Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-01-22
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aix Days Dasor dom Franco
From the New York Sun-Ev,ra.

days later advces from France.
lTALY.--The Florence Gazette, Dec 7. says
that Louis PHILIPPE sold to the State OF Tuscs.
ny 5000 purcussion guns. q, the same favora.
BILE rates as those he cod to the Pope, but did
not furnish them a. speedily. - soy
A correspondent Of l., Presse. writing from
Turin. Italy, Dec 10 says the off.irs Of Naples
were in such a s,ates that it is feared there
will be an insurrec,ion shortly
Bands overrun the streets, crying seditious
crics-every hour il i. exp cied the signal will
be given for gcnornl insurrection. A deputa.
ton which left Palermo has presented 10 King
Ferdinand petition signed by thousa nds, TO the
effect thst he must restore to them the Constitu.
ton Of 1912, which comprises the complete
separation of Naples from the other sta,as-at
the same time she rru,aius under the same so.
vereign. IN case the King rei,,ses in three days
to nccede to their demand, they (the S,cilisns)
are sworn to overthrow him and give the re
gency to his oldest son, and place themselves
under the protection Of England. He replied
that according to his conscience he would nerer
yield. In the mean time he should sleep every
night on q vessel of war, and that he relied
upon his faithful 10000 geri. dsrines.
The following letter. received BY way Of Mar.
s'illes was dated Malta. on the 18th OF Decem.
ber have only time to write few words
The llamcr has just arrived from Corfu, and
brings the important news Of an insurrecton in
Greece. At Patra-. the garrison ~ere fighting
with the people. The Governor w,s a priso.
ner in the hands Of the insurgents. There ore
already many killed and wounded. II was said
that Grivas wns at the head of the insurrection.
The lNarseiilfs Courier adds, tina, this news
was broueh, by the war steamer Ardent, with
the India mail on board. and shat the Ecglsh
government messenger had orders TO make the
greatest haste.
MALrA--Advices from Malta state, that the
insurrection at Patrss has no poll, cal charac.
ter. anu is entirely confined to sc,s Of insubordi.
nation. and pilace committed bv irregular
Greek troops. They speak Of 100000 francs,
stolen from the Treasurer Of the Bank.
It seems th,t the Grecian government, hs-
wing doubted the chiefof these troops. wrote to
Mr. S,ouranas Governor II Pa,rss. to arrest
him but the suspected fficer. warned Of the
intention of the Governor. was befor. hand with
him, and arrested the Governor himself, then q,
the head Of few bands of soldiers, drawn into
the insurreciion. he "verran the city and pils.
eed the National Bank.
The population. far from joining. would have
finished by seizing his person. On the 10Th
instant, tranquility was nearly re. established in
Patras.
Importsnt DietsIon ~ the Gaines Cass--
Female Actor.
Most Of OUR readers sre no doubt aware tha,
Mrs. Gaines. the wife of Gen Gsines, has had
in sui, for some twelve or fifteen years claim
| for an estate valued as low as Sl0.WO 600 and
as high as $50, 100000. The Circuit Court OF
| Lou ssna decided the case aga nst her. S,e
appealed snd the case was carried up to the
| Supreme Court Of the United States, and intel.
| ligence has just been received from Washington
that the Court has reversed the decree Of the
Circuit C"ut The decision is thus noticed
in the Nstionsl lnteiligercer Of this morning
The following comments on the decision are
from the N. Y. Tribune -
at will delight many Of our readers-all in
deed who have been acquainted with the merits
of this case, which for the long period OF four.
teen years has been in the cour,s--to learn tha,
the Supreme Court of the United States yes,er
day afternoon decided it on all poir,s in "a vor
most important and interesting ever before the
American Courts. The costs of the litigation
on the part Of Mrs. Gaines alone, cannot hsve
been less than eighty 10 ninety thousand dol
lars, but the result involves many millions.
The history of Mrs. Gaines. as We gather i,
from the record Of the case prepared for the use
Of the Supreme Court, is full OF the most 70.
mantle snd various incident. She is a woman
Of ofremsrksble abilities, decision saG generosity
and Of manners sngnlarly frank and engaging
Perhaps no woman in this country has more OF
warmer friends. and lfshe has any enemies, che
owes il entirely to the remarkable position she
has SO long occupied as defrauded and injared
heiress Of one of the largest estates Of the con,i
nent. held by . numerous and powerful con!ed
erscy, whose hopes Of triumph were based upor
her supposed friendlessness and poverty.
Mrs. Gaines formerly resided in this city
She married a Mr. Whitney, of Binehamp,on
NJ Y, who removed to New Orleans, where h,