The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-04

perhaps succeed in defeating Old Abe, bg
whose friends Seward was SO cruelty snubbed at
Chicago. Ii il good sign for the opposition
when W. III. Seward takes the stump.
REGISTRATION or MARRIAGEs.-The circular
issued In May last from the City Inspectors
ONCE, calling upon ministers and physicians to
comply with the law for the registration Of mar
riages, does not seem to have net with mnoh
attention. The law was passed IN 1853, when
the population of the city was about six hun
dred thousand, and in the month OF October Of
that year there were registered LIS births
and 6ls marriages. The largest number re-
turned since was for the month of June last,
when there were registered 1872 marriages and
1928 births, showing falling Oh In marriage
registrations Of twenty per cent, and in births
of thirty per cent
This result, 80 far as the marriage returns are
concerned, is attributed by the department to
the opposition offered to the law by the Catho-
Tic clergy. The ministers of other churches
give it but partial support, for they naturally
feel reluctant to obey regulation which the
clergy Of another denomination may comply
with or not, as ii suits their convenience. Medi-
cal men have evinced more readiness to obey
the law. The returns Of births for July last
exhibit an increase of 420 over the July Of the
prece ding year, though still showing falling
Of Of 553 over the record of 1858.
The question now arises whether we are to
allow an enactment, the civil advantages Of
which cannot be disputed to be practically null.
lifted by the refusal Of the Catholic or any
other sect or clergy to comply with its provisions
In no country but in Ireland has such an exemp
ton been ever tolerated, and that example can
hardly be cited as justification of the course
Of Archbishop Hughes. When the Legislature
meets this question will have to receive further
consideration, and the law will either have to
be repealed or rendered so stringent a. to In
sure obedience to ii. 1t would be better to
have no law of registration at all than to keep
one on the statute books which is practically
imperative.
THE SECRET OF THE INDIAN WAR IN UrAH.--It
will be remembered that we have always taken
the ground that the difficulties between the set
tiers in Western Utah and the Pah-U Ute Indians
grew out of unwarrantable aggressions on the
part Of the former upon the natural rights Of
the latter To sustain this theory we had on
our side nearly all the historical exam
pies, from the King Philip war down
to the Oregon disturbances, five or six years
ago. There was, likewise, the testimony Of
several unprejudiced witnesses Of the events
which led to the battle at Pyramid Lake. We
have now the evidence OF Colonel Lander, who
has been employed in the important govern
ment survey in California and Utah. Colonel
Lander's command has encountered the hostile
Indians and defeated them, and he reports that
"the war can be closed, and the Pah- Utes rem
dered friendly, by paying them for their lands,
now occupied by white settlers" This opin-
ion-one which we have held all along-has
now been oficially confirmed Ii is the old
story-a ggrcssions on the part of the whites,
unprovoked assaults upon the Indians, and
then preconcerted attempt to work up an
Indian war, in order to get fat contracts for
army supplies. That game has been tried often
enough. II Is time now that the government
officers gave the Indians fair play That done,
we shall have no further trouble with them.
The NEW SILVER MINES IN UrAH.-The FIRST
considerable shipment Of silver ore from the
| Washoe mines was received at this port on
Sunday, by the Northern Light There were
six hundred bags OF this ore, valued at over one
hundred thousand dollars-a modest sum when
compared with the very large stories which
have been told about the new mines, but still
enough 10 show that there is something in them.
| If the yield OF silver from the Arizona aud Utah
mines should equal the expectations which
have been justified by preliminary discoveries,
| we shall have another revolution In the relative
values Of The precious metals. The Californian
and Australian gold deposits came near 10
making silver the more valuable Of the two
metals, because Of It's rarity; but the newly
discovered silver deposits will bring values
back to their former condition The discovery
| Of the Utah and Arizona mines has been most
fortunate, as II came directly at the time when
supply Of silver was needed for the East Indian
and China trade.
AcsnrST on Mruc-FnsT Mum on THE srAscS'--The
orcra commenced last night under the most favor
able auspices The theatre has been put ths beat order
thorcushy renovated and freshessd In every part The
public has alroadnscss made acquainted with The Gao,
that The directors Of the Academy have combined al ths