New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-14
yARIOVS ITEMS.

u;ss N;rh,;ngse continues at Scutari, and propose
Nyidipg her time this Winter between tha' pisce suu
w S;ub mass was performed on board the French
aaS.bin in the Black Sea, for repose of the soul si
Admiral Brust. A., e.;eo..;oD ,s
Nikolaisf are completed. Gen. Iodtleben was a'
Odessa. So large is the influx of strangers into the
Crnea that So 900 persons are SAID to De- al ths mo-
ment at Sympheropol.
The mixed commission on the lurAsh loan Is non
proceeding with lts duties, a'ei H"''s
many impedments. ,o., T.. A..
DR.. Huffnagle, American Consu-General for the
East was at Renkioi Dec IL.
Gen. Marmora is expected coon at w'n' Oh Ills way
Gen. Luders has again taken up his quarters IN
Odessa and recently gave ball to celebrate tne nup
tals of his daughter-the only surviving chd OUT ol
family of twelve-with Col. WemarI
Marshal Peissier is reported to nave notneu nls
Government thai no military success IL possible rom
the present base of operations in the Crmea Hence
they saw the grand council OF war 10 DC caeu III aus
10 decide on new plan for the Spring campaign
EMANCIPATION OF SERFS IN MOLDAVlA.
The following is the text of the decree, dated the
osth of November by which Prince Ghika mas en'au
cipated the sers in Moldavia:
:, The law voted in 1874 by the Extraordinary Gen
ersl Assembly relative to the enfranchsement OF the
serfs belonging to the State to the metropolis, 10 ,ne
bsboprics and TO the m0nasterles IN general provu1u
nj the same time for the progressive purchase Oh tne
erf of private persons, by setting apart for the pur
nose the sums arising from the tax OF the reed men,
The object of this phanthropc measure was 10 srve
in series of years, at the aoonton ol Sa'sy !"
| country and it reposed principally on the hope that
most Of the owners of sers moved by emuatlon would
spontaneously aid in the liberation OF the human oc
ings in their possession. We, howaver regret 10 Na'e
10 state that very few among them have thus lar re-
snonded TO this humane appeal, while, on the other
hand the small sums set apart for redeemlng Slaves
have not by any means, effected their complete man-
omission. Among the duties winch our PoSlaon Ili-
nj he re,
attempted to realize We hnd that TINS question Is Que
of those which must be dealt with before any other
because it springs from the laws OF humanity tse,
and greatly concerns the dignity of the country. AT
the moment at which all Europe testies such great
interest in the Principahtes, and contempateS hxing
their future desnies, it ia the duty OF our cOun-
| Try, on its part, to take s9ep IN aa'ahcg. a%oI
| Many years have passed since slavery was aOo-
shed in all the civilized States of the Old World
| the Moldo-Wlachia States have alone preserved
this dsgraCeful vestige OF barbarou5 society IN
these Prncpalities alone Slavery forms part OF the
general social ORDER Such anomaly neither ought
TO nor can any longer exist; such state OF things
in opposition the sacred dogmas of the Christian
religion, to all the principles OF humanity ana 10
the vital interests of the State il is in fact the plague
| of socety-a plague which we must not try 10 keep
from observation has hitherto been attempted-ior
| il is impossible to hide it-but one which we must
| remedy as soon az possible. In consequence, az
Prince and az a Christian, consulting the dignity OF
the corntry and the sentiments of our own heart we
now call the serious attention of our Council to this
important question: we countfon t9 actlVe co.opera'
ton in aiding to solve this matter in spirit IN con-
| fomity with the great laws of humanity, and at the
same time not to forget the indemnity which s due to
the possessors of slaves and recommend 1t to pre-
pare bin OIL the subject, and to submit it to us in
order that it may be discussed by the General Divan
Our opinion is that the basis of this measure should be
| l. The immediate abolition of Slavery in MOldavia; p
The regulation and the mode Of spportonng the ndem-
nifty to be accorded to the pOsscssors of slaves We
hope that the cooperation Of our countymen, without
Distinction will not fail ua in this humane question:
we do not doubt that the Ministers themselves will de-
vote their efforts carry out to It's full extent the task
which we thus confde to them; and FOR this purpose
we reckon on the zeal and on the principles OF hu-
@. GTIfKA.
Couatergned, X. MAUROJEGL"
| The Administrative Council Extraordinary, in ts
sitting of the 2sth ut declared that il received this
document with profound gratitude, and it charged two
of it, members to draw up bill in accordance with
| the principles laid down in It.