Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-21

aid Keen OOstrfdllUn.
Very truly yours,
A. OAkEY HALL.
PARIS, Tuesday, Oct. 1851.
| reached Marseiiles two
daEs before Kossuth, and not only saw AMI
conyersed with him, but had an excellent
opportunity of knowing and healing
good deal of him. They are making great
preparations for his reception in England,
ami perceive YOU are dong the same in
The United States, and yoa will therefore
probably think il is very ungracious In me
SO say that he is humbag and dema-
gogue of the first water His conduct
siace being on board the frigate Mississippi
has been nnjastitiable, in the highest de-
gree, and am yet afraid he viii get us in
20 trouble before he leaves here He be-
gan his proceedings on arriving at SMYRNA
with his speeches, and intended to land
there, contrary to the express agreement
with the Turkish government when ne was
liberated that he should not land in It's do
nlnlons and 20 have done so would have
been a gross violation of faith on his part,
as also on the part of the American COM
manier, had he permitted it. To prevent
Il, as well as avoid trouble with the authori
ties. the frigate promptly dropped down from
thc cisy, and went TO sea as soon as possible.
Il cpezZia he got up such an excite ment
that thc Authorities became alarmed, and
requested the co .nmod0re to order the ship
to sea, which course was a!so recon- mend
el by our charge of Turin, AMI she left
there without taking in her coal tn At she
80 much needed. On her arrival al Mar
sciI.es he applied for permission to travel
through France, which the government re-
fused. There are in Marseilles probably
from 5000 to 0,03J Italian refugees, who
are aboat as desperate setof men as could
well be conIregatei together; ihete Is also
a large body of socialists ready for any
thing and the whole only kept down by a
strong garrison Of 1000 to 5000 men,
s To these people he at. once commenced his
iniammatory addresses; not only verbally.
but through violent social paper. "Le
Peupie.' In his address to the people o.
MarseiIies, published in that paper, he is
highly disrespectful 10 he President OF the
rcPuJiic and the French government, and
grossly insults them by saying they do not
represent the sentiments OF the nation
AMI this address is dated on board tie a
merriam ,triyate. Capt. Long, OF the Mis-
sissippi, respectfully demonstrated with him
on such publications, as they were commit
ting the American flag, and he replied that
he differed in opinion on that point, and
that, as he had different views about comp
romis:ns hc flag he would relieve him from
any fears on that head, by requesting him
to land him whenever he pleased. Our con-
sul Mr. Hodge-who has acted with great
Judgment and tao. throughout the whole
proceedings and who is greatly respected
and esteemed in Marseilles-wrote TO him
to the same feet, and requested that he
would abstain from future public actions OF
the kind, but without any sadfactory reply;
and he even preferred a complaint against
Capt. Long because he walked the deck OF
his ship without lifting his cap to those IN
the surrounding boats who were cheering
him, kossuth.) The project wrote to the
consul advising him of the refusal OF the
government to allow Kossu;h to travel in
France, and The consul sent the original
letter, ON board the frigate merely for the
persual of kossuth, when the latter, in the
most unjusfiable manner, sent it to the So
cialists journal for publication, where it ap-
peared with some inlammatory remarks
for which, and The publication OF Kossuth' S
address to the people of Marseiiles, that
paper was seized and shut up. The publ
cation of the letter of the prefect commit
ted the consul, for in France such pro-
+ceeding is considered as gross breach OF
propriety but 1t was promptly explained
by Mr.. Hodge to the project, by stating
ihat it was done without his knowledge or
consent An order was then issued forbid
ding the landing again of Kossuth or any
of his followers, which these latter preten-
ded 10 consider as an insult to the Ameri-
can flag, and became quite clamorous with
Capt. Long on the subject, who very cool
ly tod theIa that the honor of the flag was
in his keeping, and he knew how to pro-
teet that honor withous their prompting.
1t was the first visit l ever paid to an n
merican ship of-war in which l felt humbi-
ed and mortified Kossuth's followers
consist of Jews, Gensiles; and Infidels,' %
and can be designated only as-I will
not say what. Some of them ale the
filth-iest of the filthy, and to see
them and their hangers on' and
their children, as they appeared about
the deck, was, to say the least, Disgusting
/ They are all living like fighting cocks, up
on the best of every thing nothing but the
finest wines and the Oldest brandy and rum
will suit, which they swallow in the great
est abundance, at the expense OF the Unit
ed States Captain Long and his officers
6 bear ii ali admirably and like perfect philo-
scphers. though ready to tear out their
hair by the roots from sheer modification
: and shame. l believe you are acquainted
with Capt Long, and hope you will see
: him when he reaches home, and ask him,
or some of the officers of the ship, for a
short detail of the incidents since these
.-illustrious exiles" embarked. He was
very prudent and quiet while at Marseil-
les, though some of his officers gave free
vent TO their feelings when among their
i countrymen and, although Capt Long
said nothing, can well imagine what be
: felt at being, as it were, chased out of three
: different ports in consequence of the be-
havior of the guest he had on board, not
withstanding his respectful remonstrances
to him on the subject. The pre-
sence of an American ship-ofwar has
heretofore always been hailed In the differ
ent ports of the Mediterranean with the
highest satisfaction, and the recent visit Of
the Mississi ppi is the first exception to this
rule for very long course of years.
1 Iought to mention one incident upon
her arrival at Marseilles. So soon as she
anchored in the roadstead outside, boat