Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-09-02
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP BRITANNIA.
ONE WEEKS LArER INrELLraENcI
ARREST OFSMITH O'BRTEN.
NO FIGHTING.

The Britannia arrived at Halifax on the
cath inst, at 10 O'Clock P. NJ, and left for
Boston at 3, A. NJ, last Friday. She arrived
at her wharf, at the latter city, at I, p. M,
having made the passage in fourteen days.
The Britannia passed the Acadia at 7, A.
NJ, on Friday, about forty miles west of
Halifax.
The Niagara made the passage home in 10
days and II hours.
The steamship Sarah Sands, Captain
Thompson sailed from Liverpool on the 7th
instant, her regular day. "
The Buena Vista arrived at Halifax on
Thursday, P. NJ, and will leave for Boston
on the arrival Of the next English steamer.
The state of affairs in Ireland has material
ly changed, though every day seems to les
sen the probability of any serious outbreak
That this unfortunate country is not now
plunged into all the horror of a civil war is
not 10 be attributed to the disncination of
the people to rise in arms, but rather owing
to the want Of able and trustworthy leaders.
No serious disturbance in Ireland has oc-
CURED since the sailing of the Cambria. The
Tribune's news of the battle Of Slevenamon
is proved to be as was expected by everybo-
BY, a most outrageous hoax. William Smith
O'Brien was arrested at the Railroad station
at Thurles on Saturday evening last, whilst
in the act Of procuring ticket for Limerick,
where, it is said, he intended to take refuge
among his friends. Immediately after his
arrest, he was marched to Bridewell. and
subsequently was conveyed TO Dublin, and
lodged in Kimainham Jail.
After O'Brien's arrest, he is said to have
expressed himself satisfied Of the hopeless
ness of accomplishing his object and that he
was induced to leave his retreat in the noun
tains, because the further he went the more
the people seemed to fear to harbor him, or
to hold any communication with him. He is
said to be cheerful, and his wife is allowed
free access 10 him; other friends are permit
ted to converse with him in the presence of
the Jail authorities.
Richard O'Gorman, for whose arrest three
hundred pounds are offered, on attempting
10 escape from the country, was arrested by
the Coast Guard, after he had crossed the
Shannon in an open boat. The notice was
forthwith sent to the police, but before they
arrived, O'Gorman had persuaded his captors
that he was mere traveller from Derry to
Clare, and left in boat. He subsequently
boarded vessel bound down the Shannon.
for America, in which he escaped. A war
steamer had been despatched after the vcs-
sci. q
We have received, by the arrival of the
Britannia, English papers down to the 18th
instant.
A guard, working upon the Limerick Rail
way, has received the reward Of $500 for
discovering and arresting Mr. Smith OBrien.
The Emperor of Austria intended to abdi-
cate. -. .-.
Charles Albert, whose services in Lombar-
dy inspired so much hope for the Italians
has been beaten so badly by the Austrians
under Radetsky, that he will be compelled to
leave the country.
The Austrians have recovered nearly all
the places that they have lost
Charles Albert is reported to have promised
the Lombards to resume the war with the
renewed forces.
Three American sympathisers with Ireland
Dr.. McCarron, Mr.. Duffy, and another named
Bergin have been arrested and lodged in
Newgate.
There are the usual conflicting accounts
about the potato crop in Ireland. But most
certainly the blight is making progress in
various districts, The far greater portion of
the crop, however, is still quite safe.
The insurrection appears to be quelled al
most entirely. Offers of surrender have been
made on the part of the leaders since o.
Brien's arrest, but the Government has refu-
sed to listen to any terms whatever.
An attempt, unsuccessful, has been made
in Paris to assassinate NJ Theirs by an air
gun.
The accounts from St. Petersburg down to
the 26th of July, state that 1855 persons only
had been taken i'll of the cholera 25S had
recovered and 81 died.
: Constantnople journals 10 the cath ult.,
states that the cholera was subsiding rapidly
The fate of Walacha is decided. The
Ottoman Porte has recognized the new con-
stitution, and the Ambassadors of France
and England have given in their adhesion.
The Porte has protested against the entrance
of Russia troops. The Russians have already
retired from Jassy, and will be replaced by
Turkish troops, The cholera is declining in
that city.
Another insurrection in Posen, among the
Poles is feared, The insurrectionists have
succeeded in seducing from their allegiance
OF the soldiers of the 18th regiment of infan-
try, of Polish extraction.
Advices from Dantzic report revolutionary
tumnlts in that city, All the better class Of
The inhabitants, resident foreigners as well,
were called out in consequence, and doing
duty under arms.
Advices by the Hamburg mail notice the
snsended recommencement of the blockade