The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1848, Page 1

NO. 5198. "HB CLOsix G DETAILS ; or THE EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE RECEIVED BY THE STEAMER CAMBRIA LAST WEEK, Our Paris Correspondence, Paris, Aug. 1, 1848. Drovyht Italy and bis own kingdem now into immi nent danger. It would be but just to him, that he should lors all he has won. and his own kingdom bi sides; for be bas shows himself wiling to Of Italy, for the sake of securing the rest of Upper italy to himself, free from dett that be would not agree to pay. ‘And Venice h no option left, ut to full iuto the power of Austria or to throw her- self into the arms of Charles Albert, she has chosen the latter. to which the treachery of this Bourbon king has reduced her. Perhaps the Itali be victorious, and relieve France from the p whioh a failure would place her. L late address before the Committee of | it for three months, or six mouths, deviived of ths Constitution, T will say to you—you shall not drag | this vote from my breast until your balls shall have , pierced it.” Our contemporary adds ;— “When these souvenira are Fo recent, when they still vibrate in the beart of the country you dare, div- | owning yourrelves to cact blame and insult on the goverpment apd the men whom you illustrated a month ago, by the homage of the gratitude of thy country, and from the hands of whom you receive the Republic free. pure from all violence, conquered by the pecple and blessed of God! Ah! it is not only ingratitude—itis madness! c It is rather a remarkable coincidence, if merel m.n Con mercial League, wiich tormed uo whatever of the original compact, and by which the Gein-ans now hope to extend their frontier to the Meuse. In this decision Holland will, of cowse, be upheld by the other high contracting parties to the treaties for the separation of Bel- , gum. 5 Whatever may be thought in Germany of the | Merits of this question, it 1s. an inconceivable act | of imprudence on the part of the National assem- | bly at Frankfort to agitate it at this moment. To yut forward fresh claims to territories on the left bauk of the Rhine, isto invite France to do the Livi, aug day Joss. Troy and the Trojans. Troy is im comiplete possession of the Trojans, This hae been a great day for Troy, and for the hero of the Trojans, brave us the warlike Hector of the Iliad, and mote than a match for Achilles, the barbarian. We had a fine run up Hudson's Inlet to-day, in the superior stenmer Alid. steam engine of the Captain Kidd humbug has Sorry to see that the | 4 Hem Gesiuny should be everywhere go indus trious and tidy, it would be well if we could count | them by thousands here in this country. Tt con- tains a large ladies seminary and a boarding school for boys; and there are about 130 young ladies and boys here. The whole arrangement shows order where leaming 18 combined with healthfal exerei:e, A large hotel is now in progress of | building; this is the more necessary, a3 every year More visiters come to this place to sojourn here the summer months; itis also celebrated for | beauttul spring, whieh large eno to furnish | a whole city with water; it is about three hundred 4 ‘ a3 Frencl | d to hiss the experiment in whieh it was | yard. he village; the H a comcidence, thaton the same day on which | sme; and although the French covernment has | cease: pe " as | yards nthe villog water bubbles out of French Fleet and Army im the Adriatw—The De- Fema war oder nett. 1A EES thidalencout Me. de Lamarans ant the Pricr, | hithehocesuttatete: in territorial arrangements | engaged so long and go auspiciously. What egre- | the earth as thick as the size of a man, and. with mand of the Pope upon wien 4a are Of | Tal COnines was: ReRMEGAda csoiims eaalaa a ceaae Ley Government appears Wy fe Bren Public founded ge edisasies of TT gious etupi ity, to stop the work just as they were much 4, foroe thas Mt will seam, back @ ind England—Circwar of Russia to Pru- Italiavs.the French -Ke.. ail which lookastrongly | the Democratie Pacifique, which is the organ of | Wo regard ar binding, it probably would deaire no- . * y ne wh into it; it is lime stone pares een ne ‘ towards coming to the td of the Italinua, im once ot the sect of social ree which M. Victor Consi- thing better than a pretext for a modification of | Within reach of thirteen hundred ingots of silver | water of the purest kind, and deliciously Notwithstanding the guarded manner in which the government attempts to keep its own secrets, it is believed that instructions have been given to the French navy and army to send an expedition anto the Adriatic Sen, and upon the request of the Pope of Rome to this effect. Thatt.e Pope has brought his mind to make war on Austria, there seems to be little doubt ; and it 1s said that dus despatches, of the nature referred to, have been received, and responded to, by the govern- | ment of France. There is also another strange | reason, and that 1s, that England and France are now upon such good terms as to have entered into | an arsangement, by which they are to insist upon Austriw’s discontinuing the war in Ttaly ; and that | this demand is to be sustained by the fleets of | both nations. This presents an entire new view | of the subject, and a much more favorable one | than any other that has been sugye-ted, tor Austria would listen—gladly listen, undoubtedly—tor the | Archduke John isnot tyrant, like Metternich, | would, doubtless, be’ glad of a fair opportu- nity to withdraw from a war which 13 80 contrary to the present sentiment of Europe, and ot the feeling which has given existence to the empire ot which he isthe chiet. At the same time, it | would leave him more jeisure und means to ar- range the “serious difficulties that are rending asunder Austria herselt The Court of Russia has just addressed an impeitant circular to its agents in Germany ; am which, after reviewing its friendly policy | towards Germany for the last 40 years, and | the recent causes of complaint which it has against Gem any, declares that its armament iy solely tor the purpose of defence—that it bas no idea of in- vading Germany, wnd never has had—that all the allegations of the Ge:man press, public bodies, cecrcerabars) to that etlect, aie wholly untrue, and that it 18 to undeceive the well-intended spints, this declnration 1s made—that in the midst of the present convu'sious of Europe, Russia feels the necessity of being pr pared; but that so long as she as not disturbed, nor the old arrangements dis- turbec, to her detriment, she wall remain on'y up- on the defensive—thet the disposition of tae Em- peror is peaceable, and but for that he had ample Justification for a war against Germany, in four distii ct particulars, whi h the circular points out— and that his agents are instructed to lay a copy therevi before each of the German courts. The circular adds, that although the Emperor has not much faith in the new experiments of western Europe, he has no disposition to interfere with them as long as they ate not attempted to be im- posed upon him, ond are limited to other nations an Russia. The document is both dignified and pacifi¢ as to western Europe. He says no- thing of his{intentions in the Kast, nor does he give ony pledge beyond western Europe. The armistice between Prussia and Denmark has been definitely ruptured, and yet, I believe, there are to be some further uttempts to form a new one; but this ditficnlty seems to be a most ob- Stipate one. While the question pending is not very important, both parties appeer to want to set- tle it in the field, and 1 am inclined to think it will be settled there, at ‘least some further prelimi- naries of it. OnseRver. Panis, August 2, 1848. Later News from Italy—Less Favorable—Thuee Days’ Fighting—Condition of Austria. The victory reported by the Italians, turns out ‘to be rather a defeat. There has been hard fight- ang for three days, and the Italians «ppear to have behaved bravely ; but the Austrians were in force beyond their expectations, and soon forced the Italians from their positions, and relieved Verona and Mantua, and forced the Italians first back to Villafranca, and thence to Gioto. The prestige and mcrale of the issue appear, I think, to be with the Austrians. An Austrian despatch claims a complete victory, and says their left wing has ad- vanced to Cremona, and retaken Rivoll. The Austrians were evidently in possession of the fright‘bank of the Mincio, and are acting upon the oflensive. While this success 18 attending the Austrian arms upon the field of battle, their affairs | at home are vastly improved. The election of | the Archduke John to the head of the German Empire, connected with his appointment of Lieu- tenant General of Austria, has given a great im- necestity. The French may, and probably will, distia- guish between the king and the peoata end if they ge into Italy. the kingdom of Charles Albert may have | oplya momentary existence followed by a republic. France will not figbt to build up@ mouareby for a Bourbon, aa their next neighbor, because they now have no more confidence in Charles Albert than in Louis Philippe OBSERVER. Panis, July 16, 1848. The Minister of Finance and the Railroads. The Minister of Finance has notified the As- sembly that the government will not seize upon either the railroads or the insurance companies; and, therefore, those agitating questions are defi- nitely settled, and, in my opinion, settled as they should be. The grounds assumed for seizing them were, first, to give employment to workmen; second, to obtain additional means to replenish the treasury; and third, beeause the companies were not able to continue their existence and their opera- tions. Tho companies resisted this appropriation, and denied the least obligation. As tolabor, it would have farnished but little additional; and would have given very little employment, if it had any; so those who are now idle, for two reasons, first, because most of those who are idle are so from choice; and secondly, those who are not, could not have been employed upon the railroads; they are not capable; and men in this country have never been but one thing—they are like piceen of machinery in this respect; there are no Jack-at-all-trades bere. The treasury would not have been benefitted, for this simple reason, that they would have cot the State more than the amount of their income; and in the third place, my impression is, that the companies are quite ax likely to complete themas would be the government in its present infant state. France hus enough for the government to attend to, without making and running railroads No man, who has not sen with his own eyes, oan be made to believe the difference which exists in the ca- pacity of the French and the American people, to ac- complish. There is no estimating the difference, but I consider it half, perbaps more. It appears in ail conditions of Their system is to make men oper ate like machinery. turn in the same oircle a whole life; and everything bas to go through so mauy hands, fellow just such # trade, and take so mueh time; and becaute their fathers did so. the sons must follow the example. I give you an example—A customer enters the shop to purcbare the value of a franc; one clerk takes him a long distance to the place of the article, there he finds another bebixd the counter; the first waits perhaps till the customer is suited, to take him back again; if not, when the purcbase is made, the clerk bebind the counter attends him back to the place of payment. and then mentions te the aceountress (u woman’ generally) each item sold and the price, which she enters down at full leogth upon her jour. nal, and adds up the awount, the clerk waiting ail the time; and if the customer has purchased of different clerks in the different parts of the ytoro, two. three. or four clerks. return with the customer, aud each waite for his turn to give the lady an account of his enles, One of our clerks, under our eystem, will per- form the labor of three, | think, under tne system here. I can look out of one of my back windows and see the yard where the horses of the Duchess d'Or- leans that was, aro now kept by the government; there are about twenty. and each horse bas 4 servaut; and there are three or four overseors besides, who con- fine themselves to that busivess exclusively.” A house and furniture for all their servants and their families are provided by the State. And that of the la- boring men, oxcept when they build barricades, is much upon the same system. Consult cur people who have been in Mexico, as tthe capacity of the Mexicans and our people toaccomplish, The diffe: ence is not so great between Frenchmen and Amer- icans as between Spaniards and Americans. In old countries, with an overflowing population, old «ya teme and old ideas oxist; aud thero is a great want of enterprise, OBSERVER, The Defence of M. de Lumartine and the Pro- vist C pani's Messenger, July 81] The Bren Public, which, as our readers know, has the reputation of being the organ of M. de La- maitine, devotes the greater part of a page of its number of this day to a detence of that geutleman and the Provisions! Goverument. The article is founded on some remarks made by members of the National Assembly, and contains a geueral charge of ingratitude against that body and against the public at large. The Bren Public says :— e have already given expreseion to the 8id- ness of our impression from the sitting of the Na- tional ‘Assembly on Saturday. — It was only an im- pression, We must to-day state the real serious cauee of our sadnees—it is resumed m one word— Ingratitude! There was ingratitude, in fact, in being 80 economical of money toa corps which had been so prodigal of its blood. ‘There was in- pulse to Austrian power, and done much towards strengthening the government, and arriving at ad- hesion and character at home and akroad. The difficulty with Hungary appears to be in @ train of adjustment, and to have so far succeeded that | ‘Hungary has raised a large army to be sent into | Italy; “it was in preparation for marching atthe latestdates, and ere this is undoubtedly upon the In connection with this Austrian ‘movement, | i | three months devoted its breast, 118 Iie, gratitude in accusing the Provisional Government of irregularity in the creation of the Garde Mobile, when the irregularity was only an inspiration of patriotism which saved the country. There was ingratitude also in the words of M. Lacross, w! declared that he could only approve one single act of the Provisional Government, which during its popu- lanty to fillthe gulf opened by a revolution under the feet of society. There wasingratitude, finally, in the odtous accusation of which M. de Lasteyrie and the divisions among the Italian councils, and at Rome, and the treachery of the King of Naples, and the indo- | lence, or incapacity, or treachery, of Charles Al- | ert—under there circumstances, the face of | Italian affairs wears a sombre aspect at this mo- | ment. The Bourse at Paris was seriously affected | dy the news of yesterday; stocks tell very much; cand little business was done. The speculators | anticipated that the cause of the Italians was get- ‘ting to be extremely critical, if not desperat id. that it would involve Frauce, injure the election of | the Archduke John to the head of the German empire, if the empire succeeds in sustaining the powers which itclaime, aud of commanding the armies of the several States, as giving Austria a controiling influence in the affairs of Germany, and « very powertul influence in those of Europe; and very fikely jt will enable her to adjust and to control the difficulties, by negotiation and force, in the interior of her owndomimons. This State, recently so divided and so powerless, muy yet become a mighty power, by the strength which she will xbsorb trom the other Germanic States, throvgh the influence of the head of that empi ‘This would be an unforeseen event to Europe; and should Austria thus be euubled to bring the power -of Germany into the Italian war, even France will find a competitor, upon the Adige, Po and Mincio, worthy of her gallantry, and her glory. may be the mutations in political affairs. Onserver. Parts, July 17, 1848. Election of the Archduke John—Its Consequences— France, Italy and Germany. The Frankfort Assembly have made the Arch- duke John comprehend, that the two offices of Vi- carot the German Empire and Lieutenant of the Emperor of Austria, are incempatible, and they have drawn from him a warm declaration of direction to the empire, and a renunctation of the agency with which the Emperor of Austria clothed him, This sustains the views which I have presented, that the empire is to command, if it has any power, und the States are to obey, In other words, there is to be reserved to the thirty-soven German States just so much power as the German Empire does not arrogate to itself. or render incompatible by” its organio laws, or its acts, passed in pursuance of these laws. How long then will the question of pence with Italy, by permitted to rest in the hands of Se rood as a constitution tn formed, if aot be ferred to Frankfort, and, of course, tnken from Vienna, France bes laid dowu two important principler— Peace with Germany under all circumstances; and Ke- oond, an eapoural of the caure of Italy against Austria, whenever tho former needs it. to procure her indepen- denoe, Now, if the German Empire adopt and prose oute this war ayainst Itniy. all t tates bee come involved in it, It may pr of Austria, or of the Confederation pot yet atreasury, | belies, por an nrmy treatury and the armies of the several States ever re solved tobe at her dirposal And then France. if she takes sides with Italy, will be in dirves confi Any. She will be obliged to chore betwoen her ¢ Wilh Germany nud bei sbsndon After the gourse which Clarion Albert h and the étrong mn i whieh the fete France har been rej ed by Italy 1 cannot think that there will be ee rwol of that ferwr heat to ad Ttaly, as existed fmmedietel » shdoutlon of Lovie Philippe Pray Charles Albert, for hots n Lo pelfishners aud treachery adjustment of that question must be trans. did not fear to make himself the echo, and which imputed epoliation to. men who had sufficient power, sufficient genius, sufficient devotedness to protect every mght, to restrain the bad passions which raged in, the streets, and to remit to the hands of the nation the republic pure of the shed- ding of human blocd and of attempts against per- sons and proverty. Yer, this is ingratitude, or we ie know not what the word means. Aad itisnotonly ingratitude of the mind—i is ingratitude of the heart. If the National Assembly, which Tepresents at the same time the intelligence and the heast of France, and tor which we have such a profound veneration, should give way to wretched malice, and inscribe ingratitude on the tables of the law, after havingtherein inscribed gratitude, by | that the provisional government hai merited well of the country, it would lessen itself, would Jose its prestige nnd its power, and wonld make itself little xs « party, instead of being great asthe people. What was then the solemn unani- mous vote by which the National Aseembly, in- augurating its labors, declared with one voice and heart that the provisional governmeot had merit- ed well of the country? Ah! it was because then the i et sentiment had not been changed—it issved strong and fawertyl trom amidat the people, as the elemento life, ot new society, A'l France had their eyes fixed on the Hotel de Ville—she clapped her hands at the intrepidity of M. de La- Muttine, standing wlone on a balcony in presence of un army of bayonets, and with a gesture and a word putting down the red flag ; she received | with gratitude the decree fer the abolition of the penalty of death, as a pledge of alliance between democracy and the Gospel; she admired and sign- ed with both hand the Manifesto to Europe, which kept trom usthe disasters of war by secunog us the allance of nations, by the propagation | f pa- cific ideas; she applauded the formation of the Garde Mobile, recruited with children, who were 80 soon to become heroes; she reoeived every da duningtwo months as a good and a hope the words whieh tell from the lips of him who, alter having been the titune of the struggles of democracy, seemed destined, by the choice of God and the | people, to become the legislator and the philoso- her of it; the hadin a word accepted the repub- lic suchas ithad just appesred, not asa fury bat as an idea, the republic of stateamen, not of terro- Tits, the republic of conciliation, and not the re- ublicof exclusion, Such waa the sentiment of france uuder the provisional government now 80 ul-rented. This sentiment displayed itself on the day of the elections by 2,000,000 votes given to M de Lomaitine, by the nomination of »}! the mem- bers of the provisional government at Pas, even by those whose opinions and personal acts had cnuced ‘be reprebation of the county — But even for them it seemedthat France, in granting them enampecty, thus manitested its wil not to brewk up the glorious bedy which during three months had been the buekler of society, The remem- brance of the crrewlare wed the speeches of the Luxembourg was eflaced in the gratitude due to thore who founded the republic and saved France irom anarchy ” The deen Puotic th » recalls to mind the inva- gion of the Letei de Ville on the Bibot April by @f ImMenee body of workmen, whose delegates ded the portpenctnent of the eleetoas for nd the addrevs te thea which he seid. Ht you nder the 1afluence of ersda loa of the ene ic is net Paris, to declare pal Aswembiy, Lov Ww e the mrset 4 bowever, the coneludin, derant 18 the chiel, chould also devote a page to an apology for the same parties which here and there take all the character of a labored defence, Alter the Jong extract that we have given from the Bien Public, itcannot be expected that we should take a great deal from the Democratre. We give, passages :— de Lamartine determined to remain the man of the Revolution of February; he nobly sacrificed himself to the cause of conciliation and thove arrangements justified by an encroachment cr advance on the part of Germany. An armed demonsts: ton on the Meuse would, therefore, be viewed with great suspicion by Belgium, and pro- bably met by some counter-demonstration by Fiance. If, theretore, the German Ministers and the Frankfort Assembly should be so ill-ad- Vired sto a 2 this controversy to a dowanght quarrel, 1t would complete the circle of their ad- Versaries and embroil them simultaneously with Fate peace, Aa ¢ accomplished this sacrifice. tribune on the 10th May, to declare that he would net enter the Executive Committee it M. Ledru Rolliu were set aside, M. de Lamartine aaid to one | de Lamartine in the fourth rank of the Executive Committee, and since that day he has been the object of the attacks of the party, which boasted of having given him a lesson—of ingratitude, no doubt. He wes reproached for his relations with honest Caussidiere, and with all the men of the barricades ; it being forgotten what burnin, Men's 1t was necessary to employ to establish any organization whatever after February; and the programme imposed by events—establish order out of disorder—was incriminated. Still the Provi- sional Government—insufficient in many respects —had at lexst the merit of being conciliatory, of jeaching patience and resignation to the people by | hepe, of maintaining in a latent state the opposition | of Interests und clasees, of preventng bloody strug- | gles. The day on which, contrary to the sentiment alweys conciliatory of Lamartiné, members of the National Assembly desired to employ force—on the day on which the immediate dissolution of the ate- Liévs nationana was enacted, the collision adjourn- ed by the policy ot Lamartine, broke out. Paris was plunged into mourning, and although order ob- tained the victory, we know not who can rejoice attiiumpbs purchased at such a price. On the 24th June, the government was concentrated in the bands of the militay authorities, and Lamar- tine retired. But his lofty intellect and noble heartare not lost to the country. Lamartine is gifted to the Highest degree with the national sen- timent ; he feels love forall great things, and the | lnerary glory which was for along time an ob- | stacle to his political influence, has now become | an accessary which increases the prestige of his most serioustitles. Lamartine, in truth, is not a secialist—he does not connect himself with respect to social erperiecticn) to the programme of any school ; but he as in heart with all those who de- sire the annihilation of misery, the elevation of ail to true liberty by physical welfare, as by intel- lectual and moral developement. Never will pro- gressive idea, which may present itself with a ee character, find an obstacle in Lamartine. - de Lamartine 18 a predestined representative of the French character—he 18 called by Provi- dence to rencer the most eminent services to the country, and we are happly to fulfil a duty by pre. ding with respect to him the day ofa return of lurity and national reparation. Affelns on the Continent of Europe. {From the London Times, Aug 4] We have ieceived a brief and perayicuous state- ment of the views entertained by the cabinet of the ¢ with reference tothe duchy of Limbura | ral \ Hagu , ane this publication 18 understood to speak the oO | senuments of the Dutch government ona om which has bycome one of considerable eet to the peace of Europe, Our readers are aware that there exists a conflict of jurisdiction mn the prevince of Limburg, between the German con- federation, of which it forms a part, and the king of the Netherlands, 1n whose dominions it is incor- porated. This conflict has been broucht to a de- citive point by the adoption in the National As- vembly of Frankfort, of certain resolutions brought forward by some of the German delegates of Lim- burg, to the following effect: — “1 That the political and administrative union of Limburg with the kingdom of the Netherlands, in its present character, is incompatible with the German federative constitution. 2 That no part of the coa- iterif should be contrary to the general form of consti- tution to be decreed for all the several Staten comprised in the German confederation. 3. That the question of a participation of Limburg in the national debt of Holand should be recommended to the Provisional Ex: cutive, fer the purpore of arriving at « fair settle- went, under condition of a final sanction by the Ger- wan parliament,’ ‘This declaration, which aseumes the complete and indisputable authority of the German fe te ticn in Limburg, has been met by the publication of the official pamphlet to which we have referred, and by a proclamation of the governor of the pro. vince, which has appeared under the direction of the Dutch minister, M. de Lichtenveldt, who hi been sent to Maeetnicht. The proclamation in} mates, that “itis erroneous to suppose that the separation of the Duchy from the Netherlands has at once been accomplished, by the decree of the Frankfort Astembly ; that, on the contrary, the King of Holland is bound by the fundamental law of the realm, by his cath, and by treaties, to go- vem Limburg according to the laws of the coun- Iry, and to preserve the integrity of the territory ot his kingdom ; and that the legal condition of Lim- burg, which hus subsisted for the last eight years, can only be modified with the consent of the King and the apprebation of the Legislature” In short, the position which the Dutch government has thus apnounced its intention to defend and maintain, 13 diametrically oy German Feder Assembly, and in the present temper of that body, we shali not be surprised if they summarily proceed to enforce their authority by #n armed occupation or mvasion of te coua- ty, assisted, perhaps, by a German insurrection, getup sgainst the Dutch government, among a er of the inhabitants. i Dutch troops, and over them the German confede- ration has no pretext of authority, The Dutch government contends that by virtue of the treaties which completed the Separation of Belgium and Heiland, and especially of that o' 19th of April, 1839, no such State as the Limburg has any separate existence Province of that name was divided, orming part ot Holland and part of Belgium, not as distinct Ponoleiits but as integral portions ot each of those kingdoms, The Dutch province ot Limburg 1s, therelore, governed to ull intents and purposes like any other part of Hollaud. ‘The same law of succession (in the female as well as male line) has been established in it by the purchase of the rights of the male heirs, and its inhabitants parti- re in all the privileges and burdens of Datch subjects. It is true that the Eins I sented to join the German Confe: ion for th province of Limburg, in exchange for the ceded portion of Luxembur, i me, the Dutch admuninistration of the province ; but st that time the obligations of a member of that confederation hardly extended beyond a cer- tuin Contibution of men and money to the military Jenoue ; end these contingents have been paid by the Dutch samy and the Dutch treasury. The case of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg 18 wholly dif- ferent, that being # distinct State, of whieh the King cf Holland is the eovereign, and to thia State ol Luxemburg the province of Limb urg has never been annexed at all, but, on the contrary, to the kingdom of the Netherlands. It follows,’ there- fore, that Limburg 38 justly and fully liable to bear its due porvon of the national debt of Ifolland, snd this conetderation was taken into account when the financial adjustment was made on the separation fiom Belgium. A wish has been manifested by a certain portion of the inhabitants ot Limburg 10 disconnect themselves from the Nethe tenes; but that has ansen trom a0 sympathy for Geimapy, but rather for Delgium, and above all trem a desire to sbake off an onerous amonnt of texation, All the creditors of Holland have therefore a@ dircet interest im this quesnon, for if Lin buig were tobe détached from Holland, the financial resource of the Daten gevarnment would be diminiehed to the extent ol (the texes levied on thet proving Tt mast be acces, however, that the disafleetion of the pro- vince ie by ro means universal. We have betore ve addieescs fom the Chambers of Commerce of Maerticht, Vinloo, and Reemmonde, strongly Preteeing egaii:' the proposed separntion, which weuld oe hit ther monntectures and dere agri- Fcultore cf the saventapes they now derive from the Deteh eolonml tade, and fr speciel taver with Delgmm, srounde, we jheve no doubt that he Dutch government ‘will tefuce to allow Limburg to be imeluded in @e Ger- he It was with a full knowledge that | In ascending the | of bis colleagues, ‘1 shall cause myself to lose | 200 votes” And in fact the votes only placed M. ele- | stitution which the duchy of Limburg demanded for | posed to the pretensions of the | Happily, the fortresses of | acetricht and Venloo are well garrisoned with » Teserving, at the same | every one of the adjacont States of Europe, except ond. The Austrians are already at war in Ityly, and the toops of the Confederation are fy hting on the Adige and the Mincio. The Prus- sians und 10th German corps d’armée are at war with Denmark, and since the rupture of the nego- i rates that the Swedes will to wction, and Russia has stun invasion of Jutland. To erm, and eastern dangers, the querel.with Hollend in Limburg will adda storm in the weet, and that on asubject to which Belgium and Fiance capnot be indifierent, consequences to which # nation may be led when it 18 governed by impulse rather t>an by policy. and by petiotie dech mation instevd of the resolutions oj statesmen. We, who most earnestly desire to see the German nation united, prosperous and tree, de;lore these consequences because they can | No | seurcely faii to lead to bitter disappointment | nanon. however powerful, can carry on war suc- cessfully wt the four points of the compass, and withcut allies; but Germany, least of all, can thus make her power felt, because she is surrounded on every side a mulitary neighbors, and her frontiers are all equally open to attack. France has but to defeng the fionuer of the East and of the Pyrenees; Ruseia has no enemy to fear save on her European boundary ; Englund is guarded by the sea; but Germany has nofiontier which she can leave un- defended, and no neighbor whem she can crush with impunity. Her politcal interest at this ume requires the most amicable relauons with Den- mutk, Sweden, and Holiand, in order to be pre- wared for danger on the side of Russia or of ‘iunce; but instead of cultivating the good will of thete important maritime allies, they have been the first to sufler trom her pretensions, and conse- quently to detach themselves from her cause. It con hardly be doubted, therefore, that these minor disputes will have a very unfortunate influence on the consolidation of Germany, and on the future political state of Europe. sauretne.—Mra. Bates gave amugnificent féle champétre, yi day, at her beauti- ful villa bast Sheen, which wax honored with the pre- sence of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duch- ers of Cambridge, aud About 200 leading membors of the arletocracy Their Royai Highnesses arrived shortly before three G'elock. attended by the Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. E. 8t. Jobn Mildmay At the entrance of the vil- la, the illustrious guests were received by Mr. and Mrs. Bates, who were assisted in the honors of the re- ception by their daughter and son-in-law, M. and Disdame Vance Weyer. ‘Lhe general company included ali the distinguish- ed foreign Frinces at preeent in town, ns weil ax the ééitecf the fashionable world. The guests began to ar- rive shortly after two o'clock, and before four the beautiful suloons of the villa were filled by a brilliant asremblnge. At four, a grand concert, the programme of which er br: ced nit the most popuiar music of the best operas, | gupported by the combined talepts of Madame Griai, Make. Pauline Visrdot, Mdile. Albonl, Signor Mario, | Signor Coletti, Signor Lablache, and Malle De Meadi, | was commenced in the principal saloon, under the di- | rection ofM, Bened ct. The porf.rmanoce went off ad- | misbly, the audience giving expression to their feel- | ings by frequent and well-deserved applause At the covelusion of the concert. a superb banquet | was terved tothe guests in the conservatory, which, | ay pronched from the villa by a colored corridor lined Bk and white fluted drapery, appeared ne of enchanjrent, Two immense table terding through the’ length of ibis building, afforded seats for uearly 200 pirsons, and the remainder of the guests were feasted within the mansio} ‘The unfavorable wentb door amurements, but thi t pre Went many ofthe company from perambulating about the grounds and viewing the treasures ofartaad pa- ture which everywhere abound in this delightful spot. Mrs. Bares’s Fete ‘The Maigvis of Aylesbury was among those who ap peared «pecially interested in the present state of the Vv ‘bably trom the fact of his lordship having some yearé since occupied thi Alter the banquet, the conservatory was converted foto asolon de danse. and here tbe fustivities were ki pt up with great apirit for several hours ‘Tbe féte, wltogether, was one of the most brilliant thet bas taken place this season, ‘Ihe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, while epjoy- ing tLe horpitality of Mrs Bates, received, by special express irom Germany, the gratifying iatelligence of the safe eccouchement of her Royal Highness the be- reditary Grand Duchess of Mecklepberg Strelitn, who gave birth ton son and heir a few days since, and. with the royal infant, is happily progressing most fa- vorably.—London Morning Post Tue Destructive Fine in AvBunn.—One of the moet destructive fires which has visited our city jor several years past occurred this morning. It broke out in a room over the book store of Henry C. Holl, and C. N. Totile, patent medicine agency, destroying the entire building, and also consuming the next buiiding east, occupied by Ashael G. Mun- ger us a grocery store, and burning to the ground the extensive book-bindery, bovk-store and pub- lvhing establishment of Derby, Miller & Co. The fire also communicated to the next building west of Mr. Hall’s, occupied below by Chappel & Sittser, and the post office. The 1oot and second story of this building were entirely burnt. Derby, Miller & Co. succeeded in removing most, it not all, of their books and pa- pers on the first oor. But all their book-binding #pparatus, stock, printed sheets, &c , were con sumed, Mr. Halland Mr, Tuitle also removed neatly ull their stock, as did Mr. Munger and Shappel & Siuser, without serious damage from The New £ra printing establishment mus! seve oven greatly damaged, as the third story, . Ween was their power press and many other pom materials, was nearly burnt out. The whole lors by fire does not probably fall short of $20,000, and may reach $25,000 —nearly all insured. But for th» miserable condition of the hose, the fire could have been arrested in ten minutes after being discovered, with not a hun- dred dollurs damage. It burst every five minutes, however ; an@thus precious time, as well as pre- cious water, was lost. There was water enough wasted by the bursting and leaking of the hose to have flouted a small navy, but it could not be got to the fire in time to check its extensive damage. —Aubuwn Daiy Advertuer, Aug 2A. * Fine in Wiapsor, Vt.—Last evening, about 5 o'clock, a fire broke’out in the heart of our vik Inge, which, in one short hour, destroyed six_ten- ements on Main street, nearly opposite the Wind- sor House, with several back buildings occupied asttables and for the storage of heavy goods — Commencing with the tenement opposite the Windsor Houee, temporarily occupied by the Avcutney Bank, and proceed: south Mern- firid, bockbinder and bookseller, D. Read & Co., merchents, J. EB. Watt, tailer, Mr. Boynton’s grecery and bowhng alley, and Hubbard & White, merchonte, are burnt—the fire having been con- quered in that divection at the store of S. Ward- ner & Son. All the buildings back of these, to- gether with the stables of the Constitution House, are destroyed. Loss estimated at five or six thousand dollars, mostly insured.—lVindsor Let- ter, Ang. 22 Commencement at Brunswick.—The_ com- mencement will oceur on Wednesday of week awiter next, the 6th of September. We :earn from the Portland Advertiser, that the pertormances be- fore the litersry tecieties, will be as follows :— Oration betore the Peucimian Society, by Dr. Ed ward Beecher, of Boston, on Tursday nfterno before the Ather man Soctety, by Rev, Mr. Fiske, of Bath; before the Phi Beta Kuppa, by Rev. Mr. Palmer, of Bath, Waren Work Cerenration.— We hear that the 19th of October is the day fixed upon for the eele- bintion of the introduction of Long Pond Water into Boeton, and that measures ure ulready in pro- gress to rencer the eveasion worthy of the event to be cel brated, Monk Poxps.—At a 0 of Irishmen, tn Habtux, last week, about $1000 were rawed for ihe cause of Trelond. ‘The Heltfax papers state thet the provieces are to be canvassed for further supplies. Such are the | and gold! It appeared, also, that the railroad workmen who are engaged in chiselling a passage for the Albany line through the Highlands, along- | side the river, have spoiled St. Anthony’s Nose— | thet Dnbainte naka the reflection of which was | svfficient to Kill a sturgeon. The work of grad- ing, chisellmg, and opening the way through the heavy section of the Highlands, begins already to give promise that the road willbe built; nor do we apprebend that, when in operation, it will in- jure the steambeats any more than the business of the Erie canal has been lessened by the railroad lines to Buflaio. . The ruims of the great fire, along the water side, in Albany, are still smoking. The destrucuon o the buildings within the area of the conflagration, is as complete as if they had been levelied by the bombarding engines of Gen. Scott. Yet, withthe right co-operation of New York, the whole deso- lated space may be re-occupied with massive warehouses before the return of the day of the disaster. Indeed, we exprct this to be done. Arrived in Troy, we found the Trojans all in commotion, and the little city alive with volunteer companies, in gay unitorms, and following several biurs bands, which played away as fiercely as if marching to the assaultof another Molino del Rey. All the country people were in town, excepting the old women end the children, and all the hotels did a great business to-day. It was a great dav for the Trojans. Senator Breese, a most pleasant and in- | telhgent travelling cempamion, found the Troy | House too populous for a prospect of less than three in a bed, and so he passed on to Conees, or Cohoes, (which 15 it, who knows’) where we hope he may have some of those nice blackberries which we had for supper among the Trojans, at the Iltuny House. At this house, the horsee witch Achilles soplived in dragging the dead body of r | and cool. A great tract of land belongs to the | community, the proceeds of which are used for in proving the place, the fine gurdens, paying the school teachers and munusters, &e. ‘The commai« ty is highly musical, as there 19 hardly a house without its instrument. The inhabitants avsemble every week in their Concert Hall, where they give ree concerts, ‘This would be a good place for the Hauser Family, as they would be, no doubt, well appreciated here ; and also for those who are tired of city life, as the place invites to repose, self-con- templation and study. Though this place is so in- vitg, [hear again that ierrible yoice from the wandering Jew, “ March, march, mareh;” and £ again take my wandering staff, which 1, however, in these modern times, a fine busgy and a sorrel horse, which brought me in about an hour to Lan- caster, The appearance is thatof a lively, bustli city, handsome in appearance; the main street 16 full of fine stores; in fact, there are so many of them, that one would barely think the place, which contains some 8,000 inhabitants large enough to support them ull; but this large luce hus a and rich back country, and all the farmers here to trade. caster i8 quite a handsome city, and the main street has somewhat the appearance of Broadway, except that it is not so dirty. It is situated on the Susquehannah, which” riveris here more handsome in scenery than itis useful, as the water is too low to make it navigable, am the riveris filled np with hundreds of small islands—in some places so much so that one ¢. almort cross iton foot. This water, however, is dammed up to feed the canal, on which some emull steamboats make excursions. We have not only a great political excitement here, for the election of delegates and settling the tickets, but also another affair, which caused no less excitement. I allude to the arrest of Mr. Wey- the hero of Troy around the walls of the city— those very horses, more or less, are now engaged as attachés to the baggage wagon which brings up the passengers’ trunks from the steamboat. The animels are not so fierce as in Homer’s time, but they'll do. : The great occasion of all this glorification in Trey, to-day, was the presentation of a sword, by the Corporation, to Gen Wool, as a testimonial of the pride ot his fellow-citizens, for his good ser- vices in Mexico, especially “On the field of Angostura, In that hot and bloody fray.” Speaking of Gen, Wool, the old nunkers, we understand, have it in contemplation to make him their candidate for Governor. Let the barnburners and whigs look well to this idea. Tu Docror. AM PackeT Saranac, Orr Crown Point, Aug 18, 1848. Trip to Whatehall—Cursory Glance, En Passant— Steamboat Comforts. Ho! for a trump among the rough places of the rough county of Essex—not one of your lack- a-daisical, whimsical, nongensical, sentimental excursions set to moonlight, but a bold, right-foot- forward march into the very wilds of the north- em wilderness! Away goes my crutch out of the window—charge the broken glass in the bill | —my boot goes on easy, and no questions asked. ; Lam off, | Yes, Tam off. There is, not a hundred miles from here, a trout brook, which I visit once a year, and which, upon my honor, I believe 1s not known toasingle New Yorker except me, myself. And the tout in that brook—no, the trout out of that brook, well caught,and well dressed, well cooked, and well served; and oh! how excellently well diz | gested; do well repay a pilgrimage, which of it- | self, isto me a most agreeable relief from the | worn out and dusty conventialism of a worn out and dusty world! ‘Butthe trout brook; watch me as close as you please, you shall find out nothing of its whereabouts: “In Troy there lies the scene.” That’s all I have to reveal on the subject, * * * * ‘We are improving—we Yankees—in the com- fort facilities of travelling. Speed and comfort have been quarrelling for the mastery for the last ten years, and 1 hope soon to see them harmo- D On my rovte from New York, Ifound both «id end comtort” on board the steamboat Troy, Capt, Frazer. (I vow that I will chronicle this, for I feel grateful on the subject.) The berths on board that boat are long and wide, and you can therein and thereby rest like a gentleman— gout and all. If you have any bowels of mercy in you,put that down. To Saratoga Springs, there is now “comfort” over the Troy road. From Saratoga to Whitehall, there is nothing but discomtort all the way. The road is bad, and the driving is worse. If your driver wishes to halt, he halts; he starts and he stops, he comes and he goes, just to suit himeelf; you are merely a passenger, and be d—d_o you! Across the lake the boats are capital. The Sa- ranac, although smaller than some others, has all the apphances of a regular packet ship, and her commander, C: Chapman, knows ‘how to fit these to the occasion. But we are passing round the Point. Shade of old Ethen, I greet ye' It was Lord North, I think, who tempted Allen with the whole of Ver- mont if he would desert the fortunes of his coun- try, and joi King George. (He was then a pri- soner in Lendon.) ‘*Yourofler,” replied Ethan, “puts me in mand of what a personage, not in- deed so famous as your lordship, offered to a per- sonage the moet remarkable the world has known, in wiielt all the kingdoms of the earth were to be made over upon one condition—and all the while” continued Ethan, [inet waxing warm at the outrage) ‘and all the while the mis- erable skunk who made the offer, did not own a square foot of the territory.” Swanpy. Lancaster, Aug. 22, 1848. State of the Crops and Country about Lancaster—- Reading and the German Settlers--Curious Cus- toms— Fine Spring—The Hauser Family—Lo- cal Laws—Libel Suits— Pretty Women, &c., §e. According to my promise, I send you again an epistle of all that I tound interesting, here, there, and every where. You wjll please follow me crossing the country from Reading to Lancaster. The country about here is rich and well cultivated; and though it abounds in corn fields, wheat, rye and all kinds of vegetables, the absence of fruit orchards is striking. Those few trees you observe here and there are rather diminutive , and of infe rior quality. This 1 litle Germany, but thepeaceful Penn- | sylvania Germany ; which has no prince to its head or tail; and their fine mansions and extensive farms show clearly that they can get better along wikout them, bemg their own souveranes on their manor. Every farm [ have found 1s setted with Germans, of which the great- er part wre very rich. The saying 1s that a great many have dog barrels full of hard specie into the earth, where it is likely to remain, til those old fashioned patriarchs have died away, and it comes into the hands of their hopetul heirs, who no doubt will find better use for it Here about are some districts which are culled thy bush lands. Here live the most hospitable people on earth; the wea- ry wanderer is welcome, and tekes part of their meals ; and the oldest dengiten goes even so far as to divide her bed with the stranger, This may seem incredible; but itis a fact and eustom which is kept up to this day; for which truths [pledge you my word, and if you still doubt it, come here nd convince youreeli, as Lhave. ‘This, however, Ido not say to throw the least: shadow on the virtue of the tare lasses; but the contrary—therr virtue stands without repreach. They liven their primitive simplicity and tmnocence, thinking of no harm, nordoing any, And mighty good rt is that, few, Hever any, of oureity buckstravel ssn this part of he country, or the thabitants would s00n be obliged to change this good old custom to another preture, na the Setlio glessbreener would Je are new come to Litiz, & Moravian set. nt, ond a chorming | ae , nent and clean inthe extieme; im fact, P have oot seen a place which is more etrnkingly pleasing nt the first sight then this little village, which effect will be in- crensed Ly better weqnamtunce with 13. inhat- tante; and if the Moravians or formerly Herrnha- rauch from your city, the manager of the Hanser fymily, for refusing to pay the license of He was brought before the Mayor by the High Sheriff, at night, ten o’clock, where he was obliged to pay or goto jail. This he did under protest, saying that this was an unjust taxation to which the Hau- sers had never been subjected,neither in this coua- try nor in barbarian and despotic Russia, Mie nor Aria, &c , and that it was the custom of eve- ry civilized nation to protect and nourish the fine arts; nor would he now submitto it for the honor of the people of Lancaster, The next day, ap- pented, in the Union and Tribune a very severe article, signed by Mr. W., whercin the Mayor, the Common Council, but particularly the High Sherifl, got a very rough handling. Thus induced the sheriff'to enter a libel suit against Mr. W. This little incident is now all the city talk—and the sympathy is altogether in favor of the mansers— the people liking the manly stand Mr. W. has taken. Since this affair their concerts are nignuy crowded; and though they intended to. give but three concerts here, they eet already given their seventh. The people would not let them go, and they were obliged to postpone some con- certs in Columbia. I have heard them now every night since | have been here, and 1 must add my humble tribute of commendation. I had read a great deal about them, but never before had I such a fortunate opportuity to hear them. This place has, for its size, more pretty women than I have ever seen before; and to judge from their elegant toilets, whis y displayed at the oncert, they are, in taste, not behind ig New Yorkers; they have all a tiesh and looming complexion, and happy, good counte- where I will give you a peep behind tne curtain. nances. Aniki rrom Anroap, Hanrronp, August 12, 1348, The Reception of Licut. Colonel Seymowr and Copt. Webb—Politics— Rough and Ready Club. This day has been a glorious one for old Hart- ford. Her citizens turned out en masse to wel- come back Colonel Seymour and Captain Webb upon their return from the Mexican war. Two more gallant and brave officers cannot be tound. They have in this war proved themselves worthy descendants of their sires, and of the State that gave them birth and a rearage. The Hartlord Light Guard—a corps which has not its superior, if its equal, in these U.S.,and one which has al- ways been Col. Seymour’s pride—turned out in alt their glery to welcome back therr father. Also, the past officers and members of this corps, in blue coats and white pants, made a goodly show. Then came the Odd Fellows, amongst whom Col. S. and Capt. W. had been brothers and triends indeed, and past officers; then the firemen in strong array, in uniform; then followed our citizensby hundreds, aye, [might say thousands. These officers were received by a committee at the cars, at 124 P.M., aud eecorted to the front of the depot, where they were received by shout upon shout from the as sembled multitude, and conducted to a carriage. The hne ot march was then taken up Mulberry ¢tto Main, up Main to the North Church, thence back to State House, where the formal reception took place. The streets were decorated with flags suspended across thi m—and between the State House and Phenix Bank, a triumphal arch waserected, unom which was inscribed, in letters as large as life, **Weicome Home.” The reception speech was made by W. J. Hamersley, Esq ,in which he al- luded to the several battles in which Col. Seymour and fae Webb had borne so gallant a part—and eepect ly the former, in striking down the Mexi- can flag from Chapultepec heights, Also to"the fact that the Hartford Light Guard, only thirty. two in rank and file, had furnished six officers and one private to this war. S. teplied in a neat and aflecting speech—in fact his feelings so overcame him that it was almost impossible for him to give utterance to his thoughts. He said that this day would be remembered by him to the last day of his existence, as having exhibited friendships to- words him that he never before had realized, And that ef all the places he had ever seen and visited, }e knew of none in which he could desire to live and die, equal to this city, After Col. 8. and Capt. W. had shaken hands with their old com- trades, the line of march was taken, down Maim ttreet to Charter street—thence up Coles street, to the residence of the mother of Col. 8S. Here we will leave him, and not obtrude upon the privacy of their interview From thence the line of m: | wasup Sheldon, Elm and Bliss streets, to the rest dence of the mother of Capt. Webb. Prom thence the line returned to the State House, via: College . Main streets, to the State House and were nen 5 Politics are in a confused state, but are settling down in the original party lines. Many whigs, liberty ites, and democrats in this State are going for Van Buren and Adame. How the former ean, Ido not see. T shall believe henceforth that the forere can change his spots and the Ethiopian is ekin, The Hariford Rough and Ready Club drage heavily. It was started wrong end first, and officered by gentility too much, to co down even in Hartford. In tact, it is a sort of rofile shirt afizn—with which the masses of Taylorites de not rympathise, If General Taylor does not have more efficient friends to take hold of his cause 1m hie city ov election day, he will come off minus hereabouts. Arrestep ror Murper in Inpiawa.—On the 9th inet., four persons were arrested for the éommis- sion of the horrid murder of Louisa, wife o' Alfred Griffin, in Scott county, Indiana, an account of which re gare some time since. The names of the individuals arrested are Samuel Clark, Wiley Baker, Wm. Baker and —— Beason. The tollow- ing facts, eleited on therr examination, we copy tiem the Madison (Ind.) Banner :-— About 8 o'clock on Sunday night, the 5th tnaé, Se muel Clarkand Wiltiom Baker went to Alfred's and arked if he wax there Loui was pot. and begged them for God's sake to ge away nd vot hurt ber or her children. nas Clark newer he fred through the door thees times je. One of the balls, suppoeed to he the through her arm, and penetrating into the lois t, lodged in the «pine, killing her inatantane- Clark then broke open the door, dragged the n by her beels from the bed on which she n the perch. aod there left her, Sie was fow in that position In the morning, von and Wiley Baker were permitted to become Stat Clerk wae pitted te "to await lis next term of the Circuit Court.