Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-24
CRlME ~ TnE CRY OF Nrw YoRx.-The New York Ez.

URINE IN THE CiIf OF NEW oRK.-The New York Ex-
press in article on this subject saws:
"a practice il is well known has long been in sc,;vo
operation in England aud the European continent by
which the jils, when they get too full be manageable
cnped OF their prisoners and cargoes of fostering
vice and depravy, composed of these oscourings n
popular corruption shipped here These herds
OF thieves aud burglars and midnight robbers and assa
sins thrus: forth from the countries whose laws they
have disgraced and landed shores forooih to
commence their career OF vainy and wckedness and in
wider fields Ships loaded with them are arriving at or
ports every week. and dischasng the itid and morally
masmaiic cargoes all the country blightinr and
blasting society wherever they CO. spreading vice and do
b4uchery and disregard of the law 10 every spot where
they rest fimiliarzing mems minds with murder and
boofshed and rapne, aud turning society itself into
pm iemOnum Of devils where life or property
safe Aad yet with these deporabe facts staring us in
the face and threatening TO everything We hold
sacre we lie supinc apparently unmOvei by the eoor-
NIFTY Of evils that are dhrsng themselves around US ON
every sfe and t.ey suffering the social
aud destruction 60 on, without making the slightest Of
fort 10 prevent H. Our criminals are bad enough in
all conscience, without the additional reinforcement, u,
such overwhelming tide of vainy foreign sbips are
constantly Introducing among us. This system must be
stopped then, any sacrce for sacrifice save that Of
political integrity, personal honor would be too ea
that would terminate such wrong.
"LEr rnE PEorLE EuLE."-The Petersburg In,eiiigep.
cS' has the following tart reply to an article which an
peared in the Democrat few days ago under the head
1g LET the people rule"
"The Democrat came out with tho aboyo ,,risb wa
criay, and when Sc ilrs saw il we could M, cnn.y;
rat u meant WI have been taught believe that rdsr
democratic administration the people did rule ard tho,
the freedom and purity OF the elective franchise were
above suspicion Well We did not expect to see demo
cratic journal, during PcrCes Chief Mapsrarv s .,,,
ont with the assertion that the "theory OF Cavern
menL thing, and the "iact in pric,cer eno,bc,
and totally different hing. That is to say Political
Brokers' or stock 1bbers" have rule eyeTy th,
they stand behind the populor voice and control moi,
late gsg it, az suits their convenience their wbIms nr
their pockets" This Is pretty description Of the con-
diion the dear people reduced to under the auspices
u Democracy !"
An IMPROVED PrASo.-Tha Paris correspondent, of tho
New York Times says
have h,rdlS space to alIude to a new and remsrks-
Die invention. IL lea conrivance for giving TO The
the only quality it wanted-a prolonged sound 70, 70,
years has tbs been sought for ia vain was imposb
TO make The piano sing, by obtaining from il sustained
o.t IKE we hlmsh voice or the violin Thilbergs great
at least appfoah T. upon the piano the sostenuto nd
penSable ~ miny kinds Of music. The inysno, I, y,
Smplr ana = efficient aud inf!Ilible The inventor Il
the first specimen Of ii is intended for Lstz"
Letters from Paris state that Louis Napoleon I, s,;,
posed to plots aud attempts upon his life that constant
"atchulness s kept up to protect his person and b,
ne suffers on that account with great anxiety of mind
Several conspra.ie', alleged conspiraces to take hi,
which s published with mnuteuess which leads ono IN
suspect that the police had something to do With pyep.
ing the details, as we'll as detecting the plot,
The number Of dsi,h5 by ch1eri is lsss than tho
vioua week in New York by 81 Philadepbia ~ and IN
Boston G. The Baltimore Patriot says no death, from hi.
malajy reported 10 Baltimore and 80 far It's inform,
ton extends not than death has occurred from 1,
during the entire season.
There foftyibrae deaths by yellow fever at New
Orleans, for the week ending on tho 18Th being An in
crease Of fourteen.
According TO reliable received from the ge,,
an immense amount Of goods and live siooS ia being con-
veyed across the plains this season, probiby ourfbs
more than Ia any previous year. notwithstanding the grea,
losses sustained in consequence Of Indian Expectations
etc.
Theroae at present sI hundred aud ortysiI prisoner
In the House Of Correction at Boson which IA the