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Correct and Exact Delailsof
the Revolution: in France.
From Gnlignuni's Messenger. Feb. 24
’l‘he tnlnrrnatiott which we have to lay
helore our readets of the events of yes
terday, will he'lnuttd of great interest,
both as regards home of the details and
their results.
By about nine o'clock in the morning.
people assembled in considerable nuttt.
hers. in the quarters St. Dennis and,St.
Martin. and at ten o’clock they had suc
ceeded in erecting barricades at the 'Porte
St. Denis. in the Rue de Clerv. the Rue
Neuve Saint Eustache. the Rue de Cad
ran, and the Rue du Petit Carreuu. A
jusillatle took place at some of these bar
ricades, between the populace and the mu
nicipal guards. Two young men were
killed, and a municipal guard was disar
med. Several municipal guards were pur~
sued to the Place du.Cairc. 'by youngmen
arinetl with sticks. The guards fired and
wounded several persons. A woman, the
relative pot a tradesmen. was. we under
stand. lulled on the_ spot. lAccording to
the Patric. the ollicer of a platoon of the
National Guard. who was on the place,
was so indignant. that he cried: "To
arms!” whereupon the Monicipal Guard
beat a retreat.- Two hours later. one at
our reporters passed through the Place du
Cairo. It was then perlectly calm—in
tact. nota soul was tube seen except three
National Guards in the Passage du Cairo.
At the Porte St. Denis, the troops char
ged the people, and the barricade in the
Rue Cadran. at the entrance to the Rue
Montmartte. was attacked by. the Munici
pal Guard. who fired on the mob. where
by a child was killed. and two workmen
and three women were. it is said serious
ly wounded.
At )1 o'clock, the crowd was dense in
film vicinity ol the Porte St.. Martin ; and
there were cries of “Down with Guizot!”
M Long live Relortnli’“ A detachment of
troops fired on the mob. compelling it to
retreat.
A! 12. all the queue”; of lhe markets
'ovexe lull} occupird. There was a banal
ion of the 215! regiment on lhe Mnrchcs
dc: lnnocena. besides detachment! ofthe
Municipal Guurd._horse nml fool. and two
ulelnclnm‘nls of cuimssjete. Two pieces
of can'non wele on the épol. one olvu‘hich
was direcled lowmds.lhc- Rue Montmar:
Ire. nml lhe olher towards lhe Rue de la
Ferroniere. They were ready lo be em
ployed a! a moment's notice. The fish
market was occupied by a battalion 0! :he i
first regiment. l
On the Place du Carousnl,‘ the horse
Municipal Guard charged the groups who
were assembled there; but the people, af
ter dispersing on one spot. immediately
reassembled at nnolher.
A! the barricade In the Rue de Clery,
which was halfdeatmyed. lhe Municipal
Guard fired, and several persons “cw
wounded.
Betueen one and two o’clock. pm: of
our reporters risized the different quarters
in which disturbances prevailed. On the
Boulevards, in the Rue St. Denis. the Rue
St. Martin. the Rue. Muntmartre, the Rue
St. Honore. and, in fact, all the principal
streets. the crowds were very dense. On
the Boulevards, erpecinlly near the pur
tes St. Denis and St. Martin. there wav a
large assemblage 0! military. infantry.
drugnons. light dragoons. and municipal
guards. both horse and hot. In the Rue
St. Martin frequent chh'rgea were execu
:ed.r
‘An nttempt to erect barricades in the
Rue St. Antorne, was prevented, as were
nlso other attempts In the Rim? St. Lau
rent and St. anere. ‘ ,
In the Rue de to Cite and the Rue de
Constantine the troop‘e had to disperse the
mob. _ 0n the Place du Chatelet,‘and the
Palm u'u Change. furtllade' waekcpt up
for sometime. _ln the‘Rue des Filles’du
Catvnire. barricades were established. but
were destroyed by the troops. Barricadee
which were constructed In the Rue du
Temple were destroyed by the troops n~
vbout 4'o'clock. A‘chief rle battalion was;
it is an"), killed. ' -
The Place {des Vict'origd nhd the Pine
du Carrogml were occupied by'strohg de
tachments. bofih ol dragoonu and infantry.
The Patrie‘_relatea that. in passing along
the former, the pickets o! the National
Guard 'ctie'd.‘ “Dawn wilh Guizol! Long
live‘ Reform!” 'They proceeded w lhe
Placq'dé Petitl Pgres. and Irom, thenc‘q—to
thoVßue Mq’ntmartre‘.' ’They wen; follow
ed by an immense cmwd. who alternate
1y chanted the " Mhrnei!_tnlzue."v.and Cl’led
"Viva ‘la G'arde NatiOnhl'e'!" Ali-Laban:
lhn't'“l_lme charges vino", mudgoy’xfilleps;
gambled "people in lhe*Place Sti"?Afidfe.
des’A'rli, lhe "Place de I’Ecble'idfia-Meder
cin'ek‘h'u'd in all lhe‘idjolnin‘g‘ slr‘eetp as
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troo’pt-‘ol’lh‘e 'l‘in'e.‘n,ational a'nd municipal
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allow a detachment of cuirassiera to enter:
the street. a proceeding in which he was
warmly supported by,his men. who utter-3
ed crieaol “,Lang live'Relorrn! Down
.WiiltrGuizotd" In one street. which lesds‘
to the Place des Petits I’eres. some Na
tional Guardsalso prevented the- troops
hum entering. On the Boulevard. be
tween the Chateau d’Enu and the Ambi
gu, a superior officer. orderedxthe Nation‘-
al Guard to charge the people ; but. says
the Patric. they refused.,
In the course of the day. M. Cretnieux.
the deputy. went along the Quni du Lou
vre to the Chamber of Deputies, followed
by 400 National Guards,in uniform. with
out arms.
In the morning, a post of the Municipal
Guard, in the Rue Mauconseil. was car—
-Iried by [the people. Soon after the Ma
nicipal Guards succeeded in retaking it:
but, the people subsequently attacked it
with renewed order. and succeeded in a
gain gelling possession of it. .
During the whole day, a large crowd
was assembled in the vicinity of the Min
istry of Foreign Affairs. They cried out
incessantly “ Down with Guizot! Long
live Reform!”
A strong forceiof the National Guard
occupied the Arcades and Rue de Rivoli
during the day. A large crowd was as
sembled there, and it amused itself in
shouting. 'Long live the National Guard‘.’
In the course of the afternoon the mob
attacked a body of the Municipal Guard.
which. was stationed under a gateway in a
street 'in the Marnie, and a small number
of National Guards having come up. as
sistcd. as it was asserted, in disarming
them.
About {our o’clock. the iottlligence that
the ministry had given in its resignation
begun to be generally known. It was re
ceived by every demonstration"of antis
fnction. Even a large crowd of Well-dres
sed perlonS, on the Boulevards, lcolified
theirjoy by ahouting " Vire la Reformef”
At about five o’clock. the mob made an
attack on the guard house on the Boule
vard Benne‘Nouville, “here some pris
oners were confined. ltsucreeded in dis
arming the soldiers who occu pied the post,
and in releasing the prisoners. All the
Windows of the guard-house were smash
ed. The National Guard also released,
some prisoners who were confined in the
Marie ol theethird arrondissement.
The Paine announces that as a strong
piquet of the National Guard was passing
belore the lmprimiere Royalo. followed
by as numerous crowd shaming " Long
live ‘ Reform! LOfifi‘"Ve_4hC National
Guard!” 2 detachment of‘the Municipal ‘
Guard fired on them and wounded seven. 1
Great exasperation was produced by this;
but it was somewhat calmed down when
lhe mob learned the downfall of the Gui
zot ministry. . ..
At about seven o’clock, an immense
crowd. consisting almost exclusively ul
persons ofthe working classes. many ol
them verv young. descended the Boule
vards. They were headed by men hear
ing blazing torches. They sang the new
lavorite song. beginning
" Mourir pour In patric.
C‘csl lo sort. le plus boon. to plus digno d'envio."
Or it would be more correct to any that
they sang only those two lines. for they
rarely got beyond thrm, repeating them
over and over again. At intervals, how
ever, they changed the rel'rnin, by shout.
mg with all the force of Ihelrluuge. 'Duwn
with Guizot! Down with Gulzutl
0n reaching the Ministry of Foreign‘
Affairs, they found assembled very strong
forces of infantry and drngoons, which oc
cupied the whole width M the boulevards,
with the exception of ihe pavement near
the Rue Bane du Rampart. Some per
aons expected to see the mob come into
collision with the troops. but instead a!
that the torclrbearers filed off on the pave~
ment. shouting "Vive In liggiel Vive in
ligrie!” and‘ lhey .were followed by all
their large train. .
After having passed the soldiers. the
crowd raised a terrific shoutul; ”Down
with Guizot l” after which. having lorm
ed theniselires into something like order,
hey muck up lhe Hernal “ Mourir pour
a patrie !” and continued to bawl it un
il theyrcnched lhg church of the Made-
line. There a large detachment ot the
National Guard was stationed. The. com
mandant on seeing the mob. went to the
lenders 0! it. recommending them to ex
tinguish their torches and be orderly.—
The torch bearers immediately. complied
with the request-“nod a thousand 'voicea
shouted "Long live the National Guard.”
The mob then cried 1' To Duchatel." and
wént along the Rue Roynle with appar
ently the intention ,of paying a visit to the
Minister of the Interior; .
In lhé Rue St. Honore’ihere was also
an immense crov'vd', Whicb'ulso sung as
one man 'Mourir pour la patria!’ varied
alteumtely with'the 'Allous. enlnns‘de la'
patiie!’ and 'Aux ‘ armes citoyensl. of: lhe
'Mnraeilles.’ -onv'nscending the Rue St.
anoro lheylell in' wiih n‘detwhniem of
National Guards andofniregimontvuf lhe
line ; wllcteupou a thousand voices cried.
'Long live vlhe'Nmionnl guard !’ ‘long‘livc
the line!‘ and to wind :up. came a' fierce
about of 'Dpwq wilh Guizotl’. ',
' ”,Whén the news of (hp, rkesignationpflhp
ministry’hnd. ,becoms: generally. kzuwngin
Pa‘fls," them ‘ was. (1;. burs}, o! sqlilsjau‘ljgn
which if would be difficult td desaibcnr
cL E A'RVF run, PA), A P;RI’LIS.IB4B.
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Large 2 parties of the national guard para~
tied the streets,'the officers and men shou
llnz: “Viva la reforme.” and the crowd
cheeringr loudlv. Banth of 500 to 1.500
men and boys. went about crying ”WW
[(1 reforme,” and singing the Marseillaiae;
“Wk-on being met by the troops. they di
vuled to let them' pass; and. as soon as
they had passed. repeated their cries and
their song. Towards half-past six o’clock
an illumination was spoken of. and many
persons lighted up spontaneously. The
lillumination. of course. became more gen-l
‘eral when the populace in large numbers
went through the streets. calling“litzhl
up.” Numerous bands alone. or follow:
ing detachments of national ~ guards. Went
about shouting "Viva la Roi.” "Viva la
rdorme.” and Singing: the Marseillaiae.-
On many of the points where barricades
had been erected. and the people were
tesisting the troops, they ceased resistance
when they heard the news of the resigna
tion of the ministers. and the troops retir
ed; but we hear "that at other points the
people were less reasonable; and. between
nine and ten o'clock in the evening. a
large crowd from one of the laubourgn ar»
rived opposite the hotel of the Ministry
for Foreign Afiairs,»and some shots-were
fired at the hotel. '
The national guard mustered rather
strong yesterday. and. when the news of
the resignation of the ministry was known.
a great number more who had refused to
turn out made their appearance.
Al 11 o’clock. Ihete was no aclunl dis
turbance in the Rue St. Denis. the Rue St.
Mattin. and that neighborhood. and the
troops were all withdrawn. But the peo
ple were busily engaged in constructing a
formidable barricade near the Ports. They
had turned 'up a gram pan of the foot pave
ment. had seized some carts, broken down
some iron railings. and, in fact. possessed
themselves of almost everylhing which it
was possible In remove. The difficulty of
removing some of the stones was consider
able, but the mob enlivened their labor with
reileralcd shouts of “down with Guizofl"
[n the Rue Mantmallro a barricade was
beingprecled near the hotel of Baron De-
lestert. a short distance from the Boule
vard. 'The pavement was there dug up—
tho railing in front of the hotel was bro
ken ltown. and several hack cubs were
seized. At the entrance into the feubourg
Montmartre from the bouleyard. the mob
was also engaged in éonstructing é barri
cade. 'Surpriae was expressed at all the
troops being withdrawn; but it was said
that they were busily engaged-near the ho
tel ol’ the 'Mtnietry of Foreign Aflair’t‘z. and
the noise of’lrequent fusilades confirmed
that statement. The mob seemed I'o’lera‘
bly good bummed; for several of them p -
litely advised our reporter to take the by
atreets tn prelerence 'to the boulevards. eta-
ng lhal there wa's danger in panning along
1e latter. Many persons were walking
up and down the boulevards. armed with
muskets and clohs.’ The only armed force
us saw was a patrol of the nationalguerd,
which was greeted by. the mob with cries
of “Viva la garde nationals!" A num
bur ol boys amused themselves with smash
ing the gas lamps. The guard house of
the Boulevarde Boone-Nonvelle had been
abandoned by the troops. and the mob was
occupied tn pulling every thing to pieces
in the interior. breaking down the iron rai
ling. &c. *
It is with the deepest regret that we an
nounce (twelve o’clock at night) that the
14th regiment-of-tlte-hnc. stationed in front
of the hotel dcs Afl'aires Estrangeres, fired
lto-night on a numerous group of young
l men who were passing with some national
guards at their head. and killed a consider
able number or them. besides wounding
many others. The event caused the grea
test excitement. particularly at a later hour
of the night, when some of the dead bodies
(at least twenty, it was said) were carried
in a wagon along the boulevard toward
the Baetile. Several barricades were im
mediately thrown up in the Rue du Fau
bourg Moutmartre, the Rue Montmartre,
and other streets close to the Boulevards.
Some cabriolets._ tre s,- l'ba’rrels. and other
articles were also llufig together across the
Boulevard dee ltaltens. so as to form akind
ol barricade; but the pavement had not
been torn up as in other places mentioned.
At the hour at which we write. matters
have become more tranquil
i A HINT T 0 FAnmnnm—Some time about
the middle of the last century. a loaded
l proprietor in one of the midlnnd counties,
‘ resolved to keep his preperty in his own
possession. A little time convinced him,
as it has [frequently done others. He,
therefore. lelone-half of his estate to a per
son who was punctualin paying his stipu
lated rent. About ten years after this ar
rangement. he found difficulties increasing.
so that he was forced to raise money, and
having great ' confidence in his tenant. he
consulted him upon the best manner in
which it could he done.’ f'Why. by soil
‘ing.thnt part of your estate which 1 pos
nose, and reserving that which you still oc-V
copy.” "Yes. but money iswecarce;
.where em I to {lnd a purchaser i”: “My
’self.” 'f'YOl). who came in,straigbtened
'circumvatan‘cea‘ to occupy at alligh rcni on
ly; hali‘ thofiroperiy upon, i'vhichi. the pro
prielor‘nl the 'ivholc. fives, nearlz ,be'gg'ard,
bi: (await-2g ! My my youiqnéble‘dflto v.1."-
lfjllaiv"fai“""9i‘¥ Na "in: maid??? t'SimP'ly
because you. lying in bed. said to your
servants. Go! do so and so. while I. rising
from mine] said, Come I do so and en. All
my prosperity lesla upon knowing the dif
felcnco between Conan! and Go !”
British Taxation’.
Off/ll! Europe is just now in commotion. 'l‘ho
Pl‘oplo of all kingdoms—except. Rheum—have
lcnrnl. wclhin the Inn! lon or fiflaon years. lhdb
lhoy huvo olhor righla than [he nghl of being
Ilnvm—nnd lhey hnvo dolorminod to be cloves
no longer. England IB ncknowlcdgcd us Iho frees!
and most liberal monarchy in Europe. You behold
Iho Iyrn'my 01 her synlem of lnxulion ! Rand lhe
following. yo grumbling flolyublicnnn, and forever
after hold your peace : ‘
From the Correspondence of tho Philadel'n Lodger.
LONDON. Feb. 25. 1848
Dedr Lerlger.—-While l lreely admit
that you know "considerablejfnot more,”
that you have travelled far and wide. and
have both received. and in the course at
your travels. imparted much information.
I hope l‘shall be pardoned [or expressing
the beliefthat you do not know every thing
in all its mmutin: of detail. Should‘your
pride be offended by this remark. it may
be soothed by the reflection that to know
anything belore you have learned it, im
plies prescience Superhuman, and this, I
presume, you do not nrroga'e to youtsell.
You know. of course. that the people of
England are taxed. (who does not know
this i’) that they are taxed heavily. that
their direct taxes are enormous, notwith
standing nll the indirect taxation home
for ages under the flattering garb of "pro
tection” in commercial restriction. and
you know also that, if no! an undue pro
pmtion. a! least a heavy burlhen of Ibis
taxation is thrown upon lhosc to whom lhe
newspaper press 0! the country is indebt
ed for support.
You may know that in the first place.
paper pays n tax ofa penny nml a half per
pound for being manufactured. that the
newspaper pays another tax in addition to
this in the form of a stamp dutywol one
pcnny a sheet [or being printed. and that
each and every advertisement. though ev
er so shortn notice. is required to pay 11
still further government tax 0! one shilling
and six pence sterling for being inserted in
it. All this 1 any you may know. for it
is not a difficult matter to learn the facts
thus far from the plain Iclter ui the law,
and you know, for l have seen you state.
hat 'fignoranco of the law oxcuseth no
one." to which I have learned enough to
add that some constructions ol the law
ought to excuse theignorance of any one.
Taking it lor granted from the quota
tion above which 1 have made from your
face, that you cannot fail to know what
the low‘is. I will furnish you as a matter
0! curiosity with a specimen of construc
tion. _
‘. For example—M r. George Jonégs. being
either on auctioneer or private individual,
advertises. vl7. .-
"Fott SALE—A pair of mutchod ponies. Also.
a buy carriage horse. Allo, n brown cob. Alla,
in light wagon. Also. u not of douhlo hotness.—
Apply to Grotto-e Jone," &c.
This notice is construed to constitute
five advertisements tor taxation. in conse
quence ol that little word "also" being
used instead oi the cupulative conjunction,
“and." and [or a single day’s insertion in
anewspnper. theta} upon It. instead at
being one shilling and Sixpence. as would
be naturally supposed. is seven shillings
and sixpence sterling. Suppose it to be
inserted for one week. the tux, instead ol
being nine shillings. amounts to two
poundsznnd five shillings. or nearly eleven
dollars! 4 ».
Another example. Count you for inner
lion in your own 'columns lur one day. ior
'ne month. and ‘ lnr three months. the fol
lowing. viz: ‘
"To LINENDRAI'ERI. "OHIERB. &c.—Mr. W—
E—.uccounlnnl. has received instruclionu lo
dinpoao of businbu at Ilia following places :—-Ald
gulo. Nailing-hill. Walworllhroad. Plymoulh, Old
Kent-road. Crunbourne-alrcal. Barinondaoy. Pit
flold~slroot. Womcrham. Hampslead. Blackfriaru
road, Piccadilly. Hartlay-row. King-strum, Hol~
born. Camden-town. Ponlon ville. Windsor. Upplng
lmm. Milc~ond-road. Kenninglon.
For particulars apply l'é'Mr. W——- 13—, ac
counlam. 5. G-—-- S—-, law 35, K—-—- 8......
C___.ll
'Well. I have counted it mysell, and ac
cording Io your terms. as- published. I
make it amount to not over sixty cents for
one day. five dollars for one month, or
or twelve dollars and a half for three
months. "my estimate is wrong. correct
it. Now. what think you is tho amount
of the government taxtupon this notice. it
Inserted In any English journul forthepe
‘ riod 0t time proposed to you as above P---
l Now, gonna to the letter of the law simply.
and mathematics. you figure it up after
this wise. viz :‘ One day is eighteen pence.
‘ [none month there are twenty-six days.
‘ nineteen shillings ; three months is at
course three times this amount. or five
pounds and seventeen shillings. cquollingi
a little over twenty-five dollars. ,Then,
by your calculation. the government, tax
Mom in Englandds twenty‘five dOllars
upon nnndvertiscmcnt. which yourvchurge
13 about half that amount for publishing!
Rfithér severe, rsn’tit'i’.. But hold it rnina
ute, if you plenae,;and let us see window
the real .IflCIS. _. - . : , . I',
construction says.‘that for the purpose
of taxation, there arc'twenty-onc. diflereut
advertisementein that notice, becauselhat‘
NEW SERIES—VOL. I, No; 18,3.WHOLfiifi6L'ifigé,
‘ number of plnceg of busineés lire mention
(Ell by the M’VN'MI'. and he must’lhéfe
fore pay to govcfnmgnt the moderate tax'
of twenly-one tlmeS Cighteen‘pence (o‘r
one insertion. or :91 118-' 6d" 'lor'one
month, £4O 195., and for lhree‘monlhs.
no less a sum than £122 179.. or five hun
dml and ninety-five dollars- and sixty-two
tents!!! - ‘ -‘
It is true that these are examples only
_ olcascs not of ordinary daily occurrence.-
because those persons who have suffered
once in this way. thereafter lorego the ad
vantage ol advertising in such way as
would suit their convenience. if they do
not (clean newspaper advertising: alto'ge
ther. Besides. the publishers of respec
table newspapers consider it their duty'to
instruct such of their customers as may be
ignorant upon theesubject, when afforded
.an opportunity to do so. But the‘liabllity‘
of those are ignorant to the infliction of
such a tax. is an abuse which wouldnot
long have to be borne by your customers
without the exertion of your elforts for a
remedy.
An acknowledged evil is,l think. much
more readily corrected, though perhaps
not more certainly. with win the United
States than inhEngland. ‘ \‘Ve think and
act more simultaneously with the thought}
they act only otter haying taken tar more
time than we deem necessary to takeiuto
consideration all the qualifying circum
stances by which a question may be afiec
ted. They are now. however, beginning
to consider the matter at newspaper taxa
tion in is right light, of an onerous burthen
imposed for the dissemination of inlorma
tion, nml the result which will be a great
Ireduction. it not an entire abolition, luon~
‘sider only a question at time. ' .
As a matter of curiosity. while upon
; this subject, let us look at the operation
and result of the taxation of the public
through a single newspaper. the Times.
as you understand the tax to be. by the
fair and legitimate construction ol the law,
leaving out oi at new unealculateablecon
structions as I have given instances of a
bove. The London Times. uses a paper
weighing ninety pounds to the ream. Its
regular daily edition is about‘29,ooo'c’op
its, and it, therefore, consumes upon-this
5.437%t pounds of paper per day. Besides
this, it is compelled by its crowd of news
and advertisements to Issue a supplement
of one half-the size and weight of the reg
ular sheet almost daily the year rounda—
During the session of Parliament, daily
and constantly. But suppose it to aver.
age only [our days in the week, or ”(W0
hundred and eight days in the year. a
mount of consumption of paper supple
ment 565,5001b5., regularissue‘l.696.soo
"15.. making the t0ta1y2,262.000 lbs. of
papen-upon which there hail) [the first
place an excise tax on the manufactnr’e of
hi per pound. Here is to beginiwith 3,’-‘
393,000 pence. or £14.137i‘r. eq'ualitoat
bout $68,500. Then the second ,ite'm'of
taxation is in the stamp duty. ~ Thisbej‘dg
one penny per copy upon the regular? pit:
per. and a halt penny per copy upon‘the.
supplement. makes a handsom‘e’tota'l or
£5Q,266 125.. or the handsome amount at
8243.793 per annum.
Next comes the tax upon advertise“-
ments, the exact data at which ltnsqh‘ol
transpired, but as it is estimated that 'the
advertising receipts of the Times amount
to over three hundred pounds, or near fif
teen hundred dollars per day. It is lair'to
suppose the tax is equal to one-third of the
amount; If this be correct then, here 'is
the moderate sum of one hundred and'fif
ty-six thousand dollars more. ’ '
We will now 'éstimnle .lhe amount of
duty paid upon paper manufactured‘for
wrapping. lhe lax upon window lvghls' l6r
such an establishment 'as the Times hay,
&c-. &c. Do you aay"'No ?” omm".
then I will not trouble you witnthemjbh't
will give the aggregate of lhe three ilems
enumerated, viz :-—tax upon paper. 833."
500; stamp duty, $243,793; advertise
ment lax, $l56.000; grand total of three
items of over four hundred and sixty-eight
lhousand dollarsll
Government denvee a handsome rover.-
does it‘not. fur allowing the people to
read the London Times.
3 Wxsnv Nmu-ra.—Severa| years since.
3 when travelling by night In the mail c'oaeh.‘
in the depth of Mum, and during thetab
sauce of the moon. I was‘surprised'teoh
serve. that, though dense clouds pointed
every part of the horizon, and not a 'fsiti‘glfi
star could be seen. yet the night who" {5l"
from being dark. and large objects net? the
toad were easily discetjned. ' 0n enépi‘é‘a's’i
ing my surprise to tho dnvet‘.'-he 'r'oplle‘d.‘
“The wind to very high. landldu‘ring'a"
great many years that l have' been‘t’tp‘oh
the toad, I never know it to be darkhn‘ I
windy night.” ' The observation ,wai at
that time new tq me‘: but‘gubaequent expo}
rience has convinced ”the that it: wastme.‘
i—Loudon’s Mammy Nd;ural,His(o’-
A Western, paper'cbfitams an _nd'vgrtlégr-ii
ment 0! a farm To: sale. _z‘and as 3". Infigpefl
menu to puichase "it guys-7"Tpeng @3119!
an ‘flllarney 'wilhin fi_fie‘B{i’flglll,9g,oszibfi
neighhozhdbd.” “ _' .‘
. “'l‘h'e‘ Clgronatypc‘ agys ." thy-qt; "Web‘s‘l'grv'iié
"an Engliph npblpman’,’ [ham 1m .'gbia’ c'oun
trybxmialdkc'." . " J‘, ‘ .
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