The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-07
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
New York, June a, 49,

the customs deparment-iha branch OF the public
vice which, IN IFS intimate connexion with the operations
OF commerce, exhibits such immense comprehension
OF details Port collectors now have been found who,
exhibiting al the outset OF their official abundant
zeal Tor reormaory measures. have presently fallen into
lchsrgc state, under the impression that all had been
done IN this that could be done, with reverena dread
oil touching framework SO vast and curious. Ii has
been made PLAIN that the present collector OF this port
does not imagine either that abuses be instantly dis
posed OIL or that when disposed OF, abuses not
liable to spring up record OF his researches into mat
eis about the custom house up TO the present moment
would prove highly sdifying. He has lighted on nun.
Der OF officials nourshed, il not born, under the wing
regime who have done nothing more, and possibly
known nothing more, than 10 draw their quarters salary
He has found the public stores, which contain,
average, fifty millions OF dollars worth OF property. with
sufficient regulations indeed, for protection these
complied WITH but negligeniy guarded day and night
wachmen, the latter especially, taking occasionally
French leave. with presented opportunities temptations
Those who seek outward signs OF the efficiency OF the
new collector may be referred very safely 10 results, the
waiting for which. however requires patience.
Two OF the British commissioners to the Worlds Fair
have arrived they confronted the directors
OF the Crystal Palace than they represented in very few
but erse words, the absolute Necessity oil announcing
set day for the opening Near or distant, il was ndis-
penrable that the public should know it, This represent
alton admitted OF 10 eav and the period has there
fore, been deini,ively fixed Other governments than
the English appear to have been apprized OF the de-
lay though not officially. The directors in giving
niimation OF The fact must be allowed to have failed
in an important obligation. The Earl OF Ellsmore has
even come under the rebuke OF London Journalists for
sacrificing time TO dignity in embarking ship
which will We, be in or, long before the day of open
ing.
msapprehension exists with reference to the sudden
departure Of The Sandman irigae San Giovanni The
melee tba, occurred shortly after its arrival in
trs occasoned GOODNESS of feeling towards the officers
sufficient 10 prevent any marked attention The frigates
however, has but sailed for Boston. and it is be pre-
sumed that the authorities there will be more forward in
demonstrations OF good will.
Mr. Evere,s late lecture before the Historical Society has
been objected ID its Identification of foreign labor
and capital with the present greatness OF this country This
offence is in part if not mainly, attributable 10 those in
fammaory appeals made by his party special sections
Of the population during the last presidential election Mr.
touched ,ess boldly the topic than lis merits JUST.
fed. Whilst American securities sought the present
rates by foreign capitalists, and our railroad and other
stock taken up eagerly, is surely of huml
ation that the channels of auxiliary aid to this gigantic
and rapid progress SO large and FULL
Our Chamber of Commerce has OF late lost all its
vigo OF the many important questions present asta.
ting in the commercial world, and which Immediately
affect us, il takes no active cognizancs. It's meetings
hardly exhibit quorun--s minutes little else than
entry OF data and signature of the presiding officer
The want Of any judiciary or executive power on
the part of the members akin TO that of the com.
mecia tribunals of other countries, may have some
thing to do with this. Whilst commercial oper.
atoms are being snplfed, their increasing extent
throws up continually for adjustment cases altogether
new, and which only be properly disposed OF by
| business men. That such tribunals will eventually be
established there is little reason doubt Action taken
disputed points according TO known custom, where
law is silen, and party aggrieved would vast
amount OF expensive and wearisome litigation.
Private adyces from Cuba exhibit new feature in
lis governmental policy. This lie in the form Of propo
silon TO The English government, 10 bcrate the slaves
on Cuban SOIL and indenture them apprentices whilst
natives OF the coast OF Africa shall be imported as mm
grants, TO be likewise indentured for given time This
will be a difficult proposition TO deal with Great Britain
the formal Liberation OF her slaves, endorsed the ar
premiership 81 stem, OF which tina, act condition.
and respecting which of her orators, in presence OF
large and Influential meeting held at Liverpool de.
led that, far dslnguishable from slavery this
system but the changing Of word of five letters into
one OF ten. Nor have yet any voluntary African
emigration. The very idea OF emigration precudes the
idea OF force. What, then, is Cuba aiming ail What
beneath this fair verbal does she design Since
the cessation the West India slave trade and the grad
ual reduction by Great Britain OF the diderential duty
between slave and freegrown sugar, the expectation of
this article from Cuba has than quinupled IN
amount lo not TO speak OF the relaxation OF labor and
partial abandonment OF enterprise in the British posses
sons, the clawed sugar OF Cuba is WORTH in difference
OF quality and refinement, from three seven shiipgs
per hundred weight, aud may be grown with slave labor
for twelve shngs per hundred weight, whIs. each hun
bred weight OF The former costs twenty shings Let
slave labor in Cuba fall OF, and the effect will al once
be seen in the new competition that will spring up from
without as well as in diminished supplies. No appren-
ceshp system the is understood in our vocabu
i larry, will make amends.
After more immediate and pressing topics on the alen-
ton of diplomats shall have been disposed Of there il
reason to believe that The provision Eng land
making for securing her northern Indian frontier will be-
come one OF the most prominent topics OF speculation
Her journalists already sugges. the application OF the
Monroe principle in The precluding the acquisition Of ter.
rory by any other power, with view TO the preserva-
lion OF this frontier from the 3oh to the Goth meridian
cas-, Of Greenwich. To look at the extent of such a
claim assuredly 10 find full justification for any adop
ton OF that principle on part. Commencing al
the meridian first men,oneJ, that frontier is truly the
Mediterranean, or the boundary OF Asia as far as the
Black sea; from that TO the Caspian, still the same
boundary for the watershed OF the Ccassian noun.
tain. and the Caucasus and from the Caspian
to the Sea of Ocboisk the waersed OF the Aia on the
mountain chains separating the rivers that fall into the
Arctic from those that flow into the Aral sea and
sou,hwards. But how shall be expected TO esteem
other nations to respect, acquisitions resulting, unlike
our own, in no development OF commercial resources
agricultural wealth The possession of the Indus hat
not secured the commerce OF Central ASIA and the