Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-25

a correspondent of The ~. Z. Herald on
board the q. s. ship Savannah, writing on the
13tb December, eff RioJ anerir, s ates that du
ring The late disturbances in Montevideo an
American marine force was landed from the
ships Germantown and Bainbridge, in order
70 protect the lives aud property of our citi
zens. The difficulties between Brazil and Par
sguay were not settled, but Don Pedro was
anxious for a fight if the troubles could not be
amicably adjusted. At Rio the weather was
wsrn-healrh Of the port good, The crew of
the Savannah had subscribed $500 for the re-
lief If the Sufferers from yellow fever in Nor
folk and Portsmouth. Furcible alInsion Is
made 10 the steady increase of the French and
british sqnadrons in the Pacfc.
We.copy the following EXTRACTS from letter
addressed by a gentleman highly credifable
from his social position. to a resident in Vera
Cruz, likewise dis inguished by character aud
position You will have heard of Haro's Ia
king possession of PIebla, but under capitu-
-laiion. which gives an idea of bis very great
weakness. since he made concessions he would
not hsve acceded 10, but for this same reason.
So much the more as he must have been aware
that the garrison Of Puebla was provided with
hnt an Insignificant park of artillery. General
Castillo having left it purposely unprovided,
under the pretext that, in order to oppose the
revolution. he wanted the war ammunition
much more for himself. 1t appears to me to
be easy for the latter 10 remain triumphant 10
spite Of the surrender of Puebla, since the gov
eminent exhibits great deal Of activity In ia
king up again operations against that place.
To day entered this capital one thousand eight
hundred men coming from Cuernavsca, in the
South, who had been organized there since the
outbreak of the last revolution. Tomorrow
will enter FIVE hundred more, sent by the Gov
, ernor of Tolucs, who joining The above men
toned corps and the one thousand eight hun
dred of the brigade of Zuloaga; the five hun
dred who form an intermediate corps between
the Gienaders Of the Guard and the active ar
my of Leon; the five hundred Of fhe Fourteenth
regiment, which have been organized by Ar
tesga, and not being willing to side with Cas-
tillo came back to this capital with his Lieut..
Colonel and the most of his officers; one reg- +
nent of Cavalry, five hundred picked men of
the National Guard, which had been organized
here, and eight hundred of the corps of Ira
conis, who left Puebla, and are now in Rio
Frio, all animated by so good o spirit, that it
was despaired of inducing them to captulate.
All these together, without reckoning the cor
responding artillery, will form division of six
thousand six hundred men. who the day after
tomorrow will leave for Puebla, divided into
three brigsdes, under the command of Tracon-
is, Villareal and Zuloaga. 1t is not yet decided
upon who shall be the commandant in chief
The defence of the capital will be intrusted 10
another corps of five thousand men of the Ms
tional Guard, which has been organizing and
continues to increase since the detection Of
General Castillo in the LlanOs has been known.
1t WAS announced in New York journal,
sometime since, that the Notifications of that
harbor mounted one thousand and sixty-fonr
:. 4 :. 4 Ill
the total exceeded by ITO the number of guns
mounted at SebasrOpol at the commencement
af the siege; hut further inquiry, says the Jour
nat Of Commerce. showed the number sci down
for New York was the armament contemplate
in the original plans, and that it much exceed
ed the number Of guns actually mounted or
even the number which wOuld be mounted
when the works should be finished as now pro-
jected. 10 fact the city is said 10 be very
poorly fortified, and it is believed that there Is
not another city in the world in which is con-
centrated such an amount of capital that is
equally exposed from bombardment, and con-
sequent confagratiOn, because its budingsare'
generally combustible, and erected withoufany
reference to such a contingency.
late issue of the London Times has a char
acteristic article on the present condition If
Ireland contrasting very strikingly the reai
ty with what two years since was very boldly
prophesied. The writer alludes to what awhile
back was daily proclaimed, "England's peril
is Ireland's OppOrtunityn-wheni it was conf
IDENTIFY foretold that the people of Ireland, so
soon as a foreign war should draw off the En-
glish garrisons from the island, would rise in
their might and drive out their Oppressors
The Times says the crisis, so ardently desired,
arrived, when of the 80, 900 government forces
stationed in Ireland not a thousand were left
yet with its advent there came no Irish insur-
rection, and stranger still, no agitation in favor
Of an insurreotion. No doubt, (says the Times
we shall be told that we have made solitude.
and then call IL peace. But ireland is not
quite suce Q solitude a. that. There are still
some seven millions or so in the island, and
they stand good deal thicker than in many
highly favored and populous parts of the con
tinent. We're there absolute exhaustion that
would tell against Us, as well as for US and the
recruiting parties would find sheep aud oxen.
not men. But that is not the CASE Ireland
has contributed her proportion of soldiers
There is no desert in that respect. ireland
only no longer swells the ranks or fills the
purse of the agitator. To him the land is bar
rem from Dan even TO Beershebq Military
spirit is a plant of every soil Everywhere
one feeling or another sends youth to arms;
idleness--s hundred motives, good and bad,
ill the ranks destined for the Crimea, or
wherever the tide of war may lead but they
have given birth to no Irish Brigade; they
have not taken the form of"United Irishmen;"
they have not chung to the recollecions Of '9S
No where has the war excited more interest
than in Ireland. Not a single Irish journal
but las singled out the Crimean heroes from
that isle, and taken ali honorable pride in the |
circumstances that the historian of the war Is
an lrishman, with all the genius, the vigor,
and the poetry of his countrymen. Ireland
has availed herself of the opportunity TO ex
tract her share of honor out of the war. and |
as IL happens, more than her share of its pro.
fits. She has supplied the greater part of the
beef and pork required for the army and navy,
and the demand has enriched her farmers aud
grAziers. No country ever made great a
start in two short years. The benefit 10 Eng |
land is that Ireland has ceased TO be burden, |
an anxiety, aud scandal. We find, 10 our |
surprise and pleasure that We do not require |
TO hold the island in military occupation or
reconquer IL every year. We have not Ia 1
maintain there as large force as that we sent |
10 the Crimea. So much has the result Of /
"lreland's opportunity" opened our eyes, that |
il is now shrewdly suspected the police force
is excessive. When il was lately suggested to
send them to the Crimea, nobody had thought |
for the landlords, the agents, the cornricks,
and the cattle left behind. No Irishman |
would be 50 base rs Ia take that advantage of
the absence of the police on 50 glorious AN err
rand. On the whole besides the gain Of COM
fort and appearances, on the merest military
calculation Ireland is a better ally than she
was a dozen years ago. True, she then con
tributed more men to the army, but then she /
kept 80 900 Of them al home. The difference /
that we are concerned with. and the differences /
at the disposal of our War Minister for the /
common service of the empire, is greater how /
than IL was ia 1874. Scarce a man, scarce a /