The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-22

the press. 'The feelings of the French toward Rus
sla," observes the Morning Chronicle OF this day,
"form curious anomaly among popular tenden-
cies, and remarkable illustration Of national cha
racter. The colossal power Of the Car dazzles
Them their imagination Is irrcsistlbly captivated
by the notion of sovereign ruling over thirty de
grees of latitude by the simple declaration Of his
will; and many think they see in him chosen in
strument of vengeance against la perfde Abion--a
coadjutor who will infallibly aid them, sooner or
later, To wipe out the notifying recolections of
Waterloo"
According to the accounts received this afternoon
however, it is positively affirmed that 'the French
and English governments are decided in acting to-
gether 10 The last in the affairs of Constannople"
II Is also added, " the instructions to the French
minister at st. Petersburg not whit less ener-
getic than those which presumed to have been
addressed to the English ambassador
Surrender Of Comorn.
In foreign affairs elsewhere the chiefact to notice
is the surrender OF Comorn. This event which but
for the new crisis that has arisen would have appa-
rently sealed Tor the moment the entire calm of
Europe, took place on the 9th of September. The
siege works were about to open with the most tire
mendous activity, and, General Nugcnt had
been replaced by the butcher Haynau, il is be-
heved the loss of life would have been fearful if the
place had ultimately been taken by assault. The
terms OF the captulation have not TRANSFERRED but it
Is supposed to have been almost unconditional Ii
is said that the counsel of Radetzky the ministers
at Vienna was that amnesty should be granted
to all, but that he outvoted, and that in
quence Haynau was despatched as the fit instru-
ment of the Emperor's ferocity. Ii is believed,
however, that the parties most compromised,
namely, the Hungarian civil commissaries and the
members of the COMMITTEE for the defence of the
country" have escaped from the fortress by
water.
Reported Assassination or Gorgey.
The Vienna accounts received o-day mention
universal report that Gorgey has been shot by
Count Edmond Zichy, whose brother was hanged
by Gorgeys orders in the Danubian island of
Csepel. Some accounts say that it took place in
duel; others that Count Itchy walked up to Cor
gey, who was sitting in coffee house, and shot
him dead on the spot. The affair appears to have
occurred at Klagenfurt, a town of lllyria, in
Austria
General News.
With regard to the " German Unity" question,
it is said that Austria is preparing plan of her
| own 1t is also asserted, regarding the Prussian
plan, that Hanover has seeded, and that Saxony
is on the point of doing Until the Russian bust
ness is settled, it matters little what projects of this
sort are talked about
The Austrans, in their animal ierceness, still
appear to keep up their war against the women
and children of the vanquished. According to the
Cologne Gazette, the aged mother of Kossuth
was brought into Pesth, few days back, pris-
oner of war;
In Bologna, also, the Austrians ruling in the
name of the Pope, continue their executions. Eight
persons are said to have been recently shot
In Tuscany, some excitement has been occa-
stoned by the expulsion of Captain Pakenham, of
| the British navy, for having given tract upon
iytc In the hospital at the baths of Lucca, where
he was staying. The expulsion has been protested
against by all the British residents.
In Piedmont, the committee the treaty of
peace with Austria have submitted the following
resolution TO the chambers GO In consequence of
the hard and memorable necessity that brushes
| at present, the committee propose to the chamber
to declare that only by the force of this inevitable
and fatal necessty. il does offer ODDOstiOn
| to the execution of the present treaty.
The cholera appears to be very severe in some
parts OF Italy. AT Bergamo, in Lombardy, a town
of thirtyt two thousand inhabitants, it has carried
off, during the last three months one in eighteen
of the population.
| The Diplomatic Outbreak between France
and the United States.
The Effect in Europe Of the Dismissal Of NJ. Poussn
Opinions Of the Press.
The Paris correspondent of the London Chronicle
SAYS under date of October 4:
at is certain however, that the President is
anxious to give M. Duclerc and M Marrast diplo-
matte situations and it is thought likely that M.
Marrast will be appointed TO New York in the
| place of M Poussin.
"No importance is attached to the quarrel be-
| tween the French Minister at New York and the
President of the United States. M. Poussin, the
minister, Is red republican, and had been or was
about 10 be recalled"
The European Times, of the 9th inst, says.
"The suspension Of intercourse between France
and America caused much sensation in Paris when
first announced; but when il was rumored that
England had offered her mediation, that feeling
| considerably subsidized. As the dispute is
| terminated, NJ Marrast or NJ Thayer will, it is
| pected, be sent 10 Washington as the representa-
| tive of France, In the room of M. Poussn."
From the London Neos, October 4.
Diplomacy seems bent on quarrelling, and of
arousng rumors and chances of war, where real
elements of war none. Turkey, tbs well known,
looked on with the most compaisant neutrality at
astr tai he h. hetxx
| the Russians and the Magyars. The Sultan had
every cause 10 be anxious, nay to be offended, at
the cavalier manner in which the Russians appro-
priated Wallacha and Moldavia, and turned them
| 10 their military But he kept his temper,
| we'll AZ his sword in sheath and showed exemplary
patience. A Russian prince and envoy has, never
heless thought fit 10 be heard and provoke this pa
| cihc monarch, and menace war 10 nation that
has lost the desire and the traditions of combat.
We are still in the midst Of the excitement caused
by this outrag eous conduct, when we hear Of an
other diplomatist at the further end of the world
| provoking still more silly squabbe. The New
York papers announce that NJ. Poussn, French en-
| voy at Washington, has sent an mpertinent note
| TO the Government, and that General Taylor has
| replied TO IT, sending Poussin his passports.
We must say, that the fault in this affair seems
to rest with the French envoy, Major Poussin, and
NJ. de Tocqueville, the first Of whom the most
undiplomatic language, such az compels spirited
government 10 resent II; whilst the minister in Par
is, without examining the matter, disrnisses IL in
| haste and wrong both Sides and, taking il for
| granted that the American President would accept
| such compromise. Ii seems that there two
causes of difference and sources Of complaint. One
wss about some French traders tobacco seized in
Mexico but restored 10 him by the American COM
handing officer. The trader in question made
| demand of indemnity for some difference Of price
| in the tobacco, which he might have sold higher
| than he actually did. Such claim disallowed.
| Whereon Major Poussin, abettng the claim Of the
tobacco merchant, stgmatzed the American colo
mel having perjured himself This done in
am official communication, which, however. Major
| Poussin afterwards consented TO withdraw.
The next cause of quarrel arose from Major Pous-
sims abetting another French claimant the master
| of a vessel saved from wreck by acaptain Of the
| American squadron. The latter had claimed sal
wage, and was not only refused II, but claims Of
indemnity we're put forward for the detention Of the
vessel, and some insult offered 20 his flag. The
| claim was disallowed; whereon Major Poussin
stormed, usual, aud used as unwarrantabe IAN
| guage 20 the naval commander as he had, on the
| previous occasion, done 10 the military one.
| The President ordered the whole Gaze 10 be for
warded 10 Paris, and laid before M de Tocquevie,
expecting, the result, NJ. Poussin's immediate