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MORNING NEWS.
BY JOHN HU COOP£lt.
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T. THOMPSON, EDITOR
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Correspondence ot the Morning News.
Pabis, April 3,1850.
I shall here make a slight digression, which, I think,
cannot fail to tlirow some light upon the rest of my
correspondence. When the Revolution of February
overthrow tho throno of Louis Philippe 1 was in the
United States;—I was prepared for this event, though
I perhaps expected it more certainly at the death of
this worthy successor of Charles X. The Americans
were, generally speaking, very much astonished at
hearing me blame so energetically the government
of our citizen king, and predict hU fall, and, in place
of his reign, the rule of the Republic. In the United
States, Louis Philippe was considered a model king—
a new Minos sacrificing his days and his divine wis
dom to the happiness of the French people. These
praises, so little merited, wore sinecro I do not doubt,
but, unhappily, they were tho fruit of ignorance, for
impartial justice compels mo to say that tho Ameri
cans are as ill informed of tho manners and polities
of the French, as tho French are of tho government
and manners of the Now World. When 1 said to tho
Americans that the Republic would replace tbo royal-
ity of Louis Philippe, they received the prediction
with a sarcastic laugh, and replied that it was impoesi
ble for a republic to exist in Europe—above all, in
Franco—that tho ono of 1793 had inundated that
country with blood, and that, moroover, the character
of the French people was too light, too inconsistent
and variable for them to live under such a govern
ment. The Americans had, and no doubt still liavo,
the pretension of being alone capable of enjoying
the benefits of a republican government in the full
acceptation of tho word. In rendering all homage to
the political wisdom of our friends of the Now World,
I think I con say that they estimate a little too high
ly their superiority over the rest of the human fami
ly : above all, they judge the French people in too
superficial a manner: I believe it will not bo difficult
to prove it from history.
Hereditary monarchy was established in Franco in
481 by Clovis. This monarchy lias lusted fourteen
consecutive centuries, without ceasing to bear up
against power, ignorance and superstition. This sla
very of fourteen centuries hns in the meanwhile nev
er been able to stifle tho germ of that independence
which the people inherited from their ancestors, who
were composed of French, Gauls and Romans—the
three most warlike nations of the world. During tills
long servitude, tho French have never allowed an op
portunity of manifesting their love of liberty to es'
cape, but all their noblo efforts have only terminated
In plunging themselves mom deeply in the abyss of
misery, tyranny and degradation. In spite of tlie
odious control which tho tyrants exercised over print
ing, this divine discovery was a powerful aid to the
liberty of the human mind; this torch of civilization
spread its regenerative light each doy mote and moro
amongst the people, until towards the end of tho 18th
century. Up to this Urns the French slave had thought
his captivity the Work of God, and that all resistance
to tho will of tho master of tho universe was vain •,
but when some educated and courageous men show
ed this slave the truo author of liis suilorings and
captivity, he raised his head and dared to look lii g
tyrant in tho fucc for tho first time. Then soon he
demanded his liberty,—it was refused him, and then,
making use of tho right which his oppressor invoked
against him, he exerted his strength.
Behold the history of the revolution of 1789. Arc
tho French peoplo to be blamed for having revolted
against the tyrants, who from father to sou, had held
them in the most abject slavery ? No, without doubt.
Tht crimes which they committed in breaking their
chains, were only the fruits of their ignorance, and
the retaliation for thoBO of which they had been the
victims during their long captivity. If in this strug
gle they had proved tho weakest, their masters would
have visited upon them equally great if not greater
excesses. Should these same people bo accused of
Versatility and inconsistency, for not knowing how to
enjoy tho liberty for which they were unprepared 1
Have they not known how to render themselves wor
thy of It, in defending it for twenty-five years, against
the whole of Europe i The men who should have en
lightened tho nation have dazzled It, in order to sub
stitute the moro easily the reign of military despot
ism, for that of liberty. To gratify his culpable am
bition, Bonaparte preferred tho rile of C'ataline, to
that of tho virtuous Washington. The ono died in
exile under a burning sun, overwhelmed wi th remorse,
whilo the other expired under his paternal roof, car
rying with him to heaven, the recompense of the just;
that is to say, the approbation of his conscience, and
the esteem of all his cotemporuries.
The government of the Bourbons hadbeon imposed
upon France, by six hundred thousund foreign bayo
nets. The French bore this iniquitous government for
fifteen years, and without doubt would have borne it
some years longer, if Poland bad not openly violated
the charter.
The French would have been unworthy to be called
men, if, in 1830 they had not opposed strength to
strength, ttfvindicate the rights of their citizens. Af
ter this glorious victory, the French people laid down
their anus, and awaited the price of the blood they
bod shed so heroically.
Without consulting them, a handful of intriguers
. and despicable aspirants, who, during the combat
kept themselves secure from injury, placed another
Bourbon upon tho throno which one Bourbon had al
ready imbrued with tho blood of his people in or
der to take from; him the last remnant of liberty
which remained.
The reign of Louis Philippe being only tho odious
continuation of that of Charles X. was it astonishii,
to see him an object of hatred and contempt on the
part of the French people 1 Twice deceived in their
dearest hopes, can we be astonished at tho eagerness
the Parisians exhibited to revolt In Juno 1848, not
withstanding the unwillingness they exhibited to the
Revolution of February 1 Tho French had endured
for fifteen years the tyrany of the elder Bourbons
for eighteen years that of the younger branch ; they
did not with to expose themselves to fifteeen years
more of another usurping dynasty. Behold tho se
cret of all the insurrections and revolutions which
have taken place In France since 1789. Besides, a
Republic cannot be founded upon the ruins of tyranny
without the shedding of blood. Let us change the
theatre of the American Revolution; let us bring it
to England, and we will see tho struggle assume an
appearance not less terrible than that of the French
Revolution of 1789. Again, was the American Re
public consummated on the very day on which It was
recognized in England 1 were not some years of ex
perience necessary to fix it firmly upon the pedestal
whence it this day commands the respect of the
world I The Americans too were ripe for this form
of government, which is now being consolidated In
France in spito of tho calumnies, tho anger and
rage of tho partisans of royalty, who, fer fourteen
centuries, have been accustomed to tread the people
under foot, and to subsist on the fruits of their la
bor.
I ask pardon for this long degression, but my duty
towards my compatriots rendered It necessary in or
der to justify them against an unfounded accusation.
Like all nations they liavo tlicir limits ; but those do
them Injustice who believo them only cnpablo of
bearing the yoke of servitude ; for, I repeat it, the
Republic is now firmly fixed In France.
Since my last letter, things have come to pass in
Franco which confirm this assertion indisputably.
The majority of tho Assembly, it is well known,
is composed of Reactionists, who, sinco the day af
ter the Revolution of February, have sworn devotion
and fidolity to the Republic. Their conduct has been
at all times, and in all places, that of vanquished ty
rants. The Republic, trusting to its justice and pow
er, has said to them, “ All men are my children ; 1
wish for the happiness of all; and I pardon those who
have for so long a time calumniated me, in order to
retard my rule, and usurp my throne." This lan
guage was too magnanimous to bo appreciated by the
enemies of mankind; they looked upon it as weak
ness. From that time they have insulted tho goddess
whom fear and cowardice made them adore on tho
day following tho Revolution—having retarded her
reign by calumny, they believed they possessed t he
power to annihilate her by tho same moans.
In order better to deceive the nation, these apostles
of tyranny have called themselves the friends of or
der, and it is with the assistance of this hypocritical
name that they have attained the majority in the leg
islative assembly. The result was, according to them,
tho death-blow to the Republic—they had only to say
the word to overthrow it. In the meantime the cour
age to pronounce that word, so that it might be heard
in all parts of France, failed them. Faithful to thoir
hypocrisy, they endeavored to obtain their object by
violating, little by little, tho Constitution, and thus
provoke a terrible insurrection, which would have
served them with a definite pretext for substituting
monarchy in place of republicanism. Tho Republi
cans knew too well tho character of the spies of roy
alty not to guess their fatal project, and to prevent
it. The press of this party has preached to the peo
plo the benefit of calmness and patience, adding that
universal suffrage was tho only arm necessary to op
pose the enemies of tho Republic. This wise recom
mendation was listened to by the people, and on the
tenth of March tho Republic ngoin came out trium
phant in nearly all tho elections in the Departments
which had representatives to choose. This victory
should have taught the royalists resignation, if not
wisdom, and would have done so had they possessed
a grain of that good sense without which man is but a
brute, despite his education and talent; far, howev
er, from learning this lesson, the Friends of Order,
yielding only to the rage of despair, have begun to
preach the destruction of tho Constitution, and of a
republican form of government—in a word, a civil
war. Universal suffrage, which of late could not he
too much lauded, (while they were in tlie majority,)
is now cursed by them as tlie means of destroying
society and religion. The republican press on tho
contrary lias not ceased to recommend to the friends
of liberty the greatest tranquility, and the avoidunce
of tlie snares into which the Reactionists wished to
draw them ; and these wise counsels were religiously
listened to. Notwithstanding tlie calmness of tlie
conquerors, the government which leads the reaction
have just presented three repressive laws to the As-
tembly. Tlie first of these unique laws demands the
re-establishment of the stamp for the journals ; the
second wishes to relieve these journals from giving
bonds; and tlie third is intended to prevent tlie pre
paratory meetings before the elections. It is a strange
circumstance that these three laws, demanded by tlie
Reactionist papers, are now opposed by them as in
jurious to the great party of order; these honest peo
plo would like the laws well enough if they could be
applied to tlie republican press only. The time is
not favorable lor attempting such repressive mea
sures.
After having in some degree recovered from the
Stupor occasioned by the result of the election of the
tenth of March, the papers of the reaction said that
tiiis victory proved nothing in fHvor of tlie conquer
ore,—that if the Republic were put to tho vote, it
would bo vanquished. The paper called tho “ Voice
of the People” has accepted this challenge. It has
said timt if the majority wished to yield its recogni
tion, en masse, the minority would do the same tiling,
and that then they would submit the Republic to a
now electoral proof against royalty.
This challenge of the Republicans has not been ac
cepted by the Reactionist press, but.has been by a le
gitimate member of the assembly, M. do Laroche
jacquelin- -uther to mystify the Reactionists, than to
attempt any serious step against tlie Republic. M. do
Larochejacquelin has then proposed to the Assembly
to revise or rather abolish the Constitution, and to in
stitute new elections, in which the people will have to
decide in favor of a Monarchy ora Republic. This pro
position has b«cn repulsed with tho exception of three
votes. This is the effect tlie Republic produces upon
its enemies when it looks them in tlie face. I am then
right in saying that, this time, it is firmly fixed in
France. May God protect and luiimate it with his di
vine wisdom. M. Lamartine has written an admira
ble article, logical and moderate, against the proposi
tion of M. do Larochejaquelin, which terminates
thus
“ In 1790 a proposition like that of M. Laroche
jacquelin, would have conducted its author to prison
on the following day; in 1793, it would have conduct
ed him to the scaffold; in 1810 it would have conduct
ed him to tlie plain of Crenelle—to be shot™ in 1815,
would have conducted him to a court of peers, and
thence to a state prison; in 1850, the free, tolerant,
magnanimous Republic, listens without auger, dis
cusses without scandal, and—after having honored
the courage displayed in the reasoning of tho propo
sition, limits itself to sending the author to what?-
reflection. I cannot help lioping good things from
Republic which has made at the outset such progress
in good sense and humanity.”
The reasoning of this peroration of M. I.amnrtinc,
is overwhelming to those who wish to govern Fran
in tlie nineteeth century, as it was governed in tho
ourteenth. As to foreign politics, there is nothing
known with certainty at the present time, except
that the Pope will enter Rome the week after Easter.
The policy of the holy lather Is of a character which
proves how much his popularity has degenerated into
hatred
As soon as the French government Is in tlie hands
of the Republicans, Italy will muke another ett'ort
overthrow this odious clerical government.
Greece is negotiating with England through the me
diation of France.
In my next letter, 1 shall enter Into some of the de
tails of this Anglo-Grecian difficulty, and these details
will prove that Great Britain always prefers iniquity
which serves its interests, to justice which interferes
with them.
A Congress is now in session at Erfurt, to resolve
the problem of the German Union, but this solution
will be as unsatisfactory as the attempted one at
Frankfort. These negoclations are only meant to re.
tard as much gs possible, the triumph of the Repub
lic in Europe. Russia begins to despair oi destroying
the French Republic, especially sinco the elections of
thoIOth of March, the result of which lias been re
ceived with astonishment upon tlui wliolo Continent
E.
[Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.]
New York, April 39,1850.
Housekeepers who contemplate moving this May,
looked very anxious and uneasy this morning, ior tho
rain came down with such earnestness, that it looked
as though it might continue for an indefinite period,
and then the “moving accidents by flood" would have
been frightful, and fatal to furniture, and nervous
and stingy owners. But old Sol lias hurst through
the cloudy covering, and the skies are bright and
cheering.
The great events of Saturdny were the sailing ol
the Atlantic and Ohio, tho former with 137, and the
latter with 467 passengers. The Atlantic leit at 12
o'clock, but got befogged down the bay, and was com*
pelled to drop anchor until 4 o'clock; in the mean
time tho Ohio had passed on, having left her dock at
3 o’clock, and got the start by about a mile. But the
leviathan put out after her, and before they reached
Sandy Hook, passed her in fine style, amidst the
cheers of the passengers on both boats. Bets are
heavy on the time of the Atlantic—even that she
makes the voyage in twelve duys; and odds taken on
10 days, accidents included. My opinion is, that she
will run the Cunard line very hard, but I don't think
she will beat them. Some Englishmen are so confi
dent of- tlie superior powers of those boats, thut odds
arc taken, thut tlie America, which leaves Boston on
Wednesday, will be at Liverpool within twelve hours
of the Atlantic! That the power of tlie America will
bo fully tested on her next trip, is pretty certain,
but I should not be disposed to offer such a wager.
All the passengers by the Ohio, I believe, are bound
for California; the deck was literally crammed when
she left the dock, and they appeared to go off' in the
best of spirits. Tom Hyer, tho conqueror of Yankee
Sullivan, and wife, were among the passengers. Ho
published a Card in one of tlie Sunday papers yes
terday, stating that he did not go with the intention
of fighting, nor with the expectation of being sent to
the Senate from the new State ! Probably not.
Two frightful accidents hove occurred this morn
ing, involving a loss of life truly melanchoily. About
10 o’clock, ono of the floors of the building adjoining
the Museum, which is to be added to that establish
ment, fell down with a terrible crash, and the two
men who were at work on it, together with the
rafters, beams, and rubbish, were precipitated to the
foundation, where four men were engaged excava
ting, and they* were all buried beneath the ruins-
They were extricated, however, as speedily as pos
sible, and all taken out alive, though greatly injured;
one man, however, it is expected will not recover.
Tlie other accident occurred about an hour after
wards. at tho ruins of the lute fire in Water-street;
where the fireman Guire was killed. The walls were
considered to bo in a very dangerous condition, but
they were inspected last week, and reported safe!
Some twelve laborers were employed there, remov
ing the ruins this morning, when one wall of immense
height, fell in, burying tho poor fellows beneath it.
Two of them were only slightly covered, and got out
ono with a broken leg, the other not much injured;
another was near tlio edgoof the ruins, and was
quickly got out, but he breathed only a few times, and
then died. The other nine are probably crushed to
death, or should they be lingering in agony, their
sufferings must be quickly terminated, for there is no
chance of saving them, as tho place is surrounded
ith other walls, equally as dangerous as the one that
fell, and no ono will expose his life to such imminent
peril, even in the cause of humanity. The men are,
therefore, employed first in securing tlie standing
walls, when the work of removing the bricks will be
oimnenced.
The scene at the ruins is heart rending; for the re
latives of tlie victims are continually arriving, and
flaking the place sad with their lamentations. Tru
ly New York is becoming notorious for its tragedies,
which are generally occasioned by culpable careless
ness. In tiiis case it is glaringly so, and I trust some
parties may be punished. The recklessness of hu
man life [exhibited is most disgraceful. 1 will write
further to-morrow—time and circumstances press to
day. ’ CHARLEMAC-
Incidcnts of the llurninK of tho llelle of
the West.
but uiinblo to retain her elusp, she sunk down
amid the flames, and was seen no more.
Ono old lady ran to the bow of the boat,
and there stood in ah attitude beseeching help.
She could not spenk English, but tho crowd
motioned her to jump into the water, prepar
ed to save her. She did not understand them,
or feared to make the leap; the flames gathered
around her, and she was soon lost from sight.
Mr. Tho?. Rutherford, who was a passen
ger, rescued a lady, who implored to be saved.
A young man, who hud in charge his mother
and fathor, carriod a trunk containing valuables
on shore, when the fire was first noticed, and in
attmpting to return for his parents, was preven
ted by the flames and only could look on and
w itness his parents writhing amid the flames.
A gentleman, on his way to Iowa, threw his
trunk on shore, and returned for some more
of his baggage, when ho discovered six chil
dren in a group, pleading for safety, ho could
not.withstand the appeal—and gathering up
three of them ho hurried with them to a place
of safety, and retimed for tlio others, but alas,
it was too late.
It is reported that the boat was ’set on firo
by a passenger, because a family, relatives of
his, wore put on shore at Cincinnati, on account
of having the small pox.
The loss of life is believed to exceed 75
persons. At the first alarm of tho fire, tho Cap
tain threw over board a lot of powder that was
stowed in the forecastle.
OAVAHHAUlB
Saturilny Morning, Mny 4, 1850.
LARGEST CIRCULATION!
(IP The Daily Mobning News has now a circu
lation larger than that of BOTH THE OTHER DAI
LIES TOGETHER, and consequently is the best
advkbtising medium. We state this fact in justice
to ourselves and for the benefit of the advertising
public.
Kjp See first page for our rates of advertising.
(^“Advertisements should be handed in at an
early hour, to insure their appearance in the paper of
tlie next morning.
Military. —■ Tho Savannah Volunteer
Guards, Captain Richardson, arrived last eve
ning on tho cars from Macon, and were re
ceived at tlie Depot by the Chutam Artillery,
Captain Gallie, Republican Blues, Captain
Anderson, Chatham Fusiliers, Captain Law.
Tha Artillery fired a salute on the arrival of the
Guards.
After the Guards were formed, they were es
corted by their military friends to the Arm«ry
Hall, where the Artillery had a handsome col
lation prepared. All the corps then marched
to the Exchange Long Room and partook of
refreshments furnished by the Republican
Blues. Tho entertainment was kept up for
some time, and several good speeches made.
Our friends express themselves highly gratified
with their visit to Macon.
Tribute to the Memory of Calhouk—
Sinco the driath 1 of the immortal Washin t
no great Atn'ericnnha9 fallen, whose death ha’
been so generally and so sincerely deplored I *
all classos, ages and sexes, as that of Mr Ci/
HOUN. No sftttesman or hero has lived •
whose character there was so much to h '
and venerate, und so little to condemn ft ,
less fur the beauty of his moral choracter *h a
for tho majesty of his mighty intellect, is
memory of Carolina's groat Statesman, loved and
venerated by the good and pure minded through
out.tho world. In nil tho attributes of a E '
man ho stood preeminent, while his dai|*
life was adorned by all tho domestic virtues
which cast u moral halo around his character
and endeared him by no common ties to all
who came within the sphere of his acqij a i r
tancc. What a bright page will ho fill j„ ou j.
nations history, to whom futuro nenor..-
• ii . i ii/. o c,, crauon$
will point as the model of aperfect man!
The Charleston papers havo given tna
pleasing incidents which occurred during the
funerul week in that city, illustrative of the
universal devotion of the people to tho illjj
trious departed. From a lato number oftt 6
Courier we copy the following:
The temporary vault was visited on Sattir-
day and Sunday by a number of persons. Ho"
ses were profusely strewn about it. A | ar /
pyramid was formed of roses, tho buse of which
so arranged that each flowor denoted one of
the affections—tho whole presenting a merited
oblation to departed virtue. These were re
placed on Sunday by a number of vases ju
diciously arranged around the vault. A num
ber of children visited it, many of whom
brought with them boquets of roses, to decorate
tho present resting place of the remains of M,
Calhoun.
Yesterday, we wero informed thattherowero
some verses placed on the vault, and we ob-
tai tied the privilege of abstracting them from
the sacred spot for a short period, with the view
of placing a copy of them before our readers.
They wgro written on a mourning sheet of p a i
per, in a delicate hand, and probably emanattd
from the patriotic and poetic mind of soma
fair daughter of Carolina. Attached to tho
paper was a neat little wreath of cypress, in
terspersed with black and white ribbon, The
following is a copy of the feeling tribute thus
modestly paid to the memory of the lamented
deceased.
THE organ’s peal hath rolled sway,
The roquium hath been sung and said;
The sable pall enwraps thy clay,
And they have laid thee with the dead j
And yet gather round thy tomb,
As though it were no scene of gloom i
We chaplets weave of these, frail flowers,
Affection's tribute to bestow ;
Although a brighter crown than oar’s,
Adorns thy radiant brow, we know I
Still, still, we bring them, ofl'ring dear I
And dream tho while, that thou art here.
More particular accounts than before publish
ed ot the teriblo burning of the steamer Belle
of the West, with tlio loss of many lives, on the
Ohio, below Warsaw, Ky., on Monday week, are
reaching us in the western papers. Tho fire
was discovered while the greater portion of tho
passengers were asleep in their rooms. The
officers of tho boat repairing promptly to the
cabin, upon tho first alarm, roused the passen
gers by knocking at each state-room door. In
a moment, all was confusion and disorderheyond
description. Shriek upon shriek broke upon
tho midnight air. Mothers in their night dress-
with babes pressed for safety to their
breasts, rushed to and fro in frantic agony in
search of other loved ones of their flock, whom
they sought to save. Every part of the boat
was filled with the dense and sufi’oeatingsmoko,
which had been so long pent up in the hold,
whore the destroying element was preying up
on the vitals of the ill starred steamer. The
lurid flames shot up through the thick smoke
in tortuous windings, like fiery serpents envel
oping their victims, amid whoso agonizing cries
the demoniac flames crackled and laughed in
mad mockery and direful derision.
Many in tho insane fright of the moment
leapt into ihe water from tho hurricane deck,
their egress being cut off below, preferring to
stem tho current of wnter to tho curron of
fiamo ; others jumped overboard from tho
guards and the alter part of the boat. Some
saved themselves by swimming ashore, while
other only escaped the lire to perish in the
water.
The Louisville Journal says :
We have heard some thrilling incidents at
tending this great calamity. A fine brave boy,
12 years old *eaped into the river, and, whilst
swimming toward tho shore, 6aw his mother
upon the boat struggling to make her escape,
overburdened by tho weight of two little chil
dren. Lifting his right hand from tlie water lie
beckoned to her to throw one of the children to
himnnd she did so. He swam with the child
to the shore and the mother escaped with tho
other, and thus tho whole family wero saved.
Many other families were far less fortunate.
Of the family of a man, named Amon Waggo
ner, of Virginia, consisting of himself, his
wife, and eight children, three children were
lost—n daughter of 17, another of 13, and a
little son of 4. They were on their way to
Io^n, and lost everything they had. About 50
Gefman Moravians, from near Lancaster, Pa.,
wete on board, and many of these lost children
anil other relatives.
i. young lady, in herendeavors to escape, had
ga^ied the hurricane deck, and was observed
clinging on to the casing of one of tho chitnnies,
•1
Our FnriHian Correspondent.
The Third letter from our Paris correspondent
will he found in our paper to-day. We have
neglected to refer to this correspondence. The
writer is an accomplished French gentleman,
who has spent several years in the United
States, and is tho author of a popular work on
this country. Having recently relumed to
Faria, he has been engaged as special corres
pondent for the News, and will continue to
keep our readers advised on all subjects per
taining to the French Republic and its political
relations with the rest of Europe, with such
other matter as may he of interest to tho
American readers.
The writer is a thorough republican and an
ardent friend of popular liberty. We know
I him personally, and know that ho is neither a
red republican nor a socialist, in tho sense in
which those terms nro understood here, or in
which they are used by European monarch
ists to stigmatise the republicans of France.
We do not pretend to endorse all his views,
but in accordance with the principle which wo
have laid down for our government in conduct
ing an independent press,we give his side of the
question in order that our readers may judge
between him and those who promulgated dif
ferent views of French Republioanism as it
exists. In his present letter our correspondent
remarks that we are about ae ignorant of French
politics in this country as the French people
aro of American politics. Ho has reference
of course to the better informed classes of both
countries. This is no doubt true, for though
we have greater facilities of the press than they
have in France, yet our information for the most
part, comes through tho prejudiced medium of
tho English journals, whose policy it is to mis
represent and cast odium upon the popular
movement on the other side of tho channel,
the influence of which they have such just cause
to fear. Through these journals we have im
bibed English opinions of French affairs. To
controvert such opinions it is but right that we
should give a hearing to the other side, and
then judge for ourselves.
Wc cornu but not to weep for thee,
Nor yet to envy Heav'n its prize;
We come thy well-loved name to see,
, That these snd hearts mny hence ariso,
To those fair realms where thou host gonev
Now that thy earthly work is done.
We read it that in every breast
It may enkindle holy pride,
To pass our life—and sink to rest,
As thou hast lived—as thou hast died;
“CALHOUN I” Tis as a sacred spell
Cast over all who loved the well I
May that dear name a watch-firo burn
To guide us back to what is right,
Whene’er from duty’s path we turn,
Or virtue’s warning voice we slight;
So shall this silent grave of thine
Become to us a hallow’d shrine 1
Our Firemen in Charleston. The Cou
rier of yesterday, noticing tho arrival of the
Oglethorpe Fire Company in that city, says—
“ The whole body looked remarkably well and
marched in close order, to the sound of music,
with as much regularity as a detachment of well
drilled soldiers. Tho members of the Ogle
thorpe are as fine a looking body of young and
hardy men as could be well piqked out to re
sist the devouring element which they are
banded together for the purpose of subduing.”
Prospect of War Between England
and Russia.—The late occounts from Europe
state that the Czar has intimated his determi
nation to sustain Greece in case England per
sists in her blockade of tho Grecian ports. The
policy t f the British Government, being to
destroy Russian influence in that quarter, it is
probable that she will not withdraw her fleet,
especially as her superiority on the sea, leaves
her little to apprehend from the threats of the
Emperor.
Washington Gossip.
Tho Washington correspondent of the Char*
leston Courier writing under date of April 29tb
says
The week opens brightly. Whatever di.“
contents have prevailed they are now nearly ei*
tinguished. Nothing could be more suspicion
than the agreement of the members of the Coro-
mittee, ten of the thirteen being present,ft*
schetno of compromise.
My letter of yesterday briefly stated thepw
visions of tho scheme. The whole thingitw'
coming easy. Some days ago, there were to
twenty Northorn Democratic members ™
could be vouched for, ns certain supporters«
this, or any so liberal scheme. Now, cal '
count thirty. The passage of the bill propose
is beyond a doubt. Tho country may “ ec0 ?
gratulated upon the happy result. Those
doubted, r.t any time, the strength t
ty of our institutions, have been ag
appointed. The Union is broader ami
now thun it ever was before. ,
The three bills of Mr. Clay’s Comm "
will now pass the Senate—that i«» in a ™ .
and tho House will easily pa38 them,
is dying away. It fades before strongs
opinion.
A New Island Discovered.-TIic
American states that a new Island, cn ^
unknown to navigators, was made inp"“'
last by Capt. Wm.M’Michael of the ship
tauk, while on a voyage from Sidney^ ^
South Wales, to Shunghne, in China- %
between Loo Choo Island andJapa jjj
degrees 06 min East from Green"
notice of it says
It was the eastern front of the t
was seen by Capt. M-’Micbacb an ’ 07$^
howasahleto observe, it exlon 10 n 05 tol^’’
nearly, 28,40, N. lat. and from - ’. toJi ied
10 E. long., throughout whichlimiw“
it. approaching sometimes 'Witnin ‘ jj^lesn"
piiles of the shore. It is high 1 __ nllrt is oi*
r and fn*
pities oi me snore, "“"'b ovantf 1 ’
at the north end ; where the a I’P l a a j[ island*
coast of cliffs, with a number o a ] 0 *.
close along shore ; the south cn een ins <v
with a reef all around. Smoke w ■ M (j{j
oral places ; and, at night, many >S
fishing boats. —
Tho Tost states it is
counsel for Prof. Webster have - r 0 (ib
of error upon the ground that jictm e fj
Municipal Court for certifying t set ^
to the Supreme Court was no y
in said certificate, by the cler
pal Court
rTlWe leaf” 5
The Chesapeake FisheM*’ He<l ti»
the Maryland papers, that all t ie cl ,(
head of the Chesapeake bay, 0 * ‘ hW '
two, have been for several a . v - f;oP'J
usual quantities of the finny tr) e f r cqf* i
to five hundred bands of herrmo
ly ^caught at a haul.