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DrAR Bzt1rR on the 10th Of Deceubsr lsst 4
nlailed you lsster presume il will cpre 10 yon
with he early Spring birds some time ii March a
Arvil aext Whsn tsss one vii reach you woald
p.zie The enisss lsdsa fo tell For I'll that cola
weather AMI hard winter which We have beeB lrol
nisel - hong end which really had hegur 10 kop4
would rot CONS at all has rade its s-sIearsuee 81
at once snd IN inghty force Ep- The last four svs
We have had continuation - rain siee. Wind srd
snowsthe two first days having been octI.pea mini
cipallyi With rain md seet but for tie two last
snoE-ta1la T1r- have asurped tie place Of every
thing slse Fad 81 saa howl With and
violence -soun in more Southern resions. tod
yoas = ~ last that the san Ia his best days was
tut feebe orb up kere lst ss present. think that
re has giyea mp tie struggle and gong into winter
quarters, TO eecnomise his iael and husband bib +
I beams for the two moaths szl 3 hale OF summer I
which We are promised attSF a while haVnt seen 1
ira for many days thet shall recrire iatrot
dGciian when meet again TIE gERft If thislse+
we're weather has been eonplesely Is cut oa al een
lnuRieaton between this Island aud the rest Of tie
world. The boats between ,ilss and Eeil ceased tb
run several days age and The Baltic IS frozen as
far as the eve reach and all the shipping IN thh
harbor is fast bound, fer he bAiahsc Fl the vntes
presume Nothing. ean he -aere drsolate than tie
appelrance presented b. ibis huge frozn Ocean With
its yast feds of snow and Ice wlicr he bsttet
winds Of the north sweep with Irresistible force ana
where the only signs az life are few starving sen
guils and efnaeiaied decks wheeling in solitary
tight around some caSsa in the ZEE aid OCCASIONAL
Il uttefiac vailirg err - il IN dep+ecatSn oftih
pitiiess SEASON.
Bus this iSe cuts "a al Communications With Ksa
anti sElts Ll..cc, consequently We mhy whistle fe
our listers ana papers For although We have whasb
IS called The Land Post yet this Lard Pest before
Il ran reash rs has 10 cross tie Belts, and to III
tAat Is the very d.. and ali these Belts being EbeE
Is nipassable az times for two AID three weeks tQ
eeihegi Ii has row been ! week since We had
mail of any sort aud from present appearances MI
may not have one foT month lUla9ine any city ~
Amefica remaining whole week without mail qs
any descrption
In ibis STATE Of things yoH viii net expect me tp
write yop any aeIrs because ners ever originates
, in Copenhagen, nothing oeetfS here and news fgoh
the rest o Europe reaches rs after has arrived "
the-Tenerahle age Of two or three weeks or IS tse
time it has crossed the atlantic and started ca ~
way back hither TO send il back again 70 YOU, III
the Tidy SlowboyH liue--the fourteen miles III
fifteen hearsH-conveyanees which carry Our letters
sroul here would indeed entile II 10 The appellatie
, Of ~PiperS by the time il again reached ycu Well
try 10 eonsele myself with the hope that when tile
mail does come it win bring me qGie "a pile Sf
doc,.mcntsihese sent me- probably BY three or four
different Atlantic steamers, and shallhaYe pleasant
. employment for several days
told you in my last that thoneht general Ell
roQ9an asr inevitable. am sin Of that opinioh,
: althongh since the acceptance by ths Porte Of tile
list proposition II te tegr Powers, many Intelligent
pcrsbEs here AFFECT 70 believe that tie DANGER i oy.
Tfat TIE pride Of the Emperor OF Russia having teen
apptassA by bis bloqdy and harhst0ns tliunpil ii
, Sn6ne-st the same ting that his prudence IS alarla
cd if ib9s universal execraton Which that 9owardI
lutshsrg ahas called forth will Id Wiling 10 avail
himself II auy plausible preisxt "a 4bpudon, fer tile
PRESENT his ambitious pFojects. but cannot think
!. so me plans of Russia deeply laid ana wel-nR-
: tured; her object is possession and noweFa the E
and that object viii not be ABANDONED without des
, perl'e struggle, hini, NE need 20 othegpsooi VI
. this than hr presei alliance with the pefGa COY
y crnneat Through that door aAe hoFssfo open h4g
= way to tie British possessions in India AMI you riil
have perceived that the Ola Lion Ills "a length eeasel
: to "snore opened wide his eyes end absolutely
, i scsrs preparing, in eagnest for action.
. When wrote Before ] said no bne could doullt
n that Austria would be found on lie side Of Russia,
IS hardly had mailed that letter when the papeAs
2 CAME filled With accounts that she had at length I'd
# solved to co-operat heartily and hOaesY With tta
= other three Great Powers in persuading Or forcing
? Russia into terins This geYe rise Ia very general
. rejoicing, which, unhspgily, WAS cf short duratioa
7 Il soon appeared that the House 6f' hapsharg was
/, ttia5'eggiag once again ana that she had neith4i
|. power nor inclination to abandon her master Rug
n sic then IS and always has been, fua Of Austfia
Il shs ceuHs upan the neutrality at least cf Prssia
d SIC l. ii,tgeaing hard with Sweitn, and does nil
t, much 81 gar1 tAs Minor Powers ofEufope BIT I'll
9 tint te 'oiers If tRe s75 Fiea u s ~
i can never bc made cordially and eeaiogsly Is BgI
q side By side against hersei. OF any other Fowes s
IS knows well the Footed antipathT which has eziset
u ana still exists (meagre the efforts new MAJ ;ag bs
the English newspapers to atter X away or COED
i ~ between the people OF France nd those Of lid
: CossacSs- ther detest Still moro the nation whost
= gold transported thGnto her capital ana that till
nelaeFy Of tho retreat from Moscow doe9 not nsnrt
thern with one 1.-THE Of Tie thirst FIR vengeance thai
> Is aF asened BY the bare meatioh Of tie name 81
heter4o9 and she believes that the Gale Cock viii
not he able 10 restrain his wings DIR his spnrs when
Il the Lions main, either ally OF az foe shall bs
shaken N his eyes. Has she falsely calculated III
I this' Think yon2 Nous verrdns.E But the world
Hlif have cause 10 wonder II tie armies of ENGLAND
i shall come z be commanded BY Nhpoleonl
! 1t ell events, The English co7etnment is terribly
frightened, and the tone Of the two Government pal
= Sers The Times ard the Chronicle is as obseeaeu5
and leeedling now towards France as II was former
" Yi.aent and Insulting. England IS EagIaad-tha
same Enriana--eT to tha poyerfg ins3lent
! and iyraaical 10 lila wear. Istool buta fen aays
ago. On t4e very spot where ler ARMIES encaap-
ed inilS07, when, without provocetion without ngt
cause without mercy, against the laws OF nations,
Of justice and humanity she Battered this aefenceiess
town to pieces, slaughtering mora than thousand
OF its eitzens and giving to destruction an immense
amount Of its property; and afterwards as stood
by The unpretending column, which the gratitude OF
Their ieow-citizeus reared 10 the memory Of those
victims Of British violence who fell in 1901 hi its
simple and touching nseription; 4 THY fell f0r he
lad Of their fathers c5uld not help exclainng:
@Oh naughty Albion, If justice in this world shall
ever be Heted out, according 10 the deserts OF men
theFs IS day of fearful retribation yet in store for
thee
n
ed from other sources, that Sweden and Denmark
have lsagued for the purpose Of aid and defence and
to preserve as long as they shallbe allowed 10 do
50, The sricest neutrality during tie threatened con-
test The Qualifications of this place are even now
undergoing inspections andrepars and from many
indications think il apparent that the hopes q tie
peace OF Euro1e very nearly extinct in the minds
Of the rulers Of Denmark. The Danes are d pe5ce-
loving, quiet and kind but brave and patriotic peo-
pie, and sincerely hope {thpugh cannot wei see
how Il vii ge Possihle) that they may escape the
dangers which At present threaten them in common
, with every power in Europe. great reasou>for
this hope With me, Is the progress which this people
have already made, and are daily making in the
patas OF Liberty and seifgoverntaent OF the nu-
Inelons Eevclntiens ia the etentcl year 1913 The
only one Of which I am aware thu. has proved
prominent and really beneficial 70 the people Is that
, which occurred in this Kingdom in an The others
the reaction which universally 70 have follow
cd has proved more detrimental 10 the cause Of Free
doll than the former bonds with which she was re-
str5eted; bat here the change has been valuable
pefmaneEt, and VIII ultimately PROVE have no
Sodlt exceedingly benehcisLi lido hot ailgde 10
thesabcrtye efforts upon the part Of Gleswick and
Holsten 10 withdraw fheir allegiance from Dem
mark. pad which, had they succeeded would
in Ell probability, haze len them ia : much worse
cor.diti7n than they are at pre5ent-bus to that
bE049ltss resolution which occurred in the f,yya
Of lhe Danish Government. converting, il. sud-
derby, and almost as if By ma5ic,--Eithout the
shedding Of drop Of blood without the SLIGHTEST
physical struggle-fr0m an absolute ard thoroughly
I desbOtic monarchy, with powers and PRIVILEGES a
uncomfortable By the people and AZ independent II
them, as that Of Russia or Franee-to 4 genuine