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SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The steamship Amerca arrived at New York
last Saturday weon from Liverpool, with news
from that place and London to the 15th ult,
The great Chartist mecting in London, which
had been looked forward to with much soleitude,
touk plece according Lo previous arrangements,
and passed off without any disturbance. The
pluce of the mecting was Kensington Common,
The weuther was fine; but the numher present
was not so aumerons as had been expected by
the friende and foes of the meaevre, The Lon
don Times gives the largest number present at
one ume at 50,000, instead of the 300.000 promise
ed. They did not go in procession to the House
of Commons as had been intimated, but no ob
structions were thrown in their way to the place
of meeting. The nuilitary preparsiions were on
a large scale, and although few of the soidiery
were at any time visible, yet large Lodies of
troops were near at hand, and ready for any
emeigency, had any ontbreak takeu plice. i
The meeting being organized, the Sceretary |
announced that he had received a communication i
from the Police Commissioners, stating that the |
nationa! petition would be allowed to be taken to
the Honse of Commons, but no procession
would be pernuited through the streets of Lon. l
don. Mr. O'Connor and the principal members
of the Convention took their seuts in a magnifi. 4
centear, sufliciently large to contain fifly persous, |
awidst the cheers of the multitude, and it was
preceded by another car intended to draw the
natioual petition to the Houvse of Parliament
Oun a large banner, in red, green and white col
ors, reared at the head ol the tirst car, were in
geribed the “six points” of the Peoples Charter,
viz. universal suffrage, annual Parliaments, vote
by ballot, nwo property qualification. payment of
members and] equal electoral districts. The cars
were followed by a large number to the place of
mecting, teu thousand or more moving at one
titne i a body, towards the common and the car
yinges proceed.ng (o the centre, whoie speeches
were made by Mre. O'Connor and otuer leaders,
who urged the people not to attempt a proces
sion towards the House,
Mr. Doyle was President of the meeting, and
addressed the people. The nawbler of siguers to
the petition was stated to be 6,000,600. Mr. O
Counnor followed in another addiess exhorting
the meeting not to injure the cause by intemper
ance and folly, and obtamning by a show of hands
a promise not to vio'ate the law ; and =oon afler
the meeting dissolved.
The Chartist Petition,
Ty the Hon. the Commons of Great Britain and
Ircand, in Parliament assembled.,
We, the undersigned inhabitants of the British
I:les, the subjects of the British Crown, thus avail
oursclves of the constitutional privilege of subinit
ting the consideration of our political rights and
wrongs to vour honorable house, in the hope that
they will receive from you that degree of atten
tion which the importance ol the one and the op
pressivencss of the other demand from the guar
dians of the eivil, social and religious rights of the
p('np]r.
Y our petitioners declare that the great end of
all governmental institations should be the pro
tection of lite, the sccurity of rrup«-rt_\'. the pro
motion of education, and morality, and the dif
fusion of happ ness among all classes,
That vour petitioners consider the only legiti
mate basis of an equitable government is the ex
pression of the mind of the whole male adult pop
ulation, through the untrammeled agency of the
franchise,
That your petitioners regard the representation
in Parliament of every man ol sound mind as a
right compatible with, and sustained by, the laws
ofl.nutun* and of God, and that man’s privation
by his fellow ereatures of such right is an act
which it tolerated. evidenees the existence of ty
ranny and injustice upon the one hand, and ser
vility and degrudation upon the other.
That your petitioners regard the reform Lill as
unjust, as it restricts the right of eitizenship to
onc scventh of the male adult community, and
stamps the other six-sevenihs with the stigma of
political inferiority.
That the system which your petitioners arraign
beiore the judgment of your honorable house ren
ders seven men subservient to the will. eaprice
and dominance of one ; that it not only estab
lishes the ascendancy of a small minority of the
cipira, but it invests a minority of a small en
franchised fraction with the power of returning a
majority of your honorable house.
That your petitioners have never yet heard a
valid reason urged for maintaining the prescent
represcntative system, and that the arguments
'nlr.ulul against the admission of the people to the
wnmunities which the social contract should guar
antee. are based upon class sclfishness, prejudice
and contracted views of humanity.
That your petitioners hold the tlective franchise
not to be a trust, as has been absurdly represent
ed but a right inherent in every man, for the
prosersation of his person, liberly and property,
which is to be exercised to the best of the posses
sor = judgment, without let or hindrance from his
neighbor.
That your petitioners, believing the prineiple of
universal sufirage w be based upon those cternal
rights of iman which. although kept in abeyance,
can be neither alicnated nor destroyed, appeal to
your honorable house to make such organic re
forms in our represcitative system as will make
that principle the foundation upon which shall
stand the Commons House of Parliament of Great
Brituin. S
That your petitioners. in order that the elector
may posscas perfect seeurity in the exercise of his
franchise, pray that the voting at elections for
members of Parliament is taken by ballot. Your
petitioners, aware of the great coercive. and
corrupting power posscssed by wealth and sta
tion over the poor elector, see no hope of securing
purity of election and genuineness of representa
. tionbutinthrowing the protective maatle of the
ballot over the clectoral body.
That your petitioners regard the present in
equality of representation to be oppossd to com
mon sense, and inhmical to a genuine represcnta-
tion of the people. They therefore appeal to your
honorable house to remedy this defect in the leg
islative machinery. by the division of’ the country
into equal electoral districts, ussigning to cach
district one representative.
That your petitioners hold the legislature equally
with the executive, to be the servants of the poo
ple, and consequently entitled to romuneration ut
the public expense ; and believing that the House
of Comunons should be the ministcr and not the
master of the people, call upon you to establish
their just relutive positions by fixing an equitable
salary for the service of its members,
CThat your petitioners consider septennial Par
limments unjust as they prevent, for six years out
of seven, those who are annually arriving at ma-
turity from exercising the right of suffrage. Your
titioners also consider thut seven years is too
Kng @ terin for the existence of a Parliament ; a
perivd that affords an opportunity to venal and
time-serving wen to promote their selfish interests,
at the expense of those whose welfure should be
the ultimate aim of all their labors. Your peti
tioners therefore entreat your honorable house to
create between the representative and the ropre
sented that salutary responsibility indispensable to
good government, by the restoration of the aneient
wholesome practice of annual Parliaments,
That your petitioners complain that 4 scat in
the Commons House of Parliament should be con
tingent upon the possession of property of any de
soription. as they have yet to learn that legislative
talent i the exelusive prerosative of any order of
men ; and therefore pray for the abolition of what
is termed the property qual fication.”
That your petitioncrs respectiully direct your
attention to the document entitled = The People’s
Charter, ' which ewbodies the prineiples and de
tails for seeuring the full and equitable re presenta
tion of the male adalt population. which .Y.,-u,,,. n
the v carnestly pray your honorable house to fortl
with cnact us t&u. luw of the realm.
Should the members of your honorable honse
entert i any doulits as to the justice of our
wonds your petitioners humbly enteeat tole heard
ot e bar of your honorable house, by counsel or
agents in support of those elaims,
Anl your petitioners. &e.
Tue Cuawvpr Primon. <The Chartists have
eertiinly don o nothing tocomplain ot inthe manner
in which their petition was received on Monday
night. The Marquis o 7 Lansdowae, spesking o
it the Lords said fichingly and cimphatically
Thot ohd e the othior House of Parlioment
reccived tint attonton which 01l petitions em it
ng from Ve people were entitled 1o hinve
In the House of Commons the scene was most
impressive,
hr. Feargus O'Conner, amidst almost hreath
less silence. said (=-Sir, 1 rise to present a petition,
signed by 5700 00 persons ; ulso another petition,
signed by 100000 persons, who names are not ap
pended to this large muster. ‘The petitioners pray
tor annual parliaments, univem\l suflrage, vote
by ballot, equal electoral districts, no property
qualification. and payvment of members. 1 beg,
Sir to state, that from the courtesy 1 have nlrvmtv
received from the house. 1 shall say no more than
..imrl.v move that the petition be read by the elerk
at the table,
The petition was aceordingly read by the elerk.
At the conclusion of the reading of the petition,
Lord Morpeth rose amid much cheering, and
sudd— Sir. my right honorable friend the Sceretary
of State tor the Home Department would have
been in his place had he not been greatly occupied
by the neccssary business of his departinent this
morning. (Hear, hear). 1 may, however, in his
absenec, state, thut whatever may be his opinion
of' the sentiments contained in that petition, he
docs not wizh that he should be considered by his
ahsence as wanting in that respeet which a peti
tion so numerously signed was undoubtedly enti
tled to.—~(Hear, hear.)
The patition was then removed from the floor of
the house by four of the messengers,
The measure brought in by Sir George Grey for
assimilating the luows of Great Britainond Treland,
us they respeet overt acts of treason and sedition,
wis c;nrriwl. on the sccond reading, by 4152 against
40, being a majority of 417, The measure is be
ing pressed rapidly through Parliament, not, how
ever, without great objections to that elause in the
bill which constitutes felony, the “open and ad
vised speaking, tending to ]v\')’iln_' war, and by
torce of constraint upon, to intimidate or overawe
the Parlicment, or to stir up forcigners to invade
the Uniied Kingdom,” which has been qualified
by a proviso.
In consequence of the vast numbers of forcign
crs from the continent, who have reeently appear
od inthe stroets of London and Duablin,—it has
been determined by Government to revive the
\lien Act dor a hmited period, and in eortain
cases, in order to compel the departure of those
obnoxious visitors from our shores; and, accord
ingly. the Marquis of Lansdowne has introduced
a bill to that effeet in the House of Lornds.
It was distinetly stated by the Marquis of Lans
downe on the Tth, that the Earl of ( ":m nden has
expressed an opinion that some measure was nee
essary to counteract the efforts made by forcign
emissarics in Ireland.
Affairs of the Continent,
Throughout all |".nmpc- the greatest exeitement
continues to prevail, The general marching of
troops for oflensive or defensive operations, the
actual hostilitiea going on in Lombardy, the
threatening aspeet of the quarrel respecting the
Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, and the vast pre
arations of Rus=sia and France, all contribute 1o
L-'rp up a =tate of coufusion and anxiety, which,
for the mereantile interests, especially those in rela
tion with France and Germany, is highly distress
ing. The invasion of Lombardy by Charles Al
bert, under the pretence of fulfitling his “mission,”
orrathor to =eize the whole of Lombardy, and per-
Laps YVenice, in order to aggrandize his dominions,
= doily viewed more and more as an act of unjus
tifiable agrression, which, when the present dis
turbanecs and * disastrons changze, perplexing mo -
narchs," shall subside inw wore '_-‘c‘m'm‘ trancuility -
may not tarn out 8o :nl\'mllmrf-uur:ly to this amb
tious monareh a 8 his present conquests seem to pro -
mize. At any rate tlIu: Enclish Government, as
expreszcd by the Marquis of Lansdowne, does noot
conceal that it deeply \:llm'lltfl that the King of S¢ -
dinia #hould have invaded the dominions of At s
trin.
In the meantime the Piedmonteze have pursu ed
theie sucees<lul and vietorious march through Lo m
bardy. The Austrians fled avall points as they ad
vanced, and Radetski has retired with a view of
throwing himself into Verona, having, it is s id,
failed w accomplish a passage back through the
I'yrol.
i "he news reached London on Wrdnc-sqln{ that a
Ceangrninary encarcinent had taken place betwe en
the bellirévents under the walls of l\'a-rnua. Gne
account stated that the Piedmontese were vietorio us
and had captared BOUO prizoners, whilst, however,
the preponderance of belief was, that the Austrians
were vietovions, and that the Piedmontese lost no
fower than GUOO wmen, More correct inelligenee
hias sinee arrived, by which we find that no deei
sive batde had been fought, but that both armies
muwst speedily come to an engagement on the buonks
of Ilu-l,\|im'iu. Upon the issuc of this impending
battie hinges the peace or war of Europe, as, should
the lalians be lwmvn, Krance, it was expectody
could not, if #he would, remain neutral,
Geneval Hartie left Vienna on the sth inst. for
Milan, beavine terms of pacification to the L om
bards, whooo independence Austria ia willin & to
acknowledoe on moderate terms, This is alr nost
the firet siop taken by Austria, the Cabinet of Voien
na havinge hecome perfeetly stupified and iner oby
the suddonness and rupi«{ily ot the recent rev olu
tions. A fearful retribution has overtaken S zela,
the accomplice of Metternich in the assas=inat lons
of Tarnou; the peasantry, whom he was agair « in
sticating to rioe to bring about a massacre in Gal
licia, indionant at his menaces, hune himup oo a
teee i front of his house, which they afterwards
set on fire. The Archdule John, the head of the
Libera! party, has set out tor Frankfort, with the
cxpectation of being elected Kanperor of Germany.
The Provicional Government of \'unic(- had forl »id
den the steam packets of the Austrian Lloyd's fr om
entering the harbors of the Republie, but the
sreamcer Archduchess Sophia, which had tue hed
there, was allowed o depart.
In Germooy the distress #eems on the inere azc,
on account of the failures of several eminent bank
ing houses, which, creating great distress amomg
the operatives, renders the seeurity of the various
potentates of Germany hichly s»rm-nrimu. In Py us
siay the creat movement for a Germanie Confed cra
tion is politically suspended from these causes, and
by the alarming dispute between Prassia and D oon
mark respecting the Duchies, The insecurity cre
ated 1o the Baltie trade by these ho=ulities, that i
by the oceupation of H):'l.-"u-in l){ Prussian a ul
other German troops, and the absolate certainty of
Danish retalintion unless the dispute is compos d,
have raized the freights to that quarter of Fur pc
enormonsty, and all the vexed questions of the
richit= of neatrals in carrying eneiy'’s property, o
ably treated of by the laie Mr. Wheaon, the cele
brated American Jurig-con=ult, have been sudder |y
revived after an interval of more than 30 yca s,
Mr. Colqulioun, the Consul-General for the He -
seatic towns in London, and also Mr. Williuk, the
Viee Consul at Liverpool, have declared it neces: -
ry to notity to shippers that Hamburgh will p re
serve o pecfeet neatrality 3 that there is no dang ‘er
in <hipping goods in Hanseatie vessels, and o
there 15 no reazon whatever to believe that any 1 n-
Cterference will take place in Hanseatie navigaticn,
Whether the Danes will be guided by this opini on
in ease of open rupture s another question, At
present the views of the Emperor of Russia w ith
revard to this question, in \\'Rich by right of the
Duchy of Oldenburg the Ewperor is directly in
wrested as one of the conungent heirs 0 the
CDuchies, ave not at present known., Tine has
Cecarcely been allowed 1o coneentrate the reguis ite
forees in various parte of the eimpire 8o as 1o cna ble
the Emperor to erash any atteinpts to revolution ze
Poland, which itis positively asserted Prussia is
fomenting, or to colleet guch a foree on the Lithua
nian fronders as may repel ae eression oa that side,
or even make an inroad on Prassia for the puipose
of favoring Denmark, A #hort time must =olve
these conjectires, as 6000 Prussian troops are alrea
dy in Holstein, and it i= positively aszerted that the
| Prussians have cros=ed the Eider, winch divides
; the two Duchics, and have taken possession of the
Sehleswig villages, Now, respecting Holstein, the
Lmost perplexing doubts may be started respecting
its Dani<h or German sovereignty 5 but with re-
Ceard to Sehleawig it is as indispatably Danizh as
' Berwick-upon=Tweed is British ground. We,
therefore, view this undoubted act of aggression on
the part of Prussia with deep =olicitude and alarin,
considering the interests and feelings involved in
Cthe quarrel. The Prussian courier, be aring the
ultimatum to the Danish council, passcd through
Altona on the night of the 6th inst. on his way o
| Copenhagen. 1t is said that the Danes have cva
| euated .\;rlwnru'lv. A note of Count Arnim to the
Donish Minister at Berling dated the sth inst., pro
fooses that in oceupying the Duchics Prusff means
nothing argressive—nothing hos=tile ; bat in what
way these cipty professions can be reconciled with
| the fact of scizing the territory we cannot under
stand.
- In Belgium and Holland unvnrnlilit{ continues
to be waintained, Prince Metiernieh is at the
Hoagae, where he will remnain a short tine,
C Turkey has reconsidesed her first decision re-
Lepecting thie recogrnition of the new republie in
| France, and has followed the example gct Ler by
| Bocland, A French ambassador has accordingly
\ been appoinied to the Sublime Porte,
Yreland,. E
T this country there appears to be no present
indication o' disturbance. unless disturbance should
'ro sult from the over-zeal of those who are desi
rous to support the government. Adhesions frow
Virlous associations were 'y-mring in upon the au
thoritics. with promises of aid in the persons o
“hrave and effeetive men,”
Dgsvrrorion 185 vue West aAxn Sovru.~-Therc
are melaneholy details of the nufla:rin’u of the poor
in the papers reccived from Mayo, Galway and
Limeriek this day. Seversl deaths from actual
*LAry aldon ure rr‘mfll':l, while deaths from digcascs
upecmdocod by unwholesome and insafficient
[ 00l wre of constant oceurrcnce. 'The poor-houscs
N S 0 parts are Prese nted to e more charndl
| houses 10l of discase and deaths constantly oc-
Poor veople nquirin:v reliet are aecordinT to
the rales oblived 1o entor thos frightiul buildings
where they are tolerably sure of takine the fever
wivieh rors in them, Those d's hor g d cuarry the
infietion with them, and so pollute whol districts,
The following particulars are really revolting.—
I'he Mayo Constitution let it be obscrved, 18 a
moderate conservative journal, and here is its pie
tare of the condition of the poor of that country.
“Phe poor are dying in hundreds the deadare
huddled into shallow pits. unshrouded and uncof
fined-——the diseascd are allowed to die without an
effort being made to heal their maladies—and
thousands of famishing wretches are fiinking into
the arms of death from absolute starvation.”
Presner oF Foon.—Such being the state ofthe
I poor in the county of Mayo. it is not to be won
dered at, that the plunder of food has again be
come a gencral offence. Sheep and lambs are
killed and the flesh earried away. The Constitu
tivn gives the tollowing :
On the Ist inst., three carts laden with meal
from Daling to Foxford were att wked at a vil
Ve called Onloge, by about 100 persons, prinei
padly women, and having assanlied the carriers
they sneeceded in carrying off' the entire of the
Loads amounting to three tons weight,
On the 3d inst., seven earts with Indian meal
for the relief of the poor, procecding from Swin
ford to a very distressed distriet on the borders of
the county Sligo, were attacked by about forty
men and women, and having sueceeded in cutting
the bags, carried off about 7 ewt. of the meal.—
None of the partics have been arvested.
Russin,
In an important article which appears in the
St Petersburgh Journal of the 3ist u‘t.. the Em
peror of Russia promises strict neutrality as re
gards other states, provided no attacks be made
upon any part of his own territories.
The news from Warsaw confirms the reports of
the different movements in the kingdom of Poland,
; hut the fwets which appear most probable are those
mentioned in the Prussian Gazette, of the arrival
in Poland of five regiments, 20,000 strong. two of
which will occupy the fortress of Novo Geor
vicwsk Modline, and three will be stationed in
the government of Lublin, Letters tfrom Warsaw,
of the Ist of April, state that no outbreak hud
taken place in that eity, but that the inhabitants
were in o state off great fear,
The Konigsherg paper of March 24th, brings
the ollowing important news (rom the Russian
‘ Viovernment ;- The bridge at Kownow is now
ceady. as commanded by the Emperor. In Kow
aow there are three corps d' armee, amounting to
21000 men. who are to advance on Polund upon
the 2d of April.
150.000 are to enter and occupy Warsaw and
the Austrian frontier, and 50000 the Prussian
frontier.
The artillery stationed at Willikowich is ordered
to Warsaw.
At every post five cossacks are stationed, in or
der to accoinpany a certuin personuge who travels
mcog.
France, 4
Doinas or - TiE ProvisioNal GOVERNMENT,
Warlike preparations on a great scale, continue,
both in respeet of land and sea forees. Al the
reciments of infantry and cavaley in the depart
ments of the North have reecived orders to place
their battalions and squadrons on a war footing.
I'he National states, in an article dated Toulon,
the dth inst that the fleet under the orders of Ad
miral Baudin had been instructed to sail the mo
ment after their erews should have voted for Dep
uties to the National Assembly.
Gen. Cavaignae having, in lately refusing the
Ministry of War, (|<~vlnnfi that he would only ae
aceept it on cmn‘\ml.s'imum a matter of obedienee,
the Provisional Government has sent a dispaich
to the General ordering him to accept the porlfeuille.
The 200000 Nutional Guards were, it 15 pre
tended, mobolised as a precation in case of war,
Of the actual army there are not more than 100 -
‘ 000 men who could, in case of need, be marched
to the fronticrs.”
‘Hungary,
From Hungary we have the most startling in
tellicence. 'The Berlin Zeitungs-Halle, of the Gth,
announces. i a correspondence from Pesth. dated
the Stst that Hungary deelares herself indepen
dent, and that Aschduke Stephen had beenchosen
King. A feeling of strong discontent had long
existed at Pesth, which has at last shown itselt.
At Presshure from which we have dates to the
2nd, this announcement seems not to have been
known. The Archduke Stephen had returned on
the Slst to Pressburg, with the deeree containing
the retraction of the royal resolution respecting the
independece of the Hungarian Ministry. All the
members of the Diet asseinbled to meet him on the
borders of the river, and in the evening he an
nounced the happy event in the Dict. The great
est joy prt-\uilr‘,. and Presshurg was iliuminated.
On the evening of the next day a deputation from
the Dict waited on the Archduke to thank him in
the name of the nation for the boon he had obtain
ed for them,
Aunstrian Italy,
[etters from Milan, of the mrth ultimo, stated
that the Kinr of Sardinia, at the head of nearly
20,000 resalar troops, was close to Marshal Re
detsky, in the vicinity of Crema, and it was be
licved that the Marshial must capitulate, Subse
quent accounts complain that Radetsky had not
been pursucd with suflicient activity by the Sar
dinian troops. The general fecling at Milun
was that he had been able to outamanauvre the
allies,
The accounts not coming direct, have been
somewhat contradictory as to the movement of
both partics, and of the suceess each have gained
over the other ; and reports are so contradictory
that we cannot repeat them, At last, however,
authentie intelligence has been received of the
entrance of Field Marshal Radestki, at the head
of a torce amounting to 20,000 men, into the for
tress of Verona ; while General Walmoden, with
12000 men at his command, is equally master of
the corresponding strong place of Mantua. It is
also =aid that the Austrian troops, which, under
the late capitulation at Veniee, had been trans
ported to I'rieste, are marching through the coun
try colled the Friuli of talian Tyrol, tor the pur
pose of suppressing the movement in the capital,
Cdine, ond then forming a junction with the
icld Murshal, Al this reads very badly ; and
il the Government of Vienna be in"a conditiam to
support Radetsky, who now possesses the strong
est position in the north of Ttaly, and he is in a
condition to hold it until he receives supplics of
provisions and ammunition, the hopes we enter
tained of the immediate liberation of Lombardy
are ot an end, and the contest may yet be pro
fon ced for many months. As to the ultimate re
sult of the strugele, it would be heresy to entertain
the slightest doubt, the whole Ttalian people being
now determined to drive the Austrians from every
part of their soil 3 but in the meantime we are
to have this fine country suffering all the horrors
of war, as well as being made a vietim of the in
trigues and cabals which are eertain to spring up
from the aabition of pretended friends and the
Jenlousics of rival parties,
General Radetsky had ordered the inhabitants
of Verona to deliver up their arms in twenty-four
hours, under pain of death. Ie has dissolved and
disarimed the guard of that eity, who refused to
Join the Austrian ranks 3he has imposed a_con
tribution of three willions on the city, and has
sequestered the town-hall, the house of the furmer
general of taxes, and some others. To prevent
the toesin being sounded, he has occupied all the
beliries with his soldiers, He has also dissolved
the municipal council.
It appears that no engagement had taken place
between the Sardinian troops and the enemy, and
the King Charles Albert was censured for having
wasted so much time at Cremona ; but a few al
fairs of outposts had taken place between the
Austrians and the Swiss and Lombard volunteers
enguged in their pursnit. Milan was perfectly
tranquil, and the Provisional Government was
actively employad in organizing the ditierent de
partmenta of the eivil and military service.
Charles Albert had advanced to Bozzolo, and
was, at the dute of the last advices, advancing
upon the extreme left of the Austrians at Mantua.
His advance posts were then at Marcara. One
of his ohjects was to effect a junction with the
Roman and Tuscan auxiliaries who were advane
ing by the left bank of the Po towards Mantua.
IMPORTANT TREATY BETWEEN THE POPE, THE
KING OF EARDINIA, AND THE GRAND DUKE OF
TUSCANY.
T'he tollowing are the basis of a treaty suid to
have been coneluded between the Pope, the King
of Sardinia, and the Grand Duke of {‘numny, for
the future organization of Italy.
The Italian Peninsula is to be divided into six
great stales,
5 Nu';lvs.
2. Sicily.
3. States of'the Chureh
1. The kingdom of Eturia, for the advantage of
the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to consist of the ae
tunl Grand Duchy, and the adjoining territories
ot Pontremoli, Modena, Pietrasanti, and Lunigi
ana.,
5 Lombardy, under whatever form of govern
ment the Lombards may adopt,
6. Sardinia. with anindemuity to King Charles
Albert. in case Savoy should be annexed to
France.
An allinnee offensive and defensive between
the «ix states.
An Haliun eonfideration well defended by a
line of tortresscs along the frontiers, g
A uniform luw for woights, measures, and cur
reney.
Aholition of internal cust uns clutim.
A Dict ut Rome under the presidency of th
Pope.
g:lfih are the bases of this important treaty.
Austria,
Reform is progressing ot Vienna slowly, but
steadily. The city had resumed its wonted ap
pearance, and but for the occasional excitement
oceasioned by the reccipt of intelligence from Italy
and other parts of Germany, harmony might be
considered o be fu"y restored.
The workpeople in Vienna, however, were in
an exeited state ; several had struek work, and
companies of national guards were stationed to
protect the buildings in progress, as threats had,
been made to demolish the works.
A run on the Savings Bank had taken place,
and on the morning of the th, as carly, as BiIXS
o'clock, many persons had assembled at tfi'f doors.
A revolution had taken place in the Hesse capi=
tal. The eity was in the hands of the people. w‘ur
have declared for a Republic, and compelled the
people to retreat.
| From the London Standard, April ith, evening.
Battle between the Dancs and the Holstein
Crse
~ALTONA, April 10,
The Danes have appeared with an overpower
ing foree, and so suddonly and boldly, in the
midst of their enemicd at Bau and Flensburg, that
they have taken them by surprise, and compelled
the Holstein troops off the line and volunteers to
retire in all haste. The attack began in the morn
ing on the part of the Danes, who had two vesse Is
of war um‘ gunboats to assist their attack upon
the town. They had landed at Holnis, and, after
several smadl eontests. the Schleswig-Holsteiners
made a stand at Bou, not far from Flensburg,
which ended in their total defeat. and the destrue
tion of almost all of their sixteen battalion. To
ward 12 o'clock, on the 9th, several vessels of war,
with three thousand Danes on board, uppc:un-d
betore Flensburg.
The Vith and 16th reciments of Holsteiners stood
till they were destroyed all but two companies,
when they were compclled to retire, although it
is said, orders to this efleet had been repeatedly
sent to them. The Danes had a good cavalry
force in the fickl, Of this branch of an army tho
Holsteiners had scareely any. The fugitives
speak of the ill feeling of the people of Flensburg
toward them. The King of Denmark entered
Flensburg after this serious affair, in which the
Danes took two cannon. The fugitives from
Flensburg who hiad been favorable to the insur
rection were arriving at Schleswig in great num
bers. The Dancs have threatened to bombard
Glucksburg, Fienshurg harbor is full of Danish
gun boats.
The commander of these troops evidently knew
the position of the Holsteiners, who from want of
nrlilllcry, were unable effectually to oppose the
landing of their ¢nemy. As the Danes now
threatened to bombard the town, the Prinee of
Noer, the Holstein commander, gave orders to the
troops to withdraw which they did, but not until
after a bMoodly contest. with great loss of life on
both sides. The Holstein troops, who are com
posed of volunteers and young troops, were very
cager for the combat, and it is reported thut the
16th regiment, which has been alinost destroyed,
retook a position twice after they had been driven
out of it each time. Great animosity was evineed
on both sides, and the Holsteiners and their vol
unteer auxiliarics, among whom were many stu
dents from various purts of Germany, fought with
great bravery.
Reported Entrance of the Dancs into
| Schleswig,
| Hampvna, April 11, 1 o'clock P. M.
~ Accounts have jnst arrived from Schleswig,
‘which bring the important intelligence that the
Danes, after their late victory, luu!i pushed on to
that city, and had entered it this morning, at two
o'clock. The Duke of Augustenberg h;u'i arrived
trom Berlin with orders, as is said, for the Prus
l sian troops to advance. 1f the Prussians pass out
ot Holstein, the Danes will no doubt ul.lm'\( them.
The forees of the latter are said to wmount to near
ly 20000 men. with fifty pieces of cannon; the
| men are full of zeal for their cause.
Larer ¥rou Mexico —New Orleans papers of
the 22d of April, staze that the DBritish muil packe
et Avon arrived on that day from Tampico and
Vera Cruz, bringing dates from Mexico to the
13th and from Vera Cruz to the 16:th ult. Mer,
Clitford, with his secretary, Mr. Walsh, arrived
at the city of' Mexico on the 11th, and was ra
ceived with appropriate military honors. Mr,
Sevier had notarrived there, but was expeciad
daily., ‘l'he correspondem of the Picayune thinkw
that the treuty will be ratified within a month or
six weeks, lvn anticipation of favorable action
upan the treaty, all the sick who can bear remov.
al, numbering about ove thousand, were sent to
Jalapa from the city of Mexico on the 12th of
Apnl.
‘l'he papers bring ns the report of the proceed
ings of the court ol inguiry down to the close of
the twenty-fourth Jay. They relate entirely to
dutatls of the military operations at und before (tho
storming of Chapultepee. The Picayune’s cor
respondent inentions a confident rumor that the
court wonld adjourn to the Umted States before
the 20ih, and there continue its investigation,
On Sunduy night a patrol of ten nflemen,
commaunded by a corporal, was fired upoun from
the building known as the *“‘bull pen” in the
Lepero quarter of the city of Mexico. After sus
taining the fire for about ten minutes, the patrol
was compelled to retire. Reinforcements wero
ordered ous. 'l'hese forces having arrived on
the ground, forty or fifty armed horsemen wero
met, who kept up a fire npon our troops for
nearly an hour. But two ull the Mexicans were
killed.
The twenty-eight deserters I spoke of in my
Inat letter as being abont Chepultepec, are stll
at large. The party sent in search of them was
unsuccessful, and they are probubly ere this in
Queretaro.
As to the ratification of the T'reaty, the news by
this arrival is not very promising At last ac
counts from Queretaro, a quorum had not been
formed in Congress. Sixteen members were stili
wanted in the Chamber, and two 1n the Senate,
«o constitute a quorum,
~ We learn from the Monitor, that a battle was
foughtatSanta Cruzde Rosalestwenty two leagues
from Chihuabua, on the 16th March, in which, as
“usual, our lroops were victorions.
- Itsays *‘the x"nericaus stormed the place, took
| eight picces of heavy artillery, six small pieces of
ordnanze, and more than one thousand muskets.
'l'he number of killed on either side in not yet
kunowu; bat the loss of life on both sides was ve
ry great. Don Angel I'rias, Governor and com -
- mandant, und the oflicers under his command,
. were tuken prisoners at the moment the action
| ceased.,
Commissioner Trist and Gen. Cadwalader left
the city of Mexico on the Bih inst. We do not
hear of their arnival vt Vera Cruz,
Thie funeral olsequies of the late Gen. Valencia
were celebrated on the 4th inst. at the Convent
ol San Francisco.
Robberies wer2 still frequent on the roads and in
the city of Mexico.
Nun.bers of families who havebeen oblighed to
abandon their homes on account of the insurrec
tion in Yuecatan, had arrived in Vera Cruz—some
of them entirely destitute.
Itis stated that the General Hospital is to be
removed from Vera Cruz to Jalapa—probably on
account of the approaching sickly season,
Our Vera Cruz correspondent, “Ullua," ways;
“It isrnmored that Gen. Cushing's brigade is or
dered to Jalapa "
T'he career of the notorions Father Jarauta has
at lust been checked. A letter from Queretaro,
dated April 2, states that the Father was arrested
at Huejntla, by the Prefect, Don Cristobal An
drake. The arrest is oflicially announced in the
Tampico Noticioso.
Hlorrible Murder.—~Some terrible murders were
commiltted on the 11th inst, at Garlandsviile,
Mississippi. Dr. Longgon and one of his chil
dren were fonnd murdered in bed. "The body
of another elild was found dead on the floor sand
the body of the mother and wife lying dead at
the gate in the yard, We have very imperfect
details of this herrid affaie. It appears that the
family employed a female negro servant, much
against her will. ‘The house of Dr. Longgon
hid been destroyed by fire two weeks belore the
murder, aud it is supposed it wus oceasionad by
this servant, In committing the terrible critaes
above, it was supposed that she was ascistod by
two of her relatives, who hved in the vicwiy o
her master's house.
The State of Wisconsin —~Gov. Dodge, of the
territory of Wisconsin, has issned his prociama
tion, declaring that the eonstitntion lately subuut.
ted to the people of that ternitory for adoption,
preparatory to their assuming the position of a
state of the American Union, has been approved
by a majority of 10,203 votes out of 22591 votes
cast,
Hinoig.=="The members of the Siate Democrat
e Convention of Hhinvis declared Case to be the
first ehoree of the Demoerats of that State for (he
Proadeney, and Wooabury their sccond choice.
They also recommended the re-election of the
present Sate ollicers.
Missonri —James« 3. Bowlin has been nomina.
tod tor Congross at #t. Lounis, by the Democrats
of the let disunict.
Republican fHerald.
PROVIDENCE,
Wednesday, May 2, 1848,
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
‘ ODne prominentarticls in the Whig creed, seeins
to be this: that when the politicai editors and dirt
|sc.'apeu of the party are wanting a subject of
“abiase, the Postmaster General shall be selected,
! and all the spare thander of he thunder makers
sha )l be direeted agaimst him, and against his pol
icy, avhatever it may be. A Mshomedan never
pinned bimsell closer to the commands of his
Ko ran, than do Whig editors generally to this
ite min their political faith, It has been so ever
since we began “reading the papers’, only ex
cepting the short vime Whiggery has had a Post
m aster General to suititsell. And we have learnt
to reckon just when to look out for a elap of
- Whig thunder on this subject, guite as accurately
“as ever Robert B, Thomas reckoned the coming
of u storm. As nearly as we need to inforn the
reader of the result of onr reckoning, it iy, that
about every fifih leader and every tenth itemn in
| the Whig papers are to this poiut=thut the wails
| are very irregular, the postinasters very carcless,
(and the Postmast Geaeral just fur enoughli remov
| ed from a great fool, 1o be a great knave.
| Somebody subseribes for the New York Ex
| press or some other federal Algerine journal, and
i takes it till he gets sick of it—a longer or shorter
| time, depending on the degree of his natural ob
llnncnesu; he wants some agreeable excuse for
f stopping it—one that will prove agreeable to the :
i Edior, we mean—and so he writes that he does 1
i not get it regularly, and begs to have it discon- |
Ctinned. The editor feels the loss of his patron,
"and though he may be well aware of the true
cause ol it, he embraces the opportunity to biame
“t'ne administration and to heap especial wrath on
“the head of the post oflice department. “Curse
~2ave Johnson'', is the first sentence that escapes
From his pen. s he hurries into his editofial chair.
' /Another writes that he gets the news earlier by
\ telegraph than he can through the mail; and
struightway, as his name is erased from the sub
scription bhook, Cave Johnsou is curscd again,
because his mail steeds can’t outrun the lightning.
Then news comes, by some express rider, that a
! freshet has carried away some half' a dozen bridges
Lon thhe wail route, that the rails on some line of
road have been torn up or washed away—under
mined—aud that the mails, per conscquence, are
all behindhand. "T'he Whig editors can not get
their exchanges, «f course ; and needing some
thing with which to fill up their reading columns,
they sit down and curse Cave Johnson throngh a
whole column of fu'schood, nonsense and slang.
And so they go on—week alter week—letting off
federal thunder. Fortunately no lightuing ac
companies it=—and mere thunder doesn’t strike
anything.
Now in all soberness let us say that we confi
dently believe that Mr. Johnson has ably and ef
ficently performed his whole daty and that it is
no disparagement to any of his predecessors to
say that the oflice of Post Master General never
was better fiilled.
That he has promptly and faithfully given his
attention to the wultiplied interests of this most
important branch of the government, (the Post
Otlice Department.) no one who has the least
knowledge of the charseter of the man, will fora
moment doubt; for itis nottoo much to say, that
no man ever carried into publie life more rigid
integrity, more indefatigable application, or a
more sacred regard for the rights and interests of
the whole people; or was ever more coustaut in
his attention 1o all the responsibilities and dutics
thereby imposed, than Mr. Johnson. 1l proved
himself the same true and watchful sentinel of
the people’s rights, during the many years that
he was a member of the popular branch of Con
gress ; and there was probably no man thatcould
have been selected who would have more ably
or successflly administered the aflairs of the
Post Otfice Departinent. Under no former ad
ministration of the Department has there been
po great an increase of mail facilities, or the ex
penses been so small, for the amount of service
performed; or the wauts of business more con
stantly cared for. But Cave Johnson is not the
wan to be scared from his propriety, or forced to
contract for services al a compensation neither
allowed by law or justice, because it is demanded
by a great corporation, who can raise wmuch noise
and tumult through the press in their interest, and
cause for a time great inconvenience to the pub
Jic: ha weets them precisely as he meets the
humblest bidder for the performance of service.
1t is not to be mistaken that a portion of the rail
road corporations have undertaken to occupy
the same relation to the Post Office Department,
that did the Bank of the United States towards
our government—make it subserviont to their
will ; and the former will find the same success
with Mr. Johnson that the latter found with Gen
eral Jackson.
I'he attention given by the Postinaster General
to the increasing wants of the people and busi
ness of our little State, it is fair to suppose has
been at least equally extended to 01l other por
tions of the country. Well, let us see how our
interests have been cared for, by this ohject of
Whig malice. We have been deprived of no fa
cilities heretofore enjoyed, whilst great improve.
ments have been made in the same. I'ri-weekly
mails have been placed npon a new route from
Providence to Holliston, Mass., and two new
oftices established upon the same. From Provi
dence to East Greenwich, in place of tri weekly
mails, we now have daily. Frow Providence to
Coventry, do. do., und a new office estnblished
upon the route. From Providence 10 Fiskville,
daily service in place of tri weekly. rom Prov.
idence to Chepachet, do. do , and the route ex
tended to Pascong and a new office estalilished
there. Tri-weekly mail upon a new ronte from
Providence to Foster Contre, where a new office
has been established and the same route supply
ing anotter new oflice established at Clayville.
Important improvement in the service secured
by contract with the Providence and Worcester
Railroad 5 not only giving efficient supply 10 the
numerous oflices npon that route, but opening
daily communication with Springhi«ld, Albany,
and with ull odices npon the Norwich and Wor
cester Ratlroad 3 together with the establishment
of several other new offices in the Stte ut such
places as required. Now, nnder what former
admwinistration has there been the same increase
of mail facilities extended 1o this Sute in two
years?
It is wholly vain for the Whig party to sttempt
to make eapital out of their abuse of a wan who
ean point to evidences like these, in every State
of the Union, of his di<position to serve the wants
and interesia of the people, nind whose officivl
life, from the day he first entered his present
place, has been constantly and evergenically de
vpted 1o his conntry. Tueir abuse may be re.
membered long after its hypoeriteal anthors are
removed from their spheres of influence ; bt s
remembrance will rather add to than detract from
the hun; earned fama of an honest and devoted
publie officer,
P. 8. Since the above was writien we liave
received information that a countract has been
made for carrying a mail over a new ronie, from
Washingion Village, Coventry, to Voluntown,
Con.—the lirger portion of the route in West
Greenwich=in which town, heretolore so desti
tute of maoil facilities. two or three new post otfi
ces are to be established,
Doixas or THE Assemsry.—The Algerine gos
ernmeut of the State having ~ through the extreme
merey, or negligence, of the People, been spared
for another year, begins now to think of perform
ing certain things omitted through fear or pru
dence, The imposition of a dircet tax will prob.
ably come np at the present session; that the
farmers may pay for the extravagant expenditure
of 1842, 'l'he Banks are ulso to pay a part, with
a privilege of charging what they please by way
of exchange, worth to them forty tines the a
mount ol their tax.
Next eomes the election of a new Chicf Justice
in the place of Mr. Durfeo deceased. R. W.
Greene is said to be the Algerine candidate
Frow the fact that be was on the road, with Al=
exander Dunean, William Grosvenor, Benjamin
Cozzens and other poor men, in 1842, when a
reward of %3000 was offered for Gov Dorr. it
hns been inferred by some that he was in humble
circomstances. Buot this i« a mistake. He isnot
the “Poor Richard” of the story book; but is
quite a wealthy man; and it s understood that
his friends will urge his election not only on the
ground that he knows something of law, which
the other Judges do not, but that he can well af
ford to take the oftice, for the hounor of ity ata
very small salary. It is alse proposed to do away
with the side Judges in the Common Pleas (at
#4 per day) as being merely *‘eye servants and
meu-pleasers’”, who look and nod at the presiding
Judge, without rendering him any assistance.
What other changes, or efforts at change, may
take place, we shall advise our readers in our
next. Mr. Ames, the raler of the Algerines, will
direct affairs with his usual urbanity, delicate
consideration of the rights and feelings of the
members, and zeal for the public welfare He
will be waterially aided by Mr. E. [I. Hazard, a
young and enterprising mewber from this city ;
who entertains an almost filial regard for him,
and cannot fail of being of essential service to
him in promoting his influence with the country
members,
Native Americanism.—There have been re
peated attempts to get this thing up amongst us,
but they have all failed. We noticed heretofore
some meetings which were called last week or
the week previous, und ended 1n nothing definite
except the lodging of a few persons in the watch
house. lLast Satarday evening, pursuant to
printed notices seattered through the eity, ano=
ther wmeeting was held in front of the State
House, but it was not very numerously attended.
It was addressed by two strangers in the city,
Messrs, Bryant and Mann, who were probably
native Awmericans, but were not native citizens,
and their speeches were listened to with some
attention by the people present. Others, we are
informed, also addressed the meeting, but we did
not hear their names, or they should have had
the extended notoricty which our paper gives:
nor have we received any report or acconnt of
any of the speeches, or of the organization or
proceedings of the meeting, but presume that
every thing was done decently and in order”,
as the meeting, at an early hour, adjourned with
out day ; and the speakers, and the hearers, and
that portion which attended (as is the case in all
such assemblages) without any definite object,
having no wish to speak, nor any particular de
sire 10 heur, all dispersed without noise or tamult.
Evvecatioy —=The Providence Journal eaye
that, “both of " the political parties in this State,
wlO their eredit be it said, have rendered a strong
and uniform support to the canse of popular ed
weation.” ‘This tribute to the Democrats, thongh
from a suspicions source, is nevertheless just.—
The Dewocrats are friendly to the instruction of
the youth of the State in sound knowledge, and
to an ellicient, bnt not too enerous, school sys=-
tem ; while, at the same time, they would be glad
to see a Commissioner of Public Schools, posses
sing more Rhode Leland feetings anl knowledge
of Rhode Isiand men, and passing less of his time
in the State of Connecticut,—an open ratherthan
a disguised Algerine.
Srosivgton Roap.—T'nis undertaking is com
pleted ; and on Monday alternoon a train passed
through from Boston to Stwonington. T'he con
tractor who did this work has been prompt, hav
ing fulfilled his contract to the letter, as to time,
by completing the road, ready for use on the first
day of May. The work throughont has been
proscented with great vigor, and the last week
has witnessed animmense amouunt of labor crowd
ed into that small space of tine. There were
hundreds of both sexes, and all ngee, scattered
over the extensive grounds ol the depot, on Mon
day evening at six o'clock, awaiting the arrival of
the locomotive and train from Sionington, but in
little less than an hour the crowd dispersed vn be
ing informed that the locomotive and tender had
ron off' the track,inconsequence ofinattentionto a
switch. A locomotive was alterwards despatch.
ed with a train from this depot, and we learnt
that the one which went off had again been plac
ed on the railway, without injury, and alithe pas.
sengery were on their wag towards Stonington
without having been so much retarded, as was at
first apprehended,
Sexaton Asunky.~The sudden demise of
Chester Ashley, of Arkansas, is recorded in our
Congressional diary, and we cannot let this sol
emu event pass without uniting with those who
in both Houses offered a tribute to his memory.
We had a slight acquaintance with the diseased,
while on a tonr to Washington, a few yearssince,
and were wuch pleased with his affable manners
and gentlomanly deportment when we net, and
with his indefatigable and intelligent attention to
his duties as a Senator, and as chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary. In his death his
family and friends. and the public have sustained
a loss, which will be long deplored.
Farar Ramrosn Casvarry.=l'wo persons
were killed snd six badly wjured by a collision
on the Ureca and Schenecieday Railroad, two
miles west of Herkimer, ou Sanday tast,
77 The widow of the lute Alex. 1. Evere,
U. 8. Commissioner to Chinn, arrived at New-
York on Friday last in the slup J. Russell, from
canton.,
E%7° The enterprising proprieiors of the Jonrs
ual, of this eity, have put their “form’ in entire
new type. ‘The paper now presents a benutifd
and very neal appearance.
£ Hon. Messrs, Cass, Greene and Clarke,
of the Senate, and Hon. Mr. Thurston of the
Honse will please ueceptonr thanks for valuable
public docnments,
L& T'he Baltimore Couvention meets on the
Ath Monday in May, the 224 of the wonth, just
three weeks from last Monday.
[P A mi-l-cl:ny‘lmin now leaves Boston and
Providence at 11 4. w, We give notice of new
arcangements over this rond gratnitonsly,
The Dnited States ship Camberland, was st
Vera Cruz April 9=all well.
THIRTIETH CONGRESS,
FIRST SLSSION.
Frivay, April 28,
SENATE = A commnnication wasrecvived from
the Comnissianer ol the General Land Offico
giving u statement of the permis issned wnder
the law awhorising the armed occupation of
Plorida. ,
A bill 10 authorise Notaries Publie 10 take
ouths, atfirmations and scknowl:dgements in eer
tain cuses was read the frst undsecond tmes and
referred 10 the Committee on the Judiciary
A resolution was oflered culling on the T'reas
ury Depariment for u report of the guantity und
value of the sungar imported iuto the United
States, the past year, which was agreed 10,
The bill for the parehase of the bridge over
the castern braneh of the Polomae was tuken up
debated an! passed, yeas 93, Nays 12,
A resolotion was oifered calling on the Presi
dent for information whether oflicers ure now i
military service, whose nonunations have not
been sont to the Senate, and lor the ressous for
their delay. Laid over.
~ Phe bill for the adjustment of the California
claiins was taken np
- Mr. Clayton spoke in favor of the Lill, and said
|llml Congress bad a night to appoint Commis
gioners fur the examination of clanws, and shouid
’ exercise it in the present cases,
Mr Reverdy Johinson followed in reply, and
said that under the constitution the sppoiniment
rested with the President.
Mr. Badger supported the bill and showed pre
cedents where similur appointments had been
made by Congress,
Several other members joined in the discussion.
An amendment of Mr, Mason was negatived ;
und the bill was read a third time and passed.
IT'he Senate then held a ;*m exccnlive session
and after ordering the discharge off Mr Nugent
the N. Y. Heruld's correspondent, adjonrned,
House —Private bills were taken np in Com
mittee of the whole, and the cowmitiee rose and
reported progress,
Sowme Lills were passed to a third reading, but
none were of any general importance; and the
[louse adjourned
SeNaTe.—A message was received from the
President, respecting the bestowment of aid 1o
Yucatun, and asking for.a strong wilitary force
to preventthe further mussacre o#llm inhabitants,
A wotion was made by Mr. Hannegau to reier
the subject to the Commitice on Foreign Rela
tions
A disensxion ensued, Mr. Calhoun opposing the
President’s proposition; and Mr. Foote rose to
reply. when the extreme illness of Senator Ash
ley was mentioned, aud the Scunate then ad
journed.
Housk —A message was received from the
Presideat in relation to Yucatan ; and a long and
animated discussion ensned on a motion to refer
it to the committee on Territories: and to a se
lect commitiee of nine. 1t was afterwards. on
wotion of Mr Botts referred to the Committes
on Foreign Relations; and then the Houve ud
journed.
Sexate —The death of Senator Ashley was
announced by Mr. Borland, who prononnced o
well deserved eulogy on the deceased. e was
followed by Mr, Breese, who elosed u brief en.
logy by offering the usual mouruing resolutions,
which were adopted. A comnittee was appoint
ed to make arrangements for his funeral to-mor
row ; and then the Senate adjourned.
Houvse.—The hour of meeting hercaller was
fixed at il o'clock. ¢
A resolution was adopted fixing n day for the
consideration of the Appropriation bill,
A wmessage from the Senate announced the
death of Mr. Ashley. Eulogies were pronounc
ed by Mr. Johinson of Arkansas and Mr. White ;
the usual mourning resolutons were adopted §
and then the House adjouraed.
Fire.—An alarm of firc was caused yesterday,
at noon, in the drug store of Ambrose Morse, at
the corner of Westnunster and Eddy streets. The
fire was extinguished with a few pailstull of’ wa
ter, before the arrival of the engines. It was
caused by a defeet in the construction of the chim
ney. When the building was altered, some joists
were left projecting into the bottom of the chim
ney whi('g\ was fitted up for stove pipes. An ac
cumulation of soot soon collected there, and a
spark was suflicicnt to ignite it. Had the fire
broken out in the night much damage would have
been caused. The loss was trifling. —Journal.
Tur Goverxor.—The steamboat Governor, on
her passage from New York to Fall River, Friday
night, run_aground on the southwest point of
Fisher's Island. The passengers. with the bag
gage and freight, were taken off by a sloor ard
carried into Stonington. They came to Provi
dence in an extra train over the Stonington Rail
road. The Governor run on about 60 feet. An
examination showed that fourteen of her fore tim
bers were broken, but she did not leak mueh, be
ing readily kept frce by one pump. An unsue
cessful attempt was made to get Lvr oft at high
water, Saturday morning, and another was to be
made at night.
Sinee the above was written, we learn that the
Governor was got off Saturday night by the aid
of the Massachusetts and the Cleopatra and was
carried safely into New London harbor. 10,
Attempted Murder and Suicide —About nine
o'clock I'hursday night, while standing in her
shop, in Butolph street, Ellen Oakes was shot in
the neck by & man named Dutee, who wanted
her to marry him. An intention of mnrriage by
the parties had been duly published, butshe
changed her mind. The weapon used by Duteo
was a double barrelled pistol, and ufter discharg
ing the contents of one barrel at the woman ho
turned into another room, and fired the other
barrel into his own hody. The ball passed about
one inch over his heart. They were both con
veyed to the hospital. there being litile expecta
tion of their surviving He is supposed to be a
I'renchman.— Boston Post.
The Grafion (N. H.) Murder~The Grand
Jury, at Haverhill last week, found a bill against
Rev. Enos Dadley for the wurder of his wife.—
Whereupon Dudley was arraigned, pleaded not
guilty, and his case set for trinl at the next lerw
of Court ut Haverhi!l.
Peace with Mexico.—W e learn that letter isin
town, from Santa Anna, writen previous to his
recent embarkution, saying that there was no
prospect that the treaty wounld be ratfied by the
Mexican Government, and that the war was only
commencing We think Santa Avna this time
\lV)ill prove a false prophet.— N. Q. Bullctin, April
C
Maryland Taylor State Convention —The friends
of the Genera have just held a State Conventior,
A long address, setiing forth the elaimas of Gen,
Taylor upon his country, is publi-hed in the
Baltimore puper, and it would appear that the
hero of Buena Vista is very strong in Maryland,
The Gorernor.—This Sound stramer went a
shore in the fog on Friday night, on Fisher's
pomt reel—was got ol on Saturday morning,
to New London, and took in the pas<engers
which had left hier in a sloop, and arrived safely
at New York, very lintle damaged, il at all.
New Yerk, Saturday crening, 10 o'clock.—The
advices received by the America produced the
greatest satisfaction among the merehants in Wall
street this afiernoon, and the nows in general is
considered very favorable to commeicial pros.
peets.
For Mezico.~2o3 recruits for the Ohio, Indiana
and Llinois regiments, arvived st New Crl ang
18th inst, and were 10 be immediate!y trai sport
ed to MeSico.
A powder will was blown np at Allen's Creek,
N Y. on Sonday last. Three building. were
demotizhed with “it, bat fortunately no persow
was injured.
In Dalton. NI, J. B Summer's barn, with
grain, hay, 14 cows, @ yolkn of oxen, snd .lh g
horses, was bornt o Waednescay 26 l“.
$l5OO ;no insurance. W e
Driceoll, an frishman, laborer on the |
wise murdersd in a dennken row in u"hi '9oo',
Maine, on Wednesday T'wo or 1 inswick,
were srrested. iree persons
Richard Jester, of Curoline connty, Md., wae
convieted and sentenced to the praitentiary fir
two years, for Kiduapping negroes,
Tiwo great guestions scttled . <"T'he tate J J. Ane
tor was o naturalized citizen, and has leit nearly
$12.000.000.
The rewains of Capt. Merrill and Lt. Bacon,
of the regalar army, who fell in Mexico, were
received and honored ot Pordland on Saturday,
There was n report, antroe, that Louis Philip.
pe arvived iu New York by the America, under
an ulias.
Sixty five oflicers who have distinguished
themselves in the eampaigne of Mexico, have
been vored swords by the Legislature of Virginia,
Saturpay, April 29,
Mow~pay, May 1.