The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-03

meoced yesterday merning Rscordee Ho6uaa On the
oeaoh hnetssa ssatsnsa were swseu 70 cot - grand
jurors I'D n. JosspA \. COspsr aupo,assd FOREMAN
Inc Recorder charged then The dutiss end powers Of
grand uries. After which snimpostAns business
dihpossl o. 80 shs court adiosrued sntH Wednesday
morning II slevsa O'Clock.
An Interesting oass a ooatsnps occurred yesterday Ia
The 6srrosases Court Surrogate ruckss Considering the
language and conduct Of Mr.. William Fullerton. mem
ber q tho bar 70 amount 70 IN ntsrrupsa a business
and contempt Of court, saAnastly committed Mr. Full
Iertoa By a attachment, which duly exscsssd BY
Sheriff Lynch. Mr.. Fullerton, upon his arrest, lmms
d,atsy applied Tor habeas corpus which ssusd By
Judge honel of The Superior Court mo Sheriff made
his return that he held the prisoner BY authority Of toe
Surrogate and the hearing the habsas corpus set
down for this morning
Oscar @. Barnard, the young Who wss rocsaty ar
rested on charge Of having feloniousy appropriated the
goods Of his employers Messrs Hamln Green Co., was
yesterday acquitted. tho evidence being insufficient 10
provo the guilt Of the accused
Mr.. N. n. Mann. agent Of the western Sanitary Com
mssion has written letter from vicksburg TO tho Pres
ident Of the Commission, u 81. Louis, giving sad
count OF the condition Of the Union refugees many Of
them women and children. He writes:-'T wish you
could see case which to my notiss yesterday that
painfully illustrates the condition Of many OF them. just
the post surgeon 10 OF want The foul air as
entered the door sIckenipg In the extreme, and
thoro, Gro wded into two small rooms, twenty per-
sons or these three able to stand little child
dead another dying, and the other fifteen sick upon
the door and dirty bed. This morning the child
THANK God Dead and another that born there last
night dead also" Mr. Mann wishes 70 establish homo
for these sufferers where the sick be cared for and
the destitute and unemployed wait for work.
The taking Of testimony 10 reference 70 the boiler
poson board the double ender gunboat Cheaango
concluded yesterday evening, after continuing two
weeks. Three witnesses examined yesterday, In
Guiding Mr. James Montgomery the original inventor Of
the Martin boiler and Mr. Daniel B. Martini the present
paentee Mr. Montgomery stated that since his interest
in these boilers terminated they been 80 much al
tered that he considers them unsafe and unsued for the
purposes to which they ere applied This morning
at te, O'Clock Coroner Norris will commence his charge
to the Jury, on the conclusion Of which the will be
given up to them for their decision.
According to the City Inspectors report there
ass deaths In the city during the week ending May
IAN increase Of compared with mortality Of
the week previous, and q more than occurred during
the corresponding week last year.
Tho stock market languid yesterday, and prices
again fell or Gold also Inactive and sold down
77is. Money quite plenty, and call loans could be
uegOt!hteu Nv CouS OOv0tnmout SECURITIES Wefo
steady, without alteration.
Commercial matters irregular yesterday, and
articles little better than nominal Tho fall in
gold foreign exchange had the tendency unssttls
the market prices to extent and the Dealers the
absence OF actual Sales reported prices nominal especial
~ for imported merchandise. Domestic produce
also 10 rather unsettled condition Petroleum ir.
regular and varied to the extent Of Sc. &c. gallon.
Cotton steady at Saturdays prices On Change flour
was &C. 1oc lower, wheat dull and dropping. and
oats supported whskey &C. dearer pork 81 higher, lard
dull beef steady, freights dull Another meeting OF com.
mercial brokers is to be held Change to-day in
relation to the proposed tax upon their saesthe
mee appointed 70 proceed Washington demonstrate
having failed to accomplish what ID desired.
The Abolition OF Slavery-The Proposed
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment.
The proposition for the abolition OF slavery
the United States through an amend
ment Of the federal constitution is steadily
gaining ground Resolutions approving the
measure have been formally reported in the
Massachusetts, Legislature, and will doubtless
pass through both houses almost unanimously.
We are thus getting at one Of the fountain
heads Of this great evil, which. by violence or
by law, the most indifferent observer Of passing
events must now see, will surely be removed.
When the thirteen original States Of the Union
met together in Convention to frame the organic
Jaw OF their general government slavery had
no other support in this country than its pecu-
mary profits. II had not risen to the dignity
of q divine institution in the South II was
regarded as a moral social and
political evil. There were three conditions
or divisions OF public sentiment on the SUBJ
Jet, or three parties, as we may
say. First, there were the great states.
men Of those days, such as Washington,
Hamilton, jefferson. Adams, Franklin, Mad-
son and their compeers and disciples. They
as auti-slavery men, tho predomi-
nant public opinion Of the country. But. then,
there were the Shareholders Of the South and
the slave traders OF the New England States,
and they together, in the Convention, held the
balance OF power. Hence, while the evils and
inconsistencies Of slavery are everywhere con-
fsssed in the constitution, in the careful avoid
ance OF the word slave or slavery-for they
were ashamed of it and oil Its derivations-we
end African slavery recognized and protect
ed by the constitution, indefinitely as to time,
and the African slave trade itself adopted for
a period Of twenty years.
This compromise between the shareholders
OF South Carolina and the slave traders OF
Massachusetts the leading anti-slavery fathers
Of the constitution we're constrained to accept
10 secure the Union OF the States under
. common national government. But
Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Frank
lin and their colleagues, in common
with the people at large, from Massachusetts, to
South Carolina, believed that this incubus
Of slavery would soon die a natural death.
Had they foreseen the invention OF whitneys
cotton gin, and the tremendous power and the
fearful consequences 1t was destined to give
slavery, IL not removed in the interval they