The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-10


would leave Milford for New York the lst of May.
The company proposed raising f35 six months de-
benues pay of the present mortgage and TO deposit
in court the ELS 900 awarded Scott Russell This
post had been rendered 10 the Court of Common Peas
subject final termination Of the legal proceedings,
in order that the ship might be released
Du Chalu of New York. the great African traveller
had delivered lecture in Liverpool the Gorilla couu-
try.
Miss Sheldon had again re, ewed her apple alton for
rehearing of her The Judge said IL was insulting
the Court to proceed in the the applicant had
done The case was ultimately adjourned till the Goth Of
April.
The English Press ON the Fall of Fort
Sumter.
From the London fines April 81
Nature something tina. stands in its stead, is still
snwn o. They M the hand 70 strike ike thew
wing the instrument Of death but mysterious power
avets the stroke bunts the eige dea1ens tie blow
Are they in earnest they pla ing at dream
ing that they strike and still strike no 1t sounds
like dangerous game than sad resity. Seven oatte
ries preached aud bomoarded Fort Sumter for forty
hours, burnt down its barracks, blew up several
magazines, threw shells into !. irnumerable, and
with spirit a" isass sirT s Se ISp the
SSa s.s not -. man tss = az
a bafbas cost bloodsbed. Was this preconcerted
featof coDjurng We're the rival Presidents sautng
The whole affair is utterly inexpicabe. II sounds ike
the battles when the ca OF mail bad come to its perfec
ton and when the only casualty, after days hard fight
ing, was a case Of suiocaton and few bruises 0dn's
heroes they renew their daily warfare really
wounded though their wounds are quickly healed This
is sparring with boxing gloves-no the loaded stus of
modern warfare II IS mere spectacle The popn
aou ant eyen The ladies' OF ohaeson Poured i1r ad
the works, watching the sport and contributing
their share. Our own cockneys have seen as much,
and cone much, at Cremtrne, or the Surrey
Gardens, not more unscathed, and, let us hope, 10
not more pacific mood. But perhaps this 10 only the
interchange of courtesies which n olden times preceded
zeal The result s utterly different from all are
accustomed to hear OF the Americans There WORD
and blow has been the rule In this caee the blow,
when 1t does at last come falls like and lights az
geatiy thistedown Surely IL cannot be cross -
II It he, half the old Union is ia the conspiracy for
all aiming and rushing to war II they expected
serious work
whs, Dexts An attempt to recapture Fort sumter
contest al Fort Pckens A struggle for the Clpitolg
diversion in Texas A renewal OF negotiation No
kloTs, and, wha is worse, credits
compare the two sizes and strike a balance In
the North there is an army, and navy, and money,
and numerous white population, without,
too tue Incubus OF slavery There s also the tradition
OF the Unior the Capitol and the OF Washing
ton Modern warfare cannot 20 on ashout money, and
the Northern states easily rase and 3pend
hundGeJ millions of dollars year than the Southern
millions All that is outside and material is 10
favor OF the North II has the pTeponderauce Of every
thing that be counted, measured and weighed; that
can be bought and sole that be entered in elgers
and put on balance sheet II has the m,nufactores,
the building yards, the dockyards-the whole applra
tGs OF n1tlOnh wealth and strength. II has the money
market and tborrows more easily than the south where
however political zeal susalns fictitious credit. So
the Nch read Of numerous gatherings or State forces
OF many steamers chartered, stripped OF their dnery,
filed with soldiers, food and ammunition, and
steaming Southwark. 20 much for the North. In the
South, on the contrary, there is little nothing bat
that VII ch often becomes the couutsrbaance to every
thing else. There the of action, who
bine, ccnspre, keep the secret have plan aud carry
i OH without watering or finchng. The politicians at
Waa nston have been vacilatng between peace aud
war, between compromise and resistance. In the South
there hss been one stcafy uninterrupted progress,
towards secession and 10 the very last President
Lincoln ass been behrdhanl lis ships relieve
Fort Sumter only arrived time TO be distant specta
tors Q, he scene they came in fact but 10 contribute
,hc glory OF the ctpcrs 10 bring SHINE aud DIS
trust themselves and their cause II this II DO an
omen Of the result thc rich ami urTesiy North viii be
no ma.ca FOR the fiery iOrwaTdnrss o. the south.
But long shots very different from cose quarsrs
igh ~ batteries across river, WATCHED With tee
fords n;tle clue for the result Of 4 battle ha1d to
hand, s;ep b. step, with revolTers knives and what not
round the very buildings Of the Capitol That appears to
be the thing next apprehended, and President Lincoln
has summoned his aid all the scesneous local cps OF
the several Northern States that may choose TO hear him
that the spot once held 20 sacred and so careful
insulated from local or part Associations should be-
60 the obec, Of the first civil war That is, indeed
- We have come TO- Many OF az remember, not
without nge Of shame for country the wauton
attack Of the British army on the Capitol and the
foolish injuries done there destined soon 10 be more
than avenged. That but a souvenir Of the der
Wa OF Independence. No British officer would have
dared 10 suit the great shrine Of AMER AN Bon
and liberty had Il not been felt that besides the qucs
ton the2 at issue there account still q settle for
the former Since the year 1913 there hag been
generation or mutual respectof even asotna That is
All Rcse by other comb 1tants gather round Washington
The War Minister OF the Southern conederaey pi0lcy
promises that the secession lg sha l0ai the Capt
70 ~ iba LIST ofAaY Any day IL s expected tlst Nir
Bhlsl whether by choice or By necessity, will i3n the
seSesseu and then the sacred District OF Columbia
Whlel vas y have been the common ground OF the
wor9 great brotherhood, will be the debtteabe border
OF divided aAes,ance and bloody quarrel ueanghlie
time brngs around anniversaries Which are ccebra "a
~ yore but with the feeling that they arc now saenn
mockery What are the Declaration of ndenop ierca ,ne
battle OF Lexington, the birth lay u Clay aad Ito ohes
red letter days in the American calendAr .8U taet IL
glorious fabric is Itself In the dust and ga r1niar
made with hands shattered to piecesf II vas bil tho
other day that all eyes fixed the capttl a. tho
Old Worlj as the single object Of n.erest asd the 81
pected OF the great events that 10 max the
latter years OF this century Rome occupied the ateu
tlon OF all men. hundred questions asked bst
Ill were OF Rome. VIII Rome be still 0 csptllg VIII 80
be the head OF confederation, the throne Of King
" the seat OF foreign Viceroy the OF Universal
Bishop, OF the Senate or a National Repnplcf Before
these questions could be answered, aud while they are
SUI asked the capital OF The New World - the
foreground and is the object OF much the squirles
Ihetwo cities Of Rome acd Washington are not 50 differ
spsy situated at this moment their prospects 20
om'esent as might be For the presout indeed W. h
v" 'n'uA pre Of Washington Than Of Rosi
o,rv ,. From the London Post, April I'll
e,.,,sS,, y. ~ once United States has al lsgh baum
49, 49, ,s one - phtct trwsis en- Be- g)n 49,
-. 80 " ne best hoDd T Anlsricd h1s been prsf
1870 - 0osiy provoked Fort Sumter sitb ,s g,l,n,
g"rison has fallen, and thus tho prestige Of vietory