Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-08-24
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mission by nil overwhelming majority, but
on presenting himself last night for admia
sion, some difficulty arose as to the nature
Of the oaths which he should take. The
oatlss Of allegiance ind supremacy wera
taken by the Hon. member, without hest
t%atiop, in the Jewish form, agreeabty will,
a resolution Of the House. The cath pf
sjueation was then rendered 70 him, and
he took It al, except words tdn The trne
faith Of n Christian, . and said he refused
them beeanse they were not binding on
his conscience. The Speaker then direct
Ell the Baron to withdraw. This gave
rise toa very long debate, which ultimately
led TO an Adjournment.
On the receipt Of official intelligence of
the death Of General Taylor, q meeting Of
American citizens was convened Mt Liver
| fool, at the Honse Of the American Com
stiIate, when resolutions were unanimously
adopted expressive of the high admiration
cherished BY his oountrymen, for The abils
ity, zeal integrity, and public spirit Of the
lamented soldier and statesman, and regret
for his loss. A petition to Congress was
also adopted. praying that some permanent
monument be erected in Washington To-
the memory Of Gen Taylor.
The crops are very promising in appear
Hnce r
FRANCE
Observation-Disclosures has beeh received
from the Department. ofSaon Loire, which
speaks most favarabty/of The state ofcom.
merce and industry, and If the immense
increase Of deposits received In the Saw
ings Banks Of The Department, as undeni-
able signs Of returning prosperity and con.
fdenee in the maintenance IF order.
The destination Of the French fleet ia
said TO be Schfeswig ItoAtein, in order to
take part in The probable Intervention for
the settlement Of the Duclltes 10 Denmark
The President viHted the Theatre lately,
when upwards ottwo hundred Of the old
iuvalids,Wer presented with free tickets
or the 6eeasior, md they gave the nephew
Of tlis Emperor a hearty welcome Th"rn
were cries of "Vive Napoleon !" "Vive
TEfnpereur - and d few "Vive 10 Eepnbs
Iiqite.' Both in going to and returning
from the Theatre, the President was loud
" eieered,
The ofirihl Moniteuf published b decres
IF the President Of the Republic, imposing
Il quarantine Of observation OF three days
at least, and five al most, on all vessels
arriving in The French ports of the Medi.
terraneah from countries where the oholefs
prevails. A.
There il no news Of interest, bit b1si<
ness continues active, and the late rains
have done much good Some accounts
state that the wheat harvest would not
be so good as expected.
RUSSIA.
4 destructive condagration has rednred
The city af Shrnara, Government Of Sim.
terlslt, to ruins, 80 stone houses and 4as
ffame houses hive been destroyed the
church, the residence Of the ambassador Of
the municipal and judicial authorities, tbs
prison, hospital. ~post.ofite, t2G corn maya.
Zines, etc, hive been destroyed
The Russians have been defeated again
by the Cifcassians. In Ii harassine forced
march, the Russians, on the 5th May, fell
upon mn ambuseads Of Daghless, command.
ed, Stiamil inparsot. The mountainous,
being short OF ammunition, were Dor
among them sword in hand, and the Rus
sian host was quickly pnt to the ro1t, with
the loss Of Il general, an aide.de-camp,
seventy officers, four guns and most Of
their ammunition and baggage.
DENMARK ANU rHE bteHIEs.
The war has now commenced in earn.
est. On the goth ult ..sthe two afmies met,
aud after some diminishing, Il regular en-
gageneut en.ue1, in which the Danes
we're victorious. The battle began nj
dawn Of day, and lasted eleven hours.
The Daties attacked with about $4,000
men, and the insurrectionary army was
about 10000 strong. The centre Of the
Observation-Disclosures, under General
Willesen, occupied the village Of Adstedt,
Il little distance North of the town Of
Sehleswig. The Danes attacked both
wings Of their ENEMIES, and aftsr q com.
bat which continued for eight hours, they
brought all their disposable strength
against the centre Of Wlllesen' q troops, and
ut length forced him 10 return through
Schlessvig, towards Rendsburg; but the
defeat Is most signal, afd the result must
be highly important to the Danes. BY
dates from Hamburg Of the 9th, we learn
that the killed, wounded and missing, in
the battle of Adstedt, are now stated at
7O00--of which the greater share has fall
len on the Danes. The number engaged
in the action is estimated at 10000 Danes,
and $4,000 Ifolsteiners.
GERMAN EXPIRE.
II is said that the Austrian answer to-
the Prussian proposal that the decision Of
the Frankfort Congress should be held de-
f%nitive, arrived at Berlin on the 24th; it
was reported that the contents amount to
a refusal from Berlin, under date Of the
9th.
From Berlin, under date Of the 9th, we
learn that the prussian Envoy las been
recalled from Vienna. It was stated that
ut a Cabinet Council, held on the 20th, the
Minister Of War proposed to place the
army on Il war footing, but that the ex-
pense Of 80, 900, 900 forms involved in that
measure, was considered unavoidable.
Preparations are making to bring the amy
on q war footing within ten days.
ITALY N THE ROMAN STATES.
We learn from Naples, by dates Of the
18th, that Russia and Austria advised the
King not to do away entirely with the
Constitution
There was a IN Of . change Of Min
istry, in a constitutions scnse.
The British feet was daily expected.
Ibe band Of II Passatore continued TO
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