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-Itis said that B lem, the well known Polish
General, died at Aleppo in the FIRST part of De-
cember He remained in the Mohammedan faith
TO the last, and was buried with military honors.
With Benz faith was natter of small account; his
business was action, and that Of the most intense
and tumultuous sort His only religion was to
avenge his country upon the Russian despotism,
and destroy the tyranny the Cars. Personally
he was one of the bravest and most generous OF
beings man Of most fertile resources and original
mind, next to Napoleon and w ellington, the great
commander of modern times. He was small IN
stature but of an active and Gntiring temperament
His will once fixed, nothing short OF impossl6ltty
could turn it, and that impoasibility he was the
last to admit He was born at Tarnow, In Gallicla
in 1895, and was accordingly ffty-five years old
at bis death. Much exposure and suffering made
him appear older. History will honor his memory
-Thackeray has replied to the criticism OF The
Times. upon his last Christmas Book, in preface
TO the second edition. He ridicules with grea'
success the stiled language and far-fetched ex-
pressions of the critic.
Among the books announced for publication
or as recently issued in London, are a new
edition of Joanna Babies Works. Sir James
Mackintosh's Miscellaneous Works, K wings in
the Pacific, by Merchant long resident in Tahiti,
southey's Common Place Book, fourth series, a
second edition of Alton Locke, and Catholicism
the Religion of Fear contrasted with Rational
ism, the Theory of Reason.
"A great emigration of Mormons to the United
States is now taking place. Late advices from
Sweden also show that the Mormon Church is
making progress there. We do not yet hear o.
any successful Mormon Missions to Catholic
countries
A novel, of Indian Life in America, has just
been published in London, under the title of Ellen
Clayton, or the Nomades ef he West The Lon
don Morning Herald praises it. The author Por-
trays q scenery in the midst OF which he has
lived, and avows himself to be an admirer Of
the red man, with whom be has had dealings and
he avows that the object for which this work is
written, is the hope Of awakening sympathy on
behalf of the wild races of the American Con-
tinent so that some plan may be devised Tor res
cuing from utter humiliation those fast pershing
tribes.
Capt. Harris the Abyssinian traveller, when
introduced BY especial favor into the lady chapel
of the Cathedral Of Shoa, is stated to have found
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hung round with colored prints Of the great Lei
cestershire steeple-chase.
-Jetty Trefz has been singing in Manchester
where she IL great favorite.
The Census Of France will be taken the pres
ent wear. The following is the rate at which, &C
cording 70 historians and official documents the
population Of Paris has gradually increased; In
the 18th century Paris contained 1000 soul: :
in l474, 10000 under Henry IL 100000; 10
\ 1890. 200 600 under Louis XVI. 492,6OO; IN
I7ls, 50e64O; from 1852 TO l762, 576,63O; IN lI7o
according to Button, 6Js 900; in l775, according
TO NOLAN. $4,000; 1854, according to NecHe'
$50 coo; end Of the reign of Louis XVI, olO,oxOi
/ 1888, according to the census, 6i0,5O4i isOs
! $4,000; 1906, SAL SO; lsOs, 5s0609; lsVs'
! 794 1895 1917, 1896, 1927, s9O,43l lsJl tne
commencement OF the quinquennial census. 1i,cc
\ 32s 1896, 900 1876; 1871, 9l2033 exclusive OF
soldiers. absentees and children at nurse ls4o'
/ 1O53,sS7 and the Department Of the seine,
! 1864, 4G7. The population Of the Department Is
thus divided: st reimbursement, lll,Zio ga
! ll7765; Sd. 64675. ith 4o,233 5tb, 9O,6sa o1n'