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Dnrning OF Moscow.

The French entered into deserted city.
Only the yilesl OF its population remained.
Swarming over It's innumerable streets,
they begun to plunderiis churches and ba-
zaars, and magnificent palaces. But when
the night came on, and the meanest soldier
lay down wrapped in the cosliestlur and
drunken with the richest wines, the cry
of Fire I" Fire !" burst like knell of
death upon the ranks. The flames shot
upward, and their lurid light revealed a
figure in the windows of the kremlin
palace. twas the Corsican His hand
grasped pen, and he was writing by the
light; and could any one have looked over
him, he would have bcheld a letter indicted
to the Gar, and on lis page was written
Peace" The flames were extinguished;
bat the next night they broke out in all
quarters, spreading with such rapidly,
that they involved at the same time the
abodes ofpoverty and sumptuoos palaces;
monuments and miracles Of luxury and
ant The very tombs were burnt up In
the midst Of all, the equinocilal storm
arose, aud raised the ocean of fire into
great pillows, which rolled and dashed
against the Krcmln, and would not
retreat at the bidding Of him who stood
upon the ramparts. In the midst Of the
storm and cracking Of the flames, the
fall Of massive structures and the eXplo.
sion OF combus,ible magazines, the rolling
Of drums, and the sound of tocsins, the
solemn peal Of bells, and clocks striking
their last hour, the IeyeIry of the drunken,
and the shrek OF anguish, ard all other
sounds Of q wild, eXuling spectacle, were
seen running through the street, most
squaling wfetches that assumed the form
Of humanity; men and women, with
dishevelled hair, with torches in their
hands, and the aspect Of demons, reyel-
ling in their own Pand3monium. Napo-
leon dashed out Of the town on his
charger, beneath the ovegarching coumna
Of Come, and retired a eagne distant, when
the heat of the fire pursued him. "Oh ="
exclaimed IT, wihtefHi he afterwards descri-
bed the scene at st. Helena, sit was the
grandest, the most awful, the most sublime
spectacle which the world ever beheld. :"
-KnickerjOcker.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-10-14
Eapolcou'S f.rnye.

The North American introducing in an article
Of its own on the recent removal Of NapoIeon's
remains to Paris, gives the following eloquent
extract, from the June number of Fraser's Lon
don Magazine:
If the true sublime alone were consult
ed, he would have been allowed to remain
at St. Helena. He had it all to himself
he was the sole man buried in the Atlantic,
with distinct burial place in the bottom
of the ocean. In Pagan mythology, Sicily
was not more decidedly the burial-place
of Enceladus, than st. Helena is one of
the giant disturber Of our own generation.
There he rested alone-quite alone-a
mark for all who sail along the wa,ery
waste. The islands and coast of the ,ro-
pics have given their last houses 10 mil
lions since death began in the world, and
no doubt the bones of many gallant and
worthy fellow are there deposited, but Of
them who takes thought! Those who
traverse the highway from Europe TO In
dla, from the continent he had all but won,
to the empire which was forever the daz-
zling object Of his ambition-all who
"0n the trading flood,
Through the wide Ethiopian to the Cape,
Ply stemming nightly to the pole"
all whose thoughts turn to the shores OF
America or A(rica--all who go down in
ships, or think of wandering over the face
of the deep, to them is the tomb Of Bona
parie wildly present.
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rseal Mandatory.

We went to see the mandatory of
beads. for which Venice has been famed
for 400 years. We saw sheaves of glass
waving like corn, in the laps of women,
who sa, asserting vi,reous harvest accor-
ding to its size. In another stage, num-
Der of men with shears were clipping the
long threads into very small bits, the cle-
ments of the beads. In the next room,
lay fragments of SEQ colors, and patterns
Cling forty or fifty baskets. A very dis
lressing part Of the operation was to be
seen below, where on approaching long
shed open on one side TO the air, and
glowing with ,hiriy fires in all its length,
stood number of poor wretches,. whose
daily and hourly employment it was TO re-
ceive the bits of sifled glass, cut as we
had seen above, and melt them into beads.
bv means of charcoal and sand and in
the midst Of these dreadful iire-blasis,
which they were constantly feeding, and
within three feet of which they stood
streaming at every pore, STOPPING to draw
out the cauldron, and pour its contents up
on tray, which they, in this state OF
their own bodies drag forth into the open
air. A new copper OF cold materials a.
wait them, which must be cast forthwith
into the furnace. and cool superintendent
is there to sec that there is no remission 7!
The turning, and feeding, the renewed
sweat, cease not till night comes TO put
pause to miseries which are 10 last for life !
The galleys is joke to this work. The
workmen all die young. We never
thought beads such an expensive luxury
before. A sixpenny necklace may cost
the life of the artisan Biackwood.
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AVA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1912.

had introduced abuses which call for a
corrective hand; the hand of moderate,
judicious, and christian reform. After
the labors of the day, the members all
dine together in a large room on the first
floor of the hotel in which lodge. The
table is laid out neatly, but not sumptu-
ously. and decorated with flowers, sim
pie and beautiful substitute for the silver
of more luxurious countries.
The constitution is purely democratic.
Adherence Of an aristocracy is carried 10
such sn extent, that only three of the an
cent nobility are left in Norway, and
their title will die with them, or with their
sons. Moral excellence is hereafter to
form the only distinction between man
and man.
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a Ecnmiif,l Sin,ilic.

A drop of water that sparklsd like
level in the sun, oEce fell from the CLOUDS
into little mountain stream, and ere it lost
It's identity, exclaimed, in all the anguish
ofdesolation, Alas whata catastrophe |
am swallowed up in an immensely" The
little stream laughed as it leaped down the
mountain side al the lamentaon of such en-
insignificant thing as drop OF water, and
vain Of It's consequence, continued hrawl-
ing its crystal way with all pride of con-
scious superiority, until, ct length. with
A sudden plunge, it fell headlong into a
miqhy river, and like the drop Of water,
was lost in a moment, crying out in its last
aconies, 40 fate, who would have though,
a brook of my size could he swallowed so
easily ?" The river murmurel It's con-
tempt for the little foolish stream and con-
inued lis course. gathering pride, breaking
through mountains, tearing the rocks from
their seats, and coursing IN thousand me-
anders through fowery meadows, until it
found its way to the vast and melancholy
ocean, in whose boundless waste It lost its
being. like the drop of water and the little
mountain stream. 'ls it possible" ex-
claimed the mighty river, "ihail have heen
( thus collecting tribute from half the world.
only 10 become nothing a. last" lis
,hus with thee, man! Thoh beginnest in
rnsignidcance, like the drop water, thou
bccomest a laughing, leeping, brawling
thing, like the brook thou waxess proud
land great, like the mighty river. and, ere
I,hou cans, say, in the vanity Of Thy heart,
luwhat an illusuious mortal amt ,ho'a
art los, IN eternity.
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SARAH CUE4AN.
She is far from the land where her youl
sleeps

She is far from the land where her young hero
sleeps
And lovers are around her signing,
But codly she turns from their gaze and woeps,
For her heart in his grave is lying.
She sings the wild song of her dear native plains,
Every note which he loved awaking-
All. little did they think who delight her strains
How the heart of the minstrel is breaking.
He had liv'd Cor his love- for his country he died,
They were all that to life had entwlnd him.
Nor soon shall the tears Of his country be dried,
Nor long will his love stay behind him.
Oh make her grave where the sunbeams rest,
When they promise a glorious morrow,
They'll shine DER her sleep, like smile from the
west
From her own loved Island of sorrow.-No0re.
The evening before Robert Emmet's
death, Miss Curran was admitted into his
dungeon to bid him an eternal farewell.
He was leaning in melancholy mood
against the window of his prison, and the
heavy clanking Of his chains smote dis
mallv on her heart. The interview was
bitterly affecting, and melted even the cal
lous soul of the gaoler. As for Emmet
himself, he wept and spoke little; but as
he pressed his beloved in silence to his
heart, his countenancc betrayed his emo
tons. In low voice, half choaked by
anguish, he besought her not to forget
him; he reminded her oftheir former hap
plness, of the long past days of their child
hood, and concluded by requesting her
sometimes to visit the scenes where their
infancy was spent, and though the world
might repeat his name with scorn, to cling
to his memory with affection. In parting
she turned round, as il 10 gaze once more
on her widowed love. He caucht her
eyes as she retired it was but for a mo.
ment; and as the door closed on him. il
informed he too surely that they had me,
for the last time on earth, but they should
NEE, in better world, where man could
not seperate them.
She loved him with the disinteres,ed
fervor of woman's first and only love.
When every worldly maxim arrayed itself
against him when blasted in fortune, and
disgrace and danger datkcned around his
name, she loved Nsr "a ily
for his very SUI ns ea Nc att
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The Democratic Review contains a
highly interesting article on the present
condition of this vast empire, the state
ments of which differ somewhat from the
general received accounts. The condi-
ton of the serIs is represented as much
better than we had supposed it TO be.
The writer speaks of them as naturally
distinguished for genius, enterprise, cour-
age. devotion to their country, an unwa-
vering fidelity to their vows, and deyout
reverence to the shurch. At the present
time the instructed serfs are employed in
every branch Of trade and indusry-in
every art and science. The number of
serls is estimated at about F5riy,fce
Hundred Thousand, but little authority
can be placed on Russian statistics.
About one third Of these pay annual hire
to their masters or the crown, aud are en-
ployed as merchants, tradesmen, mcchan-
les, and architects. Some of them are
wealthy, and some distinguished for their
talents and skill. About another third arc
A Wan
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-10-14
Lesialaiion Il, Ysrwnr.

A traveller in Norway gives the following de-
scrp,ion of the s!or,hing, or Legislative As
sembly, in that country
The Storthing is now sitting. have
Just been to the Assembly 1t presents a
curious spectacle. Some of the members
are dressed in coarse woollen cloth like
blanketing, with hair hanging profusely
over the shoulders, PREDETERMINED hats OF
various shapes, and boots of acertain size.
The whole costume, as well as their
humble mode of speaking, or rather read.
ing opinions, altests the unsophistcaied
simplicity of these worthy sols of oul
northern ancestry.
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LET nEE GO IEOIHE.

Let me go home - It's plaintive cry
On the hayward path Of infancy;
The truant is weared and bramhle torn,
And it longs in mothers arms to mourn,
And to feel its troubles hushcd to sleep,
Where mothers love its watch shall keep.
{" Rest, child, rest and never more
Wander away lrom thy fathers DOOR
"Let me go home !'-'tis the lost ones cry;
" Let me go home--go home to de-"
The traitor who robbed her of maiden fame
lie cast her forth to life Of SHAME;
And the gnawing tooth Of gaunt despair
Preys on a cheek no longer fair.
let the erring daughter in;
Open the gates to the Magdalen.
Let me 30 home IDS the cxila's prayer
., what to him is the balmy air
OF the genial South, when far away
Ills fond wife wceps and his children play,
Where tho SHOWS Of the North are on the track
DER which the looked for comes not hack!
lie comes! and brightly the hearth shall burn
10 light the JOY of that bies, return
Let me 90 home!"-from the wanderers breast
Bursts the heaving sigh OF the souls unrest.
Long hath he rooned through countries strange
Breaking ties in the love Of change;
One, long forgot, hath his pride unmann'd-
He would make hi, grave in his native land
r,.. , r,,;,,o1 al ,, al ,l,, t,i,,,l .,,,.,.,
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NO. 49,.

watching our operations from the adjoin-
ing prairie but at the time we were
hungry enough to have made meal even
of HIM, had he fallen into our hands. A
man never knows what he will eat until
driven by weeks starvation.
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the lands oil inc hoollI'y. Even 'nese
would be quite as wen OH as most oil the
peasanuy IN neighoofIng nations were me
laws Tor Their protection eXeculeu--ac,
cordlng 10 Wiicn theY cannot oe soiu
without the land; ther punishment Is
regulaled' 'hey are required 10 laOoE only
Lhree Gays Oh 'he "eeN LOT ''e'' '''S'e'S'
having three Tor themselves o" Janus
whIch theIr ihas'eFe must SCI "'aF' LOT
their USE hu' lnese Jaws are frequently
e'aueu or ''oIa'ac' ana GA 0"d.y managed
estates ''e coAuI"oh OF 'nc sen Is wretch
ca indeed a vast 'i.jo[i'y Vi 'he serIs OF
russia however, Su"cr less ,''ah most OF
Tue peasants ana laooretS o. Europe
OaPi'a' punishment ''aS uee" aoo'lSIleu
III 'uSS'" lor nearly ceu'ory' as forming
any Pattoi inc ordinary peHaI justice 0!
'nc couh,ay---eA''e 10 Sioef!a oeI"g sup
Su'u'ea iot 1t WIN most satisfactory e!''-
cheney anu success All INC ahcleh' laws
anu iegulano"S o. lno An'Pl'o were oLue'-
Gu 10 ne emoo"ied oy thc present EN-
paFor' ana nave oeen III force since lo'o'
ney nave now at least ine forms OIL IA"
III russia nut II VIII require some gene
ratIons to obtain what IS more important
justice; owing TO the habiual corruption
so long and so universally pracusedm the
courts OF the empire, where IN former
times corruption was conmved at by the
government as means OF snppor!to judges.
The public debt OF Russia, funded and
unIunded, amounts to upwards OF three
hundred millions OF dollars ana was III
creased during the last year by ne"
loan; but It's unlunded debt OF more than
a hundred millions OF dollars, consists OF
q government bank-note currency Wh'ch
is constantly liuclualng' and VIII pro0aoiy
permanently increase without any pros
Peel OF It's ever being reduced he gov
eminent Is apparently one oil the most
economical, considering the vast extent OF
The Empire It's numerous governments
and large army. Ihe whole oil lis OK
pendi1ure appears to be IitIe more lhan
hundred millions OF dollars, But the IL
nancIaI reports present only small pro-
Pos''oh % Ue Nos' Fece' p'a an" cApe'i''-
lures OF 'he empire, 4he crown IS an
extensive agFcuIIHFa'ISt' mihef' Hiaii"'ac-
'"rer' oaii.'ef' ana merchant ID "'"'o7'
every department OF 'taao ana 'h"u'" y
IL IS rom al ''sSo sources DeSiae' P'o'i' =
cal commn9AlioA anu Contributions Vi
commodities 'la' inc supplies are ch.c"y
drawn Tor 'ae support Oh 'ne armies Hce''
ana governments Oh NuSS''' " ''o" We
CONSIDER Wilal waste o. Ia0oF must result
from l'lS tracing ana manufacturing SyS-
'3ai o. Inc itos'l"'l crown ana 'lc cA'cN-
s1'e coFr"Puoh ana 5 Pccola''oh always az
'ehu'ns IT, we HI" '""' soHel'i'''e''' ~ ~
Que o' 'l'e lnoS' e~P0"'i'e III VIC "o''''
Inc llul.oIy Po"o'' ., i'"'''" may
well alarm inc nations Oh LtuFoP0' ff0f
10 NaPo'eoh 5 lh'as.oh' "'e o'i'P'tc was
Oh 'le iI'''L.''y Scie'ioo VI No',
many t'"nce anu "''d' L'i'''',' 20"
""''oi' 10 sd" " nave ''C'I '"' "''' 80"
1--WE ooF'i i'"SS'''i "''o cow" az a. q o"'''''
VI pan cam P"'s'' "i,'o"' '''''' '''''
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'''e i'uSS'''' a. ''''o az 'o'''''''''"''' ~
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The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-09-29
From the ChblicoIhe Advertiser.
THE OLD GAME PLAYED.

As lhe election approaches, so>do the col
umns oilhe Gazette Of ibis place again abound
with its old elechOneerngaslsng, and the most
wanlon and unGonnded attacks against the
character of our paper. 1t must be a bad
cause indeed which cannot be sustained with
out aresort TO preVarication and falsshood.
Many ofthe influential whig papers have con-
demnsd in strong language The treason ofthe
whig members Of the Ohio Legislature. A.
mong other examples ofthe kind, we quoted
the language of the New York American,
the Clay whig paper, edited by Charles King
which says: .....
"IN THUS CONTINUOUSLY RE-
FUSING TO FULFIL A SOLEMN AND
SWORN DUTY, THEY, THE WHIG
MEMBERS OF THE OHIO LEGlSLA-
TURE WHO RESIGNED THEIR SEATS
WERE, IN OUR JUDGEMENT, GULL
TY OF MORAL TREASON TO THE
CONSTITUTION, AND OF PERJURY
IN THE SIGHT of God and Man; and for
this zoe haos condemned and do condemn them.
This was to strong dose for the Gazette
Of this pace, administered as it was by Clay
whig paper; aud The only way in which The
Gazette could get around 1t, was TO assert
that the passage from the American did not re
fer to the whig members of the ohio Legisa-
ture, but 10 that Of Tennessee. ltis by such
pettfoggegy that the Gazette seeks 10 screen
guilty whig members Of OHIO from the lash Of
Of the New York American. Having again
carefully read the article from which we took
the extract, we can positively assert that the
language used by the New York American
bad no reference TO Tennessee, bu. did apply
to The whig members Of OHIO, who forcibly
broke up the Legislature; and that the New
York American, a Clay whig paper, says that
'the wbig members Of of,he Legislature were
guilty Of moral treason TO the Constitution,
and Ofperjury in thesight of God and man; and
for this we have condemned and do condemn
them We now call on the Gazette 10 publish
the article at length from the. Y. American
containing the above passage, instead Of resor
ting 10 the disgraceful pei,ifoggery of falsely
asserting that we have missppled The LAM
guage Of that paper. The New York Ameri-
can did apply The above language to the whig
members Of OHIO. and no special pleading Of
the Gezete can controvert The fact.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-09-29
Ied-and lf you do, it can be prOyfsiL!- ohls

led-and il you do, it can be prov e.! : OH.
Patriot
Well, well! Every dsv6rings with il some
thing new. Aud if Mr.. Dewey should live up
10 his promise Il will be news hdeed! ltiwil-
prove that he is not governed by the maXun
that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the
busbI' which motive he attributed TO the Dem
Ocrats for wishing TO district the Stale
while they had a msiorlty! Oh Mr.. Dewey!
but you have brought yourself into sweet
pickle, by your love Of Office and party sur
vlellance. We would almost as soon carry
the saddle bag district on our back, which
you and Josiah had formed to suit your pecu-
liar views Of 'conlguily,' whlch you Prated so
much ubOut after you came home, and TO give
you chance to go 10 Congress without Sam
Sloksley's IeaNel We cay we would about
as soon carry the load ofrgnomihy which will
stick TO You like Nas,us' poisoned shirt, un-
III the day of your death. We dare you 10
live up 10 your promise al Columbus that you
would resign, aud let your constituents pass
judgment upon tas conduct you approve and
advocate: Let go 'lhe bird in the hand Mr.
Dewey G you dare.--Cadz Ssntlnel.
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POLITICAL CHANGES.

10 1910 the success Of the federal party
swept over the counlry like tornado, and at
the end of the Presidential campaign Of that
year The Democratic patty found ilseIf over
whelmed and beaten down. But how great
was the change effected in one short year.
Federalism deceived the people in all the pro.
misses made during the contest, every step il
took 10 carrying on The Government bu, served
to to develOpe come new feature obnoxious TO
pure republican principles and the interests Of
the great body Of The people, and ihe enlhusi-
asm which carried 1t into power with such
triumphant majority, was suddenly changed
10 deep indignation. and at the end Of the e.
lection Of l64l, we find q change Of enc huns
dred and lwenly-four thousand seven hundred
aud sixIy.three votes in favor Of Democracy.
The campaign Of l942, opens az unfsvora-
bly, for federalism as did thai Of l6ll, Sndlhe
prospect is thai, before The elections are ali
over, the Democratic gain Of 1911 will bs
doubled. ea ee'-ff sf ~
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The VOICE OF ONE WHO KNows.-John @
Adnms, whom the Wings laud 10 the skies,
for his veracity,lgreat learning, deep research,
keen perception, and knowledge Of men and
parties, says Of the Wings, with whom he
has been in close communion ell his long life.
''They (he Whgs) haze no honest prinoi-
pile 10 keep them together. Their only cement is
sympathy Of hatred to eOsry man Of prer
principles than Msmselves"
This ia hard language but this "great and
good old man" as the wings call him, certain.
ly would not do injustice to those whom he
has been "cemented" with for so many yearsl
Gin. Eng. ..-a.
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-09-29
WHY DOES NOT Mr.. DEWEY RE.
SIGN1 sa,. NJ,

Before leaving Columbus, ct the late ses-
sion, Nh. Senator Dewey promised his friends
that he would resign his seat immediaielyup-
on his return to Harrison county. Why hes
be not fu filed bis prOmisel Il Has he found
The political prospect too unavoidable; Tor
federalism to lrisk 40 election for ~Sena.
tori ;g1 Gg 3B TsspEa ser gFsi7sl sS
Come out Mr.. Dewey and define your pos
siiionl You wilInO deny what IL above sic
The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-09-29
STICK II UPON THE HOUSE TOPS,
REMEMBER.

Al the polIs, and every where else, that
while the whig leaders would snesr at a tOast
10 the president Of iha United States. they
would shout 'ihree times three" TO the Queen
Of Great Britain! would moi eueh men reward
General Hull. out of the peoples pockets, FOE
sulraDderug Detroit to the BH,ish3 To be
sure, they would, and they attempted il, too!
, ID
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LET 1T BE KNOWN.

TO every voter in Ohio, that the 'hooost'
wings Of Massachusetts divided democratic
county into four parts, and attached those parts
10 wbig counties 10 chea, tho democrats out
Of a member Of CoDgressl OBI HONEST JoHS
DAvls!p - .ra IA er ~. 81.