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THE NORTHERN STAR. *_—»_ . March 23,1850...
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The Northern Star. *_—»_ . March 23,1850...
THE NORTHERN STAR . *_—»_ . March 23 , 1850 .
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TRANCE ; M . Le YraneoiB , the editor , andM . Chassagne , the publisher , of the 'Republican ! . £ ¦ Centre , have been found guilty of publishing seditious articles by the jury of the Haute Yienne . The former was condemned to six months' imprisonment , and 2 , 000 f . fine , s . id the latter to fifteen days' imprisonment and 200 f . Me . M . ; Le Bloys , the editor of the » Salut du Pcnple ^ j was found guilty by the same jury , and condemned to one year's imprisonment and 2 , 000 f . finer M . T . Bac , who had left the National Assembly without leave of absence , conducted the defence ef the last named gentleman .
General Gemeau , who commands the army at Lyons , has forbidden the performance of Eugene Sue ' s ' Juif Errant , ' on the ground that it is of a Socialist character . It had been performed thirtyfour times ; and it was only on the announcement 0 f the Jhirty-fifth performance that it was stopped . Pakss , Fridat . —The official proclamation of the three uew representatives for the d-spartmeut of the Seine took place this morning , at half-past ten , in front of the Hotel de Ville . There was an immense
display of military upon this occasion , the whole of the sguare in front ofthe Hotel de Ville being filled frith' t-oop £ 1 * h ' ad been announced tbat there aight ' j jS'Sarae popular demonstration , and that the poiict >» v <; rp determinjd , if passible , to find a pretext for a . coiJUiqa with . the people . Everything , however , passed of with the greatest tranquillity , no attempt et disorder oragitation being apparently even though of by persons collected in front of tbe building . The Democratic papers had warned their partisans r . ot to show themselves at the Hotel de Ville
Ob this occasion , as , a plan was on foot to ensnare them into some hostile demonstration . The injunc ^ tion wss so well obeyed that scarcely 1 . 500 were present . The following is the definitive state of the poll , as this day announced : — MM . Carnot 132 , W 7 i- Vidal 128 , 439 Deflotte 126 , 982 Poy . 125 , 643 LaHitte 125 , 478 Bonjean . 124347 The first three were accordingly declared repre-BeitatWes for the department of the Seine . The announcement was received with cries of ' Vive la Bepubiique ! ' after which the few persons assembled quietly dispersed . Tbi ; great question now is with respect to the ministerial crisis .
Yesterday evening the President of the Republic ient both'for M . Mole and M . Thiers , and after a abort consultation he empowered M . Mole to form a Cabinet .. A meeting was then called at the Elysee of the following seven statesmen—the Duke de Broglie , Count Mole , the Count de Montalembert , General- do St , Priest } M , Berryer , M , Thiers , and general Cbangarnier . The President of the Republic drew the' attention of these gentlemen to the alarming state of affairs , and told them that he had
Ellledthem together to ask their advice . After a consultation , which lasted till past two o'clock this morning , the nature of which is naturally not made public , the ' cresult was that both M . Mole and M . Thiers declined either to undertake the task of forming a Ministry , or of entering the Ministry at all at present ) £ iuid they recommended the President of the Rcpublic . not to make a complete change in his jreseut Cabinet , but to make such modifications as jHighfbs jiecessary to strengthen it , and to ensure Bit confidence . bf the countr-.- .
Paris , Saturday . — The « Moniteur' of this day publishes a decree , signed by the President of the Republic , dated yesterday , appointing M . Barocfce , Procureur-Geiseral of the Couct of Appeal ,, a ' s , Minister of the Interior , in the rocm of M . Fera ^ knd Barrot , resigned . The ' Moniteur ' also announces the appoiaUucat of M . Ferdinand Barrel < as t ^ Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Turin , on a special mission , in thejplace of M . Lucien Marat .
It wjll be . seen , from the above announcement , that all the- negotiations , consultations , threats of resign 4 tipn , ; & c , which have be ? n the ta'k of Paris for the : last , two days , have led to no greater result than this ; : All the other Ministers are to relain their places for the present , hut the 'Paine' holds out an . expectation that at some period , not yet determined , a further modification may be expected . M . Royer has been appointed Procureur-General of the Republic in place of M . Baroche .
Some of the Conservative journals , and amongst others the ' Assemble Rationale , ' are denouncing by name the shopkeepers who voted for the Democratic csn ' aidates at the recent election , and calling span the pubus to withdraw from them their custom , and never to enter their shops . The ' Assemble Nationals' of this morning publishes the names of five of the most / ashionable tradesmen in the Has de la Pais and the Hue Richelieu , as having . voted for the R--d candidates , and annonnces'that it intends to continue the list .
In the Assembly to-day , MM . Carnot , Flotte , Tidal , Dapont fie Bussac , and some others of the newly-eleeted representatives , took their seats . M . Barochj , took his seat on the Ministerial bench formerly occupied by M . Feidinand Barrot . The entry of- these gentlemenxrtaied a great sensation IB the Assembly . - Pasts , Sunday . —The . sitting in the Legislative Assembly was animated towards the close by an
incident arising out of the unwarrantable course pursued , by the ' Assemble ?> ationale' newspaper , in one . of its articles yesU-rday . That journal thinks that the press has a right to designate by name the owners of certain shops as having voted for toe socialists , and to hold them up to public proscription on that account . No man that is not blinded by party feeling can admit that certain shops are to be tabooed because of a political vote , unless in the most ruthless moment of revolution .
M . F . de Lasteyrie urged this point ia the Assem- j bly yesterday with much force , and M- Jules Favre asked what was there to prevent a socialist journal from publishing in turn lists of tradesmen who voted against them . Reply to this was difficult , and M . Baroche merely . argued that the parties aggrieved might , if they chose , obtain their remedy by a civil action . The point in debate was too full of political -warning not to create a storn > , and M- Segur a'Agnesseau sowed the wh-rlwind by crying out that the vote of Paris was a vote of war . * Your words / retorted M . Favre , ' are those of an insurgent , ' and M . Dupin , thinking like M . Favre , recalled M . Segnr to order . The Assembly then passed to the order of the day .
. PARIS , Monda y . —The ' Moniteur' publishes a decree of the President of the Republic appointing M . Royer , late Advocate-General of the Court of Appeals in Paris , to be Attorney-General , in place oiJLBaiQche , whahas been invested with other functions . A rumour having been circulated that the Marquis de la Rochejacquelin had voted for the Socialist candidates , the marquis has addressed a note to . the papers , denying the fact ; he voted for M . M . La Hitte , Bonjeau , and D'Arbouville . Two more letters have been addressed to the' Journal des Debate ' from tradesmen in Paris , denying that they have voted for the Socialists .
It is also denied on the part of theDuke de Levis that he has requested Legitimists to vote for the Socialists . It had been stated that the Duke had not only voted himself , but had induced others to do the same for the Socialist candidate . The ' Moniteur du Soir' says troops continue to be sent to the frontier . It is stated that several reg iments of infantry in garrison at Paris have received orders to be in readiness to march this week for the north . The' Presse * saj s that large bsdies of troops continue to be sent to the eastern frontier , and that several regiments at present in garrison in Paris are under orders to march in the coarse of the present week to the northern frontier .
M . de Lamartine has written a letter to M . Charles Lagrange , the Montagnard representative , ia which he asserts his belief , both from his own knowledge of the circumstances and from the loyal and straightforward character of Mr . Lagrange , that he is not in any way connected with the tragedy of the Boulevart des Capucines on the 23 rd of February . Tyranny , and Terror . — The Prefect of the Manche has suspended the communal schoolmaster at Cherburg from the exercise of his functions . The Prefect of the Poy-de-Dome has dismissed the communal schoolmaster of Entraigues . The Prefect of the Allier has dismissed the commuaal schoolmasters of Breuil and Bresson .
M . Moulinard , a printer atMeulan , has been arrested and lodged ^ the prison of Versailles , on a charge of having printed certain seditious writings of Ledm Kouin and circulated them in Paris . The editor of the Democratic Jurawienne' has been aentenced to imprisonment for two months , gad to pay a fine of l ^ OOf ,, for barb s Published a
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seditious libel . A private of the 25 th Regiment of the line was sentenced ,, by court-martial , on Saturday , to imprisonment . jorsif . Bwntbs > ' for having illegally disposed of the . ball-cartridges distributed to him when placed du guard at the hotel : of , the President of the Republic on the 19 th of February last , " ¦ . ; ' -- Y" v The 'fflil du People , ' and the « Echo da Pueple , ' Demojratic journals published at-Niort , that were prosecuted by the Attorney-General , have been acquitted by a jury of that town . .. * " The Prefect of the Saone and Loire has suspends M . Landolph , Mayor of Louhans , and M . Bourgeoishis duptyfrom the excise ottbeir functions .
, , The « Republicaine de la Dordogne' having been seized a few days ago for an article . P ^ hed ^ " its columns , the editor has written to ther Pro , cureur-General , stating that a . he was aware that under the present regime be would not be allowed to express his own sentiments , he had recourse to books of established reputation , and that the article in question was copied , without the alteration of a single word , from the 225 th and following pages of a work published by the Abbe Lamennais in 1843 .
Two hundred and twenty-four of the insurgents from Belle-Isle landed at Bona ; in Algeria , on the 3 rd , under an escort of gendarmerie . They were placed in the Casbah . On the 5 th another convoy arrived . Five or six of the insurgents , on landing , set up a shout of Vive la Republique Democratique et Sociale . ' The private soldiers have been condemned to death by court-martial at Lyons , for having joined the insurgents in that city on the 15 th June last . The Abbe Pons Gregoire , Senior Canon 'of ' the Cathedral of Valence , iu the department of the Drome , died their , on the 13 th inst ., in the 102 year of his age . .
The' Napoleon' announces that Strove , the German revolutionist , who had come clandestinely to Paris , has set out for Geneva , to be present at a great meeting of refugees which is to take place there . Paris , Tuesday . — The ' Opinion Publique confirms the reports relative to an intention on the part of the government to present several bills relating to the press , & c . ' We are assured , ' observes that journal , ' tbat the Ministry will present a billon the press , with the object ef increasing the amount of cautionmoney and re-imposing the stamp duty ; a bill on the jury , to modify the number of votes necessary to a verdict of guilty ; a bill on electoral meetings ; a bill having some resemblance to the Alien Act ; and a bill on transportation . '
Rumours in circulation go still further respecting the alleged changes in contemplation . It is that the National will declare itself a Constituent Assembly , and in this new character will , revise the Constitution , prolonging the tenure of office of the President of the . Republic , establishing two Chambers instead of one , & c . Accounts from Montronge , in the department of the Tarn et Garonne , state that a riot took p lace there on the 13 th inst . in consequence of the authorities having ordered a tree ; of liberty to be cut down . It became necessary to employ the military force , and four of the rioters were arrested .
GERMANY . The ' Neue MuncZheneritung' of the 14 th inst ., states from a telegraphic despatch , that the Austrian Cabinet has resolved to accede to the treaty of Munich ( which centralised Germany by means , of a league between Austria and the four lesser German kingdoms , ) and that the said resolution of the Cabinet had obtained the sanction of His Majesty the Emperor . The German journals , abound with the most contradictory rumours respecting the probabilities of a renewal of hostilities in the Duchies . So much is certain , that both parties are preparing for the worst .
It is reported tbat a Csngress of German Sovereigns will be held in April at Dresden , to hold counsel on German matters . The Emperor of Austria , and the Kings of Bavaria , Hanover , and Saxony will be present . BAVARIA . —A letter from Landau , of the 9 th inst ., in the' Deutsche Zeitung , ' announces the condemnation by court-martial and execution of Count Fugger , an officer of the Bavarian artillery , who , it is-stated , played a conspicuous part in the late insurrection in the Bavarian Palatinate .
ITALY . ROME , March 10 . —Politically speaking , Rome is now the city of the dead . The Cardinal Triumvirate have arrested every individual against whom the pretest for an accusation could be found , and as the prisons are all full , that crying abuse of their prerogative is at an end . T 7 e bad a hope , founded on tolerably good information from Portici , that the Pope would return for the ceremonies of the Holy Week , but that is put an end to by letters . now received , giving an account of the Consistory last held , in which all the Cardinals voted unanimously that the Sacred Pontiff must postpone his
appearance uuttl after Easter . "What that vote means , beyond the fact tbat Pio Nono will not be seen in St . Peter ' s during the great festival of the year , it is impossible for me to say . and whether * after Easter ' maans the Sunday following or Christmas next , you can discover as well as the wisest man in Rome . If the Pope continues to remain away , he gives a practical proof that bis presence is . hot wanted in the Eternal City ; and if the Cardinals , for their own purposes , restrain the personal good intentions of his Holiness , people will at last say that they also can be dispensed with . In fact , everything connected with the temporal authority of the Papacy shows that a crisis is at band .
General Cordova , commander-in-chief of the Spanish troops , embarked at Civita Vecchia , for Barcelona , a few days ago . No more Spaniards now remain io the Roman states . The French army is now reduced to 13 , 000 men —that is , 9 , 000 at Rome , 1 . 000 in the district of Albano and Frascati , 2 , 000 in the district' of Viterbo , and 1 , 000 at Civita Veehia . The greatest discipline exists in the army , but the Romans still continue their' sullen demeanour' towards it . They have bo personal , dislike either to the officers or
soldiers . Questions have frequently been put to them , as to why they show such abhorrence , and the universal answer is , 'We have no personal dislike to the French as individuals - , their good-nature , and the gentlemanly hearing of the officers , merit all our sympathy ; but they have slaughtered our brothers and friends , . to re-establish a clerical and absolute government ; they have disarmed us , laid us prostrate , and by their physical power , expose us and our families to an army of abirri , with our bands handcuffed ; and these sbirri dare not treat us thus , if thev had not French bayonets to support them . '
TUSCANY . —The Nazionaie' of Florence of the 11 th inst . states that the Tuscan Cabinet had demanded the mediation of Russia for the adjustment of the claim made by Lord Palmerston in favour of the British subjects who bad suffered in their property during the popular disturbances at Leghorn .
HUNGARY AND AUSTRIA Pesth . —Ladislaus Baren Bemer , Catholic bishop of Grosswardien , for taking part in the illegal diet held at Dsbreczin on the 14 th of April last year ; for complicity in its address to the agitator Kossuth ; for ordering processions with crosses on account of the Russian intervention ; and for emittiig circularsi to the priests in his ' . diocese prescribing the revelutionary minister Horvath ' s form of prayer ; was condemned , after deprivation of the temporalities of : bis see and confiscation of his private property , to be hanged . Marshal- Haynau confirmed the legality of the sentence , ^ but from motives of humanity commuted it to twenty years ' fortress imprisonment in irons .
Ludwig Hank ; of Vienna , formerly lieutenant 'in the Austrian service , for taking part with Bern , was condemned on the 31 st ult . to be hung , By order of Marshal Haynau , the sentence was immediately carried into execution . ¦ . ,. At the same time , twelve others were sentenced to death , and six to imprisonment for various periods . The capital sentences were in all these cases commuted for imprisonment : five of the condemned had their sentences entirely revoked . At Vienna , on the anniversary of the March revolution , considerable crowds having assembled at the
cemetery outside the city lines to visit the graves of those who fell two years ago ; a battalion of grena * diers has been marched out to prevent any disorder-There is not , however , the least probability of any disturbance . The Polytechnic students having begged for a holyday , the director of the institution applied to Baron Welden for his counsel . The reply was , that notice should be given that if any student , excepting such as sent in . ft physician ' s certificate of illness , was absent when the list was called over , his name should be struck off the books of the Polytechnic Institution . . ' GREECE . . , LitelKgencft has at length armed of the blockade
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° f the Piraeus baving ceased , and of the disappeara nce ef all coercive measures except the retention of * ome fifty small vessels , as ^ securi ty for the payment of such debts as the French government mj & mxi to be justly due . vy-¦ - -,. - , .. ' : ; TURKEY .: / . ;• ^ : . Letters from the frontiers of Bosnia in the 'Oesterreichische Correspondent , ' state that the small fortress of Bihacz has been " conquered by the Bosnian insurgents . The garrison of 150 ArnoulB capitulated , and was , ; allowed to withdraw to Ban * jalka . 'The great body of the , jriWrgents .. was , on the 8 tH inst ., preparing to march from todoro to Bihacz and Banjalka . v ;
UNITED STATES AND CALIFORNIA . No important business has as yet been accomplished in Congress , the attention of both houses having been principally occupied with general discussions on the Slavery question , and its relation to the new territories which seek for admission to the United States . The health of Mr . Calhoun still continues very precarious , and it can hardly be expected that he will be able to resume his place in the Senate
another session . He has been confined to the house for several weeks with an aggravated malady 4 , but this has not disabled him from . intellectual exertion ; his mind . is . keenly alive to the engrossing question of ! the day ; and as the prominent champion'of Southern views , he has cherished an intense desire to sustain them iu the Senate , by an elaborate speech , although at the risk of his . life . He is disappointed in this hope , his health absolutely , forbidding the attempt . ;"' . ¦' . '
In the Senate , Mr . Clay's compromise resolutions have been again discussed . Mr . ' Clemens , of Ala « bama , took strong ground against them . His speech was peppery and partisan , but afforded no . new argument . He was followed on the other side by Mr . Miller , of New Jersey , who made a sensible and manly address , and took moderate but decided ground in favour of the admission of California . In the house , during , the same period , there have been at least a dozen speeches , but the lion of the week was the speech against slavery by Mr . Stevens , of Pennsylvania , a very able and prominent man . He
exhibited the utter absurdity of southern members , in comparing the prosperity of the slavE-holding stales with that of the free .. f Slavery , ' . he said , ' is an evil in war . as . well as in peace . .. The country recognising it is , in a strict technical sense , a-despotism , the slave is stripped of every right , and is the subject of despotic sway . \ Tke slaves of Athens were kings in comparison . No northern man could be base or cowardly enough to allow slavery to spread over one rood of ground without being a traitor to " ' liberty and a recreant to God ! ' This speech produced a great sensation .
. Philadelphia , March 5 . —The excitement in both Houses of Congress , during several days of last week , exceeded anything of the kind that can be remembered for ' many years past . The many hard sayings , and eyan threats , of . the . southern members , " however , are hardl y worth dwelling on at any length , as in all justice ibey should not be regarded as' other than the mere bluster and ebullition of the moment . Both Mr . Clemens and Mr P oote , in the Senate , took upon themselves to declare , that unless'a compromise were speedily agreed upon , nothing could save the union : -, -In-New York , 'in the midstof this congressional / uror , an immensej 9 r > union meeting was held at . Castle Garden , nearly 20 , 000 people
being present , and similar meetings were also held in this , and other cities . These expressions of po . pular feeling certainly produced an effect upon , Congress , especially upon the north . Thirty-four members ofthe house , ( southern ) were said to be banded together to embarrass and prevent any legislation until ; the slavery questiori . be settled ; and several Washington letter-writers have declared that in the event of Mr . Doty ' s resolution , to prepare a bill to admit California . ss-she is' ( without slavery ) , why , that they ( the southern members ) would immediately secede—nay , some of the writers actually stated that the Southern members of the house , or many of them , would even use arms
But this to any rational man must appear absolutely laughable ; and I merely mention the rumours by way of showing how far uHraism will go , when in extremis , ' In this condition of things , compromise appears to be the only remedy . Besjdes the compromise resolutions of Mr . Clay , Mr . Dickinson , of New York , intends to bring forward a plan ; but in the meantime Mr . Foote , of Missippi , has moved tbat a committee of thirteen be appointed to take the whole subject of slavery , the admission of California , & c , into consideration ,, and to devise such a plan of general compromise as shall finally settle the , entire matter . Mr . Davis , the colleague of Mr . Foote , agrees with this view ; also Mr . Bader , both , of ; Wbom spoke in favour of the
motion . Before the meeting of Congress yesterday morning , and after a recess of three ^ ays , it had been arranged in the Senate that Mr . Calhoun's speech on the slavery and California !! questions , should be read by a brother senator , should that distinguished statesman continue so ill aa not to be able to attend in his place . Accordingly , Mr . Calhoun made his appearance in the Senate yesterday , stated his inability to address the Senate in person , and placed his speech in the
hands of Mr . Mason , of Virginia , who read it in the Senate for him . Is is a very able effort , enters into a full exposition of the rights of the South as guaranteed by the constitution ,, enforces those rights with much ingenuity , and intimates that all the violations of the constitution come from the North . He is for the Union 'under the constitution , ' but only—and this he urges earnestly and eloquently , that the rights of the South be fully guaranteed ; to refuse the South her rights would peril the union , and probably lead to a dissolution . .
Mr . Calhoun in his address contended that ' the power of legislation for the territories resides in Congress , and that the people of California , in forming a government for themselves , usurped the power of Congress , and tbat their conduct in this respect was rebellious and revolutionary ! ' A startling doctrine this .. In the house yesterday , the debate was continued with great warmth . Mr . Van D y ke said that the North' had been called pickpockets , cut-throats , robbers , oppressors , aggressors , and enemies of their Southern neighbours . ' All this he repelled , and was remarkably severe upon the South . -Mr , Hall is to speak to-day in the house , and Mr . Hale in reply to what he called ' Mr . Calhoun ' s romance of history in the Senate . '
In the house Mr . Doty formally withdrew his resolution , and substituted a bill for the admission of California , as already noticed . The debate on this bill will last for some weeks . The storm has , for the present , gone by , but the slavery question , it cannot be concealed , is as far from a settlement as ever . Mr . Sackett , of New York , commenced a debate on the admission of California against slavery , for he contended that the ' design of the framers of the constitution was to limit ,. circumscribe , and finally to overthrow slavery . ' Other members followed in the debate , which will belong continued .
M . Cabet , the founder of the Icarian Community at Nauvoo , has resigned the plenary authority entrusted to bim by the contract of , the Colonists , and substituted in its place a Regency of six members to be elected annually . A modification in the Constitution is proposed , bringing it ' into accordance with the « T ) emo « aUc Iu & iitutions of this country . The election under the new arrangement took place Feb . 3 rd , when M . Cabet was elected President of the Regency and of the Community . An address has been issued by the Hungarian refugees in New York to the American People ,-signed by Wimmer , Danburghy , Pragay , and other conspicuous Hungarian , patriots , bespeaking a hospitable reception in this Free Republic for those who seek to rest from the labours of battle , while awaiting the day , reserved . by Providence for the restoration of their country . ;
A number of Hungarian refugees , including several distinguished officers of the army , thirty-five in all , arrived in New York on the 24 th ult ., after ; a passage of sixty-four days in theMountstuartElphin , stone from Glasgow ; This increases the whole number at present in New York to sixty-six . The meeting between those who had just arrived and their old companions in arms who were here to welcome them presented a scene of the deepest interest . The second anniversary of the French Revolution I of February was celebrated by a public banquet of
French Democratic Republicans , residing in New York , at which Gov . Ujhazy , Col . Pragay , and M'lle , Jagello were present as invited pests . The same event was celebrated by the Socialist Republicans of all nations , more than five hundred persons assisting at the banquet , including many well-known refugees of .. oppression , from Italy , Germany , Switzerland : and France . The sentiments , and speeches at , both these celebrations were inspired with the loftiest principles of Libert y , as well as characterised by remarkable ability ,.. ' " , ' ,-The friends et land Reform , who advocate the
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'di stribution of the public domaia among actual settlers without charge , have ; held a meeting at Tammany Hall , in response to the measures pro . posed by Messrs . Webster , Walker , Cass , Houston , and other members pi the \ Unite ' d . states ' " Senate . . Their principles are making , rapid progress . ; among all classes ef citizens ; thay gain new strength every day . Their ultimate triumph is certain , and that probably at no distant day . A "blow will thus be struck at the general system of land monopoly ; , the freedom of the soil to all who- ' can ^ cultivate it jwill be promoted ; and a guarantee secured of homes for the homeless which cannot fail to open a new social era in modern ; civilisation . ; A ; '; '
those tremendous scourges—fire and waterhave recently-proved very destructive in California . ' By the last arrival we wereinforraed of . the burning of one-half of . the city of San Francisco . . And . now we have , by the arrival of the Alabama , at New Orleans , news from , San Francisco fourteen days later , to January 15 th—the principal item of which is , the submergence by a flood of the city of Sacramento . Only one house ,. and , that built , on raised poles , was above the water , which , was three or four feet deep . Immense herds of cattle have been drowned—the inundation extending over the entire valley of Sacramento , and varying from twenty to fifty miles , in breadth , from the Sierra
Nevadoto the coast range of'mountains . Much misery , starvation , sickness , and derth must be the natural results of this great overflow . The loss of property ; at : Sacramento city is estimated at 1 , 000 , 000 dob . ; The sufferings of the inhabitants there are . described as . dreadful . But . one writer consoles himself by stating that this great flood , while it destroys much property , ' will wash out the gold in immense quantities . ' The Alabama broueht sixty-five passengers , and has 500 , 000 del ., worth of gold dust on freight Her mails will , not reach in time for the English
steamer , all our news from her being per .. telegraph from New Orleans . ' . At Stockton the Americans at the mines had been attacked by large bands of Chilians . Several were killed on both' sides , and a number of Americans , who had been taken prisoners , were afterwards released . The excitement at San Francisco even was great on this- subject , and : all the accounts say that the Chilians will : be attacked in their turn ,, and . espftlled \ from the country . Such a course would probably ; lead also to the expulsion of , other foreign : ( Spanish . race ) gold diggers . . - \ : ¦ ^ . : ¦ ¦ - ¦ : ¦ ' : '¦« . '• -:-- ' - > - ¦ <•;
Many of the , emigrants , to , California ; have ^ been sorely disappointed ; their prospects and ; hopes are blighted , their health ruined , and compeiled ; . tp , stay here , hopelessly dragging out the miserable remnant of their' lives , You can scarcely imagine what suffering has been endured by a great many of the miners . Some have come out of the . mountains mere skeletons , but to leave their bones in Stockton , Sacramento ; or San Francisco . Some have come down with crazed minds , some ; commit suicide , some kill themselves by drinking rum , some by gambling , some are shot and butchered in personal encounter , while many lie down and die in canons on the mountains , their frail bodiesjworn out by exhaustion and exposure . ' . .. :-j . ¦
There are many dangers to be encountered m . going to the land of promise ,, and particularly round the Horn .. ^ Captain Brown , of the schooner John Alleyne , was taken prisoner near . the Straits of Magellan by the Patagonians . He says , that he was a close prisoner for ninety-seven days , when he jumped into the water , and succeeded in swimming to ah English boat . He afterwards went on'board of a whaler , arid finally reached the schooner Hopewell , from Boston , bound to San-Francisco . Another letter is signed by Captain Bourne , who gives an account of the murder of , Captain Eaton , while trading with the Patagonians , Two men , named Sims and Douglas , were taken prisoners at thesametime . . ' >' ¦ •;
Immense quantities of gold , have been found by the Mexicans hear Sonora , and it is thought that many of the United States emigrants wiH bend their steps in that direction . But in the overland expeditions there is much danger , and we have just received the account of another massacre of Americans between El Paso and the Rio Gila . Mr . J . Stickney , of Boston , arrived at his home a few days ago from San Francisco , with a large fortune ; and almost immediately committed suicide . The excitement of adventure and prosperity had tumbled reason from her throne .
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POISONS AS 31 EDICINE . Memorial of the Names of the 19 , 950 petitioners , tj the House of Commons , against the Deadly Poisons , used as 'J . Ieaicino by the Doctors . London : British College of Health , Hamilton-place New-road . "Howmany thousands of lives are there , ' my father WOUld Bay , ' that come evel'y ycal' 16 be castaway : ( In all civilised countries at least , ) and considered as nothing but common air , hi cdmpletiou ef an hypothesis ? ,: 'In my plain sense of things , ' my une ' e Tohy would answer , ' every such-instance is MURDER DOWNRIGHT , let who will commit it' 'There lies your mistake , ' my father would reply , ' for , in the Court of Science there is no such thine as Murder , 'tis only Death , hvothcr , ''—Tristram Shandy . The medical hypothesis , uncle Toby , in . 'his plaiu sense of things , ' here anathematises , is that horrid and pestiferous hypothesis , that 'Medicine . is poison ! and poison is
medicine . ' This mercenary , heartless , ruthful hypothesis , by which'human life is cast away as nothing but common air , ' is as savage in spirit as it . was barbarous in origin ; and it is , at this very day caniect . into deadliest practice , by the doctors , by advertising quacks , and by druggists , with all the ardour and vehemence that can be excited by insatiable cupidity , and by a most ravenous appetite for gain and guineas . But theTiellish hypothesis , that 'Medicine and Poison are identical' must fee-maintained and supported against all ' competition '—it must bo carried into a wide-spread , fatal , practice , although it may sweep and desolate the earth as with the besom of destruction ! ' And why ? Because upon its maintenance and support , and practical application , depend tho very existence of a highly respectable and pro . foundry scientific fraternity—an odious and abominable fraternity , whose consciences are educated and formed upon the infernal maxims of 'The Court of Science '—a
court which is ruled solely by a favoured and fatal hypothesis that brooks no ' competition' and no demur—a court iu which ' there is such thing as murder—' ris only DEATH , hvothcr 111 ' John Hunter said of poisons , that' they take their place in the body , as if that place were allotted for them . ' Yes , 'horrid ; mercury , takes its allotted place in the glands , and in the bones ~ in the glands it excites scrophulous tumours , and the teeth it quickly reduces to caries . Prusic - acid takes its allotted plnce in the heart , and . there radicall y cures all palpitation by effectually stopping all pulsation . Alcohol takes : Us allotted place in the brain , and by its action upon , that organ induces mania , and all 'the ills that flesh is heir to . ' Strychuine , and brueinc takes their allotted places in the muscles , in which tissues they fi-equeutly produce speedy and fatal spa ^ ss . The'late Mistress Marie Manning had something more than a faint and glimmering insight into this ' IIunterian principle—yea ,
with high professional skiU she carried it into full practical effect . She knew that , by a particular mode of administration , a bullet would find its allotted place in the brains of her fond admirer , Patrick O'Connor , ; but , in the eyes of the professional , the skilful doetress degraded tho science , by unprofessionally blending , with her practice , the functions of a grave digger , lly the way , ' it would act as a very wholesome check upon the poisoning hypothesis , if the Legislature could compel tho doctor — despite his , professional scruples and repugnance — to excavate tho _ graves of his victims . - Soyer does not possess more skill in catering for thcFqueamishnessofa fastidious appstitc , than the doctors do in allotting poisons for the specific destruction' of any particular organ in the human frame . In a sort' of cookery book of poisons , a : very learned medical i Soyer , who lias appended to his name the cabalistic letters , ' M D . ' ( query , Anglicc , 'Murderer Downright ? ' ) In this medical cookery book there is a receipt for poisoning , so
definite and obviously efficacious , as would have dazded the eyes , and charmed the heart , and feasted , even to surfeit , the imagination and longings of a Marchioness of Brinvilliers . See how tho medical lecturer instructs his pupils to ring the changes on medical poisons :, 'What I have confidence in recommending you to do ' on every similar occasion is this -having obtained . all the tenefit : which arienio ( . ' ) . or any other remedy has the power to do in any case , change such remedy for some other constitutional _ power , and . change and change ^ untib you finft improve'hicnt (!) to be the result . * , * . * ¦ * In all such cases , then , you must change , comline , and modify your medicines and measures in a thousand ways , ( 'agrand peal of poisons , verily , ' ) to . produce a sustained result . Arsenic (!) gold (!!) iron (!!!) mercury (!!!!) creosote ( i ! ' 11 ) iodine (!!!!!!) opium (!!!!! It ) prussic acid (!!!!!!!!) < fcc . (!!!!!!! I !) ( query —does this ' & c ., ' here mean tho virus of . hydrophobia , and the virus of the
plague ? j may be all advantageously employed , both as internal remedies and as local applications (!!! ' ) The sixth edition , ; ' stereotype , ' of the Medical lectures from which the proccdih'g extract is made , appeared in 1815 . It was in the year 1823 ; that James Morison , ' the Hygeist , first roised his voice . against the savage and murderous application of poisons as . lnediciues ; so . that , great as has been the progress of Morisonian Bygeian principles amongst the public at large , it wouldappear thatatpresent thoy have had little influence in this respect at least—upon medical theory and medical practice . But tho public , 'in their plain sense ofj things , * are daily becoming more and more alive to the jeopardy in which they are continually placed , through the deadly chemicals with which the doctors essay to prop their fuUing trade . It ' appears by . the book , which Ms elicited these remarks on 'Poisons in Medicine ; ' that in 1847 , 19 , 150 signatures were appended to a petition presented by Sir B . Hall to the House , of Com .
mons against Pharmaceutical Poisons . ' Considering that these signatures were made almost exclusivel y in Glasgow , Edinburgh , and in isolated parts of Devon , and a few other counties ; and considering that the public generall y have since had the most horrifying evidence of tho baneful effects of medical poisons in Asiatic Cholera , we have a confident belief , that if duo time and proper facilities were now given , in every city , town , village , and hamlet hi the kingdom , for a similar expression of public opinion , it would be found that the number of signatures would swell from some twenty thousand to several round millions Still we consider that this book Is a very appropriate and graceful 'Memorial' to the 19 , 950 independent petitioners who did not delay their signatures until the movement had become general and popular , and who maybe reBarded as the pioneers in th ^ humano and holy warfare against medical poisoning . Had th 0 House , of Qommons , in com-P lance withifce prayer of that petition , appointed a com . ? 188 lon ^ 1847 j aB i ? chemTcal polsoSrbMn atonce discarded ftow medical nvaottse , how , goodly , Md rich a
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soil might have since been Bavedtfcbm ; thV gmp of ' the Jung of terrors , ' and from the graves of the . murderedhow many useful and valuable fires might « tHl have been preserved' to the community—how many fond and precious relativas might still hare-cheered and gladdened the nowdesolate hearth !; y £ \ ¦ ,: ¦ -. ' ¦ \ i v , ^?! ! % : ¦••//
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Another'New PirniiNG ' Machine " . —Another- exhibition has just taken place in Paris , with the new ; Rotary / Press . which is worked by cylindrical motion , , and by a stereotype obtained from several sheets of paper . made in a' pulp , which gives more depth than is usually obtained from Plaster of Paris , and the ' printing is so perfect that even maps are reproduced from these cylindrical stereotypes with tho minutest accuracy ; . The inVention is of a Mr . Worms , for many years a printer in Paris ; it is patented inEhglandahdairo ' ver tho Continent , and the : exhibition took place in the large factory of Jlr . Costes , in Paris , in the presence of magistrates and other authorities , and amongst them the directors of the society for tho encouragement of arts and
sciences ; there were also present several of the principal ; printers , with tho proprietor and printer of Oalignani ' s Mwenger . All testified their satisfaction-and admiration on what they saw ; the stereotype cylinder : was got up in exactly fifteen minutes , and the printing on both sides quite perfect ; the speed was 15 , 000 copies per hour , which can be augmented by corresponding steam power . The rapidity is owing to the ; printin » on endless paper ,, not wetted , put on rollers . Eacn copy is cut off with . mechanical precision ,- The ; paper which was printed at this meeting , was , the . journal Xa Prcsse , butihe same number of copies of tho largest English'journal ' can be produced by increasing the size of the rollers ... Tho questions put by practical printers as regards the working of the machine and possible accidents , were allnfully solved satisfactorily , andit was generally admitted by : all parties
that the whole was superior to anything in existence , and that the simplicity ofthe process , together with the considerable economy , must form a new era and a complete revolution in printing in general ; such was the expression ef Mr . Lenormand and Messrs ; Pirmin Bidet , of European celebrity ; as besides the rapidity the economy , in types is very considerable ,: it is only used on the pulp for tho forming of the stereotype , and not worked afterwards , Which is tho case on all machines in'use at present ; where as the mow machine occupies small space , is simple in its construction , and of , greater production than the American machine , or the one of the Times ; tho cost price is considerably loss ' , than those already mentioned . ! . ' The journal Za Presse has given the first order , and is so well satisfied as to have ordered a sufficient number , for tho . entiro adoption in their establishment , five men , of which two adults will do the same work ! as fifteen men did formerly . ( .-
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I HEALTH WHERB TIS 130 UGHT ! HI Q LLO W AY ? S PII / LS ! Cure of a'Disordered Ever pnd Siothafh ¦ when in aniibitHopeless state . ' ' Extract bf a Letter Mm 'Mr . Matthew Harvev nf m . Hall , Airdrie , Scotland , . dated tke 15 th of 3 ai ! uar » iSS * SrB .-Your valuable piUs / harei been , the meaii S : God ' s blessing , of restoring me to a , state ' of perfect h ' . ^? and at a time when I thought I was on the brinknf 1 ?' grave . . 1 had consulted several eminent doctors " who it * doing what they could for - mei ' stated that' they ' consM ^ my case as hopelegg ; I oughtios ^ thatl had beenZs ^ mg from a liter and stomach complaint of lone ¦ , *» „!!?*• which during the last two years got so much wo «« ?!!* eveiy one considered my condition as hopeless i ., ' , ' resource , got a box of yourpills , which soon gaver-Xf a i by persevering in their use for some weeks , tocethpr ' 3 ?? rubbing night and morning your Ointment over mv <* * and stomach , and right side , I have by their mean ? o ? got completely cured , and to the asto nishment of-m « 2 l and everybody who knows me .- ( Signed ) MATrHPwrr tt vEi .- ^ -To Professor Hollowat . b . ' ; " *™ nr Haju
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 23, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23031850/page/2/
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