1 1 til - - : a: 0 M7H THE BLESSINGS OF GOVEENMEKT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD BE DISTBIBTJTED ALIKE UPON THE HIGH AND THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOE. JTEW SERIES. EBENSBURG,; DECEMBER: 21, ' 1854. VOL, 2. NO. 13. T E R M 8 : : THE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEL, is publish ed every Thursday morning, jn Ebensburg, Cambria Co. Pa;, at $1 50 per annum, if paid In ADViKCE. if not $2 will be charged. : ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously in serted at the following rates, viz: 1 square 3 insertions, Every subsequent insertion, -v 1 square 3 months, , '.' " 6 " (, , 1 year, '..'-. col'n 1 year, i . " " 'Business Cards with one copy of the ."Democrat & Sentinel, per year, $1 00 25 00 00 is oo 25 00 50 00 00 nlit'itpi; ; ' TEE SOULE AFFAIR. ' , 'The following is the correspondence, offi cial, which wad occasioned by the supposed refusal of the French Government to let Mr. Soule: pass through France on his way to , Madrid : MINISTER MASON TO SECRETARY MARCY No. 37 Legation United States, v . Paris, Oct. 30, 1854 V Sir : An incident of very grave import has transpired. In 5ny No. 36, I communicated - tire intelligence that Mr. Soule, United States -'Minister to Spain, had been prohibited, by - alleged orders of the Emperor's Government, " from -entering France. ' That I might, without delay, 'ascertain the facts of this extraordinary and unusual pro- - ceeding", I sent Mr. Piatt, Secretary of this " Legation, to Dover to communicate with Mr Soule. lie left Paris in the evening of the 25th, and on his arrival, finding that Mr. -' Soule had left Dover, he proceeded to London, . -where he had an interview with that gcntle- - man The order - forbidding his entering France was wholly unknown to Mr. Soule, : and i he assures me that neither by deed nor by words, uttered or written, had he afforded ' shadow of excuse for the wanton measure ' which, in violation of bis rights as a citizen of the North American Republic, and of his !' rivilegea as one oT , its accredited . Ministers, ias interdicted to nui a passage through France on Lis way' back to Madrid I lost no time after the return of Mr. Piatt, in ad dressing to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, under date of the 27th inst., communication of which I send you a copy. It was sent to the Foreign Office on the 28th. and I have ' not yet received an answer. ; It 1s impossible not to regard this humilia ting indignity as deeply injurious, when it is remembered that Mr. Soule, acting under your orders, has recently spent more than two weeks in Paris; and while sojourning here-, neither he nor I, received any intimation that his presence was objected to by the French Government. ,.-v Seeing no adequate cause to justify an un friendly feeling towards the United States, I f cannot but hope that the French Government, finding that it has acted on erroneous infor mation, will at once . redress this grcvious wrong. If in this I am disappointed, earnest as I have been since I have represented our coun try at this Court, to cultivate the mostjcordial relations of amitybetween the two co.untries, I must consider this incident of such grave - importance that it is not impossible I shall - regard it to be my duty to terminate my mis sion by demanding my passports. I will not I Ioeo a moment in keeping you advised of the reply tjo my note, andpf the progress of events ' in connexion with this most extraordinary af ' fair. ; I have the honor to be very respectfully, your obedient servant, 1 (Signed,) J. Y. MASON. MINISTER MASON TO DROrYN DE L'lICYS. Legation des Etats Unis, 'V Paris. 27th Oct., 1854, 1 Mr. Dnmyn de TUnys, Minister of tr- - eign ' Affairs Sir : I have received informa ; tion that tin the 24th inst. Ir. Soule. oh his arrival at Calais from the shores of England, - was notified by a police officer that orders had been given by the Imperial Government that' " he should not be permitted to enter France, ' and Uiat by these orders he was compelled to ' return to England, where ho now lemarns. -' Mr. Soule is a citizen of the United States, ' accredited as an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his'country to the Court of Spain, lie had, in executing the orders of his Government, visitod Paris and London, and was returning to his post at Madrid by the most usual and convenient route tJn-oua'h the territories of France, when he was thus .arrested in his journey. i a rcccivcl r.o notice of the determi Bation of the Emperor's Govern'nent to deny him a privilege awarded by all nations to citizens or sheets of friendly powers travel ling under, tueir prctoction ; and especially rthos9 who are clothed with the sacred char acter of public Mmcrsfor he was actually arrested in his journey some hoursbefore I received the intimations in regard to him ' which you did me the honor to give tne in the afternoon of the 24th iust. If authorized by the Emperor's Government, it cannot but be -regarded by the Government and people of ' th United States, not only as a most unusual and humiliating act towards the Minister per sonally, but as a national indignity of a very 'grave character, only to be extenuated by -fact established by conclusive proof. Without waiting for special instructions to "that effect, I regard it as my imperative duty fellow-citizeng, chosen by my country as a Tcpremutive to a Foreign Power, has been so treated, while, relations of amity and peace xistnd are cherished by the United States Urith France. My Government will be filled with painful anxiety until Satisfactory infor mation in reply to this inquiry can be.com- t municated. cannot but tope that your Ex cellency will furnish me with such explana tions as may, relieve the Minister from the position in wliich he has thus been placed, and which will enable me to allay tho unpleasant-feeding which the intelligence of this occurrence will occasion in the United States. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your Excellency the assurances of the high consideration with which I am your humble and obedient servants J- Y. ,M ASpN. m. drouyn k l'ihiysto mr "mason. . " . Translation.' Paris, Nov. 1, 1854. Sir : I have received the letter you did me the honor to write me, under the date of the 27th of the last month, in which yoA ask me for some explanations as to the motives of -the determination taken with regard to Mr. Soule. I must, in the first place, state the manner in which things have occurred. The Minister of the Interior had to give directions that Mr. Soule should not be allow ed to penetrate into France without the knowl edge of the Government of the Emperor.' The instructions of Mr. Billant were strictly fol lowed, .and carried out with the utmost pro priety by tire Commissary of the Police at Calais. ' Accordingly that functionary did not invite Mr.' Soule to embark again for England he left him perfectly free to remain at Calais until he should receive orders from Paris, which he was about to request. It was simply a question' of waiting patiently for one day at the utmost; but Mr. Soule, after saving that he did not expect any regard on tho part of the French Government, and besides ho did not care for it, preferred to go back to Eng land immediately. The Minister of the In terior did,' nevertheless, forward his definitive instructions to Calais by telegraph, and I can do nothing better than to transcribe . them here. - "If Mr. Soule presents himself for the pur pose of entering France, you will give him to understand that the Emperor's Govcrnmcnt docs not authorise him to sojourn there, but that it makes no opposition to his passing through in order to go to Spain and you will offer liim to vise his passport for that destina tion." - You perceive, Sir, that the Government of the- Emperor has not sought, as you seem to believe, to prevent an Envoy of the United .States from traversing French territory in or der to repair to his post and acquit himself of tho commission with which he was charged by his government ; - but btweenthat simple passage ana tne Etay oi a ioreigner wnosc an tecedents (I regret to fay it) have awakened the attention of the authorities whose duty it is to preserve public order among us, there is a difference which the Minister of the Interior was bound to appreciate " If Mr. Soule had been going directly to Madrid, the route by France was cpen to him. If it was bis intention to ppme to Paris, with a view of remaining here, that privilege' was not acco;ded him "It was, therefore, neces sary to consult him as to his intentions, and it was himself who would not allow time to do so. Our laws are s'rict with respect to for eigners. The Minister of the Interior causes their rigorous provisions to be executed, when it is shown him that there is any necessity for such action and even then he makes use of discretionary power which the Government of the Emperor has never allowed to be discus sed. The quality of foreigner on the part of 3Jr. rouie piaiea mm wnmn tne. scope oi tne measure of which he was the object; -all that remained was to reconcile this measure with the public character with which he was in vested. You will acknowledge. Sir. that this is what we have done, and tnat.tne uovernment oi the United States, with which Government His Majesty, the Emperor, has at heart to cultivate the relations of friendship and esteem, has in nowise been assailed in the person of its representatives. The Minister of the United States in Spain is free, I repeat it, to pass through France. Mr. Soule, who has no position to fulfil near the Emperor, and who conformably with the doctrine sanctioned by the law of nations, wouW need.' on account of his origin, a special agreement to enable him to represent, in his native land, the country of his adoption M. Soule, as a simple private individual, comes within the pale cf the common law which has been applcd to him, and he 1 cannot lay claim .to any privilege. Accept. Sir, the assurance of high consid eration with which I have the honor to remain your very humble and obedient servant, DROUYN DE L'HUYS. Mr. Mason, United States Minister. MR. MASON TO SECRETARY MARCY Legation "Unite States. No. 4F. Paris, Nov. 11, 1854 54. Sir:t In mv desnatcdi NY 37 T inffimidd you of occurrences at Calais, by which .Mr. Soule was interrupted in the prosecution of his journey to Spain ; and with that despatch T sent von a. pnnv nf mv lttr tn M. Drnnm j rj j - j de L'Huvs. Minister of Foreie-n Affairs, rif with of October, last. On the 1st of Nov. I received from his Excellency a note in re ply to mine of that date. I send the original retaining a copy for the, files of the Lega tion. . Until the receipt of this note, I had under stood the prohibition of Mr. Soule's entering r rauce to b n Who understanding of that gentleman For, y .,uu o! us execution, he had to return to England. , On the 0th inseint I addressed to the Min ister ofForeign Affairs a communication, of which I send you herewith a copy I have received no reply, and presume that it will conclude a correspondence which I felt it to be my duty to open, without waiting for spe cial instructions, from the President. The result, I am happy to say, is that no impedi ment exists to the passage of the American Minister, accredited to the Spanish. Govern- incnt, through France, to his place of official duty. This is recognised, beyond, doubt, a principle of the law of nations, interesting to every country, because its denial would seri ously embarrass the maintenance of diplomat ic missions, whose influence in promoting peace and preserving good relations in the family of nations is universally acknowledged. I communicated to Mr. Soule, at London, my correspondence with the Emperor's Gov-!, ernmeD-Tuv,f, tho. Ticspr ihailiA stant he arrived ln Paris, and left on the 11th for Bordeatix, where he expects ta find the United. States steam frigate San Jacinto, in which he will take passage for Spain. J have the honor to be, very respectfully, ' . Your obedient servant, 1 ... . J. Y. MASON. MR. MASON TO M." DROUYN DE L'lICYS. T .. TT O- . JUKUAT1UN U.MItU OlATtS, Paris, Nov. G, 1854 Sir :-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's letter of the 1st i of November, in reply to mine of the 27th of October ult. ,1 have carefully examined your j narrative of circumstances which led to the event and gave occasion to , this correspon dence. It is quite manifest that the order under which the Commissary 'of Police at j Calais acted, when he interdicted Mr. Soule's entrance into France, did not present to the the American Minister any alternative but to return to England or remain in Calais, vir- j tually under duress, until the 'urther ordcFS of the Emperor's Government could be re ceived. I think your Excellency will concur in the opinion that he could not, consistently with the dignity of his government, remain on the frontier of France there f-ituated, awaiting orders which he had no reason to be lieve would b more favorable than the one which denied him entrance upon French ter-, ritory. I cannot, therefore, but deeply regret that the precise telegraphic order which your Excellency has incorporated yj your letter to me, jiid cot precede Mr. Soule's arrival at Calais. That order, I am pleased to find, removes all impediment to the free passage of the American Minister accredited to thcCourt of Spain, through the territory of France. I have not failed to observe the declaration that Mr. Sou e's residence in France will not be authorized by the Emperor's "government". As his public duties require him to reside in Spain, he has no intention, as far as I am in formed, of remaining' or residing in France.' I therefore forbear entering into any exami nation of the reasons suggested fbrthe .deter-, mination to deny him the privilege, or of the manner in which he has been notified of the purpose of the Imperial government.' - . 1 have observed also the distinction which your Excellency makes between .individuals and Ministers. '- - n ,j . Without undertaking to inquire how far such distinction can be maintained for it is not necessary to the occasion to guard my self "against being misunderstood if I paes it in silence I must say, that in my opinion, one who is a public minister, passiug through the territory of a friendly uation to the Cour to which he is accredited, has privileges un der the solemn sanction of the law of nations, about which, if it shall become necessary to discuss them, I feel assured that I will 'not. have the misfortune to find conflicting views held by one so enlightened as your Excellen cy. I have much satisfaction in receiving the assurance given in the emphatic declaration .of yonr Excellency, that the Minister of the United States to Spain is at liberty to traverse France towards his post, and obeying the commission with which he is charged by his Governments The recognition of this right is all that I have to ask of the Emperor's Gov ernment in the premises, and on tins as on allther occasions, I receive with pleasure the assurance that the' Government of his Im perial Majesty has at heart relations of friend ship and esteem with the Government of the United States.. Feeling which, it i my con stant desire and effort to cherish and strengthen them . I will hasten to communicate this corres- " pondence to my Government, and will also inform the American Minister to Spam, who is still m London, of the result which has been arrived at. N I avail myself of the opportunity to renew to your Excellency assurance of the very high consideration with which I am your obe dient, humble servant, , J. Y. MASON. . , Land Commissioner's Beport. We take the following 'excellent .abstract of the Land Commissioners' Annual lieport from the N. Y- Tribune:- - . During'the year ending June 30, there were 7035,000 acres sold for cash; -8,442,-t00 located by laid warrants, and 14,000 by other certificates;- 11,000,000 reported as swamp lands, and 1,751,000 for internal im provement making a total of 23,238,313 acres . For the last quarter, 4,780,000 acres were disposed of, being altogether an increase of sales amounting to.5,600,000 acres over the previous ycsir, though there is a diminu tion of 2,000,000,. including land warrants and swamp transactions the difference being caused by the fact that the most, of the grants for bounty lands, swamps, railroads, &c., had previously been disposed of. ' The sale for the third quarter of the current calender year is more than twice as heavy as those for the corresponding quarter of the previous year, though the locations are less, numerous. From the 30th of September, 1853, to the 30th of September, 1854, 9,384,464 acres were surveyed, chiefly in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, ind Florida, and 8,190,917 acres were brought into market., -This is exclusive of the surveys in California, Oregon, and Washington, amounting to 1.686,471 ;acres, which have not yet been proclaimed for sale. The Commissioner says, on an average; full one-thirdnnore business has-been done in the office during the patt year than in the prece ding; of the 23,543,760 acres entered by the land warrents now' issued, 22,235,880 acres have been located leaving only 4,307, 880 acres to be satisfied . The report give&a minute detail of the laTjors, of the Department; and recommeiIs more secure deposits for the books and papers ; and then, presents the op erations of the various State and .Territorial Surveyors. With regard to railroad lands, it is stated that at the instance of - several members of Con gress and others', about- 31, Cs.O'jO taf atrcs in several ofhTtana ISiau's fcad been withdrawn from, market, in antici pation of grants for railroads and other inter nal improvements 1 v As such grants were not made, it was deemed expedient to restore these masses of land to market, especially in view of the pas sage of the bill graduating tho price of pub lic lands, and this has been done, "except where the reservation was for a fixed period, or had already been made. In "view of the increase of business consequent on the opera tions of the law graduating the price of the public kinds, and tho decrease in the compen sation of the land offices, caused by that le uuetion, the Commissioner recommends bet ter provision remunerating land officers,., with allowances for, clerk hire and office "rent. Of the operation of the Graduation law, the report says-: "Judging from the reports received, has been productive of much fraud and perjury, and proved, seriously injurious to the actual settlers on the public domain.- As far as practicable, these evils have been remedied by construction and instructions j but the law is inherently defective. If it. be designed to engraft that feature permanently on our land system," the privilege of purcha sing at tje graduated price should have been limited to' pre-cmptors, or made general to all. Now, it is" alleged, that persons take the oath required by the law with the mental qualification that the land will be required lor actual settumrent and cultivation at some future time. Others, it is stated, have em ployed men to go forward and make the affi davit, paying all their expenses, and also paying for the, land the employer agreeing to give his employees, in fee simple, a portion, say an eighth or a quarter of the land so en tered, retaining the balance." The difficulties are further explained, as will be seen in the report. The Gommissoner discusses at length the granting of, land to the States, and for railroad and other improve ments. With regard to the Pacific Railroad, he says : The necessity . of such a node of jommuQication becomes daUy niQre apparent, and that the only way it cart be .secured is by grants of land ; and adds, that should the land system be crippled, this work and all others of like character will be rendered impractica ble. If the object sought in the passage of the Graduation Act was to get rid of the Tands as soon as practicable, he s&ys, there is but little doubt that object will be attained by ito. If, on the contrary, the supposition was that the lands would not sell for more, his stateT ments, he presumes, will show that supposi tion to be erroneous. The sales have always been equal to the demand t the supply far, far beyond it." The demand at the reduced prices will be increas ed, but chiefly for ' purposes of speculation, and the hardy and enterprising settler, in stead of dealing with a kind and paternal Government in the purchase of his lands, and securing a perfect title, will have to look to the wealthy monopolist, and trusty to his ten der mercies, with ther risk that his title, is en cumbered with; prior liens and mortgages. With 6uch views the Commissioner says the natural suggestion that the graduation law be radically amended, if it be the pleasure of Congress to engraft it permanently on the land system ; and, in that event, it is further suggested that the 12 J cent class be- abolish-: ed, or rather donated to the States respective ly in which they lie, as the profit will scarce ly defray the expenses of "disposing of them. . " ; '. ' The Force of Habit. A celebrated writer affirms that "tobacco is used among no less than eight hundred mil lions of men." Opium and other narcotics also have their millions of devotees. The cravinjr for such narcotics, and the habit of gratifying it, are described as little less uni versal than the desire for and the consump tion of the necessary material of our common food. ".What a commentary upon the power of habit S The story of Coleridge, the cele brated poet and philosopher, and that of De Quincy, the f r-famed English opium-eater, are striking illustrations of this almost onfhi potent power, and full of admonition. It is remarkable that tobacco, the taste of which excites, at first, such loathings and dis gust, should by constant use, become finally so delicious to the tongue, and obtain such a mastery over the appetite as to exert imperial sway over both the physical and moral nature. And the same may be said of ardent spirits and opium. There are few individuals who have a natural taste for any of these, and yet few of those whoever become slaves to them will ever succeed in escaping the degradiug thraMom. When we were told at first the danger of these, fascinating Boothers and exciters- we are disposed to ridicule c the possibility of their ever becoming a necessity, and treat the idea of over indulgence with derision ' and : contempt Nevertheless the victims, as is well known, may be counted by thousands, nay, millions.. Ther slaves of ex cess in one form "or another, of tobacco, of opium, of alcohol, not. to-mention many.other tempting narcotics, tfiay be found inall port tions of the earth-among the rude and civ ilized, .the haughty and the humble in the palace of the prince and the! hut of. the peasant. We are indeed '-feeble creatures," small in bodily strength; a grain of opium -will conquer, or a few drops of laudfeaum lay us prostrate. But how much weaker in mind, when knowing the evils to which ;they lead, we are unable to resist the fascinating tempt ations of these insidious drugs.'H ' - i The Crimea. . The aspect of the strrgglc between Russia and the Allieshas directed more than ordi nary attention to' the Crimea. WLat is the condition of the country, and what the pros pect of a long sojourn there? A writer in the Dublin University Magaiiue, has furnish ed an elaborate description, a few points . of which will be read with interest. Connected with the' barren steppes of the main land "of -yt4lwta.?Tirm, OYftj fjy a UUTTrQW strip nine miles across, w hich constitutes the Isthmus of Perecop, the Crimea stretches outjn a nearly southerly direction, in the form of a rhomboid al or diamoncd-shaped Penminsula, about! one-third the size of Ireland. At Its western point is Cape Tarkham; at its eastern, Kertch and Kaffa; and in the south, the bay, the town and fortress of Sevastopol. , At least two-thirds of the Crimea consists of vast waterless plains cf sandy soil, rising only a few feet above the level of the sea, and in many places impregnated with salt ; but all along the south-eastern side of the Penin sula; from Sevastopol to Kcrteh and Kaffa, there extends" a chain of limestone mountains, the highest summit of which is tlus Chatir Dagh, rising to somewhat more than five thousand feet in altitude. Beginning at Bal aklava, nine miles, ca&t of 'Sevastopol, preci pices fringe all the Southern Coast, but at the foot of these limestone formations, extends a narrow strip of ground, seldom half a league in length, intervening between the hills and the shore. . It is in this region, said to be picturesque and delightful, that the Allied army has es tablished its base of 'operations. A luxuriant vegetation deeends to the water's edge. Chesnut trees, mulberries, almonds, laurels, olives, and cypresses grow along its whole ei tent. Numbers of rivulets of the clearest water pour down from the cliffs, which effectually keep eff all cold and stormy winds. .Thick ly studded with villages, and adorrled with the villas .and palaces of the richest Rus sian nobles, this tract offers ' a most strik ing. -contrast tp the remainder of the pen insula, or indeed to any other part of Russia 1 he possession of the Crimea, and the con struction of a maritime fortress of the first order' in the magnificent harbor of Akhtiar, (for such was the former name of Sevastopol) were prominent parts of that vast scheme of policy by which the genius of the Czar Peter, and his successors', transformed Muscovy into the Russian Empire The. Tartar princes of the Golden ITcrn still reigned in the delicious- cardns of Bakshi-serai,' under the titular su premacy ofthe Porte, when the political in trigues of Russia first penetrated into the pen insula ; successive invasions tallowed : a pro tectorate was established by that very treaty of Kainardii, which Prince Menschikoff invo ked in support f other demands ; and a few years later the annexation of the province was consummated. The Empress Catherine passed a night or two in the deserted' palace of the Khans; and in preparing the future strength of Sevastopol, she niijrht, with more truth than at Cherson, utter that proud boast, Here lies the road to Byzantium." In course of time the Euxine became a Russian lake, owinc to the magni tude of the naval forces assembled beneath the batteries of Sevastopol; the extensive nlains of the Crimea crovided copious and cheap supplies for food for the troops ; while the absence of population and trade left the peninsula as a sort of natural fortress, which hardlv attracted the notice of other countne Such then is the Crimea, which has already been the scene of many a bloody conflict, and which will occupy a prominent place in the. future pages of the historian. Dr. Kane and the Remains of. Sir John . . Franklin. A report has reached us through the Lake Superior Mining News, that Dr. Kane, the commander of the American Exploring Ex peditions, ha5 discovered the bodies of Sir . John Franklin and his conjpauions in a state of perfect preservation, and expects to bring them home with him. If this success was at tributed to any one but Br. Kane, we should disregard it as an idle rumor ; but it was alto gether probable that he would hear of the dis coveries of Dr. Rae, and if he did, it was tol erably certain that he would not return with out tho bodies of the lost party if they were! above the ground. The news arrives, too. through the same channel as the intelligence from l)r. Rae, to Sir, George Simpson, and is not open to any general suspicion. Should Dr. Kane's explorations be crowned with this unexpected success, it will be far more fortu nate for his fame than for that of Sir John Franklin, who could have desired no better fortune than to 4iave his fate remain a mys tery. When his remains have once been qui etly buried in an" English graveyard, his name will soon perish from the memories of cn. Circumstances concur,' however, to make ftbis'a Bignal triumph to Dr. Ivane. It, alter all the English exptIitiocs had failed m suc cession, and after Dr. Rae, w ith kuowledge of the decease of Sir John, had return'! with out his body, a youDg American, the com mander of a private and altoctIcr philan thropic expedition, find the trail of the lost navigator, and pursues iUuntil he comes upon all that remains of tie unfortuuate p"-rty 'such a discovery will caver him with miper ishable honor, and no one would foul that he did not .deserve it.' Wo omitted to state another circumstance, which has some weight in determining value of this report. Dr. Kane was expected home last fall. If he heard of Dr. Rae's dis covery in August, ,as he luay have done ; or if he made the discovery that Rae made in July, as he might have done, he would have been sure to. postpone his return , until Jie ob tained the remains that he went in search of, to bring borne with him. JYt-w York Evening Post. ' JESTTha vessels of the allied fleet are still in the harbor of San Francisco. v The Eonkpartcs. - ' 1 It is strange to consider that, under certain circumstances, which, however uuliktly. . arc not impossible. Prince Napoleon Bonaparte, now with the expedition of the Allies in the Eat, may arrive at the throne of England, in the way of hereditary succession. Ontbo death, in 1817, of the Princess Charlotte (daughter of tho Prince regeut, and wife of Prince Leopoldof Saxe Coburg) some curious and btnrtling paragraphs to this effect.. went Hying .about die newspapers from time to time, producing a variety of comment, people"' tumiiing it very astounding tuat the. Kn or grandson of old Carlo Bonaparte, the lawyer of Ajaccio, should have any legitimate chance ' of- sitting upon tho throne of Alfred and William the Conqueror. When Charlotte and her child were put into her coffin, all the old royal rakes the Dukes of Clarence, Kent, Cumberland, and Cambridge, ran to get married. The three last saved the scep tre from the grasp cf a Bonaparte. Kent was the father of Victoria, and she has erot a Jittle prlalaux (independently of the Duke of Cambridge, tiie King of IlanoA'cr, and other collaterals), which renders tho hope of Prince Napoleon if he cherishes such a hope a very forlorn one. And he will make that phalanx still stronger r so that we may as well conclude that England will not, in our time, at least, slip dynastically from the Guelphic hold. . i Prince Napoleon derives his pretension through the Queen of Wurtemberb, (wife of Jerome Bonaparte,) descendant of Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George 11., and Father of George III. . Apprdiws dt s llonapartcs, Jerome Btna- parte, t he Baltimore brother of the Prince Napoleon, has lately come back from rranco a French citizen, and prince. His son. sometime lieutenant iu our army, has been also naturalized m France, and appointed to the same command in the imperial army. The grandmother of this young man, Miss Patterson that was, is still living a spry, aristocratic old lady, who glories in her con nection with the house of the .Napoleomdrc, and looks down upon Baltimore and the dem ocracy of America It is said that, when her grandson was going away, she gave mm 5,000, and promised him much more, if ho would remain in France and climb the im perial tree as far as possible. It is reported that f.he has a large fortune, and it is well . known that, like old Sarah, Duchess of Marl borough, she is continually, trying to increase it. Though nearly seventy years of age, she is frequently seen on 'change,' in Baltimore, at the post-office, pottering about the wharves and banking-houses, and holding conversa tions with speculators and men of business. She prefers living in a plain, boarding-house, for economy ; still preserves traces of her early beauty, and often prides herself on hav ing the fairest skjn in that part of the coun try. She is above acting like the generality of ladies about her, and never goes to any church. She talks philosophy and politics, and recounts the glories of the Napoleonic times. She commonly wears on4ier forehead a glittering jewel of a high value, intrins ically, and, doubtless, still more highly valued for some remembrance attached to it. She has always been in the habit of receiving magnificent presents from abroad, and takes much pride- in showing them. . She is & wonderful dowager, full of eccentricity and character She seems to bold no intercourse with her relations, ' and is a kind of Lady Hester Stanhope, in her own way The best advice we could give her. would be that she should go back to the old man, ami live and die with him. There is no doubt that tihe has corresponded with him since parting, and we see that there is no breach between hin and his American relatives. The man who forced a wife for Lis own bed from the palace of the Austrian emperor, was the ono who obliged Jerome to give up his American wife, and it is not improbable the latter obey ed hi3 brother with regret. The old grand mother should go to the old grandfather, and they should end their lives together, accord ing to thq good old ballad of "John Anderson my Jo." , Don't Stay Long. - . " Don't Ftay long, husband," said a young wife tenderly in our presence oitt evening as her husband was preparing go out. The Words themselves were insignificant, but the look qf melting fondness with which they were accompanied spok,e volumes. It told all.' the whole of her woman's love of her happiness , w hen with her husband of her grief when the light of his smile, the source of all her joy beamed not upon her. Don't stay long husband," and I fancied I saw tho loving, gentle wife, sitting alone, anxiously counting the moments of her hus band's absence, every few minOtes running to the lx)r to see if he was in sight, and finding that he was not, I thought I could hear her cxcliunnng in disappointed tones, " not yet, not yet."- " Don't stay long husband." and again I thought I could see the young wife rocking herself in the great arm chair, and weeping as though hct loving heart would break, as htr thoughtless 'lord and master" prolonged his stay a wearisome length of time. ( , , O. ve that have wives who say "Don't stay long," when you go forth, thinkof them kind-v" ly when you are mingling in the busy Live of life, and try, just a little, to make their homes and hearts happy, for they are gems to sel dom found, and when lost too seldom replaced you. cannot find cmid the pleasures of tho world, tie "peace and joy that a quiet home, blessed with such a woman's presence, will afford. J2T'Martm Spccr,' having been a resident oNew York for fourteen years and a natural ized citizen, was lately arrested i Hungary, and sentenced to ten. years imprisonment. v. i'i 1 f: j: ) i I! sr.
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