The New York herald., 1864-12-15
Albany yesterday tho Od board OF directors wore

late 10 the afternoon.
Commercial affairs were very quiet yesterday, and
business outside Of the Produce Exchange amos a
. stand. Foreign merchandise continued quiet. and
scarcely anything DONE In domestic produce there
WAS no general movement bat 10 some commodities
fair business reported. Petroleum Was quiet and
nominal. while cotton was without noticeable change
On 'Change the -four market continued quite active bat
without charge In value. Wheat quiet hut Arm, while
lower, with. however, fair business doing.
Oats were lower, bat very active. Pork WAS moro
aotive. and &c. per barrel higher. Beef heavy. whiio
lard was quite active, but without decided change In
value. Freighrs quiet. while whiskey was armer, but
loss active.
Our Relations with Canaaa-Important
Order from Major General DIX.
We publish in another column this morning
avery important order from Major General
Dix, commanding the Department Of the East
in regard to the rebel raids upon our Canadian
frontier. The order is suggested by the unex-
pected and unjustiHable action of Mr.. Justice
Coursol, OF Montreal. who discharged all the
st. Albans raiders from custody on Tuesday.
are attempted the rebels shall be shot on the
spot, If possible. and that, il they seek refuge
in Canada, they shall be pursued, captured
wherever found, and sent to New York, to be
tried by martial law. "Under no circum.
stances" says the General, "must these raid
ers be surrendered to tho Canadian authori.
ties, If captured, nor must commissions from
the rebel authorities be at all regarded" To
carry out this order General Dix promises all
tho force necessary, aud he exhorts the Ameri-
can froniersmen not to retaliate upon tbe
Canadians for these raids, but to leave the
matter in the hands Of our government We
are warned, moreover, that further incursions
are now preparing in Canada, and consequently
General Dix's proclamation may soon have to
be practically enforced.
We believe that the people Of this country
are fully prepared for such an order q this, and
that they will most heartily endorse il. OF
course tho rebel sympathisers and phosphores-
cent editors among US will howl with rage, and
quote English precedents to prove that General
Dix IL very wrong, and that the raiders and Mr..
Justice .Coursol and tho rebels generally ere
very right. This is TO be anticipated, and need
not provoke any discussion. All patriotic
Americans feel that No are now = great nation
and must make our own prscedents, as France
and England have done before U.S. There is q
foreign precedent for, and . foreign precedent
against, everything that can be dons in this
New wsrh. II foreign precedsnts would jus.
tify anything they would justify this rebellion
and yet they equally Justify US IN suppressina
II We Americans have always been very care.
ful Of the interests Of our neighbors, and now
it is quite time that we take better care Of our
own. Our statesmen and generals are at least
AZ wise, q honest and - conscientious as those
Of foreign nations, and they must do whatever,
in their judgment the necessities Of this crisis Of
our country demand, looking to the future for
results rather than 10 the past for examples
The people recognize these truths. and will
support the administration In tho most vigor-
GUS measures. Shoot che raiders on the spot
capture them wherever found-surrender
them under no circumstances whatever. Such
orders have the true ring, and will be ap.
plsuded and approved by ali true Ameri-
cans.
1t has been remarked Of provinces that they
reflect and exaSgerate tho sentiments of the
mother country. This has been the case with
Canada and England. No Judge in England,
however deeply he might sympathize with the
rebels, would have disposed OF the st. Albans
raiders in the style of Mr.. Justice Coursol.
The sham neutrality Of England. which has
amounted to . foreign prstsotorate ever the
rebellion, has thus found Its fullest develop
ment in Canada, and has received it's most
decided rebuke In this order from General Dix.
In our opinion the action OF Mr.. Justice Courssl
will be discountenanoed by the intelligent
portion Of the bench, the press and the public
Of Canada; and We are almost sure that
il will be repudiated by the cautious home
government. Still We are glad that
the Americans have had the opportunity to
notify England Of what she and her provinces
must expect IL they continue allies Of the rebel
lion. The increase Of our naval force upon the
lakes is warning. Tho notice given for tho
repea, Of tho so-calIsd Reciprocity treaty-a
treaty never to be renewed--is another warn