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NO. 5319. MORNING EDITION----TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1848. ee TWO CENTS. INTERESTING CHINESE INTELLIGENCE. Affairs in the Celestial Bmpire. The Effect of the European Revolutions. dic, Ke. See {from the Chine Mail, Sept. 28. Hwang, the late Lieutenant-Governor of Kwantung, has been summoned to Court, ostensibly to receive oF year pathy of his Celestial Majesty been roused to ire farther into their mature, of which no Chinese is better informed than H: His ideas on the subject may not be very comprehen- sive in the imation of European politicians, but they are certain to be marked by Pruserce and good senre.and greatly in advance of other 1m,<«rial coun- cillors. Hwang was Keying’s most trusted adviser, even after « he was deprived of office; and the nperial Commission- er never engagedin foreign affairs without consulting him. office is now entrusted to maa of such in- ferior qualifications, that Keying probably sevs the necessity of having Hwang’s counsel and co-operation in reference toopening the city of Canton in April next. Seu, the new. Governor General wh now holds the appointment for the management of Barbarian Affairs, Jately recommended & naval officer at Heang-shau for 1omotion; but his request, on account ef juformality, Bas been refused; @ result quite unexpected, and which bas engaged the attention of the Board of War. The people under his jurisdiction preise him for not la fie ‘dy of money. He himself frequ is total indifference respecting the ho: ynferred upon him,» od his readiness to surrender them all, in order tole tredand quiet life. His administra- tion he. uitne. +m marked by great severity in the dispensation of justice, endeavoring to ov yvil- doers by cruel punishments. Nevertheless, ci not to be on the deorease, Accounts of the disastrous consequences of the heavy rains in the North, continue toarrive. Several rivers are said to have inundated whole districts, and the most terri vagen of the Hoang-ho are appre- bended, ifthe continue. From the Peking Gazette.] Some of the aboriginal Meaouteze in Hoo-net ueving reristed the tex-gatherer, were denounced as cebeis, and an army was marched inte their mouncains. ‘The insurgents were routed in a pitched battle, and many of the leaders, according to the statement of the commandin, eral, came of their own accord to surrender themselves The court directed that the offenders should be treated with the utmost rigor, and similar revelts for ever be put down by decisive and rigorous measures. “Vill Tais ve S7eetiaable ? e, the Provincial Judge of Kwang tung (recently appointed superintendent of finances) is remarkable for bis activity and excellent intentions. Unwearied in writing proclamations and prohibitions against the prevailing vices of the people committed to his care, @ endeavours, by all means in his power, to strike terror into evil doers by increasing the severity of punishments. Yet crime has not decreased, but seems rather to become more prevalent. Gan-kwei, a scion of the imperial clan, who had grown up with Taoukwang, and fer many years Tanked amongst the most confidential servants of his sovereign, is dead. He held, alternately, many high offices. and was frequently the president of one or other of the Six Boards, rendering himself also celebrated by his financial measures. Few men could boast of equal favors shown to them by their imperial mastir, and none better deserved such tokens of his “ghost approbation Gan. kweli was therefore one of the most fortunate mortals of his age, as far 8° worldly honors and emoluments were concerned. Kor some months 4, after Such entresty, obtained By the tiwne his leave had expired, his illness had greatly “nocreased, and, shortly after- wards, he died, tothe great grief of the emperer. His neme ranks high for undeviating rectitude and states- Wanlike abilities. Several districts in She: have been unable to pay the land-tax this year. The supreme government has ther: fore ordered that the exaction of the same should ‘de delayed, and s proclamation published to m known to the peasantry that this indulgence proce from the great bounty of the monarch, and that Underlings are not to avail themselves of the opportu- nity to extort money. There are several heavy debts owing to the imperial travelling establishment, deriv- able frominvestments in lands. These sums are to be collected with all possible rigor, and other outstand- ing items must likewise be paid into the imperial treasury. The Governor General of Shen-se and Kaa-suh, who lately asked for leave of absence to bebibld the @regon’s face, (havean audience,) has not obtained his Doon. He remains at his important station , but, as he was suffering under an opthalmic complaint, re- ceived permiesion to attend to it for a monthor so, bat not to delay bis recovery much longer. He holds avery important post, which can be filled by none but @ wan of strong nerve, able to adopt vigorous mea- res at the epur of a moment. In Ele, he has given y proofs that he possesses the juisite qualia- cations, and can curb the insolence of the Mabom- med ‘The Governor cf Kwang s ‘been officially informed through the prefect of Tae- ping, that Yuen-fuhshe had succeeded to the throne ‘of An-nam, his predecessor Yuen fah seuen (the name of his reign was Threu-tree) having died on the lst November last year—an envoy was thereupon ‘ded ni submit a letter to . The Go- vernor of Kwang se being fully persuaded that that nation bas for many years been respectfully obedient to itn leige lord, requested, in conjunction with the ‘high tmperial commissioner at Canton, that the tri- ute-bearer might be permitted to proceed to Pekin. It would thi ppear that tl oung king is disposed to tread in the steps of his father, by entire submission ‘to the sway and customs of Chins, fi hence his f oeye grandfather so determinately di 1d by intro- jucing improvements, and rousing the spirit of the nation through French influence. ‘This grandee (Ke-shen) so well known amongst fo- reigners for bis persuasive talents, has now fairly com- menced his reforms in Szechuen, of which province he ‘was Governor-General before his admission into the cabinet, and to which he was re-appointed eighteen months ago. He is perfectly aware of the difficulties of the administration of a country full of high moun- tains, where the native Chinese possess some of tho independence of mountaineers. He has likewise to keep an eye constantly upon the indigenous tribes catered throughout the territory, who are brave and determined in their resistance to Chinese encroach- ments, There are also the Sefans on the western fron- tiers, a most unruly race, as well as some of the Koko- nor tribes, all nominally owning the Chinese sway, but always ready to pounce upon their unwarlike liege lJords. Anactive mind like Keshen’s therefore finds work encugh in controlling. nacifying. and punisbing the people under his jurisdiction, and he seems to be never at rest. ymperor, adverting to the dsath of Gan-k vel, says, that he was endowed with firmness and deter- ition, a in all transactions did hisduty. He ured fatigue nd accurate in all he did, exerting himself to the ut- most of his powers. He fellsick ofa cold last winter, had hisleave of absence d died unexpectedly. at his loss, raised his pos- thumous rank, ber! a number of presents and three bundred taels in silver to defray the expenses of urial. His son received the appointment of a jsman in the third class, and will have access to the palace In this manner has Taukwang proved fection for his relative. on of the imperial clan having been imprisoned for a debt of his grandsire, on being in- ret at liberty to perform the necessary ceremonies at the tomb. His request was readily granted, and he obtained full permission to perform the duties of fillal ety. 5 The Emperor continues to enjoy good health, and is present at the cabinet councils and the state sa- erifices. A Mantchoo found guilty of felling sone fire-trees in the precincts of the imperial residemos, has been fentenced to decapitation. His accomplices ate de- nounced, and will be punished as so0a as apprehended The disturbances in Soow-Tang have been quelled but a spirit of insubordination avill prevalls there as Well asin the capital, Chinahasuntergone an eatire revolution in its ideas of passive obedisnee. woich are now totally at variance with the existing fostitutions, ‘This year, in spring, the Emperor made & tour to the wertern tombs of his ancevtore, to perform the solema rite of presenting ractitices to their manes. Daring hia absence, two of his uncles, with } -ehangah, the premier, and Cho-ping-teen. a Chinese minister of ftate, conducted the adminietratien of the empire. Muh.changah iaraid to have retired on account of sickness, and the nemination of hig successor was still deferred, Great changes have taken placeia the commaniing @Mcers of the pretorian hands oreight standards This fe considered a certain indication of a change In the m'platry. It has been found necessary to make alterations in the succession of the princes of the blood, who from generation to generation will descend gradaaily in renk, till they finally become mixed with the people. ‘The posterity of the imoerial clan {4 40 nuaerous, and has branched off in such an extraordinary manner, that many of the noble scions who claim theit desceat from tho imperial house, are no better off than menials, receiving but arwall stipend, A great grandson of Khang bo isa rervant, and many other individuals Dave scarcely the wages of coolies. (f their numbers @re not reduced by the above sliding rcale, they will finally be #0 great arto absorb the wholerevenus of the Imperial howse, The young men belonging to this pri- vileged clase, are moreover very proud, and frequently ive rise to quarrels by their aggressive and insolent feberior, thus cecarioning much sorrow to thelr im- perial kinsman, Hence they have been kept noder very great constraint, and often punished with undue severity, Many evnuchs have lately absoonded from the harem. to the great displeasure of the Emperor, One who fled four times. is sent to the river Amour, to be come & fave to the roldiers there for life. Another, had seme counection with the opium trafiie in " Will, a8 soon a8 ke is caught, receive severe nent. yu wiaba "several districts in Shan-tung having eudered from e ‘Cochin China) having | sund.sy calamities. ex during last year. ‘The same favor was shown to some districts in Shen-se. Wherever the Emperuc shows himrelt thue gracious his bounty is loudly proclaimed in Jarge letters upon thousands of yellow papers stuck 4 t all corners, that the inhabitants may remember paternal goodness of the great Emperor. An immenre list of candidates for offices, onaccount of the patriotic contributions paid into the imperial treasury. appears again in the Pekin Gazette. Money is decidedly the omnipotent instrament of the day; aod talen' (Wena d_by this commodity, has little et of premotion, The of offices under- thing, and the fundamental principle of the Chinere monarchy, of raising the best literati to the highest honors, is v rtually abrogated. ‘be salt monopoly, io the north of China, which, in days of yore, yielded such immense profits, 18 likely to Uadergo #1 Iterations, for most of the merchants engeged in it are bankrupt, and the deficit of the iv- co} occasioned by their inability to pay the duas, to serious evils. ismissed an officer en thecharge of drunken- ess—a misdemeanor of very rare occurrence amongst Chinese officials. Paou-chang, formerly minister of Thibet, but who in consequence of certain accusations Cay him, sppoimted President of the ‘ar, and has regained the full confidence of brought Board of hie master. Le, the provincial Judge, has issued very severe pro- bibitions against Budbist nuns. It wou'd appear that the younger members of the sisterhood do not act up to their vows, and that many youths are led astray by m2. Wooleang, the Mantchoo minister at the court of Lhassa, having died, the Emperor directed that some tokens of favor should be shown towards him. Lin. teih-tseu, the ex-oomwissioner of Kwangtung and present Governor. General of Yunnan and Kwei-choo, Fee) 0 be distressed for means wherewith to disperte some robbers who have become very powerful, The government directs him to make use of the patriotic contributions already collected. These robbers are probably insurgents, who have opposed the lenient bey a of Lin, and must be put dow: qith the strong nd. Seu, the new Governor of Canton, has beon raised five steps and recorded three times, for having sent patriotic contribution of 10,000 taele to relieve the starving people of Ho-nan, he being a native of that province. Le, while provincial judge of Hb hve, Pater} issued a very revere proclamation against the horrible custom of drowning female infante, and threatened to visit the perpetrators of such deeds with the utmost penalty of Ube law, as if they had murdered a son or grandson. Chang, the magistrate, has issued several probibi- tions against kidnapping and sellling ehildren, the worst description of slave trade. A regular traffic of tLiy kind ie carried on to a great extent. Awxotner Prorece or Keyina’s.—Leu-tsin, the late Prefect of Canton, and recently intendant of Shaou- King and other districts, is said to have falleninto dis- grace, and been sent in chains io Canton. ne is a proud, overbearing man, vain of his talents. severe upon iF inates, so that he must al; eer many enemies, Many sensible papers have lately appeared on the subject of the transportation of grain by way of Teen- tein, one of which makes it incumben* upon the brokers torefund what fe short im the arzount, if the loss was not occasioned by the carelersness of the captain; but this srrangement being ‘a opposition to existing cus- tom, finds little fav; in the eyes of the grandees. To prevent ‘aroads in their country, the Koreans deserted che whole northwestera tract which borders ‘upon Maptchooria. Chinere government appears aDnxiousto meet the wishes of this recluse people, by prohibiting Na epi from cultivating the land, as t aquatters on frontiers, Under these the poor Sha: peasantry are como™ hended, who leave their homes on the barren hilly . cultivate the virgin soil of Kirin They are,hr ~ ¢r, too numerous and per- perenog to be repelled| | mere prohibitory enastments. There is another ordinance, which forbids them to clear the #oil on the border land of Kirim and Le awa- tung. The latter district, though the patrimony of the ruling Mantchoo dynasty, is now entirely in the porsession of Chinese agriculturists. Th injunc- tions will probably remain a dead letter, as t masses of starving human beings pour constantly into the vast uninhabited parts 07 Mantchooria, and in apite of the government, soon change the desert into a garden. A memorial from Lieutenant-Governor of Keang-se, explaining the causes of the insurrection at Linchuen, has appeared. A body of men, under the pretence of building a temple, imposed a heavy tax on the peasantry. To put s stop to such imponi- tion, the gentry seized the leader. His adherents took revenge on the captors, and the whole country was inashort timeina blaze. Such is the govern- ment version, which no doubt differs material!y from ‘the real facts. In meanwhile the whole brigade of the Lieutenant Governor has been despatched to sup- press the rising, which proves that the disturbance of the most serious nature. It would appear that the Meaou-tsze, being attacked im Hoo-nam, took refuge in Kwang-se. Whether they have suffered a defeat is very doubtful, yet the Lieutenant Governor of the former province has Degged s reward for the officers who distinguished themselves in the campaign. The war has been a costly one, andis by no means yet finished. To supply the wants of the public purse, the Kwang-se Lieu- tenant-Governer proposed to open s subscription for patriotic contributions, insuring to donors rank and emoluments. Key-ing joined in his request, and the Emperor has no deubt granted it. RUSSIAN INTERCOURSE WITH CHINA—TREATY OF KIAKTOU, [From the China Mail, Sept. 21.] ‘We had recently occasion to refer to the state of commercial relations between Russia and China, and regretted the want ofa eopy of the treaty of Kiaktou, by which gtd are regulated. This want has now been rupplied by the kindness of a friend, to whom we are indebted for a French version, made from the eriginal Mantchoo, ef the treaty in b Goring which we now publish, accompanied by an English translation. It is both curious and important, as being the oldest existing treaty of commerce entered into by China with an European state on terms of equality; for in that of 1689, the resuit of prolonged negotiatious,trade is only incidentally referred to, and restricted to those “who bave passpcr:s, by which it appears, they came with permission,” while the preamble sets forth its ob- ject to be “in order to repress the insolence of certain rovers, pie paseing, beyond the bounds of their |: to hunt, robbed, murdered, and committed other out- rages; a8 also for setting the bounds between the two empiresof China and Russia; and in to blisk an everiast! This tr , which gave up its claims to a large Y, and to what was of great importance, the command of the river Amoor- objects for which it had ws @ border war for many years. AS an acoompaniment to the present treaty, a brief summary of the seve: bassies from Russia to Chi- ba, may not be unacceptable, for the materials of which we are chiefly indebted to the “Actes de la So- eifté Orientale, nd* Mailla, Histoire Generale de la ‘The first embassy from Russ Chine.”” ‘0 the court of Pekin, was in 1656, and had for its object to establish freedem of commerce between the two countri Ths Empe- ror (Shun.chi) directed that the Russians should be treated with honor, and hada guard placed over the as not resentful—was most catefal | house appropriated to them, by whom they were to ba accompanied wherever they went—attentions which would probably buve been willingly dispensed with. Ata preliminary to negotiations, it was required that the Russian monarch should be acknowledged as the varral of China, ond the presents he had sent accepted as tribute, Tothere conditions the Russian ambas- rador would not accede, and he was, therefore, com- pelled to return home without having accomplished anything, except to find that the Emperor of China was regarded as the supreme ruler of all the nations of the werld. [Shun-ohi, the son of the victorious Mant- | choo Teensung, or Teung-tih, aud founder of the pre- formed of the death of a near relative, begged to ba | sent dynsety, was, on assuming the throne, “ pro- claimed Emperor, not of China only bat of the world ’”) Nicuboff, who was then at Pekin, attached to the Duteh Mission, #1 that it was not becaute the Rus- sans refused to acknowledge their monarch to bo the vaseal of China. that they were not received, but they would not submit to the cerersony of iture, which, however, amounted to the same as that would, In effect, bave beea the ackuow- dapeudence, ‘The recond embassy, under Lhecdore Alexiovies Go- lowin, arrived at Pekin in 1088, during the reiza of the Emperor Keng-hi, and had for ite sole object the tettiement of the frontier. ashas been alriady men- toned. ‘The third embasay, under Isbrantz Iden Pekrn in Novemoer, 1693, atte a journey through Si- Devin and Tertary of 18 months.” The objects of the embusny were ohietly comnmercial, but it does not ap- pear to have been succereful, although Isorantz, ia his wocount of his embassy, ailegew that be was received with the ceremontal observed in Europe; and that, in- stead of depositing nis credentials upon the table pur- posely prepared, he placed them upon the throne, and in the pretence of the Emperor, if so it is remarka- ble that this concession ons potnt of ceremony should have been the only advantage gained by thy ainbarsadcr The fourth embassy was that of Ismatlof, in 17: rendered famous, not 0 much by ite sucessful results, ar by the admirable account of it given by John Beil of Antermony, the medical attendant, andin the Journal of De Lange, the Secretary of the mission. who oon tinued as resident ot Pekin for nearly two years, an- til the close of the long aad enlightened reign of Kanghi The fifth hy a a arrived at was that of Wiadisla witehe, despatched inthe last yearof the reign of the E press Catharine of Ruseis, After arranging the important treaty of Kiaktou, the Ambassador pro- eceded to Pekin, where he arrived in 1728, daring the relgus of Yung-ching of CBian and Petor Il of Russia. Five years subsequently, three Mandarins with a nu- merous retinue, came as an embassy to St Petersburg t which has'not been since followed with y other country. The sixth embassy was that of Kropotoff, who ob- tained an audience, it is aid. by submitting to per- form the Kotow, but without effecting the commorolal objects of his mission. The seventh embassy was that of Golowking, in the reigns of the Emperors Alexander of was the most been despatched to numbering up- warde of two hundred individuals, upon whom no. thing had been spared that would tend to add to their splendor, only seems to have augmented th» pted from paying taxes Ambastador’s difficulties, and war, throughout his & perpetual cance of ohjscton on the Pe he mandarins. The question of the cere monial to be observed on presentation having been warmly discussed during the recent embasty Golowkin ,also demurred about nd the Viceroy of Mongo'ia ac- putation to Pekin, for instruc- tion to the terms on which the mission should be suite to proceed. These were to the effect, that the Viceroy should invite the Russian envoy to a feast in the name of the Emperor, and there require the per- formance of the pine prostrations before a screen and table covered with cloth of imperial yellow. This Go- lowkii fused to comply with, and an order for his re- turn shortly afterwards received. He had arrived at the frontier on the Ist January, and departed home- ward, without having reached Pekin, on the 10th of February. 1806. This was the last embasry from Russia to Chine, for the missions of 1808 and 1820 were undertaken profes- tedly to keep up the communication with Pekin, but probably not less to observe the state of the country and judge of its resources. The mission of 1820 was conducted by Timkowski, who has written an inte- resting account of it, A teoret mission under Waseigen is said, on the authority of the Courrier Fy angaise, to have been pro- jected in 1846. We know nothing of its objects or re- sult; but we do know that the Chinese authorities pe- remptorily refueed to allowsthe Prins Menschikoff to discharge her cargo at any of the ports, holding that the Kuesians are restricted to the provisions of Ki- aktou treaty, [From the Mail, of September 28. According to our shipping report, the Prins Men- scbikoff has left Woosung, and proceeded to Kamtchat- ka with her cargo of furs, Was this really a speculi tion of the Fur Company, or merely cloak for an ex- periment in a higher quarter? cerdingly sent a Some of the Leading Characters in the Muropean volutions, _ ‘AUSTRIA. The new ministry ie formed as follows: Prince Schwartzenburgh, President of the Council, Count Stadion. Minister of the Interior, General de Cordon, War. M. Kraus, Finance. M. Threnfelde, Agriculture, M. Bruck, Commerce. ‘The Ministers of Justice and Worship ere not yet named. A letter from Vienna of the 21st ot Nov. says :-- The new ministry is at last constituted; M. Bach has the portfolio cf justice, and M. Rhinnfeld, deputy of the centre, that of public worship. The provisional acceptation of M. Bach is said to have been one of the conditions of Count Stadion to take the portfolio of the interior. Amongst the conditions which Count Stadion made to the Emperor, is the demand that the Council- lorcf State, Weins, and M Pignitz should be sent away; the fame measure is, it is said, to be applied to M. Hunter, who “ aetsae! is Austria, relative to the affairs cr wc Sunderbund. There men were the princfpal instruménvo Of Prince de Metternich, I have fen the programme which the present cabinet is about topublich. !t deeiares that it will maintain the abso- Inte integrity ofthe monarchy, and thac it will not ermit its primitive organization to be disturbed. The language of the programme is exceeding!y vague, 60 muth #0 that it is not easy to ray exactly what are the views of the ministary as to the reconstitution of the empire. What is certain is, that it will have a monarchy under some form cr other, and that, although it renews the declaration that it will maintain for the country the liberties that it has obtained by conquest, the policy of the new cabinet must fata'ly lead it to a direct ard open protest against the resolutions of the parliament of Frankfort. e> jw Rppwae bio Prince Winpiscraratz, the generalissimo of the Austrian troops, is exceedingly rich, and descends on the maternal side trom the celebrated Wallen- stein. He 1s chivalrous, and of the greatest bravery, and his devotion to the imperial tamily is unlimit- ed, although he has instituted @ process agaiast that family for the renewal of the name and re- storation of the property of Wallenstein. At the head of the Grand Duke Constantine’s regiment of cuirassiers, he greatly distynguished himself on on several occasions in 1814, and was decorated with the cross of Maria Therese for resisting suc- cessfully for three hours, in a pass, a force of quad- Hyak strength. Windischgratz 1s about 63 years of age. sah Jettacnicn at present Baron, Field Mar- shal, and Bann ot Croatia and Sclavonia, was, in the month of March, oniy a simple colonel of a frontier regiment, who made himself beloved by the soldiery, because he had himself issued from the same rustic stock. His popularity increased 8 the quarrels of nationalities became ardent; and when, in the month of March, the repeal of the Austro-Hungarian union frightened the Croats still more lest they should be abandoned without de- fence to the Magyers, Col. Jellachich was imme- diately designated by the public voice as the chief of the national resistance. On this indication the cabinet of Vienna made him the governor of the country. x The new Rhenish Gazette, in, a letter from Vienna of the 21st, said that the wife of Blum had arrived to demand the body ¢f her husband, but that it had been dissected, like those of the other insurgents who were executed. . HUNGARY. Lovis Kossuru, during the celebrated diet of 1835, edited a manuscript newspaper, in which, escaping the censorship of his Austrian tyrants, he published each day an account of the pro- ceedings of the sitting. The police in vain en- deavored to seize it at the post office. When the editor found that his letters were opened, he sent about his paper by the hussars of the comutat. Tne police always bore him a grudge. At the close of the diet, Kossuth edited another journal. Sum- moned to drop it, he appealed tothe comitat of Pesth, who bade him go on. He was arrested by soldiers, and shut up in Bude. On coming out, he founded the Journal of Pesth, and became the most ardent advocate of the Peyalyt cause. His courage and ability astonished the Austrian government, which, unable to bear the least shadow of free dis- cussion, gotup a diflerenee between Kossuth and his proprietor. He left the paper, and, abandoning journalism, took to association. He founded numerous things necessary to the prosperity of the country. Itwashe who began the agitation in vor of manufacturing industry, and fought against Austrian protectionists. When the movement took place, the comrtat of Pesth sent Kossuth, by an overwhelming majority, to the diet. He soon be- came finance minister, and 1s now supreme dicta- tor of his beloved country during its struggle with the tyranny, despotism, and obstinacy of Austria and its imbecile emperor. The Beilage to the Prussian Staats Zeitung, of Monday, in a communicaion from Pesth, dated November 14, gives the tollowing address of Kos- suth, to the Hungarian National Assembly :-- “As Ihave received permission from the House to meke an inepection of our camp, with a view to a clear understanding of our position, and to satisfy many of the means of defence, so [ have taken the liberty to ask for a sitting of the Assembly, before which | can lay the results of my inquiries, and the necessary mea sures which must be taken, I must state that | found the camp ina most , and ready to make any sacrifice t quired of it. On the other hand. | found in the higher classes of the srmy, not entirely that spirit of determination which is néceseary to cafry on this description of warfareand which, with God’s assistance. will stand us in stead, but which assistance in never given bat to those who earn it by their own efforts, We have. before God and the world, openly uncheathed out swords Surrounded by fraud and treason, we conceived that, by the ropre- sentation of the davgerous state of affairs around us, we theuld bave rome attention paid to as; bat been answered by being called traitors. Wh portion ef our atmy is fighting for dynastic Interests sbroad, bere the pragmatic ranction is pronounced pretence, and inret upagsinet us. From this cause there exists in our army a certain wavering and buck- worduers, wbich in certain clroumstances may lead to Unpleasant results, 1 maintain that if it had not been for this wavering, and if the faithless ruga way Jellachich had been properly and actively fol lowed up, this war would have been ended by our army in a couple of days, Those who heid the command would not have etayed to inquire whether this or that stream or river Leitha waa to be crossed, but would only have required to know where the ene- my wes On this account | went to the camp, and I'would not go empty banded. The people on tho Donau rurrounded me by thousands, and showed the Ercetert spirit, But was it net possible with such as. sistance to have remedied the evil? It was necessary, 1 considered. that Vienna should be freed from the enemy that was then before it, aw | felt that if Vienna fell, #0 would the enemy's force be immediately turned against ought that if Viena fell without an efor istance, the propia therein Those in command tid tbat the movemewt would had no good re- rult, that the bigher officers had little stomach for the fight, and that our army would most certainly have been overwhelmed. Ihave my doubts on this point, as have others. There is one—namely, Georgie (Klien), who has assured me that. with proper care, oar army would not have suffered much, We thould, therefore, have gone on. | maintain that only pusilianimous men could have entertained a doubt of our sucsess. None of there people's accounts state that there were m shots exchanged with the army of E the case, whilst our hastily raised army not only stood fire for eight days, but also drove the enemy back. It is hardly true that we were gene- tally in a state of disorder—that we were every- where in flight—that we scarcely offered any resist- ance and were retreating; for we were the party who retained posetsion of the ground, as the statement of Georgel proves, Never for s moment had we lost @ single gun. The Hungarian nation is read; to pain their duty, but they demand, and witl perfect right, that no man should play thoughtlersiy with their army; and, therefore, | have ordered a court of inquiry into the clroumstances atteoding this action. “Moga, who was actually and really ill be- fore the battle, and who has already required & pen- sion, full from bis herse during the fight, aad bis com. mond I must, therefore, give toa patriotic and high” minded man, and that man is Georgei (Eljen.) | ray this on my already served socks » nding. ing the army, which is the more easy to that army is an Hungarian one, We no more occasion to yak of this or tl regi- nt, where re Hon) . Teould have all of you could have seen our Huséars—nothing ean be compared tothem They do not ask how strong the epemy are? but where they are, and instantly make clear work with them. The reports say nothing of these things; but these facts must be. known to every bedy. Further, no body can deny that we must con- juer, if not on the Leitha, then on the Raab; if not there, at Komorn; and if not there, on the Theisz.— With great bitterness, | must mention that the ene- my hes not behaved fairly tous Our Parliamentaire Ivanka has been detained prisoner, regardieas of the 10,000 prisoners of war which we have in our posres- tion, and yet they reckon on our clemency. But this is a great gain for us, as we shall never again allow the use of @ Parliamentaire between us Also three members of the Hungarian representatives who were then in Vienna, as well as Stephen Vargey, se- cretary to the foreign department, have been imprisoned by Windischgratz. This is dirgrace- ful to the enemy. The country authorities will everywhere do what is necessary. In former times families supplied recruits to the service with 8 trew—now they have sent us more than we can mu ‘With God’s assistance, we shall have in the spring « couple of hundred thousand soldiers. It i theretore, that I hope that the House of Represen! tives wiil proceed quietly with their work. If | may ask o fevor myrelf from the council, it is, that | may obtain leave of ubsence from the house, in order to re- cover my health. On all accounts a combina: the committees is now very necessary, It that our army attempted to free Vienna T' can condemn me, or approve of my measures, through these measures that we have cleared our good name in history. Some of hem pleare me, the others do not do so. That whith is now carrying on is no war, but a murder, the consequences of which will be attended with the most extraordinary difoulties. We must enlightem the whole world on this. If great mis- takes have taken place, we also know how to be gene- rous, but not towards the men who have occasioned such unheard-of miechief. In this point of view the committee will endeavor to deal with these seducers from the path of freedom. A Paris letter contains the following respecting General Bem :— It is poxszally believed ‘hat General Bem has es- caped the rearch made for him by the Austrian aytho- tities. If he be captured, he will be shot withoutjmer- cy—« fate for which he is prepared by the most extra- ordinary intrepidity. Perhaps the following facts, which illustrate his character, may not be unacoepta- bie to you :—General Bem is the son of a German, but was born in Poland. His reputation as an artillerist stands hick; iv 1s, however, of hisunfilnching outage, #nd perhaps of his relentless disposition, that | am about to speak, Some five-and.twenty years sinee, he bad @ quarrel with another (Polish) artillery officer, whom he challenged to fight with pistols. They met. On the ground they tossed for the first shot, and Bem lost. His advereary took sim, fired, and Bem fell. The cflicer, believing him dead, prepared to quit the fleld, but Bem, who had received the ball in the right hip, turned over on his left side, raised himrelf on his el- bow, and said, “ Stop, comrade; it is my turn now; take your place” The officer did so, and in s moment fell, shot through the heart. Bem lingered long under the wound, ‘he ball could not be extracted. During twenty years he ruffered excruciating torments from its presetce, and at last resolved on a proceeding to Lon- don to consult the faculty there. He wastold that the operation, to be successful, must be a very painful one. He at once said that be would submit to it, He was accordingly thrown by ether into a state of stupor, and the operation commenced. The circular saw had in- dented the bone round the bullet, when the intense agony roured the patient. The operator became alarmed, but Bem reaseured him, called for his pipe, lighted it, and commenced smoking, while the opera- tion was rerumed, and was crowned with complete suc- cers. The ball was extracted, and Bem perfectly re- covered. [From the Oxford (Eng.) Journal.1 Some of our readers may probably remember to have seen walkin about Oxford upon crutches, about twelve months ago, a gentleman of middle height, light complexion, and of foreign appear- ance. This gentleman turns out to be no less a personage than General Bem, who has recently been taking so prominent a part in Vienna as one of the three insurgent generals. He 18 a native of Po- land, and took sp his residence in Oxford last win- ter, forthe ‘purpose of recruiting ace after having undergone an operation ip London, and recruiting his purse; by: giving lectures upon artificial memory. “In the latter, however, he was unsuccessful, tor his imperfect knowledge of the English language rendered his efforts of no avail. He continued to reside in thiscity untlthe French revolution of February, but the events which suc- ceeded induced him to leave for the continent, and ultimately to enlist in the cause which has so eignally resulted in hisdefeat. BAVARIA. Advices from Munich, in the Augsburg Gazette, announce the long-expected modification of the Bavarian ministry. The departments cf the inte- rior and of public worship are re-united, and assign- ed to M. Von Lerchenteldt, the late Minister of Finance, who is succeeded in that office by M. Von Weigaud. The department ot trade and pub- he works is temporarily annexed to that of foreign affairs. The change is universally approved of. GREECE. The Athens papers of the 7th ult. bring us the definitive list of the new Ministry. The following are the members of it-— Rear-Admiral Canaris M. A Lendos M. Bulgari General Mayromichalis M. ©, Colocotront M. Rhealiis ... M, Callifronas ..... Public Worship. The Chambers are oked for the 9th of No- vember. It 18 not considered at all certain that the new ministry will sustain the trial, and fur- ther modifications will probubly be necessary. ROME. The following is the new ministry forced upon the Pope, in the late insurrection in the Holy City :— Foreign Affairs, Mamiani. Interior and Police, Galetti. Finanees, Lunati Coumerce and Public Works, Sterbini. War, Campello. Public Instruction, Rosmini. Grace and Justice, Sereni. HOLLAND. ‘i The, Staats Courant, of the 22d ult, gives the following definitive list of the new ministry :-- Minister of the Murine and Colonies, Vice Admiral Nl _Ryk. Minister of Justice, M. D. Donker Curtius, Minister of Foreign Affairs. L. A. Lightenvelt. Minister of the Interior, J. M. de Kemponaer, Minirter of War, Major General Voet. Minister of Finance. P. P. Van Bosse. Minister of the Reformed religion, Merestra. Minister of the Colonies, G. L. Bared, former Direc- tor of Agricuiture in the Netherland’s West Indies M_ L.A. Lightenvelt is charged ad interim with the Affairs of the Roman Catholic Religion, DENMARK. ‘Tue New Mintstry.~-Ourcommunteations from Copenhugen, ot the 16:h ult., contain the following list of the new ministry :— Count A.W Moltke, President of Foreign Affairs. Von Sponneck, Finance, Meedvig. Religion. President of the Council and Minister of Marina. Minister of the Interior. Finance War. Foreign Affairs. Justice. Baron Van Dang, Interior. Clausen, pro tem, without portfolio. Ven Zabrtman, Marine. M. Barclentleth Justice. ‘ The list 1s not yet published officially, but 1s given as highly probable. PERSIA. ‘We have already announced the death, at Teheran, of ommed Shah, the sovereign of Persia, and the proclamation. on the 18th of September, at Tabriz, of the heir apparent, holding there the government of Averbidgan. as snecessor to his father’s throne, un- der the tile of Nesser-ud-Deen-Shah, ‘The youthful monarch took his departure for Teh ran, on the morning of the 18th, accompanied by M Abbott, the British Consul at Tehran, aud M. Gous attached to the Russian mirsion ther nder no armed eecort of no les# tnan 10.000 cavalry, 7.00 ro- funtry, and 24 pieces of artillery, whose services wore recured by @ loan of £10 000, raised chiefly through the influence of Mr. Stevens, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Tabriz, in the brief space of forty eight houre, among the Greek and Armenian merchants, ple of which latter sect, by epeoial firman of ths overeign, have been placed under Mr Stevens’ immediate consular protection, © compliment of no sm@ importance, when it is ‘considered that they number nearly $0,000 souls. Accounts have been received of his Majesty's timely arrival at Tehran, at a moment when Hadij Mirza Agassi the late King's Prime Minister, was busily en- gaged in forming @ party to place w junior brother upon the threne, to the detriment of the heir appa- rent, who on his accession. very prudently appolated to the premierrbip Mirza Taki, late Pe: 2 commia- sioner at the conferences of Erzeroom, regarding the froptier question between Persia and Turkey. This unusually quiet accession of s new roversign to the throne of Persia, is, at a time when the polities! horizon of India ts unexpectedly eluded, a matter of no small moment to the British Crown, whose influence at the court of Persia will, we trust, be maintained, On the part of the Sultan, moasures have very laada- en by the Sublime Porte, to prevent any hostile movement, with # view of dispnting thas. tion by Aly Shab, whole living at Kerbela ast and pensioner of the Sultan, The latest acsoua from Tabriz, confidently anticipate that for the pre- sent, at least, public tranquillity will be preserved Malek Kaseim Mirza, unole to the late. and grand uncle to the present King, has been appointed to the vacant governorship of Azerbidgan. SPAIN, Narvaez has been heard to confess that, in 1813, he landed at Valencia with 20 franes; and now, notwithstanding his reckless extravagance, he is known to be worth £200,000 in money, besides poseessing immense landed property, in the shape of church property, purchased trom the Siate. Fifteen years ago, Sartorius, the Minister of the Interior, was a poor sodista (sizer) in the Uni- versity of Salamanca, and in 1840, accepted with gratitude the situation of a copyist in the office of a newspaperentitled the Correo Nactonal, tor which drudgery herecerved two francs a day. His equip- ages and general style of living now are worthy of a@ prince, and it 18 notorious that he throws away thousands upon his numerous mistresses, which, however, does not prevent him from investing large sums from time to time in foreign stock. n 1842, Mou, Minister of Finance, was not worth £100 a year, and was celebrated anongst his ac- quaintances for his “shocking bad hat.” He 1s now possessed of a fortune estimated at £400,000, and has recently presented his illegitimate children with estates worth £10,000. FRANCE. ._ [From the Londen Atlas.) M. de Girardin, of the Presse, seems to have taken for his motto, ever since his entrance into lite, La bourse ow /a vie!” His pistol,has been at everybody’s head for the last fifteen years. It isto this bandit spirit of attack that he owes his fortune, his position, the very name he bears. He was brought up in mysterious obscurity, ignorant ot his parentage, under a vulgar and trivia! name ; knowing no other friend than the aotaire who paid the expense of the school where he had been placed, and to whom he was conducted once a year to give proof that he was stilialive, and the perion ts be continued. At the age of sixteen, his studies were completed, and he passed his ex- amination with great éclat, and he was then sent for by the notarre, who told him that those who took intercet in his welfare had resolved that he should follow the’study of the law, and had made every arrangement tor him to thateftect. “And who are they who take this interest in me ?”” ex- claimed young Lecomte (for this 18 the name by which he was then known) ; “tell me this mo- mentwho I am, and what is my father’s name ?”” “1 know not, in truth,” returned the notare, in a sneering tone, ‘Here is that will refresh your memory,” returned the young man, drawing from his pocket a loaded pistol, which he pointed to the head of the startled notezre, who, after a few mo- ments’ parley, was only too glad to give up the namé of Count Alexandre de Girardin as the per- son by whom the money had had been paid into. his hands for the education and nourishment of young Lecomte. It is saidthat on that very day, and by the very same means, did Emile de Girar- din obtain acknowledgement of his clsims by the General, who, evidently pleased by this indica- tion of epirit on the part of his son, allowed him to bear his name and to share his fortune. From that hour has the life of Emile de Girardin been ascene of strife and warfare with his ene- mies, his rivels, nay, his very friends, and all the world besides ; while the Presse has been made the battering ram to destroy the reputations of men of talentand the lives of men of honor. It 1s believed that a duel between this man and General Cavaignac is inevitable. The Result of the American Presidential Election in an English Point of View. rom the London Chronicle, Nov. 28.} The singular want of political significance which we have remarked as characterizing the Presidential con- test in the United States. has continued to its close — In looking through the speeches, and articles, sad bandbills which Fave appeared during the election, what perhaps strikes an Englishman most is their per- ronality. In this country, we are accustomed to make the political opinions of candidates the test of their claims en our support—on the eve of an election, the prees tcems with discussions on whatever may be the questions of the day mont interesting to the locality which it issought to influence. In America, on tho contrary, * nyt, heey le is tay doc! a ich ractically prevails ; a aps, bseause the pe- Brie clrsumetances of ther country Tender party pohtios lees vitally Wh ebro and party distinocions less brosd, than in the United Kingdom; but still more, because the “‘masees,’’ to whom candidates ap- peal, are more easily attracted by personal qualities — more inclined to hero worship—than the soberer and more reflecting classes whose influence dominates here. Whatever be the caure, the effect is undoubted ; the only candidate who went to the poll pledged to a prin- ciple—Mr. Van Buren—does not seem to hi ucceed- din recuring the “ticket” of » single State; while lor and Cass, between whom the real struggle lay, have both deliberately abstained from committing themselves to any specific measures—almost, indeed, to any line of polloy. It is curious, tor, to observe how much strers is laid upen comparison between the military achievements of the candidates, and how instinctively the martial propensities of the people are recognised and appealed to, It is very clear that, notwithstanding his known preference of a paci- fie policy fer bis country, the hero of Buena Vista owes bis triumphant success mainly to the laurels that he won in Mexico, We have before us a record of his ‘sayings and doings,” which bas been circulated as an election bandbill by his friends, and which bas refe- rence, almost exclusively to his campaigns. In- deed, cne of his sayings —* my wounded are bahind me, and [never will pass them alive,” is prefixed, appa- rently as a permanent motto, tothe journal whieo is the chief organ of his tupporters at New York. ‘The facts to which we have been allading are easen- tial to be borne in mind, if we wish to appreciate coi rectly the effect of the late election. It by no means follows, because General Taylor as been chosen by immense rity of the Union, aud because the whig party generally have adopted him us their champion, that, therefore, all or any of those doctrines with which the whig party is peculiarly identitied, will moet with equal success, The present victory is one essentially of Taylor over Cass—not of whigs over democrats. — But there are nevertheless, certain leading id policy which have been put forward, with suflciont prominence, by the victorious patty, and which, asin some degree sanctioned by their triamph, it is worth while to consider. Of there, by far the most prominent and the most important is that of peace against war, of industrial progress against extension of territory. The favorite motto of the Taylor party is, “ We stand oa our own soil; and we are glad to think that that question, at least, is settled for nome time to come, not by the vic tory of General Taylor, but by the expression of fuel- ing and opinion which the contest has elicited, The wonder, indeed, is, how it could become a question at all, Never was euch afield of peaceful contest opened by nature to any peeple,and never, to do them jus- tice, did any people make a more vigorous ure of its ad- vantages. Sea and land conspire to invite and re- ward the labors of the Americans. Their commerce is extending itself ever the old world, their colonization overthe new. While they are preparing to bridge the Pacific with steam, and to compete with British capi taliste in the markets of the East, their pionscrs are crowding toguther a golden harvest in the streams of Califorois and the mountains of Mexico, and Congress ix considering proposals to construct # railroad from the Misrouri to the Columbia With sucha field be. fore them—with hardly a ri or even a formid neighber, and withevery prospect of bec 2ming mereforce of circumste nes, the most pow asthe most prosperous. nation in the world ~ ericate should think of maxing war, for the mest singular proof oa record of den ity; for the same geographical and politic which contribute to the rowth of thelr eve would make an aggressive policy, on th not only inefficient, but suicidal.” A population, at once dispersed and democratic, is nocessarily averse both to taxation and divcipline, It may, therefora, be brave and warlike, but it will nerer bo formidable for porpores of offnee. With the secoat commeroial position in the world, the navy ot the United States consists only of 7S ships, of ali clasres and stages of oon- struction, of which only eleven arw steamers; while her enormous extent of frontier ia defended by a reguiac army of about 8.000 men, It is obvious thet with such military reeources, and a virtusliacapacity fur receult- ing them in time for efficient eetinn, wat, with any powerful maritime nation, would not only be fatal to the prorperity of (he American Umton, bat would lead, pably.to its entire dissolution, It ia matter, there. Old eatisfa tion to all who are intersted like in the prosperi ica, to thiak thet the lereon taught. 25, 000,000 sterling by the Mexican w een thrown away upon her, and that ehe ix not about to play the part of a tire. band among the nations of the earth. With regord to the slavery qaestioa, General Taylor, though a rlavenolder. and conservative of “existing institutions,” is, with the whig party generally, adverse vo their extenrion into new soil; aad it was used as an argument In his favor, with the northern abolitions that his influence in the South would probably insure the auccers of their resistance to thatexteasiog. Expe cially ie be pledged to cffer no opposition te the expect: ed decision of Congress agatost the introtuction of tlaves into New Mexico and Catifornis, {t is curious, indeed, that the whig party are strong advooates for what we should oall the “conptitutionsl” doctring with respect to the veto. not only on this point, bat gene- rally; and that a well-grounded apprehensiva lest Mr. Casa should exercive it (as Jackson and Polk have dons) in deference to the opinions of the Low democracy. aad In oppo-ition to the existing legisiature, has cou- tributed largely towards his failure A Of the much-talked-of increase in the taril!, we con- fern that we have rery little fear, On this, as on most other questions, jhe democratic mind is in a state of perpetual fluctuefion. In 1833, 0 free-trade system 4 upon; ia 1842, one of protection; ia 1846, ‘8 unanimous revalsion in favor of free trade; ‘© told that the tide is again taratog to- tion, It ta not Hikely that, American capitaliaty wil to with aah @x eat Chair m ney perlen : euietouees an increasing population wiil 8001 their dormant and scattered strength. and on the downfall of olass-legislation at once and for ever. breath for a factitious theref thi the result. Of course weare interested in it. If there is po longer @ worthless bit of territory to wrangle about, the United States are rtill near neighbors im more cenres than one; and It is a great object to us that they shou'd be liberally and peacefully governed. A new presidency opens a new ebapter of socldents, and helps forward this or that topic of political agita- tion. As it happens. however, the British public have beer, ongronted with European politics, and know little more of Teylor and Cass then their names, Even in the States the interest is rather forced and fictitious. ‘The two Generals and their supporters are alike in novel and temporary positions. Taylor professes and protection. Cass is associated with war and free trade. Now, undoubtedly, war is a worse thing than » prohibitive tariff, but the threat of the one may still be a less dangerous matter than the threat of the other ; just as‘ I'll cut your head off,” addressed to @ chil Will probably give it Jers real uneasiness than‘ I sail Rot glve you any moro pudding” It may be eaalar for Taylor to do @ little for his manufacturing sup- perters, than for Cass to give hia Irish allies an oppor. tunity cfcutting British throats, Of the two, a ever, on general principles we feel bound to pref-r the We are one who offers himself in the name of peace. also alive to a certain danger in this jas! mediately affecting Britich interests War is a ten- dency of republice, The Consul or the President has a short time before him, and is natu lly anxious to mark hia reign with some enduring memorial, and California immortalize Mr, Poix, and it is poesible dir, Cass might eontrive to avsociate his name with the ition of Cuba. What Wellington is in this couatr. in France, General Taylor i United Stat in scarce oth and a moment in the We might extend lat ; for there government in the civiized world at this is not under the pacific influence of some perieneed the bors with all his sountry and pre- joldier In possession ingonerally conservative. The present state of affairs ie a garrison which he is bound to defend, and any in- troduction of new elements, or other considerable change, is am invasion which he is bound to re The men we have alluded to, however, show higher feelings than the merely defeusive. They know the horrors of war, and the years which add to their en- joyment of peace only quicken the remembrance ofthe miserable workin which they paseed the frashness of their youth or the flower of their age. Where the young see nothing but a game, the old see a grave. Exactly the third of a century, the period familiarly assigned to a generation of men, has parsed close of the last international w: ‘There have bee civil wars disputed succersions, suocensfal lions, armed interventions, but not that fell conflict of nation with nation, much less that universal mélée which charactarized an almost equal period of pre- ceding history. The result is too plain. A genera- tion has risenup which knows nothing of wa: in books, or table talk, or in the ostentatiou or the brilliant parade. Histories, poems. monuments, titles, veterans wearing medals, and fivid-marshals holding levée occasional feate of arms against distant barbaria: show only the fair side of war. T he uew generation. Henee with which it appeals to an issue from which veterans recoil. ‘The tendency to war is all the stronger, whem from the excessive jealousy of # military caste, the whole population is made warlike When every citisen is @ soldier, and scarce @ peasant escapes the ordeal of a uniform, you then implant universal fecuides and taste, whieh in many minds will struggle for falfl- ment. In this respect England presents a» striking contrast to nearly all the world besides. We have a standing army which, notwithstanding the vast num- ber and difficulty of the positions it occupies over the whole world, yet amounts to very small proportion ofthe people. With the vast peninsula of Hindostan, with Canada and Australia, the Cape, the West Indies, the fortifications of Gibraltar, Malta and Aden. to gar- rison,— with Ireland to tranquilize aod retain, we can- not reckon up more men than are now stationed in Paris and its vicinity. Andthatisaliourarmy. We eno National Guard, no militia, aud scarcely a pre- ce of yeomanry. ce our people era unused to war, and the profesrion of a common soldier istscaroaly le It is not so on the Continent, es, There the larger molety of ned to arms, and therefore prone to war. fain General Taylor's address to some returned volun- teers from the Me2toan war. quoted yesterday under the bead of American intelligence, we Rave the mili- tery ardor of the raw civilian and tho veteren’s reac- t onary longing for peace incidentally bat forcibly contrasted. Wo fear it must be raid that war 1s apas- sion in the United States, t where er a pre- tence can be found, there will be no lack of will. Of courve this epirit bas a fair side and foul one, and the former is very naturally that which the Gen:ral selects for bis prai “This war xietonee of a deepuncon- queral le hercism in all elaeres of our people. It has not bs any means confined to the sterner sex; fur nowhere hs: Urighter than in the eond 1d smutiments of the softer sex of vurcounty, so many of whom have honored ny with their prec exce on this cccasion Durtog my public service, I have tevome femitis eda which, place the wamea of our comntry on a of whose heroism his- have known mothers them to return with honor cr rotat all, T have known tisters to purt with only bro- thers, with words fall of pride and hope of their return with bright have known wives to-tesr themselves from the arms of nds, and to forget ina gene iatriolie and their bustend’s ionor,” All very good but when one considers the ambiguous character of the quarrel, who can fail to jn this heroiem a positive passion for arms? It is the rawsen- timent and the beginning of the quarrel we see here described The general, himeelf, nowever, adds, from bis own experience, the actual sequel and the moral lesron; and if we may trust the epperens earnes {ness cf his language, we now postess the key of his presi- dential policy, if he his been elected. * But I cannot avoid the opportunity, whilst referring to the achieven-ents of cur arms, of express ng my deep conviction of the evils of war, of which hero, asclsewhere, my mind receives daily and mouruft! proof, Throughout my service, I assure you the proudest moments of victory have bean darkened and rendered sorrowful by the reficetion of the painful oocurrémces Which it preduces; of the wives made widows, of paronte made o*iidiess, of friends bereft of thoee bound to them by the dearest ties; for the awful rerults of war are not confined to the bloody soanes of the battlefield; but di ming diseaso—more any of th umonts of war, # utters death areong those engag- 0 i the trying fatiawes Lex pow tary dub>. Of those who hve died in sctive tervicein Mexico, the proportion of those Cut down by disense to those who foll on the battle field isabout five toone, Por these reasons, asa constant witcess of all theaternand ainful rea/ities of war, I aseure you that thereis no one whore- Joices mire in the conclusion «f the war with Mexico, now hap. pily terminated, than I co. It was not from any approtiensioa of the dangers or any drvad of the fatigues and suft-rings to whi2h might Le exposed, that Igo warmly desired t this wer; butit war beoswe I Icoked upon wat & last reeort— which, itean be honoral the fit euty of an a tory reocrds 60 mai toserd their on} their own cares and affections, ide and devotion to their country’s veyed by your ceteemed commun ic Pork Pit * id. ro rue Governor or Lovistana.— Our readers will remember, says the New Orleans Data of the V7sh inst, that the Legislature, at its session last spring, passed a series of resolutions, offered by Mr. 1. Wightman Smith, of this city, expressive ot the hope and confidence of our peo. ple in the wisdom and patriotism of Pope Pins [X. hese resolutions were transcribed on parchment, and entrusted by our Governor to J. M. Wray, Keq., of this city, who delivered ther in person at Rome, where he was very handsomely received by the authorities of the Holy Pontificate. The following reply ef his Holiness was alsa brought over by Mr. Wray. The original 13 in Italian, from which we translate :— (Despatch No. 8 585} Hovonautx Sin:—Im faldimeat of the notice eon- ioation of the 20th of May Inst past, the High Pootilf, ’, Pras 1X, my augass s.vertigu, hus been pus in po-ression of the resolations | adopted bythe General \seembly of your State, during | the preveding month of March, and testifying to the affectionate regards of the people of Louinans in his be- half Thie act as it laa pleasing duty to mo to mention, bas proved most grateful to the hely father, who hes lesrued, with deep satistaction, the favorable impres- tion that bis paternal care aud solieitude have pro- cuced in your land. when, upon his ascession to the | Pentifical” See, independently of the momeutous claim the government of the Universal Church at his Lands, he made it hisetudy to consult thy boxt wel- fare of bis subjects. His Holiness, moreover, could not but be deaply moved at the manner in which the General Assembly themeeives have expressed their lively laterest and hearty participation in the now re ently been opened between tae Goverpinent of the United States. of still greater gratitication to his Ho through st, wasconveye! aa addtional assarange that the Catbolio religioa. in Loasiana, will go on pros pering im that enlarged freedom which it ia, by divine ordipanee, entitied to enjoy. Now the Holy Father, desirous that all these senti- ments should be expreseed throagh me, has charged me to comply with (he grateful duty of tran«mitting to you the present despatch, [ would, therefore, ‘beg of yeu to convey to all the members of the Senate and ibe Houre of Reprerentatives of your State, the shoice fentiments of the Holy Father. not unaccompanied by a profter of the gratitude which he bas exserienced from the kindly demonstrations which they so har- monicusly resoived in his regard Nor can | dispen: with coaveying to you, in his name, words of peculiar acknowledgment, both for the marked part which you bave taken in the demonstretion iteef, and for the good wishes expreared in your communication Having thus complied with the mandate of my Sov- reign, be pleased, honored rir, to Aovept the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. Your most devoted servant, G, CARDINAL SOGLIA. Hon, Isaac Jounsox, Governor of Louisiana, New Orleas Rome, October 0, 1848. nada has been summoned Isth of Jaauary, The Legislature of to assemble at Montreal on the A storiny session 18 expected Ip branches of Ladustey WOICY dePlOd VAT! PO —* | ku Cameaannll proves 10 DE Cuusely WMAvAluous