The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-01-10
France-Before the ELECTION.

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lied, to suppress outbreaks in of his election
Gen. Charganier has officially resigned the can
| didateship for the Presidency. NJ. Lamartine'
| friends were making great exertions to secure hi
| election. On Saturday evening, all Paris looked
| like one electoral meeting. The Bonapartes wer,
| vaignac.
One of those persons who fled with Louis Blanc
and Caussdlere, had arrived in Paris on the eve
OF the election. Letters received in Paris on Satur
day, from the provinces, state that Louis Napole
on's election would be the signal for great mon
archical rising. A large body of the Nationa
Guard were ordered under arms for Sunday. The
troops, Garde Mobile, etc., would be confined te
their barracks on Sunday, the day of the election
Letters from Marseilles announce that the expe-
dition intended for Civia Vecchia had returned to
anchorages, but the troops had not yet been dis
embarked.
Notwithstanding all the excitement regarding
the Presidency, funds had risen. The five per
cents on Saturday close at 69f to 15c.
Letters from Paris, on Tuesday morning, say
that the election for President of the Republic had
defnitively closed all over France, and enough
than was expected by his most sanguine friends
he receiving a considerable more than majority
of votes over all the other candidates. arr sa-
Accounts from the different Departments an
nounce that the election was every where conduct
ed on calm and dignifed principles. 49,, --5, .-
The Liverpool Mail of the 10th announces that
the basis of the new postal arrangement with the
United States has all been settled, making con-
siderable reduction on American letters, and will
be sent over by the present steamer.
The steamer America arrived out in twelve days,
and the Acadia in about thirteen days. The
Washington arrived at Southampton on the 9Th of
December, having left the United States on the
10Th of November. The Hermann sailed on the
18th for New York.
Further intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope
confirms the news of the termination of the war,
and of the complete dispersion of the insurgent
Boer.
Profound tranquility continues. The evictions,
voluntary and involuntary, together with the past
emigration, continue upon an extensive SCALE The
Lord Lieutenant returned last week to Dublin, and
seems to be addressing his attention to the expur
cation of all sinecures, many officers in the Coast
Guard service, the post Office and board of public
works, having been abolished transferred to Lon
dom There was even rllmor of the transfer of the
business of the Irish Court of Chancery to the Eng
lish metropolis, but we altogether discredit this
Duffy is now the only remaining prisoner in New.
gate. His trial commences on Thursday.
The agitation in favor of restoring the Irish Par
lament makes no progress.
The applications made by Lord Fitzgerald for
support seem In many cases to be repulsed in une-
quivocal terms.
Smith O'Brien and his associates remain in Rich
mond Briiewell. 1t is rumored that if the Judges
of the Queens Bench decide in favor of the writs
of erroL the Crown will withhold the requisite
sanction for an appeal to the House of Lords.
1t is reported that Mr.. Mahoney has effected his
escape TO Paris.
The Grand Jury of Dublin had returned true bills
against Mr. Duffy for felonious articles which ap-
peared in the columns of The Nation, and the letter
to Mr.. Smith O'Brien, urging him to rebellion,
which was found in that unfortunate gentleman's
portmanteau. 'Eea
The Southern and Midland newspapers of to-day
are filled with heart rendng accounts of deaths bv
starvation throughout Ireland. There have been
extensive evictions among the tenantry.
The flight of the tenants towards the emigrant
ships is exceedingly great. gt .rhsAsc nj.
Violent outrages among the starving people are
being committed in all their disgusting variety
FI3asi la SCOTLAND. J Vsr
There were eight cases of cholera and four deaths
in Glasgow during the last three days, and on Fri
day twenty-six new cases and six deaths, and on
Saturday there were nine cases and three deaths
The cholera is evidently subsiding in Scotland.
GERMANY.
From Frankfort the news is important. The Ma
tional Assembly has just decided by majority of
225 to al that nobility, distinct and political
class, shall be set aside and by a majority of 253
to 10, that all titles not attached to an office
should be abolished
We have continued reports of the guerrilla war
fare carried on by Cabrera without any apparent
result. He seems to hover about the towns in the
northeast provinces, harassing the inhabitants by
forced imposts plumbers, and the Queens troops
seem quite powerless to put stop to such mis-
was at Cabella, small town between Genoa and
Barcelona, at the hesd of 800 men.
PORTUGAL
This country, which during so many years was
the scene of strife, while all Europe was tranquil
is now perfectly quiet, while the Continent has
been convulsed from one end to the other. ~ u
NAPLES.
The King has prorogued the Chambers to the LIST
of February. He has demonstrated against Tusca-
nv sending Minister to Sicily, and great cool
ness existed between England and Naples on this
account. 1919 r.
The King of Prussia, wearied with factious oppo-
sition, has dissolved the Parliament and promul-
gated the new Constitution in which all the liber-
ties conceded to his subjects in March last
frmed with such notifications as the state of the
Monarchy seems to require. There are to be two
Chamberlain upper Chamber, consisting of $50
members, to last six years, and lower Chamber,
consisting of $50 members, to last three years
both to be elective, and the power of summoning
and dssolving the Chambers to rest with the King.
The franchise touches universal suffrage.
The King has issued a decree dissolving the As
sembly, but the Chambers are convoked to meet in
Berlin on the 26th of February. A modification of
the Brandenburg Ministry has taken place, but the
King seems TO be now resoute to enforce obedience
to the laws The Prince of Prussia has proceeded
to Olmutz, and every thing tends to prove that
very good understanding has grown up between
the Austrian and the Prussan courts. Foreign
journals may now be transmitted to Berlin free of
duty, the stamp on newspapers having been re-
moved. 30
There were alarming riots af Memel on the 4th
inst The town was completely in the hands of the
populace four or five hours, during which time
great excuses were committed
AUSTRIA 4
The Emperor Of Austria has abdeated in favor
of his nephew, Francis Joseph, son Of the Arch
duke Charles-a youth of eighteen-who has for
mally taken upon himself the duties of the high
office. II is supposed that much good may come of
the Emperors abdication in this way that his sue
cessor will not be bound as has been his predeces-
sor, by painful antecedents, but will be at liberty
TO follow such a course as accidents of the times