The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-28
From The London Times of april It'll. |
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alnla is we'll calculated to concentrate upon it the
interest OF Europe If the cloud is to burst the first
red drops will fall upon her soil. She NAV have
| been provoking and we have not been Slow to
rolnt out her faults to her rashness but
1t violence is imminent, it is upon her that it is
ABOUT to be used. That small plot in the map of
Europe, protected by the neutral State of Switzer-
land on the North, and washed by the Mediterra-
mean on the South, Is pressed upon each side by
Two great European Powers whose mutual dislike
mas long tended to war, and who appear likely now
to JON in conflict To the East the Tcino marks A
| feeble boundary line beyond which lie the Aus
! tfian provinces OF Nentian Lombardy, bristng
with strong fortresses and ch0ked with armies 70
the w est, beyond the barrier of the Cottian Alps
lies france, and in the passes Mount Dauphin and
IN the contiguous districts are concentrated masses
o fTench soldiers, awaiting the signal which is to
pa them cross the friendly frontier Between
THESE two expectant hosts Sardinia herself stands
IN attitude OF war, confident determined, rather
poastiul and eager for conflict Her last act was
p'Ier Insult TO her gigantic enemy; her inveteracy
towards Austria is as intense any individual can
feel towards another whom he fears and hates and
hopes to plunder "1N
This is the position of the parties and the chances
OF coliison which this position itself creates are
multiplied by every attendant circumstances Ans.
tria has $1,000 men now encamped behind the III
emo; she has the horses, artillery and military
stores necessary to the efficiency Of this great host
sne Is enduring daily expenditure which is consul
ming her internal resources, and edrinr her nm
inch by inch towards the catastrophe of an inevi-
table bankruptcy. Notoriousy involved as Aus
IRA has long Deen, straitened her public re-
sources, and overtaxed as her people, it is not
10 oe supposed that she has embarked in this ruin
ous expense for the mere luxury of connnest still
less Tor the desire of barren revenge She must
leel that her existence is menaced or she wouId
hoC pe tere on that distant frontier river deter
INNING an her military force that particular
spot, and bringing such tremendous power to hear
upon an adversary apparently little worthy of so
great demonstration She must feel that fate has
prepared an iDay oh ,:.L
Versary much greater than Sardinia and that this
Is struggle she cannot avoid.
BE she right or wrong in her conclusions, she
must hold this belief she would never have gone
into so prodigal and wasteful an expenditure. She
might have despised the small provocations of Sar
anna, and, with strong garrisons in her Lombard
cities, might have been content to wait for those
changes in combinations which time always brinrs
But Sardinia is only the sheldbearer to the giant
Austria must have felt that the fight was inevitable
Perhaps she has deliberately resolved that since
the war must take place. it is better to provoke it
IN corner of her empire, better to seek it among
the mis- ana valleys OF country she would delight
to punish, than have to meet the French armies on
the old Austertz road, or to fight them under the
walls OF Vienna. 1t may be- and it probably is, in
Ihe aelloerate acceptance of what she conceives to
DC necessity that she is now sending so, 900 more
troops into those already densely garrisoned prov
inces, and preparing to send 10000 more upon
their footsteps.
1t is probably in the development of a matured
tN! ma. cue Is HOW issuing general orders to the
troops at Milan, promising them third victory
over the Sardinians, and recalling to their memory
the day OF Novara. The policy is explicable, but
not IN the sense of peace. How far it NAV be iust
ed oy the force OF the necessity it is very difficult
to say. The Emperor of the French bleats "a uent
ly as lamb while all these wolves are bowling,-
Nothing can be more ardent than his desire for
peace; nothing can in his belief be more impossi-
pie than that the peace of Europe can be disturbed
ct the seats of the army of the South whiten the
DauphinV
the gathering OF troops there is drawing together
OF masses towards the passage into Sardinia by
CRANBERRY. Algeria is relieved of all superhuous
defence, and another army is said to be now ready
TO leave Paris This looks rather like talking peace
ard acting war;
But what is still more demonstrative even than
the french tmperors peaceful declarations is the
confident tone of the Sardinial Minister II suu-
geSts the unwelcome conviction that his is the oca
to throw the spear and break the armed truce II
may not become necessary thus to take the initia-
i've, ior Austria seems to be making haste to put
herself in the wrong She has hitherto failed tn do
that justice which would have placed her in a posi-
tion to demand the sympathies of all sober polit-
clans, and, five may put trust in the late advices
she appears to be about to precpitate the contest
ana thereby to give every advantage to her enc
mics. But, whatever may be the rights of the
question in dispute, the merits of the parties to
the quarrel 1t would seem that the hope of prevent
ing the outbreak is now fast disS0lving Matters
nave reached such pass that to all the three pros
PecuVely DeiIlSerent parties peace is more expen-
sive than war
campaign would, at any rate, clear off some of
the elements OF the present enormous outlaws a
snort and decisive conflict would be better than
IN 1ns Wearylng and wasting state of suspense.
Ihose 2OO,OOO men cost rather more in Lombardy
than they would at Novara or at Turin Nor can
LOUIS Napoleon's preparations be kept up without
an inconvenience which must impress itself unon
future financial statements. If we consider the
present crisis in relation to the finances ofthe three
hat oh
preparedness for war is more dangerous to the sys-
TEN than an acute fit of actual warfare A few
weeks since one OF the Paris papers told US that
the Congress would deliberate over a barrel of
gunpowder. 1t appears now very probable that
the slowmateh is burning down to the povder
and that the explosion will take place before the
members OF the Congress can take their seats
Consul IN TRoUBLE.-Count Mean, the French
Consul at New Orleans has been arrested on a
chafge oil harDorIng negro charged with deser-
Iion Iion from ship In the harbor at New Orleans
The negro claimed to be French subject. and de-
manded the Consuls protection, though it was af-
terwards ascertained that he belonged to the Uni
papers, is as follows 'N
The Consul was notified to appear and answer to
the charge. When the time arrived, he failed to
appear. An attachment was then issued When
the Court convened, Count Mejan's counsel arose
ana stated that the French Consul Count Maian
would not obey the mandates of that Court. bnt
that he the French Consul) was perfectly WILLING
to deliver over to his Honor the negro sailor as he
did not wish to have anything to do with the boy;
that Count Mejan had not harbored the boy, and
made no pretension of doing so. At the same time
the counsel did not wish his Honor to understand
that he was defending the French Consul upon any
charge IN that Court; none but a Federal Court
had any jurisdiction over the Consul
Recorder Summers expressed his opinion that
the French Consul was obliged to obey the mandates
of the Court over which he had the honor to pre-
slde as much as the humbIest citizen
Another attachment was then issued for Meian
and the case postponed for the present
The French Consul expresses himself much ap
grieved, and declares his intention to close his Of
flee until the case is decided
MeJan subsequently issued a protest, which is
signed by the COnsuls of Great Britain Spain
Prussia, and Belgium, declaring this arrest to be
IAN infringement of the privileges and rights of
Consus, in direct violation of the laws and Const
tuition OF the United States and at variance with the
treaties with the United States and foreign coun-
tries, well the exequatur granted by the Pres
ident Of the United States to u.s.
THE NEwroUNDLAxD FIsnERIEg.-We have ALWAYS
watched the Newfoundland question with the
greatest care. We have just been informed from
Brest that the steam dispatch boats Gassendi, Te-
mari and Sesostris, forming, with the two schoon-
ers soon to be at st. Pierre and Miaueon, the
naval divisions of Newfoundland were ready for
service and had been ordered to prepare for sea to
sail for Newfoundland. Captain de Montaignac,
commander of the naval division, has hoisted his
DrOad pennant on board the GasSendi
In the next campaign an inquisiton will be opened
so as to enlighten the governments of France and
England on facts complained of long time. This
inquisition will enable them to decide questions
which are mere the faithful fulflment of the trea-
ties of l7l3 1888, 1902 and 1876 claimed by France
1t is said that, in order to attain an equitable solu-
ton of the present differences the two governments
have given the most cOnciliatory instructions to
the commanders of their naval divisions stationed
at Newfoundand.-Poris Pays Of AprA7
NJ. Alexandre'Dumas, having tried in vain to sell
the copyright OF his Russian travels at about three
times the sum obtained for any of his former works
has resolved on new and original mode ofpublish-
ing the work, viz, in the form of daily paper
containing no other matter. The first number of
this journal was to appear on the 10th of April
under the title of lie Catcase .JournoId de Voyaqe
d' 'Aer0ndrc Dumas and the whole is announced to
be completed in thirty numbers each containing
eight large dOuble-columned quarto pages. Sub
scrption price for the whole is five francs. C4s,)
which, considering that these thirty Caucasus
papers will contain about as much matter as ord-
nariy fills from ten to twelve volumes, is certainly
very cheap.
Last week died one of the oldest bookworms of
Paris, NJ. Veinant author of the BiJiioLeca Scotol-
Oyicd, and editor of the Fdrces of Fabarn His sole
occupation during the last years of his life was to
go about the book-stalls of the French METROPOLIS
and in order the conveniently to carry off his
purchases, he had a coat made with more than a
dozen different pockets each for particular size
book, folio, quarto, octave, duodecimo, &c. The
books he amassed amount to more than 10000
volumes, and many really valuable works are
said to be among this number. sum of So 900
francs (f3,40O) has been offered already for the
collection.