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Misccilaueous idxtr.icts. 7Tie yo.i/i Mapolean. —The 15th June,lS3l, the prince was mUMd lieutenant colonel, and ♦•>>k tiic command of a hattallion of Hnn- Kims infantry, then in garrison at Vienna. His ev*n><*o-* m ihc discharge of hiv.iew duties, in addition to his previous occupations, appear to have nude the progress of his milady, which Imd till now proceeded secretly, visible both in his appearance, and in his in icilitt to hear fa tigue. lli.s voice became Hoarse, h ; was sub ject to coughs and attacks of fever : h” had shot up to a prodigious heigh', and his appearance bore many marks of the germs of the terri ble phthisis, now breaking out into activity. “Frequently,” says hi.s physician, Dr. Nal iatii, “ 1 have surprised him in the barracks in a state of dreadful lassitude. One day, among others, 1 found him stretched on a sofa, exhaust ed, powerless, and almost fainting. Not being able to coo-'eal the wretched state in w hich I found him, he said, 4 1 abominate this man rs ‘r.’ 4 lt is indeed provoking, 1 answered, •that your Highness cannot change your per son, as vou do vour horses when they arc tired; but permit nie, Monseigneur, I conjure you, to remember, that you have set a will of iron in a body of glass, and that the indulgence of your will cannot prove otherwise than fa tal".” “ Ilis lile was, in fact, at that time undergo ing a process of combustion: he slept scarcely lour hours, though, by nature he required a great quantity of sleep; he scarcely ate at all. His soul was entirely concentrated in the routine of thj manage and tile different kinds of milita ry exercise; he was, in fact,never at rest, hecon timied to increase in height, grew wretchedly livid. To all ray questions he answered, 44 1 am perfectly well.” Malfatti at lenghth considered it necessary to present a representation to the Emperor on the state of the Duke’s health. Both the patient and tiie physician were summoned to the Impe rial presence. Malfatti repeated his statement The Emperor then turned to the young prince, and said, “You have heard Dr. Malfatti; you will repair immediately to Sehcebrinui.” The Duke bowed respectfully, and as he was raising his head, he gave Malfatti a glance of excessive indignation. 44 It is you then that have pat me under arrest,” he said to him in an angry tone, and hurried away. He was placa ble, however, and soon forgave his amiable physician. The air and quiet of Schcenbrunn were extremely beneficial; he began again to sleep and to eat; the first return of vigor was ihe signal for exertion. He commenced hunt ing, as the next best thing to war, in all weath ers, and with a recklesness that, joined to simi lar exposure in vlsitiing neighboring military stations, soon re-established the malady. Phth isis assumed all its horrible power, he gradually sank, and after dreadful suffering, and all the rallying and resistance which a strong will can sometimes effect against disease, he fell a vic tim to it on the 22d July, 1832, at Schoenbrunn, on the same bed, in the same apartment that his father had occupied as the conqurer of Vien- m. ills mother w. 19 present ounngnis latter uays, nnd seems to have suffered alia mother’s pains. The Einperior, whom all degree in describing as an excellent and amiable old man, was great ly affected; a very strong affection subsisted between them; and, on the part of the duke, it was evident, that the Honest, straight-forward character of the Emperor, joined with his pa ternal kindness and evidently honest intentions, Lad made a profound impression on the mind and heart of his grandson. On the opening of the body the opinions of the Duke’s physicians were fully confirmed; one lobe of the lungs was nearly gone; and while the sternum was that of a mere child, the intestines presented all the appeatance of decrepid age. As he laid on his bier, his resemblance to his father, that resemblance so striking in the cra dle, became once more remarkable. It might have been detected in life but the flowtng blond hair of his Austrian mothei, and his tall form, would naturally mask the resemblance. His manner was graceful and elegant—the expres sion of his countenance somewhat sad; he was reserved till he fancied he had found a friend, when he became confidential, communicative, and even enthusiastic. He appears to have been universally beloved; no one can recollect -an offence—much less an injnry; he was full of kindness and consideration for every one about him. But one passion appears to have been developed—that of miltary ambition. The pre sent with him was but a preparation; in fact, he lived in a future, which for him vns never to ar .rive. Lookng at the in‘eresu of Europe, it is impossible to regret his death; looking at him self, it is imposssible not to fe.-. ■ great interest in his lile; had, in truth, his various qualites and dispositions been more generally known during his youth, it is very proba’ V that the popu lace of France would have nice deeply Sym pathised in his fate. He was never regarded otherwise than as le fils de Phom.ns, and assuch let him rest; a last victim to to ; turbulent am bition of Ids own father. Geological Course of Cholera. —Mr. Boubee has made some researches into tle geology of the countries through which th; Cholera has passed, from which he remarks, that this epi demic has spread most speedily, ’ and with its greatest intensity, through those districts where the territory and alluvial earths are the most extensive, whilst it appeals to h ive < been prop agated with great difficulty, or have lost its in tensity. and even to have been extinguished iu these parts where the older and particularly the pnmaidial formations predominate. This coin cident of the course of the cholera with particu lar geological districts, agrees with the obser vation pretty well established, that the circum stances of humidity and evaporation favor the development 01 this disease. In fact tertiary and arrival earths have, to a remarkable degree, the property of imbibing water, which bein'* I again yielded by a prolonged evaporation, pro” l ices a humidity of the atmosphere entirely de pe,Hunt on the nature of tho soil. The older fornvdions, on the contrary, compose ordinarily compact rocks, which being impermeable, can neither absorb moisture nor present it to the at mosphere by evaporation. Sometimes the old formations and volcanic deposition, present rocks, that arc friable or decomposed in particu lar places, in which case they will resemble the more recent ones in obsorbing and affording moisture, and this circumstance may explain some of the exceptions to the general rule of the cholera adhering in its progress to the modern formations. -Jour. du. Chimie Mul. A curious Hirer.- In the province of Anda lusia, in Spain, there is a liver culled the Tinto , from the tinge of its waters which are ns yellow as topaz, it possesses the most extraordinary and singular qualities. If a stone happens to fall in and rest upon another, they both become in one year's time perfectly united and con— glutinated. AH the plants on its banks are withered by its waters whenever they overtlow. No kind of verdure will come up where its wa ters reaches, nor can any dishes live in its, stream. The river rises in the Sierra Moreiia mountains, and its singular properties continue until other rivets run into it and alter its na ture. A Hoax. —At a court of sessions which clo sed a few days since, at Hackensack, N., J., a hoax was played off, which, for its singular au dacity and success, deserves to be recorded.— The perpetrator had been a long time in prison at Hackensack, awailing his tiial upon a charge of perjury. The evidence against him establish ing the offence was known to lie of so conclusive a character, that nobody doubted lor a moment that the proceeding against him would terminate by his imprisonment in the state prison. A liv ing dog, however, is better than a dead lion, as was shown by the issue of this man’s case. It appears that a few days prior to the time appoin ted for trial, when every expedient which his fruitful mind was capable of devising seemed to be exhausted, in the vain hope of an escape from his perilous situation, he hud a severe par alytic stroke, by which one entire side was ren dered powerless. In this feeble and helpless condition, insisting upon his trial, he was con veyed upon a bed from the prison to the court room. The spectacle of an infirm and afflicted fellow being, on the verge of the grave, being on trial for a perjury, had a powerful influence upon the sympathies of the jury. They, never theless, felt themselves bound, under the weight of evidence, reluctantly to return against him a verdict of guilty. While the tri 1 was in pro gress, the prisoner became so faint that the court was under the necessity of granting a re cess, to enable him to be re-eonveyed to his apartment in the prison for revival. On this oc casion he was again removed upon his bed, and sa strong an appeal was made by this distress ing exhibition of the helpless prisoner, that the prosecuting Attorney, Mr. Campbell, and his associate Mr. Todd, benevolently lent a hand in liis removal thence and back. The Court, upon his conviction, felt no little embarrassment in coming to a result, as to the degree and character of punishment they should award atyaino* Kliv fi,r ♦!- QortA.< nn.l :.,c, crime of which he had been found guilty. Be lieving, however, as they said, that he could not live long—that his capability to commit harm, even ifhis inclination to do so continued, was in a great measure destroyed by the afflicting par alysis under which he then labored—that if sent to prison he must remain there a public charge without rendering any adequate service in re turn for his support—but above all, that he was likely, according to every reasonable probabili ty, of so shortly answering for his transgres sions before another and higher tribunal, they came to a conclusion that all the ends of public justice would be answered in his case, by impo sing upon him a fine. They, therefore, more ou* of regard to the forms of law, than any de sire to exact its collection, imposed upon him a 1 fine of five dollars. The brother of the prisoner who manifested for him during all this while the most fraternal solicitude, advanced the line, and with a one hoi sc wagon in which he uad placed a bed, drove off with him from the prison. One ol the prosecuting council having busi ness in this city on the following day crossed the ferry at the foot of Courtlandt-sireet, but the extent of his surprise and astonishment may be better conceived than described, when almost immediatly on landing, he ran plump up against the dying maxi, who was hastening towards the ferry with the eagerness and speed of a flying Mercury. I’he counsel of course expressed his amazement at this singularly unexpected rencontre, to which the culprit replied, chuck ling at the success of his ingenious expedient, and proud of the deception he had practised by the inimitable manner in which he had acted out the character of a cripple—Oh !lam a great deal better to-day than I was yesterday. Then with a knowing wink and a hearty laugh, he dropped his arm and contracted his leg,to prove the identity of the paralytic cheat, and recove ring himself immediately, turned hastily upon his heel, and made the best of his way to the ferry, leaving the counsel to gaze with wonder at the miraculous recovery of his locomotive p owers, of which but the day before he had been seemingly deprived, and also to reflect up on the credulity of those who had been so suc cessfully duped by an arch impostor.—JV. F. Courier <Sf Enquirer, 22 d ult. Extract of a letter firm a citizen of the U. S. in Europe —“ At this moment every breath of news from the U. 8. is most eagerly sought af ter. The present critical position of our dear country has excited the deepest interest from j one end of Europe to another. The different j impressions produced on the different politi cal parties of the Old world are remark able enough. The party who has been accus tomed to the consolidation of power in one fam ily—the party who are so anxious to hush up the slightest whisper of free principles ; and in their desperate struggle against the progress of all liberal institutions, catch at overy thm * t: M | is calculated to buoy up their hopes—have b. ; n indulging their diabolical jov over the “ fatlin Republic.'* TheHbeial party, on the contrary, who have watched our onward pi ogress in the great principles of free government, though they deeply regret the unfortunate state of things that prevails in our country, still look with admira tion on the firm, but temperate measures, which the President has pursued, and take pleasure in comparing bis able address on the administra tion of our affairs, with the weak, yet pom pous exposes, which the Sovereigns of Eu rope are in the habit of publish ng. I have had manv occasions to speak of the liberal means which the Aristocratic Party in this quarter have adopted to arrest the dissemination of free prin ciples. They have seen that our government was a most striking example of the Republican Constitution, and they had hoped, that by lower ing the U. States in the scale of nations, they . would effectually nip in the bud the sacred right ! of man.—Not content, then, with misrepresen ting the action of our great political machine, they have laid before the People those works, I whose sole object is to slander our domestic ha bits and private virtues. Look at the number of infamous books on American customs, which have issued from the English Press and been zealously reprinted on this side of the Channel. Examine into the character of those,who encour age the authors. You find them Tories in the strongest sense of the word. They really hope to gull the People by confounding the public and private character of our countrymen —and thus disguising the eyes of the public, 44 Let us confess, however, that our horizon is at this time not a little overcast. The pre sent consequences of South Carolina opposition are not much to be dreaded. It is the example, that may afford a dangerous precedent for a greater number of States, placed in similar po sitions, and adopting the heresy of Nullification, hereafter. How long think you, can we calcu late on tiie public tranqudity, when we know, that every state of the 24 may thus openly brave the Union and threaten the whole edifice with dissolution? Do, write me, what is your opinion on the present crisis.” (The crisis has past—and it is hoped, that the People may soou awaken to the dangers which they have escaped —carefully guard ing against all such dangerous remedies for the future.) From the Georgia Coustitutionalisf. As an act of justice to Mr. Lane, we publish the explanation he gives of the circumstance al luded to in the article which we copy from the North American Gazette. We received Mr. Lanes letter on Monday last, but our paper be ing altogether taken up with the Bank returns and new advertisements,we could not make room for it. The Editor of this paper has known Mr. Lane for many years, and no young man has begun the Mercantile business with more industry, honesty of purpose, and attention to moral duties thanJMr. Lane; and if now he is at the head of a considerable mercantile estab lishment in Milledgeville, lie had a right to ex pect it by h : s upright conduct and an unblem ished reputation. The editor of this paper knows also Messrs. Marlow and Tucker; their reputation for uprightness U too well established ♦n Up injured bv the circumstance which has produced these remarks. Milledceville, 4th May 1833. Air. Benjamin Brantley, Augusta: Sir —A friend has just handed me your paper olthe 2nd inst. containing your remarks rela tive to a box of Brass Filings, addressed to mv care, and which by accident, was broken open in Augusta on its way to this place. I regret exceedingly that this circumstance should have given you the trouble of penning a large editorial article, cautioning the public against the use which you have gratuitously supposed was about to be made of these Filings; and I must be permitted to assure you that you have, for once at least in your life ‘‘Barked up the wrong tree,” to use a back woods phrase. It is not true, as you state, that this box, “ The contents of which has wrought such a fever upon your brain,” was sent to the western part of this State, or that there is any “doubt about the pur pose it was intended to effect.” It contained nothing more nor less than a preparation of Sol der, ordered by Messrs Marlow & Tucker, of this place, for some work they were about to do upon the State House, purchased by me of Mr. Solomon J. Isaacs, of New York, and shipped for this place, together with the copper, for the same work. This was the purpose it was inten ded to effect,and this the place of its destination, though your exceedingly quick editorial acu men has dignified it with another destination and object. Surely, sir, it would have occurred to any one whose intellect was not in such conditon as to make hint a fit subject for a strait jacket, that if these filings had been inten ded for the purpose you insinuate, they could have been procured in sufficient quantity here, without going to New York for them. This’ thought alone might have saved you much trou ble and the public, the apprehension which your caution must Lave created, against being tricked with brass filings for gold. As my name has been coupled with this transaction, I ask, as a matter ol justice, that you publish this explana tion in your paper. Respectfully, WM. G. LANE. Girard College. —The Treasurerer of the Girard Trust, has acknoweledged by letter to the City councils of Philadelphia, the the receipt of two millions of dollars from the Trustees of the Girard Bank, to be appropriated to the erec tion of the Girard College. I he architect of the College has estimated the expense of the plan adopted for the buildings at ings at $9,000, 7,000 ol which will be expended on the principal building, and two hundred thou sand on the out-buildings—and that six years will be required to complete it. It is further estimated hy the Committee, that there will probably be no necessity for oncroach tng upon the capital of the fund for the erection olthe buildings. From the gradual progress of the work as projected it is believed that the “inual interest will be nearly, if not quite suffi i nt for the buiklings, The erection new College will he njo i Celled after the Banking IloUsC ot Mr. Girard —the old United States Bank—and the whole building will, in the opinion ol the committee, 44 remain a lasting monument of his fame, as well as a model of architectural beauty.” ■ Memory. —Painful, and even melancholy as it oftentimes may be,how frequently does the mind love to turn back upon the scenes that are gone. How often are the thoughts drawn, insensibly as lit were, from the darkness ol the future to the twilight of the past —to scenes that but faintly i glimmer through the cold and sombrous lapse of days and months and years! a pleasing melancho ly comes over the full soul, as the green spots on the desert of life come up before the eye of the imagination, and tics as strong as those of“first love” bind us unconsciously to scenes where once centered all our joys. Such are the remin iscences of childhood and youth ; such al e the forms pictured upon the sunny surface of the past—when the heart heat jealouSiy—when ; ever/ path was strewed with flowers—when all above was cloudless sky—and when all ; mound us was sunshine ! If ever man enjoys happiness, it is in the spring time of life, when his hope first begins to bud and blossom. To his illusive eye the future appears bright as the visions of an elysian dream. But soon the frost of disappointment comes, old age “steals along with silent tread”—and all but the recollection of enjoyment perishes. Still memory like every thing else connected with our wordly enjoyment, has its pleasures and its pains—its joys and sorrows. The latter too often hold a melancholy predomi nance. Memory’s page is the record of events which have marked our chequered course ot life. It is that “simple, unvarnished tale of truth,” which reminds of the joys or sorrows that are pas sed— “Of Slopes deceived— Os faded dreams of bliss; Os joys we vainly had believed Were in a world so drear as this.” It tells of the time when pleasure “led us cap tive .at her car,” and when youthful hope, 44 the music of the mind” turned to all its charms. The tenor of our past life may have been almost unvarying, yet moments <f-sadness have some times interrupted its evenness, and the memory seizes upon us like a dizziness upon the brain. Some objects around which our hopes clustered, may have vanished when almost withinour grasp. YVe felt the keenness of disappointment, and even now the remembrance brings sadness to the soul. YY’e may have seen the grave close over those whom we loved, and seemed the sepulchre of ourhopes! It is human nature — it is venial weakness. From the Augusta Chronicle. There seems to be a strong disposition in the Convention, merely to determine the number of Senators and Representatives, and leave the ap portionment of them and other details, except the one fixing a member to each county, &c. to the Legislature at its next session. This is de cidedly wrong, and exhibits a shrinking from that responsibility which very justly and proper ly devolves on the Convent’on itself. The duty -c.ce. - .oXuotion first devolved on the Legislature, by the voice of tin: people ami that body evaded it. It was evident that it was opposed to reduction; and to remedy the evil, the people determined to take the matter into their own hands. They made arrangements lor a Convention, and the Legislature finding that their object would be effected in that way, made a virtue of necessity,and took upon them selves the calling of the Convention, that they might hereby restrict the wishes of the people and confine their action, as far as possible, to their own views. The Convention has been called,and it is evidently expected by the people, that it will present to them an entire plan, com plete in its detuils, upon which they may vote altogether understandingly. But it is conten ded, that it will be difficult, and the numerous ne cessary sacrifices, in the details, to render any system satisfactory, if fully presented, to a ma ! jorily of the people. We believe so, too; but no matter, the people ought to be folly prepared to judge, and reject, also, if they shall think proper to do so ; and oven if they should be disposed to make an improper rejection, those who fear this, should contend against it, by an open, straight forward, candid developement, and honest appeals thereon, to their patriotism, rea son, arid good sense. It is always an unsafe, as well as highly improper course, to act on a doubt of the people ; and particularly a de ception of them ; and what is the plan alluded to but a decided deception, designing to in duce them to vote for a plan which they fear would meet their rejection, if presented in all its details—aware, too, that after they have sanctioned the general arrangement,of the Con vention, they will afierwards have no choice on tire details, however obnoxious they may be ren dered by the legislature. For ourselves, relying always on the will of the people, and conscious of their right to decide for themselves, wi h all the information fairly before them, and to suit Ihemselves, however we or others may differ from them, we protest against this course as unjust, unfair and deceptive—unworthy of their representatives—and calculated to lead hy the jealousies, doubts, and suspicions it will proba bly excite—to the very opposite result, to the one desired. Ihe people and the Legislature have differed decidedly on the subject. In con sequence of this difference, the former resorted to a Convention. And for that Convention to throw this duty now. or any part of it, upon that Legislature, would be a shameful abandonment of duty and responsibility. A letter from the junior editor of the Boston Courier, dated Smyrna, Feb. 15, says: We expect the Egyptian troops here— perhaps hour ly—they are within a day’s march. There is a perfect apathy in the city on the subject. There can bo no resistance, for the inhabitants will re ceive the Pacha as they have overy where.else; •ina the whole I urkish force here is only eight hundred ineffective troops, who are as l.kely to hght for one side as the other. We can give ou no -01 fainxiews. There is a “journal ’’pub lished ostensibly every Sunday, but it appears with no regularity, and most commonly in the middle of the week. Their can be no such thing as a price current of such a market—The country is entirely unsettled. There has not one large caravan entered the city for three months, the camels being all employed by the armies, nor have any products been sent from the interior. Business is entirely ata dead stand still. There is nothing doing.” FOREIGN. The editor of the Courier and Enquirer recei ved lost evening London journals up to the Ist April, and Liverpool of the 2nd, brought by the Liverpool packet ship South America, Capt. Marshall. The Irish Coercion Bill has passed the Houso of Commons, by a majority of 259, and in con sequence of the amendments made to in that body, is returned to the house of Lords. It will, no doubt again pass there, and its provisions bo immediately carried into execution. The num ber of troops kept in Ireland by the British gov ernment, appears, from the debates, to be no less than 28,000 men, or about one fourth of their whole standing array. A change has taken place in the British Cab inet, though it will not probably be attended with any change in its policy. Lord Goderich, who was Colonial Secretary, has become Lord Pri vy Seal, vacated by the resignation of Lord Durham. Mr. Stanley succeeds Lord Goder ich : and Sir John Cam Hcbhouse succeeds Mr. Stanley as Secretary for Ireland. On the important subject of Slavery in life YY’est Indies, the Premier, Earl Grey, in replv to some questions put to him, said, “that to de clare immediate emancipation would undoubt edly make short and easy work of the matter; but he confessed that that was not the way in which he wished to deal with the question; and he was glad to hear from his noble friend’s ex planation that the word “ immediate” was not to be taken as meaning immediate, but the earliest period at which emancipation could take place with safety to all the interests concerned. He (Earl Grey) was anxious for the abolition of slavery, but he was not prepared to declare for immediate emancipation, without considering the consequences might flow from such a meas ure.” The news of the passage of Mr. Clay’s, Ta riff Compromise Bill, was received at Liver pool by the Britannia, on the 29th of March. From France there is nothing important. The situation of the Duchess de berri is still the cause of a good deal of debate. The Car lists arc clamoring for her immediate liberation, and affirm that her health is greatly impaired this is denied by the friends of the Government, who say that her health is as good “ as can he expected.” * No change is perceptible in the conduct of the King of Holland; he continues to reinforce his squadron in the Scheldt, and in an interview with his late Ambassador in London, Zuylen Man Nycvelt has expressed his determination, not to submit to conditions which he considered unjust. Some doubt still hangs over Turkish affairs. It does not appear to be positively known whether the Egyptian troops have advanced to Smyrna or not; still it seems placed beyond a doubt that the intervention of the great powers will prevent any further hostilities between the Porte and the Pacha. The St. Petersburg Gazette contains a re port of the proceedings adopted by the Empe ror towards the Ottoman Empire, and of their results at Constantinople. The Sultan is re ported to have been highly gratified by the splendid proofs of the exhalted regard of his Majesty the Emperor, for the interest of the Ottoman Empire,” and has made arrangements to avail himself of the aid of Russian should events require it. The Russian squadron was lying in the Bospiiorus, but was to repair to Sizeboli, in the Black Sea, with the first fair wind, where it will be joined by the land forces, now upon their march for Turkey. From this place the united forces will advance to the de fence of C onstantinople, should it be requisite to do so. The King of Wurtcmburg has desolved the Legislative Chamber of his dominions abruptly and some of the Journals look forward to a seri ous resistance to his will on the part of the peo ple. We will endeavor, at an early day, to give the particular 9* The most interesting news is from Oporto, where two fresh attacks have been made hy the troops of Don Miguel and successfully repelled. We fear the Constitutionalists will finally Le compelled to retire. They have already been ten months in Oporto without making a sin gle step in advance, and now it will seen that the dispute with Admiral Sartorious, pla ces new and serious difficulties in the wav of Don Pedro. The Communications bet'.vcen the East In dia Company and the British government have been made public. They were laid before a meeting of the East India proprietors, held at London on the 25th of March. They contain the terms on which the government proposes to settle the various questions relative to the trade and political administration of India. These are embraced under the following heads. 1. The China monopoly to cease. 2. The east India Company to retain its po litical factions. 3. The Company’s assets, commercial and ter iitorial, to be assigned to the crown, on behalf ot the territorial Government of India. An Annuity of .£630,000 to be granted to the Company, payable in England half yearly, ‘lO be charged on the territorial revenue of Eng land, not to be redeemable before the 25th oi April—^—, and then to be redeemable at the opinion of Parliament, on the payment of £IOO for every £2 5s of annuity. 5. The revenue of India to bo chargeable with all the expenses incurred on account of that country either at home or abroad. 6. The new annuitants to retaiti their char acter of a Joint Stock Company, the qualifica tions and right of voting to remain as at pre sent. 7. The number of the Court of Directors to be one-fourth, going out in rotation ever'’