The New York herald., 1864-10-30

Jsmasca 90 thee6th q October. ssvsre drourtx prs
vailed on the north sae o The island Tns public mo
ne,s OF Jamaca had been arsisrr red ron ths r,ssur
70 the Colonial Bank. George Burrell Smith. ssuc
magistrate OF Kingston. s dead. Admiral Kiuecomb X
n sste or the British Pacac sausd
ron 6xac arrived ii Port Royal.
Owing tSpast nvs yea-s the expenditure in Trinidad
for imuseraten purposes has een nearly two hundred
thousand pouDAssGivng average q nearly forty
sand pounds yosr Twothirds Of shis sum ien the
planters. Nt1
Advces from Hayti. BY wnJ os Jamaica, report that
the greatest tranquility prevailed throughout the
try and the rs deliveries Of coffee bad begun with very
promising prospects.
The committee appointed BY shs Common CouscI "
Investigate certain allegations made by Mayor Gunthsr
against the City Inspector. charging the latter Official
With corruption 10 allowing Offices his department 70
be sold &c. me, at O'Clock yesterday. Both parties
were represented BY counsel. question raised as
70 the the tribunal before whoh the matter
was brought and after the various points discus
sed the COMMITTEES adjourned tho further hearing OF the
case until Thursday morning next.
Tho hmmany Hail Convention Of the Ninth Congress
sicua, district mot last night epudlated the nomination
Of Ansos Herrick- and unanimously nominated Colonel
George e. Baldwin "a their candidate.
Thirtytwo men suspected Of having boon engaged In
the robbery Of passengers the Ersc Railway
sst Thursday night and who wsre arrested and locked
up By the Jersey city police Friday evening. werv
taken before magistrate Of that place yesterday
ing for denu6oatloo but person vas preesot 70
Identity any Of them having been engaged tho
rageous AFFAIR." and the most o them had friends pros
eat to 70 their good Character A bul ovs
discharged.
Last evening Miss Anna e. Dickinson delivered lee
ture in the Cooper Institute very large audience he
subject being 'Ths Chicago Platform tho Last Ditch
The into tho accident which
occurred the morning OF the loih inst OF tho
New Haven trains the trackpf tho Harlem Railroad,
in Fourth avenue, between seventy sixth and seveoy
seventh streets, continued yesterday Tho Vice
President OF the Phoenix Iron Works on,y pcrsos
examined He made statement relative 10 the tcndcuoy
Of iron rails 10 sproad aud weaken from the friction pro
duced By tho running Of the wheels tbsm sod hs
case then adjourned for fortnight
The first of Abe winter ot the Seventh regiment
promenade concerts took place last night thc reg
meata armory. 1ompkios market. and was paruci
pated In by large, fashionable and brilliant company.
Three young men, named Isaac Dcmere',. Thomas
Quinn acd Charles W Clayton. employed tho soro OF
Robbins, Calhoun Co. 26 vescy street, yesterday
arrested AND committed the Tobs ths charge or
being tho purioIDers Of goods the amount Of about
Thousand dollars which have for time missed
BY ther employers Demerel. made confession. aud
told where the property disposed o. and . sma1
portion II il SAs recovered
weylearn from San Francisco that the bales Of ths
steamer Sophie Mciane exploded wednesday iass.
killing and woundng namber of persons.
The stock msrket recovered yesterday morning
slight depression which marked FRIDAY atcrpoou
and speculation was In favor OF y vias Tho market
closed steady at fractional decline tho b,ebest
prices OF The day Gold opened At zl5h. to 22i
and closed 22oX Governments securities strong
1t 3 fractional advance.
The advance IN go,d he'd hardening ersct upon the
market Tor most kinds OF merehand,so saturday but
thcre general activity Of tho Produce
change Forego merchandise was very Qa,te Cotton,
groceries. &c. quiet but nrm Petroleum WAS dull
neavy and lower. TN Change -four cory
active and lac Csc higher. closing heavy Wheat
&c &c. higher, with far milling demand Coru
10. higher, but closed heavy Oats lower. with
only moderate demand Pork WAS nrmer, with FAIR
inquiry Resf WAS Grm and steady. lara nrm,
with improved demand. wh,sksy wss dun lower.
Fre,ghts s,ia continue dun
NR Rp0lc0n and PalmcrstOn Sowing the
Seeds Of Revoipsioa an Tneas Own
Countries.
The course pursued by the rulers Of England
and France since the outbreak Oi the war has
been that OF uniform hostility to us. What they
could not do openly they have done indirectly
BY their spcecheS the uttersnccs of,their or.
gans and their diplomatic efforts they Arst gave
moral couptenance to thc tebeliioa. Then, by
q perversion Of the neuu aiity doctrine, they
gave IL substantial aid.
DO Louis Napoleon and Lord Palmerston
forget what occurred 10 the last century from
the si milar part taken BY the government
Of France 10 oat own struggle for independ.
eoces II lent US ali the aid that II could with
out directly committing itself 20 our cause. and
BY sending Lafayette ard o,hers Of its citizens
to 6gbt our battlss 1t gave us earnest OF its
subsequent support. II was the return Of these
men to France. fresh from the inspirations OF
republican associations and teachings that
sowed the seed OF revolution in that country
which produced such terrible fruits. Are Eng
lsh and French Statesmen 80 lgnsrant Of his
tory or so short Of memory "a not to be aware
Of this facti
And yet thcre Is no axiom more politically
trne than that history is constantly repeating
itself. There is scarcely an event which has
occurred in our own times which does not find
its parallel in causes as we'll as circumstances
at some epoch more or less remote. Tho pas.
sions and motives Of men de not vary. What in
dueaced them thousands OF years ago influences
them equally to-day. Despite this inoontssti.
BILE fact, we End politicians and statesmen will
fully closing their eyes to the inevitablss results
Of the events which they have had hand either
in producing or precipitating. The lessons of
our national career have in this manner been
lost on the European governments and people.
II 10 not for the want Of frequent admonitions
that this 70 so. Their own historical critics
have mover ceased to impress upon them
that il was To eur Grst revolution Europe
owed all the similar troubles that IL has passed
through Undoubtedly il Was from the exam :