New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-13


ton of the blood: vaccination and chloro-
form Bacon ard Kant. Columbus and Nspo-
leon. Watt and Morse. are not of French
origin the frst If these preisrses seems not well
founded. Their Indifference to the ls.r anioa of
the hemlsphsres siRgularly weskens the second. To
give them credit however. where IL ! deserved
raey are ro be. acknowledged ss hrst among Euro
pean nations 10 encourage the award of tesilmo-
nia 70 Morse for the services he has conferred upon
them all This testimonial. however. is not So
honorable - them a. Ia the recipient. France, 70
geth.r with several other nations. Is 20 give him
4Uo.Uou francs-for what To scrrr 10 recognize
Mr. Norse's claim was on the part oi rance and
the associated Governments. considering That
France snd they are irresponsible 10 Courts OF Jaw,
and can be ~ nations are much gwen IN oe-unJust
with IMMUNITY was r most unusual, II not unique
honor shown To i great benefsctor of men ID ms
lifetime But # they once purpose 10 go beyond
the empty show of honor. then let the pecunnry
" Consideration given approximate the pecunlar!
value received II j. "a be borne IN NINA mere,
that While We recognized sRd secured Morse rlsht
of property ia his invention. the Continental Gov
ernmens of Europe seized upon tor their own use
-t,legraphug. under them. i,lng outside the helu
OF private enterprise. Now. France pays her share
of the i00 0c0 rancs--say half. or three quar-
tiers. or min. trnths of the whole sum-whlch Is
tritling fraction of the benefits she has received
from the telegraph. For laying aside whatever
may be calculated thecGiHc OF the Government dis
patches sent over the lines-the quantity Of which.
at least. Is commemorative net income irsm fees
paid in al the different stations by citizen customers
amounted IN the Year lcl alone 10 more than three
and half millions of francs 80 far from regard
ING this ptiiul award Of $4,000 as gcnerols or
even barely just, should fly ont against il pitt
tn and mean--were IL not after all, the finest thing
of lis hind recorded in history; We're il not
that any similar recognition OF services awarded by
the American Government or It's people, without
force of law, to European inventors IN science or
the useful arts. or literature, quite escapes my
rerOlection.
By the way. are any American representatives to
b. sent 10 the Copyright Congress. which meets IN
Brussels next MONTH | read IN Paris Journal this
week that the project of putting Asia and America
in telegraphlc connection BY the way Of Behrlng
Straits Originated with NJ. Babinet OF the lnstl-
tute." Is it not French annexation of an Ameri-
can idea
There is recorded IN the same journal a statisti.
cal fact highly cr,ditable 10 the French people.
Because it has been their misfortune to be driven
~ terrible deal of fighting by ambitious rulers,
aud because when once forced Ia il they have
fought bravey, the weak minded general reader
al their history has concluded that they fools
enough TO be fond of the painful, brutal business.
The truth is that they have good sense enough to
dislike as much MS any other people the stupid life
of the barracks and the hardships of active war.
The mass Of Young Frenchmen look forward with
painful anxiety 10 the day when the drawing of q
lucky or unlucky number decides whether they are
IL remain their own masters or sacrifice seven
of the best years of their life to dread
ed military slavery. All who can escape
do 50. Here is the proof: AZ, S22 young men of
the class subject 10 consumption of 1857 have
" freed themselves from military service by paying,
leach, l,sG0 francs" But this, unhapplly for
France does not diminish the army, but rather
democratizes it, The places of the liberia
ted cOnscrpts filled by reenllstment of soldiers
whose seven years term has expired, and who IN
stead of returning to the people take up the trade
OF soldiery. This fsvors the imperial policy OF
strengthening strictly standing army, the senti-
ments and interests OF whose members shall be-
separate from the popular sentiments and interests
retained in large part, by the recruits freshly drawn
from the popular mass, and looking eagerly for
ward to the time when they Can return to minge
with that mass.
To turn from these French GRANTEES Ia Belgian
gayety. Horse races, donkey races, carrier-plseon
races, human foot races, are familiar To ALL and
rather dear, it is to BE- feared, to many of your
Anglo-Ssxon readers These sports are most of
them as old as the races of men. Ii was reserved
for the men of Llege TO make an addition to our
cursOry amusements undreamed OF BY nomadic
Tartar or classic Greek aristOcratc EngllshInau.
They have instituted cat races, the first Of which
came of few days ago-I should say few nights
ago. for this novel kind of race differs as much
from others of the category in its accidents az, TO
use term of the schools, in ts quiddity. Eighteen
cats, belonging mostly to persons living in one
quarter of the city, were put into bags, and
carried to bridge more than a league distant
where they all took their start about midnight
The disposition Of these animals Ia return always to
their wonted place Of abode is well known. The
cat first back under or on the roof Of its fathers
came in at alipast twelve, and won the prize.
The larger part of the rest followed close, and
made good time. Two or three only Of the whole
company, either laggard or disspated, delayed
their return till daylight-rare exceptions to the
general rule of feline fidelity and morality.