, 1844-08-31

WAR-MILlTARY Sor1
DIER.-The following is an extrac,
from a review of AIIison's History of
Europe, in the last number of the
"Westminster Review" In tho sen.
timents Of the reviewer. every philan-
th1oPist. and we hope, every sensible
man, will concui:
It appears from authentic docu.
ments which Mr.. Allison has coIIet-
ed, that from the commencement #,
the close If the revolutionary wars.
the ievies ST soldiers in France ey-
ceeded four millions, aad that not less
than three millions Of these, on the
lowest calculation, persisted in the
field, the hospital, or the bivouac. If
to these we add, as we nnquestiona-
bly, must, at least an equal number
out of the ranks of their antagonists,
1t is clear that Mt less than six mil
lions of human beings persisted in
warfare in the rourse oftweniv wears.
in the very heart of civilized Europe,
at the commencement of the 18th
century of the Christian era. But e.
ven these s%tupendous numbers gives
US no adequate conception of the de-
struCtIOn of human life directly con-
scqucnt to the wars of the revolution
and the empire. We must add the
thousands who perish from want. out
rage and exposure, and the hundreds
Of thousands who were subsequently
swept away by the ravnges of that
~pesti!ence which took lis rise amid
the r,treat from Russia, and the
crowded garrlsCus Of tie campaign
Of 1913, and Tor several wears after.
wards d-solated in succession everv
country Of Europe. And even when
we have summed up and Land before
Us. IN al the magnitude Of figures, the
appalling destruction If life here ex-
hlb'ted, we can still gather only a
tarrt and remote concettioL of the
SuilrlIncs and evils inflicted bv this
awful sc,urce. Death in til. field $
among tie smallest miseries of war;
the burned vi'lagcS--the ruined COM
merce-tha towns carried by assault
tt { feeble and lovely massacred
AMI outraC"d-Grief. despair and de-
nIa,Ior. carried into innumernhla FAM
ti!Cs-tiIcse are among the nore ter
nhlc visiiatIrnS Of military conflicts.
and The blacklist Of the crimes for
which i fearful %rn:rihution will one
lay he exCCted at the hands Of those
"hn have provoked, originated or
compelled them. IT any thing could
awaken the statesmen Of our age to
a just estimate Of war ana tile war
nor, sugC,v i!cir deeds and the con-
sequences Of these deeds should d.,
81, when exhibited on 4 scale of such
Tremendous magnitude. Yet so far
the Impression made seems to have
been both lee be and imperfect. Our
views with regard TO war arc still in
singular disturbance both with u
reason ana cur religion.
SrEcIr.-Tho imports of specie in
20 the United States during the year
1913. from all quarters. were S23.-
285 552. OF this large amount Sl7,-
100000 were in gold coin, and So
600 900 in silver. The exports were
S5,GIG,309. leaving an Increase in
our favor Of S20.l67.lj5. 1t is esti-
mated That in addition to this at leas,
100000 have been brought by
Germ7n emiGrants, 80 that there ha,
been a very large acquisition to tho
cash capital of the country; bat the
increase of the circulating medium
has b. no mean ~eqTalloI the import
Of gold, because Of the want of conve-
nlcnca to coin il promptly. By far
the largest proportion Of tie impor-
ted metals arrives NJ Boston and New
York. although 3l5.OOO,O0O of fr-
eiEn god have reposed there idly for
months, American gold remains at a
premium, siTply because that premi-
um represents in some degree the "
pense OF sending the metals to phiIa-
deIphia for coinage.
AuHentic .1aeci0te.--A correpon-
dent Of the Utica Gospel Messenger
communicates the following: "a
stranger. in passing through a rural
village Of N. +. many years ago, was
attracted to the tub of a cider press,
by accidentally discovering the feet
of child projecting owe lis top. 1t
seems that the boy had procured a
straw sucker, and was In the &C 1T
slipping from the tub. when he fell in
his head beng entirely submerged.
He was immediately taken out, and
carried by the stranger to the firm
house of his parents, a few rods dis
tant, whose efforts were commenced