Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-02-26
SOMETHING MORE PACIFIC.

HE New York Evening Star says -
Below, we give two letters from our cor
respondent, one Of the 10th, aud another
on The morning of the 18Th, as the Orpheus
was leaving the dock. In his last letter
his advices from Paris are of a more paci.
lic character, and in fact, after the first
ebulli,lon OF feeling is over, we think the
French people will look at the question in
a calm hight, and pass the indemnity bill
Mr. Clays able Report in the Senate,
unanimously adopted, will, we think, set,
tie the matter when it arrives
An extract Of a letter Of the 10th OF
January, from an important source IN
London. to a gentleman in New York
says" Mr.. Serrurer, the French Am
bassador, has been recalled, and MIR. Liv
ingston notified that his passports were
ready for him, If he required them"
This step, though looking warllke, yet
carries lis salvo with it, as the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs at the same time told Mr..
Livingston that the Government would re
commend The Chambers to make the APP
preparation for the payment of the debt.
IL is the general impression here, that The
French oeiA pay i Congress does nothing
Ibis session %
From our Liverpool Correspondent.
JANUARY, is. 1885 The Orpheus is
just getting under way. Since writing my
last despatch TO you, have letter from
Paris, from a confidential source" The
recall OF the Minister of France At Wash
ington was a measure decided upon by
the king and cabinet as a retaliatory step
for the menaces Of war contained in the
Presidents message, and in order TO az
ford an opportunity 10 Congress to dis
claim any intention Of issuing letters of
marque and reprsal against France, while
the Treaty remained incomplete, in conse
quence Of the Chambers not having acted
upon it. The passports to Mr.. Livingston,
and his departure from France, is the ne
cessary consequence of the recall of NJ.
Serrurlcr; but Charge d. .4Baires re
mains in Paris. L. is confidently believed
that the Chambers will pass the indemni
ty law,--ceTtainly for fifteen millions, pro.
badly the whole amount, on the ground
that the honor Of France requires The ful-
fiment of the treaty before any steps are
taken OF hostile character towards the
United States. A very warm and passion.
ate debate will. no doubt, ensuc.
General Bernard is incessant in his eff
forts TO terminate the affair TRANQUILITY and
oppease The feelings of the French people,
much exaspeFated. as they are, by the i'm
polite threats Of the American President.
lie every where represents. on the Bourse
and IN the Iulleues, that Congress will
moi, by any act, sanction the language OF
the President, and that while the Ameri-
can people are DESTROYS of obtaining the
Amount of indemnity, they have no idea
Of war
| hope tina, your Congress will be dis.
Greet IN this matter. 1t is not in the habit
OF brother Jonathan to rush into a costly
contest, without calculating what is 10 be
made or lost by it, A little address, and
mana sement-a little playing off and ne
gotlation would have succeeded much
better with people so hot as the French,
than threats Of war AZ all events, you
will perceive that certain English Jour.
mails. OF the tory stamp, are chuckling at
the idea Of war, aud endeavor 10 widen
the breach, and increase the irritation, by
pretending to have sympathies for the in
justice done to America.
My opinion is, that the money viii be
paid, especially if the action IN either
branch Of Congress shall dIscountenance
the warmth contained in the speech of the
American President"