Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-05-25


ware of spies, and bide your time.
The PIKE TRADE IN DUBL1N.--Urged by Gu
riosity, / recently visited the establishment of
the celebrated David Hyland, who exhibits on
a sign board, ''Pike maker to the CASTLE" and
confess | was rather surprised to find that the
statements which had heard and read with
redard TO the open and undisguised sale of the
stnatioanal weapons" were far from being ex-
aggerated. At the moment happened to call
the shop. which BY the way is not very spa
cious, was completely crowded. and outside
were copgregated several individuals awaiting
their turn to be supplied. Having expressed
desire to see sample of these essential Hi
bernial implements of warfare, Mrs Hyland,
who was busily employed as door keeper, to
prevent too great pressure OF customers-a
task which she fulfilled with as much fidelity
as due regard to her interest would permit
kindly made way for nae, and gratlfied my in
clination by showing me several samples of
these truly formidable implements of destruc-
ton 1t appears that the original mode of con-
structing pixies, that is, with small Ratchet
on one side, and crook on the other, has been
superseded. and the modern one is simply
spear, something like the sergeant's halberts
some years since IN use IN the British army,
but much longer, the blade being about eighteen
inches in length. Mrs. Hyland informed me,
IN answer to d question, that her husbane had
about sixtet men at work in this peculiar
branch of Irish industry, and that cash man
was able 10 turn out from six to eight pixies
per day; there are, accordingly, close on 600
| pixies weekly circulated by this factory alone.
The PIKE TRADE IN BELFAST. trade of
| pike making in Belfast is, we understand, in
most dourishing condition. The home market
is. excellent; and, from all we can learn, the
farmers of the surrounding neighborhood are
sending in large orders. Down and Antrim
will be armed to man before three weeks, if
there be not change in the tone and temper
of the times; and, if The rise in the price of lead
be any indication of preparations for the worst,
there is ample proof in the fact that tea chest
lead, that sold some months ago at I'd. per lb.
goes of now at I'D. and 3D. with the greatest
4 facility. We may add, that there is no t the
remotest fear of the people turning these arms
against one another. The Lurgan Orangemen
tore their flags the other day and shouted for
repeal. The Protestants, Catholics, and Pres
byterians club their money, we are credibly in
formed, and buy pixies and guns, and lend each
other moulds to run bullets. No wonder their
leaders are armed.-Be!fast indicator.
The FRENCH REPUBLIc.~-The London Times
of April % says; aa
The elections occupy the Paris papers OF
yesterday to the almost entire exclusion Of all
and more apparent that NM Lamartine, Du-
pont (de l'Eure,) Marrast, Arago, GARNER Pa
4 ges, Marie, Belmont, Cremieux, Carnot, Ber-
anger, (the poet,) Bastide, Paguerre, and Others
OF the Ministerial and Moderate party, would
figure high in the list of the elected while M
M. Ledru Rollin, Fiocon, Louis Blanc, Albert,
and Caussidere would have little more than the
majority, if, indeed, some of them did not abb
solutely fail. During the many weeks of the
agitation of the question, the party Of order
and modera ton has been gaining strength until
it has now reached the point at which TIE best
friends of the republic desired it should re-
main; it has produced 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
4 that very many of the former Liberal deputies
will be returned, with also several whose prin-
1 ciples are VIGOROUSLY not republican.
1 The conduct of the Partisan national guard
in coming out with such spirit and unanimty
on Sunday, the 18th INST, in defence of the
Provisional Government, seems to have secur-
ed to them the appreciation of their cotempo-
rares in the provinces. The national guards
) of Avesne have sent an address to the Provi-
sonal Government, enclosing one for the ma
) ticnal guards of the Seine, paris, expressive
of their admiration, and making to them ten
der of their cooperation or assistance if re-
: quired. This feeling is, we are assured by let
4 ters from various parts of France, universal.
The. French papers announce that cash was
4 beginning 10 return into circulation, which
they prove by the fact that the bank re-
: ceived in one day, all in silver 100000
| francs.
The Minister of the United States in Pa
| ris, Mr. Richard Rush, waited on Wednes
l. .G h. HNto1 n,
: lie, and formally recognized the FIench' Re
public in the name of the American Union
The Moniteur contains most importau
: decree of the Provisional Government, order
ing, "because of the liability to cause uneasi-
ness to the German States. and to commit the
: republic in war with its neighbors, the dis
solution and dispersion of the German:
, assembled on the eastern frontier of France
7 This has excited considerable surprise, anC
: is said 10 have reference, to an important ne
r gotiation which is on foot between the French
republic and the continental States. 1t i:
said. that the Provisional Government OF
/ France has opened a negotiation for treaty
offensive and defensive between the French
2 Republic, the Italian States, Switzerland, and
the portion of Germany represented in the die
| at Frankfort, and that the negotiations have
proceeded so far that they are on the point o
S being concluded.
e Inc french army mas Deen enormously In
creased since the revolution. 1t now comprises
3 537 900 men.
= La Libertic contains the following particu
, lars relative to grand banquet TO be given on
4 the 4th of May; to the National Guards and
the troops of the line, in the Champs de Mars
r Covers are to be laid for 10000 guests. A
1 contract has been made by the Minister of the
interior for $4,000 pound weights of ham,
{ The guests are to be chosen from the National
, Guard, the army, and the National Guard emo
biLe.") A''
Il Spain.-The greatest indignation has been
) manifested By Gen. Narvaez, at the interfer
ence of Mr.. Bulwer, who at the instance of
Lord Palmerston, recommended moderation to
t the Spanish government in their demeanor to-
wards the liberals, The feeling is carried to
f the utmost bound that even diplomatic civil
ty allows; indeed Senior Isturitz has been in
| structed to apply to Lord Palmerston for the
, recall of Mr.. Bulwer, the British Minister to
the court OF Spain.
$ 1t is reported. on the faith of letter from
Corona, that the centalist chief Belera, with
Don Enrique, have entered Spain at the head
of about 1000 men.
porguooI "A dvices froul Lisbon tn the 20th