Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-24
ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP
C A VI B r [ A!
Seven days Later from Eurou

c. A WI B r / A!
Seven days Later from Europe.
The British steamer Cambria arrived at
New York on the 18th, in I 8 days and l9
hours from Liverpool. Her dates are, from
Liverpool to April %, from London to the
evening Of the 28th.
The steamship Hermann was to leave
Southampto for New Yo1k, Saturday May
9th. The United States was advertised to
sail on Wednesday, May 18th.
The following extracts are taken from the
English papers and may be interesting to q
large majority of our readers -:
s. The French Repnblic.
The London Times of April 28th says
The elections occupy the Paris papers of
yesterday to the almost entire exclusion of
all other topics. The results were becoming
more and more apparent that NM. Lamar
tine, Duponte lde PEure,) Marrast, Arago,
GARNER Pages, Marie, Bothmont, Cremieux,
Carnot, Beranger (the poet,) Bastide, Pa
euerre, and Others of the Ministerial and
Moderate party, would figure high in the
list of elected; while NM. Ledru Rolin,
Flocon, Louis Blanc, Albert, and Caussi-
diere would have little more than the ma
iority, if, indeed, some Of them did not abso-
lutely fail. During the many weeks of the
agitation of the question, the party of order
and moderation has been gaining strength,
until it has now reached the point at which
the best friends of the Republic desired it
should remain it has produced a feeling of
confidence, and sense of security and of
permanence, provided that the course which
led to it be persevered in.
The accounts from the departments show
that very many Of the former Liberal depu-
ties will be returned, with also several whose
principles are VIGOROUSLY not Republican.
The conduct Of the Partisan National
Guard in coming out with such spirit and
unanimity on Sunday, the 10th inst, in de-
fence of the Provisional G Government, seems
to have secured to them the appreciation of
their contemporaries in the provinces. The
National Guard of Avesne have sent an adj
dress to the Provisional Government, en-
closing one for the National Guards of the
Seine Paris, expressive of their admiration,
and making to them a tender Of their CO.
operation or assistance if required. This
feeling is, we are assured by letters from
various parts of France, universal. )
The French papers announce that cash
was beginning to return into circulation,
which they prove by the fac the the Bank
received in one day, in silver, 100000
francs.
The Minister of the United States in Pa
ris, Mr.. Richard Rush, waited on Wednes-
day on NJ Iamartine, at the Hotel de Vile,
and formally recognized the French Repub-
lie in the name of the American Union.
At a council of the Provisional Govern
ment held April 23d, decree was adopted
defnitively abolishing slavery in all1the coll
onies and possessions of the French repub-
lie. The decree is to take effect two months
after its publication in the colonies. An in
demnity is to be granted to the slaveowners,
the amount and form of which viii be fixed
by the national assembly. All traffic in
slaves between proprietors in the colonies is
interdicted from the day of the publication
of the decree All introduction by hire or
otherwise Of negroes into the colonies is also
forbidden. This clauseis especially intend
edsto prevent the introduction of negroes
from Senegal by any system similar to that
of the Hill-cooGes in the English colonies.
sa At the same council it was decided that
the term on which the railways which are
completed and in full operation shall be
transferred from the respective companies to
the estate, shall-be as follows:-The share
of the companies will be valued at the~arar-
age of the prices which they bore, accord
ing to the official returns OF the Bourse, for
the six months preceding the revolution Of
February, and this price will bepaid by the
government to the company in FIVE per cent.
stock, to be also valued at its average price
during the same interval.
The council of government decided re.
specting the remainder Of the railways, viz
the unfinished lines The shareholders are
individually to have the option either of iac
cepting the same terms as have been decided
for the finished lines that is to say, to re.
ceiye five per cent. stock in exchange fol
their shares, the value ef the one and tht
other being taken at the average prices of tht
six months before February; or they may
paw up the remainder of their capital ant
receive five per cent. stock at par for tn,
whole.
The Woatiteur contains most importan
decree of the Provisional Government, or
dering, because Of its liability to cause un
easiricss to the German States, and to com
nit the Republic in war with its neighbors,
the dissolution and the dispersion of til,
Germans assembled on the eastern frontie
of France. @ -
This has excited considerable surprise, ,ant
is said to have reference to an importan
negotiation which is ON foot between tn
French Republic and some of che continen
tai states. It is said that the Provisiona
Government of France has opened a nego
tiation for a treaty offensive between tn
French Republic, the italian States; Swift
zerland, and the portion of Germany repre-
+ sented in the diet at Frankfort, and that tn
negotiations have proceeded SO far that the.
are on the point of being concluded.
The French army has been enormousl..
increased since the revolution. II now com
prises 537 900 men.
+ Wilmer & Smith European Times, says
lin the provinces, great discomfort prey ails
and the schemes Of the altras to overthrow
the Government, still caused apprehension i
Paris. A plot to blow UP the Hotel q
try.x I - Il II r L rlovy,