New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-26

Letter from Judge BoyvlIn to the Secretary
of the Navy.
Through the Secretary Of State, Judge Bowlin
transmits to the Secretary Of the Navy the following
letter:
PARAGUAY COMMISSION,
Frigate Sabine, May L. 1859.
Sir-Although it may seem unusual and is, in fact,
contrary to the usual routine, that should address
myself to different department OF the Government
from the have the honor to serve the voice of
panegyrc is rarely distasteful, particularly whes as
on this occasion, to suppress communication wouId
be an act of injustice, as well as ngratitude.
l therefore take leave to place on record in your
department the expression of my sense Of deep obi
CATION to the patriotic enlightened and gallant Com
corps of officers who guided to the river Plata and up
the river Parana the naval forces of the Paraguay ex
petition.
To each and all no ordinary enlogy is DUE as we'll
for their harmonious action and united sympathy Al
for the professional abilities displayed, in many cases
under circumstances of encouragement and even of
peril 1t is neither my province nor my inclination 10
comment on the sodity of the bridge which has
carried safely over'' but think the history Of
navigation may be safely challenged to produce
parallel to this arrival without disaster at their desti
nation, OF SO large fleet of vessels of the same COM
parative capacities
Since the acquisition of California yarious river
steamers have singly found their way to the Pacific,
where their arrival has been matter of congratula.
ton. But that 80 great number Of similarly con-
stituted crafts should have reached in safety the
stormy Plata is, I think. intrinsic evidence Of the
manly energy and professional skill of their com
manders, of which your department and the country
may feel proud.
Conscious of their sympathy in peace as well as of
their support in war, have therefore found nv
task simpifed and my labors lghtened by the pres
ence and cooperation of the Maryland this without
dissentient voice, or, am happy to add thought
or feeling not in unison with the great objects of my
mission.
On my return to Corentes, where had left the
briggs cambridge, Perry and Dolphin, and the steam
ers Harriet Lane and Water Witch, found q fleet
assembled to back me il needful.
Yet though bafhed, after voyage so distant and
labors so arduous of what is always dear to those
who wear the sword-an opportunity of unsheathiug
it in the defence of their native SOIL or in maintenance
OF Its honor-l am proud to say that they, one and
all manifested in the trumphs of peace satisfaction
as unanimous and intense if won at the lannon's
mouth these triumphs had added fresh aures to the
national wreath. All feelings Of disappointment,
however natural to the occasion, were merged in one
universal sentiment of patriotic joy. Than this can
offer them no higher encomium.
Yon have already been informed, sir, of the tr.
umphant manner in which the Sabine was enabled,
by seamanship and heroism, to surmonnt, under Di.
vine Providence, the almost unparalleled perils of
the Bermuda cyclone. With that exception, during
which my admiration, though painful, was at all times
alive to the nerve and skill displayed by all in com.
maud, my connection with the flag ship and her off.
GERS has been characterized by the agreeable features
OF voyage of recreation rather than by the wonted
concomitants of q warlke expedition
might say great deal more in appreciation Of
these gallant members Of your branch of the public
service-I could not say less; and trusting that this
cordial tribute OF my acknowledgements and esteem
may not prove unacceptable, have the honor to re-
MAN, sir, your excellency's most obedient servant.
To His Excellency Hon TouorY secy Of the Navy
WHAT IS WANTED OF ITALIANS IN AMERIcA.-The
New York Eco d'Itaiia publishes the following let
ter from Count Cavour to its editor Mr.. Secchi de
Casali:
TURIN, Feb. 49, 1859.
My Dear Sir have received the letter addressed
to me from New York, the 10Th of January last, and
hasten to express my appreciation OF the senti.
ments therein expressed, SO honorable to yourself
and our countrymen resident in the United States.
Certainly the offer made by the Italian emgrants
there to enter the ranks of the Sandman army in
case of war between Piedmont and Austria, proves a
generous disposition and cannot but be gratifying TO
the Government to which such noble offer is made
But it is well that you should know and inform the
Italians in America, that In of such even.
Qualities as above alluded to- the Government is mot
in need of the elements whence to form good SOL
diers and officers for the ranks of the Sandman
army. These elements are already superintendent in
Piedmont. tPhat is really needed is not so much
military assistance as money. While grateful there.
fore, for this offer, and fully approaching the senti-
ments that inspired it, the Sandman Government
does not consider it expedient that it should be &C.
cepted, there being. as above stated already here
superabnndance of military element.
believe that the greater part Of our countrymen
now in America can as efactually serve the Italian
cause by remaining in the United States, and using
to Italy.
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