrs, boatmen, &c. in
| Paris, voted for Prince Louis Napoleon.
The French army comprises 537 900 men, and
has greatly increased since the revolution In the pro-
vinces great discomfort prevails, and the schemes Of
the ultras to overthrow the government still caused
apprehe nsion in Paris plot to blow up the Hotel dc
Vile, and to make the republic democratic than