The true Democrat., 1856-06-10
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 peg expedition, who is at present engaged as compositor in the St. Louis Anziger des Wes- tens, has published in that journal, the follow ing details of the past life of the "dstinguisl.- ed patriot" They are evidently penned byone who bears him no good will and may be ex- aggerated:
 Colonel Schlessingeris is the son of German Hebrew clothes dealer of Great Kanisha Hun gary. He served in the Austrian army. in which he advanced to the rank of corporal. but was for some reason unknown to the wri ter, discharged. At the commence ment of the Hungarian war he lived with his father. and assisted him in his business, but soon thereaf- ter he entered the Hungarian army as corpo- raj. During short furlough he purchased at festh an officers uniform, in which he present. ed himself to his astonished father The lat. ters astonlshment increased, however. when. some months later he learned at Pesth that "Lieutenant" Schlessinger was still "Corporal,, Schlessinger.
 Concerning his heroic deeds during the war nothing has transpired. It was known. how ever, that he vagabonized from one place to another, always bearing in mind the fact, "the greater the distance the better the shot" At lensth ne came to the surface again at Comorn, fortress. Here as at RaStatt there were more titled off cers than pnvates, consequently, Schlessinger appeared in the list as Lieutenant. and on the surrender of the place he was. with other ohcers, set at liberty with the rank of first heutenant-al the officers of the garrison ad- vanclng one grade.
 from Comorn, Schlessinger directed his course to Hamburg, and from thence to London where he moved Tn aristocratic circles having large sums of money at his disposal, but which vanished just as unaccountably as they came
 Soon thereafter Schlessnger turned up in Amerca as major, with the reputation of hay lng achieved miraculous feats of bravery in the Hungarian war. Through his knowledge of languages he made the acquaintance of some Cnoan patriots, whose respect for his deeds of valor knew no bounds He espcially gained the friendship of Lopez, and soon his former talent oi raising money again developed itself. 1 With the rank of major he accompanied Lopez on his Cuban expedition, without, however es tabllshng reputation for braving danger at the cannons mouth. He was captured and transported along with other filibusters-amony them the writer of this-to Cueta, in Africa DuTlh8 hiS imprisonment he managed through ms knowledge of languages and insinuating ihauhelS, to Salh many advantages over his fel- iow-prsoners, and after the lapse of nine months with the aid of some Cubans, he centriyed to escape and return to America Subsequently, he was for short time in limbo in Charleston not, as has been reported in consequence of a romantic adventure, but on the charge of theft Ole Bull became hls security, and if l mistake not, Schlessinger was afterwards acquitted
 Schlessnger is, in fact, nothing more than skiiliul adventurer, ready for anything that promises to pay. By means of his boasts and his colossal 1sh m al bo self into public favor, but is coward from the crown of his head to the soul of his foot. All the stories about his heroic achievements in Hungary and Cuba are falsehoods"
 
 BRITISH POLICY IN TURKEY-The London Post of March 18th, the organ of the ministry says:
 It will little avail to the future of Europe. and Of the world beyond Europe, that by war we have stayed the onward march of the semi oaroarlsm of the races we have conquered, to erect barrier against future aggression. of such nature that every additional year of peace will add to its strength instead of spread l ing decay through its constitution. We must. In word, establish social and political or | ganizatlon In those rich districts which the l teebleneSs and corruption of Turkey tempted | the Russian to grasp at, so that she may even tualy develop herself ipto power capable of holding her position without foreign protecto- rates during peace, or the intervention of for eign fleets and armies during war, and able to vindicate that "independence and integrity" which We are so anxious to consolidate The picture presented to us, in the papers lately l published relating to the military affairs of | Asiatc Turkey, of the utter disorganization of every clvil, no less than of every military de- If hot bitba
 stituted empire, must suffice to convince every. body, who has read those papers with ordinary care, how absolutely impossible it is that Tur. key should go on for any length of time as she IS; while the evidence which is exhibited in every letter from our own authorities both at Constantlnople and in Asia, of the corruption. the drunkenness, the ignorance, the dishonesty and the cowardice which pervade the admins tratlon of Turkey throughout all grades-from ministers and commanders of armies down to collectors of revenue and drummer.boys-mus satisfy all, that the Sultan of Turkey, were he ten times the man we take him to be, can never by himself clean out such an Augean stable, or, unaided, remove the incubus that prevents the development of the magnificent country which he in vain attempts to govern. Nor is this all that remains for the allies to accomplish. We have yet, be it remembered, to raise the prin- cipalities from the prostrate condition into which they have failed, and to place them in such position as shall secure them equally from be- ing grasped by the aggression of Russia. upon the one side or Germanized by the less osten- sible though equally real advance of Austria on the other. These are great enterprises; and if we add to those the care, for some time to come, of the eastern shores of the Black Sea, the aggregate will constitute undertaking which it will require all the sagacsty, all the forbearance and all the frmness which the Emperor of the French and the government of Lord Palmerston have already exhibited, to