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PROGRESS . Ti p , man of reason—rouse tnee up ; This is no Blnmb ' riog age , Beg ird thy loins , unbare thine arm , And for the right engage ; Stem duty ' s voice demands thine help , Arouse thee for the strife , Be up and doiop—for the world With mighty change is rife . Though knaves should scheme and rogues combine To thwart your honest aim , M aintain your ground—press on , press
on—Add fuel to the lame ; More and more yet , keep to the work , Raise , raise the p ile on high , Until its blaze in giant might Leap 3 to the very sky . Already much has been achieved , There ' s much more to be done , But aid the work with all your strength , The good shall yet ba won ; O '« rleap the camera prejudice May setup in your way . Dope on—take courage—persevere—And yours Bhall be the day .
Mind soars o ' er matter , sordidness Sinks witn ' ruiE to the earth , And wealth , that long hath claimed the low , Succumbs to bumuliT worth ; Base systems born in ages dark Are falling to decacy , And soon a blast by Progress blown Shall sweep them all away . And cant no longer shall be palmed As virtue en the good , Xor snail pale-faced Hypocrisy
Stand where it long hath stood ; The semi-blind shall have their sight , And opening their eyes Things shall be known whenever seen , ¦ Whatever their disguise .
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Soughing it in the Bush j or Life iri Canada . By Susaksa MoodE . 2 toIb . London : Bentley . TVe can hardly conceive a better antidote to the rose-coloured descriptions which speculating emigration-mongers give , of the life and prospects of emigrants , than Mrs . Moodie ' s graphic record of the terrible privations , hardships , and sufferings endured by herself , husband , and family , for many a long year , in the depths of a Canadian forest , terminated by utter failure , so far as their primary object was concerned . The independence , if not wealth , which they aimed at was never attained , notwithstanding the brave and persevering efforts they made to
secure it Life in the bushisnoholiday matter to any one ; and it must have been trebly trying to Captain Moodie and his wife , whose previous habits and position in this country could not have familiarised or prepared them for the troubles which beset them . Perhaps this want of preparation and previous training to grapple with the stern realities of their new position , had no small share in producing the ultimate result ; and those who cry up emigration as the panacea for many of the evils of our social system , will tell us that such people should never have gone to Canada at all . But , on the other hand , the colonies cry out for persons of small capital , and the tastes , habits , and intelligence of educated person * , as a powerful means of promoting not only the material ,
but the intellectual and moral progress of their respective communities ; and not a few hooks recommend emigration to the class of persons , who , with limited incomes and increasing families , seethatit is hopeless for them to maintain the position they have been accustomed to in this country . Eowcroft , in his 1 Adventures of an Emgranfc in Search of a Colony , ' expressly recommends Canada to the class of officers on half pay , and draws quite a seductive picture of the independence , plenty , and happiness , achieved by one of that class . Mrs . Moodie ' s narrative will digpel the delusion fostered b y such works , and open . ile eyes of many to the real nature of the difficulties and trials which await settlers in the 'bush' or backwoods of North America .
Mrs . Moodie thus graphically narrates their arrival at their new liome (?) It was the 22 nd of September that we left the steamboat Xatal , to take possession of our new above . Daring the three weeks we bad sojourned at , I had not seen a drop of rain , and I began to think that the fine weather would last for ever ; but this eventful day arose in clouds . Moodie had hired a covered carriage to convey the baby , the servant-maid , and myself to the farm , as our driver prognosticated a wet day . ; while he followed with Tom Wilson and the teams that conveyed our luggage . The scenery through which we were passing was so new to me , so unlike anything that I had ever beheld before , that in spite of its monotonous character , it won me from my
melancholy , and I began to look about me with considerable interest Sot so my English servant , who declared that the woods were frightful to look upon ; that it was a conntry only fit for wild beasts ; that she bated it with all her heart and soul , and would go back as soon as she was aWe . Abont a mile from the place of our destination the rain began to fall in torrents , and the air , which bad been klmy as a spring morning , turned as chilly as that of a November day . Hannah shivered ; the baby cried , and I dre * my summer shawl as closely round as possible , to protect her from the sudden change in our hitherto delightful temperature . Just then , the carriage turned into a narrow , steep path , overhung with lofty woods , and after hbourine up it with considerable difficulty , and at the risk
of breaking our necks , it brought us at length to a rocky upland clearing partially covered with a second growth of timber , and surrounded on all sides by the dark forest . " I gass . " quoth our Yankee driver , "that at the bottom of t ' iis 'ere swell , you'll find yourself to hum ; " and plunging into a short path cut through the wood , be pointed to a inferable hut , at the bottom of a steep descent , and crackin 5 his whip , exclaimed , " "Tis a smart location that . I wish you Britishers may enjoy it . " I gazed upon the place in perfect dismay , for 1 had never seen such a shed called a [ louse before . "You must be mistaken ; that i 3 not a fiionse , but a cattle-shed , or pig-sty . " The man turned his [ fiiiowinsr , keen eye upon me , and smiled , half-humorously , i ialf-nnliciouslT . ashe said , "You were raised in the old
country , I guess ; yon have much to learn , and more , perj aps , than you'll like to know , before the winter is over " * The driver was well used to such roads , and , steering us dexteriously between the black stumps , at length orove up , not to the door , for there was none to the house , » ut to the open space from which that absent but very nectary appendage had been removed . Three young steers and two heifers , which the driver proceeded to drive out , ™ > re quietly reposing upon the floor . A few strokes of his whip , and a loud burst of gratuitous curses , soon effected an ejectment ; and I dismounted , and took possession of tn : s untenable tenement . Moodie was not yet in sight * itb the teams . I begged the man to stay until he arrived , as I fvlt terrified at being left alone in this wild , strange
ioonmjr place . He laughed , as well he might , at our fearg , ¦ ad said that he bad a long way to go , and must be oS ; i ften , cracking his whip , and nodding to the girl , who was crying aloud , he went his way . and Hannah and myself were 3 eft standing in the middle of tbe dirty floor . The prospect fras indeed dreary . Without , pouring rain ; within a fireless hearth ; a room but with one window , and that congaining only one whole pane of glass ; not an article of furniture to be seen , save an old painted pine-wood cradle , prhich had been left there by some freak of fortune . This , [ turned upon its side , served us for a seat , and there we pipatiently awaited the arrival of Moodie , Wilson , and a Nan whom the former had hired that morning to assist on [ the firm . * The males of our partv no sooner
arrived than they set about making things more comjiortable . James , our servant , pulled up some of the del ayed stumps , with which the small clearing that surrounded the shanty was thickly covered , and made a fire , iand Hannah roused herself from the stupor of despair , [ and seized the corn broom from the top of the loaded , * aggon , and began to sweep the house , raising such an intolerable cloud of dust that I was glad to throw my cloak » wer my head , and runout of doora , to avoid suffocation .
men commenced the a * ful bustle of unloading tbe two -eav , iy- ] Oaded waggons . The small suace within the Bouse was soon entirely blocked up with trunks and pack-: ¦ > ?« of all descriptions . There was scarcely room to move , : Miout f tumbling over some article of household stuff . : « e rain poured in at the open door , beat in at the shat-Y * ea window , and dropped upon our heads from the holes &Jr £ °° - J f wlnd ,, keenly through a thousand K ™^ u * ^ f ^ no" » nf ! could exceed the ^ comfortableness of our situation . For * !««„ timothp
S , which contained a hammer and nails was not to be ffi . W Hannah < ? lsCOTere < l it , tied up with some 2 L ™* J * ° 7 "" ? P . eniD £ out in orter to dry . I foritoSSffi J ^ . amOB Ksoineoldbord 3 at the I Wk £ T ani ]! l 0 (> die """ mediately commenced fit-« £ * kce' , Th 19 . ^^ accompl ished , was a great c fie ?«? r I ° i- ^ ? VaiIed aPieceofwhite h ^ SS i- T ^ broken wmdow , which , without dia ^ i ? ' , H ? ^ ther ? - Jame 3 constructed kiedl ^ ^ ofth e old bits of boards , and Tom Wilson asu'm m stowing the lagffage a wav in the loft . to haL T sW > ours in this colonial paradise seem hWUits i * « " ?« & % free and easy turn , Ud [ tlf , ^ kntood that the offensive manners I * /• _ ? " ° gnery which characterise tha .. oWWa ™
^ t ed bvVi ! 116 , hare Slnce Unmodified if not oblite-*« be L , apEe of time- T 1 » e Yankees appear fceB edLuK 1 " * 1 * 8 iriBl ^ authoreHs ; while ^ ard S ^' . v 110 ^ 6 fa 8 fc Poking before the 'Far W > * ? * m ™** backwoodsmen to the w est , are as evidentl y favourites :
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The Indians are great imitators , and possess a nice tact in adopting the customs and manners of those with whom they associate . An Indian is Nature ' s gentleman—never familiar , course or vulgar . If he take I meal with you , ha waits to see how you make use of the implements on the table , and the manner in which you eat , which he imitates with a grave decorum , as if he had been accustomed to the same usages from childhood . He never attempts to help himself , or demand more food , but waits patiently until you perceive what be requires . I was perfectly astonished at this innate politeness , for it seems natural to all the Indians with whom I have had any dealings . Let us contrast these 'Nature ' s gentlemen' with the « barbarians' who are * dragged up , ' to use CharleB Lamb ' expression , in the midst of our boasted civi-The Indians are great Imitators , and nnmoia * ni < m fact
lization , and then Bhot like so much rubbish , on the nearest colony , in order to get rid of it . Here is a picture of the results of ignorance and home neglect . On Mrs . Moodie ' s arrival , there was a quarantine for Bteerage passengers , on account of cholera , and they were confined to an island in the river immediately on their landing . * SH X f ° rg (? tb 8 extrfl ? rd j na ^ spectacle that met our sight the moment we passed the low ranse of bushes which formed a screen in front of the river . A crowd of many hundred Irish emigrants had been landed during the present and former day ; and all this motley crew-lien , women , and children , who were not confined by sickness to the sheds ( which greatly resembled cattle penai-were employed m washing clothes , or spreading them out on the rocks and bushes to dry . • *
1 had heard and read much of savages , and have since seen during my long residence in the bush , somewhat of uncivilised life ; but the Indian is one of Nature ' s gentlemen—he never says or does a rude or vul gar thing . The vicious uneducated barbarians who form the surplus of over-populous European countries , are far behind the wild man in delicacy of feeling or natural courtesy . The people who covered the island appeared perfectl y destitute of shame , or even of a sense of common decency . Many were almost naked , still more but partially clothed . We turned in disgust from the revolting scene , but were unable to leave tbe spot until the captain had satisfied a noisy group of his own people , who were demanding a supply of stores .
And here I must observe that our passengers , who were chiefly honest Scotch labourers and mechanics from the vicinity of Edinburgh , and who while on board sbip bad conducted themselves with the greatest propriety , and appeared the most quiet , orderly set of people in the world , no sooner set foot upon tbe island than they became infeoted by the same spirit of insubordination and misrule , and were just as insolent and noisy as the rest . They fell in with a sergeant charged with the duty of keeping order . Captain Moodie remarked to him , that it could he no easy task .
" You may well say that , sir , but our night scenes far exceed those of the day . You would think they were incarnate devils—singing , drinking , dancing , shouting , and cutting antics that would surprise the leader of a circus . They have no shame—are under no restraint-nobod y knows them here , and they think they can speak and act as they please , and they are such thieves that they rob one another of the little they possess . The healthy actually run the risk of taking the cholera by robbing the sick . If you have not hired one or two stout honest fellows from among your fellow passengers to guard your clothes while they are drying , you will never see half of them again . They are a sad get , sir , a sad set . We could , perhaps , manage the men ; but the women , sir!—the women!—Oh , sir . "
Aa to the fortunes of our Battlers , it need only be said that their money was gradually , or rather rapidly , Bpent . Their stores ran low ; their helps and labourers deserted them ; their land proved unproductive ; and , at length , poverty , sickness , and almost want stared an increasing family in the face . 'It is an ill wind that blowa nobody good . ' The ' troubles' in Canada gave Captain Moodie employ-, ment in his profession ; and his wife thus gives the result of their long and courageous struggle : — The potato crop was gathered in , and I had collected my store of dandelion roots for our winter supply of coffee , when one day brought a letter to my husband from the Governor ' s secretary , offering him tbe situation of sheriff
of the V district . Though perfectly unacquainted with the difficulties and responsibilities of such an inv portant office , my husband looked upon it as a gift sent from heaven to remove us from the sorrows and poverty with which we were surrounded in the woods . Once more he bade us farewell ; but it was to go and make ready a home for us , that we should no more be separated from 6 acb other . * * From B , my husband wrote to me to make what haste I could in disposing of our crops , household furniture , stock , and farming implements ; and to prepare myself and the children to join him on the first fall of snow that would make the roads practicable for
Bleighmg . To facilitate this object , he sent me a box of clothing , to make up for my aelf and the children , For seven years I had lived out of the world entirely ; my person had been rendered coarse by hard work and exposure to the weather . I looked double the age I really was , and my hair was already thickly sprinkled with grey . I clung to my solitude . I did not like to be dragged from it to mingle in gay scenes , in a busy town , and with gaily-dressed people . I was no longer fit for the world ; I had lost all relish for the pursuits and pleasures which are so essential to its votaries ; I was contented to live and die in obscurity .
Here is the moral of the story of 'Life in Canada' : — To the poor , industrious working man it presents many advantages ; to the poor gentleman , none / The former works hand , puts up with coarse , scanty fair , and submits with a good grace , to hardships that would kill a domesticated animal at home . Thus he becomes independent , inasmuch as the land that he has cleared finds him in the common necessaries of life ; but it seldom , if ever , in remote situations , accomplices more than this . The gentleman
can neither work so hard , live so coarsely , nor endure so many privations as his poorer but more fortunate neighbour . Unaccustomed to manual labour , his services in the field are not of a nature to secure for him a profitable return . The tasfefis new to him , he knows not how to perform it well ; and , conscious of his deficiency , he expends his little means in hiring labour , which his bush farm can never repay . Difficulties increase , debts grow upon him , he struggles in rain to extricate himself , and finally sees his family sink into hopeless ruin .
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED . Tail ' s Edinburgh Magazine . The British Journal . So . 3 .
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LIFE AND CHAEACTER OF LOUIS NAPOLEON . [ The ' Athenaeum , ' in a review of the political and historical works of the present ruler of the French , which have just appeared in two volumes , gives a resume of his career more complete than we have elsewhere seen , and which may he instructive , as well as interesting , to our readers , at a time when his character and motives exercise so important an influence over European politics . ] Prince Ixmis Napoleon was born at tho Palace of the Tuileries , on the 20 th of April , 1808 . His birth was announced to the capital of France , and along tbe whole line of the " grandearmee" throughout the empire , by salvos of artillery . On the question of bis nedieree the tnnana
of scandal has been busy at various periods . His mother was Hortense , tbe daughter of the Empress Josephine by her marriage with tbe Viscount de Beauharnois . Hortense . thus step-daughter to the Emperor , became the wife of his brother , Louis Bonaparte , tho ex-King of Holland . That this was a marriage de convenance is a fact everywhere admitted ; bnt there have been rumours—which , however Ifapoleon always indignantly repelled—assigning reasons ' that would give to the present governor of France a closer relationship to the Emperor than that of nephew . There has been so much scandal about all the chief persons who figured in the French Eevolution , that we treat with some scepticism the various tales put in circulation respecting the birth of Louis Napoleon .
In 1810 Lonis Napoleon was baptized at Fontainebleau amid great splendour , the Emperor and Maria Louisa acting as sponsors . After the Restoration his mother took the title of Duchess of St . Leu , and with her son retired to Bavaria . Driven thence , and afterwards from Switzerland , by political motives , they finally settled at Rome . For the young Prince" a very singular tutor was provided : tins wasM . Lebas , a staunch Republican , the son of Robespierre s associate , —that Lebas who , rather than outlive his master , committed suicide In 1830 a family council of the Buonapartes was held at Rome , in order to determine whether they could turn events to their purposes . The members present were , Madame Mere , Cardinal Fesche , Jerome Buonaparte , Louis Buonaparte , and his mother . The young Prince was thus at the very threshold of life initiated into schemes of ambition . Constituted authority took fright at the Buonaparte family council , —and Lonis Napoleon was by force compelled to leave the Papal territory , and escorted beyond the frontier .
Expelled from Rome , the Prince threw himself with ardour into the Italian revolution . His elder brother shared his fortunes , —and aided by General Sercognani , thoy defeated the Papal forces . Bat the ruling powers of Austria and France combined to crush them . The two young Prince 3 were deprived of their command , and banished from Italy . The elder brother fell sick , and died of inflammat ion ( March 27 , 1 S 31 . ) From that time to the present the life of Louis Napoleon has been a strange one , — and is comprised under five heads : —1 . His Strasbourg
invasion ; 2 . His American wanderings ; 3 . His Boulogne invasion , and subsequent imprisonment at Ham ; 4 . His escape from Ham , and residence as a private person in London ; 5 . His Presidency of the French Republic— "We will briefly treat these several phases of his career . I . The Strasbourg invasion thoroughl y displays some of the main ingredients of the President ' s character ;—his vaunting self-reliance , amounting to blind credulity in his fortunes , —and his nnflincbing personal audacity . From his childhood he must have been accustomed to hear innumerable anecdotes tending to sow the seeds of an unscrupu-
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lous ambition in his nature . His unole was . to him as a Mohammed , a prophet of revolution , a founder of a dynasty , the incarnation of a principle ( pretending to be i-f 2 r atlc ' but trai * Bparently absolutist . ) Glancing at his life before the Strasbourg invasion , we may remark that when banished from Italy , he applied to Louis Philippe for permission to serve even as a common soldier in the armv of France . The wary King of the Frenoh anBwered bv ordering him to quit the kingdom . He at once came to England , —and remained here until August , 1831 . We were then passing through the Reform Bill crisis , —and Louis Napoleon bad an opportunity of noting the working of the British Constitution . He then went again to Switjerland , —and commenced military studies afresh as a volun teer at the military school of Thun . He was presented with the right of communal citizenship by the Canton of Tnurgovia ; in return for which honour , he presented the canton- ( what will our readers guess ?^ -two six-pounders with trains and equipages complete . From first to last in ins lousamhitmn in k ; o n ^ n ^ ^\ a mnn i . » . _ *
career , we are made to think of the salvos of artillerv that announced his birth . , At this period he employed his pen in writing his " political Reveries" and his " Political and Military Reflections upon Switzerland . " These works are worthy of passing " ? tlcB , aa showing how early he had begun to systematise his thinking . In the presence of the grave facts of his career cannot take the light tone of the sarcastic —but in reading the following passage from his first essay our readers will perhaps think that the work which contains it was rightly called the author's " Reveries . " He aavs"The first wants of a nation are independence , libertv stability , the supremacy of merit , and the enjoyments of lif « equally diffused . The best form of government would he that under which every abuse of power might in any caw be corrected ; under which without social disturbance without effusion of blood , not only the laws butthehPnH
ot the btate might be susceptible of change :-for one generation has no right to subjeot to its laws generations to come . " All through his writings are interspersed vacue platitudes of . political morality .-everythinjr , however being subordinated to the idea of " Emperor " He riv * ' in his ' Reveries ' - " Thethreo bodies of the State should be the people , the legislative body , and the emperor " Upon this last political term he had dearer views than on tho words " liberty , " " abuse ot power , " or " people " " Emperor" and the first personal pronoun were obviously synonymous in his vocabulary . Of his Essay on Switzerland , we may say , that it attests industry and pains on the part of the writer , and indicates considerable mental . activity . It is tho production of an exercised intellect- — and these volumes give us abundant proofs that he h ' aa never received sufficient credit from the world on the score of his understanding . Is it that the world can adore only success ? No ; but because his projects were so intensely personal , his objects so wild , and his means so ridiculous . inat
wnatever ability he displayed with hiBpen was derided because of its accompanying drawbacks . He had visibly set his fortunes on a cast ,-and determined to be Emperor or nothing , r Such being the man , he resolved now to hurl Louis Philippe from his throne , and occupy it himself . For his period of assault he chose the 30 fch of October 1836 He has himself , in a long letter to his mother , ( to be found in these volumes , and worthy of perusal , ) narrated the event . How be addressed the soldier 3 ,-how he displayed "the eagle of Austerlitz , » -how he proclaimed , "Frenchmen , everything that is established without your authority is illegitimate , '—how a few soldiers cried « Vive VSmperew " -how , after wavering , the troops obeyed their officers , and took Louis Napoleon prisoner , after some of them bad desired to bayonet him ,-are narrated at full length , with tho g"l ! uiltf -5 - elf" 1 ?) porfance ' " - Thi 8 escapade of his was visited with singular c emenoy . Its gravest chastisement i
was tne rimcuie oi - aris . Louis Phili ppe displayed oreat forbearance and magnanimity under the circumstances The youn * adventurer was sent off at once to the United States :-where we enter on the next period of his eventful story .
2 . He visited both North and South America , and corresponded with his mother . -bis letters to her exhibiting good feeling and filial respect . But all through there runs the under-current of Napoleonism . They are dashed also with a great deal of what to our English taste looks like affected sentimentalism , of that French school of writers of whom Chateaubriand is the type . —We doubt whether any Stuart from 1650 to their family extinction brooded so constantly on . the fortunes of his family and its chanco of resurrection as did Louis Napoleon . Even the foreign scenery of South America did not distract his mind from the grand object of his life . The intensity of his family passion—a determination to arrive at supreme power—Is visible throughout all his letters :-on the genuineness of which there does not appear any strong grounds for throwing doubt . They are not numerous , —and they are in har : mony with all that passed in the early and later parts of
his career . —While he was travelling in the Now World , his character and his descent at Strasbourg became subiects of discussion in Paris ; and it was whispered that Lafayette looked on him with some favour ,-and that the high-souled Republican journalist Armaad Carrel did not show himself perfectly hostile to the eventuality of the role to which Louis Napoleon aspired . Having returned to Europe to attend the deathbed of his mother , who expired October 5 th , 1837 , Louis Napoleon commenced a paper war against Louis Philippe , under cover of defending his attempt at Stras . bourg . The French Government began to fear the pertinacity and ambition of the Prince , and insisted th ^ t he should be removed from Switzerland . Ue accordingly again took refuge in England , — "the only country in Europe " Bays one of his biographers , " where tbe laws of hospitality are not subjeot to tbe exigencies of policy . " This brings us to the next division of his life . —in whioh he committed himself again by his descent at Boulogne .
3 . The life which Louis Napoleon led in London from the end of 1838 till the month of August , 1840 , is described briefly but emphatically as what is called in vulgar par . lance , " that of a man about town . " His days and nights it is here stated , wero passed " on the turf , in the bettingroom , or m the clubs , where high play and desperate stakes roused the jaded energy of tho blase gambler . " Whatever may have been his private habits , however , ho resolved to play again for power . He left Margate in August , 1840 on board the City of Edinburgh steamer . He voyaged en prince , with a well supplied eellar and larder , cook scullions , valet , a mailre-d'hotel , a secretary , a chasseur , a hair-dresser , grooms , and last of all—a tame eagle . He had two travelling carnages , footmen and grooms in Englisa liveries , and a splendid dressing case . The party
amounted in all to fifty-six , among whom was Count Montholon , the champion of the Emperor at St . Helena . The whole affair reads like a farce—even by present light ? ' They summoned tho troops at Bolougne ' to surrenderor join . A young lieutenant , called Aladenise , was tho only one who accepted tho call to enrol . Finding the soldiers not willing to join , Louis Napoleon retreated with bis motley followers to the Napoleon column , on the hill above the town , —and there he planted a flag with a golden eagle on the staff . In the meanwhile the garrison turned out . Several of his adherents were shot down . Louis Napoleon wounded one person , —ana is described as having been as calm and phlegmatic as a Dutchman . He retreated to tho beech , and tried to get back to the steamer , —but , with his followers , ho was taken prisoner .
When tl » news of this second attempt reached tho authorities at Paris , it was resolved that something more than ridicule should be employed to turn Louis Napoleon from his dynastic desperation , as his passion then appeared to be . Some of the particulars of the descent caused much amusement . The tame eagle had been intended for stage effect . It was to he let loose from the vessel , —and to fly straight , it was said , to the Napoleon column , where it was expected to alight as an omen . For that purpose , the bird had been trained to take its food from the hand of Louis Napoleon . Such farcical and clap-trap incidents were to make part of the serious history of the aee . Tho' « tam «
eagle of Boulogne now flics wild over France . Louis Napoleon was tried before the House of Peers Hisspeeck was strone , and full of that Kelf-reliance which ' whether for good or for ill has been his main resource His defence was conducted by the great French orator Berrver —who had in it a theme favourable to tho display of " his powers . The eloquent advocate skilfully attacked tho government of the Barricades under the mask of defending his client . —Louis Napol « on waB sentenced to perpetual imprisonment at Ham . lie was looked on as a political lunatic , worthy of compassion rather than veneoanoe .
Immured m his prison , he became irritable , and quarrelled often with the authorities . But he still devoted himself to elaborating on paper his Napoleonian system , and did not fail in passive energy . He corresponded with his friends , read in various departments of literature , and cultivated flowers . He made repeated applications to the government on various subjects , —and begged hard to be allowed to go and see his dying father . In prison treatment it would appear that the authorities were not harsh towards him , the fortress was a largo one , and he was allowed to take horse exercise . He escaped from Ham , with the aid of Dr . Conneau and his valet .
4 . Again Prince Louis Napoleon arrived in England , in May , 184 C—And now . without seeking to invade ground which is generally forbidden to us , it is not necessary that we should historically overlook certain political errors on the part of Louis Philippe by which the chances of the adventurer and pretender had been vastly improved . " Why should we , " said Horace Walpole , " not see history with as much impartiality as we read it ?"—The Monarchy of July was confessedly deficient in historical associations . In lieu , thereof , by a fatal mistake , it courted popularity through the means of deifying the Emperor Napoleon , bringing back his remains to France , and entombing them with prodigious pomp . Unconsciously , ifc was pursuing the very path moat likely to lead Louis Napoleon to bis objects . It was
NapoleoniBing the public mind . Such a mistake gave Louis Napoleon ( without his perceiving it at the time ) a large amount of political oapital , which served him largely in the latter part of his career . Had he been weak or irresolute , there might have- been little harm done b y the homage to Napoleon ' s memory shown by the House of Orleans . But statesmen took the taint eagle of Boulogne as the crest of Prince Louis : —and the policy pursued , was the public embalming of the cause for which hi 3 life had been one of apostleshi p . —The Prince renewed in London much the same life which he had before led ; and cultivated , it is stated in these volumes , " a certain class of notabilities , whose advice and experience have not been without influence upon his conduct . "
5 . It would be more tedious than" the telling of a " thrice told tale" were \ ro to recapitulate the subsequeut events of tho career of Prince Louis Napoleon . Europe is ringing with them . His recent acts acquire a logical meaning from the history of tho education of Uis life . Let us look at some of the main elements of his character as shown in that and in the works collected here . —A pissionato system-monger is often tbe most unscrupulous of public characters , Rather
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than ; his system should break down , the man devoted tn ,, - . plan will obstinately adhere even' to his S ? £ J ! Napoleon is presented to us from the sketch which " wo ha ™ given as mentally , a system-monger—a thorou gh Nanolonn st from first to last :-morally , as a man of stern and de liberate audacity , of much phlegmatic resolution , and of utter . recklessness as to his meanii . Accident gave him the opportunity of appealing to the memory of his uncle and to tho passions of an army . His power rests on what the late Mr , Grattan called " a stratocracy , "—and its endurance cannot be safely predicted . .. . " 7 ' "
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A NEW RELIGIOUS SECT OF POLYGAMISTS . The "Baltimore Patriot" of the 3 rd ult ., contains the following account of a new and startling development of " Christianity " !—We have had some startling accounts of the progress of polygamy among the Mormons of Utah , but their practices seem to be propriety itself , compared to those which prevail among a society , which calls itself " Perfectionists " and claims to be religious and Christian , The peeuliarYtv of the system of the Perfectionists , is that all the laws both human and divine , that are desi gned to regulate the marriage relation , are set aside and denounced , while the unrestrained indulgence of thohumnn pussions ispracti-ed not merely as the means to prevent enjoyment , ' but as means of grace or helps to holiness . The founder of the Society is a graduate of a New England college , a student in two theological seminaries , and now the editor of a paper published in New York , to sustain and advocate his doctrines .
The centre of this sect is in tha town of Lenox , Madison County , N . Y ., where about 150 men , women and children live together in one hou < e , with no distinction of property family , or authority . Each one does what seems good in his own eyes . Tho Bible is their nominal constitution , and how curiously they must follow its teachings , is evident from the fact , that thoy disavow all separate or individual right in " property , wives , or children . " Literally , they have " all things in common . " But tho sect is by no means confined to Oneida and Madison Counties . In New York and Brooklyn , and in Newark , N . J ., and in many other places , there are groups of practical members . The " New York Observer , " in a notice of the propagandists , says : —
" In Utah , among the Mormons , the aistinofcion of husband arid wife is rigidly maintained , and non-intervention insisted upon , even at the peril of life * But in the Oneida Association , and in the boarding houses established on similar princi ples in this vicinity , these distinctions are utterly abolished , and the freest licentiousness practised as the highest developments of holiness . We have been furnished with a large number of certificates , signed by females of this community , stating that at first they were fearful they were not doing right , but the longer they have practised on the system here pursued , the holier they are sure to grow . On the principle we suppose that where there is no law there is no transgression , they have abrogated all authority but inclination , and they never sin , because they never do anything but what they like . The reader may be amused at the practical operation of the association at Lennox , as wo find it detailed in one of their reports .
" The children are trained in a general nursery , and 'it is found to be altogether a more comfortable task to take care of six in the new way , than it had been to wait on . ono in ordinary circumstances . ' ' The only drawback on the operation was the temporary distress of the mothers in giving up their little ones to tho care of others , whioh made occasion for some inelo dramatic scenes ; but tbe wounds were soon healed , and the mothers learned to value their own freedom and opportunity of education , and the improved condition of their children , more than the luxury of a sickly maternal tenderness . ' Thia is tho language of the report . " The way they sleep is ourious . One large room is set apart for a dormitory , and > aoh bed is encompassed by a sort of square tent ; so that one Btove warms the whole space , and ' as the principles and habits of the Association are more gregarious than usual , tho sacrifice of privacy is a small affair . '
" The women found that much time was spent in dressing their hair , so they looked into Paul ' s theory of long hair , and says this report , ' tho discovery was made that Paul ' s language expressly points out the object for which women should wear long hair , and that object is not ornament , but a ctvering . In this light it was immediately manifest that the long hair of women , as it was usually worn , coiled and combed upward to the top of the head , instead of answering to Paul ' s object of covering , actually exposes the back part of the head more than the short hair
of men . This mode of reasoning was carried on till the bolder women' cut off their hair and wore it on their necks as girls do , and soon the practice became general . In the next place the women laid aside the usual dress , and substituted a short frock aud pantaloous , which was found to be altogether more convenient . Tho report says : — ' The women Bay they are far more free and comfortable in this dress than in long gowns ; the men think that it improves their looks , and some insist that it is entirely more modest than the common dreBS . ' This is plainly the germ of Bloomerism .
"The religious exercises of this association consist of public meetings , when each one is oallod on to relate his own experience , or to make such exhortations or reflections as 'are on tho mind waiting for vent . ' Different evenings aro set apart for different purposes ; one for music , one for dancing , one for Bible reading , Ac . The religious influence is said to bo wonderful on those who have joined the association . All who come iri while in an unconverted state are declared to have been converted , and one man who was a confirmed lunatic has been entirely cured ! The Annual Report sets forth a theory of promiscuous intercourse of the sexes , as compatible with the highest state of holiness on earth , so loathsome in ita details , so shocking to all tbe sensibilities even of the coarsest of decent people , - that we cannot defile the columns of our paper with their recital . It must be sufficient to say , that the doctrine is taught and the attempt is made to defend it from Scripture , that unbridled licentiousness is the law of heaven , the perfection of human happiness , and the realisation of the highest style of divine virtue . "
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AMERICAN WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATIONS . ( From the " Cincinnati Nonpariel . " After all , we occasionall y see among the mechanios evidence that the doctrine of Labour Association is getting to be better understood and appreciated . The leaven is working , and the labourer is sure of better times ahead . An association , consisting of forty Germans , has recently been established in our city , for the purpose of carrying on the manufacture of furniture in all its variety . They have purouased an establishment in Smith-street , near Columbia , which , they have been fitting up with a new boiler , planing machine , and other improvements necessary to enable them to compete with any manufactory of the kind in the city . The men belonging to this
organisation are of the right Btamp . and they have already paid into the capital stock over 10 , 000 dollars . We have never known a more encouraging-looking enterprise of this character than the one alluded to ; and we think the individual members will thank their stars that circumstances induoed them to project and carry out a plan which will give them all steady employment , good wages , and an independent position . This cannot fail of being the effect of their associations , if they labour half as hard for themselves as they have heretofore done for others . Let no seeming difficulties and little vexations , at first , cause them to swerve from their purpose . A steady perseverance and unflinching energy will remove every obstacle from the road to success , -and place them at once beyond the pale of dependent , discontented , and dissatisfied labourers for hire .
We learn , also , that another organisation of the same class of mechanics have opened , or are about opening , a factory in Horne-streefc , between Fourth and Fifth , with bright prospects ahead ; but of the details wo arc yet uninformed . Prosperity attend them ! We cannot leave this subject without urging upon the friends of labour reformation , their duty of patronising associations of this kind before all others . The influence of all mechanics and working men should be thrown into the scale on the side of labour . The only hope of the labourer is in associated , effort—all other schemes and plans for bettering his condition have utterly failed . StvikeB and societies , and orders , have sometimes afforded temporary relief , but they all come very far short of that permanency which is indispensable to the happiness and comfort , and even necessities of nine-tenths of our labouring population . Let , then , no effort bo spared to plaoe all organisations oi mechanics on a sure foundation by throwing into thenhands all the business that the friends of labour can command . Redemption will follow !
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Fbmalb Emigration Fosp .-The twent y-first party of female emigrants sent out under the auspices of the committee of this fund left the Fenchuroh-street station of the Blackwall Railway , on Saturday morning , to ioin the shin SSSS' / MTr * ' ° a !) tain H ™ d , bound S PortPhihp , and which lay at anchor off the Town Pier , Gravesend . The weather was very unfavourable . Among those present were the two most indefati gable lady members , the Hon . Mrs . Sidney Herbert and the Hon Mrs Stuart Wonley , accompanied by MiR 3 CarltonV Thf genXen were Mr . M . T . Higgins and the Rev . Joseph" Brown Sc- ' . or of ChriBt Church , Blackfriars . The emigrant were fifty m number , inclusive , of four under the dominationr ot protected passengers ' -that is , less destitute emigrants , T . ? . W" 6 Fmitted *> for * JF > of the party by SEtB
r Z t 1- ? T age' ^ he P *^ ' wh 05 e ages vary from sixteen to thirty-five , consist principally of semntresses shoe-binders , stockingtnakers , and domestic serST The emigrants appeared to be in a comfortable and well-tended condition ; a . circumstance attributable , doubtless , to their stay for a few weeks previous at the committee ' s " Ilome " m Hatton-garden . The party , having arrived at Blnckwall wen conducted < m board the Vesper Gravesend steam S which conveyed them to the Fortitude , a fineship of 850 ton burden . The girls were addressed by Mr . Hieeinsin the absence of the Right Hon . Sidney Herbert "if the Re , Mr . Brown . The visiting party having taken their S ''^ FBRi " ™ *!* ™ m »~ w
A Dunn Weddisg .-A few days ago a man and woman C ? inintr - 6 S f' ^ f" Of ^ e « " f SSI berg , m Bohemia each of whom was deaf and dumb . The bride , the daughter of a oitiwn , had became acquainted ThL Cm i f i d < f dumb institution at Pngue , where both had been educated . The marriage ceremony was performed in perfect silence . Tho questions were handed to each written on slips of paper , and the answers J were returned by nods or shakes of the head .
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Lawyers are like scissors ; they never cut each other , but what is between them . 1 > ood Adtick . —Don't moralise to a man who is on his „ ? „ . Ile ! P him up , set him firmiy on his feet , and then e ; v ^ h D lm « dvice and means . Ouwn v ; . ORLD ~" Thoy P ass best over the world « " ^ d Bo *! 3 f » lzaboth > " who trip over it quickly ; for it is but a \ CI ? sink - " than a eq oT man (' an"ot possess anything that is better one . —SwoNiDs ' nan > nor anytbin S tliat ' iS worae than a bad may bee 8 timafoi Taluc of Olir <™ nual importation of cotton tity eS ^ f l O u 00 l 00 - Ofthis enormous quan-States . P Wllt IS brought to us from the United the entry of m ^ aw " v " ? . rd : has been issued forbidding schools established bvth " ? h . Blble 3 imo Austria ¦ ' and the the police . y m « sionariei have been closed by tutfXS ftKiSeSl * ! ? 0 the h - £ coHfroma te ^^ M " , ^^
En ^ nd ^ Hr ^^ fe ^ -i ' ;} ^ ? circulation represent £ 20 , 738 , 885 , ov only . w , V-nM in excess of the bullion . . y bout * . o 0 W 00 Remember , Girls ' -One of the most imports bm * U qualities , s sweetness of temper . Heaven did , Z Si women insinuation and persuasion in order to be imnerinm 2 ding . glve , them a sweetvoice tobe «» p » 5 S 5 The net national income of 1851 was £ 52 233 006 nnd the ex penditure £ 49 , 506 , 610 . Surplus . £ 2 , 726 , 396 , ' The balance of public money in the Exchequer , at the opening of 18 ol , was £ 9 , 245 , 076 ; at the opening of 1852 , £ 8 , 381 C 37 Ihk Swblly Rocks . —Those rocks , tho removal of wfiio ' h has so long been desired , in consequenco of the obstruction they form to the free navigation of tho Menai Straits , will shortly undergo the operation of blasting . iHB Fbencu Constitution . —An elderly bookseller in mis , one of the old-fashioned routine school , on being asked theo her day for the "New French Constitution , " replied that " he did not sell periodicals . "
hJ ? ^ l | , L 1 HB ! -Dllb 8 terray » h 9 would not mind « rB ^^ , - helo !' ' , twhenhecomfsto think thatbachei JSi ~ f t , lhey ! iave t 0 6 ° doffn t 0 toe g 1 *™ "Mm * S ^^^ ^^ shha a chi 11 ^ ^ itefrost . ttl ^ J » B ! ' l «^^ S gttte te ^ , ^« Kh ^^ uKiS ? a prizefigbterhe was > and ^ o (^\ m ^ 7 T i ) M « OB .-Pontenelle , at the age tl \ no , ¥ l «?™ l- ? > ™ 8 ayin B m » ny arable and gallant £ S ^ S ° . ™ V a 3 sed ljefore ^ to place mmseit at table . "See , " said the young lady , "how I S" ™ sr ^ fri yo , V pass wiihout ^ a ! y ou eoJSSrhUSSd * ' ^ ' l 0 °
nw K . RTIFI . , < , M ^ -.-Near St . Sevier , there lives an ptota ^ fof ' tt t > \ false arm > a ^ lass <*<> . * complete set of take teeth , a silver nose covered with a sabstance resembling fl . sh , and a silver plate replacing part trophii S Undw Nap 0 leon ' ^ and lh £ so " K " Professor Anderson gave , at New ^ ork , a fine silver ea set of live pieces , valued at 400 dollars , as a prize for the best conundrum . A young lady , the author of the following , carried away the prUe :- " Why is the writer of this conumdrum like a domestic servant out of employment ? - offTh ^ 2 ;!'' toseta ' " and i 3 willing t 0 ca ^ Para ™ , on Solidified -Gas . ~ A company is now on the eve of practically working Mr . Reece ' s process for extracting paraffiue from Irish peat . Paraffine resembles white wax and will burn with a beautiful clear lieht . when mann .
factored into candles . 100 tons of peat will yield 300 pounds or paramne , and the company expect to lie able to cell ifc at Is . per pound , and reap a handsome profit . Othello Executed .- " Don ' t you think my execution of Othello a capital performance ? It is in my line , is it / , a ? .. erainent tragedian of Cooke .- "Why yes , replied the provoking punster , " all executions may be considered capital performances , and your performances , of Othello is certainl y of that class , for you execute him , m your line , so effectually , that as soon as you lay hands upon him , he is no Moor ]" Things Lost von EvsR .-Lost wealth may be restored by lndustry-the wreck of health regained bv
teraneranceiorgouen Knowledge restored by study-alienated friendship smoothed into forgetfulness-even forfeited reputation woa by penitence and virtue . But who ever looked upon his vanished lwurs-recalled his slighted years-stamped them w « u wisdom—or effaced fr . im heaven ' s record the fearful blot of wasted timei-Mrs . Sigourney . A Spirit Stove . —It is stated in an American paper that a resident of Milwaukie has iuvented a spirit stove , which , only a foot square , will warm any ordinary-sized room . It weighs less than ten pounds , is convenient for carriages , « c . ; and even small ones may be carried in one ' s pocket on a cold day , aud producing neither soot , smoke , nor ashes , may be made as ornamental a piece of personal wear as a watch or breast-pin . It only consumes a pint of alcohol per dav .
In a Dilemma . —We are much amused by an incident related the other day . A gentleman who had been absent fur a considerable time , and who , during his absence , had raised a pretty luxuriant crop of whiskers , moustaches , &o ., visited a relative , whoso child , an artless little girl of fivi or six years , he was very fond of . The little girl made no demonstration towards saluting him with a kiss , as was usual . Why , child , " said the mother , "don't you give Uncle f . a k'ss ?"— " Why , wa , " returned the little girl , with , the most perfectsimplicity , " / don ' t see any place , " Catching an Old Bird . —A celebrated writer having been overtaken in a shower , took refuge under a portico at the West bud . A young and beautiful lady , who was at tiio parlour window , after looking attentively at him for a
moment , sent a servant out with an umbrella . The next day , the delighted author dressed himself up to his last result of the problem of what was becoming ; and , as the umbrella was an old one laid it aside as a souvenir , and , purchasiuc a new onu of the costliest ta 3 te , called on the lady to return her flattering loan . She received the new umbrella evidently without remarking the change , and after listening with curious gravity , to tbe rather pressing tenderness of the dramatists acknowled gments , she suddenly comprehended that lie ! was under the impression that she was enamoured ot nim ; and forthwith naively explained , that , as he had stood m the way of an expected visit from her intended , who wished to come and see her unobserved , she had sent him the umbrella to get off her front steps >
EXTRACTS FIIOM " PUNCH . " The CHlLTEttN Hundreds . —When a member is & \ c \ of parliament , he always calls out for the " Steward ! ' ' Query as to the Navt PaESEavEs .-Does not so much corruption imply bribery somewhere . Patriotic Toast and Sektimknt . —May no foreigner ever be before us in civilisation , or behind us in battle . Maxim of Navoleon ( the Littlb . )—In political discussions there is nothing like coming to the ( bayonet ' s ) point . - ' Confiscation op the Orleans Property . —A Little iiird tells us , that this act of spoliation is called at Paris" Le Premier Vol de I' Aigk !" , , f J Chimes . —How precarious is political existence ! J . ne St . Al ban ' s voters , rejoicing in the music of Bell metal , httle thought it would turn out 10 be a knell .
What Lord Naas took by his Motion . —The response of the House of Commons to the Naas-ty attempt to damage the Eurl of Clarendon wns-Pooh-poob " ! RoGor-l'oouy . —The name of "the . President ' s" aide-decamp , we believe , is Rognet . Xoscitur a sociis , says the proverb .. General Roguet had better either cut the "President or drop the i . Fair Enough !—The British youth say—in reference to tho contemplated Militia Law—that they have no objection to it , provided they could bo first fairly drawn , and then comfortably quartered . Plea for the Quekn ' s English . —It seems to be tho desire of our leading statesmen that the Press should on all occasions use parliamentary language . For the continued " reputation of English literature , we hope journalists will do uo such thing .
No Onb is Safe . —As if the temptations for robbery were not already u . uite sufficient , wo see some Mcpnistephilcs of an individual , who evidently has been studying the weakness of human nature with- the view of turning it to large profit , has been inventing a Pocket Umbrella ! " Impossible , Sir ? that ' s no Reason , Sir . "—Colonel Dunne ( need we say a respected Irish member ?) demanded last week certain Parliamentary information ; and the Honourable and exigmnt Member added , " the reasons for not giving any of the above information when U is found impraeticable to do so . " Great Love for thkir Native L . \ N » . —If a landlord means a lord who has always remained upon land , then tho Lords of tlie Admiralty are three of the greatest Land-lords this country can boast of , for not one of them , wo believe , has ever been further out at sea than Chel-sea .
Our Imaginative Neighbours . —A great change has taken place in the romantic literature of France . The productions of such , writers as M . Engene'Sue have given place to an entirely new class of compositions . The only works o' fiction in the French language that are now published are the government newspapers . Louis Napolkon ' s Next . —Considering that printing is a dangerous art , " aud liable to be greatly abused , the President of the Republic decvees the seizure and appropriation , to thi government of all Presses exeepi those necessary for the manufacture of wine and cheese . True Sons of Guns . —Some of the spirited young men " liable to be drawn for the Militia , " are angry at the supposition 'that they will be anxious to shirk it . They say they have no right to have their courage in any way challenged , and that to call them out is the best way to give them satisfaction .
The Last New Decree . —Considering that there ave certain maxims and proverbs current in a sense hostile to the government , it is hereby decked , . that the maxims and proverbs hereinafter set forth shall be abolished , ov altered in the manner following : —For , The truth is not to be told at all times—Read , The truth is not to be told fit any time For , 'Meeds must wlion a certain person Mves-Read ] Needs muat when Louis Napoleon drives . For Possession is nine pointa-Jfeati , Possession is as many points as there are bayonets , lor , Speak the truth and shame the devil—Head , Hold your tongue , and respect tie President .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1668/page/3/
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