Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-16
FROM OUR Paris CORRESPONDENT.
PARIS, OCTOBER "a, 1850.

PARIS, OCTOBER "a, 1850
The retirement from the Cabinet of General
d. 'HAUTPoUL, Minister of War; has at last settled
the relative value of the numerous reports of disa-
greement between him and General CHANGARNIER,
which have been rife during the last six months,
and of the equally numerous official denials of such
disagreement which these reports have elected.
Those denials have never persuaded any body that
the two functionaries in question were or ever
would be good friends. The strife between them
might be prolonged with doubtful and varying
chances but observers have doubted that must
ere long end in the retreat of one or the other of
these TWO officers. An article of the Constitu-
fionneL published four or five days since, was uni
versally considered as the evidence that victory
remained to the commander.in-chief of the army
of Paris, the general of the first military divi-
sion: Yesterdays Wonifeur contained the de-
cree establishing the generals triumph. 1t was the
decree appointing General ScHRAhM Minister of
War, in place of M. d'HAUTPoUL, whose resigna-
ton had been accepted. This decree was imme-
distey followed by another, signed by the new
Minister of War, appointing General d'HAUTPoUL
Governor General of Agiers. This latter post is a
much better paid one than that of Minister. There
is therefore some consolation. The last decree
takes but slight account you will perceive, of the
constitution. This, however, is no novel charac-
teristic either Of legislative or executive action.
The Constitution (article 2S) says, Every public
& function TO which salary is attached is incompa
tible with the mandate of representative of the
people No member of the National Assembly
can, during the legislative term, be nominated or
promoted 70 salaried public functions, the appoint
ment to which resides in the executive power"
Yet General d'HAUTPoUL is representative of the
people, and retains his seat 1t is pretended that
the constitutional objection is nulli6ed by the no
mination of General d'HArTPouL as temporary"
Governor of Algiers. No other than an arbitrary
one-man government will answer for that country
in which such shallow pretences are resorted to,
and are sanctioned by public opinion, for putting
aside the plainest provisions Of constitutional law.
curious doctrine that which considers as regular
and quite submissible " temporary violation of
the constitution
The cultivation of tobacco in the French possess
sions on the north of Africa is beginning acquire
an importance which, it is hoped, will after while
free this country from all dependence upon the for
eign grown article. The crop Of this year is con-
sideraby greater in quantity and superiorn quality
to that of former years. The administration charg-
ed with the supervision OF this interest the part
of the State has already in store, of this years
crop, one hundred and twenty thousand pounds,
which is quintupe the amount received at this
epoch of last year. Ii is the lands of Boufarck
and Sahel which seem at present best adapted TO
this culture. That of the lat,er-named district
especially is represented to produce an article OF
the very fret quality. The African coloniss, how
ever, are, upon the whole, lamentaby hehindhand
in their mode of preparing il for market. The inn
portant operation Of drying is that in which they
are most wanting. This they do entirely in the
open air, and the produce Of late or second crops is
almost always injured by exposure to the weather.
M. PAysN, who was charged by the Academy Of
Sciences to examine the Rousseau system for the
manufacture of sugar, has lately rendered TO tha,
earned body favorable report. The system is
applicable as well to the beet root as>to The cane.
Il requires the use Of an extraordinary quantity of
imA Al high temperature. |, separates. in pc
,ular and efficacious manner, the froth and the
ubstances which have been precipi'aied, and el'm
,aes perfectly and promptly the lime from the SUI
Jar. The filtration takes place upon ivory black,
educed TO very coarse powder or grains. Rapid
'vsporation cryssallizaton and clearing is effected
" the ordinary processes. The Rousseau pro-
ess," says M. Payen, in the conclusion OF his re-