New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-28


going out and starve the garrison to snrrender-li
they can. Such is the report of the well informed
all of which mot ningling opniOns 81 Your cor
respoudent) is respectfully submitted Ia the De
crees of Providence. The story OF the rise and
pr,cress Of the person who has hitherto batiied
the purposes of the Allies. the Engneerln chief OF
Sevastopul, is curious. 1t smscks OF Yankee land.
His zane j. TOdlehen. of German origin lssy
Death IN Life and be is only thirty two years
old His parents are shopke-pefs at Riga. At the
beginning OF tie siege. the story goes, MenchisOf
asked the Chief Engineer how much time he
needed 70 put the place IN a state OF complete de-
Tense That officer replied two months" A Young
officer hearing this, stepped forward and said be
would undertake the fulhllment of the task in two
weeks ii he could dispose OF men enough The
proposition was accepted; he was made colonel :;
bis works have proved his words be is now
general and GiG-dc-oamp OF the Car. The
story is a good one May be /, is true If
your readers think so | beg them 10 forget
another that contradicts il. and which | re-
corded for their entertainment some months
ago. They are both taken from the same
authority on dr. Writers from st Petersburg
continue to speak Of the activity with which pre-
parations 10 meet aDy attack from the allied forces
IN the Baltic are pushed forward. Deienses that
seemed strong before the war began, and that have
/ been made apparently mpregnabe since, are ever
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are sacrificed without stint by Government in what
Is called the cause of the nation ard of the Church
An instruction of the peassntTy has broken out in
Little Russia. Letters OF correspondents, whose
prcudces ard wishes evidently take the place Of
authentic reports, give no reliable information as
to its extent. The following extract from Hcs-
ingiors (Finlsnd) correspondent respecting free
dom of the Pres in Russia is more definite
Our journal has had 10 change it, editor beca1ss
he lately wrote in his paper that considering the pres
eni temperature We must soon expect TO the hostile
/ fleets again. The editor has been advised never
to speak OF the weather nor OF the meerologic state
| OF tie county, :.
| The trial of Pianori was begun and ended in a
! few hours before the Court OF Assizes last Mon
/ day. lie was found guilty, of course, aud Justly
1t would appear from the act of accusation, even
! to one who makes due allowance for the eTpare
character Of that document thar the assassin was
furnished with funds and edged on to the exccu-
ton OF his purpose by some party in London. |
need not stop 10 reiute the ingenious inference
drawn from this by certain profound logicians, To-
wit: that the assassin Pianori is the authorized
agent and representative OF all European Liberals.
Government and its printed organs are, by-tbeway,
acting very sensbly, that is, very quietly about
tie affair. Excepting a brief report of the trial
little has been said Of It IN the journals of the city
Unless the poor wretch is pardoned or his punish
ment COMMITTED by Imperial crace-as why should
danger he will be guillotined some pleasant
Spring morning, going up the ladder barefoot, a
sliTt over his clothes, and hood over his face.
Such is the special mummery OF honor for stage
effect in the case of regicides execution Here
rs in some of our States and in other enlightened
countrles,whle capital punlshmentis maintained on
tie ground Of the favorable impression produced on
possible and actual criminals and the public gene
rally BY such public expiation for crime great pains
tall IA V.pttl e pub lie trUm AZ fhp
edit ing spectacle. The two or three officials who
know beforehand when it is to take place viii not
mention tie day. 1t takes place indeed on pulls
lie square but always AZ hour in the gray morn
ing when the public are yet in bed: and tie only
means BY which lovers of new sensations can graf
ify their passion in the case is TO bargain with
shop-keeper ia the neighborhood to come and
wake them So soon as he sees the preparations for
raising the scaflold going on This is generally in
the night. To the Mdrchdnd de I'm OF the Place
de la Roquette guillotining s therefore harvest
time.
One Of the links by which the present Emperor
would connect himself By association in men minds
with the former Napoleon, was ingeniOusly forged
out of the public's gold eight millions of which,
some while ago, were appropriated to the fulfill
meDt, or rather the partial full6lment Of the tes
tameDtary dispositions made by the first Emperor
in favor of his faithful servants, his generals, his
soldiers. those who had volunteered the sacrifice
of all for him. The MoHleur published the other
day the report of the Committee charged with the
proportional allotment Of this sum among the nu-
nerous legatees Public notice was given in the
time of il of this resurrection Of inexpensive gen
eTosty, and claimants were invited to send in their
titles to its benefits. 1t appears by the report that
their number in the class of mere soldiers, is over
one hundred thousand, and that their individual
allotment Of imperial bounty mark that the Ma
tional Treasury is the one who PAYS would be
but fifteen francs. As far as they are concerned,
the Committee make wiser application OF the
fnnd in favor only Of the most needy or otherwise
deserving. Ia the higher Gen. Montholon is the
largest recipient, bis share being co. 900 francs.
Gen MonthOlOn, however, died year or two ago,
poor in this worlds goods, and, despite his SER
vices to the uncle poor in the favor of the reign
ing nephew. His SON. now French Consul-Gene-
raj, think, in your City, may profit by the wind
fall The next largest allotment ls TO Gen. Der
trsnd, OF 100000 francs
A Piedmont paper records the successful opera
ton Of BOnells application OF the electric tel
egraph on railway cars while in motion. Although
the experiments were made under the disadvantage
of heavy rain and rusted wires questions and an
swers were exchanged between the Office az Iurin
and car moving from that city toward Moncoherl
at the rate OF twenty miles an hour. ApropOs
of nyentions-let me mention one for the preserva-
tion of fresh meat raw or cooked, whose success
full effect may be any day in the shape ofJolnts
legs and roasting pieces at No. Is Boulevard Pos
poniere have not spoken OF 1t before because, al
though the articles in question presented to my
Impractical eve all the desirable qualities OF freshly
killed meat, | feared patering IN some double
sense-eitber a trick the part OF the dealer, or
that the word of promise TO the eye would be OF
fensiyely broken to the nostrlls before my report
could reach your readers. ! can now state on the
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