The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-18

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: an EnglishInan, and nothing more They live
IN the same way, work at the same hours, eat at
the same time, and Of the same sort Of food and
. are all seqnestratsd when away fiom home fsom
q the society Of women" ~
r The French at London III
a AT London the French labor under two sub
jects Of anxiety, caused by their national preju
G dices Accustomed to consider themselves az
the first people IN the world, 10 dazzle some, TO
dosp'se others, aud to display every where the
confident pride OF their supremacy they, on
: treadng the British soil, experience the impress
r sion of greatness not borrowed from them
they astonished ut finding a people as r..
markabe as ours, as original as we are. and car
. rying to a still prouder degree the sentiment Of
their pre-eminence. Then our countryrneu be-
come disqueted the intolerance oftheir national
'ath becomes miugated; they are i'll ut easc.
and for the first time in their Ii, o. feel con-
! straint Ceasiug to believe themssiyes amonoxt
slaves ms in Italy, amongst vassals ns in Bel
GUM, or amongst innkeepers as in Switzerland
, or Germany, they endeavor to resemble soye
reigns visiting other sovereigns, and by forced
politeness render them involuntary homage"
Feeling Of the English toward the FRENCH
"They honor us with marked attention.
though they are indifferent y the rest Of man
+ kind. Our opinions respecting them cause
siasticay, or disparage us bitterly; but, in
reality, they are obsequious and seryilc toward
usp ~
Il After good deal of the numerous statues
to Wellington, this at English admiration Of
Waterloo
"The trumpet of Waterloo which has been
sounded in London every where necessarily, and
in every tone, during thirty five years. diminishes
the grandeur of the English nation. This in
toxication seems that of a people who, never
lhaving won more than one battle, and despair
ing to conquer second time, cannot recover
from their surprise, nor bear in patience an un.
hoped-for glory"
How the English Judge Napoleon
I "Public opinion has avenged the prisoner Of
st Helena; but does it follow that in 1915 the
English protested with sufficient energy against
his imprisonment! No. Englishmen are natur
ally indifferent and indulge 4 as regards their
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., so long as patriotism or pri-
vate interest is not at stake. Napoleon was the
most terrible Of their enemies he placed Eng
land within ten steps of bankruptcy, and serious
y menaced national manufactures Not pos
sessed of military instinct, the English do not
pretend to chiyalrous generosity. On the fall
of the Empire, caused by the implacable per-
severance of coalitions, the nation remembered
that the hundred days cost its government
not made up, their resentment underwent no
diminution. But now if you celebrate his glory
before them they will not display hostility.
You must not, however, touch the till of this
tribe of tradesmen, or they will be your bitter
enemies. And tho proof that they are nothing
but shopkeepers is that their first functionary
sits in gided arm chair on a woodstock"
THE FLOOD IN THE MIssIssrpPr-It will ba
he folI ..,Lsn IL r
the ST. Louis Republican, that the wafer in the
Mississippi and tributaries has nearly reached its
height:
From o'clock of Friday until o'clock the
next morning it rose 81 inches, and from that
time until o'clock yesterday evening il rose 81
inches, leaving the water feet 10 inches below
the flood Of 1874. tbs now over almost all Of
the sidewalks on the levee, below Locust; above
that tits up in the streets. In the southern
part of the oity, most Of the lower portions are
submerged.
A large portion of the eastern side of Dun
cans Island has been washed away. One of the
houses near the flag staff has been swept away.
and the other has been pulled down and put into
boats. The water is running rapidly through the
center slough on the Island. Present appear
ances indicate that but little of it will remain a
ter the food subsides
On the Illinois shore, we regret to learn that
it has cut round the eastern end of the dyke.
One of the frame houses, opposite that end Of tho
dyke, has been carried away, and the other was
expected to go late last evening. 1t was the
opinion, yesterday evening, that Cahoka creek
and the river would come together at the end Of
the dyke,
From all the accounts we have from the up
per rivers we believe the rise is at or nearly at
its height
Lar hat L. -
is going on across the river Last evening the
water was over the floor of nearly every house
in llinostown. and in many cases up to the
second story. In most places il was from three
to FIVE feet deep. Families were getting off in
skiffs as fast as possible, but with great Diff
Guilty
We learn by the officers of the steamer Mine.
sofa, down last evening from Galena, that the
river was falling from that point down TO Mo-.
trose. 1t was reported at Montrose that the
river had fallen eighteen inches during Thurs
day night, and from that point down, there was
no indication of further rise. AT Burlington
and points above, there were heavy rains, which
caused rise of about two inches. Tbia how.
ever, will not effect the present. rise opposite this
city, as the body Of water will pass off before
the rise reported will reach this point We slso
learn that the Des Moines river had fallen, rapid
ly, and up to the time the Minnesota passed
that river had receded seven feet
| The Missouri river was out Of its banks in
many places, but there were many bottoms
which were not overlooked. The flood has
not been in any degree, 80 disastrous as that Of
1874, and the water, for the whole distance. ia
nearly II not quite as high as it will be- Tha
is corroborated by later teegraphic accounts.
despatch from Jefferson city Says the river
is at stand. There has been no rise to-day;
no drift. aft
J PARTLY TRUE.--The editor of the Albany
Dutchman is philosopher. We cut from hi
last paper the following;
TO DO sober man, we know Of few thing.
better than soda water or time The very mot,
who are now the pillars of the church were
only few years ago, among the rowdy young
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