i
hotLAis per annum,' in advance.'
"mrtti inserted atj.$l per square for tbe first,
lakerf!"1, Lnbseaaent insertion. Court Or-
made to those
ear.
SCENE IN RUSSIA.
fninJased for the National Intelligencer, .'V
- article in thz GtzeVe des Tribtf-
' as amid into the Courner: des
f he follow ing picture has neither been
'red in any of its details nor exagger-
jn its catastrophe. We give itexacf
j jsit was describerl to us on the spot by
in eye-witness.! We may add that th?
s which it di scloses are to he charged
much less to the barbarity of the society
jttic bosom of wniclKfhey took place,
itaB to the sava ;e character of the insti
tutions and laws under which- society ex-
Oa the 22d May, 1841 Tone of the bat
talions composing
the military colony
fbich the Russian
Government had reM
Dt!y established, . at Novogorod, and
fbich, in tlie singularity of its drganiza
fionvery nearly resembled the Prussian
InJither. had niet upon the parade-ground
iJjoining the jast . barracksl which had
been constructed a few years before in the
S&sksbl it ary arid most ancient pa rtpf the
citr, not. far from tpe church of Saint So-
In front of 1 He line, formed with that
mechanical regularity, that minute preci
aon, which inakes such admirable auto-
aia of the R jssian infantry, stood Gen
eral L77 efT. 'Hu was a man of fifty years,
remarkable for his jsf iff" bearing, his thin
cess, his swathy complexion, his large gray
eyes, always in motibnT This officer was
throughout the ' whole armylfor his hra ve
ry, brilliant proofs of whicjv he hatf given
daring the campaigns in Persia and in
Turkey ; hut whether, as "was generally f
thought, the bjtter remembrance of do
mestic misfortunes 1 ad irritated a temper
naturally energptie, or; whether his heart
bad been hardened by the inexorable ne
cessities of a dseipline degrading in its
principle; and too often monst rous in its cl
fects, General
eft 'had become an ob-
ject of dread to the. soldiers, and there
seldom passed a day that his authority
ua not signalized bv-thejaefs of such se
tfrUy that they might be justly taxed with
A-'rocity. ; ' 1 '' ,
. This man. never! h-less, was known to
"entertain profound and tender attachment
for the ''daughter of -an old companion ifi
arms who had
ien kilh-d in tin late war,
had taken the voting or
jn Poland. . He
phan, had brought her up aff ctionafely,
and qvver suu-red her to he separated
from h'm. Al;niij:h fjll of gratitude for
the grnrrous emlyyiieii of-i lie. Genera I.
this voiing lad to whom the soldiers of
the battalion hid given the swet't name
of Svloieioua, Night iiigale on account ot
the charming grace with which she sang
the old melitncholv Sclavonian ballads,
nevertheless experienced ia his presence
that invincible constraintwhich his ah
juhtpeech, bi$ imperiouslookv and his
wld, gloomy asnect inspired in all who ap
proached him. V '
: The day on which the incidents .which
-v awuui mreiaie- took piace, 0010
)va, who. to please the General, was
tegular attendant at all "the exercises
ndall the parades, was seated before a
window oft he jbarracks on a level with
ground; she threw a long look over
tha square, andl'her face was covered with
deepuffusion on meeting the eyes of a
joang SurgeonMajor. called Ivan Polo
Hwho had on the-simple uniform of his
pade, which he wore with a rare taste
elegance 7
'.General L eff hd already passed sev
tra' times up and down in front of the bat-
without utterinff a Word, but his
"owniBg brow jan'd angry, features show
jliat he had jnoticed the absence of cer
men at roll-call Uwhen suddenly the
and "muffled sou nd of a dru m was
kri and at the exiremity of the parade
"iaa'ts' companjof soldiers was seen
Wvaacingi each cartying in his hand one
those long switches still used in the
fo&ian army For tbje purpose of inflicting
most t diabolidal punishmentsthe
fiontlet. The General, astonished at the
fcSht, turned .to one of his aids-de-camp
ad demanded in. a voice of thunder who
N given such an rder, and what victim
!as intended lor' 1 n : ' ' J'
. Sergeant! remarkable for his livid
fred facei sprang:, to wards the General,
fetched his sword from him, gave him a
4,Jwpn the face, and coolly .answered :
.myself p.. j. ; ;.J
At these words an electric shock seem-
run along tllineif the battalion,
the spark i)f hatred' lit up every face
so impassible. By ii spontaneous
Anient thefofficers quitted the- line Jo
. r assistance to their chief butijn an
., - ...i.j were iif aviiru, iuiuivii ujviu
gfound, and held there by the point or
ha-L- 1 'I C' ' t ,i -"
tne Nnrfnh-TVT nmr. . was t hn'nnl v
8pared; for; heohadmadc himself;
. ,. -T- 0 . " J
BRUNER & : JAMES,
-1, Editors Sf Proprietors.
tharilcs to his humanity and gentleness, atand; hoiking; it out to heiV said "Here
friend of every soldier. A grenadier, who
stood rnear himr had contented "himself
with stooping to his ear and whispering
in a' my st erious tone : " Let the Nightin
gale sing or not. do not budge. Nbt a ges-1
tu ire, not a cry, or you are a dead man
Recovering from his amazement, Gen
eral L-efT had seized vithboth' hands
the, bayonets pointed at his breast, had
drrveln them from Kim by a violent effort;
and, ! casting a withering look upon the
LDaiiaiioncauea out to them.
On your knees 1 viie brutes, on yonr
knees ! and ask pardon with your heads
in the dust, or you shall not have skin e
nough Teft upon your backs to expiate your
rebellion." s -. c - J.-
These words were received with a wild
laugh, and the Sergeant, with that terri
ble calmness w'hich characterizes an un
alterable resolution, replred to him ':S j
? Eyefy one of us knows the fate which
awaits him, and is willing to sacrilice his
life ; "when thesentence given against
thee shall havprbeen executed, we shall go
to ?en. SurofT, Governor of Novogorod ;
we shall put into his hands thysw6rd,thy
sash, thyr decorations, and what may be
left of thy dead body, anday'to him :
General L eff was aiger, .we hae kill
ed him here are our arms, we await our
punishment." !, 1
Thus speaking, the Sergeant tore the
epauletslfrom the General, and cast them
at his feet, saying :
"These' marks of honor did not belonjr
to thee : the knout is enough for an exe
cutioner to carry. Remember the soldier
BetsakopC-scourged "with rods for having
been toaSlow in carrying arms to thee.
Remember that old sub-officer, whom, be
cause he had a slain upon his uniform.
thou didst order out. of the ranks and beat
with thy sword until the blood streamed
from his forehead, cheeks, and lips. The
wretched man. pale, with shamei repulsed
th frrooious hand that insulted him ; he
was condemned to run the gauntlet, and
Was sn crippled and dying. Jnto Sibe-
ria
"
The Rwgeant. as he spoke, continued
with terrific coolness to strip the General
of hsS" sash, his coat, and his shirt
" That sub-officer's name, like mine,
wasG;iedenofT; we were horn in the same
cabin ; he was m v brot Irrf."
In spiteof his indo-nitjtble firmness, the
General could not help shivering as he
heard this accusing voice, so eloquent in
its simplicity, so calm, and so measured in
its anger. As to Solowiova, she had at
tended at. first without well comprehend
ing the strange scene which was passing
before her eves ; but" when sIhT saw the
General's sword taken from him, his uni
form torn off, and his shoulders stripped
naked : ' when she was able to comprehend
that they were going to subject her adopT
tive Hither to the odious punishment that
he.tiad himself so often ordered to be in
flict edjori others, seized with horror, she
sprang up, and. joining her hands together
in a convulsive transport, she uttered the
most piercing shrieks. i
Ivan, who, until then made nonttempt
to move, could not remain incensible to
the despair of the young creature whom
lie had loved for two years : he forgot the;
state of ferocious excitement of lhe; sol-;
diers, the perils and the futility of his de
votion, and sprang forward ; but the , re
port of a musket almost instantly follow
ed. :; the Surgeon stopped short, stretched,
his arms wildly in the air, whirled around
upon his heels as if his limbs had been
moved by a spring and then fell with his
face to the ground. The ball had pierced
his heart. .
In every Russian regiment there is a
sort of buffoon, who fills a place some
what analogous to that formerly held in'
the Germain arm v ly soldiers known un
der the significant name of Lustig, (a droll.)
These men were particularly distinguish
ed for the singular monotony of their chant,
their panther-like agility, their sparkling
eyes and wild gaiety. Their dance resem
bles that of ;the Fakyrs in its phrensy.
They begin by chanting certain verses of
a strangely mournful import; then lower
ing their voice they squat down ; in the
next moment they bound up with a sud-1
den spring. and skip and jump, their voice
at the same tfme rising to a pitch of fury;
while, by Way of accompaniment; they
lenock together two small instruments of
wood. . - - 1. j - "'i
V:One of these men ltnchedito-.lhe..bat-talton
of :Novpgordd,Vsajvfthe: Surgeon
Major falh: went dancing up. to Jhe,; pofyr
took it in his robust-arms, carried it to the
window -before which Solowiova stood,
" Kzzt a cntcK wox iu. Yovr
IS
SAFE.
Douchinka, this belongs to thee." er
White as marble, her hair standing on
1 ..
end with affright. Solowiova ! looked at the
Ucly thrown at her feet, stooped over it,
wiped the bloody face with her handker
chief, ami recognizing the features oi I van
Polovoij uttered a hoarse cry, impossible
to be described, and fell down inanimate.
In thp rnean time General L eff had
been bound to a trundle, and, as he was
dragged along the! line, had received the
gauntlet, a torture which, though horrible
enoughJ was but the commencement of
his agony In fact, he had scarcely reach
ed, the extremity of the line, when a loud
voice cried out : " To the ovens P
''', The jGeneral, though already broken
(down by pain, heard the words, under
stood-tpeir meaning, and threw around
him looks of terror and supplication
To the ovens!" a hundred voices re
peated. The featu res of the General assumed a
cadaveijous bkc.; his pride gave Way ; he
groanec with pain, and begged for mercy.
But the shouts of the battalion drown
ed his voice, and Sargeant Guedenoff, ap
proaching his victim, said to him in a
stern vdice: "I, too, begged for mercy
when my brother fell expiring under the
scourgej "
1
We will not dwell upon this horrible
scene, unhappily but too true, leaving to
1
the imagination of the reader to conceive
what ou pen dare not undertake to de
pict. Suffice it to sajrthat General L eff
and the superior officers of the battalion
were shut up in the ovens, which, to pro
long their misery, had been but slightly
heateujand were there literally roasted
alive. "1
There was a frightful originality in this
mode of execution, which, in that respect
at least, must have been fully equal to the
revenge sought. " A Feldjnger f carried
the news to the Emperor, who just then
happened to be passing towards Novogo
rod, and eijrht days afterwards several
companies ol' artillery, hastily called from
Twer and Vyshnei-Voloshok, entered in
to t lie former capital of ancient Russia.
A Major General, wlio since the last cam
paign in Poland has been known only un
der the name of executioner of Varsovia,
preceded the entrance of the troops. One
of his aids-de-camp repaired to the quar
ters of the mutinous battalion, and bore an
order for their assembling on the morrow,
in undress and without arms, in the nar
row lane at the western extremity of the
city called the Tartar Camp. The sol
diers replied to this mysterious order by
their Karacho. They dressed themselves
in their long gray cloaks and round hats,
greased their moustaches as if they had
been going upon a simple parade, and
then in profound silence, their lips whiten
ed with emotion,-in'their usual admirable
regularly, they traversed the, city through
a triple line of Cossacs, and "followed by
the-silent looks of the population. Arrived
at the place, they ranged themselves to
gether there without confusion and with
out noisel
At this moment the drums beat ; the
bells of tne numerous Greek churches of
Novogorod began to ring ; several batte
ries planjed at the entrance of five long
avenues opening upon the narrow square
were' suddenly unmasked, and the lan
grage began to do its work of extermina
tion. At every discharge loud groans
were heard mingled with the wild song
of many of the soldiers who felt that their
hdnor was concerned in dying bravely.
For three hours the firing continued to
pick and choose and decimate its victims,
and in the evening, when the execution
ers of this terrible sentence went upon
the spot, they waded through a lake of
blood and stumbled against blackened un
distinguished heaps of limbs. Five sol
diers only, who had made for themselves
a sort of pedestal of the dead bodies of
their companions, had been miraculously
preserved ; among the nu nber was Ser
geant pruedenoff. They expired under the
knout. The sergeant evinced a most ex
traordinary firmness to the last moment.
Stretched upon the fatal plank, he seemed
not to feel the lash as its keen thongs lore
his shoulders, nor to see the blood which
streamed from them ; and, addressing him
self to the executioner; he. asked if his turn
would come soon. " Why, it isover"said
thelatteK So much the better," replied
t hi sergeant, ' for I a m ? very hungry"!
Solowiova, tne aaopieu
daughfer of General ;L eff, was leceiv'ed
by the .Empress, and, under, favor 01 . mat
august patronage; was admitted iuWthe 1 J
-
Rclexs. Do THIS, AlfD LiSCtTT
v Cfm'Z. Harrison.
"N, C , NOVEMBER 15, 484
community of noble ladies established at
Smolnoi. . - "
u.
NOTES Br the Fbexch Editos.
Such things often occur in Rutsia : they
seem rare only because the remain undivulg-
ed. In 1825. Colonel Sturmer. of German or
igin, was subjected to the gauntlet at St. Pe-
terslmrgh itself, in the barrack yard, by the sol.
diera f the rtgiment of Lemenowsikiwho af
terwards marched in full uniform, but without
arm?, to the fortress, in order to deliver them
selves up as prisoners ; but the" Governor re-
fused to receive them. The Emperor, when i
informed f it, ordered that every tenth man
should run the gauntlet. Many were sent to
Siberia, and others to serve in the Caucasus.
f A courier of the crown.
Karacho, very well. Karacho and lead ni
bud (what docs it signify ?) are two expressions
heard on all occasions from the. Russian peo
ple, and nothing could more exactly character
ize their indifference and their servility.
This impassibility, this truly stoical indif
ference to pain, is often found toa remarkable
degree among the Russians of all classes.
Some, of our readers may remember the say
ing of Colonel JVIouravieft; the chief instigator
of the insurrection of. 1825, who was hanged a
few months afterwards upon the glacis of the
citadel of St. Petersburgh. The rope by which
he was suspended broke, and the Colonel, turn
ing to his companions in misfortune, said, with
a smile upon his lips, while they were adjusting
a stronger cord around his neck, " What a
country ! The brutes do not know even how to
Jiang one.''
An establishment, (bunded in 1764, com
prising at first fcfiy ladies of noble birth, and af
terwards sixty. of the peasantry. Under the
present Empress the number has been raised to
720 of both classes, 500 of whom are at the
Le xpense of the Government, and 200 are hoard-
ers. The latter are educated there for the most
part by the munificence of the Imperial family.
DISTINGUISHED FARMERS.
In the July number of the Cultivator, we
had the pleasure of directing the reader's
attention to an account published in that
paper, of the farm and the extraordinary
management of $Ir. Calhoun. We beg
leave now to remind the reader of. that
account, and to request him to read, in
connection with it, the accounts which we
hereunto subjoin, of the farms of Mr. Van
Buren, and Mr. Clay.
" We copy, (says the New York Farm
er.) the. following Personal Sketches'
from the Burlington Gazette, presuming
that, our agricultural readers are always
interested with what evidently fends to
elevate the scale and heighten the pur
suits of the agriculturist, and we take great
pleasure in holding up as model farmers,
those who. after having presided in thn
halls of the legislation, and occupied some
of the highest places in their country's j
trust, have retired from the bustle and ex
citement of political life,' and as farmers
and agriculturists, doubtless enjoy more
happiness than their elevated offices ever
afforded them
There is nothing more instructive and
salutary than the spectacle afforded to our
young men, of those who have been emi
nent at the Bar, and in the Cabinet, who
have passed years in the midst of the fierce
contests and engrossing excitements of po
litical life, taking an active and promi
nent part in the improvement of agricul
ture and the useful arts, and exhibiting
the spectacle of dignified retirement and
profound enjoyment of the simple pleas
ures of rural and domestic life. Our coun
try now enjoys many such examples. Mr.
Clay's farm is one of the best managed in
Kentucky, and he has done very much for
the general advancement of agriculture
in the West, by introducing improved
breeds of cattle, modes of cultivation, &c.
Mr. Webster's farm is smaller and less
fertile, but is Worth seeing. Jesse Buel,
a "printer by profession, after being for ma
ny years a leading political editor at Al-J
bany, became the model farmer and teach
er of agriculture for an extensive region
around him. AncHveare happy to learn,
from the following article, that Mr. Van
Buren1 is now pursuing the same path
prosperously. and happily. The following
is from the Albany Cultivator:
Visit to Lindentcaldf --yfe lat?ly passed
a beautiful summer's day in the vicinity
of Kinderhook. Among other places of
interest, we yjsited Lindenwald, the seat
of ex-President Van Buren.
We found Mr. Van Buren at home, and
accompan&d "him in a walk over his farm.
When he entered on the occupancy of his
place, on his retirement from the Presi
dency, it was much out of order ; the land
having been rented for twenty years, and
been under cultivation for the period of
160 years. Several of the buildings had
become poor, the fences were old and
were rotting down, and bushes and grass
of wild growth had taken .possession of
the farm. During theshorttime it has been
- - - I
under Mr. V an Buren s management, the
place has been greatly improved, and a
course is now fairly begun by which a
handsome income may oe oenveu irorn ,iu
The garden and : pleasure grounds have
been-, enlarged and newly iaid out hot
houses have been erected and .a large
number of fruit ; and ornamental trees,
shrubbery, fcc. have been planted. The
green-house contains a collection of XoU
ic fruits and ' plants, among which : were
some' fine grapes, just ripening.' In the
garden wlT: noticed 4sbme; fine samples of
all the fruits of the season, and. some, of
;( .; : NEW . SERIES, : . '
) -1 NUMBER 80, OF YOLUMHL h. ..
the finest mellonVwe-have ever seen (so
early in the year) in this! latitude.
Among the objects which give beauty
and interest to the grounds, are two arti
ficial ponds in the garden. They were
easily made by constructing dams across
a little brook originating from springs on
the premises. ' Soon after they were made
(three years ago) some fish were put into
them, and they are now so well stocked
with trout,: pickeral and perch, that Mr.
Van Buren assures us they wilt afford an
abundant supply for his table. This is a
matter well worthy of consideration.
There are many situations where such
ponds may be made ; and with trifling ex
pense, the luxury! ot catching and eating
a; fine trout or pickeral, may be had at
any time. V j
Several of thetnelds have been enclosed
with new fences, and several buildings e
rected among which is a very tasty farm
house, and a barn calculated, for storing
150 tons of hay after being pressed.
But perhaps the most important im
provements which have taken place on
the farm, have been made on a tract of
bog land, thirteen acres of which have
been thoroughly reclaimed .and are cov
ered with luxuriant crops of grass of oats.
Three years ago this land was worthless.
It was first drained by ditches ; the stumps
and bushes were then cut out and burned,
and the ashes spread on the land. It was
afterwards sown to grass; using a mix
ture of timothy and red top seed 3 pecks
to the acre. ;lhe whole cost of reclaim
ing was $34 per acre, and the land will
now pay the interest of a hundred to a
hundred and fifty dollars per acre. In
this Mr. Van Buren has set a good exam
ple, which we hope will be followed bv
other farmers in the neighborhood who
have land similarly situated.
The potato crop is ope of considerable
consequence on his farm, as well as on
others in the vicinity. I Mr. Van Buren
raises the variety called Cartars, produced
from the ball a few years ago by the Sha
kers. He considers these by far the most
profitable kind known They yield well,
and their quality is thought equal to any.
Mr. Van Buren assured us that all which
could be raised would readily command
fitly cents per bushel by the quantity in
New York. All the crops appear to be
well managed, are promising. Leached
ashes were tried here last season with
excellent, success. Great benefit has also
been found from plowing in clover.
Mr. Van Bjren keeps but little stock, a
considerable object being the sale of hay.
The management of the farm is under the
immediate supervision of Mr. Van Buren.
who finds in it a salutary exercise for the
faculties of the mind and body such a
slate, as to he highly enjoyed. In his ru
ral retreat, removed from the care of state,
and turmoil of political Wars, he
Now drinks the pure pleasure of a rural life.
THE OREGON QUESTION.
1 The language of the Government paper on
the subject of the Oregon, (says the Baltimore
American,) is becoming more and more expli
cit and direct. It denies that there will be any
connection between that question and our com
mercial relations with England. Further we
are given to understand that at the sesicn7f
the next Congress our-clear rigid in relation to
the Oregon will embody itself in positive law;
that our claim extends to the whole territory ;
and the inference is plainly implied that an im
mediate and final settlement of the whole quest ion
will be had upon the indispensable basis of our
exclusive right and the withdrawal of all Brit,
ish pretentions.
" On this great subject," let us hear the Un
ion speak in its own words :
U Within the last three or four years, public
sentiment has ripened fast. In th judgment of
a vast majority of this nation, the time s rapid
ly approaching or sayrather, has nf) come
when char right in jeMation to this territory
shouldembody itself in positive laic. For more
than twenty years, the people of the U. States
have seen .what they regard as their indisputa
ble title to this immense Territory swamped
in negotiation. It was to be expected from the
wisdom and true policy of the 'British govern
ment, that this negotiation, so barren heretofore
of good result, when entered upon with a ne w ad
ministration, which, in its identity of opinion on
this subject, is as one man, and which is sustain
ed in tbat opinion by an overwhelming mass and
mastery of public sentiment it was justly to be
hope(H)f the wisdotnf England, that the new
negotiation, under such auspices, and in such
hands, would, ere long, begin at least iosecure,
instead of defeating, as in past years it has de
feated, thegreat ends of international justice.
JM But, however this may be, whether the ne
got i at ions succeed or fail, there can be no doubt
that the democratic Congress now about to as.
semble will have a great duty to do in relation
to Oregon ; and we believe that, coming to
Washington fresh from conference with their
constituents, they will come together resolved to
. . - .... 4. . ' n 1
V-"SIO -j 0 . i
do lt with tne strong resolutions of the Bal
timore convention, and the manly and patriotic
Inaugural woras 01 ine x-resigenx yei tv,u
our memory,, we cannot .doubt, that the '. Admin,
istration i fully prepared to "perform with firm
ness its constitutional duty of recommending to
Congress all such measures as may be deemed
essential to the full and efficient protection .of
all our rights over erery rod f that great do.
main, on the shore of the Pacific, which, is, by
an accumulated mass of title, the ngful prop,
erty of the United , States..;. . ; ;
Thatthc're may be no mistake as to the extent
of our claims to the. Oregon, the Union gWs a
geographical outline of the country describing V
Iatitodefto the iioe cf 54 41)'. north, and say
: uTti mil.'' .'.1. . ": "i".1
in ns own wa:w - a ne American people Ciaimt ,
against all other, na?toris;this' uhrfc domain as a !
part of their oven toiV'r-j-i i islr : ;
. The intimation which we published in Satur.. . '--day's
American, from t he Washington corres., "
pondence of t he Ne wSTf nal- of C6n v ;
merce' to the efiect that the British Government
wa willing to leave the syhole territorjr for 20,
years under the joint protection of ihetwocoun- '
tries, and that at, the end of thaUime the inhah- t ,
tants should attach themseive to either accord- X
ing to their preference, of establish an ihdepen.
j . f . 'It 'l;-if "t is.-t...i4
ucm jjvemmeni ior inemsrjvcs 11 icj uuuu
prefer that ihisntimation ivei no counte- ,
nance from the language f e official paper." -It
speaks on theoiherhanJjof the operations of "
the Hudson Bay Company, and .atksV Does ,' .
how it will work in tho ,West, in Oreson; if wo -f
o.nly it quietly by as spectatorvnd let it alone 1
The problem is easily solved. j We have , only .0" ,
to toru to the lives of Robert Clltc and sT Var- f
ren Hastings, and. read the pages which tell of
theirUoings in Madras and Bombayl- - V
There can he no mistaking t ho Ipiirnort xf -
words like these. They can have but one
. .-. ... . . .
meaninr. It the Administration acts up to tne-
intimations here given the Oregon question can
be peacefully settled' ori ihe condition of an en
tire surrender by England of all he r claims iip.
on tne territory, inis is . manuest.- Ana .in ,
view of the alternative which presents itself on
this momentous subject we have only to express
the hope, as we have taken occasion to do be
fore, that Congress will weigh-well the res pon
sibility of its actions and prepare for consequen
ces. It is hardly to be supposed that the Brit
ish Government will recede from the position" "
announced by Sir Robert Peel In the House of -
Commons in relation to the Oregon, however,"
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unwilling mat oovernmeni may oe 10 go 10 war .s
on such ft onestion. Will nir Gnvprnmnt In-
dulge in the vain expectation that the British ,: "'
Cabinet will find some nreteit for withdrawing5" 1
from its position without a loss of dignity, with- '
vvii c laiui i uu no uuiivi 1 a m at i v
expectation will theGovernment rush" into eif
treme measures, thinking thatjid crisis of diffi-r
culty will follow ? There should be no mistake
on this point ; it might prove to be a dangerous
one. ' . " - '-'O- '
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Friday afternoon has the following: i ff
Tfte Oregon Question. -Tho-Express of this
morning asserts, on what it is pleased to call -
good information, that the Great Western
brought out a new proposition, from the British' :
Government, as fillows : ..- ' " ""'C.-'"
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jjon in ihe joint occujwncy of the Amorican'and,
British authoiities for fifteen years, and afilrtho j
expiration of that lime, to subimt- llic' qtiestioni-r"
ot Uovernment to the innai'iiauis, leaving ineni
to be Americaii-or Britijsh as fliey choose, or to
be ind'pcndnt, and to flrm a Government.: of
their own. ,jl. .l?
The Journal of Commerce also mentions this'
new proposition, only as a rumor." rho Ex
press is utterly mis.iiifi.rmed. Nosuch propoi "
sition has come from the British Government j;
thoujjh it is trueTThat the arrangement has lieea.
talked of at Washington, unofficially and per.t
haps officially. We are not at liberty io tell all
Mra Irnmv iimm tlin Bllliirrt nnft ll:IVrt knnVtl(tf
some days, but we can assert positively, that all
which has yet been said or written, in reference ...
to the proposed arrangement, hasTbeCn said or
written on this side of the water only. So fa f
as is known, or there is any reason to believe
the British Government is as yet wholly unad-
vised of the matter. It stands mereiy.jh.jtho. ;
form of a stiggestion, originating here, which ? :
mav doss ib v meet the views of the-Uritish,
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Cabinet. rf'.v.r .'
A Good Sign.Vfe have received the 1
specimen number of a new paper which
it is proposed to publish jn Charleston S.r
Carolina, under the title of" The Charles-
ton Mirror." In declaring Jts creed, it
acknowledges itself to be in favor of aH
well-devised and skilfully-reguted sys- v "
tern of manufactures, believing- it is cal .
culated to restore, in a measure, the fallen J
fortunes of that section of t Union; by ,
opening new avenuejs of advancement Xo:
the vast, numbers vvho nowhrong' the
public thoroughfares, seeking'in vatri 'the
attainment of steady and profitable occa-;
pation." Extracts from Mr. Gregg's es-
say on the subject of Manufactures in S.t
Carolina are published intheMirror
This gentleman, as many qt on f rhad
hnnw t-Abfi thp. rrronnd that, the com- -
merce and trade ot that State -would at !,
once receive a new impulse, and 'every ;
men of capital would engage irimanufac- .y c
tunng, Oonnecticut Lpurant. . , ; .
In the latel Message of; Gor.Jomjf, to the-A. I
Tennessee. Legislature, wel find the following,,
excellnt paragraph. He coiiside rs that among lr
ina - n mm Ann m Air m itipikiil nuiiiiai ib mkm aLf ..
scarcely a thought is liestowed on the far more ;
relikhle:8a(e.gtiards of lilerty, trie and inleU " - -ligcncctThi!
policy of the governrpent seems t
to be, millions for an army or naVf not one ;
dollar for education; not one incentive to nrtue. ;r
As. a means of giving strength; and permanence ..
to our institutions, the 'influences that are con-;
ftuv iiiov auu txiwo : - V r
complisbmcnt of the object of a; well-regulated i
system of self-government, is a perfect and.en- -.
larced system of education1: r 1 v
M T have no confidence in man s capacity. rr
self-government only as it Js predicated on vir-. ,
tue and intelligencerl Millions of public trea-a.'V
sure are annually consumed in giving etrengtb&"
security' to our government,' byraising armies, 7 "
fitting out fleets, and building fortifications, and
stantly emanating from your n.s, ciior-r, ,
and academies, arc far more tA le reaed on, : :
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than all the armies ana nayics iuai mo .
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