Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-07-10


consequences of his expressions. take it for
granted that his de,la,aiions indicated the pol
icy OF the French Government had deter mined
ON pursuing. have made statements to tins
effect before, but they can scarcely be too OF
ten repeated as fear that too many III your
readers run away with tho notion that because
Mr. Polk declared in his message -Slat he
would no; admit any interference OF Enropca.
governments in the affairs OF the American
continent. European governments would tim
idly refrain from interlerenCex
WAR BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE
UNITED STATES.-The London Times of
the 10TH says; The dispatches OF Gen. TeyloS
ate remarkable for their succint energy. and
the absence of those verbose and eTandilo-
qucnt strains which we are accustomed to
meet with IA narratives OF American eN PLOTS
lie writes like a man oi sense. skill and cour.
age; and we have not the slightest wish 10
detract from the honors he has gallantly earn
ed the nag oi has couutry. Whatever opinion
we may entertain OF the rauses of this war,
aud ol the political motives in which it orig
mated, the behaviour OF the American GeneT-
al and tns troops deserves To bc Judged of by
a muth higher standard than the policy ut the
government which IL is their duty to serve
The conduct OF the Mexican array OH the con-
trary, demonstrates the utter inability of that
government 60 protect any portion OF its do.
Lniuions from invasion; and il degrades the
descendants OF the Spanish Americans still
lower in the rank of nations
Wilmer and Smiths Times. says.-Tbe
rupture between Mexico aud the United Sta
ties, has, Of necessity. attracted much attent-
ion, and has inteSiered- more or less, with
business. The fear of shipp;ng in American
bottoms has, like the basclcss fabric of a Wis
ION, disappeared but Lloyd's still cling ridic-
uiously TO their high premiums The feeling
Is not confined to England. The Paris paper ,
La PrcsSe asserts, as a fact, that many A.
mcrican orders have boon countermanded in
France, 80 consequence OF the rupture between
tn. two republics.
The war itself has exercised the pens and
the tongues OF all the professional politicians
IN the old world. In the early siege of the
struggle on the banks OF the Rio Gmnde, when
the American forces sustained one or two
lrihins guerilla reverses, good deal of sym
Pathy was shown for the McHicaus. and II Jon
athan had suffered more, the sorrow, we greve
. to add, would not have been intense But
when tina Britannia arrived with an account
ot the battles OF 'Palo Alto and the palm
Ravine, in which the MeXicans on what they
claim as their own soil, with force two or
three times greater than their antagonists.
were 'wollopped" by the Americans all SYM
patty disappeared. aud contempt was the feel
iag universally felt aud uncquivocally express
cd
By the woy, the brief. but lucid desne,ohes
~ Gen. Taylor have attracted much admira
ton. His pen like his sword deals only i'm
the practical. Merit IS generally allied with
modesty, and as he judiclously rcirdinsd from
PLAYING the braggart on paper, the same self
confidence, il is clear, sustained him in the
field.
THE FRENCH MINISTER OF MARINE |
ON MEXICAN PRIVATEERS.
In the Chamber OF Deputies, the Minister
OF Marines. IN reference 10 the wor between
the United States and Mexico, was asked il
be intended 10 permit or tolerate the extreme
lbuso which the Mexicans appeared disposed
% make OF fheir letters of marque, OF whether
re intended to maintain the principle formerly
dopted by French admirals, that all armed d
'essels. even bearipg regular letters OF marque,
mould he considered pirates, II the captain
md crew were not born subjects, mot natur-
allzed, but actually born SUBJECTS ui the coun-
Try which issued the letters of maruuci
The Minister replied that the principles
which guided the Ministry of the Marines in
France, III reference TO CoTsSirs, was that for
a ship 10 have the right TO sail under the French
flag the captain must be French, & two.thirds /
OF the crew must bc French Nevertheless.
sufficient il thrce-iifths of the crew were |
French. IL was on such conditions that let |
tiers oil marque were delivered in time OF war
70 vessels navigating under the French flag |
Ihe question that he had been asked was If
foreign vessels. not placed in a situation per !
iectty analogous as To the composition OF their
crews, were To be considered as pirates. He
answered, that the circumstances which CON
sututed piracy, Were determined by the laws
OF 1876, and that vessel must be found I'm
the precise condition defined by that law To
be repu,ed pirates.
a deputy then insisted that the PRINCIPLES
on which France acted were good, but Mexico
should be Obliged 10 act upon them too. He
then read an extract from despatch OF ne
French admiral to the Mexican government i'm
1889, IN which he laid d0aNn that every vessel
bearing letter OF maTque, but OF which the
captain and twO-thirds of the crew should not
be Mexican, would he considered pirate aud
treated as such with all the severity OF the
laws ct war.
BERLIN June IA series of magnificent
concerts has been given at AK la -Chspelie,
with Jenny Land as principal songstrcss, aud
Mendelssohn as conductor. II was one of the
most splendid musical ictcs of which even
this musical land can boast, and excited I'M
bounded enthusiasm.
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
The following is the new Tann Fill. as IL
finally passed the House ul Representatives
on Friday. II may b. relied ON a. correct. the
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