The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-15

er IN the night of the 18th, and continued ill
oar the next morning. The peasants form
Id most formidable corps d'armee. They
- Were armed with scythes, pixies, and spears.
' Wnhe municipal authorities tried in vain TO
ioAnake them listen TO reason. They insisted
bn the liberation of the prisoners, and the alb
blition of the additional mpost of As CEN
4imcs decreed by the late Provisional Gov
frnmcnt They expressed their resolution
h Do march upon the town. and il was only by
4he supplications and tears of women and
+ Echldren, and the enlreaty of the clergy, who
aHpromsed that their demands should be gram
r%ted. that they were induced TO forbeur.
oSTroops have heen sent to quell the riots Dis
g Horders have also taken place at Rabal, Tou-
q louse, and Papigun.
DENMARK AND THE DUCHES.
III The Schleswig war is still proceeding Both
the Danish Government and tho Frankfort
Diet have rejected the terms Of mediation
y proposed by Lord Palmerston; the Germans
VI before, and the Danes since their knowledge
% of the comparative success of the Danish
arms on the 9Th. 1t is stated that both Rus
y STA and Sweden explicitly notified 10 Prus-
Nj STA that the stay ofGernan troops in Julland
would lead to an immediate declaration of
war on their part, which led to the withdraw
nj of General Wnngel on the Oath May. The
M Swedes have commenced active assistance
n by sending troops into Denmark and Jutand
which are reported 10 be in high spirits ut
the prospects ola brush with Germany.
A letter from The city of Schleswig, dated
i 1he 18th, says that large numbers Of German
I troops, passing through this city to the north,
gives reason to suppose that rencontre with
The enemy is TO be expected shortly. The
III writer presumes that Sunday next may pos
sibly be intended on our part for the attack
In the first instance The says) all the meet
ings in this campaign were either on SUNDAYS
or holidays; then, next Sunday being the 18th
L June, is great "Reminiscences for Germany
the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo.
LOMBARDY.
The intelligence from the seat of war DOS
sesses considerable interest, as it indicates
change in the plans of Marshal Radetskv.
who is stated to have left only 5000 men in
4 Verona, while he himself marched on Vicen-
"a with the remainder ofhis disposable for
ces, variously estimated ut from 20 to 81, 1000
h men. During the night 'of the 9th inst the
position of RivoIi, which the Piedmontese
appear to have been preparing to attack, was
abandoned by tho Austrians who retired to
The left bank ofthe Adige, and the bridge
was broken down. On the 10th inst. the
position ofRivoli was occupied by the Sar-
dininns, and it was expected that the King
would take measures to cross the Adge, and
commence operations against Verona.
Meanwhile the Austrans made arrange
ments for an attack on ViccnZa, and an action
ensued between them aud the Italians. I'M
der General Durando, which Terminated in
favor of the Aus,rians. Private letters from
Milan, of the afternoon of the 18th inst an
nounce the surrender of Vicenza to the Aus
TRANS on the 1lth, by capitulation. The
troops composing the garrison marched out
with the honors of war, and were permitted
to retain their arms, on condition that they
should not serve against the Austrians for
three months. The Halia del Popoio, of the
N 18th inst, confirms the news of tile capitaa-
ton of VcenZa, overpowered bV the over
wheming force ofthe Austrians, who, after
very brief delay, marched upon Paduu,
which city has also been compelled to capt.
ulate.
The King of Sardinia signed, on the owe
ming of the 10Th inst, ut Gnrda, the compact
with NJ. Casati, and two other members of
the Provisional Government ofMilan, for the
annexation of Lombardy to The kingdom of
Sardinia. The Provisional Government is to
be abolished. and kind Of regency, compos-
ed of Piedmontese aud NIanesc, of which
M. Casati is to be the President, will for the
present, be established at Milan.
The Italia, of Pisa of the 18Th, announces
that Sandman sub-intendant has taken pos
session ofsome points of the Lunigiana, de-
%ciaring that he 10 acting under the orders of
iulllI; anu tne WIOle OF lLlDl5ihDa VIII soon
become Pi9dmontese.
RUSSIA.
Advces from the Danube announce that
Russian army of thirty thousand men had
entered Wallachia. 1t is asserted that the
Emperor Nicholas contemplates enfianchis-
ing the peasants in his dominions from
personal servitude. Poland, although inves-
ted with two hundred thousand troops is n
cause of much unensiness to the Emperor,
who is said TO spend whole days and nights
watching the telegrnphs now established as
far as Warsaw aud the frontiers of Prussia.
There can can be no doubt That large Rus
sian armies are assembling Mt different points
between Tilsit and Cracow; and these in
conjunction with the appearance ola Russian
fleet in the Baltic, show that the Gar is in
,clined, IN certain cases, TO act with decided
hostility against Germany.
In the Breslau journals of the 10th ult it is
stated ;hat The whole Baltic sea is covered
with Russian men ofwar The whole wes-
tern frontier ofthe Russian empire bristIes
with bayonets. The troops advance forwards
from Lithuania and Volhynia by forced
marches.
ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE.
. HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
The New York Courier and Enquirer, con-
tains one days later intelligence from Eu-
rome, received by Teleurapb on the day the