The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-30

sa.ould receive the assent Of both Congress ana Inc
New York Legislature, in order to give validity 70
the ceson and unless this assent should be given in
two years the act win become void. Something
should be done for these people.
Some pretty strong speeches were made at the
meeting Of the Antislayery Society OF the New
England Methodist Conference, at Ipswich, Mass
the other evening" See the synopsis Of the proceed
ings, elsewhere
The committee appointed by the Legislature TO
examine the alleged frauds of the managers of the
Art Union met yesterday at the Astor House, but
the petitioners counsel not being ready to proceed
with the case, the investigation was adjourned over
until Monday morning at eleven o'clock.
The remains of Mr.. James Rauveau, a veteran
soldier of the war of 1872 were inferred with mill
tary honors by his surviving comrades, yesterday.
He was buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
veteran of seventy four years, named Samuel G.
Woodbridge, was run over and instantly killed, by
railroad train, near Reading, Mass, on Thursday.
We learn from Halifax that the crew of the ship
Winchester are now undergoing trial for out
RACES committed at upon the female passengers,
Of which mention has already been made. Three Of
the parties have been discharged, upon the plea
that they were not British subjects
murder Of another woman. The victim, it appears,
resided alone and her house having been closed for
several days. it was broken open, when the body was
discovered in horribly mangled condition and the
throat cut The frequency Of these revolving crimes
would almost warrant the supposton that the mania
for numbering females is contagious. We elsewhere
give an account Of villanous attempt by . man to
take the life of . woman by hurting her down
precipiee, in Ulster county, last Sunday.
Three women and boy persisted by the burning
of hotel in Rochester, early yesterday morning
Nothing but few charred bones of the victims
were discovered among the ruins, after the flames
were subdued.
Albany is believed to be infested with gang Of
the most desperate and heartless incendiaries
Scarcely night passes that the torch is not applied
to one or more buildings and during the progress Of
the flames the miscreants generally manage to pilage
the neighboring premises pick the pockets Of tn
by-standers. The Mayor offers reward of fvgl
hundred dollars for the arrest Of the williams.
Spontaneous combustion is supposed to have
caused the destruction of cotton factory, together
with many other buildings, at Pawtucket, R. l., on
Thursday evening.
Advices from Newfoundland declare that the seal
fishery season has been the most successful ever
known. Animals to the number Of quarter Of a
million have already been obtained
The PAYERS in the employ Of the New York corpo-
ration held meeting last night, aHd determined to
memorabilia the Common Council for an advance Of
wages of from twelve shillings to two dollars
day.
In addition to q great number Of advertisements,
todays inside pages contain City, Police, Court,
Theatrical, Railroad and Canal Intelligence; Details
of the Horrible Railroad Accident in Michigan; the
recent Confagration in Boston; Interesting Letter
from Nicaragua; Proceedings Of the Art Union In
| vestgating Committee; New Hotels, and the Ar
preaching Season at the Watering Places; Trade
Meetings; Commercial Reviews, and great variety
of paragraphs relating to matters of every descrp
ton.
Peace Among tho Nations-Thc Grand Po
sition and Destiny OF these United States.
The prophet Isaiah has predicted that the
time will come when there will be universal
millennium among the various nations and races
Of men and animals inhabiting the face Of tho
earth-that happy epoch when men shall beat
their swords into ploughshares, and their
spears into pruning hooks" and shall cease the
dirty work Of cutting each others throats at the
bidding of their masters. The -transcendental
philosophers and spirit rappers of these latter
days second the motion Of the prophet, and tell
us there is "good time coming" The uni
versal peace societies are exultant at the aus
picious signs OF the times. As in the days, the
golden days of King Solomon and Augustus
Caesar, there is a general peace prevailing
throughout the world, with some trifing ex-
ceptions which we shall presently recapituiate,)
and gold is more plentifully supplied to New
York and London than it ever was, in all its
glory. to Jerusalem or to Rome.
We say that peace prevails in the four quar-
teTs of the globe. The revolutionary elements
Of Europe appear to have utterly wasted their
energies in the disastrous eonvulsions Of 1913
40. The Continent is quiet even to extraordi-
nary .dulness. The emeute at Milan was sup
pressed in massacre-the Montenegrine war
is ended-the entente cordiale between Eng
land and France has been restored by deputa-
ton of London merchants to Louis Napoleon
Austria and Prussia are as quiet as the strong
hand of all powerful aaspotienI Gun make them
Italy is paralyzed, and PROSTATE at the feet of
Radetsky and the Pope-Hungary is cut up
into fragments thing in the politics of
the Continent is stale stupid. dull and heavy,
excepting the interesting negotiations pending
between the agents Of the naughty Gear and
the apparently doomed, but courageous Sultan
of Turkey. Thus much for Europe. But for
the enterprisng and indefatigable Nicholas,
in pushing forward the Anglo-Saxon idea of ex-
pansion and annexation. the affairs Of the Con-
tinent would be like the sluggish, bitter waters
of the Dead Sea, scarcely stirred into ripple
by the passing winds.
In Asia there appears to exist the same gene
raj torpor, notwithstanding the still continu-
ing liberating expeditions Of the British armies
among the heather nations around them, and
Notwithstanding the progress of those ludi-