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| ish, amd the bells of Vienna sent forth » loud and con- tinued joyful peal. fad pet ceremony was opened by the off. | cers of the Court, and the representatives of all the great | families of the empire, in the richest costumes, in mag- | nificent equipages. First, came the Imperisl pages, and after them the Archéukes; then the Archduke of Tuscany ‘and his sons; the Duke Maximilian, of Bavaria, and thea ‘¢ Emperor, wearing the uniform of an Austrian Field hal, with the grand cordon of St. Hubert of Ba- him came the bride, accompanied by the hia, and having the Duchess Louisa, AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our Pasis Correspondence. Pants, April 23, 1854. The Progress of the Campaign—Probable In\nrrectionary Movement in Italy—Cautious Toneof both Austria ant Prussia—The Montalembert Affair—Min‘sterial Crisis — Differences between M. M. Persigny and Fould. ‘The Eastern question is still at the same point. The Turks defend themselves as best they can; but they #re always obliged in the end to yield grount. After having abandoned Kustendji and the Dobrudscha, it is probable x varia; after tion from the extreme beauty and delicate taste of her toilette. She wore a that they will continue their retreat to the Balkan, and will content themselves with defending this latter line ‘The European re-inforcements arrive with great slowness, and measures are already being taken to increase to 160,000 men the contingent of the expeditionary force. By means of this augmentation, the Allies hope to tear from Russia, Finland, Poland, and other important por- tions of her territory. All that can be safely predicted in the present carly stage of hostilities is, that the war will be extremely long and difficult, Matters may turn out favorably in the Baltic for the Western Powers, but in the south of Europe they wear a thorny aspect, and the probability of an insurrectionary movement in Italy is no trifling source of embarrassment for the Froach government, which is fully sensible that it will have the | effeot of arraying Austria on the side of Russia. The tone of the Court of Vienna towards this government, | has, a4 I intimated to you im my last letter, been studi- without engaging it to | 4, ously courteous and amicable, anything positive ay regards the future. of the Moniteur. But you will scarcely credit it, although it is not the loss true, that the principal source of anxiety to the | government just now is the Montalembert affair. The | j\/ention of giving « musical prosecution still continues. An effort has been made to | being home the offence of colportage of the letter to i author, but it Las failed. M. Villemain and a number of | deputies and journalists were examined; but they all stated that they had mo knowledge of the letter until | they saw the copy which M. Billault, author of all this trouble, caused to be deposited in the salle des conferences; so that, notwithstanding the servile zeal of the tribunals, it is doubtful whether a condemnation will be obtained; and, if it be, it will consign to oblivion for # couple of days the Eastern question, and resuscitate for the same space of time in the Legislative Corps the parliamentary system, and all this in order to afford M. Montalembert an opportunity of washing himself from the taint of his previous devotion to absolutism. it is said that M. Montalembert, havin, tered the Emperor in one of his drives, th lately encoun- ¢ latter saluted him graciously, and pointed him out to ‘the Empress. | The Catholic orator is about to make his re-appearance in the Chamber, in the discussion on the law of public instruction. Notwithstanding the inviolability with which the | silence of the press and the harmlessness of the tribune surrounds the eabinet, there has been for some days past sort of ministerial crisis. M. Persigny, a clever politi- cian, thoroughly devoted to the Emperor, but as an ad- ministrator utterly incapable, has reocived @ powerful shock. violent nature between himand M. Fould. M. Persigey, it should be stated, represents the fanatic Bonapartism dela veille, whilst M. Fould is a Bonapartlst from inte- rest. The abandonment of his functions by one or the other appeared inevitable. M. de Persigny sent in his re- signation, but it was not accepted, as it would h e been extremely difficult to replace him, so fow are the | en their adhesion men of political capacity who ha’ tothe government. Messrs. Magne, Baroche and Bil- lault were susce ly mentioned as his successor; bit all these are necessary in the position which they occu- py. Itis thought, nevertheless, that M. De Porsigny will not remain, " Ho bas been obliged to sacrifice his hg Bed cabinet, M. Girard. fhe fusionist journal pear cn the Gth of May, after two months of susyension; ut the government exacts the dismissal of a poor dev! of an editor—M. Charles Letellier, who signe’ ticles than he wrote—those of M. Guizot amongst others; #0 that this boucemissaire will be obliged to expiate in his person the past sins of this journ: A circular, bearing the impress of democratic and even | sodialistic tendencies, of the Archbishop of Paris—who is | not the less the humble courtier of the powers that bo— has excited a certain degree of sensation by its attacks on masters and employers who make their people work on Sundays. The Curé ef St, Louis D’Antin refused to allow it to be read in his church. The celebrated actor—Frederick Lemaitre—has made his reappearance in a part which he plays admirably, ina piece called “La Bonne Aventure.” directed against the inconveniences of superstition, and the actor, who has been étudying it for the last six | smonths, did not scruple to play it upon a Friday. Panis, Monday, May 1, 1854. Effect of the News of the Bombardment of Odessa—Some of the Old Leaven of National Jealousy still Remaining —Madame St. Arnaud’s Portable Battery for the Turkish Campaign—The Emperor of Austria's Marriage—A Man Condemned to Twelve Months Imprisonment for Predicting the Fall of Napoleon—The Loss of the Ecrolano—The Second Spring (Sporting Meeting) in the Champs des Mare—Russian Intrigues in Portugal. The month of May, which, amid tho singing of birds “and the carol of light hearted labor, recalls to the wan cheek and attenuated orm of nature the blushing rose and verdant leaf, now, after the silence ahd repose of forty years, awakes the echoes of Europe with the sound of booming cannon and the eries of slaughter. ‘The excitement caused in Paris by the nows of the bombardment of Odessa is of a character so peculiar, that I very much doubt whether any description of it does not entirely exceed your correspondent’s ability. If it were simply the enthusiasm which the successful inauguration of a mighty and extensive warfare might naturally be supposed to generate, there would, perhaps, be no great difficulty. But the feeling to which I am alluding is ofa much more complex character. First of all, there is certainly the gratification of knowing, at length, a tangible property for the imagination to feed upon. The Cerberus maze of curiosity was growing mis. chievous for lack of food, and this isa real “sop.” But there is @ green-eyed monster which has quite as much to do with the Gallic idiosyneracy as Cerberus; and somo | how or other, notwithstanding their own fleet consti- tutes a moiety of the Black Sea squadron, this bombard- ment of Odessa, whether from the circumstance of the French admiral being second in command, or its boing accomplished by that arm of warfare in which England ia admitted to be superior, is looked upon as almost purely an English victory. Puerile as all this must appear to those afar off, and looking down as America may proudly do, upon the struggles of the Old World, there is more in it than meets jealousy of the two nations new crust of the Western al- Viance. At Gallapoli their armies cannot encamp togeth- er without private letters exhibiting full indications of it ; and no sooner is a conquest elfected on the Black Sea, than a mor)id dread takes possession of tho French mind, lest the power and influence of England should be the sole result of it, in her increased facility with India. In matters of this kind there fe goasrally some cunning spirit who pulls the strings, and M. Thiers, whether just- ly or no, is suspected to be very lively at this moment. On Saturday, the 29th, Siarshal de St. Arnaud em- barked in the Berthollet. Madame de St. Arnaud takes with her, it 1 recorde?, a wardrobe of sixty of the most superb dresses that Malame Camille could turn off, to astonish the worthies at Constantinople. Admiral Hamelin, commandant-in-chief of the French squadron in the Black Sea, has written under date of the 10th of April, that the English steam frigate Furious went on the 6th to Odessa, to claim the Consals, and such of our subjects as might wish to leave the place at the approach of hostilities with Russia; that the Furi- ous arrived there yesterday, and in throwing, he says, “your eye over the report of the captain of that frigate. your Excellency will see that, notwithstanding the flag of truce which she had hoisted, and which her boat also carried, the batteries of Odessa treacherously fired seven cannon shot on the boat, a few minutes after she had left the quay.” This, he continues, is a proceeding without example; it is necessary to Ff back to 1829, the price nM which the Dey of Algiers did the same to the rrovence find a similar fact—in other words, we must scek an ex- ample in a war with barbarians! Admiral Dandas ani I are about to concert the severe measures which are called for by such a proceeding. The Emperor of Austria is eminently, just now, the ob- gerved of all reign in Europe, the agitation of whose revolutionary surge has flung him to the curiae, the subtle indesi- sion of his government gives him all the influence which mature age, and experience, and even power, often deny to others. ‘England and France, both of whom have so repeatedly bearded his house and policy, now vie with each other in offering incense to his shrine; and to com- plete his prestige, he has now, while standing on the edge of the European crater, committed the always popoler act of taking unto himself a wife. marringe took place in the evening. Rich carpets covered the floor of the holy sanctuary, while its walls wore hung with tapestry, representing subjects of Aus: trian history. A hamdre! golden lustres and ten thon sand wax lights threw out their gorgeous illamination. ‘Over the high altar was placed a rich canopy of crimson velvet, embroidered in filagree. Before it was a superb Prie Dieu of white velvet and gold, for the bride and 4 , While a rich throne of ‘exquisite form and character was erected on the left for their reception pre- vious to the commencement of the ceremony. Tho bride wore s white satin dress, embroidered with gold and silver, a train, and a rich lace veil. On her head was diadem of lustrous diamonds, so dazzling that the eye could scarcely rest upon them, and which were the gift of the Archduchess Sophia, who had worn them at her The Prince Archbishop of Vienna per. e ceremony. He igh altar, by a long line of dignified clergy, and when ali bad taken their seats, the bride ani bridegroom being still on the throne, service began, and im- wediately the Emperor and the bride proceedéd to the Prie-Diew. After the Archbishop had pronounced a short address, and put the usual interrogatories prescribed by the Chu hey beg rings’ from a cn cup, - presented @ august couple, who rec! iy pr. them on each other's finger; and while either eld the hand of the other they received the Episcopal Henediction. At this moment salvos of artillery were red from the bastions, military music sounded a four- The conduet | of avelimat of Prussia has been equally guarded, although such a | demolishing all the houses between fourish was made about the King’s letter, in the columns It has arisen from a fresh quarrel of the most | 1} Assemblée Nationale, will re-ap- | more ar- | The piece is | ‘but this was a line-of-battle ship,) in order to | observers. The youngest reigning sove- | tnnie of Indian muslin over a petticoat of pale rose; bouquets of Alpine violets were scattered in profusion over the cress, and on her head she wore violets and blonde lappets. ' Her figure was above the usual height, and ber countenance of remarkable falrnoss ‘The Duchess Louisa, of Bavaria, wore a dress of three | skirts of lace over pale blue silk, the body being covered with the richest lace, looped up with pearls on the shoul- | ders. | The sleeves were gencrally observed to be romarkably | short. ‘The head dress of the Duchess consisted of gera- niums and diamonds. The greater part of the company | wore natural flowers, as did the bride, who had a bouquet | of roses in her girdle, | At the contemplated visit of the King of the Belgians | ta Mons, in June, the Emperor of the French ta to send | some of’ the chief officers of his staif to take part in the festivities. ‘A man named Nicholas Blane has been condemned to twelve months imprisonment for predicting the overthrow of Napoleon III, the speedy approach of the Hungarians to Paris, and the commencement of the reign of a uni- | versal republic. The law under which he is convicted is | the propagation of false news, Some buffaloes, lately brought to France by M. de Mar- ny, are to be turned out on the mountains, in the ho; them. Workmen are now employed in e Rue de l'Echelle | and the Palais Royal. The whole is to be cleared « | and in three months the large quartier from the Ri Coq St. Henoré to the Rue de I’Echelle will have ceased to exist. Madam Balzac, widow of the celebrated novelist, is | very angry with Bf Alexandre Dumas for announcing his < I entertainment in order to enable him to raise a monument to her husband, She | bas brought an action, and required him to desist on pain | of paying 10,000 francs. Substitutes for the French army now demand 4,500 | francs, instead of 1,000 franes, the price usually given. ‘There ‘is a report that Abdel Kader will command an | Arab corps in the campaign about to ensue. |“ "The Corricre Mercantile of Genoa has furnished further Jautieulars respecting the loss of, the Ercolano, between | Nice and Antibes. It appears that on the 2ith, the | Sicilia, a strong iron vessel, of 1,200 tons burden’ and | | 8C0 horse power, on the screw principle, ran foul of her and stove in her side. The number of victims is forty- | tions recently signed by all t eight, viz. : thirty-seven passengers and twelve sailors. | elve persona only were saved, among whom was Sit Robert Peel, who, it is said, owed his safety to being | near the prow of the Escolano, which went down Inst. | His two servants and secretary were both lost. The Prin- cess Cattaneo, from Naples, with three other persons, were among those who perished. | Although the weather was threatening yesterday, the second of the spring meetings in the Champ de Mara took place in the presence of their majesties. ‘The Em- peror and Empress were received with more than usual animation by the large company assombled to witness the races, which were excellently contested. A very large number of Ameritan ladies and gentlemen were present. All private letters confirm the fact of the Emperor of | Russia’s diligent intriguing in Portugal, where, from the necessary absence of English forces, he hopes to create a movement in favor of Don Miguel. Paris, May 1, 1854. | France Aiming for other Objects than the War in the East | —Imperfect Arrangements for the Reception of the Al- lied Troops at Gallipoli—French Designs Upon Finland | Public Instroclion—The French Court Growing Moral— |” dn Episode of Fashionable Life in the Faubourg St. Ger- maine. and Poland—Dissensions in the Cabinet—The Law on | positive obligations of the proposed convention The news is as confused and as contradictory as it | | well can be respecting the events that are occurring at the theatre of war. Ifwe can distinguish the truth in this chaos of accounts, and form something like an opin- ion, it is that the Russians, in formidable and well dis- ciplined numbers, advance continually, in spite of all the | checks which are reported by the French journals. A despatch which arrived to-day, announces that the boni- bardment of Odessa produced no effect; but we must | wait for further details before we are ina position to | pronounce an opinion as to the truth of this statement. There is one thing, certain, however, and that is, that the French government is preparing for a war more vast and decisive than that of the East, unless they mean to make of the latter a war of extermination. This is the only conclusion that can be arrived at from the formida- ble scale of the military preparations on foot. A camp | at St. Maur, near Paris, is now spoken of, and in the Pa- openly discussed. Now, the attitude of Austria and Prussia do not necessitate, for the moment, these alarm- ing precautions. The Emperor has promised Vely Pasha, | the Turkish minister, togive him a total of 180,000 to 150,000 men; but time is required to despatch them to Turkey, and Vely Pasha did not conceal from the Empe- | ror bis apprehensions that they would arrive too late. ‘The wer will be prosecuted with the utmost energy by the Fmperor of Russia, for it seems certain that if he experiences reverses on the side of Constantinople, he | | wilt be dethroned by a revolution of the Palace at St. | Petersburg. | ‘The news from Gallipoli is extremely discouraging. | Nothing can be procured in the shape of either fool or fuel, for love or money. The French soldiers have been obliged to demolish some wooden houses in order to pro- cure fuel to protect them against the cold; but notwith- standing this deplorable neglect, and the delay in the | despatch of the troops, the language of the official world is full of a confidence which ix pushed almost to boasting. M. dePersigny in particular, speaks of no- | thing less than to take Finland and Poland from Ru and fe is these hopes, so little justified by probabilities, | that have led to the enormous’ armaments to which I have just alluded; but at the same time great fears are | expressed of insurrectionary movements in Italy, which will have the effect of alienating Austria from us. | M. Persigny is still shaky in his post. This minister is a man of rather a loyal character, and his devotion to the | Emperor is disinterested, He is of more real worth than | all the apostles of liberalism—such as Baroche and | others—who have given in theiradhesion to this despotic | régime; but his incapacity is of the most flagrant charac- ter—it is impossible to obtain from him the solution of | almost any matter of business—and when he is too | much pressed, he pretends to be ill. He triumphed, however, lately, in a struggle with M. | Fortoul, the Minister of Public instruction. The new | law on public instruction, giving to the preféts the presi- dence and the predominating influence in the academic councils, has, for effect, to remove the branch of primary instruction from the department of M. Fortoul, to that | of the Minister of the Interior ; and M. Fortoul is, con- sequently, greatly vexed. is Iaw has for object the withdrawal from the clergy of a portion of the influence that Napoleon made a show of leaving them, when he had need of their influ ence to assist him to seat himself firmly on the throt The old Napoleon party (of which there romains but shadow) applauds the new measure, but the religious folks are seandalized by it. The ministerial re ject has produced something like a sensation in the Legislative Corps; meetings have been held, and other symp- tome of resistance manifested. It is sought to effect modifications in the law which establishes the an- cient pre-eminence of the Imperial University. These modifications have fallen under suspicion, from the fact of their having been praised by the Siecle, the only journal that pretends to represent the democratic party. ‘Owing to this formidable opposition, we may calculate on secing a minority in the Chamber against the govern- | ment project, of from seven to eight votes. The Legisla- | tive Corps complains of being treated with very little courtesy by the Ministers; but the platitude of which it | lace the formation of a camp on the Rhine has been | | | | binding those powers to secure Europe against the re- | daily aifords proof justly brings upon it this humiliation, | amdits vote in the Montalembert atfair was little caleulat- | edto raise it in public estimation. By the by, this latter question has die! a moral death. | The prosecution continues, but no owe bestows any fur- | | ther thought upon it M. Haussmann, the Prefect ef the Seine, is in disgrace. He had the audacity to give a file the day of the mini terial reception, and to ket up a sort of opposition to their Excellenc The latter say they will never again put foot inside doors of ‘this clown,” as they are pleased to callhim. Moreover, M. Haussmann has had | the indiscretion to produce on a theatre erected in his gallery, La Cerreto and La Rosati. The decolleté of the lower beauties of these ladies, bas given great scandal te the personages of our now pre-emineatly moral court. | To add to their disgust, these dansevses took it into their | heads to tear each other's hair out by the roots at one of the rehearsals. The Faubourg St. Germain has also had its dish of | scandal. Some time since the Prince de Beauffremont, whose territorial revenues were at the lowest figure, married for her money a Mademoiselle Leroy, the daughter of a banker. This lady expended, it is not known how, enormous sums, and after getting into debt to the tune of 400,000 francs, she left the conjugal domicil. After her departure. bills to the additional amount of 440,000 francs poured in. There was no one with her when she left her hotel but her femme de chambre and a man servant. She has since written to her husband to say that she was safe; but that she would not return home to Paris to encounter fresh embarrass- ments and annoyances. What remjers her sulden flight inexplicable is, that she still possesses sufficient fortune to pay all her debts. Madame de Beaullremont | is the daughter of a Senator. On th of April neither artillery nor cavalry had | arri \lipoli from France. They were not expect- | 16th of May, and could not consaquently be | brought into line before the end of that mon’ | The Turks demand that the allied, troops shall move upon Varna. The French generals will, however, con- fine themselves to ing the Balkan. The government have just suppressed two newspapers in the department du Nord. Several fresh prohibitions have been addressed to the Paris journals. The Position of the German Powers. ‘THR LAST VIENNA PROTOCOL—THE LAST RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONE—THB EVACUATION OF LITTLE WaA- | Lacwtra. The protocol signed at Vienna on the 9th of April, | 1854, by the representatives of Aust France, Great Britain, and Prussia, has been presented to both Houses of Parliament by order or her Majesty. This document is as follows: — THE KARL OF WRSTMORLAND TO THE BARL OF CLARENDON, Vimwwa, April 12, 1854. | My Lord —1 have the honor to inclose horewith a of the protocol signed tn conference on the 9th instant, | the certified of the same being retained in the archives of the mfasion. gee oe PROTOCOL OF A HELD AT VIENNA, APRIL 9, 1554. Present :—The re) tives of Austria, France, Great Britain, and Prussia. ‘At the request of the plenipotentiaries of France and of Great Britain, the conference met to hear the docu- ments read which establish that the invitation addressed to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to evacuate the Moldo- Walachisn provinces within a fixed ti having re- mained unanswered, the state of war already declared between Russia and the Sublime Porte is in actual exls- tence equally between Russia, on the one side, and France and Great Britain on the other. This change which has taken place in the attitude of two of the Powers represented at the Conference of | Vienna, in consequence of a step taken directly by France and England, supgestel by Austria and Prussia as being founded in right, has been considered by the representa tives of Austria and Prussia as involving the necessity of a fresh declaration of the union of the Four Powers upon the ground of the principles laid down in the protocols of December 6, 1863, and January 13. 1854. In consequence, the undersigned have at this solemn moment declared that their governments remain unite! in the double object of maintaining the territorial inte- grity of the Ottoman Empire, of which the fact of the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities is and will re- muin one of the essential conditions; and of consolidat- ing in an interest so much in conformity with the senti- ments of the Sultan, and by every means compatible with his independence and sovereignty, the civil and re- ligious rights of the Christian subjects of the Porte. The territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire is and remains the sine qua non condition of every transaction having for its object the re-establishment of peace be- tween the belligerent powers; and the governments rep- resented ty the undersigned engage to endeavor in com- mon to discover the guarantees most likely to attach the existence of that empire to the general equilibrium of Europe; as they also declare themselves zeny to de- liberate and to come to an understanding as to the em- loyment of the means calculated to accomplish the ob- Jockos thett agrees’ Whateve: went may arise in consequence of this agreement, founded selely upon the general interests of Europe, and of which the object can only be attained by the return of a firm and lasting peace, the governments represented by the undersigned reciprocally engage not toenter into any definitive arrangements with the Im- peria] Court of Russia, or with any other power, which ‘Would be at variance with the principles above enunciat- ed, without previously deliberating thereon in common, ned, BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN. BOURQUENEY. WESTMO) 5 ARNIM. {From the London Times, Say 1.) The Jast results of the negotiations precoding the cam- paign which is about to open in the East, are now known to the world by the protocols, declarations, and conven- the great Powers of Europe; and it may be convenient to de fine from these documents, and with ax much precision as they enable us to use, the exact position assumed at this moment by these Powers towards each other and towards Russia. Towards the end of February, or the beginning of March, the Austrian government communicated to the other Courts its opinion that the time was come to give additional effect to the intervention of the Conference of Vienna by the signature of a quadruple convention, based on a scheme which had been prepared by France and England some time before. To this scheme Austria roposed to make some important additions, suggested if the state of things which had arisen since the failure of Count Orloff’s mission. This proposition was neza- | tived, as our readers are aware, by the influence of Rus- the Court of Berlin, and, as the moment drew | near when the action of the tern Powers was | to become more positive and direct, it became ap- arent that no rellacion could be placed on the reso- lution or the assurances of the King of Prassia | and his Minister. Y ven in Prussia, the government | felt the necessity of raising supplies to prepare the ar- | my for the possibility of war, and those supplies could | not be obtained without some kind of assurance of the | purpose to which they were to be app! For this rea- son M. De Manteuffel persuaded the King of Prussia to assent toa protocol, though he had refused the more | and this | protocol was accordingly signed at Vienna on the 9th of | April. This document established three points:—That the four governments remained united in the object of maintaining the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Em- pire, and in particular the evacuation of the Principali- ties; that they would endeavor to consolidate the civil and religious rights of the Christian subjects of the Porte; and that, whatever event might arise in conse- quence of this agreement, the governments formally en- gaged not to entcr into any definite arrangement with the Court of Russia at variance with these principles, without previously deliberating thereon in comaion. This protocol of the 9th of April having brought the Four Powers to the furthest point they could then reach, two of them being actually at war with Russia, and two | at peace, it became evident that the further conventions ising out of this general agreement must be concluded for the present between France and England on the one hand, and Austria avd Prussia on the other. This ar- rangement indicated a distinction between the position of the German and that of the Western lowers, though hardly more than was already shown by the fact that the latter were already at war with Ri and the former arenot. The joint action of the Four Powers was here exchanged fo ‘measures taken by them separately in the two conventions of London and Berlin, which are not identical in their terms. The French and li-h Con- vention of the 10th of April not only provides for the re- storation of peace by rescuing the territory of the Sul- ten from invasion, but it pledges the contracting yerties “to secure Europe against the return of the deplorable complications which have disturbed the generel pence.” ‘The Austrian and Prus- sian eonvention of the 20th of April (aa far as we are yet acquainted with it) professes to be eouched on the same , but to contemplate no more than the restoration of peace as it was laid down in last Vienna protocol. But, as we have seen, the last Vienna protocol does not contain the important clause which figures in the Anglo-French treaty of alliance, turn of these dangers. That principle is, consequently, not yet fully and explicitly recognized by the German Yowers; and further, while France and England declare their determination 'to secure Europe from these dan- gers, the German States have only agreed to act as soon as one of them considers German interests to be endan- | gered, and the other coincides in that view. This distinction well deserves consideration, for it | establishes not only what the difforence is between | the position of the Western and the German | Powers at the present time, but also what are their | res;ective ulterior objects. France and England have put upon record, in the formal shape of a con- | vention, that their-object is not merely to protect | the independence of the Turkish dominions, but to | guarantee Europe from a repetition of these outrages. The German Powers say nothing of any such guarantee, or even of tho interests | of Europe, except in so far as they are mentione! in the Vienna protocol. Hence it results that if the Emperor of Russia were now to evacuate the Principalities, with- out any further attack on German interests, the objects , of the German Powers would be attained, and their dia: pute with Russia would be at an end. Not so with France and England, which stand pledged to secure Europe from a return of these dangers, by guarantees stronger than any which existed before the war. In other words, there is nothing in these conventions to prevent Austria and Prussia from accepting the settlement in question on the status anie bellum, while France and England cer- tainly imply that they cannot be parties to the renewal of the mischievour Harte which led to this con- test. It is upon this distinction that the Prassian gov- | ernment more especially has taken its stand. The King | has repeatedly declared that he conceives himself boun: in honor and in policy to demand of his imperial | brother-in-law the evacuation ef the Danubian Prinel- | palities, but that this is all he has to ask. The Russian in Berlin flatter themselves that if this point could ained from the Emperor Nicholas, in deference to the wishes of the German Courts, it would then be | possible to restore the alliance between Russia and the German Courts, even in opposition to the Western Powers, if they should be resclved, for their ulterior purposes, to continue the war. Probably the evacuation of Little Walachia, which has been officially announced by Paron Meyendorff at Vienna, is intended to favor this scheme: though, as the Moniteur justly observes, the evacuation of that district is a very small portion of the redress which even the Court of Austria requires. But, although we are perfectly aware of the finespun combi- nations of policy which the reactionary party in Ger- many have built on this slender foundation, it appears to us that the whole fabric disappears at the first touch | of fact and common rense. They say, if the Emperor of | Russia will evacuate the Princigalities, the bond which unites Germany to the Western Powers on this question is dissolved, and the ascendancy of Russia in Germany of more Phone to her power and safety than the posseseion of Moldavia and Wailachia. But, in the first place, can the Emperor of Russia evacuate the Prinel- ities in the present state of affairs, without a total of honor and authority, in the eyes'not only of the world, but even of his own troops and his own sub- jects? We confidently hope that he will be driven ‘out of them in one campaign; but that he should yo- lontarily currender all his pretensions by an igno- minous retreat is not what we expect of him. Again, if he dia yield to the pressure of this emergency ,ana withdraw within his own dominions, there is little reason to be- lieve that either the statesmen or the people of Germany would regard such # retreat as a sufficient atonement for the evila which the ambition of Russia has inflicted on the world, Since we have to endure these evils, to fit out large armaments, to lavish in war vast sums of money, and to suspend the prosperous and peaceful course of society, the least that can be done is to provide against the return of such calamities by all the means in our power. That is the avowed object of the convention between France and England, to which the other Powers are invited to give their assent for the common interests of Europe. The German Yowers have confined their mu- tual obligations within narrower limits; they have pro- vided only for the defence of German interests, and they have only invited the other States of Germany to join them. But this contracted view of the subject will aot suffice to the part which they are called upon to per- form; and although they may fora time place themselves in a position distinct from our own, the growing dangers of thi and the growing convictions of the German people, aided by the most eminent statesmen of that country, will eventually rally the rest of Europe to that cause Which they e already declared to be identified with right, aud most conducive to the restoration of peace. Fatat Accrpent to A Fisnina Party at Page Fiver.—At Fall River, Mass., on the 14th inst,, a party of eleven perrons left on a fishing excursion ina sail boat, and when at anchor at some pisiance off that har hor fishing, with one gail up, the boat was struck by a squall and capsized. Two persons on board, named John | Appleton, aged 80, a master mechanic in the linen works, | ond Matthew Dalton, ged 18, a wearer, worn drowned, | Mr. Appleton succeeded, previous to his own death, in reseuing a brother and a nephew. Lrgcor Destroyep in Mixnrsota.—On Taesday and Wee nichts of last week some persone de- ttroyed about $1,500 worth of liquor belonging to Mr. Varo Pera, and about $600 worth D, b Seeeing to Mr. | isson, of LaSalle. The Ottawa fo ee inks the ladies of those places know something about the way ia wnich the liquor got (ut. Pant Pioneer, May 9, | She will do all this to secure the ADDITIONAL BY THE CAHAWBA. Interesting from Cuba—The Conduct of the Captain-General—The Slave Trade—Spanish Accounts of Santa Anna’s Prozress. &., &, kk. We havereceived our files of papers from Havana to the 12th instant. The Diarjp de la Marino of the 10th publishes news from the elty of Mexico to the Ist of May. It gives a bombastic account of the affair at Coquillo, and goes on to say that the expedition of ‘His Serene Highness” in the South has been marked by a succession of triumphs; the rebels represented as having been driven from differ- ent strongholds near Acapulco, and that arms and am- munition, with a considerable number of prisoners, have fallen into the hands of the conquerors. Santa Anna headed a brigade of cavalry in pursuit of the fugitives, and having overteken them, on the 15th of April, ata point called Dos Arroyos, attacked them and completely routed them. Alvarez was supposed to have retreated to Acapuleo, whither Santa Anna was fast following him. The account says that the latter intends to super- intend in person the military operations to be carried on against the fortress of that city, where the last of the rebels have sought refuge. It is expected that then the rebellion in the South will be brought to a close. The following departments are said to be in a state of complete tranquillity:—Tamaulipas, Sinaloa, Nucva Leon, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisoo, Guana- juato, Puebla, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Quere- taro, and the territory of Sierra Gorda, tis needless to add that these accounts, if not alto- gether untrue, are grossly exaggerated. They are con- tradicted by later and more reliable information which was published in yesterday's Hera. The papers in announcing the death of Don Nicholas Bravo, General of Division, say:—The eminent services that in every epoch of his life this distinguished Mexi- can rendered to his country raised him to the highest posts of the State, which he always filled with dignity and honor. ‘The news from Cuba is peculiarly interesting. It will all be found in the following letters:— OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Havana, May 12, 1854. Present Condition of Cuba—The Captain-General Sustained at Madrid—Arrival of the Oahawba—Views of Spain with Regard to the Island—The Captain-General’s De- crees—Effect of these Decrees upon the Planters—Evidence @ the Existence of the Secret Treaty—Slaves Placed on an Equality with the Whites—Ihe Weather—Americans De- serting Havana—The Queen of Spain's Amnesty to Cuban Exiles a Snare—Negro Regiments— Activity in the War Departments. Havana was never more quiet than at the present mo- ment, though there never was a time for greater com- plaining—never a time when the people were so greatly outraged and eo cruelly wronged. But under the strict surveillance of Spanish rule and the Spanish spy aystem, with no power to help themselves or to act in concert, “prudence, on their part, is deemed the better part of valor.’’ Almost fearing to hope—much leas to complain —they are compelled to submit, and the Viceroy Captain- General, with unlimited power, and encouraged by their acquiescence and silence, issues decree upon decree, pro- clamation upon proclamation, each tending to a general emancipation of the slave, and consequent destruction and degradation of the agricultural interests of the island, in conformity with the alleged and dented secret | treaty between England, France and Spain. ‘The news received some two weeks ago of the adjust- ment of difficulties between Spain and the United States caused ® gencral disappointment. tonoone. Even the government were unwilling to be- lieve it; and fully conscious of the outrage they had committed, and the pride of their masters at Ma- arid, they deemed a brush with the Yankees in- | WOT And honored dealers in the trade, that pormonages evitable, unless President Pierce backed completely from bis position. This state of things, however, was of short duration; for immediately after the arrival of the Spanish mail steamer, with dates from Madrid to the It gave satisfaction | | awer ; but I doubt even that, unless’ his re | burthen imposed upon them, the susceptibility to Parke and escort, of the United States army, at Tusson, (Department of Sonora,) on the 20th February, for the purpose of tracing the northern boundary—or limits and bounds between the republics—was officially knowa in Mexico on the 26th ult. This makes the whole story of this steamer’s news, not fully sustained by our private advices, Here the march of reform (on paper) is so very trans- cendental and rapid that we can scarcely preserve the tracery of our own moral improvement, with the advan- tage of duplicate registry of allour black deeds, under the provisions of royal ordinances, which you will find in the files by the Cahawba. The royal orders of dates 21st ‘and 22d March, just brought to our knowledge, and to go into force under ial instruction of the Governor Captain General of Cuba on the 1st of August ‘imo, are of the same birth and in as those of which responsibility that ‘ powerful nation’? to which our eblef so pathetically allaged in his spectal pleading a few days since, and leaving out the obnoxious proposition for the ition of “slavery at a peri¢ more or less near’? a fy see years) in Cuba, which is never to occur while ‘conscience and rectit live in Spanish bosoms and honor fills the Spanish breast’’—to induce ‘respect for property acquired.” Slavery is to cease inCuba by new only to be con: acquired’’—to be secured tinued as “ legal; rey, wit! metane pepe and examine estates, prevent the concealment of bvzales, or fresh and hea begrrepet mer rel maid ag all planters more or in number. than the invoice calls government, which are to be of permanent record archives of tate. be oe deferred for the beginning of a soe tion is conveniently remote f + ummati peng gry os | t too prompt action on thi ay that 100 act on Captala General Cuba, would ak maternal and the royal pockets, and for r be of the planter by the consolations ie the 2 i ey i B F i i a 3 4 F Be ter iy B gee8 | ; the chureb, for the knife which his neck, so that if he move but cone way or the other, he cuts his own. tion is to be followed by colonization the earth where human seduc to feed the wants of state our organization human misery than the first. from for the sons of by the honeyed lips of Pesuela them a sweet reward, that the white man of Europe, the United States, cannot find to soothe his weariness.’” Icommend these orders to your consideration. You will have other commentaries; but I beg, in review of them, you will look at the light of the past—that you will note the subterfuge in the future—that is, the fore- shadowing of a new society here—that whit is put in jeopardy—that American institutions and Ameri- #. ag 5 e He 2F F z s ‘ E a F can industry are touched, or intended to be, with the upaa? dis tions of British policy ; and God speed the right. faving the orders before you, you are bound to be- lieve thet at last, under fear of the lash, Spain ix deter. mined that importations from Africa ase. But how long will Spanish conduct consist with these declara- tions? As long as Gen. Pezuela remains at the head of the administration of Cuban affairs, might be the an- should exceedingly short. The very weariness of officials of the niary influences, and the facilities for fraudulent lists, which superior revision cannot detect, will gradually Cy the door again to the same licentious proceedings which bave characterized the legislation and nogotiation of twenty years or more, which the intelligence of Lord Howden cannot overcome, and for which freedom pro- claimed ‘for every negro not registered’? will prove no obstacle. A large bark, with twelve to fifteen hundred Africans, should be off the south coast of Cuba this week, between | the Island of Pines and Trinidad ; and four or five et of less calibre, have been past due for a week. Sever Spanish war steamers were holding the coast under ob- | servation, for the purpose of capture. It is just ‘ible that all will reach their destinations. side, where like quantities are expected—where landings were | being made every day—is without ward and watch. These things we do not protend to comprehend, but we cannot entirely disbelieve the intimations given by old, time- worn and honored dealers in the trade, that personages | the north coast, while more ordinary speculators own Sth, and Cadiz to the 12th of April, a notice appeared in | the Gaceta de la Habana—the official ran—statir ‘that Captain General Pezuela had been f ned iy subtal by the ministry of the Queen, his conduct in the Black | ‘a3 rtior affair approved, and the fullest confidence placed in bis judgment and integrity to carry the case to a final termination.” Like all other cases, and like all other Captain-Generals, the government of Spain gives unlim- ited power to wrong and out other nations, reserving to themselves exclusively the to promise satisfac- ba Kae et ee of the 11th, thi wn on ti ie the new and Deautiful steamer Cahawba, (of the New York and Mo- bile linc,) Capt. R. W. Shufeldt, arrived within threo hundred yards of Moro Castle, but, in accordance with the laws, she was signaled off, and not permitted to enter the barbor until the next mofning. news, although not fully confirming the official sistement of the Gacela, permits us to hope that our government have not been outwitted, and that these overbearing, insolent mis- rulers will not escape ‘‘unwhipt of justice.”” ‘The movements of the authorities here too plainly in- dicate—nc matter how neatly Mr. Soulé may be humbug- ged into a different belief—that Spain does not intend to fell the jslacd upon any terms. She can make more out of it by her wholesale system of negro stealing and unjust tax. ation of every branch of trade and industry. Sooner than with it under present circumstances, will sacri. ce the entire interests of her people, succumb to the | wishes of Great Britain, degrade and destroy the island, and reduce it to the same state of misery, poverty, and wretchedness that Englund has brought upon Jainaica. | aid and countenance of her ally, soahe may put off the day of settlement and | her harvest a little longer. All the late decrees of | the in-General are in conformity with the alleged secret treaty. One, issued only a few days ago, com- mands the people fo deliver to the government ‘before the fret of August all slaves for which they cannot pro- duce papers or a clear title. The enormity of this act will be better understood if we bear in mind the fact that since the first treaty with Englard for the suppression of the slave trade, Spain has seccetly been in the trafic, and that nine-tenths of these are she now calls upon the present owners to deliver up. Thus she may again sell them into the worst kind of slavery and fill her empty treasury. She has previously received ‘a bounty upon their heads, and was a party to the first tale. ‘act affecta.a large proportion of the slaves of theisland, and will, if carried out, impoverish many wealthy planters, who made their purchases in good faith. But what cares Queen Isabella or Captain-Gene- ral Pesuela, when the enforcement accomplishes two im- portant points—replenishes an empty purse, and ticklos ju In sending forth this decree, the fulfilment of the se- crot treaty waa so evident (evento the mind of the Viceroy Captain.General) that he, forgetting ‘that acts spoke louder than words’’—attached to it a plump de- ofthe existence of such a document, It is barely possible that there is no such written document; but | no saneman in Cuba—judging from facts and acts— delieves there is not a private understanding; and that | General Pezuela is the tool of England to carry it into effect. Another decree has just passed the Council, notwith- standing the opposition of the friends of the Bisho; and the Church—to place negroes on an equality wit whit ind allow them to intermarry. Another gives thie slave—no matter what his real vatue may be—the opportunity to purchase his freedom for $400, by mak- ing @ payment of $50. And still another, more outra- geous, more faithless, unjust and ruinous than all en- tire emancipation, like the sword of Damocles, and the Captain-General po: sesses full power at any mo- ment to sever the hair, and deal destruction upon the heads of the already over taxed and oppressed subjects of the “ever faithful isle of Cuba.’’ ‘The Cabawba came in this morning at sunrise. Sho sails at 5 P. M. for New York. I have just returned from a visit to She is a beautiful specimen of naval architecture, snd is supplied with every accommodation for parsengers. The news by ber is that the Black Warrior outrage is not settled, and that after a delay of near! three months we are at the point we started from. This result was anticipated at the onset, and we now wait to hear that Mr. Soulé bas demanded his pass: and that Mr Pierce will act with that promptness indicated by_ himself. The weather is becoming excessively warm, as much so asin mid-summer. Many families are starting for the Seuth. The Cahawba is full, and the state-rooms of the Black Warrior for the 27th are already engaged. Several Awerican femilies, feeling insecure under present diffi culties and the lack of proper protection, have broken up and are among the passengers above named. It is earnestly hoped that the published amoc granted by the Queen, will not induce political refu 1o eimy vs gees It is a gull—a trap to catch the tain-General has, with some difficulty, com- pleted the enlistments for the negro regiments; they are now under training. Great activity prevails in all the war departments, s0 as to give a creditable reception to certain expected friends from the North. eeecee retarn to the . Havana, May 11, 1854. Arrival of the Dee—News from Mezico—Death of Nicholas Bravo—Further Decrees—The Colonization Scheme— Ez pected Arrival of more Africans—Spanish War Steam- ers om the Look out—The Setilement of the Black Warrior Affair ft to Peruela. On the 9th the British West India mail steamer Deo, Commander Parker, artived from Tampico and Vera Craz, with mails, thirty-eight passengers, and $1,300,000 in transit for Southampton, via St. Thomas. Our dates from the city of Mexico are brought down to the Ist, but I do not find anything of remarkable interest that you will not alrealy have in possession by more direct routes. ‘The conquests of Santa Anna over native and foreign filibusteros, which are to be foand in | aquads of a few dozen scattered through his line of ope- rations at the south, are the themes of glorification for the conqueror and the nation—for which, on retarn of the victorious Dictator to the capital, a triumptiant entry | will be arranged—not to be paid for out of funds yet to be received from the United States. The death of Gen. D, Nicholas Bravo is justly lamented, as he possibly pos \ sesved the only honest intelligence among the crowds of the various enterprises which fall due on the south side. And it is presumed that royal prestige to this branch of our business will be withdrawn before tho Ist of August next. The gentlemen who so speak are of those who are called upon to give advice to the executive, in all matters of commercial importance, and, from their Wealth, accumulated in this nefarious trafic, hold high social position in our community. You will perceive that Gen. Peruela denies the set- tlement of the Black Warrior business at Madrid, with an intimation thet the affair is left tothe adjustment of his “zeal” and ‘ prudence,” with the entire ap- proval of the Queen of his labors in keeping pre the respect and dignity of the nation, commending to him a continuance of the same course when like occasions offer. ‘At the spiritual inquisition rooms an attempt was made to establish a line of telegraphic comm 2 with the palace and Mr. Soulé, but it wasafatlure. The a veni ir. Soalé at home, Ministry occup! from Barcelona, which seemed of a very,exciting char- acter; and the Queen giving audience to the Lady Laun dress of the Nureery, Uaving giten ups splendid enter- tainment profiered on rt of the distinguished friend of the husband-King. Finding not to be ob- tained for this steamer I retire at midaight—the hour when good spirits like to beat rest, which Itrast may wait on yourreaders. For this night I will go to bedand forget that there is to emia: TROUI Havana, May 11, 1854. The Gaceta Denies that the Government at Madrid have Or dered. that the Proprietors of the Black Warrior should Ue Indemnified—Ordinance Respecting the Registration of Slavet—Instance of Petty tyranny—New Postmaster General—The Diario on the Slave Trade—The Singular Opinions which that Magniloquent Journal Ventures to Eapress about the New York Herald. ‘The Gacela of the 9th inst. says it is under the obligation todeny the report that has been maliciously circulated for a few days past, that the government of Madrid had com- manded that the proprietors of the Black Warrior should be indemnified for her detention at Havana, for, on the ccntrary, his Excellency, the Captain General, has received a royal order, in which the steps which he has taken merits the approval of her Majesty, and she con- fides upon his habitual prudence to bring the matter to an end, recommending him also to preserve, in all cases, free from damage, the decorum and the dignity of the nation. ‘This brief paragraph isa direct contradiction to the report that was so generally circulated and believed here upon the arrival of the Isabel from Charleston, but at the rame time manifests the sagacity of the New Yor« Hera1p, which, since the date of my previous letter, I have bad an opportunity of perusing. I cannot say that I regret the Black Warrior affair is not settled, for although I, in common with other foreigners here, may be in en unenviable position by the steps which it is probable will be taken by the government of the United States in consequence of the o! repent outrages committed b; the authoritios of ‘this island, upon the persons property of citizens of the United , yet, must be the punishment of Spain for upholding her errs in their oppressive and i of this beautiful island teghe | liberal and enlightened tale it must prosper. I cannot but rejoice. hie Gacsa of the 9th inst. aleo contains the “royal decree” under which the ordinance of the Captain Gene- ral respecting the registration of slaves, issued on the 8d instant, and of which I sent you a translation in my previous letter; but as this decree necessarily involves the sacrifice of the interests of a large number of per- rons resident in this island, and who possess both wealth and influence, it is much doubted if it will be found practicable to carry it into effect. Addetl to this, as there must, ass matter of course, bea number of officials employed to effect the registration of the slave: the intention of the government may easily be defeated by the Mien | of some of these dignified, honest and loyal Spaniards. I must relate a circumstance which occurred three days since, which will go far to prove the t degree of oppression these minor officials are enal to exercise: —Two Germans arrived here by the Isabel, bringing with them a quantity of canary birds for sale. Upon taki their landing permits to the “‘Celador,” who is » sort deputy Say nmees « Lagrel his Ley esd said, i Lsup- se you have got a fine singing for me.’” “Come, Eivesber sec,’ was the reply of one of the Germans. Accordingly, the Secretary go, and demanded per- emptorily “his bird.” But, as it happened, the German who had made the half promise, was not present when he came, and he was told there was not any bird there his property. “Oh, very well,”’ said he, as he walked away in a passion, ‘ you will want CS me to goaway by and by, and it ‘shall be my fault if you get one under a week alter ‘ou apply for it.’’ And no doubt he has it in his power to cause these poor Germans mueh trouble when they are to take their . read, departure. Another § vaniard has been sent to Cuba to fatten on | her vitals, Don Pedro Sartorias, the brother of the act- ing President of the Council of. Ministers, arrived in the last Spanish mail steamer, with the appointment of Ad- ministrator of the Post Offices in this island, (a title similar to that of Postmaster General with us,) in his pocket. His predecessor in office, Don Torre Marin, it is | raid, retires with a very handsome fortune, accumulated in a'few years. So certain are the recent measures of this government looked upon as ory ptoms’’ of the intend- ed emancipation of the slaves, that I_ understand four or five of the most wealthy faroilics in this island are a-out reelizing all their property, and emigrating to the South- orn United States. ‘The Diario de ta Marina of yesterday, 10th inst., con- tains en article commenting fayorably upon the recent measures fur the suppression of the African slave trade, and insultingly sliuios to the charges of hypocriay brought sgeinst the Captain-General by the various newspapers of the United States. This does but prove that these charges are true; for, wero it otherwise, they would have been permitted’ to ;ass unnoticed. Speak- ing of the writings inthe Hrarp, the Diario declares them to be ‘the most perfect specimen to which @ writer onthe Diario det Marind, whose editor is Senor Galiano, jario dela wi itor attack the Naw York is itssurer n feels itself safe, at this distance, to Hxa.p,; but its own worthlesaness safeguard, | er. Tubal however Poeay oa 3 CS Tapeesent trem the (Cape of Good Republic. the Boston Traveller, By the have further ulars PrThe Cape Town Mer wn pars ea pe “ of March 18, says: “Letters doubts Tenpecting the -_ near bye wd One is now nuggets. have splendid specimens here that have ay? past two days. mixed with gold is ys farm.” '-Reinet Herald, of March Vaal River government have closed the is decided w! shall coin their own whether the sovereignty will be retained or by the British government. The same bas while northern. The distance between the least five hundred miles, the whole of ao ly probable, will be found auriferous. The w! immense tract of country is almost unknown, with from move oe of a small Laois a ‘es rela ace ie ey received at Bloem A letter in the Herald says:—“Gola Movech’s country, and’ o8 the Baud Die’ What the end of all this will be T cannot tell.”” i A letter in the Cape Town Mail, from the Smithfield SPREE ey ey tong then dora “Tl dug by it to the bed of an old river, where and other valuable stones were found. Here the st.ne, (which has evidently been thrown up volcanic action.) in a vein of quartz. The w) rt of the vein is small, which gradually widens au the shaft is sun, teen feet. Copper which willastonish you. I believe the copper ore contribute as much to the enriching of tho Ferritory ae the gold discovery. The copper is found om the surface = wage, loads, and contains a considerable per centage these statements have of course made a considera- ble stirin the Cape Colony, anda rush to the mines is anticipated—indeed, it has already commenced. If the mines now discovered ocd Bie productive, it would robably cause as great @ revolution of affairs there as it id in Australia, and perhaps even greater, as it is much nearer both England and this country, the run from uae by sailing vessels having been made in forty-five a. The only other noticeable fact in the papers is, that England has withdrawn from any further control of the Oran; eee mererelgnly. The Cape spa aoe sovereignt @ arrangements for drawal of hor ’a dominion seems to be complete, but adds that It is doubtful whether this done at the wish of the majority of the inhabitants of the territory, and that Bop ape to protect the settlers cannot be fulfilled if British supremacy is withdrawn. The whole subject, editor % before the Brit be entation il ne ape nates coveries in that region ive a ny to that part of the interior which it never had before in the eyes of the busy world of u itor, he with British statesmen or the British ? ‘The new ‘republic’’ has already formed a provinolal government, of which J. P. Hoffman is President. The assembly of the which formed this adopted a document, which says that while other na- tions ificed years of struggle and torrents of blood to get independence, they have obtained it through the magnanimity eae Britanle Majesty, ‘until our respected Queen. ey declare only of our national existence is unity, and the estal of churches and schools among them. The, new repub- lic, though small in population, hasan immense extent ofterr tory. The col , now that gold has been dis- covered there, do not appear willing toallow the to slide irom their grasp, and at Cape Town a petition to merously signed, te Africa has never been a favorite ae the Queen has been nw ly her re-annex it to her cect on the that the establishment of a republic only to bor- results to both partios. the der warfare, with British government has, however, finally withdrawm from the country, it is aifficult to see how she can re- assume her control over it. News from Texas. ‘The Galveston News, of the 5th instant, has the fol- Jowing paragraphs:— The telegraphic wires on the line from this point te New Orleans, work now to Palestine, and will be in oper- ation through in a few weeks. Some 5,000 bales of cotton are still at Sabine Rass, waiting means of transportation to New Orleans. plaint lnmade of drought in te sugae eptox’_ ‘Proce the m iT . E unger country re| ‘are favorable for corn and cotton. e find a, titer of our Austin foe gpg tog well aa b; Austin State Gazette, of ult., the in our last issue, in relation Dr. Steiner, was peenedy incorrect in seems now that Dr. Steiner was sheriff of Hill county, at the time he was Lieut. Anderson, t th thin fe nai rities, as well as “The News haa a letter dated Corpus Christi, April 90, e from which we extract as follows:— The rumored wedding of General P. F. Smith finally came off on the 18th inst., ina style of becoming the occasion. officer bas since given @ fete in turn in honor of the command! @ on such who is in fine 5 ete oa Sanieed, he Co onthe an occasion. ‘or a certainly remarkably doubtless Tvishes he wasa be justia on ult, il well, but he immer was great eens s consequence 3 fe havi Mr. Wm. H. Cleveland, som of the tor of the Me’ itan Hotel, late Swisher House, in that city. The Austin bye pred of the Galveston News, who was a witness of affray, says :— About 9 o'clock, Mr. Dunham was passing by the front of the hotel on his way to the office, (he was a the Comptroller’s office) when he was assailed Cleveland with a ined Aan the latter inflict Eeatguartel cd te Wiege trac pecs oak am gual of as well as 4 treated to the street, close! when i i il 34 rf a9 FE i ly pursued by C., drew his revolver, shot firat through U.’s shoulder: Prk Star’ He fell, spoke not s word, and ntly expired. Tt nypecre that Mr. Dunham, after a full ion, wi 8 from custody, the case being garded as one of justifiable homi Messrs. Erskine & Co., with a ry ot about forty men, end a thousand head of cattle, Seguin a few jor Wood, the mew U.S. Quartermaster at India- has arrived at that place, with his ft and en- upon his duties. . G. Williams continues ae commissary at Indianola. Pasticulars of the Destructive Fire in Balti- more. (From the Baltimore Sun, May 15.] Yesterday oe ary Tord twenty minutes after four o’cloek, the bells of the fire companies sounded an alarm, which railed for such time that the whole city seemed to have been aroused. In s few minutes a ber of companies were on their way to the scene devouring clement, which ts: umber yard of McElderry & Lloyd, si! atrect wharf, between Camden and Conway fire must have made considerable progress discovered, for, by the exercire, the A ) # iH ai s F } fined to their own ie was: of the department. follow- ing list of losses and insurances will show the extent of the disaster:—McElderry & ‘d estimate their loss at on which they have $10,000 insurance in the (Conn.) Insurance Co. The two “Sa Nos, 112 and 114, next to the yard, are owned by Dorsey; loss cn exch, $1,600. Insured for e = Firemen's Associated office. No. 112 was 3 feed sto: No. 114 was occu cconmsesion, mercies by James N. ff 1 i if Ry 5F |