The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-03

PRESTON the Ecclesiastical be swept away
proper law of marriage and divorce To- stop the ncula
bic of misery crime and wretchedness OF the pre-
sent SYSTEM that court Of justice shall do for all classes
what Parliament does by special acts for the few only
who able pay largo of money In short, that
full and complete divorce be obtained by either or both
parties for wia deseron for threc years, cruelty and
bad treatment accompanied with blows, and for criminal
connection Such at present appear 70 be the chief re-
quirements.
The time has now arrived when Lord Palmerston can
fearessy prove to his country the amount Of talent energy
and honesty which belongs to his character; Sshow
"wha is in him." II he be Of the calibre 10
phsh the above, he may retire with dukedom, his full
salary for life, and the gratitude respect and esteem OF
the nation. Such the writer sincerely hopes NAV be
the case FOR the sake Of his ordshp and for that Of his
county.
Fiiibusterism In Central Amcrsca-Enects OF
the Walker Invasion Of Nicaragua.
Prom the London Tines April Is.
Tine was when the profession OF the hbaster was an
honored the sets and keys OF the Caribbean
The and the buccaneer then constituted the
chivary of this beautiful region and Of the long scaboard
OF the North American continent The traditions OF their
bloody adventures have come down TO us meiowed and
chastened by the soitening influences Of me yet
cngs TO the recitas to show that the ibuster's calling,
even in those days, rough seasons toughest
Whatever might have been the case then, thus much
at least is clear-tbat modern civilization refuses to
recognise the heroic element in these exceptional
vacations. The pirate days is up ID
the yardarm or reserved for the gaows at the
nearcs. port, without scruple and with little pre-
tence OF sympathy. Fair ladies', even in their
perennial achrymatores, have not single tear for the
modern Turpins and Duvas who tried regularly
the Aszcs at the Central Criminal Court and as regu
larry executed, unless the Home Secretary cornmutes their
punishment into incarceration, and banhment and hard
labor for life. There is indeed an occasional AMI
partial outbreak OF morbid sympathy particular
criminal, Out sun the opinion OF the majority takes IT.
course, and crime Cor the most part receives It's due
turn. There has been Of late but exception 10
this rule, and that has existed in the United States OF
America. We viii not be so unjust as 10 say that even
in the Great Northern Confederation public opinion has
been in favor Of hhbustersm; concurrence Of circum
combined produce the result 1t that
Glasses there infinite variety of local govern
ments the central executive was feeble and not ca, ~
reused 10 action there dispersed throughout the Sae
floating population Of desperadoes, the onscourings Of
Europa, without national feeling, and scarcely with
human hearts; finally, the tribes mali az anst when
attack drc,ted OF so savage and dcbaed cha
ractor With the exception Of Cuba that it conld not be
supposed the distant aons Of the Western world would
take much interest in their fate The time, however, has
arrived when, in the States this dSsgraceul prae
uce seems TO have fallen INTO sncn drepute thai the
public force Of the country will be efecualy exer-
cised Sor its repression. We would not attach too
much importance to the declaration of newly elected
President who the occasion Of his Inauguration
sarily speaks like the Pope from the gallery Of ST. Peter
ON Eater sunday to the world at large Mr. Buchanan
expression OF just and pacific policy cannot however.
be- wholly disrerardod for EULER sets his face agaEt
unjust in general he scarcely counteDancc
hhbuscrEm, which is TO organized warfare what
nuiaor and burglary those great Of
by food and beid which make ambition IL oppression
and surpaon and Injustice are 20 be worked out by al
means let the direction Of affairs rather be ursied
iaic men and generals and adrals Than be left in the
hands Of reckless Adventures, ike Walker OF Nicaragua.
any ultimate Correlative benefit 10 mankind The
gems OF the United states should consider that such
enterprise that Of Walker works them FAR harm
The pnbc opinion q Europe than any considerable opera
lion al war which, although undertaken nsutheirli
tiouhs may ye' oe eNt'huatcd u not lu,uhed, oy u'
aeccdcnts Of other nations and the sangnary chronicle
OF Weston conqucrors.
NsDer # are to Judge by the accounts we have u.,
rec wed, Is at his very last gap IS NOT only That d.
has been oiled the opera ions he has undertaken
even thai his communications With the seaboard Of The
lslhmus, and consequently with the United states hai
and famine had decmated his ranks which be could
repensh, and the survivors, undtterrcd by the term
81 his thf,aiengs and the sight OF his military
were teserung to the Costa Means large bodies so loog
the process had been carried peccmca and the
had left his lines by wos and three by lives cvcn and by
ten t impossible for HIM 10 catch the runaway
and avery simple 10 Kill them warning TO others
10 long TIT others oou be found IN level their mnsket
against the breasts OF er comrades. Informed
that OF the 500 whom he had left bod, Of 126 went
over 10 the Costa Bcan lines and surrendered The Gotta
iacaHs behaved With sound policy az well as with great
humanity towards the fugItyes. They received them
kindly, and gave them food and clothing and free pa
sage 70 the United States We have received address
their fellow soldiers yet with Walker, which seventy ~
Their number signed ocorcPn'ung the country into which
had endured such terrible suicrings. What benefit
the subscribers have you received you likely
10 receive from the hard fought battles Of Rvashrst and
second-NirEin Bay, Msaya Granada, or the terrible
suerngs OF the return from santa Rosa Thuk OF the
horrors Of the siege OF Granada where the sick and dying
lay mingled with the dead and wounded; whore innocent
and helpless and children dying your very
sight from privaton and sickness, while you your
selves we're supporting Iccble strength upon unnai.
might wei be supposed, the fugiuvcs speak
terms Of the profoundest execraon, and invite thor
former comrades TO follow their example, and desert 20
the Costa Rcan lines $50 great the effect Of these nv
atons, that within very lew days Walker lot half Of
his little army by deserton Meanwhile the various Cen.
trail American had entered n,s such
mcnts with regard 10 Nicaragua would have The effect
Of annhiatng the political existence Of that state and
union being far restored the net drawn closer aud
closer every day round the little remnant Of Walkers
force, which, in all probability, at the time We write has
ceased 10 have any organized military existence. This,
then, the end Of this in starred expedition which pro.
badly within limited area and among sparse popula
on produced as great an amount OF human misery as any
similar oray upon record. The inhabitants have persisted
great numbers by fire. by famine, by pesence, by the
sword The siege Of Granada alone would be sufficient to
give an unhappy immortality TO walkers enterprise had
that been the only event The foray, horrible the
suferngs endured either side during lis continuance
privaons suffered byithe vrerhed creatures whom the
hnbustcr bad alured beneath his banners nom the
states under the preence that they were 10 receive aot
ments coonsts, and implements 10 I'LL the SOIL and seed
for their future havosts As soon they reached the
shore Of the presumed Dorado they seized
d all their rcmonstanccs No one who has read merely
the account Of mseries which soldiers regularly enlisted
N the service Of any civilized Power have endured can
form idea Of the inflicted upon these miserable
creatures. Wakerwas not only compelled TO light battles
in unhealthy climate with most insufficient forcethst
force consisting of civilians who had becn just cntrap
ped by his crimps-but he under the necessity Of
taking greater precautions against his own men even than
against the enemy. Terror the agent with which he
worked-hence an unsparing recourse military cxecu-
tons lie himself sat Judge without appeal, and his
suspicious his law The good effect that may be
pected from this Of human calamity Ia that the sys.
TEN o busteFism, pracusod TOR too many years past
indir,iy under Ne atpicc and certainly 'vlh NE ooni
ronce fie JHi,d States, may rsceirs n dedthow Even
among The desperate who commonly engage in such
enterprises II he supposed that the hl,busers trade
will any longer be a popular one when they have learnt
by the fatal experience Of Walkers COMPANIONS what that
trade really means2 Surely the clone starr ana sher
such symbols viii have Lost somewhat OF their
charm when asceftaned that the bright luminary
ply shines the forgotten pits into which their nangIcd
and omacIaied bodies may have been cast
The New Power I'm Europe.
Prom tho london Spectator, April Ill
Tho present state Of affairs the Continent suggests the
existence OF influence which Is generally rccog-
Ia be