Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-08
Intelligence By the Steamship Asia,

For some time past, secret societies Of
ribbon men have been rapidly multiplying
throughout Ireland, but more especially in
the Southwestern part, and not long since
the Lord Lieutenant issued 4 proclamation
warning oil persons that they Incurred 80 :.
vere penalty by joining such organizations
and also that every effort would be made by
the authorities to suppress them.
A second edition Of the Cork Examiner,
announces that, on the morning Of the 7th
December, fifteen prisoners, charged with be.
ing members Of an illegal society, arrived BY
the Bandon train, under the escort Of =
large body Of police. The captured seemed
to 10 all young men Of respectable position
in society. Twelve of them arc from SIKH.
BERGEN and three from Bantry. The capture
was effected on Wednesday night, when
most ofths parties were in bed. They are
charged with being members Of tho Phoenix
Society, ard the ,nformations are sworn
against them by one Of their own body 4
person named Sullivan. The object Of this
confederation is said to have been for the
purpose Of obtaining an invasion Of ireland
BY American flibusters.
Tho commission Of enquiry appointed to
examine tho question Of conveying negro
free laborers from Africa to the French col.
onies has assembled several times At the
Pala's Royal, under the Presidency Of Prince
Napoleon. According to the Lndepe,sdanct
L*lgr, it would be erroneous to believe that
members are unanimous, or that they in
tended recommending the Emperor to dis.
continue the mode Of enlistment hitherto
practiced, A few members are said to have
expressed IN opinion that, whilst the French
colonies should be recommending the Em.
peror to discontinue the mode Of enlistment
hitherto practiced. Few members are said
70 have expressed an opinion that, whilst
the French colonies should be recommend
ed to enlist Coolies on trial, it was desirable
to come to Al understanding with the pow
eys interested, in order to be able, If need
be, to resume the negro scheme upon the
coast Of Africa, taking care however, to take
such precautions as effectually 10 distin-
guish 1t from tho slave trade.
The commander Of the French SQUADRON
on the African coasts reports to the Minister
Of Marine that . fresh d ::fficulty has arisen
French vessel, loaded with free negroes.
having been overhauled by the English
cruisers and forced to land The immiersnts
although the operation Was perfectly reen.
lar.
The No Mern Bee, Of St. Petersburg,
points ont tho tendency, since the eastern
war, Of = fusion between the different slavo-
MAN nationalities. The Russian and polish
nations. formerly implacsble enemies have
drawn closer aud become reconciled.
Constantinople advices Of Dec. 4, state
that tho Ambassadors Of the Great powers
bad met in conference, during two consecu-
tive days, to deliberate on the critical state
0: the Principalities. There was an extraor.
binary movement and sctivity among the
members Of the diplomatic corps.
There had been many shipping disasters
on the Spanish coast, upwards Of one hun.
dred dead bodies, and great qusn: tiles Of
wreck having been washed on the Anda.
lusian coast,
The Cp:ni"ne II Turin states, from LON.
hardy, that the greatest activity reigns in the
arsenal at Venice; that the number o. work.
men there has been doubled, and that war;
like stores Of oil sorts arc brought IN. It
adds that several arrests have taken place in
Milan, and that seventeen students have
been arrested at Pavia, where several houses
have been searched for arms many Of which
have been seized. The garrison has been
ine.sased BY 6eld bsttery.
II hss slready been stated that tho Arch.
duke Charles Louis, brother to the Empero,
Of Austria, lately visited the Pope. The
Opinionc states that he il formally ,ntrusted
with political mission the object Of which
is to obtain permission from the Pope to oc.
cupy some new points Of the Legation in or
der 70 be prepared against an outbreak.
Il is affirmed that the Sandman govern.
ment has sent TO its diplomatic agents abroai
. circular relative 10 the rumors Of wal
with Austria. declaiugr that nothing what
ever hitherto has arisen to confirm such as
esrtions, This circular at the same time i
represented 10 say that, il ccnsiderable mod
incations do not shortly take place in tn
government of other parts Of Italy, it will
Re impossible to look for tranquility.
The Espress says the news from Italy
a)lhough very probably exaggerated. is be
yofsd doubt alarming. The Turin Journals
speak of = struggle q . thing which eanno
10 long delayed. A Milaness correspondent
Of the PiccoN Cyrisre de Italia asserts tha
collisions hsvs already taken place, On,
many arrests made in Milan and Parvia. Il
tho latter town cotoeAlcd arms had been dis
covered, and the garrison reinforced. Hast
OrdeTS were said 10 haTc ixeep ,'vsn for nev