The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-18


were higher Gold steady, and closed at Hat
Commercial affairs were rathor quiet yesterday and
business light. both in foreign merchandise and
domestic produce whie pfices tended In favor OF the
buyer Groceries nrmer. Petroleum scarcely
80 Rrm. Cotton armer On Change, -four dull
and lower Wheat dull. and shade lowcr Corn
was aouve and q shade higher Pork heavy. clos
ing lower. Beef was steady Lard was armer Battor
and cheese werc without decided change whiskey was
dull and nominal
Tho Activity Of tho Western Hemisphere-
The SIX Grand National Dramas.
The HERALD OF yesterday gave q remarkable
picture of this continent, and Of the intense
activity Of life in the Western hemisphere.
If we except some of our own numbers dur
ing the war, no paper has crowded into ono
issue the recital Of 30 many stirring events We
had news from Hayh, Canada, Jamaica and
Buenos Ayres, and our local news even was Of
unusual interest-including the reception by
our "horsemen" of the Hero Of the War, the
particulars Of the contest for the place left
vacant by the death Of Preston King, the core
ner's inquest over the last railroad slaughter in
New Jersey, and our criticism on the opera
played the night before in Chicago.
Our news nom Jamaica gave full history
and description OF the horrible revolt Of part
Of the negro population Of that island This
revolt was gotten up by ambitious white
men, who went among the ignorant and credu-
lous negroes preaching just such doctrines as
the radical negro suffrage shriekers are now
preaching among the recently emancipated
slaves of our own Southern States. Like
Wendell Phillips & Co., the men who got
up this Jamaica numbering carnival were
mere demagogues. They did not care pin
for the negro, but they used the negro as
means to make an agitation, expecting thereby
to secure political triumph over more con-
sentative party. They were warned by the press,
just as we have warned Phillips and his fol-
lowers, that they were playing dangerous
game; that they were trifing with a power
that If they moved it at all they could not oon-
troll They went on blndly, however, and the
horrible scenes the atrocious butcheries re-
corded, were the result.
The news from Hayti was of peculiar int.
rest, as it gave us the particulars of the inter-
ference of an English captain between the Sal
nave and Geffrard parties, and the conse-
quences to the captain and bis ship. This
captain must have had more than the usual
share Of pompous self-complacency that is so
often characteristic of the commanders
Of English men-of-war. The captain Of
Salnave man-oEwar had captured, as he
supposed, one Of Geffrard's vessels; but the
English captain asserted that the vessel
taken was an English ship He would not per-
NIT the capturer to take possession Of bis
prize, and, as he had the power to prevent it.
might for time made right. Then the rebel
authorities retaliated upon the English captain
by refusing him the privilege Of landing at
Cape Hayden, and straightway he bombardsd
the place-forts, town and all-and sank two
vessels of the rebel navy. His ship in the melee
got aground, and though be had begun this
fight in the most barbarous why, and ia defiance
OF his promise not to fire on the town without
due notice, be now appealed to the United
States ship De Soto to help him out Of bis
trouble. The captain Of the De Soto properly
refused to do 50, and the English captain was
compelled to blow up his ship. Thatwill settle
his case in London. His government would
listen to his story, however outrageous, II he
had only been successful in bis attempt to as
sert British power; but to make that attempt
under such questionable circumstances, and to
end with contemplate failure, seals his ruin in
England.
Our news from Canada is the laughable side
of the story. II shows US the martial race Of
people that lately hurrahed over the victories
Of the Southern army, and organized raids
across our border now trembling at the
| shadow Of invasion. How brave the Cana
dams are on the Queens birthday! How they
up and down, and what pride they take in
| the red coats and tall shakos of the Scotch
| fusileers or some other crack regiment! And
yet how pitifully little the fat fellows are when
| there is only the ghost Of chance that they
may haye to fight themselves.
| The news from Buenos Ayres also illustrates
the present active movement OF political life
on this side the Atlantic. By the war Of
Brazil and her allies against Paraguay that
republic is already well nigh crushed out Of
| existence, and already her annexation to the
dominions OF the Argentine Confederation is
| mooted.
Active as this glance at the news in yester-
days HERALD shows the continent TO be, there
are yet two other great national dramas in
progress that were not touched upon in that
| issue. One of these Is the war now waged
against Chile by Spain; the other that grand
Jfosco, the attempt to found French empire
in Mexico. Counting these, we end that we
now have in progress on this western side Of
the world no less than six considerable national
sensations, more or less ssrious-in Mexico,
Chile, Paraguay, Canada, Hayti and Jamaica.
And Europe, meantime, seems to rest in COM
psrstive quiet, the Fenisn alarm in England