The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-17
FOREI MISCELLANY.


be always dressed with certain quantity oi jewel
| ry about her, was sitting alone, smoking her
| divan, when an Arab, named Siiman -Bougduud,
suddenly entered and stabbed her in several places
! with pognard At the same time he commenced
tearing her earnings from her and her neck.
lace from her bosom. The cries Of the young
man gave the alarm, and just as the murderer
leaving the house, with the jewels in his hand. he
was met by persona who hnd heard the outcry.
and who arrested him, He has been lodged IN
prison 10 take his trial The poor girl expired
shortly after and her body was found stabbed in
thuty-three places French paptr.
CoURT MARrIAL-A court martial has been held
at Exeter to try Lieutenant Harris OF the 4th regi-
men, for having suffered pacard TO be exhibited
in the window of his room in Plymouth Citadel,
( denouncing Captain Hort of that regiment, as a
liar and coward, ana for having stated 10 a cor
poral of the same regiment that captain Hort was
I a seoundreI aud a bully, and would Il yht The
result Is not known. 1t s said that, when the reei
ment was at Drake's Island Lieutenant Harris wac
! made the butt OF the mess, with the sanction Of
Captain Hort, and subjected diea
greeabe system OF practical joking, wine, &c.
| having been poured over hun. His father took up
the quarrel, and sent Captain Hort challenge
The captain refused 10 meet him, upon which Mr..
harris, the father, posted him "a liar and
| ard" In the manner above alluded TO.
AN EAsy-GoI CAPTAiN.-The captain of
cruising irigae in the MederI on de ending
| the ladder tor his Get, about eight O'Clock the
evening and contemplating the felicity of u dozen
hours uninterrupted rcpose, left orders with the
] ohicer Of the watch TO be made acquainted VI any
change\in HE tceaihtT. Towards midnight 1t sun
denly bAgan o look black 10 windward the brecze
iresneuing to a long continued squa, which
obliged the lieutenant shorten sail the forcsa
7 the tops,lls were clewed down Tor reefng. Here
the captain Inform.d d ot the chan &c OF her
and the sail he ship had been reduced 70 in
! qucnce. "Eh, said the captain, 1T blows hard,
does iE' .'fcs, eir, replied the lieutenant,
! "thete's every appearance of gaie' Very
WELL said the captain, ''let me know if it blows
! harder" At IL o'clock the first lieutenant, " no
had been the last half hour watching the of
the weather, made up his mind TO disturb the cap
tain for the permission of the hands, telling hiIn
that he thought II necessary 10 send the top gallant
! yards down ana make all snug, for il was flowing
n perfect gale. .'Do so, said the captain .'and-
and let Iue know if it blows harder, any thing
partir uar happens Both yards and masl4 were
struck, the fore and mizen topsaiis taken in, the
foresal reetcd and set again, before the watch
called; just after which the second lieutenant in
obedience 10 The orders Left him by the noble first,
went down 10 report the losR OF the main ops all.
which had blown clean out of the bolt rope. The
gallant commander had been awoke by the noise
/, occasoned by the splitting of the sail, and the
moment the cabin door opened, and the officer Of
the watch entered, he, had expected; promptly
ordered him, on his stating the case, to set the
storm staysails, adding, he laid himself down
again, ''ani, you knoW-ah let me be called if IL
blows harder" The ship labored much, and Just
after daylight shipped mcst tremendous sea.
which made all shake gain, washed away the lee
way hammock mel ting, and with it nearly half the
watch. The gale, il possible, was still increasing,
the sea running mountains. The officer of tho
watch reported the sad catastrophe. 90 And il
blows rtyy hard does it - seriously said the cap
tain. "Very hard indeed, SIR as mourniully re
piled the lieutenant; 81 think never knew it TO
, blow so hard" w hat, cir - responded the cap
{ tain, as he turned himself round. in thought OF
some further order; ''what, you nerer knew it blow
f SO hard" q Never, cir" said the Lieutenant posi-
lively. "Then, sir, let me know when II mode p
rates. Nautical Standard
ASoTHER BouspARy QUESTION. The Right Hon
DIR. Lushington, MIR. Falconer, and DR.. Twiss, ID.
Z. L., are appointed arbitrator. to determine the
boundary dispute between the Provinces of Ca.
ul 4 no nfl lesln Inyl lly yIn6r
claim, upon the part of each province respective
ly TO upwards of five thousand square miles o;
ritory.
\ LAuSeH or THE ROYAL ALpERT.--The Royal AL
bert, l20 guns has now her lower and oriop decks
both finished, with the exception of a narrow space
left in thccentre for the purpose of ventilation, and
the vessel is altogether in SO advanced state that
there would be little difficulty, II moderate num-
her of extra hands were employed, to have her
ready for launching during tho present summer.
The Royal Albert Is 700 tons larger than any OF
the first rate ships of war in the Royal Navy and
being named after Prince Albert, the launch Of
this splendid vessel, in the presence of her Majesty
and all the royal family, would make grand and
appropriate finale, were il arranged TO take place
in the week previous to the close of the great
hbiion Of the industry OF all nations in 1851. The
vessel, while the stocks in nearly hniscd state
for launching would be an object OF great attraction
to many ihousands from the interior Of the country
who have never seen a man of war, and certainly
none To be compared 10 the Royal Albert for sym
rnetry and magnitude.
I tCLlPsES IN mere Will ne iour eChpses IN
the coming year, the most prominent OF which will
be great and visible eclipse OF the sun The first
is partial and visible eclipse OF the Fri
day, January II, commencing at forty minutes
past three in the afternoon and terminating exactly
six O'Clock; nearly onc-halI OF the moon vii! be
obscured. The second is an anuular eclipse OF the
t sun Saturday, February l. visible to US. The
third is partial and invisible ecpse OF the moon
Saturday, the 9th OF Juiy ana the fourth is thc
great eclipse OF the Monday, the 2Sth Of July
the greatest solar eclipse we shall have III England
until March, 1855. II begins 2h. Bun lss.
ALLEGED Cure roR Madness -Cedroue seed re
Gently discovered in the va!leys of Costa Rta, aud
sad possess the property o. curing nadnczs, aiic
OF ncutralzing the virus of the bites OF dogs aue
the faculty in Paris \ Medical Congress. includ-
i ing representatives from different States of Eu
If rope Is shortly TO be heidi to test the efficiency o
9 cedrone seed in mental disorders and epilepsy
d WipTH OF PUBLIC Eooss.--The Dfusicdl jIorId
\ gives the following the width OF the principal
public halls in En- Gland: Exeter hall, 70 feet
inches; Westminster hall, b, feet; Town nall, Bir
: min ghnn b. ieet; Philharmonic concert room, Liv-
erpooi ia feet; Wbiteha chapel, So feet; ST. Mar
tin hall, Us feet; Victoria room, Clifton, 81 feet
Gudhall, l. ,ndon - feet new houses OF Lords and
Commons, 45 feet; Kings College chapel, Cam
. bridge IA feet; Freomasons' hail. +3 feet; Hanover
y square rooms, 80 feet inches wide.
, MoSrMESr 70 THE LATE STA ROBERT PEEL II
LEEps.It has been dedntively settled that the
monument TO the memory of this distia g,lishcd
staeanan shall be erected in park.ro near the
court house. Itis 10 be bronze statute nounted
granite pedestal. Mr.. Bthncs, the sculptor in
t ordinary to the Queen, has been engaged 10 exc
cute the work, at cost OF | SEQ go.neas.
THE WISTKR EMO ALTON. lit is a most remark
able sign of the u,nes, says the Liverpool Iins,
that even up 10 the approach OF Christmas, en'i-
grafton continues almost upon great a scale as
during the spring summer from come ot the
: southern ports. In Dublin, during the last week.
there has been a visible diminutiun in the numbers
d proceeding direct ~ America, or by steamers e
e Liverpool take shipping there. Waterford i'
the chief port by emgrants from the
c ties OF Waterford, Tpperary, and Kilkenny. The
. CIonAl,i Chronicle states that the streets of tha
T town are crowded with the rural population, 90
: their way to America, while in Waterford the In
fux of people from the adjacent counties is very
great In the western counties the emigration
mania has, for the present, abated, bnt it s likely
10 be renewed in the spring.
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