The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-18


titles on our tavern sign posts. Away with them,
and let us have a full season lei us keep quiet
household, so that cur rocks and glaciers, our
kulms, and our horns be turned into bread"
Switzerland ard Sardinia.
Ihe rumors Of an armed Intervention OF Aus
Una, or az tits stated of tderal troops in Switzer-
land, ana eventually in Piedmont, are varously
discussed in the German journals.
Inc vienna correspondent OF the WeSr ZeH@ng
says,-
There seems to be no doubt thai an armsi inter
vention 10 prsmeditated In switx.rland Inc ques,
ton Is publicly spoken OF 10 ministerial AND political
81 Ss,san ao snnsy s,ap the repre,snsa,ivs
here has received hints the subject which cannot
be mistaken. Tbs ministerial journals Pourtray tns.
little country which every impartial observer must
allow 10 the hsppiest free republic OF Enrope as neot
of revoutionists which threatens destruction to the
rest Of the world Submission on the part OF the
Swiss Confederate Is not desired True TO the ar
stpulsons and ohsdis mt to Instructions from st
Petersburg Prince schwsrs-nberg endssvors to drive
matters to bad . oiisis ~ possible. lt Is the
Cars will that every head Of the revolutionary
lily drs--S and he regards swtzerland as one shall
be tIsmpled down under the heels of the mill
tary. Prince Bchwazzenbrrg is q soldier, and like
lucky gsmester is emboidened by the success that
has attended his exploits Nor must 1t be forgotten
that Francis Joseph is not twenty OF war
blood Sssps time better With the bold plans Of m
tsry premier than with the cautious nts OF
old dipemstis like Mstternioh or Ficquslmont and he
will not be deferred by the possibility OF rupture with
France and England. Austria has taken Prussia in
tow. Russia stands ss terrible reserve, and covers
TO the Austrian drum, whsthr they like II or not 1t
feels confident Ia its strength that not only has
lost all fear OF the demon OF revolution bu. endeavors
to conure 1t up its strsngth with It. S~it
zerlsnd Is ready pretext isannoy cd that Switzer
Too. Of is4s and isis to change It's old oorsution
Tor better one with which tbs great majority OF the
are so,s ~ 70 Up oa eop,suon
and the old governments OF The Sonfcrbnnd Cantons
threat is issued q the same time against Pisdmont
the objects towards which the Ausro Russian projects
tend
The Cologne Gazette SAYS
1t ID Russia which IL driving towards coerove mes-
eures In Switzerland. The Russian Emperor fancies
he has the divine calling restore order in Europe
he u carrying out his plans with vigor, but without
haste westward Likethe blades Of pair OF scissors
Prussia, on the buds freedom wherever they
appear Already In lsl7 before the wa- OF the Sender
bund Russian diplomacy guided the measures againet
Switz srlsnd which were frustrated by the sownsss
Lord Pslmers.on and the activity of N. Dufour. The
orime Of Switzerland Is that has selected const
tuition OF its own without paying any regard to the
Admontions OF the great that sought to forcs
their protection upon 10 tits therefore, called 70
OF revolution, the Alps looked pom volcanoes
OF insur and the few refugees who have still
asylum In Switzerland are seized upon as the thread
bare preiext to measures OF coercion now In prepsrs
1t Is Sardinia, however, rather than S~itzsraud
which Austria has in view. The ministerial journals
of Vienna iDcesrsnt in writing azainst that king
dom, which like Switzerland, they style the ren drz
vous all the demsg Of Italy
They say il is dangerous state which has thrown it.
eelf completely into the arms OF the radicals The
truth however s that they are angry At Vienna that
Sardinia has snsncipated itself from radio slism and
that the Aztglio ministry iabors, In common with
moderate Chamber, towards the developem'nt Of the
constitutional system whilst in the rect OF the Italian
peninsula absolute power of Austria rules
troled The he pes of the Italians thus directed
towards Sardinia which they hope again, notwith-
standing the failure the last attempt to the
head OF the italian to drive the Austrans
cut OF Italy resctor airy crusade against these Two
countries IL. an object for Austria Sar
dina however IL hard TO get at having recently
ciodsa comms,ciai treaties with France ana ngsnd
OF need the protection those two great powers
Switzerland, Therefore will receive the hrst blov
We lind The following IN the Constn"ftoHnel
letter from B-rpe OF the 18th ult informs that
the Federal has just issued decree of nature
to put end TO tho fet at the residence of
have been hitherto restricted to distance of eight
leagues but this regulation was frequ ally eiuded
from tn. facilities Of ng in swtrerland and the
refugees visited Geneva, and Lausanne and vevy
To put end to this abuse they nov intsrdicted
by the Federal Council residing the OF
Geneva, vaud, Fribourg yslsis, Neufchstsl and tn
Bernese Jurs 1t IL also interdicsed to the above
named csntous and to those of the Grisone and Tes
zinc to give asylum to italian refugees, and msa
bsvs ben taken TO enforce ths execution Of this
prohibition. The above named cantons will be allowed
10 receive German refugees The number Of refsgee
of all nations who find asylum in Switzerland
10 the nsighboring States. since It ha. been re
duced to lees than i've hundred, In consequences
OF the numerous expusions and hs large suns htef
fe federal treasury h.d appended 10 sensing them TO Eng.
land and 10 The Uifed States These 500 refugees are
distributed in the cantons according TO thar popula
ton and subjected to this srreGncs OF the author
tiles The chiefs Of the German insurrections have
leng snce been expelled; one only, named Bsrbo.
Baden lawyer, had succeeded In remaining in the can
son Of Bale cam payne under q false name; he has,
however just been disc overed Gad arrested Another
named a Erter, had from different motives obtained
delays but they have both quilted Switzerland.
All that has been said about military organization Of
the reiugees their recruiting and depots of is
pure ,nysntion II Is pretended that Maazini. who
last year expelled from Switzerland, has since re-
turned there; all the search made after him had been
IN wtfh HINT -ztt aud has
enjoy the most perfect rapq utility under the happy
influence Of her new constitution and people abroad
too apt to forget her digninsd and calm attitude
when all was in . hpme around her
The Great Exhibition In the Crystal Palace.
From the London Times, FEB. rs
The spectacle which the interior OF the crystal
palace presents increases every day in interest.
Every department Of the work IL carried forward
with an energy and rapidity which are truly sur
priz,nP; and when IL Is considered that each ope.
ration, which has 10 be extended over 70 great
surface, becomes of itsela mos arduous operation,
lhe wonder grows thai the whole should be con.
Quoted with such regularity and despatch. Already
fhe entire space east Of the trsnsept has lie fittings
in an advanced state. Stalls and tables spring up
with magical rapidity; and the whole OF this part
OF the building begins 20 present visibly the system
Of arrangeme nj and distribution which the Execu-
live Committee have laid down for H. In the
compartments Of each nation, one can now see the
character and limits Of the accommodation pro-
vided and with no great stretch OF the imagina.
fion, those points where the effect will be finest
can alre ady be detected. But without anticipating
the future, there is much ia the progress OF the
work which deserves notice. The interior p lint.
ing progresses steadily, and gains daily upon the
appreciation OF all who see IL. In very few days
abe southern half OF the baildng will be completed
Mounted upon movable platforms, bands OF pain.
1ers carry forward their work out Of reach Of the
crowds Of radespeople, who, on the ground floors
and the galleries, push on their several tasks.
Amidst this scene Of we'll directed labor, the eve
catches occasionally the figures Of men crawling
upon the glass roof and plying in apparent security
their work upon that brittle and frecauous resting
place. While the upper regions OF the building
are tepsnied by GLACIERS and painters, below masses
OF bsndicraftsmen are busily engaged Carpenters
are laboring away at hundreds OF benches, the gas
and water pipe filters, too, are busy, and the ar
rspgements, both for lighting the interior and pre-
serving il from accident by hire, are la rapid pro-