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SATURDAY, Aucusr 8.


ers as admiral general, 70 eight naval off,
GERS, who have been constituted a supreme
council of admiralty They were convok.
4 ed far the 6rs, time, on the Sd of April,
ay,he princes palace, on which occasion
he Represented 10 them the necessity Of
applying all their energies to increase the
maritime strength of Spaio-The bene6cL
al effects Of this new arrangement have no,
yet manifested themselves.
Preparations are making to put the har-
Dor Of Bossou in complete state Of de.
fence. SI
Extraordinary Proaaction. Mr., Benia.
min Rae, Of Stamford, ioforms, that he
planted four potatoes of tie seed direct
from South America, which produced ae
ven bushels The last season he planted
two potatoes of the same species, which
produced ~ Bushels and 3 pecks. These
potatoes grow very large and long; some
to a foot in length, and weigh from three
to four pounds; are very sweet and plea
SAINT tor sause. [Spsc.
Dsnszic was called by the Poles Gdansk,
and is about four miles from The Baltic, on
the Vistula. Two small rivers which run
through the city fall into the Ylssula, and
one Of them divides the old from the new
town, l, was ancien,ly the principal of
the Hanse.,owns 10 1854, it refcsed
Submission TO the Teusonc Knights, fer
some privileges promised by Poland which
they did no, find confirmed. In 1894, the
kisg of Poland took refuge Ia it, aud it
was bombarded by the Saxons aud Russi-
ans. but not having the expected assistance
of the French, Dantsic submitted to the
electoy of Saxony. lis revenue has been
reckoned az a, million of crowns, Of
which not tenth part is raised GU, of the
city. iss peasants arc considered as the
most rich and aoss happy Of all Poland
10 177ea. it had check KS prosperity
from the Claims of Prussia, aud ky the new
commercial regulations which were de-,
sgned to give advantages TO Elb;pg and
Konigsbsrg. II suffered by the plague 10
1909, and lost above 10000 souls. I. ca.
pi,uIa,ed 70 The Saxpns, 9Th July, 1884.
Ia the seyen yeats war it suffered from the
Russians, and then its Notifications were
erected upon the new plan. IN 1888, Dans.
&c was blocksdsd By the Prrssians, bur
Russia, and Poland obtained tie raising Of
the blockade. But the convention Of 1888,
and the new commercial regulations. it
did cot feceverits former privileges. 10
1888 great part of the citiz=ns and mer-
chants proposed to submittoahe generosity
Of Prussia, which the magistrates opposed,
but soon after HEY consented from neces..
sity. In the las. PARTITION Of Poland. 10
which Dan.zic Was comPrehcnded, while
Europe wa. ina,ten,ive TO the fate OF thai
kingdom, the powers concerned in the
partition, paid no greater regard to the
wishes Of the people to be united to their
states, than they did to the laws Of nations
OF the. laws of justice. They who wish to
/ compare the conduc, Of the French 10
1894 with 1907, may be assisted by the
history of Lewis XIV. from the pen Of
| yolssire. He informs US tina, Fleufy, not
| wi!licg 10 abandon the King Of Poland, or
| to make exer,ions in his favor. sent a
squadron commanded by an s&cer, who
upon the sighs of danger retired. The
French ambassador a. Denmark resented
this want of courage, and almost sure OF
destruction with such an inadequate squad.
| roo, ventured 70 land, and attacked the
Russians and peri.hrd Such was the
fate Of brave aan who ventnred with
1900 Frenchmeo, agains, SO 600 Russians.
| but The brave mans letter to one OF ths
secretaries Of states is worthy of our OVID
times. 81 am sure that | shall never re.
turn. Take carc Of my wife and children:
| The situation of Dsntzic upon the Baltic,