The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-01-10
SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY 10 1852

sor. He declares in his will that he
places the fate of France and of his fam
lily under the guardianship of the army,
and appoints five officers the executors
of his will.
The american Minister and Louis
Napo1eon.-The Paris correspondent of
the London Daily News writes as fol-
lows:
CAT the Presidents reception, on the
18th, all the ambassadors were present
except the American, who has not pre-
sented himself at the Elysee since the
coup detat. have this last fact on au-
thority. The United States being con-
stitutional republic, and the people of
that country having an almost supersti-
tious reverence for their constitution,
the course of Mr.. Rives towards Pres
ident who has deliberately violated his
constitutional oath, is perfectly natural
and justifable. The general rule, how
ever, of American diplomacy has been
10 accept at once the Government de
tacto. In 1880, when Charles X was
deposed, Mr.. Rush, then the Austrian
Minister was the first to recognize Lou
is Phillil e; and in 1913 he was equally
prompt TO recognize the provisional
government. The present case, howev-
er is exceptional. 1t is understood of
course, that ifthe people ratily the
course of Louis Napoleon, by electlng
blm as their chief, Mr.. Rives will then
feel bound to acknowledge his authority.
Spain.
The Cuban Prisoners Pardoned.-The
Madrid Gazette publishes the following:
"The reply of the Government of the
United States of America to the recla-
nation of the Queens Government has
arrived by express. The manly and
honorable conduct of the Federal Gov
eminent on this occasion; its admission
ofthe insult offered the Spanish flag by
seditious populace, which it appreciates
in the same manner as the Government
of Her Majesty, and its offer to the latter
Of every just, practicable, and honorable
rrparation for both countries, have in
duced Her Majesty to declare herself
completely satisfied, and TO order the
Insertion in the Gazette of Madrid OF
the note addressed by the Hon. Daniel
Webster, the American Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, to NJ. Angel
Calderon de la Barca, Minister Plenipo-
Tertiary of Her Majesty at Washington.
Having obtained so satisfactory result,
and the Queen our Sovereign being de-
sirous to give the respected President of
the United States and his Government,
as Wei as the people Of the Contedera.
ton, proof Of her amicable intentions,
has been pleased, by spontaneous act
of Her Royal clemency, to pardon all
the prisoners taken in the last expedition
against Cuba who are citizens of those
States, whether they have already ar
rived IN Spain to undergo their penal
ties Or remain confined in Cuba. FL
nally, Her Majesty being anxious to
give proof of Royal esteem to NJ. Angel
Calderon de la Barca, Her Minister
Plcnipotentiary in the United States, for
the eXertions ne has made to bring that
important affair TO satisfactory conclu-
sion, has deigned to confer upon him
the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles
ILL.,"
Hungary.
The .Arrea Of the Sisters of Louis
Kossuth.-On Wednesday, the 10th
ult., before day break, special train ar
rived from Hungary at the Vienna ter
minus of the Northern Railroad. It
was composed of twelve coaches, each
of which contained prisoner with three
gcndarmes. On their arrival, horses
were Immediately put to the carriages,
and the cortege accompanied by de-
tachment' of gendarmes, drove off to
some prison. The prisoners were OF
both seXes-the men in irons.
From creditable source | learn that
kossuth's sisters were the female prison.
ers, and the others cavaliers (nobles.)
Whether any traces of conspiracy
were actually found when the lodgings
of the sisters, Ruttkay and Messlegyi,
were searched, am unable to say; but
it is certain that the suspicious of gov
eminent have been violently excited by
some circumstances which have recent
iy occurred in Hungary.-Vienna Cor
respondence ofthe 7ames, 18th.
The WoRp "FAsT." This word is
as great contradiction as we have IN
the English language. The river was
fast because the ice was immovable, and
the ice disappeared fast for the contrary
reason, it was loose. A clock is called
fast when it goes quicker than time, but
a man is told to stand fast when he is
desired to remain stationery. People
fast when they have nothing to eat; and
Fat fast, consequently, when opportunity
offers to eat.
knowledge is not mental power. The