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September 2, 1854.] THE LEADER. § 21
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AUSTRIAN PERSECUTION Great fears are ent...
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A COMPREHENSIVE JUBILEE. Tun Ami de la H...
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THE SANATORY MOVEMENT AT VAKNA. The "spe...
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A NIGHT OF MISTAKES. The Siecle tells th...
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CORfTET BROWN AT A BALL. A good deal has...
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Another officer and gentleman has distin...
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CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS BY RAILWAY. The Con...
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Miss Buemeu's Appeal To Women In Favour ...
indifferent parts of this country , in order thereby to strengthen and encourage each other . " We are a little flock , and belong to a small nation , but we rejoice that from this nation have risen great men and benefactors to humanity . We are a little flock , but we rely on His word who has said : ' Fear not , little flock , it is your Father ' s good will to g ive you the kingdom . ' " It wul be ours , if we believe in Him , follow Him , and obey His injunction , ' If thou lovest me , feed my lambs . ' * ' There are times and circumstances which call tipon us to follow the divine prescription , ' Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works , and glorify your Father who is in Heaven . ' We obey this to-day . The not less divine , ' Take heed that you do not your alms before men , to be seen of them , ' we would take for our rule during our daily exertions for the good of the whole .
_ " Sisters , who acknowledge the same Lord , let us unite in His name ; let us call forth every fjood gift and healing power He has given us ; call them lorth prayerfully , diligently to do His work more fervently than ever before . As far as the sun sends his rays and the free winds blow over earth may our peaceful messages fly like doves from land to land , from city to city , undisturbed by the bitterness of strife , So that the world may know that the God of Peace and Love is more powerful tlian the spirit of war , and that He calls us to be His servants . " Each separately we are weak , and can doverv little :
but if , in the name of Christ , we unite our hands all around the earth and take it in our arms as a child , we may pray and hope that He will allow us at the end of time to come before our Heavenly Father , saying—' Here we are yrith the children Thou hast given us . ' *' We close here with the desire and entreaty that the female societies of foreign lands yiho wish to " . reach usthe hand of fellowship would , before the end of this year , let us kriow ity by sending letters ( post-free ) . the Ladies ' Association at Stockholm for the Care of ( Shildrenv addressed to the Lady Superintendent , "PKEDKtKA BjBEMER . " Stockholm , Midsummer-day , 1854 . " -. .
September 2, 1854.] The Leader. § 21
September 2 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . § 21
Austrian Persecution Great Fears Are Ent...
AUSTRIAN PERSECUTION Great fears are entertained lest the influence of Austria should lead the Turks to persecute -the Hungarian , Polish , and German exiles in Bulgaria and Wallach-ia with injustice . According to the correspondent of the Daily JVews , it has already done sck Writing from Giufgeyo , he mentions two cases : r"A few weeks ago two unfortunate Hungarians of Transylvania , who had quarrelled with the authorities , who had been long held suspect , and been groaning under the surveillance of the police , or had newly and gravely compromised themselves , I know not which , taking advantage of the retreat of the Russians from Little VVallachia , escaped across the- frontier , and passed into Turkey . They presented themselves to the Pacha of Widdin , and asked for service in the Turkish army . He told them he had no power to do so , but would send them on to Gmer Pacha , who perhaps would do something for them . He accordingly despatched them at his own expense , by Government horses , and under care of a Zaptie . The poor fellows were delighted by these attentions , and arrived at Shumlain high spirits , where they ¦ were immediately arrested and thrown into prison ; and a few days afterwards were sent to head-quarters to Rustchuk , tied in a . cart , and in custody of a , guard of soldiers . On their arrival they were handed ovor to the Austrian consul as runaway traitors . For the truth of ali this I do not vouch ; I give you tho story as it is current here . ' _ " There has boon a gentleman named Hang for some time pa 3 t at head-quarters , as correspondent of a London morning journal . He is an Austrian by birtli , and took a leading part in the political events at Vienna , in 1818 . since
which time he has be « n an exile . He has made himself in tho interval an American citizen , and carries an American passport . He is a man of considerable scientific attainments , and was recently appointed tho head of the exploring expedition which is about to be sent into the interior of Australia . He has been pursuing his ocoupatiops now for some months in this country , peaceably and without molestation , aa ho came to Omor Paolia backed up by letters of introduction from the best possible quarters . Yesterday Omor Pacha sent for him , ana in the politest manner possible requcstod him to absent himself from head-quarters , or in other words to go away from t \\ e scene of operations altogether , inasmuch as tho Austrian authorities had protested against his presonco here , and requested his removal , ' "
Tho gentleman here mentioned is evidently General Ernest Haug ; and it will be for tho " morning journal" mentioned in the extract to loolc after and support its correspondent . At the samo time it must be observed that ; those are hearsay reports : but too Ukely , unfortunMoly , to bo true .
A Comprehensive Jubilee. Tun Ami De La H...
A COMPREHENSIVE JUBILEE . Tun Ami de la Heligion gives a lotter from ltomo . announcing that tlio Popo is nbout to proclaim » a univeraal jiibUcQ" for thcao purposoai—lst . Teaco among Christian princes ( horo the Sultan is of no account . ) 2 nd . The appeasement of tho spirit of BcdltUm and revolt . 3 rd . Tho cessation of tho oho-5 X ? ?? T & l » lno" < Wsh prices aro meant , no doubt . ) Snm ku . " mifer 1 ea du Saint-Esprit sur lo papo coption . " dogmatiquo de l'lmmnoulco Con-KoSA , ^ father ie to convoke the whole S ^? SiSS ? ollc ; iierarc »» y to spread through Kuropo So iSK £ t 0 ntorono ° ( li 90 U 8 e ' »• * " Council , "
The Sanatory Movement At Vakna. The "Spe...
THE SANATORY MOVEMENT AT VAKNA . The " special" correspondent of the Times , to -whose happy descriptive faculty we are so often indebted for glimpses at the realities of the war , writes thus from "Varna : — "At present the cholera has assumed a phase which baffles our best efforts , and throws ali our past data to the winds . It sometimes is quite painless , there is often little or no purging , but the sufferer is seized with violent spasms in the stomach , which increase in in tensity till collapse is established , and death then rapidly follows , attended with but little exhibition of agony . The conduct of many of the men , French and English , seems characterised by a recklessness which verges on insanity . You find them lying drunk in the kennels , or in the ditches by the road-sides , under the
blazing rays of the sun , covered with swarms of fliess You see them in stupid sobriety gravely paring the rind off cucumbers of portentous dimensions , and eating the deadly cylinders one after another , to the number of six pi eight , till there is no room for more—all the while sitting in groups in the fields or on the flags by the shops in the open street , and looking as if they thought they were adopting highly sanitary measures for their health ' s sake ; or frequently three or four of them will make a happy bargain with a Greek for a large basketful of apricots , ' killjonns , ' scarlet pumpkins , water melons , wooden pears , and green ' gages ' and plums ^ and then they retire beneath the shade of a tree , wliere they divide and eat the luscious Food till nought ire ^ naains but a heap of peel , rind , and stones . They dilute the rnass of fruit with raki , or peach brandy , and then straggle lio to best
me or go sleep as they can . One day I saw a Zouave and a huge Grenadier staggering up the street arm in arm , each being literally laden with enormous pumpkins and cucumbers , and in the intervals of song—for one was shouting put , ' Cheer boys , cheer , ' m irregular spasms , and the other was chanting some love ditty of a very lacliryrnbse character—th « y were feeding each other with a cucumber . Qne took a bite arid handed it-to his friehdj who did the same , and tlvus they were continuing their amphibian banquet till the Englishnriah slipped : on a sitone and went down into the mud , bringing his friend after him—pumpkins , cucumbers , and alL The Frenchman disengaged himself briskly , but the Grenadier at once composed hirnself to sleepy notw-ithstandihg the entreaties of his cornpaiiion . After dragging at him , head , legs , arms , arid shoulders , the Zouave found he could make no impression on the inert mass of his friend ; and regarding him in the most tragic manner
possible , iie clasped his Jiands , and exclaimed , ' Tu es la , done , mon ami , mon cher Jeeon ! Eh bien , je me couclierai ajeo toi ; ' and calmly fixing a couple of cucumbers for a pillow , he lay down , and was soon snoring in the gutter in ivnison with his ally . The Turkish soldiers are equally careless of their diet and living . I am looking at about twenty of them , belonging to a battery , under the Window of the reom in which ! am writing , busily engaged in the consumption of small bullctty-Iooking melons . They are at it all day , except when they are smoking , or ( listen to this !) saying their prayers , for the poor fellows are for the most part very regular in their devotions , and when they have finished them they glare aiid scowl at Christians in & fashion fearful to behold for ten minutes afterwards . There can be no reason for the illness of our men so far as the commissariat supplies are concerned ; at least , they have at present a very full and ample ration ; in fact , there never yet was an army in the field which ever received anything like it . "
A Night Of Mistakes. The Siecle Tells Th...
A NIGHT OF MISTAKES . The Siecle tells the following truly Parisian , if not true , story , which wo -will not spoil by translation : — " Une aventure fort burlesque , due 3 i une simple mdprise , est arrivdo l'avant-derni ^ rc nuit dans un hotel garni de la rue do Gienellc-Saint-Honore . M . L~— , nouvellement marie , avait amend sa jeuno fommo U Paris pour volr les « uriosit < 5 s de la grando -ville . Les deux dpoux rentrerent ¦ vers lninuit dans leur cliambre , situeo au troisieme dtage . Le mari forma la porte en dedans , ofc quelques insfcans aprfes le plus grand silence regnait dans l ' appartement . Lo lcndemuin , do bonne heure , M . L , encore dans un etut de somnolence , se disposait Jv revoiller sa femmo ; maia quol ne fut pas son effroi do tronver couche ' e a , ses cotes , au lieu d'uno porsonno fraiche et jolio , une vioillo riddo et deorepite qui le regardait uvec des yeux uont la fixity decckit k
stupGfac-Uon . A cettc vuo , il suuU hors du lit , so croyant en proio h quelquo hallucination . " Pendant qu'il etnit Id occupo a so domandor co quo aignifiait cette estrange lndtamoruhose , il fut tir ^ de sa stu - pefaction pay quclquea amps frappe " s dpucement b . la porte . 11 alia ouvrir ; nouvollo surprise . La persohno qui ontra Gtuifc un vieillnrd votu d'habits quo M . L ... reconnut pour etro los sions propres . Quant au nouveau vonu , locatairo do l ' appnrtomont , en voyant co joun © hommo dons lo plus simple appnrcil « t fri \ ppd surtout do son air < l '< Sbnhlssemont , il no put s ' einpOohor do aouriro . Mais Vaventuro touchait a son termo . Lo-vieillard racontu qu'dfcnnfc aord pondnnt la iiuU on mGino tomps quo lui ot pour lea moines besoins , il iw « it , par distraction , mont < 5 on sortunt doa lioux
un < 5 tago do trop . " Do son cot 6 , le jouno hommo se rnppolu qu'il ovnit en oflft : trouvo lu porte fonnco ; mais quo , croyuiit commottro uiio orrour « t no po \» vant n'oriontor dnns robsoui'ito il avait piia lo purti do deacendro resciilior nun do pouvoir , on lo remontant , comptor lea dtugoa ; lnHis « ur lo palioi- oil il lorait ainoromont , Hwvtout pour la jouno fciumo qu'il nY « it luissou dans la plus grando affliction . 11 ho ddpouillu , seance tonnnto , dca vutomona dont il HVStait ulTubld ct on lit la restitution au l < % Uimo propiidtuire . Lo jouno hommo s'liabilla h , la huto , ot rctourim unpr 6 s do » a fommo , qui ho lauiontait comino uno Madoloino . "
Corftet Brown At A Ball. A Good Deal Has...
CORfTET BROWN AT A BALL . A good deal has lately been said about behaving as " an officer and a gentleman , " and home service , under the promotion by purchase system , does n ot seem conducive to that sort of behaviour which at least befits a gentleman . Now , here is another instance , not of barrack life , but of ball-room life , in which the officer and gentleman does not shine . The officer was Cornet Brown , of the 4 th Dragoons , aa infantine gentleman of two-and-twenty . There was a ball at Brighton lately , and Mr . Charles Browa bethought him that he should do well to be there . But he could not find in his heart to go like a gentleman , so he went like one of those persons who are denounced by Father Mathew and Mr . John Goughv —he went drunk . His first act was to insist on entering through the ladies' cloak-room , where he bullied the waiting woman—a highly gentlemanly proceeding . What he next did we are not informed , but when . Mr . George White , chief officer of police , opportunely entered on the scene , he found Air . Charles Brown "kickingup a row , " as Bornbastes would say . Mr . White requested Mr . Brown not to use improper language ; the unruly member of Mr . Brown resisted ; Mr . White gently tried to lead him off . " Immediately , " says Mr . White , sententiously , "he struck me a violent blow . Which I returned by knocking him down . " Brown , still violent , had to
be knocked down again , and probably would have been knocked down no end of times had not two other '' officers and ; gentlemen" sallied from the ballroom and protected their friend . White , however , called in assistance , and carried off the young man . The next inoining he caine before the magistrates ; White woulct not be vindictive , which , was very proper , especially as he had the best of the engagement , and the cornet was let off with a fine of 5 / .- — a lesson ^ much more effective plus the knocking down , than it Svould have been without the knocking down . In future Mr . Brown , who seems a gallant youth , will no doubt behave " like an officer and a gentleman ; " ' .
Another Officer And Gentleman Has Distin...
Another officer and gentleman has distinguislied himself in an analogous military style , arid has bee » lined 5 ? . by the Bocliester magistrates . The offender , in this instance ^ is Ensign gtroner , of ihe Royal Engineers ; and Ms offence is that he amused himself one evening in beating a "vfpmanVwho was walkiivg on a road near Chatham . The woman was of a light character ; she and the ensign had some conversation , and quarrelled ; she threw stones , he beat her with his fist . Why only 57 . ?
Conveyance Of Troops By Railway. The Con...
CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS BY RAILWAY . The Constitutionnel contains the following on the conveyance of troops by railway : —¦ u The movements of troops which have taken place within the last few months for the despatch of an army to the East and to the Baltic , as well as for the formation of the camps in the north and south of ^ France , have thrown a new light on a very important question , viz ., the use of railroads for military purposes . More than 40 , 000 men arriving from different stations have been conveyed by the Northern Railway alone in less than five weeks , exceeding by more than 2000 daily their usual number of passengers , without interfering in any way with the hours of service , even on Sundays , when the number of trains is greatly increased . It is interesting to watch the movements of the troops entering a
railway , Everything takes place according to orders trorn tho War Department . Tho detachment is lornied into column and divided by the Adjutant , without distinction of companies , into fractions corresponding with the size of the carriages-Each fraction thus formed is led by an officer , who subdivides it according to the number of carriages . The first two men , on ontoring , place- their knapsacks under their seats ; tho second takes tho knapsack of tho man coming immediately after and stows it away ; the rest follow in the saino order , so thut no man enters thp carriage until his knapsack is in its proper place . All this is dono with the greatest order and coleiity . If the first battalion took 40 minutes to ho seated , another executed tho samo manoeuvre in 20 , and 12 were sufficient for a third , which wns more familiar with tho reoulations , Wo have , therefore , a proof that an on tire
battalion , by adopting tho necessary precautions , can ttiko its place in tlio train in less tlinn a , quarter of an hour . In order to understand tho materiel employed , wo can state that an infantry soldier , with his arms nnd knapsack , ¦ weighs from 80 to 1 ) 0 kilogrammes ; tho carriages on tho Northern lino contain 88 p laces , and thoso on the Lyons Railway 50 , hub they only allow 85 mon for tho former « nd 45 for tho lattor , in order to loavo room for tho knapsacks , which could not bo placed under tho scats . Each train carries 750 to 800 mon , besides two wnpjgons for tho conveyance of ( lio ncld-ofiicor ' s liorso and tho baggage . The removal of cnv « lry presents greater diflicultioa . Tho mqn aro plaood iij Iho si oiglit in
pnssongor and tho horsca in tho goods trains , x or onch waggon . Squadrons of hoavy cavalry linvo taken , soino nn hour and a quarter , others 50 , l . 5 , and own 40 iniuuti's boforo starting . Half an hour ia genomlly allowed for oneu Honnclron . Tho avorngo number convoyed by each train is 126 men , with tho « amo number of homes . 1 ' arkn of nr lUi-ry huvo ul » o boon carried by rail , I ho horaw bomg nliioodin tho cattle train , mul tho cminon «» d mtanpns on platorms . lwo trnina can oonvoy a park of iirlillory ot oix guns , tho oennow , and «« rgo , with 220 mon and their homes . It rcquiros botweon two and tliroo hours to load thorn , which ib pcrforrned by tho nrtlllorymcn tliemsolvoa with their usual elall and promptitude . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 2, 1854, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02091854/page/5/
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