The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-27

IRISH REBELLION CoSrRmUrIONs-THE WAY
THE MoNEr Co.'s We publish in another part
Of this paper . circumstantisl statement from
the Savannah Republican, showing how the Irish
Rebellion fund, collected there in l848, has been
disposed ofby some of the parties concerned in its
safe keeping, and how suit at law has been insti-
tuted by others among the interested parties to
recover the money. And we are thus reminded
that some ten years ago tremendous excite
ment was raised here by the New York Tribune
over formidable revolutionary war reported
to have broken out In Ireland. A fierce battle
had been fought at Slievegammon, or some such
place, and the government troops engaged had
been slaughtered to such an extent that the
stripped bodies of their slain were scattered
like docks of sheep over the fields for distance
of six, eight ten or fifteen miles! The effect of
this inspiring news published exclusively in the
Ti1une) was positively sublime. Apublic meet
ing was called upon the strength Of 1t, at which,
if we are not mistaken, liberal subscription
from Archbishop Hughes gave the impetus to
speedy collection Of some forty thousand dol
lars, for the great work of Ireland's liberation.
The Hon. Massa Greeley had long finger in
that pie; but he has never told us what was
done with the money. Upon the heels of these
Georgia disclosures we think he ought to
come out and make q clean breast of it.
and frankly tell US what did become
of those forty thousand dollars for Ireland, ''be
kHn I'D In "a. L~u q.
in, he might as we'll tell US, also, who got that
thousand dollar draft of the Des Moines Improve
ment Company, of which Massa Greeley was the
stakeholder; likewise the specifications of the
disbursement Of the Tribune Kansas fund of
100000; and in addition thereto, all the facts
connected with the collection and appropriation
of the lobby fund raised for the election of Mr..
Banks as Speaker of the last Congress; and all
the facts necessary to clear up the mystery of
Matteson's proposed Stree wool" fund of $25, OOO
which was to be placed in the hands of Msssa
Greeley, as a reserved deposit for the purchase
of corruptible members of Congress.
Let Massa Greeley enlighten us, frankly and
honestly, upon all these things, and then he
may harp upon Fort Smelling and Willett's
Point every morning till next Christmas
Hon. JOHN CooHRANE AMONG HIS CoNsr1ru-
ENTs-A New PLANK FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFoRM.-We publish to-day the address of
the Seventeenth Ward Independent Democratic
Club, through committee appointed for the
occasion, to the Hon. John Cochrsne, on his
return home, and his reply thereto. The COM
mittee cordially and entirely endorse the course
of their representative in Congress, and say
that his past is a safe guarantee for the fu-
ture," and that the committee, " representing
no small portion of the bone and sinew of the
democracy of the Seventeenth ward, only anti
cipate the desire Of all by now saluting him, in
advance, as their representative for another
term in Congress"
This is as much as any representative return
ing to his constituents could reasonably
demand Of them In the way of ratification Of
his efforts to meet their wishes in the national
councils. That he has done well the records of
the late session, upon great issues and small,
will bear ample testimony. But he Is not con-
tent with this. In his reply to the committee
he breaches new movement, a new plank for
the democratic platform which, If carried out,
will identify the peculiar interests of our great
commercial metropolis very largely with the
specific policy Of the federal government.
This new movement is foreshawdowed in
his remarks on commerce. He Gays that II
Is the duty Of our government to encourage
commerce, to establish commerce, to flibus:er
mot with flibusters but) with commerce Let
1t enable fleets Of steamers to compete through
all Central and South America with the com.
mercial efforts Of Great Britain and France
let 1t empower our merchants in every port to
direct their adventures where wealth shall fol-
low upon American enterprise, aud dominion
upon American trade, and what transit route
could then be closed against us?r
Very good for the chairman on Commerce Of
the House Of Representatives. Good doctrine
for the government, and decidedly good FOR this
commercial centre OF the continent. Let Mr..
Cochrane stick TO this cardinal principle of the
extension OF American commerce. by every
available act Of encouragement on the part Of
Congress, and his constituents will stick to him
The niger is fast becoming q dead niger, a
dead issue, and questions affecting our monetary
and commercial affairs will soon rule the roast
ToBAcco-Irs HrsroRY, PRoDUcTroS AND
CoSsuNPTIos.-We refer our readers to an
elaborate and interesting article under the
above head in another part Of this paper II
gives sketch of the history of the plant. asso-
ciated as II is with more interesting incidents
than any other ever cultivated for commercial
purposes II contains interesting statistics re-
garding Its growth In the United States for
comparative periods Of time, showing the in
crease Of Its production within ten years in the
Western, Middle and Northern States, together