The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-16

The Asnexatisn - sessy d. 1raaee..
a week go. II w. pretty o6netAliy heitosed
that Ne questions allaing 81 Of this annox1r
ton had been fairly se,tlea All the efsnt
| powers had. q IVES thoueAt given answsrs
which announced 70 dsclasnaion that howev.
er dispieastng the annexation Of Savoy to
FAnes might Be, they hardly regarded It ~
matter Of sulncient sonseq asncs 70 II velve all
Esrope In war But the question seems "a
/ ease asss0ed . new aspect Switssriand
which offered no barrier 20 the passage Of the
Frsueh troops inso Sardinia last year, has b.
como suddenIy alarmed ~ the increased IA.
cility he annsxation affords France OF reach.
ius her In The midst of her mountains She has
issued orders for troops 70 Be- In readiness tc
occupy the neatral Territories Of the Chablai.
and Faucigny. aud TO take all necessary mea.
surss to cause the neutrality In question TO b
respected. A suspicion naturally arises, that
| Switzerland does not do all this Of her own
motion. 1t can hardly b possible, after the
| events Of last year, that she really believes
the neutrality of these two provinces necessa.
~ to her protection, or that il Is matter of the
siightest conseq uencs to her integrity wheth.
| or Savoy belongs to Sardinia or to France
The belief Of some Is, that she is backed by
other powers, jealous Of France. and willing
to use this question ~ q peg whereon to hang
a quarrel. or others the opinion is that the
French Emperor, who certainly must have
been we'll aware, beforehand, of all the objec-
tions that would be raised-this among the
rest-had weighed and calculated them before
he took the step-and that his sole object 10 to
render absolutely necessary European Con.
gress, In which there may be q fresh settle.
ment Of Europe. This 10 said to be his one
great passionate absorbing idea Of bis mind
the point to which all his policy is directed
Whether or not this be the true in Interpretation
Of his conduct, it is not for as to say. 1t is
natural, however, that he should wish to put
An end, and forever, to every vestige OF the
treaty Of Vienna; that treaty, the ruling prin-
chile Of which Was the debasement and exile
of his own family-that treaty which he has
already infringed in q number of important
particulars-that treaty which, as a whole.
ceased in fact to exist the moment he and his
family were permitted to return to France
He is not contented, however, according to
this theory, with setting the treaty of Vienna
at defiance. He wishes to have it formally
disavowed, by the same authority that inn
posed it; that IL, by Congress of the Euro
pean powers.
We confess this policy looks to US somewhat
too refined and far-sjghted. We are disposed
to think that the great events which have dis.
turbed the peace of the world heretofore, have
arisen out of causes much nearer than most
persons are apt to imagine, and that for states.
men, quite as much as for any other class of
persons, the evil of the day is fully sufficient
to the day itself tits, nevertheless, a remark.
able fact, that while that portion of the
French press which it has been thought
proper to unmuzzle has been loud in denunci.
alton of England, and WHILE in the British
Lord JOHN RUSSELL expresses
the belief that ''such an act as the annexation
Of Savoy is one that will lead nation SO
warlike as the French to call on its govern
ment from time to time for other acts of |
similar nature" and that, "however we may
wish to live on the most friendly terms with
he French government, we 1.-THE English
ought not to keep ourselves apart from the |
,ther nations Of Europe" the funds have
lot been in the slightest degree affected, either
n England or in France. Whatever may be |
he designs of the Emperor NAPOLEON, there |
ore, or however determined the English gov. |
'rnment may be to cOunteract them. there
Gems to be Mt present no apprehension OF a |
general war. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, himself |
ays the issue raised by Switzerland affords
he only just ground for the interference of |
he European Powers at present.
Perhaps the reader may desire to have a |
.learer conception of the nature Of this diff
;ulty, than we have yet enabled him to DOS.
ess. IT he will lock at the map of the king
LON of Sardinia, he will see that the two de- |
of Savoy now in questionable Cha
,lais and Faucigny-border Immediately upon
he Southwestern frontiers of Switzerland
rhe treaty of Vienna guaranteed the neutral.
ty of these two departments, including the
Alpine passes about Mount Blanc and the
Southern shore of Lake Geneva, or q portion
II it; and it was stipulated that when war
hould break out, the King of Sardinia should
withdraw his forces, and Swiss troops and
lone other should take possession Of the
,asses England has become, all of a sudden.
1ery solicitous about the maintenance of this
,ortion of the treaty of Vienna. Nevertheless.
when the neutrality Of Cracow, guara n teed by
he same instrument, was violated by Austria
a ls46, upon the most fimsy pretext, and the
itizens Of that republic were shamefully mas.
acred to the number OF several hundred, Eng
and, speaking through the Duke of yelling.
on, "had no doubt it was all right"
The Emperor NAPOLEON has thus far done
'retty much as he pleased with the treaty of
Jenna and all the minor treaties sprineinr
ut of it. Nobody but Austria has. VEN
ured to oppose him by force of arms. and
70 very much suspect nobody will do 1t now.
1t least, we can see NO signs of a European
oalition against him. In the language of the
Augsburg Gazette, England will not. Russia
oes not wish to, Austria cannot, and Prussia
vill take pretty good care not to do it,
ACQUIrTAL.-A verdict of acq Initial has been
endered by the jury in the case of J, B.
'rownlow, on trial last week at Abingdon.
"a, for the killing of James W Reese. (both
tudents at Emory and Henry College, on
ID Of February last. The case was given to
he jury late Thursday evening. and thew
Vere absent but u few minutes before agree.
ag. The verdict was received with loud &C.
lamatious OF applause by the large auditory
4 the court room. s>e
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.-From
statement Of the Treas urer Of the Virginia |
nd Tenn. Railroad TO-, we learn that the gross
lrnings Of the month Of March, 1860, were "a | |
'llows
rom Passengers, Mail and Expires: US 80
Sos los 2s
For the corresponding month of 1859, the
oss earnings were S57, iSl %, showing an in
ease for March. 1s60. OF &7.076 20.
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