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We confess that arc cannot our ,ran ONT of Nc
diBicWtg. On the coast Of Africa and alone tho
middle passage no Power appears to have strono
objection to the exercisepf the mutual right of y;
ltatlon and search but if you change the scene and
go to the waters of the Mexican Gulf, or to those
OF the Northern Atlantic, the right-even for the
meritoriOus and noble object of putting down a
cruise which in reality, exceeds piracy-may be as
serted in manner calculated to give offence to
highly excitable and Jealous people. If the gov
ernment of the United States, with view to the
suppression of the slave trade would maintain a
sufficient naval force in the Gulf of Mexico and on
the coast of Cuba, all just and proper measures to
ascertain the nationality of vessels sailing under
the American flag might be enforced without the
intervention of the cruisers any foreign power.
by the adoption of such course General Cass would
not only preserve his avorite doctrine in its integ-
rlty, but he would show to the world that the Uni
ted States, in common with civilized Europe, were
determined to put stop 10 a trade which they
themselves have declared to be s.irreconciable TO
the PRINCIPLES of humanity and Justice" and which
the great Powers assembled at the Congress of vi
emma in 1915 described as ''the scourge which had
so long desolated Africa, degraded Europe and
afflicted humanity"
MONS. BELLY AND THE NICARAGUA TRAN
SIT ROUTE.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
gives copy of the convention concluded between
the government of Costa Rica and Nicaragua on the
one part and Felix Belly acting on behalfof Milland
IL Co., of Paris, on the other, relative to the con-
cesslon OF an inter-oceanic canal by the river San
Juan and Lake Nicaragua The document is dated
May l. The company are to commence work in
Two years and complete it in six, and the channel of
tne canal Is to admit two ofhe largest ships to pass
abreast 1t is to be entirely under French direction
anu Ihe french government is to have the exclusive
privilege OF Keeping two ships of the water
or the route throughout the whole period occupied
in the construction of the canal. The duration of
the concession is ninetynne years from the opening
of the canal, and the line is to be open to ali flags
moderate tnll T,o
this scheme impracticablc the capital being esti-
mated at ten to fifteen millions sterling. Appended
to the above convention is a declaration signed by
the President of Costa ltica and Nicaragua setting
forth the suferngs they have endured from the fiji
lbnsters, and the risks they still run from fresh in
VasIons, known to be in preparation. and in reality
under the patronage of the United States govern
ment and appealing to the great Powers of Europe
TO sustain them in their independence and not leave
the coasts of Central America at the Isercy of ma
rauders, but enforce the observance of the public
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN NEW YORK.
From the Paris Universe, Nay 81
The prevailing element of the procession was Ger
man. In the United Stated the Germans are
generally practical materiasts, who believe in
this world only, and seek by every possible means
to lead truly epicurean life. If they do not sue
ceed they have to suicide which in Ameri-
ca is almost entirely confined to Germans. The
second element was Italian. An Italian in New
dandy, and seeks to conquer fortune by his dress
and manners. He embraces every profession quar-
reiS with the opera management endeavors to speak
in English to the public and relate to it his cam
palgns OF Rome or Lombardy, and ends by being
turned out of every respectable house because he in
suits the ladies' If the Italian has no resources he
grinds organ.
We now arrive at the French element The
Frenchman in New York, who is not in trade gen
orally gives lessons in French without any great
success II he Is not voter he turns red republican,
dreams of social earthquakes which would give him
an opportunity of displaying his splendid abilities
and SCOTS at the American republic; or else he is a
pauper, living in idleness at the expense of the
public and either pretending to be broken down in
health or victim of tyranny. The Frenchman out
OF his country is IDIOT who cries down his coun-
trymcn, and opposes in a narrow minded and vain
cial purposes. of course, these reflections do not
refer to the men of worth, who are to be found in
every nation and every party.
THE PARIS DUEL.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
writing on the 2Gth of May, says:
'M. de Pene, the victim of the duel with Sub
Lieutenant Hyenne, is to-day reported better but
no well founded hope is felt OF his ultimate recovery
liyenne and Courtcl (thc latter near relative of
the Minister of the Interior, and whose conduct in
the first duel was admitted to be honorable) were
summoned to Versailles. The officers of the earrison
gave them an entertainment, and it is said that a
toast was drunk to the defenders of the army, with
some smart remarks about journalism and Journal
lists. The animosty between the military and the
opposite element, the civil grows stronger and
stronger, and cnyenOms the existing discomfort
Among the men of sense and honor in the army
who have disapprOved in very decided terms the
second duel, is General Mcmahon. The law officers
are determined to follow up the affair vigorously.