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      American Pjlqts. The American Letters Fu...

      folks . According to the Baltimore Patriot , a lady diplomatist , Mrs . Cazneati , " a woman of great talents , earnestness of character , and power of persuasion , " has been speciall y deputed by General Pierce to win over the Dominicans ; a treaty of annexation has been drawn out by the general ' s own hand ; and nothing prevented the assent of the Dominicans , except the discovery of the plot by Sir Robert Schomburg , the British consul . What a romance was to have been here ! The Charleston Mercury , however , suggests to a keen-sighted Abolitionist a yet further fictionnothing less than a plot , also Pierce-concocted , to restore the slave trade to the Union . The Mercury

      has a leading article , in which it is nrgued " that governments have always failed to effect any good by interfering against " slavery ; " that abolition has blighted the British West Indies , and has aggravated the evils it ought to extinguish ; that the slave trade is a natural source of labour for many states , and that it operates to bring the savage within the pale of civilisation . So thinks the editor of the Charleston paper ; so thin k many other persons , not without very strong arguments on their side ; and because these opinions are discussed in the Union , —as if abolition would , not bear real discussion !—it is assumed that Pierce is about to restore the slave trade —with Georgius Tertius , we presume , to complete the romance '

      November 18, 1854.] The Leader. 1089

      November 18 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1089

      Jewish Emigration" From Eueope. The Offi...

      JEWISH EMIGRATION" FROM EUEOPE . The official Gazette in Wurtemberg published at the commencement of this month some account of the plans now rife in that country for emigration to Palestine . A " Society for the bringing together of God ' s people in Jerusalem" has constituted itself , and among other proceedings has prepared a petition to th e Bund at Frankfort , the purport of which is as follows : —That the Assembly of the German Confederation , will be pleased , through the agency of the two great Powers of Germany , to induce the Sultan to permit the " Society for the bringing together of God ' s people in Jerusalem" to found communities in the Holy Land , under the following

      conditions : —1 . Self-government in all civil and religious matters , that they may be able to be arranged entirely {' according to God ' s word . 2 . Security fo r person and property against the arbitraments of Turkish officials , and against uncontrolled and oppressive taxes . 3 . Exemption from Turkish military service . 4 . Guarantee of the same rights to every one who shall subsequently become a member of this society , whether he may have previously been Christian , Jew , or Mahomedan , Turk or foreigner . 5 . The assignment of the Holy Land to these communities , in order that they may settle there conformably to the object and purpose which they have stated above .

      Many of your readers will doubtless think that an extensive emigration swindle is at the bottom of this movement ; but while a little consideration devoted to the subject of tenure of land in the East -will show the groundlessness of such an idea , the following will indicate that the plan is by no means confined to a few or to illiterate persons : —During the sittings of the Evangelical Kirchentag , the seventh of which was held in ITrankfort towards the close ol September , a number of its members endeavoured to procure the adoption of & motion , that the Kirchentag should in

      its totality apply to the Bund to take steps to procure the Holy City of Jerusalem to be declared a free town , and put under the protectorate of the great Powers of Europe , Some of the leading momfoers of the meeting , possessed of a little more worldly wisdom than these enthusiasts , advised them , howover , fi rst to apply to tho sovereigns of Austria and Prussia , and endeavour to induce them to favour their views when engaged in settling the terms of a peace and in arranging the affairs of the East in general .

      Our Civilisation. Itjbcenx Pltooeelmngs ...

      OUR CIVILISATION . ItjBCENX PltOOEElMNGS OF A MATRIMONIAL AflSOoIation . —A few dnys since Mr . Edwardes , of Norfolk-street , Strand , obtained a warrant against Laurence Cuthbort , secretary of a Mntrimonial Alliance Association , in John-street , Adelphi , charging him with a violent assault . It appears that a young gentleman , lodging with the complainant , answered an advertisement of tho Association , and , after paying \ Ql . as registration-fee , was directed to go , at a stated time , to tho Duke of York ' s column , and lavish his fascinating powers on a young lady who would wave a white kerchief . This whs done , and lovo at first Bight was tho result ; but talk about the Association led to tho discovery that tho lady hud paid 25 / . and tho gentleman 10 / ., for tho furtherance oi whut was evidently fnto . However , regardless of expense , they arranged another meeting . A Hecond demand caused tho gentleman to mention tho matter to the complainant , who called to remonatrato , und was assaulted by one of tho oflleiftls . Tho matter has been arranged by tho repayment of tho 10 / .

      3 Jjeroism at Home . —In a pamphlet published by the curate of St . Luke ' s , in the parish of St . James , we have some striking , and evidently faithful , sketches of the scenes that took place in the parish at the time of the cholera visitation . We make some extracts : — "If a person were to start from the western end of Broad-street , and , after traversing its ¦ whole length on the south side from west to east , to return as far as the brewery , and then , going down Hopkins-street aud up New-street , to end by walking through Pulteney-court , he would pass successively forty-five houses , of which only six escaped without a death during the recent outburst of cholera in that neighbourhood . According to a calculation

      based upon the last census , these forty-five houses contained a population of about 1000 . Out of that number 10 JJ perished by the pestilence . The population of the whole district of St . Luke ' s is under 9000 ; during the late cholera visitation there were 373 deaths . The pestilence did not settle down upon the district by slow degrees ; it enveloped the inhabitants at once in its full horrors . Of the deaths * nearly all took place in the first fortnight , and at least 189 in the first four days . "With scarce an exception , tlie people stood by one another in the season of pexil and perplexity with unflinching and admirable courage . Panic there was none ; but it was a trying time—all the more trying by reason of the

      uncertainty that prevailed at first as to the area of the pestilence , and its probable duration . The morning of Friday , the 1 st of September , was destined to dispel any such delusion—a morning long to be remembered in this neighbourhood .. The first intimation which the writer received of the sad incidents of the night came in the foriri of a summons to the deathbed of one with , whom he had cheerfully conversed at a late hour on the preceding evening . Apatiejit , gentle widow , she was an object of special interest to all who knew her . Many a pitying glance was east that morning upon her little children as they moved about , scarce conscious of what was happening-. What -was to become of them ? What has become of thenn ? They have found an asylum , but it is in their mother ' s grave . A tearful tragedy was enacting in that one small house , when eight of its twenty 5 n-

      mates died in quick succession before the night of the 4 tli of September . And one there was who will be remembered , by the survivors as one of God ' s o-wn heroines , a truLy Christian woman , who watched day and night at the bedsides of the dying , and by Iier calm and quiet demeanour sustained the spirits of the living , till she herself fell the eighth victim to the disease . The writer will not soon forget how , on the 5 th or 6 th evening of the month , he found the remnant gathered together in one room , in a state of anxiety and suspense concerning one of their number , who complained of feeling sick and ill , and how their countenances lighted up with a gleam of satisfaction when lie confidently assured them that the disease was subsiding-, and its virulence abated , and that sickness was no longer the- certain forerunner of death . "

      Brutal Outrage at Dakwes . —On Sunday last a man named John Clegg , alias Shorrock , perpetrated a most inhuman act of violence . It appears that during tl * e day he had been drinking , and that he came home in the evening with several companions , intoxicated like himself , for whom he ordered his wife to prepare something to eat . She remonstrated , and told him there was not enough for the children ; but this remonstrance only roused his anger , and he used such violent threats that she left the house , and went to the dwelling of his mother

      who resided near . He followed her thither , and began to bent her ; and his mother and his married sister , who was in an advanced state of pregnancy , interfered to prevent him . lie then struck bis mother over the mouth with Ins clenched fist , and knocked several teeth out , and kicked his sister in a most savage manner . From the effects of the kicking sho died on the following morning , after giving birth to a dead chile ] , which was fearfully bruised . Shorrock was immediately apprehended , and an inquest will be held .

      This New IJebr . Bxlt , is generally admitted to be annoying , but it is not absolutely inviolable—¦ possibly owing to a conscientious police which will not work on the Sabbath . On the morning of last Sunday Catharine Fornlcy " had a drop" in Putticoat-lane , and then dropped into AH Saints , Bishopsgato , and disturbed the congregation at their devotions . It appmiTB that gin may be obtained at many houses in Petticoat-lane by simply asking" for the more pastoral milk . Sir R . VV . Ciirden was nnnoyed to find

      tho Act evaded by tho very people nliom it was intended to reform , and trusted that soon public-houses would bo closed all day on Sunday . IIq them referred to the recent Act puascd in Canada , and , notwitlistanUhif ^ tho merciful iutorfurunco of tho reverend gentleman who was interrupted in his service , sentenced tho defendant to hcvcii duys * iinprisownunt . Tha police nay that tho publicans Sn the neighbourhood have such facilities for evasion , that they are unmanageable . Cannot milk ho suppressed ?

      Cowell. A Cohrespondent Writes: — In Spi...

      COWELL . A cohrespondent writes : — In spite of the experience of public benefactors , from Socrates downwards , the people have the reputation for being grateful . Serve a patron and he will forget you ; serve the people and your fortune is made . This is utterly unphilosophical ; for gratitude is notoriously a rare quality , and cannot be expected to be more abundant in the masses than in individuals who can afford to indulge in its manifestation . The mistake arises from confusing gratitude with gain ; and because people see mobocrats who have the wit to fill their pockets while they are in fashion , they fancy that the people have been grateful . We have been led into these misanthropic reflec tions b y the fate of George Cowell , the leader of the Preston operatives during the Ten per Cent agitation . A year ago , who so popular as he ? Who so cheered and applauded when he harangued them with his rough eloquence , and worked hard in the movement upon which all their hearts were set ? At this moment he is in Lancaster gaol , arrested for a debt cf 150 / ., incurred for printing balance-sheets and documents connected with the agitation . It was through the hands of this man that upwards of one hundred thousand pounds passed for the support of the Preston operatives . That he dealt fairly by that money is pretty cleaT , from the fact that he cannot pay the printer ' s bill . Twopence a head collected round the Preston mills would furnish the sum , but the operatives refuse to give even that ; , and so George Gowell is now in Lancaster gaol , and has doubtless made some valuable reflections tipon the most prudential way of managing his opportunities whenever he has such another chance .

      The British Democrats—Louis Napoleon. We...

      THE BRITISH DEMOCRATS—LOUIS NAPOLEON . We have received a placard , headed " What is Napoleon ? " and consisting of declamations by way of answer . It appears that the British Democrats are reappearing , and are attempting an organisation to prevent the visit of Louis Napoleon to this country . Here is the point of the insanity : — " "Men of England!—Be equal to the great occasion ! Rally round the Committee—it is no party movementit is open to all who are the friends of the people . Poland would stir in . her chains , Hungary would thrill with joy . Italy would start with , exultation , could they bear that the -working men of England spurned- cfowned perjury and murder—raised the great watchword of the French Republic once again , and flouted it in the usurper ' s bluslilcss face .

      " Every man ' s honour is in his own keeping—rso is a people ' s—then save yours , you men of England ! Let it not be pawned by privileged misrule to victorious iniquity . Let it be understood throughout tlie world , if Napoleon comes , he ia the Queen ' s guest , not tho people ' if the Church prays for him , that the people exevrato him ; if aristocracy fawns on . him , that tho people spurn him ; if usurers drag th « ir fat homage to his blood-stained feet , that there is not an . honest working man—an honest tradesman—in England , who would not think it a branding infamy to touch his hand in friendship . " Signed , "Messrs . Chapman , George Taylor , William Slocombo , Lombard , Lcno , 13 . J . Moring , Soarle , Samuel Ferdinando , Dean Taylor , \ f . Yate . s , Bladder , Wood , Southwood , Isaac Littlcbury , George Littlebury , Dixon , James , Poolc , Kniglit , lieattie , Heminctt , Thompson , Harris , Savage , Adlington , Potter , Workman , Mutton , V « r < leillo , Marshall , Henry Jeffries , Tovel , Whitehair , Jiuncs Uligh , George Brown , Kerns , Morgan , llindle , Stcvcnn , Vigors , Edwin Gill , McLaughlan , Pike , Evans , Stoverwon , It . II . Side , Nash , Harris , Evann , Wright , CJrosn , Garrard , Kuberey , tSkinutir , Lodge , and M . A , Heath and Lodfgo . " Guoicou Haukihon , Chairman . " Jasikh Einlhn , Treasurer . " Koiusitr ( Jhai'ihan , Fin . See . " Eknkwt Jonks , Cor . Sec . " N . I ) . —Make this a . t widely known m possible " Tho Committee moot ovury Tuesday evening , « i ei # l » t o ' clock , and every Sunday evening , at » ix preciaisly , at the Hell lavom , Ncwton- » tri : ct , Uolborn . " liully around the Committee and . support it wit . li your pronenee and with contributions . 1 ' roparo for the great deinonntratkm . " We do not hco wlmt ia to bo gained by tlie men ol England rallying round tin- ComniUU'u . Clearly th < movement is moruly n movement to ^; t up a hiti s ol tlie French Emperor ; mid if tliu nion of Englam Uia « , most UHfturedly they will bo taken into custody by the policemen of London . Wo trust none of our friend * of tho working clu »< will join thin willy conirnkl . ee . If Louis Napolooi eoiuoH , we aro to receive him a . i the cliitsf of tha prrnnd army which i « thrilling aid « hy side with ou own euldicra in lliu Crimea .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 18, 1854, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18111854/page/9/