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to take possession of Warsaw, defended only by25 900
Poles Appalling and melancholy the picture,
wnen mo ssburbs of Warsaw were consumed IN
flames BY the Russian Artillery. The opened bate
RES % 5Oo pieces Of cannon which played like on IN
!ernol orchestra round the lettering houses Ihai
tremendous bombardment lasted two days it seemed
lNe canopy oil destructive fire, which surround,u
anu covered the devoted capital The ntrenchment oil
the fertilization was filled up with dead bodies of Rus
rymen t.? gain the walls. The Poles counted 5000
killed and wounded. Next day, however, Warsaw
was taken. This was the end Of that ardent struggle
of the Polish Revolution, which lasted eight months
During this time, the Poles fought ffty.fivo battles
10000 Russians, with 500 artillery, had been sent
against only 10000 Poles and 100 cannon; 100000 of
The Russians fell victims in Polish Terrtory.-Count
| SpYnienskfs Poland.
It's contrary TO law in France, to take pitch
CT OF water from the sea- lest it should be cynpofned
i1r 'e sake OF gaining an ounce # salt and avoiding
the payment of duty. The Sentinel DIES Pyrenees
states that servant who was taking pail of water
rom the sea, at Briarrits short time since, for
bath for child who was III, perceived by Gus
| tom-house officer, who instantly compelled her to
throw 1t back and return with the empty pail
In France the manufacture Of salt is mo-
=. nopolized, and farmed out by the Govern
mcnt, and in that way the consumer is made
topay heavy tax. The tax on salt is justly
odious, because it taxes the poor almost
equally with the rich. II is not like our salt
tax, duty on imported salt, TO encourage
the production of it at home but selling to
certain contractors the privilege ofpurchas-
ing, making and vending it, thus laying an
excise tax on the domestic product. This
sort Of taxation is unknown IN the United
States, but is very ancien. in France, Spain,
and some other European countries.
| DISTRESS IN LoSpoS. Great distress at this mo-
ment prevails among the working class OF the metro
l'olis The number of unemployed ialors and hoe-,
| makers is daily increasing and as for compo sitors
Their state is truly frightfu the unemployed hand
| in that branch exceed 1900 The Spitafeld wcavcrs,
VINO deem and appeal to bcnevolence useless, ei,
ing themselves mp to despair, and in many instances
calmly awaiting death to release them from their suf.
ferngs. What renders the distress of the working
classes terrible the reduced state of the inn-
ces of those societies and benevolent institutions
whence they used TO obtain weekly relief. The over
seers of ST. Mary's, St. Lmkc's aDd Bethnn green
declare that the scenes Of misery, and want that
they witness frightfu in tho extreme and quite
unprecedented. They totally ignorant how they
shall provide for the poor during the winter
Clergymen Of all denominations will be shortly called
pon to unite IN Their exertiOns ralment and
food for the starving inhabitants Of those densely in
habi,ed districts.
One of tho causes assigned for the de-
preston of business among the mechanics
of England, is the diminished exports to the
United States, consequent upon our en-
barrassmcnts, failures. and inability to pur-
chase or to pay. Such distress cannot exist
in this country, because here we have album
dance Of land, which can be had at cheap
rate, upon which any man in health can get
living when other business fails. But it is
not so in Europe; all the land is beyond the
reach of the poor; it is all occupied by men
who pay very high rent for il.
A CANDID DocToR.--In the course of an in
quest held. Mr.. Wakely, NJ. r., stated that
short time since he held an inquest on the body
Of person who had been slightly bitten by
dog The deceased had shown symptoms not
unlike those OF hydrophobia, and was attended
seduously by surgeon up to the time of his
death. Mr.. Wakely, examining the surgeon
asked him the cause of the death Of his patient
and the surgeon, with great nareie and frank
ness, answered, 81 cannot positively tell do
not know whether he died from the effects of the
bite or from those Of the medicines administer
ed to him."
EXTRAORDINARY YourH. Among the many BOYS
emp oyed for the dtiercnt purposes of calculation on
the Ordnance Survey of Ireland there is present
one named Alexander Gwn, only eight years old
native of Derry, whose ilitios, at his early age
are truly surprising. He has got by rOte fractional
ognrithms, from TO 1000, which he will repeat in
regular rotation, or otherwise the interrogation
may please to put the questions. II is certainly
onlshng to think tender mind can RETAIN with
such tenacly and correctness. seven figures of a.
answer, according to their different vaations) for
1000 mum ers His rapility and correctness in the
various calculations Of trigonometrca distances
ntfIu al,
have ever witnessed. He can, in less than one mi
mute, make return, in acres, roois, perches, &C.
of any quantity of land, by giving him the surveyors
chained distances, while the greatest arhmctician
with all his knowledge, will take nearly an hour TO
do the same and no, he certain of truth in the end
LORD BYRoN'S TRIBrTE TO WAsHINGToN.-
In Byron's celebrated Ode to Napoleon, as pub
lished, two or three stanzas Of the original it is
well known were omitted by Clifford. or his
bookseller, Murray the manuscript having been
entrusted to them jointly. One of these stan
zas was the following noble recognition Of
Washington, and it is easy to perceive that fear
of offending English royalty prompted its sup
preston
| Where may the wcoried eye reposc
When gnZ ng ron the great;
| Whcra nc ther gully glory slows
| Nor displcable state
| Yes-one-the frst-the llst-the best
| The Cnolnnaus Of the West,
| Whom envy dared not hate,
| Bequeath the ma me of Washington
To make the man blush there was but one!
Byron's partiality towards our countrymen is
well known, but perhaps never more strong
ly expressed than in the annexed extract from
a letter to Moore
81 would rather have nod from an Ameri-
Can, than snuh-box from an Emperor"
Healthy Residence.-There is no cir
cumstances connected with health concern
ing which the pnblc are, in my opinion, so
i'll informed as the requisites of healthy re-
s'dence, both as regards local position and
internal construction. In this island we
have chiefly to guard against humidity, on
which account our houses should not be built
in low, confined situations, nor too near wa
ter, especially when stagnated and still less,