Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 14, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 25 May 1848 — Page 2

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Xhe Daily Journal i9 pubUshed every mornino-, (Mondays excepted) at 10 cents per week, payable to the Carriers, or $6 00 per annum, payable in jidyar.ee. FOR PRESIDENT: VnlQ ELECT OR AIi TICKET. SENATORIAL ELECTORS. JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of JefTerson. (50DLDVE S. QRTH, of Tippecanoe. D1CTSICT ELECTORS. tat Diat.-JoHS Pitcher, of Poser, 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8tb John S. Davis, of Floyd. Milton Gregg, of Dearborn. David, P. Holloway, of Wayne. Thomas D. Walpole, of Hancock. Lovell H. Rotjsseatj, of Greene. Edward W. McQbaghey, of Park, James F. Suit, of Clinton. . Dakiel D. Peatt, of Cass. Pavld Kilgore, ofDelavvare, 9th ' 10th' CITY OF EVASSVILIiE! TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23. IMPORTANT NEWS. We return thanks to our friends Messrs. Taylor f Harvey, for Louisville papers of yesterday, and a file of St. Louis papers as late as the 20th. We find the news of the most important and interesting character, so much so we are induced to give it in detail. In order to lay it before our readers at the earliest moment, we are induced to anticipate to-morrow's issue, in prelerence to is suing an extra. If we could control the arriv el of news it would not be necessary for us to break in upon our regular publications so often; but the great anxiety of our rerdersat tins particular time, to be in possession of intelligence from Europe, leaves us no choice in the mat ter. We promised when we commenced the publication of the Daily Journal, to keep our readers up with the times, and we shall make good our word at whatever cost or inconvenience to ourselves. Impoetaxt from Mexico No Prospect of Peace. We learn from the N. O. Delta of the 16th Lust., that the Mexican Congress at Querelas) had dispersed without acting on the Treaty; end it was universally admitted by all classes, Mexicans and Americans, that there . would be no peace, but that the Americans would have to occupy the whole country, or to retire from it entirely. This intelligence was brought to New Orleans by Capt, Decker, of schooner Velasco, who left Vera Cruz on the 8th inst. Capt. D. says the report was generally believed there when the Velasco left. The Free American, published at Vera Cruz, speaks indignantly of the conduct of the Mexican authorities, who, it is stated, are doing all they can to humiliate the American citizens in Vera Cruz, and calls on the Governor to investigate the matter, and see that justice is done. It seems that since the commencement of the Armistice, the Mexican authorities have resorted to all sorts of petty annoyances, and, as far as they dare, have done every thing they could to gratify their revengeful feelings. CC3" Cassius M. Clay publishes a letter in the Louisville Courier of Friday, in which he is rather severe on Mr. Prentice, of the Journal, and also on Senator Borland, of Arkansas. Cassius says Borland is a coward, a man of no honor, and divers other hard things, and utterly denies that he begged his life of Mexicans, This, no doubt, will lead to "pistols and coffee for two." Prentice promises to take Cassius in hand when he has nothing else pressing upon his time. He says he must "attend to the cane people first and may look to the crazy ones afterwards." Cassius may therefore look to have his hide on the fence. But aint it a little cruel to keep the poor fellow in suspence? If it was our casj we had rather have the whip ping over and done with it. Methodist Book Concern. The Pittsburg Gazette, in its report of the fourth days' proceedings of the Methodist General Conference, now sitting in that city gives an abstract of the Report made of the business of the Methodist Book Concern. This shows a great diminution in the sales of the publications of that concern since the report of 1844. And this decreased sale of books has been attended by a reduction in the circulation of Methodist papers and periodicals. For example The Christian Advocate and Journal prints in 1S48, 19,000 copies against 25,000 in 1844; and the Quarterly review, one of the ablest of Magazines, 2,100 against 3 1,000 copies. The Sunday School Advocate, on the other hand, shows 8 gratifying increase, printing 80,000 against 40,000, . ' It may be that this decrease in the circulation of Methodist journals is only an apparent one the falling off of the old works, being made up or more by an increase of local papers in different parts of the country. The Chester County Bank. The rumor some time since circulated that tha Bank of Chester county, Pa., waslikely to recorerSlO, 000 of its stolen notes, by mean3 of an arrest at Matamoros, proves to be a mistake! Th Bank has since traced the notes circulated to a satisfactory source.' French West Inqies. The entire colony of Demerara is Eaid to be in a state of bank ruptcy. ' Tranquility has been restored to Martinique, end the people were looking forward with the greatest anxiety for further information from France Fall iw our Agricultural Products Exro?TED. The decline in price of the principal articles of export from this country under the operation of the present Tariff of Mr. Polk, is thus stated in Hunt's Magazine, and shows anything but a favorable condition for our agricultural interests. Cotton Tobacco Rice Corn Flour. J84T 13c. 5c. 4e. 101c 750c. M9- fk. ; 4ic. 2ic. 53c. 657c. Heayt SAtAEiES.--Great Britain pays her ambassadors the princely sum of 11,000 per nnum equal to 53,000. This is more than Rouble the amount of the President's salary.

FURTHER, NEWS BY THE STEAMER

C A MBR I A . The French Elections. Triumph of La. martineProgress of Repeal Afl'aiss in Ireland, &c. In addition to the summary published in ibis mornings' Journal, we subjoin in detail the important and interesting news brought by the Cambria. Our summary presents a very general suivey ol ihe condition of Eu rope up to the latest dates. Ireland The State Trials. The Irish law ofiicers committed a blunder at the thresh old; there was a gentleman on the grand jury who ought not to have been on it, and as the law was pretty plain on the ouhjeci, the attorney geueral abandoned the prosecution by meaus of indictment, and filed an ex of ficio information against Mr. Mitchell, who on I iiesday was placed under a rule to plead wjthirt tour nays.,,,, liy this moans the crown proceeds, by the most expeditious course, to prevent all argument on the dilatory pleas bled by Mr. Mitchell, and. to secure a trial in the sittings after the present term. Dublin, Wednesday, April 20 in the court of Queen's bench to day, the attorney general entered a nolle prosequi to the bills found by the grand jury ag.iinsi Mr. Mitch ell, and-immediately filed two ex officio in formations, charging linn with I he sune of fences. Copies of the information weru ban ded to Mr. Mitchell, in order to put a stop to the prevailing exc tement, the magistrates of the county of Dublin are about to call up on the government to proclaim the tnetropci Us and disarm the disaffected. The m;igisirates throughout the entire kingdom are re commended by government lo swear in spe cial constables in every parish. juuoim t rociaiinca.- I lie following is an extract from a private letter received in London this morning: "We h ive just heard that the privy council has ordered the city o Dublin to be proclaimed, and an immediate search to be made lor aims, lins wants confiinriiiiin. Dublin, Thursday At the sitting of the court of Queen s bench ibis morning, the at torney general applied for leave lo enior a nolle prosequi in the case of Meagher and O'Jjiien, aud tendered ex officio informations against those gemlemen as in the case o Mitchell yesterday. Mr, VV. S. O'Brien, being absent in the routilry, was allowed until Monday to make his appearance. Mr. Meagher, being in court entered an appearance at once. The traversers made application to appear by attorney, but the application was opposed by the attorney geueral, and refused by the court. The parties who have been most active in drilling and rifle shooting have had their amusements greatly inteiferred with during the week; and some of them having been arrested, will, doubtless, be made examples of. Mr. W. S. O'Brien and his party have proceeded to the south lor the pu pi ses ol agitation. That ihey will easily succeed iii stirring up i vast amount of disaffection there can be little doubt; everything throughou the provinces seems ripe for an outbreak but what settled scheme of orginiz tioa (lie parties promoting this movement have is be I i r yotid our comprehension to uivme. we can only contemplate a vast sacrifice of hum n life, should any rising take place, withou any hope of accomplishing -the ends in view Government is increasing the precautions al ready taken, reparations continue to be carried out on such a scale as plainly to de note that the authorities deem iha dange to be near and imminent. Houses in Me r rion and Rutland squares have been survey ed, and are being prepared for the recepiioi of troops. All the regiments in garrison have been addressed on pnole by their comma n ding officers,and cautioned .to abstain from ta king any part in any political demons ration whatever. The most fearful accounts of destitution continue to reach us from the provinces. The withdrawals of depositors of their fund from ihe provincial savings banks, appear t arise as much from a sense of insecinify o their funds, as fiom political distrust; and in deed ihey have no doubt been swelled by the requirements of the depositors for em tgra! ion and other purposes. Enormous de fiilcaiions have takeu place in the Trulee an Killarney ravings banks. The rep iris of destitution and death from the western countiesare most appalling. I n following horrifying picture of a wide distric is given by a coriepoudent ol the Dubli Evening Post : "Galway, April 23. Since last harves the condition of ihe population throughou the whole extent of these countries Gal way, Mayo, and Sligo has altered most ma tonally? Then, the inhabitants had more o less the means of supporting life, eiiher Irom the produce of the turnip crop, which wa sown lo an unprecedented extent last vea or else fiom the proportion of ihe oats an wheat hrrvest si i II permitted to remain i their hands. Now all ischanged. All ih;i the landlord, cither in mercy would nt, o in terror dare not, the poor law collecto and their 'armed troops have swept utterly away. "And yet, for all this, the sad morality among the rmor is not only unabated, bm daily grows upon us with fearfully accelerated rapidity. In many baronies whole tracts are lying in stubble or waste ; nor is there even an effort made to attempt their cultivation. As for ConuemarR, the silence of devolution prevails there. From Galway to Clildeii, arid from Killerys to Ki kieran Bay, the daikneen of I lie shadow of death bncds over all thi,i The few miserable beings who tl 11 ijiviv there can hardly bo said to live. Hi iiituii mate are they, so haggard and glmstly, oim is filled with unvoluntary iiorror at his own Species; the human heart instinctively uUnl ders at a spectacle so pitiable and dcgitding, "In one district, nut of a population of more than one hundred families, but a year niucft, only seventeen are now to be found; even ol these, the inmates of eleven houses wtr shut up, dying of fever. So rapid was the progress of depopulation that it may le af firmed with the utmost safety that from mi(t half to two-third of the entire population of (he baronies of Motcullen, B illynabincb, Ross, and JSrris, in Gallaway and Mayo counties, are now swept away by death forever! Yet even here rites of 3s. have ben succen ded by socond levies varying in amount from 5s. to 7s, 6d. in the pound. In Billmrohn Union, upward of 30,000 individuals are in receipt of outdoor relief!" Mr. V. Wall, one of the practical instructors sent out by the Agricultural Society, writing from Clifden, Conneruara, on the 9th

usi,s.ys: "1 havB oeen migageu ior me ast fortnight along the coast, and between

Maan Turk and the Halfway House. The people are every where in despair, and the country presents one unvarying scene of negeet. They are thinking of nothing but tryngto grow another oat crop, if they can, for ven potatoes are out ol the question. I rea soned whh them as well as I cuuld, but what ould 1 do with poor creatures of the kind. who have nothing in the world to exist upon? i'hey have nothing to support them, nor to provide for the future," Destitution Death.- Ihe . most awful destitution ptevailsin and about Clifden, and" many deaths have taken place hom want ol food. One of the frightful acts to which man may be driven by hunger and disappointment occurred in Connemara a fewdrys since. I appears that of the applicants lor food at a relieving, officer's depot in that district many hungry poor creatures had to depart without receiving any assistance, while some few did. A poor boy, who had received about a stone if meal, while on his way home, was joined by one of the men who had been disappoin ted in his hope of receiving some food lor his starving family; and he murdered the un fortunate boy in order to possess himself of the stone of meal! An inquest was held and a verdict returned accordingly. Pestilence s making dreadful havoc in this poor neg ected district. In one village where there were over one hundred and forty inhabitants. only three now survive ! Is a coercion bill the only remedy a vigilant or wise Govern ment can provide for such a state of misery ? So echoes au English Parliament. -Tuam Herald. Horrible State of the Poorhouse in the Scarijf Union. Between Scarffand Tootngrany there are eight workhouses, winch might bo better designated. slaugbtei houses They are crammed to suffocation, four in fe verm one bed! The healihy man is corn pelled lo sleep with the fever patient, and ihe beds are literarily heaps of manure. There is scarcely any attendance. The doc tor says he has no medicine. Ihe best of nurse-tenders are only paid Is. per-day without food, and how can they be expected to be efficient? In one of these houses there are eighty-two in fever, sixty-four in another, and in two others otie hundred aud thirty. In one of them the Rev. Mr. M'Quide, P. P., fiom whom we have learned these horri ble ftcis, found a putrefying corpse lying un washed on tjie n or, where it had been fot several hours, and in the same room with the patients. In Dark Island, too, has the work of exter mination been carried on. A number of poor families were evicted and their cabins razed. Mr. Lloyd, the landlord, has attempted to throw the blame on his bailiff, Browne, but it will not do. At Kildysart,in the county of Limerick, the survivors cannot procure, the coffins fcr tie dead. Evictions Lismore. The Rev. Dr. Forge ry, in acknowledging the receipt of subscrip tions through Kev. W . J. bheehan, ot at. Chad s, Manchester, observes: "No language of mine can convey to you an adequate idea of the ex cessive wants of my poor people. Their pri vations are really awful. Deaths occur daily from starvation in every quarter of my parish. No in or out-door relief is sufficient to arrest the fearful progress of the calamity. Beside, 1 have certain landlord's in my parish who are utterly regardless of the deplorable condition of their famishing tenants. They have leveled their cabins, and evicted them from lands which they had reclaimed aud cultivated for several years, and at the end received no consideration after years of toil and labor. Numbers of those poor creatures who were thus cruelly exterminated, are now living in huts erected by them on the road side, the victims of famine and of lever. Hundreds of them have perished in these parishes during the last two years. The monstrous conduct of the landlords here, and in every other locality throughout the country has considerably added to the extreme mass of human misery." JT-'a-terford Chronicle. More Evictions. A correspondent of the Cork Examiner states that Mr'. Longfield, of Castlemony has ejected 73 families within the las', few months, from his estate between Cloyne and Ballycotton. The houses are leveled, and the lands remain uncultivated. There is famine in the land. What wonder? The Galway Mercury says that in Clare, many deaths are taking place from starvation. Bodies remain unburied for days for want of coiuns. lite clergy are exhausted with appli cations to bury these victims of English mis rule. ... Preparations. We understand; says the Dundalk Patriot, that the people are seriously engaged, both in this and the adjoining counties, in furnishing themselves with arms for self-defence. Rifles and muskets, we are in formed, are to be found in both town and coun try, in large quantities. That terrible weapon in the hands of an Irishman the pike is be ing manutactured in thousands torks, the prongs shaped like a bayonet, are in great requisition. Certain it is, that smiths in all quarters are working double time, and the anvil and sledge are meeting each ether twice as often as they have ever done before, in the manufacture of pikes. This is as it should be There is no concealing the fact that the people are coolly and quietly preparing to resist any attack on their rights. Go where you will, and hardly anything ia spoken but the calm resolute movement in which they are engaged. Ihere is no alarm no irregularty no terror for all are in earnest, and seem ready; when the time, arrives, to face danger and death in defence of life and porperty and the rights of their country. Such is the feeling among the rural population. They are certain of success. They contrast their present sober habits with those of former times, when drunkenness made the people an easy prey to their opponents. Ihey Bcrt ttiat irishmen will neveragain commit such miNtakcssH before, and that the next battle in which they orecnenzed w ill result in their total di'Mructkm or th establishment of their riht. Kuth arc the views of- the country peojitf. In th towns we have learned that ih dilt'-rftit trades are procuring arms, and that emh imU w ill orgauine iimdf. For iijfctaiK'tf, vvft urvlcirstwiid that tho nhootnukers are arming th!msrlf an ft dinituct body, and ttlo iU uinotiif, fiibri, curprntrrH, &c. Wli n tb'U ry tr)A"., ihey alats that the trades htufie will preavrit t' !'W fttuutry at b'ttM 300, UO'Jsrttifd fi"il-!itHlig-f, bold, fen I firm and fit to PfiK-Hgi A fcifuilor itiiribf of the best de:ipliu"i frVpa, They fifUier dfijfr (hit fhU orfmm.nllnfi can M faejly pff'"';rd, a ahuoal all tho triiiln in fniU town in Ir Uiid lti rlulis or societies and tht fab aoHrfy pfa"wa rouMdernbls) furida in (mud, Ws !ir Uifniwd that tbesM boiljpa al'fw t ouid srrrt ami tipdp en army of 4W,'M) tiftt iri (m month, for tnp ricten:o of tha t'OUrllfy, f thi prearrvatlon of their rights and pfiil?f',s. We brlisve thy arc determined to act. They would be a brave, a gallant and a noble trrny-Hin army that would con quer or bi cut to pikers. The trnd-nmen of Ireland aro an intelligent as any in the world, and intelligent men armed and battling for their native land ngainwt au allien Government would be invincible. Lookingquietly at these things, we awk Lord John Russell and Lord Clarendon to pause in their obstinate course of oppression ere it be "too late," and yield, as in

., I lrtrTl .1 ..1- -ft Ireland for native legislation. To the people, we say, ne cautious- commit, no outrage, Deware of spies, and bide your trtne. The Pike Irade in Dublin. Urged by cu riosity, I recently visited the establishment of the celebrated David Hyland, who exhibits on a sign-board, "Pike maker to the castle," and I confess I was rather surprised to find that the statements which 1 had heard and read with redard to the open and undisguised sale of the 'natioanal weapons, were lar lrom being ex- I agserated. At the moment I happened to call. the shoo, which by the way is not very spa cious, was completely crowded, and outside' were congregated several individuals awaiting their turn to be 'supplied. Having expressed a desire to see a sample of these essential Hibernial implements of warfare, Mrs. Hyland, who was busily employed as door keeper, to prevent too great a pressure of customers a task which she fulfilled with as much fidelity as a due rega.J to her interest would permit kindly made way lor me, and gratified my inclination by showing me several samples of these truly formidajjle implements of destruction. It appears that the original mode of constructing pikes, that is, with a small hatchet on one side, and a crook on the other, has been superceded, and the modern one is simply a spear, something like the sergeant's halberts some years since in use in the British army, but much longer, the blade being about eighteen inches in length. Mrs. Hyland informed me, in answer to a question, that her husbane had about sixteen men at work in this peculiar brancn ot Irish industry, and that eash man was able to turn out from six to eight pikes per day; there are, accordingly, close on bOO pikes weekly circulated by this lactory alone The Pke Trade in Belfast, The trade of pike-making in lie lias t is, we understand, in a most flourishing condition. The borne market is excellent; and, from all we can learn, the farmers of the surrounding neighborhood are sending in large orders. Down and Antrim will be armed to a man before three weeks, if there be not a change in the tone and temper of the times: and, if the rise in the price of lead be any indication of preparations for the worst, there is ample proof in the fact that tea chest lead, that sold some months ago at 3d. per lb, goes of now at ljd. and 2d. with the greatest lacility. We may add, that there is not the remotest fear of the people turning these arms against one another. The Lurgan Orangemen tore their flags the other day and shouted for repeal. The Protestants, Catholics, and Presbyterians club their money, we are credibly informed, and buy pikes and guns, and lend each other moulds to run bullets. No wonder their leaders are alarmed. Belfast Vindicator. The French REPUBLic.--The London Times of April 28 says: - The-elections occupy the Paris papers of yesterday to the almost entire exclusion of all other topics. The results were becoming more and more apparent that MM. Lamartine, Dupont (de l'Eure,) Marrast, Arago, Gamier Pages, Mane, Bethmont, Cremieux, Carnot, Beranger, (the poet,) Bastide, Paguerre, and others of the Ministerial and Moderate party, would figure high in the list of the elected; while M M. Ledru Rollin, Flocon, Louis Blanc, Albert, and Caussidere would have little more than the majority, if, indeed, some of them did not absolutely fail. -During the many weeks of the agitation of the question, the party of order and moderation has been gaining strength until it has now reached the point at which the' best friends of the republic desired it should remain; it has produced a feeling of confidence, and a sense of security and of permanence, provided that the course which led to it be persevered in. ? The accounts from the departments thow that very many of the former Liberal deputies will be returned, with also several whose principles are notoriously not republican. The conduct of the Parisian natioual guard in coming out with such spirit and unanimity on Sunday, the 15th insl., in defence of the Provisional Government, seems to have secured to them the approbation of their cotemporaries in the provinces. The national guards of Avesne have sent an address to the Provisional Government, enclosing one for the national guards of the Seine, (Paris,) expressive of their admiration, and making to them a tender of their co-operation or assistance if required. . This feeling is, we are assured by letters from various parts of France, universal. The, French papers announce, that cash was begiuningto return into circulation, which they prove by the fact that the bank received in one day, all in silver 100,000 francs. . t The Minister of the United Slates in Paris, Mr. Richard Rush, waited on Wednesday on M. Lamartine' at the Hotel Da Ville, and formally recognized the Fjeuch Republic in the name of the American Union. The JUoniteur contains a most importaut decree of the Provisional Government, ordering, "because of the liability to cause uneasiness to the German States, and to commit the republic in war with its neighbors, the dissoi hit ion and dispersion ' of the Germans assembled on the eastern frontier of Frariee. This has excited considerable surpiise, 'aud is said o have reference. to an important negotiation which is on foot between the French repuolic and tne continental btates. it is said, that the - Provisional Government of France has opened a negotiation ' for a treaty offensive and defensive between the .French Republic, the Italian States, Switzerland," and the portion of Germany represented in the diet at Frankfort, and that the negotiations have proceeded so far thattbay are on the point of being concluded. The French army has been enormously increased since the revolution. It now comprises 537,000 men. . La Libertie contains the following particulars relative to a grand banquet to be given on the 4th of May; to the National Guards and the troops pf the line, in the Champs de Mars, "Covers are to be laid for 90,000 guests. A contract has been made by the Minister of the interior for 60,000 pound weights of ham. The guests are to be chosen from the National Guard, the army, and the National Guard (mobile.") Spain. The greatest indignation has been manifested by Gen. Narvaez, at the interfer euce of Mr. Bulwer, who at the instance of Lord PalniTstou, recommended moderation to the Spanish government in their demeanor towards the liberals, The feeling is carried to the utmost bound that even diplomatic civility allows; indeed Senor Isluritz has been instructed to apply to Lord Palmerston for the recall of Mr. Bulwer, the British Minister to the court of Spain. It is reported, oii the faith of a letter from Gerona, that the centalist chief Bellera, with Don Enrique, have entered Spain at the head of about 1,000 men. . Portugal. Advices fiom Lisbon to the 20th have bt!cn received. Portugal may now boast of her revolution, effected in the centre of the Chamber of Deputies by the concession made to the people of the right of eleeting the national representatives hy thedirect, or English nystem, instead of that of indirect elections, which appears to have been resorted to in this country, lor the express purpose of facilitating corruption and suffocating the "suffrages of the people. This virtual, revolution was effected on Monday by 61 votes against 30 . Italy. The official bulletin of Milau, of the 19th states that the Piedtnontese are actively engaged in fortifying all the most important points of the Mincio, from Goito; Valeggio, and Monzambano, to Peschiera. ' General Manno is before the latter place with his heavy artillejy ready to recommence the attack. The King's ' headquarters are still al . Volt.a Mantovano. i Charles Albert has ordered that the national naval flag shall in future be the Italian tricolor

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green, white and red, with the arms of Savoy in the centre; ships of war to have a crown over the armB. Advices from Milan of the 20th, quoted by the Gazetta . Piedtnontese, announce that a corpse of 24,000 men, composed of Pontificial Tuscan, and Neapolitan troops, are on their march to join the Piedinontese army; and that a part of them had already effected their junction. 400 pontificial troops were expected at

Fadua on the lath. The Augburg Gazette, ot the 23d, states that the army of the Isonzo has begun itg oper ations. Ihe insurgents attacked an advanced post near Visco, and killed eight rpen. The Austrians marched upon that place, and, after an obstinate resistance, remained masters of the field, - - Radetski, it issaid offers battle under the wall? of Verona, with a force nearly : equal in number to that of the Piedmontese, Milan was perfectly tranquil, the public spirit Still unabated, though some murmurs were heard against the dilatory proceedings of the Sardinian army. . A despatch arrived at Milan on the 20th, from the headquarters of the Piedmontese army, bringing the news of an attack, directed by the King of Sardinia in person, against the Austrians stationed in the neighborhood of Mantua. The Duke of Savoy (the heir apparent to the Sardinian throne) was also present at this affair. After a very warm engagement, and in which the Piedmont troops displayed the greatest courage arid bravery, the Austrians were obliged to retire, and shut themselves up in the fortress. An engagement has likewise taken place between the Italian corps of General Zucchi.and the Austrians at Visco, a village situated on the frontiers of Ulyria. The contest lasted four hours, but ultimately, though not without great difficulty, the Italians succeeded in gaining possession of the village. ' . The Milan Gazette, of the 21st inst.eontains the following: "The entireof SouihTn Tyrol has declared in favor of the good cause, with the exception only of the Valley of Adige; which is kept in awe by the presence of the Austrian troops concentrated at Trentum. Mojor Trolli, of the Piedmontese army was taken prisoner in a sortie effected by the Austrian garrison at Peschiera. The Piedmontese forces occupy the most advantageous positions near Verona. - The heavy artillery has arrived. Two envoys from Parma came to offer King Charles Albert the co-operation of their troops, whichheaccepted. Gen. Durando with the pon tificial division was to blockade the fortress of Ferrara." Much anxiety is expressed in all the letters mr V I o fft wt f rrtrn ' AlAftVtarn T t ol tr racnairl fl ft the result of the contest now goingon in Lombardy. The issue of the contest depends mainly on King Charles Albert. Without the Sardinian army, the Austrians under Radetsky, reinforced as they speedily must be by the troops marching from the north and by those already in the Frioul.-would be, ere long, again at the gales of Milan. ; : . - It is announced officially that Charles Al bert, having ascertained that intrigues were on foot to induce the Lombards lo foilow the example of the Venetians, and : to proclaim a Republic: has given notice to the Provisional Government at Milan that he requires them immediately to establish definitively the lorm of government of the Lombard -States, br he will withdraw his army. The cause of this measure on the part of the King of Sardinia is easily explained. A republican party has been formed at Milan, and is collecting round it nu merous partisans. Ihe object ot this party is not liberty to Lombardy. Its speculations extend over the. whole Ital ian peninsula, aud its project is nothing less than to constitute a great Italian: republic, comprising JNaples, Rome, Tuscany, Venice, Milan and Genoa. . ; The city of Brescia has declared for the con stitution of a "Kingdom or Upper Italv. Letters from Botzen state that Gen. Radetsky has undertaken a survey of the whole line from Verona to Mantua, and is strengthening his position; the reinforcements from Austria have left Isonzo, and are in full march through the Venetian territory to Verona. Tuscany A Battalion for Poland.- The Alba, of Florence, of the 17th inst., announces the arrival there of the Polish poet Mikiewitz, at the head of a Polish battalion coming from Rome on their way lo the seat of war. They bear the Papal banner conjointly with the Pol ish one, which has received the august blessing of the Pontiff. . Switzebi.ano New Attitude of the Catholic Church. The Swiss Directory has just recived a communication from the Apostolical Nuncio accredited to the Confederation, declaratory of the intention of the Holy bee to aid by every means in its power the social reforms now in progress not only in Switzerland but throughout the world. The advance in civilization, it says, has called for a corresponding change in the views of the church, which, though infallible in points of doctrine, deems it proper to consent to alterations in rules of worldly conduct to suit the present times. It' then proposes the bases cf a general arrangement between the Holy See and the Confederation on matters which have of late come under discussion. ' Kin to Italy, In the secret sitting of the Swiss Diet of the 14th inst. the question was discussed whether the demand of Sardinia, that Switzerland should advance 30,000 men into Lombardy, and a reserve of 20,000 to the frontier, should be complied with. Aftera somewhat stormy discussion the Diet referred, the mattar to a committee, which was to present its report on the 17th. A negative answer will in all probability be given and" be approved by the Diet. . No great sympathy is felt in Switzerland for the King of Sardinia, and though it was easy to raise 100,000 men against theSonderbund, it will be difficult to raise 30,OOO.ina foreign war. , " , It is said that 12,000 Swiss corpsfrancs, under Gen. Dufour, are on the point of entering from the Voralberg. : ' Rome Popular Disturbances, The Epoca of Rome, of the 13th, after announcing the disturbances that look place there on the. 1 1th, adds that the civic guards made several arrests on the occasion. All the rioters seized had arms and money in abundance. The following day precautionary measures were taken -to secure public tranquility, but the disturbances recommenced; persons were attacked in the streets and their purses taken. ' Cries of bread!" assailed the bakers' shops, and when bread was offered to the crowd they demanded money instead. The energy of the Minister of Police and the excellent conduct of the civic ' guard soon put an : end to the - disorder. The whole affair is attributed to foreign, intrigue, ' ' Turkey Trouble Preparing. Advices from Constantinople to the 5th of April, say that the spirit of revolution which prevails in Europe is plainly manifest. . , There was a report of a conspiracy against the ministry and the reforms which they intended to introduce, especially the improvements in the popular instruction. ' The Government however.receivedinielligenceof these intrigues and it is generally asserted that several Ulemas have been behpaded. Our guards in the city and the suburbs have been very considerably reinforced, and strong patrols go through the city day and night. These precautionary measures may, however, have been induced by a distrust of the. Greek inhabitants. They are at work day and night in the arsenal. Troops have been sent to Nissa, in Servia. Whether a revolution is really impending there, or whether these precautions are merely induced by Rua sian inuendos, is dubious, ; The cholen is very much on the increase, especially in Kadikoi, (Chalcedon.)'andit will probahly.be very greatly increased as soon &3 the heat of summer,

which usually sets in very suddenly here, com- j mences. Holland The New Constitution. The following are the principal articles of the constitution recently given to the people of Holland In order to enjoy political and other civic rights, the party must be a native of Holland. Every Dutchman is equally admissable to the functions of the State. Foreigners cannot be admitted to thern in virtue of regulations prescribed by the law. The law determines the quality ofa Dutch citizen. A foreigners cannot obtain naturilization but in virtue of a law. No preliminary authorization is requisite for the expression of opinions through the medium of the press. Every inhabitant has a right to address written petitions to the competent authorities, provided he makes it in individually and collectively, which is only permitted to bodies legally constituted and recognized as such, and only for objects which enter into their especial attributions. The right of meeting of the inhabitants is admitted; this right is subject to no other condiiion of law than that claimed for the maiiitenanclof public order. The civil list is fixed at one million of florins. The King, the princes, and princesses are exempt from any personal tax; but they enjoy no exemption with regard to the - other taxes.The revenue of the Queen Dowagen is fixed at 150,000 florins, that of the Prince Royal at 100,000 florins, and at 200,000 florins when the prince shall be married. The King attains his majority at 18. During the minority -the Government shall be exercised by a regent. The powers of the King are, with very few exceptions, the samr as those conferred on the crown of France by the charter of 1830. Sicily. Disposition of the King of . Naples from the Throne of Sicily. The Lega of Paler

mo, of the lath inst, contains the following:. "The Sicilian House of Commons met on the 13th. At the opening of the sitting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs declared that Sicily was desirous to join the Italian League, and trusted that she would be able to defeat the intrgues of the King of Naples. M. Paternostrb observed that Sicily was bound to shake off her tviug, and proposed accordingly to decree on that very day that Ferdinand of Bourbon and his dynasty had forfeited the throne of Sicily: The adoption of the decrees was then carried amidst the most enthusiastic applause." Ihe decree was as follows: ; . .-.' "The Parliament declares I. Eerdinand Bourbon and his dynasty are forever fallen from the thione of Sicily. 2. Sicily shall govern herself constitutionally and call to the throne an Italian prince, as soon as she shall have reformed her statute.' The town wes to be illuminated the three nights following. On the 14th all the bronze statues of the house of Bourbon were thrown down, beginning with that of Phillip V. That of Charles J I alone was spared, because he was a just and beneficent prince. Those statues were to be. cast into cannon. By advices from Palermo to the 17th inst., being four days subsequent to the Parliamentary decree, we obtain the important intelligence that ambassadors or commissioners from the Government ol Sicily may be expected in London in the course ofa few days, one of the first acts of the Parliament, after proclaiming total independence, having been lo despatch representatives to foreign, powers to announce the new order of affairs, and to negotiate for the interests of the country. The parlies selectedfor the respective mission had already departed by the Sicilian steamer Palermo di rect for Civita Vecchia, At these dates the greatest : anxiety prevailed -to learn the effect which would be produced at Naples, and also. throughout Europe, by the bold plunge which had been taken. The Hamburg Borsenhalle of the 2tth, da ted one o'clock p, m., says: A letter frojri Rendsburg of this morniug, the 24th, says: "cschleswig was taken by the rrussians yester day. The. fortress of Gottorf wa's'stiil in the hands of the Danes during the niftht. ' Two di visions of the . Danes, together with several dragoons, are said to have gone over to the Prussians. ' Rendsbueg, April 23. -Last night the re port was circulated' here, though it is in all probability unfounded, of the death of King Frederick Vll. Hamburg, April 25. The account of the attack on the Danes forwarded yesterday, is de tailed in the following extracts from our local newspapers, as no reports from the command ers, beyond a short one from Gen.: VV ranged, the Prussian commander, has been made pub lie, of which the following is a translation: ; : ' Headquarters, Schleswig, April 23, 1S48, II P. M. . After an obstitate contest of several hours, 1 have the gratifying information to convey to you that the Danes have been driven back, and that the castle of Gottorf Schleswig is in our hands. - ' ; ,; ' ' - -The attack isazain renewed by the left win and a part of our forces have advanced towards J? lensDurgh. At halt past seven in the evening the combat was at at end. w (Signed) . V. VVRANGEL, Prussian General of Cavalry. Aosteia. It id understood that an arrangement has been elfected between the Government and the National Bank, according to which the former are to issue exchequer bills to the imount ot Ju,uoo,000 ot norms, which will De received at their tun value, both at the various Government officers and at the i!,ink. A portion of. the State propeity is to be as signed to the bank as security. Much excitement has been caused in Hungary by reports that fresh bodies of Hungarian troops would be marched into Italy. A regiment of hussars, which was to have marched from festh on the 10th instant, was stopped by the people. Polish and Italian delegates nave been received with nreat enthusiasm at Pesih, and the Hungarian ministry had been petition ed to recall all Hungarian troops troin Italy and Ga'licia.- - : . v . . j Russia. The Deuttche Zeitung contains tho fol lowing tetter irom jonanmsoers, in JMst rrusHUi, re specting the Russian armament: "Our intelligence from Warsaw begins to be more rare. Russia, how ever, appears to be arming with treat secrecy. It is said thai 2tX),000 regular troops have aiready lined the whole of the western provinces of Poscn." Another correspondent from Tilsit says there are about four times as many soldiers on the Russian side as formerly. AU the horses are beincr brought .. .. .1 .:iT i l . . iijc at xLntzty quarters, lor large armies nave ueeu uioviueu at aownaw ana .uanapoi; tno6e who were on furlough alter 23 years' service hava been recalled. iSeverul nobles in Wilna have been hanged, and several others have been obliged to run the gauntlet. At Kiew above 100 students are sail ta have been hanged. ' Letters from cit. Petersburg, of tha 11th, state that the last accounts from Circassia represented that the Russian troops bad gained some further advantages. From India asdChiiSa The overland mad brought intelligence from Bombay to the 13th, and from Calcutta to the 7th of March. The news i of no general interest. Loss of the Gejterai. Wood Convict shi? Massacree of the Chew. We had occasioned recently to state the great apprehensions entertained lor the safety of this vessel, which sailed on the 2d of January from Singapore to Peaang, w.itb. passengers and a great number of convicts on board. ..By a letter recieved from one of the passengers, Lieut. Seymour, it now appears that, on the day after sailing, the convicts broke loose, and arming themselves, commenced the attack. ' Thft Lascar crew ran op into the rigging to save their lives, and the few- Europeans who attempted to do their duty were overpowered and thrown into the water.: A nwngst these were the captain and Mr. Giil, the third mate, whose gallantry' was worthy ofa nobler field ana a better fate. ' The crew wera all, or nearly all, murdered or drowned. The lives ot the pa3senger3 were spared The convicts navigated ihe vessel until the 20th of January, when they came in sight of tho Great JS'atunas, and on the following morning they ran her on a rock near Pulo Salaout, on the isiancf Bungarow. They left about thirty Lascars, twenty convicts, and those of the crew w ho had not been previously massacred, on board the j-eose, which shortly afterwards went down in deep water, and took to the boats, the fiassengera being with them. . They reached the Is and at sunset, where they were well received by the Malays, who afforded thorn assistance and proposed to send them to the Rajah. .This, however, wus objected to by the convicts. In the meantime,, tha pasAngers having acquainted the Malays with tho real character oi in parties, liie Malays took part with: the passengers, and sucWddd ia rescuing them from tha ccavicts. ' The convicto then took, to their1 boats, leavkg about twenty of their number behind, who have boea made prisoners. - . -.t-.-. .... , K. ,

. fJC2May the 5th the following resolutions were introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr. H. Steward, of Pa. They were

so drawn up as to embody the important principles advanced by Gen. Taylor in his recent letter to Capt. Allison. As the locofocoa ob- ., ... i . ,1 jectea to tceir introduction, iney were iaia over under the rules. When in order, it is Mr. Steward's intention to-call them up and have a vote taken npon thern: ' 1. Resolved, That "the power .given by' the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto, is a high conservative power, which should never be exercised except in cases of clear violation of the Constitution or manifest haste or want of consideration by Congress." 2. Resolved, That "the personal opinions of the individual who may happen to occupy the Executive chair,, ought not, to control the action of Congress upon questions of domestic policy, nor ought his objections to be interposed w here questions of Constitutional power have been settled by the various departments of government,. aud acquiesced in by the people." 3. Resolved, That "upon the subjects of the tariff, the currency, the improvement of our great highways, rivers, lakes and harbors, the ill of the people as expressed through'their representatives in Congress, ought to be respected and carried out by the Executive." 4. Resolved, That "war, at all times and under all circumstances,s a national calamity, to be avoided if compatible with national honor; that the principles of our government, as well as its true policy, are opposed to the sub jugation of other nations, and the dismember ment ot other countries by coiquest, lor, in the language of the great Washington, 'why should we quit out own to stand on foreign soil?'" " Steele's Letter 'eefobe his attempt to commit , Suicide. The following is a letter written by Mr. Steele, the Irish Patriot to one of his most intimate friends, prior to his attempt at suicide: ;.':.,. "Wednesday, April 10, 1813. .'- "My dear , you will, 1 well know read this letter of jour old friend with deep pain. But when you contemplate the dreary and heart-breaking present aspect of Ireland; and contrast it with what it was in its majestic; peaceful movement, under the sublime and benign morel sway of my ever deplored friend and leader, august O'Connell, yoircannot be' surprised that, with a complication of private ills upon me at the same time, the ties of life; are with me dissevered, and in disruption forever. " : . " The highest aspirations of my nature were that I should beO ConnelTs principal instrument of peace, his "Head Pacificator of Ire-, land," in his efforts for the peaceful, bloodless regeneration of his own country, and for setting an example to other realms, as was nobly proved in England by Richard Cobden and his league, how revolutions may be achieved by the consolidated organization of public opinion and with the.pollulion of carnage, bloodshed and convulsion. , . Before yoa will receive this to-morrow, I will have ceased to live. 'I am quite weary of existence. Of course, as a matter of manly, firmness, in private society, I deport myself as if I were without care. 1 shalt manage the matter in such a way that there shall . be no cause for the ceremonial of. a coroner's inqueht and post mortem examination. When a thing of this kind must be done, the more quietly, and less theatrical it is done the better. Iam, with most grateful feelings for all jour kindness to me for so i many years, as a ' privatefriend and public journalist, my dear Affectionately yours Farewell 'for ever! t TiiOjjas Steele. ' ' Clapping. An eccentric preacher in. theWest concludes an impressive charity , sermon in the following language: . .. ; . . My dear brethren, it has been the usual fash--ion for an audience to testify their approbation of that which has been said by the clapping of hands, but I recommend for your adoption a new method of clapping, less : tumultuous and. much more 'jpleas'uig: When you leave this building, clap yom hands into your breeches pockets, and drawing them out again, clap your money into the box which is at the door to receive it, and may the Lord give it its blessIt is stated that the address had the desired effect and the audience having done the needful jis requested, clapped their hats upon their heads, and started for their homo much edifieiwith the discourse.: . -. . fX5"The Indianapolis Slate Journal publishes the following correspondence: ; Ikdiakapolis, May 7, 1813. Dear Sir: : Your name will be presented to the consideration of the Whig National Convention for its nomination as the Whig can- 1 didate for the Presidency.. It has been recently , intimated, in some of the public papers, that., such mode of selecting a candidate does not meet your views, and that you do not fully ac-' cord in sentiment with the Whig party. If not inconsistent with the course which you -have determined to pursue in relation to the. Presidency, I would be pleasod to have au art-' swer for publication.. .; - , Yours, respectfully, . - ' , - JOHN D. DEFREES.. , u Hoar. Johs McLean", Cincinnati, Ohio. ' CiircisrsATi, May 10, 1843. My Dear Sir: In answer to your favor received this day I have to remark, that the" nomination ofa candidate for the Presidency, Whigs in 1840, as a substitute for the Congress ' caucus, which, up to 1823, was the mode of designating the candidate. , .- - A convention nominated the Whig candid- , ate in 1844; and on the 7th of June next it will perform the same office. Of course everv per- 5 son whose name is brought before a Whig con-' vention as a candidate for the Presidency, with-, out any 'reservation on his part, is bound by 1 its decision. I should consider it an imputation against my honor, to sutler my name to " go before the convention as a Whig, without : restriction, if 1 did not coincide cordially and fully with the professed principlesof the Whig party. Very truly yours, - - JOHN McLEAN." f John D.Defrees, Esq., Indianapolis, la. : : ' Mexican Idol. There is now in the Cus-torn-house of this city, just arrived from Vera Cruz, a curious Mexican idol or perhaps the effigy of one of the priestesses who formerly ' served in the Temple of the Sun, the flaming God of the ancient Aztec worship. It represents a woman, in rough ston, and arrayed in r singular habiliments. It is about 4J feet high. ' Some fancy ihat it is the statue of the wife of Mango Capac, the founder of the Mexican nation. We hear that it is a present to the city, from a distinguished U, S. Naval officer, now serving on the coast cf Mexico. A". O. Com. Times, llth. ; ' iii (T3At a Palo Alto celebration in Philadel- " phia, the name of Cassias M. Clay was hissed, ' on the announcement of a letter front him,.- , o -o v t the wharf had his l?g broken yesterday mora- 'r ing, by' the caving iu of the bisk. , -