St. Mary's beacon., 1858-04-29

BoSAPARrEs wouxo. Napoleon showed
me the marks Of two wounds--Cne very deep
cIcatrice ei1ove the left knee, which lie SiIu ne
had received IN his hrs; campaign df Italy, sha
u WAS of - serious n nature. that the rSeoHs
were IA doubt wheliler IL might not I've ultimately
necessary 90 amputaie. He observed that when
he wgR wounded. II was always kept Sc
cret IN order discourage the soldiers The
other was on his toe, sad was received st Eek
mul- 'At the siege ~ Acre" continued he, "a
alselI shown by Sidney Smith fell al my f-et-
Two sOldiers, who were close by, seized sad
closely embraced me, one ~ frort end the other
on one SIDE, aud made rampant of tne'T bodies
for me, axainSi The effect of the shell, ShIch ex-
plodei and oTerwhe!meJ US with sand. We
sunk into the hole formed by bursting; one ~
them wss wounded. made them both officers
One has since lost leg nt Moscow. aud ccna-
manded al VIncennes when | left PdrIS-"hen
he was summoned bV the Russi1ns; he rePiied
that as soon IS they had sent him back the leg
he had lost at Moscow he would surrender iEe
fortress" MANY times in nv life, continued
he, shave been saved NV soldiers and othcerS
throwing themselves before me when | "ss IN
nest immlnrn, danger. At Arcoa, when Was
advancing, Colonel, Meuron, nv AID de-cam3'
thre@ himself before me. covered me win MS
body, and received the wound which was des-
tined for me- lie fell st my FEET, and his b.n"d
spouted up IN nv f4cs. He gave hrs lie 10 pre-
serve mine. Neser ye, believe, has there teen
such devotion shown by soldiers as mihr nave
manIt ell tor me. In all my mIsioTiuneS never
has the soldier even when expiring, been want
ng To me--neyer has man been served more ialfh-
lflIiy By his trt7pF. Win the last drop OF blood
g'sh;n:, osrt OF eif veins, they exctaned' '''i'e
t'Emrefeur.
P..sponrs TO MxS or CCLoR Senator
Wilson recently np;;lIed 81 the Stat. Department
for a passport for -. J. :. Rock, c"i"red ciii-
zen of Boston, and iecsiyed the following reF.y
from The Secretary:
D,p.Rrsaxr o. SrArr, Washington. AnrI
, To the Nom Htary HiLssa, Sens:e Chamber:
SIR have had ihs hcnor 10 reeve your
note Of yes e-dsy. with its accomplishments.
Ia r.n!y, | Etye ~ lnfnrm Jou that Il ~ not
th. rr.ciivr o' the Department - i>s're any OH
er paper than passport: To f'e'S3n' gong abroad
from this country. 4 passport, 'e'"g csr'l-
e..ts OF cl,izsn>hi;. las never, s:HCr ti's iouH-
d.,ian Of the Government been gran'si to per-
Snps of c:,.n.. M ci.anye IN tl:s r"S@r't has
taken place in consequence "f lie decision Q:
N. Drei Scott case. Returning Ine enclosure
in vour letter. l. have the honor t" be, SIR,
Your obe!Ient servant. LEWIS CAs'.
Tuy IEyI,1YAx.-Spm pme idea OF the immense
magnitude of hiS monster steamer h,,E ~ 'i'''-
ed from the In that the mere cost 81 c"n'rie'"E
w. f,r 60, ,.ut.in.- on board sinre., &c, and
6,,;ur her for the trlp sIe ~ expected 10 mtGe
IN port!,nI. Maine. tie coming summer, VII
amount Ia tie enn-mnts aFGonnt "f SIJ3.aup -
No less thst anchors are rel.t!red I" h'd "er
Al her nreS.n, moorsu"s, egch vi II Iehg hi oi u
Lle from 40 % l6J Ia; hons. Al her mass
are To he stayed by iron rope SNnd'h% rlS-
gisO of the mos. massive kind, the snroud~
a. -afs =
throuyh iron rings aS Io ena'!s single shlifut
,,, 70 cast Iona. MI the tl$:sulngs OF each mast
IN FIVE minutes IN the event Of disaster, though
until he rings are opened, the sides might weld
from the ship before thS >hrnGds would yis'd.
Canes ASn EyFEcT The New York Express
has the following, which II heats as above:
MysierIoux murders hsrea1out ap7tar I" ne
the order Of the dey. Human lie IA certainly
ye,,,r. to he chssr.r than ever. ''Deti n.sn
found IN the river 81 with stones hung shout The
ne ks and dagger thrust in the sides. Esnd w"-
men, shock.nyly mu,IiLte.l, barrets4 u1, and sent
on BIZ rn!road, ,bt Ii:to the heart Of the "Ity,
nobody knows from where, or by whom
What are we coming t": Transactions IKE
these every other day, almos-yet Ho51dy ever
hanged!
philosophy Of the dav, it is iniumlnity 10 ham"
but no inhumaniiy To murder. Hence, InUr-
der and murderers lourlsh--aud the hangnan
has nothing TO do.
laroRTAxr DEcIsIoN.-in the District G 'uri
nf Allegheny county. Pa. held at PittShur@. on
a writ Of habca, corpu.. Mrs. MarCaretta lIam-
ton sought to recover the guardianship of three
t.of her children aged, respectively. 13, ii and
years who, Nv their fathers will, hli teen ia
ken from her protection and conhdsd To relatives
or rhe father. 20 le brought up in the Proes;sn;
faith The Court decided that the father mad r
right tn .'deyiSe the custody oE my MINOR child
tlring his or her minority To any person
whatsoever, and as ii vas rot shown tia, the
children were IN any way res,rsl:ed e theIr lib
er,y, the mother'a applraton WAS not allowed.
but the children were remanGe'! 20 the custody OF
their uncle.
OmrrrxG PoIxr-The books are fl Of
quaint readings oF notable pas ages produced hv
altering the points OF punctuation: but "RHsseIl :
Magazine" last summer contained very ln@cl-
ious. and, We think, novel mefamorfh"sis "t
inis kind. Spencer says of love, that II -
ITO fawne, To crouch, 10 wait, To ride, tt run,
To spend, 10 give, want, 10 be undnne.
Tie philosophy here might be rendered more
profound by the mere omn.IsSIon of II comma
We all know the uci!iing blindness the voluntary
madness OF love. We express this IN thus
punctua;ng the last line:
Ii is a case. IN sho:t, where we gan point
by omit:ing it
A new source of poison has been detected by
Professor Liebig, who suggests that stale stusa-
res NAV have caused the National Hotel mnIady
at Washington. They will proiuce, he says.
the same symptoms with mineral poisons, and
often produce sickness and death for which
there appears 20 be cause. The SYM
toms are "a gradually wasting of muscH!ine
fore, and of oil the constituents Of the body
similarly comroSed. The patient becomes much
emaciaaed and during the process OF the disease,
:he saliva becomes vscous, and acquires an oiien-
siye smell. =" sc"
RRIruR MINISTERS AT FoRKieS CoCRTs.-
The Derby Administrations IN oyerhauiIng Us
Diplomatic staff, we see has honored Mr. Cr"InP-
ton formerly BRUSH Minister at Washington
with the Mission to ST. Petersburg. During the
mast two years he has been Minister at Hano-
yer. The Embassy at Washington. It - proD"-
Bile will net he disturbed. This IS well; for We
do not see jus. now, how better man than
Lord Napier could lie found to I'LL II. with hon
or to the Government he represents or with ar-
cepta nee to that TO which he Is accredIied-.N.
Y. Express.