The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-29

bulary of Seward, everybody hrows what this
mesns In the mouth of the leader of the
free soil party Of mo Sia.e Of New York, il
r. the came The nng mage Of Fred Douglass The
object of Seward is very plGin-6rst, to get the
nomination. a0d then to rereal The Fugitive Slave
law, by el.cting members oi Congress under tho
inguerce Of that success
1t is true that General Scott did not write any
letters himself for he had already written enough but
Seward has written Them for him !; and, consider
ing the understanding and the relations between
| them, what Seward bns written is the same as if
| Scott red written il himself. aud as truly and
| accurately expresses his sentiments
| COLONEL Fremont AND OTHER MINING SrEcU-
LAToRs IN ELGLArp.-FIom the most reliable
counts received Ivy the last. steamer from Eogand
there seems to be doubt but that the Cali
tornia mining speculatons recently got up in Lon
| don, by Col Fremont. Mr. Wright. of San Fran
cisco, and Robert j Walker, have all ,uu.blea to
lieces and gone to ruin 1t will be remembered tnst
Colonel Fremont originally offered million Of
dollars for certain landed rights. embracing gold
mines. wbch be held in California. This offer
accepted by his fatber-in.law, Colonel Benton; but
when Colonel Fremont came to understand the
tIaordirary vslue Of the property. be refused bis
consent the bargain backed out Of it, and went
to London for the purpose of receiving, as he ex-
pecttd from five to len millions of dollars for his
interest in those lands. Recent accounts, however,
il dictate that all hose specuations have exploded.
including also the mine valued at more than mil
lion cf dollars for which Robert J. Walker is
agent.
These mining speculations and comra lies, in Lon
den. have been brought down, in consequence Of in
teliigeDce received through The correspondents Of
the London papers, sent to California for the ex-
press purpose of collecting information on the sub
ieet. 1t seems that intelligence of these
movements il London ard this city reached Caifor.
MIA, the squatters immediately moved upon the very
lards winch claimed ly Fremont and others
and set at defiance all the agents sent out by the
mining spectators and companies, from London
or New York. The right Of Fremont and others to
these lands was denied. and the individual gold
diggers who urned up the earth and discovered the
Mines claimed all the rights which existed to them
information to this purport having been communi
Gated through the correspondents of the London
papers. entirely exploded al the companies in Lon
don; ard at the last accounts Colonel Fremont
was about returning to California, to see if he can
set things to rights.
specuatons originating in California or in this city
and carried oyer to London. will at all succeed now
The English capitalists and SPECTATORS have dis
covered California of their in Australia and
the government, and all other parties, will find it
their interest to discountenance every attempt of
California mining companies. and prevent their get
ting any foothold in England. in opposition to their
own Australian min ng companies OF course, we
| cot Gal mil pie in
London, as entirely burst up, from this time forward;
and even the mimi companies in this city. princ
pally got up by Greeley, Winchester and others, to
bumhug the people here, going in the same d.
rection, and have nearly all exploded. Every now
and then Greeley publishes puff Of these mines in
tic pepper under hi control, and endeavors, proba-
by. ;c get off few of the shares some green in
dividual But quartz mining and mining by COM
panes, of all kinds. to be completely put down
by the sturdy independence and determination Of
the individual gold dggers in California, who have
ou' Vi sfic eurrra ''--.- -en.~-
On DITs IN PeLITICs The leading candidates
for the Presidency having been nominated the po-
lirical circles of this metropolis now busy at
work in the manufacture of Mayors Governors,
Aldermen. Senators, Assemblymen, &c, &c. Both
parties are beginning to lay pipe for their several
their names. Among the democrats, some one is
very busy and very noisy, every other day, 10 nut
ting forward the of Colonel Curti. as candi.
date for Governor Who is Colonel Curtis? We
never heard Of him in public affairs before. We
have heard Of Mike Walsh. If he would not do,
why not put forward at once Captain Rynders He
is as good candidate, and better known. Among
the wings. we hear that Greeley and little Raymond
rivals for the Govern orship Colonel Webb will
not be candidate for the United States Senate, at
least this yeae Then for the mayoralty of this CITY,
! there numerous candidates both Sides who
| names will be put forward by and bye. But, above
all. we understand that the eetoa people, who hold
their meetings every and then ia the wards are
determined to run separate ticket for the city and
| State next fall. This is decidedly important
point. The teetotal ticket in this metropolis and
throughout the State at the next election will put
| both the old parties to their trumps. 1t may poll
fifty or sixty thousand votes throughout the State
and entirely derange all other political candidates
TIE PUBLIC HEALTH. On Saturday the Supreme
Court decided in favor Of the right of the Common
Council to abolish the Health Wardens of thu
city appointed by the City Inspector for the differ
ent wards. We sorry for that decision for au or
ganizaton of this kind il absolutely necessary The
police do not admit il to be of their dutics to
look after the cleanliness and health of the city
and who is to do it, except some paid servants of
the people? We are also sorry for another thing
and that's, that the appeal ofthe Corporation agans
The decision Of Judge Green sanctoning the collect.
ing of bones and the carrying Of them through The
street. was not broug by the Corporation Counsel
in suffice time to he decided till July, when great
deal Of mischief may be done. We arc glad to per |
cei'e that there is some activity in other quarters
counteract these abominable nuisanccs.
short time ago we adverted to the bone boiling
tablishmentsin the cities of Brooklyn and Williams |
burg which have The effect not only ofgenerating dis
in those cities but Of interfering with the ordi