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V• 9• GOVERNMENT•
President—FßANKLlN TIERCE.
Vice President—(do facto)), 1). It. ATCHESON.
Secretary of State—Wm. L. Mancr.
Secretary of Interior—Rom:RN MCCLELLAND.
Secretary of Treasury---.IAMF.B rTiU
Secretary of War—r.lEsFsesoN DAVIS.
Secretary of Navy—JAS. C. Doinos.
Post Master General—JAMES V.vePestt.
Attorney General—C..kid:a CC:WINO. .
Chief J ustleo of United States—R. B. TANEN
STATE GOVERNMENT•
Governor—Jenks l'ommee.
Secretary of Stete—Asmunv O. CI'RILL
Surveyor General—J. P. nRAWLEY.
A uolitur Ouneral—E. HANKS.
Tre:untrer—.loseim Butry.
.lud r res of the Supreme Ckutrt—E:Limis, J. S. 'Walt.,
W. B. Lromur, G. W. WOODWARD, J. C. KNOX.
COT NTT OFF.COERS.
President Judge—Hun. iA3IF.S 11. (IR.\ lIAM.
Assielatu Judges—Hon. John Rupp, Samuel "%Vocal
'mint
Distrirt Att?rney—John M. Shearer.
Prothonotary—Daniel K. Noel!.
Recorder, ,t,...—John NI. Gregg.
Ite,Oster—\VWlatn
111.01 SheritT—Joseph MeDertnond; Deputy, James
td oar.
County Treasurer—N. W. Woods.
Conner—Josvit C. Thompson.
County Commissioners—John itobl , , Ines Armstrong,
(ioorze M. Graham. Clerk to Commissioners, William
111 loy.
Directors of the Poor--George Slomlter, George Brin
dle, John U. Drown. Superintendent of Poor Ilousi.,---
Jbepli'Lubach.
BOROUGH OFFICERS.
Chief But-gem—Cal. ARMS riznyn Nests.
Assistant Burgess—Samuel
Tu, n Council--R. C. tl'o.alscartl, (Prasklunt) Henry.
Myei-s, - Jottn Ont.:than,' Peter, 'lnnyer, Clardnur, 11. A.
Sturgeon, Michael Shearer, Joint Thompson, David elm!.
Clerk to Council—William Wetzel.
couAables—John Cameron nigh Constable; Robert
McCartney, Ward Constable.
CHURCHES•
First Presbyterian Church, northwest ..ngle of Centro
I , I uare.. Rev.NwAr. P. WING, VasLor.—.sorrices every
Ly morning nt 11 o'clock, A. M., and 734 . ; o'clock,
00l Presbyterian Church, Corner of South Hanover
and Pomfret streets. No pastor at present, but pulpit
One! by Crosby torMl a ppoin tomtits. Services continence
at 11 o'clock, A. N. ' and 7 o'clock, I'. M.
St. Johns Church, (Pmt. Episcopal) northeast angle of
Centre Square. Itev-Jaomf 11. Moods, Rector. Services
at II o'clock, AM., and 3 o'clock, P. M.
English Lutheran Church, Bedtbrd between Main and
1. uthor streets. Her. .1 A, , ,at kits, Pastor. Services
at n o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, P. M.
German Hof awned Church, Loather, between Hanover
and Pitt streets. Itev. A. 11. KnEnett, Pastor. Services
at 10):: o'clock, A. M., and 0% P. M.
Methodist E.Church, (first Charge) corner of Main and
Pit t straets. Ilev. S. L. M. CoNsaa, Pastor. Services at
II ock, A. 51., and o'clock, P. M.
Methodist E. Church, (second Charge) Rev. J. M.
Juxts, Pastor. Services in College Chapel, at 11 o'clock,
A. 51., and 5 o'clock, I'. M.
Roman Catholic Church, Pomfret, near East street.—
Services by 11ev. Mr. DosAlnal, every second Sunday.
It/aroma) Lutheran Church, corner of Pomfret and
Bedford streets. ltev. 1. P. Naschold, Pastor. service at
10% A. M.
narWhon changes in the above are necessary the pro
w persona are requested to notify us.
DIC3EINSON* COLLEGE•
Rec. Charles CoIIIIIH, President and Professor of Moral
&-cienco..
Rev. Herman M. Johnson, Professor of Philosophy
nod Ruglish Literat um. •
James W. Ma.rsliall, Professor of Ancient Languages.
Rev. Otis 11. Tiffany, Professor of Mathematics.
William M. Wils.m, Lecturer on Natural Science and
Curator of the Museum.
Alexander Salem, Professor of Hebrew and Modern
Languages.
lieojaniin Arbogast; Tutor in Languages.
Samuel D. Hillman, Principal of the thionnanr School.
William A. Snlvely, Assistant in the tiracumiar School
CORPORATIONS.
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itroore, Samuel Wherry, John Sanderson, llugh Stuart.
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CARLISLE GAN AND WATER COMPNY.—President, Fred
erick Watts; Secretary, Lemuel Todd; Treasurer, WE.
Rodolll ; Directors, Y. Watts, Richard Parker, Lemuel
Todd, Wm. M. Houten', 1)r. W. W. Dale, Franklin Gard
ner, floury Glass.
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VOL. LV.
El EfIALD / 4 1111 EITOSI, EOl-,
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SVMMARY OF NEWS
The American Sunday School Union mini
versary k place yesterday, at the Musical
Fund Hall. The annual report shows an
aggregate of $248,904 75 in receipts, and a
total indebtedness of $92,224 89. The a
mount of stock of paper and books is $135,703.
The number of Sunday School missionaries
effiployed during the year was 324, whose
operations covered 24 different States and
territories. They have established 2440 new
schools, containing 19,623 teachers and 97,-
954 scholars. The earnings of the four great
Northern railway routes between the Atlantic
cities and the West, for the month of April,
show an avregate increase of $144,924 as
compered with the receipt of the same month
last year. Governor Pollock was welcomed
to Philadelphia yesterday morning by the
Joint Committee of the city councils, in a
speech by the Chairman, Mr. A. S. Roberts
to which the Governor appropriately replied.
The lion Thomas 11. Benton was yesterday
mulcted in $4OOO for slanderrin a suit in the
llenry County Circuit of Missouri. The clip
Per ship Grapeshot. arrived'at New York yes
terday, having on board Lewis Baker, the
murderer of Poole. The Grapeshot arrived
at Palmas before the Isabella Jewett, and ho
vered about there until she arrived, when the
officers boarded her and 'captured Baker.—
The steamship Prometheus has arrived at New
Orleans, bringing Califernia news to the 24th
ult. The U. S Land Commission has confirm
ed the Weber claim of eleven square leagues
of land, upon which the city of Stocton is lo
cated. Two heavy frillures have occurred ;
Jose Dun:al for $80,030, and G. B. Upton.
Jr., for $lOO,OOO. Business continued
very dull. Sanders, the forger, has escap
ed in a vessel bound for China. A large
number of suicides are recorded in the papers.
Two rich Copper mines have been discovered
in Costa The revolution in Nicaragua has
received a now impetus. Col. Kinney was
arrested again for breech of the neutrality
laws Ile was taken before . Judge Kane, in
the U. S Court, in Plailada. and held to bail
in :Vl- . )00 to answer the charge of a breach of
the neutrality laws.
The steamer Northern Light arrived at New
York yesterday, from Sall Juan, bringing
California advises to the 24th ult., and $278,-
000 in gold Owing to - the general distrust
entertained of the banking houses, the pass
engers have a large amount of specie iu their
own hands. In Nicaragua the governinent
forces had retreated from before Leon, finding
the rebels too strong for them, and were
fortifying Grenada. IValker's Nicaragua ex
pedition was to have left San Francisco with
a bout 100 men, on board the brig Vesta, about
the time the steamer sailed. Manzanilla is to
be the coaling depot of the Nicaragua steam
ers. The newly discovered gold mines aro
said to be yielding $5O for each digger A
nfuch larger quantity of wheat and other ce•
reals will be planted next year in California.
Two hundred and sixty four ejectment suits
have been commenced in San Francisco, in
view of the statute of limitations expiring
Another effort to elect a U. S. Senator is being
made, and it is even contended that Elwin is
elected on the plurality vete given him, by
virtue of a clause in the State constitution
making a plurality vote elective.
The meeting at Leavenworth, called to lynch
McCrea for the killing of Malcolm Clarke,
passed a number of very violent resolutions,
after finding it impossible to get possession of
McCrea. Their spirit is, that no person shall
be permitted to reside in the 'Territory who
entertains or expresses sentiments opposed to
slavery, which they declare to be.a recognised
institution there. A Committee of Vigilance
was appointed to expel all coming•within this
category. This is the pith of these resolu
tions, although not expressed iu the same
terms. The account of the meeting in the St.
Louis Republican, says that it was " ably and
eloquently addressed, among others, by Judge
Lecompto, one of the Judges of the Territo
rial Supreme Court. The northern emigrants
in Kanzas have therefore both force and law
against theta, and no reliance to depend on
on but their rights and their guns. They
seem to be prepared for the conflict, as the
Free State newspaper says that they 'do not
want any aid from the general government,
and are able to defend themselves. The St.
Louis Republican says, editorially, that it is
the purpose of the majority already elected to
the Legislature to enact a recognition of sla
very. The Ron. A. 11. Stephens, cf Georgia,
for many years a leading Southern member
of Congress hasrblished a letter, declint to
be a candidate f r re-election, as most of his
party friends have joined the Know Nothing
organization, to which he is hostile. The
steamship Atlantic, which sailed yesterday
from New York for Liverpool, carried out
among her passengers, Ex-President Fillmore
and five members of Congress, besides other
noted citizens. H. SatiftirtPs tannery, at
Durhainville, Oneida county, N. Y., was des
troyed by fire yesterday. Loss $35,000: in
surance $lB,OOO.
Mr. Hiss, the expelled member of the Mas
sachusetts Assembly, has had himself arrest-
WEDNESDAY, / MAY (23, 1855.
WEDNEsDAY May 10
TIIMISDAY May 17
FRIDAY, MAY 18
ed for debt, in order to try whether the arrest
be legal, members of the house being prival
aged from arrest. This is, of course, with a
view to ;ry his right to a seat in, the House.—
Yesterday he was taken out of prison by a
writ of habeas corpus, and releamill on bail.—
A fire at Evansville, Indiana, has, destroyed
sixteen valuable buildings, the total loss being
estimated at $lOO,OOO, mostly insured. Col:
Humphrey Mai shall, late- Commissioner to
China, has been nominated for Congress by
the Americans in the Louis Ville district, Ken
Mucky.. A contested election Chse was settled
in the Common Council of Philadelphia yes
terday, by the unseating of Mr. Newell, Amer
ican, and the admission of Mr. Vanhorn, Dem
ocrat, agreeably to the report of a commit
tee. •
Tho steamship Baltic arrived at New York
yesterday, bringing one week's later news,
which will be found in another column. Last
evening in Philadelphia a banquet was given
to Gov. Pollock at Parkinson's Saloon, Ches
nut street, at which over one hundred persons
were present. Intel-resting speeches were de
livered by the Governor and other distinguish
ed gentlemen. The lion. John C. Spencer.
one of the most eminent lawyers of New York
State. died last evening at his residence in
Albiny. Ile was Secretary at War and after•
wards Secretary of the Treasury, under Pr,si•
dent Tyler. • The sixty-first session of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
olld School) commenced nt St. Louis yester — .
day, with a very large attendance. A fire
occurred in Pittsburg, Va , yesterday, which
destroped twelve stores, with nearly all their
contents, valued at $130,000.
A despatch from St. Louis, mentions the
death in that city, of General Charles Gratiot,
formerly the head of the United States Engi
neer Corps. Ile dieg of cholera. Letters re
ceived at Washington from the Hon. James
Buchanan, mention that be wilt leave his mis
sion about the last of September, and travel iu
Europa for some time before returning to the
United Stales Accounts from the Upper
Missouri, represent the Sioux Indians as very
hostile, and assent ding for the purpose of mak
ing war on the Whites. The immortality last
week in New York. was 437, mid in Phil:idol
phia .177. Another fire occurred yesterday at
Petersburg Va.. which destroyed_ property to
the amount of 520,000: One of the storekeep
ers, whose store was burned, W. Ingram, was
arrested forincendiarism. The Court of,Claims
at Washington is now fully organized and pre
pared to receive claims, but they will not be
docketed before the 12th of July, nor acted on
before October. The Massachusetts liquor
law goes into effect to-day, and the Legislature
of that State will also probably adjourn to-day.
Governor Gardner has not yet signed the. bill
virtually nullifying the fugitive slave law. A
Buffalo paper says that the direct railwry be
tween that place and Philadelphia, by way of
Catawissa, is connecting regularly, and mak
ing the through trip in fifteen hours. The
same paper says that all' the passengers who
have taken this route express themselves de
lighted witia the promptness, speed, and coin •
fort of the line.
RESISTANCE: TO LAW IN MISSOURI AID KAN
SAS,—The St. Louis Democrat, of the 17th pub
lishes a long letter from George S. Parke, lute
of the Parkosville Luminary, in which he says
that Messrs. Stringfellow and Atchison have
organized a secret association, sworn to turn
out and fight when called upon, and all to share
the damagek accruing to any one member, even
at the price of disunion. They all net secretly
to destroy the, business and character of nil
northern men. All the Benton and Whig
preSseti are to be destroyed. The destruction
of the hotel at Kansas and the presses at Low
rance has been decreed, and cannon Itte being
taken to demolish them at a distance. They
have declared they will not stop till every'Free
Soiler is driven out of Missouri and Kansas.
Mr. Parke says ho telegraphed to Governor
Price of Missouri, and President Pierce, claim
ing protection, but no answer was given.
lie traces to Mr. Atchison the destruction of
the Luminary establishmen rand promises still
further developments.
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• A VOICE OP CONSERVATISM ROM Mtssount.
—The St. Louis Democrat, t e St,. Louis In•
telligoncer, the Hannibal Messenger, and soy.
oral other journals of Missouri, have spoken in
ternis of strong condemnation of the lawless
spirit abroad in Missouri, which has resulted
in the Parkeville and other mob outrages, llisl
graceful to any community. We aro glad to
note those instances of conservatism in a quar
ter of the Union where conservatism, law and
order; have reccutly been so grossly violated.
=am
ARREST or BILL POOLE'S MunnEnna —The
clipper ship Grapeshot arrived nt New York
on Tuesday, having on board Louis Baker, the
murderer of Poole. The Grapeshot arrived nt
Palmas before the Isabella Jewett, and hover
ed about there until she arrived, when the offi
cers boarded her and captured Baker:- He has
been oommittod for trial, He protests his in
nocence of intentional, murder, and declares
be shot Poole in self-defence.
SATURDAY. May 19
MoNpAY, May 21
M., A flaming account has recently been
published of the British crusier Bonita having
perpetrated an outrage on the American steam
er Bay City, by firing into lier repeatedly, on
the Brazilian coast. -The mate of the steamer
or publishes a statement of the affair in the
New York papers,. from witich it appeera.that,
the firing was solely on account of the obstina
cy of the captain of the steamer in not hoistlug,
his flag. The mate says boldly that the Cap
tain had great hopes of damage being done by
the shot, so that a claim might be made which
would payhandsomely. The British Commart-*
der took her to be a Russian privateer, which
was natural enough, as she refused to show
her' colors.
Punazo DEFAULTERB.—We have received a
copy of a statement recently sent to the Legis
lature, by the State Treasurer, containing
list of the publicvdefaulters. It is a formida
blo document, occupying no less than seven
teen ; ages. The total defalcations are esti
mated at $469,223. One individual Is repre
sented to be behind hand to tho extent of $55,
343 ; another to the extent of $40,589 ; an
other to the extent of $36,994 ; another to
the extent of $15,917 ; another to 'the extent
of $33,111 ; another to the extent of $27,847;
and so on, down to sums as low as $l2O. The
defaulters include Brigade Inspectors, Mar
shals, Sheriffs, Auctioneers, County Treas
urers, Prothonotaries, Cokee &c,, &c.
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THE AMENDED SCHOOL LAW.
•
Independent school districts are continued
until Juno Ist, 1850. Courts of Common
Pleas are authorized to continue existing in
dependent districts permanently, if desired,
to determine the rights of property. Ten
days' notice of the application and tirne•and
place of hearing, in such cases, must be given
to the School Directors of the district. When
independent districts are continued, the asses
sors aro to designate the texables therein, for
the information of the tax collectors and
county commissioners. ProVision,-,is-tnadelor
the election of new directors in disiricts where
none has taken place, and the old directors
are continued until the expiration of their
term. If twenty taxabics petition for the
formation of a new independent district, the
Court oeQuarter Sessions must appoint com
missioners to view and make report as in the
case of now townships, the costs in such cases
to be paid by the new district, if it be erected,
or if not, by the'petitioners, Courts of Quar
ter Sessions are to determine the rights of
property, and to decree the payment of money
in the nature of a judgment. County Com
missioners are to cause separate assessments
fur school tax in new districts, and send to
the Superintendent of Common Schools a list
of the taxahles therein. In any county where
a majority of the school districts shall apply
to have the salary of their local Superintend•
eat increased, the State Superintendent shall
call a convention of the directors of the whole
county to decide thereon. The Pennsylvania
School Journal is designated as" the official
organ of the State Superintendent, to contain
current decisions, circulars, explanations, &c.
One copy of it is to be sent to each board of
School Directors in the State. All boroughs
and townships now connected in the assess
ment of county rates and levies are hereafter
to be seaarste. the school tax is limited to
subjects certified by county commissioners.—
School directors and treasurers are exempted
from serving as tax collectors. The State ap
propriation "to the respective school districts
is to be paid for less than four months' school
ing in districts where bona tide efforts have
been made to comply with the pmvisions of
the law requiring the schools to be kept open
four months in the year, but have failed, from
want of teachers, or timely knowledge of the
late law, or other causes, which may be just
and satisfactory to the Superintendent.—
Many of these provisions aro very important
to the school districts of the interior, and will
be found useful in practice.
Miss LUCIE' STONE has taken her time
and got married: The liapPy , man who; by
this net, has lost . his identity, is Mr. Henry
Blackwell. We say, lost Ids identity, because
ho will never be known.among men hereafter
but "as the man (lint married - Lucy Stone."
The knot was tied under a joint , protest of the
parties against the existing laws and customs
governing the marriage relation ; and stipula
tions were exchnnged between them for the
entire freedom of the person and property of
each, from the control or claim ,of the other.
So that Mrs. Lucy and Mr, Blackwell Stone
are not one, as a legal fiction declares man and
wife to be, but two separate and distinct indi
viduals, joined in a sort of partnership of the
affections.
FIRE IN YORK —The borough of York was
visited by a serious conflagration oil Monday
evening week. The fire commenced in a stable
attached to LUTTNIAN'S Hotel in George street,
and quickly spread to seven adjoining dwell
logs, three shops and five stables, all of which
were destroyed. The sufferers by the fire em
brace Dr. Robert Patterson, Mr. Luttrell'',
Thomas Shall, MrS. Merideth, John Mitzel, A.
H. Frey, Mrs. Rupp, D. Ford, Mrs. Krouse
and T. E. Cochran, Esq. A great deal of fur
niture was destroyed. The York papers any
it was unquestionably the work of an incen
diary.
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE!
AwitivAL: OF THE BALTIC !
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Bombardment of Sebastopol Suspended!
ATTACK ON NAPOLEON
The steamship Baltic, with advices from Li
verpool to the sth Instant, arrived at New York
ou Friday.
The interest of the pews lies in the opera
tions before Sebastopol, the dates from whit h
by telegraph, are to the 4th instant, the day
previous to the sailing of the steamer.
The British government is very cautious in
giving out it.telligence. But the fact that on
the 28th ultimo, nineteen days after the bom
bardment had commenced, the Allies lukd still
made no progress warranting an assault, shows
the desperate na'ture of the defence and the
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little hope there is' of taking the town. The
lust dates say that the Allies temporarily sus
pended their fire on the 28th, but we do not
hear subsequently of their having resumed it.
The advices from Sebastopol are to the 4th
'List. The allies were steadily gaining ground,
having captured all the Russian outworks.
The position of the allies was regarded as
critical, notwithstanding the advantages gain
ed.. An immense Russian force is reported as
concentrating near• Sebastopol. It is said to
be 100,000 strong.
Lord Raglan, in his despatches, admits that
the bombardment did not pr• duce the to nl:h
looked for. The list of casualties on the part
.)f the Allies. is not heavy.
The general impression in England is that
the siege will shortly be abandoned for the
present, and the, whole of Kamiesch an I lialak
lava be left to the defence of a few corps, whi'e
the main portion of the Allies try to penetrate
the interior and out off the supplies.oftiebasto•
pol, after which it is said .to be the design to
completely invest the town. Numerous rein
forcenients are constantly reaching the Allies.
The French reserve of 80,000 men, near Con
stantin-ple, was expected to be suit to Balak
lava.
Lard Jahn Russell had reached London, and
I.llr,uyn` di L'll uys had arrived in Faris
rum Vienna.
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The Russian official accounts to the 24th
represent the damage sustained from the bom
bardment as of little account, and actively re
paired, while the skirmishes were generally
successful.
The loss sustained by the garrison from the
llth to the 15th was 7 subalterns and 436 men
killed, and 6 superior, 34 subaltern officers,
and 1899 men wounded.
The tigh:i had captured the first Russian
Rifle pit on the night of the 17th ult., after a
desperate encounter, in which Clo Graham
Egerton, the field officer in command, was kin , .
ed. On the '2oth an attack was made on the
second Russian Rifle pit, when it was almost
immediately abandoned.
Accoraing to the statementri-of Polish deser•
ters, there are 100,000 Russians in the vicinity
of Sebastopol, 60,000 of whom arrived from
Sempehropol. The Forts on the North side of
the harbor have taken part in the cannonade.
carrying their shots clear into the lines of the
Allies.
The latest despatches from Sebastopol state
that a sharp engagement took place on the
night of the Ist of May, when a front and ler
attack was made upon the Russian rifle pits,
and the whole taken, with eight light mortars
and.2oo prisoners. The whole affair was a
brilliant achievement for the Allies.
The English papers have but little detailed
news in relation to the bombardment. Al-des
patch from Lord RAutdot, received by the Gov
ernment, confirms the news of the suspension
of the bombardment) On the 26th a Russian
despatch was posted at Odess:i, stating that
the French and Englisb•guns were silent ; that
not a single Russian battery was demolished,
and that 50,000 RussialM had arrived in the
neighborhood of Sebastopol.
The European Times of the 0 5th says that
enough has transpired to prove that Sebasto
pol cannot be taken by the means adopted,
and nothing but a battle in the open field and
a thorough investment of the fortress on all
sides will effect the desired consudnualion.
The advantage of taking the field would he to
prevent supplies awl reinforcements from
reaching Sebastopol by intercepting them at
Perekop.
All the women and children have been re
moved from Sebastopol in anticipation of an
assault. Every door and window bristles with
cannon and muslptry.
The Emperor of the French had a narrow,es
cape from assassination on the evening of the
28th, while on his way to join the Empress in
her usual ride in the Champs Elysees ' The
Emperor accompanied by two officers of his
household, when near the Barrier de l'Etoilo,
was approached by a well-dressed man, with
an action indicating a desire to present a peti
tion. The latter advanced •to within five or
six paces of the Emperor, who had not ob
served him, when ho was discovered.by a po
liceman. As •the policeman . was proceeding
towards him a cab was rapidly driven between
thorn ; and in the interval the individual had
drawn a Jouble•barrelled pistol, and, aiming
at the. Emperor, discharged. both. barrels, but
without effect. Ho was immediately seized by
the polioo, but not until ho had drawn anoth
er pistol and made an attempt to shoot again.
It is said that one of the balls grazed, the Em
peror's hat. This would be assassin is an I
talian, named Pianozi, and was formerly in
Garibaldi's army. He was in London while
the Emperor was there on his late visit, and
would then have made the attempt if he bad
not been prevented by the great concourse. of
people.
After this incident the Emperor proceeded
with his ride, and visited the Opera Comique
in the evening, where ho was greeted with im
tnetise outbursts of loYalty and enthusiasm,
The Emperor has decided not to recieve the
formal address of congratulation, though an
exception was made in regard to the British
residents in Paris. The Corporation of Lon
don have adopted an address.
Pianozi is in close confinement and will. be
tried about the middle of May.. Tho Fusion
ist and Orleanist papers publish the official ao•
counts from the Moniteur without a word of
comment.
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PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE,
ATTACK.ON NAPOLEON