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FRANCE . A letter from Augouleme states that the Abbe " , Gothland , on bein g taken to the prison of that town recovered from the profound discouragement into which his condemnation had thrown him , and on every day since he has smoked his pipe nearly the whole of the day . When arrested , his pecuniary resources were very small , and they appear to have been ' entirely exhausted by bis outlay for tobacco . The day after his condemnation he wrote the following letter to M . Beyselance , responsible editor of the' Republican de la " Cbarente / who is confined for some offence of the press : — « Sir , —I am- ahsolately without tobacco . You know that it is a cruel privation—almost a torture—for a smoker . Would you have the kindness to send me enough to
fill m y pi pe . * The journalist immediately forwarded him a pound of tobacco . Minute precautions have been taken to prevent the culprit from committing suicide . He converses freely with the turnkeys . After his condemnation he described to them with great calm bis impresfons , his hopes , during the last day of the trial , and his surprise and despair on bearing himself condemned . Surprise having been expressed at the disappearance of the letters he had received from Madame AUier , be stated that he had torn them np to light his pipe . Jeane Beanie , the servant of Mme . du Sablon , who , it will be rememb e r e d , was arrested in the course of the trial for having given false evidence , is kept in secret confinement , and was frequently interrogated by a magistrate . She has , it is said , made important
revelations . - .. Fourteen members of the Revolutionary So 3 iety , the . Nemesis , were found guilty by the Assize Court , iu tMris on Thursday , and sentenced to various periods of imprisonment—from six months to two years , and to fines varying from 100 francs to 500 francs . The' Voix du Proscrit' has published a manifesto from the exiles in London . It is signed by MM . Ledra Roliin , Albert Darasz , Joseph Mazzini , and Arnold Rugue , and is addressed to the Italian , Polish , German , Austrian , and Dutch committees . The ' Moniteur' announces that M . de
Robotssiere , ' formerly aide-de-camp and chamberlain of the Emperor , has betn appointed grand officer of the Legion of Honour ; that M . Hippolite de Barral , 1 first page of the Emperor . ' has been appointed commander ; and that M . Octave de Barral , ' page of the Emperor , ' and who signalised himself in 1815 by numerous acts of devotion and patriotism , has been appointed officer of the same order . Gold has fallen nearly two per cent , on its standard value , but the belief is that there will be a still further depreciation in consequence of the steps taken in Holland and other countries to demonetise the gold currency .
Last Sunday being the tenth anniversary of the entry of the remains of Napoleon into Paris , the day was commemorated by a religious service in the Church of the Invaiides . A great number of veterans of the Grand Army were present , in the uniform of the period of the Empire . M . Malardier , a Montagnard representative , who has been imprisoned for some time past on a charge of conspiracy , lias been set at liberty . M . Victor Hugo has just undergone an operation of the throat for the removal of an enlarged tonsil , which has so long prevented him from taking part in the debate ; of the Assembly . it is said that considerable hesitation exists in
the minds of the Ministry as to bringing forward the new dotation for the President , as it is expected to rntei , not only with the opposition of the Left , but also with the opposition of the Legitimists . It would appear that the number of electors has been reduced by the new law from 9 , 618 , 000 to 6 , 711 , 000 . The reduction principally affects the town ; . M . Ca . Lesseps , editor of the' Vote Universel , ' who has beeu arrested on the charge of being concerned in the Lyons plot , has been lodged in the gaol of Roanne , in that city , and has been interrogated by an examining magistrate .
The public know nothing as yet of the long spoken of conspiracy at Lyons , but the Ministerial papers say that the prosecution of the parties arrested is going on with great activity , and that every day throws new light on the plans of the conspirators . They state that the northern and western departments do not appear to have been the scene of the operations of the conspiritors . Their attempts were concentrated in the departments of the . sonth and east . The refugees at Geneva are said to have been the originators of the plot , and their intention was on a certain day to pass the frontier , and to establish themselves at Lyons , which was to be the head-quarters of the insurgents . The combinations arranged were of such a nature that Lyons and the neighbouring country was to be taken possession of , and the troops at present stationed there to be isolated or forced to retire . The
population of the smaller towns and villages were to be armed , with the view of drawing off the attention of the troops from the great centre of the movement . I : appears that there is to be a high court of justice appointed for the purpose of going into this case . The parties accused are to be tried before the councils now at Lyons . It is expected that the prisoners from the departments not under military law will object to the jurisdiction of the courts-martial , a n d if the courts-martial themselves should declare themselves incompetent , a high court of justice will be created . Such is the account given of the plot by the government agents ; but it must be remembered that many doubt the existence of the plot at all .
The Government crusade against the Republican newspapers is carried on with remarkable vigour . There are no less than four processes iu different quarters of the country recorded in the Paris papers of tbe 14 th inst . and the police is busily preparing more food for the lawyers . The « Moniteur ' announces that the 'Vote Universal' was seized yesterday , for the publication of an article called ' La Loide rUsiire , * and < if a feuilleton called 'Les
Contrail Sociaux an XIX Siecle . Les Petitg Enfans . " Tht responsible editor is to be prosecuted under the double charge of attacks on property and of exciting hatred between the different classes of citizens . The editor of the 'Vote Universel' tays , that after reading the articles impugned several times over , he is still unable to discover what offence be has committed . But what does that signify ? His journal is Republican , and will therefore be condemned .
PRUSSIA . The ' Times' correspondent sajs : —A letter of the Minister of Justice directs the Staatsanwalten , or public prosecutors , in every district to sharpen their observation of the abuses of the press . They are not to leave the machinery of the law to be set in motion against offending journa l s exclusively bj tbe rude hands of the police ; tbey are not to wait till-the police give notice of a violent or seditious
matter , but to read for themselves and act accordingly ; neither are they to be deterred from commencing prosecutions from an apprehension the case may fail . They are to risk the chances of an acquittal . The purpose seems to be thoroughly to test the working of the jury system in such cases . If it uniformly , or too invariabl y , fail to ensure punishment to those who attack the government , this class of offences may be withdrawn from tbe cognisance of juries altogether .
The following is the memorial which was laid before the College of princes at its last meeting , together with the articles of the Olmuiz agreement , of which it is the official explanation : — After adverting at seme length to the position of affairs previous to the Olmuiz Convention , it goes on to say : — ' The position of affairs is now as follows : — ' 1 . In general the claim of the Buntestag solely to decide German questions is practically given up , the right conceded to the collective German
-Governments , and the preliminaries for such decision made by the establishment of a commission in which the two Powers possess an equality of rights . In this commission Prussia and its allies stand as a collectivity , ' with a recognised equality of rights , against the collectivity of the other , governments , which until now bad claimed the ri ght of deciding alone . This decision will now be given neither by one nor by the other , but by all together . Prussia has not demanded more ; to demand more H had no right . .
• If the commission , M may be esp ? cted , he composed of men as able and influential as prudent , it will be the fortunate medium of tbe protection of the rights of all . * ,, .. ,, „ ; . 'If the allies of Prussia adhere faithfully to n , their co-operation in all important question . IS be assured to them . ' The aliiance oPruss * with tbem is not given up , the abandonment of , t his not been . « qu ! red . by Austria . The existence oi the alliancefon oy ^ n -n ^ m ^^ ^ tically wcoffuied . l ^ eOto ^ fag" . ^ in by the S ^ e ^ m ^ m ^^^ £ S Dishing « ift |^^ eq « r » aM | 1 te ^ ot «« «« ft ' " " - '¦;' ' ' : ~ . . - j > r ;> .-.
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and legal decisidnot : the whole dispute will no longer He in the hands of the Bundestag , bat will be referred to ^ . the commission of the collective German Governments ^ as * - the only and highest lawful authority of the Confederation . < 3 . In Holstein it will not be a commissary of the Bundestag who will give the law to the land , but Prussian and Austrian commissaries will require the Stathalterscbaft to observe conditions calculated to assure the territory of the Bund against every attack , and which are based on tbe fundamental
laws of the Bund and the treaty of peace of the 2 nd July . It is not to be justified by the law of nations that , while the Confederation has declared peace with Denmark , a Government established by the Confederation should make war beyond the frontiers of its territory . On this principle the demands made from the Stathalterscbaft are based . The reduction of the army is for the interest of the country and is without danger as the Stathalterscbaft has often declared if Denmark reduced its army also , of which there is every prospect .
* If the Stathalterscbaft refuse to accept these moderate demands , then , instead j > f an intervention on the part of Austria alone , or of the Bundestag , measures will be taken by Austria and Prussia in common , on which the commission described in paragraph two will have to agree . In this there can be no danger either for Prussia or Holstein . 1 The further decision of the dispute will also m » longer be undertaken by the Government represented in Frankfort , but will proceed from the collective German Governments . Prussia and Austria will together protect the ri g hts of the Confederation as well as those of Holstein ; and the commission to be established will immediately-commence the preliminaries and negotiations at a commission of the collective German Governments .
' The Duchies , as well as foreign powers , may rely with full confidence on this common action of Prussia and Austria not invading any real and actual right . In its defence of the rights of the Duchies Prussia will , no more stand alone in relation to forei gn powers , and a means has been found of reviving again the long-renounced action of the Confederation without the sacrifice by Prussia of anything of its position .
' This is in general the basis on which , the Olmutz Articles rest . On this basis the Prussian Government believes it may preserve the peace , and that it has found' in it the points which , if treated h o nou r abl y and with goodwill on both sides , may make possible a healthy developement of the affairs of Germany . For the latter purpose the Free Conference will be held , which will meet in a short time , and according to the wish of Prussia , in Dresden .
' A wish has been expressed iu many quarters , that before the Conference assembles , the ' basis should ba fixed on which the discussion' of the re union of the German Constitution will take place . That this has not been fixed by the Olmuiz Articles will be by many described as a fault . " A calm consideration of the circumstances will show how unfounded such a reproof would be . The interview at Olmutz , by the pressure of the moment limited to a few hours , could not , according to the nature of things , establish the fundamental outlines of a Constitution on the draught of which Germany has toiled two years in vain ; it could only be directed to the treatment of the question that was momentarily threatening a conflict , and the decision— -shall therebe war or peace ? ' :
AUSTRIA . In consequence of engagements entered into with the Prussian government , the Austrian army is to be reduced . Nevertheless the landwehr and the fourth battalions are to be placed on their former footing . The Emperor has disbanded the 4 th battalion , the militia and frontier battalions , by general order , and has also permitted Field Marshal Radetsky to return to Lombardy , from which place he bad a short time since commanded him to return .
GERMANY . The three editors of the ' New German Gazette , ' Dr . Luning , Dr . Wedemeyer , and Gunther have been ordered to leave Frankfort-on-the-Main within twenty-four hours . . ' The society , or slut in Leipzig , known by the name of' Robert Blum / instituted to commemorate and carry ont the principles of that victim , has been dissolved by the police , and the . emblems , funds , & c , seized . The latter , of no great amount , is , according to the new law , to be distributed among the poor . The number of members does hot appear to have exceeded thirty .
It is stated that the States forming the late Prussian League will by no means accept the offensive and defensive alliance by which Prussia proposed to supplant the League , but that the majority of them have already given an almost scornful -reply to the Prussian message respecting the non-execution of the constitution of the League . The Bavarian troops have refused to quit the city of Frankfort . It is said that Manteuffel ' s plan is to divide Germany into two great political bodies , to be presided over by Austria and Prussia , with a joint organ at Frankfort .
HESSE CASSEL . The retreat of the Prussian army from Hesse has commenced . The 19 th and 31 st Regiments of Infantry and a cuirassier regiment have already passed through this Eisenach . The Elector ' s ' Official Gazette' states that that Prince will not return to Cassel . Fulda will henceforth be the seat of government . The cholera has again appearedjat Fulda ; it has also broken put among the Prussian troops at Vacha .
Great complaints are heard , from all sides , of the hardships to which the country people are exposed by this long continued cantonment of the troops . The daily expense is very considerable , many are obliged to ' sell their winter stores to support themselves and the , men billited upon them . The . frost has already set in , and the spring is looked forward to by all with very downcast forebodings ,
DENMARK . Respecting the late , rumours of a matrimonial alliance which the King of Denmark has been said to contemplate , we find it stated in the ' Borsenballe' that the Princess that is mentioned in connexion with this project is the sister of the Prince of Hesse ( heir apparent to the Danish throne , and , by reason of a former alliance , son-in-law to the Emperor of Russia . )
RUSSIA .-The Emperor of Russia has issued an ukase , abolishing the Customs' line between Poland and Russia , at the same , time instituting a new tariff . It is to come into operation on the 1 st ( 13 th ) of January . 1851 .
SARDINIA . The' Croce di Savoia' of Turin quotes a letter from Palermo , of tbe 26 tb tut ., stating that three carls full of wounded soldiers arrived at Palermo on that day , from the Valley of Girgenti , where the insurgents are said to hold out against the government troops . We have received no intelligence from other quarters to confirm this account . A letter from Turin of the 11 th jnst . says that a bill was to be presented that day to the Chambers for . the erection of a monument to the memory oi the late King Charles Albert . The Pres dent of tha French Republic has sent the Cross of the Legion of Honour to M . Cavour , the Sardinian Minister .
The Court of Appeal of Turin have acquitted MM . Bianchi Giovini and Rombaldo , both editors of the ' Opinione , ' who bad been condemned by the lower tribunals to a fortnight ' s , imprisonment and a fineef 300 francs , for an article on the Roman question which had been considered insulting to the Pope . A letter from Genoa , published in the 'Risorgimento' of the 13 th inst ., states that on the anniversary of the expulsion of the Austrians from Genoa , the Republican parly attempted to excite a revolutionary movement . A red flag having been fixed in the public place , during the night many of the party assembled around . Jt , _ when a .. party of gendarmes arrived , and prevented further assemblage , and the agitation gradually subsided .
ROME . The co rr esponden t o f tb e ' Daily News' says he is assured , by information on which he can rely , that the position of the Pope towards England will henceforward assume an extremely conciliatory aspect . Every effort will be used to assure the people of Great Britain that Popery in England has no other than spiritual aims ; The late seceders from Protestantism and the Roman Catholic clergy generally -will be inspired : by these views . The bie < - J « y of Romanism tells us this is no new policy . WMn the churph » humble it is only from neces-Hii' * V ? S ?< 8 >^ 1 " - "ber 4 l r »* : is ohiy t 0 become IwMSO ? ^ *& # Powr of Edging of uSLfTa * ? they 8 M thome the true & teh ££ 5 * u onIy t o " •* hi 8 , ory land what u c « w going oo ou-the coatiMnt ,
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U is said that the French garrison in Rome will be limited to a battalion in Castle St Augelo , and two battalions at Civita Vecchia ; and that all the other military posts this side the Appenines are to be occupied by the Neapolitan troops , as the Pope cannot make , up an army of Roman soldiers ; nothing will induce the Romans to submit to the manner in which the Papal government has treated its troop * ., A letter from Rome in the same paper states that the agent of the house- of Rothschild had had an interview with Cardinal Antonelli to solicit concessions in favour of the Jews . The Cardinal answered that the Pontificial government being essntially ecclesiastical could hot dp as . other governments had done . He added , however , that when the reforms in the laws relating to courts of justice were published , the condition of the Jews in the Roman States would be ameliorated .
Letters from Rome of the 10 th- inst .- state that further reductions are making in the French army of occupation . The 1 st battalion of Light , Infantry has left Rome on its way to France . The number of French . troops in the capital is now barely sufficient to garrison the place . Numerous hands of robbers have established themselves between Rome and Florence , where they have victimised several travellers . It is also stated that the Austrian troops were to resume all the positions they had formerly occupied at Perugia , and other places of fimbria and . of the Marches . On the 3 rd inat . the persons ac . cused of having burnt several confessionals in the latter days of . the Roman , revolution have been sentenced to fifteen years ' , hard labour . Ciceruacchio , who has absconded , is one of the condemned : The affair of the burning of several cardinals' carriages is not yet concluded .
NAPLES . , ! A few days since , in Naples , the . political prisoners created a disturbance oetween the walls , by shouting , 'Long live the Constitutional King !" yiva Liberty ' . ' Many were flogged . Incendiary papers have lately been posted up , denouncing the government and the Jesuits . The undercurrent of discontent is universal . ! - ••
SICILY . Letters from Messina have been received , detailing the labours of the mixed commission ; which for more than two months has been employed ; in-investigating the claims of British , French , and Germans who suffered losses during the late war in Sicily . The doubtful cases and deductions on British claims amount to some twenty per cent : on the sum claimed . The French , claims are reduced nearly seventy-five per cent ., whilst the erman demands have fallen about forty per cent , The ' Evenement , ' a French paper , of the 17 th inst . says that it has received accounts from Sicily which confirm the news of the disturbances said te
have broken out in that island . At the departure of the courier a band of 600 men was assembled on the mountains of Suacca . Smaller bands were seen every day in tbe neighbourhood of Barleona aiid St . Gueseppo . In the first attack on the insurgents tbe Royal troops were driven back , but Gen . Pronio bad since left Palermo with some regiments of > tbe line and artillery . The correspondence of the government and some government money had fallen into the hands of the insurgents . The Swiss troops had refused to act , on the ground that it was an affair for the police . The other " Paris papers } contain nothing to confirm this account , nor does the ' Evenement' give the date of the news . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦¦
SPAIN . • ; . - The Barcelona journals are full of details -re : specting the English squadron , which arrived on the 6 th , but was net expected to remain many days , in consequence of the insecurity of the anchorage for vessels of the large calibre of which the liners and steamers of the squadron are composed .
PORTUGAL . The Pope ' s new cardinal arrived in Lisbon on the 4 th inst . He was enthroned on the 5 th instant with much pomp . A grand , entertainment was given on the occasion ^ , The English Ambassador and the officers of the experimental squadron were invited , but declined tbe invitation . A commission has been appointed by Royal decree in Portugal , to promote the transmission of Portugeese manufactures to the Exhibition of 1851 .
TURKEY . .. . . A Pera correspondent of the ' Ost . Deutsche Post ' gives some interesting details relative to the conspiracy recently discovered at Constantinople . By a singular chance the' Sultan' himself found certain suspicious documents in the room of one of bis adjutants , the Bi ' mbaschi MasiaphV Effsndi , who was arrested with twelve ; other persons of . high standing in the seraglio . The conspiracy was . directed against the Sultan and Rescind Pasha ' s Cabinet . Abdul Assis , the Sultan ' s brother , if not actually a sharer in the conspiracy , ' certainly con * nived at the revolutionary movements which have been brought to light . The Sultan ' s physician , an Austrian , was sent for by his Imperial master , who , after dismissing his first chamberlain , conversed with the doctor for a whole hour . The same
evening the latter left Constantinople for Trieste with his wife and family .
UNITED STATES . Tbe annual message of the Governor of South Carolina was delivered to the Legislature on the 26 th of November . In view , of the present aspect of affairs , he recommends an organised system of mill , taiy preparations , including the establishment' of a depot for the munitions of war , tbe instruction and discipline of the militia , and the purchase ol artillery and engineering instruments . He also advises the removal from the State of all free coloured persons not possessed of real or slave property . In regard to the question of slavery ,-the Governor '
recommends joint State action if possible , ' but declares the right of the State to secede , and that it is the duty of the State to interpose her sovereignty to protect her citizens—urges co-operation with sister * States to aid in averting the doom impending on the civil institutions of the south , and , in conclusion , recommends a day of fasting and prayer , to invoke God ' s protection and guidance , that he would enlighten the minds of our federal rulers , the north and' its citizens , and direct them in the , way of truth , of reason and justice , and preserve ah ance happy political family from the unspeakable horrors of civil strife .
The Thirty-first Congress of tbe United States commenced its second session on Monday , the 2 nd inst ., on which the usual message of the President was read before it , in which he said' they were at peace with all nations . Alluding to the ; Nicaragua Convention he sajs t-T ^ - ' In addition to the stipulations contained in this Convention , two other objects remain to be accomplished : between the contracting powers : ' First , the designation and establishment of a free port at pach end of the canal . ' Second , an'agreement fixing the distance from the shore within which belligerent maratime operations shall not be carried on . On these points there is little doubt that the two governments will come to au understanding .
;> The company of citizens of the United States , who have acquired from the State of Nicaragua the privilege of constructing a ship canal between the two oceans , through "the territory of that State have made progress in their preliminary arrangements . ' The treaty between the United States and Great Britain , of the 19 ' : b of April last ,, above referred to , being now in operation , it is . to be hoped that the guarantees which it offers will be sufficient to secure the completion of the work . with all practicable expedition . 'Citizens of the United States have undertaken the connexion of the two oceans , by means of a railroad across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec , under grants of the Mexican government to . a citizen of that republic . ' . :
It appears , however , the Mexican Government entertain strong objection to some of : the stipulations , but it is hoped that they will be ultimately settled agreeably to all parties . As to finances , the receipts for the year were 47 . 421 , 748 'dols . and 90 cents . ; the expenditure 43 , 200 , 186 ddlsj . and 90 cents . The public debt has been reduced ' 495 , 276 dols . and 79 cents . With regard to the tariff , he saygi-. : , M strongly recommend a modification of ; the
present tariff , which has prostrated some of our most important and necessary manufactures , and that specific duties be imposed sufficient to raise the r quisite r ev enue , making such discrimination in favour of the industrial pursuits of 'bur own country as to encourage home production , without excluding foreign competition . It is also important that , a < i unfortunate provision in the present : tariff , which imposes a much higher duty upon the raw material that enters into our manufactures than upon the manufactured article , should be remedied . = "
As 'before stated , specific duties would in iny opinion , -afford the most perfect * remedy for this evil ; but , if you should not concur in this view , then , as a partial remedy , I beg leave respectfully to recommend that , instead of taking the invoice
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of the article abroad as a means of determining its value here , the correctness of which invoice it is in many cases impossible to verify , the law be so changed as to require a home valuation or appraisal , to be regulated in such a manner as to g ivepas far as practicable , uniformity in several ports . ' ' ? . '¦ ¦ . « He recommends the . establishment of » n Agricultural Bureau , to be charged with the doty of iving to this- leading branch of American
ing dustry , the < encouragement which it so well deserveai In view of the-immense '' mineral re-Bourcas Of . tbe country , provision should also be made for ' the employment of a , competent mineralogist and chemist , who would be-required , under the direction of the . head of the burea , to . collect specimens of tbe . various minerals of our country , and to ascertain , by careful analysis , their respective elements , and properties , and their adaptation to useful purposes .
He should also be required to examine and report upon the qualities , of different soils ,, and the manures best calculated to improve their productiveness . By publishing the results of such experiments , with suitable explanations , and by the collecUon and distribution of rare seeds and plants , with instructions as-to the best * system of cultivation , tmuch . may be done to promote this great national interest . ' He recommends that the land of tbe newly acquired territories be sold in small lots ; and that in consequence of the large number of unfriendly Indian ? , there should : be oneor more regiments of mounted men . , There is to . he ; an uniform system of postage , and he recommends adherence to the principles of the Fugitive Slave Bill . ' . ;
'By the latest accounts from Texas ,, the returns of the elections on the Boundary Bill gave a total of 2 , 824 for the oi ' li ; and 866 against it , In a speech made by General Rusk , at San > Augustine , he took strong ground in favour of the action of the last Oon ^ gressin regard to Texas , and against , the southern agitators , not excepting Governor Quitman , whom he charged- with failing' to redeem his pledges to Texas , at a more ¦ dangerous , crisis than the present .
General Houston aho addressed the people at the same place , denouncing the Nullifiers and Disunion , iats , and appealing to the patriotism of the people for the support of the constitution ; The Texas jouN nals speak . in flattering terras of the prospects . of * their state . It is said that the population will be increased 25 , 000 the present season by immigration , the imports during the last month have : been on a large scale . The Nueces Valley , has been almost inundated by heavy rains .
An official census of the State of Massachusetts has just been completed , showing a population of 994 , 665 , being an increase of 256 , 965 since the last census . This is . at the rate of thirty-five per cent ., or more than double the average increase of the five preceding decades ; . . '< - : A large meeting was held in Boston , on the 26 th uit . yby the friends of the Compromise measures of Congress , at' which stringent resolutions were adopted in favour of the constitution , the Union of the , States , and the support of the Fugitive Slave Law . " ; , ., . ' ., ' , ' ; . :.,.,, „' ,. ; ' ' ~ ; . A Union meeting has been held in Nashville , Tenn .- The principal speakers- were Hon . Andrew E wing and Major Donelson . The resolutions adopted were strongly in favour of the Compromise enactments ofthe last Congress .
' A destructive tornado took place on the Mississippi River and theadjacent country , on the 30 th of N o vem b er , causing more damage than has occurred in the great Western . Valley from a similar cause for many years / Several chapels , have , been levelled to the ground . The loss of life is not yet ascertained , but it is supposed to be very large , as numbers must have been buried beneath the ruins of the fallen buildings . A great many of persons harrbwly escaped with their lives , but not without serious ihjtirv . .
An extraordinary letter has been addressed to the people ot South Carolina , by a conspicuous politician of that state ; General Hamilton , in reference to the present condition of affairj . ¦ He tells them that they are the bravest people that God ; in his mercy , ever made—that they can whip twice their force , come whence it may , in defence of their own soiland recommends them to add to bravery , discretion , coolness , and self-possession , a forecast as subtle as the stratagems which ; may be designed for their circumvention—assuring ; them that a peaceful or a bloody triumph is at band , and that they are pre pared for either . ¦ ' - '•* " ¦ ; ¦¦ '— '• • ¦/
, ¦ Advices froni St .-Domingo City to Ndr ^ 2 nd . state that , through the intervention ot the English and Americans , a treaty of peace has beea con . eluded between tho Dominicans and Hay tines . There had been some brisk fighting between the contendin g parties , ' previous to the arrangements , but no serious losses on either side . An English man-of-war was in the port during the negotiation of the treaty . ¦¦
. . ' ..,,. ' . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . 'In a letter received from the colony on the 13 th of October , it is observed , that 'Almost the whole colony , with the exception of the eastern provinces , have recorded their approval of the conduct of the four seceding members ; and the reason why that part of the colony refrains from offering any opinion upon the recent proceedings of the cpuncils'is , that they will not pledge themselves to recognise any form for a constitution , which does not adopt as its basis , the removal ofthe seat of government to a central position , or the separation of the provinces . ' The ' whole of the colonial press agree in supporting the protesting majority .
AUSTRALIA . ; Earl Grey bas sent a despatch to Sir C . Fitzroy , which is published in the New South Wales papers , in reply to Dr . Lang ' s letters which appeared in tbe London' papers' of the 17 th and 19 th ' ult . -After denying the charge , "Earl Grey saysi : ~" ' 'But one remark which I must make upon this subject is , that in the course of nearly three years , during which Dr . Lang informs me that he has been in England , he never once addressed a complaint to me , either as to the discourtesy which he alleges he met with , or on any other of the topics upon which
he now animadverts . < It was only when he had already embsrked in the ship which was to convey him from this country and it was no longer possible that be could be called upon to make good bis statements , and after it had been discovered that his conduct in certain transactions might become the subject of a prosecution at law , that he ' addressed , not in reality to me , but to the public , which is unacquainted with the circumstances to which he adverts , a letter , calculated to create an entirely erroneous impression as to what had passed between himself and the departments of the government with which he'has been so long in communication .
' The papers enclosed in my recent despatch , No . 189 , of the 30 th November , contain evidence ofthe following facts : first , that the plans for the promotion of emigration which Dr . Lang successively proposed to me differed so little from each other , and that in each new proposal he took so little notice either of the objections pointed out to those preceding it , or of the offers so repeatedly-made to him to promote the objects he had in view if he would as . sent to more reasonable terms that it is difficult to suppose that he was acting in earnest , or wished to
bring the matter to any practical conclusion . Secondly , that while be was thus keeping in ostensible communication with this office , he pursuaded the public that he was carrying on negotiations with her Majesty's government which were likely to lead to a favourable result , and that even important , concessions had been made to his advantage . Thirdly , that by a discreditable though transparent manoeuvre he pretended to make a request to me before the departure of a certain vessel , but kept back the letter until it' had sailed , and in the meanwhile sent out to
you by that very ship a letter designed to make you believe that his request had b ° en granted , and to lead you thereby into , making certain payments of money and certain grants of land , which he knew he was not entitled to claim . Fourthly ,. that having been : repeatedly , warned that any . immigrants smt out in the manner in which those despatches on that occasion were ' sent out would not be entitled to grants of land , be induced them nevertheless to pay for their passages , and to emigrate under the impres .
sion that they were so entitled : so that those emigrants arrived under circumstances altogether different from those ; they expected , and some of them ,. it may be inferred from your report , in actual want of the means of subsistence . These are the charges , founded on the evidence of his own letters , under which Dr . Lang now labours * and their gravity is such , that , unless they can be refuted , i t would seem a ' most unnecessary further to notice any of his allegations . '
CHINA . At Macao a fearful and melanchol y occurrence took . place on the 29 th ult . It was the anniversary of the birthof the consort of the Queen of Portu g al The Porttigueso frigate the Donna Maria fifed the usual salute at noon . The captain and all the officera but two were on board , and it ia a & id some offioer 8 from tho Umte 4 BtetwBhjp Mariw iia < rfwhoa
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were to have dined at three o ' clock" on board the Portuguese frigate . About half-past ^ wo oc iock the latter vessel blew up , and officers and men , about 200 in number , perished , with the excep tion of one officer and fifteen men , picked out of tbe water by the boats of the Marion . "We have not heard whether this vessel has sustained injury . A fatality seems to attend all matters connected with Macao ! Our latest accounts from Canton mentions that the force sent by government against the rebels had been defeated , and that . one . or two mandarins had been killed .
It ia difficult to conjecture what the issue of the present state of things will be ; in the meantime it causes great interruption to trade . In one of the provinces an edict against Christianity has been issued by the Prefect . It pronounces Christianity to be illegal , incredible , and absurd . .
INDIA . India has been in a perfect state of tranquillity for the last fortnight , and there is . no other news of importance . \
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Amazing Success of the New Mode of Treatment . DRv BARKER ' S Compound Indian Ex-. tr a ct , f o r Secre t'Debility , ' and Impediments to Marriage , is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility , irregularity , weakness , consumptive habits , and debilities arising from mental irritability , local or c onstitutional weakness , generative diseases , < tc . It is a < most powerful arid useful medicine in all cases of syjphilis , or any ofthe previous symptoms which indicate approaching dissolution , ' such as depression of the spirits , melancholy , trembling of the hands or limbs , disordered nerves , and inward wastings . The fine . softening , qualities of the Compound Indian Extract is peculiarly adapted to remove such symptoms , and gradually-to restore the , system to a healthy state—even wbere sterility seems to have fastened on the constitution . ' this medicine will warm and purify the blood and fluids , invigorate the body , and remove
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IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW MODE OF TREATMENT . As adopted by Lallemand , Ricord , Bislandn , and others , ofthe Hopital des Venericns a Paris , a .: d not . uniformly practised in this country by
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Pirtlngfrom the W ^ S ^ S ^ ttta ^ neglect of wWcn ny orow j fl other . eaun . i ^ 7 ^^ X ^^ mH ^ Vl tions ,. DOthin ^ mWJg bfa * gecotidiarjSymptoms , Strle . ?* . ««»& : * Ac / of the tures , Gleet , JfWff ^ ^^ 8 unusuaLfacllitiei f « 0 ^ -vKe h ^ s enabledconfldenUyandconsclen SwKdS l ^ he removal , of , every " symptom ( not Sfinl Zfmost inveterate or long standing ) in as short a 2 al s coSntwithiafety or return of money . SS wishing -to ) place , themsplves undsr tre aSL Ul be minute ^ . S ^^^^^^ to prevent trouble , no letters from strangers ^^_ //« P " fr d to unless they contain : £ 1 in cash , or . by *<>»^« 0 j * 5 payable at the Holborn Office , for which advice uuljualcines will be sent . Patients corresponded witn tui onreu . At home for consultation , daily , from 10 ml 1 , and * au 8 , ( Sundays excepted , ) unless by previous arrangement
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ON THE PREVKNTION , CURE , AND . General' character ' of SYPHILDS , STRICTDRE 8 . Affections of the PROSTRATE GLAND , VENEREAL and SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS of the face and body , Mercurial excitement , & c , followed by a mild , successful and expedi tious mode of tceatm « nt .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21121850/page/2/
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