The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-14

E's0" NY anbWer--While no ala not approve,
9 fully and unreseEvsdly acqoiosesd."
leaders OF this paper need not be told hoy
: exactly this manly ayowal agrees with what "
commended for during the tendency OF the SEM
{ tor'al election. and how eiiectuaiy itdemolishe
the reck less assertions Of those who persistngl
! opposed the wishes of their fellow Wings IN til
matier OF his election, to say nothing of certa
Democratic journals that were professedly NOR
anxious about his patriotism than they wer
about his politics. We say professedty, becaus
we do not believe that any intelligent New York
or ever, for a moment, really doubted the pa
, trlotlsm, conservatism and Unionism OF Hamilton
} Fish. II was safe TO bring railing accusation
J against him then, Governor Fish having, at th
J promptings Of II commendabie decacy, ndepen
} dence and sense of honor, refused, "while hi
name was before the public as candidate for
high and distinguished trust to answer questions
or to give Pledges" or TO submit TO dlctation 0
any kind
Now, however, and perhaps on the very frs
lifting occasion, he defines his position, and j.
found where we knew he would be found--re
serving private opinion on the details OF those
measures and not hesitatng, at proper times
as what freemen would--to give his own views
OF those measures, but nevertheless cheerfully
and cordially acquiescing 10 and supporting then
now that they are the constitutional enactments
OF the land; and deprecating any agitation re-
spectlng them until harmony is fully restored
and there has been ample time and opportunity
to watch their operations. No reasonable man
claiming for himself freedom Of thought and
speech, could desire more Of a senator of this
Union than full admission of the right of the
Southern States to an effective fugitive slave
law, as well as to the entire control of their
slave property, coupled with the declaration that
he is opposed to the repeal Of the law, and
would not be party to an agitation for the
modification Of it until all the excitement re-
specting it supplanted by friendly, harmonious
and conhding affection, sympathy and brother
hood"
We have only to add few words upon a very
/ felicitous incidental remark by Senator Fish. in
the course of his speech before the society, to
the effect that "we should have had less Of ex.
element and of agitation upon this subject had
the discussion, both before and since the adop.
ton measures, been confined to the times. the
places, and the occasions in which it arose
naturally, and of necessity" In this we fully
agree, not merely in the one application given
to it by the honorable senator, but as a general
rule. As a people we are perhaps too apt, both
by the pen and the tongue, to force on discus
sons and to excite public sentiment, and thus
by conflict provoke or prolong an agitation
which might otherwise be either avoided al
together or greatly mitigated II is contended
on the other hand that this eager politico-intel,
lectua conflict has many advantages, and results
generally in n more immutab!e and general
agreement upon the points at Issue. The ad-
vantages of impartial and earnest controversy we
fully admit; but our meaning is that even good
thing may be abused, and may lose much of its
efficacy and value by being made too common.
ADDITIONAL INTELLiGENcE RESPECTING THE
IMPRISONMENT OF CHARLES l.. BRACE, BY THE
AUSTRIAN GovEREMENT.---Le Letters have been re
ceived in this city from Hon. Mr.. MCurdy, our
minister at Vienna, dated June a. which infor s
us that this young gentleman is still in confine-
ment. The facts Of the case are these He has
been travelling in Europe for Information on the
| political and religious condition of the countries
he has viste' After examining at Vienna all
that could be learnt Of the nature of the Aus
tran government, he went on foot, as has been
his custom elsewhere into the Magyar country,
in Hungary. He was Hospitality received among
the late rebels, as citizen of that land which
had sheltered the hungarian exiles, and he visited
many OF the country seats of the leaders The
lea ousy of the Austrian authorities In that Sec
ton being aroused by the attentions he received
he was arrested at Gross Werdein, q village on
a branch of the THESE, in the eastern part of
! Hungary 300 miles east of Vienna and flung
into prison a revolutionary agent.
| Prince Schwartzenburg informed Mr. MCur-
dy that the accusations against him we're that he
had letters OF introduction to the late rebels from
refugees in America; that printed copy of a
| revolutionary pamphlet had been found in his
travelling bag, and that he took orcuitous paths
to visit suspected persons. From the representa-
tons made to Mr.. M'Curdy by the Austrian au
| thnrttiae ~ l.
a regular trial. Our minister observes that he
has been promised by the highest authorities,
that nothing harsh or unjust shall beflI him.
An investigation has been made in Vienna of his
character and pursuits while there, and that has
been favorable to his final release--Uar3ford
| Courdn
FASHIONS IN FRAHCE.-l'he fashionsin France,
like its politics, vary constantly Every day
some novelty in the toilette of those who lead
the fashion, is remarked such as the small
waistcoat for ladies', made exactly on the pattern
of a gentleman's vest, which is now worn in
morning costume The glory of having invented
it belongs to Madame de Baiseux, 10 Place
Vendome, the most recherche mantuamaker of
Paris. The material of the vest is white piquel :;
the form is open TO the waist the sleeves fitting
the arm tightly. The two auxiliaries indispen.
sable to display the grace and elegance of the
vest, are, in the first place, the corsets made
without seams, of Madame Dumoulin, Rue
Basse du Rempart, No. "a. so well known in
Paris as having the honor of supplying that ne
ccssary article of dress TO the prettiest and
most elegant women Of Europe, The success
which Madame Dumoulin is now obtaining at
the Exhibition in London, has established her
we'll deserved reputation. The second iudis.
pensable accompaniment is the pretty and grace
ful collar and sleeves the first, made of plated
muslin, high to the throat, fastened as the waist
coat, with buttons of coral, emerald, or any pre-
cious stone.
The house of Bertbier g. Co, the celebrated
fashionable shop in the Rue Richelieu, No. 81,
has the most beautiful display Of all articles of
ladies' toilettes such as the elegantly embroider-
ed pocket handkerchiefs, now wora so fine that
they can almost be PASSED through n ring;
lace ard muslin caps, collars, &c. Also, the
new fashioned mantelet Of embroidered muslin,
n ade in the form of scarf with a head, such
as was worn by the danes Of n century back /;
the dresses still trimmed with hounces very