Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-02-17
The gHssssRSsAS.
LXNCHBURG, Feb. 1881.
TIE FOREIGN NEWS.


The Soldier is abroad and, from the COM
.pleA'on oil our last adVlces from Europe. will
have work enough on hi, hands, for some years
TO CONE. Europe is reposng ON volcano
whose violent heapings give fearful forebodngs
OF the Oscillation that threatens the Continent
France has been an unsettled condition.
but tranquility had been IN measure restored.
The retirement of Lafayette and his INN ediate
lrien us from Office, however, is unwelcome
news on This side of the Atlantic. We think II
not improbable that this step was taken in con
sequence OF difference Of views in The French
Cabinet relative TO the course which II becomes
The government of France TO adopt in the pres
ent alarming crisis. Lafayette and his friends
were, ia al probability, IN favor of lending n
b elping hsnd to the struggling patriots OF Po-
land while Lliiuc and his party were VI
favor of the less chivalric but more prudent
plan OF strict non inierceniion Indeed. in The
Chamber Of Deputies, Latte took occasion To
say, thn France will defend. but not propagate
her principles Disturbances in Pans,
consequent on the trial Of the French Ministers
having been suppressed. 1t Is not probable that
any other cause of dissensipu will speedily
arise in France. Ol the tate OF the Tx Minis
tcrs. themselves, no one can for momen,
reflect without compasslonutins their hard des-
GEOGRAPHICALLY that OF Polgnac. who. in
addition TO imprisonment for Lille, common to
bis ocihtes. is cons gned TO eternal solitude,
aud TO all tue mort ,Gcations aad penalties OF
c,vi death Surely, tho bloodh ounds Of the
Iau1bunrg 81. Antoine will dissatisfied Win their
punsbDeu-Which,it seems to Us, moIe
horrible dian The most excrucistiug death
which even inquisitorial ingenuity could de-
wise.
Great Britain aud Ieetaud are in a state OF
freai disqule,ude aud agitation. SO wide
spread aud deep-rooted is II. indeed, that the
Clergy have been specially directed to address
10 the Throne OF Grace, among The services OF
the sanctuary, an humble Prayer to the great
Arblter oil the destnes of Nations, that He
" would withdra" from them Ills Christening
hand" "Restore,O Lord, to thy people,
CONTINUES the prayer the qnet enjoyment of
the many and great blessings which We have
received ilom thy bounty defeat and fIus
trate tue malice of wicked aud turbulent men,
aud iurn the in heats have pity on the simple
and ignorant who have been led asray, and
recall them TO n sense other dnty.' Nations
seldom seek help from the divine source until
,,eg despair of themselves remedying tue evils
= I'D removing the a.lliciions under which they
Ia Dor and there fore ii needed not TINT the
runners oil th,s " form oil prayer should pre- :
face il " th the declaration thai - tho power
and wisdom o + man are OF no avail, in syerting
,he impending calamity, 10 show how thorough
Iy they ore alarmed.
Poland is threatened with a,eyere chast'se-
meut by the Russian Monarch but IS sn'd,
that, almost nj the same moment, n revolution
broke out nj ST. Pete,sbnIgh. whence ht. and
most OF the mobiles, and many Of the respecta
ale iDlab ltants had fled. We hope The brave
polan,ers will he able to maintain their strVg
Gle, and ike Belgium. (Which has been re-
eocn;zed by the Eve Powers secure their IN,
dependence
JFar must take place in Europe. The Gle.
ments of strife are all in motion, aud nothing
but lung aud bloody war eau se'le them
The foundations of society are about to be
broken up-od inS'itato"s' principles ana
customs mus. give way tomodern mnho'a'o",
who have a strange irreverence for the work.
Of their foretathers. Great events are evident
~ just ahead,
DEATH OF BOLIVAR.