The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-16

soSh Uu sho OhaIs OH jas DfOOk6 u III VIII
ten graphic narrative Of the insurrectionsnd sig
nal punishment Of the Chinese at Ssawak Ac-
cording 10 the most moderate estimate one thou.
sand Chinese we're killed at the various phases.
while all their fourishing settlements, except at
| Kuch!n, have been destroyed.
IL is asserted that the Cabinet Of the United
States cannot preserve q neutrality In the Eastern
contest; and The English papers assert that Mr..
Reeds Offers OF negotiation will be heard amidst
the din of war which will rage in China by the
time he reaches there. England asserts that should
she resort to an efcctual blockade OF the ports OF
Chins 10 neutral flag will be permitted to enter;
and the French papers affect not to believe in the
sincerity of our government the subject, and say
that the idea of opening up the empire of China to
civilization first preached by the government in
Washington in 1856.
Advces from Ceylon are dated at Colombo on the
2sth of March. A correspondent writes on that day
that before the rains of the south vest monsoon set
in it is eviNk that three fourths of tho coffee crop
will be shipned and or The total exports from LIST
October to date are 2,ls2 cwt in the proportion
Of 1879 202 plantation and liz, $50 native The pro-
portions Of both kinds exported during the past
fortnight have been, plantation 22,3,0 native 6,423
| total 2S, Sl3 Tie Australian market is likely to
offer an equally steady demand for Ceylon coffee as
| for Mauritus sugar.
We have news from Melbourne, Australia, to the
18th of March. Tae steamship Oneida, for the
safety of which fears entertained in England,
had put back to King Georges Sound in a disabled
[ state. One hundred and twentyeight thousand
Of gold, valued at 95l2 900, had been ship
Ped for England from 18th of February to the 18th
of March.
The Supreme Court of Ohio have recently decided
the Poiudexter slave case in direct opposition to
that Of the United States Supreme Court in the
bred Scott case They have adjudged Henry Pom
dexter free- On the ground that neither Ohio nor
Kentucky cm demand an abrogati0 Of the coz
aitution and laws of the other; and if Ken.
lucky slave comes INTO Ohio BY the con-
sent Of the owner the constitution end laws
of Ohio operate on the condition of such per
son. and ef,ct his immediate emancipation. The
constitution declares that if person held to service
in one State escapes into another he shall be given
up. In this case Poindexter did not escape but
was sent into Ohio by his master. This case is
therefore, not covered by the constitution and he
became entitled to the full benefit OF the express
prohibition Of slavery In Ohio, end was to all in
tents and purposes free.
The new Police Board is stated to have received
informally the accession Of Police Chief Foulke of
Brooklyn. The organization of o means for causing
detection OF the police Of New York WAS put into
operation yesterday, and caused much excitement
and discussion anon the men. Mayor Wood holds
his ground unrufied and undisturbed as yet The
details of the present state of affairs in this copnec-
ton viii be found highly curious
The telegraph furnishes us q brief account of a
popular outbreak at Louisville attended by terri
bic result -Four negroes were tried on charge of
numbering family. One of them turned States
evidence, but his testimony not being sustained the
prisoners were acquitted. Thereupon the mob pro-
cured cannon demanded the culprits and tire stened
to lombard the prison. The jailor yielded to the
pressure. Three of the negroes were forthwith |
hung, and The fourth committed suicide by cutting |
his throat With razor.
The National Quarantine Convention closed its |
proceedings yesterday The resolutions relating TO
yellow fever, published In yesterdays HERALD,
were defeated by the strenuous opposition of the
Southern delegates The Convention will meet in
April next at Baltimore. Alter the adjournment
the members partook of an entertainment at the
Lazaretto, and had good time generally.
A select and highly respectable audience, mostly
Swedenborgians, assembled at Hope Chapel last
evening, TO hear an Grafton delivered ny the Rev.
George Bush on the occasion Of the centennial ce.
LIBERATION Of the Institution Of the New Church, 80
called.
Notwithstanding the Indictment weather q large !
audience met nj the Church of the Puritaps yesser-
day forenoon 70 participate in the proceedings of
meeting held in behalf Of the American Board OF /
Commissioners for Foreign Missions Owing to the 4
press Of European news we are compelled to defer
the publication Of our report.
In consequence Of the failure Of the Grand Jury 10
bring in bills there nothing done in the Court Of
SESSIONS yesterday, the passage Of one or two
trifling sentences.
TIE steam frigatc Minnesota, destined for the
China seas, was placed in commission al Phiads
phia yesterday morning, and all the officers entered
upon their duties. She will leave on Wednesday
next. taking ont 10 China our Miaister, VIM. u.
Reed, Esq, aud his two sonA
The foreign by the Asia less favorable for
cotton than anticipated, sales restricted
aout bae In loa, with the % The market in
favor Of buyei- though the market unsettled, owing
" the fact that lot Of sufficient magnitude sold 10
establish mces owing 10 accounts Of heavy fhcmeuts
from the bong ,nsi,u Tor this market norr
heavy End The prices state and Western brands
from SC TO loc per barrel lover with mod.ra sales
wheat was quiei the stock Of prime gilt aae q
Illinois red was made o., 81 OF Corn uudcr the nsws
va decidedly higher sales 81 southern aud Jersey yellow
were made in and delivered n CSC &c. and West
ctn mixed was hold a poc. Pork Grm and active,
w .aes OF go barrels moss5Oo the spot AM 200
deliverable tie s,h ard 18th o. iuneat sc s5 sugars
w,tc active ana Erm, having fuzzy recovered f1m tle
recent depression Tic fac, embraced 2 900 hogiAoads
Cuba muioo,aio ant Geo barrels of crushed terms
-rted elsewhere. coffee steady, but quiet FrcghH
we're du. aud shippers had ro bad tine 20 real hor
letters before 'Chanre, engage mons vcro hight, aud
ra,1s more or ic.- nominal
DoST DE AIlR'KD, TIurR is No DNCEn--
We fcor or friends Of Virginia snd tho South
may be- alarmed for the safety Of the Union
when thsy bear Of I've threats recently PIT forth