New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-13

followers of MIR. Bright, and are very friendly to
America; but it is a secret grief, Il silent sorrow I
ia them that America will not accept free trade. /
And grief rises to indignation when they read in
certain American newspapers that BRITISH free /
trade is the synonym of despotism. MIR. Bright, /
in his speeches il and out Of Parliament, points |
proudly to the prosperity and power OF the
American republic, holding her up as an example |
to English retormers; but when it is question
Of high ana increasing tariffs, the eloquent orator
is dumb.
If America, which has those great blessings
manhood, suffrage and the balot-would only vote |
for free trade, the triumph of the English radical
would be complete, Manchester and Birmingham |
would expand, and Mr.. Bright might hope at no
distant day, to take his seat in the cabinet.
Mr.. White, member for Brighton, last night
asked the new secretary of state whether, Consid
ering how well America had behaved in the Fenian
business, he was not disposed 10 submit American
claims to arbitrattOn Lord Staney's answer was
that as the correspondence on the subject had
been closed some time ago, and had not been re-
opened, he could not say how he should act in
case it should be; but he stated that the govern
ment proposed to submit the whole question Of the
neutrality law to royal commissioner. This will
be satisfactory to all parties here, though it may
not do much for those who have suffered by
Alabama spoliauons.
The government has also brought in a bill to
make the treaty with France for the rendition OF
prisoners more satisfactory This Is but reason,
able, for, up to this time the English have got all
their criminals, and the French nary one. 1t
has been supposed that the French, having got
man on the pretext of trying him for one otense,
would hold and try him for another; but this Is
not French law. man can only be tried for the
| offense of which he is accused when demanded.
Ii acquitted of that he must be sent back again,
and demanded a second time before he can be
tried for another. Furthermore, man tried and
convicted III his absence has a right to a new
trial before he can be punished. prefer the
French system of jurisprudence to the English,
and believe that important reforms could be made
in America by following more the French than the
| English system.
Italy has protested against any peace whatever
until she could have her full share of the fight
and the glory. She has had a little fight both on
| sea and land within a few days. The iron-Clad
| fleets of Italy and Austria have met. The Re
| d Italia lies at the bottom of the Adriatic an
Italian ftigate or gunboat blew up heroically with
| all on board, and the fight ended, both parties
claiming the victory, but the Italians certainly
| getting the most damage. The Austrians say that
their flagship, attacked by four Italians, sunk one
and beat of the rest. 1t was not supposed that
the Austrian fleet was at all match for the ltal-
ian and, as it was manned by Italian sailors, it
was not believed they would fight well against
| their cOuntTymen, There was also story that
the Neapolitans in the Italian feet had mutined.
But, as rule, sailors fight for those who feed and
pay them. There has been no complaint of any
lack of loyalty in the Italian regiments Of the
Austrian army. Blood may be thicker than water,
but discipline is stronger than either.
QUARANTINE OF UNITED STATES VESSELS.
The following dispatches have been received at
| the state departments
| CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
TeneriTe Monday, July ST. 1866 !
Hon. WIN. H. sewa d. Secretary Of State:
| Sri have the honor of informing you that ow-
| ing to q late royal order declaring New York and
! the adjacent ports infected, in consequence of
cholera having been brought to that port in emf
| grant vessels, all vessels arriving now at these
Islands from ports in the United States will be sent
| to Vigo to be purified A case has already &C.
Cured The British brigantine Maggie, which
arrived at this port last week, having clean bill
| of health duly certified by the Spanish consul of
| that city, notwithstanding all this, was sent to
| Vigo to perform quarantine.
g. Respectfully, your most obedient servant
WIN. H. DABNEY
writes as follows:
| l have the honor to inform you that in reply to
| inquiries addressed by me to the president Of the
Provincial Board of Health of Barcelona, am in
| formed that by the order from Madrid American
vessels arriving at the ports of this consular dis
trict from any ports of the United States shall be
| considered infected and ordered to proceed to
MahOn to perform ten days vigorous quarantine.
FRENCH ARTILLERY.
| The French army is soon to have-so the gov
eminent papers say-a million of guns so destruc-
/ tive that the Prussians could not stand before
| them moment. The emperor is giving his per
sonal attention to the subject and yesterday went
on long visit to the gun museum of Vincennes.
The Prussian gun and the American monitors have
4 proved a serious humiliation to the French mill
tary and naval pride, and the emperor, who is a
man of progress and hates routine, will probably
attend to these matters himself for the future.
DESTRUCTION OF RovIGo FoRTrFIcAr1oNs.
Correspondence of the Vienna vaterland)
i VIENNA, Thursday, July II, lS66.-Among the
greatest and finest Notifications in Veneta were
those of Rovigo but as during the retreat of an
army those works could not long resist superior
force, it was resolved to destroy them, which was
l-uA Nv Aat
sand Of hundred,weights of powder. On the morn.
ing of the 9th the order was given to blow up the
bridge, and the same evening at 10 o'clock the
order was executed, twelve hours having sutfced
to prepare the means of destruction The pow
der from the dierentd epots was gathered together
great quantities of powder were scattered on all
the wood work of the Notifications, infammable
objects were surrounded with faggots, pitch
tow, and other analogous matter, in or.
der that THE work of destruction might
be complete. At 10 o'clock in the eve.
ming the first front blew up with a fearful
noise, and the explosions followed each other at
intervals of three minutes and the result was that
in half an hour the whole of the Notifications were
destroyed. This formed grand and terrible spec
4 tacle which,the alarmed inhabitants of Roygo will
long preserve in their memories. After the de.
suuction of these works the army proceeded to
the destruction of the numerous bridges which
cross the Adge, the Bachiglione, the Brenta, over
which the enemy would have been able to effect a
passage, as well as the railway bridges. The great
WOOuSu DIIuBtS Ou inc huiSe 1T hOYlRO, IlG new
railway bridge at Beare, fourteen other bridges
among others the greatrailway bridge constructed
over the Brentas have been destroyed so that the
enemy cannot adYance without delay, and thus
the Imperial army has time to leave Venetia with
out being disturbed -t.
THE EEEDLE-GUN CARTRIDGE.
The London Engineer, of the 30th ult,, contains
detailed account, with illustrations, of the Prus
sian needIe-gun taken from work published last
year at Darmstadt by Capt. Won Poennies, of the
Hessian service. The nature and method of pre-
J paration of the decorating composition (zitadpH
teTo), by which the cartridge is exploded, have
been regarded as profound secrets, and the Prus
slams have even declared that the want of this
knowledge has alone prevented other nations
from adopting the arm. The composition. how
ever is no secret, but has been known in England
for many years as being almost identcally thu
same as that which we employ for the majority O.
our percussion fuses. The Engineer gives the
quantitatye analysis of the Prussian composition
as K O, Ol0 IS , IS, or367.5 parts by weigh
of ehlorate of potash, and 1896 parts of suphidt
} Of anthony practically, III.
TEXAS VIA THE 0PELousAs RAILRoAD.--The con
nections on this line being now complete, steam
ers will leave Brashear city every Monday ant
Friday upon the arrival of the passenger train
from New Orleans. The railroad ferryboat now
leaves this side of the river from the foot of St
Ann street. opposite Jackson Square, at q o'cloei
in the morning and the cars for Brashear city