The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-26

n ely ysSs r5sy tho ezanDstisB vas renewed, when
me 'den' y Of tbs negro 'uAy essabas bed Bat
> qDs' Iion being rai@d By soun.el rs 10 whether
Hem beo ged 70 Ffaoklin Bright James B light,
. BOTHER Of sse ainsns, further potpoasmsas
uAl mex. Aosday Was ansed In order 70 afford
hB for the pro ur-ms mt the necsssary ocu nen's
to establish An ownership. The hearing vas CON-
Quoted without the slightest atiemp AZ disorder,
few &c stors being present, and bat two negroes
among number.
LOCAL MATTERS.
The Board Of Aldermen was in session last even
ing and tran, acted considerable am,unt IF rou-
tire business a report from the Finaoce Commit
tee, avosable to he creation Of new building
stock and recommending he adoption Of an or
chance author ziOg appropriations or publ,
buildings, was agreed to.
The Boarc Of Supervisors transacted bus ness yes
teIday afternoon. large number or papers, re-
hating principally to assessments were acted on.
petition from the clerks of the Supre ne Court ask
Ing an Increase OF salary was presensed aud re-
feNd.
An investigation Into The circumstance. of an al
lcsed case OF conspiracy to extort money from
r man Catholic priest and man named Parker, by
u
mtDced yests rday before JUST % 5tuar;. A fur
report Of The evidence is given elsewhere.
III french wa steamer Chimera, m ,unting fcur
guns, and having of seventy men, arrived at
this port yesterday from Norfolk. There arc now
AT anchor in our harbor fur French mea OF war
two heavy frigates and two st.ame-s-.nd tho
uDited States frisate independence, making the
view from the Battery this fire weather AZ exceed
ingly picturesque and animadsg one.
The United States In Pence, and Europe In
. War
This statement Of the coalition Of the two
continents is suggestive of the dates and the
fntuJ policy Of each. That they are as wide
| ly separated in their systems OF government
labor end general intelligence, in moral ard re-
ligioes education, and in their tendencies, as in
| geographical cxtreEles, makes it only the more
| apparent that their policy should be distinct.
Ee who has studied the prolonged process OF
special pleadings in our courts Of law and chan
cesy, in order to reach what is termed an issue
their bilis and answers. replications and re.
| joiDders, rebutters and r-rebutters--until
| plaintiffs and defendants have been exhausted
in money and patience, must have arrived at
very accurate idea of the last summer opera
tions Of the great powers Of Europe. So far
the war has been essentially Of words--a strug-
gle between the sharp managers at Paris, Lon-
| don, st. Petersburg, Vienna and Constantine
plea manGuvre for position but war, it
will be, certain, severe and prOtracted. In all
this, as in our judicial wrangles, there is grain
| of inertia small per ccntage Of advantage
| and it is not too much to claim that this adYaa-
tage rightly accrues to the United States. We
bold the balance of power. In our hands has
been lodged the fate Of the Eastern controversy.
ii is precisely because Europe is pre- occupied
in arranging its own matters that the United
States should press forward the accomplishment
Of its purposes on this continent. Such policy
Is not only demanded by prudential considera
tioos, but is required by fair view OF what
| has occurred in the past. In the exact ratio OF
the increase Of the population Of the States,
and of the development Of material wealth
| and political power as an element OF rulc
| throughout the world, lave we been compelled
/ to meet the increased efforts Of British states
men, to cripple our energies by dividing our
councils, arraying section against section 70.
| menting religious discord and strife having
ultimately in view the dissolution Of the Union
So far has this work of European Intervention
in our local affairs progressed, and so strong
were the evidences OF dissension among our
people, that when the present war broke out
it was confidently believed by the British arts
tocracy that they had secured beyond perad-
venture, the sympathy Of the United States,
thoir oil a.
Western Powers BY all ordinary means x
judging the effects to result from the means
employed they were right.
1t would be strange. indeed, if the British
press, SO earnestly employed for years in ts
assaults. noninally upon the institution of
slavery but really with q view Of destroying
The unity Of eur political system, should not
effect the fanatic mind OF tho free States with
their numerical maioritics, 50 aS to secure
Anglc-American sympathy in struggle against
the despotism Of Russia. The North had
been exclusively addressed and deceired-.hc
South as exclusively condemned and insulted
The majority was sought ont in this policy.
Had the numerical power been in the South,
reasons had not been wanting to Justify the
combined assaults of the English press against
the North The object to be accomplished was
dissention among our people, keeping carefully
in view the controlling interest whose favor
must be courted and secured.
The process Of reaching this end has been
simple and direct, and. it must be confessed,
quite in harmony with our institutions and the
condition of the popular mind Oar elective
system has opened our people to such appli.
ances Influence may be cxertcd upon us rs
well from abroad as ut home.
The grand reception of Mrs. Stowe at Stat
ford House and Exeter Hall, at the Lord May.