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Apbil 20, 1850.] ©!)$ 3Leairrt% 79
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THE RULE OF THE CZAR. A letter by privat...
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THE ARMY IN INDIA. The Indian mails brin...
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FETICH ISM IMPERIAL. A strange account i...
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THE SEA-SERPENT ARRIVED. The great sea-s...
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TRIAL. OF PROFESSOR "WEBSTER FOR MURDER....
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Return Of The Pope. The Pope Lias Actual...
REPRESSION IN HUNGARY . Austrian revenge continues to decimate its conquered provinces . Batches of death-sentences , forty at a time , still outrage humanity . Eight of these sentences at Pesth have just been commuted by Haynau to periods of imprisonment ranging from twelve to twenty years in a fortress . Among those sentenced to death is found the name of a Georgey . { Some 2000 prisoners have been dragged before the courts-martial . The trial of the Hungarian deputies of the Diet of Debreczin was to commence on the 14 th inst ., the anniversary of the decree of the downfal of the house of Hapsburg . account of
The Paiis National gives an excellent the manner of the Hungarian pacification . About a hundred Hungarian soldiers , among them , fifteen or sixteen officers , who had escaped the disasters of Villa "OS and Temesvar , were returning to their native placet furnished with passports , signed by the Austrian officers and surgeons , stating that they were incapable of service on account of their wounds or sickness . They belonged to the Woiewodine ^ ( lately the Banat ) , one third of the population of which consists of Serbes , the other two thirds being Magyars and Germans ) . To the first , in reward for their savage fidelity , Austria has entrusted the government of with its
of the Banat , and even Theresiopol , population of 40 , 000 , all Magyars . Arrived here , the Hungarian officers were seized by the magistrates , deprived of their passports , thrown into prison , and afterwards conducted to Temesvar , the chief city of the Woiewodine . Here , being unable to produce their passports , the authorities having taken them away , they were again imprisoned , and at last condemned to eight years' service , as common soldiers . On the 2 nd of April they passed through Vienna , on their way to their regiments , marching haughtily amid the imperial escort , singing their patriotic songs to the sound of the Austrian drum . The following is a literal translation of part of one
of them : — " Be gay ! be gay ! no despondency , —it would be a triumph for the Austrians . Who will repent ? Austria , not we . , ¦ j " Eight years ! it is not eternity , lime passes , and the house of Hapsburg is sinking . Let it fall ! Millions of voices repeat our curse . " The Hungarians enrolled in the Austrian regiments preserve among themselves the military distinctions of the revolution . "My Lieutenant , " " Captain , " are the titles with which the soldiers continue to salute the officers who have been degraded . They openly conspire , and it is no secret that at the first opportunity they will pass to the enemy . Scitovski has been promising in
The primate - dulgences to those who pray for the extirpation of heretics . Here is a specimen of a sermon for the imrpose . A Franciscan was preaching at Vesprim , on the text— " No safety out of the church . " All at once he cried out— " Yes , my brethren , the Protestants will be damned ; the devil take me if I do not tell the truth . " Then he stopped to wait the effect of his adjuration . As the devil did not come"Ah ! " said he , "it is , perhaps , my cassock that frightens him . " So he flung off his cassock and invited him in his shirt sleeves . At last he cried out triumphantly— " Ah ! you see , he does not come . I was right . " ^^
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The Rule Of The Czar. A Letter By Privat...
THE RULE OF THE CZAR . A letter by private hand from Warsaw , dated April 5 , confirms the account of many arrests of Russian officers throughout the whole of the " Kingdom of Poland , " in consequence of the discovery of a long-existing conspiracy between the Russian and Polish youths . Numbers of students at the universities , and persons employed in the courts of law , have also been arrested . The citadel of Warsaw is crowded with prisoners , old and new . Preparations for war are extensively made , though none can tell m what direction the storm may burst . Correspondence with foreign countries is prohibited under a penalty of fifty silver roubles ( about £ 8 Gs . ) for each letter . Meanwhile the " beneficent" despot provides for the education of his subjects . The St . Petersburg official journal publishes an imperial ukase , dated Nov . 20 , in virtue of which , from the 1 st of January , 1850 , no pupils can be allowed in the higher classes of the universities , except those whose aiobility is vouched for by the Heraldic College of St . Petersburg . The town classes , the children of citizens , and even of Jews , are admissible on payment of a considerable tine ine number of the universities is limited to eight lor the whole Russian empire ; and no college is permitted to have at anytime more than 300 scholars .
The Army In India. The Indian Mails Brin...
THE ARMY IN INDIA . The Indian mails bring accounts of energetic measures adopted by Sir Charles Napier to rcpiess the insubordination which had grown to such a height among the native troops . To tho original sentence ot the uourt-umrtial on tho mutineers oi tho Sixty-sixth Uenjrul Native Infantry , which was very lenient , bir Churk's Napier appended u note , calling on the court to revise its sentence , and to inflict " a punishment commensurable with the damnable projects of . trie
offenders . The court thereupon sentenced five of the ringleaders to death , which sentence the Commanderin-chief commuted to transportation , —as " a change , but not an amelioration of their punishment ; they will remain living examples of the terrible fate which awaits traitors to their colours . " In a General Order on the same subject , Sir Charles Napier directs that the Native officers , non-commissioned officers , and private Sepoys of the Sixty-sixth Regiment shall be struck off from the Company ' s service , and their colours delivered to the Nusseeree battalion , - which is
henceforth to be called the Sixty-sixth Regiment . " The mutineers of the Sixty-sixth , " says the Order , " have brought down ruin and disgrace upon the regiment . When a mutinous corps has endeavoured to seize a fortress which a confiding Government believed it had entrusted to faithful soldiers , it is time that vengeance should fall upon the whole . " The Commander-in-Chief proceeds very severely to censure the conduct of Major Troup , commanding the Native Infantry , expressing his unqualified dissatisfaction that he had not read and personally
explained to his regiment «• one of the most important and critical orders ever issued by a Governor-General" —the abolition of the Scinde allowance in the Punjab . " Truly , this shows a laxity of discipline enough to destroy the best army in the world . " The order further directs Lieutenant Barker to be brought before a court-martial for not doing his utmost to quell the mutiny ; and concludes with directions for the reconstruction of the Sixty-sixth regiment , and recommendations to the young European officers of the army to associate as much as possible with the native officers in order to acquire a thorough
knowledge of what passes in their regiments . The same mails bring further particulars of the expedition from Peshawur against the hill tribes of Kohat , to clear the passes and reestablish communications between Peshawur and Kohat ; it has not proved so satisfactory as was anticipated . The troops had to traverse a dangerous defile , thirteen miles long , exposed to a constant fire of- matchlock-men , so safely posted behind the rocks , that 500 Affreedies were able to oppose Sir Colin Campbell ' s force of nearly 5000 , mostly picked men . The following extracts may show the arduous character of the warfare :
" The company of the Thirty-first , under Ensign Sitwell ( about forty men ) , were returning from the hill on the right , whicli was lofty , very precipitous , and about a mile distant from the camp , when about half way down , and in very difficult ground , they were suddenly assailed by a volley of matchlocks and showers of stones . Sitwell was shot through the wrist , but instantly called on his men ( who were in extended order ) to turn and climb up aeain . Nine men closed in to Sitwell at once , but a seand five of the nine
cond volley was poured into them , fell . Sitwell , now faint from loss of blood , was supported by a Sepoy down the hill . The enemy again fired and killed the Sepoy ; Sitwell then fell , and they rushed in and butchered him and most of his party . The glasses in camp showed something was wrong , and a gun was galloped from the rear , which , by keeping up a fire of Shrapnell-shell wherever the enemy were seen in parties , prevented them from carrying away the bodies until they could be brought off , which they were a little before
sunset . • . " The return of the force through the pass was just like its advance , the rear-guard had all the work to do , and there remained the Commander-in-Chief and Sir Colin Campbell . It was the old story , invisible enemies firing from behind rocks , causing many casualties , varied with one littlebitof excitement , viz ., when a horse-artillery tumbril upset , the enemy saw it , and immediately darted down the hill to gain the cover of a wall whence they
could have shot every horse attached to the tumbril , and caused great loss prior to its removal . The brigadier , however , saw the danger ; and calling out to some of the Sixtieth , « Hurrah , boys , and gain the wall first , ' they and a company of the Thirty-first rushed forward , and it was a race between them and the enemy who should first reach it . Fortunately our men did , when the enemy immediately , seeing they were foiled , scuttled up the hill again . "
Sir Colin Campbell has lost 107 men , killed and wounded ; the enemy , it is supposed , not nearly so many . The passes still remain closed , and a second expedition on a larger scale is talked of .
Fetich Ism Imperial. A Strange Account I...
FETICH ISM IMPERIAL . A strange account is given by the Presse of a superstitious ceremony under the auspices of the new Emperor of Hayti . A funeral service had been performed for the souls of the father and mother of the Emperor . At midnight , after the service , the Emperor and Empress , accompanied only by some few persons , believers in tho negro superstitions , proceeded to the cemetery . The Empress walked first , followed
holding a cock in her hand . Two priests carrying a sheep and a kid . Arrived at the grave , the priests , by means of certain charms , fixed the souls of the parents of Solouque in a vessel of water . Tho . soul of his mother then spoke , informing tho sacrifice that she was much obliged to them for their trouble , but that there was no occasion lor tne Emperor to feel any uneasiness as his parents were very well off in the other world . The three animals wore then killed , Solouque drinking of their blood , and with it making cabalistic signs .
The ceremony was near terminating tragically . " Prince Anulysse-TTlysse , after some discussion , about a general ' s uniform , which he had put on without any right , seized the Emperor by the throat , and was proceeding to do for his Majesty , as the phrase is , when the Ministers , Chamberlains , & c , interfered and rescued him . "
The Sea-Serpent Arrived. The Great Sea-S...
THE SEA-SERPENT ARRIVED . The great sea-serpent has made his appearance on . the American coast once more , if the following letter , which appears in an American paper called the Christian Mercury , can be relied upon : — " Beaufort , March 15 , 1850 . " The report of Captain Bankenship and passengers has been verified by many other witnesses . This formidable sea monster ' has been seen again to-day , we understand , in our waters . When discovered by those on board the steamer , his eminence was in Port Royal Sound , a distance of seven or eight miles from this town .
Since that time he has been lazily making his way up Broad River , and was seen , by a gentleman , we widerstand , to-day in White Branch River , an arm of the Broad . He is reported to be making his way higher up still , when , perhaps , he may be captured . He is described as being from 120 to 150 feet in length , and of proportionate bulk ; has the head of a serpent , which he carries , when in motion , five or six feet out of the water . About ten feet from his head is a hump , resembling a huge hogshead , and , as far as he could be seen out of the water , a succession of humps was observed . He was pursued for several miles along the bank of the river , at times the party in pursuit coming very near tohim . He was shot at with a rifle or shot gun , which had the effect of making him timid , and caused him to
sink below the surface of the water when nearly approached . We understand that a party from this place has been made up to capture him if possible . The plan is to man two large flats with a * cannon to each , one going below where he is represented to be , and the other above , and then approach each other , and , when , he is discovered , to fire into him . In this way he maybe taken if , peradventure , he does not take them first . The Whale Branch is not more than one hundred yards wide , and there is every probability of an animated conflict with this king of the waters within bis own dominions ; and 1 suppose it is admitted that the battle must be waged upon his own terms . " Another letter in the Charleston Courier says : — " Information has just reached us that the said seaserpent is ashore at the mouth of Skull Creek . If bo , the prize is certain , and Beaufort immortalized . "
Trial. Of Professor "Webster For Murder....
TRIAL . OF PROFESSOR "WEBSTER FOR MURDER . The trial of Dr . John W . Webster , of the Medical College , at Boston , in the United States , for the murder of Dr . Parkman , has terminated , after an investigation prolonged during ten days . f . „ . , Dr . Parkman was last seen alive on the 23 rd of November ; he was observed to enter the Medical College at ten minutes before two on the afternoon of that day ; from that time he was missing . He was a punctual man . A witness deposed to seeing him every day for irora tne
fifteen years , and had never known him absent family dinner . On the day of his disappearance there was special reason for his punctuality , as he was attending on a sick daughter ; for her , too , he had made a purchase , leaving it at a store to be called for on his way home . The utmost search was made for him without success . No one had seen or conversed with , him since he entered the Medical College on that Friday afternoon . Dr Webster had borrowed money of him so far back as 1842 Dr . Webster had been in embarassment ever since . His property was all mortgaged to Dr . Parkman , nis aeot tne
who was pressing him to recover . un Sunday after the disappearance it was ascertained from Dr . Webster himself that they had been together on the Friday between one and two o ' clock . On the 30 th the Medical College was searched , and in a vault under Dr . Webster ' s laboratory were found the pelvis and right thigh of a man , corresponding with the description of Drf Parkman . Afterwards a thorax and left thigh were found in a tea-chest in the laboratory , and in the furnace some bones and a block of mineral teeth . Dr . Webster was arrested . His conduct betrayed excessive agitation . When the coroner visited him in the sraoi he found him lying on his face in extreme distress ; trembling , in a state of perspiration , from the excess of emotion , and so helpless that he was obliged to be assisted up stairs . Some water was offered to him , but he was so agitated he could not drink ; he passed the glass from h ? and ilt some on his clothes . «
m , sp „__ , The trial commenced on the 19 th of March . Medical men deposed to having examined the remains found at the college . One of them , Dr . Winslow Lewis , junior , had known Dr . Parkman for thirty years . He described the difficulty of identifying the body ; but referred to strong indications of identity . " There were no peculiar marks on the fragments , " but "the height of the person could be ascertained to within half an inch . Another medical witness , Dr . James W . Stone , remarked the " extraordinary quantity of hair on the back , sandysrev , and longer than usual . " Dr . Parkman ' s brotherof that colour
in-law deposed to the doctor ' s hair being . Dr . Stone also remarked " the more than usual development of the muscles of the lower extremities , which indicated much exercise in walking . Dr . Parkman was a great and fast walker . " Dr . Stone " thought the person to whom the remains belonged must have been near Rixty , from the ossification of the veins . " He " knew Dr . Parkman , and there was no indication in tbe remains other than " he " should have expected to find . ' "The manner in which these remains were separated would indicate anatomical skill . " . . There were also some faint and uncertain indications
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Leader (1850-1860), April 20, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20041850/page/7/
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