The Van Buren press., 1867-03-08
Our New York Letter.

DEAR IRfSS. FOR Tie past lew DAYS lhc
! Eenlan excitement has been the chief one In
/ this city, owing 10 the stirring news from Ire
land which was received per cable the latter
part OF the week. At time when apparent
! ly, Fcniln prospects were the most dismal the
news Of new attempt at revolution in the
Green I.lc has sent up the hopes of that or
ganizaton like rocket. and brought into its
treasury large sums of money. But alicr all
it seems all for naught for solongaS England
is at peace with all the world AID the rest of
mankind" Irish independence Is among the
impossibiliiics. While We may regret this
fact, We can not close our eyes to i.
Several large fires have occurred here of
late and immense amounts Of property in
buildings and goods have been Destroyed
These losses h;11 been 80 heavy that is fear
ed some Of the insurance companies viii be
crushed under them. 1t is said that many of
these fires are ofincendiary origin, particular
ly in those cases where cotton s,orchouses
have been burnt; and that The object was to
cover upthe evidence of frauds committed i'm
the transportation Of that article. There seems
TO be no limits to crime, in the north; nor
does the public show proper adherence of
it which would indicate virtuous sensitive
ness that should prevail in al christian com
munities. We are not the people we were siX
years ago.
The committee appointed to solicit funds
for the relieve oftlIe distressed populations in
the South, are making every cXcrtion to re-
lieve those people. But am sorry to say,
that while there have been instances ofgrcat
liberality on the part Of individuals Of all par
ties, there has not yet been so general q re-
Sponse to the committees appeal as was an
ticipatcd. The reason why, may De- found in
The fact that The bulk OF genuine sympathy
for the southern people is to be found among
the working classes in the north, and those
classes are now so solely pincred by their own
that they have not the means to
practice the beneyolence which their >ympa-
thies so readily prompt 1t /, the Republican
party that boasts of possessing all tile wealth
of the country.
\ case has been before one Of our city
courts the past week, Which turns upon
whether Nirginiais is in or out Of the Mon. One
captain Olney, whose Nesscl was put underat-
tachmcnt at Norfolk, Va, by q writ issued by
the civil authority, ran his vessel away from
that port and came to New York. \ requisi-
ton for his arrest was made by Coy. Pier
point oi Ga, upon GOV. Fenton of this State,
and the captain was arrested in this city. But
while In custody, writ Of habeas corpus was
issued and he was brought before the court
In answer to the writ. the requisirion Of the
Virginia Governor was produced as sufficient
authority for his being held. But the coun-
sci for the prisoner contCndcd that Virginia
is not State recognized by Congress, and
that their IS no such person as Coy. Pierpoint
of Virginia. The counsel presented this di-
lemma: That if Nirginia'has never lost her
organization as State, then the President had
no right to appoint governor fer that COM
monwealth, and Pierpoint is not rightfu.y
governor; or ifnot q State, then Of course Il
requisiton from her so-callcd governor has
no force. The Judge seemed puzzled. and in
stead of deciding the case, has adjourned it
over to next week for the purpose Of giving
the parties hearing before the governor.
who WILL it is presumed, solve the riddle
against Virginia. ..
Congress is engaged in vrangling on the
Stevens plan to destroy ,hQ southern State
governments, and put the people of those
states in military satraps. There is such a
disagreement in the Radical ranks concerning
this bill, that it is hoped that it viii be effect
ually killed in being born. The Senate has
made important amendments which are not
agreeable to the author OF the bill and his i'm
mediate followers. But it may pass in some
shape by small vote; but not enough TO in
sure its success over a President veto,
The impeachment question has dropped out
of sight and all concern about it has vanished
for the present. This Congress is now so soon
TO disperse that it WILL probably, do nothing
about the matter.
SASSACUS.