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HASZARDS GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 4.

1%)?‘ fl aurss sail!!! the baby up in flannel to the of I_t_s nose, dumps it down in the ' Ir, and tells you to “ leave the family

*0 . llldrgo to sleep.” By-and-by she comes iii—¢fIsr shying down Ion enough to get a refreshing sup o coi|'oe—-an walks up to the P°d.K“h.l M11 of grual, tastinguit, and then I h& Into the w In the

l ". II‘hsb~gruo|:.' t. 00! II'tIOIT1‘l ifslio held a l=ol to y‘li°uxr bask“, 3 ' QCNFQOH llll been in or mouth; so you

ping, by soils providentisl inter si-

ypay get tippoduer-. Well. she riiboves

roun your room_witli a pair of oreakiu shoes, and a bran pew gingham gown. that 'ratflge_ like a paper window-curtain at every stelp; and smooths her hair with your nice littc head- brlllh. and opens ti drawer by mistak

I draw

“.‘h.i°k.i, ' wssshe ‘ or." u ‘yo? hurullffle nails scra ching on the door:

sogpst that It be set on the table to

e(l), The

sad Chiirlo whispers through the kc -hole, I‘ Ilsiiiiau, harloy's tired; ease let bbarley qp-'1 - Nurse ‘a

.‘ _ _ , yo no; biltyou iupproejivo‘-A-ipcplr flibarleyg hols qri yin baby him- so . e oans is itt ' flt|to’pivlillqw, lug! Ioofkaafiiuspiciously at e mo , uu e 0 lap. It's clear $0‘! had a I133; time of it, I at with tears and molasses! The little shining curls, that you have so often rolled over your lingers, are ‘p tangled mass; and on Ion to ttkie I’lI!nl,":ln IllBdR:hIlIllll1)0ltl’II'tl))I'l.t| le, an _oosso ima ezaii ent e a ycries is in. and you turn your head to the pillow w tha smothered sigh. Nurse hears it, and Obarle is taken struggling front the room. You tti e our watch from under the pillow, to peokil‘ pus rid wlqn'LIl:e home qporfi, and then on a nurse w o ' ll‘ our bowl of gyuel, tI:tIIas£t’l.:°tItl)wnsnlIl:)dd)ivr?g rowsily, with t e hub in alarming proximity to the fire. how you car a dear step on the stairs. It's your Charley! llow bright he looks! and what nice fresh air he brings with him from out doors ! He parts the bed.-curtains, 100*! In. and puts you on the cheek. You just want to lay your head on his shoulders, rind have such a stplendid cry! but there site that old Gorgon o a iiurse——she on’t believe in pusbands, she don't! You make Charley ii. reeuiiison st to send her down stairs for something. ’ Ie says, r_i ht out loud—meu are lO'SCllpldl~—“‘VtIIIl: i ygqisuy, dear!” of course, you pro es you i n’t say awo;-d__ never thought of suchii thin -—aud cuddle your head down to your rullled pillows, and cry be- cause you don t know what else to do, and be- cause you are weak and weary, and full of care for your family, arid don't want to see uny- body but “_ Charley. Nurse says " she shall have you sick,” and tells your husband “ he'd l(i)eflt_t£r go down, and let to sleep.” .. .:,g°:;*:..:;:"i.°:";t."3.22.3.2°“::’:;"tor _ — _ g o u to still, tindtollipdwaited u bn! After dinner he comes in r on - b I‘ I to is ofiico—-ivhisytles g'?oi\'el{ye Bfy9’“'.,oti:l ghfiiigh to wake u the baby, whom he calls “ a conti- cal little concern,” and puts his dear, thouglit- less hitaadldown tq]y<t)ur pillpvv, atti signalérom you, in ear w ti on a t . ' 11, there’s no help for it? youlcdya ag(iiiiia;yand oiily ‘ it . I in say l)i_i.ir _bharley. and he laughs, and sottleshis dickey, fhnd says you are “ ti ner- vpus little puss,” ives you a kiss, lights his cigtir ut the fire, ha f straugles the new baby with htillltti data‘ 53:6‘; and takes your herirt oli" e ‘And on lie there; and eat the gruollmid pick Iltltithfllll all oil‘! the hblanlket, andimakc acesa euurse un er t e s eat, an wish Eve had never etc that apple—Genesis ii 16 ; or shut yogi. were “Abel” to “Caiu" her for oing i .

THE EFFECTS OI-‘ VVAR ON COMMERCE. (From the London Morning Chronicle).

The notification which has been addressed by Sweden and Denmark to the different cabinets of Europe is, in itself, a document of little import- ance. lr is quite superfluous to assure the Great Powers that two courts which have no coiuicetion wiili the questions in dispute propose to main- tiiin neutrality, in the event ofii rupture between Russia and the allies cl Turkey. The suspicioris of Russian intrigues at Stockholm and Capell- hagen are neither confirmed nor l'€lnlIVPi.l hv formal protestations ofpacific imetitioiis which had never been questioned. _K long ClI~'ItitII, the Five Powers have assume to thetuselves the control of general politics, and the independence ofthe secondary states is guaranteed by their joint action. It would be in the highest .'egr°a im- Brudent for the government of Sweden or of

enmark to involve itself, without necessity, in any dillerence among the principal metnbers of the European oonfederscy; and an assurance that they are not about to enter on an liriprovolted quarrel with England and France seems to have

_en at least uncalled or. It would not be difiicult fora suspicious critic retrace Russian inspiration in a document which purports to ex- tend the rights of neutrals at the expense of belligerents. 'l'he_ Northern Courts declare that, in csseofhostilities, they will admit into their one the merchant vessels and ships of war he- ongtng to both parties. to the exclusion of priva- tcers. and apparently, so far as many ports are concerned, with serious restrictions on the en- trance of vessels of war. No maritime prizes are to be condemned or sold in tlisir ports; and, finally, they propose to maintain their own com- mercial relations, notwithstanding the outbreak of hostilities. It is in the passages relating to the rights or claims of neutrals that the meaning of this spontaneous declaration is to be found. Russia will certainly abstain from raising any objection tos programme which, for thstroason, ouizht to be watched with jealousy by the powers whose maritime forces give them the corrimsnd cf the sea. Should the English government con- con=ider that this declaration of the Northern Courts requires any answer beyond a coiirleons acknowledgment that it has been received. it wouldlnut be diflicult to suggest the principal topics of the reply. The assurances of neutrality would awe ted with satisfaction, while it might be politoy intimated that no declaration was necessary ens point respecting which no doubt could ever have arisen. As to the proposed conditions of the neutral position necessarily assumed by Sweden and Denmark, it might be convenient to explain that the relations of neu- trals to belligsrsnts are already settled, in their Isiiuutest details, by international law. The opening of s friondl port to the English flag could not scoop sss couesssion, inasmuch as a contrary course would at once he resent as an unfriendly, if not as a hostile set. In this, so in other roopoas, it would be absurd that powers ufseoundary‘ importssos should introduce s new of rtiaritiiiis ju sees, on the eve of a

war in whisktbsy srs is no way concerned. Neutrals brooms principals. on one side or on the other. from the moment that the attempt to lntroducd stlpulst ii rssiri ii of belli- gsreat rights. There is. osfortuiismly, so In- poritslliy, possible is lntsrssuossl troosssileos;

for any positive step necessarily tends to the ad- vantage either ofthe stronger or of the weaker party. Neutrality corisists in abstinence from any attempt to disturb the recognised law. The gist of the Northern declaration is to be found in the annoiinceineut that the coniirisricial relations of the neutral powers are not to he rid‘-sctsd.sacept in tire ease ofeontrsbzind articles of war. The plain iiieauing of these_ phrases amounts to a renewal of the ancient protests sirainsttlic Eu» glish and Arnericin rule by which hostile goods are subjest lo seisure. llotvvilliituliding the pro- tection ofa neutral flag. "lie revival of this pretcnsion, even before hostilities have been declared, is not rendered triers palatable by the advocate of the doctrine new again put forward by the states which were foriiiorly subordinate members of the Armed Neutrality ofthe North. Seventy years ago, in the midst of ii war against France. Spain, and America, England defied the the hoitiliiy of Holland, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and I)-rnmrirk, rather than acknowledge the due- trioe it-ll tins llag covers the. cod ii the restoration of peace, the theory which the whole iiotld had maintained against the greatest mari- Iinis power was not recognised in the treaty; nor was the second league of the north, in IBM. more successful in attaining ii similar object. The United States have deliberately adopted into ilieir jurisprudence the principles wliich have been uniformly laid down y the Fn~.:lisli courts ; and Lord Clarendon will certainly not surrender, in deference to Swedeti and Deiiiniirk, the claims which have been so strenuously iriairitained during all the wars of the past century. If any concession should be made, it will be voluntary in character, and limited in time; and. ¢|bl|VB all. it will not be an act of special favour to the crim- nicrce of any particular country. It was forcibly remarked by Gents, in the discussion on the subject during the last war. that no presumption exists that neutrals are to be fiivourcrl when their rights come in conflict with those of belligsrents. 'I'heir.goods are undoubtedly exempt from seizure, even under a hostile flag; but they are not entitled to protect the commerce of an enemy by conducting it in vessels of their own. The chief reason which renders it necessary to watch with vigilance the immunities of neutrals is to be found in the circiitnstaiice that they necessarily tend to the advantage of the weaker maritime belligerent. In case of war, England and France will be frilly able to protect their own commerce from hostile cruisers; but Russia may probably desire to carry on her whole trade under cover of the Swedish or ofthe Danish flag. ltis pos~ible that the pro- posed restrictioiis on the free use of the Baltic ports may have been tlevisotl in an equally orie- sidcd spirit The allied fleets will be far from home, while the eneriiy will be cornparalively near his own harbours, even if the fleet should venture beyond the defences of Cronstudt. Eng- land and France will. however, take care that no want of the hospitality pl't‘st'l'll)t?(I by law and custom shall be shown to any arm.-imeuts which they may send to sea. fie it is just possible, however—tliough, we fear, very far from probable —tlitit hostilities may, after all, not occur, it would be premature to enter on negotiations which would in any case be superseded by established rules of law. It is another question whether it may be expedient, in the event ofa rupture with Russia, to try the experirnent ofa voluntary mitiga- tion ofthe extreme I'lj10lI ofthe naval code. ' ' e ctrrployment of privateers, sliliougli hitherto tolerated by the civilised world, is but a legalised system of piracy; and :1 determination to refuse either to grant or to recognise letters of marque would be aheri--fit lotbe whole community of nations. The question of the flag is one of greater difficulty." It woul be tiniversally considered just that neutral states should enjoy during war, as far as possible, the same facilities which they possess during police. The real question is, whether a new branch of commerce shall be opened for the benefit of neutrals, and for the protection of the weaker belligerent. Russia uumls are at present conveyed, in ii great measure, in Russia bottoms; and to allow the nierclisuts of St. Petcrsbur,-1 to employ Swedish vessels would be not only a direct benefit to the sliipowiier, but a security to the lrcigliter aiztiitist the ordinary consequences of win. It is for statemen to cull8l(lt'I' whether the advantage of insisting on the stricter rule is more than equivalent to the inconvenience of a collision of interests wit niilral powers. The step taken by Sweden and lleniiiark is principally important as an intlictiliori of what their governments regard as imminent; llntl, as us have already suggested, it may possibly have been adopted under the influence of Russia. The \\'(llIlI is still waiting with anxiety for the result of the negotiations which tire proceeding at so many different points, :itid perhaps with iiiconipatible results. It seems iiripussible that any long period can elapse before some positive resolution is takenr

DARIEN SIIII’ CANAL EXPLORATION.

A London letter in the “Pliiltidelphiri American" says:-— “The Isthmus of Darien ship canal expedition for the purpose of effecting the junction between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and respecting which 0 much inte- rest has been crctited, will sail on Saturday next from Southampton in the West India mail steamer Orinoco. It will consist, on the part ofthe Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company, of Dr. Cullen, the discoverer of the route arid the conceptionaire, as pioneer; Mr. Gisborne, civil engineer-in- chief; Messrs. Fords and Bennett, and four assistant engineers. On behalf ofthe Brit- ish government it will be nccom enied by Lieut. Singen, R. E., and stall’. he object is the making a detailed survey of the route from Caledonia Bay and Port Escoces to the Gulf of San Miguel, and inaiiguratiiig the important work of the junction of the two oceans. At Jamaica the expedition will be joined by Lieul. Strange, United States Navy, and the survcyin part under his command, on board the nite States sloop the Cyanne, Captain Hollinii. The Cyanne will be joined by is British msn-of- war fromt e amnicii station, and b the French Admiral’s ship, with French on i- neers on board, from Martinique, and t e squadron will then proceed to Caledonia Bay, on the Atlantic cotist of Darien, where it will be reinforced by her Majesty's surveying sloop Scorpion, which has already sailed from England for that purpose. The surveying party will then cross the Isthmus to the river Saviins. where the will meet boat parties dispatched from a ritish man- of-wsr which is to be stationed at its mouth in the Gulf of San Miguel, on the Pacific, and then commence detached surveys of the route. As the distance between the tide influence of the two oceans is only thirty miles, the return ofthe expedition may be

anticipated in May nest.

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RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

It was on the 29th that France and Eng- land sent cl‘ to St. Petersburgli the doc- laration, in virtue of which the Black Sea is interdicted to every Russian ship of war,

that sea being pronounced neutral ground. '

The English and French Cabinets do not

expect to see this intimation favourably re-

ceived by Russia; and, in fact, they have

already had examinations made of the situa-

tion of Sebastopol, for the purpose of possi-

bly attacking it; but the reports sent in

agree in affirming that it is out of reach of an attack by see, though not by land. To

reach the town, a channel ofgreut lengtliu upwards of three miles, it is said, must be

passed up, the sides of which are protected

by is most formidable artillery. If, there-

fore, anything is to be attempted against

Sebtistopol, it must be by land, which would

imply the invasion of the Crimes.

A Vienna correspondent says, ‘A per- son, who is extremely well informed on this particular subject, yesterday communicated to me the probable plans of Russia. It is hoped at St. Petersburg that the Western Powers may still, for a time, be content to retiiain inactive spectators of what is oc- curring in the Etist; and therefore it is pro- posed to act ulrnost entirely on the deferr- sive in Europe, but to curry on the war with might and main in Asia. Advantage will be taken of the circunisttince that no news from the Asiatic seat of war can reach Constantinople by water as long as the Russian fleet have the undisputed command ofthe Black Sea, and it is hoped that the

urkish army in Erzeroum may becom- pletcly annihilated before the Western Powers can have agreed to interfere.’

AUSTRALIA.

Plynioulh, Friday Evening.—'I‘lie Francis Henry has arrived here. She left Mel- bourne on the 13th October, uiid brings a large mail, ii cargo o wool and tsllow, 66,800 ounces of gold, besides a moderiite quantity in the hands of the passengers. The gold fields ure spoken ofus being as good as ever. Gold at Melbourne was 765. per ounce. Business dull during the last week, but an extensive trade nevertheless has been done.

The labour market very active at in- creased wages. Seriiiieii for the coast rihundtint, but for hotne few offering. Flour, 35s. to 40s. per barrel; Salt Beef cheaper than in England; Suited Pork, 605. per barrel; Brandy 19s. to 203. porgal- |on—-duty about to be raised from 7s. to 10s. per gallon.

Portsmoufli, Friday.—Arrivcd, the Walter Hoarl; she left Sydney Oct. 3lst., and brings gold valued at £32,000, and a heavy mail.

The latest letters from the Black Sea state that no epidemic very common in the Crimea, arising from the malaria, is now prevalent tit Sebtistopol.

The London Observer says that agents are on their way to the United States to "purchase ships and arms privately for Russia.

Accounts from all parts of Russia des- cribe extrriordinary military activity, unex- tiriipled since l8|3. ' he zar us just got it supply of 20,000,000 rubles from the Church.

NAPOLEON PREPARING iroit A I-‘lGHT.- Geoi-ge N. Sanders one of the “ Young A- mericans,” writes from London as follows, of the French Emperor's plan for a " free

hl:”

" Louis Napoleon is preparing for war on the grandest scale. It is known that he

will ave, by early spring, riri invading army of seven hundred thousand men equipped. The active part taken by all

the Northern Courts, especially that of Austria and Russia, inbringing about the Bourbon fusion, has deeply excited Louis Na oleon. e sees in the success o

Nicholas the re-establishment of the Bour- bone, in France. Hence notwithstanding his present apparently friendly relations, or rather pleasant coquetry, with Austria, he will, in it few months, strike for the Italian States, and attempt to hold them as the cost of Austrian alliance with Russia, and the Oi-leanists and Legitimists.”

Fcirrnn Psnrrccsirrs or run Loss or run so-asiisutir SAN FIlANCI3C0.—-TIIII steamship left New York on the 22d of December, for San Francisco, by way of Cape Horn, with 750 per- sons on board, including a regiment of United States soldiers, and their ollicers, wives, and children. The vessel is described as ti. substan- tially built ship ,with two 1000 horse-power en- gines, and with accommodations to carry one thousand passengers. This was her first trip. She was understood to be liberiill provided in ever way, and was well ofiicer and manned, in view of the long and stormy songs which she might be expected to have. b e sailed with fair weather, but in 36 hours was a wreck.

The following thrillin narrative of the sulr sequent tip lling calamity, is given b Lieute- nant Win er:-—“A at nine o‘cloc on the morning of the second day a tremendous gale op:-)ang up, which increased to a hurricane, and a ut twelve o’clock at ni ht our engines gave out, and soon after our orcmtist was carried away. The starboard wbeelhouse was smashed in by a tremendous sea, and a portion of the upper cabin was stove. I had retired early to my stiite-room very sick, but the water coming into it freely, I concluded that it would be better to leave. My room was situated upon the up [left my room and went out into t o u per saloon. The first thin [saw was four or five waiters holdin the deters of the saloon to prevent their being urst open by the wind. I went down into the lower cabin and found a ion of room sitting upon mat- t e oot o the shire to keep thera- selves out of the water, which was washing about the cabin. I laid down upon one of the mattresses. and held on to the bsanlstsrs to keep myself from being daslisd about the mloon; I soon fell asleep; how long I reruslrisdso I cannot tell, but I think Itwss notlori . It was near daylight when I was swsksssrfby a tro- nesdoss crash. followed Iaissdlstoly by a

large body of water rushing in a flood down the companion-way. It fell upon me, and swept me twice across the cabin and back again, with stunning violence. With desperate effiirt I succeeded in regaining my feet, and saw sotne

,rsoris climhiii up the ole s and followed On reac ing the do the first sight wlilclr met my 9 so were the bodies of two men, who had been illed b the crusliingln of the up r cabin; I crawl over one of the ' iin riiana 'nd my way across the deck, holding to various parts of the wreck : I got to- war the stern. and fell in with two or three officers, and took a lance at the aspect ofiif- fiiirs; never shall I orget the harrowing spoo-

e——she presented the sp ranoe ofa total wreck. The entire upper su oori had been carr_i- edaway, with all the passengers who were in it! I was under the impression tliatsie was full of water, and had settled down to the level of the deck. The surface of the water for a large space around was covered with the debris of the upper works, and holding to these. and struggling amid the wreck of matter were many men, I suppose 150, attempting to save themselves in the raging sea, y catching at the broken tiiubers. The wind was blowing a per- fect hurricane. and it was with the utuiost dilliculty that I held on and prevented myself from being blown overboard. Not a sound was heard froui the drowning men. as they strove, with all the energy of despair, to save them- selves. Tliere the were, 150 human beings, beyond the possibi ity of human suecour, and soon the last one sank to rise no more. On looking around I saw Lieutenant Murray of the Navy, standing at the inizzeu mast, and went hi I held on there for awhile, until the first mate came aft for the purpose of cutting it own ; but the sea and hurricane were too vio- lent to admit of his so doing. 1 then returned to the first sition I occupied. Here were three other o cei-s, one lady tindachild- -lila- 'o se. wife, and child. together with Lieu- tcnants Chandler and Van Voost. an rs. Sut- terlee and Wit-tz. We sat ruminating on the prospect before us, rind none of us had the slightest hope of esca re. At this time several negro waiters crime ti ong with life reservers, an a soldier brought me one ; but t to weather was so intensely cold, and the prospect that our misery would only be unnecessarily pro- longed seemed so apparent, that we made no use of them. The sea was making a breach over us at every roll. and the exposure was so benumbing that we cust about us for shelter. We discovered that there were mtiiiy persons in the lower cabin, rinciprill the ladies of the olliccrs ; we went iclow, an afterward induced Major \\’isc to bring his wife and child down also, as the ship was not in such bad condition as we had anticipated. We found there some of the ladies, together with ti number of oflicors and children, collected at the nl'tcr part of the saloon. The forward tart of the cabin had been crushed in by the orce of the tremendous sea already alluded to ; tit (‘l|.CI‘I roll of the ship ltirgo bodies of writ-er entered the cabin at the crushed-in part of the deck. We covered our- selves with wet blankets. for ....were nearly fros- eu, few ofus havingon any other clothing butour shirts and drawers. Ilerc we remained the greater part of the day, supposing it would not