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o,t Pnnrl r,f honor. It wad toiietim" to w
two thousand brave fellows, all niore or less mu
tilated in war, pressing round the banners
which thej had won in many a bloody fight.-
Among these victims of war might be seen sol
diers of all ages. Some had fought at Friburg
of Rocroy ; others at the passage of the Rhine
ir the takiheof Maestricht ; a few of the oldest
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had -asMStea in me capture oi uit xwcwu.
rter iraramai mcneueu, wnue one r
J v. K.tiU nf Ma:r'mntlal under t
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Turenoe. But all alike appeared nappy ana ;
pleased, waiting for the coming of trfmis AlV ., ;
who had announced his untentton ot visiting ;
for the first rime these, as he called them, glo-;
rions relics of his battalions' :
At length, surrounded by a magnificent cor
teat pf goardtr and nobles, the Iroyal carriage
approached, and, with that delicate courtesy so
well understood by the king, the troops in at
tendance were ordered to sheathe their swords
and fall back as he entered the gateway. " M.
de Breteuil," said the monarch to the captain
of his guard, " the King of France has no' need
of an escort when he finds himself in the midst
cf his brave veterans."
Followed by the Dauphin, the Marquis de
Louvais, and other distinguished personages,
Louis carefully inspected the invalids, pausing
now and then to address a few kind words to
those whom he recognixfd. Om very young
lad chanced to attract' the king's attention. Ilia
face; was very pale, and he seemed to have re-
' t-eived a severe wound in the necic.
" What is your name V asked, Louis.
" Maurice, sir."' ' '
" In what battle were you wounded ?"
" At Blenheim, sir."
At that word the brow of Louis darkened.
" Under what marshal did yod serve T"
Sire, onder Monseigneur de Tallard."
Messieurs de Tallard and de Marsein," said
the monarch, turning to Louvais "can reckon
a sufficient number of glorious days to efface the
memory of that one.? Even the sun is not with- (
out a snot.
nuu "f"'" ; J i
fx . .a v al I I via BClniT ini Vllltl 1
soldier, " Are you happy here
" Ah ! sir," replied Maurice,, " your
niajps-
ty'agominew leaves us nothing to wih lor.
lawi.al I . ft. n s t- irAt'iirUnF ur flt Rt-
taDltnmenc, auvancea ana saia ? air;, ueuu;u ;
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theiruiw oi your uenencencei eu.-e juu u- ,
now, thanks to your majesty, want or distress
can never reach those whe . have f .J tlr WM
lor their country. And if that w hich etill runs
through our veins can do aught for the safety
or glory of our king, doubtless w6 will yet show
oar successor what stout hearts and willing
JiandKOan do. ,
Once more Louis looked around, and asked
in aloud voice: " Well, my children, are ye
"PR7 . re . 1 ..... . 1
Till that momcnUetiauette and discipline
naa
imposed solemn silence ; but when the King
asked a question, must he not be answered ? So
two, thousand voices cried together : " We are !
' we are I Long live the" king ! Long live Lou
is i';
Accompanied by the governor and a guard
of honor chosen from among ttre invalids, the
monarch then walked through j the establish
meat. The guard consisted of twenty men, of
whom ten had lost a leg and teri an arm, while
the faces of all were scarred and seemed covered
with honoialle wounds. One of them, while
erving as a subaltern at the battle of Beregen,
threw himself before his colonel in time to j
are him, and received a ricochet bullet in his j
own leg. Another at the age of seventy-five ;
was still a dandy, and managed to plait a queue j
With three hairs which yet remained on the top
of hie head. In one of the battles his arm was
carried off by a bullet. "Ah, my ring J my ring!
cried be to a trumpeter next hiirf ; " go and get
my ring I" It had been a present from a no
ble lady ; and the trumpeter placing it in his
remaining hand he seemed perfectly contented.
The royal procession quitted the Hotel amidst
the saluting of cannon and the shouting of the
inmates; and the next day, in order to commem
orate the event, the following words were en
grared on a piece of ordnance : " Louis the
Great honored with his presence, for the first
time, his Hotel dee Invalides on the 9th of May,
1705."
II
On the afternoon of the 1st September, 1806,
Napoleon mounted his horse and quitted St.
' Cloud, accompanied only by his grand marshal,
his aid de camp, Rapp, and a page. After en
joying a brisk gallop through t!?.e Bois de Bou
logne, he drew up at the gate of Maillot, and
dismissed bis attendants, with the exception of
Rapp, who followed him into the avenue of
Neuilly. Galloping by the spot where the tri
umphal arch was then beginning to rise from
its foundations, they reached the grand avenue
ui luo DUftiuuB wiiBwro uuu uiuvTcu' u lunuiuB
the Hotel des Invalided. There Napoleoo
ped and gaied at the splendid edifice, glowing
in the beams of the setting sun.
r Fine 1 very fine V he repeated several times.
" Truly Louis XIV was a great king '." Then,
addressing xxapp, ne suiu, i am going to visit
my invalids this evening. Hold my horse ; I
hall not stay long." And throwing the bridle
w ins aiu ue camp, mupuieun- passeu ueneain
the principal gateway, seeing a man aressea ;
i ncipal gateway. Seeing a man dressed
iltary hat, and with two jfrpaulets badly
in a tu
concealed by his half buttoned! redinyots, the
CUbTJT BU ppuovLi UIUI IU uv a Dypcitox uiuccr,
and, allowed him to pass without question.
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Crossing bis arms pn bis chest, the visiter,
men were bowed down with years. The least
feeble of them led his companion, and as they
tottered on he looked anxiously arouud.
"Jerome," said the eldest, in a husky voice,
"do you see him coming ?'' !
'No, father ; but never mind I'll read him
. a lecture which he won't forget in a hurry, care
less boy that be is I" '
"Bat, Jerome, we must make some allowance
for bim; we were once young purselves. Be
sides, I dare say be thought my prayers would
not De nnisnea so soon tnis ev
etiiog ; the bov '
has a kind heart."
Jsapoleon stepped, forward, and, addressing
ttM Wd men, saia, Apparenuy, my tnends, you
are waiting for some one I
. The youngest looked up and touched his hat,
for he saw the gleam of epaulets.
"Yes, colonel," replied be, "my father Mau
rice and I have been waiting for pj truant eon.
lie know well that bis grandfather requires
the support of his arms to reach the dormitory,
as ope of mine is ." Here he shook his empty
' eleeye.
"You are a brave fellow !" said the Emperor,
'and your son has done wrong. (But how came
your lather," be continued, as they walked along,
"to remain so late out T"
"Because, colonel, he always devoted the af
ternoon of the 1st of September to. commemo
rate the anniversary of the deaih of the king
under whom he formerly served.
"What king was that?" !
"His late majesty, Louis XIV" said the old
man who had not before joined pin the conver
sation. P
. "LooiaiXrV 1" repeated Napolepn in astonish
ment. "Where can you have een him ?"
'Here, inthii place : he spoke to me, and I
a'niwered," aid Maurice, grandly,
ijowold are you?"
If I lire till Candlemas, colonel, I shall be
n hundred and twenty-one years old."
A hundred and twenty-one years!" cried
the Emperor. And, taking the old man's arm,
be said kindly, "Lean en me, old comrade, I
Vill rupport you." ?r i .
"No, no colonel ; I knew tOOi well the res
Decta
Nonsense t I desire It." Aid the Empa
ror ntly placed his wm within bis own, al
though the reteran etill resisted.!
'Comef father ad Jerome Vdo as the co-
nanne reaeneu vue principal court, stopnea ana mnnv nersnna nnnrnac iP.l linnn hnH
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looaed arouna bim. ouaaeniy the conversation i A long time on the spot where the Emperor had i aaa ine exPre6810n 01 wrea uoa : liicxetts, is ; . i
Of two individuals coming out of the building left, him ; but when it became dark, and his j h? 7" !'!, f?U,Yed ?,nd he astonished, af- . iv
arrested his attention. In order to listen h 1 ,i;,i ..o, k .. i frmhted wife fell insensible to the floor. Gav- . A "-"V tUK lilt.
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walked behiud them, regulating his pace by giving the horses in charge to a soldier he eh- lurd' who was in an ad.l0ininS room, rushed : Winter is at hand. The coid al
tbeira, tor tliey waiKea very stowiy. i uese two I isred the hotpl nml told the irnvArnnr M,,r.ui ; oat to see wnat uau nappenea. xvicsetts lm- to bite. There s frost on the.
vorv vminirT" J!Uil i.1Dil fOO. US In-'V wameu eriu
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"Yes colonel; 1 was but eighteen when i i at xouioa : Ana i at rne. fwiwtg
fought at Freidlin?en, and the next year, at j nard!'' " And I at Trebia !f " Yon spot e to
Blenheim,; I received a wound in my neck ! ine at Aboukir 1" ' I shared ;tny bread withj you
which disabled me. and obtained for me the at Roveredo !" " I picked up your hat at Ma
favor of entering here." .renraV " I was at Ansterlfz," te.
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"It was hot a favor, interrupted Aapoieon, ,
.... hf
r , fl .. . . UDWards of a hundred
vears
I was married here, and have seen all
M comrade!, pas3 ftway. Bat, although
. - . . un eoDie now in tnP Hotel,
j &m y . children come to join
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me.
"M. Jerome," said Napoleon, "how old are
you?"
"Going on ninety-one, colonel : I was born in
1715.
"Yts," said his father, "the very year that
his late majesty, Louis XIV, died. 1 remem
ber it as well as if it were yesterday."
"What battles have you been in, my friend?"
"At Fonteuoy, colonel, at Lamfeld, at Ros
bach, at Bertfhen. and at Freiburg. It was in
the last battle I lost uiv arm. 1 came here in t
the vear 17C3. in -the time of Loins X
"That poor king," said Napoleon, as if speak
ing to himself, ' who signed a shameful treaty
that deprived France of fifteen hundred leagues
of coast."
" And for the last forty-three years," said
Maurice, "Jerome has watched me like a good
and dutiful son. Pity that his should be so
forgetful !"
"Well,' said Napoleon, "I will do my best
to supply M. Cyprien's place. At your age it
is not good to be under the night air."
"Here he conies at last !" cried Jerome.
The Emperor looked with some curiosity at
this wild boy, for whose youth allowance was
to be made, and saw to his astonishment an in
valid of some sixty vears old, with two wooden
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&dQ. fowarda them as QU-iokU a8 hs
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inti mil ties would nermif.
Jerome began tore
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bEei4aand a ftw luains ..f sujrnr." "S.-o," he
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1, "it was getting thee things that deiaved i
me. I knewgrandlathe.r would like a draught
f jne Hnd sugar after his long stay
adti(i bim t h; me ,li8 MuWHUm of wine
V eXljhanse ftr 1ny o.mtin- guard in his
riac3 t n,orrow
' w .d Jt,T that was thouht.
, . wy boy . ,)Ut iBeftQ
, Jff for tfje kindnegg of thk-
' lluble colonel, who has made your grandfather
oq hJiu , .
utL.d thc Emnero. whom. : th
1 incrttasine darkness, he did not recoirnise.'and
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1 saiu, iow, men, sir, witu juur permission, l
will resume my post
A ml an li.inni.uKlu OT A f la " cnii Vanntann I C(
"Pray, in what engagement were you wound
ed?" "
"At the battle of Fleurus, oolonel, gained
against tho Austrians by Gen. Jourdan, now
Marshal of the Empire. A volley of grape
shot knocked out my eye and carried off both
my legs at the same time. But," added Cy
prien, striking his powerful chest, "my heart
was not touehed, nor my stomach either, and
they have -both, I hopy, some good days' work
in them yet."
Napoleon smiled. "The battle of Fleurus,"
he said, "was fought, 1 think, in 1794 ?"
"Yes, colonel," i
"That was alreiv1: in Bonaparte's time," re- !
marked Maurice. j
"Grandfather," replied Cyprien, "please to
say the Emperor Napoleon the Great; that is
his proper title."
"In the time of his late . majesty, Louis
XIV" t
"Ah, grandfather," interrupted Cyprien, im
patiently, "we're tired of hearing abouf that
monarch of the old regime, who used to go to
war in a flowing wig and silk stockings ! He's
not to be mentioned in the same year with the
Emperor, who dresses and lives like one of our
selves. Is it not true, colonel ?"
Napoleon knitted his brows,. and answered
coldly : "Y'ou are mistaken, M. Cyprien ; Lou
is XI Y. was a great king ! It was he who rais
ed France to the first rank among the nations
of Europe ; it was he. who first marshalled 400,.
000 soldiers on land and one hundred vessels
on the sea. He added to his dominions Rous
sitlon, Franche-Compte, and Flanders ; he
seated one of his children on the. throne of
Spain; and it was he who founded this Hotel
des luvalides. Since Charlemagne, there has
not been a king in France worthy of being
compared to him !"
1 his eulogium on the monarch whom he al-
le- H tried to straio-htivn Himcoif
i mriur ttM ru nniisp rrm Mini pvoa rtt rti.i i nn.
i and said in abroken voice "Bravo ! bravo
Ah .' colonel, you are worthy to have served his
I J.p majesty;
I time he wou'
Louis XI V. Had yoti lived in his
Id have made you a field-marshal !"
Somewhat abashed, Cyprien 'stammered out.
"Excuse me, colonel ; but you know I never
i knew this king of grandfather's. I only heard I
i him spoken ot by some ot the oldest men here."
; "And those who spoke disrespectfully of
; him," said Napoleon, '"did wrong. Here, at
1 all events, the raemorv of Louis XIV. nnohrtn
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be venerated."
At that moment lights appeared at the end of
the court, a sound ol voices was .heard, and
te(j
SflrriiMer. that the Kmnerni- baA :hn fi k-
last hour incognito within the walls. The news
spread quickly among the officers ; tbey has-
tened to look for their beloved master, and
found him nn thc terrace conversing with his
three companions
At the cries of "Here he is! long live the
Emperor 1" Cyprien, fixing his eyes atteutivelv
on tue Bupposeu coionei, suaaeniy recognised
mm, anu ciasping nis nanus exclaimed : ' Ah
Sire, pardon me. Father, grandfather, this is
' " Tou the Emperor, colonel ?" cried the two
i 0j meu.
j Yes, my children," replied Napoleon, kind
ly holding each by an arm, i'n order to prevent
them from kneeling, "although much younger
than you, I am your father, and the fatherof
every soldier who has fought for the honor
Trance t
At that, moment. linn-v tKa tih..i.... . ,
their attendants, came up and saluted Napoleoo
- t-fi b"i'ii Mm
With a stern look, he said, "You should have
had patience to wait." Then turning to the
others in an affable manner, he said : " Ap
proach, marshal and gentlemen ; Lelp me to
recompense three generations of heroes. These
brave men," pointing to Maurice, Jerome, and
Cyprien, " have fought in three glorious battles
Freidlingen, Racours, and Fleurus, Marshal;"
to Serrurier " lend me your cross ; you shall
have one instead tomorrow," he added, smil
ing. " Uive me yours, also, Rapp
Having received the two crones, Napoleon
gave one to Jerome, toe other to Cyprien ; and
then, taking eff his own he fastened it on the
breast ot the venerable Maurice, savine. as he
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did so, "My old comrade, I regret that I did
not sooner discharge this debt which FrancA
owes
peror 1" shouted all present
-aire, saia oiu Maurice, m a voice tremb
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der of my life happy to me and my children."
"My brave fellow," replied Napoleon, giving
bis hand, which the old man seised and pressed
respectfully to bis lips, " I -repeat that I am
only discharging a debt which our country owes
you." 1 ,
Meantime the news had spread throughout
the Hotel that the Emperor was there. AH the
inmates, disregarding rules and diecipline,eame
tJ i- l n . . . 1 that ot leo free passes, only seventy-
Long live the Emperor ! long live the Em- i oiren to memher, nf IKa nroas Tf ;i
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.apoieon smiiu at me; reiimnsiK
I ilirSn e.T teinpiire Aein)juuuj .iikj nici ....
svier each individually, inqurii:g whether the
M'ere iontnt with their position, or wished for
any thing with whifh he could supply them.
At length Xapoleon took lteave of his govern
or, and the crowd, opening, respectfully made
way for him to pass to the gate, liapp had sent
lnck the horsos and ordered a carriage with an
escort of dtagoons to be in attendance. The
Emperor got in with his aid de camp, while th
echites of the Seine resounded with shouts of
" Vive V Empereuf .'"
" This has been one of tho; happiest evenings
in my life !" he said to Rapj. " I should like
well enough to pass the remainder of my days
in the Hotel des Invalides." !
'Then 1," replied the aid de-camp, with his
usual frankness, "should like to le assured of
Uvine and beins buried there.''
" Who knows ?" said Napoleon, " that may
liaDKeri : and I mvself whoi knows " He did
not finish the sentence, but fell into a profound
reverie, which lasted during the remainder of
the drive. !
III. !
On the ISth of December. 1840, a funeral car,
covered with crowns of laurel, preceded by the
banner of France, and followed by the survi
ving relics of her forty armies passed slowly be
neath the triumphal Arch de TEtoile. The
sarcophagus it bore contained the mottal spoils
,f him who. in the snaee ottilteen vears. naa
well niiyh conauered the world. The dead Na
noleon was thus tardily borne to his place be
neath that dome raised for th&shelter of heroes,
Late in the evenine. when fhe crowd had slow
ly dispersed, when the murqaur of its thousand
voices was hushed, when the solitude was com
plete and the silence unbroken, an invalid, a
centeeedarian. almost blind, and Walking on
two wooden legs, entered the chapel where re-
posed the body of opoleon. aupportea oy two
ot his comraaes, he reachea Uie toot oi tne lm
l"D ;
perial catafalque.
Taking Off his wooden legs
" My Emperor !" cried on, " I wa vrHhlyou
i. order to kneel down, he bent his venerable .uuueuoe over ui Dn. govern-
bead on the steps ; and presently, mingled with ment- 7 JTf T'V '.k i? Ta
6obs, he uttered in broken accents the words. I 10n of the awioh Islands by the United
' F rorl f ither !" ' ' t,tte8 a most natural and convenient arrange-
iTleugth his companions succeeded in draw- j !n f"r kth Prti.S-the king being poisoned
in- him Sway; and as he passed out the supe-! and group being admitted into the A
rior officers of the Hotel respectfully saluted the I merican Union .as a sovereign though trans-
o.u man. xie nuu uau uuiuo lu icu'j" r
homage to his master was Cyprien, the grand
non of father Maurice. Tenor's Magazine.
A Distressing Occuhrenck.-
Heartless De- j
ntion and Probable Murder, The Cincinnati '
Enquirer narrates the following distressing af-1
fair, that occurred on Thursday evening last.
near Osborne, Ohio : .
It appears that about three years since a far
mer named William Ricketts left lm family to
seek his fortune in the gold mines of Calafornia.
About seven months since, Mrs. R. received in
formation from a person representing himself
as coming direct from San Francisco, that her
husband had died of chronic diarrhce. The
wifd believed the story and; manifested much
distress of mind upou the receipt of the intelli- I have recently attracted so much of the spirit
gence. Her informant, whope name is William J and enterprise of the people of the United
L Gaylord, manifested much sympathy for j states. The gtjeat discoveries made in the Eas
Mrs. R. in her bereavement,; and frequently vis- j tern and Pacifies Oceans by the Quiros, Menda
ited the house to condole with her in her afflic- i na, Tasman, and other foreign navigators, were
tioD.. The unsuspecting wife, appreciating the j completed by Capt. Cook ; and most of the coun
kindness of Gaylord, tendered him the hospital- j tries and groups in both those oceans were ta
ities of her house and home. Gaylord, with an j ken possession ' of by him on behalf of the
apparent indifference, declined the .offer, but i British Crown. ; At the present time, we have
finally proposed to accept the same on condi-j under our rules Australia and New Zealand,
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tions ot marriage, xue asionisueu mrs. rv. at
first declined, but afterwards agreed to let the
matter utand open until Gayjord should call a
gain. In the ir.t rim, Gaylrjri abstracted from
the post-office all letters directed to Mrs. Rick
etts ; and one from her husband he opened,
perused and then destroyed. The Liter stated
that he did not intend to return home for three
years, but was very anxious to see his wife.
Gaylord again called on Mri. Ricketts, and in
sisted upon an answer to his proposition
Mrs. R., after a tew moments reflection,
consented to the union, and the time for their j 000 ; but the American trade is much more
marriage was set. The diy came, they were i considerable, and the North Pacific is now tra
married, and by their marriage, Mr. Gay- j versed by an immense fleet of American wha
lord came into possession of: a farm valued at ; ling vessels, giving employment to about 20,
several thousand dollars. j j uOO men. If the Americans are desirous of ac-
Soon after their marriage, Mr. Gaylord propo- '; quiring a monopoly of the trade of China and Ja
sed to his wife to sell out and move to Kansas, pan, they have only to start a steam com muni
and there locate for life. The wife consented, and (cation between California and those countries,
the farm was advertised for Ssale at a sacrifice, i making the Sandwich Islands their great cen-
Tlie advertisement appeared; in the Dayton and
i Cincinnati papers, and much was said in regard
! 10 the 8ale of the. "R'ckett'a Restate." The ad-
vertisement, as it appeared fn one of our week-
lips, was seen by Mr. Kicketfa in ban rrancisco. Mon of steam communication. This extension
Enraged and chagrined, Mr4 R. took the first ! can be made niore readily and more conveni
steamer snd arrived in Osbofne on Wednesday ently by America than even by England ; and
evening last. Mr. R. made Idiligent-inquiries, j if the acquisitkm of the Sandwich Islands by
and learned the facts as above stated. Arming ; the United States should lead to the result we
himself with a knife and a 6race of pistols, he ; should regard it as a circumstance auspicious
went to his house about 10i o'clock at night. to the commence of the world, by affording
All was quiet. Ricketts rapped at the door means for the development'of the vast natural
several times. It was finally opened by Mrs. i resources not only of these tropical island hut
Gaylord, and Ricketts entered. Mrs. G. threw
on her dress, and, lighting the candle, turned recently lor the first time been opened to the in
to look upon the Btranger who had come at such ! tercourse of the stranger through the enternrise
vi- i r .u. !:!.. i ' j i.i- .i . . r
j an unseasonable hour of thejnight. A shriek,
I mediately seized him dj tne: throat, and pmn-
Ked lue n'le. ,nt0 1118 8., e'r an ?nen went t0
! woere 11,8 umurluu? lc w 11 0Ja' 0Ul n.er
on tne nouiuer anu necs, iiku ten, mo premie-
e. and has not since been heard from. The
wife, recovering, informed! the neighbors of
tat had transpired, and immediate search was
'
i n,acl? tor V, :lck"8-. "avium was .lying very
: ,,ucu . ""r" .uum nuu,
I i r w "" "f
, eUs has undoubtedly made ii successful escape.
' j luxury oj dping good, than that which a large
The.Press and its Privileges. In all of ! ci.ty like this presents, every day and every
our places of amosement, and ou all r ur rail- : nigbt in the year. One meets with so much
roadjvnd steamboat lines, there is, and long has j niisery that with little aid might be transform
been, a free list that is, a list of persons who , e' iul liappiness so much wretchedness that
nass free of charee whichj owins to various ' might be converted into comfort so much suf-
f nof-a - Vias (rmwil inconvenient:! v l-irna Of
of! this,-the newspaper press islgenerally made to
; Khai iho vosnnnBiKilifir ant itnonv rAann
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; acquainieu wmi iue irue siuia oi toe case, are
apt to lorm very erroneous notions of the char-
acter and conduct of aewspaper editors and
proprietors, a large number, of whom do not
covet the privilege so generously offered them,
and seldom avail themselves of it. 'When, re
cently,' the representatives of the four great rail
road routes to the West agreed to put a stop to
the free list, it was at once supposed that this
was a uiuw wuicu wuuiu iai, severely upon the
I press. How true this is, is gathered from the
j fact proven by an investigation on the New
I York ftnd Erin Rail marl tl,n nfth. nra.i
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ber of persons who pass free over that work
the regular fare of whom would pay the com -
pany $100,000 per annum, less than one in a
! hundred are nr. have lioon min,u.. .1.
j newspaper press. A similar investigation on
! .i.a r vv w- n.i :i-T.j L.
BUOW8
tl ve
i k V
I tbUS be
Ti rTTP fTu r Properly re
sponsible for this abuse of the free nass svs
,i. .1. ; . ,
- sponsible for this abuse of the free pass 8Vs
tam I nn rcicuiio - a moan tr lni.Jn
wien to reirencn meir iree iist, as it is rerv
nrniuir thur Bhnnlri th nraau ilinnlrl i
f ' t . J ' 1 ...v ' Jt' 11 1 1 V u
made the scape-goat.--Fhili U S. Gazette
1 V w ... - TV Ii
nicipai and other local authorities, and public keep off Cape Race, our speed decreased e ! P"011 01 Alexander Hamilton."
characters, directors hotel? keepers, etc ; and j D0(h only that the vessef should TeTo Yer ' 1 v
cicaia undredthe6 5 ?t ! ' Ulfl I AT
.11 Ters pertaining to tli travelling ly tLoSe "Twuhl'n f Christ Church. in'thU City. on Sunday
routes, prof places of amusement. If managers i i;fj Lr ,koi W.Vu . ., Jl01 r,8lt last.
tance than the public ot this country niiy gen
erally suppose, dn the first place, it shows that
the American government, lorgetlul ot the em
phatic warning given by v. asjiington, is deter
mined tu obtain- foreign possessions, and to ex
tend its sovereignty over places, not situated on
the North Amerira.ii continent. This policy on
the part of the American government is not new.
homfi years agop triey attempted to purchase
From Spain one ol the smaller ot the isaiearic
Islands, lor the mtensible purpose of having a
port in the Mediterranean in which the Ameri
can sqnadron could refit. Spain, however, very
properly thought that it would be unwise either
to sell or even lease a portion of her territory to
so go ahead a nation as the United States, and
thus their first attempt to obtain a locus standi,
and a right to dabble in European politics, was
leftjated by the prudencfi and discretion ot the
Spanish government. Very recently it has been
stated that the Americans have been in treaty
for the purchase til" the small republic of ban
Marino, no doubt with a view, some day or
other, t the possible annexation of the whole ol
Italy to ban ' Marino, when i ankea mstitu
tions and power: shall have been suffieientiv
consolidated in that spot. These rumors have
been contradicted, and thereforo, we must
content ourselves with ' believing that Amer
ican capacity is at present exclusively devo
ted to .the acquisition, per Jas aut nefus, of
Cuba, and the purchase of the Sandwich Is
lands, in thc North Pacific Ocean. The condi
tion of these latter islands can never be viewed
with indifl'erence by the people of this country.
On the principal one of the group Hawaii our
great eircum-navigator, Captain Cook, met
his death, in an atfray with the natives. In
more recent times, English and American mis
sionaries have succeeded in converting the
heathen inhabitants to a knowledge of Chris
tianity ; the arts of civilized life have been in
troduced; a settled form of government has been
established, and trade andcommercehavesprung
up to an extent which hardly ceuld have been
expected in so remote a part of the world. In
fact, the ports of this group have been found to
constitute excellent stations for the large num
ber ot vessels employed by the Americans in
the whaling trade; and
American merchants
a - i ...
uimu missionaries nave latteny exer-
Louisiana, at the commence
ment of this century, was sold by France to
the United States ; the Sandwich Islands are
now to be sold to the same power, by the na
tive government;, and we must congratulate
the Americans upon their honestr in paving
a pecuniary consideration, when thev might
easily have followed the precedent which was
set by another nation in reference to Tahiti,
and have obtained them by the same means
It may be asked, if the United State have long
exercised paramount influence in the Sandwich
Islands, why should the ceremony of an annex
ation be gone through, and a new State be ad
ded to the Unioii ? This question can only be
answered by a reference to the geographical po
sition of these islands, midway between Califor
nia and Chiua and Japan countries which
j uuu uie oeucvoienee anu piety oi tne people
have sent missionaries to almost every island,
but we have made no systematic attempts ei
ther to retain in our own hands the rich com
merce of that portion of the world, or indefinite
ly to extend our political influence there.
France possesses New Caledonia and Tahita,
and now the United States will have the Sand
wich Islands, which they can easily make a
uiost important military and naval station.
lhree years ago the British trade in the
South seas and , Pacific amounted to 3.000 -
tral station. The multitudes of groups of is-
lauds, rich in native products, which are scat
; tered over the Pacific and Eastern oceans, af-
ford most extraordinary facilities for theexten-
! oi the empire of 'Japan, the ports of which have
, and public spirit of the American' government.
SEASON.
j
ready begins
fields and ice in
, the streets
Provisions are high. Fuel is dear
1 Money is scarce, - The times are hard for the i
, poor, particularly bard and it passes our com-
, prehension how men, with hearts in their
! bodies and money in their pockets, can escape
i amna thought. uLit u h,m)a, v, 1..
: w- wub"v isvMm tiiu lauiLuiACno. ai 1.1 El nrr IrNNK
j Ubfed, and worse clad, unfortunates, who are
to be found at almost any hour, night or dav
; in storm or Bunsnine, in the highways and bv-
r ways oi tne city
There is no better opportu-
; nity for enjoying ; what the moralists call the
i fel iug and sorrow that miffht be nllevintArl at I
! liule cost that the inquiry is often provoked
aie iue iwouuuureu cnurcnes in this opulent
city, whichj preach the doctrines of the Saviour
ornTii &ntirtair nn)v tlia ... i . r C ... 1 . I
- - J ...wj, ...j ... n J.iiLpctC UI Hunt U1"U
affect to be, rather than what they really are?
If there is one principle greater than another,
Jaught by that Saviour while sojourning on
eartb, it was charity, charity in its most en-
largea and comprehensive sense. He had but
! Iew promises tor the rich, that is to say, for
! t,,e possessors of mere worldly wealth' for mere
" ul ,U,J u pour uau uis woras ol en-
' couragement and comfort often, but the rich
I man ,'iat was "fhithed in fine linen and fared
1 SUmntnousl V everv dav" hnH lm nr.i..nnA ..
i r .1 .7 w .' . D I ' . V LU L . nn nil
! !J " the miserable Dives, while his claims to
1 entpr the Kingdom of Heaven were narrowed
! down to the desperate chance of a camel's Ko
: inn-ihrouu-h thff evn of a jc v r.
. . s .
4 tJiREFTTT. IVltlUAVni-R F,
' 1 .1. . 1. : it
be" last vonS2
i "j Ule "icauiisuip nermann on ner last vovage
! (V-im Fni-.n-iQ ir.Wa !-.. DUII.J.I. L.:. n'li '
..v." tj j m w mo x iiiiauiuiiiai nolle.
' tin that they encountered the same dense foe
- ' : .y.1 sL.z n. . V . .,0
.
iA ;5v.i a 1 It. ... . 1
r . " "-" "i
' my passengers and crew, to make the passage
I one hour shorter."
" ; T51S Const&ntlV fiintr. nHr innpda nlian I
'Otira art the ttHns offidr;ddightfl pw i
Unwarned bupartu rage, to lice like brothers, i
R A L E I G H. N . C.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 15, 1854.
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THE LEuISLATLKb. (
We will furnish the "Rkgisteb" br the ses-i
siou of the Legislature, on the following terms : j
VY.r .hP W.efclv: for the 8ession. 5U cents
" J '
For the Semi-W eekly
$ 1 00
RALEIGH AND GASTON RAIL ROAD.
From the Report of the Preeident and Direc
tors of this Road, furnished "exclusively." it
would seom, for publication in the "Standard,"
we learn that the entire receipts from all sources
fir the year ending Sept. 30th, 1854, have been
$2 58,410 21. Out f this have been
P&d fur extraiirdina
ry expenses, not pro
perly chargeable to
tire business of the
year, 89,171 01
And for run fill expea-
sex i u,iiu -jo
$1.09,701 97
Leaving on hand, on Sept. 30th.,
1854, after paying all expenses,
both ordinary and extraordina
ry, a clear balance of
Being more than 8 per cent, on
$78,708 24
the capital
stock invested in the Road. A highly flatter
ing year's business, and a most favorable inde
cation of the future success of the Company !
WILMINGTON & RALEIGH RAIL ROAD.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
thisCompany was held in Wilmington, on Thurs
day last. A majority of the stock was repre
sented, in person and by proxy. Owen Kenan,
of Duplin, appeared as proxy for the State.
The Reports of the President and Directors,
and of the Auditing Committee, exhibited a
most satisfactory condition of the affairs of the
Company.
The following gentlemen were elected officers
of the Company for the ensuing year, vix : Pre
sident, Hon. William S. Ashe, (in place of Gen.
Alex. McRae, who declined a re-election ;)
Directors, E. B. Dudley, A. J. DeRosset, Jr., P.
K.Dickinson, Gilbert Potter, E. P. Hall, Alex.
McRae, J. D. Bellamy. Directors appointed by
the State W. A. Wright, Wm. K. Lane, and
L. H. B. Whitaker.
Upon the result of the election for President,
and the manner in which that result was ac
cjmplished, the "Wilmington Herald" com
ments in a spirit of proper indignation. We
subjoin its article. For ourselves, w confess
to no surprise in the promises. It has been the
uniform practice of the present "powers that
be," for the past four years, to make onr differ:
ent works of Internal Imcrogreinent merely the
means of rewarding party drudgery or of ad
vancing pary favorites. It is a source of deep
regret to us that we see no prospect of reform,
for the next two years, in this contracted and
bigoted policy. The Whig party of the State
will struggle on in behalf of Internal Improve
ments, however, despite the open enmity of
some, and the disingenuous and mean contri
vances of other, locofoco leaders and politicians.
From the "Herald."
"We feel bousd to comment somewhat on
this extraordinary result.
Mr. Ashe, who had never owned a share
of stock in this great improvement, until re
cently, when a transfer of a sufficient number of
shares was made to qualify him foi the office he
lias obtained ; who has bad no acquaintance
with the practical management of Rail Roads ;
and so far as a familiarity with the duties of
President is concerned, was disqualified ; is yet,
in direct opposition to the wishes of a large ma
jority of the individual stockholders, forced up
on the Company as its chief officer. We wish
this fact to appear, that whilst Mr. Wright re
ceives a majority of nearly three to one of the
private stockholders of the Road, those to whose
efforts in building and sustaining it it now in a
great measure owes its present prosperity, he is
nevertheless thrust aside, and the wishes of the
friends of the Road thwarted by an exercise of
political power on the part of the State, aided
by the co-operation of a kindred Corporation.
Has it come to this, that Rail Roads are to be
made the means for the accomplishment of par
ty ends, for the reward of political service
We do not wonder that this arbitrary exercise
of power has created a deep feeling among the
original friends of the Road ; nor shall we be
surprised if it has discouraged and retarded the
progress of other works of a kindred character
in this section, for years. Who will invest their
capital in Rail Roads, when the principal offices
are given with reference to political ends ? and
- i
n direct opposition to the wishes of the work-
' ti, iiituuo vi ilia luiutuicUiCUbB.
; wa un ,... .k-
i . J
NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD.
We learn, from the Greensboro' Patriot,"
that Gov. Morebead has just contracted for nine
thousand tons of-Iron for the North Carolina
Rail Road enough, it is supposed, to complete
the laying of the whole track from Goldsboro'
to Charlotte. It will be a source of pleasure
to the friends of the Road to learn that this
iton was purchased on more favorable terms
than could have been anticipated, via : $42.50
per ton, payable in North Carolina money. The
Iron is to be delivered in equal quantities on
the wharfs of Portsmouth and Charleston.
I ' me ag0 lron WAS ortn fronl
I u v, fc uy paying in .orth varo-
jlina Funds, there will be a saving to the com
pany of at least 1 per cent, on the whole of the
purchase money, amounting to the snug little
sum of $3,825.
: The "National Intelligencer," in speak
ing of the decease of Mrs. Hamilton, widow of
Alexander Hamilton, quotes Mr. Webster's
celebrated eulogium on that great man, ex-
pressed in words that will alwavs h
bered : "Hamilton was placed at the head of
the treasury J-iepartment. He carried on the
Government finances ; he smote the rock of na
tional resources, and flourishing streams of
revenue poured forth. He touehed the dead
I P80 ?ubU Credit' and into life.
ine ianiea work of Minerva from the brain of
Jove was not more perfect than the financial
system of the United States which sprung from
DiribENn. The Bank of Wadesborouch ha
declared a semi-a&nBal dividend of &y pr etut.
THE LATE E LECTION v
-It iaatill a matter of doubt who is elected Ji:
ernor of the State of New ;Y tk. Mr. Ullnlan,
.. .nAitWtf! ftf the VnotNothiniw.Ts Certain.
ly defeated, and the contest is now between
Aafamt 0., ,wQ inLat u
i i o ,.ntn :
I Ujaric anu oeymour, me uiimjcr, mwii-.-s ,
! the latest advices, being decidedly in favor of
i the former. Coward of?400.000 votes have j
1 been heard from, and thsumming".p places elapsed between the departure th, be
Sevmonr 1.7G1 votes ahead! of Clark -hut addi Urm.es for Blak'lva and .he opemr.? .1
' i r.. .;r u-t.m.ivmn- nfe upon S. ln-tor. .1. Ti.e , ,i , i were
tiuuui iriuiiifs iiuni pimir tj - .
.:. ,i. ..,,,! u.ir .n;.Piu f.,'r hei
u .vr" -v '
latter. Raymond. Seward Whig. (Ed.tor f
the " Times." and associated on the ticket with
Clark.) is certainly elected- V'e.uenant governor. ,
n,. i i ? i... ct:. : li':. ..
llie ASSemuiy IS largely j umoii n iiij;-
, Wood, the locofoco rrandidati, is elected May
or of the City of New York!, and not Barker, his
leading competitor and the candidate of the
Know-Nothings, us stated in our last.
If Clark should be defeated for Oovernor, his
defeat will not cause touch regret to any con j
sideruble portion of-the people of the country !
interested in political affairs.
On the other
I
hand, the unexpectedly heavy vote polled by
L'lluian is, in many respecjts, most gratifying.
He is a Fillmore, conservative. National Whig,
and the Fiilroore Whigs voted with the Know
Nothings for him. The whole Seward aud Gree
ley t ribe of New York, even now, are how ling fori h
theirdeounciationsagainsttheUllnian vote. Will
the Democracy of the South join in the chorus
with them? And in the event of the election
of Seymour, the Fre soil 'candidate, will they
rejoice over it the more ? By their course on
this point, we can form some idea of the sinner-
... . , ,. . c 0 ., i
ity of their professions of peculiar love for South-
ern institutions.
The oewara ana v-ireeaey, nigs anu i-ouinern ;
Democrats (suggests the "Richmond Whifc,") (
. . , i .un l n .1 I
woum lorm u. ju.ij - " '
11 C - II.. . .. . ..t rti,?l ......ill,.!,' f
t I
We have reports oi tne results oi uie eiemui. i
in all the Congressional districts of New York,
iPTcentonP.l A comnanson ol these results
with the present Delegation from that State will
enable the reader to discover the extent to which
the Administration has suffered in this contest.
We therefore insert, in parallel columns, a list
of the Members of the present Congress, as well
from the State of New York as if the other
States which held elections last week. In te
fifty districts reported below, in which the Ad
ministration now commands thirty eight mem
bers, it will be seen that it has secured to the
next Congress only thirteen members, (in
cluding the Anti Nebraska Democrats.)
NEW YORK.
Present Congress. hext Congress.
fJ. Maurice, d. W. W Yalk, whig K N.
T. W. Camming, d
J. n. l. Mranahan, w.
G. R Pelton, w.
J Kelly, Soft shell d.
T. R. Whitney, w. K. N.
J. Wfheeler, Anti. Neb. d.
T. Childs, Jr. whig.
A. R. Wakeman, w.
B. Ctark, whig.
H. Walbridge. d.
M. WaUh, d.
W. M. Tweed, d.
J. Wheeler, d.
W. A. Walker, d.
F. B. Cutting, d.
J. V. Peck, d.
W. Murray, d.
A. Sj Murray, whig
T. R. Westbrook. d. R. If. King, w. K. X.
G. Dean, dem
K. Miller, whig.
R. Sage, whig.
R. W. Peckham, d
C. Hughes, dem.
G. A Simmons, w
B. Perkins, dem.
P. Rowe.dem.
G. W. Chase, w.
O. B- Matteson, w.
II. Bennett, w.
G. Smith. Aboli'n.
C. Lyon, dem.
D. T. Jones, d.
R. Shge. whig.
S. II. Dickson, whig.
O. Cjark, Hard dem.
G. A. Simmons, w.
F. E. Spinner, Soft .1.
T. R Horton, whig,
L R. Palmer, Soft d.
O. Bi: Matteson, w.
II. Bennett, whig.
W. A. Gilbert, w.
A. H Granger, w.
E. B, Morgan, w.
A. Oliver, Anti N. d.
J..M. Parker, w.
W. W. Kelsey. w.
J. Williams, Soft K. N.
B. Pringle, w.
T. T Flagler, w.
S. G. Haven, w.
F. Si Edwards, w. K. N.
E. B. Morgan, w.
A. Oliver, dem.
J. J. Taylor, d.
G. Hastings, d.
D. Carpenter, w.
B. Pringle. w.
T. T. Flagler, w.
S. G. Haven, w.
R. E. Fenton, d.
NEW JERSEY.
N. T. Stratton. d. I. Ti Clawson. w.
d Skelton, d. G. R. Robbin, w.
S. Lilly, d. J. Bishop, w.
G. Vail, d. G. Vail. d.
A. CM. Pennington, w. A-. C. M. Pennington, w.
ILLINOIS.
E. B. Washburn, w. . B. Washburn, w.
J. Wentworth, d. J. A. Woodworth, Fus.
J. O. Norton, w. J. Oi Norton, w.
J. Knox, w. J. Knox, w.
W. A. Richardson, i. A. Williams, w.
R. Yates, w. R. Yates, w.
J. C. Allen, d
W. H. BSssell, d. : L. Trumbull, Anti-N. d.
W. Allen, d. i ! .
MICHIGAN.
D. Stewart, d. W.. A. Howard, w. .
D. A. Noble, d. H.'Waldron, w.
S. Clark, d. D. S. Walbridge, w.
II. L. Stevens, d. M.AVisner, w.
WISCONSIN.
D. Wells, d. 1). Wells d.
B. C. Eastman, d. C. Q. Washburn, w.
t-J. B. Macy, d.
Voted in faror of the Nebraska bill,
t Absent at the rote on the Nebraska bill.
The N. Y. Herald, speaking of the late
elections, says, " Thfa extraordinary result
proves that the administration at Washington
baa had more to do with this election than we
had supposed. The intense disgust of the hard
shells concerning the spoils policy of the ad
ministration has done thebusiness. If Ullman
is elected, we are indebted to the administration
for a Whig Know Nothing Governor, elected by
democratic rotes. Does this look as if the two
divisions of the New York democracy can ever !
be re united upon the basis of the present Cabi
net coalition at Washington ? We think not
And we apprehend that the! result of the week
in New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois and Wiscon
sin tell substantially the same story, in letters
perhaps as mysterious, but1 still as startling and
significant, as the ancient handwriting upon the
wall." I
8-'The Paris correspondent of the "New
York Times" gives the following account of a
singular optical illusion :
"A gentleman living in Brussels, somewhat
troubled by cobwebs and spots in hie eyes
rubbed them one night with a few drons of 1
tract of bella donna. In the morning the cob-
i eb,84bfdf Dwf' bu thf,rbole oute f of th
woriu nau cnaneea. His newsnanr k;k
had tieen placed by his bedside, was composed
of types so small that he could hardly decipher
I a 5 X n,s 8tout erring
orAnAh Karl a ti m It .a.w . . 0
years. He got up in ereat friirhr i
4WW ujio iiicie girl of tea
van T II errxt a. r. . 0
.PJtJrtihB garments of
a child, but as bis own: limbs bad diminiahed
T P?f:0rt1??' b. '"I1' Rot into them. He
found his wife and children at table, tne former
a dwarf, the latter a row of dolls. JIe harried
off to his physiciana ; the horses he met looked
like doga. and the Hogs like rats. Everrthine
wu luttput and Cinderella. Lotions wire an
plied to the rictim's eyes, and the next day
Brobd.gnag returned, bringing back the eoh
webs and the spote. This phenomenon, called
mtcrnpie does 1 not seem to hare occurred more
than half a dozen times, though it mar U
SUEZ 2 WilV' "f0 tel w
n:oj Knitn-E.
The steamer AinciW-a ha arrived
don and Liverpool .latM t.t !! "J.-'ih n!.
A further adri nee in i!m
of In-,
is reported, viz : tlour, "J
I blV
1 .
a 'JJ. per quarter : com. o-. si 1
tJy. and nnehand ,.,
S-ba-tnpol had not yt hn.
T
!n, the.Iiih ultiian. and wu ih IUU the
bardmeiit was oomiuciii-fd by 1 in-.i -jii.1 ra, i
continued till night 1 he Russians Iom
hundred iufn in killed aiil wound' d A
Korilefi' was killed. The fortifications -.'!(.
but little damage. On thef'h the ! .'ii.'! ;.;
inent was rewutii.:d from the "allied b(t.;!-.'-
ly. The Russian despatches say that ib ,
rison made freqetit sorties. When ti - m
left Constatiiin ple ou t!ie ldii., fie t--.i;o
had snived at B ilaklava wiiii the woun ia
repelling a great sortie ..f iwentv thou.
"'rV ''""""'' " '
... .n ....... ..if V ...! -f..r...! t ! 3
eu me women, ine cnui'.rni, ,ii.u Uie ti t. I i
sent away, and ti i' to le liui.-tcd iii.un i i . e i ..
pitsla. So far as known, the Russian ai a-. , .
ceniraiing on tlie Upptr Bilin-k alidad; i. , ,,
bersi forty-five thousand. Tiie ;i!ii;',l iini.v v. . .
divided into a sie;e arniv ai;d .in .u ii!', : ...
serration. Thc latter were p..t-d on ihe ,
tensive table laud which separntes BabikUv:
from Sebastop d, and accesMbie only li ;, . ,
joints. The Russians wei bociiiit; u t'..
outside of the Allies' positions. tJo the ',';,
they made a strong demonsrraiion on tiie no;- ..
west extremity of the camp, but were k i ! in
-i.i - ... . .! i:ii i .
and retired v
flh, and 1 1 th the g;
Mniw and deBtroJ,
check, and retired without batiK O.-, riie v i
arrison ot s, ,,....!,.
ed some miiuII woit. . ju
the evening of the fitli a convoy of b ur tl..i..
il - it- l.
ami uussians succeetu-n in eniering
The Allies number 1 10,K. nnd-.MtO additi
ui i iciiui rro ie;vjy 10 tiil'..lll UoIU .11 ar-
Jeg on the o, uul -s )(1
Tin
f.
Y
Letters say that the A Hip luive ,UI :.,
battery. After afew days' tin- they v;ill7nti -m; ;
w hich , ostium!.-.- t
PAtlt'lin fiil-tV t hi.nc ui.) tiion
The advices from Constant inoida
ire lo !l,
18th. The Russians have
retaken l.un.H-! ..,
The English garri-on of rive hur:.lv-.i it -ir- ;
An allied force had been writ, nndu- ii -i .. i:s;
JBosqoete and Achtm-t Pacha, to Per.-k. .
prevent the advance of Russian i-inoree:o. m-
Affairs look black between Russia and A
tria. A gieat council of war has been In i i
Vienna, over which the Emperor pre.-!. led. I;
is rumored that Austria Miniinons Ru :,i i i,
withdraw from the frontier ot (.iallicii. Ti,
whole Austrian army was put on a war foot,'
on the 26th. The garrison at Vienna has
ders to be ready to march at forty eight L.-u'-notice.
Russia in the mean lim--? i..titinne-i , .i
menace Austria. Tlie Czar has gone to
saw. Forces are couceutratiiig rti siie Au'-trun
frontier. Little doubt is entertained at Vo-ru,:.
that there will soon be actual hostilities bc-t'.vt e,
the two nations.
Austria has returned an answer to the .' ,
despatch of the Prussian Government, rej.o.i'.i
that Austria will adhere inflexibly to the pu. i
expressed in her note of the SOiii ..f Sep'msl r
The action of Prussia is lm k.-d f..r with n.iu. .
an.ti-.-ty.
The British fleet will leave the "Balric abo'.'
the end of November, returning in 6qu-idr.ui 1
to Portsmouth. Sheerness. Pivin..oih. ate! Con;.
! hive floating twenty gun boa'-.
lawtug K
j feet water, are building in England for the
! spring's operations.
I Another polar expediti.in i to 'ie s.--nt tot u
the spring to bring home the renin ins nf ?ir
I John Franklin's patty. Dr. lia" la to hdc
,; command of this expedition.
Mr. Soule's
return to Mudri I
an excitement
there. Thp .-!
iiimr nn i' ::
Goei 1: ment ;
;'a has alBLdu:
! such as to induce the Snani
! solicit his recall. Queen lsal
ed the idea of abdicating.
THE FIRST BLOW IN THE PACIFIC
The ball, in the Pacific, has opened in p i
earnest, as will be seen by the highly imperial. 1
dispatch from that quarter we publish to-dav
A sharp engagement has taken place botwe--.i
the belligerents on the Russian Coast, in the
far North, in which a bravery and a determina
tion were, on all hands, as conspicuous, as 1.
bloodier, but hardly more fiercely cnntetej
fields, of the Crimea.
Fefropauluwki, says the'N". Y. Express," i 1
place hitherto unknown tothe world, apart from
the whaling trade ; but the desperate battle oi
which our columns tins morning bear witness
it has been the scene, will make it ai roeuioui
ble in the annals of the present war'as that of
Alma or Sinope.
The British and French, it 6ee;ns, stumlil.M
on something very like, a hornet's nest, in :r,
tacking this Petiopaulowski, for certain it 1-.
the most consummate skill and-bruverv wi;!i
which it was defended appear to have been en
tirely unexpected. The allies had no idea 1 I
the strength of the place certainly not that u
had a hundred and twenty guns in reserve tor
them, served, too, by eighteen hundred Germm-.
and Danes as well as Russians The eomU'
was long, bloody, stubborn and. if a -victors '
may be claimed on either side, we think ii mu .;
be accorded to the Russians. For, the alii
failed in accomplishing the purposes thev hu !
in view first the destruction of the Russian
war ships, in order to rid British and Fiem h
commerce in ihe Pacific of their annoyance .
and, second, the capture and investment of ti.
place itself. After the battle (be it noted,) a
council of war was held, and the determination
arrived at was, that Petropnvhuki should
abandoned.
IV. I . 1 . ...
v nen tnis news readies r.urotn, ii will cre
ate a great sfrn-aii.-ti, fui iiirl,in r iu wed i n . :,
as it does, that fighting Russiun soldiers is n.
holiday play. It will do something more it
will open the eye of the allies to the fonuid.-i-bleness
of their .enemy, in a quarter uhi. !i
they bare all along been deluding themselves in-
to the belief was one of his weakest.
BALLOON ASCENSION.
We are pleased to learn that Prof. Geo. El
liott, the celebrated Proliant, who has alrea i .
made 109 ascensions, proposes, if proper ei -couragement
is afforded, to make his -110th. in
this City on the 1st Monday in December, thai
being the 4th day. The Rcerrsiou will tak -place
from the Fair Ground. Price of a dm:
sionSOcts; tweUe tickets for The 00 1
sion will doubtless bring together a large num
ber of people, and the exhibition will be ogn ..1
novelty in this section of countrv
1 11 J
S&" We call attention, with great r lasn
to the proposed re publication, (n-Wri ti-.. a
another column.) bv Messrs. fj. II pt , r-
Co of "Lawson's History of Norrh C
uroiit'
&e. It is a rare and valuaVie work, she
much light on the eailirr hinti ry of the
Land should, as it doubtless will, com-ii u
extensive ealf. Wrt connoeud the enter-, i.--and
public api; It of the Publishers ma !.', 1...
appreciation at the hands of cur people.
t&" Wm. T. iliMH, Esq.. ims u-e,, cu t
SwliciUjt for tL count; of Fiu.
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