Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-06-30


Tai FEEscH Anaar The French army has lesrn-
sed itspowers and II has + has dis
covered that Il Ii master IN France, and not Louis
Napoleon. The late duel III which writer for -
humorous paper wss marked out as victim to mil
.ary domination, not the result Of commentary
passion, but the evidence Of deliberate design to
assert the tyranny of the sword W bile French
civilians-so far as they dared-have condemned the
duel-the officers of the army have actually Jsted
the actors in the disgraceful affair. Paris CORES
pondent says - $3.50 sf5' 80
have to report an indecent and savage demon
stration on the part Of the army, in favor of the
military delinquents who figured in the recent atroc
duel, which, If it did not reach me from an UNI
doubted source, could not have believed possible.
Yesterday, Lieutenants Roge and Hyenne, who are
quartered at Abbeville, appeared pursuant to sum-
before the Judge of Instruction at Versailles
to be Intercepted touching the circumstances of the
encounter in which they were both seconds, and one
the latter-a principal After the examination,
they were invited to splendid banquet by the
officers in garrison at Versailles. The Colonel Com
mandant met them as they came out of the judges
office, and escorted them to the mess room. The
band played during dinner. The two honored guests
sat on the right and left hand of the colonel At
dessert, a toast was drank ito the health of the
conquerer and the future success Of the cause."-
Only think that in the country Of Molere the con-
queror" thus toasted is officer distinguished only
by having broken all laws, whether religious, moral
chvalrous, out of his inordinate thirst for the
blood of literary man who had written a harmless
lampoon, not against himself his friends. COM
rades but merely against his cloth. The thing tran
sends belief Hitherto. the French army has never
emulated the staggering deDeanor, which makes
the Austrian, and other officers of despotc govern
ments detested in private society. The present
violent Transformation in the manners of the French
army must be traceable to impulsion from their
superiors. I have not before mentioned rumor
which has reached me from various sources, that
there are political reasons why collision, between
civilians and the military would be welcome because
it would serve as an excuse to augment the power of
the latter. am now, however, when 1 see the un-
natural attitude assumed simultaneously by differ
ent garrsons, inclined to believe that there be-
at least, some substratum Of truth in this report
The CoTroN CRoP.--The following statistics, which
appeared in the New Orleans Picayune of the 10th
inst, will doubt interest those of our readers en-
gagged in the cotton trade:
The accounts in relation to the damage done by
the overflow show that it will turn out to be much
larger than was generally unprecedented. Moreover,
the last advices represent the rivers to be rising,
that there is not the remotest chance that any of the
submerged lands can be made available for cuva-
tion Some very experienced parties who do not
express an opinion lightly, estimate that the land
now under water produces from 200,000 to $780, 900
bales.
The period of blooming this year may be set
this point not reached until the Oath, so that
we are full! three weeks ahead. We subjoin the
dates of blooming and the earliest fall frosts for the