The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-28
FURTHER FOREIGN ITEMS.
France

Inc following IS the letter addressed to the ConStitt-
onna by M de Lamartine relative 10 a serious accuse
ton directed against the government NJ which he was
member;
MONSIEUR Out of respect the crisis in which nv coun-
W placed, as wen as 10 mar oil the good Of the pub
c leave unnouced that Hood of malevolence caumnes
and absurdtes which for time has been d rected
against the names the acts and the intentions men
whom events raised threw down in the of reyolu
ton Truth viii one day do justice to each not inn
patient for justice, for have no fear of its decision
have, however, Just read IN your number oil the 9th
fragment of an article borrowed from the Debas in which
the following mad calumnies put forth
During latter days of February the pavement had
been scarcely replaced when the thought
Of again raising baricades against the national guard, and
against the part of the population which believed to be
actuaed by spirit OF accusation which strnek
at all lovers of social order battalion OF barcade build
es was formed The members OF winch We're to serve as IN
srucors in different and thus to make known the
marked out plan of Paris and the edi6css and monu
also pointed out which 70 be formed into
the skfu combinations displayed by the insurgents of
June they followed plan traced by the government"
avow that for the first time, the perusa of these odous
lines made inc break that silence which had imposed
myself until the moment for explanation should arrive,
war, and preparer of means of carnage- who every
day during the last four months presented my breast in
no reply TO make to such charge There is only Of
which utter from the bottom Of my SOUL and
| which beg oil you TO enreglster
| receive, Monsieur, NC. -
! Ex-Member of the Provisional Government,
| and OF the Executive Committee
The following decree has been issued by General
tive power:
" In the the French people, the President of the
Council, charged with the Executive power virtue of
the rights conferred upon him by the decree Of June "a
which places Paris in state Of siege considering the de-
cree OF June "a, which provides that the individuals who
the French possessions beyond sea- that the proceed
ings commenced before the shall follow their
course so far those who shall be designated the
abeors chiefs instigators of instruction, who shall
have furnished or distributed money, ammunition
exercised command or authority, or committed act to
aggavate rebellion considering the decree which nstt
ted the commission of inquiry into the OF june of
which Colonel Bertrand is observation-disclosures follows
Art l. There shall be constituted four martial of
each OF which there shall be three military members
and OF which superior officer shall be president Art
These courts MARTIAL after examining all the warrants,
to the discharge OF the accusedths right of discharge be-
ing nevertheless reserved to Colonel Bertrand in of
urgency secondly as to the individuals liable to trans
portaon; thirdly, sending parties for trial before the
permanent courts martial of the first DIVISION
In the National Assembly, the 18th, the Minister
of the Interior proposed bill for the regulation of clubs
and prohibiting the members to go armed TO their
ings; also bill demanding 50OOoOf to be distributed
among the theatres of Paris, and 170OoO for the French
opera.
The Montemolinist insurrection was spreading. We
read in the Guienne of the 9th ave have Just learned
that Cabrera, at the head OF his troops, which have
uped since his entry in Catalonia, has had serious
with the Queens troops at three leagues from
Barcelona, and that he has completely routed them"
The Memorial des Pyenees states that the 3Oh ult.
Cabrera was the heights of Monseny at about 40
leagues from Barcelona 1t is, therefore, probable that
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city, and that the engagement mentioned by the Guenne
We have received the Madrid journals of the Sd and
4th In consequence of the raising of the state of siege,
the prosecution of 500 individuals has been abandoned
and 300 of them have been set at liberty The Heraldo
denies the truth OF rumoys that any change OF ministry
back Sir II. Bulwer. The Montemolnis General AlZaa
shot on the Sd at Zadiera. small band of nsur-
gents proclaimed Count MOntemolIn on the 2Sth ut at
Zabadica, in Navarro
Switzerland.
| The rock known by, the name of the Dent de Naye,
which WAS 11 ee hh tel on the 81 instant amt INTO
stroyed seven houses and all the persons in them 1t is
said that upwards of 1000 head OF cattle have been
killed in the fields.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 5th publishes letter
from Naples of the 30th, announcing certain the de-
feat of the government general Nunziante in Caabra
No particulars have transped except that the conflict
was desperate one, and that the Caabrians fought
hand to hand with the military The artillery has fallen
eight hundred soldiers, who had been cut off from the
main body had taken refuge in the Archmedes steamer
fate of General Nunzante. The Neapolitan Parliament
was opened on the 4th instant.
Germany and Denmark.
Letters from Hamburg of the sth say that the King of
Prussia has refused TO rafy the treaty concluded with
Denmark, by the Intervention of Russia and Eng Gland
and had referred it to the Assembly Frankfort, which
manifested disposition to give its sanction. Notwh
standing the armistice, mutual irritation pervaded both
parties Two thousand men passed through Hamburg on
the 7th, to unite with the Prussian army Schleswig
and another reinforcement of 5000 expected The
Danes, the other side, appeared equally disposed to
resume hostiltes.
Germany.
| The deputation of the National Assembly of Frank
fort charged to communicate to the Archduke John OF
Austria the vote by which he has been appointed lieu
tenant general governor of the German Empire had
an audience of the Archduke at Vienna the 5th. His
Imperial Highness thanked the assembly for the high
mark of confidence bestowed upon him, and said that he
would endeavor to respond to by zeal and devotedness
to the interests of Germany; but he could not say at
what precise period he could enter the duties of his
office, he must first communicate with the Emperor of
Austria, and concliae his duties with those which
he to his sovereign
Disturbances took place the LIST Cassel, in Elec-
toral Hesse. Almost all the houses were illuminated in
honor of Archduke john and numerous bands paraded
the Streets crying "Long live the Achduke !" Others,
however, cried "Long live the republic " The noise in
creasing, and shots having been fired, the armed
force cleared the streets-n doing which, individual
was killed, and employee of the police grevousy
wounded. An attempt was made to form barrlcade,
but without success Tranquility restored at about
two o'clock in the morning letter from Cassel of July
d. says:
The republicans watched narrowly here's they only
pportunity rise. The gates OF the and of
the been shut The members OF the free
corps been obliged give up their those who
resisted arrested; their leader is also in prison. The
civic guard has been called OUT
letter from Cologne of July 6, states that several ar
rests had been effected the day before
We learn from Prague that, in consequence of some
shots having been fired on the soldiers of the guard