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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-21

ACcEssroNs TO OUR PoPULArIoN.-It is q
fact which cannot be controverted that
g,ea. deal Of the glory and prosperity Of our
republic is owing to European immigration.
The most radical Know Nothing will acknow-
ledge this, while he holds that the protection
afforded to the immigrants facilities offered
to them for q comfortable livelihood, and often
for a luxurious one-are sufficient remunera-
ton for the benefits which they confer upon their
adopted country. Of late only the evils Of
immigration have been dwelt upon, and they
have been placed before the people in the worst
light. That there is good in i'm migration as
well as in everything else, is very plain, and it
is made still more clear occasionally by statis-
tics like those hereunto appended
The packet ship Aurora, from Liverpool arrived Thure
day night bringing 6e steersge passengers all 10 good
health. The following Is the profession and place o.
scotana lis England ST. Ireland 2ss Wales a. sls Of
Man 8, Sweden A. Prussia ], Germany 49, Italy l. The
smiths g. lAbozsrs Is, shosmaksrs joiusrs 8 csrpea
ters I. butcher J. clerks m.sons whitssmth l, sea
ansnsr I
l. wesvers q military officer merchants 8 stoae cut
ter l, ships agent Purser livery stable keeper =
clans g. boob binder carver cooper sailmsker !,
surveyor l. paper maker q mouders telegraph opera
tor baker painters confectole r j. halter glass
blower /, courier bootsoser l. fisherman l. lo,fsith
l. infants and SO boys under Is years, with friends.
There now is material for o State. Almost
every useful trade or occupation is represented,
and the list includes journalist who would not
be slow in giving the settlement the news of
the day. The mistake made by many immi-
grants is that they hang about the crowded
cities waiting for work. where every branch of
mechanical industry is overstocked with hands.
They should push out to the fertile fields and
thriving towns of the West, where land is
cheap, where mechanics, farmers and laborers
are wanted, and where there is room enough
for all. They should then carefully study the
constitution of the country, avoid the politi-
clans, become good Americans, and vote for
the best men tor office. We gather from
the census that a great portion of the in
crease in the population Of the three great
Western States-Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
is owing directly to immigration; and we be-
lieve that one-haf Of the residents of Chi
cago-the growth and prosperity of which place
is one of the wonders Of the world--are for
eigners. Europe sends to us her best farmers
and mechanics, and her hardest laborers. We
give them protection and comfort in lieu Of op-
preston and misery. At home they are gov
erned too much-here they are too apt to think
that they should not be governed at all. That
is an error from which they soon recover, how
ever, and they generally repay the obligations
owed to us with interest.
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A Chr OF THE OLD BLooK.--The letter which
we publish to-day from Mr.. James b. Clay, Of
Ashland, Kentucky, son of the great statesman,
shows that, in some respects at least, he Is q
chip of the old block His letter explains IL
SELF II is great pity that Prentice, OF the
Louisville Journal, with all his experience of
the bad consequences of the dirty party policy
of vulgar personalities, should ''resolve and re.
resolve" 10 do better and still return to the pra,
tice upon the slightest temptation After this
scorching rcbuke from Mr.. Clay, our Louisville
cotemporary ss sign of repentance, ought to
purchase lot Of those Ash aud boxes for the
benefit Of the poor. But Lee him be quick, or
some one else may step in and mosopolize the
entire supply. Mr.. Clay, too, after toe disclo-
sur,s which be has msde c1pcerning those Ash
land boxes, should have them duly althenu
cated aux cerehsd, or rhe county wiz scoa BE-
flled with base limitations
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Grand Rally OF the Anti ProhlbitIonlsts OF

Grand Rally OF the Antl-Pr0hlbitlOnlsts or
MamarOneck.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
The accompanying notice was sent by express from
Mamaroneck with request to be forwarded to you
DORCHESTER OFFICE.
REPUBLICANS AROUSE FROM YOUR sLuMBERs
All those who opposed to union Of church and
State, and the eneroachments OF set Of dis
turoers Of the peace by fnatca measures and who
In opposition to the invasion and search Of
private dwellings, and premises ana to the seizure
Of property the property of citizens and
the unlawful con6scation Of the aame and who In
favor of preserving liberties and the rights of
property which transmitted to us from fathers,
,nectnlIv inyited one ana ali to meet in spsud MAJ.
meeting the Public Square in ths to OF Msmaro
neck Wednesday evening next oath inst at O'clock
for the purpose Of taking to ber
ties and the rights Of our property.
A. J. COLES GEORGE BAXTER,
JOHN +. LEWIS, W. II SUMMERS,
W. TWOINBLY, THOMAS LEWIS.
NAMARoNEcK, July 20, 1855.
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NEW ORLEANS July 1s, 1856.
Our cotton market 10 dun and prices have declined
Ac Sales to-day 1,1G0 bales, at g%c los for mid
ding.
CHARLESTON July Is, 1855.
There Ia limited demsnd for cotton to day Sales
eco bales, at prices ranging from lie. a1lSc.
PHILADELPHIA IRON NARKyr
PHILADELPHIA, July 20, 1855.
The transactions In iron during the past week show An
improving market, and that early preparations are
making for the autumn and winter business Sales
tons OF pig, At $25 $28 for No. foundry 324 $25
for No. and $22 $2i for forge. Bars in active de-
mand and mills fully employed sales ATS tons at $40
SIS. Sheet iron firm at Sl10. Mails improving.
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WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, W., July 20, 1855.
On the Vermont Central Railroad last night, when
Milton, the engine Of passenger train exploded
and upletely demolished. Among the rutAs the
dead bodies of the engineer and fireman and M Brush,
the conductor, discovered It not known any
rnor luaa losf
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SARATOGA, July 10. 1855
Judge Morris, Of New York, issued writ Of habeas
corpus here to-day for under arrest for selling
liquor. The warrant for the arrest issued BY
County Judge McKean and the habeas corpus is return
able to morrow.
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"FoR THIS RELIEF MucH THANKs."-The
heated term IS over, and a vet term set ia yes.
terdsy afternoon in its place. AT half.past one
O'Clock p. M the thermometer ia the HERALD
editorial rooms marked eighty. light degrees of
Fahrenheit. Outside it was all the way from
ninety to ole hundred and twenty. Clothing
was oppressive, II ever so light-polce
sought shady angles every body that had any
business suspended it-people generally per-
spired by the gallon-there was some swear
ipg--sooa water was in great demand-a bui-
le.in was expected from the Sage of Brooklyn,
informing us how bot 1t was in Timbuctoo
forty years ago; and things were generally
very hot and very uncomfortable. Such q
state of affairs couldn't last, however, and a
great cloud come up from the south, deluging
the city with refreshing rain, and depressing
The thermometer to eighty. eight degrees in an
bour spd q half Shirt collars went up, bust
pe.s was re commenced, and every body felt go
bi,bly delighted at the sudden change In the
wtafher thar nc were Induced . ~. re &c.
upon record.
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Is provided for when passing through the United
States to Canada or Mexico.
The German citiz ps Of Charleston, 8. G have
bat prepared q msgI ihcsnt sword, which win bs
presented to Com. 1ngrshsm for his conduct In the
Kosz.a affair.
The gales Of cotton yesterday were confined to Q
few hundred bales, at irregular prices The market
continued to be unsettled. Common and medium
grades Of flour fell off about twenty five cents per
barrel. Wheat sas dull and irregular, with light
sales. Corn was tolersby active, at 49,. 9O,.,
which was slight falling of. Pork was easier, and
rales made at 10 yer rates or new on the spot
There was fair business doing in ccfse aud sugar.
considering the severe heat, which was followed by
. storm of rain. To Liverpool 600 500 bales Of
cotton were engaged, and about $1,000 bushels Of
corn, at rates stated in another column.
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From Washington

WARRINGTON, July co. 1855.
Judge Gilchr of the Court of Claims, is Frustrated
by severe diarrbaa There has, consequently been
session Of the Court Of Claims to-day.
General Echenique President of Peru, has arrived
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From the South,

BALTIMORE, July 20, 1855.
The steamboat Wade Allen waa burnt at Mobile on
Sunday Last and one life lost.
Col. Basel has far recovered from the sickness
which detained him At Washington, to permit Of his
leaving for his home in Indiana.
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Collision ON Lake Ontario.

Collision ON Lake Ontario.
4 SCHOONER SUNK AND RIvE LIVES LOST.
OswDao, July 20, 1855.
The steamer America of the International Line, when
opposite the Genessee river this morning. into the
schooner Emblem, OF Wilson, cutting her in two Five
Of the crew. including the captain and mate, and one
passenger, all of the Emblem, drowned. The
America uninjured.
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T,he Amerlca OutMard bound.


The steamship America arrived here at four and sailed
again 1t hslpast Eve O'Clock this morning for Liver
pool She was detained little by tho fog.
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and Pierce administration soft shells will have
pas sed over to the Seward coalition, and the
hard shells to the Know Nothings, it Is very
likely the practical conservative balance Of
power for the campaign of SO will be distinctly
visible to Northern disunionists and Southern
secessionists.
Let our Southern fire-eaters keep cool
Ksnsas can wait. Pour in the settlers, and
trust to the doctrine adopted of "sqaatter
Sovereignty" The American party of 1866
will not permit the disruption Of this Union on
the Kansas question. Exercise little patience.
Rome was not built in day."
HEALTH OF THE CITY-SuMMERs OF 1854 AND
lS55.-This season is one of the most re-
markable in its economical and sanitary aspects
that we have been blessed with in the memory
Of man. With the prospects of a harvest more
abundant than has ever before smiled upon US,
we have up to the last few days enjoy ed sum-
mer OF more clement and genial temperature
Than is usual in these ATTITUDES. Frequent rains,
alternated by gentle heat, have refreshed the
earth and stimulated nature by gradual and
healthful process. We have had no injurious
duration Of damp, or of biighting droughts, to
impede the operations of agriculture or to
wither up it's fruits. Thus far, in every part of
the Union except, perhaps, in one or two of our
more distant Territories, every thing has gone
on prosperously and with fair certainty OF an
abundant yield to compensate US for the un-
lucky visitations of the last year. This blessing
has not been unaccompanied by others The
40. oh
tlibuted to the fruitfulness OF the soil have also
operated favorably on the public health. The
remarkable changes and "perturbations" re.
corded by our Brooklyn correspondent, Mr..
Merriam, seem to have warded off, thus far the
epidemics by which we are usually visited,
whilst chronic diseases seem also to be favorably
affected by them. A comparative view Of the
tables Of mortality for this city in the months
Of June and July, 1854 and 1855, shows largely
in favor If the health Of the latter -
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A Flentlisll Outrage.

"A FIGnUWh
TRAIN THROWN OFF THE TRACK OF THE NEW YORK
CENTRAL RAILROAD-sEvERAL PERSONS INJURED.
SYRACUSE, July 20, 1855.
The night express train going west on the Central
Railroad of the track at IL O'Clock last night about
three miles west of this place, owing to some villains
having misplaced rail- Mr.. Deyo, Of Springfield, Mass
achusetts had shoulderI broken; Henry Searns, the
conductor, badly cut and bruised about the head
face Mr. HARRISON the engineer, had an arm bro
ken; and number of others were more less bruised
but none seriously.
The President Of the New York Central Railroad offers
reward Of $1,000 for the apprehension and conviction
Of the perpetrators Of this outrage The not
much broken, and the track sufficiently in order
this morning to admit of the trains running usual.
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THE LATEST NEW 8 !;
BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TElEsuPHs.


New ORLEANS, July IS, 1855.
The steamship Black Warrior has arrived at this port
with Havana dates to the 18th inst, hut the Is
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ScHooLEY's MOUNTAIN, July 20, 1865.
road to this place from New York Will be opened
on Monday next via the New Jersey Central Railroad
and Hampton.
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APPOINTMENT nv rHg PRESIDENT T,hp v
Ntrim,n Uorec,or the castons, .s~orxetovp sout1
Carolina, rice Thomas L. Hbaw, dscssseA
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OVER EXCITED, CONSIDERING THE WEATHER.
The greater Ajax" of Sewardism in this city is
down upon the late Missouri pro-slavery conven-
tion thermometer ranging between 30 and 100
in the sbade) in q salamander style which who'll
ly eclipses the alleged terocity of the worst Of
the border ruffians." Such awful and exciting
expressions as :" the Atchison and Sringfelow
rabble," revolvers and DO vie knives" doors
Of graveya ard" whips, chaios, bloodbounds
and funeral pyres," imam hunts and mau
roastings," national shambjes for the sale OF
human flesh, chain gangs" &c, are mixed as
thickly in the savage rant Of short article Of
our excited contemporary as the vernin among
the horse ches.nuts of Washington square. Fl
palIy, all parties are fatty admonished (thermo.
meter meantime nearly hundred in the shade)
that the negro-driSiDg fanatics Of Missouri may
hold their riotOus conventions-a hard mouthed
Irisb American parson may, amid applause,
preach 10 them the doctrines of fends-they
may draw up their resolutions and make their
appeals but there will be no peace under the
lash of such oy erseers. We will inquire-we
will discuss-we will seek TO rouse the people
of the North more aud more to due sense OF
their position" &c.
Who is this hard mouthed Irish American
parson ?v-and what in the name of com mon
sense is the occasion or excuse for this dreadful
state of temper, with the thermometer hard
upon hundred in the shaded Let US hope that
the rains since yesterday morning have cooled
down somewhat the wrath Of our terrible philo-
sophers.
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NEGRO PHILANTHROPY AT PHILADELPHIA.--
Mr.. Wheeler, of North Carolina, Minister to
Nicaragua, in passing through Philadelphia,
was very abruptly despoiled Of three slaves,
consisting of woman and two children, from
descent of the Stree colored people" Of that
place, instigated by their white brethren of the
''higher law" This woman and her children,
thus borne off from the protection of her mas
ter to the blessings of freedom, will in all pro-
liability next appear in the character of
vagrant, with her children dying of starvation
in some filthy cellar This is very often the
end OF abolition philanthropy. The great
object is to despoil the STAKEHOLDER, not to
benefit the slave. Among our Northern negro
worsbippers fugitive slave is often a lion,
who, as a regular free negro, would be nui-
sance. Such is abolition philanthropy.
We observe, however, that the philanthropists
in this Philadelphia case, have been called to
account; and that the principals, a certain
Passmore Williamson, (white man, and five
black men, have, at the instance of Mr.. Wheeler,
been bound over to answer for their conduct
in the premises. The result involves consti-
tutional decision Of the highest Importance, not
only to the immediate parties concerned, but
to the whole community of both sections of the
Union. Is Pennsylvania prepared to follow in
the wake Of Massachusetts? That is the ques-
ton.
Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-03-10

GOING! GoING!!-The lea in the river gave
way on Thursday last, and is now travelling
towards warmer latitude. The weather is
warm and sunny-and the "Father of Wa
tcrs.' bearing from the frozen north, to-
wards the Gulf, the icy letters that lately
bound him, is one Of the most beautiful sights
ever beheld-now gorging u on some island
or sand bar, crashing and piling up immense
masses of ice-and anon flowing quietly in
his channel with his glittering burden re-
splcndent in the sun.
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THE CHANCES.

A trip through m,ny of the Southern coun-
ties of Iowa, from which one of the Editors
of this paper has just returned, is very con-
elusive to his mind, in regard to the result of
the Election in April.
Iowa will adopt the Prohibitory Law by a
majority Of not less than ten thousand-pro-
vided, always, that the friends Of this mea-
sure are true to themselves, and use the same
degree Of energy as put forth by their oppo-
ncnts. Friends in Oskalooss said to US, put
down Mahaska for five hundred majority for
the law, but we shall give more. And at
other points, wherever We had occasion to
speak of it, we found public opinion decided
ly in favor Of prohibition. We mention these
facts, hoping that it will encourage every
friend of temperance to do his whole duty,
securing as it will a glorious triumph.
We were somewhat surprised, we must
confess, however, at tho remarkably cheer
ing prospects for the election of the ticket at
the head Of this paper. The Pierce and
Douglas party in Iowa is thing that was.
Not satisfied with endorsing the Absquatula-
ton Of last winter satisfied with making
opposition to the law for the suppression of
intemperance test, as was done by the can
didates themselves voting against it in the
Legislature, they have compelled Mcssrs.
TIsDALE, DEWEY and SAxUELs to carry Frank
lin Pierce and all his acts, not excepting Ne
braska, the voto of River and Harbor Ina
provements and the bembardment of Grey
town! With load, under which Shields
and Dodge have already been FRUSTRATED. it
could not reasonably be expected that lis
dale, Dewey md Samuels, with the superad-
ded weight of Whiskey and disqualification
would be very likely to hold up.
Their case is not only desperate, but grow
ing no better every day. And if they are no,
elected to stay at home in April by satisfac-
tory majorities, we shall drop all pretensiou
to sagacity in political matters.
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FLOR the HawkEye
MEssRs: EDITORS: l am happy to observe
that you in your last issue, take grounds in
favor of prohibiting the liquor traffic in this
State, and urge the people to vote in favor
of tho law, for that purpose to be submitted
to their determination at the April election.
hope you will succeed in arousing the peo-
pie to proper consideration Of the most i'm
portant question ever submitted to them, and
ssmay God speed the right" We have fire.
quently by foreign writer's been accused Of
being ga nation of drunkards,'' and the ac-
cusation has recently beer repeated in France
and too, by lady, who concludes that we as
people are particularly successful in the
production and consumption of bad whisky
that we have particular genius for it. l
am sorry that history affords but two many
melancholy facts to support her conclusion.
1t is, however, true that this traffic is carried
on, principally by foreigners. But it is said
that this 10 q free country, and that man
has right to eat AMI drink what he pleases;
that the contrary is anti-democyatic." The
logic is bad, the promises are false. If a man
was an isolated being, shut up in some lone
island, unseen by mortals, it might he other
Wise. But man, being asocial being, has no
right, 81 a pats or drinks, to sstransform him.
self into = BEAST bloat, soft, to blot out
every ysytlge Of the moral manage Of God;
anu then exhibit himself to the innocent
women and children; whitening and blight
ing the fair buds, that would otherwise
blossom, and bloom, and beautify this land
Of Washington. Continue to urge the peo-
pie to Danish from their borders, that which
osly peoples yeur gFeen grave yards with pre-
mature mortality, and the world Of wo with
the victims Of despair. Stop not to answer
lilly questions or to reason with sappy head
ID politicians. The time for action has come,
Rouse the people. The rumseller's murky,
bloody hand is graphing with the very vitals
Il the institutions of your country. j. G.
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The Missouri Legislature has passed bill
to loan the Pacific railroad S2OO,O0n. Bills
to appropriate $4,000 for the improve
ment of the Usage river. and So, 900 for a
geographical survey Of the State have also
passed. The Legislature have adjourned
from the 9Th Of March u the 9th Noyem Der.
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Mr.. WIN. G. VAN METER has for some mon tbs
been engaged in giving musical and moral in
instruction to the News bows of New York, at
their room in Fulton street; his primary OBJ
ject being to impart to the boys a more eleya-
ted and refined tone of thought and fe ling.
to improve their Nor al conditions; and to If
feet this, he employed music as an auxiliary.
The News-boys lad long been considered SO
bad as TO be altogether beyond the reach OF
any meliorating influences; aud many, who
had attempted to instruct them, had given
up the task in despair. But Mr.. Van Meter
was another kind OF a man. He entered up
on the work Of elevating the News boys, not
as repdlsive duty, but as an enjoyable priv
ilege. His seniality, sincerity, AMI loving
kindness, coupled with his simplicity and d.
rectness OF manner. soon Won the confidence
and affection of the ''bovs;' they clealy
saw that h. loved them, and they loved, trust
ed, and O6eyed him IN return; and conse-
quently, in many n little breast, scarce hid
den by the rags which cover it, Mr.. Van
Meter ha revived soul. He understood
the SHOWS" too we'll to attempt to lecture
them, or preach to them; they would not
have ssstood any such NONSENSE" as one Of
them remarked !; but they were willing to lis
Wa W q SOi uohs NhSu plcScutSu dS peas
ing song or hymn, and also were glad to join
in singing il: and they did sing these sermons
with enthusiasm and with profit. Of course,
smooih ness, sweetness, and sympathetic qua
lily of tone, and all that sort Of thing, were
not sought for music was simply used as an
attractive medium, on whose melodious cur
rent noble, beautiful, refreshing, and Chris
tanizing ideas could be hoated INTO the IN nd
and there left TO do their redeoming work.
And this work is going on. Many News-b boy.
give unmistakable proofs Of very great i'm
proyement; spirit Of honorable ambition and
OF religious devotion having been aroused 10
their bosons. On Saturday evening last, the
News-boys gave u concert at the Tabernacle
under the direction of Mr.. Van Meter, being
assisted by the Tabernacle choir, aud several
professional singers. The object of this con-
cert was to bring the boys before the pub
lie, for the purpose of showing that they are
capable of Improvement, and worthy Of SYM
pathy, and to raise some money for their ben
eht, These objects were all attained. The
large audience which assembled on the occa-
sion must have felt a deep interest in the
welfare Of the "boyso who acquitted them
selves admirably; and it was voted that there
should hereafter be News-boys' concert an
'nually. New York Musical Review.