The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-23

plesded guilty TO an attempt al grand larceny, and
war remandcd for sentence. Frederick woidern
pleaded guilty to assault and battery, ne having
been INDICTED for assault with intent to kill. He
viii be sentenced on Friday. Patrick Cunning. Ar.
chibaid Brown and John Kerrgan were charged
with committing rape on Mary Galloway. The
trial viii be- continued thiT morning
The receipts Of beef cattle at the yards during
the past week amounted to 2.s4i head, an increase
Of 2os head as compared with the week previous.
Tie average quality of the stock offered was very
fair, and with brisk demand prices advanced fully
half cent per pound. the range being from &c. to
llc with an ample supply and moderate de-
mand. Cows and calves sold at $50 a s65, ac-
cordrg TO quality Veal calves sold readily Mt &c.
=, though the demand was only fair, with mo-
de te receipts. The stock Of sheep and lambs
WIS ant and those offered sold readily at 5? so
q 81 lie swine market was active and prices ad'
vanced trife.
.he sae- OF cotton yesterday embraced about 1000
bales, 500 which were male in ransitu The mirke.
closed without change the basis Of about i2 per ID
fcr middiing upands. Wheat in fair Request and
prices steady, while sales moderate Corn Arm
With more doing The sales embraced Western mixed, in
store and delivered at Tee. II hc, and lots
reported at sc. Pork in fair request for future de-
livery and =, fun prices On the spot sold
SIS l2k SIS 25 and deliverable in May and June sis
TO sugar steady, with sales Of about s65 hhis a.
rates given in another column CoIe WAS steady, with
the sale of cargo comprising 900 bags Santos p.
and small lot OF Java at I4Ac Freights
and rates more or less nominal.
The French Government-Tho Regina CmM
Analr-Libcria and the African Slave
sade.
We publish this morning the recent cores
pondencc between J. Ii. h. Latrobe, Esq. Of Bal
timore. President Of the American Liberian)
Colonization Society, and Senator Hammond, of
South Carolina, in reference to the conduct of
the French and the French government, and the
government Of Liberia in the Regina Celi slave
trading affair. This correspondence ia based
upon certain remarks made by Mr. Hammond, in
his late Barnwel speech to his constituents, to
the effect that France had become 30 far changed
in her views of African slavery that she had
openly revived the African trade, not in pur-
chascs from the slave catchers, but from the
President of Liberia-the fir-famed settlement
of our own Colonization Society" France buys
the colonists, our own emancipated slaves, who,
sick of freedom, prefer any form OF slavery, and
in their desperation do not hesitate to make their
pious patrons in this country the laughing stock
of the world
l, is not surprising that this sweeping indict-
mcnt against Liberia and the American Coloni-
zstion Society should bring the President OF the
society promptly to the rescue. In this con-
nection, while we regret to say that the let
oF 4 In IN Al
abruptly and inconsiderately answered by the
latter gentleman, we are gratihed that this uasa-
tisfactory response has not deferred Mr. Latrobe
from calm and circumstantial defence of Libe-
ria and the Colonization Society against the
charges preferred Ivy the South Carolina Senator
The facts cited, and the general argument into
which they are interviewer by Mr. LaIobe, afford
not only q pretty conclusive vindication of the
Liberian government in regard to the Regina
Coli. but throw the burden Of the responsibility
upon the French agents concerned and the
Wrench government. Thus it appears, that not
only without the consent, but against the rcmon-
strauces Of the Liberian government. the French
agents aud the traders of the Regina CGi pick.
ed up her cargo Of "emigrants'' very much after
the old fashion OF the slave traders and that these
migrants were the wild aboriginal Africans of
the country. and rot American colonists," as
the French official accounts have represented
them ia b..
Mr.. Latrobe says that the French agents and
authorities Implicated had the strongest mo-
tiv,s" for ialsehood" in the premises; that they
were on a nciarious GRAND, and they knew il.
and they had iailcd," and tha, "their failure.
under the circumstances. bad attracted the
attention Of the civilized world;r and that
"all eyes were turned to France, whose charac-
Ter was compromised by them" Upon these
point We leave the intelligent reader to make
mp bis own Judgment from the facts circuri-
stances AID probabilities brought 10 bear upon
tie case Nv the we'll informed President OF The
Colonization Society. We think il very proba-
Ne that the lamcntahle circumstances connected
with the failure Of this Regina Cgli adventure
hod much 10 do With the recent manifesto OF
Lnuis Napoleon, In which be signifies bis opinions
Il the African slave traffic with the emphasis OF
a new convert Of Exeter Hall.
That "happy accord" between England and
France. which the Cabinets respectively Of tn
two nations seem TO regard a. absolutely indis-
pcusalle to The safety of both. has been satisfied
With the French explanations of this Regina Cgli
affair and VIC on this side the Atlantic have.
perhaps no right TO complain. But If the pecu-
Tar vi,w Of the subject ~ presented by Mr..
LairUbe be essentially correct then II strikes VI
that the American Colonization Society, in be.
hall or their Liberian colony, have case Justify
ing an APPEAL to the government at Washington,
IN the way Of "indcmnity for the past and secu-
rity ~ tie future" again.t such French "emi.
grant slips as the Regina Cell LIT Mr. Ia.
tfobe. ., al events, get up resolution In Con-
cres. calling for aii the Official papers and docu.
menis on the SUBJECT II We punish our own