The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-18
FURTHER NEWS BY THE AMERICA
MISCELLANEOUS.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
| A new invention by Mr. Jordan, of Liverpool,
by VIII CHI he proposes to substitute iron for the
wooden framing OF vessels, is attracting good
deal Of attention in that town. The inventor has
taken out an American patent.
1t is stated that the Government has in contem-
platon the construction OF powerful squadron of
steamers for the African coast, with the view of
employing them to carry monthly mail, and to
act upon the slave prevention service. 1t is pro-
posed that the fleet shall consist of forty vessels,
and that one shall be detached from the stations
along the coast. monthly, to come home and re-
turn with the mails, thus enabling a regular
monthly communication with the African coast,
and effectually crushing the slave traffic
Painful Rumors Respecting The Sir John Franklin
Expedition. have been received from
Sir John Ross, stating that, on the 18th Of August,
| three EsquImauxs were found in the ice off Cape
York, and, on being questioned, stated that, in
1886, two ships were broken by the ice in the d.
rection Of Cape Dudley and Diggle, and after
wards burned by fierce tribe OF natives-that the
ships in question were not whalers, and that epau
let's were worn by some of the white men. Part
of the crew were drowned, and the remainder
were for some time in houses or tents, apart from
the natives. The white men had guns but
balls, aud, being in a weak and exhausted condi-
ton, they subsequently killed by the natives
with darts or arrows The paper from which the
dDONt ID COplcu, says tUdt lne WnOe story Is u
gross misconception--but what the reasons are, is
not stated.
The american Expedition. American ships
"Advance" and "Reserve' had penetrated as fur
as any squadron. At the departure Of the last
advices the Advance had got ground. No serious
injury was apprehended.
The British Parliament. The Parliament would
meet on the fourth Of November, to be further
prorogued.
FRANCE.
NJ. Perrigny, warm personal friend Of the
President has paid visit to London, with, it is
said, some political object in view.
The "Corsair" newspaper was seized in Paris,
on Saturday, for publishing article rejecting
severely upon the President.
Thirty individuals, accused Of belonging to a
society having for it's object the restoration of the
house of Bourbons, have been declared guilty and
sentenced to six months imprisonment.
ship builder at Havre has contracted to build
a steam frigate for the Pope.
The Government has given its sanction to pro-
position for lottery OF 700 600 francs, to raise
funds to send out 5000 distressed persons to Cali
fornia.
| The price of bread in Paris is decreasing.
| 1t is said of the candidates in opposition to
Louis Napoleon, at the next Presidential election
that Prince de Joinville has fallen into nsignif-
canoe.
M. Lagrange, apothecary in Paris has in
vented a new and most destructive kind Of
puUet, winch, on STRIKING any OBJECT against
| which it may be directed, expIodes with deto-
nation loud as that of the gun from which il
was fired, and produces a most destructive effect.
1t is said that the Presidents message, at the
reopening ofthe Assembly, will take strong ground
in favor of the revision Of the constitution
M. Lucen Murat has gone TO Turin, charged
by the President with u mission to arrange the
differences between Piedmont and the Court of
Rome.
The French government is reported to have con-
veyed to the French Ambassador at Turin de-
cided dsapprobation of the treatment of the Arch
bishop by the PIedmontese government.
Trade in Paris, and throughout the country
generally, continues very brisk. The funds on
Thursday were heavy, in consequence, it is said,
of some misunderstanding between the President
and Gen. Changarnier.
DENMARK AND THE DUCHESS
The war in the Duchies has been renewed, and
with considerable vgor-the Holsteiners having
thus far the advantage but without bringing about
any very important result.
On the 9th ofSeptember, the Holsteners COM
menced offensive operations, proceeding from
Rendsburg, on both sides Of the Ezdis. They
have attacked Tonning, and the Danes have
evacuated the place. At the last accounts, the
Hosteiners had surrounded and bombarded Fred
erchstadt.
The whole ofthe neighboring country, by cutting
off the dykes Of the Ezdis, has been thrown un-
der water. IL seems that the Holsteners cannot
push their advantage far, unless the Danes choose
to engage in general battle. The Holseiners
have done little or nothing Extensively.
The King Of Denmark, the hereditary Prince
Ferdinand, and their suite, have left Copenhagen
for Flensburg, whence they would proceed to
Schleswig. They will risk general engagement
before the winter comes on, possibly.
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
There is now rumor from Vienna that Lord
Palmerston has called upon the King Of Prussia to
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arms, and that he has offered an English feet for
the blockade Of Tie.
The Grand Duke Of Oldenburg has, it is said,
expressed his readiness to ascend the throne Of
Denmark, on condition that Schleswig and Ho-
stein shall constitute two undivided Duchies of the
German empire.
Separate battaliops Of Hungarians, in the Aus
trian army in Lombardy, have revolted, and the
result was only suppressed by force, accompanied
by boodshed
A conspiracy at Milan is said to have been dis
covered.
The Hungarian refugees have received permits
sion to quit the Turkish territory, when the term of
location is over.
Kossuth, it is said, has applied to remain in
Constantinople.
The High Court of Appeal, at Turin, has con-
demned, by a vote of IS to |, the Archbishop, for |
abuses Of his high powers a functonary. The
See is declared to be vacant, and his spiritual do
mains are seized, and the Archbishop himself
condemned to Punishment.
The Archbishop Of Sardinia has been treated
like his colleague at Turin, and both have been
shipped off for Ciyita Vecchia.
The powers Of the Pope will not, il seems,
shield these obnoxious personages, the precise ma
ture OF whose crime is not stated All parties
concur in stating that they have rendered them
selves exceedingly obnoxious.
GERMANY. .
. Angry notes continued TO be exchanged between
Prussia, and Austria, and Germany. Affairs an
pear to be quite as much complicated as at any
previous time.
Prussia refuses to recognize the Diet of Frank
fort, as having authority to interfere in the affairs