The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-15


10 a. the eb. r. rie ss rs difficult rs 1t @ss smpsn-
q Aro who could ferss<s that rot ere of the Rus
sian nstfes Of troops, OF which 20 mucn mad b.en
esid, would be found Oh he sho e 70 dis ute she
lsAcirg, or 10 make the ses sy clearly for taking
posse fsiob Of The b acb? Great the anxiety felt
IN Pe,if for stne Gays spd TIE news az the happy
istdit has Produced On every mind the thsct OF
victory"
A high tone, since the exped ton is being as
suMt6 amCrg tie bitter iIfa ID cifcies, such as
n ~ the policy az The Hes bss been hid erto too
temperate and that savaB.sgs has been taken OF 10
--sbs decreased p essure is recesssry-tbat htnet-
10 II mev lot eve sUrt0 to interfere With the En-
rcItsr syttt m, but that G. ropic state OF may
be fsr j. cIabl than The fE al destruction II
tbe mems Of offence which Russia processes; and
thst re Inevitable corseques &c Of Iesost TO arms
ie. that nj i,s5y ftstons fupeteede the poiiti al
objects Of The con,ssf. Having, IN fat, began
the war TO protect Tu key, aLd TO naiotain
the exstipg fquiI b' ium, the allied governments
msy be Il reed to q more sweeping aud deadly as
ssnlt II Jr nfieys Of Russia European power.
FJtyejRbt thousand men, eighty pieces Of artillery,
ard four thousand HORSES force which, ia ali pro-
babiity, has now been sweled 20 seventy thousand
by the arrival oft,e reserves from Bulgaria. aud q
more Than pIolo,tionste supply of horses AMI arii
lery. IRE Ios to be Leried across an unknown sea
for sbe simple statns quo.
To turn from things exterior to those of more
domestic nature, and as il is right. from time to
time, to take rote of the decay OF ignorance, and
tie procIess OF It's ar dote the following summary
of uial before tie Tribunal OF Correctional Police
at Tours will give some idea or airs in this
restect ia country Ike France, which Is, OCCASION
ally, too ford OF Wanting itself as the pioneer Of
ligat IN world Of Zimmerman darkness.
An old ana infrm man named Commersais, but
b. tier kno rs tire Devil-on-T Two Sticks, from his
being obliged 10 walk by the aid OF 0 crutch and
STICK, was tried for swiEdng, by pretending to be
soI C Ier possessed Of supernatural powers far
mer remed Lac0rdas sid that his wife had become
ipsa o by consulting the Irisoner but this did not
prtv,rt him from consulting the prisoner on the ex
.mpticn Of his son from the cOns cription. =" gave
him" said the farmer, +" a certain sum OF money,
all he made me say prayers, swallow po wders, aud
give him wine for woat he called publications. He
pr missed thst my son should not be drawn; and he
kept his promise But though the elder was no.
drawn, the young Was" The woman then 40
pr AIRED, but was clearly so stark mad that the Pre-
sident turned her out.
The richest n.orceou however, was tie folio wing:
young n an, NO less remarkably ugly than stupid
locking, was called, who, gaping and twisting his
cap around, said: -Four or i've years ago. wanted
to marry girl Of orr village; she loughed at me
ard told me that was too ugly for man, and too
stupid for an ass."
The nosrtts with which the poor wretch said this
caused loud laughter
Sticks was q learned man and said to him. You,
who know everything, tell me what must do to
make Louisette love me !"
First Of all, !" said he, give me money 7"
gave him five francs then he gave me
brown powder and made me svollow it in white
wine. But it did not succeed. Afterwards, he gave
me black powder, which cost seventy. five cents !;
he called 1t tie powder Of amiabilty But that pro.
andny girl has got married ~ So saying, the witness
uttered deep gr0an, and retired.
But another witness appeared, named Marahan.
dean, whose evidence Is stu more giqnams: Com;
render me gr at services by telling my fortune with
cards. I went to him, therefore, and gave him two
franks, 5Oc.) to consult them for me. He told me
! should receive legacy; Some days after be
you have money buried in that garden Of
yours2 know il, and think 1t is 1900 francs
but to know it exactly, must consult my
books, and that l can't do unless You first
then pulled seven hairs nom my head, above tho
left ear, and touched my two front teeth with one
Of them. Next, he placed the hairs on sheet Of
paper, and made me shake my head over them.
to morrow at midnight, to bring you the answer
about the money" was terrified at this announce
ment, and would have given as much money, Or
more TO Pc spared the honor Of the devils visit
To give me Little courage, ut neighbor,
rsmed Thenon, to sleep with me. At midnight ON
the following day We heard noise in the adjacent
VIVA, it is ~ "No," he answered, trembling also,
Ego yourself; it concerns your'
Askpgth, after some hesitation, we both went,
ard taw folded paper. / opened it, aud found
mersais ana leproached him with having deceived
nee.
"You are en- ass" said he; "you opened the pa
per with too great haste, and tho consequence Is
that you have delayed the discovery Of the treasure
for thirty days, two hours and five minutes unless,
indeed, you viii goa midnight, on eight successive
nights, barefooted, your left hand enveloped In Q
white pocket handkerchief, and rope round your
foot, 70 La Crcix de Blere." he scolded mo, more
over, for having given him the trouble OF hav-
ing to do all his operations over again.
Well, l did What be directed; but It all led to
nothing: And then he told me another story-that
he would mako the devil bring me lOofr for every
ceutme contained in the five rusty sous, on condi-
4on would pay him 33fr., and give HIM piece Of
black cloth with brown border. l gave him the
MONEY and the cloth with TIE brown border; but no
from me, ON the promise Of whisking OF to Africa
or America man named Archambsult, whom do
tested be- anse be lived with my mother, ~ also to
means, 5OOfr. which he had in box. But Archam.
bsut never Get out to Africa or America, and got
no money.
"At length told my grandmother what had
s dome and she called me fool and commensais
After half dozen similar complaints, from SINH
lar bright specimens of the ebli9htenment OF the
nineteenth century the Presto emit Of the Coz reoon.
q Police ct Tours condemned the Devilupon-Two-
Stcksin human flesh to thirteen months imprison-
ment.
From Spain the only news is that no alteration in
the ministry has Jet taken pace, though that such
Is expected before the meeting Of the Cortes.
series Of electric telegraph lines were being drawn
up; that to Saragoasa Is terminated and is being
carried on to the French frontier. Accounts from
Barcelona to the 10th inst state that the workmen
Of some manufacturers bad created some agitation,
but that CO m, such as It was, had been re estab
isbed BY the exhortation Of the authorities.
The Emperor hes just given q renewed proof Of
his admiration of Ango5ax, IN institutions, in de-
cree Which enacts thorough remodeling Of the
domiciliary police of Paris in accordance with that
Of London. AT present, the number available for
the immediate surveillance OF the twelve arron-
dissemeDts Of the capital is not more than $780, and
the expense in, urred for general police purposes
1856 ,00O francs; while, on the contrary, the num-
Der Of poise employed In London, (the population
of hich Ia not more than doube) Is 4,764, without
reckoning the superintendent, inspectors, SER
gean.s ard Eut ernumersries. The decree increases
present number Of the Paris police to 3 900, at
an expense tf 600 900 Il ancs, two thirds Of which
l. 10 be betrayed by the State, which will derive
great beJ eft from an institution which the
tranquility of the capital--the seat Of the EN- peror
e. T. Ill l. T. - H.