Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-12-24
The Progress OF n Penal Colony.


The history of the penal colony at Australia,
must be regarded as extraordinary. 1t is situa-
ted OH the largest island in the world, and was
visited by Captain Cook in l7T0. He then
called it Botany Bay.-It was colonized by the
English in i77s, aud portion OF the settlement
is made use ofas n penal colony for convlcts.
In 1893, no fewer tilan 336 ships arrived at
New South Wales nearly all hom Great
Britain while in 1899 the imports INTO sgd
ucy amounted TO between Sj0tN,OOO and So
100000, and the exports to between Sai,UU,ooo
and S5000,000. The island is 210J miles
long and 900 wide Sydney is the capital,
and has about 10000 inhabitants. Alta sale OF
building lots i'll that town only few months
back, 500 per foot wefe obtained in some
cases, and others sold at the rate of Sl50,OO0
per acre. The original lots, on which Sydney
s built, were given to the early convcts in the
hope of inducing them to become industrious
and independent So lightly were they re-
garded by the majority, however, that one,
more tar-secing than the rest, purchased the
hHOle lTOIn HIS CO1lpdHIpiIs IuT NNO puDCHtpio
of rum. This man eventually died WORTH $500
600 per annum, although 20 or 80 yer y before
he had been transported for s'cahas reese
from 6 common in England. He lived in
pre,t spcndor towards the close OF hi" lfe his
,able hsing furnished with every luXrrv. A.
mong those who depended upon hls b.no'y wa
a clergyman WHO SAID grace at his table, who
had been Transported for lie crime OF forgery
There is still in existence an extraordinary
woman whose maiden name was Iherse tIgu-
eur who was afterwards married 10, and is
now the widow OF, a man named Satter AT
an early age she was induced, by circumstances
to enter as a soldier in the Allobroge Legion.
This was in 1893, and she took part at the
seige Of Toulon. The next year she was re-
moved to the 18th Dragons, and made the
campaign Of Catalonia with the army Of the
Eastern Pyrenees. When the Convention in
terdicted women from serving, the Generals Of
this army obtained special exception in her
favor.
'1ne was Ill DpndpuIte : CdiHVdlpHs III itdly'
Aiter the battle Of Nov she entered the 9th
Dragons, in which regiment she followed the
war in Piedmont The First Consul granted
her pension of 200fr. for her distinguished
conduct as DRAGON during eight years. In
1902 she was again enrolled in the 9th Dra-
goons, was at the battles Of Austerlitz and Ie
ma, and continued her career until the capture
of Berlin.
In $50 she went into Spain as one of the
Imperial Guard, and in Isle was made prisoner
near Burgos by one Of the Cure Msrino's que
rilla parties, and sent into England. She re-
turned into France in 1914, and on the eve OF
the Emperor's departure for Waterloo was pre-
sented 10 him in her uniform as chusseur OF
| the Imperial Guard. Certificates, signed BY
several Marsias and Generals, attest that she
received a gun shot wound at Toulon, four
sabre wounds in Piedmont, had four horses
killed under her, and saved the lives of General
| Noguez and several other officers. She is now
80 years ofage, and continues TO enjoy her PEN
son.-M. St. German Lcduc, friend of this
female warrior, has from her GictStion written
a history of her strange everttul life, which
forms one ofthe most interesting books that has
been published for many years.