Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-25
I.crfer from New York.
Correspondence Of The Richmond Enquirer.
A. 49,. Co. u Gen

Extensive preparations cohliiiuc W ue H'"',
for the reception of the Prince Of Wales mex
month. The ball at the Academy Of Music
will be the grand event of his visit, to which
nv. crand parade of our fire companies and cit
izrn soldicrv will lcnl additional attraction ant
display. pu;no,
in Now York will be at the Brcyoort House, ir
18th avenue, which is L fine hotel, conducted or
the English plan. u, ,n,
denutation from the members oil the bal
committee, at the head Of which Is ME- oc''e''
thc collector, has zone to Washington TO OK
tend invitations to the President ami Cao'hel
with their households, to attend the sFea'
dance.
The Black Republicans in Massachusetts
exhibit their consistency by their lratcrnizatioi
with radical abolitionisrn, by putting up Il mar
named Andrews for Governor, whom uarriSO'
says represents the highest phase Of abolition
ism. in this State Il handful Of fanatics, al
Syracuse, have gone through the farce OF nom
mating Gerritt Smith rs Il candidate for PreSl
dent. And. true to their creed, which the
Black Republicans are not, they nominated
the negro, Fred Douglas, "a fugitive IN England
having run away from Brown, in his march
upon I~Iarpcr's Ferry rs one Of their Electors
at large. 1t is not such crazy abolltIonlStS
that Black RepublicaniSlu at the North allies
itself to. 1t is with the Tappans, BeechcrS,
CiIccvcrS, and others of that stripe.
1t is estimated that the aJOlitlonlstS OF THIS
State cast about 10, 900 votes. Now, IN 1871
Fremont received nearly all. When Morgan
was run for Governor two years ago, against
Parker Dernocrat), and Ulman Chen Il Know
Nothing, and now Il Black Republican,. Gcrrit
Smith was nominated for Governor. and took
the stump in his own behalf, and received less
than ) 1000 votes, leaving $4,000 abolition votes
for Morgan. And the Republicans calculate
that Lincoln will receive not much under
40, 900 abolition votes in this State at the
coming election; so that the putting up the late
resident Of Il lunatIc asylum as Il candidate Tor
the Presidency is 4 mere sham. gotten up rs 4
prctcxt by the Black Republicans to fool the
people, with the belief that Lincoln is not sup
ported rs an Union-hating radical abolltlonlSt.
Instead Of aboliShing the navy, rs proposed
by Seward, events Transporting III various parts
Of the world, in which the lives and property
Of American citizens are involved, proves that
our present small naval force should be doubled.
II is not half large enough. The same may be
Salll VI OUT illiIe iIUlS, SCllleIcI OHcI Jul IH-
mcnSc borders, on the Pacific and east side Of the
Rocky Mountains, to say nothing Of our Mcxi-
can border on the Rio Granlc. How strange
to the ear Of common sense aud patriotism
would Linc0ln'S first message read, embodying
Stewards ideas, in which should be found i re-
Communications to Congress TO abolish the navy
and arny Of the United States.
The course of the English vessel oE-war, to-
wards Walker, is condemned by many persons
in this city. They think that he and Colonel
Rudler, captured by the English. should not
have been delivered over to the Honduras ar
thorilies to be shot; That humanity demanded
that the British captorS should have sent them
back 10 the United States, under parol> o
honor not To engage in war again, against Mica
ragua or other Central American Statcs-or
they might have been delivered over 10 the al.
thnritIcS of the United States. IT Gen. Walker
and Col. Rudlcr had, in Il fight, been captured
by the people Of the country, and then cXccl-
tel, it would have been another affair; but, Tor
the British 10 capture them by superior force.
and then hand them over for execution, was
neither sound policy nor humane conduct. The
British become, by this course, responsible for
their butchcIy, and might rs well have hanged
them from the yarl.arns of their vessel, or
have shot them OH the deck of their ship.
Walker, first and last, has spent Il great
part Of his time in New York, and, whatever
may be said Of his r~aShneSS Ur iilibLIStcring
pr0pcnsiticS, his quiet, modest. amlable con.
duct, combined with kindness and S0ciability.
won linn many personal friends, and who will
lament his untimely end at the hands, virtual
". OF the British authorities. Ills aims were
Ii,b IIt In ,..c ,-itbn,t nJ.,I,a, q. sI,pnnrt -
Ills temperament was too Sanguine, and he has
lost his life in the prosecution az \ DREAM,
which has consumed 4 large share of the vigor
uf his iite-and that was, to found L new en-.
pirr Of States in the tropical region Of Central
America. When first in Nicaragua he made
some mistakes. which he hoped to rcctiIy in n
subsequent conquest. Had the American steam
Comrnodorcs a few years since united their
means and forces, Central America to-day would
have been under American control, with Amer.
lean principles CT government deeply planted
there, while the aforesaid commodore; could
have riyallcl the nahobs Of the Honorable Eas;
India Company in the possession and develop
mcnt Of the richest lands The world has ever
seen.
There has been 4 panic in the market for
breadstultS. The large receipts Of flour COM
bincd with the news from Europe have pro-
duccCl a heavy decline in prices. Wheat has
also participated in the decline, while corn is
also depressed, though less severely, as there
is a good home demand.
If the favorable weather, reported as prevail.
ing in Great Britain, continues, VIC may expect
to hear of Il farther decline.
The Western people, clatcd by their large
crops and the prospect Of Il large foreign dc.
mand and big prices, have again run l~!eadlons
into speculation and should the reaction
abroad prove serious they will he made Chat is
their merchants and tradcrs) as bad of as they
were in 1857. Out Of 4 million bushels of
wheat, or more, shipped to England within a
month or two past, over three-fourthS OF it
have gone forward on speculation that is, it
has been shipped by traders, on this side, I'M
der advances obtained on it. Sh0nld the down.
ward tendency continue, We may expect to
hear Of pecnniary disasters and laIlnrcs-tllatS
all. AMEErrS.
The Committee Of Fifteen.
This important Committee, appointed by the
President Of the Coopcr'S Institute meeting,
agrcably To Il resolution of that body, consists
Of the following gentlemen. most Of whom
have consented to serve. y better selection
could not have been madr:-Charles OConor,
Samuel +. I;utterwOrtii, Wilson G.. Hunt, Dan.
icl f. Tiemann, Andrew Mount, Henry Grin
nell, Daniel Dcvlin, Edward Croswell, Charles
:. Segor, Samuel j. Tillen. Peter i. Sweeney,
James Monroe, Joshua j. Henry, S. l.. NJ. Bar
low and Jchial Read.