The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-10

refuge at Pilton.
The insurgents at some distance from the house
fired through the windows, but finding that there
| was not any person within, they took possess
sion of it, and ultimately set it on fire, reducing the
| entire house and furniture to ashes.
Rumor states that all other surrounding consta-
bulary stations were attacked, and that in some
cases the police disarmed while in others the
men had fortunately quilted their barracks previ-
| ously, and retired upon Carrick and Clonmel
| The driver and guard of the Cork mail, which
arrived here at aboul 10 O'Clock last night, report
that the police had quilted the Glenbower station,
and had retired to that Nine-mile house.
| Shortly previous to the arrival Of the coach at
| the latter place, party of insurgents had sur
| rounded the station and demanded that the united
! parties within, numbering about ten men, should
surrender their arms. The police refused, and
upon the insurgents proceeding attack the house,
the little garrison fredout and put the belligerents
to fight
1t is understood that Mr.. Gavan Duffy will be
put upon his trial, on a charge Of high treason,
before special jury of the county of Dublin, 2lst
of October.
| Lord John Russell has been summoned as
witness on the part of Mr.. Smith O'Brien, and his
lordship must attend the special commission which
opens at ClOnme on the 2Ist.
Three camps of the insurgents have been formed
at Newton, Curraghmore and Pilton.
Freeman's Journal OGce-Friday, Sept. Is, ii
P. M.-The train which arrived at the Kingsbridge
station at 4 o'clock this morning, brought us no
confirmation of the exciting relative to the
renewal of 8 insuHectonary movements in the
country, which some Of our southern contempora-
ries have given to the public within the last few
days. On the contrary the officials connected with
the railway, and the passengers who arrived by the
train, concur in representing the districts along the
line to be perfectly tranquil and free from actual
disturbance, or the apprehension CT outbreak.
The driver of the ClOnmel car, who arrived at
Kilkenny last evening, states that the most perfect
tranquility prevailed along the entire of his route
through Iipperary.
Our latest advices from Paris are not very salts
factory. The Socialists were mastering their
strength, having been very much dissatisfied with
a speech made by NJ. Thiers. Government, it was
supposed would close the Clubs. 1t is thought the
red republicans will carry the Paris elections.
Generals Cavaignac and Lamoriciere are not on
good terms-the former having, in the opinion of
Lamoriciere leant too much to the democratic party
The committee on the indemnity to be allowed to
the colonial shareholders have resolved that its
amount shall be raised from 80 to 40 millions 1t
was also resolved that the one-third of this sum
shall not be liable to the claims of creditors, but
shall be exclusively applied to carrying on works
in The plantations and colonies.
The debate on the 9Th clause of the preamble of
the Constitution, upon which NJ Matthew (de La
DrOme) proposed an amendment recognizing the
right of all citizens to labor and to live by their
labor, occupied the whole of Thursdays sitting of
the Assembly. NJ. de Tocqueville dwelt for
some time on the United States republic, for the
purpose of showing that in that perfect democracy
such principles were put forward In France
would not be tolerated for moment.
A great deal of conversation took place among
the members of the Assembly with respect to the
dadn 81 q}a T6eh Aqsf j has accepted the me
to preserve Lombardy, Venice and the other ltalia
provinces before; that those provinces are to
have constitutional institutions and that the Sar-
dinians are pay the expenses of the war. Other
wise the war shall recommence Immediately after
the expiration of the armistce. England has de-
clared simultaneously that she will remain neutral
in case of war between fance and Austria The
Emperor Nicholas has declared to England that, if
a French army should pass the Alps, he would
march at the head of 100000 men on the Rhine.
Besides the decoration sent to Marshal RadetZky,
a courier has carried twenty-five decorations to
other officers.
Private letters mention that the report that Gen.
Cavaignac had been fired at was gaining ground.
The Project of Police had published an account
of the situation of Paris during the last ten days, in
which he states that the most perfect tranquility
prevailed in the capital; that confidence was be-
ginning TO revive on every point; that slow but
incontestbe progress manifested itself IN every
branch of industry, and that at no former period,
and under no previous regime, did Paris offer more
respect for persons more security Tor property.
RUSSIA.
The endeavors Of the Gar to ameliorate the So
cia condition of the lower orders, especially the
serls, are source of great dissatisfaction to the
aristocracy
1t is reported in the German papers that the Rus
sian army in the Caucasus, commanded by Count
WoronzOw, has been literally cut to pieces by the
chieftain Schamyl 1t is also said that of ll4,O00
men who formed the Russian corps which entered
Wallachia, 1900 have died of cholera.
HOLLAND.
The Stats COurGnt of the 10th contains the
twelve projects of the modified fundamental lak,
as they have been adopted by both chambers OF the
States General
East Indies has been confirmed The Minister OF
War has issued orders for the immediate prepare
ton of the troops destined for this service.
BELGIUM.
The Belgian Minister has met with gracious
reception from Archduke John, the Vicar-General
of the German Empire.
SWITZERLAND.
On the Sd inst. the Diet assembled, for the pur-
pose of declaring the acceptance of the Federal
Constitution. 1t appears that 49, cantons, with
population of 1895, SIT, voted in its favor, against
o. cantOns, with a population of H6,656, which
were opposed to it. Tessino, with population of
1892, has not yet voted on the question.
ITALY.
We learn by letters from Genoa, dated the 9th,
that the British war-steamer SidOn, Capt Anderson,
had arrived there from Naples direct; but brings
no later news from Sicily. Naples was quiet. The
Minister of War at Turin has published procla-
nation to the soldiers of Lombardy, as g the new
subjects of Piedmont" placing them under the
same discipline as the Piedmontese troops. Tran
guilty perfectly restored in Leghorn on the 7th
The Italian War.-A Geographic dispatch was
received at Vienna on the 8th which states that
Albini has quilted Venice with the Sandman fleet,
and that the Austrian fleet had setsai from Trieste,
to blockade Venice
The Corriere Livornesse of tie It'll contains an
account of the return of the deputation sent 10
| Florence by the insurgents.
Sardinia, which had been retained by the Ausui
ans at Peschiera, is to be given up by them FIT
teen hundred cavalry have arrived al OIehioha 10
/ escort it back into the Sandman States.
! The National SGU0isieR OF the lit1 speaks Oh
Italian powers, namely Sardinia, Tuscany, Rome
/ and Nables-the latter on the condition that the
! Duke Of Genoa do not accept the crown of Sicily,
and that all the powers should offer their mediation
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