Washington telegraph., 1847-09-01

..-'-=====s'--.=-==-----==s.------===..,-..s.zz.
a firEofs SIaHf.-rhe New Yoih
Tribune describes some piteous scenes II
poverty in TINT city. O II SAYS ibat tbree w3.
men, poorly dressed, ono of them shoeless'
and two or lhfoe llllo children with lben!.
passed up fi.lielh street, from tho third ave.
nue. to The burial ground Ono Of thobI
hela with her hand q plain Pine coffin oil
The crown of hor head, and tho unhapnf
creature wcpl as though her heart would
break, L was tho coffin other own mint
boy Or girl, perhaps six or eight years old.
and neilherman nor boy, cart nor wagon.
was near 10 AID her, Ono afternoon Two.
wheeled store cart past up towards tba
Deal and Dumb Asylum, With a crown
person coffin ia il-=no pail 10 attendant
onIf The corpse, shell and carter. He drove
hafd' hnl slapped near the Asylum 10 ask
Wneie the gaFc yaBl was. Three weeks
''hee woman and her daughter as i
''emed 20 uz. passed IN with rofIined
/ Vo'f5e ol the 'a'lef-no attendants wers
'hefe hni The grandmother, tho weepinr
mother, ann her fond, but liislass hahn,
Frequently an old man passes up with a
''lfWheeled cail, loaded with rallined
/ e'ffzss-samslms nop pall, no decent co,
eiIaasi al other lima# BIZ of white eo,tou
hfnwn over the remains oi the dead
NaW and theuat midnight, ono or even two
vans win eaznHes WiIlpaaz up with as liuls
ceremony iIlhe drivers wefo CARRYING
laa aI loose =auh "a leyol Tho new sireel..
zlmlef Ihai pass upward on this hioh
way Il ide hnH % feuors Is luly aston
lshIas and ihn uiHsab'c condition Of ths
deposited o..en a'iesled by lhn neglect with
Which 'hgIr remains arc treated. some.
lmaa lhrra will ha n mourning coach or
two N attendance on a funeral; hut not
often. One day last wcek plainly dtess.
ol man, wearing n much worn hlus coat
was ssen carrying On bis back, aI alone.
Tho ruiincl body Of hs daal son, nine Year
ud. Tie aahri ihe lone Of spada. and 90
o. lod'g lduEn'e. The boy who went td
get The spade lur bin, asked why he wa
10 d.# the grave himself 10 which the repl,
wa, .lireaHse lhasa no meney 10 pay an.
oihsf."
Esurru WAaa-The dfl waf Of the
revolution, IN loss, lasted uino ycars, nni
s.ueru millions pounds in laasi rais.l a.
The llma, AMI in loans twenty millions; hs.
s.daz the laFIas of eIHhl hundred thousand
soldiers, To neu was The war Of the
"spzaish Succession" which lasted eleven
Yeas. oud.na IN l7l3. II cost ihiHy mil.
lions .niaEaH missed anil thirty two milions
tive hundred thousand pounds in Inans.-
Ihen cams 'ihc Spanish War, and the
War ui the Austrian Succession. which
rommrnred IN l7a1l lasted ninc years, and
cost The ruan'ry twenty dge millions in
lnyfz. anl twenty nine miliIons In loans.
This was followed b. the ssoyon Ycar's
War between ,he English and French
ataal the haal,s nfihr Ohio. The quarrel
sann spread INTO Europa dgh, about re.
Lyon. and England paid about ,i1 hundred
thousand year Ia subsidy 10 Frederick ui
PmazIa in consequence. This "Sayon
Years War cost iiily.two millions pounds
OF taxes. aud added sixty millions to the
debi. Thea followed tho American war.
which cost th.uy.tNo millions In taxes,
aud no less Than one hundred and four mil.
lions IN loans. Alor tbs was tho first
french war ftom 1903 10 1902, Tor which
The enormous sum oftwo hundred and SIX.
! iYihTce millions five hundred thousand
pound was raised 10 taxes, and two hun.
ici millions hyo hundred thousand
pounds added to The debi in loans. In the
second French war against Napoleon, from
1903 10 lslI, taxes were levied TO tho
amount OF seven hundred and seventy mil.
lions lgf hundred lhousanl pounds. and an
inrnras" was made 10 the dohi nf three hun.
iul aui eighty eight millions five hundred
'hauali puunds. So that altogether. from
lG5s 10 1918, England had saiy.f,r ,oars
ofwar and paid i1r them The almost inerei.
ibIa sum oic'srru hundred aHi righ,y Egie
rWoa, pounds AMI have len the country
wiih.a burlon upon Il Of nearly oigh han.
l-ri millions pounds morel
Tur CmN.u or BArrLr.-"M Wa.
icdao, .nii Napoleon, II ouahi 10 have
brcn victorious. The chances wsre hun.
lrl l1 ono in my favor. But Ney. tho
burcsl Of ihe brave, at the head Of ia 600
fmnchmrn suffered himsiI' 10 be DELAYED
q whole day hy samo thousands Of Nassau
troops. Had Il not been Tor ihis inarplica.
BE il1r.iviiy. iho English army would have
hcou hk,n R7grIa'e i,liro, and annihila.
ted wi'aou, striking 4 blow. Gfouchy.
with 10000 men, suffered Bulow and
Butcher 10 escape from him; aud finally a
heavy shower OF rain made tho ground 80
700 that Il was impossible 10 commence
lle attack at iay.b.rlk. Had bsen ahlo
20 commence carly Wei'nrlon's army
would hayo been lroddon down Ia tho Dc.
d.e8 ot ilo forest, before tho Pmssians
could have bad limo 10 arrive. Il were
= : - l - L =