The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-26


respect TO the fugitive criminals who are now pro-
they are slaves and of African blood, though the
crimes of murder, piray arson, and robbery, have
been perpetrated by them, and under circumstances
of great atrocity, but, as the British authorities
say, Incidentally" merely.
We would remark, to prevent mistake, tina. the
term incidental" employed in the Canada press,
as being used by Mr.. Brigham, United states
Commissioner, as descriptive of Walsh taking the
pen knife, So, that he was accused of having
"robbed" Douso of, was not, as W, had supposed,
used by him. lie could, We apprehend, have used
it appropriately. We understand, also, that Mr.
b. "purposely avoided" all reference to the Bel
muda decision, and the numerous official declare
tions of the British authorities cited to him by
the prisoners counsel, and which have been
ferred TO 10 the Herald as conclusive against the
delivery of Walsh under the treaty; and that he
preferred to place his refusal simply the law Of
New York, and on the ground that no offence had
been committed, which, by those laws, could be
called "robbery," and for that reason the ease
not within the treaty. The invective Of the
Canada press against Mr.. b. is therefore u1jGsti-
fable. IL may he employed against the Hodlf, and
VIC shall not complain. The English authorities
cited by the Commissioner to show what constituted
robbery, by the English common law, require that
the taking should have been with force from the
person Of Douse, and anla,o tardrdi The Com
missioner decided the evidence did not prove the
forcible taking from the person, and ne observed
that the deportation was probably, simply to
facilitate the prisoners intended desertion whih,
We are led to presume, he considered was not the
kind Of arimn' necessary to constitute felon Gus
robbery. Proof of robbery independently Of the
desertion, would, doubtless, have caused Mr. 3.
to have adjudged the delivery of Walsh, but what
would be regarded independent of the deserton he
did not decide. Our view, under the British Bsr-
muda decision and authorities NO have referred to-
has been expressed, and the phrase "incidenta,"
invented by the Canada press, seems a proper one,
descriptive of any act "nece ssary to effect bis
cape" or " connected WITH and part of the
means of, his descrtion," and adopt it, and when
the arises, if it ia of homicide, that
judicial officer of the Untei States who goes one
jot or title beyond the British decisions have
referred to- ia the Of the oblig atoms
Of this treaty, will humiate himself and his coan-
Try by his excessive international comfy. large
section Of the Union will also have reason to CON-
plain that he has yielded one of their safeguards
and guarantees against the efforts Of foreign 60
yernment hostile to their domestic peace AMI
safety.
The IRISH CENsus.-Some time since we wrote
the subject of the appalling suffering of the Irish
people, as it was demonst ated by the &c re-
turns, and showed conclusvcly, to our satisfaction
at least if not to that Of others, that the decrease
in the population to a million and
hale kxv, ~
which gland has pursued towards her sister island
for few centuries past. The subject was COM
mented upon by other American newspapers and
the unanimous opinion is, that neither tho famine
nor its consequences "Providential dispen-
sation.' Engand's mercenary, cruel, selfish, unci-
vzed, anti Christian, impious, demoniac policy
towards lreland-and that alone-was the cause Of
the frightful waste OF life which has been Witnessed
in Ireland within few years, and she stands
victed of this monstrous niquity, before the world
and before heaven.
The London Times gives revolving picture of
the miserable condition to which ireland has been
reduced; but not a word Of censure of Englani
escapes its lips. 1t says:-
Cpquetior ably several hundred is Of thou-anls have
per,ned prs%asury y the famine BY inssr ey eh's
want Of feel! ~ insdnieien haotaon by want Of pel
cal aid by neglect Of neishbors by deserton Of friends
by the lowest possible existence, and by the ut
termost prostration Of spirits 4 quarter OF million
poor hudded at time in workhouses OF
tempore additions to them and even more than that
number OF habtatons swept from the earth testify TO
the almost incredible straits to which the Irish popula
ton has lately been reduced Health strength, wealth
hope and lie itself have fed from those Inflated shores
leaving behind miserable remnant continually more
Incapable of providing for itself fulfilling the many
ofices Of Christian community IL mus. needs Fare Ill
vsth the orphan the widow the cripple the aged aud
the other feeble classes when the healthier element
has been filtered away and they eft the dress be-
hind.
What spectacle to be exhibited in q civilized
country, in the nineteenth century. But why do
not the London Times and other English journals
investigate the causes oil this deplorable state OF
things, and point out the remedy that reason sug-
ges:s, to prevent, if possible, rsurren,e Of
such dreadful scenes Why do they not explain
to Us how it is that milton, capable Of supporting
three time. it, present population, has been reduced
to the necessity Of depending upon single root for
subsistence : The potato Is a wholesome esculcnt,
and millions of the Irish people, in their present
prostration, heartsickened, hopeless, and without
ambition Of any kind except to fee from the pla1as
that aii:ts their green sic, would be satisfied With
the potato an article Of food. But where is the
provsion against another season ofrot What
have they that by the same cause, their
land may not be again turned into a charncl house
This should Be the province Of the London Ttnes,
and the English press generally. Nc can do with
out their hyrocrtical winnings the dcsolation
that their government has caused. The world
would like TO discussion Of the remedies neces-
sary to prevent repetition Of Il, for i not beyond
human means 10 regtore Ireland, 50 much favored
as it is by nature, to her once happy condition.
Tn BLooNER COSTUME xD TIE CLEEGY.--A
newspaper published IN Springfield, Iassa shusctts,
stated the other day tina, two young ladies' OF Last
hampton, in that State, who had appeared in what
is termed the Blooner Costume, were waited upon
by the pastor Of the church which they belonged,
and informed by him that If they persisted in wear
il z that description Of dress, their connection with
the church should cease or, in other words, that
he would eXpcl or excommuni,ate hem We re-
frai frorn taLip- notirS Tho no