The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-07-11

Paris are DISTINGUISHED, the whole number admit
ted on the lists being only forty thousand. The
following anomalies mark the application Of the
law The proprietor Of two houses can make his
porter voter, but cannot the porter OF the house
where he himself does not live IL he takes
lodging in another house, he can make neither OF
them voter A son may be admitted on the
list, but il he changes bis lodging from his ia
theirs house he loses bis rights. The drum majors
Of the national guard and the drummers are
voters. because they are salaried by Government,
but the colonel and captain are not. The police
spies are all voters being paid by the Government
Louis Napoleon, il he should resign, would not
have the right to vote These are only few Of
the anomalies which mark this singular law.
One Of the papers publishes q long notice Of the
fue genealogical museum Of our fellow citizen,
DR., Morton Of -Philadslphia~ The artist Ban
ward is here exhibiting his Panorama Of the Mic
sissippi His rival Smith, is here also, exhibiting
his. Both meet with success, although MIR. Smith
evidently makes the most money.
The attention of the President has been called
20 the numerous societies existing here for the
promotion of emigration to California, and he has
directed his ministers to take measures for ascer
tanning to what point these societies are able to
maintain their engagements The President fears
that the fever Of emigration may become 30 gene
raj as to injure the country. . Hundreds and
their properties and left hopeless in foreign land
by designing swindlers. The California fever is
certainly on the increase in Europe. Late arri-
- from Norway reyyeaAst the rr--h~A''''- Wv
emigraIlon inns yesr, from rnat country none OF
twenty Thousand persons If this continue, Cal
ifornis viii coon be = populous and prosperous
State, quite able to take care Of herself, In the
case Congress will not take care of her Why
should we not take immediate steps to link her TO
us by telegrsphs, railroads, and ships, so rs to
make her ours by evey tiel The population
from Europe viii generally be stout, hardy men,
able to cultivate the soil or dig in the mines
The late Cuban expedition is now viewed here
with eyes more favorable to our President Pub
lie opinion seems to free him entirely Of all sus-
piciou of conuiving at the attempt Of Lopez, but
the American people are thought to have favored
it. and still TO do So 0ne journal remarks that
in the South it was openly supported, and In the
North blamed only with the lips or this you
can Judge. The right of any people to shake of
oppression is iudisputable, and so is the right Of
others to help them This does not imply the
right Of one people to seize on the territory Of
another, or to shake of one oppression for the
purpose Of establishing another. Attributing 10
Lopez and his supporters all the merit they claim
it was only that of men refusing to psy over to
Spain the product Of the labor of the slaves, In
order to keep it themselves. IL made little DIFF
ference wbieh whipped ~ =
Last week, announced, on what | thought
excellent authority. that the difference between
france ana I'm, sasd had been settled This was
erroneous. Ii is now evident that the whole az
fair was arranged between France and Russia,
for the porpose Of overthrowing Lord Palmerston,
who is much too liberal for them. The doctrine
Of the English Ministry now objected TO is one
that gives to England the right Of interfering in
every revolution and every difficulty, on the plea
that the interests Of its subjects are at stake
This would open wide door for English infu-
ence in every part Of the world. IF England has
the right to tell the Kings OF Greece and Naples,
and the Duke Of Tuscany, that they shall put
down revolutions in their limits without touching
the property Of single English subject, she may
tell the United States the same thing or take the
supreme power into her own hands in States too
feeble TO resist her. and all under pretext Of right
ing her own subjects This doctrine is new one,
even for England Ia 1916, when the mob at
Cincinnati chased of the Eneishman Butler, and
destroyed his property, Butler asked redress at
the hands Of his Minister at Washington. Moth
ing was done. The doctrine has been invented
since, and is entirely incompatible with the
Independence Of other nations At the same time,
the overthrow Of the Palmerston Ministry now
would be great misfortune Its successors would
necessarily be Tory, and worse in every way
than Pamerston and his colleagues Russia has
protested and declared that il England persist
in her pretensions no British subject shall be
admitted into the limits Of Russia without first
abjuring all right to the protection of his coun.
try.
The Congress at Warsaw of German Princes
with the Guar has been followed closely by several
significant acts Two of these, the laws against
the press in Prussia, and the dissolution Of the
Assembly in Saxony, with Laws against the press
reestablishing capital punishment, and abolishpe
universal suffrage, | noticed last week. Since
that time, others equally significant have taken
place. The Duke Of Hesse Csssel has dissolved
the Chambers Of his Duchy before the vote of the
Budget, and before any vote was given TO enable
him to raise taxes. He intends TO govern with
the strong hand, and raise taxes on his own re-
sponsblity. Prussia has abandoned the cause Of
the Duches OF Schleswig- Holstein, and is about
| to sign a separate treaty with Denmark Add to
this, that all preparations for war have ceased in
Prussia and that the Russisn troops have retreat
ed from the frontier of Poland The Congress at
Frankfort has done nothing, but negotiations
have been resumed between Prussia and Austria
under the advice of Russia
The English have succeeded in getting the
Turkish Government to declare Scutsri free
port. This was opposed by the Russian Min
lister.
n safsc Tepoft vi All ihcuIteeion ~ oiei wv
was circulated here last week. Ii was 30 improba-
BILE that did not mention it.
In closing one word to the printer, and very
friendly one, for he can revenge himself on me
for any i'll humor But when ! write about
Russian hemp, he need not remove the scene to
Prusiq, which is not remarkable for hemp, so far
as have heard and when speak Of the senti-
ment Of frofermy,n why need he make me say
F." paternity 2" These are not synonymous terms,
and man may have one without the other:
Yours &c. w.