Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-28

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ing Of sheep in France" As respects the division and
subdivision of estates the fact is DID, universally
known especially to every schoolboy who has read the
speeches of Daniel Webster, that notwithstanding the
thousands of acres which your correspondent says
certainly exist somewhers the accuracy of the state
ment in the text cannot be mpugned. In depart
ments says McCuoch he process of division and sub
division has been carried far in others but
generally if property exceed 100 or 200 acres and in
many instances if exceed 80 It's divided and portion
let to tenant"
Abiding to the law by which the subdivisions of land
ed estates is effected in France Mr. Webster as far back
as 1920 remarked that "if the Government do not
change the law the law in half century will change
the Government and he assigns as reason for this
opinion that what is lost in individual wealth will be
than gained in numbers in intelligence, and in
sympathy of sentiment" In note on this passage
Hon. Edward Everett observes that in 1874 it was
found that there in France at least five millions
and half of families, about twenty millions Of
souls who were proprietary families and that of these
about four millions of families had each less than nine
English acres to the family ON the average
is neither for the instruction nor the amusement of
your correspondent that enter into these details Were
such my object his laundering perverson of facts and
toa misconception of the simplest truths would to
indicate the hopeessness of The report briefly
adyrted to the law of France respecting real estate and
merely desire to prove that such is the law as it now
sts.
As respects the revenue of France it is notorious that
ii has greatly augmented within few years. and hence
the figures which might faithfully represent in 1851
give aggregate average for series of years before
after that period, would by do in 1857.
Of this fact your correspondent most unfairly ayas
himself not only regards the revenues but in respect
Of the products of domestic industry; and yet at
tempt at exact statements, for past years. is
qured in the report The statement general only and
for purposes of incidental comparison year with year,
on average
The of your the finances
of France this He insists that this vouminous report
SHALL like newspaper, give the financial intelligence of
yesterday Now it is than year since this great
work transmitted to Congress; and more than
year before that event probably this the earliest
portion of the four quarto Volumes prepared. What
folly them to demand figures strictly applicable to the
statistics of any country, and especially of country
like France in 1857 from work prepared in 1854 Con-
slider the statistics of country consider for
example, the imports and exports of the United States
In 1852 the imports exceeded the exports bullion excu
sve) by upwards of $40,00O000, while in 1856 the
exports exceeded the imports by about $15,000000,
making difference of upwards of $55, 0000 600 in only
four years. although the imports in 1856 exceeded the
imports in 1852 by than 500, 900, 000 have
not official authorities at hand to verify the assertion
but there be doubt that, what with the late
and the present expenditures of the Empire,
which thought to bankruptcy ITSELF the
floating debt of France has vastly augmented of late
well as the amount of the annual revenue exored from
the French people by extraordinary taxes. As for the
debt, however when .X.' will inform your readers by
how much the floating debt of France in 1851 exceeded
$4,000 100000" it may be worth while to notice his
pontless criticism As for the consolidated debt every
knows that it would be only necessary to add CT
pher 900 to arrive at pretty nearly the truth
If therefore, your asute correspondent will instead of
looping off sac ciphers" as he proposes add but one,
1sris imagine that one cfEl-ero have been
accidentally dropped by the printer his pefturbed spirit
may peralventure, this subject find repose.
On the whole, them every will agree, think that
the superintendent of the report and his assistant may
be well conent to err with such Macgregor, Nc
Culloch Matte Brun Daniel Webster and Edward Ever
ett than to be right even with illustrous parsonage
as your correspondents while the favorable opinion of
such men as Hunt, De Bow, Phelps, Wetmore and
large number of other most distinguished merchants and
Journalists, may very amply compensate them for the
rnfavorabe view of an anonymous newspaper scrlbber
who declares that the report has not zone redeeming
trait in style arrangement though he makes the lu-
dcroas acknowledgment that he opened the volume at
page 132, 'the only portion of the book have ex-
ahmed
Now, Freeman Hunt examined the entire volume and
evidently with much care, and what says he?
1t is the best arranged document that has
lated from the Departments indeed it is superior IN
POINT of arrangement to Macgregors celebrated WORK
Whose opinion is the valuable? The motive for
assault so unjust SO nvidous is not easy to divine.
It may not prove amiss however, at venture to init
that of all the ministerial officers in the Executive
Departments of the Government there is probably none
more laborious less snecure and none, there
FORE less desirable to an hunter than that of Su
pintendent of Statistics of the Department of State
rious, should writer who manifess such zeal-such
venom, indeed-n behalf of American fame, himself
prove after all-not an american! ~
ssPUNcHs" genial reflections on the restoration
of the ship Resolute we must not omit, although
they have become little passe since they first
reached us:
| q The REsoLUTE."--We we have been invaded by
Jonathan and all of us Engshers taken prisoners.
Capt Hartstene and his ova gallant crew have carried
away the best part of the Brtishersther hcarts We
have struck the generosity of the stars and stripes,
and only pant with feeling avenge ourselves by the
and greatest act of gratitude that destiny may yet
have in store for u.s. The Resozute, waif and stray
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