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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-18

THE FASHIONABLE HOTELS AND THE MAINE
LIQUOR LAVA SPLIT IN THE CAMP.-We un-
derstand that there is little bitsOf split be-
tween the fashionable hotel keepers of this city
and The liquor dealers, In relation to the policy
and plans by which they can most ehectually
work for the repeal of the Maine law, and for
the abolition Of the power to make any such
prohibitory enactments hereafter. The hotels
involved in this split are the Astor, the st.
Nicholas, the Union Place, the New York aud
others. On the passage of the law the keepers
Of these hotels, with the dealers and importers
generally, including Governor Gil Davis, met
at the Astor House, and subscribed about eight
thousand dollars to obtain the opinions Of va
rious lawyers, and to aid in carrying up cases
that might ariee under the law to q decision by
the Supreme Court of the State. Since that
time considerable amount Of this money has
been expended; great deal has been paid to
lawyers for opinions, and less amount has
been spent for advertising in the newspapers
and Incidental expenses Some Of the lawyers
have received thousand dollars in lump,
while others, whose opinions were just as good,
have only got fifty or hundred.
The fashionable branch Of this league has
now taken stand adverse to the political &C
ton Of the character begun ct French's Hotel,
and since adopted by the great body of the
liquor party, at the Westchester House. 1t
is understood that the fashionable hotel keep
ers have been led into this course, so sui
cidal TO their interests, by the proprietors
Of the Aston House, whose policy 1t is to
favor the peculiar views Of Seward and aid
In his ambitious schemes. It is feared by
the newspaper organs Of Seward that any agi-
tation at present in opposition to the liquor
law, whereby its repeal might be secured,
would be injurious to the prospects of Mr.
Seward and the keepers Of the Aston House;
and following their lead, the proprietors Of the
other fashionable hotels are 80 averse to any
action calculated TO injure their Magnus Apollo,
that they win suffer their own interests to be
sacrificed rather than take Q risk Of offending
him.
This IL the exac. position of things. The
fashionable hotels give up their interests, and
even the expression Of their opinions, for the
sake Of Seward and his party.
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upon Gen. Quitman, Senior Coicuria, c,Spssln
Graham and others, to come iorws.s ana Give
in their experience. Doub less skeIr testimony
win fully confirm that Of scsst, teaching the
shutting imbecility Of Pierce, and The syssema-
tic and interruptions treacheries Of Marcy,
Gushing and all concerned. Give NJ ell The
testimony.
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Mr. SoULE AND HIS TERRIBLE BooK.-Mr
Soule has not yet arrived here with the manu-
scripts Of his Mission to Spain, but will make
bis appearance in due season, and in full cos
tune. The treacherous coterie at Washington,
known as the administration, meantime, are
trembling in their shoes for fear of the conse-
quences. We are informed that Soule, like a
true chevalier, is disposed to allow broad
margin for the weak and amiable qualities Of
Gen. Pierce, who says yes to every thing, but
seldom fuliils his promises in any thing. Marcy,
however, will get no quarter. If we mistake
not, our late minister to Madrid will show him
up as guilty of deliberate and cold blooded
treachery and hypocrisy on the right hand and
on the left, from Madrid to Ostend, from
Ostend to Madrid, and thence back again to
Washington. Aud Marcy richly deserves the
bastipg.
But this Cuban imbroglio cannot be COM
pletely developed by Mr.. Soule. The filibus.
teriDg department can only be thoroughly
explained by the Cuban Junta Of New York. the
Order of the Lone Star at New Orleans. and
such creole refugees from Cuba as may be
copversant with the late revolutionary afilia.
tons In the Island. To I'll this hiatus we call
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many lawyers IN this city who are quite com
peient to rival, in bluser and impertinence,
those lawyers in the West who managed to get
Kissane and his associates out Of the hands of
justice in that region.
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funeral tool place ~ spotswood, the 10Th last,
att nced with tome peculiarly. man AS Olnats
who rad lepi min rsAr that az. ~ss errsi thst
CAV snd ire ssrE'ce 7ended BY too nsn. both
camps 20 bs the ls-fnl VIE o. ia dsc~ases aad each
with family Of eslicrsn Tke sTee.4cis ID % have
ter az saA as 70 Nas tlnE rtAr
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article Of yesterday upon the orUulxstion
and explosion Of the late Cuban conspiracy.
n was shown that the movement originated
with the Cuban ereoles, and In opposition 10
the British policy Of African emancipation,
which, under British Influences. Gen. Pezuela
was appointed 10 initiate. We have been a,-
prissd Of the alarm which this resistance Of
the ereoles excited In the supreme government
at Madrid, from the speech Of the Prime Minis
ter, Luzuriags, In the Cortes declaring ID the
fixed policy Of Spain 70 maintain the ins.itu-
ton Of slavery In athe ever faithful island
We now understand that q new liberating
scheme has been started In Cuba upon the sbo.
lition tack, and that emissaries have been sp-
pointed by certain interests in Havana 10
sound the leading sntislsvery politicians Of
England and France upon the policy Of aiding
In the liberation Of the island on the condition
Of the abolition of slavery therein. The Cuban
Junta here were unfortunate enough to run their
heads into this abolition moose last summer, from
which caufe, and the double dealing treachery
Of our Pierce administration, the enterprise
was disclosed and destroyed. But this last
scheme Of liberating Cuba through the moral
influence Of the British and French abolition
lists, Is the most ridiculous Of ell the LATE revo-
lutionary inventions In connection with that
glorious and prolific island.
Can there be any considerable body Of creoles
compromised In such q schemes Let the desc
lation and universal bankruptcy Of EN- ancipated
Jamaica answer; or the Independent and imps-
rial negro colony Of Hayti. No! there can be
no sympathy from the Cuban creoles In behalf
Of Cuban independence upon any scheme which
shall involve the Authorization Of the island.
The maintenance Of the institution Of slavery
there is the inevitable condition which must
control the destiny Of Cubs, whether q 90
lony of Spain, or rs an independent power,
or as State or Territory Of our American
Union.
If however, it should turn out TO be rs re-
ported, that there is scheme on foot for Sc
curing the independence Of Cuba and the abol-
ton Of slavery there, through the moral power
of the anti slavery societies Of England and
France, would it not be well for our Massachu-
sets abolitionists and others In league with
the Duchess of Sutherland and her set, TO have
a finger in the pie? We call the attention of
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucy Stone,
W. H. Seward and Lloyd Garrison to the
immediate consideration Of the subject.
Nearly half million of slaves in Cuba TO say
nothing Of free negroes and Chinese coolies
What field for British and Northern phIlan
thropy!
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men sat In The last Assemb J Of Massachusetts,.
and the whole proceedings, except perhaps the
Hiss episcde, were tinctured with priestly
folly and arrogance. In New York, clergy
men are at the head Of the prohibitory
liquor movement, spending their character and
strength In their efforts 70 realise q theory,
which. be n sound or not, Ii certain TO cause
immense individual suffering. In the West,
In like manner, we are constantly hear
Ing Of elergymen taking part In this or that poll
teal movement, advising or threatening this
or that political leader. What more did
the Catholic priestsi We are bound TO say
that for once Catholic priest has mixed In
politics Protestant ministers have done 50 ten
times; II n not their fault II the effect has been
smaller, and the consequences less injurious to
themselves Nor 10 the tendency on the decline.
On the contrary the mania for politics grows
among the Protestant clergy. They are more
obtrusive this year than they we're last and
promise 10 make themselves sin more conspi-
cuoas next They rule Massachusetts,: DR..
Tying asplres 10 rule New York; II they ere
let alone, We may have ynods and convoca-
lions meeting 10 snpersede Congress before
long.
All this can only have one end. II 20 hap
pened that Bedini and Hughes were the nearest
conductor Cor the rossing electrical bigotry,
the last time the cir IVES surcharged with IL:
the next time II seeks channel Of discharge,
The Professionals may be found handy. Let
those who care for their church look 10 L.
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BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TEleGRAPHs.


RaAlroad Accident.
PmLApnPmA, June II, 1856.
A locomotive and tender ran on the track, aud fell
down On spbaDhnent last evening, on the Camden and
Atlantic Railroad. The engineer, william Hammond,
vas soaked IL dreadful manner.
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Providence, June 10, 1855.
Cottop-Prcss unchanged; sales 500 bales, ct full
rates. wool--hafAet without change in rates, with
larger ssiss amounting 70 900 lbs Printing cloths
Prices ern; sales 81, 200.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-22
Fever nj Norfolk and Portsm out Ia.

We regret to state that the accounts received
on Wednesday from these Inflated cities are of
the most gloomy character
'The tidings from Norfolk and Portsmouth are
very gloomy For the last twenty -four hours
ending at noon yesterday, in Norfolk so new
cases and 3S deaths reported; and in Ports
mouth during the same period II deaths"
Portsmouth correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, writing on the 10Th, says:
"The fever still RACES with undated fury on
the suburbs of the city. The deaths Of yester-
Magistrate, Mr.. Brady, Mr. Sanders, r. Mum
of Mr.. Emmerson, J. Manning, Jesse Perish, r.
Keeling, Geo. Pendleton, Sarah Creig, Henry
Brinson, n. Matthews, Mrs. c. Howard, negro
woman Of William Collins, do. of Thomas Dean,
and six at the hospital; also there 40 new
cases yesterday"
We take from the same paper the following
despatch:
PETERSBURG, Sept. I9.-The deaths in Norfolk
yesterday were toriy-among them were John
Tunis, representative in Norfolk in the conven-
ton which adopted the constitutions; Mr..
Josiah Wills, both Of the Misses Mackender;
Leonidas Smith, professor of mathematics in the
Norfolk Female Seminary; James Nj. Wyatt,
William V. Robertson, Mrs. Francis Green, and
Charles Shuster.
The fever is on the increase in Portsmouth.
There are no signs of fever at City Point
| Rev. Mr.. Jones, of the Norfolk African Meth
odist Church, is dead, and Mrs. Drewry, aged
| y, well-known lady. Four of Mr.. w. III.
| Lewelen s family are down.
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from those many apprehensions, which to true
nature are worse than present want. His children
are protected, and provided for in the helpless
hours of infancy. He and they are soothed in the
hour Of sickness, and his path to the grave is at
last smoothed and comforted by the of his
master. And we to be told that this is
nothing. That all that is substantial in the con
dtion OF the slave is TO be bartered for the mise
rabe hgment of a nominal freedom, which de-
priving him of the benefits of seryitude, fails to
raise him above its condition in the scale of
being No! Truly has Carlyle said-that
prophet of truth, rising like the genii of old from
the clouds in which he chooses to envelope him
self-but prophet still" You must get The
deril sent Gicay from your elbolo my poor dark
friend Ia this ioorld there ,ciH be no eristence for
you otherwise. Not as the brother Of your folly
,ciH lire beside you. Please 10 ,cithdrac out Of
my ioay, II am not 10 contradict your folly and
amend it, and put il in The stocks, If II tciH not
amend. By the Eternal Maker il is on that footing
alone that you and can lpe together" One
such truth told by wise man, and believed by
good man, is worth all the humanity of Her
Grace the Duchess of Sutherland, who, deeply ex-
SiSs'So toi thc iaIS VI ZIG iicelo VI couins
but a few weeks ago, turned out into the open
field poor bed-ridden woman, with her new
born babe, for the non-payment of trifng
amount of rent"
We will in our next paper pursue the subject
further, in its other aspects-regardng it as the
great, and we fear, the only conservator, Of ra-
tional freedom-and also as the peace-maker in
that terrible war of classes which must exist
where labor is yfree-as the solution Of the great
problem of the relation between Capital and
Labor
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-22

Russian PRISONERS AT TAmTI.-The Pana-
ma Star Of the 18th ultimo has the following
news from Tahiti, Society Islands:
"The ships Amphitrite and L'Artimese brought
several prisoners of war to this French settle
ment taken from the Russian Government North
west Company ship Sitka. Among them was a
colonel and captain Of artillery, who have their
parole, and seem well pleased with their new
residence. AS an instance of the extraordinary
marches made by the Cars troops, we may
mention that the captain was at the massacre Of
Sinopc, in the Black Sea, and from thence was
ordered TO tho protectioD-of Petropolowski, dis
lance little short Of 1000 miles I"
Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-22
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il about the first of June next, in the City of
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weekly review of finance and the markets
synopsis of the proceedings of Congress during
It's session. tables OF election returns; the impor-
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with original articles upon the leading topics OF
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found in lis columns. A large portion of It's
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and selected. Its location at the political centre
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procure the latest and most reliable information
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as occasion may require-always keeping carefully
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OF foreign as well as domestic affairs.
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tanning eight pages OF matter, making one volume
annually of 4l6 pages. Each volume will be ac
companied by full and compile index TO its con-
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of George Matsell's baptism as il is here record
ed in the Brandon register"
The effect on Mr.. Buchanan of the documents
is an instance of his extraordinary powers of me-
mory and of his modesty, and is thus set forth:
"Mr. Buchanan turned over the leaves again
and again, and read and reread Mr.. Matsell 5 re-
cord OF baptism, and seemed almost paralyzed
with amazement | then broke the silence thus:
Mr.. Buchanan do you remember my travelling
IN the company with yourself and Colonel VIM
IL. King, OF Alabama, our late Minister to France,
Vice President, Senator, &C., from Saratoga to
New York, in the year 1882 Il do, SIR, said
MIR. Buchanan, 'and | recognized your voice on
your entering my presence to-day, but should
not have recognized your face, because you have
cultivated a moustache since last saw YOU" /
replied that | was obliged to cultivate my NOUS
tache, because there no barber in the British
steamer In which came from Boston, aid that
he must have very keen sense of sound, TO re-
member the human voice long, to which he
modestly assented.'
Mr.. Buchanan refused to certify as requested,
as that was not in the line of his official duties,
but made some suggestions. MIR. Branch says:
81 cordially thanked him for his happy sugges-
tons, adding that ! was resident of the City of
Washington when he was an American Senator;
that had often heard him in his sharp collisions
with Clay, Calhoun, and Webster, who were
members of the Senate in those days; and that
from the knowledge then obtained of his official
circumspection and desire to serve his country
with fidelity and propriety, ! anticipated his re-
tusal OF my request but that his declination re-
ceived my cordial appreciation. He thanked me
for my liberal coincidence in his views"
Returning to Brandon, Mr.. Branch heard the
| rector preach, and thus describes him:
81 took my seat in the Rev. Mr.. Warren s pew,
by his request, in ST. Mary's church, Brandon, on
| Sunday, August 5, 1855, in the morning and
afternoon of that day, and heard him preach two
| discourses, and found him one Of the most pleas
| ing orators had ever heard. His great personal
| beauty reminded me of description had read
| of Jesus Christ, by an Ambassador from Pales-
tine to the Roman Empire, describing infinitely
| to the Romans the extraordinary personal attrac-
| tons of the Saviour, he saw him in his sacred
| walks around Palestine
| There is much more of the same sort, but this
| is sufficient a specimen.
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From The Richmond Enquirer.
A Wsleanoe Latter

The following from gentleman of distinguish
ed attainments, and as true Virginian as ever
breathed, has Just reached us. We take pleasure
in its publication, as well on account of the source
whence IL comes for the gratifying facts II
contains. When Fanaticism and Folly take pos
session Of the pulpits of the country, a "decent
respect to local public opinion" does not require
that men of intelligence and thought should
calmly listen to their rantings. We honor the
men-be they who they may-who in the Nor
thern States have now the manliness, indepen-
dence and honesty To avow themselves as sin
heart and soul" opposed TO aboltonism And
though some may quarrel with the mode which
the gentlemen referred TO in this letter adopted
TO express their disapprobation of the sentiments
Of the reverend declamer, we shall not. Here
follows the letter:
Messrs. Editors:-At the present time, when
tanatcism is rife in the Northern States, and
assent, 1t may be gratifying TO the friends OF the
Union, to learn that there few, even IN
Massachusetts, who have not yielded to the pas
sing storm, but who manfully stand up to con-
front and rebuke it. Through private letter
received by friend, ! learn, that few Sabbaths
since, the pulpit of one of the Unitarian Churches
of Dorchester, Massachusetts,, was occupied by
the Rev. MIR. rockingham, distinguished
clergyman of Boston, who selected for his text;
"And where the spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty" During the progress of his discourse,
he alluded to African slavery in the South in no
complimentary terms, whereupon sixteen of his
congregation, comprising some of the most in
tiuental citizens of the town, Immediately re-
tired from the Church, thus manifesting their
disapproyal of the utterance of such sentiments
in the pulpit Let us hope that there many
like these, yet remaining in New England, who
VIII resist the popular current, and lead in tina,
reaction OF opinion, which will sooner or later
occur upon the subject of slavery. At all events
let us no longer extenuate, let us no longer
apologize; let the whole subject be discussed in its
theory and its practice, and the time is not fai
distant, when domestic slavery in the South viii
be recognized institution, whose abolition
would be an incalculable disadvantage TO the
American Union, and inconsistent with wisdom
and true philanthropy. S.
RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE, Sept. Sd, 1855.