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Foreign News.


Foreign News.
France,
The Monitcur publishes decree of the Prcsi.
dent, by which he applies upon his own authori
ty 2o,OO0f. to the payment Of the decorations OF
the Legion dHonncur.
/ The revenue returns for past nine months have
been published, and show an increase over the
same period last year Of q, 000 francs.
| Russia.
According to general belief Il, Warsaw, the
customs line that has hitherto divided the king
dom of Poland from the empire, will be removed
upon New Years day, and the productions on
both sides will pass without let or hindrance and
be placed on the same footing-an important
advantage, commercially speaking, to Poland
where the manufacturing and forge establish
ments are daily increasingly Importance.
The great railway from St. Petersburg to Mos
COW, upon which immense numbers of workmcn
are employed at different points, has advanced 50
rapidly that it is expected that the whole line
vii! be opened during the ensuing year.
An electromagnetic communication this
line, and another from St. Petersburg to War
saw, are in progress OF construction.
| AUSTRIA.
The Rcischc Zetung, gives terrific picture
Of the catastrophe, of the place pilgrimage call
cd IIcrrgott, on the Wcs, near Putestal AT
one Of the public houses the pilgrims (of whom
5000 were assembled at Hrrrgott) spent the
night in eating and drinking. While baking
fish, the oven took fire. Behind the inn were
a number of stables and barns, in which hun
dreds OF the pilgrims were reposlng, and almost
all perlshcd i'll the flames, which rose so rapidly
through the matched roofs, and were famed
by a strong wind, that there was no possibility
al IoII ff,o to
individual injury threw themselves sivrr tiI.
lofts, and broken limbs, half consumed with
fire, reached hitler and thither with the most
pitcous cries. Not single engine was in the
place, and we assured by an eye witness
that the fearful catastrophe at Leopoldstadt, in
October lS45, fades into nothing by the side of
this awful calamity. Scarcely half the pilgrims
were saved, and those who have survived have
for the most part been much injured. The
bodies Of the dead were burned to a cindcr Ii
was night never to be forgotten.
Hcssc Cassel.
All the newly appointed Ministers are strong
adherants to the Constitution, and the popula,
voice is said 70 be greatly in their favor The
revolutionary feeling is said to be incrcas-
ing. Upward of2DO officers have resigned their
commissions in the army, which IS now IN a
most dsorgln!Zcd state. 1t is said that Hay
nau, who by proclamation Of the Elrctor has
been cheated commander in chief of the army
proposes to promote the non commissioned Off
GERS to the vacancies. HaYnau is commanded
to remove those officers Of all grades, who re-
fuse to obey his orders, and to consign them to
immediate punishment.
DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF THE BrLG1Ays-
Adviccs from Ostcnd, announce the deccasc of
the Quccn of the Belgians at quarter past : o.
clock, on Saturday the | It'll inst.
Her Majesty ,OuSn Marie Tbrrcse Cha rlott
Isabella, Princess of Orleans, daughter of the
late King Louis Philippe, was born at Palermo
on the 3D. Of April, lSl2 and was consequently
In the Both year of her are. She was married
on the 9th Of August, 1852
| Turkey.
The Austrian Embassy has made fresh de-
mand on the Porte, in order to induce the Otto
man government to continue under its survil-
lance the Hungarian refugees, now residing at
kulayeh. The Turkish Ministers appear deter
mined to set these unfortunate cxiles at liberty
at the expiration of 4 year from their entering
the Turkish territory, or as their flu.
ture destination shall have been decided on
Austria protests against this decision but the
Porte, supported, it is said, by the representa-
tivcs Of England and France, holds firm in its
resolve
STATES ELECTRIC LlGur.--Mr. State Of Gin
cnnati, who discovered the electric light, is now
in England, Illuminating cities and harbors. At
Sunderland he exhibited his light from the
lighthouse. The Sunderland Herald says:
"Three miles off, lady was enabled to read a
letter which she had never opened before; and at
two miles distant, the Herald was read with ease,
| by number ofIndividuals. The commissioners
who were appointed to examine the light, pro-
cceded out to sea seven miles, at which distance
the pier light was invisible, while the electric
light shonc clear, bright, and effulgent as ever
TIE BIGGEsr GoLD Srony.-A younr man
from Ncwburyport writes, under date Of San
Francisco, Sept. ID, thai party Of fifteen men
discovered vein Of gold 45 feet wide, 3 feet
deep, and had 70 lowed it 7 feet it being over
two thirds pure gold. awe have been ca!culat.
ing the value of as much of it as had been I'm.
covered, and find it would be worth over ten
millions Of dollars!'
A NEW FABRIC has been manufactured from
the tur OF animals, which Is lighter, softer, firm
er, and warmer than any other material ever
worn as covering for the body. The under
shirts made of this material, are called Astoria
Jackets, and can be obtained in New York
A NOVEL TEAM.-One day last week gen.
tlemen drove through town, in a buggy having
two elks attached to it. They measured space
quite brskly.-[ TrumbuH (O) Democrat
PENNSYLVANIA ELEcrros.-The official vote
on amending the constitution Of Pennsylvania, so
as to elect Judges by the people, stands as fol-
lows: tor the amendment, lac, 090; against it,
Io,yoo. The Democratic majority in the State
tor Canal Commissioner, is 1870; and for Sur
veyor General, II ,43l.
The New York and New Jersey Synod adj
Journed on the 10Th ult., al ter passing rcsolu-
ton Recommending obedience to the fugitive
slave law, and refusing to entertain an amend
ment declaring the law unconstitutional. I!is
is an example for other religious bodies to fol-
low, as well as some ofthe clergy Of the coun-
try, who at public meetings, urge the populacc
to open md violent resistance. Such men, are
disgrace to the cause Of religion.
BLESSED Be HER NAME.-Louisana appro-
PIRATES annually $500 to the support of
Education-bcing more, in proportion to her
wealth and population, than is bestowed by any
other State in the world.