Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-05-07

'''- 81" the kill ey had learnt nearly half century
"''' '"' tile g".er number o: military chiefs and
'"r heads o the various minstering departments we're
an''err~i tom the regularity and facilities OF hons. scr.
vice to IA ID ie resources the habit- aud the language
oi ~hich were utterly u kno~n to them In such Ca.
'e hr-' Thought Oi D-~ dIcrei commander .as to sex
the ad I Those European. Who had tor year. -.tab
s-i Ia the country. The Co,-uls Of France and Eng.
i were 500" the resource of every Coi,sariat officer
shO wished ur Information a,It the price. of oxen or
OH'ey they were applied every colonel who w.n,
!" eArh the BEST -iI Tor an enc'mPmsu they we're the
universal authority all matters Of individual nc comoa-
ton IA the o~us where they Resided We know not
'h"' may have been the With allies but without
Consular assistance the British officer despatched ON mis-
on could not obtain orase f)r his horses get his linen
Washed Or hnd place to live in, food To eat or bed
TO lie get dill ca-hed or put letter in the mi,
what the military servants OF the CrU~u have exper,.n
eed dunng the late va has been we'll known for year. To
those connected ~ith the Levan In the capital OF that
strange world the great European Powers are rrpr.t
u! ipOnatsts oi the highest rank large body OF s.cr
LAfvr, attiches aud dfagutas u-ys the order. of col
Ambassador. At the Court the sultan th.r.,,r. tb.
interests ct civilization might well represented Re-
Tres or the wrong, suffered by occasional tourists v
ionias or Maltese or even by those Eastern Chris
Tor whom II u the sometimes to Dt.rf.r. r,
%" doubt be efficiently demanded by ih. high placed en-
i,seitative OF British Sovereign But all that il i,
'e capital must oe ioonded on the reports inferior
gents Ia outy ing proynccs where road. exist NOT and
posts are irregular, where the English tongue seldom
neard, and hardly of European birth has ii. rd hi
residence. The Ministers -tian Powers ar. man,
~ dependent the Co-uls ony for inf,r,natiop h
'"r tile possibility OF success in carving scheme OF
Improvement THE Consul Lring beio. bi. Chief AZ.
Instance oi INJURY to British interests both public and "a
Nitr u II he desired to put stop corr tuption or mn.
iue the Consul must not only have the courage To tell
~~t has been done wrong but also to interfere actively
10 prevent repetition Every more Or les de.
pendent on tl- machinery, but England l. 80 espeeialv
4nee no large population o her faith. no numerous,
Oand OF settlers iuhabts the country and takes the na
Of recognized diplomatic agents.
IL l. not strange therefore that the state of our Con.
'af establishments should be criticized AT tim. whom -
many Institutions are called iu question. We have no
is 70 cast any reflection on the persons Who throughout
the East hl Consul Nicr-Consu MANY of them h,vs
uIing the late rendered services To their country and
ons or two have shown themselves men of energy snd ~
'ource ia difficulties II IL indeed surprising that with
such system o appointments lew defects have b.con,
visible. But 1t NOsd he disregard of all that has hen
most clearly proved concerning East 10 be -ilent on
the many evils Which attend the careless system of istr
uiing those Offices. From causes the r-at,on. f
Eugilshmen with Turkey have declined during the n.t
hundred YEAR, Ia old times before Give and Hastings
ad added an empire to the British Crown, tue Turkey
merchant ~As tue type OF wealth and commercial enter
PH- ~ long the reign OF William Ill the tr,d-
"lih the evant was one Of the great uf national
"ealt Tue popular historian of the present day tell,
hoN the SN fleet o merchantmen set ou cnvov
cd by 40 sails OF the line and how the destruction of
part OF It caused terror the Roya exchange F.w
traces OF tins great traffic The tide ot English
uterpri>e TOOK another direction and has left th, I.t
Try ami barren until within the last three years The e.
want Company i nov represented by only one or t~u
hrm-' Who DO business in old fashioned
| style, and LETT far behind by quck.uitt.I
| D'rrvks and Maltese. The Consequence has l.-,,
that the COnsulates Of the East have becnne ~
h'te value OalS f~ povert, ,strcken traders we're 10
&c oind III towns which we're the an e1ten.
ave commerce The salaries had been always small but
oi old the position Of honour conferred many
advantages. Now the remuneration remains the same
uut the Inducements to aud TO settl. i'm .uc o
,curr regions have almost vanished All but few of tn
eihei Consuates are therefore filed by ~ho cannot
| Us called EHghshme" some OF English origin
but borne ami bred liz the East men 10 whom pvrna -
priceIy capital anu who look Malta a. presenting
the most perfect ideal English society Many max no
| pFetehtious To British extraction sympathies These
generally tn. NIceCOnss in the interior are person t
would enter the serVic "i any Power and are English
officials only because e Crown chooses to employ them
Instead OF sending responsible persons from among its own
-u!eets IheN are Oi course, acquainted Slh the rou-
r duties OF their oo they speak the language, of the
Fast with more or less Heucy and have acquaintance
"th the district IN whic they reside but we think no
wrong Is done them wcn It il said that they hav btt
knowledge Of English feelings or care Tor English inte-t.
nor i their kno~egr Ut EUROPE sufficient 10 make them
reien' agents in any plan for improving the country they
Whatever be the disappointment which the entbusi.s
TIC nay eel S the close oi this war can believe ,ht
moral status quo Is to h- rc-estAblshed. We NAV re-
sret that Turkish dupL,iiy and obstinacy have pfved
more than natch for satesmanship and that
possibly the social changes i the Ottoman Stat. NAV h
deferred Tor yeais, altogether evaded But vet seem,
asreeu at The East u % again closely connected with
English interests that couutrymen are likely once
more to seek wealth a in those distant land. IL
recognized also that moral obligation ress upon US
we began the war Wit declaration in favour of civilza
ton and good government ia Turkey. IL was Inv accom-
ting this pledge that Justified resistance To Russia
ana our reputation of thc preteNts which she used for
her aggression IL l. the fore natural be anxious tb.
our means OF future should be efficient and com
pleie II we are TO CON period il seeins as
we'll tolook TO- new aud worthy instruments Now. the
practical evil seems 70 be hat Consular agents are mis-
ersbly underplid Noman who can read and ~ri, souL
quit Lngianu " accept NceCOnsulate in the heart Of
Anat"la. Su'h person would condemn himself TO ban
shment TO distant region for perhaps l5l a-year with
little hope OF auy change for the better consequently
all these post tall TO the small traders of the province
who often seen " appointment for the sake o the adj
vantages it nv TO their private spcculAtioDs We
are almost tired oi holding up the French model but
there seems o." dolbt that the plan adopted by them i a.
successful ~ t e. reasonable Tue Consulate has been
made by the French Government career like dplpu,,cv
In fact there are often in the East example. Of
men being tn .rrred from the inferior TO the higher de-
paftmcut Y French CoIsul il allowed 10 trade Zach
receives sal'y sufficient Tor the maintainaice of hs
rank, and u promoted h seniority merit 90 the larger
| towns aud Provinces. Nearly all are Frenchmeu born
aud certniy nScwarmne in their cOunrv- cause i NOT
among the number OF their faults The establishp,spt
probably cost much France tnan to u but il
for Parhmcf o. determine whether under the eircun,
stsuccs there 70, not call for wise hberaitv The pre-
sent Is goof opportunity for the reconstruction of ser.
vice which c'n'rssedy Inefficient The number oi those
Who have acquired knowledge Of the Fast it, people
and its languages small they will have all th, At
linmcuts q has hitherto been thought n.r...,rv q,
L.
publd spin ~hich mr..y nominal subjects can never
possess 10 rcsts With he Government 10 iniuso ue.
life into thi. old diploma Of the Fast
Wruusu PEov,Ep>- The following cutting from one
Of The glasgow "Pcu,y Ananscs" Tor this wear will be
found generally tue anil useful ia it, observations as
not unwoitly Of bcirl copied.
"WrtrHsE WIsDns--A rainbow in the morning gives
the shepherd warui. Tnat IT, the wind be sasterv.
because 10 shows that the ain cloud i approaching the ob
server.
\ ainbov AZ mig is tie shepherds delight This i.
al-' gcoi sign, provide, he wu bc westerly a. it shos.
that the rain clouds passing asay
Evening rcd, aud most morning gray are certain sign.
of beautiful day.
Whom ihc gow.Wu,u lights her lamp the air Is alway.
damp.
u Che cock goes Growing to bed he'll certainly rise With
a wttcty head.
when you see go..,mer flying, be ye sure the air Il
driving
When black snail. ross your path. black cloud. much
moisture hath
When 'hc peacocs oudly b,sls soon wen have botl
rain tud squalls.
When ducks are diving through the burn. that nigh
I the Srathrr tikes q iufu