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FOREIGN.
FRANCE.
Gen. Guillemminot is definitively nominat
ed Governor of Algiers.
Paris, April 2.
France has lost one of its most worthy and
useful citizens. M. Ternaux died at his resi
dence, St. Owen, on the night of the Ist
inst.
April 4.
The ships Superb, Dugusne and Suffern, are
to be assembled forthwith in the harbor of
Toulon, together with the Nestor and Ville de
Marseille. The frigates Circe, Melpomene,
and Herinoine, with several brigs and corve- j
ties, will complete a squadron, which is to be
ready for orders at a moment’s warning.
The diplomatic conference continue here,
almost without interruption, relative to the af
fairs of the East.
Since the change in the Spanish Ministry,
the passage of diplomatic couriers between that
country and this, has been very frequent.
Yesterday, two couriers arrived from Madrid '
for the Russian Ambassador. The influence of
the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh on the modifi
cations brought about in the Spanish Cabinet
has not been small.
March 30.
The following letter addressed to M. Bel- I
monlet, a man of letters, will be read with iu
teiest;— i
London, March 20. J
Sir—The unaccountable too real proscrip- 1
lion to which 1 and my family have been sub
ject for so many years, will prevent me being
present at the fete which is to take place for
the benefit of the imprisoned patriots, and
Winch is to be presided over by the illustrious
friend of Washington and the Hon. M. de
Cotmenin. As you are one of the Stewards,
1 request you to present my offering. The '
bearer will deliver you to that effect a decora
tion of the Legion of Honor, set nt diamonds,'
winch belonged to my brothei; the Emperor
Napoleon, which he wore in the camp at ;
Boul. gne, and during the campaign of Ulm and |
Aurterlnz, and which he gave me on his return.
I wish that the events which it calls to mind, j
may so enhance its value, as to render it of j
some utility to the generous citizens who are '
the objects < f the fete. 1 add to tins decoration I
the sum of 600 ir. for the same purpose. Ac
cept, etc.
Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte.
The entertainment tor me benefit of the im
prisoned patriots referred to in Joseph Napo
leon’s letter, was to have taken place in the
Salle Ventadour, but that building was refused
by the Prefect of Police. A hotel, situated in
the rue de Sevies, has been hired lor the pur
pose, and the day that is fixed is said to be the I
7tt> of April.
The following letter has been addressed to
the Editor of the National;
March 23.
Sir—l learn by the journals that a subscrip
tion has been opened for the putpose of buying
in the hotel of one who in July, sacrificed his
fortune with a view to insure the prosperity and
liberty of his couutiy. The people arealways
generous; they do justice o the pure intentions
of M. Laffictte, and are now rewarding, oy a
token of iheir esteem, his strict integrity and
his noble patriotism. Desirous of associating
myself with all who are generous in France, I
send you my offering; for in exile we are affect
ed, even in a higher degree, by the glory as
well as by the misfortunes of our county. Ac
cept etc.
Louts Napoleon Bonaparte.
GREECE.
A letter of the Ist ult. from Nauplia, says;—
’‘Greece has been divided into three principal
sections, namely, the Morea, Continental
Greece, and the Islands. Plapontas, one of
the three Commissioners sent to Bavaria to j
congratulate the King, is appointed Governor'
of the first division; Colletti of the second; and
Zami of the third. These appointments as '
well as many others, show that the first object j
of the Regency is to calm the animosity, and
put an end to the dissention that separated the
different parties, nevertheless Colocotroni,
and some of his warmest partizans, h ive been
put aside, as well as others noted for their re
publican principles.”
- & &« * & ££
MISCELLANEOUS.
o ■-!< 'k >•< v'.vi rii'i J’i
visit to a boston hiell.’
The public papers have informed us of sev
eral suicides in Boston within a few months, of
persons who have once moved in the higher
circles of society, and in every case, we be
lieve, the crime has been traced to despair grow
ing out ot some species of gamtiling. The aw
ful deaths of Ackers, Curtis and others, follow
ing each other in quick succession, have had
the efft-c to arouse the community, and we are
g ad to find that there are some zealous spirits
determined to bring to deserved punishmen*
tir merciless authors of so much misery. Mr.
Ent iling, the editor of the New-England Gal
axv, a tew days since, visited in disguise a fa
mous gambling establishment on Craigie’s
bridge called ‘-the gymnasium” for the pur
pose ol obtaining such evidence as would enable
kirn to prosecute to conviction several noted
blacklegs who frequent that establishment, and
we are happy to learn was completely success
ful. On his evidence, George Coolidge, a fa
mous gambler, John Brown, the keeper of the
gymnasium, and several others have been fined
and punished. Mr. Snelling gives the follow
ing account of his visit, which it seems was
made on fast day.— N. Y. Observ.
I This gymnasium is kept by a Mr. John
Brown. The building, beheld from the out
side, resembles a barn, except that a grog-sho,
is kept on the lower floor, and that it stands ot
piles sunk in the river. We entered, an<
went through a door in the back pait of the
shop and up a flight of stairs. The upper sto
ries were divided into bowling alleys, in all
but one of which parties were actively engag
ed. At the door of the exception stood a
i large table, covered with decanters and glasses.
We were about to pass it, when a fellow whose
very looks made us scratch, stepped up, point
| ed to the table, and asked us, “if we did not in
tend to do something for the good of the hoi.se.”
Among wolves you must howl, and we are no
enemy to an occasional glass of whiskey; so we
drank one. The room—but its description
desetves a separate paragraph.
The infernal region was redolent with the
fumes of sick stomachs, gin and tobacco.—
> There were about a hundred persons assem
bled; blackguards, swindlers, and reprobates
lof every discription. Many of the sons of the
l aristocracy of the city were there, as well as
others, who, from their garb, one would have
taxen for honest gentlemen. The rest were
[ foreigners and unwashed villians. To the hon
jor of the colored population be it spoken, not
one of them was there. Here was seen the
i husband, whose wife sat lonely at home, pining
, for his company; there the father, whose chil
dren were crying for the bread he was casting
on the waters, not to return again. There
stood the hopeful urchin, whose father, good
man, supposed his pride and boast wis at that
; very moment edifying in church, Full half
the assembly were boys from ten to sixteen
I years old. It will presently appear that they
were preparing to graduate from the state pris
on and to die on the gallows.
I In the middle of this earthly hell was a
polygonal inclosure of boards, about 10 feet in
diameter, the floor of which was sn owed with
: tan, to drink the blood of the cocks. Here
j two cf the gallant birds weie engaged. R mnd
, the south end of the hall were ranged a score
i of tea chests, in each of which a cock was crow
ing at his neighbors. 4s many more were
hanging in bags at the walls of the building.—
In one corner stood a genteel blackguard,
singing an obscene song, to the infinite satis
faction of his auditors. Right opposite to him
sat a bloated wretch, viscera crucians cum
gemitu, and in the intervals of his intestine
syncope, holding forth in praise of temperance.
Oaths and blasphemies rang on every side, and
I a few fisticuffs were exchanged.
On entering we went straight to the cock-pit, ,
where a slate-colored and a red bird were stri
vine to kill each other with steel spurs, which
bad been affixed to their legs, probably because
the natural weapons could not draw blood fast 1
, enough for the taste of the spectators. The
feathers flew and the gore streamed. Present
ly the slate-colored cock drove his gaff through
the brain of his adversary, who fell dead on the
spot. We turned away to a gambling table,
which stood in another part of the room with a
sensation of relief. I
The play was Roulette. In the centre of
the table was a wheel, resembling wheels of
fortune, gaudily painted and marked with hier
oglyphics. There were little compartments
round its edge—an ivory ball was made to run
round its periphery, and as it stopped the
gamslet lost or won. On each side of the
wheel was painted parallelogram divided into
squares, with figueis, on which the players
placed their stakes. One ill looking gallows
bird turned the weeel, and another marked the
phases of it. The marker had under bis hand
j a pile of silver and gold eighteen inches high,
I which had been won. We observed that the
bank gained five times out of six. The man
' agement of the table was heathen Greek to us;
■ nevertheless, we put down and lost to the a
mount of seventy-five cents. We did this that
we might the better bo able to swear to the
facts, and identify the two scoundrels who kept
the table. We have seen them since on, change
among honest men.
A boy about fourteen years old staked his
last fourpenny piece and lost it. He stood for
a moment the im <ge of despair. 'Then tears
gushed from his eyes. He went out tearing
his hair and exclaiming, “O my poor father! O
my poor mother/ What will become of me? O
how I wish my boss hail not sent me afier that
money.” This incident was a mine of mirth
to the gamesters —a horse laugh shook the buil
ding.
But now Cooledge with a stentorian voice
and a bottle swagger, proclaimed that two
, more cocks were to be gaffed. He took a
cock out of -i bag, and called to a brawny
Irishman who stood at hand, ‘'Henry, give me
Imy saw! a dentist’s saw was presented, and the
I villains proceeded to our inexpressible horror
to saw off' the biped’s spurs close to his legs.—
The blood streamed down and the operator
proceeded to fasten the gaffs upon the raw
stumps. When a second cock had been ac
coutred in the.like manner. Cooledge and
Henry hel J them up and excited them to peck
at each other. When they were sufficiently
furious, they were set down, and the set-to com
menced.
■ One of tho birds was red, the other black.— !
I They several timesdrove the gaffs in.o each
• other’s bodies, but this did not abate their ar
dor. Bets tan high. At last the red thrust
1 hisspur through the blackcock’s knee joint, i
i and they both fell entangled together. They I
■ were raised disunited and set to fighting a
; gain.
The black could now hardly stand. A
I thrust in the brain quelled his courage, and he
hopped over the enclosure. Coolege look him I
up, smoothed his feathers, wiped his eyes, and
put him again into the pit. Old it was ciuel,
savage, bloody-. The poor bird had not, how
ever, much more to suffer- A second stroke
in the brain laid him asleep forever.
Thus the sport continued till four the next
morning, and so it is carriedon every Saturday
, night and Sunday morning. We have lodged a
complaint with the city marshall, who shall be
I heartily welcome to our evidence, and by this ’
time the oflendets are probably in custody. He 1
has also the names of other witnesses of the
truth what we have related
FALSE ALARM.
Galena, April 9.
On Friday morning last, two men on Rush
j creek, who owned some hogs running in the j
(range, went out to catch and mark them. In i
i doing this they necessarily made a good deal of
' noise. A couple of young men were led by
their business in that vicinity, having the image
of Indians imprinted on their minds, hearing
the barking of dogs, squealing of hogs, and the
hallooing of men in the woods, took it for grant
ed that the noise proceeded from Indians, who
were approaching the settlements for war and
slaughter, of course—acting upon these convic
tions, they very naturally gave the alarm to the
neighbors on Apple river, who all, without de
lay, started for Gahma. They were proceed
ed by a special messenger, on a fleet horse, who
• brought the alarm io town. A great many )
people being here, from different parts of the I
country, crediting the report, posted oil’with- I
out delay to give notice to their respective l
friends. Before the report could be contta- I
dieted, the whole country was in motion. The
report gathered strength in its passage, ami bv
the time it reached Platte it was stated that
Galena had fallen into (he ban Is of 4 or 5,000
Indians. This verifies the saying of an old I idy
of our acquaintance, who said, “she never
knew a story to lose any thing bv the tolin of
it.”
Trifling as this occurrence may appear, it was
attended with serious consequences to the whole
country. People were flying in every direc
tion from their homes: we doubt whether they
have all yet got settled. People should be can
t.ous how they give alarms—and he who would
wilfully give a false one, be fared and feathered '
at least.
LAMB, LION AND HOG.
M hen Noah planted the first vine, and refer- '
ed, Satan approached it and said. “1 nurture I
.you, charming plain!” He quickly brought f
three animals: a sheep, a lion and a hog, and '
killed one after the other, near the vine. The i
virtue of the three animals penetrated it and is ! ’
still manifest in its growth. When a man diinks J'
.one bottle of wine, he is agreeable, gentle '
I friendly—that is the mature of the limb; when I 1
, he drinks two he is a lion, and says who is like : 1
.me? he then talks of stupendous things, when '
. t he drinks more, his senses forsake him, and at ’
i length he wallows in the mire—need it be said ' 1
I that lie then resembles a hoe? ;
I
SINGUL \R PIIENOMENON. 11
A friend has favored us with the following '
extract ot a private Journal, kept during a (
voyage from this country to Maderia, and (
'thence to Calcutta.— Phil id. Daily Intclli- ’
I genccr.
| “About midnight we were roused from our
berths, and desired to repair on deck. \V<* did ;
so, and wha’a scene ptesented itself! Each
one of us as lie stepped upon deck, stood silent
■ and amazed, appalled yet delighted. IJc '
were floating upon a sa of fire.! Tho wind:
■ was brisk and the waves high, but each fl one I
kindled into a liquid and floating conf] igratinn; 1
! it sparkled and glowed like molten iron, and as ;
the crest of the waves broke and fell, it seemed
; like a shower of fire. The sky was pallid with
olbuds, and the night dark; yet in the reflected
! glare of the sea, the highest rope in our rigging
; was plainly perceptible. We ware awe Strick- .
en. It seemed, in the silence and fearfulness j
iof the moment, that we were careering in our
l I lonely way upon an infernal ocean. As far as -
i the eye could reach, the sea presented the |
• ’ s line glowing appearance, heaving and flishing, •
! and throwing its deep red glare fir up into the
i | misty dark air. It was awful, yet most beau
i ; tifnk My imagination can conceive nothing of
i equal grandeur, and my pen is unequal to the ,
task of its description, ft was doubtless oc-j.
• casioned by the singular abud.mce of phosphor- I
iic animalcul/p.
• The water, when taken up in a bucket, I
■ gradually lost its glow, and finally became dark.
• Thesea tetained its firey aspect for several 1
J hours, during all which time our ship dished}
■ j through it, scattering the spray like sparks of
I real fire. 1 understand that in this portion of
. , the sea, and at this time of the year, mariners
■ have often remat ked the same singular anpear-
• j ance. At the time we saw it, we were in lati-
tude 7, N. and longitude 17, W.”
POLITICAL.
From the Cincinnati Republican.
The circular copied below has been re
ceived by a gentleman of this“city. To say
that the object intended in it, meets our cor
dial approbation, is but imperfectly expressing
our feelings. We love the American Union
and we love every thing connected with its
history that tends to throw glory and beauty
around it. Sometime last winter, we published
the speech of Mr. Pointsett, made, we beleive,
in a meeting of the Unionists, in Charleston,
South Carolina, in which the almost magic tri
umph of our American, fl ig, in Mexico, was
related. No American, u hose heart is still a
live to the Revolution, can read the little inci
dent referred to in the circular, and which is
so touchingly and elftqently described by Air.
Poinsett, without feeling proud of our Union.
The intention of the circular is to proclu e the
means of embodying that one glorious triumph
of the star spangled banner upon canvass—to
construct, from lite circumstance, a memento
of our national greatness, fl attering alike to our
patriotism and our taste. Copies of (he circu
lar have, we presume, been sent to all the oth
er cities in the United States, and the funds
necessary to the execution of the design, will
be speedily raised.
The gentleman to whom tho circular was
sent will submit it to the considvratiuu of our
patriotic citizens next week.
CIRCULAR.
CIIALESTON, S. C. April fl.
At the period of the Revolution of the
Arciirda la t which compelled ths Congress of
Mexico to reserve tho election ofPedrauzi
and place Guerrero in the Presidential Ch .ir,
the city was taken by assault, and the army es
Guerrero attacked and plundered the houses
of the European Spaniards, who are peculiarly
■ odious to the native Mexicans. Many of
[ these persons had taken refuge in the house of
j the American Ambassador, and it was pointed
out to tiie exasperated soldiery as the asylum of
their enemies. They rushed to attack it, and
in a few minutes would have massacred all
within its walls. Al this moment, when hun
dreds oi muskeis were levelled at the windows,
Mr. Poinseit, with his Secretary of Legation,
Mr. John Mason. Jr. threw themselves into ait
open balcony which overlooked the crowd, and
unfurling the SCAR SPANGLED BAN
NER, demanded that ail persons in bis house
should be protected while the fl ig of his coun
try waved over them. Tne scene changed as
ImPenchantment; and the very men who were
about to mike the attack, cheered the Stand*
ard or our Union, and placed sentinels to
guard it from o ttrage. The history of tho
world presents no parallel to such a scene,
and its moral beamy and grandeur should be
equally preferred on the pageofihe historian
and the canvass of the pain er. It is the’(‘fore
proposed to raise by subscription, a sulfi - frit
sum to It tve this illii.-drious tt innipA of one Na
tiounl Flag reptesented on canvass and after
ward engraved. 'The painting will be pre
sented to some public institution of the Stale,
or United States.
I'he minute particulars attending the un
furling of the United Slates flig at Mexico,
fiirnish matcri ds for a splendul National
Painting, d’lte section’d exci om-.nws, at pre
sent existing among the States, are oldiberning
national fellings. These must bo revived, the
arts are powerful in their operation, and lasting
in their inflntmee. We mi it ha ve Nit ion i|
Paintings, N tlional Sonus, N ition il Celebra
tions to excite and perpetuate National enthusi
asm. Though it is difficult lor the mind to cal
cul t’e the value of (he Union, yet the hand
of a mister may success fully exhibit at a single
glance, that N ttional protection, which, like
the pressure of the atm tsphere, though omni
present and powerful, is neither seen nor felt.
I’ite fl ig <>f every cou atry is its cm 'de,'n. It
should command respect abroad—adoration
at home. Tim man who loves and reveres not
his Country’s t lag, is prepare! to vi >! tie her
1 tws and destroy her itistiimion<, To ponr
tr iy, llum, the Star Spangled B timer overaw
ing, in a foreign I tmi an infuriated and hwless
soldiery, and protecting bom revolutionary
violence the objects of imlitica) hatred—is to
spread before the eyes, of our counirvmen, and
particularly of the risim.’generation, the unseen,
but high moral protection afiordl d by a great,
because a United people. The chief object,
however, is to hive this scene engravej, that
the Flag of our country miy wave m ( very
house, in every cottage, even in eveiy log
house, beyond the ino’ieiains; tb it our ( hiidr<»i>
may learn befoie they can read, to love and
reverence the emblem of their coun'iy’s pow
er and miy realize thttii is their guardian an.l
protector, not only in their nalite soil, but in a
land of strangers.
The amount of your subscription von will
please transmit to the joint addins of. *
WILLI AM DR \ Y PON.
I> \NIEL E. HUGER.
BE NJ. F. PEPO ON.
SFA SERPEN"’’.
A Capt, Knight, arrived at Poril md, savs
that he had a view of a Sea Serpent, w thin
five or six hundred feet, for an bmir and a hub
He was a hundred feet Io tg, w : <h alm<d a :
large as a barrel. Tim Por land Dailst
ti:or recomttmnds that Col. David otkoi by
sent to c itch this odd 1’...h.