The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-06-08
Our New York correspondence.
New York, May %, 1885.


trouble than appears to be at all agreeable to the
The dear people are willing TO submit 10 hereafter.
There is general desire OF all sides, that Gov
ernment, setting aside for the ne being all pol'I'
cal feeling and acting only for the public welfare,
would take some steps to compel Cuba aud Next
co and certain other els. A tlantc powers whose
proceedings havs Of late dune so much 10 embur-
rass our commerce, into such course of conduct
toward US that there may hereafter be no cause
of complaint in regard to this, and that, too with.
out regard to the clustering and bullying OF foreign
powers-whose right 10 any interference in our
affairs it is high time we repudlated. Mr.. Souie,
our late Minister to Spain, still seems TO occupy
goody share Of the Presidents attention, and II
we may form opinion from what has recently
ranspired, he occupies high pacefu Mr.PIerce $
affections. Mr. Horatio J. Perry, our Secretary
OF Legation at Madrid, has lately published lei
ter showing up in strong light the peccadllloes'
blunders and wha.not of SouIe, and, in order to
save clrcumlocution addresses himself directly to
the President, who, 1t is SAID, is about to reque
by dismissal from office. But this assertion
depends altogether upon The Telegraphlc Report
ers who are the most unreliable class-as all edl-
tors can bear wness-rxtant.
Since the gathering Of Com. McAuley' s deet al
Key West and his visit to Havana, hear moth.
ing farther of ou,rages against the American flag,
and it is reported that Concha is giving orders Tor
the raising Of the blockade. Too watchul an eye,
however, cannot be kept upon the movements Of
each and all our Spanish neighbors, 81 their pro-
verbal treachery attaches suspicion TO all that
they may do.
Dispatches wero recently received frtm General
GadSden, our Minister in Mexico, and dispatches
from the State Department were TO be Immediately
returned by the same messenger. Ills indicates
a movement of Importance in some quarter. The
general supposi,ion is that Gen. Galsden is en-.
gagged IN negotiation, conformably to his instruc.
lions, for commercial treaty, and for the pay
ment of large sun due czens from the
Mexican Government, on account Ct spolia,ions
and Other INJURIES since the date Of the treaty of
Guadalupe HIdaIgo. The reports that Santa An
ma had been confined to his bed was contradctsd.
He had, to the contrary, been active usual
in the saddle, and was facing The enemy on le
14,h uIt.
According to the news by the America, he
English people are rising in all quarters in behalf
OF reforms in the Administrative departments OF
The Government. and the state of feeling or the
subject was at high fever pitch through the hing.
dom. Although probably loo tardy to remedy
The disasters Of the late and present campaigns
n the Crimea, the movement must be productive
Of great good in the future. The London Times
nduIges in series of reproaches against US, on
,se"uHt OF OUR pro Russian synpathios.
From California the news is to May 1st. The |
steamer George LoaO, which arrived at this port
IN the 25th, brought over 500 passengers,-a sad
lraught upon the new State-and some ST. 300.
'oO IN COLO; showing, from The fact that the mo.
ley is again beginning to pour in upon US through
Is old channels, general return of the public
confidence. The Golden Age had been got off.
nd was under repairs at Taboga. The reputa.
on OF Capt Watkins has not suffered tarDish by
MS calamity. The interior of the State was
eneraIy prosperous, the business never doing
eter than now. In San Francisco, however.
llures were still the order of the day, and there
I'D been SO many foreclosures that the Sheriff had
~" s. w Ni'P'oy '"ch'y cAud CicIKS.
i'll take San Francisco long time 10 get over
g results of her over speculation. The Sixth :
legislature had adjourned, after protracted ses.
on, and after having passed many beneficial |
actments. Hereafter duelling is punishable '
: the heaviest penalties, and the goddess OF q
ance will find no footing for her votaries. The =
nds Of Sacramento, it is said, maturing in 1855 il
d 1856 in Sacramento and New York, will f
We to be renewed. Gwin and Broderick are
I'd to have fraternized, and it is supposed the !
suit will be favorable to Gwin. Rains had been "
avy and frequent. The decision of the u, S. i
preme Court, in favor Of Fremont's claim, is n
enng up to settlement: and improvement large h
goH heretofore half populated and almost en-. 81
ely neg lected, on account of the uncertain ten. =,
under which it held. California, being s,
eadiully overstocked with grain, is actually ex- II
ring large quantity to Will our mer. d.
ants eVer take the hint? n
The Virginia election has at last come off. 10 -,
great relief of politicians here of all hues and o.
nperaments, as we'll as of the sporting class d'
nerally-some of whom had high bets tending le
the result. Ir. Wise was declared Governor -
between hVe and ten thousand majority. The Ie
hest was very exciting, and there all sorts of pu
nors with regard to the know Nothings, some tn
which represented them as being "easy," while "a
ers say that they have 'gven up the election" az