The North-Carolina standard., 1850-04-17
nj. VATTEMARE.

nj. VATTEMARE.
The public's old acquaintance, M. Vattemare,
seems to be getting into trouble. The New Jersey
and New York papers are discussing with much as
perty the action of State legislatures relative to this
gentleman and his system of international exchanges.
statements, it would that M. Vattemare solicit
ed the Governor Of New Jersy to have his compen-
saon placed on permanent basis, giving as a rea-
that he could not employ agents in France with
out a guarantee of regular pay. This position a.
reused spirit of inquiry in the Legislature, which
resulted in some developments not very favorable to
NJ. Vattemare.
1t was ascertained that he receives no pay from
France for his services. and consequently that the
United States alone support the system. The Le-
gslature it is stated, were satisfied that some years
| back, he was professor of necromancy. Did poor
Vattamere ever deny this =! We remember witness
ing his debut at the Park Theatre, New ork, and a
capital necromancer he waa-gong through more dis.
guIses in a minute than most adroit politician
could in life. Vattemare used to show US with no
little satisfaction some autographic lines addressed
to him by Sir Walter Scott, and which may be found
in the collection of SCOTS poems. The point of
them that Vattemare, in his rapid personation of
characters, a whole mob in himself, and that Sir
Walter was tempted, in seeing him, to exercise his
functions justice of the peace and read the riot act
But it is said that Vattemarc receives no pay from
France for his services in introducing his system of
international exchanges, and that consequently the
United States alone support the system. The report
submitted to the Governor of New Jersey in Novem-
Der, lS4S, by Vatemae, gives as his estimate Of the
expenses of his agency per year, ten thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars. In that document he also
stated that he had received from the Federal Govern
ment and from seve.l States, fofythree hundred dol
thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. 1t was
tended in opposition to his request that the re-
suits Of the system not sufficient to warrant the
expense, and that M. Vattemare an irresponsible
agent, whose disbursements of the sums granted
him were mystery"
the Newark .Advertiser, that Vattemare had sought
his own aggrandisement alone in all his recent move
ments !; that he keeps bookstore in Paris, which
the gifts from American cities and States are to
rich and he has been openly challenged to adduce
particle of evidence that any European government
has authorized him to appear in the character he has
assumed. The New York Commercial Advertiser of
Wednesday joins in the suspicious thus adduced,
and quotes from the Albany Atlas letter from Vat
temare, setting forth the loss of certain packages of
books and documents which he had sent to Paris by
the ship Oneida, wrecked the coast of Guernsey
and blanddiy nsinuating that the loss can be made
up by Z" American liberality." In this letter the
writer says:
"Of course these treasures were not insured; for
what money could ever repay the loss of tokens of
fraternal love from city city, from State State
yet all hopes not lost, for these proceeded from
the nexhaustable liberality Of Americans, and the
good, generous and patriotic feelings of the above
mentioned donors will stimulate them to fill up the
alcoves of our glorious American library of Paris,
which already prepared before this unfortunate
but hope not entirely irreparable loss.
~ might perhaps have waited for my agents re-
ports before making this communication, but, sir, life
il so Short and the duties of my mission so inn
mense, that have not one second to lose Besides,
must 90 to my home have left for the last three
years, and this season will be the last shall have
the happiness to spend in your blessed, beautiful,
and most hospitable country; country fove so
dearly that, for her happiness, welfare, and glory,
would joyfally give my life Facts from Maine to
Texas there to justify the title which venture to
assume, and the only one l am proud of-that of the
true, sincere and forever devoted friend of America
We cannot dispute that there are expressions in
this letter which justify the Commercials epithets
of s. fulsome'' aud ''soft-sawdersh.' But do not
any good for placing Vatemare in the cat
egory of humbugs, and charging him with obtaining
goods under false pretences. We have always re-
garded him sort of monomanac; man of one
idea, and Of course bore; but we have evil
dence that he was pursuing his project ofnernation-
al exchanges with mercenary objects, beyond the pay
ment of his necessary expenses. Our public and
State Libraries bear testimony to the services he has
rendered in placing in them many French national
and official works Of great value and we have not
heard of his receiving from our Federal and State
Legislatures any compensation for which he has not
rendered an equivalent.
We hope he will not be denounced until the most
irresistible proofs afforded Of his unworthiness.
AS for the fact of his having been "necromancer"
so gravely introduced into the New Jersey official
report, we doubt ithat will be suffered to weigh much
in his condemnation. If such political jugglers as
John Van Buren,, and others that we could name, can
move on without damage to their responsibility, from
their ground and lofty tumbling." their shifts and
surprising changes, See no reason why poor Vat
temafe should not escape. Bosion Transcript.
r Major R,own Enuineer Of the Great Imperial Rail
Road ia Russia has arrived in St. Petersburg. and
had several fatterng interviews with the Emperor.
His residence was be permanently at st. Peters.
burgh. He speaks of the many conresies extended
to him by Mr. Bodisco, who is in st. Petersburgh,
and whe is much amused with the stories set adoat
by his Washington enemies, Of his exile Sibera.
&c. Mr.. Bodisco will return to this country this
Snrinv k baltimore Sun. /