The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-21

NEW YORK HERALD, 81
are productive Of most good 10 the objects for
which they are specially designed. As an in
stance Of the ungenerous spirit in which some
OF these institutions may be managed, we may
mention incidentally that students of the Ho.
meopathic College, chartered by the last Legs
lature, made application to visit the wards Of
one OF our public hospitals, as the students Of
all medical colleges are entitled to do; they
were refused admittance, and upon inquiry
they found that they were excluded at the or
der of an allopathic physician. We merely
cite this incident to show how narrow minded
are the managers Of some Of these public
charities which are supported in part by funds
contributed from q common source, when
these young men could be excluded from
hospital because they chose to study medicine
according to different theory from that Of the
| conductors thereof. Upon investigating the ma
nagement Of other public charities it will per-
haps be found that they are not administered
with view to the public good so much as in
personal and narrow spirit. We trust, then
that Mr. Haws will be enabled to give us q full
and true history of every charitable institution
in the city which may be the recipient Of any
portion of the public money. Such an expo
sition will do great deal Of good.
American Sensations During Is6o-What
The Prince Of Wales sailed for home
ia no. a. a,j
go erds our latest sensation. The year 1860
has been fruitful in exciting events our wide
awake, mercuIial people have had their hands
and their heads full all the time. As the man
in the play says 'there has been so much going
on that hardly anybody could tell what was
going on" Those indomitable fellows, the
New York reporters, have had just as much as
they could do (and that is saying great deal)
to keep pace with the railway progress OF
events.
As for the British journalists who came over
with view to astonish us by their superiority,
they have been week or ten days behind, and
SC completely bothered by the whirl and roar
and hustle about their heads as to be reduced
to condition bordering upon helpless idiocy.
We started off in this memorable sensation
year with the general smashing up of the
democratic party, an organization which
ouce assumed Divine right to govern
the country, but which became so utterly
unprincipled and corrupt as to inspire
nothing but sentiments Of the most pro
found contempt in the mind of every sensible
man. So, at Charleston, the democratic party.
after derce struggle for life-a tremendous
effort for existence-expired before the eyes Of
the nation. and went to its grave unwept un.
honored and unsupg; its only mourners were
few scuvy politicians who wept over the pros
pect that they might be forced to earn an honest
living.
little sensation was caused by feeble at
tempt to galvanize the democratic corpse at
Baltimore; but this was crushed out by the near
approach Of the great event Of the year, the ar.
rival Of the Japanese Embassy, the first mis-
zion ever sent by the Oriental Britons to
any Western Power. The Japanese princes
created very great sensation. At Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York there was Japanese fever, and
the public pulse rose to an unprece.
dented height. Nor was there time enough for
us to cool CT before the Great Eastern came
stesmug up the bay, amid the roar Of cannon,
the fiuttering Of countless flags, and the accla.
nations Of thousands of delighted people The
big shiP made sensation only second to that
caused by our japanese guests. If the Great
Eastern had been decently managed the public
nrir all ah har inht ., A..
much more profitable account Let US hope
that Mr.. Bull got an idea or two upon that
head.
As the Great Eastern departs, much after the
manner Of an overgrown schoolboy who has
been justly snubbed, royal squadron is seen
II has borne to the shores Of the New World the
heir apparent to one Of the oldest and proudest
of European thrones. Under triumphal arches,
over rose strewn pathways, through gaily deco
rated cities, followed by the shouts Of thousands
of loyal provincials, this young Prince
makes his way to the frontier Of the
United States. The republic greek him
most cor dially, as the immediate representative
Of great and friendly Power. For the FIRST
time in the history Of the nation Prince OF the
blood royal is lodged In the White House, and
rides up Broadway eide by eide with the chief
magistrate Of the city. Old Boston-the scene
of the massacre, of tie mastering Of the Cont.
mental armies, Of the desperate encounter on
Breed =. Hill-old Boston pours out all her learn
ing, her wit, her refinement and her beauty to
do honor TO the lineal descendant of George the
Third. And with the debarkation at port
often menaced by British arms, the eventful
drama is brought to an appropriate close.
The question now l., after all this excitement.
are we to have little quiet, or is there another
sensation following closely upon the heels Of
those We have already experienced We do
not pretend to look into futurity, but Il seems