The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-19

inc "a The Liverpool New York and Philadelphia steam
shin Compeny which sailed from Liverpool ut half past
eleven O'Clock on the morning Of the 9Th, and from
Queenstown on the 9th inst arrived here early yesterday
morning with files to the 5th inst Her advices have
been antcipatedlv the Bohemian, OF Cape Pace.
The Etns brings the following specie list
Duncan, sherman Henry DocordovaSccf2 500
Co..............f4,oo 900 Ward Co. ......... 600
+ l. Downs Co. Of Charles Taylor l III
Baltimore. 49,, 5000 T. Dunham-D a D.. 900
.yobn q Dale. .. 1000 Brown Bros. 4 Co, so 900
Wells, Fargo " Co... 100 ----
Total, ...,......s..'. 'ioooii
The Empress Eugene visited her Majesty on the 4h
inst at windsor Castle The Prince Consort received the
Emmess at the Windsor station. The Empress, as she
left the station, and along the whole line Of route,
wns loudly cheered. On coming to the Castle, the
Queen with the Princess Alice and Prince Alfred, at
teuded by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting received
the Empress a, the entrance, and conducted her m'
per;a Majesty TO the corridor The Duke OF eao'ase,
Prince Louis of Hesse, Earl Granville, the Duke oil
Eewcasu and Viscount Palmerstoa were present Inc
Enpre remained partake OF lsncheon with her Maes
t. The Duchess OF Kent and the Prince and Princess of
Ianncen arrived from Frogmore at about haipast two
O'Clock shortly after the Empress took leave of the
Queen aud returned london The Prince Consort &C
companied the Empress 70 Windsor station GA her re-
tun the Empress appeared TO be in good health but not
il good spirits.
The Moat4rof the 81 INST thus speaks of her Majcsys
journey
We informed from England ihat he journey Of The
Fnpress undertaken With the sole view Of improving
her health becomes despite all the precautions OF her
Majesty preserve her lncgnta, real ovation. These
sympaibetc m1fesiations OF the English nation can
only tend 10 strengthen the bonds between tbs two ma
tons They show In striking manner how the common
Of the masses dscardS The violent ahd thoushess
attacks OF which portion OF the press does not fear TO
make itself the organ
The report. Of the North Atlantis Telegraph expedition
sent out last summer by the British government and
promoters Of the project for carrying line of telegraph
frm Europe to America via Farce Iceland and Green,
and are proving favorable The line selected was
cerained TO be in every respect calculated FOR the
eeptop OF telegraph cable, and ii found that the
CO.'S, u Greenland offered situations which preeluded the
rpmo,est possibility Of cable being nterfcred with by
ice or icebeYgs which has hitherto been considered
the ea,y obstacle Of the Greenland route
the English View Of the American Crisis.
(From the London Post, Dec. ~
The torment which going on IN the American
mind involves the gravest considerations, both 10 that
country and to the whole civilized world ~ dpcnt 10
I.4-e that suicidal act dissolution Of the tHon
can " ue PORT q concentration; yet 1t cannot be
denied that the premontory symptoms are appearing in
the most alarming distncness We, looking from with
in the Union federation for the purpose OF defy
ing foreign enemies, and not nncommony pushing that
defiance beyond the verge OF international courtesy
We IT the evidence and the earnest of national
greatness among external nations. But that IS very
one sided the Union It's relation 10 tie
parts Were all the benefit 10 be derived from the
federal league its produce might often be unmixed
mischief To worry and bully England, to nibbe at
Moxco to threaten Cuba and buccaneer in Central
America were but paty destiny for thirty millions Of
tree men and sorry mission for the greatest federation
OF Christianity, the greatest embodiment OF freedom
No, thae uho cidmor for dissolution ky0o not c,ut they
os and n lnoo hop much they tcH mis- ther pres
e-t cohesion until they hdr lost torcrer In this, as ia
most other governments, the good secures Is chiefly
negative and Of that the intelligent Americans
fully Hence the horror with which all patriotic
Americans regard It's dissolution. They know that pre-
vents the varied and conflicting clements Of which u IS
composed from tearing another to pieces They know
that preserves peace among communities which, u
broken M separate states would waste their energies
Themselves They dread the ptcss hatrcds which such
fylus man cffitd b3d would speedily engender, and
which generation upon generation would fail 10 Sc"
assauged II well remarked Of Shakspre that
N nothing did he exhibit his wonderful insight into hu
nature more remarkably than in depicting, in his
Of tho barohs the gradual change for the worse that
those ciyi cnnyulsons made IN fheir rharactcrshow
they became ferocous. more rapac,ous more faith
less mercess The objects graspcd at by all,
al became more rupaous the means employed
Esudel federal whatever be the form OF government,
men and ras,ions differ but little and there ~ 100 much
reason fear that the American Sstcs broken BY
dsrnion into separate communities, fierce and implsca
bic enm;ies would arise, wholly irrespective OF the
out Of the struggles implied in separation.
The bold, enierprsing spirit, which is such dis.
would he turned against itself The thirst tor adventure
fcr acquisitions fos irregular glory, which
pended itself comparatively harmlersy against neghbor
Ing Inferior races raging within would the
divided against Itself ard that house would fall with
a
daring, graspng rcpublics, Jealous OF their home
kes, rivals in foreign would contain within itself
the seeds q perpe'ual hor,ties and new word prey
blood over and over agsD-would make its ominous ap
peGsnce in tho nomenclature q American rulers Tho,
so q tn hranoe Of recr. Zach Of these rising States
would watch the others with Jealous eye nor supporting
Of balance 10 be established could u be main
tanned among young and growing communities with even
the With which the said and formal diplomacy and
measures, and well known forces Of Europe maintain IL
and Acme,imes fail 70 maintains
Cn,op, ,co.td b Pandora: and, mcny Tie sriis
totd b. which Ae ,eld " loose tho kuror runs,
" po1ld hoyx heAind al en for sA1s
c-1cr An irritable. dangerous. yet altogether
iusttsblc sensyenos 10 thc prosperity Of their neigh
brs~o1d DOT b. long serne hold ~ thu minds oi tho
NJ longer fellow county, men, and wouid tester into
reeung haircds. To obs,rnci one anothers progress
would become the hvcd and traditional policy Of
the petty republics which would start into existence
q unframed and unemporcd sovereignty Il Is probable
that the AngoSaxon could never sink low rs the
Spanish stock which offers 50 iamrn,able cAricature
o. civilization W Central and southern Ame'
but the very force of character which would IRE
sorve from such degradation that which has
tAkea the SpsniardS, who are literally now governed
tod ,s.s.yf erTsIis s,ssr,y q t.s sy~ses ,rrI pei
s1s> Vser iioh ooU,sousof infef Atch mas .sftiriiy
~ n- should he exaggerated by hatred and jealousy
into objectionable wrongs and unprincipcd state
whose existence amongst our Transatlantic cousins
have already too often 30 deplore and press ever
blatant would hIi little difficulty swelling imaginary
grievances into causes Of warf g. the knife Tor
here consideration suggests itself which H. pre-
sent 10 the eyes ~ thinking Americans. What ought
o. he the strongest bond would prove the
drcst calamity the of a strength would
he the skeleton in the cupboard We sludc the pos
OF a common language. " Fsrop>. different
IRONS h1y7rq different iTsh1p1g~s and ~ hgrfrT
euaun,orf,cn al all, IA PRES dos lris f~y in1yAs
~al Aa;rris Germany alone contains divers nations
speaking the same language, and Germany alone an
boast OF thirty years The Italy q history has
been uniformly subjected b. foreign pressure that
presents analogy 60 America broken mp into
tguous nations. alrspcaking the same language, all
soying unres,ratned freedom Of the press all giving
uterancs 10 their antipaihics AMI recrim nations thci
scorn and defiance, in newspapers. employing q lngusg
common " All, and circulating among al az snts % mis-
chief, src4flo trva5oas madnss 20 wAch iirit
tcsnds
PROM the saturday Review, Dec. IL
Among the many PROVISIONS contained IN the
Constitution ~ the United States there Is wser
than that winch ncrpo@es peroi 81 nearly I've msuh
between the election of President and hs assumpt ION
once. When the French constitution Of ISIS w.
framed, was thought 'logcai that the sovereign wi