The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-15
From the Cores. Of The Neioark Daily advertiser.
Progress OF Austrian Tyranny.

FLORENCE, October 20, 1851.
Reaction has taken it's last step, and the Grand
Duke of Tuscany has truly become, what the inn
periul diplomat 30 uncourteously pronounced him
at late dinner, merely ga Grand Duke OF the Aus
TRAN Empire Ecce signun. Under the plea of
economy thorough changes have just been ordain-
ed in the whole administration OF affairs, which Will
place it more completely into the hands OF the I'm
perial power. The office and the portfolio of
foreign affairs to be abolished, and General
Fcrrari, OF the Austrian staff, who arrived here a
few days ago, has been appointed to organize the
Tuscan troops, which it is expected will be march
ed off to Verona, their place here being supplied by
Austrian detachmcnts II is the policy of the Cab
met of Vienna to station foreign troops in all the
provinces of the empire; 30 that Italy is guarded
by Croatians, whilst Italian forces are made to
overawe Hungary. The troops, therefore, cannot
speak the language of, or hold dangerous inter
course with, the people whom they are made to OPP
press.
The interests of Tuscany (now that the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs is to be abolished) in foreign
countries will henceforth DO represented by the
Austrian embassies and consuls. The minister's
at Naples and at Turin will be superseded by SIM
pie consus, and in future ''the grand dukedom"
will only have ministers at Rome, Vienna and
Paris. Mr.. Martini, who has been some years
minister at Turin, has returned, and is now here
with his family. number Of Tuscan officers
and diplomats have resigned, and are to be pen
stoned off, Thus goes the last vestige of indepen
dence, and henceforth Tuscany must be regarded,
with Parma, Modena, and Lombardy, as only a
province of Austria.
We have intelligence FROM Senice that Louis
Dottesio late secretary of the municipal council of
Como, has been hung on the galows, under SEN
tencc of having carried on correspondence with
the Topographic Eluefica, publishing establish
ment in Switzerland, and for having circulated
several revolutionary writings in various parts of
Lombardy. Yincenzo Meisner, native of Yen
ice, condemned to the same ignominious death
for having circulated revolutionary writings, &c,
but through the mercy (bah y of Marshal Ra-
detzky the punishment has been committed to
'ten years. hard labor in ironsP Every day brings
fresh cases of similar cruelties. The people are
everywhere deprived Of all firearms and weapons
OF defence, and the introduction of all means OF
s.spiritual warfare" is intcrdcted under the pen
atty Of death or irons
Every avenue of entrance into these provinces of
Austria is jealously guarded by the watch-dogs of
tyranny. An American Clergyman, from the State
of Connecticut, recently detained (and the dill
igence in which he was passenger in conse-
uuence) at the border Of Lombardy for over two
hours in consequence of having harmless reli-
gious tract or two in his pocket His trunk was
opened, and every pocket and garment in it tho
roughly searched. Private letters were even vio-
lated.
DIR. Bargnani, formerly an eminent lawyer Of
Bresca, in Lombardy, and who ID we'll known
and honored in the city of New York-where he
won many friends some years ago by his noble
bearing and personal virtues--was detained forty
five days at Milan, and all his private papers
though perfectly free from the color of treason
taken from him, though he had an American pass
port endorsed by Austrian minister. Fortunately
he escaped with his life, and is now on his way TO
London. HE brother, who has been in prison many
months on the most frivolous pretext, ia at length
also released, though without explanation or apol
Ogy.