New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-10
FOREIGN NEWS nY THE CANADA


The most important portion of the Canada's
news has already reached this city by telegraph.
The following, however, from the correspondence
Of the New York Tribune, will be found highly
interesting
From the Tribune's Correspondent
PARIS, July IL, 1864
In Europe, diplomacy is q trade as full OF
conditions, and sliding scales and ultimatums,
as lawyers plea in a doubtful case The
French Government, not quite 80 fertile in ul-
timatums as the celebrated Dutch diplomat, in
whose baggage was found, shortly after his
arrest, $50 dernisres conditions on certain
case which he had been sent to negotiate has
however, in the great case of Dillon vs. the
United States, ran through sufficient number
| to do honor to the profession, and has at last
decided that the eonsufs flag must be saluted
when it 10 again hoisted From this point thew
will not yield Baron de L'huys sticks on The
salute, and l believe the point has been con-
ceded, go that the affair, in all probability, will
be settled on this basis
The arrival of Madame Dillon in Paris, a
week ago, was announced in all the journals
with q flourish, which the coming of six first
class Princes could not have produced. So, if
Monsieur Dillon be true Frenchman, the pop
gun salute when he again hoists his tri- color,
and the notoriety which he will have gained
will well heal up his wounded dignity, and leave
something over to the credit of Uncle Sam,
1t is said that Mr. Soule, believing that the
ODonnell party in Spain more opposed to the
cession of Cuba, or to reasonable settlement
Of the Black Warrior difficulty, than the Queen,
has been pressing upon the latter all the inhu-
ence which he could bring to bear to effect an
immediate cesson Of the Island for a money
consideration. The question of abdcation has
been under serious consideration, not only be-
fore, but since the breaking out of the O'Don-
| nell revolution and it is said that Mr. Soule
had strong hopes, at one time, that the Queen.
in anticipation of this event, would accept the
| large sum which the United States Government
has authorized him to offer, 80 as to place a
sufficient sum in her private purse to meet
future emergencies Hopes are still enter
tanned that the Government, on account of
the disturbed state Of the country, and the
| depressed state of its finances, will change
its views on the subject, and accept the terms
| offered.
| tits believed in the best informed circles, that
the O'Donnell movement has been put on foot BY
| the influence of Russian gold, operating through
| the Duke de Montpensier, and having in view a
| future attack upon the French Empire from the
South. The London Times charges that the
movement had its orig in in the depravity of the
court OF Spain, but subsequent events have
proved that this could not have been either the
sole or the principal cause 1t is well known
that the Duke de Montpensier exerts powerful
influence at the Spanish court, and it is now
easily seen by every one that there is strong
sympathy existing between the Queen and the
leaders of the revolution, o Donnell, Dulce, etc,
| An enormous quantity Of Russian gold has been
sent into Spain and Portugal to operate in some
way, sooner or later, to weaken the influence of
| France and England The fact that gold has
been sent is no longer a question The ODon.
| nell party say they love the Queen and hate the
Ministry; the Queen says she hates her Minis
tiers, and will forgive her revolted Generals and
subjects; so that, under all this, there run con-
spiracies which will be sure to bring mischief on
some body. Russia holds strongly to tradition,
/ and she believes that because she humbled a
| greater Napoleon than the present, and placed
| Bourbon on the throne of his ancestors. she can
| repeat the performance. To effect this object,
she brings into play as one of her means, a sys-
tenn which naturally grows out of the habits of
the country Tor In Russia every thing is bought
and sold with money.
| 1t has now become evident, as stated in NV
last letter, that Russia has determined to make
q direct and vigorous attack upon Austrian ter
ritory. All parties have at length recognized
| the truth of this fact. A sufficient number of
| troops will be left in Great Wallachia and Mol
davia to keep in check the Turkish and allied
armies, while other large bodies will march
| over the Polish, Hungarian and Turkish bor-
ders of Austria, with the design of taking pos
| session OF the entire country, Constantinople
will be given up for the present, and at all
| other points than upon the Austrian frontiers,
the Gar will act entirely on the defensive.
This is his new line of policy and it is undoubt-
eddy the best be could have adopted
| considerable number of Americans have
| gone to St. Petersburg within the last few
| months and all have been well received the mo-
ment their nationality was announced. Eight
physicians after having studied some time in
| Paris, have entered the Russian service re-
| Gently: six were Immediately sent south to
| Prince Gorchak0ff's command, while the other
| two were placed in the military hospitals at St,
| Petersburg. Another company of three or
| four are making preparations to start They
have all entered the service for one year, less
term of service not being allowed The paw is
500 roubles annually; while, although fur
nished with every thing, the expenses required
TO keep up the position are much beyond the
salary allowed, and only those who have an in
come beyond their pay support the position.
This is true of all officers Of rank in the Rus
sian army.
An American by the name of Rogers, one of
| the prisoners taken with Crittenden in the Lo-
PEI expedition, and afterwards pardoned by the
Queen OF Spain, started a few months ago from
Paris toJoln the Russian army. He was nearly
| out OF money when he started, but he managed
| to lind his way to the Russian frontier on the
border of Prussia. He passed on to Russian
soil without sou in his pocket, and immediate
ly demanded to be enrolled into the army. He
was asked whether he had ever seen service.
and If he was acquainted with military tactics
He replied that he had served as an officer un-
der Crittenden in the attack on Cuba. They
Immediately gave him ieutenancy aud sent
him to the " Model School" to study for a shorl
time the language Soon after entering the
school, copy of the army regulations was pre-
sented to him. in which he found that to make
his lieutenant's commission perfect, it was re-
CURED that he shouldpay bonus of 1900 rou.
bles. This is one of the fixed regulations of the
Russian army, from which their is no deviation
All officers pay bonus for their commissions,
which goes into the State Treasury, and which
is regulated according to the grade of the COM
mission. The pay afterwards is SO small com
pared to the expenses of living among the rich,
that, as stated before, only those having an in
come independent of their army pay can hold
| an Office.
There are two other drawbacks which one
rated seriously upon our friend of Lopez cele-
brity. No officer can resign his post in the
Russian army without paying a bonus almost
equal to that paid for the commission. and no
foreigner can leave the country who owes a
a debt, no matter how triaing. Here he was,
then, every day contracting new debts he was
unable to pay for his commission, he could not
buy himself out of the army, and he could not