Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-29
our ReLa.ions win France.

our Relations WIN tdhNN'
TIA. statement under our telcgraphic head YES
nrjly morning, that The difficulty wiih France
aonu. Som an "imperineni note 81, the French
Minister to ,he Secretary Of State, has excited
some curiosity. When did It hapPtui What
wa, the subject matter Of the notel We suspect
the hing has been brewing some uGe. ApPa~
r,niv il WAS this offensive note that recalled Ite
Pres don't from Tie Caule-sh show. The Washing
ton RcBubiic. Immediately after the return, AHA
d,d 10 our relations with France as IN highly
critical state. and at the same time Implied that
this matter siuooricty As tar as we have OBJ
served hut one sublec, Of difference between the
Two countries has been publicly noticed ana that
rather in the shape Of rumor than iac'--we
mean the aversion OF the French government To
/ the residence, in It's vicinity, OF VIM, Z. k'yes'
in the character ol Minister Plenipocnuary.-
p1ltinI these things together we suppose them
/ lhatthe French Government. hearing Of The ap
poin,men OF Mr.. Riyrs, has advised is reprcsen'
atiye ut Washington TINT such appointment
would be badly received, and that NJ, foussln,
Red Republican, has expressed these sentiments
with plainness That shocked The exquisite deli.
cacy olthe Secretary olSmle. Soitoppsars that
! tAe Administration having, IN their blindness, So
/ ieced, as Minister 10 France man noiotlousiy
| dIstastetul to that coun,ry are % mend me
matter by making the expression Of that dtsasie q
ground for breaking mp the peaccahIc relations OF
the two countries. But WE viii not believe that
| the petty ambition Of Mr. Ryes 5 10 settle world
! il arms. L marks as little deIicaey on his paH
to have sought this post, as sense on lAe part 81
die Administration to have conferred i on nm
Moreover the dislike ofthc French towards him
has good foundation, aud is sufficient rcasonac.
coldng to the practice Of uatons,ior refusing to
receive him. The act Of refusal is, in iIseit, no
breach Of peaceahlc rotations. lflhcrc has been
in the manner Of doing it anything outrageous,
that alters ,be case. But considering that the
resentment excited by Mr. Riyes, on OCCASION OF
his t1rmermsson we're warn,pGblicIy disclosed,
I and dcrply cherished os associated with what the
French people felt as a humlialing passage IN
their history was it no, natural for them 10 sup
pose that this disappointment Of the Obnoxious
Ambassador was made in the spirit Of brayado
and disro pecl Ia this country we know better
Mr.. Riyes claimed 10 be Secretary of state, and
had powerful hackers, II was decided not e
Yield him this place; and when be asked, will
Mr.. Webster, ''whorc, then, am ! to go7 they
not knowing we'll what do with him,rcpllcd &c
to France II was because they were in all the
confusion o'taking care Of themselves that they
managed y Indy or The public.
y. BAmsoroS MAcAuLAY.-'lho correspon
dent Of the Boston FINES gives the following Dc
Scripton Of the personal appearance Of the grea
essyaisi aud historian, 7. b. hacaulay;
In English literature there is but one name nov
that : upon every lip, as bis writings are in ov
cry hand; that is, the name Of ihoma Babngto
NacauIay | saw tbe CREST hi-torlalho o'he
day, and certainly hi. looks disappointed ne; 70
instead Of the hin, spiritual countenauco whic
Il looked for in the a0'h r o. the enthusiastic Lay
OF Ancient Rome" and the History Of England
which is half poetry, found bale, blufndyd
us olmorc than uiddug stature, and with u
solid, oval iace, brow slightly oucaddg, and rath
! er large neck and shoulders, though with yer
lively aud bright expression Of counicna0ec.-
Mr. Macauay is animated when conycrsing, nm
accompanies with some gesture everything wnlc
= he says with emphasis. ilis splendid contrib
. lions to the Edinburgh Review, while he was
contemporary writer for that periodical with Mach
ntosh. Sidney Smith, and Jeilres, won my en-
thusiastic admiration; and bis magnificent histoy
Of England, or rather essay on English histor
history DC, far as it has gone, attracts me ire
= silibIy to it pages. No writer Of the preset
: day is so iichin thought as Macau'ay, and no or
can clolhe bis thoughts in nobler language. -
y regret mipges with my admiration. Twice
I represented Edinburgh IN Partment-a 81
J, worthy Of a true man, But in 1916 he lost b
y election; net because he was overeached by u
elccioneerng arts Of some petty tory politician
. no, because the eccenricities Of genius made hi
!, one OF those unpopular great men who are off
:. found in retirement, but because he refused to %
. in that grand movement which is every whe
making for the uprising oilhe masses,a and WIN
Is destined to know no cessation, though II M
i, feel many check, till thrones and divine rgt
- kings shall pass away, and elderly, eqlalii
and fraternity be the real condition, as they a
i now the watchword5 Of nations. II was for pr
/, wing recreant 10 these sentiments TINT the vote
r Of Edinburgh dismissed tic abest ard most br
liant writer ofthe day, and chose instead the hon
4. bic paper maker aud sturdy republican, Charl
j, Cowan. They were not content TO have y
h. Macaulay talk speciousIy Of liberty, and then
speciousy give up these principles Of which
might have bccnand was expected to e,the abb
j. champion But in his poems, in his essays, q
= in his magnificent travels over Tie world, Of &c
ir era history, in his bold conceptions and wondro
Cd art in bis power TO clothe in animated, vivid, pa
=. sonato thought the most common truths in phi
a. sophy, in his vigorous eloquence and luinino
ey strength, no is surpassed by few in ancient a
m by none in modern literature.
re ~,
tle The Albany (Ga.) Patriot relates the folio
lot ing singular history: !,
so At our present writing there is a lady IN IA
We county eighty-two years Of age, who has u =
,in twenty.one children. Two Of her daughters al