, 1864-12-07

tuyed or destroyed while seeking to enter OF
depart from that port, which is now the only
point On the Atlantic coast not efIectually
scaled up. The amount Of prize money dis
tzibntcd since tho beginning Of the war is
about $14 COZ, GOETHE portion coming to the
Government being invested in interest-bcar-
ing securities, and furnishing an income more
than sufficient TO meet all demands on the
naval pension fund. Mr. Welles refers to the
capture of the Florida and her subsequent
loss In Hampton Roads, without comment,
leaving the question Of the right or wrong
Of Tie business to be discussed and adjusted
elsewhere, he urges the erection Of the rank
OF T}oa Adaa3ral reward for the brilliant
services Of Admiral Farragut, in which recon-
incubation We join. He closes with heart
felt tribute to the officers and seameu Of the
navy for their yalor and devotion in the SER
vicc of their country. The report is well
written, and the subjects treated are of uni
vcrsal interest. Ne trust no one will be de-
tcr7cd from reading it BY reason oflts length.
THE CIVILIZATION OF ENGLAND.
We print elsewhere the shocking details Of
The execution Of Muller, at London, and the
still more fearful scenes that transplrcd about
The scatfold on that occasion. With the per
ticulare OF the murder, the fight Of the DOOM
ed man, Ills capture Al New York, his trans
ror:ation to England, and Lis trial, our read
crs are familiar. He was sentenced to he e1-
ccutcd on Monday, Nov. is, at Newgntc. All
Sunday night the gin houses In the vicinity
swasmed with the scum Of London, and thou
sands Of people gathered TO witness the sub
lime moral spectacle, and rcsolutcly held their
places in spite Of the FILLING rain, that they
might have m advantageous position. Dawn
broke upon motley crowd. One hundred
thousand old men, lads, women, children and
infants, gathered together to see fellow
being launched into eternity; Black
Guards Of tender years; thieves and their
mistreescs; dandies with cane and cigar !;
sleek familiar family parties with their lun-
chcun; tradcsmcn, noblemcn and members Of
Parliament; pickpockets, street walkers,
gnrrotcrs and prize fighters preachers, peers,
mechanics and gentlemen: : brawling prosti-
t.tcs, mothers Of families, sewing girls. girls
and babies I'll cdiflcd alike, all exhibiting
that hidden, morbid lust for blood which Is
one OF the most hightfnl phases Of poor hu.
man nature and all revelling in the moral
debauchery Of the gallows that is more;ex-
citing than wine, more terrible than the
gaming table.
This was the crowd, and how did they spend
their time until the hangman claimed
Ills victim! Women and girls swilline
beer and filling the air with ribaldry and
obscene ballads; pickpockete riding trades
men Of their money; hundreds OF men gar
roted and robbed in the open daylight
thieves and courtezans plying their vocation.
with utter impunity; bu1lies and pr;ze-fght
crs pu1nmeling each other to jellies for the
cdiflcation Of women and children preacher:
distributing t1ncts, and ballad -mongc7s tilthy
songs, side by side noblemcn and gentlemen
exulting over the pleasures Of the people
Drunkenness, obsccnity, blasphemv, robbery
pugllism, garrotings,-thcse were the sports
Of the English people until the honr wher
tho solemn bell announced that the victim
was to undergo the sentence1of. death. He i.
led out, and there is a momentasy silence in
The crowd. A clergyman is at his side, and il
q scries Of cross-qnestions which would bet,
ter have betltted q Tombs lawyer, cvokes q
dubious confession Of guilt from him. The
wretcled man has not finished his statement,
but the haneman md the crowd
arc In haste, and he is driven into eternity
before the clergyman can catch lis conclud-
Ing words. The Clergyman hurries of. His
work is ended. The langman, his ghast1y
office concluded, sinks away amid Kisses and
jeers and obscene questions, and there is
nothing left but the black frame and the
corpse and the crowd. They have gsati6ed
their brutal curiosity with the brutal sight !;
and the rioting, the fighting, the gambling,
the garroting, the b1asnhe1ning, the drinking,
ish crew commence anew.
We are not writing Of the days OF Philip of
Burgundy, when such crowds gathered to see
beggars laslcd at cart-tai!s by hangmen,
women drowned III the Seine, and
men broken at the wheel, for steal
irg; nor Of the days Of Robespierrc,
when les ciioW,anes and their danes docked' 70
.sce the blood flow from the gui11otine, but OF
great moral feast set for1l by the English
Government for i.s people! Il days sport for
the constituents Of Ny Lord Mayor Of Lon
don! q sablime spectacle for women and
babesi This Was in London, the metropolis
of The world, the vauntcd center Of commerce,
learning, morality and religion, tho focus o!
the worlds ciy1!ixatfon-not in Dahomcy,
where the King may slaughter SO many
e4ch year, nor in China, where rebe1l
arc toEn TO pieces with wire brushes. They
arc ba,barians, and but little better could b:
expected Of them. It was England, the mis-
trcss Of civilization, that can rival China ant
Dnhoney, that permits such spectaclcs, who's
nob1cmcn and working men crowd to hang
ings, cock fights, dog fights, and prize aghts
The nation that can suffer such spectac1es Is
the hanging Of MULLER is eminent1y capsule Q,
siding with rebels ard traitors to freq govern.
rncnt, and should hereafter keep at least a
respectful silence when civilization is con
cerucd.
e In speaking OF the project OF arm.
Ing the slaves at the South, the London
Times lunoccnt!y remarks: "The South hae
no reason to doubt that the negro will fight
Just as braycly in support Of the cause Of
slavery, 4c4ieh is Tue cdGs. Of Ills master, as be
will in the canse Of liberty" And 1t adds ol
its past1c11ar fiiends the rebels: "Ihe mar
who would submit without murmer to ths
1nrressment Of his horses or his crops, ma,
.ycry likely shrink back with species O
supcrstitous horror from The attempt Of hi
own Government (at Richnona) to deprt'
Afn Of u:ost ,ery saHs for tu1ots At has dread!
, Joag!tc long aud desperate scar."
The I5mes confesscs that this insurrecisol
is an effort to save slavery; and the pape
whose asserted pride It is to defend stair play
the representative Of the aristocratic gov
crning class Of England deliberately SUP
ports as manly assertion Of m undoubte
, right the armed effort Of body Of men t.
overthrow Government, which they do no
pretend has crcf w1onged them, mere!y 10
the sake of preserving slavery. Does an
really intelligent and thoughtful English;na
wonder that his country is detested By a1
other nations when he sees that Its leadin
journal, holding position which no othe
paper holds in any other country, is guilt;.e
such crime against human nature and civ
socicfyf
: B- Several Boston newspapers, who's
competitors arc on strike, have receive
help from very unexpected sources. In til
: Ziur7er Office, two c1ergymen-one Meths
: dist and the other unlvcrsalist-arc workin
-@" at casc, having volunteered their service
to pun thesaapcr through this trouble.
The Herald Office the proprietor assumed II
entire labor Of the editorial department
while Ills editors and reporters s.
The type. A judge In one Of the .coura
scnt message to the editors Of the Josra'
that he WIS ready to read proof c
TO work In any other position where his l1bo
! could be made available. Tue cashier in on
OF the leading banks in Boston offers "to &
without Ills papcrfor month, and pay Tor Il
too" to help the newspaper proprietor
Two or three members of the Boston bar, VII