The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-26

tents are still stranger In our day We
get the news by telegraph telephone
ocean cables and steamships 10 then
came by stage coach and sailships. We
now get speech from Washington an
hour before it is deliveredi Il would oe
two weeks coming 10y stage COACH then
tho most rapid carrier.
Fast sailing ships we're advertised Tor
/ Europe, both Indies, Africa and South
America. All were armed with from
fifteen 20 thirty guns, for Napoleon s
ships paid little respect 90 the American
flag, but took what they wanted, II not
we'll defended. Ships we're from two to
three months going 70 Europe ana
from four to i've 10 China. "Forty cen
turtles" we're then looking down from
the pyramids upon Napoleon in Egypt.
/ The French fleet Of thirty-four ships Is
blockaded by the British fleet IN the
1 Nile. Nelson Ia In command IN the
Mediterranean. The Turkish army IL In
Syria on the way 70 Egypt, and the
orders OF the sultan had reached the
hey Of Algiers 20 turn loose his corsairs
upon the French commerce, and 10 was
not long before these Algerins pirates
forgot TO distinguish between French
and American ships. So our merchant
ships had hard time between the
French and Algerines, and the latter
never ceased 20 rob American ships
until Commodore Decatur gave them a
lesson in international law with his
cannon before Tripoli Two Russian
and sixteen Turkish ships are sent TO
reinforce the British fleet before Alex
andria. The porte had received assur-
ances from the beys Of Egypt that
they would not cease their fight
against the French until they
we're driven out Of Egypt But reports
came 70 America that Napoleon had
driven the Egyptian into Abyssinia aud
was marching into Syria on his way Go
Turkey. But, in fact, tho condition Of
affairs in France had more TO do with
his return to Paris than all the armies
Of Egypt aud the sultan combined.
Even bsiore the news Of these combi- |
nations had reached our paper in Phila-
deiphia, Napoleon had planned his re-
turn TO France, where he overthrow the |
hostile directory on the famous 18th /
Brumaire and was declared first consul |
almost before the Turks bad missed him |
from Egypt.
This paper also says preparations are |
making in Alexandria to celebrate the |
birthday Of Lieutenant General Wash !
ington on Monday next, the 18th day Of |
February. This celebration occurred /
ten months and three days before Wash
ingtons death at Mt Vernon. This pa
per, in a strong editorial, thus speaks OF
the way some Of our citizens defended /
the infamous treatment we were then |
receiving from France:
1T Is a fact we'll worthy OF remark |
that in no country has the base conduct /
Of the French government towards /
America met with so many advocates /
as in our own. The opposition papers
IN England, which. on general questions, |
side with those of the same stamp here,
on this topic seem TO vie with each /
other in expressions Of adherence" at /
the conduct Of our own citizens in de-
Tending the piracies Of the French war
ships upon our commerce at this close
Of the 18th century. These are some Of
the "reminiscences which this old paper
furnish which may be interesting to our
readers while we wait for the action Of
the senate on the tariff