The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-31

tee sgarst fraud. In the article Of coal alone i.
is estimated that ahe anaua! saving to the con-
sumeIs in this city which would be effected BY
sanitary Law ensuring full weight would be half
| million Of dollars. Yais is the time for inau.
| gurating such wholesome measures II is hard
in such tim:s as these to see the poor cheated on
all hands. AZ we cannot hope for all dealers to
agree to be hone st. 1t is the dGsy of governments
| to enforce honesty as much AZ possible. We
should like very much to see that duty perform
ed in this city.
PROSPECTS, or SURPRISING TIE INDIAN Nj
! 7NY-The last news from India shows that after
all, the English ma5 yet hold their swn till aid ar
iives. One more fortnight spent in inactivity by
the mutineers, one more fortnight Of endurance
en- the part of the brave garrisons Of Agra and
Lucknow, and the worst will be passed. By the
end Of September, British troope will be arriving
at Calcutta In numbers sufficient to stem the tide,
to save every place that is menaced, to take
Delhi, when they get there, and to commence the
| war on fair and equal prospect of success.
| Throughout the month, tse arrivals will CONT
nue. until; by 10th October, seine $4,000 British
troops will stand on the sch of Bengal. The
season will at that time be favorable for military
operations and not necessarily injurious to tie
English soldier The commander in chief, Sir
Colin Campbell, is understood to be man o.
military skill and nerve equal to the task. LIZ
fine, by that time, the mutinee,c will have worn
out the flush Of enthusiasm which has hitherto
sustained them, and will have nothing to rely
on for the tussle With their enfuria'ed enemy but
their natural ahaity and intrinsicforce. What
those- amount TO- the past history of India is
there to show.
1t is not to be doubted but the prospect Of a
suppression of the mutiny which for the past
three months has concentrated all eyes on the
peninsula of Hmdostan would be received with
satisfaction here. Such unanimity Gs the press
and tho people have displayed In their sympa-
thies for England On this occasion has seldom
been witnessed before. Not single respectable
voice has been raised to condemn Eoglnnd. Even
the faults Of the Indian government have been
charitably yelled over, while the internal atroci-
ties of the 6epoys have been published through
out the length and breadth of the land. 1t is I'M
derstood that some Of the ablest officers of our
Amy, end those least likely to be suspected of
their services to Lord Napier as candidates for
duty in the British ranks; and as to the raw ma
terial for armies, il is well known tia. the Bri-
fish Minister might have raised brigade Of forty
or fifty thousand men on the scaboari alone, had
his instructions justified him in doing 90. This
sympathy for England aries Of course mainly
from general conviction that her cause in India
is really the cause Of civilization agaias, barba.
rism, and commerce against stagnation.
Our people generally would be wen pleased to
hear that the Eoglish, had regained their former
atce1dency in Bengal, and punished the brutal
Sepoys according to their deserts suoh sympa.
thy rs this may be considered reliable.
SHORT CREDrrs.-The revusion Is producing
aaexcellent effect !; Il Is causing general rebel
lion against the system Of long credits The
hardware dealers in this city have condemned IT;
the Boston merchants have denounced It; II has
long been considered very Objectionable here
and in some other parts Of the country we notice
glimmer Of the truth that part Of the present
disasters are due 10 its effects.
This is precisely the case. We're the business
Of the country conducted en- q cash or short
credit basis, the revulsion would not have been
nearly as disastrous as il has been, and the pro-
Gers Of Liquidation would hove been far speedier
and easier. The dry goods merchants especially
have beea severe sufferers by the custom Of ex-
tending enormous credits TO their country
customers the difference between them and the
grocers in this respect is enough to account for
the difference between The two trades Ia present
standing.
II would be far better for the city merchant,
the country trader, aad the community at large,
If business were conducted as nearly as possible
on a cash and short credit basis Three months
paper ought to suffice for grocers and dry goods
dealers; If II did, the country would be far
sounder than II Is, and we should not hear Of re-
vulsions every ten years.
THE DEUSIoS FANATICS AT CLEyELANp.-lt
seems that the order postponing the promised
grand Northern Abolition Disunion Convention
of Cleveland was issued too late to prevent
small gathering OF the more jealous Of
the abolition fanatics at The appointed time
and place. Accordingly hcee infatuated
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