The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-06-03

Apacno lnuians near orr lnom, and butchered
indiscriminately men, women, and children.
and held them prisoners.
The grass on the plains was very good, and
the outgoing trains were progressing finely.
James N. Hunt an old and prominent test
dent at Santa Fe, died on the 10th ult.
The conductor of the train from Santa Fe
reports meeting with but few Indians, and
they were of q friendly disposition.
The mail left Santa Fe on the LIST instant, in
q heavy snow storm, which continued all day.
The Courier des Etats Unis furnishes a
comparison between the navies Of Great Britain
and France, contending that, however superior
in number of vessels the former NAV be to the
latter, yet, in point of ability for effective SER
vice, the advantage is altogether on the side of
France.
England possesses csc ships of war, partly
sailing, partly screws, and l62 gun-boais. To
complete the equipage of her men.ofwar,
England needs 10000 men, and she is entire
ly without ability to furnish them Her present
n,GterieI for naval service, including cabin.
boys, is but $3.50.
On the other hand, France has $50 ships of
war and 30 gun-boats, and the personnel of the
French marine is now perfectly organized in
time of peace, $4,000 suficing in time of war,
1900 being necessary to complete the arma
ment of all the vessels, while the population of
the French coast can furnish 900 sailors.
A merchant of New York has written letter
to General Cass, suggesting method by which
he thinks, satisfactory arrangement could be
made with Great Britain for inquiring into the
nationality of suspicious vessels. He recon-
mends that aH american lieutenant should
be placed on board of every British cruiser,
and that British lieutenant should be placed
on board of every American cruiser on the
lookout for slavers, and that any suspected
vessel should be visited and her papers exam.
ined by the officer whose national flag she
might carry. In this way, he believes, all feel.
ings of national honor and pride might be
respected, and the ends of visit attained with.
out any possibility of national offence.
The affairs of our navy need looking into.
The people have taken so little interest in this
branch of the Government, that almost any
amount of abuse might escape detection. The
fact is that we spend annually about ten mil
lions of dollars on the navy, and this year from
thirteen to fourteen millions, and when so small
an affair as the present annoyances by the
British cruisers occurs there is a demand at
once for an addition to the navy. 1t is found
that we are unprepared for so trihing an ner.
gency as this. Six steam sloops of war and
ten steam gun.boats are needed at once, so the
Congressional committees say, and it is no
doubt the case. But ten millions year for
the last twenty years ought to have given US by
this time very respectable navy.
If our Government ia sincere in its protested
purpose to aid the civilized world in suppress
ing human piracy, it will fulfil its treaty as to
the African fleet in letter and in spirit, and it
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suit of slave vessels in the Cuban waters, and
will take energetic measures to prevent the
fitting out of slave ships from our ports. If
unwilling to come up to the line of its duty in
these respects, then it should, for consstency's
| sake and for decency's sake, withdraw all ap.
pearance of hostility to the traffic, annul all
treaties against it, and declare the traffic legiti
mate aud proper. This would be infinitely more
honorable than its present false position, by
which the rest of the world is not deceived, but
only Disguised.
We regret to learn by the Hartford (Conn. J
papers of the death of Edward s. Bartholomew,
| the American sculptor, who died in Naples, of
| an liberated sore throat, on the evening of the
| first of May. Mr.. B., who was native of Con.
necticut, was one of the most promising of the
younger sculptors, and his death foowir q so
soon upon the decease of the lamented Craw.
ford, is loss to American art which it can i'll
afford to suffer. He has left large number
of finished works, many of which are in private
galleries in New York, Baltimore, Hartford,
| and Albany.
Mayor Tiemann of New York is doing q good
work upon public robbers of all grades. Hav
| ing commenced thorough determination of
| the bogus lottery swindlers he has extended
his operations to the quack doctors, fortune tell
ers, and other such humbugs. He has arrang.
| ed with the Postmaster General to have all let
ters addressed to persons or firms known to be
| fictitious, at once forwarded to the dead letter
| Office, instead of being delivered to any person
protesting to represent the fictitious concern,
where they will be opened, and the money re-
turned to the persons sending it.
An anti scompton State Convention for
| Pennsylvania, including all parties of the CD.
position, is called at Harrisburg on the 9Th of
July, to nominate State officers. The prospect
| now is that there will be thorough and sue
cessful union.
Connolly, convicted at Cincinnati of having
violated the fugitive slave act by harboring two
runaway negroes, has been sentenced to twenty
| days imprisonment and ten dollars fne-not
| suf6 cient punishment to satisfy the vengeance
of the negro-drivers, but enough to disgrace the
court that inhcts it, and too great for an act
| which no humane and Christian man can con.
| slider a crime. His motion for new trial was
| not granted.
Billy Bowlegs seems to be on a general
| bender, while making his stay in New Orleans
| he is great imbiber of spirits, to judge from
| the draughts which he gulped down, and, from
| all accounts, is q most uncomfortable beggar.
| He is something over the medium size, will
weigh about l60 pounds, has a good-sized head,
| e ne forehead, and a keen eye.
The Boston City Government, Tuesday even.
| ing, received the Turkish Admiral in formal
manner, by rendering him and his suite for
NAL dinner at the Revere House, at which were
present the members of the Board of Aldermen,
the Common Council, and q number of distin.
| euished guests, including the Hon. Edward
Everett, Commodore Stringhsm, of the U. s.
Navy, and others.
The Rev. DIR. Bellows, of New York, and
PROT. FELTON,, of Cambridge, are said to be the
most prominent candidates for the Presidency
of Harvard University, shortly to be vacated by
the Rev. DR.. Walker.
Lieutenant Henry A. Wise and Mrs. Wise
daughter of Mr.. Everett) left Boston on Fri.
day, for Europe. Mr.. Wise's health is seriously
i'm paired, in consequence of injuries sustained
in exercising the heavy guns in the Navy Yard
at Washington, about year since and he
goes to Europe, by advice of his physicians, to
take the benefit of the waters of Carlsbad.
On the 29th of March, the Pedro Segundo
railway, in Brazil was inaugurated, in presence
of the Emperor, Empress, and an immense
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