Washington sentinel., 1856-03-29

1 and then he vents his rage in the thunder,
which is his voice, and the lightning, which IS
the flashing of his eye, and strikes dead the
the object Of his displeasure.
RAILROAD RULEs.-A case was recently de-
cided in Worchester, which sustains con-
ductor in the enforcement of the rules adopted
by the corporation for the safety and protec-
ton Of passengers. A man named Sylvanus
Coleman got upon the platform of a car, when
the conductor told him to pass inside. This
he refused to do, alleging that he was sick.
The conductor tod him if that was the case he
could open window, but he should not stand
upon the platform, and that he would put him
off if he persisted. He refused to comply with
the request, and was put off by main force, and
left at one Of the stations on the road. He
prosecuted the conductor for assault and bat
terry, but the Court decided that the rules of
the corporation, forbidding riding upon the
platform of the cars, were reasonable and
necessary, and the conductor had right to
prevent the complainant from riding upon the
cars, and the right to use reasonable force in
ejecting him therefrom, for non compliance.
WANTING TO BURY MAN ALvE.--The
Courier des Etats Unis has the following
cital which it pronounces as passing strange,
and which, for the honor of the French name,
it trusts is untrue, but the facts are obtained
from 30 responsible source that the editor
feels at liberty to give it to the public. He
says "One of our countrymen, named Gilbert,
s.lz oI.xs. l.
some time since, sick in French boarding
house of Laurens street. Attended by DR.. -,
he nevertheless called Thursday last, on Dr.
Petitjean approved of the treatment prescribed
by his cOntrere, treasured the sick man, and
promised to see him again.
Friday last Mr.. Gilbert fell into sort Of
ethargic stupor; and so continued, causing the
nurse to believe that he was dead. In the
morning, the nurse announced down stairs that
the sick man had died. Then ensued an in
credible controversy, and scene still more
incredible.
"Dr. - and another of his contreres, who
was called, were loud in proclaiming that the
patient was dead; on the other hand, Drs.
Petitjean and Sidorvitch contended that he
was but In lethargic state. 1t seemed that
pending these sad doubts it was due to the un-
fortunate that some attention should be paid
10 MIN, Dut the proprietor OF Jle mousse declared
that dead or not dead, the sick man should be
carried out of the house that same day. DR..
- furnished certificate Of death, the per-
mission to inter was obtained, the coffin,
brought, and without scruple they were about
to proceed to the burial, less than twelve hours
after the supposed death, if DR.. Petitean had
not returned in time to put stop to SO iniqui-
tous an act. His energies in opposition tri-
umphed over all resstance-the sick man was
released from the shroud. The pulse and the
heart beat sensiJly At the last hearing that
we have, Mr.. Gilbert yet lives, and is fast pp-
preaching recovery, in the hospital where he
was carried"
RUSSIAN MILITARY ScHooL.-The London
Times acknowledged, not long ago, in an edito
rial article, that one great cause why the Allies
had been less successful than they hoped to be
in the presentiw war, was their ignorance of the
extent and character of the Russian institu-
tons for military education. The officers
trained in such establishments are not sur
passed in preparation for the duties of their
profession by those of any country. Accord
ing to the Kalender for 1855 of the st. Peters
burg Academy of Sciences, the number OF Off
GERS and cadets in the military schools Of the
empire was as follows on the first day Of jan
uary, 1855:
st. Petersburg Military School District.