Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-11

Scuuess iePuuiCdnlsU, anu giving nef
Fsnce-F -Ffanks-feemen-ss proof conclusive Of her title.
II these claims be admitted the history of France is already
very unlike that Of her oysierwomsn wbo opening
oysters her daily asocaon for twenty years. and seeing
customers fat and happy in their consumption declared that
she hardly knew the taste Of the having but half
o dozen oysters and that msny years ago.
This appears to be the proof of the French claim Of first
discovery and invention Of the electric telegraph:
few days since took place the public sale Of the library
OF M. Deraut In the collection found dusty old
manuscript entitled Dissertation Fectricte appiguee
Id transmssion des noupeies. II bears date 1865
the signature Louis Lesage and is said to be enriched
with valuable Charles Bonnet the celebrated Genevese
physician and natural philosopher The manuscript
knocked down to professor Of the University of Glasgow
The physician Lesage the Of Frenchman settled in
Switzerland Frenchman by BIRTH his medical and scen-
the studies were completed Paris which for several
years his residence In 1850 he returned to Switzerland
and IN l774 as the goes he acuey established in
Geneva electric telegraph This telegraph composed
Oh twenty separate wires, answering to the weny-f
letters OF the alphabet His apparatus, oil imperfect
averred TO have contained and illustrated the principle Of
that watch is now in such general use.
If the MSS proves be genuine shall doubtless hear
more it would greatly crafty French vanity to establish in
favor Of Fenchman priority Of invention, barren though it
proved to be.
The Academy of Sciences has just received two commun
Of these is from NJ. Ed Robin, and the other from M. Au
gendre French gentleman resident in Consantnople.
Each processes have discovered about the tme
without any communication with another, another re-
markable property Of this agent. Il appears to be anti
septic of marvellous virtue preventing animal decomposition
after DEATH promptly checking it if already commenced
Muscular flesh and all the animal tissues when subjected
its action, become fixed for long psriol of time in the pre-
else form and condition In which they may happen to be at
the moment Of applications and natural coors to the
delicate shades preserved without the change
The memoirs have been both handed commission of
the academy for examination. Experiments will be repeated
presence of the commission and will be made the subject
Of future report Ihe promises # The aDgune discoveries
nearly realzedi in addition to its anesthetc qua
ties, possesses the virtues ascbed it, chlorofor will
rank among the very first Of the benefits conferred by science
upon humanity. Among the to which it may be
applied the conservation of animal food ensurng fresh
meat during the whole Of long voyages the peser
vaton of military and naval stores and the keeping in
Of anatomical specimens which, hitherto kept aco
ho lose the original sze form, and color becoming al
most useless for the students purposes may be efficient
y used for dsnecting the peserous atmosphere Of dsect
ngooms rendering the dissection of the human body hh-
ero loathsome and dangerous comparatively agrsea-
BILE and harmless office Choroform will afford too the
venent and cheap Of preserving from corrupon and
perfectly natural state, the bodies of friends which, for
removal for other purposes may be desirable to keep un-
inferred unusual length Of time These only few
of the long list Of benefits which choroform in its app
cation is destined to confer.
The amusements of the in Paris have commenced
with unusual animation Parties succeed each other rapidly
and spite of the retreat from the beau monde for
Of several Of the leading fashionable families who abstain
from respect the mourning in which the late royal family
involved the parties are more frequent and brilliant than
last year. ..e.
PARIS, DECEMBER l9, 1850.
Again have no political news of much import
ance to communicate. The calm which reigns all
parties will strive to maintain, in order not to check
the commercial activity which always marks in
Paris the commencement of the year.. 1t is the
most important, the most profitable season to the
small tradesmen, and to all engaged in the produc
ton or sale of fancy articles in which so large por
tion of the trade Of Paris consists. Every body,
and all classes here give or receive presents upon
New Years day. And for ten days preceding and
subsequent to Ist January, Paris assumes phys-
ognomy quite distinct from that it ordinarily wears
The accustomed observance of this season none
would derange; for, it passes well ill, millions
pass the succeeding year more or less happily,
more or less comfortably. :.,-
1t is this consideration alone which has caused
the adjournment Of proposition to vote, for the
year 1851, another three millions supplement to
the salary affixed by the Constitution to the Office
of President. This appropriation is now spoken
of by the Elysean journals as matter of course
as measure sovereignty necessary" the intro
duction of which cannot be deferred longer than
the middle Of January. There can be hardly any
doubt that it will be triumphanty carried through
the Assembly. 1t will indeed be unreasonable to
refuse for 1851 what they admitted to be necessary
in 1850, and so necessary to justify one of the
most egregious infractions of the Constitution that
the history of French republican legislation can
yet show. Circumstances are the same; what
should be an insuperabe objection has been put
aside, and have no doubt that in the course Of
January and February the expenses of representa-
ton asked for will be granted.
A more important matter is the report just rem
dered by M. JULES De LAsTEYRIE in behalf of the
fourteenth commission of parliamentary initiative,
touching proposition submitted providing for the
appointment of special committee to examine the
new list made out throughout France under the
new electoral law, and draught for the considera-
ton of the Assembly bill for the amendment Of
that law, if upon such examination they deemed
amendment advisable. The friends Of universal suffrage
hoped that time and the partial experience Of the new law
reducing by very significant figures the number OF electors
had operated such change in the opinion Of the msory
would favorable reception to propositions
TO modify the law Of 3ls May than had been accorded to
two attempts made four FIVE months ago. Thus far
however, the fate to await the renewed PROPOSE
ton The Commission pays the Assembly to reject with
out hesitation. If the proposition says the report has