The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-21

1t seems to be "A matter Of regret with the pub
lie, that there should exist doubt to the establsh
ment of the line of steam ships by the French gov
eminent, about which much has been said
This regret, however, does not extend throughout
the shipping interest," for in that interest there
elements enough to make it entirely independent
of the action of any government in matter like
this.
II appears by the Journal du Hapre of the 9Th
ult, that the disposition of the eighteen mammoth
ocean steamers is not yet settled upon that Ad-
miral Mackau, the French Minister of Marine, is
against the organization of the line; that he is in
favor of turning the steamers into transports for
troops that the government has no money to carry
on any enterprise uncertain in its results; and that
he will do all he can to break up the whole affair
But it does not yet appear that the project has been
wholly abandoned, for Admiral Mackau was not
very clear in his speech on the subject, and the
power to demoIish the line rests with the represen-
tatives of the nation. 1t is to be hoped for their
sakes, that they will let the law of 1910 so into
operation
There is strong probability, however, that the
steamships will be turned into transports, and the
commercial interests ofnFrance sacrificed to other
projects OF less importance to the nation The aban-
donmen of such an enterprise at this time, gives to
the world an opinion of France that cannot be very
hattering to that chivarc nation. After three years
of bombast, in the shape OF flaming paragraphs of the
great national movement for the commerce OF
France; after sending steam ship, the Conner,
with eight commissioners, to nearly every port on
the Atlantic, to make arrangements; and making
tremendous display over the whole world; we are
all at once astounded with the announcement that
the Trans-Atlantique Steam ships are aban-
doned, and the French Government, "the great
rival of England on the ocean," sneakingly backs
out from the enterprise, loses caste in the family
of nations and turns the "dir.huit :grands bdti-
mans" into eighteen cattle transports for the
Grand Armfe of Algers and Timbuctoo
But is this not freak purely French, and to be
expected?
When the French are in doubt, they never take a
trick and we, therefore, take it for granted
that the ''Great Steam Ship Lines is lost
to the commercial world. It is unfortunate,
in THIS view, that Louis Philippe should be
by Cabinet whimsical that
of Guizot and his associates. 1t is unforu-
nate, because they have been the means Of throw
ing the control of the ocean, so far us any Euro
pean power can have the control, into the hands of
England, the great rival of France. What would
Napoleon say, he to rise up from his tomb, at
this moment? How could France reply to him?
This stupendous commercial enterprise, hailed
with so much enthusiasm throughout France; this
great movement in the progress of that nation,
which was to de more than any other enterprise
for the advancement of her people, given up and
thrown into the cattle business, in order to make
room for notifications to keep the sans c,Iottes in
awe-abolished, to build few ralroads-aban-
doned to pay the expense of most farcical expe-
dition to the Chinese, who will neither drink
coffee, French wines, nor wear French silks.
1t don't matter much, however, what course
France pursues in this matter There are the An
glo-Saxon steamship lines that will not be given
up and there are elements enough in this country
to more than supply the place just made vacant by
La Belle France And we hope that our govern
ment will now take hold of this subject in earnest.
1t is the easiest thing in the world for to throw
at least one half of the $8,OOO,OOO annually spent
on our navy into vast Atlantic steamship project
We can build dozen steamers like the Prince
ton, for she has proved to be superior YES
sci. These can run in connection with the
commercial marine be manned by our naval
officers, and be always kept on war footing.
Our present naval organization is most absurd.
It is school for ideness; therefore, two or three
lines of mail steamships like the one of which we
speak, will give to America race of active, enter
prising officers and seamen, who would constantly
be in readiness for war service. They would be-
come proficient in steam machinery and engineer
ing all would, by system of exchanges, have a
complete knowledge OF their business !; and no Of
fcers on the face of the globe would surpass them
in time of need.
This is what we want. This is what we must
have. France has failed outright in her project
Now let us see what America can do
FoURIERIsM IN THE PULpIr.-We understand that
the Rev DR.. Andrews, who breaches in the Taber-
nacIe every other Sabbath day to large congre-
CATION took up the subject of Fouriersm and the
new Social System last Sunday, and gave one OF
the soundes dressings to its disciples, its merits
and its philosophy, which has yetbeen administer
ed in these regions. We learn farther that three
weeks from last Sunday he will resume the subject,
and give thorough overhauling of the apostles Of
the new tangled philosophy and Social System.
Now that the clergy have got hold of Fourierism
and the subject has been preached in the pulpit, we
have no doubt that great and pawerfu effort will
be made, not in this that sect, but by christians Of
all denominations, to show up this impudent system
which aims at the utter subverson of all existing
religious institutions, and of course the Clergy
without exception, except the High Priests of thei
own no-Church, no-Bible, no-Christ, but Fourie
religion If Drs. Potts, Wainwright, Cox. and al
others who are quarrelling about swords, words
words" as Hamlet says. would drop their ow'
nettv souahbes nd attack as IL deserves this afro
cious system of infdelity and RIGHTEOUSNESS, the
would be doing their duty much more efiicientl
| than by their present sectaran conflicts.
| PoMERoY's TRUNK AGAIN.-The reward of 5000
for the arrest of the German Lachner, and the re
covery of the lost trunk and 47 900, was distribr
ted yesterday among the claimants by the arbtrs
| tors, Judges Kent and lngraham, and Lambert Suy
dam, as follows TO Hiram w. Felter, secon
teller of the Merchants Bank for detecting tn