New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-19

% Illuminate the dreary decllne OF Stcession no
own embc,rs there would be editorial putting OF III
again. The most wholesome conviction brought ABOUT
by ne business and by the atrocious manner In which
many Engshmen bsyo saltifed themselves through
out is that they really have not understood America
nd NAV hav, good deal TO learn about its people, III
is quite cheering 10 find ones self emerging from the
atmosphere of social daparagcment which once al.
cached 10 anything northern II were at all inclined
to prouhesy should be inclined 10 venture predc'
ion IL at Tie Times must suffer very heavily In puohc.
estimation on the rctstablishmcnt OF the oHlon'
rnliko our own good.naturcd public Englislmen dont
Ike TO be msod. and resent very steadily having peer
committed 10 the losing sido Of the question. There
ire plenty to this day, who talk Indignantly about III
publication OF The autobiography Of T. T. Barnum' aho
consider it only Triumphant laugh over how ne
humbugged us about Tom Thumb" Funny enough.
out fact.
Taking about popular misconceptions must In
luleo myself with an extract from Tie SandGrd com
aunicated by a vcracous gentleman who furnishes II
"a "a very slightly colorcd report OF conversation
t>ld between him and an American on tho vatican
Ninety.nine out Of every hundred Euglshmen believe
that We use such Languages
Yankee loq ~ opiuc there's deal o. want o. the
reel Roman among them statuarits-I do. what
20 y0a think. stranger, as mskes reel downlgi up
"Why." replied. "suoh ore as ioT instance, one
! generally sees ,.iycn 10 Jul Us Cg:ar."
! Nsnkce.-"Wel. that I" ofine in everlasting
ikrnck % duster There's deal ~ face Slip you cyr
down heere on that Gust Of the young Augustus-aon
It.r, I'm Indicating where The sublTey obscure ~
most merged utcrnalthlck dsrknessl-eud guess your
Ind e prisng siiul o caution, as ul whip carloHo
O blur -es into nilhon.pow asphyMG. know some
thin abou. counteuances-I DO Wall You think DE
most, cnes Mind Of sEteZin porkypne OF An orator
WV ,uasbcd pumphiu-pei but we've bad an orator
n liz a.
er y twenty miles distant I'm 'din 10 clay
am. Skuuks ard molasscsi hut I'm eternal nHh L"
bcinr sick in ths here Vatican when locale them two
J names In the seme hemisphere. lLcy brHg ueh'
ne old grit Bot what Isay is-srd what the ciToHs
10 ny country cay sod gT GIl 90 Tor tshers ana
would not give busted keDtgck flle Tor the bilhg.
Bot broken eycstcIslc.si aud sBeezlg thunderI
avs Young sTit for young grit And what's more,
say 70 them as likes H. a, they'd made an aimlghiy
{colossa peako Ienoriie. thonsandppwer mistake, II
tley fed that There young Hcrcss pointing % The
statue Of hind on skim milk AID hadc"es aud iiuf'
.srnss. And America nint many onnlfs from being
tceot7l thuudcf taYlr. eiftilu hecillfu leIc 'a
80 ul skin aud day into saffron color lysiees al them
rs come a oTcep.n Ike snakes and McIdim with her
|, WALL Ioriae Caesar scrat bis head viIh one iinfer
aud Lincoln can comb vMnieit tpnnibc!r tii VIII
his left hand. Surprisin WALL" lE1eunil.
The papers and large portion Of the public are still
engaged in informally trying the Wesibnry Edmunds
scandal though the real doHgs Of the Lords Committee
eau hardly DO Known by the best informed per
sors for the peers sit with closcd doors and are bound
ON their honor not TO disclose what ifanspircs Tho
general impression appears 10 b. ihai nobody viii core
well out Of The aiIair-Mr. william DToIghan. perhaps
worst Of all; but that the two Clalccors viii escape
wiAout any grave stain Of personal delinquency Prom
letters produced by Ir. Edmunds (sho Is making a
clean breast of 10 il Is evident that Lord BrOugham was
kept very much the dark about the transactions be-
tween Lis brother and this gentleman though Ron far
his ignorance extended IL not yet known Andis IN.
der TODD that no proof has been adduoed Of ary ade-
quate motive account for tie alleged corrupt com
pact between Lord Westbury and AR. FdDsnds. AZ
the defanliing Official must have Tesgned bis ccrksh!p
In the House Of Lords fhls conduct In the Patent Office
we're discovered It 10 hard 10 why the Lord Chan
ctor should have resorted 20 any underhand means 20
get his office vacated At the same time the fact Of
Lord WesbuTy's having allowed tie proposal Tor Mr..
Edmunds retiring pension to receive his iacit sanction
demands eI PLANTATION Most probably tie report viii
be meagor and Unsatisfactory one. and that at
tempt VIII be made 10 hush W the matchmaking Is
Infinitely worse 10 the public nostTl which snlfs a
corruption in high places BY special patent Mr.
William Brougham and bis heirs have been allowed 20
succeed to the BTougham peerae. 10 the exclusion II
the children OF the elder brother john 1t Hi be
ugly matter the future peer sloud be eliminated by
the investigation.
The failure OF tho Atwood AL Spooner Bank a, Biz
mingham has terminated In addend Of lis Cd 10 the
pound to the deiTaudod creditors The remarkable
feature Of the case is the extraordinary ignorance of
the public with reference TO the real condition Of the
hrn in question. Ever tiuce the death OF Matthias
Atwood In s16. II hot from st earlier period. the
bank has been hopecssy nsol,en yet until iew year,
its reputation was intact and for anything that he's
transpred. it might have gone FOR years 10 come.
trading tie repue Gifts ina ginary wealth. The ruin
Was due Ito Mr. George Atwood. who borrowed or
appropriated quarter II million. The overdravngs
Of the other ptrtes in the not OF serious
character and the late Richard spooner and Messrs.
Marshall appear TO have abored honestly 10 redeem
their liabilities ouy the deficit too large 10 be thus
covered. 1t grew larger ard larger II Mr. Spooser
and his partners had stopped payment directly they re
allied their position. they would not only have acted
honestly but they would have le their creditors In
far better plight. But what says Ihackerayi AS al
general rule, which may make al cred tors who are IN.
|cned TO be severe pretty comfortable In their minds
men embarrassed altogether honest very bkely
They conceal something they eIaggernto chances Of
good luci hide away the real state OF affairs; cay that
Kings are fourishing when they hopeless keep
milling face upon the verge Of bsnkruptcy-are ready
lay hold OF any preteIt for delay Of any money
as TO stave off the inevitable ruin few days longer
II these words bad been written expressly apropos Of
this uDuoky Birmingham Bank. they could not be
applicable. Poor old Richard Spooner, white.headcd
and blind totering into the House Of Commons. with
this secret about him. and humping bis stick for Church
aud State while his heart sinking with fear OF per
sonal disgrace aud dshonor has come 10 be- pathetic.
poshumous fgore. Meantime one Of the results Of this
failure will consist OF the injury done TO the reputc of