The southern press., 1851-04-23
The Democratic Republicans have returned
their candidates in several Of the communes in
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The Democratic Republicans have returned
their candidates in several Of the communes in
the south of France.
All the members Of the municipai council of
Milan have resigned, in order tsavod the neces-
sity of paying homage to the Emperor of Aus
tria during his approaching visit to the city.
DENMARK AND THE DucHIEs.
Austria having succeeded, under the pretence
of being the ally of Denmark, in inundating the
Duchies with her troops, is now assiduously en-
gagged in endeavoring to pick quarrel with
Denmark, in order to have an excuse for keeping
those troops there at the expense of her ally
General Signorini, the Austrian commissioner,
acting, no doubt, under the instructions Of his
government has behaved in 80 insulting man
ner to the Danish commssary that challenge has
been the consequence. The fact Is. the Austria
has an enormous army which she cannot pay or
subsist, and therefore she endeayors TO quarter
them on her neighbors; her policy is in fact, an
an organized system Of plumber. 1t is really
time, says the London Sun, that the solvent and
civilized governments of Europe should combine
together to put stop to the swindlings and rob-
bories Of this bankrupt and brigand power.
EARTHQUAKE A1uNERI AND RHODES.
Terrible Destruction 81 Life and PropeS
I Accounts from Malta announce succession
OF terrible earthquakes, which have been felt at
Makri, a city Of Adolia, Turkey, on the Mediter-
ranean, and Mt the far-famed city and isand@Of
Rhodes, which is situated fifty miles out from
Makri and the Turkish coast. Rhodes is nearly
in the same latitude as New York, andis distant
from here six thousand miles. Its population is
25,O0O The English mail steamers connecting
Limit. I'm and rntrfa tn
Rhodes. The first shock was fslt on the oath
of February, between five and halfpast five p.
M, when at Rhodes, the upper part of the castle,
which is at the entrance of the town, fell with an
awful crash Overwhelming Of offices the the Aus
trian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company, whilst
the Tower Of Arays-Kule, which commands the
entrance of the harbor, and several other parts
of the Notifications sustained great injuy " as did
| likewise many dwelling houses, some Of which
| were shaken to their very foundations on the
rock-others cracked throughout. The osca.
tons were from west to east.
The survivors of Makri, alarmed by the re-
peated shocks which were still occurring for five
days after, though of much slighter nature,
had fled for safety on board small craft and
| fishing boats, carrying with them what property
| they could from time to time dig out from be-
meath the ruins of storehouses, most Of which
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| islands.
At Samson smart shock was felt OIL the
18th Of February, but it caused no damage.
Our readers will remember that the famous
Colossus of Rhodes, which in its day was reck-
oned one Of the seven wonders of the world,
| was thrown down BY an earthquake 234 years
before Christ, and Sc years after its erection,
being the enormous weight of $4,000 pounds.
Since the foregoing was in type, we have
seen letters from Trebizond, another city OF
Asiatic Turkey, (the ancient Trapesus) down
to the 9Th Of March, which make mention of
two smart shocks of earthquake. Stove-ppes
got detached from the walls of the houses, doors
flew open, and many old tenements Threatened
to fall about the ears Of the inmafnr but no
accident of consequence occurred bbizond
| is on the Black Sea, six hundred miIes east of
Constantinople.
At Samsum, Turkish portof some note on
the Black Sea, 200 miles this side of Trebzond,
smart shock was felt Feb, rs, but no damage
was DONE