Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-05
NEWS THE MoRrIEe

Boston, were to-day ordered to proceed to
the Portsmouth N. H. navy yard, to await
instructions to sail for the Fishing
Grounds.
We have no idea that this efficient
squadron is sent thither under the inn
preston that their servicesmay beactually
needed; but rather in order to assuage the
apprehensions of American citizens i'm
mediately interested in the settlement of
the pending international question, lest
the Government may not pay due atten-
ton to the protection of American inter-
ests in that quarter. Mr.. Champion, the
British Minister, has already gone there,
we presume, to confer with the British
civil and naval authorities, in the belief
that his presence and advice will do mech
towards warding off all danger of collision.
Again we repeat, no apprehension of
conflict ever this question need be felt.
So far, both Governments have taken their
measures in connection with this question
with an apparent determination that it
shall not canse serious trouble to the citi-
zens of either.
The authorities ofthe Navy Department
deserve great credit for the promptness
with which they have complied with the
Presidents requisition for thethreevessels
above named, which will 20 forth in
complete order, and on the very shortest
notice.
We learn by telegraph and otherwise
that the Hon. Pierre Soule has reached
New York, (avoiding Washington by the
way, en- route for Madrid.
An immense number of persons from
the country for fifty miles around poured
into New York yesterday, to pass the
fourth. Every steamboat and railroad
conveyance thither was overloaded. A
million were supposed to have been in
the streets of that city during the day.
All the places of recreation and dissipa-
ton there of course did grand business.
The usual ceremonies were observed and
the usual displays took place. Half a
million of people are estimated to have
witnessed the customary display of fire.
works in the Park, in the evening.
We have similar advices from all the
other coast cities north of us. The
crowds in their streets were principally
composed of persons from a distance,
their own pleasure-seeking population
being glad of the opportunity to escape
the city for the day, on excursions per
railroad and steamboat, pic-nics, &c.
Four hundred and five deaths occurred
;-->Es'r TWIN uuIIns ,ase rvch, DeIng one
hundred and fifty-six less than the num-
occurring during the week before. Thun-
der storms are to be thanked for this.
There were only six cases of sun stroke,
and SIX of congestion of the brain, while
the week before there were twenty of
the former, and twenty-one of the latter.
vi Cholera infantum there were forty-five:
commissions, thirty-nine consumption,
thirty-four various infammations. FORTY
four; dropsical diseases, thirty-seven :;
diarrhea, twenty-three ;dysentery, four
teen marasmus, sixteen and apoplexy,
ten. The deaths among children under
one year of age numbered one hundred
and sixty, whereas during the week pre-
vious they reached two hundred and fifty.
An effort was made in November last,
at Southampton, England, to arrest MIR.
Neems, mate of the American mail steamer
Herman, who had a difficulty with
waiter of the vessel. The captain refused
to give him up to the English police, on
the ground that in case of his own illness
On the voyage, Mr.. Y. could alone be en-
trusted with the command of the ship.
The American consul justified the CAP
tain's conduct. The ship sailed with Mr..
Veems on board. On her return, Mr..
Veems gave himself up, and no prosecutor
appearing, he was discharged. The New
York Herald conceives this action to set
a precedent authorizing the future inter-
ferance of foreign police so as to prevent
the sailing of American ocean steamers
from abroad) on their appointed time,
whenever any of their hands may be in
duced to get up frivolous charges against
their officers