The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-31 00:00:00

FRANCE.
`'be following.3tatement appears in the illoniteur :
It has been seen from tne report of the general-

- And of the army of Paris to the rdinisterof War
-:he events of the 3d and 4th December—a re port
'arkable for its clearness, precision, and simplicity,
the loss of the army in these two days amounted
to 1 officer and 23 men killed, and 17 officers and 167
men wounded. These results have been since changed
by the death of three soldiers from the effects of their
wounds, making the number of killed 27. Up to this
time the number of civilians killed and wounded has
not been known in an official manner, and the most
exaggerated statements have been put forward. Au-
thentic documents have been drawn up on the subject,
and we now know that M. Trebuchet, chef de bureau
at the Prefecture de Police, charged with that duty,
has taken an exact account of all that fell. From
this examination, it appears that there were killed on
the Boulevarde Montmartre and Poissonniere, and
taken to the ambulance in the Cite Bergere, 35 ;
carried to the cemetery of Montmartre by order of
the police, 3 ; carried to the Morgue from the barri-
cades, 43 ; died in the hospitals (most of them in-
surgents) or at their residences, 110 ; making a total
or 191. The number of civilians wounded is only
87 ; but it is evident that the number would have
I,den much greater if all the insurgents wounded had
made themselves known. Those only are known who
were seriously wounded and taken to the hospitals.
It was the same in Jane, 1848, when the number of
killed amounted to 1,402, whilst only about 260
wounded were found."
The grand ball to be given by General de St.
Arnaud will take place on Feb. 11, at the hotel of
the department of War.
General Prim and General Ortega have arrived in
Paris from Madrid.
By decree, dated the 27th, the company formed
under the title of the " Western Railway Company,
tlis been authorised, and its statutes approved of.
A solemn religious service was performed on the
15th inst. at Stockholm for the repose of the soul of
the late Marshal Soult, who was chevalier of the
Loyal order of the Seraphim, which is the oldest
cyder in Sweden, and only conferred on members of
igning families, and the most illustrious personages.
the members of the order who were in the capital
-vere present at the ceremony, during the celebration
of which the bells of all the churches rang a funeral
oeal.
The experiment of cultivating rice in France ap-
pears to have succeeded perfectly. A piece of ground
of 100 hectares in extent (250 acres) was sown with
rice last year in the landes of Arcachon, near Bor-
deaux, and the crop proved a highly satisfactory one.
The seed is sown about the middle of April, and al-
most immediately appears above ground. Guano is
fond the manure which suits it best in France.
.out 12,500 f. are considered the capital necessary to
convert 100 hectares of landes into rice-grounds,
being 12.5 f. the hectare.
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THEATRICALS IN AMERICA.
(From the New York Herald.)
Catherine Hayes and Charlotte Cushman arrived in
Washington on the 12th instant.
Mr. Neafie is playing at New Orleans.
Mr. Braham, the English tenor singer, is said to be
going to California with Madame Biscaccianti.
Parodi is giving concerts in Pittsburg, with Mdlle.
Patti. _ .

Maberlini, " the only pupil of Rossini," is in
CharlEston.
Madame Celeste is still playing at the National
Tneatre, Washington city.
Miss Julia Dean is about to commence an engage-
ment at the Washington Theatre.
Mr. G. V. Brooke, the tragedian, is still playing
at the Walnut-street Theatre in Philadelphia.
Miss Julia Bennett is playing in New Orleans.
Biscaccianti's benefit concert took place at the
Melodian in Boston, on Saturday evening last. Every
set in the house was occupied, and the audience
were very enthusiastic. Madame B. was labouring
under a disadvantage, arising from an irritation of the
organs of the throat.
Madame Anna Thillon and Mr. Hudson, the Irish
comedian, are engaged at the Boston Theatre.
Blanchard and his dogs are performing before
crowded audiences at the National Theatre, Boston.
Mlle. Marie was performing at Welch's Circus,
Philadelphia.
Miss Eliza Logan has been performing at Mobile.
The Swiss Bell Ringers have been giving concerts
in Baltimore.
Miss Davenport is playing at St. Louis.
Mr. Buchanan, the American tragedian, is going
to England on a professional tour.
"'LAST APPEARANCE OF LOLA MONTES AT THE
BROADWAY THEATRE.—LoIa Montes closed her third
engagement last night, for the benefit of the Fire-
man's Fund. The theatre was crowded to excess,
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The danseuse
was loudly applauded, and called before the curtian
at the end of each ballet, amidst showers of bouquets.
At the termination of the performance she was again
caned out, and replied to the plaudits as follows :
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—My heart is so full I can-
not speak more than my grateful thanks for your
kindness. Gallant firemen, God bless you and your
noble institution. Farewell. God bless you !"

A TEXAN COLONEL'S STOIC':
" No, my friend," said the colonel to his grave
companion , " no, it is entirely impossible for one
ntir.ed, as you have evidently been, in the lap of
luxury—perhaps even in a coiled and framed house
—to know what we suffered here in '36.
just tell you exactly now it was with me, and I
have seen nothing—oh nothihg at all—to what
same have! You see, I was there, in Sabine
county—had a little cabin in the woods away from
town some dozen miles. I had 100 cows, -20 mares,
17 fillies, and a wife and three children, but not a
dollar in the world. However, I was a lawyer, and
had engaged to defend a man for cowstealing at court
in town next day, for which I was to get two bushels
of meal ! You see, my clothes had well nigh worn
out, and I swapped with a Bedi Indian for a suit
of deerskin. Did you ever see a real suit of deerskin,
stranger?" " Well, I have—felt it too." You
the Indian told me to dye it in dogwood ooze. I
did so, you know—left them in all night. Next
morning I was up early and off for court, for I
needed that meal—didn't have anything in the house
atMy deerskin suit fitted well, had tassels
round all.
the
calves and skirts. Well, I rode out
of the
cant timber in which my cabin was built,
on to
the •
o prairie that stretched the rest of the
way to town
' e,as the sun got hotter, the wet
skin—you see,. I had to put it on wet, for I
must be at court—had to have that meal—the wet
skin been to
says I; but in tg went et tight ! Pshaw, it don't mind,'
Got off the mare, out y
there minutes, pshaw, it did mind !
in that broad prairie,
with the roasting, hroir
my head, and my eloin.eg,s burning sun right over
creeping up and coil-
ing tight around me like
ar were fastened by a nest of snakes. My
m.;
the sleeves that I
ct:aldn't get my knife to rip
stood on the end like the thorana anything,
of ngt; My hair
bois crm a
0 the misery, the suffering, the
whole body was bound up and agony! My
screwed together
and strangled. Blood rushed to my head
get on my horse. Well, I lay there in the blisteringduia'G
sun till somebody going to court happened to
and ripped me up. He cut me in two or three places,pass,
he was shaking so with laughter while he did it
Well, you see, I rode back home—took the last sheet
in the house—cut it out—wife sowed on one leg
While I sowed up the other—got to court just in
time with my white suit—cleared the man, and got
the meal !"—American

CALIFO RN lA.
THIS HANGING OF BILL MARSHALL AND
JUAN VERDUGO.
(From the San Diego Herald,
The trial of these men was concluded on Friday
Extra, Dec. 16.).
evening last, and OR
nounced on the Plaza that they would be executed at
Saturday morning it was an
two o'clock the same day. The Fitzgerald Volunteers
were ordered to be on duty at that time to conduct
:he prisoners to the scaffold, which had been erected a
short distance out of town, near the Catholic burying'
ground.
The graves were dug, and all the preparations
made daring the forenoon for carrying out the
sentence of the court-martial. At about two
o'clock the volunteers were under arms, and the
people began to gather in considerable numbers
about the Plaza and Court-house. A priest was
with the prisoners most of the forenoon, and
accompanied them to the gallows, where they received
final absolution. They were then informed that a
short time would be allowed them if they wished to
make any remarks. Marshall was the first to speak.
He said that he was prepared to die, and he hoped
that his friends and the people around him would for-
give him, that he trusted in God's mercy, and hoped
to be pardoned for his many transgressions. He still
iiv,isted that he was innocent of the crime for which
he was about to die. This was about the substance
of his remarks as near as we could learn from those
who stood near the scaffold.
Werdugo spoke in Spanish. lle acknowledged his
guilt and admitted the justness of the sentence passed
upon him ; said he was ready and willing to yield up
his life as a forfeit for his crimes and wickedness.
The ropes were then adjusted—the priest approached
them for the last time—said some consoling words to
them—repeated a final prayer—extended the cru-
cifix, which each kissed several times, when he
.descended from the waggon, which immediately moved
on; leaving the poor unfortunate wretches suspended
about five feet from the ground. The fall could
:not have been more than a foot, at the most, for their
necks were not dislocated. Marshall struggled con-
siderably, but the Sonorian scarcely moved a muscle.
Both of them were in their shirt sleeves, and neither
of them hoodwinked. Marshall was quite a small