:!' , Ottit kl aftiktali - ,11.V11,110 34.1141ing Presses shall be free to,eveiY, Whtednd - ertakaa ezarishie - tha pro ce:Winf the leglalptar•s, or any branch of gov.trand-no • law shall ever be made to reattaintir u gt thereof. - Tbefreecoitunu nlcaticto of t and opinions la one' of the invainable:righ of men ~:and OVery citizen may freeirspegik;wrlteand print`on any sub; lea; being .responsibla for -the Abuse of-that liberty. X prosecutions for the publication of papers'investigating the oniclal conduct-of offi cers, or men in public capacities, or where the mattetpublislted is proper for public Informa tion, the truth. thereof may be given in An . Editorial Ex-Yresident. MThifftfirbtisiest'of the - aged - B's is ex.- President Bucistaxatt . .. He. gathers Matter for comment from many sources. He isan inveterate 'gossip, and as fond of hearing and of retairng small talk as any Old lady who discusses her neighbors as she drinks her tea or knits her stocking. Having got thniugh with his " Book," which is soon to appearfrom the Appleton press, and while waiting for, he criticism it is sure to evoke, the_venerable O. P. F. devotes his leisure hours to newspaper writing. He is fond, of the•exerciseethtorial, and is not a bad hand at the. business, only he cannot hide his style.. It breaks out in spite of his efforts. We think we do not err, therefore, in at tributing to him the article in a late num ber of the Lancaster Intelligencer, promin ently copied and commended in Thursday's New York World. It was, doubtless, for 'warded in proof-sheets, by the antiquated 'J. H. himself. The object is to teach the Democratic party to support ANDREW Joimsox in his Administration of the Gen eral Government.—Phila. Press. It- is in the foregoing terms that the Press of Saturday introduces to its rea ders an extract from an editorial of ours which has been extensively copied by conservative jeurnals. That editorial was written by one of the firm of COOPER, SANDERSON & CO., Of WhiCh we believe Mr. BUCHANAN is not a member. This fact is some drawback o Mr. FORNEY'S pretensions to discern nillbnt in the matter of style. But he will not give himself much trouble about that, for he would far rather be caught in a lie than forego the pleasure of . coining it. This is the first time in our lives that ever we heard Mr. BUCHANAN was "fond of the exercise editorial." No thing had occurred since our assump tion of the editorship of the Intelli gencer from which we could have in ferred that Mr. B. had at any period of his life been fond of writing for the public prints. But whilst doubting the accuracy of thd Press' statement, we must admit that FORNEY'S means of knowledge on that subject are far su perior to our own. He was for a num ber of years (about a quarter of a cen tury ago) editor of the :Lancaster Intel ligeneer, and subsequently of the Penn sylvanian at Philadelphia, both of which were staunch and sound Democratic journals. At that time he did not per mit any man to go before him in warm and frequent expressions of friendship and admiration for the distinguished gentleman whom he now falsely and slanderously styles " an inveterate gos sip." If ever Mr. BUCHANAN displayed any fondness for "the exercise edito rial," which we are still disposed to doubt, even against such good authority as FORNEY'S, we should think it must have been at this time. And this sug gests the inquiry—ls it possible that the brilliant and soundly Democratic edito rials of the _lntelligence?. from 1840 to 1845, and of the Pennsylvanian from 1845 to 1850, which made Fouls:Ey a na tional reputation as a•public journalist, were from the pen of Mr. BUCFIANAN ? We know that FORNEY has been tra ding on borrowed editorial capital to a very great extent since he established the Press. We know that his literary and foreign articles are written by Dr. MAKENZIE. We know that the beauties of the Abolition creed are set before the readers of the Press in the smooth dic tion of Dr. ELDER. We know, in short, that Mr. FORNEY is only an occasional contributor to the columns of his own paper. But until we read the Press of Saturday last, the suspicion had never crossed our mind thatthe enviable repu tation he won as editor of the Intelli gencer and of the Pennsylvanian, but which he has since destroyed, was founded on Mr. BuenaxAN's brains and fondness for " the exercise edito rial!" This suspicion, raised by himself in the extract above given, arouses another, viz: that Mr. FORNEY may not be the author of the numerous political speeches and literary addresses he has been delivering in various parts of the country during the last seven or eight years. Some of his political speeches read like careless productions of W3l. D. KELLEY ;—others, and especially those directed against Mr. 13L - cHANAN, have the ring of the carefully-prepared efforts of Parson BROWNLOW. We are sure KELLEY would give him an occasional lift gratis for tb e good of the Abolition cause, and we are equally sure that BROWNLOW would cheerfully respond to any draft Mr. FORNEY might make on his well•filled magazine of vulgar expletives. As for the literary addresses, we confess that we do not pretend to be able to tell, merely from their style, whether they were furnished by some gentleman who is "fond of the exer cise" of literary composition, or by some one of those learned writers who advertise in the city paperg that they stand prepared at all times to furnish literary addresses or temperance lectures at a very moderate compensation. Dr. MARENZIE and Dr. ELDER know the haunts of this latter class, and through them VORNEY'S literary wants could very readily be supplied. _ THE EXPRESS desires us to note the fact that the Southern secessionists hold the Democracy of the North in great contempt, whilst they like the "man liness and downright frankness" of the Republicans. All right, neighbor. The Democracy being always opposed to dis union, could not expect anything but ill-will from the baffled secessionists of the South. But which phase of the " manliness and down right frankness" of the Republicans.is it that the secesh admire so much ? Is it Banks' propo sition to "let the Union slide?" Is it Greeley's offer to help the South out if she was really bent on going? Is it the sentiment so genera] ly expressed by the Republicans when the South threatened to secede, of " let them go—we shall be better off without them?" There was " downright frankness " enough in all this, unquestionably, and it might well be admired by all frank and confirmed secessionists. - But perhaps it is the mote recent man ifestations of Republican frankness that the secessionists admire—such, for in stance, as their frank avowal that Jeff. Davis ought to be hung on a sour ap ple tree ; that Jake Thompson ought to be boiled in oil; that Gen. Lee ought to be shot to death with poisoned arrows ; and (worst punishment of all) that every rebel widow with an unconfiscated plan tation, should receive absolution only on condition of marrying an abolitionist with a strong nasal twang. Be this as it may, we congratulate the Express on its good fortune to beheld in high', esteem by that portion of the American people to whom we are in debted, according to all Republican au thority, for the starvation of Union prisonersc and the murder of the late President. It prides itself on its posses sion of theirfriendship and admiration, and we cheerfully gratify its vanity and self-love by making a note of the fact, aqqqicling to its request. Ts . ppreme Court of Wisconsin has decided; th4t. the law of Congress re quirit4 ;stainlis .on legal papers, either at - &Et:pp : ginning , or other stages of a bun, b' unconstitutional, f3ntoNCAmEsoN, who is looking out for the next vacancy in the United States Senateom Pennsylvaniacand Who desires also to be the Abolition mi. didate for tlitt,t_es4gpcy4oB6l4-ems to feel that therelWeeeof atuexp, tu tion of his retiremigft from. Cabitsjit of President I:rxdC4N. Hey as cote across an Iliilmis lientlemp*'Whc:P.m.. been complitsaa'exibugh , ,li listen to his story of self-glorification, and that gentleman has repeated it to a corres pondent of the Chicago Republican, who appears to have been verdant enough' to believe , it. Freudthe Bepub !lean it, was, as a_ matter of course, transferred to the Harrisburg Telegraph, a vessel of great Use but of no great honor in the house a--6.x.F.8.01.7.- Here is the story of SIMON, / Chief of the Winnebagoes : " When Gen. McClellan waS called to the command of the army, military affairs were in a deplorable condition. We were compelled to calt--him to the head of the army at a time when he could dictate his own terms, and did so. He stipulated that he should pass upon all appointments and promotions and the President and myself felt compelled, for the sake of the country, to accede to them. Under his rule, things went from bad to worse, and having no hope in the future, I saw the only way to save the country was to break the agree ment with - Gen. McClellan. I repre sented to him that things could not con tinue in this way, that Gen. McClellan must be removed from the supreme com mand of the army if we wanted to put down the rebellion. The President agreed with me in this view of the case, but said : Cameron, how can it be done? We have passed our words to him that he shall have the control of the appointments, and we cannot break them.' I replied : ' Leave that to me, I will cut the gordian knot if I can, and unravel it. - I will resign, and you can appoint another to my position.'— Mr. Lincoln came to the same conclu sion that I did. He said he would ap point me to the Russian Embassy, from which Mr. Clay was about to return, winch would be a proof of his entire confidence in me. I told him that I did not want to go to Russia, but he said I must go in justice to myself, and that I might resign as soon as I saw fit, after the acceptance of the mission.— We then agreed upon my successor, Stanton, and so brought McClellan back to the original position of matters in the army before our agreement with him. Stanton refused to continue the agreement, and McClellan must take his proper position or resign." The absurdity of such a dodge as this to relieve the President from an agree ment made by him with Gen. McCLEL LAN, will strike every sensible reader at once. If the President was bound in conscience by any agreement to which he was a party, how could any subordinate of his relieve him by " re fusing to continue it?" STANTON could neither make nor annul any such agree ment as is here described, without au thority from the President. A much more probable explanation of the way CAIMERoN got out of the War Department, may be found in an article headed " TILE LINCOLN CABI NET," which we copy from the Frank lin _Repository. The story we have al ready given comes in a roundabout way, but the one from the Repository comes directly from Gen. CAMERON'S friend Col. McCLLtiE. We call him his friend because it is an old proverb that " our best friends are those who tell us of our faults," and we know the Colonel has for many years taken special pains to point out the General's faults. There fore we take him to be his friend, and are disposed to credit him with an inti mate knowledge of all that relates to his public career. Certain are we that no other man in the State would go farther to find out the facts or take greater pleasure in publishing them to the world. A NEutto Rot4nLY HANDLED BY A SOL DELL—About three o'clock yesterday after noon considerable excitement was created in Happy alley, near Eastern avenue, by a difficulty between a soldier and a negro. It seems that the negro made some imperti nent remark as the soldier was passing him, when the latter turned and was about to chastise him. The negro ran, however, when the soldier picked tip a large stone and threw it with such violence as to cut an ugly gash upon the negro's head. The sol dier was arrested, but the affair not having been witnessed by any white person, the charge was dismissed, He was fined, how ever, by Justice Whalen, for throwing the stone. Dr. Dwinelle was summoned to at tend the negro.—Baltintore Um:cite. The antipathy of the white soldiers to the negroes is " cropping out" very strongly. Items like the above present themselves to our eyes whenever we go over our exchanges, and some eases of rough handling of colored persons by soldiers have occurred within tbe range of our own personal observation. The war has intensified the feeling of dis like to the negro which always has pre vailed among a large portion of the pop ulation of the Northern States, and the men who have done the hardest fight ing are the very ones in whom this feeling has become strongest. It should be borne in mind by the brave fellows who have carried the flag of their country successfully through this war, that the poor negro had noth ing to do with bringing it on. It was brought on by the Abolitionists, not so much from love of the SOuthern ne groes as from hatred of the Southern whites; and if the negro now exhibits a degree of impertinence which did not formerly characterize him, that too is chargeable to the Abolitionists, who are putting it into his head that he is better than the white man. Wendell Phillips and other leading Abolitionists have declared that for patience, courage and endurance in this war, the negroes bear the palm. ; and it is the every day work of the great body of the Abolitionists, to instruct the negro that he is in all respects at least the equal of the white man. He is urged to insist upon his right to sit be side the white man in the Railroad car, in the jury box and at the table. Act ing under these instructions, the ignor ant creature gives offence and gets his nose made flatter even than nature de signed it to be. The spirited soldier is always the quickest to resent and pun ish his impertinence. In these frequent and violent mani festations of dislike to the negro on the part of citizen soldiers, the Abolitionists may read the fate of their efforts to ele vate the African to a condition of polit ical and social equality with the whites. A Sensible Decision The New Hampshire Superior Court has decided that an Express Company delivering a parcel marked with the cabalistic "C. 0. D."—collect on deliv ery—may allow a person to whom it is consigned reasonable time to open the package and determine whether he will receive it or not. The rule heretofore has been that no examination could take place—the receiver must take the pack age and pay for it without opportunity to determine whether it contained what he had ordered or not. This decision of the court is both legal and sensible, which latter cannot be said of all legal decisions. MR. D. W. Moon.E, who has for a long time ably conducted that excellent Democratic journal the Clearfield Re publican, has retired from the editorial chair. He is succeeded by Mr. Geo. B. Goodlander, whose opening address "To Whom it May Concern " gives evidence that the Republican will continue to he a live and lively newspaper. • THE New York Times, Republican, says : "The usurpation which is urged by the Boston radicals is infinitely more dangerous to the national liberties than anything we have witnessed hitherto." True as gospel. The Burning of the Palatinate of the Rhine in February 1689, by order of Louis nv, and the Burning °f o am Shenandoah Valley in October 1864, Order of,Llent.-Gen,„Brant. `4s4ni ^of thse f tstakkhate\uun-, edgithout shittrandi in the wa,*"" of cg*.steriaom fordire huiidred*iiid seifen tyMve &ears, wijet Valliw 'or the' 06natiioah 78 , 0 3 112 zi*i'ner .detv e'red to the fla mes. Fir an account of the burning of the PaintiAte we refer to the first volume of VOLTAIRE'S Age of Louie X 1 . 1 7. - - The King, says VOLTAIRE, had dv termined to make a degettoi — lfitiThbleet'agto'fireirent . 'his enemies from subsisting-init. Accord ingly, "in 1689 there came to the army an order from • Lours, signed LouVors, to reduce everything to ashes. The French Generals, who were bound to obey, gave notice, in the heart of winter, to the citizens of all its cities, so flourish ing and so well repaired, to the inhabi-' tants of the villages and to the owners of fifty chateaus, that they must leave their homes, as these were about to be destroyed by fire and sword. Men and women, the aged and the infan4, de parted in haste. One portion wandered in the fields, another fled to neighbor ing countries; whilst the soldier, who always exceeds his orders in rigor, and who never executes them with clem ency, burnt and sacked the country.— They commenced with Manheim and Heidelberg, the residence of the Electors. Their palaces were destroyed like the houses of other citizens. "Europe was horrified. The officers who executed the order were ashamed of being the instruments of such cruel ties. They threw back the blame on the Marquis of Louvors, who had be come more inhuman by that hardness of heart which a long ministry pro duces. He had, indeed, counselled the measure; but Loris was the master and need not have followed his counsel. If the King had witnessed this specta cle, he would himself have extinguished the flames. He signed the destruction of a whole country from the recesses of his palace of Versailles and in the midst of pleasures, because lie saw only in this order his own power and the un fortunate right of war; but had he been nearer the scene, he would have seen only its horrors. The other nations which, until this period, had only blamed his ambition whilst admiring himself, now exclaimed against his cruelty and even blamed his policy, be cause if his enemies should penetrate into his own States, as lie had done into theirs, they would reduce his cities to ashes." VATTEL, iu his Law of Nations, speaks of this atrocious cruelty as it deserves. He says : " I n the last century the French ravaged and burnt the Pala tinate. All Europe resounded with in vectives against such a mode of waging. war. It was in vain that the Court at tempted to palliate their conduct by al leging that this was done only with a view to cover their own frontier. That was an end to which the ravaging of the Palatinate contributed but little, and the whole proceeding exhibited nothing to the eyes of mankind but the revenge and cruelty of a haughty and unfeeling minister." The King's conscience smote him all the remaining days of his life for hav ing consented to this burning, and the name of Lou vois, who had counselled it, although the greatest war minister of modern times, unless CARROT may be excepted, has ever since been held in execration. ST. SIMON relates that some time afterward, Loi'vois having determined to burn the city of Treves, but aware of the King's scruples of conscience, issued the order without previously consulting him, the minister thus taking upon himself the sole responsibility for the deed. When informed of it, Louts liter ally drove Louvois from his presence, exclaiming as he retreated, " Dispatch a courier instantly with a counter order and see that he arrives in time, for know that your head shall answer for it if a single house should be burnt." History, it is said, al ways repeats itself; but it is to be deplored that this should have been done, after nearly two cen turies, in free and enlightened America. Lieut. Gen. GRANT, from his head quarters near Richmond, ordered Gen. SHERIDAN to devastate the rich, beau tiful and extensive Valley of the Shen andoah. He commands him : "Do all the damage you can to the railroad and crops. Carry off stock of all descriptions and negroes, so as to prevent further planting. If the war is to last another year, let the Shenandoah Valley remain a barren waste." It does not appear that either the President or Secretary of War consented to this barbarous order; and we sincerely hope that they did not, for the character of the country. Gen. SII6IDA,N, unlike the French officers who devastated the Palatinate, was not ashamed of being the instru ment of these cruelties. The contrary appears to be the fact, judging from the tone of his Report from Woodstock to Gen. GRANT, of the ith of October, 1864. In this he says : " I commenced moving back from Portßepublic, Mount Crawford, Bridgewater and Harrison burg yesterday morning. The grain and forage in advance of these points had previously been destroyed. In moving back to this point, the whole country from Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been made untenable for a rebel army. I have destroyed over two thousand barns filled with wheat, hay and farming implements; over seventy mills filled with flour end wheat; have driven in front of the ar my over four herds of stock, and have killed and issued to the troops not less than three thousand sheep. This de struction embrades the Luray Valley and Little Fort Valley, as well as the main valley. Lieut. John R. Meigs, my Engineer officer, was murdered be yond Harrisonburg, near Dayton. For this atrocious act all the houses within an area of five miles were burnt." Over two thousand barns tilled with wheat, hay and farming implements, and over seventy mills filled with flour and wheat destroyed, and the whole valley between the Blue Ridge and the North Mountain, consisting of a num ber of rich and well cultivated counties, "a barren waste !" And this under the plea of military necessity ! Let us imagine, if we can, the desti tution and distress of many thousands of these poor people, suddenly deprived of present subsistence and without hope for the future. Their farming imple ments having been destroyed, they can neither sow nor plant for the next har vest. Their homes have been made des olate, and, _like the inhabitants of the Palatinate, one portion of them still wanders among their own ruined fields, whilst the other has sought an asylum in neighboring States, where many of them must depend on charity. The devastation made by Gen. SHER IDAN -is not war as conducted for a long period between civilized nations. It has tarnished his victories. Although the rebellion has been causeless and unjust, this does not justify a departure from the humane principles introduced into the laws of war and practised between civilized belligerents for nearly two cen tunes, and by none more liberally than ,. our own Government. We have seen that V4trEt, in 'writ ing eighty years'after the destruction of the Palatinate, says ".all Europe re sounded with invectives against such a mode of waging war:'! What will be, the ophlion of the civilized World eigh4, years or even ten years hence, concern ing thtkdestruction of the Shenandoah #4lleyN Nay, what, will be our own ogmion after passion4luill have sub sided and 4son resaiivehe**, Letter from, Centel' A l 44lraczi As the folloiVing fliouggot Intended for pablicatid ,-coAtins t-' :ter which may notflie delittinte 00in terest to the public, we take the liberty of giving it a place in our columns. Its writer Was formerly an officer in the Navy of the United States and is, now connected, pith pf.s gteitti States, and _ r can ransit_ Company w i many of theleadingcapitalists and com mercial men of New 'York are inter- Greybown is situated in that; ait of Central America known as .the " Mos quito . quito Coast," Over which Great Britain for many years attempted to exercise a protectorate. She pretended, to be the guardian of the rights and interests of a breech-cloOted Indian of the Mosquito tribe, upon whom she conferred the title of King, and who was put through the mock ceremonial of a coronation at Blueflelds. Nicaragua claimed the Mosquito Coast, and was clearly entitled to it. But she was too feeble to assert her just title against the overshadowing power of England, who held on to . her ridicu lous " protectorate " in hopes that favor able circumstances would some day en able her boldly to annex the Mosquito Coast to her dominions. The United States having a deep in terest in preventing the great commer cial route to the Pacific from falling Un der the control of a European power, our Governmentconstantly opposed the pretensions of Great Britain . in that quarter. When Mr. Buchanan was Minister to England, he completely riddled the defence which the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs attempted in behalf of the course pursued by the British Govern m en tin Central America, and when he became President he pres sed the questions in dispute to a final issue. The result of his wise and determin ed policy in relation to foreign affairs that affected so vitally the interests of the United States, was the abandon ment by ,Great Britain of her absurd claim to the Mosquito Coast and other parts of Central America. The Monroe doctrine was vindicated ; and the Mos quito Coast, given up to Nicaragua, its rightful owner, has become au inviting field for North American adventureand enterprise. GREy'rowN, Mlly 27t1i, 15135 MY DEAR CoOP•ER: You nnist certainly think that I have forgotten you, so long a time having elapsed since my departure from the United States, and since my hav ing written to you. But I trust that you will pardon this seeming negligence on my part, and that you will attribute my long silence not to forgetfulness of you, but to the fact of my having had nothing of im portance or interest to relate. I ant drifting along from day to day in the quiet routine of a mixture of office and "out-door" work, and any time during the day is generally rather busily ()omitted. Greytown'is a place that affords but little, if any, diversion or amusement to a stranger or a foreigner. Its prosperity and commer cial well-being are the consequence of the operations of the Transit Company. The foreign residents are principally en gaged in the mercantile business. The place contains about two hundred and fifty houses, the majority of them being made of bomboo and thatched with the broad leaves of the plantain, and occupied by the native population, composed of a most abominable mixture of Indian, Jamaica negro, and Spanish blood. They, as a general thing, are perfectly worthless, and are, physically and mentally, most wretch ed specimens of humanity. What this rich and magnificent country needs is an indus trious emigration, and this it will receive ere long, I think. Many Americans will • flock to this country, and once under a pro per_ Government, and its abundant resour ces thoroughly developed, it would become proportionately one of the wealthiest and one of the most desirable counties in the world. No one can conceive of the marvel lous richness of the soil. The vegetation is most dense and luxuriant, and all the rich tropical staples can be raised without diffi culty. Americans are gradually and quiet ly slipping into the country, and I have no doubt that many years will not elapse be fore this country and its sister States will be pretty well Americanized. It is my opinion that capital would be very profita bly invested in this country. The climate in the-Interior is pleasant and healthy, but along the river bottom, where the vegeta tion is so very dense and the forests retain their primeval growth and luxuriance, some considerable fever prevails; but there is no doubt that if the country was popu lated, and the soil cleared and cultivated, so that the warm rays of the sun could reach it, this country would be as he: as one could well expect. But even in the most unhealthy districts, if one acts with care and prudence, he can maintain his health and strength. The fever prevailing in some sections of the country is owing, of course, to the dense vegetation and rank undergrowth. If this is once cleared away, it would disappear in a very great measure. My position here is quite good, and thus far I have enjoyed very fair health indeed. The social pleasures of Greytown are not very inviting; but, fortunately, in the day time I am pretty well occupied with my duties, and in the night I manage to pass away a few hours until bed time, in con versation with acquaintances, smoking my segar, &c. I generally retire quite early, and keep better hours than I did while in the States. S. H. H. Death of Bishop Potter A despatch from San Francisco an nounces the death of Bishop Alonzo Potter, on the 4th inst., iu that city. Bishop Potter was a native of Duchess county, N. Y. ; graduated at Union Col lege; became a tutor in the college in 1819, and was elected professor of na tural philosophy and mathematics in 1821 He was ordained in the same year, and invited to a rectorship in Bos ton in 1826. In 1831 he was made Vice Presidentof Union College ; was chosen Bishop of Pennsylvania in 1845. Bishop Potter has contributed many works to the literature of the country. Among them the " Principles of Science ap plied to the Domestic and Mechanic Arts," " Political Economy, its Objects, Uses and Principles Considered," "The School and. Schoolmaster," and a num ber of discourses, charges, addresses, etc. He was born in 1800. His death, will be universally regretted. No man was held in higher respect, and none whose authority in educational matters was more respected. REPUBLICAN FRIENDSHIP FOR THE SOLDIER.—The Republican majority of the Connecticut Legislature have tabled a bill which proposed to give a small bounty to soldiers who want into the army two years ago. These Republican demagogues have plenty of honied words for the soldiers, but that is all. The above is in keeping with the conduct of the leaders of that party in all parts of the country. Now that the war is over, and the services of our brave soldiers are no longer needed, they are "mustered out," and, though compli mented for their bravery and fidelity, in words, which cost nothing, they will be left to shift for themselves, while the stay-at-home' patriots will secure to themselves a monopoly of all the honors and offices in the gift of the government. • Now that the soldiers have returned, to mingle again with their fellow citizens, and can read Democratic' newspapers without fear of insulttmd punishment, they will be likely to find out who their true friends are, and how utterly hypo critical and hollow are all the windy' professions, of regard for thein whfch have been made by the Black Republi cans. The Pelee „of Abolition Whistles. er day we made brief mention S".` e fac that it had be9n-stated in the r. • etaf column •of the New Yoik - that instead of • • tad -•, ••ollars, at which it s Zr •• • estimated, the N. deidl ;'ely to foot up betweenf • 4 and fl by the "5e4,140 , m • • •!: are •• ade with all • • e &vein -in.nt creditors. This puts the debt of therated States on a level with that of Great Britain. But it leaves us vastly ./ w4.9e 1 01r tllan tlailtritisb,i• :became tsbeir -delatspay 7 a ddly three-tperederit.'iiitirest s , three-tenths per writ:. We than bave to pay mine thatiidouble the - amount Of interest annually that is paid by Great Britain, which practically makes our 1 debt-double hers. The people of Great Britain' are ground down to the earth by the-taxation required to meet the inter est on their debt' How are we to bear a burden twice as heavy as theirs ? It cannot be borne. Ten years will not elapse before our bondholders will have to submit to a reduction '