Washington telegraph., 1854-12-06
Arrest of an American Citi zen -
EeghOrn.

Leghorn.
The LeEhorn correspondent Of the New
ark Daily Advertiser, in biz letter Of III
9th of October. remarks that the rulers Of
TuEcany are haunted by fears of revolt and
ovGthrcw, and keep jealous vigilance over
every movement and incident. Spies and
infrine-s frequent the hotels, cafes. and
.otltr public places; no one can enter ~
leaFc the country without official observa-
tiot. ard consent. Every mans pursuits
intercourse and habits, are known to the 10.
lice, if two or three meet for conversation
in the Tefreshrnent room Of the theatre
some one is there to note il nor does the
tahe talk Of the hotels escape observation.
Tie writer proceeds:
The arrest Of an American citizen in this
citr i an Illustrative incident. u shows to
Whit iDdignities every visitor i constantly
exposed. Mr. Quin had taken passage for
the United States Duriag the evening be.
fore tic day Of his departure, be was read
ing a newspaper article in a cafe, with some
marks Of disrleasure. which two young
Austrian cadets remarked, and thus opened
conversation. Affecting agreement with
him he was betrayed ipto rather free ex-
preston Of American sentiments, after which
they parted, with0u; any apparent discord.
Soon after, however. be was arrested and
thrown into the military prison of the Aus
trian garrison. The U 8 Consul. J. "A.
Bnda. citizen Of South Carolina. thcuab
by birth an Italian. having heard Of the
case. forthwith waited upon the Tuscan au-
shorties and demanded their interposirioa.
and he release Of the prisoner, or at least
trial according 10 the civil laws Of the
country But he was told that hv must can
upoH tie Austrian cOmmaudcr-iu-chief.-
lie protested. that rs an American Consul
in Tuscany, hr had nothing to d. with Aus
tFia, and he pressed hi= slit vain and leh.
bot mot however, without formal protest.
Ih the hope of eiiecting a speedy release
XII he prisoner he repaired "a The Austrian
headquarters. where hc was told. with an
ar vi absurd solemniiy. that the man had
beet gu.lty NJ an enormous crime-nothinp
lc,sihan I'D attempt I'd scduce the young ca
detsand excite insubOrdination, not one word
Of which had the slightest foundation in
truh-and that The penalty Eas death and
that he must be tried by the military tribu-
hal Atisr reasoning the case without sue
dess, liz closed the interview with an assnr-
anee thlt lie should forthwith communicate
the case TO the commander Of the United
States squadron, (Com. Stringhaln.) now
fortunately in the Gulf Of Spezzia, On this
cuist.
The next morning letter was received
at the consulate from the chief Of the Aus
TRAN forces in Tuscany. al Florence, saving
that the prisoner. in consideration Of bis be-
In Q stranger against whom there appear
cl to be no testimony of other disorderly
conduct, and an American citizen about to
leave the country, would be restored TO lib
e-ty. II was carefully added. in postscript,
that the threat of sending for the squadron
bad not bad the slightest influence in the
case. Dir. Qlin j. nov safely o. his way
home.
! recent invention Of somewhat novel
character i attracting attention in Paris
II Is an electro-galvanic pen, called medi-
tHdS ptH- y ibc uiilOn ~ lhO Eeaalo
capable Of producing voltaic current,
which II excited ny the moisture Of the
hand, it difuscs healthfll and curative In
huence over the wh,le body of the person
using it, acting chiefly Oh the nervous sys-
tenn. III. Jules Leeomte, somewhat ceie-
brated French writer, speaks Of it in this
wise 60
If an the benefits anticipated BY the In
yentor are realized, this would be valuable
discovery. Would i; not indeed be conven-
lent tx take care If yourself over tile desk,
the instrument Of exhausting labor thus be-
coming endoEed with the magic virtues Of
the famous spear ot Telephus, which had
the power u beal the wounds it inflicted
But ;his is not all In quieting our nerves,
excited In bad music. i1r example ia
calming The irritation created by the read
ing or hearing Of a wre;ched piece Of cOu.-
position. the medicinal pen would leave
anger, impaticnce. and criticism III tie bOt-
tom Of the iukStanl. and its galvanic point
would only distil honey and good nature.
FURTHER expeditions 10 Me Arctic Seas.
We learn from the London Times, that