The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-14


9th of Nay. Sir Henry Barkly was making tour
Of the island, after proroguing the Legislature.
Some London missionaries had strongly reprobated
any government grant of money for the purposes of
education; but the Governor, in reply to their ad-
dress shows that great exertion would be required
to elevate the people from their moral and ntellec-
tua degradation. Falmouth had been visited by an
earthquake. An American Mormon was making
rapid progress in the wife-taking line, having al
ready married two ladies, and being about to take
third The Chinese emigrants still suffered mach
hardship.
Our correspondent at Honduras. writing on the
10Th Of April reports business extremely depressed
in consequence Of the dulness In the mahogany
trade. Mahogany could not be disposed OF at the
low price of ak dollars per thousand feet.
By the bark q. G. W. Dodge, arrived yesterday
from Cienfueges, we learn that all the Americ al
vessels in port were taken up with sugar freights
at 37t to 40 ccnts without deck Dads, vessels pay
pg their own port charges No freigass to
Europe were Offering. Every hing was quiet, bat
the inhabitants were prepared for any flibEsering
expedition which may land. IL was reported that
here were eighty thousand Sighting man on the
island.
Hotel keeping appears nov to be q subject of
some interest," in town. The liquor Law aud the
splendor Of city hotels, together with the high
prices of provisions seem to have drawn public at
tention to the present system of hotel keeping ia
the metropolis. The newspapers have taken the
matter IN hand; an answer to one article appears
in our paper to-day.
The first boat through from New York to Buffalo
arrived at the latter port at noon on the 18th inst.
1t was the r. u. Bell, Capt ii. Price, and she hal
full cargo OF merchan disc for the West. The for
warding business is now In full success
The value Of imports into Boston for the week
ending May IL was 1887 ,s9s.
The sales of cotton Saturday reached about
5000 ,00Q bales, at full prices. Flour was with.
ont further change Of moment, while sales were to
fair extent. Wheat and rye were nominal. Indian
corn was firm and quite active, at 81 IL 81 Is for
white, mixed and yellow and 1000 bushels yellow,
afoat, sold at 81 10 and 5000 do, deliverable in
June, at 81. Pork was active, snd closed in favor
Of sellers. Sugars were steady, with sales of about
1000 hhds. There was no Galena lead in first hands
A small lot Of Spanish sold at 64c About Is 900
bushels Of corn were taken for Liverpool, at 80.
SD, in bulk and bags. There was rather more
doing for London, and for Hamburg and Bremen.
Important Know Nothing Movement In
New York.
The correspondence from Syracuse pub
)ished in yesterdays HERALD has probably
been read with general attention. The Know
Nothing movement, both at the North and at
the South, has now reached the crisis of its des-
tiny, the turning point of its fortunes. The
question whether it is to give birth to homo
geneous and national party with high aims and
Ia hath q ,Lc;J
into batch of sectarian and sectional factions,
scrambling for the spoils, and merely treading
over again the ground freshly trodden by the
old political parties, will shortly be decided.
1t is not to be disguised that the recent exhibi-
tions of policy and practice in New England
are not favorable to the construction of ma
iional party. There has been no high or COM
prehensive principle of action avowed or illus
trated by the Know Nothings of Massachusetts,
Indeed the only prominent features of their
creed have been the intolerance, the fanati-
cism, and the narrowmindedness they inherited
rom former parties and the only point at all
worthy Of notice in their career is the brave
stand made by Governor Gardner in the Loring
case. True, this may prove nucleus round
which the sound elements of the new national
party in the East may gather and concentrate
themselves for cooperation with their neigh
bors. But in the meanwhile, the spirit of fana
ticism runs so high, ultraism is so prevalent
and the baleful influence of the hierarchy so
constantly evinced in the doings OF New Egg
land, that it would be rash to expect much in
thai quarter on behalf of the new party.
Bleak as the prospect is on that sde we are
happy to say that IN the MIDDLE States it is
more cheering ard hopeful. In New Jersey
and Pennsylvania symptoms of decided ten
dency to give 10 the Know Nothing movement
q national direction have heen witnessed for
some time. The convention of the Grand
Council at Syracuse in this State strengthens
the chance that this most importaat object will
DC attained aud that in these States at least
the native American party will rest on truly
national platform. The convention issued no
formal exposition of the principles of the party,
as indeed it had DO business to do, that being
plainly the concern Of the National Council.
But the sketch which was roughly traced OF the
cardinal points on which the grand councils
were likely to agree, indicates that the plat
form to be hereafter promulgated will be of a
character to render the ascendancy of the Know
Nothings, and the cordial cooperation of the
councils of the Middle States with those of the
South and Southwest, almost certain.
The Grand Council at Syracuse represented
from twelve to fifteen hundred subordinate
councils, which count among them some 100000
me- mbers, citizens of this State. 1t would ap-
pear, by the scant account of the proceedings
that has been given to the public, that one OF
the Seward agitators contrived to find his way
into the council, and was summarily elected on
discovery-a man by the name of Chuobuck,
The tact argues well for the national sentiment
of the members. 1t would have been fortu-