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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-12-7, Page 6SHE BRUSSELS POST. Duo, 7, l.&O9 BATTLE AT ODDER i4ER. British Troops Fight All Day With= out Food or Water. They Drive the Boers From Their Positions --Lord Methuen's Forces Handicapped by the Swollen River, Nevertheless Win Their Third Brilliant Victory ---Bloodiest Battle of the Century. Gen. Methuen report :s :—"Reeannait- red at 5 a.m. on Tuesday enemy's eosi- tton on River Madder, and found them strongly entrenched and concealed. No means of outflanking, river being in full flood. "Action commenced with artillery, mounted infantry, and cavalry at 5.3e. Guards on right., Ninth Brigade on left. "Attacked position in widely extend- ed formation at 8.39, and supported by the artillery, found ourselves in front of the whole Boar force, 8,000 strong, with two large guns, four Krupps, Esso. "The Naval Brigade rendered great assistance from the railway. "After desperate hard fighting, which lasted ten hours, our men, with- out water or food, and in the burning sun, made the enemy quit his rota- tion. "General Pole -Carew was successful to getting a small party acrege the river, gallantly assisted by 80o sap- pers. I speak in terms of high praise of the conduct of all who were engaged in one of the hardest and most trying fights in the annals of the flritish army. If I can mention one arm par- ticularly, it is two batteries of artil- lery." RESULT OF THE BATTLE. As regards the actual result of the battle, the London Morning Post mil- itary critic, who, it has been gener- ally proved, has keen foresight, says: "It does not seem too much to pre- sume that it was won by the British, though the despatch refrains scrupul- teeny from referring to a victory, The enemy was forced to withdraw from his position, which may mean a falling back of the advance to the interior lines, or the abandonment of the bridge bead defences.' The critic assumes that there was a bridge, and that the Boers at the out- set were defending the southern ap- proacbes to it. The former is the more plausible, sines General Pole -Carew was crossing with the help of sappers, which would negative the hope that the bridge was in the hands of the British. The sap- pers were undoubtedly pentooning. Complaint is beginning to he heard against the employment of so many' sailors for purely solliers' work so far from the cos.st. The complaint is based on the ground than the navy cannot afford to lose men whom it takes so long to make aad repines. There are also loud complaints that more artillery and cavalry have not been furnished to General Methuen, It is argued that at the start of his match he dial not have auffleient cavalry for permit and to clinch the victories gained, and that brnnrh must now be so overworked as to be practically worn net. Th•' Ie neon Pai'y News eays:— "Whatever cremes, we Olin, truce aur nerves to meet it. Ceretinly, to -day looks as if we had before us a very stern and earnest struggle hetero we see our way clear to final victory." four officers killed and nineteen wounded. The losses among the rank and filo tare nut yet been announced by the I War Office, and no despatches concern- • lug the battle from war currespond- r encs have yet conic through. LORD METH'U1 N W0U'N.DED, The War Office aunouness that Gen, Lord Methuen was slightly wounded ' at the battle of Modeler river. A bul- let struck thin in the thigh, inflicting a fish wound. The officials state that the general's wound is very slight, and that he will probably be all right in a few days. pt is probable that the wound will prevent bis being In the saddle, and • there is great anxiety to know whe- ther he will be compelled temporarily I to ahan,.l n the personal direction of affairs, ells next in eohnmand is Col. 1 Colville, commanding the Guards 'Brigade. 1e bas a reputation as an excellent officer. 4 METHL'EN'S puo13ABLE. FORCE. The original arrangement of tut- ' per's troops by divisions and brigades bas been materially altered by the ex- agencies of the military situation. Ladysmith's eerie Peril led to plans i being made to send tho whole first di- I'Ion, under Lord Methuen. to Dur- an, whence it should move nortbtvnrd to relieve General White. For some :reason, possibly the belated arrival at Cape Town of some of the troops come prising the first division, this idea teas given up. Lord Methuen was putt in eon -maul of the Kimberley relief ea - Dedham, aad General Clery, who was originally Intended as the leader of the second division, went to Durban to di- rect operations designed to push Jou- bert's army bank. Of the original first division most of the second brigade was sent to Dur- ban, while the first brigade, compris- ing the Guards, went north to the Cape Colony border to form the nuc- leus of Methuen's command. The only clues to the composition. of the rest' of his force are found in the newspaper amt. official despatches. Apparently the column is made up about as fol- lows:— INFANTRY. BOERS' RETREAT FROM ENSLIN. The London Daily Chronicle's eor-' respondeat at Orange river says that after the engagement at Enetin he climb;'l the kehje where the er.,emy's main battery has been, He found that a gun pit had been conslruet- eri of irontstone boulders, which tlrae- Lir.;tlly commanded the railway. Frag- ments el British shells were every- where, On the hills were a dozen hereon, all of which had been killed by ehelle, Inside the fort there was evidence of a hasty Boer retreat'. Saddles, overcoats, rugs, and cartridges were abandoned. A British cavalry rap was found in the fort on the next knee,. where there were over a hundred dead horses, The correspondent aide that it is impossible to estimate the Boer lessee, as they carried oft many of their deed, but there teas evirtartre tbitt the Brinell guns had done terrib'e execution: near- ly all the Boer wounded were injured by the shell fire. Pnrkagss of dum- dum cartridges were found in several ;pieces. The Daily Mall's correepondent says that the wound caused by avium -duns bullet is small where the missile enters. but where it loaves the borly the wound is the size of a five -shilling piece, BRITISH LOSSES REVISED, A despatch from London, says :—A revised list of the British casualties at Belmont shows;—Officers killed, 4; wounded, 22; non-commissioned offi- cers and privates killed, 40; wounded, 225; of ichieh number the Guards had 35 killed and 159 wounded, Tee revised list of casualties susttan- ed by General Hlldyard's forces in their sortie from Estcourt, Natal, at Beacon T•Lil1 shows: — Killed, 13; wouedoel, 814; missing, 1.; prlsoners, 8, LANCER' SHOT BY WOMEN. A. despatch to the London Dei1g Telegraph trent Ensile sees that ole Sunday a pttotrat of the Ninth I.,anocre rade up .to et farm. A number of wo- men outside the house directed t1 heavy fire agatnet the troops, killing one of thew,. CASthALTIF,SS AT MODDER RIVER, A despatch from London sayst--The eaenalties in the Modeer river battle ort Tuesday, so far as known, were First Brigatte—elecnnd and Third Grenadier Guards, First and Second C'rddstream Guards, First Scots Guards. Ninth Brig -acre — Second Yorksbira Light Infantry, First Northumber- 1 rel Fusiliers, Second Northampton - shirts, First Loyal North Lanoashires, Second West Yorkshires. ARTILLERY. AI least three batteries, including the Seventh and probably the Four- teenth. CAVALRY, Ninth Lamers. t5ti'AL I3IRIG ADE, Blueeickeis from Cape fleet, Royal Marine Light Infantry. NEWS FROM MAFi ENING. Colonel Baden-Powell, under date of Mateking, November '20, has sent the following to the War Office through General Forestier -Walker at Cape Town :—, "All well here. Crou je has gone with a commando, and with about 20 wag - gens, to Richters, Transvaal, leaving most of the guns herewith the Marico and Llahtenherg contingents, with or- ders to shell us into submission. "Bombardment and sniping continue with tery small results. "The eneany's sentries drew us out Saturday by making a show of going away and leaving a big gun apparently in a state of being dismantled. Our scouts found the enemy hidden in force, so we sat tight, "Tie enemy's 9l -pounder became darnaged,a.n,1 bas been replaced by an- other more efficient. "1 am daily pushing out our advance works, with, good effect, "The health of the garrison is good. No oityualties to report." "GOING STRONG" ON '111E 24TFI, Capt. Wilson, in a message from Maleking, under date of November 24, says:— ' We are ,going strong. We are still beleaguered, 'There is intermit- tent shelling." DJD SOME HUSTLING. A despatab from Cape Town says: --While everybody is talking about the good work 01 the Naval, Brigade now fighting with Gen. Lord Methuen, it may not be n.mies .10 tall bow they hustled to the front. During the train journey northward there was a serious collision on the Victoria road. Considerable damage was done, and it was necessary to transfer the baggage and heavy guns to a retie* train. The marines and bluejackets went to work and made the Granter within four hours. Then tbey made another start, and reached Belmont in time Inc the battle, , • ANOTHER BRITISH DIVISION. A., despatoh Brom London says:-. Speaking on Thursday at a dinner given by the Scottish corporation, Faeid Marshal. Lord Wolseley Cotn- mander-in-chief of the British army, said he had no initentton of criticis- ing anything that had Laken place in South Afriea, but he would, say that, title evening it was deolded to call out ono more thvision of the second army ixlrps. Perhaps before the week was out, certainly before four or five days, it would be an the( way to South nee riga. RECEIVED WITH SATISFACTION. As men are needed in all diroelione, Lord Wutseley's announcement that: a new division wit be embarked with- out delay bas been received with the greatest satlafaotioe., 'ileo t'nnsle•rts will soots be returning from the Gape and it Is boiled t hat the Wren will be despo.tchod speedily. On this point the Morning Post says: ' Tha homier the eau make up our mind as to the magnitude of the work 'pon liebehand," d the sooner 11 will be aeutm- A HEAVY—WAR CARGO. A despatch from London says:—Tito steamer Karame sailed on Friday for South Africa, taking one 01 the heav- iest war cargoes on milord, it includes 40,000,000 rounds of small arm amnluni- toun, 7,000 shrapnel shells, 4,000 lyd- dile shells, 851 boxes of fuses, 40 boxes of pistol ammunition, and a large num- her of stat' shells for discovering the enemy's position at night, and for sig- ealling. Euh of these shells contain six magnesium light stars which burn for 14 seconds, and seven stars, whioh burn from 34 to 30 seconds. STATUS OP TUF BOERS. The action of Lord. Pauoeefote and other British Ambassadors in notify- ing the powers that a state of, war bad existed sicca October 11 between Great Britain and the South African Republics hes prompted enquiries by the various London Embassies regard- ing the nature of the hostilities. It is officially stated that the notifica- tion has in no wise changed the Bri- tish views as to the Boers' status, The Government maintains that giving the Boers belligerent rights does not constitute an acknowledg- ment of their claim to independence, evidencing as 1ltroof of this contention that both foreign Governments and the Government of the United States treated the Confederates as belliger- ents. BRITISH LOSSES. A despatch from London, says:—A full official list of the British cas- ualties at Belmont bas not yet been re- ceived., and it is awaited with uneasi- nese, as it is feared that it will ex- ceed the first estimate. The estimated losses at Belmont, with 195 casualties at the battle of Graspan, or as it is officially called En - slim, brings the total numbers of Brit- ish killed, wounded, and missing since the beginning of the war up to 2,945 of all ranks, --- RUGER'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. A despatoh tram Berlin says :—The Deutsche Zeitung, claims to have re- ceived the following despatch from a diplomatic source:— "President Kruger end President Steyn instructed Generals Joubert and Cronje, the commanders of the Trans- vaal and Orange Free State forces re- spectively, not to split the beleaguring forces, but to strike vigorous blows. Pen. Joubert concentrated three corps, the first at Ladysmith, the second nt the Tugela river, and the third to the eastward of the Pietermaritzburg -Est- court railway to out off the British retreat, "Gen. Cronje is operating at Kimber- ley and Blodder river, and in General Lord Methuen's rear." BOERS KILLED BY BOERS. A despatch from London, Wednes- day, says :—The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph cabling ander date of November 27 from Naauwpoort, says that a Dutchman living near the scene of the skirmish of November 23 declares that a party of Boers dress- ed in khaki, while approaching their own position, were Elrod on by their comrades, who mistook them for Bri- tish soldiers. Five or six of them were killed. RESERVES RESPOND WELL. A despatch from London says:— Lieut.-General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, it is reported, will he the com- mander of the 6th division. The latest phase of the mobilization of the reserves has proved as sntae- facLory as have farmer calls. Out al 9,780 men summoned, 9,553 have rejoin- ed the colors. WERE 197 WRECKS. A Tear's Marine t'asualties in Cneadtan Waters. A dcspatab from Ottawa, says t—Tho Department of Marine granted during the past year certificates of competency to 68 masters and males of foreign sea- going vessels. Twenty masters and mates of intend and coasting vessels received certificates of service, while 207 certificates of competency were granted for the same class of marine work. During the year 197 wreaks and oaus- alties were reported as having occur- red in British, Canadian, and foreign sea -going vessels in Canadian waters, and to Canadian sea -going vessels in other waters, AN ALBERTA MYSTERY. Joseph baro(' !'hand bead 1n ills store at taeninere. A' despnteh from Winnipeg, Mane says:—A murder mystery is reported from Canmore, Alberta. Corporal (Melte, of tile Mounted Police, found the body al Totemic Defoe, whose death is undoubtedly due to foul. play, Defoe was a storekeeper, and lived al - Most directly opposite Ce.nmore sta- tten, 145 wee well liked, and no mo- five can eat he diecoveretl to account for the nuttier, MURDER AT THE FALLS. A DRUNKEN ITALIAN STABS HIS WU'S TO DEA'TH. Plunged a Unite Into His wire's Neck— crossed to the Atnerfe,,n flee, But Was Subsequently Captured by titter of Pollee Young. A despatoh from Niagara Fella, Ont., says :—A. cowardly murder was committed here on eiVotlnesday even- ing about 0.30 o'clock, the menet MI the crime being in a dingy little frame building in the Italian settlement on First Concession street, back of the Brundage stables, on B'err'y street., just outside of the town limite, near the village of Drummondville. Frank Werke, an Italian labourer, 62 years of ago, who is known to be a worthless, drunken and quarrelsome man, lived with his wife, 50 years of age, in the aboveanentloned place. With them lived another Italian as a boarder. The husband spent meet of his earnings in drink, and would conte 'home in this oondition and abuse his wife, who was a hard-working, thrifty woman, and through her economy and hard work accumulated enough t o hue tbs little home where she was' inure derod, t STABBED WITH A CARVING KNIFE • It is supposed Werke came home I Wednesday evening drunk and in Ms usual abusive mood, and in the alteroa- Non struck his wife with a knife in the forehead, intiaettng two ugly gashes. , She then screamed to the boarder to get up, shouting, "Me is killing me." Ths man, who was in bed asleep, jumped up and ran out to the room w.here the man aniline wife were. He 1 found the woman standing bolding e tower to the wounds in her forehead, from which blood was freely flowing, ;Behind her stood her husband. .As soon as he saw the boarder coming to his wife's assistance, the husband grabbed a large carving Wee that laid on the supper table, and with a terrific thrust plunged it into the back of his wife's neck. The woman, with a scream, tell dead upon the floor, expiring in a few min- utes. MURDERER CAPTURED. Werke, turning to the man who was oompletely paralyzed with the horri- ble scene enacted before him, said, "If anyone asks you who did this, tell them I did." Werke then hurriedly left the house. The boarder ran to give the alarm, The Ontario police Isere apprised of the crime, and the two brigades were no- tified by telepboae. The bridge tend- ers held the man when he attempted to cross the tippet steel arch bridge, butt let hint go before the police got there. Ile walked across to the Am- erican side, and Chief of Police Young, with' a posse of men went in hot pur- suit. Ho was subsequently captured. Dr, BfeGurry, Lite'coroner, was call- ed, and found that the woman's jugu- lar vela 'was completely severed. The couple had three grown-up chil- dren, elle eon and two daughters, one of the girls being married to an Ital- ian named Frank in this town, PRAISE FOR CANADA'S FRUIT. Shipment Of "Jilrn,le ('ales peached San• don In Excellent Condition, A despatch from Ottawa says:— Prof. Robertson has received a report from Mr, Sampson Morgan, .of London, upon some sample cases of fruit recent- ly sent Iron Canada to England. The fruits sent were apples, pears, and Peaches. The apples and pears were in excellent condition, The peaches were not quite perfect, but they were all eatable and of a delicious quality, Mr. Morgan said that he believed there would be a ready safe for these as well as for apples, and that " a big future lies before the Canadian pear trade in the United Kingdom." Itis report concludes with these worda: " My repen;t will be found most en- couraging to those on your side who have taken a great interest in the de- velopment of the Canadian fruit in- dustry, though the praise given to the packages and their tsontenas is due to merit and well-deserved. The Cana- dian fruit -growers are to be congratu- toned upon having the fruit export trade. including packing, ehipping, and distribution, dealt with in such en ad- mirable manner by the officials of the Department of Agrinultur'e at Ottawa, l;e is my decided opinion that at pre- sent the Canadian fruit exports are more efficiently handled titan those from any other colony shipping to the United Kingdom, including Tasmania." — STOLE ALL THE FUNDS, Tramp Burglars 7htke. Brnatee From the ort Ito Nationale. A despatch from Montmagny, Que., says :—La Banque Nationale was rob- bed on Sunday night opt all its funds, some $15,000. Tramps were seen at St. Pierre and around on that day, They broke into the traekmen's' Mul- house and secured crowbars, ate, The safe was inside of a brick vault, and both were blown open. The robbery was discovered early Monday by Mr. Lesperanoe, watchman of the building, SIXTY DEATHS DAILY. Prtehtfnl Ravages or the Plague n, China, - A epeciai, to the San Francisco Chronicle from Tacoma, earl :—"Yoko - haute advices state that a terrible oondition of affairs prevails at New Chwang, blanchut'ta, with respect to the bubonic ple.guc. Hundreds of deaths are onaurring weekLy, the mortality reaching forty to sixty every doy. The disease is beginning Lo spread over Manchuria, owing to the fact that the Chinese authorities have utterly re- fused to take sanitary or quarantine promotions. , THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON', UEC, 10. "Lemons In Gtrn,g." ?nal. 1. 6.11 anti 3, 5.1?.: atot,Iea. 'text, 2 Coe. O. T. PRACTICAL NOTES. Verse 6. b.Iaittebi begins his pro - plumy with a starting dialogue. "I have loved you," God says, The priests ask, "Wherein bast thou. loved use" The Lord answers by' compar- ing his beatings with Emu, Jacob's brother and the father of, leclore, with his dealings with Israel. Bitten was doomed to permanent overthrow, but "your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel," Then come the wards of our lesson. A son honoreth hie father, and it servant his master. If you are my son, where is mine honor? If you are my servants, where is my fear? This niepenl is to the priests, the professionally holy men, who, God says, despise my mune- But they ask, Wherein have we de- spised thy name? A, question whittle If honest with themselves, thoyt wore well able to antiwar. 7, Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar, Bread stands generically for food. The sacrifices of the temple were of fruit and flesh meat, but included "showbread," which, however, was placed upoa the table, not upon the altar, The priests were given elabor- ate instructions fur the acceptance or rejection of sacrifices brought by the people, a portion of which was regu- larly to bo used as feud for the priests. Blind, lame, and sick animals were excluded. But these priests had aeeept ed sacrifices whioh the spirit, if not also the letter of the pate had exclud- ed, and what could not be either pro- fitably aold or eaten by themselves (:hey had coliempbiously offered to God, They had thus degraded their holy oftlteeor gain. Wherein have we Polluted thee? That is, Wherein have the sacrifices been polluted? in that ye say, The table of the Lord is con- temistible. Not that the priests used these words, but that their aotions spoke louder than any words. 8. Is it not evil? Whatever may be true of relations between human be- ings, it is manifestly wrong to give to the Lord's cause on earth, whether represented by ancient temple or mod- ern church, contributions that are of no service to ourselves. " Cheap reli- gion, costing little," is rejected by God, It was a wise man who said that God never despises the widow's mite, but always despises the mis- er's mite. Offer it now unto thy governor. The upright, down- right, straightforward Ulan who was now governor, Nehemiah by mints, was not grasping; he had repeatedly re- fused tributes which by all custom be- longed to his office; buthe vvasta just men, and "matter-of-fact," and he could not easily be iauposed upon. He would have mule short .work with an insincere or presumptuous pe. itmOner. Treat God the way you treat theIgoe- ernor. 9. Now, I pray you, beseeoh God that he will be gracious unto us. All Orientals, going to a governor or judge for fevers,itnke gifts with them. .But, coming to God for spirituel blessing these hypocrites bring stale bread and lame lambs and blind beg- et'. This hath been by your means. Bead this sentence with tee aoeent on "bath." Extraordinary as is this ar- raignment, it is true. Will he regard your persons? A question that bas the force of the negative answer. No. 10. Who is there even among ,you that would shut the doors for naught? Utterly venal are ye all. But the best recent translators and comment - wars give us another meaning, which is well expresser) by Dr', Smith: "Bet- ter that saerifiae should cease than that such mentiugs should be pre- sented in such spirit. Better no wor- ship at all than such false worship. Is there no one to close the doors of Cha temple altogether, so that t be altar smoke not iu vain?" The close of the verse gives a similar thought in strong affirmations,• 11. 'Because. From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the wane, my name shall be great among the Gentiles. If you are bound to be hypocritical, there are. at least plenty of sincere worshipers eisewhore, You bring the sick, attd the blind, and the latae for sacrifice, but outcast Gentiles will preaeutly sacrifice their lives for my sake. The time is coming and "now is," when the people of Judah and Jsrusaletu will no longer be the exclusive worshipers of God, but whoever "worships him in spirit; and in truth." In every place incense shall ne petered unto my name. In- cense is symbolic of prayer. A pare offering. The offering of humble and contrite heart, ally name shall be great among' the heathen. The gradual ful- filltnent of this prophecy has proceed- ed far enough to greatly strengthen our faith in its complete fulfillment. The charge made in the first divt- sion of the lesson, ,whicrih, we have al- ready studied, was irreverence and negligence in sacrifices. Now, after a Lengthy parenthesis, the prophet speaks of how God is dishonored by lithos, 8, Will a man rob God? Could one Clare to plan such robbery? 'Yes, Ne- buchadnezzar had done so when, de- stroying the temple, he took to has own oily its eontecrated treasures. But surely priests would never thick for a moment of such a crime, and we eon hent their indignant vcit:es ask- ing, Wherein have we robbed thee? The answer is, In tithes and offerings, The "tithe" was an essesshueut of one tenth of all increase of property. Whatever source of wealth a man had in .flocks, in vineeteitl', or herds, jn merchandise or manufactory; two tenths oe its profits were ofliolally collected, one tenth being spent eor the expenses of government and the support of the poor, the other going directly to the matintonatee of relig- ious ?worship and the support of the Levites and priests, The 'offerings" were the sacrifices winch the law re- quired the people to make. • W!ion the Nerve Centres New Kutritio , A Wonderful Recovery, Illustrating Mitre Quick Response of a Depleted Nerve System to a Treatment 'What;It Replenishes Exhausted Nerve Forces, MR. FRANK ISAUER, BERLIN, OW, Perhaps you know him? In Water-, seemed moat hopeless, I heard of a lac he is known as one of the most wonderful cure effected in a oasis popular and successful business men of somewhat similar to mine, by the that enterprising town. .As .,.snag- Groat South AmerieanNervine Tonic, ing executor of the Kuntz estate, he is and I finally tried that. 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Ye are cursed with a Curse, In robbing God they had expected to en- rich themselves, but their crime had brought poverty. 10, Bring ye all the tithes into the slorebouse. Into the treasure cham- bers of the temple, which had been so Nano( y that the pub, to service had tallguished and rich men had used the chambers as dwelling -roams It is time now to nal l attention to the bearing of this on our present religious life. '!hese treasure chnmbers ecswrctr to the missionary treasuries and lneelchurah funds of our time. And those who to- day refuse to contribute toward God's cause. rob God as really as did the an- cient priests, Meat is inclusive of all tithes, whieh were paid in kind, Prove me now. Prove me now. If you were rich, you could not perhaps so well prove me; but you aro poor, and all your efforts to make yourselves rich at the. expellee oe God, have failed. Now try the other way, Herewith, By bringing all the tithes. Windows of heaven, A poetical term for the sources of rain, the coming of which would renew fertility and national wealth. There are ep:ritual windows of heaven which we can open by fi- delity in God's service, and so bring down showers of gree. Thera shall not be room enough to receive it. Rather, not room enough to store it. Tito heaven! -sent: treasure shall be "pruned down, shaken together, and running over." 11. I will rebuke. I will hold an check. 'Che devourer, The locust, whioh was already devastating their farm lands, The fruit of your ground. A11 manner of vagotable growth, Nei- ther shall your vane oast her fruit be- fore the Mime, Vegetable disease had caused the grapes to rot en the vines or to ,all without ripening. 12. All nations shall call you bless- ed, Surrounding people shall hoar that: you are under the apeaiai acre of the Lord. ''hese promises are typical of God's dealings with individuals as well as with nations. A delightsome land. Pero souls always dwell in a land of joy, peace, and pleasure. The sinner cannot help envying the saint whom he pretends to despise. A special despatch trom Vienna re- iterates the report which was denied' est week, that the Russians had ea -1 cupful Herta, ' QUEEN GOING TO GERMANY. Iter Majesty to tirtnrn Iter Orandsona VIhi1. A despaleb from London says:— Trani announces that temperer Wil- liam Inctachieved one of the objects of his visit to England in having in- ducted Queen Victoria to give a con. dittone( promise to vtsit the Prussian court during the last week of April• She will travel it appears, fromNorth Italy to Germany by the St. Gothard tunnel, and will be Germany's guest for several days al Coblenaz or Pots- dam. Her It4tijjesty's visit will be en tardy private. There will be no re- ceptions, reviews, or other weari- some functions. BUTTER SHIPkIir.NTS LARGE. Nearlt' 200,020 More .Packages /icps'tee Peel Mitlitr•flal. A despatch from Moutrettl says:— Monlre.tl sent out about .1,814,000 boxes of (Meese to Europe the last season, which compares with 1,887,435 boxes a year ago, There are still one or two steamers to leave the port, but it is likely the result will be materially' a l betted. It is in butter that a very appreci- able improvement is shown, the ship- ments of the season amounting to 402,198 packages, compared with 279,- 022 packages. The identity of the man who cum- ' misted suicide by jumping over Nia- gara Fella Monday has undoubtedly ! been established. Rev. A. Wickham, pastor of the Baptist 'thumb at /while Oattaraugus county, has been missing since Sunday morning last, and a description of the minister tallies ex- actly with that of the suicide, . The United States Secretary of the Treasury has decided that Canadian cattle or sheep may be shipped through the United Statue Lor expor- itatio n from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Newport No ws, aswell franc 'Portland, Boston and Now York, un- tit how the ports of expectation of Canadian cattle and sheers have, been limited to the lust three ports. ,