The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-06


lar skirmishes the inieronly Of the French in hand TO-
hand combat is as evident their superiority in discipline
and military tactics
The Milan Official Gazette Of the 18th instant publishes
long article contradcng the report OF considerable
augmentation OF the Austrian army IN Italy.
Tax BIBLE IN RoME-A subject which has taken as
much discussion any since the restoration OF the Papa
government has Just been arranged through the medium
OF Mr.. Cas- the United States charge daaiTes. aude
10 the copies of Diodafs Bible which were printed here
IN Italian for the British and Foreign Bible Society
der the republican government (such things being Then
pfacteabe and subsequently deposited for saiekeepng
at the American consulate. The Papal government de-
manded the confscaton OF The Bibles then printed and
publishing, being expressly contrary the laws OF the
country; 10 which II might have been replied that they
were printed when form OF government existed which
recognised no such law But the republican government
Of Rome never acknowledged by the United States
MIR Cass, OF course could not put forward such obec-
uon All he has been able TO obtain is that the Papa
government should get possession of the Bibles not as
coniscatioD but as commercial transacon-a SALE in
fac-he books being takenb by his Holiness a valuation
conseq ueny, the 25lh OF last month, three thousand
six hundred and foy-wo Protestant Bibles given
up 10 the Papal authorities, who conveyed them forth
with to the Qurnal Palace. where i is 10 be earnestly
hoped Pho Nno and his advisers will take the earliest
opportunity OF reading them atentlyely through.
[Daiiy Nsws Correspondent.
Turkey.
The instruction in Bosnia still far from being ex-
tncl The conquest of the city and citadel OF Banjauka
has furnished the insurgents with stronghold by which
it likely they will be able to support their plans The
Austrian Rechszetung protests that the condition Of the
Bosnian oyass and Christians is distressing in the
treme and that some power ought to take the part of
these beautiful and wIeched provinces of southern Eu
rope" According to the latest advces from cara, OF the
4th instant the insurgents OF the Krana have combined
with those OF the Herzegovina They have annoyed the
Secasker, who, being reinforced by the Turkish troops
which Arad Pasha had brought up from Travnic,
ceeded in defeating them.
| The mail from Constaninople has brought import
ant news from Bagdad 1t is well known that the
great Arab tribe OF the Annezeh migrate yearly fol
| AleDDO thpy
arrive about Christmas and sell cames and horses and
buy dates II has long beenrhe custom OF the Pashas OF
Bagdad to pay black mail to the powerful Shciks of the
tribe and the Shammar, when their vast encampments
move down into the neighboIhood OF the old capital
Of the Caphs in order to keep the roads open and pro-
tect pilgrims and travellers from the depredaons OF the
Bedouns 1t seems, however, that Ali Pasha, who has
recently succeeded to the pashak refused the usual pur
OF iamauns demanded of him by the Annezeh Sheks
Thereupon cloud OF mounted Bedouns, with their
spears, in the horizon on the right bank Of
the Tgris The fellahs fled whoopng with their focks,
.b' , the oy walls while he, women 5asea the
marched out with his troops 10 meet the enemy but, al
though they had cannon with them, they could not stand
s asy
one gun the field The AnneZeh encamped in
the immediate neghborhood Of the city. which they be-
LETT the whole country pundering the villages. and
driving off cattle Meanwhile three of the Shieks had
been to the Kai TO paey with the Pasha One OF these
having suddenly died. it is suspected that he must have
been poisoned with the coffee OF Sherbei which is usual
ly offered omplimen in the East all visits The
Arabs had been rritated 10 great pitch OF fury by this
presumed treachery.
Ii that although orders had been TO Kiutaya
to set General Dembnski at liberty the general had not
yet arrived at ConstantinoPIe.
Emr Bechir, the old Prince OF Mount Lebanus, has
just died at Constantnople, aged "a.
The Porte has declared the island of Samos in
of siege, because the Samans refuse absolutely accept
their governor NJ Conemeros, whom they consider
devoted TO the former Prince Of Samos-hc proege of
Sir Stafford Canning-who is universally dees,ed. The
nsugent Samians have sent second deputation to in
qure what had become of the FIRST they had Con-
stantinople; but hearing that they safe in the
PRISONS they thought they could do better than
hurry back TO their island, where immense force of
troops has been sent to quell the revolt
The Austrian cabinet has addressed an energetic note
to the Porte, wherein the pacifcaon of Bosnia and
Hurlzegovina is urgently demanded, and also better
frontier regulations
letter from Constantinope, bearing no date which ap-
pears the German paper Weser Gazette, OF the 18th
slant, states that conspiracy had been discovered to poi
the Sultan. AT the bottom Of it his brother
assisted by some Uleman. The plan to corrupt the
Sul.ans DOCTOR who TO mix poison his medicine
for consde rabe sum Of money. The medical attend
ant revealed the plot, The chief conspiraors fed Sew
eral parties concerned in the scheme apprehended
and put 10 death. This news wants confirmation