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The Siege of Dantzlc
When Marshal Lcfebvre, in 1807, mves
led Dantzic,, the celebrated engineer Bous
tnard put it in a condition to sustain a
regular siege. Gen. Kalkrcauth.over whom
Itousmard exercised much influence, had
under his command a garrison of twelve
thousand Prussians and three Russian bat
talions. For the attack, Marshal Lcfebvre
t.j n . mivorl multitude of French. Poles,
and Germans, to the number of sixteen
thousand. He always showed his soldiers
nn example of modesty and courage ; the
Marshal of the Empire never forgot that he
had risen from the ranks, but was always
foremost in mounting a breach, or leading
on a forlorn hope.
Two months, however, passed on, and
Dntzic continued impregnable. It was
not certainly an unreasonably long time to
spend in reducing so strong a place, yet
Napoleon became impatient. He who had
astonished the universe with the rapidity
of his invasions and conquests, and who
had recently reduced the kingdom of Prus
sia to obedience in seven weeks, had some
right to complain of Lefebvre's tardiness.
From his camp at Finkenstein he surveyed
the whole of Europe, moved Turkey,
threatened Russia, looked at England with
impotent displeasure, coucluded treaties
with Germany, sent forth his commands,
and raised soldiers wherever and whenever
he willed, and amid all this he could not,
without manifest impatience, think of the
siege ol Dantzic.
What's Lefebvre about What is he
doing ? 1 don't understand his dallying."
Such were the Emperor's abrupt exclama
tion. Whenever a despatch from the
Marshal arrived, containing an account of
the lecal difficulties of the siege, Napoleon
would give it a rapid glance of his eagle
eve, and then throwing it down contemptu
ously, would say, " Stuff deuce take the
Alsatian and his fine descriptive style!"
Denon," said the Emperor one day,
addressing his favorite artist, " I mutt
know how matters are progressing at Dant
zic. Go thither immediately, present your
self to the Marshal, and bring me back a
drawing of the place. 1 depend on you.
Go "
la a quarter or an hour after the delivery
of this imperial mandate, Denon was on
the road to Dantlic with his pencils and
portfolio. He was now upwards of sixty
years old, and had sojourned with Louis
XV. and Louis XVI. at Versailles, with
Frederick the Great at Potsdam, with Cath
erine II. at St. Petersburg, and with Vol
tairc at Ferney. Since the memorable
Egyptian expedition, he had followed the
footsteps of Napolion. At Bylau a ball
struck a piece of ordnance close to the
Fmrurnr. and killed three men. Denon,
who luuKeav- ,!,e sctm s cf tr,um
pTaWal
lo draw from mvSutriM.C' j
stormiest battle, without thinking ol danger
or caring for risk, just then approached
calmly, with his sketching materials in his
.ha"dI was just thinking of you," said the
. Emperdr ; " but you must retire. Denon
' too uch peril here for your head, and too
mucli smoke for your eyes." Napolion
forgot nothing ; the artist's perfect coolness
ltulnu was present to his mind when he
sent hinVto bring bffeka military plan of
DantVic. . .
Arrived at the outpost of the besieging
nrrnv. Denon asked an audience of the
Marshal, and told his errand. .Lefebvre,
who knew little, and cared less, about the
character and talents of his visitor, did not i
give him credit for good faith, but believed
that he came with some sinister design.
He measured the artist leisurely with an
unlricnuly eye, and then in a tone of irony
said, Ah, ah, so Monsieur wants to see
Dantzic t He wants to inspect the slate of
the siege for himself. Well, 'tis really a
pretty drama ; I'll secure him a seat in the
staue-box '."
So sa)ing, he called a sergeant, one of
tbr- bravest, and withal one of the dullest
fellows in the army, and said,.- ririiacn,
vou will lead this gentleman to the spot
N. V, .
from whence he will have the best view of
Dantzic ; you understand.? on the glacis,
opposite the bastion of DisV-hofsberg."
" Yes, Marshal," replied the fe&adior,
moving oo. ; . t.y . ' '
" I thank you. Marshal," said Denon as
he prepared to follow his guide.
Thank mc for nothing," muttered Le
febvre belween his teeth. " So," thought
he, " the Emperor distrusts me, and sends
a spy to my camp ! A rascally policeman,
I'll be bound ! He thought to deceive me
with his plans and drawings, as if, indeed,
Bonaparte were a child that wanted pic
tures to amuse him ! I fancy I'll give my
gentleman. Monsieur Denon, as he calls
himself, quite enough of his trade. I'll
teach him bow to stand fire ! I'd give a
day's pay for the pleasure of seeing hiin run
away from the bullets !"
Meantime Denon and his guide walked
rapidly onwards. They oon crossed the
line, and came within range of the cannon
on the forts, which at that moment were
keeping up a most animated interchange of
civilities with the French batteries. Balls
and bullets whistled about the heads of the
artist and the grenadier, and the soil on
which they trod was deeply furrowed by
projectiles of various kinds. Precisely at j
the spot where the missiles were flying '
thickest, Firbach paused, and told Denon,
that they were now arrived at the point
indicated by flie Marshal. Without mak
ing any remark, the artist stepped into a
hollow dug by the passage of a bomb, and
whose raised edge formed a sort of desk ;
he then calmly opened his portfolio, took
out his pencil and began to sketch.
His brave guide looked at him with
astonishment. " A
.leasant place," said
he,
"to stand in and admire ihe uwi-
scape
." i lien seeing mat uenon was pur-1
suing his employment very leisurely
" ComraJe," said he, " will you remain
here long ?"
" Why do you ask?"
" Why why ? Just because 'lis too hot
here to be quite agreeable."
"Do you think so? Then don't let me
detain you. You can return to the camp,
and when I shall have finished. 1 shall
easily find my way back." .
" Adieu, then, Monsieur ; rtvoir ''
So saying the grenadier walked off, nothing
loth, to rejoin his company, whose dinner
was just served.
Marshal Lefebvre meantime had had
much business to transact. At the end of
two hours he suddenly recollected Firbach
and Denon. "What!" exclaimed he,
not yet returned ? It would really annoy
me to have one of my brave fellows meet
death by the side ol a Epy :-
" Firbach, at all events, is in a high state
of preservation,'' said an aide-de-camp :
" I saw him just now refreshing himself at
the canteen."
"Then the other must have fallen?
Well, well, the joke was certainly rather
too practical. I should have preferred his
taking back his report to Bonaparte. But
it can't be helped ; a spy, after all, is no
great loss 1''
" Sat-re " cried the aide-de-camp, who
was looking through a spy glass ; " here's
the very man walking quietly towards us,
as if the bulleta were so many bonbon !
Is it possiblo that the fellow can have
stood ever since between the batteries?
Where's Firbach ? Call him to me."
The grenadier came, and related exactly
what had passed. Just as he bad finished,
Denon arrived. It was pleasant to see the
warm hearted Marshal run to meet the
artist, grasp both his hands, and exclaim,
M No ; you are not a spy, but a really
brave, honest fellow. I mistook you. Mon
sieur Cenon.and hope you will forgive roe.
Take sketches under a shower of shot and
shell ! Tis ten times a greater feat than
Sdini a charge swordjn hand. The
Kmneror nas commissioj.cu j
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bwck an exact description of the place ; al
ready you have seen one side of it forgive
me that it was the roughest now I will
show you the others myself! We will not
leave avbiistion or redoubt unvoted ; ana
I hope you" will grant me your friendship
in return for the esteem with which your
valor has inspired me."
Lefebvre kept his word ; he conducted
Denon to the best points of view, and could
not sufficiently admire the artist's sketches
and steadiness of hand. Denon returned
to Finkenstein ; and in a few day after
wards, on the 24th of May, 1807, Dantzic
capitulated. General Kalkreauth obtained
the same conditions mat, iouneen years
before he had himself granted lo the garri
son of Mayencc. Lefebvre had hmi con
ducted with all honor to the outposts of the
Prussian army ; and the ancient comrade
of the great Frederick expressed his grati
tude in an affectionate letter to the Marshal.
The conqueror received for a recompense
the title of Duke of Dantzic, so it is evident
that the report of hisproceedings brought
by Denon was by no TOana ca.cuia.iea
ixf r aw x
lower him in the estimation w iappieon.
Lefebvre died at Paris in 1820 imi Denon,
whose work on JSgypt na gaiwsu mm mi
imperishable fame, expired at the fame
place, at an adviseed age, in 1825.
We'bttbtve in a clean kitchen, neat
wife in it, a spinning piano, a clean cup
board, and a clear conscience.
LEWISBURG,
For tba Lewiabnrg Chronicle.
TIB mszhm
To E Bv "NOVIS."
In a wild. Kieu,rl valley, liero the sportive waters
And in eilUr ripleta sally f..rth frm out their infant beJ,
Grew a purr, uncultured rosebud, that aiuui rr..m rum-
Whare no ll'r Uuu oppose would e'er molest tin- beau
teous hew
r that sweet, smiling rose.
Part the preenwooil dancing Hflitly, nn the wavea leaped
ver uprightly,
While tlie now reU budding brightly, in the stream its fret
il lavW:
Bat no Hood from sunshine's fountain, (.weeping down that
tow'ring mountain.
Formed a golden liquid fount in whose rich gushing tide
Wad bathed
The head of that sweet rose.
As a maiden mourns her loTer, crushed m low no voice
ean move her.
Hung this roselet drooping over, listlessly. Its cradle care ;
Vainlv smiled the Sowers around it, each sueeoeding twi-
Firmer in the cords that liound it like a death-chill to its
grave
This fading, dying rope.
While the scene was freah bestowing ideal visions freely
Thought I of a flow'ret growing in the gloom of Sin's
And if her wkrm heart but panted for Ihe light which Love
has granted. ... , ,
Oh, how mon would she, transplanted, deck a soil whose
sunthMunH play
With every deathlesa rosa!
Lewiswri;, Iec. ltn.
Peter Chancery. Esq., and Ms Five
Dollars.
Shuwint; the Iitensintr that mny follow the
Settlement of the Smullett liilln.
Sir. if you please, boss would like you
to pav this little bill to day,'' said, for the
tenth time, a half-grown boy in a dirty
jacket to a lawyer in his office.
The attorney at length turned rnund and
strorl ,Ko hov full in the face, as if he had
, di!jCOVered stecmo.n of
2000(ty av0 r' long whistle, thrust his
. . - n , . tQ on and ,lK.n
into .he other of his black cloth vest, and
then gave another long whistle, and com:
pleted his stare at ihe boy's face.
Ho, ha, hum ! that bill, eh ?'' said the
legal young gentleman, emending the lips
...... - .
nf his fiiin.'rs towards the well-worn Dit
'of paper, and.duintiiy opening it, he looked
at its contents.
" Hum ! for capping and heel-capping,
six shillings for foxing, ten and sixpence,
and other sundries, eh ? So your master
wants me to settle this bill, eh ?" repeated
i the man of briefs.
" Yes, sir ; this is the nineteenth time 1
have como for it. and I intend to knock off
at twenty, and call it half a day."
" You're an impudent boy."
I's always impudent to lawyers, coz I
can't help it it's catchin."
4.vn.a nf vour pvp fenth cut. 1 see."
That's what boss sent me for instcna
of the 'prentices as was gettin' their teeth
cut. I cut mine at nine months oia wun
the handsaw. Boss says if you don t pay
the bill, he'll sue you."
Sue me ? I'm a lawyer !"
" It makes no odds. Lawyer or no law
yer, boss declares he'll do it.
Declares he'll sue me ?"
" As true as there is another lawyer in
all Filadelfy."
That would be bad !
Would n't it ?"
Silence, you vagabond ! I suppose
I must pay this, (muttered the attorney to
himself) but it is not my plan to pay these
small bills. What's a lawyer's profession
good for if hecan't get clear of paying his
own bills ? He'll sue mc ! 'Tis just five
dollars. It comes hard, and he don't want
the money. What is five dollars to him?
His bov could have earned it in the time
he has been sending him to dun me for it.
So your master will sue me for it if 1 don t
pay
He says hetvvrll do it, and charge you
a new.pair of shoes for me.
"Hnrkee; lcan.Vpay to day ; andao
if your boss wjjl sue me, just be so kind as
. -
to ask him to em," JJ me lor nis auunrey.
You?"
"Yes ; I'll issue the -Xlwve it served.
and then vou see I shaIlTOne cosis .o
nn own Docket, instead ol s'ng .1 go
into another lawyer's!-. So you sej if i
have to pay the bill, I'll make the cosl.
Capital idea !"
The boy scratched his head awhile, as
if striving to comprehend this capital idea,
and shook it doubtingly. " 1 don't know
about this ; it looks tricky. I'll ask boss,
though, if as how you wont pay it nohow
without being sued.
I had rather be sued, if he'll employ
me. bov.''
Hut whose to nav them costs the
boss?"
The lawyer looked all at once very se
rious, and gave another of those long wins
ties necmiar to him.
Well, I am a sensible man, truly ! My
anxiety to get the costs of suit btinded ne
to the fact that they were to come out ol
my own pocket before they could be safcld
out in. Ah, well, my boy, i suppose i
must py. Here is a five dollar gold
niece ; U the bill receipted 7 it is so dirty
and creasy, I can't see.''
"iW was nice and clean when boss gin
ittome.and the writin' shined like Knapp's
black in' it is torn so a dunnin' so much.''
Well, here's your money," said the
man of law. taking a solitary live dollar
piece from his watch-lob ; now tell your
UNION CO., PA., DEC. 25, 1850.
master, Mr. Last, if he has any other ac
counts he wants sued, I'll attend to them
with ihe grentest pleasure.''
" Thank'ee, sir," answered the boy,
pocketing ihe five ; "but you is the only
reg'lar dunnin' customer boss has ; and
now you have paid up, he has none but
cash folks. Good-day to you.''
" Now there goes five dollars that will
do that fellow, Last, no good. 1 am in
want of it, but he is not. It is a live
thrown awav.''
As Peter Chancery did not believe in his , moment and again Inking his saw and
owrrmind, that paying his debt to Mr. J horse, went out. lie had not gone far be
Last was lo be of any benefit to him, and fore a woman met hinrand said she wished
was of opinion that it was money thrown him to follow, and saw some wood for her.
away, let us follow the fate of these five His heart bounded with hope and gratitude,
dollars through the day. and he went after her to her dwelling, an
" He has paid !" said the boy, placing abode little better man ms own ior pu.rr
.t. l: I A iv: vet wearins an air of comfort. He
till: Mini, w i ma llltt.ll n sjauawu
Well, I'm g'ad of it," answered Mr.
Last, surveying the money through his
glasses "and it's a half eagle.too. Now,
run with it and pay Mr. Furnace the five
dollars I borrowed from him yesterday,
and said I would pay him to-morrow. Bui
I will pay it now."
Ah, my lad, come just in time,' said
Mr. Furnace as the boy delivered his er
rand and ihe money. " I was just" won
tiering where I could get five dollars to
pay a bill which is due to-day." " Here,
John," he called to one of his apprentices,
" put on your hat and take this money
lo Capl. O'Urien, and tell him 1 came
within one of disappointing him, when
some money came in, I didn't expect."
Capt. O'Brien was on board of his
schooner at the next wharf, and with him
.;,h h!a !,, in hi h-n.l
i,Li ..tnncv . h an.,! i.h 1
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him.
" I am sorry, my man, 1 can't pay
you but I've just raised and scraped the
last dollar I can't get above water, to pay
my insurance money lo.aay, anu nave.jsne(j
not a copper left in my pocket to jingle,
but keys and old nails." ,
" But 1 am very much iu need, sir ;
my wife is failing, and my family are in
want of a good many things just now, and
I got severul articles at the store, expecting
to take them up as I went along home.
Wc han't in the house any flour, nor tea,
nor'
" Well my lad, I'm sorry. You- must
sell my coat off my back, or pawn my
schooner's kedge. Nobody pays me."
The sailor, who had come to get an ad-
'" o . a .r.,iu
when lhe apprentice boy came up and
said in his hearing :
" Here, sir, is five dollars Mr. Furnace
owes you. He says when he told you he
couldn't pay your bill to-day, he did'nt ex
pect some money that came in after you
left his shop."
" Ah, that's my fine boy ! Here Jack,
take this five dollars, and come on Satur
day and get ine balance of your wages."
The seaman, with a joyful bound, took
the piece, and touching his hat, sprung
wilh a light heart on shore, and hastened
to the store where he had already selected
the comforts and necessaries his family
stood so much in need of.
As he entered, a poor woman was try
ing to prevail upon the store-keeper to set
tle a demand for making his shirts.
You had best take it out of th: store,
Mrs. Conway," he said to her, really I
have not taken in half the amount of your
bill to day. and I don't expect lo. I have
to charge everything and no money comes
in.''
- ' I can't do without it," answered the
woman, earnestly, " my daughter is very
ill, and in want of every comfort ; I am
out of firewood, and indeed I want many
Whings which I have depended upon this
money to get. 1 woritea nigm ana uy .
get. your shirts done.
" I'm very sorry, Mrs. Conway," said
the store-keeper, looking into his money
drawer "I've not five shillings here and
V..' u:ii fiJo dollars and ninepence.''.
your uim
The poor woman thought of her invalid
child and wrung her hadns. . .-. ,
A ilor as here a while ago, ana se-
lecicd full five dollars worth of articles here
on the counter, and went away to get his
waes to pay for them, but I question ii ne
a. ' irk. JnoaanH nan for them.
mines DaCK. u t-j
.hall have your money, maaam.
I 9
At this instant uc '"- "ri-
. . . ..! anals kiainnmir'tnH
in the door. ...
Vp1I. shipmate" ne saio. in a
tone
..t, w,nM elevated than when he was
discovered speaking with the captain," well,
.. t.nv. freieht. 1 ve got me u.-
menf, so give possession !- and display
- . r. Ar niece, he laid hold of the
in!! ma "
.... jaw,
erf. clftrfiteener. examining and seeing
.,. nnnd. bade him take
that the money
l. ;,h him. and then sighing as he took
men, :: - , .u : t...
another, and" the last looa at u.c " .
.! J ..i saat n e Waj 1 1 n n 1
kanded it to the poor wiuuw,
joyful smile, recfeid it iron, mm uu
tened from the'store.
In a low and very humble tenement.near
,he water, was a family of poor children,
whose appearance exhibited the utmost des-
CH
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lilution. On a cot bed lay a poor woman,
ill and emaciated. The door opened, and a
man in coarse patched garmcuts, entered
with a wood saw and hpre, anJ laid them
down by the door side, and approached
the bed.
"Are you any better, dear V he asked
in n rough voice, but in the kindest tones, j
..',wll.ave vou iound work? If you
could get me a little nourishing food, I
could regain my lost strength."
The man gazed upon her pale face a
4 9 m '
sawed the wood, split and piled it, and re
ceived six shillings.with whichbe hastened
to a store, for necessaries for his sck wife,
and then hurried home to gladden her
heart wilh the delicacies he had provided.
Till now he had no work for four days,
and his family had been starved, but from
ihis'day his wifo got better, and was at
length restored lo her family, and to health,
from a stale ol weakness which another
day's continuation would probably have
proved fatal.
These six shillings which did so much
good were paid hiin by the poor woman,
from the five dollars she had received from
the storekeeper, and which the sailor had
paid him. The poor woman's daughter
..j !t;.i,.l rPtrfH
h.,.ttt, a io,'ot rr.,r,';ri in irniin.r I
Lman who h.irl been three vears abseut and ,
returned true to his troth. I.ut for lice five
dollars which had been so instrumental
; her recovery, he might have returned to
be told thatshe whose memory had befn
so ong lhe p0arstar ol his heart had per-
So much good did the five dollar piece
do, which IVtcx Chancery, Esq., so reluc
tantly paid to Mr. Last's apprentice boy,
though little credit is duo to this legal gen
tleman for lhe results that followed. It is
thus Providence often makes bad men in
struments of good to others. Let this little
story lead those who think a "small bill"
can stand because il is a small bill, remem
ber how much good a five dollar bill has
done in one single day, and that in paying
one bill thev rnnv be pay ins a series of
twenty bills and dispensing good to hund-
BY I1KNJ. K TAYLOR.
" These are dark days I wii.h a whole, year of them
could bwhurrietl away. ' M. A. B.
Oh I they that Mew. the snnsliine,
Hi.-nhl not ferjtet Uie ehwle.
For without a elou.l. the lUmlow
Would never have been made.
That Iwnner of diehefelh-d day.
Had ne'er to man been tsiven
Thrtt ettnet-rinK.T ravelled ruin,
Ne'er weudtd Karth to Heaven.
And Hone, that rainnnw of the heart,
Had never epinned it West,
Until our very dr-am lieeame
The pnrtala of llie Wet
(Tle-uuh earth bad been a ebrveolite.
And Ed. n kii.dl.-d here.)
If h n lid filled the world with smiles,
II. had not mad a Tear!
And Weal t"T aye, V Twilight's bridge,
lu-m-ath urh.M. arrh su)Umu,
(iron ainlil.le and mnsieal.
The wnvea of river Yime!
When the ew.et old snn; are 'round us,
And Yeatkrows are here.
And the d.-ar lost ones returning,
Bring Heaven very near!
O' earth wonlil he a wildern.-ss,
W'ilh no dowt overhead.
And the human heart a lloreb,
if Uurs were u. ver e bed.
o stars nor dews without the nibt
Withoot the stars, nn ll.-aven
The Hwer. without the dews, would dk
Who would not hare it Even :
Saturday Eve, July 18.
The End of Hungary.
Nations, Iik individuals, have their
youth, their manhood, and their old age ;
and so, too, have races of men. We do not
know a more striking inslance of this tru
ism "than is presented by the history of the
Hungarians. .
The Magyars were originally an Asiatic
tribe, and formed a branch el the Finnic
race, as is proved by their physical char
acteristics, not less than by heir language.
Phey first appeared in Europe at the be
ginning of the .ninth century, t heir ca
reer, until the fury of Ihe onset was spent,
was one of incessant victory. Armed with
bows and arrows, and mounted on fleet
horses, they were invincible by nny force
J.that Europe could muster. 1 hey swept
up the Danube like a destroying whirlwind,
until their territories extended Irom tar be
low Ikl"rade to ir above Vienna, so that
not only what is now Hungary, but vast
territories contiguous to it, owned their
sway. From this central seat of power
they soon spread their ravages on every
side. They invaded Italy, they thun-
deredatthe gates of Holland, they even
carried their war-cry into tho heart of
France. For nearly- two centuries, the
M9v.n were to western Europe what the
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Turks subseouentlv became, a raco
hated as they were feared, a nation ol war
riors whom nothing could oppose.
But the horsemen whom the feudal
chivalry of France and Germany could
not resist, Christianity finally subdued.
The first Magyars were heathens. They
hati-J the Franks us men of a hostile race,
but they hated them worse as believers in
a different religion. When, however,
holy missionaries, disregarding the perils
that would environ tbein in the midst of
savage heathens, penetrated into Hungary,
and preached in the tumultuous camps of
the wild conquerors the peaceful doctrines
of the Gospel, a mighty change took
place. The whole nation was, as it were,
converted in a day. A single generation
saw the Hungarians transformed from
Pagans into Christians. With this great
change came more peaceable habits. The
Magyars no longer warred ,on western
Europe with religious fanaticism as before,
but rather sought to be on terms of amity
with them, and to imitate the arts of peace.
Gradually returning, therefore, with the
boundaries of their central kingdom, they
confincd-themselves to the great plains of
Hungary and to the contiguous territories.
Their princes began to intermarry with
the princes of western Europe ; the ople
assumed more or less 6f the habits of civi
lization ; and Hungary became, by ihe
sanction oi neighboring pottnta.tt;s, an ac
knowledged Christian kingdom.
Thus had passed ihe first period of the
Magyar race, that of its fiery,' impetuous, lyVr Amimerce ofnhe Counfnr'N
and colossal youth. About A. tS. 1000 ij-j kv Xalue of the Lake IradSL
entered on the second term of itsexistoraw,rVg3a?fuJ rTeturns made at the bureau '
A robust, yet tempered manhood was its Lf "TeprKiraphical Engineers, amsunts"
destiny for five hundred years succeeding,
"During tliisepoch.it was the grcar bul-
wark of Europe against Saracen and Tur-
kish invasion. Occasionally, indeed, the 1
Hungarians warred ou tneir nnsuaii
brethren ; and more than once they allied
wemseives lor a per.oo.anu in SCn-uC.:.,t..-,
. 1 i 1 : if .1 r .
o the Oilman hordes; but, in tho main,
iney "were iru to tue cause ui vunsuan
. i r
Europe, and the chief instruments in re
pelling the assaults of Moslem fanaticism.
Like a mighty breakwater, thrown fSrward
to meet the first Jury of the tempest, they
withstood, for centuries, the war of the ad-
VHncms surges and the dasn ol the angry i
tide. Their gallantry in the fie'd was only
equalled by their sturdy independence at
home. Inheritin
from their ancestors a
I
sort of rude constitutional monarchy, un-
.-. . -.--.-j ii .t. :
der wtncn me people e.ecieu an toe minor j storm tt.ithout ,his SUpp0rt, is uncertain.
officers ol the State, they maintained these j Bradford Reporter,
privileges when absolutism reigned every- The mode er taking the Census in Eng
where else on the continent, and when iand is bv leaving with each householder a
England alone shared with Hungary the
benefits of real liberty.
the fatal edict, by which the Diet
'
From
invited the
MIC
riod, their territories have been narrowed
almost constantly. The aim of the Aus-
Irian monarchs has been to destroy lhe
national feeling, and lo strip the people of
their ancestral rights : and this base
scheme has been persisted in, regardless of
the heroic sacrifices made by the Ilunga
rian. on frequent occasions, to save the
empire. In a measure, the ireachcrous
plot has succeeded. The Delilah that the
Ma-yars look in has shorn them secretly
- , . . , . J O pnvaie t. IT SUIIIC tuu inuuicaiiuu u.-
ofthcir strength, and has, in our own dny, ," I " r . .
t ' tween their counting room and their estab-
dellvcred them over lo th.; hatred or Ihe jshml,n, sfm) two mlC9 distant in iho
autocrat, the true Philistine of Europe 'caslcrn part of lhe city, which the proprie-
Their national independence has sunk into tors and clerks daily use for transmitting
a mere shadow since the last fatal war. . intelligence.
Kossuth and a few other sanguine patriots The splendid painting, CJliddon's Pano
may still hope for the recusation of this "ma of the Nile, covering many thousand
,: . . r .l j i feet of canvass, and executed by the most
gallant people ; but we fear their doom ce,e,)rafed Br,js,s in ,he world ;now cpen
like that of the noble Pole, is sealed, and , f exhibition at lhe Chinese Museum. It
that the time of their extinction approaches. !
Their old age is at hand, ifnot already
In a century or two, at the utmost,
they will probably be lost sight of, in sur-
. , .-' c ,K L ,hA r,to nf
rounding population, isuch is the late ol
rounding popul
nations. Evenin
Bulletin.
A Siberian Winter.
The traveler in Siberia, during tho win
ter, is so enveloped in furs that he can
scarcely move ; and under the thick fur
hdfcd. which is fastened to Ihe bear skin
collar and covers the whole ftce, one can
only draw in, as it were by stealth, a little
of the external air, which Is so keen lhat
it causes a very peculiar and painful reel
ing to the throat and lungs. The distance
from one halting place lo another takes,
about ten hours, during which lime the
traveler must always continue on horse
back, as the cumbrous drtss makes it in
supportable to wade through lhe sno.
The poor horses suffer as much as their
riders ; for besides the great etfect of cold,
they are tormented with ice formingin their
nostrils and stopping their breathing. When
ihey iulimate this, by a distressed snort
a .nnvnlaive ahakins of the head, the
drivers relieve them by taking out the
. r,m h-mn nf.
pieces of ice. to save them from be.ng suf-
located. m n me icy gnumu ... u.
covered by snow, their hoofs often burst
. from the effect of the cold. The caravan
j is always surrounded by a thick cloud of
vapor ; it is not only living bodies, w hich
produce this effect, but even the snow
smokes. These evaporations are instantly
changed into millions of needles of ice,
which fill ihe air, and cause a constant
slight noise, resembling the sound of lorn
satin or thick silk. Even the reindeer
eceks the fore.t to protect himself from tho
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Whole Numfcer 351.
iii'nsity of the cold. In the tundras,
where there is no shelter to be fouud, the
whole hted crowd together as close as
possible to gi.in a little warmth from each
other, and may te seen standing in thii
way quite motionless. Only the dark
bird of w inter, the raven, still cleaves tha
icv air with slow and heavy wing, leaving
behind him a long line of th'm vapor,
marking.the track of his solitary H'ght.
The influence of the cold extends even to
inanimate nature. The thickest trunks of
trees are rent asunder with a loud sound,
which, in these deserts, falls on the ear
like a signal shot at sea ; large masses of
rocks are torn from their ancient site ;
the-ground in the tundras and in the rocky,
valleys, cracks, forming wide yawning fis
sures from which the waters,' which were
beneath the surface, rise, giving off a cloud j
of vapor, and become immediately changed
into ice. The effect of this degree ofcold
extends even beyond the earth, I
bV-auty of the deep polar star, so cftelnd
so justly praised, disappearsiijv the dense "
atmosphere which the intenTll the cold J
rr.i . ..II .Tr??.. !n
produces. ine stars aim gusicu iu uw
firmament, but their brilliancy is dimmed.
-trotif V.
lrave.ur-n ortn. -av
the enormous sum of $l86,485;260.iojr
moret by S40.000.000, thjnVbiwhole
foreign export trade of theoBstT The
8,reila.e tonnaee is 203,0417Tods, of
which 35.904 is fbreisn. yihe nett
L,varue Dr ,iia comrr)ere.ipf the western
rives-is S2jG,233,35L alue or ves
sels 5 18.66.1 ,500. jrCffiyor the
internal commerce of theUDUwl States,
whioh is'irrmost double that of the nett val
ue, is S95,654."74.
The .great
;nn which waa to
ka.A hMn lift '
Ik
mmaA
lace on Tuesday.
evening last, ew'in'rwJudiie Williston foL
h..v;niT - nriZer aooreciation of the ereat
danger in which our Union is now placed
or of the services which our patriots stood
' E? I II J
ready to discharge, was not neia, me juoge
- 1 ' . . . . t . 1. n . nA.nnr.A
not nujourniny; uuun iur mi puipvsc.
Whether the Union will safely weather the
j schedule with instructions requiring him to
peeiiy "nam panicumn rrS,.,i.u
; each
l '' inItt,!,0"nh'
nisjht, under a penalty ol ia in the event
proper oflicer, whose duty it is to verify
the statement.
Gen. KonrRT Fleming, and Jambs
ArmsTho.no, Esq., of Williamsport, have
been commissioned by Gov. Johnston, to
act on the Slate Committee, lo whom the
management of the specimens of skill and
industry, intended for the World's Fair, at
London, in May next, from this Common
wealth, is to be entrusted.
Messrs. R. Hoe & Co., printing press
a. T4.T -T I
makers and m ictiinists, in iew i orh, nave
na8 uiready been visited by a large number
i0f their cii zens, and pupils ol puoucsnoois.
Young Colony. The ship Washing-
ton, Capt. Page, wh.cn arnvea ai new
York, lhe 3rd inst. from Liverpool, had on
1 " .
board nine nuoureu uuu aiaiy
sengersthis is the largest number of per
sons ever brmiuht across the Atlantic in
one vessel. They were all in good health.
4 gentleman of this Borough, recently
informed us that he had made two purcha
ses of real estate wilhin aboat 6 months,
and that in both instances he had been led
to make the purchases he did by seeing the
property advertised in the columns of tho
' Luminary." Munty Luminary.
The great tunnel on lhe Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad is one of the most stupen
dous works of civil engineering in this
if . in ti. worj. Ii i8 a few
j liut,s from Morgnniown, in Western Yir
mia, and is through a mountain a mile r
and a quarter wide. a. f,t
Rhode Island. The cenus just coni- ti.!
pleted shows lhat the population of ihia
state 3 146.543, being an increase of 39,
711 sin'&T340, or a traction over 35, per
cent. The population of the city of Prov,
iJence is 41.523, being an increase of 18,-
341 since 1810.
I A letter from Constantinople, daled X8V.
2d, says that a riot against the Christian
1 popuiauon naa oraura um ai me ip
of FfanUa wefe kie(jj and ,heir
houses sacked and burned. The Turkish
soldiers remained quiet spectators of these
outrages. .
New York & Erie Railroad. The re
ceipts ol this road for November, 1850.
were for passengers and mails$74,324.65 )
lor freight 75.323.27. Tola $150.147,.
S5. Same month in 1849 t89,065,35.
Increase $72,055,68.
The whole number of persons confined
in the Linerne county Jail during the term
...,.r.., rati month m 26S males, and 31
femajos in all !
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