The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-04

Insurgents, strong in the countenance of the
law and Its oascrs, carried their point, and, for
the sake of few sixpences, INSTRUCTED the line
Of travel from New York to the West
We regret to find that Mr. Hendricks motion
in Congress, to refer this matter to the Commit
tee on Military Affairs, was followed by no prac-
tical results. Ofcourse we are not surprised to
find that Messrs. McNair and Richie, Of Penn
sylyania attempted to apologize for the rioters:
as we said before, the whole State is equally
implicated in the outrage, and feel
q direct interest in the concerns of the Erie
victuallers. But why cannot Congress move
in the matter? To talk Of appeals to the
Pennsylvani Legislature is stuff and nonsense.
Here are number of people in open insurrec-
ton, levying war against the State, obstructing
the passage of travellers and the United States
mails, and maintaining Erie in state of siege
for one calendar month Instead of attempting
to suppress the riot, the local authorities figure
as its most active promoters. If this be not
case for the interference OF the United States
troops none can ever occur Without entering
into the legal bearings Of the question. it is
perfectly obvious that all the injury which the
Camanche and Seminole Indians can intiict
upon the country in twelvemonth is a mere
trile compared to that which the Erie rioters
are now causing. These rascals, by and with
the aid and consent Of their authorities, are de-
lberately perpetrating an outrage which would
cost them their necks in any other country than
this. And yet, when the country appeals to
Congress members are found to jest and make
light of the subject.
When it comes up again on Friday our re-
presentatives will do well to recolect one fact:
the root of the evil lies in the inherent mean
ness Of the legislature of Pennsylvania We
trust that no member is so ignorant Of his
countrys history as to need proof Of this trait
of their character. How Pennsylvania
brought disgrace on the whole country by set
ting the example of repudiation--how she has
for years stood in the way of an enlightened
tariff, by whining and crying for projections
when every other State was ready to rely on
its own resources--bow she has invariably con-
suited her own interests in opposition to those
Of the Union--how she has given to the world
the astonishing spectacle of a large prosperous
and populous State, yielding to and acting upon
the wretched narrow minded policy Of little
Peddlington-- every intelligent American
knows but to we'll We shall look in vain to the
Pennsylvania authorities for redress from
Erie barbarism; if we would cure the evil we
must take the scourge into our own hands
THE PosT OFFICE ADvERTrsEMENrs.-We
understand that tenders for the Post Office ad-
vertisements, according to the form prescribed
by law, were yesterday received at the New |
York Post Office, from several newspapers OF |
this city. We use the term tenders, though the |
price charged for advertisements has nothing |
whatever to do with the award which ia rem |
dered in favor of the journal having the largest
circulation. The following were the statements
handed to Mr.. Fowler =
The New York Daily HERALD (average) 4s5O0
[of these, about 5000 are sent by MALL $1,000
The New York Sun. Observation-Disclosures. 81 900
The Sunday Dispatch. Observation-Disclosures. 27,200
The Nep Yorker Stats Zeitung,
DAILY. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 950O
Wetkly........ ............. 6zVO
SUNDAY. .....,. ................ t,oVV
The N. Y. Beletristick Journal and Cri-
mamal Zatwxg. .................... $3.50
II may be well to mention that New York
contains several other newspapers besides the
i've above mentioned. Some of them-such as
the Times ard the 1ri6une-make occasional
splashes about their circulation. 1t is some
what to be regretted that when an opportunity
Of testing it's extent was offered them, they |
should have neglected it; and we cannot help |
inferring that it is even less than the lowest |
figure quoted above. We understand that legal |
quirks and bubbles are being raised in the |
Post Office, in the adjudication of the matter,
and that symptoms are apparent of desire to |
evade the purpose OF the law. by continuing
to give the Post Office advertisements |
to journal whose circulation is notori-
ously less than ours. We care very little |
about column Of advertisements more or less.
but We like to see the laws properly admins
tered, and mean to see that they are in this in
stance. IT, therefore, Mr.. Postmaster Fowler,