The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-22 00:00:00

A VETERAN AMAZON.

The lndicateur of Bordeaux 'has opened a subscrip-
tion in behalf of a heroine whose history is thus related
by the journal above-mentioned :—" There has been
staying at Bordeaux, for several days past, a poor
woman, already advanced in age, who has passed her
winter days in receiving assistance from some poor
people, and in the cold and wet nights slept in
granges or stables, fur want of means to procure
a better lodging. Catherine Rohmer was born at
Belmar in 1782. Her father was a sergeant, and
her mother followed the camp. At the siege of Cal-
abria she saw her father killed, and at the battle of
Ileums a cannon-ball carried off the head of her
mother. In 1802, Catherine Rohmar married Fran-
cois Girard, the drum-major of the 62d half-brigade.
A sutler, like her mother, she followed the division of
General Donnadieu, was present at the taking of
Saragossa, entered with the division in Portugal, and
afterwards returned to Barcelona. At this epoch she
had already eight sons all following her regiment.
From Barcelona she went to Austria with the division
of General Charriere, and received a lance wound at
the battle of Wagram. She was present at the taking
of Vienna, and also at the battles of Glogkau, Lutzen.
and Bautzen ; accompanied General Rapp to Dantzic,
stayed a short time at Dresden, and from thence
passed several months in garrison at Naples. Ever
ready to support the fatigues of war and expose her
life in attending to the wounded, she returned again
to Spain, and was present at the taking of Girona,
where her husband was decorated. On this occasion
she acted as a soldier heiself, and taking up a musket

fought against the enemy, who for a moment seemed
likely to be victorious. Attached to the expedition
tent against Russia, she went to Warsaw, Cracow,
and even as far as Moscow. In the retreat, Catherine
Rohmer crossed, with the first division, the bridge of
the Beresina, and was counted among the 25 men
who alone remained of the four battalions of 1,000 men
each who entered Russia. At Courbevoie, near Paris,
her regiment was re-organised. She took part in the en-
counters of Chalons, Troyes, Bar-sur-Aube, and
Brienne, and was at Fontainbleau when Napoleon abdi-
cated. With her husband she set out to follow the Em-
peror to the island of Elba, and had then ten sons in
the army. She returned to Paris, and lastly was present
at the battle of Waterloo. In 1815, her husband was
appointed adjutant in the artillery. In 1823, she fol-
lowed Girard to Spain, where he was killed by a mus-
ket shot between Barcelona and Gracia. She returned
alone to France, and married Antony Varin, a sergeant-
major, accompanied the latter to Algeria, and was pre-
sent at the taking of Algiers, Bona, Mascara, Oran,
and Constantine. In this place she lost her husband
and two of her sons, and was herself wounded at
Bougie and in the engagement of the liaison Carree.

The Government prosecution against the proprietor
of the Nation has failed. There being no prospect of the
jury coming to an agreement, yesterday (Thursday), about
two o'clock, they were discharged by the consent of the
Crown and the traverser. We understand they were nearly
equally divided in opion, there being seven for conviction,
and five for acquittal. That they could have agreed upon a
verdict of acquittal was scarely to be hoped for.—Dublin
Freeman.
The Philadelphia Gazette states that some armed
schooners, brigs, and small steamers, are now fitting at New
York, for the purpose of cruising in the Gulf of Mexico.
Lieut. T. D. Shaw of this city is named as having been or-
dered to the command of the Petrel, to cruise in the Gulf
o f Mexico.
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Denmark, 7223; Hungary, 8800.
EXPOSURE TO THE SUN.—There are few points
which seem less generally understood, or more clearly proved,
than the fact, that exposure to the sun, without exercise
sufficient to create free perspiration, will produce illness; and
that the (same) exposure to the sun, with sufficient exercise,
will not produce illness. Let any man sleep in the sun, he
will awake perspiring and very ill—perhaps he will die. Let
ten times as much, and be quite well. The
the same man dig in the sun for the same length of time, and
he will perspire
fact is, that not only the direct rays of the sun, but the heat
of the atmosphere, produce abundance of bile, and powerful
exercise alone will carry off that bile.—Popular Errors Er.
plained.
Books are to be opened in New York, 28th proximo,
for subscription to raise 1,000,000 dollars for shares in the
Ocean Steam Ship Company, which is lately incorporated by
that state, and has a contract with the United States
Government for conveying the mails, &c., to other countries.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JUNE I9.—About 400
elsn areda stillthere
tle supply
doing. im-
mediate hhds. West India, and 1,000 mats Mauritius have found
buyers this week at the former currency; the market con-
tinuesp
and prices have further tendency
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to advance.—Bristol Mercury._

week, aa
years
old, poor man lost a lovelyboy,
about
and of course ap pfiedrorll°LthTr."--eeTh andis
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a Christian burial, but this was refused, because the little
fellow was not a Christian, riot having been
clergyman of the " poor man's church," christened by a
a dissenting minister ; s.) the
child nor yet baptised by
to the earth in sure and certain hopenotcommitted of a blessed resurrection
unto eternal life, but was fetched f "
by the sexton o the poor
man's church"
A , about twelve o'clock at night, and buried
like
- a -og. The only mourner allowed to be present was the
afflicted mother, who marked the spot where they had laid
her child, then with tearful eyes, and a breast heaving with
sorrow, returned to her borne, of course not at all prejudiced
in favour of that Jhurch which refused Christian burial to
her son.—Norfolk News.
ACTIVITY AT THE CHARLESTON NAVY YARD.--A
Boston journal states, that there are now employed at the
Charleston Navy Yard, about 700 mechanics and labour,:frs.
Between three and four hundred of these are to work 011 the
Independence. She will probably be ready for her crew •
in
seven or eight weeks. The rope-walk at this yard. 'is • _ turning
out about fifteen tons of cordage daily, for the navy. There
are already collected at the Charlestonyard
frames for sea steamers, and one frame two complete
harbour defence. All these might be for a steamer for
put up and got off in
a short time. upon emergency.
BEGGING PFriday
PETITION.—kt,n
called on -Mr. Harmer,fternoon, a man
rmer at Ingress Abbey, Greenhithe, with a
petition, numerously signed, stating that the bearer, John
G ibis
• , a farmer, at Aylesford, had, since April last, lost four
valuable horses and three cows, estimated at the value of 9*.
and upwards, and that he would be totally ruined and I.rike-
wise his famil unless aided by the benevolent in the western
part of of the county of Kent. It, however, liappeneti, that Mr.
Ilarmer had only a few minutes previously read a Paragraph in
the Maidstone Gazette, cautioning the public against being im-
posed on by this individual, and stating that the signatures
to the petition were forgeries. He, therefore, told the man
lie should detain him and his memorial, whereupon the
fellow set off at full speed front the front of the house to-
wards the river, and would doubtless have escaped, bad
not Mr. Harmer raised an alarm to some people who were
making hay in the Park, when some of the females ran
and got ever the Park fence, seized and held him securely
until some of Mr. Harmer's servants came up and took
him into custody. On being conveyed before the
Rev. Mr. Renouard, a neighbouring justice, the man ad-
mitted that the memorial was a fabrication, and that his,
name, instead of being John Gibbs, was William Miles. Mr..
Renouard committed him for examination to the lock-up. ut
Dartford, and he will, no doubt, be convicted and punl,sb ed
as a rogue and vagabond. Amongst the signatures recrau_
mending the petitioner were the Rev. E. G. Mara], y icar
of Aylesford; the Rev. W. Valiance, Lady Maria Find
.1 the
Rev. C. R., Sir J. H. Horley, Ashenden and Son, Colonel
Best, Edward Wickham. the Rev. J. Shepherd, Atli.' b
a otlt
sixty other individuals.