The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-08-15
WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 49, 1850

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the close Of the session, as the strongest note,
are reserved by a band of music, for the end Of
the piece.
fact almost as important as tho jealousy ex
listing between the Royalist parties and the Pres
ident is the increasing luminosity of those parties
to each other. The Legitimists complain bitterly
of being duped by the 0rleanists in all the trans
actions between them. A more proper word would
be oatrieked. The entire failure Of the intrigue.
for remuneration of the House Of Orleans In
favor Of the Duke Of Bordeaux, has imbIttered
the Legitimists. The remuneration demanded
was smnlV iFp"rAssSh5> ssoen,f ~ ttfswrilstior
of the House of Orleans
.s-s"ri,s princes OF ms mouse
never claimed any other right to the throne Of
France, except the viii of the people
The Duke Of Bordeaux claims divine right
to govern France, even against the will of the
people. -----
The principle of Louis Philippe, excludes the
idea Of any right on his part, except as conferred
BY what he calls the people How, then, can he
transfer right which he denies having7
Besides this impossibiliiy on the score of prin.
ciple, the advantages of position are all in favor
OF the Orleans branch. They hold the throne
OF Belgium, and the presumptive heirship OF
the throne of Spain. Nothing would prevent
them from agreeing to Constitution Of the most
liberal character. The Prince de Joinville and
the Duchess of Orleans are personally very popu-
| lar in France
On the other hand, the Duke Of Bordeaux and
his very near relatives possess no throne His
doctrine Of divine right precludes the possibility
Of accepting terms from the people; for under the
legitimate monarch, all right is considered as GEN.
tvsd 10 tN'sS" asaepeop,s a,s flo rigass, oqe
only privileges granted by him And, to close the
parallel, the French people know nothing absu,
him personally while all their recolections of his
race are unfavorable. This being the state of tn,
case, the Orleanists will not transact with the lie
| gtimists. The consequence may be, that the lat
ter will seek allies on the benches of the Left ant
renew the old game of liberalism, played so lonl
under Louis Philippe, without deceiving any body
The President has lately visited several public
places; among them the Hippodrome and the
church of St Merry. He was saluted Al his exit
from both with cries, g thousand times repeated,
of huzza for the Republic.p Ii is a singular
fact, that whenever the President goes to public
place, without being announced, the above cry,
considered disrespectful to him, is universal; but
whenever the trip has been concerted beforehand
with the authorities Of town or department,
there are always great many shouts of 4" Huzza
for Napolson".
The Royalists are organizing secret societies in
every part Of France THERE'S no doubt of this,
as several Of them have already been discovered,
and the papers seized refer to extensive organ-
zation Of affiliated societies The Socialists are
probably doing the same thing. One Of theirs
was dicovered at Paris last week Several arrests
were made, and number of papers and the con.
stitution Of the society seized The Royalist
societies seem to be most numerous In the north
of France
There is something in the air unfavorable to
Ministers Of War. In Austria and Belgium, they
have Just been changed, and In France, the po-
sition Of Geps,a DrIautpoul Is a very a-s,s....
| one. He has offered his resignation three time,
to the President who has refused to accept II
The cause of this wish to retire lies In the un
pleasant personal and official relations existin,
between the Minister and General Changarnier
About two weeks ago. these were shown in rather
a singular manner: the Minister had written Il
colonel under the immediate orders of Genera
Changarnier, to ask for information on certain
points The colonel answered him directly, but
| ,,,,t b,,G
for not sending his answer through bis superior
officer. Children's qusrrels, these.
The journals have changed their prices to suit
the new law. The principal ones have raised
from thirty francs to forty-eight Next week the
stamp tax will be levied.
IL is feared that the President has ordered the
| two fine galleries of paintings In the Louvre,
known as the Spanish and the Standish galleries,
to be delivered TO Louis Philippe, who has claim
ed them as his private property-on what ground
does not appear The first was purchased out of
the civil list Of twelve millions, voted annually 10
Louis Philippe; and the second was bequeathed
by Frank Hall Standish, Esq, an English gentle
man, to Louis Philippe, for the purpose Of being
placed in the Louvre.
1t seems that Louis Philippe considers as his
private property everything he purchased with
the public money as King. The farce Of allow
ing this preposerous claim was commenced with
the Provisory Government, and has been kept
up ever gnce, at great expense to the French
people Last week the National Assembly or
dered the annual instalment Of three hundred
thousand francs to be paid on the dowry Of the
Duchess Of Orleans as II the French people had
not made . revolution to throw of all the bur-
dens as we'll as the humbug of royalty
A short article in the .Monnsu notices the re-
cent treaty made by the United States with the
-, H.. "a
the first step towards taking possession Of the
island of Hayti The fact Is commented on in
other papers with considerable acrinony Of feel
ing In regard to designs attributed to our country
of territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT. One journal in
dicates In 30 many words, that a league should
be formed against us Of oil the civilized nations
The report 10 quite current In the papers, that
Spain has erected the island Of Cuba into vice.
royalty The Marquis de Duero, man Of Arm
ness and ability, is said to be already designated
as Viceroy.
Some ship-owners at Dieppe and Havrs are
now collecting q new sort Of cargo for the rich
country Of California. 1t Is stated az fact, In
the best papers, that measures are already In
progress for the collection Of nine hundred and
nfty Of the outoast women Of Paris and the north
ern seaport towns, for the purpose Of selling
them In California to the emigrants. ! should
not mention a fact that appears 70 incredible,
were 1t not universally credited here At all
events do not vouch for It's correctness, for IL Is
impossible to believe that the French Govern
ment would permit such an expedition TO SAIL or
that our own would permit Il TO land.
Another report viii not vouch for Is that our
Government has sent Mr. Cspmsn to Europe,
for the purpose Of studying the different methods
Of decapitation practiced in Europe This would
be curious mission.
A better one is that Of Dudley Mann, Esq, to
the Swiss Confederation My impression up to
the present week has been that the mission OF
Mr.. Mann was secret one, but, a. find II men,
toned In the Swiss papers, have no hesitation In