The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07


Isee a city wide and fair;
Through the broad streets pageant goes,
Ana men shout loud, aud women smile,
And up the chill and solemn aAsie
OF a ca,hedra oil onward flows
Eroud procession Priessly men.
Whose trade 70 pray or and peace, and then
Seem foil Of eaddeEed memories,
Assumes the imperial chair.
They kneeI, and through the 1utteTirg air
Neodous ttunoer swels and rolls,
And FROM thai moss Of human souls
Bursts tor,h--bscsuse those afar
We're slaughtered In a bloody war
thanks 10 the living God ~
Contrast B.s.veen the Austrian and French
Armies.
oommuncat;on from the late seat Of war to Paris
sptsks follows OF the organization Of the Austrian
amy
fbe more the Austrian forces studied the deeper
becomes The conviction tust they not to be despaed
Tor their general arangemenis are excellent The Aus
TRAN ceie well educated, experienced, enter prsng
and brave; the infantry taken individually, whether 30
hem'uns Cioats and the hungarian cavalry, are good
bu. The! unity Of and language, that
mupity Of sepnertr which peculiarly characterize
French amy In criti al moments the action of
AUST ian oiioer hs SOLDIERS almost null he Ia
ooigec 70 stimulate when the French officer has to re-
susn the eroor Of mis- mem his mssion ia not, with
us 90 lead on bis troops by marching e their head but
often he compelled to remain behind in order TO keep
them from retiring wien under fire. me preceding 90
srvtrons are estecsly applicable 10 the infantry The
psfu,e Of the country in Lombardy unfavorabe
20 the ufe q cavalry tina. we have had fe opportunities
Bulhne particularly the hungarian hussars seem to
preeept tue principal qualities of light cavalry being
ono efrsng EoHever sber losses tue sgemeDts
which tCok place ALWAYS heavier tn8n those OF tbs
French The GERMAN troopers bapit OF cutting Instead OF
hufnns IS the French do may have mad some share in
pioclc,rg tbis result.
Ar ia austrian artillery, 1. eeraiay is mstoh for
tie Fftreh. For reach our rew guus are beyond all
Companies So perlor 10 rhers A. no all the eue
mics batteries successgely senoed by tie sIper
ori.y CT tie fenah fire. Ae 70 The rockets employed BY
the Austrian artillery, we cauuot coaces our asonsh
,.,lar f,rs
OF these pay tbiDeg The effect OF the rockets aoso
luttly uull naaty and cavalry and the Fren,h
woks Al salierlno, ali tie cavalry Of the Guard,
ouuiirg 10 Elk regiments, remained half the day exs
Cd 70 regular tho@er of these prcjectiee ct times the
reports OF their ba explosions anos Sned the
Of ct Hral Soleilles artillery, though his forty
guns kept unceesiog Ere have not heard Of either
man or horse being killed by these rockets
The African Slave Trade ss Viewed An Eng
land.
TFroEn the London News, July IL
When the time approaches, each year, for voting the
sum demanded for the support OF our cruisers the
African coast becomes interesting to know what really
is doing there what the prospects Of the slave trade
really ere. Instead the subject becoming tame aud
trte has OF late become highly CRITICAL and tue
nocy The nsr Of o sv a. =. sendcant and
The disguised elave to the French colonies which
has recently been dasrous 10 the best interests Of
Africa. The French policy, however, was altogether
dscoursgpg; whereas the new course entered upon
by the American government operates the other way.
OCCaslOn.
We see no great virtue in what is doing; and any
strong sympathy Ia out OF the question; but, az
mater Q. lact sne nd srca,S 81
pote, 10 stop the slave trade tnd as the protraction
extinction Of the slsve trade depends the American
government under the circumstances Of the present time
the fact is Of high importance, whatever emotions may
may belong to it, We need scarcely repeat that the
power rests with the government q. Washington because
avowed slavery exists only in the United States and Cuba
and Cuba alone could not keep up the trade Spain were
tipAt IN thp tvp6fi he ava traa
. Of Importance, not only that it shoud be under
stood in this country that the American
Africa and of the Gulf but that the Of the change
should be apprehehded with some dlstinctness,
Mey must INVOLVE further changes Of gsea,
again, Il is necessary that the allies Of the
Warrington government should understand the facts OF
the case because she aspect Of affairs ia America is very
misleading At thlS moment there are many people Ia
~ 81 ns, ss srTsss .sans me slave tssGe
beep not only demands from parties several of the
Southern States of the Union for the reopenpg Of the
trade but successful attempts 70 import native Afrcsns
courts and ures refusing enforce the against the
importers. We ought TO understand what the circum.
eapcee are which the mdgt Of such state Of affairs
mske the extncon the trade more peful than
was when every American citizen pvossed to be proud
Of the laws which oscrbea the traffic before the Laws
American authorities ,shep, the case is THIS.
The siaveholdrg interest Of tbs United States been
since TIE abolition Of the slave trade in 1905 monopoly
to which the holders nave clurg with more and more
energy their fortunes declined, Is the way with
noporss generally Az the value Of individual negroes
the supposed themselves to be gro wing rich
er, excepf from come unsccountable influences which
somebow Ioade them continually poorer. We all knox
how Is their wont to revle the ourisbng States,
by whose capital alone the industry and arts of life
KEEP: gem Of ell in the slave States. During the half
My vod 'h bas The son old "a esaa,
on which they lived have sunk INTO ruin; and (what
is more 10 our preaent purpose) the families of the
leaving crly tie email Glars Of existing Shareholders to
cOrsiue ,be arstocracy which formerly determined
white population OF the slave States date OF the
sst ard they will next yea- be found to be Still.
fever TIE other Eeven enhs must sooner aier gro
impatient under state Of ansra in which they dad iham
selves sunk from the petition held by their anerl poor,
cespstd end degraded to the level of the negroes by
necestJy OF working If they would not s;arse. Late
years bvs been favorable to the ripenng Of hst npa
tience After long series Of awakening Incidents,
great shocks came to rouge them iuo what their ars,cr
The Kansas struggle in which they sent to bear
their part as the military champions Of the Sou'ho be
fco0 for POWDER in the stead of The slave owpersdis
clos ed 10 OF them the virtues and privileges of free
labor, and proved TO many more the fact OF their
Uron The other incident was probably consequence
OF that get Of discoveries Gee Of their class MI Helper
Of North Carolina issued his well known bong, 10 which
tie wrop2e OF his oiaa are exposed and dsncy traced
10 The QveTshado wing monopoly under which they i've
TIE efforts the other hard to Suppress the book and it's
writer ard or the to carry hg statements into every
dwelling in the Union, have been token TO observers
of the of b0n saychoioers and abolition
s Of the critical character OF the work and Of the time
apprtherded tiebeion" would take place through The
ballot boxes, and probably It will at tue next election,
when bundIe OF ihoueaGds Of citizens Will vote who
never vote before bat, meantime, another course has
been adopted which nesry concerns ue snd our pay
| ment fer the Artisan serve.
Hitherto, and er-c.ally sipcc tsa entrance Of Re-
gs OF sessIes into the slsve trade on behalf OF the
french ccncs, II has been concant complaint on inc
nrrcan coast and among honest American c,z-p. -.
the ships seemed 70 be cent 10 encourage rathe,
than stop The traffic ship craving q much mater a
" upspe 70 appTosca ne shore occupied first one ia
ton and then another the exclusion Of the after
OF ne hItsn and Portuguese; and wherever the great
ship wsr creeks and coves we're absolutely uugnard
ed and the kdnnprnR Of natives was n fact projected
| The newspapers Of New York and Boston have long
abouDded IN vain with complaints and exposures Of this
abuse Of q rational engagement
Recently, suddenly, and without apparent connection
with such emonaraDces the Washington government. has
made great stir about the necency OF the watch kept
by American vessels the coast Of Africa has recalled
The big ship and sent smaller and ordered that the whole
existing force OF gunboas eha be sent (while more are
budng) 10 guard the shadows and creeks Of the Africa
thores and nlEo those Of the Gulf.
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