The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1852, Page 2

gn a TI ET aE EDD aE EE IE LE ETB LI ISLE SIDE A AOTC ELITE DEE LLL END te, Bur Home and Foreign Correspondence. about two hundred among them have not bean in- Parts. Paris, April 22, 1852. Prospects of jhe Empwre—lis Postponement to a Fuvorable Opportunity—Death of the Duke of Wurtemberg— Funeral Celebvation—Death of Marshal Gerard—The Reviews,and Distribution of Medals—The Legislature and Senate—Tour of the President in the Departments—-The War- saw Almanac and Louis Napoleon— Prince Murat and his Coat-of-Arms—The Gageed Press—Paridon of Victor Hugo's Son—-Super- vision of Foreign Newspapers— Madrid—Berlin— Kgupt—-Batavia—American Difficulty with the Dutch. e Shall we have an Empire or not? Sach is whe general question put by every ene, in every Wo one desires the necessity of witmessing sae mew form of government, but the only alters Iies upon the epoch of its appearance and realive- tion. A number of persons are certain grand event will take place on the Web month, during the distribution of the eagles to the army. Many others believe that it will be post- poned till the grand encampment of Compiégne. I am told by a diplomatic agent, that certain difficul- tice from foreign powers would positively oblige Louis Napoleon to resist the impatienco of his friends. It is well known that General Lawoestine ‘and Mr. Veyra, the two commanders-in-chief of the ational Guard of the Seine, have made several attempts to organize 1 manifestion in favor of louis Napoleon; but the citizens, dressed as soldiers, have not answered their wishes. I am, therefore, in- duced to thiuk that the proclamation of the empire ig postponed to another opportunity. Louis Napo- n is wiser than his council, and he is right. Dur- ing the restoration there were men who were more royalists than the King himself. Like his uncle, the President kas a faith in the luck of his star; and it is well known that during his trip to the United Btates, he suid to one of his friends, who was afraid of a violent storm, and feared being shipwrecked:— Ishall live by the wishes of a Providential fate, or die by aviolent death !’ Thus he has no hurry to place the imperial crown on his head, and he is very Much amused by the language of those who boldly tell him:—**Prince, we owe you to speak the truth. Allew us to tell you, with much respect, that you area great man!’ It is, besides, a fact that the powers of Europe would see his new empire with muchanaiety, and, as I have written in my preceding Jetier, as the Emperors of Russia and Austria have positively refused to acknow him with such a new title, we shall see what the forthcoming events will be. In the meantime the P; to mourning. on account of Wurtemberg, (Paul Chs the only brother of ti berg. wade se has taken bof the Duke ic Auguetus,) present King of Wurtem- pat Duchy of Wurtemberg 3 and was born in 17 hter had married the Grand Duke Miche brother to the Czar Nicholas, of Russ For the Jast two years, the Prince has been suffering under ofa mortal disease, and his do ad declared that he could not live more than a few days longer. On Friday morning last, 16th inst., he died, in the presence of Prince Louis Napoleon Bo parte, Jerome, ex-King of Westphalia, and se eral other men of rank, who were near his bed- wide. One of the most curious facts of this death was the arrival of the Pope's Nuncio, Mons. Garibaldi, who came to offer the dying prince the service of the Roman Catholic religion. A priest from the Church of La Madeleine was called to assist him, and the ceremony went off in the usual style. No one knew, till that moment, that the Duke had changed his religion of a Protestant for that of a Catholic. But it appears that for the last three months, the Duke had received conversion at the hands of M. de Ravignan, and received all the sacraments of the Church of Rome. During the holy week he did not omit asingle day to read eine during the Nuncio, prayers, and to go to the Mad service. On Easter Sunday he visited the N and assured him there that he had never felt su ealm of conscience. On the next day he was taken by a eudden and unexpected fit of ‘neuralgia, aince that day, till his last moment, he was wu to leave bis bed. A chapelle ardente, and a magnifi- eent hearse, had been prepared in the hotel which | the Duke occupied in the Place Vendome, and an obituary mass was celebrated on Monday morning, in presence of all the diplomatic corps and all the men of rank of the capitalof France. This death of the Duke of Wurtemberg has caused all the balls of the Mini: of the government well as that of the Interior, to be postponed till ni week. Another illustrious death is that of Marshal Go- rard, who was aged 70 years, and was, by the death of Marshals Soult and Marmont, the eldest general of France. This distinguished officer of the French army bad been named to his high on the 37th of August, 1830. Marshal Gerard died on Baturday last, and, according to his request, was buried without pageant. The reviews and distribution of medals are still ing on every Sunday, in the court-yard of the rrourel. The izcleinency of the weathér, and the rain, which was pouring down in torrents, Peereoten the Prince President from parading in’ his usual style; but, nevertheless, he went on, followed hy General meg and his staff, and Marshal Excell- mans, Prince Jeromé, aud Other dignitarios of the government. Many shouts of Vive U Empereu were uttered by some of the head officers, and p: ticularly by General St. Arnault, one of those who are in favor of the proclamation of the empire. It is said that General Magnan, ng heard that shout, owing to the official position of his superior, yan towards the Prince President and said to him posit ivi “Monseigneur, is there thing new about taking lace 7? Why?” St. it has shouted, Five ’Emyereur !” “Pst ied the Prince, “he has made a lapsus lin iis has ; many persons (uink the y lapst linguee of ibe same kind will occur during the review of the 10th of next month. Talleyrand used to s | y that the French pene was very fond of Franc he meant military dis- plays. It appears that the fest now in prepara- tion for the Toit of next month, will be an exact copy of the fede: May, 1815. On that o¢ sion, the thror been placed in front of the Military School, and in the centre of a half circle where more than 15,000 persons were seated. An altar bh been placed in the centre of the Champ de Mars, and mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Tours, assisted by the Cardinal of Bayonne and four bishops. The dispositions now taken by those who are organizing the féte are on the same plan. Mons Archbishopof Arra of Paris, will officia of the Emperor Napc but good He hands the eagle of the tect it, even with your b the country—swear to keep italways f swear it!’ The speech to the Imperi of a energetic kind, anc old soldiers an enthy It is said, that whi the my, Low speech. In 18 | the Memoirs of a Valet.” ited by the President to day next at the Tuileries. 6 presentation of the oaths to the magistrates of France to the new gevernment has taken place, in Paris, during the past week, and all the bodies of the different cities of the country will do the same before the end of the month. A decree of the President has deeided that the magistrates should wear a new costume, which would consist of a black velvet dress coat, a la Washington, embroidered with black silk and jet. This official costume would be principally worn on public occasions, whilst on duty, or called by ceremony to appear as represen- tatives of the government. The office holders have accepted the uew decree with much reluctance, and I am afraid that the new rule will soon fall into disrepute, The President left Paris yesterday, on his way to the departments, where is situated the desolated ball he gives on Tues- | land called Sologne, which has been so well describ- ed by Bugene Sue, in his novel called ** Martin, or The inhabitants of this part of France are annually decimated -by famine and fever; and the air they breathe is so impure, on account of the numerous swamps, that it renders it impossible for any one to live long in Sologne. louis Napoleon goes to visit the country to sce how he could afford some remedy to the poor suffering people. The President will be back before Saturday evening next. It is said that, at the end of the sea- sion of both houses, his intention is to visit the southern states of France. The deaths of Marshals Gerard and Marment have created a new vacancy among the Marshals, and it is said that Louis Napoleon will soon issue a decree nominating Monsieurs de Castellane, Mag- nan, and De Mortemart to the high rank of Marshals of France. A fact which has produced great sensation here, isthe designation in the Almanaa, published at Warsaw, under the care of the Russian government, of the Count of Chambord as Henry V., King ef France, while Louis Napoleon is not even mentioned as being at the head of the government. When the President was shown this odd and curious docu- ment, he first began to laugh, but afterwards he thought prudent to send for M. de Kittslet!, the present minister of Russia to Paris, in order to have some explanations. The ambassador of Nicholas assured him that this book had not been published under the supervision of his government, but that it was a copy of the Almanac of Goatha, re- rinted at Warsaw. Ido not know if this answer as been satisfactory to the Prince. Another diplomatic difficulty is that made by Prince Murat, who has added to his coat of arms the heraldry of the kingdom of Naples. As soon as this was known to the Neapolitan Ambassy, thie mini nlied at the E e, and ter of the Bourbon p cou. igns fr and it was granted as he had demanded. The son of Mr. Murat en! the other day in one of the Africa. 1 med necess: am told that this now by the parents, who on out of the whirl- s now piou-piou will regiments of measure was d thus found a w wind of Paris. soon make army. Two of the leading newspapers of Paris and the deparunente—Le Charivert and L’ Ami del Ordre —having published an article which was considered hostile to the President and his government, bave received an admonition to be ecareful—that is to say, a threat to be annihilated, in ease another article of the same kind should appear in their column The son of Vi doubt t Ss way out of the low ranks of the tor Hugo, who, it will be remem- bered, had been sentenced to prison as the author of an article published in the journal /’Evinement, recoived, the other week, his pardon, without having demanded it. He first positively refused to ac his liberty ; but he was thrown out of door thus forecd to enjoy his freedom, despite hi testations I am id that, within a few days, the » York Hunan, aswell as all the foreign newspapers, will be required, before being distributed in public, r the eyes of the employees of the Minister of Police. have reveive ‘i an invitation from the chief of that department to call npon him, in order to talk over the matter; and to-morrow Iwill pay a visit to M. de Maupas, and see what are his intentions respecting my own department. The negotiations relative to the ratification of the convention held in Paris by the international sani- tary commission, are not yet finished. Austria, Nuples, Spain, and Greece, are the powers of Burope who have the most repugnance to accept thistreaty. But among all these powers, Austria, who has the est interest to keep Trieste asa free port, re- to accept the conditions of the treaty. From Madrid we received the intelligenee that the Minister of the Interior has remitted all the finesand Pe nalties to which the newspapers had been sentenced pefure the new decree. A letter received from Berlin, dated April 19th, 1852, announcesthat the opening of the Congress of Zolverein, took place on that day, presided over by {. de Monteuffel, who expressed’ his regret for not hy cen able to call this meeting sooner. pt the question is still unsettled, and it is feared that Abbas Bashaw will not be supported by France a, st Turkey, and all the other powers of Europe. — It has been whispered in certain quarters that the French government intended to send an army from Algiers to take possession of Egypt, and thus occupy the road to Suez. I think that this gossip is quite premature. M. Caylus, formerly proprietor of a part of the National, the leading republican newspaper of Paris, which was suppressed after the coup delat of the 2d of December, 1851, has left Belgium for England, on his way back to the United States. It will be ; remembered that M. Caylus, who was at the head of a prosperous firm, left his office and 1e#8, in 1848, and came to Paris to invest his fortune in the defence of liberty, through the medium of the National. M. Caylus had become one of the pillars of that journal when it was sup- pressed, and he was obliged to look back to his adopted land to restore his fortune, which had been much shaken by that uufortunate event. B. H.R. Vienna. Viewwa, April 15. 1852 Count Buol-Schauensiein Appointed Manister of Foreign Affairs—First Impression—His Person, Previous Employ- ments, &c.—No Ministers-President io be Appointed —Aly Names Connected with Constitutionalism to be Forsaken— Warlike Preparations in Egypt, etc In my last, of the 11th inst, I mentioned different names then in eirculation, in reference to the vacant post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Count Buol-Schauen- stein has turned out to be the man, This was expected by moet who were well informed, and one of the principal grounds wns, bisbeing brother-in-law to the Russian Aim. baseador here. Count Mayendorf, However. the appoint ment ccems to give general satisfaction, and there is every reason to believe that the new administration will be one of greater mildmess and cone {liation than the preceding ‘The new Miniter entered upon his office on the 12th i Mowing day. and left his card in person, and Vo. various members of the diplomatic corps ; ived them at the Department of # to have made a favorable imp: sion thus far. which it is to be hoped he will know how to keep up. He enters upon office under some disadvan- t He neither the name nor connection f his predecers spirit. what he ek in vi yno loser by the exct ‘The funds miproved very much within the past few days, which he rep! b 1.000 men, among whom ards, pr at the festival, is caleulat more t 100,000 men will be on the sy dinner, ball, and fi on the 9th aside, and ¢ » writing, Tam Guard will view ted for ly of tizens which will a th Acc ly “4 n the which are da wiil only lust till the m | manners is ngood augury for the future, Count Duol-Schauenstein is aman of 55 years, rather short aud portly, with something buetling and important in hisuanner. He has not the calm and unpretonding with which Schwarzenberg conoealed an un- conquerabie pride; yet he is more really approachable, and me ulated Lo win hearty frlendship and support He has an arduous task, and our beet withos for him are that he may not disappoint the expectations he has ‘Lhe new Foreign Minister has been all his Ife in diplo- y. lite firet post of any importance was that o1 Legation at Paris, He was afterwards sent as r te Turin, Here the 4 of 1848 found r that followed between Austria and 1 his leaving. He was then sent to transferred to the post of When th at I ntative of A ppointed Ambue led to his present inns who passed their « ail etill'to a. certain extent ietteruich aces 10. him pred ud Baroy t« one important circ ntmept of thi arzenberg & connected with docs not § und, L believ Ben the meetinga Ho longer of the ministe bivendi to Fgyt f the Trice news of th baa raise h (he orders of the Porte ne of gates of Cairo have been d, ‘ ed at the rest, Abbas Pacha has will be ‘# vacation till the n f Ootobor, and then only tho } ' discussed. ‘Phe budyot of 1363 will 1 during th cs nm, and i¢ t article by article, it will be voted by chay 1 orderto get rid of it ag so possible osition felt among the members of the Logislature is the talk ofthe political eirelos, and no one can tell what is the cause of the bad wishes of deery oh these pew cleviod men. Jt is certalg that i ures to the palace of Abasia, The errivon ef Alexandnia has been strengthened, and two hundred men added to the police, Different other pre- uilonary measures have beon likewise taken to mect ny intended coup demain, ‘She Logivh fleet is eruis. ing before Mabon, IC. ¢, Kingston (Ja.) Krnesron, May 11, 1852. Arrival of Steamers—Mectings relative to the Ca- lamitous State of Things in the West Indies—The Cholera--Ravages of the Small Pox, §c., §c., §¢- The steamers El Dorado and Sierra Nevada arrived here this morning, at about seven o’clock, in three days from Navy Bay, bringing three hundred and sixty passengers, and $350,000 on freight, for New York. The Sierra Nevada sails this evening for New York; [have therefore embraced the opportunity to | send you such information as may be current here. Public meetings are still being held throughout the island, to consider on the calamitous state of things, and to petition the British governmentin ro- gard thereto. An anti-slavery demonstration was | made in the cae of St. George, and another in the parish of St. Catherine, at both of which reso- lutions deprecatory ot the policy of the British go- vernment towards the West India colonies, were unanimously agreed to, A religious delegation was | being got up in the parish of St. George, andalarge sum had been already collected to earry out its in- tentions. Tho dismantling and abandonment of the sugar estates still continue, and it is a pesi- tive fact, that in a very shert time, if no assistance to the planters be forthcoming, there will be no cultivation of sugar at all, except among the petty squatters and peasantry, the produce of whose labor will aon satisfy their own necessities. An estate in the parish of Saint John, named Wortley Park, and which for- merly used to manufacture a vast quantity of sugar, was a few weeks ago abandoned, and all the labor- ersand otker persons thereon employed informed that their services would no longer be required, as the proprietors could not find the means to pay them their wages. They were, however, ailoded & re- main on theestate, and to occupy their houses. Several other estates are also in daily expectation of being given up. This is the effect of the mis- legislation of the parent government in passing the 1646 measure. The cholera has almost entirely disappeared from thé island; but thas consummation, folang and di voutly wished for, has searcely been accomplished, ere another and most loathsome malady broke out I refer to the small pox, which has been playing sad havoc in the country parishes af the island. In the parish of St. Ann, one week after its advent, there were upwards of four thousand cases, and a number of deaths resulted therefrom, Trelawny, St. James, and the other parishes, have also had a number of cases, several of which resulted in death. The po- verty of the people is most distressing; in many in- stances poor people are cut off for the want of the ne ry medicines and assistance, and after death very frequently they have been interred without cof- fins. The disease has also made its appearance in this city; but it has assumed a milder character zenerally, though in particular instances there have een a few very virulent cases, whigh have terminated indeath. Kunning counter to the small pox is the moastes, anda number of persons have beer attacked with that malady—in some cases parties have been al- tacked with both diseases at once. ‘There is no intelligence of a Jocal nature, of any interest to the American public, which I can inform you of. Quebec. Qvessc, May 10, 1852. The * Gibraltar of America”—The Church and the Army—The Habitans—-Exodus of Tory Qjice Holders—Political Intelligence—The Ministry, §c- Were you ever in the rock-girt citadel of the ‘ancient capital” of British America? Here are classic battlefields, monuments of departed hevoes impregnable fortresses bristling with bayonets: wide-mouthed cannon on every side gaping down upon you, and the thunder of bass drums, mingled with the chiming of church bells and the chaunting of holy priests and pious worshippers. ‘The spiritual and temporal security of the people is well provided for in this favored city. There is the Catholic cathedral, with a bishop, the sworn lineal successor of the Apostles; an Hpiscopalian cathedral, with a bishop, likewise claiming descent from the fishermen of Galilee through a short ent discovered by King Henry the VIII.; and a long array of dissenting churches, each taking its own by-road to Paradie, by a more direct and feasible route. Then there are the soldiers, with ‘ front like Mars,” standing sentry at every corner, and looking down in serried ranks of hundreds from their citadels, on every side. Verily, we are a favored people, secure from the irruptions of the Yankees and the wiles of the evil one. Quebec, in the summer, is a most delightful place, surrounded by and abounding inthe richest and most romantic scenery. For seven long months of winter it is hound (and almost buried) in snow and ice; but when the warm season comes, vegetation is very rapid in its growth. The change is so sud- den from the depths of winter to the midst of sum- mer, a8 to leave no season for spring. Ten days since the river was bound with ice, and the snov d places of the city ‘and countr: to seven fect deep; now the river ig as clear of ice as in August; the snow has gone, except the deep drifts; the fields are green with verdure, and the trees are rapidly putting forth leaves and blossoms. The English inhabitants of the eity are princi- pally eonnected with the army, mercantile pursulis, The French hadétans are aremarkably orderly, 1, and quiet people, temperate in their habits, polite in their intercourse, hospitable and obliging. they do not possess the progressive spirit of many of the other classes, but live in the same houses, and in the eame manner, that their fathers did two red years ago. No one could expect a great politicul or moral change to be effected by a class of people whose full grown men devote themselves to training a half-siarved puppy to drag a sledge, or who, clad in *‘sevyen league boots,” drive a poor whelp through the streets of iy, harserted to acart containing afew pints of milk. Still, a more peaceable class of citizens can not be found. and if, as their poetic countryman, Lamartine, says love and religion are the two great sources of happi the habvtans are eminently happy, being pas- devoted to social enjoyments, and devout worshippers at the holy mother church. Quite an exeijement has been created by the ac- tion of one of the ministry on Saturday, in the dis- charge of a humber of subordinates from office. The cabinet minister is none other than the celebrated Dr. John Rolph, the leader of the liberal forees in the Canadian diftieulties of 1537, now the leading mem- ber of the government. It seems his chict clerk some time sinee reported the delinquencies of three subordinat several weeks, time was given them in which to mend their manners; but no visible sigus of improvement Ma made, the minister, on Saturday, wrote out their discharge, and sent it to them by his chicf clerk. They refused to regard it, alleging that their offices were permanent and that this was not suiticient authority for their dismissal. This being reported, they were directed to walk into the presence of the minister, from whenee it is said that they soon emerged in much haste, and gather- ing up their “dry goods,” left the preapisesin double quick time One of the ejected, however, with much good hu- mor, is suid to have fastened on bis desk the beauti- ful poern from Byron, “Farewell,” on leaving. appropriate, ‘That tan is a “brick.” restoration. ‘The tory partyin thie country having been always regarded ‘the “hereditary legislators,” aiso claim that they were “born to command” all the offices of the government, and it would be interesting to an outsider to witness with what pertinagity this elaim is urged, and with what submission it has heretoforo been conceded tothem. Thereis scarcely a reformer in office throughout both Provinces. The intellect of the tory party is found in the church, and its “sinews of war’? in the public offices of a country where three-fourths of the people are liberals, 1 may be able to furnish you a rich chapter on this theime some day. A_ moet important election is now going on in the Huron district, Canada West. The President of the Legislative Council, Hon. Maleolm Caanoron, was elected, after a hard struggle, in that district, last November. Having, « then, accepted offiee in the government, his seat is vacated, and he again appeals to the people. This is the contre and stroug hold of the Canada Canal Company, the mort infamous corporation that was ever fastened upon any eountry, and a greater curse than the creeping frogs and crawling lice of Egypt. It has heretofore been the Gibraltar of toryism in Canada West. Mr. Cameron having once sculed the walls, and taken the citadel, has gone out again to try the fortune of war in another conte The whole Wos. tern province is awake with excitement. The bat- tle will bea clove one. On one side are drawn yj the ** armies of Israel,” under command of his lord- hip, John Toronto (the desceudant in a direet ling | of John the Beloved); a host of minor suecessora of the apostles, in surplices, form his right (two millions of clergy reeery stake); the C, was Vv ery T move his Company, rich with forty years people, form the left; while in the centre, «bout his Joraddhip’s pers the deserters from the re- form party, principally from the Toronto Globe office, 1 George bi , editor of Glob f the torec other side sta s Maleo! uipion of civil aud relgi t Bannockburn, sur rounded by his Lost of * free and independent” elec- tore. God specd the right. bi ‘The clergy of your country, who have nothing to do but to joint sinners to the road that leads to heaven, ana walk themselyes in the flowery paths of peace, ut little idea or the hardsips and la- ore of their Npisvopal fellow laborers in this be- nightod portion of the moral vineyard ‘J'heirs be- the Established Church, and having secured to | The Japances Mxzedition in a Huropean | The Maine Law in Newport, at the reir (some censorious unbelievers say, without le- the Del ee fatering Places. Leva gal authority) vast revenues, from ol {From the Dublin Nation, April 3.) he Nevpert Nowe, couumenting upon the ection of the pe eee ty THe STRIPRS AND STARS” IN THR Rhode Island Legislature, in the “ Maine Liquor unis ani hnrision! teeticee thar ween: vailod the Aonerieee aka etas by thi time vivry ome knows tha if the Main, lw contd borg more humble ret are ina " x fair way of making themselves rc for life, | fJepan. The objects with which it is undertaken pena at rg Sa ort in the oo asevery Christian minister should be. But, at the present juncture, Malcolm Cameron and his ‘‘ clear git aaeataieg 28 the government, threaten to abolish ae sia Resi necntarsse the id gposexra ay 16 proceeds je godless purpose of esta! li ing tres schools and ‘public improve- ments. The sevoeney af the Lord is in dangor, and must be defended. addition, therefore, to their arduous duties in the rectory, where their audience usually consists of the postmaster, the ma- istrate, and the customs collector, (g the rother-in-law, father-in-law, and first-cousin of the clergyman,) they have to don the editorigl armor, and mount the cee nip of eee | fomiiny. tory newspaper, W! can belabor the clear grits, and inculcate caitiead. wisdom into the incressin multitude of reformers. Verily, the task is a di ficult one ; but “ the greater the cross, the brighter the crown.” The new parliament house is now nearly finished, and isa splendid building. Parliment will not meet before September. The coming session will be the most important one that has met in this country. The great questions of equal civil and religious liberty to all classes, against the ‘divine rights” of the Church of England, will be settled, with other reforms essential to the } Se aon of the country. His Exceliency the Governor General, is quietl; domiciled at the Vice regal residence, Spencer Wood. The Premier, Mr. Hindks, is in Burope. Postmas- ter General Norris to Washington city, and but few of the ministry ae at th capital [AMPDEN. ‘Washington. Wasuinaton, May 15, 1852. Another Difficulty with the French Republic—not a Tobacco Claim, but a Powder Claim—Threatened Duel between the French Minister and the Hon John Barney. For some weeks past, there has been a considera- ble commotion in the region of Willard’s, and the diplomatic end of the town generally—in conse- quence of belligerent rumors—which throws the ce- lebrated Clayton and Poussin row completely in the shade; and upon this occasion, asthe one alluded to, the French Minister was a principal actor. I have been placed in possession of a letter, which will be found below, from the Hon. John Barney to the President, which explains, ina great measure, the whole matter. But there is, I must say, a very skilful endeavor on the part of Mr. Barney to cover up the real cause of the first difficulty between the distinguished ex-member of Congress and tho distinguished French Minister. As Mr. Barney has made the matter public, there can be no harm in explaining what that gentleman’s modesty has kept in the dark. Mr. John Barney is a very handsome gentleman, and he consequently is a great favorite with the ladies. His conversation is of such a charming character that he always pleases when he makes the attempt. M. Sartiges is also a very handsome man; indeed, I happen to know that his indentity and Mr. Barney’s have been mistaken upon more than one occasion. M. paees came to this country heralded as an acknowledged lady-killer. Who’ can wonder, then, that in such a sphere as Washington, these rival Adonises should disagree? Since the days of Helen—if not of Adam himself—the gentlersex have always been at the bottom of all mischief; and if the United States and France should go to war in consequence of the disagreement of Mr. Barney and M. Sartiges, it will not be the first war chargeable to a petticoat. The following is the letter:— Wasitrnatow, May 14, 1852. Sin,—I grieve to learn from Mrs. Secretary Conrad, rep- reeentations have been made, that by an action of mine, I designed to invade the aanctity of the diplomatic corps. Truth is always the best explanation, and I propose to condense the facts, Among two hundred and thirteen members of the Bal- timore Club, many are annoyed by segar smoke, and the President's room was, by printed placards, reserved for their exclusion. Last November, on entering, I found it filled with emoke from segars of four gentlemen, seated around the fire; I called their attention to the rules, and invited them to adjourn to auy and every other of the thirteen rooms in the house, where they could indnige themselves uninterrupted. I subsequently was informed that it was the French Minister and suite. Anxious to obliterate any unfavorable impression of in- tentional rudeness, I obtained frem the gentleman who introduced him to the club, a letter to M. Sartiges, and, after exchanging cards, sent it to him, with a polite note, inviting him to dine with the members of the cabinet, foreign ministers, judges of the Supreme Court, sena- tors, This he declined, being * preisblemant engagée.” and I indulged a hope that I had made my peace. Not so. On beard the steamer Baltic, 1 expressed to Madam regrets at not seeing her daugiter, ‘Her sister, you mean.’ paid M Sariiges. “I know that she is the daugh- terofher hustand, Their extreme youth might induce any to mistake them for sisters.”’ “You ure too late with your compliments,” replied he. Number two occurred at a large dinner party of ladies and gentlemen, A young Indy sang very sweeily. I re- marked that I had never heard, out of Itaty, more rich- ess, compass, or melody of voi He said, suceringly, “These old members of Congress were always practicing fine specches—'tis their vocatiot Number three occurred at the Spanish Minister's. Dancing with a young lady, enquired who she was, 1 turned to whisper her name, when M. Sartiges remarked—"‘ Your partner has turved bis back om you, Miss. Accept my arm;”’ and led hor away. ‘The daughter of remarkable for her just sense of propriety, observed that it was * the most unprovoked insult she had ever witnessed.’ On meeting M. Sartiges, the next day, in a public conservatory, I cautioned him never again to speak to or of me. At Senator Gwinn’s bail, which was very crowded, as if to express bis discontent, he took a segar out of his pocket, deliberately walked up to the chandelier, sus- pended in the centre of the drawing room, lit it, and walked out puffing his emoke in ladies’ faces. At the din- ner party alluded to, he repeated the same offenco—both in my presence, He has remarked with “thay be invites to his parties ao sew possible, and no ugly ladies, married or single, In many instances he has selected one pretty girl out of a family, without brother or sister. father or mother; and when teld there is an impropriety in young ladies visiting a bachelor's house without the protection of a member of her family. he replied: “American women are always will- ing te come to a party, with or without an invitation.”? fie annoys his neighbors by firing at rate and cate on Sundays, when others are going vo church, and refuses to submit to any interference of the police, his premises ing inviolable, Having long known Priuce Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, vow P: tof the Sonate of France as a guest at my father’s house, at the time of his marriage, and ewbscquently received polite attentions from him in Paris, { sketched a summary of these facts, and forwardedit to him on the third instant, and addressed to M. Sartiges a copy from Baltimore, stating to him that iny friend. in case anything therein contained was doem- ed exceptionable, would make arrangements to give him any ¢xplanation, &e,. that he might desire; at the same time assuring him that his person, ax a ambassador, was «tered, elee I should haye, long since. corrected his bad monners; that 1 would remain in Baltimore tour days to await his action, ax I conid receive no communi- cation from him in the District of Columbia, it being the feat of government, &e. Not hearing from him, 1 re- turned. revolved to have no intercourse with him. of any character, and have adhered strictly to this resolution. T conceived I had a right to report to his government, d through « friend, that his conduct dil not oo with the respect, courtesy, amenity, and prop frem the Minister of France to the polished circles of holding myself responsible to him for any personal id to the world for the gospel truth of all the averments therein contaime 1 have the honor to be, your obedient s Ry To the Pansies. JOUN BARNEY It appears, from this caanmunication, that M. Sartiges has really made complaint to the govern- ment of Mr. Barney, and demanded its protection The Secretary of War was naturallg the per leeted to try and cool Mr. Barney's anger; and { tunately he has succeeded. Mr. Barney endeavors to make it appear that M. Sartiges’ destructive ed nsities upon rats and mice, are the cause of his hostility. This might have been the case, were the rumor true that Mr. Barney is an applicant for the mission to China, because in that case it might ressonably be supposed he would (in advance) e ercise the same solicitude for rats and mice that we would at seeing sheep and cows ruthlessly destroy- ed. But he has publicly declared he will not go to China, and therefore itis evident the minnte *1o- mestic” animals are merely mentioned to hide the more serious cause of anger, which | have mention- ed in the commeucement of the letter. The Weather and the Crops. The Franklin (La.) Planters Banner, of tho 8th Mist. , saye:--The crops through the parish, Wwe are glad to see, are yery fine, and we havo seldom, indeed, seen them either look so well or so promt ing. This is, however, confined tothe plant cane; thy stubble seems to be a universal failure. We mention inan article written this timo last year, and copied ini» that excelent odical DeLow's Review, that no one should ever Koop stubble on old land, and that it was seldom worth the | cultivation, Last feason proved an exception to this, and for twenty years old lands have uot produced stub- We ax they didthe past year, This, we fear, will induce the planters again to keep their prairie rattoons, which they were fast getting out of the habit of doing; if so, that one singularly prosperous season will do more hari than good inthe long run, We think that perhaps th complete failure of rattoons this year may at ones neu- traiize the effeois of the last, and keep planters awake to the tact catablished by the experience of the last twenty years, that it is foolish over to keep rattoons, save in ‘wood land and very fine rich, new prat Many reasons are given for the failure of Ube rattoons this season. i) cortainly is a fact, that it is not generaily the severity: the winter, but the wetnom off, ‘hat 5 hime this yeor we have had both the snow, furairhing sn Immense quantity ‘of mol ture, and the excooding cold, absolutely benumbing the earth ; al plante that have beow killed down showing this faet by the extreme reluctance with which they seem to put forth, as if afrnid to trust themeelves again into a world where they have been so unkiadly dealt with, are to open to the intercourse of the world the im- ‘mense ational of that mighty empire, to terminate the rigid exclusion which dooms to destruction the vessel of any nation which may seek the protection of its harbors from the perils of the deep, and to de- mand the release of nnmerous Europeans and Ame- ricans, by the jealous and oruel natives, and exhibited in iron cages in various parts of the Japa- A to that which so as “and cities of le from the uni- ut little relaxa- over an Cie Core a population o} ast aearnieacal and mineral considerable manufac- m to all nations versal world, has co-existed, with tion, inJapan. 6 100,000 ta eee les, 30,600,000, rich in many luctions, pos: ing skill, it is a sealed ‘but the Dutch and the Chinese, who enjoy a limited exchange of commodities with one or two of cities. Its revenue amounts to forty millions st ling. Its people are spirited, and trained to a rude miliary discipline. The whole coast is a continued chain of fortifications, and custom and law shut it up in cold and mysterious separation from external intercourse. We also know it is governed by an Emperor, who commands an immense standing army, and that its capital city is Jeddo. But fur- ther, our knowledge has not penetrated. America has un n to bi if possible, this isolation; and not wi chtdpet re The interests of her whale trade, which is daily gro’ into an enormous branch of enterprise, re- quire her fleets should have free access to and secure shelter along that immense line of sea-board which lies cppesite her Pacific coast. And she has determined that the harbors of the Japanese territory shall not continue to be more destructive to her commerce and her crews, than the storms which drive her ships from the open sea to the dangers of more barbarous shores. Three war steamers, a frigate, asloop of war, and a storeship, under the command of the first naval officer in the United States service—Com. Perry— have started on the expedition, commissioned to soek an amicable arrangement, the release of the tortured captives, the freedom of the seas and har- bors to the whole world, and to ipovnass the estab- lishment of commercial relations between the United States and Japan. The proposal for a commercial re- lation is left to the free choice of the country and government; but the other propositions are to be rigorously enforced by the whole strength of the squadron, if force be necessary. The American press claims for this project the sympathy of Europo; and certainly, as far as some of the objects of the expedition go, they should have the approbation of all men, for it is intolerable that the tie of innu- merable mariners are sacrificed because the laws of seen interdict its coast to the fleets of the world, and that its batteries are opened to murder thos who land upon its shores, not from choice, but from the vicissitudes of a career which should excite commisseration, and command help, above all hu- man occupations. But we confess we are not learned enough in the abstraction called the laws of na- tions to admit that itis competent on any one coun- try absolutely to impose relationship and intercourse upon another against its will, and in contravention of its peculiar constitution. The interests of civili- zation and of religion are the ready and habitual pleas with which tho advocates of such “propaga- tions” silence all objectors. But if cruelties, similar to those which disgrace the British name in India, are the only benefits to be derived by civilization, and if apocryphal conversions, similar to those achieved tor the Gospel in Southern Africa, be the only “vineyards” to be gained for religion, we doubt the morality and value of such bloody and unholy conquests. Let Ameriea vindicate and defend the inviolabili- of herscamen, and exact protection for those adven- turers of all the carth who live upon the wide and perilous waters; but let her statesmen remember, as a warning, the and which the atrocious opium war with China brought upon England, and let her gorernens shrink from forcing upon a strange, in- lependent, and weaker people, an mtercourse whieh they do not desire, and which may be the fatal pa- rent of their subjugation and destruction. She, the pioneer of the world’s progress, the sentinel of hu- man liberty, should not push her legitimate de- mands beyond the exact limits ofrighteousness—she should not permit a necessary enterprise to dege- | millions; less civilized, no doubt nerate into a gigantic piracy. Lether remonstrate and arbitrate: but let not ber unstained banner wave above a conquered nationality. {From the London Examiner, April 17.) THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. The great Atlantic republic is about to come into collision with the empire of Japan, and is sending an expedition to claim redress for flagrant violations of the law of nations, as well as with the hope to effect ultimately the grand object of obliging the Japanese to renew that intercourse with the rest of mankind on which they have virtually laid an embargo for two centuries. By the laws of Japan, no native of the country can quit it, nor foreigner enter it, under pain of death, or at best of perpetual imprisonment. This law was enacted in consequence of the intrigues of the Portuguese and Spanish priesthood, who, ac- cording to the view taken by the Japanese of their conduct, were, under the mask of religious conver- sion, sapping the foundations of government. Before the edicts of seclusion and isolation took efloct, the Japanese, as do now the Chinese, had carried on trade with the islands of the Indian Archipelago ; and even as far west as Malacca and Bantam their merchants were found in the begin- ning of the sixteenth century, by the Portuguese, on their first arrival in those seas, and wore there distinguished above all other Asiatic traders for their ria Ok Even as late as the commencement. of the subsequent century, we find them employed, as what we ihould now call Sepoys, by the European insular governments, being chosen as such trom among many nations, forsuperior courage and fidelity. __ The law of exclusion has continued to be carried into effect by the Japanese government to the length of inhumanity ; and, indeed, to be effectual at all, it could hardly be otherwise. Foreign ships in distress approaching the shores of Japan, instead of being assisted, are repelled by force tnd insult ; shipwrecked mariners are imprisoned, exhibited in cages, or put to death; and cargoes are confiscated. There certainly can, in this case, be no question of a palpable violation of the law of nature and nations; for, independent of the crimes perpetrated, and which amount to a virtual piracy, the Japanese have no more right to preclude access to their coasts than to bar a similar extent of the ocean, both being equally the common inheritance of mankind. The subjects of the American republic have of late been the chief victims of this barbarous and in- tolerable law ; the fishing grounds of their whalers being close to the Japan islands, which afford, naturally, their most convenient ports of refuge, and several hundreds of them passing yearly through the strait which divides the great island of Niepon from the more northern large one of Josso. The Americans, now planted on the shores of the Pacific, send a force to demand reparation for inju- ries done to themselves by such flagrant violation of the laws of nature and society—to compel the Japa- nese to renew their intercourse with the rest of mankind, and to forbear from the jractice of a fe- rocions inhespitality. For the common good of the world, and for the sake of civilization and justice, | we wish them every success, although we have our | own doubts wheth the means they propose to ap- ply be adequate to the end they contemplate to attain. Let ussee. Tho area of the Japanese empire is said to be 5,000 square miles, which makes it larger than France and England put together. ‘The population is reckoned by the American writers, and probably without uadio exaggeration, at thirty than the Chinese, but a good deal more hardy and warlike. Japan does not contain, as China docs, great navigable ri- vers by which an invader can penetrate into the in- terior nor does one part of the Japanese empire de- perd {or food on another, ag the northern provinees of China de on those of the southern, so that the Japanere cannot be starved by en invader into a ca- pitulation, as we starved the Chinese, by carrying our operations to the head of the great artery that feeds the Chinese capital. Japan, moreover, does not eonlain, like China, two distinct races of una- malgamated men—conquerors aud cong last ready to rise in revolt, agninet the ii fer outnumbering them. The Japanese who rule anid are ruled, are, ou the contrary, vac and the same people. Pethe Japanese are nssailablo elone by their coasts, and that.only where a great town is go near the shore as to be open to the broadsides of the Ame- riean squadron. ‘The redress squadron is to consist of three powerful steam fiiyatios, one sailing frigate, one corvette, and a store ship. Tneluding sailors and marines, we funcy the whole force cannot well 2,000 men ; aud we cannot agree with an A, vurnalist in thinking that such a force wal be suilicient to coerce a vain, ignorant, semi- berbaious, and sqauguinery nation of thirty millions of people, into tho sursariler_ of an orkante ac 200 y standing. The o se occas, sey Canwoans to ue is likely to be fowud in a bom: berdment of Jeddo, the capital of the secular “tn poror, Which lies at the head ofa deep and acees- i pay on the eastern side of the great island. Wenotice that light field-picces are spoken of in the American newspapers; hut such an ineumbranee, which implies landing, ought not to be thought of. The Americans must not quil their wooden walls. Within these they sre powerful and unconquer- able; but, landing, they could not penetrate five miles into the interior without inevitable perdition. In our own contest with Ghina, » simpleton in authority proposed to march, with our whole dis- posable force, from the river Peiho on Pekin, a march of 120 miles, with a view of catching the Emperor. Fortunately, the rash project was not carried out, for if it had been, we should ecertaialy have caught a Tartar, buy pot tho one we weno in sparch of. an unconstitutional, ridiculous and infamous law ; the le of N and nearly all are in- ternied that 2 1g should be to injure Newport We fare confident that the people of Newport will take care of themselves, and, above all things, that they do not intend that the prosperity of the place shall be vi- hy: affected, merely to locofoco or wild ridiculous fanaticism—a fanaticism whieh is exhibit- ed by those who derive their very bread and. from those who are more or less engaged in the liquor busi- ne! If the Maine law could rigidly enforced here, the hotels would soon be closed, our principal mer- chants would eease to do busin God only knows: what weuld become of old Ne' it would bly answer as the Poor-House of the State. We have no oher business to depend upon here, except the mer custom, and if this is stopped, we are ruined, 7 ant ne area os the same subject, the oe bee uring ‘Welve months, four hundred thousan: dollars worth of real estate ro pie town upon do a0 soon. 8 short time ago, sand or thereabouts; but since Newport has be- come so exceedingly fashionable as a summer ranged to many of our regular visiters have deeided to build’ elegant residences here, real estate ben Sromly, increase® ~ in value, and eligible building lots are in great demand. Aswe stated ,& very bane: Pevecetiag: Of ous summer visiters are accustomed to wines ang other liquors regularly; they will not submit to any king of imposition, neither will they allow themselves to ba made the victims of wild fanaticism. As far asthe citi- wens ere of Newport are concerned, the Maine law would not be any more troublesome to them, or operate any more disadvantageously upon them, than upon citi- zens of any other portion of the State, But our opposi tion to the Maine law is on account of those who visit: here during the summer, and who will not continue to come if this law should Ci Sia to their discomfiture. A very proportion of-the people of Newport, those even who do not use liquors of any kind themselves, do not desire to have the Maine law enforced here. Of what: use, therefore, is a law which is not effective—any law had better not be in existence than to be a dead letter. Ifa majority of the people of other towns desire to have the law enforced in their particular localities, why, let m be gratified; but surely no reasonable men cat desire to injure Newport so materially by insisting upor enforeing the law here, when three-quarters of our citizens, and probably more, do not desire to be under the control of the law. We know that fanaticism ia always mad and devoid of all reason and justice; but we are scarcely prepared to believe that any portion of the people of this State, and particularly many of our owie citizens. are willing to destroy what little vitality and energy are left in Newport, by enforcing the Maine ku here. So stringent alaw will cause a violent reaction in « short time, and the result will be that the labors of sincere temperance men, tor the last twenty years, will ba ost, and more liquor than ever will be used. We desire to put this matter fairly to the General | Assembly; and we urge it, not on our own acount, but» in behalf of the citizens of Newport, whose interests it is} our duty and our pleasure to guard and proteet to the utmost of our power. We speak for them, and they speakc through us, to the law makers, and through them to the whole people of the State. It is a questionof the most: momentous importance to this town, and one whicle affects us more than any other possiblycan, We only asic that justice may_be done, and certainly no honest man, and no honest legislator, can refuse us this. The Pork Trade. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. The communication in yesterday’s HERALD, from the editor of the Cincinnati Price Current, sug gests a word of defence in behalf of the correspond= ent who, through your columns of April 15, pointed out some singularities in ¢onnection with tho statistics of the hog crop. The truth of thosa eriticisms the editor fully admits; but complains that attention was not also directed toas many more alterations that existed in the Price Current, and charges unfairness, There exists no ground for this complaint, nor for the charge, as we prenae to show from the Pr Current itself, which fully shows the fairness o| the correspondent’s statement. The Price Current of 21st May, 1851, contains what the editor terms the ‘‘rovised statement,” being an enumeration of the packing at each point, amounting in the aggre- ate for the entire season of 1850 and 1851, to »3832,867 hogs; assuring the public that reliance could be plaeed on that statement, ‘ with safety.” Now turn to the Price Current of February 25, ) 1852, and the hog crop is therein set down for 1850 and 1851, at 1,457,396. Here is a difference of 124,629 hogs. The Price Current then proceeds to show how short the present crop is, by institut- ing a comparison with the packing of last year ; and assumes the crop of 1800 and 1851 to “have been 1,457,396. It is a matter of seme concern to the trade, to know which of the editor’s tables is correct. One thing. however, is certain, the trade was deceived by the Price Current tables last ear, or itis deceived now. The only point at issue between the editor and the correspondent, is con- fined as to when the deception took’ place. Intentional deception is by no means charge l, in this exhibition of facts, which should also ivelude the additional fact, thatthe Price Current of May 21, 1851, eesurecd its readers that the average weight per hog was 186 peunds for the seagon of 1850 and 1851, while in alluding to the same season, it is stated that the average was 195 pounds. This is published in the Price Current tables of February 25. 1852. These errors lead the trade astray. We propose to show now, by the editor's own « version, that, by assuming, as he does, in the Price Current of February 25, 1802, that the packing of 1860-51 was greater than he declared it to be in May 21, 1851, he has fallen into an error. In his communication to the HERALD, the editor informs the public that the hog crop this year is eighteer, per cent short of last year—basing hisdeclaration on his revised statistics. Let this be tested by the facts before us. Take, for example, the receipts for lant at New Orleans, and we find by the New Orleans Price Current, of April 28, 1852, that the receipts to that date are 111,656 barrels and tierces, and 123,877 kegs, against receipts to same date in 1861, of 104,352 barrels and tiercee, and 116,551 kegs, show= ing an excess of receipts for this year. eentira = | receipts of the year ending September, 1851, were i 115,570 barrels ‘and tierces, and 151,931 kegs—so that we are within 3,894 barrels, and 28,504 kogs of the entire receipts of Inst year—and this juss about one week’s ordinary receipts. And New Or. leans isthe point that the editor gives us inhis | communication, sufficient reasons why she will not receive her usgal proportion of the packing. Ho tells us that ‘the East will receive a greater + amount of provisions, through the several channels of communication between the East and West, than in any agi season”—thas fully substantiating what the eorrespondent affirmed, viz., that the fee of provisions held back in the West was large. Now, with the positive receipts already at New Orleans, and the pros e receipts, via canals, we may be permitted to ‘ discredit, at this late day,” the statements that the present erop is eighteen per cent les¢ than the previous one. [6 may be suggested that, for the time being, ths trade wateh the developement of the crop by tho actual receipts rather than rely upon .any one’s statistics. As this is a matter of some public concern, m wo ask a place for it in your wide-spread journal ! With great respect, your friend and New York, May 5, 1852. Supscriner. | Exrraornpinary CoMMERCIAL OPERATION Commercial circles were highly excited rence which took place on Tuesday last. in’ which the tair dealing of one of our largest dealers in Western pro- Guce has been serionsly impugned. We forbear giving, ihe names of parties, presuming that the alour will, i due time, be made public in an onthentic form. As fax as wo can gather them from responsible sourees, the fact areas follows:—The lange Western merchant reterred .o, ome months ago, made a written contract with a firm he city, to furnish them with 6,000 barrela of park ati $14 60 per barrel. Since the contract was made, pork jae gone up to $17, and the contractor found himeeif im a bad rerape, On theday that the contract performed, he appeared, however, before m membe firm of the other party. and made a tender o demanding the price immediately, to wit- #um of $87,000 in cash, Tt was thon past th and the firm requested the con could step out and draw the money. members of the firm set act funda It was not long before they Lad rais enough, and had tendered the contracter a vertifeate of deposit of $87,000 in one of our banks. This would not. satisfy the contractor, who demanded the money—t! specie. Again the members of the firm had to ru le around to the bank to hunt up tho officers, After som trouble and tax of timo, they suceceded in getting the specie out of the bank, and. patting the boxes on adr trotted around to the contractor, It then 1 seven o'clock, and they met the party eoiinig out of hi¢ office, after having cloeed up. ore ix your money for the 6,000 barrels of pork, iu spec exultingly exclaim ¢ the fortunate purchasers of the pork, The reply wae 1 modal of diplomatic coolness—‘Sorry, gentlemen, bu’ it f# too inte ; iv is past busines hours—the day is o —the contract void. Good evening.” And, with an al worthy of Metternich, the enterprising gentleman went home, rejoicing over am operation which has rathes startled the moral sense of our commercial public.— WN. O, Delta, bthinet until they reed. and (hi ARREST ON A nes 8, Brown, to this city, in eustody of Marshalr, on ch: n that tow ow rium, Who hold hint for « vaveller, Lith inst. y United States t from the Post xe Commissions xamination on Monday next ‘Tae CAMBRIDGE BANK Orgrator.—Dr. Bay, alia. Mr. Felt, alias Mr. Vield—who wan arrested soundly morning for presenting « forged check—was taken heft Justice Kdwards, of this city, in the afternoon, and held 7 r further ex: non Tuckday, Whether he | Im Feably the * red-whiskered man’? (Who #0 successfully diddied the Boston banks) vamped over, or only an un. fortunate imitator, does not yet s@tisfuctoril al Besion Lranscript, 14h tat, Bis