The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-01
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Summary of News.
Ore Of our correspor dents writes tn 1t rumors are
current in Washington city Of another extensive
fraud on the government that the money abstract
ed was under the immediate control Of the State
Department. and that Secretary Webster had
made arran gements for the arrest of the guilty
party but was too late-the latter having left the
capital. There is o screw loose somewhere. 1t IS
impossible for all these strange reports concerning
the mana cement Of our national finances to spring
mp spontaneously there must be germs at their
roots. Some members of the cabinet and clerks
of depar tments are either unprecedentedy corrupt
or unaccountably stupid else, they are most out.
ragcously and vilanously slsndered. Time, per-
haps, will tell.
The proceeding sc In the State Legislature yes
terday, may be SUNNI ed up in few words In the
Senate, a,bill was reported for the relief Of the
New York Volunteers, and notice was given of
another for an appropriation to aid negroes who
will emigrate to Liberia. Tha. many Of those
volunteers who contracted diseases while on the
battle fe Ids in Mexico, in absolute want, there
Is no doubt; consequently, an appropriation for
their benefit, would be very acceptable; but
whether the colored people will avail themselves of
an appropriation to carry them to Liberia, is
ther question. According to their recent demon.
straAions, q large portion of them are too we'll
satiefed with their quarters here, to wish for
change. The Senate passed the bill amending the
charter Of the Brooklyn 6 as Company. The AS.
sembly was principally occupied in the discu ssion
Of q bill, the main object Of which was to levy
road toll on funeral professions in Kings county
Several members expressed their astonishment
that measure Of this kind should be advocated by
Christians; and, on motion Of Mike Walsh, the
enacting clause was stricken out.
We are, to day, enabled to give the conclusion Of
the letter of the Roman Catholic Bishop at Pitts
burg 70 Kossuth Bishop O'Conner plainly informs
the Magyar that the chief cause Of his unpopularity
with the Catholics is the fact of his having, while
in England, enthusiastically eulogized that govern
ment as model to be cherished and adored by all
true levers Of liberty while, at the same time, he
was we'll aware that the Catholics b ,d not only bean
recently prosecuted and mobbed By large numbers
OF the people Of that country, bu; that a law was
enacted by the government which practically made
it penal offence TO worship according to the Ro
mish creed, and virtually placed the persons and
property Of those belonging to that particular
church within the power, and at the mercy, of the
officers Of the crown This policy was, at the time,
pronounced unjust and abominable by the most
eminent Protestant statesmen in the world. Not
withdrawing all this persecution and intolerance,
Kossuth Landed " free and happy England" The
Bishops grounds for opposing The Magyar appear
to be founded on plain common sense and will. pro.
baby do more to ure his cause in the estimation
Of the Catholics, rs we'll as liberal minded Protes.
tants than anything Of caEian chara ,ter that
has hitherto made its appearance.
Kossuth has raised six thousand dollars in Pitts
burg and ite vicinisy-princpa!iy from the small
contributions OF the working classes, numbers of
whom he has personally visited in the foundries,
factories, &C. We predicted that be would gain
more real, substantial, unmistakable sympathy in
the West than be had hitherto recevedin he differ
ent cities east Of the Aleghanes, where the people
got CD q magnificent paraies and luxurious banqusts
which, like bubbles, dszzied for moment in the
sunshine, then exploded and left nothing to ndi-
cate that they had ever existed. Butt while he is
making friends and money in the West, he is des'
tined 70 meet with GOODNESS AMI perhaps repulse
from Ire South. The City Council Of Louisville
have unanimously rejected resolution inviting the
Magyar to that place. and, from what we can learn,
nearly TIE same feeling Of opposition to him is
manifested throughout the Southern country.
Late adyices from the revolutionists in Northern
Mexico state that Caravajal has been greatly re-
inforced. and will shortly make another, and, it is
supposed, more successful attack on Matamo7as
Ayalos. the Mexican commander, ia also iaid to
have large number Of troops in readiness to repel
and destroy the revolutionists. IL matters but
little which comes Of conqueror. The opposing
parties are about on q par, and it would, perhaps,
be Advantage to that section Of the country il
they we're to annihilate each other.
The Indians are still very troublesome and hos
tile in Texas They recently attacked Mr. Yates
and four Others in the western part of the state,
and carried Of Their nues and three thousand dol
lars in gold. The War Department should send
out few moro companies Of dragons to look after
these savages One company Of Dragons is worth
about ten Of infantry, in eight with the Ca
mspohes.
In another column the reader will End an account
Of the discovery Of the remains ofthe missing young
pedlar at Philadc pha Jean Lchm ~, the deceased,
had be- d III ssing since the sth ut and when last
sosn was known to have a considerable sum Of
money in bis possession. lie had evidently been
brutally murdered, and whom found his body was
On, in pieces and enclosed in three different sacks
which were found i'm bedded in the leo on the banks
of the Schuyllill. Suspicious are aaoat that the
brothers Mcbride one Of whom killed the Q her a
fev DAYS sirce al Port Richmond, in connection
18th others were cjroerned In the horrible murder
OF poor Lehman.
The steam ships HUMBOLDT and Niagara are over
a.. f,or, Liyerpool-the former with -four days
md the latter with one weeks later news from all
parts Of Europe.