The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-21
Marshal gOuit IL Dead.

49,
Marshal goult IL Dead.
The decease ot this illustrated officer is
thus noticedby the Journal dcs ID, bats ,
Marshal Soult who died on Wednesday last. ,
ut his chateau of Soult Berg, was bern in 1863,
in the same year the Emperor Nap leon, the /
Duke Of Wellington, George Cuv.cr, Chateau
BRAND and Walter Scott and was consequently
i'm his SD year. With Marshal Sonlt is extinct
the last aud highest illustration of period so
fruitful in great things and in great souvenirs.
His long and active career, which has exc 'eded
that Of all his companions in arms, has been
marked with success, and by the two-fo!d glory
given by the works If and Of peace.
great citizen, great captain, great ad,ninin-
istrator, great politician, 1t may be said that
the life Of the Marshal has been complete.
This First Lieutenant of the Emperr Ma
poleon marched as private solder under The
standard Of our armies, 81 years ago, before the
fall Of the old monarch, and before the break
ing out of the French revolution. He took an
| active and brilliant part in the most memorable
campaigns Of the revolution, and the empire =
When these gigantic struggles had ceased,
| Marshal Snult came to occupy in The councils
OF the country that place which he could n, Ion
Ger ill on fields of battle. As Minister of War IN"
devoted his genius as an administrator 10 the
4 re organization Of the army, under the critical
circumstances in which the revolution Of July
had placed France
As President of the Council of Ministers, at
| different times, he was one of the hrin"s', most
intelli gent, and mos. devoted supporters OF
/ that liberal and constitutional throne to which
France owed eighteen years of repose, Of hap
pincss, of order, and of true Liberty. The M
dcfaigablc cooperation which this wise policy
of King Louis Philippe Sound in the talents
| ~ RI La, al will n n
eternal honor both to one and the other. IN
September, lS49, the iustrious Marshal fell
that the hour of rcpnse had arrived. He wrote
a very fattering letter to King Louis Philippe,
bcyring him to accept his resignation of The
functions Of President of the Council, IN which
he was re pla ED by NJ. Guiznt. 1t resgnng
himself to this painful separation, the King
wished to give The Marshal n striking testimony
Of his regret and of his gratitude, in so cstab-
fishing for him the ancient dignity OF Marshal
General
Up to his FAST hour, the ilusirious warrior re-
NAMED faithful to the protestations of devoted :
mess with which he concluded his farewell let
let to the King. When the revolution Of Feb
ruary had broken down the throne which he had
SO nobly served, the Marshal confined himself
more strictly in his retreat, and refused to con-
tract any engagement with the new powers
which succeeded it, In the midst Of the storms
midst of the trials and adventures into which
she is once more fatally precipitated -France
will not see without deep regret the disappear.
ance of this great man, illustrated by such long
and glorious services, by such firm and con.
slant dcvoednessto the principles of order, to
the tr traditions Of true patriotism, and to whole
some policy.
TIE McDosoucHWnL.- learn from ar
al, hiatt nf fhp
) John McDonogh, Of New Orleans, submitted
his will, during the last summer, to five of the
: ablcst ,uri. consnlts in Paris, the suits brought
4 against the validity Of the testament must be
decided by the civil law. In tie letter sub
: hitting the case, a frank opinion was asked tOl
: and not such an one as would crafty the wish
{ es of the clients or, indeed, of either party
q a letter has been received from one of these
eminent men, in which he states that the opinion
: Of the whole Of them is, without reservation
s in favor of the validity of the will. We are
O further informed that, when this letter wa.
written, the opinion in the press, and tina
it will be in this country in about a fortnigit
1t is said to be very full, and quotes all the au
thorilies bearing on the ques ions now before
our courts Besides deciding the validity o
the will, these gentlemen give un unequvoca
opinion against the suits brought by the States
J, Of MARYLAND ard Louisiana. Our nformaa
expresses
j disinterested decision of such me will hav'
g paramount authority in Louisiana, as, in 'ppe1
: from the Canadian courts to the House of Lords
it is the invariabe practice to send the case t.
Paris The Peers will not undertake to decide
!. Of themselves, points arising out of the civil
law, but are governed by the advice Of eminen
: French LAWYERS. The knowledge this usage
IS induced the chairman of the executors, Mr.
Roselius, of New Orleans, to send the will, will
' the concurrence Of his colleagues, to France
:, We have been promised copy of the opinion
: referred to, soon as it is received in New
Orleans The French lawyers whose opinion
n have been obtained Giraud, Minister O
q Justice; Marcade, the great commentator Of
The Napoleon code Coin Deslislc, author of
: treatise on testamcntary devises, work OF tn
highest authority Monrton, celebrated pro
&c cssor of civil law Of the law schools in Paris
. and Delanglc. ex Procurcnr General of tn
Loyal Court Of Pars.-Baltimore .4merican.
~ We extract the following interestn!
statistics from an article in the New YuIl
;. Journal Of Commerce, entitled "Census U
1880"
NEWSPAPER PRESS.
The statistics of tie newspaper press form al
in.crcs' ing f AZURE in the returns of the II
census. I, appears that the whole number @
news pa pers and periodicals in the United States
on the LIST June, 1859, amounted to $3.50
n Of these ,494 were fully returned 23i had al
to the facts excepting circulation gwen, and .
5. are estimated for California the territories, an
= those that may have been omitted by the AS
~ sistant Marshal.
n From crculations made on the statistics re
ir turned, and estimated circulasions where the
have been omitted, it appears that the nggrcgat
circulation of those $500 papers and periodical
<, is about 5000 ,000 and that the entire nnmb'
1t of copies pr;n'cd annually in the United Sites
r. amounts to 22,610,o0o. The foil wing ,abl
will show the number of daily, weekly, mon h