New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-22
FROM flashing ION.
Yrom Our Own Correspondent.

been drawn together, not only from every o,art;r
Of the Union, but .bouh judge, from nearly ever,
country in the civilized world. In this l.et raspert
it is as cosmopolitan as New-York itself English
Scotch, Irish, Germans, Italians ard French
abound; the Irish and Germans pr.ponderatios
among the foreigners. large proportion of the
shopketpers appear to be Germans, while the Irish
are found ext. nsiyely in menia posts in the public
oSicet-a reasonable tribute to their immaculate
Democracy"
OF the American element of the populstion the
largest share, as is natural, is from Maylsud and
Virginia. The vbgnian tones and pecuIar.ties of
,peeeh prevail among all classes, black and white.
They reckon and "judge, but do not guess"
Stop man in the street, and ask him il he knows
where Mr. Smith lives, and the answer, not improb-
ably. will be- 81 reckon do, Sir" "Sir is
used much more freely in conversation than in the
Northern States. Put" is pronounced like the
fr.t syllable of the Bsme Putnam, and not "poot"
as in New. EDglan1. "Two," "dew," "knew,"
and smilsr words are pronounced Ike "view " and
few, and not - too" 'dOo,' "knOo." &c. In
the tones of the voice and in the faces Of the people,
there is generally something more open and pleasant
than is common at the North.
Among the Virginians you will frequently zee tall,
porly stately personages of the build and cast of
couDttnance Of President Washington, with kind
of dignity of form and carriage that is not com non
i'll New England and 1 think I have in
week more gray beaded men III the streets of Wash
ratou tban | should in month in Boston. Perhaps
The midness Of the climate brings them out of doors
moe habituay than in tie harsher air Of the East.
Among PrO-Slavery men here some very drOl no
tions are entertained about the North. The talk
L., tta Gill, a.ft no / hot
supposed to be joke intended to Offset, well as
il mis- ht the criticisms Of the North upon Slavery.
But within few days have actually heard, in re-
spectacle circles the opinion gravely announced
that the Northern cities were likely to be the scenes
of civil war during the coming Winter, from a
general uprising OF sort OF Sepoy insurrecton
of the poor az aiIst the rch-invOying, among
other pleasant and exciting incidents, the sack of
marble stores on Broadway and of free-stOne
mansions in the Fifth avenue. SlayeboldiDg 60
cety is held to be safe enough And so it is
as safe ss were the English in India six months ago,
when the colOFed population of Bengal was as leyal
and contented ard Submissive as the colored popua
ton of Virginia and the CarOlnas. Nothing can be
less reliable than the submission-the forced sub
nission-Of one race to another. There is always
danger Of outbreaks however easily Or quickly they
nay be suppressed. A slave insurrectiOn in this
country would in nine cases out of ten be tram
pied out LIKE the sparks from charcoal fire. but
the tenth case may make temporary head
way, by mismauagement or combination
Of circumstances, and shock the world with repe
t,ion Of the horrors Of Delhi aud CawnpOre. How
ever mild or benecent its rule, the dOmiaanttrace
is never secure, aud never will be until the demo-
cratic instincts have ceated TO be part Of hu nan
nature. No people have ever existed, 80 far as
human records go, 30 habituated and so submissive
TO a foreign yoke as the HindOOs, yet even they
have revolt.d And DO dominant race was ever 50
IA, tbo T., olsb b.va haap in nd
in fact their chief the score of policy seems
to have been an excess Of magnaDimity, in leaving
to the native princes a semblance If power and dig
Lity which has made them excellent ralying points
Of iLsuIrectoD instead Oi following the example OF
their oriental predecessors in Indian conquest, who
carefully cut of the heads of the tall pOpples, aud
reduced their subjects TO dead level of imbeclle
equality. Our slaveh odiDg Democrats, by the by
hnd themselves in strange quardary on this sub
ect OF the Indian mutiDy. They hat, E0gland, bu
they hate still more Niger insurrectiOD, and
the revolt of the SepOys is nothing more nor less
than that.
The present state of Baltimore, the greatest of our
slayehOldiDg cities, is fine commentary on the as
serted superiority of slave to free society Witness
the folloWir account of its condition by one of the
Washington Pro-Slavery journals:
sit s not peopled by a rational family of citizens
II rather presents the appearance OF sacked city, suc
cumbipg to the terms OF Triumphant army OF occu
patton. One portion, the most reckless seem to have
no interest in common with theee whose commercial
struggles and homage 10 law and order give perma-
renee and stability TO the resources Of com nunity
and character to The body polite. All the efforts Of
The latter must be unavaiing while the former riots in
uprestrsined rebt lion The quence must be the
depreciation of the city. Pesceabe men cauno. live
in il. Travellers will rot trust themselves for night
to q den whence they may never escape. Trade must
decrease property 60 down, and respectable people
emgrate.'
L. nt hr Ahn-
litiODist, but by a PrO-Slavery Democrat, OF the
most populous and most hOurishing of the slave
cities. 1t s of course, grossly exaggerated, but is
not altogether without foundation. The fierce and
turbulent mob OF Baltimore is only manifestation
of the evil passions which slavehOlding generates
and fosters Similar mobs infested all the great
slaveh0ldiDg cities of antiquity, and hnaDy ruined
them. 1t was not until Christianity had abolished
Slavery in Europe that the cities became safe and
orderly abOdes.
A curious fugitive slave case has just occurred
here, and is not yet decided. In June, ls56, Dir.
Louis Clephane, a well known ADti-Sayery gentle
maD connected with The National Era newspaper
and Secretary of the Republican Association, re-
ceved letter apparently from Boston, informing
bin that there was in that city coiored woman,
Matilda Smith, who three or four years beiJre had
Iun away from her master, Mr. Martin OF Mary
! land with whom she had opened correspondence,
aid from whom she had received letter Offering to
sell her for S75 che being old and bind OF an eye
al not worth much as fugitive in Massae husetts
Mr. Clephane Vas requested by the writer ei
the letter from Boston to buy the woman
if Mr. Martin would adhere TO his agreement
Accordingly Mr.. Clephane wrote to Mr. Msrtln,
who came to Washington, and very readily and WIN
apparently entire good feeling executed OH ol
sale of Matilda Smith to Mr.. Clephane, BY whom
| .he Was of course manumtted in due form OF ii"
Mr. Clephane states that duriOg their interview Mr
Martins conduct and language were those oi
gentleman who was performing an Agreeable acJGu
| in frank and courteous manner. lie ihserteu =. !"
che bill Of sale description of the woman, az @ TUE