The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-01-22
VOL. III. - NO. 60.

the difficulty of arranging the payment of the
fine 100000 francs imposed upon Neufchatal
The Cantonal Government and the Assembly
unanimously agreed on accepting and submit.
ting to the decree of the Diet, and paying the
fine inflicted on it for its misdoings in relation
to the late war, and so getting rid of the af-
fair But while this was going on, the Sow
ereign Prince of Neufchatel, (the King oil
Prussia) after securing the concurrence of the
French Cabinet, came to a resolution to sus-
tain the refusal which he assumed that the
canton would return to the decree Of the Diet
The tender of the amount has been made in
bills to the Diet, which not being satisfactory,
the case is still open.
The expenses of the war in Switzerland are
at present estimated at 5000, 000f. According
| to the confederative calculations, Lucerne will
have to pay 2,l67, 0O0f.; Friburg, 1857 ,7OOf.;
Valais, 666,9OOf; Schwytz, 236,OOOf.; Tug,
1873, 200f; Unterwalden, l30, 80Of.: and Uri,
$4,000. The Federal troops were to be re-
d iced in the canton of Unterwalden, which
had paid its quota of the expenses of the war !;
but the provisional government of Friburg had
declared its inability to satisfy the demand of
the Diet before the Goth ult.
AUsTRIA.-The Austrian Cabinet appears
determined to interfere by force in the internal
affairs Of Switzerland. The official article
published in the Austrian Observer Of the 18th
ult. amounts nearly to a declaration of war,
and has produced an immense sensation, not
only amongst the high aristocracy of Austria,
but also amongst the friends and partisans Of
Prince Metternich, who were little accustomed
to so violent language on the part of the
Chancellor of State Persons acquainted with
the Court of Austria, however, can easily ac-
count for it. The Emperor Ferdinand, not
outstanding the extreme weakness of his
mind and character, is a jealous Catholic
The Empress, who governs him, and is stren-
uous supporter of Prince Metternich. has con-
stantly taken the most lively interest in the
fate of the seven cantons of Catholic Swtzer-
land.
CAPE OF Coon HoPE.-Cape of Good Hope
papers have been received to the end of Octo-
Der. The latest and most important new from
the frontier, is, that Sandilla, and a number
of his followers, have surrendered TO the
British forces, on the simple condition that
their lives shall be spared, and that, as far as
he and his tribe are concerned, the war may
be considered to have terminated. Driven
into the recesses of the Amatola mountains,
it appears this Chief found himself and his
warriors totally discounted, andrunning short
of provisions; and, on receiving supplies from
his opponents, he determined to lay down his
arms and capitulate at discretion. PATIO, the
other leader of the turbulent aborigines, was
yet in the field, but expectations were en-
tertained that he would speedily be brought
to terms. The surrender of Sandilla was re-
garded as favorably concluding the present
campaign, the weather in Caffreland having
broken, which would have rendered the pro-
gress of the troops across swollen rivers,
matter of some difficulty and inconvenience.
TuRKEY-The Arabs of Tripoli are in revolt.
At Gherean. and at Gebel, they rose en- naasse
against the Turks, and killed the Governor of
Gebel, Ahmed Efendi. and above hundred
of his people. They rose against him on ac-
count of the tyranny exercised by him. Dur
ing the period of thirteen years that he has
been governor, he has done nothing but plum
der the people, take away their children, and
massacre the men. Those families, who, in
the time of Geramanli, the former governor,
paid twenty dollars annual tribute to the
Turks, are now compelled to pay one hundred
dollars. This is the reason why the people OF
Bengazy. to the number of 10000, fled to
Egypt and Smyrna. More than 100000 have
fled from Tripol unto the regency of Tunis.
Those actually in Tripoli are living life OF
misery. The war schooner Sajah Cattera. has
sailed for Malta, with dispatches for the Sui
tan, in which the governor requested the
Sultan to send immediately five or six thou
sand troops to exterminate the rebels.
The Porte has officially announced the en-
tire pacifcation of Albania.
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