Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-04-08

Italy furnishes The following elsnrhuIy picnfe of
me soeaailiul city Of Milan. The letter is dated
=. MILAN, Feb. Is. 1853
on OF batfack: II is in fact great military prison.
he madness of Mazzni, who inspired The needless |
movement of the 9th. has brought down upon IL the
utmost figof OF IFS Austrian masters No other city
can have presented such deporabe spectacle since
the barbarism of the Middle Ages
You may form some idea of the state of things when
tell you that business is everywhere suspenIed-hat
the streets are nearly deserted by the populaon-that
not more than Iwo persons are allowed to meet-that
all houses closed at six o'clock in the EVENING when
everybody required to be in DOORS under penalty of
military aresthat the iarges, and finest private nal
aces OF the place, rich in treasures of arts have been
sezed and converted into barracks for the sodiery
That no one. not even the market women and milk |
men, are allowed TO in or leave without sneciaI
licenses and strict examination besIdes-and that The
poor Jonr"eymen mechanics and aborers are wl,hou,
employment, and suffering for want Of food
we arrived here from Tenice three days ago and
alter having been most infinitely examined and thor
ougnly searched-our baggage having been all turned
inside out-were placed under strict police surveil.
lance at the hotel We have recovered our passports
however, and procured license to leave morrow -
We are The only strangers the largest hotel in the
cliy-which travellers generally avoid as they would
den of lions.
The government has imposed heavy extra tax up-
on me CITY IN order to pay the expense OF these new
restrictions, as IT they of themselves punish
ment enough of the innocent many for the folly of the
lew ard there is credible runner to-day lha, the
Emperor has issued decree conSca,ing the estates
OF the rich nobiemen who find refuge in other
countries. The amount of property thus conhscaeI
is estimated at 800 millions of francs. Hundreds Of
Fer honorable and innocent families will thus be re-
duced to poverty by stroke of the imperial pen y
Duke Lltta-truly of natures nobemen-will be
stripped of income of 200 900 francs if this harba
rons decree is put into execution. He is a Young man
OF %, beloved by every body of all classes for his
generous qualities.
Mazzin's folly is deprecated by all the friends of
liberty here "A letter from him appears in Turin
paper yesterday. (wilhout betrayng his whereabouts
howe er in which he assumes the responsibility of
the late proclamation issued in company with h own
IN the name of Kossulh. and which The Hungarian has
dIsavowed IN the LONDON papers. Mazzini says that
Ii is very nearly copy OF one written BY KosSuh
long time ago, which he took the liberty 10 modify
and publish for the present occasion There is evil
IDENTIFY want Of accord between these two sef-ap-
pointed champions OF reform. Mazzini is I'M
dersood 10 be secreted somewhere in the mountains
i'll the vicinity of Genoa
Austria has largely increased in military forces in
Lombardy. and keeps strict watch the borders of
Switzerland and SardinIa-which are regarded as the
nesting place of the revolulion<ts. Everything is
quiet now and we do not anticipate further disurban-
ceS in Italy at present.
The whole body of Swiss residents here and in the
neighborhood have also been banished by the same
imperial master, in retaliation for alleged offence
on The part Of tone of the Cantone of Switzerland.
The number of souls thus summarily driven from
house and home in the midst OF winter is estimated at
1000 But dare not write more here.
AS Father Morris was walking through a parish
r famous for lis profanity, he stopped By whole
flock of the youthful reprohaes of the place. Faith
er Morris Father Morris the devils dead " g Is he'
said the old man benignly laying his hand on The head
of the nearest urchin, You poor faihe:e>s chiren
REMARKABLE BEAR-A collection of wild animals
is on its way from California to the New York
Worlds Fair containing singular phenomenon in
the bruin line. This creature. it is said is OF
color heretofore appropriate his species but is
riously marked with all the colors of the rainbow.
, From published summary of the custom house
statistics at Honolulu take the following for the
year 1852
Total imports, s759s6s 54: foreign exports 3Sl ;,
, 1d3 So domestic exports, 259,251 90; total 63S.-
395 %; balance of trade, Sl2l,473 81. Of the
above $759,868 81 worth of imports 87:2Ol 81 have
been imported duty free. viz: By whale ships. $40
lO3 90; by diplomatic agents 40 o. for agricul
tural purposes, stocks, &c. 1,6O IS returned
+ goes, 1850 TO- Hawaiian whaIer SGT o.: fire en-.
II CINE RENTED, 200 90 and by missionaries, SC,
25,7Sl 65. Total, S87.2Ol OIL.
+ salaries OF U S M1N1sTERs-The general i'm
It preston appears to be that at the late session q
Congress the salaries of the u S. Ministers to
j of the Courts Of Europe increased to $20O0O
This however, is erroneous. The proposition failed
:. through disagreement of the two houses.
FIGHT BETWEEN GENERAL JACKSON AND SAINT
!, ANNA.-By the following notice which find il
n the New Orleans papers, it would appear that the
J. inhabitants Of the Crescent City, at least por
e ton of them. are not over particular in the scec
3 ton of their Sa bbath amu>ements. A few mission
IS aries from the Eastern States would find rich fel(
is for their Iabors among the citizens of the First mu
Is nicipalicy:-
e The fight between the renowned champion grizzl'
r bear Gen JackSon.' and the fighting bull, ''Sant
v Anna" to come off on Sunday afternoon, Marcl
3 9th, at Gretna is attracting great attention. W.
re have no doubt that crowds will avail themselves
l. this rare chance for sport for the immense size
strcngt and feocty of both animals, and the grea
OF name they have each already earned in the arena
m we'll known. and gives earnest Of we'll CONTESTED
re and exciting battle.
ID For those who delight in this old Spanish sport
I'd this opportunity of witnessing good fight is on
g rarely offered and not to be neglected. Every &C
I'd commodation has been provided at the ground to
" SPECTATORS and the ferryboats will run regulaf
during the day while all necessary precautions hay
been taken to afford to all safe and complete vle'
. of the encounter The animals are to be turne
y loose into large nbarred enclosure provided TO
" the occasion.
as AN Ok WITH A WOODEN LEG-A Pennsylvani
farmer had the following misfortune happen to Tin
g work OK. The animal grazing near where tn
=" farmer was at work making fence. The OK step
e. ped into post hole and broke his leg AS 1t wa
- too lean to kill the farmer consulted a payslcla
in who lived close by. and the result that it wa
determined to cut off the broken leg. The OK reu
to sed food one day only after cutting off the leg
We wooden leg was substituted in proper time. an
n when the OK was finally killed presented the fines
beef seen in the Philadelphia market.
T. +, A HEARTLEss MURDERER.-We learn from lette
Gu under late of Mackinac, March 3D. that Mr.. o.