Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-19

more ihsn sweeping out Of EnsIssds fas popuIston-a
disgossiDg q the failures Of The "a country. II us that
became something better than this and desire 70 regard
this ssEng" Of the Mandsviss and hs Monasus the
commencement Of this better Il needs only sw illus
rous examples 70 sd the rough outside which sn
grafton has hitherto exhibited render IT, Ia the Eyes Of ihoss
whose vision no, used to penetrate beyond the e1sros
bright and attractive How far The erode Of these scions Of
duksdom and one Of ihsm s hs may produce this eject
remains TO bs sN
Your late proceedings in Congress have excited
and stll excite much interest among our Journalistic
The Times has long article upon the bill for the
recovery Of fugitive slaves, and has treated the sub
ject with more knowledge and less iiberality than
usual The writer says:
Ws are well aware that the subject Of slavery 10 the
United States Of infinite difficulty. exciting among the
citizens that republic intense alarm. and upon which they
are necessity exceedingly sensitive and suspicious We
also feel that We Engshmen ought for many reasons 70
abstain from every thing like blame when treating Of The exist
Of slavery in the United States and also that we have no
ground for awarding any peculiar applause 70 ourselves with
respect to the subject Of slavery generally q we have our
selves only very lately to be ss maintaining for our
ends this horrible institution But while We acknow-
ledge that in this instance ought to be most chsy OF re-
proof also In measure, assume right to re-
mark upon the matter, since we, in fact, nation were the
creators Of the mischief When criticize we in truth
find fault with ancestors and the evil deeds OF which
they guilty and now hazard observations ON this
delicate question: we are mpeed only BY warm wish to
render useful service nation nearly allied TO ourselves
but also act from pious desire protect the memory Of
orsfahe by sveng Of the ills which, by their gnor
anye and errors have been entaied on mankind"
The proceedings Of the Abolisionists are held
by the Times to be well meant, though injudicous ;
but the efecss Of the slaye-recovery bill are mis-
stated and misunderstood. The Morning Chroni-
Gle has well-wrtten review of the entire question
which has occupied Congress though the session, and
does full Justice to Mr.. CLAY, and they who fought
the good fight by his side; and pays high COM
pliment to the temper Of the people of the United
States, and the strength of their institutions, when
it says after describing the various interests and
feelings which were brought into play:
sFrom such an antsgonism Of interests and feelings foreign
might have predicted intestine connections, ending the
violent disruption Of the Union. weeks debate at Paris
like that which has lasted nine months at Washington,
would have led to the erection Of bacades, while at Ber
lin it would have brought constitutional government to
untimely end"
The preparations for the ExHIBrTIoN Of 1851
are going on rapidly in Hyde Park. Nearly the
whole of the iron columns for the building have
arrived on the ground Workmen are busy pre-
pairing the sashes for the side lights and the timber
for the flooring and other parts of the building, is
getting ready at Chelsea. Near the centre Of the
building there will be circular transept roof, of
such dimensions as completely to cover in clump
of six or seven very fine trees. The preparations
for the exhibition are proceeding rapidly in all parts
Of the country. In France the organization to fa-
ciitate and give complete effect to the share she
intends to take in the business is proceeding very
rapidly and successfully. The NGcional Lisbon
paper) states that nothing will be sent from Portu
bgal 10 the Exhibition. This seems strange, when we
remember that Portugal was all alive to the busi-
ness OF domestic produce manufactures, &c. last
year, when she had national exhibition Of her
own. Turkey will be well represented in this
Exhibition. The Sultan has munifcently ordered
that all expenses Of conveyance, &c. shall be at
his own expense. We shall have fine specimens
of Aleppo and Damascus silks and cutlery. A
splendid three-oar boat will be sent from Constan-
tnople as well as many other articles of very su-
perior workmanship. The boats Of Constantnople
are much admired for their beautiful and delicate
carved work. RoumeIia will furnish agricultural
products, and Anaiolia will send specimens of her
metallic wealth.
/ The discussion on Mr.. BRIGHT's motion respect
ing the cultivation of cotton in India has excited
much interest there The local press advocates
the appointment of cotton commission. The real
difficulty, however of increasing the production OF
cotton in India is, that in districts which en-
| Joy facility of watercarriage, crop of cotton
affords to the cutvator smaller return in proper
ton to his outlay than is generally yielded by other
crops which the soil is equally capable of pro-
ducing.
Dr.. scHorFERss patent ugarrsfnig process has lately
excited great deal Of attention. By this process about
twenty per cent. Of sugar is Obtained where only from six
per obtained by other But the process
involves the employment Of deadly poisonhe acetate Of
ead-and the question mooted is how far the poison,
after its effect in purifying the sugar has been Produced
be separated from the sugar The examination has been
placed in the hands of the experienced chems and the
result far to be that whilst the deeerous matter
be sufficiently got rid of when the operation placed in
the hands Of experienced men, yet that would be dangerous
to depend upon the accuracy and Of uneducaed work
Further examination appears be necessary before the
process is either adopted or discarded. 4
1Grea improvements have lately been made in ocomo
tive engines. The Mining Journal mentions lately
nuactured at the works Of the great Northern Company at
Boston, which is warranted the distance from Boston
to London, CLOS mes) with six cauiages and two breaks
usual express tran-in hour and half The engine
will shortly be ready for trial.
There very little difference in the market this week.
but that difference is ting advance. In France however,
the price somewhat lower owing to the potato crop being
discovered to be comparatively little injured. The Altons,
At Kongsburg wheat is rather declining The injury the