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to whom they would. The barbarian
world respected her, but it was the re
spect of fear. But there is a limit to all
things and Rome had hers. There was
a limit even to her power; a reaction
commenced and Rome fell under the ac
cumulated weight of her own glories.
And where is she now? What is she
but a poor, despised and corrupt outcast
from (he political system of Europe, and
a pauper among
the nations of the earth ?
The Slave Insurrection.
In Kentucky and Tennessee papers
we find further details of the anticipated
rising of slaves, from which it appears
that the neonle are badlv frightened.
At Lafayette, Ivy., the excitement wasi and being sent off for safety. The men
so intense that a Vigilance C ommittee
. i j l.,-!. anA ttinr. be
ceive nine nnnoreu im,
expired before the penalty had been fully
inflicted. These occurrences had pro
duced general consternation and terror,
and the women and children were fleeing
"Where is the empire oi iapoieon;
Is France any stronger to day for the
bloody victories of Austerlitz, Marengo,
Borodino, Wagram, or for the conquest
of Zaraossa and Vienna? She showed
her military prowess and the genius of
her generals, but of what avail was either
to the people? They sacrificed her young
men and impoverished the national ex
chequer for a barren victory, a victory
which a few short years saw visited upon
themselves, and if France is to day an
independent nation she has only to thank
the clemency of her neighbors for per
mitting her to be so.
England, though not claiming the do
minion of the world, professes to be" mis
tress of the sea." She has the greatest
extent of empire of any nation. " On her
dominions the sun never sets." But is
she any stronger for having so much ter
ritory ? No, she is certainly weaker.
Are her facilities for repelling invasion
of her own ' island home any better for
having to maintain a garrison in India,
China, Australia, or in Canada ? She
takes her young men abroad to defend
and keep in subjection her worthless pos
sessions, when they should be at home
tilling the soil and developing the agri
cultural stores of the earth, which consti
tute the only true source of a nation's
wealth, and an educated peasantry is the
only real defence of a nation's liberty ;
an army against which all the despots of
Christendom may exhaust their strength
iu vain. No, England's strength is not
in her vast domain, her standing army,
nor in that fleet whose sails whiten every
sea. They are, in fact, her weakness.
Her American possessions are but a bill
of expense to her in time of peace, and
in a time of war of what use are her gar
risons ? Could they withstand for one
month the united assault of the Ameri
can people, unless they were assisted by
those they affect to protect ?
The Swiss people are safer from inva
sion by her bloodthirsty neighbors, than
is either Austria or Prussia, though her
territory in comparison with either of
the others, is a mere nothing. She has
no foreign posts to garrison, no depen
Thirst for Territory.
There is no greater nor more widely
spread error among the American people,
and indeed among most nations, than
that a great extent of territory increases
its wealth and power. The idea that has
been held out to the populace of the
United States, and which has been advo
cated in the halLs of Congress, in political
clubs, and from the " stump" of the pol
itician, that it is the duty of our govern
ment to appropriate to itself all the land
which joins us, U an erroneous one, and
fraught with great mischief. Not content
with the possession of the best part of
the Western continent and exercising a
very important influence over the re
mainder, there is a large majority of our
countrymen who are for grasping the
isles of the sea and annexing them to our
already extended empire. They wish to
seize Cuba, steal the Sandwich Islands,
and are ready to engage in a broil to gain
the possession of a handful of small
islands on the coast -of South America,
fit for nothing only as a roost for birds.
Such is the spirit that is abroad. This
is called "Young America." This, says
"Young America" is "Manifest Desti
ny." They preach that with one stride
we must step across the continent, no
matter whose rights are interfered with,
place one foot upon tlie shores of the
Atlantic and the other upon the rocky
walls which break the onward flow of
the Pacific, and then stretching out our
brawney arms hold them suspended over
China and Japan until a fitting time ar
rives, then with one mighty sweep bring
them to the bosom of tender hearted
" Uncle Sam."
"Westward ho, the star of empire
takes its way," has been the cry ; but the
tune has been somewhat changed of late
years. Our attention is now turned to a
different point of the compass. South
ward " Manifest Destiny" is now leading
us. Luua, the " Queen of the Antilles,
i at times coaxed, coquetted with, bribed
and bullied, as suits the caprice or is 1 dencies to defend. Her interests are all
was formed, and in the belief that the
town was to be attacked on the 3d or
4th inst., by six hundred negroes, that
assistance was demanded of the neigh
boring towns. Telegraphic advices state'
however, that there has been no outbreak
at that place. At Hopkinsville, Ky.,on
the 3d inst., everybody was in arms, an
attack being expected that night. It was
said that the telegraphic poles were all
cut down. The Hopkinsville Press,
(extra) after giving the current rumors
says :
" It is high time that steps were being
taken for our defense in case of an in
surrection. We , have not a stand of
arms in this whole section of the country,
and no organised military. We are re
quested by many of our best citizens to
call a meeting of the citizens of the coun
ty at this place on Friday next, the 5th
inst., to take immediate action on the sub
ject. Other questions of greater impor
tance relating to the slaveholders' inter
ests will be presented to the meeting.
Let every man attend."
The Clarksville (Ten.) Jeffer&onian
of the 3d inst., has the following items :
were arming, anaorgam'b - v....-,
and the negroes were being confined, or
kept under verytrict watch."
The Evansville Journal of the 5th,
also says :
" Amon the negroes arrested and
confined are the supposed ringleaders
the generals and captains, as they are
called of the movement.
The opinion is that the plot is deep
laid, and'embraced slaves throughout a
wide extent of country, ranging from
Kentucky South and West, and the
plans seem to have designed a general
insurrection during the holidays. The
number of fugitives is unusually large,
and thescape across the Ohio, reported
by the papers, are more numerous than
we ever noticed before. The very gen
eral discussion of the question of slavery
in the slave States, in the late canvass,
has impafted some vague ideas to the
blacks of a change to be effected by a
polUcal revolution, which has rendered
them restless and insubordinate."
The Richmond Wliig of the 9th inst.,
says :
; " We have not heard the first whisper
of suspicion against the subordination of
" There was much excitement in town the slave peasantry of Virginia, but the
yesterday, growing out of information same poison which has infected the influ
ence here, unless the antidote is kept in
prudent readiness."
likely to enhance the success of those
who covet her. Central America is rev
olutionised, or rather is overrun by a
horde of Jand pirates, who, too lazy to
work and too proud to beg, collect in
bands and subsist by robbing a tribe of
half naked and half-civilized natives. In
companies of a dozen or more, if caught
in acts like these, their bodies would grace
the gallows for piracy, and their names
handed down to posterity on the records
of the " Criminal Calendar," but in bands
of a few hundreds or a few thousands,
they are dignified by the name of army,
the work in which they are engaged hon
ored as a revolution ; they receive the
huzzas of the nation, are blessed with
the benedictions of party and receive aid
from our people to help them override a
gang of savages, that the banner of free
domjaay wave over a country of slaves.
This is the phase which a certain por
tion of the American people have been
for years endeavoring to give to the poli
tics of the country, these the principles
which are sought to be instilled into the
minds df all " Young Americans." And
for what purpose? Is it to give us
strength at home and widen our influence
abroad? Is it to add to the national
wealth, or w hat are the objects of these
incessant appeals to the covetousness of
the American people? To all these ques
tions we answer yes.
But let us turn to a few pages in the
history of nations, and see if territorial
dominion in any instance ever added one
iota to its security. Go back to the days
of the great Alexander, trace the history
of his conquests from the time of his first
victory to his last triumph, then look at
it a few years after his death and see
what became of them. When his wars
were ended and the blood had ceased to
flow from the wounds of the millions he
had slaughtered, when the flames had
expired over sacked and burned cities,
himself and army surfeited with victory
after victory, his empire began to wane,
and not much longer than he was war
ring with the nations did his empire hold
together and it was parceled out among
his generals.
So with Rome. While her sway was
limited to the seven hills she stands upon
her liberty was in less danger than when
she was the boasted mistress of the
known world. Her career under the
reign of the great Ca-sars was brilliant
and dazzling. Her citizens glorified the
" Eternal City," and worshipped almost
as a God him who wore the imperial pur
ple. Nations looked on and wondered
wondered that the few could conquer the
many, and astonished that a city could
destroy great kingdoms and dictate terms
at home, ami lior people, nssiatcd by the
friendly Alps at whose foot they dwell,
have for hundreds of years maintained
their independence amidst a family of
monarchs.
We have given in short a sketch of
many important events, to show that ter
ritorial aggrandisement adds nothing to
a nation's strength, or happiness. Would
it not, then, be well to pause in our on
ward march, and be not over anxious to
have the stars and stripes float over too
many nations that own Brother Jona
than's sway? Let our free institutions go
where they will; let us establish our sys
tem of schools, colleges, &c, where we
can ; let us carry them to different na
tions and tribes, and it will add more to
our prosperity, wealth and influence
at home and abroad, than if we could
count a thousand States in the confeder
acy of the American Union.
People's Academy.
AVe have recieved the catalogue and
programme of the closing exercises of the
People's Academy at Morisville Chas.
II. Heath, principal. It appears that
this school is in a very prosperous con
dition. According to the catalogue there
were in attendance :
Winter Term, C7
Spring Term, 130
Summer Term, 30
Fall Term, 105
Aggregate, 332
The course of study appears to be well
adapted to the purposes of an academy,
and Mr. Heath is well qualified for his
station as principal. AVe go in for en
encouraging those in our county, but if
we were to recommend any institution
away from home, we could most heartily
say the People's Academy is one of the
best in our knowledge.
CsTAVe have received the first part of
nn article entitled "Flogging in the Brit
ish Navy," "By a Late Orderly Sar
geant," which is very fair, but shall de
cline publishing it until we have the
whole. AVe wish nothing that is " to be
continued."
Cg" lion. Alvah Sabin has our thanks
for valuable public Documents, among
which are two large volumes, a "History
of the Japan Expedition," which is a
fine specimen of printing, as regards type,
paper and the illustrations, is not often
equalled. The first volume is profusely
illustrated by about 175 lithographs and
wood cuts, and all of them painted.
received from Stewart county, where the
examination of the negroes has been
progressing for several days. The revel
ations made by the negroes there, im
plicate very deeply, as did the revela
tions of the negroes at the Louisa Fur
nace, and a large number of negroes
here. Numerous arrests were made
during the day, and a large number of
the implicated and suspected are now in
durance.
On AVednesday morning last, about
half an hour before daybreak, a negro
man belonging to Mr. Solomon Reimey,
was shot and instantly killed by one of
the neighbors named Puckett, under the
following circumstances : The scene of
the occurrence is in the immediate vici
nity of Louisa Iron AVorks, the point at
rvhich the intended insurrection (men
tioned in our last.) was discovered. The
negro had been .sent to his work in the
coalings ; and started off' apparently in
his usual good humor, but shortly turned
back and approached the house, where
he met his fate. It was still teo dark to
distinguish persons, and Mr. F., who
was alone in the house with his daughter,
warned him not to enter the gate, but he
persisted in doing so, and notwithstand
ing a second and third command to halt,
advanced until he reached the porch in
front of the door, cursing as he advanced,
and defying Mr. P. to fire. AVhen he
put his foot upon the porch, Mr. P. dis
charged his gun, which was heavily load
ed with buckshot, into his breast. The
negro fell and died almost immediately.
AVe understand that some of the ne
groes at the Furnace, who had been under
examination concerning the insurrection
for several days, and had witnessed the
high degree of excitement and indigna
tion manifested by the whiles, upon hear
ing this summary punishment of one of
their fellows, immediately fled, under the
impression that the excited whites had
commenced a general and indiscriminate
slaughter. They were soon retaken and
quieted."
The Evansville Journal of the Gth,
says :
" We had very serious and alarming
reports in our city last evening from the
Cumberland river, in regard to the move
ments of the blacks, and from all we have
heard, the excitement among the people,
through the middle district of Tennessee,
is greater and more general than we
supposed when we wrote the article in'
another part of this morning's sheet.
Through what is called the Iron District,
on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers,
there are from eight to ten thousand
slaves employed at the iron workg ; they
are there congregated in large numbers,
working in the various labors of making
charcoal, digging ore and tending furna
ces, in gangs, mostly by themselves, with
a few whites for general overseers.
There are many of these works situated
within a few miles of each other, and in
sections that have few white inhabitants.
A gentleman who arrived here
last evening informs us that at Dover,
on the Cumberland, they had obtained
such evidence as left no doubt of a wide
spread conspiracy existing in that neigh
borhood, and that a number of the ring
leaders had been discovered and arrest
ed, and that eleven of them had been
hung by the excited inhabitants, and thaf
among those arrested was a person who
had been in the neighborhood many
months who had always passed as a ne
gro, but, on his arrest, was found to be
a white man painted and diguised as a
negro. Our informant says the people
being satisfied that he had been the prime
mover and instigator of the rebellions
designs of the blacks took him to the
woods, and by unanimous condemnation
of fkwe present, he was sentenced to re-
A Splended Work.
TlIE IIlSTORT OF THE REIGN OF THE
Emperor Charles the Fifth, by
AVilliam Robertson, D. D. With an
Account of the Emperor's Life after
his Abdication, by William II. Pres
cott. In three volumes. Boston :
Phillips, Sampson & Co.
AVe prophecy for this valuable work
a degree of success which will more
than fulfill the expectations of the pub
lishers. William Robertson, born at
Bothwick; Scotland, in A. D. 1721, be
came early in life distinguished for his
eloquence and good taste, and for many
years took a prominent part in the ec
clesiastical politics of his country. He
finally became one of the king's cha
plains, principal of the University of
Edinburg, and historiographer royal of
Scotland. His " History of Scotland
during the Reigns of Queen Mary and
King James VI." was received with en
thusiasm ; hut his best work undoubted
ly, Jo liia " Iliotoi-y of tllO el"Il Of
Charles Y.," which appeared inl7G9.
The personal character of his hero, the
immense empire over which he reigned,
the rush and whirl of incident, and be
yond all, the struggle for uational exist
ence, municipal freedom, and religious
life, against a fierce and unscrupulous
tyranny, must of necessity, however pre
sented, make a book of profound interest,
But Robertson wrought artistically With
these magnificent materials skillful in
arrangement, graphic and powerful iu
description, pure, easy, yet dignified in
style, the lucid narrative flows on. Now,
we are in stately, passionate, romantic
Spain ; now, in gay, volatile, but brave
and chivalrous France ; now, amidst the
sturdy Flemings, destined to dare all for
humanity ; now, amidst the thoughtful,
religious Germans ; and now, we par
take of the rich, glowing, redundant life
of Italy. At one moment, we are on the
coast of Africa ; anon, we glide over the
sea in the treasure ships of the New
AATorld. There is no entanglement, no
confusion, no embarrassment from super
abundant wealth.
The character of the emperor presents
us with a study of unfailing interest.
There is something absolutely appalling
in the intense selfishness of his life-lon
devotion to the supposed interests of his
imperial house, and the bitter hatred with
which he regarded the political heresy of
the reformers, under the guise of regard
for the Church of Rome. The blood of
a hundred thousand victims, burned,
strangled, buried alive, cried out from
the earth against him. Liberal institu
tions lay crushed beneath his iron tread.
His measures still keep in ruin one of the
most brilliant races in Europe. So no
toriously false as to have been called
" Charles qui triche ;" avaricious ever, to
meadness, without one spark of that
genial fellow-feeling which sheds such
grace upon lofty birth, he was yet admir
ed, lauded, almost worshipped where he
was not execrated. He was constitu
tionally fearless, prompt and energetic in
action, and inexhaustible in resources.
He was unchangeable in purpose, inde
fatigable, iu the discharge of business,
stoically tranquil in the most adverse
fortune. His flexibility of manner cov
ered a multitude of crimes. He could
adopt at will the diversified habits of his
different people. Reserved in Spain, he
was familiar in the Netherlands, and gay
in Italy. He could compete with the best
matador at Madrid, and did not disdain to
hit the popinjay at Antwerp.
The continuation by Prescott is quite
as valuable as any part of the work. The.
little which Roberstson gave of the pri
vate life of the Emperor was full of error.
The world long wondered at the strange
ly quiet and philosophical conclusion of
a life so restlessly hostile to the highest
interests of map. We now know some
thing of the frantic bigotry, the continued
dictation in secular and political affairs,
and the senseless gluttony which disturb
ed the religious peace of the. monastic
seclusion of Yuste. Altogether, we can
not hope for a more entertaining histori
cal work, which is especially valuable
as a continuation of Prescott's Spanish
histories, filling as it does the hiatus be
tween his Ferdinand and Isabella, and
his Philip the Second.
AVe cannot better conclude our notice
of this work than by giving an extract
showing the gluttony of the royal re
cluse :
" It was not altogether in the refined
and intellectual pleasures of reading and
social intercourse, that Charles passed
the time of his confinement, ne had
brought with him into retirement the
same relish for the pleasures of the table
which he had indulged through life.-
His appetite was excessive, rivaling that
of Louis the Fourteenth or Frederick
the Great, or any other royal gourmand
whose feats are recorded in history. The
pertinacity with which he gratified it un
der all circumstances, amounts to a trait
of character. A A'cnetian envoy at his
court, in the latter part of Charles's
reign, tells us that, before rising in the
morning, potted capon was usually serv
ed to him, prepared with sugar, milk and
spices ; after which he would turn to
sleep again. At noon he dined on a va
riety of dishes. Soon after vespers he
took another meal, and later in the eve
ning supped heartily on anchoviesor
some other gross and savory food, of
which he was particularly fond. The in
vention of his cooks was sorely puzzled
to devise rich and high seasoned dishes
to suit his palate ; and his maitre d'hotel
much perplexed, told his discontented
master one day, knowing his passion for
time-pieces, that he really did not know
what he could do, unless it were to serve
up his majesty a fricasee of watches.
The reply had the effect of provoking a
hearty laugh irom the .bmperor a cir
cumstance of rare occurrence in the lat
ter days of his reign.
To wash down this extraordinary
quantity of food, Charles drank in pro
portion. Iced beer was a favorite bever
age with him, administered often the
first thing on rising in the morning.
AVhen stronger potations were required,
he had to objection to Rhenish wine.
Tlucr .A-shuui, when in Germany, saw
the Emperor on St. Andrew's day, sit
ting at dinner at the feast of the Golden
Fleece. ' He drank the best,' says
Asham, ' that I ever saw. He had his
head in the glass five times as long as
any of us, and never drank less than a
good quart at any once of Rhenish.' It
was iD vain that his physician remonstra
ted, and that his confessor, Cardinal
Loaysa, with an independence which did
him credit, admonished him to desist
from the pernicious practice of eating
and drinking to excess, reminding him
that his Creator had not sent him into
the world to indulge in sensual delights,
but by his diligent labors to save the
Christian Commonweatlh. Charles gave
as little heed to the warnings of the di
vine as lo those of the doctor. Unfortu
nately, his position enabled him to obtain
too easily a dispensation from those fasts
of the church which might otherwise
have stood him in good stead. In the
end came the heavy reckoning for such
A HORSE WITH THE HEAVES.
I tried all sorts of heave powders on
with no effect whatever. It
is said that in a lime-stone country, this
disease is unknown, and lime water was
prescribed with no apparent advantage.
Some told me to give the horse ginger,
and strange to tell, I found that a table
spoonful of ginger given to the "General"
with his oats, would cure him for the
day, in half an hour after he had eaten
it ; but on given daily the effect soon
ceased. It is a jockey's remedy, and will
last lone enough to swap upon. Finally,
I was advised to cut my horses' fodder
and give it always wet. I pursued that
course carefully, keeping the "General"
tied with a short halter that he could not
eat his bedding, giving him chopped hay
and meal three times a day, and never
more than a bucket of water at a time.
He improved rapidly. I have kept
him five years, making him a far.tolum
carriage horse, saddle horse, plow and
cart horse and he bids fair to remain
useful for five years to come. Kept in
this way, his disease does not lessen his
value for speed or labor, a single dollar.
When the boys grow careless, and give
him dry hay, he informs me of it in a few
days by the peculiar cough I have men
tioned ; but sometimes for six months
together, no indication of disease is visible
and he would pass for a sound horse with
the most knowing in such matters
There is no doubt that clover hay, pro
bably because of its dust, often induces
the heaves. Stable keepers, with us, re
fuse it altogether for this reason.
Many suppose that the wind of the
horse is affected by the heaves, so that
fast driving at any time will, as we ex
press it, put him out of breath. With my
horse, it is not so,
When the "General" was at the worst,
rapid driving, when just from the stable,
would increase his difficulty, but a mile
or two of moderate exercise would dissi
pate the symptoms entirely. AVe have.
occasionally, what are called wind broken
horses, which are nearly worthless for
want of wind. They can never be driven
rapidly without great distress, and fre
quently give out entirely by a few mile's
driving. This is thought to be a different
disease. The "General's" case is, I sup
pose, a fair example of the heaves.
I have no doubt that regular feeding
with chopped and wet fodder, and ex
elusion of dust from hay fed to other ani
mals in the same stable, would render
many horses now deemed almost worth
less, and which manifestly endure great
sufferings, equally valuable for most pur
poses, with those that are sound. Indian
Farmer.
A Bear Killed. A few days since
Mr. Henry Danforth, residing about two
and a half miles south-east of the Green,
was out with his gun and dog some half
a mile or so from his house, when he dis
covered a bear, made chase for him, and
with the assistance of the dog succeeded
in treeing the animal, and while Bruin
was " backing down" the tree, Danforth
shot him, and he fell to the ground the
dog then seized him by the throat, and
"held on" until he was dead. The bear
was of small size, and probably quite
young. It is the first one that has been
killed in town for a number of years. It
was doubtless a stray creature, wander
ing about " solitary and aloae," as no
others have been seen or heard of since.
There is quite a State bounty on his
head, ($5 or $10, we cannot say which.)
and the skin is worth, some say, four or
five dollars ; so that Mr. D. will have
made rather a profiitable hunting excur
sion, to say nothing of the sport of the
indulgence. He was tormented with in
digestion, bile, trout and various other
maladies that flesh especially when 1 thinS North Star.
high-fed and over-fed is heir to. The
gout was the most formidable of his foes.
Its attacks were incessant. The man
who had followed the chase without
fatigue among the roughest passes of the
Alpugarras, who had kept the saddle day
and night in his campaigns, and had
been esteemed one of the best jousters in
A Sad Case. A young lady, "by the
name of Miss Crampton, stopping at Mr.
L. R. Brainerd's, swallowed a larre
quantity of lobelia, supposing it to be
Mugwort. It remained on her stomach
a full hour before her critical condition
was known. Drs. Chandler and Stevens
Foreic
ism
In the papers;,.
ship Africa, we find,
terest, additional to the ,
mary.
Some of the American.!
been fortunate in s5llin '
ships recently chartered Ct"
oovernmert. Among
per Ocean Herald hal
for 13,00 by the house of
the Queen of Clipper,
.eut. i-ym, or AriCff"
laid before the Royal Ge"
ciety the plan foi'anothj
the survivors of the Frankly
The London Times um
ment to discountenance 3Qcil 1
tion. .
A souvenir of an eveiu ir
has been presented by '
to the gun-room mess of t J.
gate Shannon. The rum,,'
of a box made from wood of ..
States frigate Chesapeake.
silver, ana Hearing the to!las,
tion : ":
" Box made from part d
the United States frigate f
captured in single combat tv J
ty's frigate Shannon, in .
is., 1st June, 1813.
gun-room mess of the Shanrme,.
petual memorial of thai actio;
Admiral Provo AVallis, senior t
lieutenant.
In GreatBritian business ij.
improving,, and the general
that the worst . of the finauoisi
wer. There are symptuniHil
return to a lower rate of dic
Bank of England, into who ..
considerable portion of the nf
arrivals have gone.
It is understood that the
adopting an exclusively gukl ?&
again occupying the attentk
French Government. The i
France begins to accumulates
A letter from Genoa, of fc;
the Constitutionnel, says ;
"The American Commtfc;
has not accepted the invitation
by the King of Naples to wins: :
port, but will stop here tor it :
The Susquehanah is expeaeh
morrow, and the Congress in at
after. The depot for their aw
Spezzia."
It was stated by the ttktK
the chief feature of the political 1
this arrival is the firm attitude :
by Switzerland against the ik;
Prussia in the affair ofJYeufcta:-.
zerland has given a direct iwd .
tional refusal to die Prussian
direct demands concerning tie hi
of the prisoners at iSeufchatel. A
Bavaria and Baden support Pnisi
Federal Council declares thai in.
release the prisoners, but at L
time is willing to negotiate. 3k
preparations are making lor ta -.
the prisoners. Paris letters siac
" The Swiss question at flrsi
ball is becoming an avalafc
German Confederation has &.
King of Prusia, who has deaK
unconditional release of the raja;
oners. This has been point lit
fused. The Swiss governments
eral Dufour (an old friend ofl
poleon's w hen the latter was at :
Switzerland) to Paris, to see
France will take. It must k r;
ed that Louis Philippe asked Sa
to hand over Louis Napoleon tot
Switzerland stoutly refused.
The hope of an amicable see
the matter has therefore do: m
and the Swiss Government is p
for the worst. The effective si
the Swiss army is returned
men and 700 guns. The IV
meut, moreover, can, iu case 0!
out the cantonal troops, consist
wards of 40,000 men, and
ly recall the 12 000 Swiss m
Europe, was obliged at length, whenever j . ,mmecllately summoned and did all
he travelod, to be borne on a litter like j in heir nower to hor. The ouf-
a cripple. Care and excessive toil had ! feri"S and pa!n tLat sl,e has endured is
ut-yuua calculation.
combined with his intemperate way of
life to break down a constitution natural
ly robust, and before he had reached the
age of fifty, Charles was already an old
man."
Old Black Hawk. This noted
horse died at the stable of David Hill
Esq., in Bridport, on Sunday night last.
Linsley's work on Morgan Horses says
that the horse was foaled in Greenland,
N. II., in 1833. The original Justin
Morgan was his grand sire and his dam
was said ib be a half-blood English mare
and a fast trotter. In 1844 he was pur
chased by Mr. Hill, who kept him till his
death. He was a little under fifteen
bands high and weighs about ten hundred
pounds. In 1842 he won a match of
$1000 by trotting five miles over the
Cambridge Park Course in sixteen min
utes. In 1843 he won a race of two
mile heats, best two in three, beating Jim
and Dying Sergeant, with ease in 5.43:
5.48 : 5.47. Single mile heats he made
at different times in 2A2.Mddlehury
Remitter.
She is at
times thrown into such violent convul
sions that it requires two or three able
bodied men to hold her. For a time her
life was despaired of; but she is now
somewhat better, and, it is thought, may
ultimately recover St. Allans Messenger.
Suicide Harrison Soule, a son of
Joseph Soule, Esq., of Fairfield, and
brother to the Messrs. Soule of this
town, committed suicide on Thursday of
last week by shooting himself with a gun.
Being absent from the family a longer
time than was usual, suspicion was
aroused that something had befallen him,
and on going to his room he lay dead
with a gun by his side, with which he
shot himself. It is thought that he was
not in his right mind when he committed
the act St. Albans Messenger.
C3- A person pretending to have seen
a ghost, was asked what the apparition
said to him. "How should I know?"
he replied ; " I am not ekilled in the dead
language !"
nucleus of the army of the Kin?-'
In fact Switzerland can put on'
of about 21 4,000 men. The '-
dance Prussienne avers tliat f
iou throughout Europe r'f
valid right of Prussia over 5
and concludes by directing '
the great military power et
Assault and Batteki -'
from the Burlington Fret Fr
the morning of the 2Ctb ult-, "
foreman of the Sentinel pri .
entered the printing room of
establishment, and m'
Press
nn1 vnilmir fittiick UDOD Alr.-
- 1 , '
one of the compositors iu 'hal '.
vertly brusing him. The wlv (
for the assault, the I ret
some criticism uttered by
Jlr. V-
day or two previous on f ,
of Mr. Stiles' work. SI'- "
brought before Justice Frea
day, and plead guilty to tLe .
fined fifteen dollars and
CS-Hope i. the -l
fortunately it is i P
doctor to dispense it.
3f The reason why eS
world so ugly i becsuw
themselvci in it.
POtK"