The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-05

therefore, iet Kansas fall through She can
take care Of herself till the next session, and
in the interval the administration can bring
for~ ard other issues and measures of more
practical importance, which will very soon gu
persede and extipguisd the miserable remnant
of this Kansas imbroglio.
CsZNE IN New YORK AND IT'S vIc1srrY-Po-
lice connivance and misplaced executive Gle
mency are bearing their fruits Murder, high
way robbery and burglary are increasing with
such frightful rapidity that it is impossible to
avoid arriving at the conclusion that 1t is to
the impunity which attaches to the commission
of crime in our city that we owe this unparal-
ieled state Of things In addition to the muir
der of young Samuels, we have had to record
within the last day two the shooting of the boy
McCarty, the probable robbery and murder of a
hardware dealer and his son ia Williamsburg.
the finding at Gowanus Of the body of Mcguire,
the man who was rightly suspected 10 have
been murdered and made away with about two
months since, the death Of Foye, who was
robbed and beaten week or two ago at
Gowanus, and the discovery of the mutt.
lated body of another man on Rockaway beach,
who WA no doubt killed here. thrown into the
bay and subsequently cast ashore on Long
Island. This is q catalogue of horrors to which
We believe but few communities, civilized or
otherwise can furnish precedent 1t proves
Enthusiastically that not only is the administration
of justice lax amongst us. but that crime
must be extensively oonnived at by those who
are paid for its suppression. 1t will be OBJ
served that all these atrocities have been COM
mitted within the jurisdiction of the Metropo-
Titan Police, body VIGOROUSLY composed of
political partisans; and which was forced upon
us by the black republicans, in opposition to
the circumstances of the great body of our citi-
zens. The policy which triumphed in that un-
fortunate measure is receiving its consistent
Development in the action of the Governor.
The few criminals who fall into the meshes of
the law through their want Of political inf1u-
ence, contrive somehow or other to escape the
punishment Of their misdeeds, through the
observation-disclosures Of the Executive We do
not of course seek to interfere with the delicate
and conscientious scruples of the Executive in
regard to the punishment of criminals We
can only deplore them az one of the main
causes why murder is rampant amongst us, and
why neither life nor property enjoys the Sc
curity to which II Is entitled under the expen-
sive system Of police which the Governor and
his party have saddled upon u.s. But what is
the use of reiterating truisms which receive
such q terrible daily exempli6cation Failing
the interference Of the Legislature, ii is evident
that the citizens Of New York will speedily be
compelled, like those of San Francisco to have
recourse to remedies which nothing but the
most desperate condition of things can justify.
OvTRAGEs ON AMERICAN VEssKIs BIT BRITISH
CRUlsERs-we published yesterday an account
of the 0verhauling of an American schooner
the n. B. Borden-near Matanzas1by the British
steam sloop7ofwar Styx, under the suspicion
that she was SLAYER. After firing blank
cartridge at her and bringing her to, the captain
Of the Styx allowed her to pursue her course,
without making any apology for bis conduct
In the same paper We gave letter from Capt
McEwen the master of the bark Clara Winsor,
explaining the circumstances under which that
vessel was fred into by the English gunboat
Forward, near Fort gu Prince Capt McEwen
states that be had not his colors set at the time,
and that the gunboat fired at him under the
impression that he was endesvoring to make his
escape. AS soon as he showed bis colors, the
commander Of the Forward sent an officer on
board and apologized, stating that he had strict
orders from the Admiral not to interfere with
any vessel bearing the American flag This
being the case, it is clear that the commander
of the styx not only exceeded his general in
structions, bat WAS guilty of an act of marked
discourtesy to our flag, in the manner in which
be treated the captain Of the Borden. We trust
that the fact will not escape the notice of the
British naval authorities, and that their subor-
dinate will receive the punishment due to his
contempt Of his instructions.
The CONNECTICUT EEcros.-The Connecti-
cut election for Governor, State officers and