The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-16

Yitery. The RED PEOPLE appear u dinegard Alto
GetAeS the treaty they recently entered into with
the government officers, and il 10 feared that .
much larger body of troops win have to be placed
in that vicinity before they VIII cease their depre
datiens upon the settlers.
The Union, arrived yesterday, brought Us Kings
ton, Jamaica, papers OF the sth inst, SIX days
later thar our previous advices There is no news.
The intelligence Of the investigatcn by Admiral
Seymour, into the Prometheus affair. lie confirmed.
The message Of Gov. johnson, Of Virginia, was
sent "a the Legislature OF that State, en- Monday.
GOV. Fort, Of New Jersey, presented his message
on Wednesday. Both documents have come to
hand, and an abstract of them will be given 10 to-
mCrrow's Herald.
Last evening the dstricrtion Of prizes Of the
Arssts Association took place at Hope Chapel,
when twenty-nine were drawn, varying in value
from $500 down. There wss no barney or humbug,
or mutual admiration. The whele affair was like
what might be expected from sytists-euies and
without osten.ation. There appeared to be perfect
satisfaction al sides, which lie mere than can be
said for the Art Union.
The steamship Asia is no W IN her thirteenth day
from Liverpool. and may be here within an hour.
TIE EMiGRAsT CArAsrRopME-W IS Res
PoNsipLEl-HoRRIHLE PIcTrnE or TIE Treat.
MENr or EMiGRANrs Tho sensation produced b y
one calamity in New York, scarcely dies away
when the feelings Of tic community are forthwith
shocked by another. II is only three four weeks
since tie schoolhouse catastrophe filed the city
With "lamentation, and mourning, and woe" And
now We hsye another casual y Of the very same des
cription, produced by tho very same cause, with
hie hat ha ut n
but emigrant women, class of persons much re-
semblipg children in their ignorance, simplicity,
and hclplessness, and equally liable to be Influenced
by panic.
But, as in the case Of the school calamity, so in
thisthere is another that lies a. the hack Of
the immediate cause Of the slaughter. 1t ia the
cuipable neglectthe carelessness, Of the officials of
the Commissioners of Emigration. The jury have
expressed an opinion on the subject, which is we'll
enough far it goes; but it does not touch the
root Of the matter, and that is the appointment OF
proper persons to administer the laws regulating
the enigrant Institution. The jury speak Of the
improperly of crowding so many persons into one
building. 1t was this inLuman treatment that was
the first cause of the catastrophe; for if the build
ing had no. been crowded to excess with those poor
creatures, the panic would not have been attended
with such fatal results. 1t appears from the evil
dence, too, that the man with the key could not be
found to unlock the door-otherwise the lives of the
victims would have been saved.
We have had frequent complaints from the
officers of the Sixth ward police Of the manner
in which the emigrant institution in Canal street
has been managed, ever since it was opened, and
Of the cruelties practised upon those defence
less strangers who seek an asylum there. But
we have now fortunately the sworn uncontra-
dicted testimony Of witnesses to prove those
allegations. John Lane swears that the door
was locked at the foot Of the stairs, jus. by the
broken banister, which prevented the women
from egress, and the man who had the key did
not come in time TO unlock the door-otherwse
the lives Of the victims would have been saved.
The same witness also swears that the em:grants
both males and females, get very bad and rough
treatment in the Canal street establishment. The
officers used to club them with a broom stick, or
any other stick they could get near their hands.
II n man only looked sour in consequence Of the
miserable way in which the emigrsnts were treated,
fellow with club would strike him. All those
in the establishment were rough. They had no
beds, nor straw, but were in mud and dirt. He
never heard any one check the Keepers who en-
ployed these clubs. Finally, the witness swears
there was no use Of complaining.
Is not this a horrible state of things Fearful as
the calamity was it seems almost relief from the
misery al suferings the unfortunate people were
doomed to endure from the incapacity and heart
essness Of those to whose care they wore entrusted
by the State. We End human beings, made, as the
Bible tells us, in the image Of God, huddled to-
gether in dirt and mud like swine, or worse than
L 3,
in to be buried alive in the event Of fire. or to be
killed in The case Of a panic from false alarm.
Here is subject Of inquiry for the secre. commit
tee Of the Legislature sitting in Wall street Let
them not forget this item in the coming report
Meantime We ask the Commissioners Of Emigration,
will they retain in their service the present officers
in The Canal street establishment The witness
has sworn they were all rough and bad. We sha |
whether they will be all dismissed or not at the
next sitting of the Board, Sometime ago. at
Wards Island, one Of the doctors was d,:lni sed
for pushing a woman down stairs; and since that
time, on aking application for re appointment
he was rejected on the alleged ground OF his former
act What is sauce Tor the goose is sauce for the
gander
Cor p'ErAr IN pENAsI.vANlA.--Th force OF
example is wor derful. Initiating Louis Napoleon
the womtn Of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on the
visit of hcssuth, Tuesday last The Legislature
of that Stale, marched in a body, being several
hundred in number, into the hall Of the House OF
Representatives, and ri e arms Il this, ELECTED
he members, and took possession Of the seats
They would no. bulge foot, and the old Keystone
State was completely under petticoat govern
mtn, Ne tGdo and he jige, for an entire day. Tae
members Of the House pronounced ag linst the in.
tervention, bat their efforts were a failure. The
military called out 70 suppress tho gu break