The New York herald., 1866-08-25

Chasa with whom the Tycoon had been at war, was de-
feated, portion OF his conscated, he himself
relieved from power and the ended. Riots had oc-
CURED Osaka and Jeddo account OF the high price
| OF rice. .t4
There were twenty deaths from cholera IN New
Orleans on Thursday, eighteen In Cincinnati, and ono
hundred and thtyone in st. Louis on Wednesday, the
number buried in six of the cemeteries not being
| ported On Thursday thero 6fty-two burials OF
victims Of the epidemic in six OF the st. Louis cemete
ries fifteen cemeteries making reports, and twelve
| deaths occurred In the City Hospital
The United States gunboat Muscoota arrived at Pensa-
cola from the Rio Grande the Goth inst with seventy
cases Of yellow fever board and the surgeon dead
The official correspondence In relation to the recent
convention riots in New Orleans Is published In our
columns this morning It includes the instructions Of
President to the Lieutenant Governor Of Louisiana
tho Mayor Of New Orleans well as the letters OF
Governor Wells, General Baird, Goucra Sheridan and
others on the occasion, bat few OF which have been
made public before.
Casper Direcks, who was convicted by Lynch law Of
the murder Of boy named Hamilton in Nebraska City
on the 10th Of August hung by mob In that place
on the nth. He denied tho murder. but confessed TO
stealing cattle which belonged 10 the boy Two other
mon were in completely with Drecks; but they saved
themselves BY turning States evidence.
Samuel Covert who found guilty Of the murder Of
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was hung at Lebanon, Ohio yesterday He declared TO
the last that he innocent and met his death calmly
negro namet Taylor killed the wife and daughter of
Mr. John Buck. Lansing, Mich, yesterday. He
pursued and arrested.
The Labor Convention again in session at Baiti-
more yesterday series OF resolutions was adopted
declaring the grand desderaum be the adoption Of
the eight hours system; that the prevailing system Of
prison labor Is detrimental to the producing classes;
that speedy restoration Of the agricultural interests Of
the Southern States Is Of vital importance to the laborng
men Of the North that reform needed in respect TO
tenement houses; and that the public lands should be
disposed OF to actual settlers only.
The British Provincial Confederation scheme, the
cess OF which at time thought be only ques
tion OF time has met with serious drawback Prince
Edward Island has instructed her delegation TO England
on that subject 70 protest against Confederation and to
state that the colony will agrse to 1t on any condi-
ton This Is thought to be virtual defeat Of tho propo
sition, as popular vote it, to which the action OF
Prince Edward Island strongly tends would negative it
forever.
An accident occurred on the Saratoga and Troy Rail-
road at Saratoga yesterday, by which car loads OF
freight were smashed up, but no person Injured.
The President md Thad Stevens-The Moral
and Social Effect OF their Political Course
ON the Country.
During the last session Of Congress the
chiefs Of the radical party denounced the
President in the coarsest language Thad
Stevens spoke of him contemptuously as .the
man at the other end of the Avenue" They
have called him "traitor," sscoundrel," and
other vile names, and have gone so far
even as to say that in other times he
would have lost his head like Charles the
First. These implacable Jacobins and their
satellites are pursuing the same course at
present in their harangues to the people. The
language Of Governor Oglesby and General
Logan in Illinois lately was Of the
same character, as well as that of Speaker
Colfax and other prominent radical poll
tcians throughout the country. When we
see the Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, governors Of States, generals
who have distinguished themselves in
the war and the leaders in Congress Of a
powerful party descend to such base and false
denunciations OF the President, what can we
say but that we have fallen upon evil and dan
gerous times! Such discreditable and debas-
ing conduct in political life must lead TO great
social generalization.
In the early period Of our history refinement
Of manners and courtesy universally prevailed.
However opposed the public men OF that day
were to each other on political questions, they
always behaved like gentlemen. We read now
with pride and delight Of the charming, digni- |
fed and refined manners Of the leading men
in our revolutionary times, and all along
from tI,o t;nno ,r Wash,uctcr - Tohv S...n
This condition Of society continued until |
the conflict between. the sectional factions
Of the North and South-the abolitionists and
essionists--commenced Then We began to
descend to vulgarity and barbarism. The
vilest abuse and personal violence were wit
messed in the halls of the national legislature.
Senator'S and members bullied each other until
that resulted in personsi assaults, as in the case
Of the assault Of Prestoa Brooks on Sumner.
This social barbarism led in q measure to the
war.
The war being ended, President Johnson was
disposed to exercise q humane, Christian and
gentlemanly spirit-was disposed TO forgive
ness and reconciliation. There was hope that
we might return to the mutual forbearance
and courtesy Of former days and to social
amenities in public life. We had reason to ex-
pect that the fiery ordeal OF war would have
purified us. For the FIRST few months after the
war closed everything seemed to be going on
smoothly and well. The wise and humane
policy Of the President appeared to have few
or no opponents. Then arose that spirit of
political and party ambition, Of discord and
vindictivcness OF scurrilous abuse Of the Chief
Of the republic, and of violence similar to that
which Immediately preceded the war. During
the last nine months such public men as Thad
Stevens, Wade, Coliax and others have been
carrying us back to social bsrbarism. The
lanrnare of the factions in Congress lust pre-