The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-20

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err need feel the slightest alarm at the naval prepa-
ratons which il will cause to be undertaken, tor
when seven times that amount shall nave been spent
France viii only have the fleet which ner govern
ment and laws declared years ago that she ought 10
have to maintain that dignity and power which her
rank among nations imperatlvely requres-she VIII
in fact only have that which she ought neverto have
been without, and which II Is almost treason on the
part OF her ministers that she has not.
News from Algers is Of the usual character
Marchings and CONFERENCE.-The, attacks ON the
Arabs, settings of 1ocks and destruction OF corn,
nav. occupied Inc tune Of the armies sac as
were assalled by snow storm OF tremendous VIC.
lence in the desert. They lost their way, and had
to pass the night in the bitter cod without food or
dreds of the gallant fellows died from cold fatigue
and hunger Add e Kader has entered into provinces
from which the French thought he had been driven
for ever, and It appears that he Is as hardy and
ment between eight hundred of his men, command
ed by himself, and the French troops but though,
usual, he was defeated, he continued, as usual,
TO escape. The French had laid, as they thought,
most cunning psns for catching him, and had made
arrangements to circumvent him In every manner !;
but he is rs tar from being taken as ever he was
The news from the River Plate of the defeat OF
Resas and the combined forces OF England and
France has afforded very general satisfaction All
the newspapers OF this morning are hlled with It.
The Ambassador of Morocco is quite the lion OF
the season. A splendid review has been gwen In
his honor; grand dinners have been got up tor HIM
by the King and NJ Guizot all the ministers have
showed HIM OFT their salons, and the fashionable
circles have almost fought to get him TO their
houses. The number Of Invitations that pour upon
him every day IA extraordinarily great
Not content with the gigantic wall and the deep
ditch and the score or 50 OF detached forts whlcn
surrounded Paris, il appears that the government
has the inclination 10 build two or three new forts,
so as 10 bring the whole of this capital within reach
Of cannon. Paris wI thus be entirely at the mercy
OF its rulers, and It's inhabitants must consequently,
never more dream OF INDUCING In revolutionary va
carries. / say so, because IN common with the
Parisians themselves, and with every man OF COM
mon sense, l think It all humbug TO represent the
Notifications designed against foreign invasion.
They are nothing less than an outrageous tack on
national liberty, and if the French could only bring
themselves to display little OF that pluck which
they undoubtedly possess, they would have them
levelled to the ground in less than month These
monstrous monuments Of national folly have swal-
lowed not less than $50 900 900 francs. which, how
ever, is considerably less than was reported.
Some discussion has of late taken place relative
to the release of the Prince Louis Napoleon, nephew
of the great Napoleon, from his prison at Ham 1t
appears that he would be immediately allowed his
liberty if he would pledge his honor never again to
attempt TO disturb the existing order OF things IN this
country-that is, never attempt to gain the monar-
chy, or the chief government OF the French nation
But that, it does not appear ne Is inclined to 90
to him. he will be compelled eventually to do IT..
What objection he have to it is difficult to say
for, notwithstanding the deep veneration which
exists towards the memory OF Napoleon, the French
oil the present day would no more think OF calling
one of his family to the throne, or of making HIM
their ruler, than they would think OF choosing the
man in the moon. Comte de Montholon, the
Princes companion In captivity, and his associate
in the mad-hurred enterprise which resulted In that
captivity, is publishing In one OF the daily newspa-
pers account OF the exile Of Napoleon, at ST. He
lena, which also he shared. 1t is written with
greater simplicity than Frenchmen generally en-
poy, and Is needless TO add is very interesting
and effective. He mentions that. when on quitting
England, the Northumberland caught view OF the
wherefore Napoleon, raising his hat, exclaimed,
with much emotion Adteu terre des 6raUes, je te
soive -Adieu, France, adieu 20
Paris is excessively gay. Balls, ees, concerts,
each other necessarily. Even Colonel Thorn. the
New York millionaire, ls not missed, notwithstand-
ing his hospitality used to be on an extensive scale,
though some few people sigh after the splendid
to be nicknamed. Mr.. Thorns ambition was TO
cram his house full of fashionable people; but if he
knew the derision with which they spoke OF HIM as
the Yankee p0rvenue, he would most assuredly have
seen the fashionable people id before admitting
them within his doors. Among the principal .fett
of the present season has been grand ball of Louis
Philippe, to which the Elite of Partisan society was
hidden. Many Americans were present, but the
great majority OF the foreign guests were English:
musical journal states that Ole Bull mas arrived
in Paris, and is about to give series of concerts
The theatres have presented nothing remarkable
during the last month. As, however, this Is the
busy season of the year, they all we'll filled every
night. On Tuesday last, there was a tremendous
row at the Italian opera, from the management
having advertised one price and established an
other at the last moment. A report has lately been
current that Alexander Dumas, the celebrated wri-
ter, IS about to have the privilege oil the manage
ment Of a new theatre conferred upon him.
The newspapers and periodicals. have published q
most extraordinary document, drawn up by dlrec.
ton Of the Pope, and containing accounts OF the
brutal prosecutions which an abbess and number
Of nuns in Poland were subjected for their refusal
to abandon the Catholic faith and adopt that OF the
Greek church. This document was the same as
was presented to the Emperor Nicholas BY the Pope
in their late memorable interview. But if It's state
ments be true, and unhappy, there is no reason to
doubt them, il Is impossible to believe that the En-
peror Nicholas could have been cognizant of them,
for he cannot be such monster as to sanction such
atroclous barbarlty as Is therein exposed. That
barbarity consisted in depriving these poor women
OF food and lodging; compelling them to support
heavy chains and letters beating them with rods
until the blood flowed casting them into dungeons
80 full of worms and loathsome insects, that theil
bodies became covered, and even their mouths and
noses became fu compelling them to toll at tasks
beyond their strength, such as hewng stones, draw
ing water, etc; ODiiging them to execute the mos
disgusting and frhest Offices; knouting them and
beating them continually; having rapes committed
on their persons by drunken vagabonds; cutting
and hacking their flesh to pieces; tramping or
1 them; drawing them along the floor by the hair
plucking ont their eyes; burning them alive beat
ing their brains casting them into rivers, anC
drowning them; throwing them into wells. and let
ting earth tall upon and crush them; and many othe
brutatles, that 1t is narrowing to read Of The
whole tale, in fact, would seem too monstrous to b
believed did II not come to no less authority
than that OF the Pope. But even then, backed By
| the Pope, we are compelled to excalm-is II posi-
| Bile Good God, that such abomInable atrocities
should have been committed on helpless women II
Europe and in the l9.h century, too, because they
would not abandon their religion!
The few railways in this country that are in ope
ration, although only two of them are Of any impor
lance, are highly prosperous; the receipts OF las
year having exceeded those of the preceding by up
lines of great extent will be opened, as well as some
smaller ones. Altogether il will be the most impor
year the railway history Of France has yet hae
\ to record A sad disaster has happened on thu
I immense viaduct, which had taken two years t
] hnid and xas nearly comneted. The Hayre rail