Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1840-10-08
FOREIGN NEWS.

conviction that peace will be preserved,
acquires daily fresh converts among the
French journals, and the French people. u
\ FRANCE-TRIAL OF LOUIS NAPO.
LEON.
The trial Of Louis Napoleon is post
poned to the first Of October. His faith
eE has written letter, saying his son
was the victim of an infamous in
trigue.
The Journal des Debats speaks oftu-
muluous groups which form9d on the
Boulevard ST. Martin, on Tuesday night
uttering revolutionary cries, and seeking
10 procure and hoist a red flag. These
symptoms followed a large dinner of
French reformers, nearly five thousand,
which took place in field belonging to
M. Gay at Chatilion, near Paris. After
dinner they marched in procession into
Paris, and in several places got into col
lision with the police.
SUICIDE FOR LovE,-A female servant
of Mr. Ward, Rue de Londres, committed
suicide last night by burning charcoal, in
consequence of disappointment in love.
Nothing could exceed the cool manner
in which the unhappy girl prepared and
executed her design. For one week
previously she was employed in washing
up and ironing her linen, FIR the purpose
of transmittihgit 10 her mother, who re,
sides near Forges'les-Elux. She then
caused letter TO be written to her master,
requesting her wages to be paid to her
mother, and the linen forwarded. Aporl-
able forneau, filled with charcoal, was
lightened in her room. Every chink that
could admit the air was carefully stopped
up. and in the morning, on opening her
door, she was corpse. She had prov-
ded for the occasion new chemise,
reaching down TO her heels, and had put
on pair Of new fine white stockings, in
which state she was extended on the
outside ofthe bed [Galignani.
RUssIA-FAMINE-THE Poles, sc.
In several of the frontier provinces, fam.
ine and>extraordinary scarcity of money
increase in a manner really alarming, and
to complete the distress of the inhabit.
ants, the scurvy RACES in some districts
with great violence.
!: Official reports from Anapa represent
the Russian army to have been ravaged
by contagious disease, resembling in
symptoms the cholera, with an intermit-
ent fever. Out of 6S2 patients in the
hospital at Anapa, 33 have been cured,
l3 are convaesent, 1873 remain in hope.
less state, lS9 appear to have some
chance Of recovery, and 800 are dead.
The new law respecting the Polish de-
scrters is very severe.
Though the Crcassian war is consid-
cred even in Russia itself a matter of
secondary Importance, in consequence of
the importance of the war with Turkey, it
appears from what has transpred of the
deliberations at Krasnojeselo, that this
campaign is to be undertaken with an ex.
traordnary display of force.
SPAIN--BLooDY ATRoCITIEs.--The
chronicl IS Of Spain are still written IN
blood. All is confusion since the resig-
nation of the ministers. Among the
bloody atrocities is that Of shooting wO-
man accused of having served as spy
of Cabrera. A child four years old,
was also shot as victim.
REPORT FROM CHINA.-From China
there is a report that it is the intention
of Governor Lin, in case the English
should attack the Bogue, TO destroy the
suburbs of Canton, and to put the city in
a state of defence.
VILLAGES DESTROYED by AN EARTH
oUAKE.-A shock of an earthquake has
been felt at Tabreez, (Persia,) which
had seriously damaged several buildings,
and according to the accounts received
there, it has been felt severely at other
places. Several villages we're complete.
iy destroyed, and even part OF Mount
Arrarat had been thrown down, Over-
whelming and crushing The villages at its
base.