Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-05-03
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THE HORRORS on WAks
pj.eifpbsiioa II Tie. snivsi. II Dresden, Of :
renpsn, Of -Nspolson's army Of kossla.-l
wasIlatssans eye-witness to . terrible eeeee.-
The,4epin cns Of body NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. It
elf 10 manfu]ly "a h;"eks hsssi" ssaurnlng 70
Moscow, Deen al,ogether cus up, mostly ~
,hs soss. of tho whole regiment, only about
,-sSen,y remain. Single bodies arrive ~ DE-
Ice, but, in the main In q most pitiabls
pIkhs. When they reach the Saxon border,
they are assisted by their compassionate coun.
Esrymen, wbs enable them % make the rest Of
Ne road 10 pms carriage OF wagon.
a On Sunday afternoon ! went 20 the Linxe
osep Bad, and 70 ind crowd collected round
d car, in which some soldiers had returned
from RUSSIA No grenade OF grape could have
ds6gnrsd them as beheld them, the victims
Of cold. One Of them had lost the upper joints
ofall his fingers, and he showed 10 the black
sttmps. AADther looked 40 il he had been in
Tho hands OF The Turks, for he wanted both
ears and nose. Moss horrible was the look Of
hird, whose eyes were frozen the eyelids
hing down, rotiing, and the globes ofthe eyes
were burst, aud pro,ruded out Of the sockets.
II was awfulIy hideous. and yet more hid
e@us, object was TO present itself. Out OF
Ito straw in the bottom Of the car, now be-
hSld figure creep painfully out, which one
could scarcely believe TO be huuan being,
80 wild and DISTORTED We're his features. The
iips.wefe roiied away. ana the teeth exposed.
He pulled the cloak away from before his
mouth and grinnel on us like dea,h-head.-
Then he burst out into wild laughter; began
10 give rhe command in broken French, in
voice more like the bark of a dog than any
thing human and we saw that the poor wretch
was mad from frozen brain. Suddenly a
cry was heard. Henry! my Henry!' and
a young girl rushed up to the car. The IL.
na.ic rubbed bio brow, as if trying to recol-
ises where he was-he then stretched out his
arms towards tho distracted girl and lifted
himself up with his whole strength. A shud.
turing fsver-ft came over him. He fell COL
.spsed, and lay brsa,hlsss on the straw. The
gIiwas removed forcibIy from the corpse
II wa her bridegroom. Her agony found
vent in the most horrible implications against
the Ffeach aud the Emperor. and her rage
communicated itself to the crowd around her
especially the women, who were assembled
IN considerable nunbess-sheJ expressed their
opinions in language the most fearfully fran.
tc.i should advise no Frenchman 10 enter
into such mob the name Of the king him.
self would help hin iiuls there.-Reminiscen
COS Of the year 1913 in Germany.
7 This is d grea. country. and no mis-
.tzke. lis area il now abou. two millions
Of square miles. If Texas is annexed
with % area Of about 100000 square
and Oregon wish an area Of 100000 sq'r
miles our potato patch will then be a.
bout three .millions- OF square miles sur
face. Well. this is not much larger
foolhold than Great Britain has 90. already
on this continent: she has got above our
northern boundary 100000 square
miles. II we look to ihe world at large,
JohasBall has got she biggess slice Of ter
rit1ry Of any nation: the whole British
empire measures some eight millions sq'r
miles its population two hundred mil.
lions 10. s. Democrat.
TAE AMERICAN STEAM FRroArs Mrs.
souRl.-The once splendid vessel. justly
the pride Of the American people, and
built at great cost to carry the first Uni.
ted States Minister to China, and intend
ed to strike the Chinese with the great
importance Of that nation, was destroyei
~ u10 IA VAC Udk w OlUIdSsSA aViNc SiA
months since. NE American Consul adj
vef,ised fos persons TO raise the hull aud
engines; - she only lay in six fa,homs Of
water. A party was engaged at seven
pounds day. who after eight weeks ex-
ertion, gave up the effort. The Wizard.
Capt. Marshall. returning from London
10 Scio, and having on board all the ap-
paratus necessary for raising vessels,
bought the hull for R4,50O. and he now
only waits for fine weather to commence
operations. II is anticipated that Captain
Marshall will make profitable venture Of
the undertaking, as all her boilers are Of
stou. copper, worth from elO.CO0 to
$4,000 as old metal, and the facilities Of
operation are great, from her decks being
all destroyed.
AN EXITING USHER
To all Coon hopes concerning S. Carolina.
The Democratic state committee Of South
Carolina have issued circular declaring it
inexpedient to send delegates from tina, state
% The Democratic National Convention. The
following passage which we extract from the
circular. II = sUnifeAnf IL tiraainn thar Scn,h