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THOASLOEING, "Editor and-Proprietor: Devoted 'to literature, Science, Foreign and Domestic NewSi Agricalare,' TridJ,. ozrcc, SxONE DOLlAlt Per -Annua, invariably in. Advance VOL. I. ADVERTISEMENTS, To a limited extent, will be. inserted in the Weekly Commercial, at the following rats sauare. i insertion, SO 50 l square, Z montns, 9 w I do. 3 do. zw 1 do. 6 do. 4 00 I do. I vear. 6 00 do. 3 do. 100 do. I montn, I Zo Twelve lines, or less, make a square. If sin advertisement exceed twelve lines, the price will be in proportion , All advertisements are payable at the time of their insertion. ?r- All advertisements inserted in the feekhj Commercial, are entitled to one in sertion in the Tri-Weekly, free of charge. j 1 - From the Baltimore Sun: FURTHER INTELLIGENCE BY THE CALEDONIA. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS RIOT ASD BLOODSHED AT ROUEN. Treaty between Russia, Sweden and- Denmark. FRIGHTFUL EXCESSES IN POLAND. MORE FIGHTING IN BADEN THE ITALIAN AND LOMBARBY WAR. IRELAND. RIOT AT LIMERICK. From, Wilmer d Smith's Times. FRANCE. OPENING OF THE CHAMBERS KIOTS. After a week of 'comparative, tranquility in Paris, but of frightful violence at Rouen, Limoges, and in many of the provinces, the elections terminated by a decisive majority in favor of the. moderate republican party. We have already said that M. Lamartine, whom the tvhole of Europe seems to idol ise as the genius of peace and order, was elected in about a dozen departments by a transcendental majority. ,v The triumph of the moderate party was signal and complete. The effect has been to create the impressfon in almost everybo dy's mind, that Lamartine will be unani mously elected the first President of the Re public cf France. No doubt can be enter tained that a republican form of govern ment will .be decided upon by the new as sembly. ' The assembly is : constituted ; but the rage and disappointment of the ultra-republican party, which already knows no bounds, will-be emploj'ed in every way by plots, conspiracies, and even open violence to overthrow the new moderate Republic, in, order to carry out their views. ' . In Rouen, the blood which has been shed is. clearly the work of the agents of that party of which Ledru, Rollin is tie expo nent. The undaunted courage displaced by these men at Rouen and Limoges, plain ly indicates that their resistance to the au thority of ji moderate, rational government, will be one of vindictive audacity ; and it wo aid scarcely be correct to measure their capacity for .mischief by their numbers,! winch, indeed, are not insignificant. . The government,-following ,up their in judicious pandering to the taste of the Pari sians for spectacles, meditated inaugurating the opening. of the new assembly by a mag nificent fete at the Champs de Mars, where vast preparations in the Greek and Roman style have been made for entering 80,000 persons to a public dinner. This foolish! display will cost about a million of francs, which, considering the - state of the French purse, appears to us wasteful and ridiculous excess. This fete has since been postponed till the 10th inst.; if the Parisians can only be jkept from mis chief by a series of such extravagances as these, it argues very inauspiciously for their political regeneration. I he language held by the clubs since the defeat of the communist party becomes moj-e threatening than ever. It is paraded in the journals, however, that Lamartine and. Ledru Rollin' are really good friends, and this is stated to re-assure the friends of the Republic. The Provisional Government has com manded General Cavaignac to return from Algeria to Paris, where they hope to pre vail upon him to relive Mi Arago from his duties as Minister of War, whilst "the ultra party, pn the other hand, are clamoring for the regular troops to be all sent out of Paris. - j- The French Journals of Tuesday reach ed is, and their contents verify the painful forebodings which, in spite of ourselves, pre vail in our minds, and which, cannot but be betrayed in our language when treating of the affairs of France. - The frightful scenes which 'have taken' -place at Rouen, have been repeated at JNantes,' Rhodes, Niemes (where martial law is proclaimed.) Marseilles, and Limo ges (which place holds out stedfastly a gainst the Provisional Government.) with more or less degree of violence; and from the concurrent testimony of all the Paris journals, the French capital perns in great er danger of some violent outburst of popu lar fury, than ut any period since the 24th of February. ... The clubs have assumed a tone similar to that adopted by Robespierre in 1793. In fact, the declaration of the Rights of Man, drawn up by that portentious tjTant, is made the basis of action by one of the clubs, holding his principles, and a procla mation to that effect was posted all over Fans, but instantly torn down by the agents of the Government. . " " This step of B'arbes. for he is the head of tne club, has created a profound sensation; and, as the Provisional Government will, in a few days, resign their authority, the ques tion arises who will have sufficient power, with the troops and the ; National Guards henceforth to maintain order. ' . -. I It is plain that a great party is being or ganized for mischief : and the very unwel come information is circulated, that the pro tection of thfe. new ' Assembly is to be con fided to the Lyonese. self-instituted guard, with the unruly " guard on foot" of Pans! two bodies being incorporated. j The greatest alarm prevails lest some at tack will be made on the Deputies ; and a proclamation of the Provisional Go vernj raent enjoining confidence, and ending by saying that " madness can I alone deprive France of the democratic consequences of the revolution of February," only proves! that the -members of the Government are! fully" aware of the " secret and universal dread' which prevails that the whole coun-i try is on the verge of a civil jwar.' ,; As a sign of public. opinion, Mi- Thiers,' the ex-President of the Council, the most celebrated historian, and no insignificant statesman of the time, a man of unquestion-j able talent, and an opposition leader, has been rejected by the electors of Les Bob-; ches du Rhone, and at present has no seat in the new Assembly. Lucien Murat; son of the former King of Naples, is elected for; the department of the Lot. " j The Legitimists are not idle, for the In- dependent de 12 Ouest has proclaimed the ac cession of the Duke of Bordeaux to the throne of France. Government has announced at last its' decision to- abandon the decree which it had passed for the disposition of" the rail-!. way companies, it is understood mat tne question will be brought before the Assem bly. : ":-;r.L - -v:::-r; General Oudinot left Paris on the 2d inst. to take the command, provisionally, of the I army of the Alps. Large bodies of troops, from all parts of France, continue to be di rected towards' that quarter. Among oth ers, the Provisional Government has' deter mined to send a body of the Garde Mobile of Paris: but the order has been counter manded in consequence! of the regular army declining to fraternize with the Mobiles. Riots of a very serious nature had broken out in several places in connection with the elections. That at Rouen was the most considerable. During the night of the 27th ult. the rioters began the barricade system, to whichRouen, from j the narrowness of the streets, is very favorable, and next mor ning the conflict became very serious. A letter from Rouen, dated the 28th, 9 A. M., says: . , " ; , : ., . "We are here, as you were in Paris on the 23d of February, in the midst of bar ricades, the firing of muskets, and the roar of cannon. It is in the quarter between the, Rue Roy ale and, the Champ-de-Mars that the insurgents' have established them selves. It has been j found , necessary to bring artillery against them.- A barricade has just surrendered in the.ClosSt. Mare, after a frightful resistance. ? ;Thus having proclaimed the great polit ical law which will definitely constitute the country, you will, citizens, like us, occupy yourselves in regulating the peaceable and efficacious action of the government in the relation which the necessity of labor es tablishes aniong. citizens, and which must have for its basis the sacred laws of justice and fraternity. In. fine, the moment has ar rived for the Provisional Government to resign into your hands.the unlimited power with which the revolution invested it. j "In all the streets of this quarter the' pavement is torn up, and all circulation is interrupted. The number of killed and wounded is not known, but - happily it is not great." ' '- ,. ' ; ' -, Another letter states that from fifteen to twenty National Guards had been killed. POSTSCRIPT OPENING OP THE FRENCH CHAM- . BERS. ' We have received details of the procee dings at the: opening of the French Cham ber on the 4th inst., vich were highly in teresting, and passed off satisfactorily. The IliClIlUclS XJl I lit; X lUVWUiiai xjuiiiiiiiiuv) distinguished by tri-colored sashes, went in procession to the Chamber, from which all persons having arms were excluded. Loud applause greeted them on the way, and on their arrival in the Chamber. j Amongst the members present, beside the government, were the Bishop of Or leans, Lacordaire, (in the dress of a domj nician friar,) M. de Mouelambert, Odilkul Barrot, Dupin, Berreyer, Beranger, Lar ochejaquelin, and Billault. M. Dupont (de la Eure) was the first of the government who entered, followed closely by Lamar tine and the others, j M. Andry de Puyre veau, senior deputy, took the chair as Pres ident, after which M. Dupont ascended the tribune, and delivered the following speech Citizen Representatives, -The Provis ional Government bows before the nation, and renders homage to the supreme power with which you are invested. Elected of the People, welcome to the great capital where your presence excites a sentiment of happiness and hope, which will not be dis WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, -1848.. appointed. Depositories of the : national sovereignty, you are about to establish new institutions upon the large basis of democ racy, and Id confer on France the only 'con stitution fitting for hfef-a republican con stitution. ' -: :; - ; --; " ' - ;V-1' i . : A . vV "You know whether with iis the dictator ship has been any more than a moral pow er, exercised amidst the difficult circum stances in which we were placed. Faith fulsto our origin and to our formed con vie tions, we hesitate not to proclaim the nas cent Republic of February. ; To-day we in augrate the labors of the National Assem bly in that cry at which we will always ral ly "Vive la Republic-" (Applause.) ouuie ousmess waKgQne uirougn in tne after sittings, but it was not I expected that the President of the Republic would be de clared till next day. - j While the riots were raging at Rouen, disturbances also occurred atElbceu where the mob determined to prevent the troops from marching to quell the insurrection at Rouen. Barricades were erected, and col lisions occurred between the, rioters and the troops and national guard, but order is sta ted to have been ultimately restored by the arrival of the strong ; reinforcements of troops of the line. ; I - i 1KJSLAND. THE REPEAL AGITATION RIOT) AT LIMERICK Strange, unexpected, but - at the Tsame time most important events have .taken place in Ireland during L the j last week, What their result will be is a most difficult matter to tell The spirit ofj disaflfection is not yet tamed ;; Government; has come for ward to grapple boldly with the. Irish Re publicans. . ; ; -We s.tated in our last! that Mr. Vv . S. O',- Brien had proceeded to I the South, for the purpose of promoting, the agitation of the Young Ireland party, ahd the Hon. gentle man, wi th Mr. Mitchell1 and I Mr. Meagher, visited Limerick with that object. The population of that country had been greatly excited by imflammatory addresses circulated by the Old . Ireland : party, stig matising Mr. Mitchell as the "calumniator of O'Connell," and as the "slanderer of the Catholic religion and the effigy of Mitch ell, with a rope round the neck, was borne through the streets of Limerick. In this state of. feeling of, the Old Inlan ders a soiree was mven byi the Sarsfield Club, Young Irelanders, to Messrs. O'Bri en, Mitchell, and , Meagher.; A frightful riot was the consequence, j The military and oolice were called out : the members of the club fird, and one man I was killed. The house having been broken into by the O'Connehtes, the windows and doors were demolished, and Mr. O'Brien only escaped alter navmg received some vioieni conLu sions on the face. j I Mitchell and Meagher contrived to elude the populace by getting away in disguise. In fact, if it had not been for the, efforts of the military under General Napier, who in terfered between the parties, the conse quence would have been much more " seri ous ' - - !' Mr. John O'ConnelL at the Monday's meeting of the Repeal Association, indica ted an intention to present; an address of condolence to Mr. O'Brien respecting the late unhappy affair. The otherproceedmgs consisted of a long string of resolutions, declaratory of confidence and approval of Mr." John O'Connell's conduct, which had been fiercely impugned' in many quarters "for having basely truckled' to the Whigs.' The rent was 45. : In consequence of the late riotous pro ceedings at Limerick, the Lord Lieutenant has "proclaimed"; the county ahd the city of Limerick under the act' for prevention of crime in Ireland f and further has issued a proclamation, warning the; people against taking part in theproposed Council of 300 called the National Ouard. . , 1 His lordship, in reply to the address of the magistrates of Dublin,' intimates that it is not his present intention to t.proclam,, the county and city of Dublin, but "that an important change has taken place, and the few "turbulent and desperate men who have occasioned so much alarmj having nowhere found the support upon which they relied, agitation has in a great measure subsided." His Lordship adds, that it is better that the movement should be put down by the good sense of the people than by measures of coercion; but if pike-making and speech making are persisted" in, he will use the powers with which the laws invest him. - The State trials are not more advanced than at the date of ourllast issue. From the N. O. Picayune, May 19. ARRIVAL OF THE EDDORA- The U. S. propeller Eudora, Capt Page, arrived last night with ! two days' later advices from the city of Mexico and Vera Cruz from the capit )1 to the 4lh, ahd from Vera Cruz to the 9th inst. The news by her does not chang i the aspect of af fairs in any material matter. From the American Star of the 3d inst. The Interior. Ou r papers from the in terior last evening did not! bring us a sin gle item of interest. They are principally occupied with details c fthe French revolu tion. The dueretaro capers make no ref ence to a quorum or t? any revolutionary movements in that city, I We have the cpntents of a! private letter, however, which sta es that a quorum" had been formed, and nothing . prevented . the meeting of Congres but some religious pa- geant or procession ' J arauta was at San Luis, in the very best of spirits, and about leaving that city-for Querctaro. i Bustemen- te was employins: himself in. open insr the mail from Dalores to the seat ;of Govern ment The, pre vailing opinion was that the new Congress wiou Id despatch business, and come to a decision in regard to the treaty in a very few1 days xiuer coming to: gether. v j : I . . From the American Start of the 4th May. From Q,ueretaro.-- A private express came in yesterday at noon, ahd we . learn ed that the Government at Clueretaro , was considerably : embarrassed, jbecause r. the question had been raised whether the Fed aL Government had the right to cede any State or portion of a State without the con sent of such State. The Statbs(of Mexico generally, go in tooth and hail for: State rights, and it has been somej time : appre hended that such an objection ll would be urged by the- opposition. j j j! ' Our Commissioner s,- We learn from Mexican'authority that the Government of Q,ueretaro has yielded several points of eti quette which they had previously held to, and one of them the' admission! into ; their capital of an American escort: o( sixty men with the Commissioners. We have been told, however, that the Commissioners do not go up until advised as to the time by the Government ; ; in other! words, when they are ready to receive them ithey will tell them to come. ' 1 Zacatecas. --Roso, Minister of relations, has sent a note to the Governorl of Zacate cas. settinsr forth the urirencv of an imme- diate assembling of Congress;rand that the responsibility of the further continuance of the war rests with the Deputies wbo neg lect to attend that one man has it in" his poer to prevent the! meeting. The Depd are, or : have been a- ties from Zacatecas mong the recusants , but if they have a spark of patriotism left they; will repair to their posts. j .'!'.' ; San Luis. Paredes had left for Aguas calientes, as also D. Ignacia Flores, under a guard. This individual, it may be, re membered, is the same who jendeavored to create desertion among the troops of Gen. Romero. Padre Jarauta' was in the city on the 26th, attending bull fights. T he Diligence. :! he Monitor says the American Governor hap given ord ers that an escort of Dragoons shall :attend the dil igence every morning to the! encl -of its first days' journey. ' ' j I The Special. Commission. I he case of Lieut. Dufton has been decided, and that of Laverty, the Canadian Frenchman: is now before the court. ; ' I- From the Star April234 , From Toluca. A small train came in yesterday from Toluca, beating? the time of Diligence. 1 he wagons were escorted by about forty infantry Amongst; the officers notice the! names of who came 'down we Captain Glenn, 14th Infantry; Capt.' Blair, Voitigreurs : Lt. May, do.; Lieuts. Kelly and Martin, 14th Infantry,- and Lceut. Whee ler, of the 1 1th Infantry.' jv' Z - Funds! The Monitor of yesterday .says "Yesterday a convoy took away $1,1 50, 000. The duties amount to 815,000, with out reducing the amount which the same convoy will receive at Puebla J If the trea ty had been ratified !this sum would have been no inconsiderable help to bur exhaust ed treasury." " . . . ! i , Paredes. The Republicano at Gauda lajara, of the 18th inst-, gives us a para graph in-relation to Paredes. ; yhat paper says" We have been assured jthat Gener al Paredes within affew days has? written to the so-called Govemor.of Aguascalientes, Inquiring of him what force he might count upon for a pronunciamenta." W-: It does not appear where Paredes was j . but probably at San Luis. His letter has ho date and in dicates ho place of residence. ;- ''- CuERNAVACA;-5A!gehtlemanJ;who came in from Cuernavaca yesterday, informed us that the Indians are organizing in large numbers a short distance beyonlfi that place. His information was derived from a Mexi can officer, who passed through that place day before yesterday. We heard that the Indians had threatened to exterminate the white race, as they are endeavoring to do in i ucatan but scarcely believe that they will attempt it-at least whilst tne Amen- cans are in the country. j , if The Indians. The recent instances of a rising of the Indian population in several parts of the country, seem to show that the people are animate by a siimiljar spirit to that of their brethreh of Yucatap. We can hardly wonder at this we who are wit nesses daily of the unbrided folly, ignorance, superstition and absurdity of a great major ity of their rulers. M ! El Ingenuo, of" the 23d says;: "We re great to announce to our readers that at half past 12 yesterday His Excellency Gen. D. Isidore Reyes, Commandant Gen. of the State, died after a severe illness of 3 days." His family inherits ! nothing; but his good name, i he bishop were at his bedside! when he last words. ! ; jand pnests uttered his Yucatan. The Patna has received ad vices by the schooner Apariceda, to the ef- I . . . - ..,. : : T ' feet that the Indians have broken the treaty entered into by Gov. . Barbarchano on the part of the whites, and Don Jacinto Pat in behalf of the Indians, and' that the work of blood has been resumed wilhV even greater Indians" entered the town of Marie, with every appearance of peaceful intentions but at 12 o'clock of that day the v commen- cea Dutcnenng tne mnabitants, two hun dred of! whom ir they slew, j The" authori ties spare neither sex nor as:e : thev mur der men and subject the women to their beastly passions. The details furnished by, the Patria'are shocking . to relate. Th e new? of the violation - of a treaty was re ceived here by the way of Vera Cruz,' sev eral days ago ; but as we had not seen the treaty itself, we were in hopes that it rela ted to some other arrangement between the parties. It now appears that ihe country is being drenched in blood. ' , Since writing the above the schr. S liar ran, Capt Clark", has arrived from Laguna, whence she sailed on the 14th inst. Capt. C. has kindly furnished us with files of the Merida Union as late as the '6th inst.-but we can glean no further intelligence from them. , JACK AND-TRE PRIMA DONNA. . BY JACK WATERWAYS. Having had the good fortune to spend a portion of the winter of 1S40 in Naples, wnue tne Celebrated Adelaide Kemble was "prima donna" at the San Carlo, a com pa- C A ' ' i T" f 1 1 ziy vi American ana jimgnsn! sailors were regular attendants, " every night, but very little of what was said or sang was under- stood ; although we could hear and see as well as his Majesty Ferdinand the Second who very frequently horjored the theatre witn, nis august presence and a single look at royalty was considered by " us an equivalent for our admission fee. One Sunday night, after spending, the day in rambling through the, environs of the city, we mustered some fourteen strong, and marched to the San Carlo all deter mined to see the King, if nothing else. - We were escorted by one of those gentle men, styled by the natives "guides," but by sailors they are honored with the appella- The first piece14 to be per formed was a gorgeous eastern spectacle entitled, uIahmvda del &couda" and as far as scenery, music and dresses were con cerned, a more magnificent' display I never beheld. Our gang took possession of one wing of the upalcAi" which, like the par quette of the St. Charles, was well filled with comfortable seats, and being so near the stage ve could see all that was gping on much better than from the boxes. The incidents of the' piece, or rather the plot, were these : "An Arab prince 'loved an Arab girl of great beauty, and who was also beloved by the Sultan, who saw her in ne of his excursions to the interior, for the purpose of putting down some unruly tribe. He had her carried to Constantino ple, where she wasimmured into a harem, but neither threats nor promises could pre vail on her to surrender her virtue, without first becoming' Sultana. The Sultan at length gratified her wish, and the marriage was celebrated with all the pomp and splen dor of the East - One hund red dancing girls and boys (the original Viennoise chil dren) were to dance before their majesties.' One hundred musicians were also: to ; pi ay before the throne,' and nothing-' could sur pass the grandeur of this display. In the midst a messenger arrived in breathless haste, travel-worn and "covered "with ; dust, and announces 'the startling intelligence, that the betrothed of . the; young; Sultana was in arms,, and close; upon the capital, with a powerful army, . swearing to - sack and burn 'Constantinople, if his young bride be hot restored to hiih. - Everything is thrown into confusion; 'the banquet is abandoned ; the attendants of .theT Sultan seek safety wherereritcah be found, whilst alreaclylthe invaders are thundering at the Palace crates. They are soon forced and the very palace is invaded, as the Hul-! . i gave way with the first shock.. but, after rallvin.g thev in turn cocaine the ! assailants, and-the gallant prince is saved : frorii the bow-string, and the lady from the j rack, bv the intrepidity of one of his ful- T j t lowers, who constructs a ladder, by which tha nrinpp rf;ir1ip. the. too of the wall, and was in the "act of drawing up the Jadyj i iiii f i ri,-i,., i when the ladder crave way and nearly hur- Aiitu me miuw . led the newly-made Sultana to the stage. I one. nowever. caum wji: iun iu me , decoration, and saved herself from falling., for a single moment, though isufficing for a ' shipmate of mine, upon whom we bestow ed the appellation of Yankee Jack.:' to j clear the orchestra at a single bound. c!e- j molishihg temples and trumpeters, driving j dancers and guards before him like a flock of sheep ; ami catcning me aunana m his i arms, placed her on. the stage, and then, to be sure of pay for his gallant deed, he snatched a kiss before the lady could nav. He then bounded back to his say eat. amid the cheers of the audience, exclaiming. uYe longshore lubbers, why don?t ye swif ter in yervriggin' before ye settle down, that a lady may get as high as the. top before the hitches slip and Jet her back by the NO. 4.1 run." Tlie neit day Miss Ivcmble, for it was she, sent Jack a splendid gold watch with a request that he should wear it for her sake, as a memento, of her good feel ings, And his own gallantry. . , Ah Indian Fight : Six years ago, a fellow named Jim Beck with, a mongrel of F'rench, American and negro blood, was trading . for the fur com pany, in n very large village of The Crows! Jinv Beckwith was last summer at St. Lou is!; He is a ruffian of the first stamp bloody and treacherous, without honor or honesty; such at least is the character ho . bears upon the prairie.7 Yet in his case all ' the standard rules of character fail, for though he will stab a man in his sleep, he will also perform most desperate acts o daring; su6h for instance as the following While he was in the Crow village, a Blackfoot war-party, between ; thirty and i forty in number, came stealing through the country, killing stragglers and carrying off horses. The Crow warriors got upon their trail and pressed them so closely that they -j could hot escape, at which - The Black feet, throwing up a sem-circular breastwork of logs at the foot of a precipice, coolly await ed their approach. The logs and sticks piled four cr five feet high, protected them in front. The Crows' mis-lit have swent over the breast work and exterminated their enemies ; but though outnumbering them tenfold, th"y did not dream of storm ing the little fortification. Such a proceed ing would be altogether repugnant to their notions of warfare. Whooping and ye I ling, and jumping from side tq side like devils incarnate', they showered bullet and arrows upon the logs ; not a Blackfo t was hurt, but several Crows, in spite of their leaping and dodging, were shot down. -In this childish manner the fight went on i for an hour or two. ' Now and then a Crow warrior n an ecstasy of valor and vain glo- I ry woilld scream forth his war-song, boaetf ing himself the bravest and greatest of mankind, and grasping his hatchet would rush up and strike it upon the breastwork, and then as he retreated to his companions, fall dead under a shower of arrows. These displays of desperate courage were again j and again repeated ; yet no combined, at . ' tack seemed to be dreamed of. The Black feet remained secure in their entrenchment. Atlast Jim Beck with lost! patience 1 : , " You are all fools an j old women," he said to the Crows ; " come with me, if any of you' are brave-enough, and I'll show you V how to fight." ' : . ' 1 i . j He threw off his trapper's frock of buck skin and stripped himself baked like the ' Indians themselves. He left his rifle on the ground, and taking in his hand a small light hatchet, he ran over the prairie to the right, concealed by a hollow from the ej'cs of The Blackfeet. Then climbing up the . rocks, Le gained the top of the precipice behind them. ; Forty or fifty' young Crow warriors- followed him.i By ;he cries and whoops that rose from below he knew The Blackfeet v ere just beneath him;; and running forward he leaped down the rock into the midst of them. Asihe fell he caught one by the long loose hair, and dragging him. down tomahawked him .in the act, then grasping another by the belt at his waist, . he struck him also a ; stunning blow, and gaining his feet shouted the Crow war cry. He swung his hatchet so fiercely around him, that the astonished Blackfeet bore back and gave him room. He might, had he chosen, have leaped over the breastwork and escaped ; but this was not necessary, for with devilish yells the Crow warriors came dropping in quick succession over tho rock among their enemies. The main bod- ( dy of the Crows, too, answered the cry from the front7 and rushed i up s imultaneously. ITic convulsive struggle within the breast work was frightful : for - an instant the Blackfeet fought and yelled like pent-uprv tigers; but the butcher' was soon complete, and the '.mangled bc Jics'laypiled togeth er under the precipice. Not a Blackfoot madehis escape'. Knickerbocker. , ' ' A DiiOLL Defimtion of a Yanfe. As the Yankees are creating ino litu'eexcitcment in the conimercial. political and iniliTary world, I hope my detiiiitiju ofl.a real' geuiiine niale , Yankee may not he rojj.sidered n-iir.t.i ';: A real ire ri nine Yankee '. is fiiJl 'f anirna- tion. checkered by motlerati n. guided by de cision". and supported by education." He has veneration eorreeted by toleration, wjth a love of self sipprobatbh and enjuhitiori ; and when reduced to a state ol -ai.fLfi"avation can . . . ,- , , , .. .. assume the most nrolound.lis.-Mmilatiori lor thVPUrnose of rendiutiur.. always romhrhed. it iis.-iit!. uith T'Cfoluiion. A real hve Yankee, ju-t i oirii t. wii i - be fwnd not defi cient in t he l'i !! iwi.'ig qu.r!itji-: He is Pelf-de-n i;er h'-rei ywj. ;.vay.- trying, and into ev.-r ihia j' p.r ing.1 He i- a. lover of piety, nrffonet v". noiori-tv an i .u- terriiwrarjce foci-' ety. lit: is a ii .ggh.g". gagging, brairrinirA striving, tliriviag. swapping, jostling, bustling, wrestling, musicah quizzical, astronomical. vof:1ca. philo..phieal and cmical sort of a character, whose manifest de-iinv i to Pnread civilization to the remotest corner of the earth. with an eye always on the look out fcr th main chance.' i " .' As Artful Flant.. At Montreal, last week, a vr t diet for .;0 was rendered ogair.S't the publisher of the Transcript, for inno cently publishing a libel against a highly )
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