The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-24


give them fame and bad influence.
There is no political news of interest to send
you just now.
In the way of novelty, however, | may say
that Bostonian, who is persuaded that he has
mission to convert the Pope has been lately
holding forth in English, from the steps of
churches, and on the Perician HILL to the
Roman people. He has been arrested once, but
was released upon the engagement of Mr.. Cass,
to be responsible for him, but he renewed his
work only two hours after recovering his free
dom. He is now lodging the police, who will
be sure, | think, to arrest him in the course of
the day. 1t does not appear perfectly clear to
us whether this is madness or freak OF
transcendentalism. One thing is certain, how
ever, it is very expeditions way of getting
himself out of Italy.
Mr. j r. Hind writes to the London Times
that on the 18th March, another small planet
was discovered by Professor de Gasparis, at the
Royal Observatory at Naples. The planet is
stated to be equal in brightness to n star of be-
tween the tenth and eleventh magnitude. Mr..
Hind has little doubt that this planet is identical
with an object which he entered upon chart
for the 10th hour of right ascension, on the
18th January last, in r. A. l0h. 4Os., and north
declination 8 deg. SO min, and noted ms Of
eleventh magnitude.
From France we have few more items of
interest:
1t is announced that company has been con-
stituted for the establishment of railway from
Lyons to the Sandman frontier. 1t is added
that demand for concession Of that line has
been adore ssed to the French government 1t
is to terminate at Pont de Beauvosin, and it is
believed that it will be carried across Savoy by
an Italian company.
The independents /, of Brussels, has stated that
M. Victor Hugo had received permission to
visit Paris temporarily. This is not true The
French government will grant no favor of this
kind to exes, except on their own solicitation );
and Nj. Victor Hugo has refused to send any APP
plication to the President.
The sums mentioned as dotatons to Senators
are from 100000 to 30Q0Qf as the ma1inaum
the President to have the power to increasing
| SUCCESSFULLY to- 100000 and 100000 the minimum.
of the yearly allowance of 100000 These
honoraria, or retaining fees for good conduct,
or future services, will have the additional ad-
vantage of not being reduced or suppressed 1t
is said they will be inscribed as renteS in the
Grand Lirre
GERMANY-TRe notorious HassenpAug,
formerly Prnssian official, and some time past
the chief adviser of the Elector of Iesse Cassel,
appealed short time since against the sentence
which was passed upon him for fraud and forge
ry, committed while in the Prussian service.
The appeal was heard on the 30th ult. at Greifa-
waldo. The court of appeal has confirmed the
virdict of the provincial court in its essential
points. and seDtanced this statesman to a
months Imprisonment
| ThePesth correspondence of the Neue Preus
siSche Zeitung states that great number of
arrests took place there in the course of the
last week in March.
| Letters from Bremen of the 3lst uIt, repre-.
sents General jacob to be steadily proceeding
in his work of demonstrating the political sys.
tenn OF the free city. As, however, he has already
abolished all the cardinal points of the popular
constitution, and no resistance to his decisions
is ventured, the General is at loss for oppor.
tunties of enacting those brilliant deeds of
despotism which marked the progress of the
federal commissions in Hesse
| DENMARK.-A Geographic despatch, dated
Hamburg April 3, announces that the King of
Denmark has granted general amnesty to all
the inhabtantsof Holstein who are liable to be
called to account for resistance to his govern
ment From this amnesty, howevr, those of the
officers serving in the royal army at The CON-
mence ment of the instruction who embraced the
cause Of the provisional government are except
| ed, and are TO be exiled. The decree banshinp
the Duke ofAugustenburg is also maintained.
SwITzERLAND-The little Catholic Canton
of Uri reflects in its own scale the strife of
Church and State which is troubling Bavaria
and the Prussan Rhine provinces. The govern.
ment has decreed that no money sh II be levied
on the inhabitants on account Of the Jubilee ;
while the episcopal commissioner, Drawing the
law, makes the grant Of the indulgence con.
dtional on the payment Of fee.
MAD'LLE RAcHEL's DINNER PARTIEs-The
dinner parties Of the celebrated French actress
Rachel, must be as recherche "a they are costly
When actresses vie with princes in the expen-
siveness of their entertainments, it shows how
talent is paid for in the French metropolis, and
when such luxury, as is described below, can
be INDUCED The Paris correspondent Of the
New York Herald thus describes one of her
feasts
"Rachel has a sumptuous hotel, and is cele-
brated for her cuisine and the excellence of her
wines Before her ball she had dinner party.
consisting Of the leading political men. of Paris
AT eight o'clock (what blessing those early
| hours are in London a man never thinks of
dressing till ten)-her salons began 10 I'LL with
all the elite Of talent at the French capital
Frezzcleni sang; that charming Miss Meara
! plsyed-other vrtuosi did likewise, and then
the ball, and supper for Lucullus. At sup.
per the gentlemen, as in duty. bound, helped
the ladies to the costly visnds, standing behind
their chairs, and then the ladies' performed the
same service for the gentlemen You might
have seen, says the letter, the classical Rachel
pouring Burgundy into a golden goblet, and
offering, as only Rachel can Offer goblet to
poet near her There was Mad'Ile Denair in
! splendid white MORE dress, trimmed with VIC.
lets and diamonds, handing salmon TO Guiz
ard (; and gay and joyous laughter amid the
perfume Of bouquets and orange trees rendered
| it like scene in the Arabian Nights. The day
was breaking when the last Brougham rolled
away"
CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN SHPBUILDERs-
We understand that Mr.. Mare, Of Blackwell
has invited the commodore Of the New York
Yankee Club, or any gentleman in America, TO
compete with a vessel which he will construct
in contest similar to that in which the America
was successful last year, to come off at Cowes,
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