Washington sentinel., 1854-04-05
6eneral Sntflligsnts.

country. We give a few extracts, indicative OF
the general tone of the letter:
MoNsIesoaE MILO VEEERATIssIMo: Behold me
safe at last on the other side of the ocean The
first sentiment awakened within me is that Of
j gratitude towards so many who will have accom-
panied me from your side with their fervenl pray
i ers. Your grace and all the good Catholics of
| America have the most ample right TO that sent-
ment from me, and II is very sweet TO me 10 con-
secrate TO the most lively expression of it towards
| them the first lines which trace on the soil of
Europe.
j On the Atlantic, also, we had moments very
! tempestuous and which sufficiently recalled TO
] my mind those not dissimilar ones which expe-
rienced in New York when least my heart ex-
| pected them; that is to say, when it was so much
delighted with the courteous and joyful and hon.
! orabe welcomes, which for so many months were
lavished upon me- Oh, what festvity did the
evil-disposed disturb in the hearts of those good
Catholics If any one wishes to pretend that all
this fury of certain refugees had only political
color, and moi religious one, why select as pre-
text my brief political life, in that most difficult
| charge entrusted TO me of governing a million OF
the subjects Of the pontfcal States after the deli
| rum of spent revolution? But whoever has
particle Of sense and the least grain Of experience,
knows well that quite different was the origin OF
the raving Madness and quite different its scope
| My political life even as II concerned them had
not the least importance; never! Their most
| celebrated chiefs never occupied themselves with
| me even in their widest declamations.
Oh, / sure that every honest American
| knows it now and when this portion OF the press
| shall also know the absurd phantasm which il has
followed the evil genius TO which it has rendered
service, il will experience at the due time an ex-
emplary modification 1t will then wish perhaps
| to make amends for the wrong but history has
| already noted down with her own hands those
| frene and brutal demonstrations, and nothing
| henceforth can obliterate them. The shame and
confusion that will succeed then on those fore
heads we shall be able only 10 pity, not TO remove,
because they will remain there as long as the
] pages shall last on which history has registered
| these events.
| The nation redeemed itself greatly, it is true in
| the really courageous and tue words which its
senate spoke in defence of and respect for the en-
voy of Rome II was in that moment that one capital
rendered itself entirely worthy of the other; but
cannot help rejecting that, Notwithstanding such
words did not avail to put stop to those furious
outrages, or even to protect my life from the same
| dangers, | supposed that a government would
| act upon and in harmony with those noble words
to which will never cease rendering the tribute
| of eulogium and gratitude. But the hopes thus
| awakened, and in fine the promises given, re-
suited in nothing lnaction became the servant OF
the delirium Of few, and those even foreigners;
| and was obliged TO be convinced that for more
| than one palace in Washington the inscription
! dictated by Job would be most appropriate
| fuiSsem quasi non cSSent
Meanwhile, for more sensible proof Of my gra-
| titude and Of pious remembrance, which may
recall my journey send at the same time to your
grace and to your colleagues number of pictures
| of TIE Blessed Virgin of Rimini, which caused
| to be there expressly engraved, the engraving
| being done from daguerreotype taken from the
wonderful picture itself, and given me by the
pious and Jealous bishop of that city.
The Missing Men of the Darien Surveying
Party.-Many Of our citizens, in different parts
of the country, have been in state Of painful
anxiety, for few weeks past, on account ofthe
uncertain fate of Lieutenant Strain, of the United
States navy, and the officers and men under his
command. This expedition was fitted out and
despatched, under the auspices of the Navy De-
partment, to make survey OF the proposed canal
route across the sthmus of Darien. The party
was composed of four officers of the navy, thirteen
seamen Of the United States sloop-of-war Cyane,
and ten Others civilians. Ofthis number il is not
certainly k,oavn that more than five are now alive.
These FIVE having been unavoidaby separated
from the main body, became discouraged, returned
to the Ship and escaped the probable dreadful fate
which all the rest may have met Strain and his
| command pushed bravely on to carry out the OBJ
ject of the expedition. Since the 23d day OF last
January no tidings Of them have been received !;
and, so far as we Anoc and believe, no effort has
been made by the Navy Department TO succor
| them, or even to ascertain their fate.
We know that Captain Hollins, Of the Cyane,
bold energetic, and sensible officer has been using
every effort in his power to find and assist his COM
| rades. But the means at his command are be-
leved TO be inadequate to the requirements Of the
case and it behooves the authority which ordered
the expedition, by every practicable means TO aid
and promote the efforts of Captain Hollns, and the
skill and experience of Lieutenant Strain
The last steamer from Panama brought nothing
TO tranquze the anxiety felt for those unfortunate
| men, When that ship left Aspinwall, sixty days
had elapsed since Strain set out He took with
him provisions for ten days only. That he has met
with some disaster is almost certain. hopeful
| disposition leads us TO conjecture that he may
have been attacked by the Darien Indians, have
| had some of his party wounded and that while he
| is too noble and brave TO abandon them TO the
emy, he is too weak TO send for help; or il may be
that the whole party are prisoners TO the natives.
~ Y. Journal Of Commerce.
| Gov. Seymour's Veto of the Liquor Bill.-
| Governor Seymour has vetoed the prohibitory Ii
| quer bill which recently passed both branches of
| the New York Legislature. The Albany Epening
| Journal says the grounds upon upon which the
| veto is based are substantially these
1st. That the bill violates the right Of citizens,
guaranteed by the Constitution ofthe United States,
| 10 be secure from unreasonable searches. Domi-
ellis, heretofore guarded from all searches except
for stolen property, are, by its provisions, to be
searched merely for evidence of guilt.
| 3D. That its provisions for the seizure, for
feiiure and destruction of liquors inconsistent
with the guaranty in the constitution of this State,
that "private property shall not be taken without
| compensation, nor without due proof of law"
| 3d. That it will weaken the cause of tempe
rance, by associating it with injustice and oppres
| sion.
/ 4th. That it is so stringent and oppressive that
| it cannot be equally executed everywhere, nor
! fully executed anywhere, and by remaining unex-
ecuted will diminish the popular respect for the
| law and its officers.
| The Senate on Saturday refused, by yeas Ia to
/ nays g, to pass the bill over the governors veto
| motion TO reconsider was lost by 10 to Is.
Loss Of the Spanish War Steamer Pizarro.
| We have received the following particulars rea-
| tive TO the wreck Of this steamer
The steamer arrived at the anchorage of Playa
| de Mie opposite Baracoa harbor, on the 11th Of
| March, from St. Jago de Cuba, with 800 soldiers
on board to exchange with those in garrison at
Baracoa. She took them on board, and left the
same night at II o'clock, and at o'clock next
morning struck on the reef of Cape Mary on
| the east end of Cuba. The boats were all stove
alongside the steamer in attempting TO lower
away the troors, 800 in number, and her crew Of
100 men were landed by RATS formed Of the
steamships yards and topmasts. The commander
| Of the steamer Immediately despatched n mes