The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-20

llRNINfA AyT(1 q. 1880,
Affair. in the Old World.

general. with regard TO the progress of affairs
1, he world beyond the sea. In spite of the
Storm >.-hich seems to be rising in Syria, and
which has ready been heralded by clouds
considerably bigger than mans hand, CART
BALpr continues TO BE- the great object OF at
trac ton. There is something so romanue Ia
the history of this man that Se WIN "iw"s'
command an interest superior to ev.i! $500
as long as he continues on the stage 40
the only person of the age, so far as we can
see who really deserves 10 be called d ne'o
that is, If tota. abnegation OF sen pe ies'ia-
ed as one of the charaeterisucs Oh neioes'-
p.x.pn he is like BAyARp, above
-.u>.,, His whole life has been long ca
rear of self-sacrifice. For himself he asks
nothing; for Italy he demands all that Italy is
entitled to--the right of choosing her own ru-
iers. aud shaping her own destiny. ALExAN-
psa DUMAS, who is in Sicily, writing the his
tory OF the war from the spot, in a single
stroke of the pen, gives us a more lively idea
Of the man than could be derived from whole
page formally devoted by a less spirited WI
ter to the deiineatiou OF his character, Ne
dnd the passage in letter addressed 10 the
New York Herald oy q Turin CORES popdeat.
He seems 10 have copied 1T from some Journal
for which DUMAS is writing. II seems lie was
in the neighborhood q Nessina when he bat
tie Of Melazzo was fought and Went on shore
10 witness it. The next day he went on board
aud sailed to the entrance OF The harbor. He
says:
Scarcely had cast anchor, when a boat, bear
lux man with red shirt, so ali Oar'oaldians afe
dTesssd.l directed Itself tow ards the yacht. ne
General had sent ms an order to take position be
hind the Tuchery. steamer qoartst oi an
hour afterwards, occupied the posltI n ihalcateo;
Al arSI Ia L
received me ca III and serene, as ne alwaSS ~;
lon will never see ,sse so Rsfi9 whist
Ne corversed, there arrived an oar pJat. ne
General EXCHANGED few words with the man non on
OF them SAID 10 me, IN = low voice, News from
Messins'-'we will have work now on both sides.
The General only SAID TWO words, Let US go and
see ,our Yacht A paper was brought to him to
sign; 4, was q credit OF eco t00 francs, opened for
csn and said, Il should be rich to possess yacht
like yours
patriots; Italians, my br2theIs-this man, that dis
poses of the money and blood Of Sicily; that gives
pyobab!y give to. morrow the kingdom OF Naples
TO VIcToR Emanuel thus man ls not ron enoush
10 r puy b Wtb CSc1SSoTus But IN contrast
To TINS man. that has not whereon TO lay ms mead
the evening OF battle out ms saaa oIs sTiSr
aside his sword, returned to his plough. C1SciS
SATUs then had q plough, and, bE consequences,
some land GARIBALDI has nothing but his rock
of Caprsrs."
The reader is strongly reminded in this
sketch of ATHos, PoRTHos, ARoMIs and
D'ARTAGHAN. Such as he is, GARIBALDI
seems by no means disposed TO leave his work
halfdone. Fifteen hundred of his men hav-
ing already landed il Calabria, he will soon
follow them, and then the march TO Naples
will be little more than an excursion OF pleas
ure. NAPOLEON. always beforehand with
the slow coaches that run in the service OF the
old fogy governments around him, has al
ready anticipated the catastrophe, which, no
doubt he regards as inevitable by sending
ship-of-war to Naples TO receive and protect
the royal family, as soon as they shall have
been compelled to fly. 1t is plain that he re-
CARDS such q contamination as inevitable. At
the same time that he is thus preparing 10
save the lives of the members of the Neapol-
itan Bourbons from the fury of the populace,
he is restoring the Spanish branch TO the po-
sition in Europe, which they seem to have re-
IinQuished ever since the revolt of the South
American provinces. By a circular addressed
10 the Great Powers, under date of 18th May,
1860, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs,
III. DE THoUvENEL, demands for Spain the
rights and privileges of a Power of the first
class. BY this proceeding he sec ures the last
ing gratitude of the Spaniards, proverbially
the proudest people IN the world, and raises
up powerful ally in the event of future con-
tinental complications too strong for him to
control.
But the great question of the day is that of
Syria and in this, as in all others, the Empe-
TOR of the French has shown his great superb
ority to all the other statesmen of Europe
He has acted first, and talked afterwards
His six thousand men are already In Syria.
while the rest Of the Great Pc wers have vet
TO send the other six thousand Upon the spot.
where after all that diplomatists can say and
do. the matter must at last be decided, he has
taken precaution 10 have always on hand an
overw helming superiority of force. 1t is
amusing to read the debates in the British
Parliament, and to see the distrust which
some of the parties still entertain of him, in
spite OF his letter written TO NJ. DE PRRa&GNY,
but, in point Of fact addressed to the peo-
pie of Great Britain. They feel sensible
that in the affair of Syria he has been too
prompt for them, and having nothing real
ly 10 blame but their own lazy motions
they vent their i'll humor upon him
Even in the present perIlous condition of
Chris tianity in the East, aud the obvious i'm
potency of the Turkish government TO prevent
the outraees which have been perpetrated,
Parliament of Great Britain, among tie
q ueen's Ministers. Lord JOHN RUSSELL
spoke stoutly in its favor-saidit had carried
out great reforms, and inculcated forbearance
&c. Alrthis appears strange to us, on This
side of the Atlantic, where the balance OF
powern is only known by name. Most as
suredly no government which is not able to
prevent or punish the wholesale massacre of
strangers and subjects alike upon It's own
ground, ought TO be tolerated. Other powers
are, In such case, most assuredly, justifiable
In stepping in, and doing for il W hat it cannot
do for itself. Honest JNo. Bright was the only
man who NANTES ted the right sort OF feeling
during the whole debate. He warned the
House that it was impossible to uphold the
Turkish government, which he said was in
eyitably doomed, and declared that, in his
opinion, the condition OF Turkey was worse
now than 1t was before the in reference of the
allied powers in her favor, and that II
continued to get worse and worse every
day. He entreated the government to
abandon the absurd idea of upholdinp
the government of Turkey, and to come to
some understanding with the great Powers
about substituting new government These
We're the only words of common sense spoken
during this whole debate, and they were
answered by Lord PALMERsros with a aecia.
ration that Turkey had made immense i'm.
provements Of late years. and that if left to
herself she would not fall TO pieces Possibly
not. She could cut the throat Of every Chris
tian, then, within her boundaries and no
questions would be asked. At present it is of
importance that she should be able and will.
ing to protect Christians upon her soil. Ii
left To herself that question would be of no
importance.
We have in the merit nacj Nv with which r.