The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-12

down trees that have stood Tor centuries, and over
whemed part of the city. The river has been
forced from It's channel, and tie water suddenly
became brackish All the lnlis surrounding the
harbor full Of fssures. Payers to Almighty
God TO arrest furthv. evil arc b'ing put up In all
the churches II appears that the earthquake has
traversed the whole of the Archipelago, and may
be traced to the uttermost boundaries of Cara
mania.
The attempt to assassinate the King OF
Prus.is.
Accounts received on Friday, goth, from Berlin,
announced an attempt upon the HE OF the King OF
Prussia, happily unsuccessful. we extract from
the Berlin correspondence OF the Morning Chronicle
the following interesting narrative, dated the 22d
instant:
''The king and queen having left Charotten-
burg this morning, between eleven aud twelve, ar
rived at the Putsdam station IA few minutes after
the latter hour and, quitting their carriage, rested
awhile in the royal waiting room, attended by their
aides dc.camp ON duty The special train having
been pushed forward, his majesty, giving his arm
to the queen, quilted the waiting roon trayersed
the corridor and in the act Of descending the
first Of the three stone steps which lead from the
passage to the platform, where stood the royal rail
way carriage, when his spur, hitting against the
projecting rim u. the step, caused his ajesty to
slip or stagger, and at the same time TO throw up
the right III an angular positions as counter
poise.
''At this instant, man, in the uniform of
geant OF artillery, who had been allowed 10 advance
close TO the constablcs and two seutries who are
usually posted on either side pushed through them
and the lew bystanders, stopped or half knct down,
and drawing pistol rapidly from his bosom, fired
upwards and with such Deliberate aim that the ball
struck the lower inner part oi the Kings fore arm,
traversed the flesh between the skin and bone, with
out fortunately inuring the latter, and passed out
within inch or OF the elbow His majesty,
staggered by slipping in the first instance, and then,
by the force OF the ball fired within three or four
feet Of his person, lost his balance, but imiTie-
dately raised by Colonel BONN and Count Walder-
see, aides de-camp in waiting, and was carried into
the adjacent room, where he became extremely
faint for few seconds, but quickly recovered
Professor Bohm, medical man of eminence,
CHANGING fortunately to be at the station the royal
sufferer received immediate relief; and the ball
which had struck against the wall and dropped on
the pavement, was forthwith picked up, the pro
lessor asserted that he had very good to be-
lieve that the bone was unn urcd and the alarm OF
the queen was somewhat diminished. The king
surgeon Dr. Grimm, having arrived, the first dress
ings applied to the wounds, and his majesty
removed by his own express desire back to
Charlottenburg.
cuprit felcd him TO the ground, and tore from his
hand the still smoking pistol. Some assert that he
claimed, Long live liberty Others, that he at first
called out, pretending TO be mad, u am prince OF
Syria, or Barbary;' but that on being somewhat
roughly handled and pressed, he declared himself
TO be sergeant OF artillery, native Of Welt
discharged on the lst of October last and that
he had borrowed the uniform, which he was not en-
cess to the royal person. The assassin underwent
u short examination from which it appeared that
lac was we'll known TO be man OF indifferent char
acter and cxcitable disposition. The minister OF
police having also arrived, the regicide deliv-
cred into his hands, placed In closed post yan and
conducted TO the new prison of Moabit, under a
strong escort. There he will be kept secret,
closely watched, and deprived of all means of com
mittng self-dcstruction Intelligence Of this most
detestabe crime attracted hundreds TO the station,
which was, however, quickly cleared OF all persons
whose presence was not required. Hundreds upon
hundreds collected outside and they cheered when,
in the of about Of an hour the
king, seated in MS chariot, and supported by that
most amiable and excellent lady, the queen, drove
through the gates on their return to Charlotten
burg.
1.-The ball appears to have passed close within the
inner epidermIs and not To have injured nerve or
artery, and only TO have lacerated the flesh the
length Of two inches. His majesty was in excel
lent spirits, and without any appearance OF fever
Half past nine, D. The accounts up TO half pas
eight, most favorable. The king suffered little
comparative pain when he retired 10 rest, at nine
O'Clock. The official bulletin, signed by Drs
Grimm Schonlein, and Langenbeck, confirm the
intelligence given above; and the Staais An-eiga
corroborates, in a short official article, signed by
the Minister of the Interior, the principal fact
The three eminent men above mentioned remain
in attendance upon his majesty. The royal high
nesses the king brothers, passed the night at Char
lottenburg"
The Lithographisehe Correspondents, Of the 22d
instant states that Max Seieloge is native of Pots
dam, 81 years of age, brought up in the Asylum oI
Soldiers Sons, and served in the artillery. Two
years ago he became a lunatic, and was confined in
the hospital at Spandau. Eventually discharged
from that place, he has, nevertheless, exhibited
strong signs Of insanity. He pretended, Tor some
time past, that he the inventor Of chocolate
and of gun cotton, and be used 10 talk wildly abou
obtaining the assistance Of the Bey of funis, ioI
the purpose of founding colony. He was in the
habit Of handing petitions TO the king setting forth
the principles Of his colonization scheme