General Intelligence

F ranee and Algiers. - In the course of a ate debate in the Frencli Chnmbers of Depuies, M. Joly, a lending nicniber, epoke of lie condition and prospecta of 'Algeria' in the followiiigf terms - discourn ping indeed, bot, o the appreliension of disinterested observers, uil of such salutnry truth as ought not tobe without its effect upun the councils of France: M. Joly considered that the position of France in Algeria was gelting gradually worse and worse. The army had been 75,000 in 1S4L, and move than that nuniber had been in the hospilnls. A fifih part had been lost from tlie chmate and fatigue. The commerce of the colony was absokitely nuil, and the nly exports it senï to France were leechesandlions. (Laughter.) It was said that when Ab-del Kader feil, mattere would inprove; but when was thaX to take place? - No one could say The conduct of the French troopH had, in fuct, respected nothing, and thfi verv first houses thev had erected were"b-med of siones taken from Arab graves.- tie maintnined that the war in Algeria icas arts ivilhout dign'ty, and wovld bc without re.hult. It was, besides. dreadfully expensivc, ihe death of eacli Arab cosiing Frunce thirlythree men and one hundred andjijïy thousund francs. This was the calculation ofacometent peison, M. Leblanc de Preboist, a capain nthestaff. It was allcged thatthenrmy would soon besupported nltogethor in Algeria without putting the mother country lo ny expense. To effect that, four hundred housand colonists were required, and at presnl, tliei e tccrc only twelve hundred! Could he nnmber of four Imndred thousand colo)6ts bo speedily brought together? He hought not, for experience proved llie contrary: as the Cape of Good llope, after one jundred and fifty yeare, had collecicd only eighty-five thousand. What, besides, would the colonists have to produce? Not sugar, 'or there were already two manufactories of that article. Coulditbe.com? África was certninly snid to have been the granary of Rome; bnt, ïf that were true, the soil was now exhausted. Whatever thcy cultivatcd could only fonn a cowpetition lo Üie produce, of Ihe home country. Editors, $-c. You are too cool,' says one - i.oo hot says another. 'Milk and water,' sneers a tliird- 'too vinegarish,' cries a fourth. 'Givc us ppice,' insista this man; 'nows, newe!' thunders another. 'Avoid trifliug,1-- ■ ■ - ■ ■■ '" ''Pshaw! eschow philosopby.' 'Too many long articles;' comes from one quarter - too many short ones;' from anolher. Such is the Babel of voices which rise around the tripod, and threaten to drown the cdilor's own sense of what is proper, uniese he has the firmness of a rock. He must blow hot and cold, give milk and etrog meat, be a news-#atherer and philosopiier, a drudge and a genius, and talk long nnd short - at the earae time. He ie called upon to do iinpossibilities, then condemned for attempting them. Of all men the editor should have a brow of brass, a heart of iron, and the skin of a Rhinoceros. Ho3 the world vet to learn the great truth, that a newspaper should be like Noah's ark - full of all sorts of things, of every living thing of all flesh, of fowls afterlheir kind, and cattle after their kind, of every creeping" thing of the earth after his kindf of everj clean beast, and of beasts that are not clean, of all food that is caten, and last of all, of Man and lus Works? Doubtlcss Noah found himeclf in ralher close proximity to some things lic did not like, at times - but then it was better to have all sorts of living thing s in comany, than no Jife at all. - Philanthropist. Dudling in the South. - It is high time ome effectivo measures were adopted in this ountry for the suppression of duelüng. Evry State has a law ngainst it, and every law is a dead letter. In England the magnates of he land, the young and the haughty as well s tbose of cooler blood, are setting thcir faces gainst the foul practicc, nnd banding themelves logether for its suppression. Here - ut let the followjng from the N. Orleans paers of a single day teil the story: ■'rom the N. Orleans Diamond of the 2Oth. The Duel of Yesterday. - There was coniderable excitement in the city last evening in consequence of a hostile meeting between Mr. lueston, of the Ba ton Rogue Gazette, and the Jon. Alace Ta Branche. The parties met at six o'clock ai "the Oak?," a shorl dista nee from the Gent illy road. The weopons selected doublé barrelled shot guns, to be loaded with ball - the parties to fire between the worda one and five. They fired four times; the result of which was as folows : First fire - Mr. La Branche discharged both jarréis at the same time,and before Mr. Hueston had fired a eecond barrel,the time expired. Of course he lost a fire.Second tire - Both fired single barrels at intervals. Mr. La Branche's second barrel struck the panteloons of M-. Hueston, and pnssed through ihe knees of them, without touching the flesh. Third firo - Mr. La Branche fired both bárrela at the same time; the balls passed through the hat of Mr. Hueston, about two inches npart. Fourth 6re - Mr. Hueston fired first, Mr. La Branche's shot took effect in the left Bide, on llio Juot rib) and paoscJ out on the othor side, ranging low down. He threw his gun forwaril, and feil back at full length on the ground. The wound was at first pronounced mortal by the physicians n attendance. The parties exhibited on the ground the utmost coolness and fortitude. Huesion was placed on n jitter and carried to a house near the grouud. We are happy to state that at a late hour last night, hopes were entertüined of his recovery.P. S. - Most Bincerely do we regret the Juty that devolve? upon ns of announcing the jeath of Mr. Hueston. He expired at half past 11 o'clock, in full possession of his mental facukies. A duel took place yesterday afternoon on the Bayon rond, with 6mall swords, between Mr. Joseph Dyer and Mr. Lablnnc, n which Mr. Dyerreceived 19 vounds,and Mr. Lablanc threenoneof which are mortal. We hear of not less than three duels on the tapis at present. The Thames Tunnel.- The following is an extract from one of Thurlow Wecd'a letters from London, to the Albany Evening Journal :Moísdat, July 17. I have been through the Thames Tunnel. This is to London what the Crotón Water Works areto New York; the great achievment of the nineteenth century. There is nothing at eilher entrance of the Tunnel which indicate9 that you are in the vicinity of this extraordinary improvement. We passed over it in a sleamer in the morning, without being a ware that other masses of fellow beings were qtiietly walking through a subterranean passage below us! The visitor is directed "this way to the Tunnel Q " by n board on the corner of the street. You descend a winding stone stairway of one hundred steps, and enter into the Tunnel which is well lighted with gas, and nfforded asa cool, pieasant walk afler four hours1 exposure to the sun. The Tunnel has two avenues, each wide enough to allow twelve or sixteen persons lo walk abreast. Half way through a print ing press is Etationed "by roynl authority," which is throwing off sheets containing an account of the Tunnel . I told the man I would purchase two of hie sheets, provided he would allow me to pull' Ihem myself. This, upon learning that "I knows the ropes," as they say at Bea, he consented to. I have, therefore,an account of the Thames Tunnel printed by myeelf standing midway between the London and Surry sides of the River. seventy feet below its bed, with steamers and ships passing riirectly over my head. Jlmerican Liberty. - A citizen of Pehnsylvanin, named William Wall, was arrested last j week in Alleghany Conty,Mary!and, chargcd witk bclng an Abolilionist, and witkting piiblications Javorahle to hts principies! He was brought before a magistrate,examined, and for want of bail, was committed to answer brTHBFELONTÜ Whot a glorious Union! How beautifully it operntesf How adrmrably it secures the personal Liberty - the inalienable lights of tlie citizensl How would it answer for the authorities' of Pennsylvania to arrest, and a citizen of Mnryland, for tntertaing and promidgating sentivicnts favorable to slavery? Would the Southemers be satisfied to have such a person stigmatized as a h-xon? By no manner of means. A case like that would throw the whole Southero country into commotion, and would conrert it at once into a fuvnace of fiery indignation. And y et, while lier citizena ore imprisoned, and hranded as felona, beeause they entertain and proclaim the principies of Liberty, the North remains as cold and insensible as the granite rocks! - Hampshire Gazeüe. It is unrjtiestionable whether thero is a civiüzed country on the face of the globe, where the freedom of speech and of tbought, and the intercourse of society are so cunailed, as they are in one half' the States of this Union. We boast of our country, as a free country, while one half of it is subject to a despotism more degrading than the darkest spot in Europe. -And what is worse even the paper which utters such indignant rebukes, is at this moment zealeusly engaged in endeavoring to strengtben that despotism by elevating lts most distinguished champion to the highest office in the nation. Shame! - Emancipator.The President ai Ten-pms. - A correspondent 'of the New York Express writes from Old Po'int, Va., under date of Aüg. 8th, as follows: 'To day the President had all the officers of the garrison to dinewith himat the Aygeia Hotel; and a right merry and plea6ant party it was. The whole party have just adjourned to tlie nine-pin alley, wbere the President heads one side of the mutch-g-ame, ana Col. Walbach, the commandant of the garrison, the otlier. The President' s side beat the first rame,and there was a tie ín the second, which was to be decided by a eparse ball thrown by the President and Col. Walbach. Here the scène was very interest ing. The President knocked down 8 pins, and then ttirning to Col. Walbach, remarked - 'So dis'inguished a soldier as you ought not to be beatón. I crnnmand you to beat this gnme. You have n?v er disobeyed an order.' To which the veteran (he is 78) replied - 'I will endeavor to Mr. President, to do it,' - but he only kaocked down 5 pins.Punishmcnt oftíie Slavc. - Wesley and Smith, two slavcs, were iried lor robbery in New Orleans on the 8th inst., agreably to the provisions of the black code, bya tribunal of Recorder Baldwin and two citizens. They werecharged with robbing Mr. James Ranney of $635. Wesley was oc-uiinioJf Smith ivnsi fuunS uilty oitJ teiitoiiccil to seveniy-five lashes - ticenty-Jive a day and well laid on anti to wear a three prangcd iron collar f or $iz tnonths. - Clncinnuli Daliy Tlmss, Another abolition lie, fome will say; others, that it is just right for a nigger. We say just right, too, if wliite iheives are punishcd in the same way. "Ye shall have one manneroflaw as well for the stranger ns onc of your own countrj'. " Who ever heard of white criminal sbeing comptlled to 'Hvear a three-pronged iron collar for six montlis?" - West. Citizen.Associated Action.- So benificent are the results of associated action fortbe suppreasion Df evils, we wonder that it is not tried against duelling-. Measures, we soe, have been taken is this city for the formation of an Anii-Gambling Society. We should think the poiicy would be still more effective ogainst duelling. This practice is susiained by a false sense of honor; and xve can scarce!}' conceive of a betler method for suppressing it, than the solemn pledge of an nssociation, which would brinor public sentiment in a concentrated form to second virtuous resolution, andfurnish a man with this satisfactory reason for rejeciing the obligations of a false code of honor- viz: a regard for his real honor - Iiis vcracity. - Philanthropist.Luck. - Thereis a great deal whtch passes - for luck which is r.ot euch . Generally speakng your "luccy fcllows" when one searches cloeely into their history, turn out to be your fellows that know wlmt they are doing, and how to do t ín the right toay. Their luck comes to them because they work for it; it is I luck well earned. They put ihemselves in the way of lnck. They keep themselves wide a wake. They make the best of what opportunities they possess, and always stand ready for more: and when a mechanic does thus much, depend on it, it must be hard luck indeed, if he do not get at least employers, ctistomers and friends. Central Iiaïïroad. - The following are the receipts of the Central Railroad for the month of August, 1843: Rec'd for freight, 5,006 45 " passengers, 5,506 83 " transportation U.S. Mail, 1,020 95 Total, $12,134 23 Amount rec'd for the corresponding inonlh, 1842, 10,702 09 SlateholderJ Convention in Aïiesouri.-A Ccnvciuion of the Northern Counties of this State ia to be held at Hannibai, on the 20th instant, to devise measores to oppose the unremittinnr exeriions of t!io Abolitionists, by whora money and ingenuily are said to be constantly and snccessfully employed in üiding the escape of slave?. Atitslast session, the Missouri legislatu re passed a law obüging the Missourians whose runaway slaves 6hould bo arrested in Illinoisto pay a reward cf $50 fortheir return, whether they wished them returned or nct; but thip, it seems,)8 not sufficíent. Something worse must be devieed. - Pitlsburg Gaz. Sugar. - The cornstalk Sugar Factory of Messrs. Birdíck k. Hubbard is now in full operaüon.. We have seen several enmplcs of their manufacture. They were all oí& quality equal to any made from the eugar maple. Kalamazoo Gazftte. Look out Doctors! - Dr. Hunaphrey of Guernsey, Ohio,hasrecently been fined #S,000 for giving a patiënt too extensive a dose of calomel This is comfort for the Globules and Lobelians. Mr. M. W. Davisj haa been some tiaie engaged ia the cfïbrt t raise the steam er Lexinton in Long íslánd Sound, haa at last siiceeededj and the huil had been raiEed and is now afloat. In was a beaotiful eharacter Pïiny gave of a lady- 'To the innocence of a child she unites the sprightliness of youth, and the wisdom of advanced age.