The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-27
FOREIGN EXTRACTS

PARIS, Tuesday Oct. II, 6 p. M.-rhe French
Government proposes to claim from Piedmont tn,
expenses 1t incurred in the late war with Austria
Notwithstanding her recent acquisition of n ricI
province, Piedmont Is in no position to meet tn,
various heavy pecuniary claims made upon her II
the first place, Austria demands from her late an
tagOnist 400 900, 600 francs, and although this i
likely to he ultimately much rcdured-probably tc
25O,OOO,OOO, or thereabOutsit will still be severe
pull on Sandman resources. France claims A
handsome sum as indemnity for the unpaid pensions
charged on the Lombardo-V Venetian Monte fund
tor the benefit of certain dimnitarcs of the First
Empire pensions which have not been paid since
1915. portion of this sum is claimed from Ans.
tria; the remaining and larger part is to fall on
Piedmont, who seems expected to pay on all sides
to allies well as to enemies
All circumstances considered, does il not onnear
highly probable that, if France makes n claim uron
Piedmont for the expenses she incurred bv the late
war-a claim which, if all those expenses are TO be
paid, can hardly amount to less than 300 900 OOOf
or 400 200 000. Piedmont NAV think that the
best, 1t not the only feasible way of acqutting her
self viii be to cede the provinces of Savoy and
Nice? notwithstanding all that may have been
sald ana written to the contrary, assure YOU most
positiveIv-as | have done before when writinp
from ltaly-that there was question o: such ces-
sion early in the present year. The Piedmontese
Government concealed the project as much as Dos
slble; 1t felt that it ungracous, not to say
an odous act, to make over to another Power-nC
matter 10 what Power or for what consideration
n loyal and faithful province the cradle of thu
House OF Savoy, to which its inhabitants had ever
been warmly attached subjects, and had furnished
IT'S best soldiers But when Count CavOur wa!
pressed home upon the sub ject two different oc
casions, once by a distinguished Savoyard noble
man and deputy, and again by deputation from
that province, which had occasion to see him on il
rightly recnliect, business of another nature and
which avaled itself Of the opportunity to question
him concerning the foundation of the reports then
current; on both those occasions, | say, the Sar-
dlnlan Premier was unable to deny the imputed
project, but qualified it by saying that it would be
left to the option Of the provinces referred to to
remain with Piedmont or to be transferred to
France.
When the idea was first bruited. the people of
Savoy showed themselves wounded and resentful at
the thought OF having their old and stanch allie
glance thus cheaply held, and indeed rejected The
unexpected termination of the war by the conven-
ton OF Viaranca, so bitterly distasteful to Pied
mont and the Italians generally, made a change.
we may naturally suppose in the intentions of the
Sandman government, and that which it would
have been willing to cede for the possession of
LOmbardo-N enetia was too much to give up for the
Insecure tenure of little more than half the Terri
tory, and that half continually menaced by form-
dable line OF Austrian fortresses. That there is
existing intention of making the pecuniarv demand
have already told YOU that my information leaves
me little doubt. If it be made with a view of OBJ
tanning, instead OF the money the province of Sa-
yoy and Nice the world will probably say that it
Is but clumsy means of attaining a renounced OBJ
ject and no will be deceived by the circuitous
path adopted.
The LATE AMERICAN MINISTER AT PAnrs.-The
body Of Mr.. Mason arrived at Havre three davs ago
by railroad, and was received bv Mr. Drapar tho
American Consul. The mortal remains of Mr. Ma
son were accompanied by Mr.. Calhoun and Mr.
Wilbor, secretaries Of the Embassy. The family
OF the deceased arrived in the same train. The
body will be sent in the Mago
MOVEMENTS OF THE EMPERoR.-The Times has the
following telegram:-The Emperor is on a visit to
Count Walewsk. The UonteUr say that Captain
Tricault of the Duchayla, has been promoted by
Imperial decree to captain of a line-ofbattIe-ship
for his courageous conduct Ofthe attack on the forts
of the Peihn.
The MURDER AT PARMA.-The Times Paris cor
respondent saws the announcement of the atrocious
murder committed by the pOpulace at Parma has
arrived most untimely for the Italian cause 1t is
hoped that diplomacy will shortly find solution
Tor the Italian difficulties otherwise we may have
to deplore similar violence in other quarters.
The FRENcH ARMY IN IrALY.-The Independence
Betge announces that important dispatches have
been forwarded to the Minister of War and Marshal
Nailliant. 1t is consequently expected that the
French army in Italy will shortly make move
mcnt
DEATH or ROBERT STEPHENSON, THE EMINENT ENGI-
NEER.
From He LCndOn Times Oct 13l
The death OF Stephenson comes with startling ra-
pidity upon that of Brunei. Both men of rare
genius and both occupying a sort of double throne
at the head OF their profession they have gone to
lHeli rest anu tnelr rivalry has ceased
Distinguished sons of distinguished fathers the
two men who in these latter years have done most
to perfect the art of travel and in this way to cul
tivate social intercourse, multiply wealth and ad-
vance civilization, have been struck down at one
fell swoop in all the maturity of their power. Mr.,
Stephensons health had been delicate for about two
years, and he complained of failing strength lust
before his last journey to Norway. In Norway he
became very unwel his liver was so much affect
ed that he hurried home and when he arrived at
IOWpStOtt he " weak that hn ho1 fol ha i,I
from his yacht to the railway, and thence to his
residence in Gloucester square, where his malady
grew so rapidly as to leave from the first but faint
hopes OF his recovery. He had not strength enouoh
to resist the disease, and he gradually sunk until
length he expired yesterday morning. If his loss
win be felt severely in his profession it will be
still more poignantly felt in his large circle of
friends and acquaintances for he was as good as
he was great, and the man was even more to be ad-
mired than the engineer.
His benevolence was unbounded, and every year
he expended thousands in doing good unseen His
chief in this way was for the children Of old
friends who bad been kind to him in early life,
sending them to the best schools and providing for
them with characteristic generosity. His own pu-
pills regarded him with sort of worship, and the
number OF men belonging to the Stephenson school
who have taken very high rank in their peculiar
walk shows how successful he was in his system of
training, and how strong the force of his eX-
ample. The feeling OF his friends and associates
was not less warm. \ man of the soundest judg-
ment and the strctest prObity, with a noble heart
and most genial manner, he won the confidence of
all who knew him, and perhaps in all London there
were not pleasant social gatherings than those
which were to he found in his house in Gloucester
Square, he himself being the life of the marty.
Without spark OF professional jealousy in his own
nature, he was liked by all his fellow engineers II
they did not know him sufficiently to bear him af
iecton; and we do not believe that even those who
had the most reason to wish him out of the vav
such as the promoters of the Suez Canal, which bt
strenuously opposed, ever bore him anv i'll will
He has passed away, if not very full of wears, ye
very iull of honOrs-the creator of public works ,
beneiactor OF his race, the idol of his friends.
THE WINE CROP OF FRANCE
LFdrts, Oet 81 correspondence of the London Ne,os
have been favored with the sight of a CONNER
clal letter from the south of France, which gives
the following account of the vintage
Nearly three-quarters of the wine crop is now
got in, and although the greater part of the new
wine is yet in the must in position to form
tolerably accurate estimate of the new vintage
both as to quantity and quality. In the early spring
great hopes were entertained of an extraordinary
GEAR The quantity of fruit was at least as great
! as in 1855. But the white frosts in the spring
oidium in some places, and, more than all, few in
tensely hot days in July which dried up very con-
siderable quantity of grapes, reduced the crop tC
less than half an average one. On the otner hand
the quality of the wines is far superior to any
thing have of late years, and will vie will
that of 1S47. The red wines will have much BODY