The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-11-27
The Iailrsaa Syslsm q Franee ana Is saecls are

!, nv a1Heda system 81 france ana W. ehecis aie
thus spoken Of:
Among the speculalions that have most lamenta-
Diy faiied, must be Teckoned scores OF railroad
schemes Two only Of the great ones projected
seem key Tor the present. 10 be carried into execu-
.on, ano nose are, that 10 Belgium and that to
Havfe. The former will however, be the firsi CON-
pieted, as The government itself contemplates the
construction OF H. The railroad 10 Hayre will,
must sooner or later, be undertaken and flushed.
The rest are mere moonshine---7ehicles invented
BY some escrocs for raising the wind The truth is,
that there does not appear sufficient trade traffic
public spirit In France TO justify the expectation that
Tor many years railroads will be remuaeraiory spec
uaiions.
The introduction Of railroads has been in the
vicinity Of Paris elsewhere, doubt injurious TO
individual Interests. The railroad TO 81. Germains
wuhoui being very productive TO The proPfleiors
has ruined all the Of public carriages ON thai
road, and you know that they were numerous There
Is not now single public conyeyance--excepi those
hthy m ichines called eouc0ns-plying between Pa
RS and ~ Germans, including Of course, Nantefre,
Rueil, Marty, and Maisons, land 10 which may be
added Paissey, Meulan and other towns within
distance OF twenty miles, Every four wheeled car
rage and every horse employed on that once busy
line have been sold. Nor is this all land and houses
situate upon and near il, have fallen from 80 TO GO
per cent In value. RI knew one person who three
years since refused 10000 francs Tor house and
garden near Marty, and who could not last week
when y was put up al auction-obtain for II more
Than fl40D0l Similar "calamies" on the Yer
sailles lin, were unprecedented you will have
seen that the government has inierfered aud com
PEELED The Railroad Company TO exact two francs
Tor the places 10 the cars, which has In great mea
sure defeated the speculation Of the underwriters OF
the work, and completely disappointed the public.
RUSSIA AND ClRCASSIA.
The war in Circassia appears 10 be going on go
riousiy for the cause OF freedom the Russians hav
Ing been defeated In an action with the loss Of H.
0OO men. The address of the Emperor Nicholas TO
General Grabbe, the Commander-n Chief Of the
Army OF the Caucasus, "confesses" as the Com
merce, French journal, observes, "astrugge much
more animated than the Russian Government desir-
ed up 10 The present time 10 avow." The same pa
per publishes letter, dated ST Peersburgh the 18th
nlt,, which states that the same General Grabbe,
having besieged III. Circassan fortress Of Akulko
lot three months, al length ordered up from the
Black Sea the 10Th and 2ist division Of infantry, a
large body of cavalry, and four batteries Of artillery,
and with them assaulted the place The besieged
made most gallant defence, and repnlsed the as
Sailants four tines
head OF the 10th division, penetrated by a breach
INTO The town. dreadful conflict ensued which
continued until between III and IL O'clock at night,
when, feeling themselves overmatched, the heroic
remains OF The garrison evacuated the town under
cover Of the darkness leaving behind them of their
number $50 dead and l22 wounded, the principal
part OF whom were recognized as deserters from the
Russian army. The loss OF the Russians amounted
10 $3.50 men killed and wounded. Just al the moment
when the Russians entered the fortress Of Akulko
Schamadi, The chief oil the Crcassian tribe OF
Tscheschentses, arrived to the relief Of the place.
out being too late for that object, he threw himself
on The Russian cavalry, overthrow them, and took
from them twelve 6eld-pieces which, however, alter
sPlkng them, be was obliged to abandon. The to-
tai loss OF the Russians not less than ~ 600 men,
It would be therefore impossible Tor them 10 resume
warlike operations before the arrival of reinforce
mems. .
On the 29th Of August the town of Irkutsk, in
Siberia, was visited by violent earthquake. Eleven
houses were thrown down, and eight persons perish
cd in the ruins. Thirty four people were very seri-
ously injured. fluctuations continued successfully
from 8 ill IL o'clock accompanied with heavy
rolling sound like thunder.
AFRICA ~.
The most distressing accounts have been received
in France OF the state OF the health of the army in
Africa Private letters from Stora, dated the 22i
ult, state that the Duke OF Orleans, seeing the i'm
mense number OF sick lying without any accommo-
dation al Phippeyille, had freighted several mer-
chant vessels 10 convey part OF them 10 Algiers and
which were towed 10 their destination by three
steamers The sick thus embarked amountedt to up
wards Of GOO The mortality Of Pbilippeville had
averaged between ID and IA per day.
The expedition which the Duke of Orleans was
to undertake had the double prelext Of opening the
land road through Setf, between Constantine and
Algiers, ADD to avenge the death Of Colonel Sao-
mon, Governor Of Bougeia, who was lately murder
ed by The kabyles. Two columns Of 1000 men
each were marched simultaneously from Con>tan- :
tine and Bougeia, and to forma Junction at the
bout near which the Colonel was killed. " It was
The intention of the French to give no quarters 10
the tribe on whose territory The crime had been COM
United, and TO raise on the spot a monument to per
petuate among the natives" who we're previously to
be massacred TO man, the recollection Of the sig
nal vengeance they had taken on that perured
tribe" Abd-el. Kader, according TO accounts from
Otan OF the l4th had lately passed in the neghbor-
hood OF that city, and was then encamped with some
troops on the banks Of the Harba. .* >
TURKEY AND EGYPT.
The Augsburg Gazette Of the 26,h u contains
letter from Cons,antinople Of the 9th, announcing
that Haiiz Pasha has been again invested with the
command in chief Of the Turkish army in Asia Mi
nor. The same Journal announces from Alexan-
dria under date of the 9Th ult. that Ibrahim Pasha
was executed al Alfppo, and il was said that the
Egyptian Corps in possession Of Orfa and Biz had
recrossed the Euphraies. Mebemet was determined
on not surrendering the pashalc of Marasch, and
lbrahim had LEFT strong garrison in the place He
intended marching the remainder OF his forces into
The interior OF Syria, where provisions were more
abundant, and their presence necessary 10 put down
insnrrectionary attempts. Scherif Pasha, Governor
the mountains of Haouran, with three batteries OF
adjoining Mount Leggi was in open revolt against
the Egyptians
TENNEssEE.-The House OF Representatives, al 8
p. M, Nov. Sth, passed the Bank resolution Of Mr.
Barry, with proviso that the BANK OF TEN
NESSEE SHALL NOT BE Required TO
PAY SPECIE, without the resumption Of the
Union and Planters Banksl The resolution was
adopted 60 To TO- So endeth the Bank farce in the
House.