The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-22

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consequently Of the enterprise, by which, !ndepend-
entity Of the expended amount Of two millions they
were to recover benefits IN proportion to their et-
| forts.
The extent of the powers Jeff in the hands Of the
| provialonal government does not allow the compa-
ny to entertain the hope of obtaining the immediate
revocation OF measure which is direct injury to
| rights which have been always considered as IN,
violable but, though disowned, the right Is still
existing. The company protests against the blow
struck at them and this prote station being the basis
q ana
| which will be shown as spent in the affair, and
which, at the first sight, they do not hesitate to put
at two millions of francs.
tits certain that the service of the correspondence
| to which NM. Herout q Co. were engaged, has
been interrupted Why! how! Because the frgaes
given to the company have been found, after differ
ent trials of such construction, in their hus as
| we'll as in their engines, that they have not been
| able to make trip without putting into some port
or other, from different causes, viz want of coal,
sugar, &c, Stiffness of agents, and general mis-
| management.
Some time before the fall of the preceding GO
vernment, the company made their complaints to
M. Dumon, Minister Of Finance. They exposed
to him the bad state of their frgates, and stated
| that two of them unable TO cross the Atlantic
with safety. The company demanded that repairs
| should be made, the expense of which would be
borne by the Ministry of Marine; which budget
was supplied with the necessary money for the
| good keeping of the national navy.
| Should the ex-goyemment have granted this
claim ? Should they have refused to agree to it :?
| Such was the law suit upon which the court of the
council Of state would have had to decide. The
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differently. They are parties, yet they Judge and
| execute The frigates belong to the State /; the
State takes them back. This Is a simple and
summary decision.
| and private company, to which the four frgates
had been gwen for the space OF ten years On
| that account the company has furnished the steam
ers as they ought to be for the service for which
they were destined. They have also incurred
| considerable expense for extra rigging, etc. Has
the government power to draw back the ships, TO
restore them INTO the navy without paying back the
money invested in them, etc
| Now the company having protested, having
| demanded the restitution OF the advanced sum for
furnishing the four steamers, their expectation and
hopes in the justice of the State Council; that
justice which is so lame, and which is so slow to
| reach its aim, even when 1t reaches 1t at all.
The preceding article Is undoubtedly the last
| cry uttered by the company, Heroat d Co., and
we may for ever consider the French transatlantic
| steamers sunk in the Atlantic.
INTELL1aENcE FROM THE CAPE OF Coon HopE
within the past ten days We have had an OPP
portunty of riding over great portion of Upper
| Albany, and of ascertaining by personal observa-
tion the actual state of the country, as well as
learning the sentiments OF some OF the most re-
spectacle and intelligent land proprietors on that
part of the frontier. The country ridden over
comprised chiefly the fedcornetcies of the Kat
fish, and Koonap rivers, and may be pronounced
| as among the finest sheep-walks in this or any
other country Previous to the late outbreak OF
the Caffres they formed the most flourishlng Sec
ton of the colony, maintaining hundreds of thou
sands of Saxon and Merino sheep, and being dot
| ted with farmhOuses, many OF which would have
done discredit to any rural district of the parent
| country. Now all is desoatIon. Not sheep was
seen in ride of twelve hours-but few habitations
were found occupied. The roads are Overgrown
with rank grass and weeds, and the drifts or fOrds
of the several streams, injured as they have been
by the late heavy rains, are left in state almost
impossible. The grass, knee high, as 1t soughs to
the breeze seems to ten OF desoa'ion ana to give
sight of deserted country. must ever create
Confidence in the pacific professions of the Caflres
| Is not general, and many are waiting the effect OF
the measures which have been adopted, before
they return to their abandoned and ruined homes.
1t Is right, however, should remark, that those
who indulge in these forebodings do not give su-fi
cient weight to the fact that all Sir Harry Smiths
measures tend to- one common point--the. pub
nc security. Only let them be energeticaly
carried out and acted up to in their true
spirit, and it may then be depended on we
nave seen the last Ol CdIlTe wars on tnlS iron
tier. Still those who have had longest ex
perience of the Caffre character know full we'll
how little dependence is to be placed in his PROBES
sions and while they admire and esteem Sir Har-
nv Smith they at the same time apprehensive lie ST
his very kindness of heart should lead him TO trust
to appearances, which may prove delusive and
unsubstantial as the summer vapor upon the m"u
tain's brow. The recent murder OF Ingram has IN
creased this distrust; and the admission into the
colony of Cafres without passes, many such being
found wandering about, has materially added to
this feeling. This requires immediate correction.
No Caflre should be allowed to enter the colony
without written permission, as if they be, every
other regulation for their safe and quiet govern.
ment will be seriously disturbed. The prevalent OPT
Mon is that the Caffres will repeat their aggres-
sions; that their youth grow up, the same dis
position to attack the colony will, as heretofore
be INDUCED, and that this, If not efectually npped
in the bud, will be to lead in the end to overt
acts of violence and robbery. 1t is, we conceive,
| of importance to bring these matters thus publicly
forward lest in the intoxicaton of our JOY at the
admirable skill of the pi lot at the helm, we should
amidst thousand perils, be lulled into false
sense of security, and neglect to use that exertor
and to take those precautions which are essentia
to ultimate safety. Sir Harry Smith can see as fal
as most, but he is not ubiquitous. All governments
must, if successful, be informed and supported by
public opinion. This may at times be unpalatable
but if listened to by those who can distinguish
between fiction and truth, who can separate the
grain from the chaff the result will be as honora
bic to the individual as beneficial to society at large
South african, March 20.
THE LATE SroRM.-Considerable damage was
done by the late storm and the attendant lightning
In Newark the store of l.. l.. Belant was struck
and the exterior somewhat injured. The light
ming struck several buildings in Jersey City, and
the magnet at the Philadelphia telegraph station
was burst into atoms by the violence of the
charge. The telegraph connection with Philadel.
pha was entirely cut Off AT Hoboken cabine,
makers shop was struck and consumed, with seve.
raj small adjoining buildings. Two New York fire
companies came to the rescue and did good service
At Philadelphia, some serious accidents occurred
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