The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1854-09-02
VOLUME xv-N0. 500.
European News.

European News.
The steamer Asia has arrived with Liverpool
dates to the 18th August. The following is an
abstract of her news:
The war news, although brief, is highly i'm
portant On the 9th Prince Gortschakoif an
nounced to the Austrian Government that
Moldava we'll as Wallacha will be immed-
lately evacuated Consequently the Austrian
troops their way to Gallicia, the Bukovina
and Pennsylvania have received orders to halt
for the present Simultaneously with this an
nOuncement is telegraphic statement that
$500 French troops have effected a lodemcnt
in the island of Aland, and that an equal nutI
Der had landed on the isthmus of Perekop to
prevent Russian renforcements from reaching
[he Crimea. Sir Charles Napier was to attack
5omarsund next day, and a formidable exped-
ton against SebastOpo was making ready to
embark on board the feet of transports that
had assembled in the bay of Varna. The other
items of interest 10y this arri, al are the death
OF the King of SaNony, and the indictment Of
Queen Christina, on charge of treason, be-
fore the Spanish Cortcs.
Accounts stated to have reached Paris
that force of Anglo French troops has been
landed on the isthmus of Perekop to intercept
the Russian communications with the Crimea
The Paris Moniteur of the IIth Aug pub
fishes the Austrian demand on Russia, with
the Russian reply; also the of the
French government refusing to grant an arm
following terms:-lst, Abolition of the Rus
sian protcctorate over Wallachia, Servia and
Modavia; second freedom of the mouths of the
Danube; third, revision of the treaty Of ls4l
with reference to the limits of Russia in tho
Black sea; aud fourth, no power to have pro-
tectorate over Turkish subjects.
From Dantzig, llth, it is tclegraphed that
5000 French soldiers and 600 English marines
landed at three points on the island of Aland,
with little interruption and no loss, on the pre-
ceding Tuesday. The forts were to be attacked
the next day. Sir Charles Napier was at Bonn
arsund in the ship Bulldog.
The statement that 5000 French soldiers
landed near Bomarsund on the 7th, is repeated.
1t is added that the Russians abandoned eight
| cannOns. The large ships of the fleet remain
at Lcdsund. The bombarlmcnt and landing
attack were to take place Oh the following day.
Five prisoners were executed at Parma
the 4tl, for having taken part in the recent
insurrection.
force Of 900 Russians has arrived
at Tifis, after being three months on the
march.
Liverpool cotton market had rather fallen
Off Breadstutfs generally, were firm, and
wheat had advanced. Z
MEI.ANcfoIY OccUHREScE.-Itis is our nl|
ful duty to record the death of Dr. f.
Brown who in fit of mental alienation nil,
all end to his life on Wednesday morning last
by springing from the second story of his
fathers house to the pavement. He has been
in melancholy mood for more than a month
but never became utterly deranged until a few
days ago, when reason give way. His friends
endcavored to take him to the Lunatic ASYLUM
i'll Columbia, Tuesday morning but he
having discovered it, became furious and de-
| termined not TO go; but at last he yielded, pro-
| vded that they would give him a loaded pistol
Fears were entertained that if he was provided
| a. ~
| some one else, but they gave him one with a
paper wad i'll it, and started to Columbia. AZ
ter going few miles, he stopped and got out
| Of the carriage, stepped a short distance from
| the road, unscrewcd the barrel from the breech
and discovered that they had deceived him;
whercupon he became frantic, and they, thinking
it would be dangerous to force him on, brought
him bahk to his farmers, where he took the
fatal leap. His head struck the ground first;
the force fracturng the skull frightfully, and
he expired about two hours after. 'Trnly, in
the midst of life we are in death. - Salisbury
Banner dug. 25.
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| In Russia it was once a custom to refuse
burial until the deccascds debts were paid
The Marquis de Cnstinc in his late work on
Russia illustrates it rs follows:
| .'This morning we passed Revel. The sight
of that place, which has not long been Russian
territory recalled to our memories the proud
name of Charles XII, and the battle of Narya
In this battle was killed a Frcnchnian the
| Prince de Cfoi, who fought under the King of
Sweden. His body carried to Revel
where he could not be buried, because during
the campaign he had contracted debts in the
province, and had left nothing to pay them.
| According to ancient custom Of the land,
/ his body was placed i'll the church of Revel
until his heirs should satisfy his creditors. The
corpse is still in the same church where it was
laid more than hundred years ago. The
amount of the original debt has become
greatly augmented by the interest, and by the
daily charge made for the keeping Of the corpse,
that there are few fortunes which would Gow
suffice to acquit it.
''In passing through Revel about twenty
years since, the Emperor Alexander visited the
church. and shocked with the hideous
spectacle presented by the corpse, that he com
| mauded its immediate interment On the NOR
row. the Emperor departed, and the body of
the Prince de Croi duly carried to the
cemetery The day after it was brought back
| to the church, and placed in its former position
If there is not justice in Russia, there are, it
would appear customs made more powerful even
than the sovereign will"
|
| INouE.r-Corouer J. G. Wood held m in
quest on the 25th ult., at Dead Mans Point,
| about two miles below town, over the body of
Zachariah Kennedy, native and resident OF
] Onslow County, who drowned in the Cape
Fear River on Wednesday last, having been
knocked over board from the Schr. LIvlnIa, by