The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-25
unnecessary trouble. There viii be injury enough
to houses and furniture n the regular course Of
moving, without having ones temper damaged
Decides

all the avenues OF trade are now open to the
| throng pg crowds of commerce. Railroads are
| crowded with merchants and travellers movicg
| to and fro In pursuit of profit or pleasure; the
| docks and barges are piled W th goods, rushing
| to supply the exhausted marts of the couary;
tn river banks are vocal with the VIII stle Of the
| passing steamers expressmen and railroad
| agents are n hurry of delight at the rush OF
business; hotels are crowded with guests; SUN.
mer resorts are being newly painted aud re-
| vomped for the coming season; traders are TO-
cuDd over their accommodating proAis; specula-
tors are full Of hope at the signs of war Ia the
Old World, and peace and plenty in the New
aud everybody looks and feels as though good
years business has prosperously begun.
| such is the picture of New York to-day, aud
| New York is perfect reflex of the whole coun-
Try. 1t is the metropolitan city, drawing its life
from all, sharing the hopes aud joys of all, and
| rejecting the feelings of all. Seldom has sea-
| son opened with more healthful glow than the
| present enc. Our manufacturers are crowded with
orders; our artisans are fully employed-to
suoh an extent indeed, that many Of them are
| demanding return to the wages of the old
| speculative times, when the staples of sdbsist-
ence and enjoyment commanded prices thirty
| per cent higher than at the present time-and
| the hives OF industry everywhere are resonant
| with the sounds Of life and activity. Even the
| politicians are as busy as bees, weaving their
! periodical plans for saving the country, which,
somehow or other, is periodically 10 danger OF
| being ruined. Their activity is of itself good
sign for it proves that the occupation pays; aud
there is nothing like a contented and money
making people to shell out the necessary fluids,
! and ask no questions as to its employment
IL we may judge from the activity of the
movement of trade over our railroads and
through our canals, coastwise shieping and
other arteries of commerce, the revenues of the
| general government will equal its wants, and
the next Congress will be troubled with no tariff
| or financial discussions. The members may
dedicate themselves to substantial Legislation on
| the internal questions of postal improvement
and general Bankrupt law, or to our foreign
| relations and the acquisition of Cuba: or they
may follow the temporary myth of popular
sovereignty in Territories that will soon be
States, or harp upon the distractions of niger
legislation for country that belongs peculiarly
to white men. The times are good, and the peo-
pie contented; go the politicians can play upon
any theme they choose.
TIE LAST PRIZE FIGHT-NEw TEST or Ma
TIoNu SuPERIoRrrY.-The HERALD of yesterday
presented somewhat medieval, not to say abso-
lutely barbaric appearance. Two of the most
important topics of the latest foreign news
more important to very large class of our
population than the Reform bill OF the Italian
question-were the fight between Mr.. Tom
sayers and Mr.. Bill Benjamin " for the cham
| pionship of England whatever that is, and a
polite invitation from Mr.. Heenan, known by the
pet name of the Benicia Boy, to the aforesaid
Mr.. Tom, asking him TO allow the Boy to punch
his (Sayers) head to the amount of thousand
dollars or more. Well, to print all the particu-
lars Of these exhilarating events, with some
account of O canine exhibition" required three
| columns Of our space, and the remainder left by
our advertisers was occupied chiefly by the
Sickles trial. and the current news of the
day. So We were obliged to omit some very
interesting, but compared to the affair of
the bruisers unimportant matters, such as
the fine arts notices of new books, ladies' fash
ions for April, analysis of Meyerbeer's new
Opera, &c. &c. However we shall not argue
mere question Of esthetics, but rather point to
the Importance of the coming contest between
| Heenan and Sayers. The latter has two more
| little affairs on hand before he can accommodate
| Mr. Heenan, whoee "man of businessr Chat
isH't bad) has already sent out q small pecuniary
incentive to the British champion In the Ian
guage Of the bruisers' and dog beaters' organ
this fight will settle the question of national
superiority as between England and the United
States IF Heenan whips Sayers, then the COM
mercial Importance Of the United States is
greater than that Of England; then the British
government is humbug, and our Congress the
only palladium of popular liberty; then our au-
thors, artists, editors, lawyers, clergymen and so
on, are cleverer than those Of Albion's peradious
island; then Britannia no longer rules the waves,
but Neptune's trident is transferred to fair Co.
lumba; then-but no matter; in the present
condition Of English politics and the continental
complications we prefer not to use annoying ex-
pressions Even Heenan would not probably
kick Sayers when he was down, unless the latter
should be so unfortunate as TO visit O New York
! barToom.
We are glad that the question of national su-
periority is to be settled at last in some way,
our steamers, race horses, yachts and various
notions not having done II, as it seems, and in
order that the affair may be duly digniaed, a
population of broken down politicians from both
countries should be appointed to "see fair play.u
Some splendid bottle holders might be selected
from the old line wings here, aud the aaherents
Of pam on the other side
FoASgY AND THE PRINTING Spous or THE
NEXT CoNGREss-Tbe hint has been thrown out
from Washington that the Chevalier Forney has