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wu impossible to prove that Hungarian money
was used to stir up the Viennese on the Gth of
October. But he confesses that four thousand
florins were expended oil a Viennese paper in
the Magyar interest, and in publishing docu
ments and pamphlet* on Magyar eoacerni, for
the information of the Viennese people; leu
thousand more were spent he says, in recruit
ing soldiers to march against Jellachich. Bis
also cartain that the Viennese insurgents of-
October, counted largely on the support of the
Magyars. After the insurrection, when Win
ilishgratz was preparing to bombarl the city,
the Viennese Diet sent a message to the Ma
gyar*. ashing them to inarch immediately. Kos
suth fie*patched an answer to the rebels, an<
then he crossed tin; frontier, and attache le
Austrian army within « : »Ht of the walls of
- He met with the success his treachery
peserved; he was routed, and forced to retire
Pevondahe frontier. Ilis i.itentioni are partly
unmasked in his speech to the soldiers before
crossing the border, Kossuth said, .(Pulzsky p.
is a duty of honor to hasten to the
aid of the Viennese, as they have risen in op
position to the war against Hungary, If we
win a battle, it will decide the fate of the Aus
trian monarchy, and of all Germany.” When
lie declared hi» intention of inarching to Vien- |
na, “about a hundred officers, most ofthem for
eigners, but likewise several Hungarians, de- j
dared that, under existing circumstances, they |
could no longer Berve Hungary.” (Ibid, p.
202.) They were honorable men. For the |
war was, even as late as October, a civil war j
between the Sclaves aud Magyars. The Diet
convened by royal authority, was in session;
Ferdinand was yet the acknowledged king of
Hungary; even in December, when he abdi
cated, the Magyera were willing to obey the
young Kinperor, if ho would comply with their
demands: and yet Kossuth, under these cir
cumstances, led the Magyars into the country
of the man whom he and they acknowledged to
be their rightful sovereign llad a declaration of
independence preceded the act, it might have
been rebellion but it would not have been j
treachery. His only enemies in the field were |
the Croats; lie should have met them. So said i
the more honorable portion of the Magyar army. !
(Pulzsky, p, 201.) Admitting that the Court of
Vienna was disposed, in September, to aid the
Croats, it was no longer able to do so in Octo
ber, when Vienn > w<s in the hands of the mob,
and all the imperial troops were needed in Aus
iria to save it from anarchy. It was one of
Kossuth's worst acts, and it is the more repre
hensible, as he did not, at this time, have any
overtact of Austria as an excuse for entering
her territory, to hasten, as lie expressed it, the
downfall of the empire, lie had nothing hut
the supposed intentions of the imperial court
whereon to found his suicidal resolution to
march against his sovereign, not only without
having issued a declaration of independence,
but without even having published a declaration
of war ” . . *
The grant by Austria of a Constitution which
merged all Hungary into Au.-tria, placed the
Helaves on the same footing as the Magyars,
and utterly annihilated the ancient Constitution
al rights of Hungary, destroyed all hope of a
MittJemen of the difficulties between Hungary
and Austria, This act of the Emperor Joseph
hears dale March Ml, 1*49; andatonca severed
the remaining bond between Austria and Ma
gyar Hungary. Up to Ibis period, the Magyars,
with Kossuth at head, hoped for an arrangement
with Austria, through which, by concessions,
they might still retain the Helaves in depen
dence. But the Constitution, treating them as
rebels, with a dash of then wiped out all the “an
cient constitutional rights” of Hungary, and
consol dating her with the Empire of Austria,
raised the Helaves to a political uud social equal
ly with their masters.
That the Magyars should rcsi-t this to the
death, was most natural, and on the 14th of
April, 1840, one month and fourteen days there
after, the Magyars put forth llieir declaration of
Independence of Austria.
This declaration is dated at Debreczin, April
J4th, 1849, and it is worthy of remark, that in no
part of it does it pretend to eitub'isli a Kcpubli
ean form of Government, or to give freedom to
tho oppressed, or to secure liheily to the Peo
ple! On the contrary, it expressly provides,
that while Kossuth shall have unlimited pow ers
as Dictator, the form of Government to he es
tablished after securing their independence
sliiill be left to a future Diet ofllungury, elected
according to the ancient rights and privileges of
the Hungarian nation!! That is, the Magyars
wore to do as they always Imd done—govern
Hungary as lliey pleased, and retain twice their
number of fellow men in bondage! But this
i> not all. This very declaration sustains every
position we have taken; and proves that the
only cause of complaint against Austria, was
her refusing to aid M. Kossuth and the Magyars,
in keeping in bondage, nine millions of white
slaves! That there may be no doubt upon this
subject, we quote from the Kossulli-Mupyar
llunguriiin Declaration ui Independence.
“Croatiu and Hcluvoniu were chosen to be
gin this rebellion, becuuse in those countries
the inhuman policy of Prince Metternich had,
with a view to the" weakening of ull parties,
for years cherished hatred against the Hungari
an nation. By exciting in every possible man
ner the most unfounded national jeilousiea, and
liy employing the most disgraceful means, lie
had succeeded in inflaming a party with rugu ;
although the Hungarians, far from desiring to
oppress the Crontiuus, allowed the most unre
strained development to the provincial institu
tions of Croatia, uud shared with their Croatian
anil Holnvonisn brethren their political rights,
even going thn length of sacrificing some of
their own rights, by acknowledging special
privileges and immunities in thoso dependen
cies.
“The Ban revolted, however, iu the name of
the Emperor, and rebelled openly against the
King oI Hungary, who is, however, one and
the same person ; and lie went so tar as to de
cree tlio separation of Croatia and Hcluvoniu
from Hungary, with which they had been uni
ted for eight hundred years, hs well as to incor
porate them with the Austrian empire. Public
opinion and undoubted facts threw the blame
of these proceedings oil the Archduk.e Louis,
uncle to the Emperor; ou his brother, iho
Archduke Francis Charles, and especially on
the consort of the last named Prince, the Arch
duchess Hopliia; aud since the Ban in this act
of rebellion openly alleges that lie acted ns a
faithful subject of the Emperor, the ministry of
Hungary requested their sovereign by n public
declaration to wipe nil’ the stigma which these
proceedings threw upon tiie family. At that
moment affairs were not prosperous fur Austria
in Italy ; the Emperor therefore did proclaim
that the Ban and his associates were guilty of
high treason, and of exciting t.i rebellion. But
while publishing this edict, the Ban and his
accomplices wore covered with favors at Court,
uud supplied for their enterprise with money,
arms and ammunition, 'i lie Hungarians, con
fiding in the royal proclamation, and not wish
ing to provoke a civil conflict, did not hunt out
those prescribed traitors in their lair, and only
adopted measures for checking any extension of
the rebellion. But soou afterward the inhabi
tants of Houth Hungary, of Servian race, were
excited to rebellion by precise'y the same
means.
"These were also declared by the King to be
rebels, but were, nevertheless, like the others,
supplied with moneys, arms and amuiiition
The King's commissioned officer ami civil ser
vants. enlisted hands of robbers in the princi
pality of Servia to strengthen the rebels, and to
nid them in massacreing the peaceable Hunga
rian and German inliab tanls of the llanat. The
command of these rebellious bodies was further
entrusted to the rebel leaders of the Croatian*."
Surely, no honest, or candid mini, can road
this extract without concluding at once, that wo
have given u faithful history of the cause of the
<**» in Hungary.
The fijurtli resolution appended to tho Dec- I
larntion or Independence, expressly provides
that the form of government to he adopt- <
ed for the future, stmt) be fixed by tho Diet of
the nation.” Aud that Diet,as we have shown,
consisted mostly of Magyars, and untitled no
bility. Let it he borne iu mind, that of die five
and a half million of Magyars.six hundred thou,
sand, or nearly one fourth, are nobles ! an I !
that ill their hands was all power ; ami then the
reader ean judge what would have been the re
sult of of their success. And the resolution pro
ceeds to say. that until a future government
shall he so organised by a future Diet, “on the
basis of the ancient uud received principles
(there was to be no option) which have been
recognised for ages, the government of the
United countries, their possessions and depen
deneies shall be conducted o i the personal re
sponsibility, and under the obligation lo rendor
an account of all his acts, by Louis Kossuth!”
We ask especial attention to this extract from
the famous Kossuth Declaration of Indepen
dence. as going to prove beyond all cavil, every
proposition we have laid down as regards the
cause of war with Austria.
To get rid of the force of this resolution,
the Times has discovered that it is not a correct
translation!
We now repeat what we said a few days
since, that eveu at this period, all would have j
been well with Hungary, and her independence 1
of Austria triumphantly established, if Uie
Magyars had been reasonable and given polili- j
cal liberty and equality to the Helaves. Their 1
attachment to their father land was as great as
that of tlie Magyars, who hud conquered and
enslaved them ; and at any period of the
struggle, the would have turned their i
arms sgainst Austria if promised equal liberty
after the establishment of their independence.
Iu reply to this, we shall be told that it was
done by fiie Diet long previously. Yes, but j
conditioned upon Austria giving up all claims
upon Hungary ; which being refused, we hear
no more ot liberty to the Schive. but see the i
Magyars humbly petitioning i|, e Emperor of
Austria to aid m fixing the yoke upon them.
And even in the Declaration of Independence I
it is provided that fiie future government shali 1
be established “on the basis of the ancient aud
received principles which have been recognised
lor ages. ’ Notwithstanding this, the Helaves
still petitioned for such terms as would enable
them to do buttle for their country against Aus- !
tria ! and this petition as late "as the loth of
June, 1*49, was thus responded to bv Casimer
Bathiany m the name ot Louis Kossuth :
"There are three principles which must ■
prove as a basis to any conciliation, aud in re
gard to which we shall concede nothing, on any :
condition whatever, for it would amount to !
committing suicide with our own hands.
“Ist. The Unity of the Slate.
“2d. The integrity of the territory of the
Htate as it has existed for centuries.
3d. Ihe supremacy of die Magyar element
acquired one thousand years ago by the armed
hand, the foundation of our autonomy, and
consecrated by the use of Uie Magyar asthe Di- i
pioUMiic language.”
This was only two month* previous to the
surrender of Georgey and the flight of Kos
suth : aud yet we find here that Kossuth aud bis
adviseia, had no more idea of granting freedom
to the Sclavonic races, or surrendering “the
supremacy of the Magyar Element,” than they
had when tliey humbled themselves iu the dust ,
at the foot of the Imperial throne, and like i
cringing beggar*, entreated of its kindness to
aid them in putting down fiie “Illyrian rebels !” I
There was not, up to this time at least, any signs ;
of repentance—any disposition even to do jus- '
lice to themselves, because they still hoped .
there was a chance of their re-establishing their |
aristocratic institutions and despotic power, j
One month afterward*, however, when the j
sword of destruction was suspended over their 1
heads, and about to fall—within twelve days of j
their final overthrow, and when hope had fled |
—did they pass a resolution, and proclaim pub
licly “equal rights of all nationalities.” This
resolution was passed and proclaimed on the
28th of July and on the 10th of August all was
over, Georgey a prisoner and Kossuth a fngi- I
five with the T urk.
Hch'esinger, in his “War in Hungary,” vol. j
| 2 p. 188, says, this “recognition of equal j
1 rights came a year too late ; for it now merely j
j offered to the Sclavonic races, a concession |
which had already been secured to them by the
j Emperor of Austria ; an J offered it, moreover, j
jin sight of their burnt down cities, dekola j
ted villages, and desecrated graves. The
j Magyar haughtiness, and the thirst for su-
I premacy iu the Hungarian nobility, never
! suffered a deeper humiliation than from
i the resolutions passed at this silting of the Diet.
It was the last—the last great expiatory sin-of
fering of the Representatives of the Hungarian
nation, for long years of injustice to the other
‘ Races.”
H. Deplies. in Review des deux Mondes.
January io, I*so, has the following in relation
jto this concession when all was lost—a conces \
j sion, which if made at the commencement of ;
! the struggle, would have rendered Hungary for !
■ ever independent of Austria, almost without a
contest: —
“ After the first defeats of Georgy and Bern,
I when the image of death under its most terrific
aspects was presented from all quarters to the
insurrectionary government, Kossuth, with the
ministry aud the legislative assembly, began to
show himself less hostile to projects of com
promise. Uudcr file fear which then seized up
on all minds, they agreed to make some of the
concessions which the agents of die Wall-chi ins
demanded. It was at Snegedin, the last asylum
1 of the fugitive government, on the 14th of i
July, one inontli before the end of the war,
that the minister, Kossuth, acquainted the
Wallacliians with this tardy resolution. As to
the demands of fiie Folcs iu favor of the Hcla
vonians, generally, tjie Magyar* still hesitated ;
only ut lbs last moment (July Ssilhj and when
on the point of expiring ut Arad ; did they re*
sign themselves to this last uud grievous sacri- I
lice. Hardly had the Wallacliians lisd time to j
become acquainted with the new rights which
were conceded to them with so bad grace, when i
already the ruiu of Hungary was consumuia, i
j ted. The Servian* and the Croats heard of the
i very small concession* made to them only after ,
the catastrophe, with the uoas of the capitu
lation ut Villugos.”
We come now to an author too well known
to the American reader, to require tho endorse
, merit of Count Pulzsky or any oue else. The
amiable, eloquent, aud liberty-loving Li mar
line, is one whose truth and sincerity will not
he doubted by any intelligent American; aud '
i he writes as follow?;
“ I do not pretend that the quarrel of a part
of ilie Hungarian people (the Magyar race)
against another part, (the Sclavic race,) and
• that struggle of Hungary, thus divided with
itself, ug*jlist Austria, was tfie least in the world
a French or •van u democratic cause. 1 know
perfectly well that it was nothing of tlm sort;
that this was a double or triple war of a char
acter quite foreign to our discussions aud our
; revolutions on tiiis side of the western world.
! It was a civil war amongst the Hungarians them
selves, growing out of quarrels historical in
their origin, and out of jealousies of race. It
was a federal war between the Hungarians and
Austrians for more or less independent con
ditions of federation, or for the reconquer ng of
national iferests. It is true that France and de
mocracy had not an atom of their prnpi r
! cause involved in this confusion of conflicts ”
Laninripp's Past, Present, and Future (Am.
I ed ) p. (JO,
This testimony iu regard to the character pf
the Hungarian war, should he conclusive ; hut
we have still more direct testimony that it was
uot a Republican cause—a cause which should
excite our political sympathies. Count Pnl
zsky, ill superintending the Hungarian interests
ill London, (ound ihat the enemies of the Ma
gyars every v here circulated the idea that they
were wurig for Republicanism, and that
Kossuih was another Ledru llollin. This, of
course, was destructive to all expectation of pe
cuniary ujd in the way of loans or otherwise,
from aristocratic Eiig'apd ; and in consequence,
lie wrote or caused to be written Hjid published
in the Examiner of May sth, 1848 —known tp
he his organ—the following important para
graph
•• The most current misrepresentation of the
llungiriaus is, that they are Republicans, and
that they have proclaimed the Republic in such
of the Hungarian counties as are iu their power,
which now comprise almost all the Hungarian
territory. This ass. rti»n is oi'tm unwarily re
echoed by friends of the Hungarians, who,
considering that the Uitceii of England jnnin
■ tains amicable relations with the Republic of
the United Htates, with the Republic of France,
mid the Republic of Switzerland, are not al
together horrified at the Republican appel
lation. But the real state of thn matter is,
that the Hungarians nro not republicans, and
that the Republic has pot been proclaimed
anywhere iu Hungary.
“ The Magyars fight to maintain a constitu
tion which numbers more than eight centuries
of duration, and to support the sanctity of a
Royal word They have taken their position
I upon the inviolability of ancient liberty. Al
though Austrian intrigues have enused a breach
of those liberties, mid striven to render of no
avail the royal oath sworn solemnly to maintain
them, the Hungarians have not hitherto dream
ed of or proclaimed a Republic. In spite of
, all their victories, it is their wish to maintain
| both the Monarchy and the Dynasty. They
do not desire to change the nn'ure of their in
stitutions, or to rid themselves of the ruliug
family."
And in October, 1849, Lord Fitzvvilliam and
many other peers, signed a memorial to Lord
John Russell and Lord Palmerston, asking their
iuterposit on for Hungary, in wh'ch they ex
pressly deny that Kossuth and the Magyars
louglit for Republicanism ; but place their de- i
maud for interference oil the ground, that their
movement was conservative and nnti-Repnbli
can ! We give the following extinct from that
; memorial :
| “ W bile so many of tho nations of Europe
have engaged in revolutionary movements, and
| have embarked iu schemes of doubtful policy,
and still more doubtful success, it is gratifying
to the undersigned to he able to assure your
Lordships that the Hungarians demand nothing
i but the recognition of aucient tights, mid the
| stability and integrity of their ancient couslitu-
I liou. To your lordships it cannot be un
■ known,—that that Constitution hears a striking |
: family resemblance to that of our own country, j
—kings, Lords and Commons are as vital puits
of the Hungarian as of the British Constitut on.” j
Here then, we have the secret of Kossuth’s
, reception in England —a reception honorable j
| alike to the English and to Kosvuth, because
j consistent with the past history of the great i
| Hungarian, and the aristocratical institutions of
England, liberal though monarchical as we con-
I cede them to he. But we insist most earnestly,
: that whatever of respect he uiny be entitled to,
and cordial as his reception should he as the
I honored guest of the nation, he cannot cluim foi*
! himself or the cause in which he is an exile and
an apostle, the sympathies of a Rephlicau peo
i Pie- .
‘ Finally to show that Kossuth and the Mag
! yars, did not fight for Republicanism, we make
) the following extract from his address to the
| people of the United States :
“The Hungarian nation loved freedom us the
I best gift of God, but it never thought of com- j
mencing a crusade sgainst kings iu the name of !
| hberty. In Hungary there were none of those i
; propagandists who alarm so much the rulers of
the Old U orld. There Were no secret socie
ties plotting conspiracies. My countrymen
were not influenced by the theories of Commu
nists or Socialists, nor were they what the Con- !
servatives call Anarchists The nation desired |
justice, and kuew how tube just to all, irrespec- i
\ five of rauk, language, or religion. A people
i so worthy of freeedom were generous enough
to leave something to time, and to be satisfied 1
with a progressive developsirenL No violence
was used : no just right was attacked : and even
some of thoso institutions were loft undisturbed. !
which, in their principle and origin, were un
just, hut which, having existed for centuries, I
could not be abolished at once with impunity.
“The Hungarian people did not wish to op- |
| press any—not even file aristocracy ; they were
more ready to make sacrifices than to punish
! the descendants of nobility for the evils of mis
' government, and of those institutions which
emanated from their ancestirs; nor would j
; they let the many sutler for the sins of the few.” j
The Herald of this city, reviewing in its pe
| culiar style this controversy, although the great- i
est admirer of Kossuth, holds the following lan
guage
K-'Vln the early part of Kossuth’s career he was,
no doubt, a monarchist, as the term is under
stood in Europe, and os it is represented by the
ex-Charge to Austria In a latter stage his
mind had gone throngh the natural progress of
intellectual development, and he gradually ap
proached. through the process of paper money
and necessity, nearer aud nearer to republican
ism, until, during his captivity in Turkey, and
his career in England, he completed his political
education, and now comes to this country a
full Hedged, undying, and dyed-in-the-wool dem
ocrat.”
This is unquestionably, a correct judgment; j
and our only wonder is, that any portion ol the
Press should have attempted to mislead the pub
lic in regard to the late war in Hungary. It
was a war of races at its comuieuceiueut; and
in connection with this war of races, was a strug
gle by Kossuth and the Magyars to sustain file 1
constitution and ihe ancient aristocratic iustilu
lions of Hungary iu which they were signally ’<
defeated by the Helaves and the united power I
of Russia and Austria. That adversity has <
made Kossuth a Republicau, and that he is now,
bean and soul, at work in file cause of Repnhli 1
oanism, we do not doubt Nor can it be denied
that he is as able and eloquent as he is zealous in t
the new cause in which he has embarked, and 1
m which we sincerely pray for his success, while 1
we utterly repudiate the .dm of any interven
tion-in behalfof Hungary by the Government of
the United Htates. '
The writer in the Timi.-s having quoted large
ly from English Revie wi. we quote the folio*- j
ing from the North Amegicaa*—quite as much ,
. devoted lo liberty as Blackw ood !!
j “With a natural feeling of respect for thn
: gallantries of the Magyars in battle and some
1 chivalrous point* in their character and demean
or. we suppressed, or passed lightly over, many
pages in the record of the shocking barbarities
; which they committed, and of the instil ing and
! oppressive treatment, continued for centuries,
; which at length goaded the r long suffering.sub
ject r ces into rebellion. Since the fall of the
I aristocracies of Venice and Poland, the. Magyars
I in Hungary, with few exceptions, have been
; the most arrogant, cruel, and tyrannical nobility
in Europe. The robber barons of the Middle
Ages did not more fully merit the vengeance
which sometimes overtook them at the hands of
their despairing vassals, then did these semi bar
barous nobles the ruiu which has at length be
-1 fallen them. They have kept their country
j three centuries behind the age, for fiie sole pur
j pose of retaining their,odious privileges a* an
| orde* and a race. The policy even of Austrian
! despotism was liberal and enlightened compa
red with theirs. They were the firmest sup
! porters, fiie pliant instruments and vassals, of
despotism, so long as it would aid them in rivet
ing the chains upon their unhappy subjects
When that aid was withdrawn, they turned
fiercely against the power to which they had so !
long submitted without a murmur, and st the
same moment found themselves surrounded, ss
with awalljof fire, by their revolted and des
perate vassals. Hlowacks aud Wallacliians, Ger
mans, and Croatian*, races, separated from each
other by the widest differences of language,
manners, aud religion, were now united by a
common hatred of the Magyars, and fought
agaiust them with a long restrained thirst lor
| vengeance, and with all the energy of despair.
! The scenes of the war which ensued were sick
: t iling, to humanity, and an approbrium to the
| age. Fortunately, it was of short continuance :
the Magyars were crush -d in tile unequal cen
ter, and their fair land is now ascence of deso
lation and ruin
‘Discite fuslitinm moniti et noutemmere Divos ’
“this tyrannical aristocracy, afu-r actively
aiding Austria, so late as the summer of 1848,
to trample out the last sparks of freedom in
Italy, at length became dissatisfied, because the
Emperor would not help them to suppress the
rebellion of their own vassals, aud made war
: sgfinst him, commencing hostilities by the
shocking murders of Count Latui.r aud Count
Lamhcrg.— North American Review, January.
1851.
(Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.)
AUUIVAL QF THE ELHOPA, AT X. VURK.
farther Petails oi the French News.
New York, Dec. 23,10 A. M.
The steamer Europa, which put into Halifax,
| short of coal, arrived at her wharf this morning.
I From the Liver|>ool and London papers of the
sth and oth of December, l extract the following
additional items of news;
Fbanok.-— The new Cabinet, formed by Na
poleon, and announced in his proclamation ol
the new order of things, is composed of the fol
lowing persons:
Mohs. M. De Morny, Minister of the Interior.
Mous. Fuld, Minister of Finance,
j Mons. Ronher, Minister of Justice,
j Mons. Magne, Minister of Public Works.
I Mons. Theodore Ducos, Minister of Marine.
| Mons. Durulle, Minister of Commerce.
Mous. St. Aruaud, Minister of War.
Mous. Foitoul, Minister of Public Instruction.
Mous. (’argot Minister of Foreign Affairs.
I The high Court of Justice has been dissolved
! by order of the President.
M. Baroche, M. Pronyn de L’Huys, Admiral
Cecile, M. Monttlamhert, Lucien Murat, and
seventy-five other distinguished members of the
National Assembly form the new Council of
' j State.
General Oudinot, late Commander of the
; 1 Army in Paris, is among the members of the
! : Assembly arrested.
Count Mole had not been arrested, but had
written a letter expressing his regret that he had
not been.
The soldiers will vote for the election of Pres
ident forty-eight hours after the receipt of a cir
cular from the Minister of War. The vote will
be taken “ yes ” or “ no,” on the following pio
■ posjtipns:
• “ The (french people yyish the maintenance of
1 the authority of Louis Napoleon Bonapartp, and
entiust him with the power necessary to frame
a Constitution upon the basis mentioned in his
1 proclamation of the 2d instant,”
England. —The Liverpool Journal hints pret
’ ty strongly at a serious rupture in the English
cabinet, in consequence of Lord Palmerston’s
f conduct, and his answer to the address presented
■ to him with regard to Kossuth. The Journal
- further states that Baron Brunow, the Russian
, Minister, had made representations which called
1 (or interference, and Earl Grey has positively
1 declined to continue associated rs a colleague
■ with Palmerston. A disruptiqn appears inevit
able, unless Palmerston retires,
i The Parish journals of Thursday evening are
I filled with the official documents and proclama
i tions, hut the accounts they give of events arc
, meagre. Private advices, however, state that
i the recent fighting was of a character more fear
■ till than that ol June, |B|B, and that no quarter
, was given. They also stated that some of the
• troops have joined the people, and that General
F Maynau, Commander in chief of the Garrison of
, Paris, was inclined to declare against the Presi
• dent.
The following is the decree issued by President
. Napoleon, on Tuesday morning:
I Decree. —ln the Name ot the French Peo-
I pie, the President decrees: First, the National
Assembly is dissolved. Second, universal suffrage
is re-established, and the law of .'j Ist of May is
i repealed. Third, the French people are convok
ed in elective colleges from the 1-I th to the 21st
i of December. Fourth, the state of siege is de
■ creed in the whole of first military division.
Fifth, the Council of State is dissolved. The
Minister of the Interior is charged with the exe
cution of this decree.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Prefect of Police addressed a proclama
tion to the cizens of Paris, exhorting them to
calmness and order.
The President appeared in the streets on Tues
day, and was received with respect, but without
enthusiasm. “Vive la Republique” was the
only cry uttered by the jieople. No attempts
were made to repress the expression, and the at
titude of the troops was calm and firm.
In one of the proclamations issued by the Pre
sident it is stated that the Assembly, instead of
i employing itself in taking care of the interests
of the people, had only become the theatre of
conspiiacies and plots against him.
napoleon’s appeal to the people.
Frenchmen: The present situation cannot last
much longer. Each day the situation of the
country become worse. The Assembly, which
ought to be the firmest supporters of order, has
become a theatre ot plots. The patriotism of
three hundred of its members could not arrest its
fatal tendencies. In place of making laws for
the general interest ot the people, it was torging
; arms for civil war. It attacked the power I
hold directly from the people. It encouraged
i every evil passion—it destroyed the repose of
j France. I; have dissolved it, and I make the
l whole people judges between me and it. 1
i The constitution, as you know, had been made
; with the object of weakening, beforehand, the
! powers you entrusted to me. Six millions of
! votes were a striking protest against it, and yet
i I have faithfully observed it. Provocations, ca
lumnies, outrages, found me passive. But now
that the fundamental part is no longer respected
by those who incessantly invoke it, and the men
who have already destroyed two monarchies
wish to tie up my hands in order to overthrow
the Republic. My duty is to battle their pel lid
ious project, to maintain the Republic and to
save the country by appealing to the solemn
judgement of the only sovereign I recognize in
France. “The People.” I then make a loyal
appeal to the entire nation, and I say to you, if .
you wish to continue this state of disquietude and
malaise that degrades you and endangeis the
j future, choose another person in my place; for I
’ no longer wish for a place which is powerless
| for good, but which makes me responsible! for
; acts that I cannot hinder, and chains me to the
helm, when I see the vessel rushing on the ;
j abyss. If, on the contrary, you have still con- 1
fidence in me, give me means of accomplishing
1 the grand mission I hold from jou. That mis
sion consists in closing the[era of revolution, in
satisfying the legitimate wants of the people,
and in protecting them against subversive ]>as
sions. It consists especially to create institu-
I tions which survive men, and which are the
foundation on which something durable is based. ;
Persuaded that the instability of power—that
1 the preponderance of a single assembly—one of
' the permanent causes of trouble and discord—l
submit to your suffrages the fundamental basis
; of a constitution, which the assemblies will de- 1
! velope hereafter. 1. A responsible chief, named j
| for ten years. 2. The minister dependent on
* the Executive alone. 2. A council of state,
formed of the most distinguished men, preparing
the laws and maintaining the descussion before
! the legislative corps. 4. A legislative corps, dis
cussing and voting the laws named by universal
■ suffrage, without thescrutin de liste. which fal
sities the election.—s. A second assembly, form-
I ed of all the illustrious persons of the nation. A
1 prepondering power, guardian of the fundamen
tal pact and of public liberty.
This system, created by the first Consul in the :
beginning of the present century, has already
given to France repose and prosperity. It guar
antees them still. Such is my profound convic
tion. If you partake of it, declare so by your
suffrages. If, on the contrary, you prefer a gov
j err,merit without force, monarchical or republi
: can, borrowed from some chimerical future, re
! ply in the negative. Thus, then, for the first
I time since 1840, you will vote with complete
: knowledge of the fact, aud knowing for whom
and for what you vote. If Ido not obtain the
majority of the votes, I will summon a new as- i
sembly and lay down before it the mission I j
have received from you.
But if you believe that the cause,of which my !
name is the symbol—that is, France, regenerated
by the revolution of "89, and organized by the
Emperor, is still yours, proclaim it to be so.
ratifying the powers I demand of you. Then
France and Europe will be preserved from an
archy, obstacles will be removed, rivalries will
have disappeared—for all will respect in the will ,
of the people the decree of Providence.
Palace of the Elyse, this second day of Decern- j
her. Signed. Lot is Napoleon Bonaparte.
In an address to the army, Bonaparte entreats :
them to be proud of their mission : as to them,
he looks to save the country. He says vote free
ly as citizens, but as soldiers do not forget that 11
J passive obediir.ee to tbe order* of the chief of
the Government, is tbe rigorous duty of the army,
from the general down to tbe soldier. Be ready
to suppress all attempts against the free exercise
of tbe sovereignty of tbe people.
Among those arrested are Generals Chrnger-
? ,e l’ Bedeau, Lamorieierl Colonel
Lepo. Charras. L. Buze. Thiers. Bnin and others.
It is said that Lamorciere afterward escaped.
Sr-Ais.—lt is stated that the Queen has ex
i pressed her continued confidence in the Murillo
ministry, and has authorized them to adopt any
measures they may think best for the interests of
the country.
Farther per Steamer Baltic.
*c N^"n YoEK ’ Dec - 23 —The steamer Baltic, of
the Collins line has arrived, having sailed from
Liverpool on the 10th inst.
The Cambria reached Liverpool at 9 o’clock
on the morning of Monday, Dec Stb.
The Baltic left Liverpool about 12o'clock on tbe
loth inst. For tbe first three days, she had fair
weather, but for the balance of the voyage she
hail continued gales and a heavy head sea.
Ihe Baltic passed the Atlantic on the 11th of
December, and the Humboldt on the 18th. . She
brings CO passengers.
Supple & C0..0f London, have failed, for what
amount is not accurately know.
The threatened bombardment of Tangiers by
the French fleet had been avoided, by an amica
ble adjustment of tbe difficulties.
I France.—-The condition ol affairs in this coun
try had continued to absorb the public attention
throughout the whole of Europe.
| It is now definitely ascertained that Louis Na
poleon has proved completely successful in his
j c °up d’etat. Partial attempts at resistance had
j been made by the ultia republicans, but they
had been promptly repressed and extinguished,
i l* l the Departments the resistance was confined
I exclusively to the extreme republicans, who
had been repulsed with the same rigor used to
wards their brethren in Paris.
It may be said in the President’s language,
that France has accepted tbe proposal he has
made her, hut not with that entnusiasm which
i Louis Napoleon calculated upon. The acuui
; escence of the people has been universal, but
tacit. The opponents of the President preferred
the plan which he has proposed to the alterna
| tives of anarchy or legitimacy. Very few per
sons can be found who sympathise with the
Assembly, or who deny that the President was
forced by the continued intrigues of that body
to choose between a surrender of his power,
office and liberty, and the more resolute course
j which he adopted.
1 he English and French papers are filled com
pletely with French news. The Chronicle says
that the news, when carefully sifted, seems to
exhibit completeness rather than qualified char
acter.
Monday’s Moniteur contains the President’s
Proclamation, in which he says:—
i Frenchmen! disturbances are apprehended,
! but whatever may be the decision of the people,
society is saved. The first pari of my task has
be#n accomplished. My appeal to the nation for
the purpose of terminating the struggles of par
ties, I knew would not cause a serious risk to
public tranquility. Why should the people have
risen against me.' If I do not any longer possess
your confidence, if your ideas are changed, there
is no occasion to make precious blood flow. It
will be sufficient to place an adverse vote in the
electoral urn, and I shall always respect the de
cision of the people. 1 shall always respect the
decision of the nation, but until the nation has
spoken I shall not hesitate at any sacrifice to
baffle the attempts of factions.
Marshal Soult died on the 26th ult., in the S2d
| year of his age.
England. —Theaffa’rs of France continue to
excite great attention in England.
The question of Custom Reform was being
warmly agitated, the disgraceful conduct of the
Board of Customs in the late disputes with the
Dock Company being the immediate incentive.
Sir Robert Peel had been squabbling with the
farmers of Tamworth. They have forbidden
him to pass over their lands, and he lias adver
tised his whole stud for sale.
The English press are beginning a crusade against
tbe Times, for its dishonesty and its abuse of its
; contemporaries.
In some of the large provincial towns associations
are forming not to read, pjrchasc, or advertise in
tho Times.
Sir John Gladstone, one of the patriarchs of Liv
erpool Commerce, died on tho 7th instant, at his
residence, in Scotland, aged 87 years. Sir John
was the father of tho lit. lion. Vv. E. Gladstone,
1 Colonial Secretary under Sir Robert Peel's admin
istration, and a Mr. Robertson Gladstone, of Liver
pool, President of tbe Finance Reform Assoeiatipn
Continued rumors of a serious misunderstanding
between Lords Cjroy and Palmerston were nfij.ap.
The Lord Primate cf Ireland has boon elected
Primate of the Dublin University.
I The opposition to the Queen's College was becom
ing more violent and effective.
The U. S. steamer Saranac had arrived at Livcr
' pool on the sth from Philadelphia.
Sr ain.— We learn that the Queen's accouchmcnt
was expected between the Bth and 11th of Decem
ber.
The Duke of Narvaez had been recalled by the
Queen.
The Duke and Duchess of Montponsior had jincj
with tho British Minister.
Austria. —The Vienna Ministerial organs de
clare lor Napolean and praise his policy.
The nows from Paris had caused great consterna
tion at Berlin, but after considering all the eventu
alities, tbe ministry decided not to place a single
corps of the Russian army on the war footing.
Gate Os Good Hove.—Tho news from the Cape
of Good Hope continues te excite greiß anxiety ip
England. Ihe position of tho British forces, nmj
oven of the local government itself seemed to be
• eomo daily more critical. Tronckory on all hands,
and depredations even under the very bayonets of
tbe troops, were constantly occurring, and the fron
tiers were entirely beyond the power of the troops to
protect.
Markets.
Live it tool, Dec. 10.— Cotton. —Since the depar
ture of the steamer Europa, the demand for Cotton
has sensibly declined. The sales, up to last evening
were 13,000 bales, of which 1,500 bales were to specu
lators and exporters. Friday's prleos were thinly
| maintained until yesterday, when thp market took
a turn in favor of buyers, and prices declined l-IGd.
JFlour is dull at last quotations. The market yes
terday suffered a marked depression, owing to the
adverse accounts from London, and small sales wero
j made at Friday's prices.
j Indian corn yesterday was in brisk inquiry at an
advance pfls. per quarter, but tips rise had checked
the disposition to operate, and the market closed
with a disinclination to operate, Sales of white at
: 20s. and yellow 275. 3d.
At Manchester, on Monday, the news from
Franco imparted a firmer tone to’ the market, though
on tho whole, operations yesterday, in yarns and
| goods wore very limited. They exhibit an increaso
compared with Thursday, or any Tuesday since
business was suspended, tho barrenness of the
market and abundance of orders enabling spinners
and manufacturers to exhibit a firmness which ap
pears somewhat remarkable.
Money Market.—The money markot at London
had experienced a slight and momentary contraction
on the first account of the revolution in Paris, but
the only results which were observable were in tho
stock market. There a severe depression occurred
and considerable fluctuation followed. At tbe last
dates a reaotion had established prices. Consols
wont as high as 98$ on tho Bth inst., but receded to
98, and ou the 9th reaeded to 97$ a 97 f for money
and J higher for acc’t, Pub. securities generally
kept paco with consols and foreign stocks recovered
a large portion of their late declino.
On the Palis Bourse the reaction was immense.
Austrian stocks were quiet, but Federal Stocks
advanced upon previous prices from 1j a 1 per cent,
in a short timo. U. S. o's, 18ti8, closed at 111$ a
112$ ; 11. S o's 1867, ’6B, 196 a 197; Penna. s’s
18$ a 82$ ; Md. s's, 89 a 89$ ; Muss. 6's, 196$ a
1975.
British Funds, on the 9th inst., wero quoted as
follows: Bank Stock, 215$ ; Itedueed 3 per cents.,
90$ : New 3$ per cents., 98. Exelioquer Bonds 48s.
; a 51s ; Mexican, 24 ; Spanish s's, 20|.
Arrival of the Steamer Hermann.
New York, Dec. 23.—The steamer Hermann
arrived off Sandy Hook a| eight o'clock last night,
but did not come up on account of tho thick weath
i er. She brings 63 passengers. For twelve days she
experienced tremendous gales and encountered*three
hurricanes, of four hours duration, during which ho
j lost some of her sails. On the 21st, at 4 o’clock,
P. M., she passed a Collins steamer, supposed to be,
the Arctic. The Hermann's advices are anticipated ,
by the Europa.
DETAILS BY THE EUROPA.
The Revolution in France.
Although we published yesterday a variety of
| news by the steamer Europa, (together with la
| ter advices by the Baltic,) relating to the French !
j Revolution, we find in our files, which have !
| since reached us, much that is interesting and j
| important touching the coup d'etat of Louis j
I Napoleon.
The President, it appears, on the night of
Monday, the first of December, wrote ‘ail affec
j donate letter’to his ministers telling them he did
not wish to involve them in the responsibility
j of what he was about to do, and advising them i
jto resign, which they did immediately, The |
occupation of the Assembly by the military, and
the dispersion and capture of the members, are
i thus related.
“Towards six in the morning, several agents j
, of the police force presented themselves at the
j same time at the several points of the Palais |
j Bourbon, occupied by the questors. M. Baze i
| and General Lefto were arrested. The Colo- j
nelofone of the regiments which occupied the
: Assembly had signified to General Lefto that he
j was charged provisionally with the Guard of
| the palace. Neither M. Dupin, the President, i
or M. de Parat, the third questor were molest
j ed.
“At half past 11, about 100 representatives I
were met in the Salle d«s Conferences. A i
I commander of gendarmerie mobile came to or- ;
der them to evacuate immediately all tie de- j
pendencies of the palace. Whilst the comman- j
, der went into the passage, some representatives |
penetrated into the hall where the sittings are
held. Neither the President nor any of the I
Secretaries were at the bureau. The troops
then arrived, and the hall was cleared. Ihe
great body of conservative members then re
paired to the house of M. Daru. Two or three
companies of the line soon arrived to disperse
them. The commander of the troops announ
ced to the members of the meeting that be had
received orders to allow them to leave the place
of meeting in full liberty, but if they should at
tempt to assemble iu any other place they would
expose themselves to arrest.
“Jl.de Falloux, who formed partofthe meet
ing, eudeai ored to sound the dispositions of the
troops, and addressing the soldiers, said: ‘I do
not believe that representatives have anything
to fear from the army. Isituottiue that none
of yon would dare to arrest us?” The com
mander immediately, with a bow of the great
est politeness, said: 'Gentlemen, yon have
only to make the experiment—you have only
to endeavor to resist. We should act with
the greatest respect but we should do our duty.’
On receiving this peremtory reply, the repre
sentatives retired in great agitation. It was re
solved that an attempt should be made to enter
the Legislative Palace, and between 11 and 13
o’clock about 4<» of the partj went for that pur
pose. They were turned back, and one of
them in offering resistance, was, it is said,slight
ly wounded. °
“At n later period, information having been
received that the Alairie of the 10th arroudisse
ment was at their dispo al, and an offer having
been made ol the protection of a portion ofttie
national guards of that legion, about 200 repre
sentatives went thither and entered into discus
sion. Among them were MM. Daru, tho vice
president; Grimault aud Molin, Secretaries :
De I,arcy, Berryer, Dufaure, Ac. At this meet
ing several decrees were resolved upon, and
amongst them was one declaring the President
of the Republic deprived of his authority, nod
another, appointing General Oudinot command
er-in-chief. in the uame of the Assembly, of the
army of Paris, and of the National Guard.
“M. Berryer, wearing a tricolor scarf, appear
ed at a window to harrangue the crowd on the
outside, and announce the decisions that had
been come to He was, however, very unfa
vorably received, and the cry of “Vive PAs
semblee,” got up by the National Guards, was
very faintly echoed. Whilst this was going on,
tbe Alairie whs surmounted by a large force of
! the Chasseurs de Vincennes, and a chef dc bat-
I taillon entered the room where the members
were assembled, and desired them to disperse.
! They refused, and thereupon were conducted
betweeua double line of chasseurs to the cat al
; ry barracks of the Quai d’Orsay. General
Oudinot, General Lauriston, MM. Berryer, Pis-
I catory, Chapot, de Talbouet, and Victor Lelrunc
j were among the number arrested.”
M. Dupiu attempted iu vain to get up a meet
ing of the representatives at his house, aud fail
ing in this, lie signed a protest against
the proceedings of Louis Napoleon. About
two hundred deputies assembled at the
Alairie of the 10th arrondissement, which is
very socialist. General Lauriston turned out
the ltlth Legion of National Guards to protect
them, but Gen-rul Alagnau seuta strong force
of Chasseuts to surround the Mairie. The
National Guardssho ted “Vive PAssemblee,"
but the cry had a very slight echo in the crowd.
Gen. Changarnier and several members of
the Assembly, who were arrested, were all cou
: veyed to Vincennes. Gen Lamoriciere and
At. Thiers were among these. At the moment
of his arrest. GeiieraljChaugaruier harangued
the troops sent to take him ; but the soldiers ie
fused to listen to him and his voice was drown
ed in the noise of drums. General Cavaignac
was arrested, as were also the following mem
bers of the Assembly : Charras, Roger du
Nord, Bedeau, Lefto, Buune, Greppo, Baze,
Aliot, Nadaud aud Valentin. Among these are
setteral names of the Mouutaiu.
The whole Board of the Assembly is said to
have been arrested. Charras is said to have
killed one of the men who attempted to arrest
him. M. Mallac, former chef de cabinet of Ouch-
I atel, was arrested. Several offices of papers
have been occupied by the military. Among
these are the National, Opinion, Publique, Mes
sager, Republiqite, Ordre, and Avenemenl,
which papers are suspended. A letter dated
Paris, Tuesday, Dee. 2, says:
The President is making, at this moment, the
round of the principal quarters of Paris, Gen
eral Roquet, his aid-de camp, has just ridden, at
a walk, along the Boulevards, with two or three
orderlies. He is received with deafening cheers
| of “Vive la Rcpitblique !”
All the avenues of the Lesislative Palace are
beset with troops. A line of infantry extends
from tile Port Royale along the Qua! D’Orsay.
The cavalry occupies the Place de la Concorde
I as far as the Hoad Point, the Quai Billy, and the
! bridge.
Ine boulevards and streets generally are at
this hour, 3 p m., crowded with people. The
President is removed from the Elysee to the
Tuileries. The entrance to the gardens is, of
course, inaccessible. The Carrousal is full of
troops and cannon.
At about eleven o’clock an attempt was made
by about forty members of the Assembly to forc-3
their way to the Legislative Palace, hilt they
were all turned back.
One hundred and eighty representatives of
the Right, with Berryer at their head, have been
arrested in the Alairie of the 10th arrondissc
ment. Some of the members of the Left, as
sembled at Cremieux’s house, have been arrest
ed als«.
Al. Alichi'l (de Bottrges) harraitgited the peo
ple in the Boulevard. His reception was a mix
ed one and lie has since been arrested.
At six o’clock four French regiments entered
Paris. Two of them were Carabineers devo
ted tp the President The Boulevards were
uext cleared aud camion were sent to the fau
bourgs, At four o'clock, Louis Napoleon re
viewed a division of tbe army. He was eiitlni
si-islically received by the troops, and well re
ceived by the people on the Boulevards. Gen
eral Lauriston’s 10th Legion of National Guards
has been dissolved.
The Moniteur Constitutionci, Doha's and As
semble, appeared on the morning of the 3d oil
a half sheet. None others appeared. All the
evening papers, except the Patrie, (he AJqnitutr
du Soir and the Gazette de "France, were sup
pressed.
fin the evening of the 2d, the crowds had in
creased so much on the Boulevard Bonne
Nouvelle, that the authorities thought proper to
interfere, and with a view to clear this great
thoroughfare, a charge with drawn swords, was
made by a considerable body ofsergens de villc.
No resistance was offered, and the crowd dis?
persed without any serious accident.
The b ill of the Assembly, culled the Salle de
Carton, whore the representatives held their sit
tings, no longer exists. Yesterday morning an
olficier de paix, followed by a considerable
number of workmen, went to the place, and
proceeded to demolish it.
The name of Leon Faucher appears iu the
Administrative Commission appointed by Louis
Bonaparte. He wrote a letter to the President,
declining, on the ground that he had never ye(
belied the principles of liberty or his uevotbd
ness to order, and he could hot now do it.
After the dissolution of the High Court of
Justice by an order of tho Prefect of Pol ce,
the night of the 2d of December passed off
quietly.
Paris, Wednesday Evening, Dec 3d.
Loss of Life on the Barricades —Throe barri
cades were erected to day iu the Reu du Fuu
hurg St. Antoine The Alontagnurd Alphonse
Esquitos mounted one barricade and harrungued
the people. It is said that he was shot at and
wounded. It is added that two soldiers were
shot by tho people who defended the first barri
cade. The barricades were a'l carried with
great vigor by the soldiers. It is stated that
Buudiii was killed and Madler* de Alontjau
wounded at a barraieade,
Som j of the deputies who were confined yes
terday at the harrieks of the Quai d’Orsai were
removed in the evening to the fort of Mont
Valerien. Several of them, among whom ire
MM. Broglie, Dufaure, and Flavigny, have,
however, been set at liberty.
This morning at an early h«ur the Boule
vards wen occupied by military, from the
Porte St. Alaitin to the Place de Bastille.
Colonel Charras, representative of the Moun
tain, who received a dangerous wound at the
time of his arrest, is said to have ex pired at 3
o’clock to day
A placard, signed by the ex-representatives
Vilet, Chapot, Moulin, and others, declaring the
President desposed from his functions, in virtue
of the (JBlh article ot the constitution and calling
upon the soldiers and people to deny him obe
dience, was posted up this moruiug, but torn
down immediately by the police.
The ■■■• orkmg faubourgs present to-day a much
more sinister and menacing aspect than yester
day. Accordingly they have been occupied
sinee the morning with strong bodies of ciiirais
sers with artillery. The streets in the lauhoii'gs
St. Antoine aud St. Dennis were at half-past two
i densely crowded with workmen, who shouted
j incessantly “Vive la Republiqite,” which is still
used as a rallying sign of hostility to the govern
ineut. Throughout Paris, in fact, the working
classes are evidently unfavorable to the late pro
j ceedings.
In the Rue S’. Denis, and other democratic
quarters, a placard was posted during the night,
j which; alter leading oil' with “Vive la Repub
lique! Vive la suffrage universe!! Vive la
j Constitution!” went on to pioclaim Louis Na
poleon a traitor to the State, who had forfeited
his powers. This was signed with the name of
| Victor Hugo and ethers, probably without au
i thority As fast as it was torn down by the
sergens de villc, it reappeared again in some
| other quarter. Another placard, effaced with
! equal zeal by the police, called upon the people
to rally together against usurpation.
Immense numbers of arrests have taken place
to day in consequence of the more aggressive
: attitude of the lower classes, who do not seem
! to give Louis Napoleon credit for the least sin
j cerity. They say that, having once broken his |
oath, he deserves no further reliance, and seem j
not to trouble their heads in the least about the
force exercised upon his will ty the violent al- |
ternative in which he was placed.
There are at this moment more than 100,0 .0 !
troops in Paris, including the finest regiments
of cavalry in the service.
General Tartas, commanding the brigade of
cavalry of Versailles, came to Paris yesterday :
afternoon, at the head of two regiments of car- j
bineers. This brigade of cavalry went along j
the boulevards as far as the Quar ier St. Alart n.
At the entrance of the faubourg some groups, i
evidently with a hostille intention, raised a cry !
of “Vive la Repubiique!" to which the two regi- !
ments replied by a unanimous cry of “Vive la !
Napoleon.”
A decree has been just posted up, prohibibit
ing all meetings, assemblages aud groups, ail
seditious cries, ell public reading in the streets,
and all posting up of bills.
The circular, in which the Minister of War
calls upon the generals of corps to take the votes j
of the soldiers in 48 hours, affirmatively or neg- j
atively. upon the question of delegating to Louis
Napolean the powers he requires, is one of tbe
most important facts of this revolution The first
and most objectionable feature iutbis proceeding
is tiiat the circular exacts a pub icity for the vote ;
of the soldiers, which is not required for that of
the private citizens.
Victor Hugo's house has been invaded by sol
diers, and searched by the police. He is con- I
concealed, and up to the present time his hiding
place has cot been discovered.
The shops along the Boulevards, eastward of j
the Boulevard des Italiens, have been closed
since three. Beyond the Boulevard Nauveiie
ail circulation is stopped by tbe troops.
Great numbers of arrests have been made in
the following way. The principal streets are
cleared by cavalry ; the people naturally take
refuse in the by streets; but hete sergens de
vilie lie in wait, and when three or four enter i
the shop together, pounce on them.
Address of Ou French Elides to their Countrymen.
The following proclamation has been sent to i
Paris, from England, by the French refugees
whose names are subscribed to it:
To the People. —Wilt yon be debased ? Will
you be enslaved ? Will you become henceforth
an object of eternal contempt and ridicule to
the oppressed people who awaited their deliv
erance at your hands ?
Louis Bonaparte has just crowded into a sow
hours more crimes than it would have been
thought possible to include in the life of man.
Like a thief, he has seized upon the liberties of
his country by a nocturnal surprise—a vulgar
artifice, which certain people have bscn rash
enough to call courage.
He has audaciously trifled with the sanctity of
the domestic hearth. 1
By the help of his swaggering soldiery and
pnliece, he has silenced every voice in Paris
except his own. Atone blow he has suppress
ed all the journals, and has ca» forth into the
streets of Pans, without bread, those of your
! brethren whom the press supported. He lias
outraged, stricken down and trampled under
foot the national representation, not only in the
person of your enemies, but also in 'that of
Greppo, the energetic and loyal representative
of the workmen of Lyons; and in that of
Nudaud the mason, who has so often and so
nobly defended your interests in tlie tribune.
Do you want to have a a master ? And do
you wish that tint master should be Lonis
Bonaparte ? Yon have* seen the air with which
he traversed the streets of Paris, hedged in by
soldiers, e.overed by cannon, and causing him
self to be borne in triumph by hisstaff; adding
| *° ’fi® crime ol high treason the insolence of
| a conqueror, and treating France ns a conquer
jed country—he whose military annuls can boast
of nothing except the opprobium of the Ro
man expedition!
That the members of the majority are expin
; ting the ill which they have done ; lirat the con
i stitution which they have violated in you is
violated in them ; that they are undergoing the
chastisement through that universal suffrage
which they have destroyed; that they who have
made a portion of France pass under the yoke
in the state of siege, now feel upon themselves
the full weight of the slate of siege; that they
who have sanctioned the transportation of our
brethren eu masse, and without judgment, now
find force where they sought justice—is a les-ott
not more hard than merited. It is the pouaily
■ ot retribution which is inflicted ou them, and it
is not for us to complain.
But what it concerns us to understand now
is, whether you aro iu a mcod for a change of
! tyrants ?
For does this crime belong to that Assssmblv
of which he was the itispirer and accomplice '
Was it not he who, by iiis ministers, proposed
and passed the odious law of May, against which
lie now rises op, I ecause the candidature of
f Joinvi'le has made him afrt id ? Is not lie, still
more than the Assembly, charged with the rc
; sponsibility of having drowned the Italian re
public in the blood if tho Romans, mingled
with that of the French soldiers ?
Among so many shameful and liberticido
measures, let one be mentioned, a single one,
which did not exhibit Louis Napoleon acting iu
! concert with the Assembly.
As soon ns his ambition was threatened by
tlie Assembly, he became the enemy of that
body. But forget not that hu lias been in ac
complice, so long as it acted to oppress von.
He now comes forward to tell you that tho
people is sovereign i and at tlie same time he
dares to demand ten years ol* power that
is, tho abdication of tiiat sovereginiy tor ten
years. 3 -
j He se ts himself up as the man of the republic
—of that republic which is the government of
equality, and at the same lime be proposes the
establishment of a senate—that ig, an assembly
of dukes, counts, barons, aud'marquises.—
Lome, let us hasten, debased and clownish as
|we are—let qs hasten, in virtue of our sove
’ reignty, once more to install nil aristocracy,
after u many battles fought, and so mull) blood
shed, to put down that aristocracy for ever. It
is the man of the republic that invites us.
Ho boasts of restoring to you universal suf
frage, baton condition tiiat it be worked for his
private advantage, and not for yours; since lie
is going for ten years to he your master.
“No scrutiny of the list,” lie says. Do you
quite understand what lie means? It means that
the elections are to he made by registers lodged
in tlie offices of the mayor. The great swin
dling maiKßUvre whip)) lias been practised upon
France once iu her history, is to ho renewed.
Will you permit, precisely when it is pretended
to restore yaur right, that it shall be filched
from you ?
Moreover-, to exercise tlie right of tlie suf
frage, you must be free. Let him begin, by
restori"g free spceclt to tlie journals; let tlie
doors be flung wide open to popular meetings ;
let every titan speak his mind, and learn that
of Olliers. W’hy iliose bayonets ? Why those
caution ? To restore universal suffrage with
tlie estate of siege, is to add mopkefy to false
hood. A people praelaimad sovereign, is the
uiumlp of slavery which is thrown over your
i shoulders, even as tlie Barbarian chief, in the
time of tlie Lower Empire, tluevv the purple
over tlie Roman emperors in placing them
! among his ramp followers. Do you wish to be
enslaved? Do wish to he debased?
Such is the cry wrung from us by an indigua
tion impossible to restrain. Wp, who in oar
cxilo cau at least speaki do speak- But we
nwp more than speech to tlie republic—our
blood belongs to it. We know it, and shall not
forget it
Bernard le Curhisto, Louis Blanc, Landoi
phe Lyons, Lemard, Kobillart Stiireau, Percy,
Lyaz iioneueur, Le Capitaine Fremont, Cadet,
Mcteyer, Colin, Shtinby, Paget Lussiciu, Baron,
M ercier, Ferzy. Cachet, Philippe, Patliv,
Hoitra, Subit, Rotillou, Marge riel, Languedoc,
Florentin, Rouseati, Fossard, Bauer. Auroy,
Darinchi, Miclton, Barthoiomp, Charles.
December 3, Jiaol.
Fiirtlicr by tlie R»ll!c.
f?y tlie express mail last night, we received
full details of the news by tlie Baltic, which is
four days later than by the Europa, and we
proceed to give so much of it aa was not em
braced in the uispalh published in yesterday’s
Sun.
A rumor tiiat twenty-five millions francs
had been taken from out tlie Bank of Franco
had been contradicted by the Governor of tlie
Bank.
The Belgian papers had been prohibited
from entering Fra- ce. English papers are ad
mitted.
Tlie Prefect of Police had ordered searches,
and made arrests on a large seule.
At the very latest moment, previous to the
sailing of the Baltic, all was quiet iu Paris.
Louis Blaucc was arrested immediately on
landing iu France.
Two correspondents of English papers had
been ordered to leave the country,
Sixty-five towns hud sent in their adhesion to
the president.
Gen Cavaignac is lodged in the same room
of the Fortress of Ham which Louis Napoleon
formerly occupied himself.
The Barricades. —Tlie following detatils of
the military operations on Thursday, are given
by Galignam’s Alessenger; “ Up to ten o’clock
oil Thursday morning, the aspect of Paris was
perfectly calm.
At about twelve o’clock it wag generally re
ported that barricades had been erected at the
Porte St. Dennis, and Porte St. Martin, rues
Baubnurg, Transonian, St. Alary, and St. Mar- i
| tin. '1 liis rumor was subsequently found to be
quite correct. The alarm now beca ie so great
that uot only in the neighborhood ol’ the dis
turbed district, hut in other parts of the boule
vards, tlie rue Richelieu, the rue Vivienne, and
\ all that part of Paris, the tradesmen closed their
shops.
■ It appears that during tlie night an attempt
j had boeri made to excite the people by a repe
\ tition of the proceeding which produced such
| serious results in February in 1848. About 190
! men, en blouse, commanded by several chiefs
I of sections, and preceded by two torches, para
! raded two corpses, of which they had become
possessed after the carrying of the barricades
: which had been erected in tlie Faubourg St
; Antoine and the Rue St. Marguerite, went
through the rues Grenetal, Buabourg, and Tran
| snonam, shouting “atix artnes !” A few deter
mined se.gines de vilie attacked this party, and!
carried off the dead bodies to the Morgue!
! Speculating on this scene of horrors, the rioters
became more numerous and proceeded to man
| four barricades which they had formed in this
i quart er They were attacked by some detach
ments of the division of General Levasseur, and
carried in afew moments.
Several insurgents were killed, and about sis- :
ty chiefs of sections and men in blouses were
arrested. Three other barricades were aban
doned at midnight by tlie insurgents. On
| Thursday morning, at an early hour, the prefect
of police having been informed tiiat 120 monte
I guard ex-reprcsentatives had met during the
I night, and drawn up a manifesto, took success
ful means to prevent its being posted up. The
first barricades in the Rue Baubourg and
Transnonain, were carried at twelve o'clock.
The troops after the victory showed great clem
ency owards the insurgents, instead of shooting
them
Al one o’clock, the insurrection had evident- 1
iy made much progress. The insurgents ap
peared to be entirely masters of the quarter St.
Denis and St. Martin. The houses forming
the angle of these two boulevards were taken
possesion of by a great number of men armed
with muskets and swords, many of which
had been obtained by rubbing tbe shops of ar
morers. In tbe Rues St. Denis and St. Martip
several insurgents entered the houses, and
threw out of the windows articles of furniture |
to assist in forming barricades. There was great
stupor in the whole of the quarter until the ar- j
rival of the r Chasseurs de Vincennes and some !
regiments of the line, who in a few lnoim nts |
carried the barricades, and gave no quar er of
the insurgents. At half-past four ts e troops
were masters of the whole of the ground which
had been occupied by the insurgents, and the j
wounded were carried away to the hospital).
The troops began to move down the boulc- I
vards towards the Porte St. Denis about one
o'clock, and, tbe necessary measures being ta
ken for sn attack, the advance was nude about
two, on tiie large barricade there erected; more
resistance was made than was expected, lut at
?Oot the troops obtained possess!ou of this first
and greatest obstacle, and wher t, in fact, tlie
insurgents bad concentrated their principle for- |
ces. The action here was ait exceedingly sharp
one, and jt was even found necessary to batter 1
down tbe barricade with cannon. The inside
of the barricade, when the troops entered,
was found covered with corpses and wounded
men. The insurgents who escaped fell back on
the barricades near the Porte Bt. Maitin.
Here, after the ground had been cleared away
near the Porte St Denis for the passage of
troop*, another aeries of attacks took placo hy
the troops on the four barricades which had been
erected across the boulevards. Tho insurgents
had here taken possession of several of the
booses at each side, from which they p" pared
to lire on the troops. When the attacK took
place it was found necessary to send bodies o.
; engineers into tlieao bouses to dislodge tho in
su gents. The resistance hero was uot by any
means a vigorous one, aud the troops success
ively. and without much trouble, took possess
ion of the various barricades on the boulevards.
Friday. —All the barricades made during the
night were carried rapidly. The armed insur
gents were shot on tho spot or taken to tho
Ecole tuilitarie, to fce tried by court martial. Af
ter their condemnation, they were immediately
taken into the Champ de Mars, and shot. The
number is said to he very great. Several oftheni
were well-known Socialist chiefs. In many parts
es Paris, yesterday, where the iusurgeus were
caught breaking into houses, they were made
to go on their knees, and were shot on the spot.
At the shop of a milk-dealer, four were shot in
this way. The irritation of the troops oil the
boulevards, when tired upon from three or four
-jof the houses, was very great. They returned
the fire en masse, and many persons in the
crowd were killed.
There must have been at least twenty or thirty
shot oil the boulevards. At nine o’clock at
night four dead bodies, were still lying on the
steps of the Theatre des Varieties. M. Victor
Hugo is a member of a Council of Resistance
of Five, and directed the operations of the in
surgents yesterday at La Chapellc, one of the
faubourgs- There were eight barricades, and
for several hours no troops, blit at about nine
o’clock they were all carried by 608 troops of
the line. Victor Hugo was uot taken. A war
rant for his arrest was out three days ago, but
hehus been hiding about, and co’uld not he
found 11 is family, knowing what a dangerous,
wicked, and foolish part he was playing, were
anxious for his arrest on Tuesday, as the only
menus of saving him.
About 10,000 liesh troops arrived to-day and
altogether we have now, it is said, about 12,000
men. All the Boulevard* are occupied, so arc
the quais, hut the troops behave exceedingly
well aud carriages are allowed to pass. The
operations to-day have consisted chiefly in dis
pel sing and arresting insurgents and carrying
barricades. There was little resistance on any
point, and at about four o’clock it was said that
all danger was at an end.”
The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle,
writing on Saturday even ng, says—“ There
were several barricades made in the course of
the night, but they were abandoned this morn
jng, and no attempt was made to-day to make
any additional ones.
From another account yve gather tho follow
ing;
The persons who in the early part of Thurs
day entered the Case de Paris and tired upon
the. troops, received no quarter; every man
found in lie house was killed.
Notwithstanding the assurances of tho gov
ernment. it is calculated that at least a dozen of
the departments are in a state of siege. The
carriage of the courier of the British embassy
was stopped on Thursday evening to form a
barricade; the courier was allowed to proceed
on foot.
It was rumored that shots were fired from
Tortom’s colfeo house upon troops, an lit was
immediately attacked by the soldiery. The
same plea was urged for attacking M. t'allan
drouze’s ciupet manufactory, which vus rid
dled with caution, end at least thirty of the
workmen killed.
The large barrier at tiio Port St. Denis was
! not taken till after two hours’ hard fighting and
I the loss of fifty to a hundred lives. At the Port
I St Martin,some hundreds of dead and wound
ed were found behind the barricade, and among
| the number was !,t Col Loboatt.
On the right hand towards the Porto .St. Denis
I the houses and windows are completely smashed by
i cannonball. Some of the houses in the boulevard
are of modern construction, with terraces in front ;
those wore occupied by the insurgents ns early as
twelve o clock, and from them a murderous fire
was directed upon the troops, 'f hroo artillerymen
were shot down at their guns, and rendered furious
by the loss of thoir comrades, the guns wore loaded
with halt, and four pioces of artillery continued to
play upon them incessantly fur more than an hour,
lhc walls were perforated through and through,
and tuo windows in tho opposite side completely
dostroyod, owing to tho roverborntion. Tho show
er of grapowasas thick as hail, and it is bolioved
that not a man esenpod.
Whonovor a shot was fired from a house, artil
lery- (loaded with grape) was brought to boar upon
the devoted building, and tho soldiers, in their
hurry and excitement, did not always soloct tho
right liouso. In many instanooa tho cannon were
levelled point blank, and fired within thirty yards
of tho houso, and this accounts for tho terrible exe
cution,
| One account gives the loss of tho insurgents at
between 800 and 1.000, and that of tho troops at
about HiOO ; but it is evidently impossible to arrive
at anything liko certainty at present. Kmissarics,
said to liavo como from London and Switzerland,
liavo been arrested, and it is said that tho Govern
ment are in possession of documents of the great
est importance, placing beyond a doubt tho exist
ence ot a formidable plot against tho President,
which was to have broken out in tho course of the
week; and it was only on tho roeeipt of this infor
mation that ho resolved upon taking tho initiative,
anil stealing a march upon the Assembly.
Paris, Deo. B.—The' following proclamation is
addressed by Louis Napoleon to tho French people,
j ll Frenchmen—Disturbances have disappeared,
j Whatever be the decision of tho people, society is
saved. Tho first part of my task is accomplished.
| Tho appoal to tho nation to terminate tho struggles
[ of parties occasioned, I know, no soriuus risk to
public tranquility. Why should tho pcoplo rise
J against mo ‘ ft J liavo not your confidence, if
! your ideas are changed, there is no necessity to
shed precious blood ; you huvo only to deposit in
the urn a contrary vote. I always respect tho
decision »f the nation ; but, till tho nation has
spoken, I shall not hesitate at any sacrifice tu bufilc
the attempts of tho factious.
The task, besides, is now become easy. On one
hand, it has boon soon how mad it was to contend
against an army ui ited and disciplined, animated
by honor and patriotism ; on tho other, tho tran
quil attitude of tiio people of Paris, tho reproba
tion with which they stigmatised tho insurrection,
show for whom tho capital pronounced. In tho
populous quarters, whore formerly tho insurrection
recruited itself so quickly among tho workmen,
easy of seduction, anarchy now oneountored only
tho greatest repugnance for its detcstablo excite
ments. Tlmnks—for such a change is duo to the
intelligent and patriotic population of Paris. Let
them bo convinced more and moro that my only
ambition is to securo the repose and prosperity of
Franco. Let tho [ample of Paris continue to aid
tho authorities, and the country will soon bo able
to perform in calmness, tho solemn act which is to
inaugurate a new era for tho republic.”
All tho small posts which wero withdrawn at tho
commencement of the insurrection, to prevent tho
mon from being surprised and deprived of their
anus, have been replaced. This shows that tho
Government feels perfectly confident as to the main
tenance of tho tranquility that has been re-estab
lished. In the nights ut Saturday and yestorday,
strong patrols of cavalry and infantry, however,
paraded many of the streets, hourly all tho shops
in different parts of the town woro re-opened on
Saturday. At most of tho theatres there were per
formances ; last night they were all open.
Ail the Law Courts held sittings on Saturday, as
usual. The gardens of tho Tuillerics and of tho
Palais Royal, and tho Court-yard of the Louvre,
have again been thrown open to tho public. For
tho last three days all tho principal scenes of tho
insurrection, and especially tin Boulevards, have
been visited by largo crowds of curious ; at some
| moments the Boulevards were so thronged with
pedestrians and vehicles, that it was not easy to
obtain a passage.
Tho artillery vote for President stood 2441 fi)r
Louis Napoleon, and 4.'J against.
TURKEY.
Constantinople, Kor. 20.—During tho last ten
days, tho Christian public of this capital has been
in a state ot excitement about tin Jerusalem ques
tion, which has grown of a nature calculated to
disturb the harmony existing hot*ocu tho French
government and the Sublime Porte. In order to
increase tiio importance of the question, wild and
extravagant reports are diligently circulated by
the friends of Russia. It would appear that tho
friendly relations between the two governments aro
on the evo of being interrupted. But until the re
ception of instructions from Paris, nothing positive
can take place. In the meantime, M. Lavalctte
refuses to recognize tho interference of Russiu on
the subject, insisting that if that [saver has any
objections or op[K>sition to make, it can do so freely
at Paris.
NAPLES.
Kopies, No-e. 21.—An order has been Issued
from the war office for a new conscription of 19,1)00
men, which will bring the Neapolitan army up to
the enormous number of 108,000. Before 1848,
40,000 men were sufficient for the Two Sicilies ;
now we have nearly 40,000 in Sicily alone. The
fortifications arc proceeding rapidly at Gueta, and
| evciy thing connected with the army ii on a war
i fouling.
The V ory Latest.
By Telegraph, from Baris to Livtrjmal.
France. — Burts, IF cdtusday, Kaon, Dec. 10.—
Paris, on Tuesday, was quiet.
The wealthy proprietor, Muito QuotodeAr, was
assassinated.
The houses of several wealthy legitimists at Ca- |
htsluy and llarault were entered on the sth, and
the proprietors assassinated.
At Brisicrs several principal personages of the 1
town were murdered.
It is said that Marshal Jerome]Bonaparte has
written a strong letter to tho President, entreating
him not to establish despotic authority, but to call
together the Constitutional Assembly, to frame a
new Constitution for France.
Boris, Monday evening. —A Socialist insurrcc
tion ha 3 placed Clamaey in the occupation of 5,090 j
of the factious ; but the military force now moving
on the place, supported by a numerous artillery,
will soon suppress the disturbances there, as well
is at Capcsian and Beziers.
The accounts from the other departments are ge
nerally favorable.
Burts, '1 uestlay, Dee. 9, 1851.—A decree appear*
for the trarfsportation to Cayenne or Algiers for a
term, from 6 to 10 years, of all persons subjected to
the surveillance of tho high Police, who have be
longed to secret societies.
The Banquet which was to havo been given at
the ilotcl-dc-Villc on tho 10th December, will not
take place.
The Sieclero-appears this morning.
. Paris appears tranquil, and the disarming of the
National Guards is proceeding without impediment.
Ihe accounts from the Departments are necessarily
of an ex jmrtr character. Four, more Representa
tives of the Moautain havo been arrested.
Col. Tregro, commanding at Havre, has declared
in an order of the day, that the Chamber of Com
merce of that town has violated tho Constitutive
Law of its existence, by expressing its opinion of the
Address of the Executive. He intimate that if the
Chamber of Commerce mixes itself up with politics
he will dissolve it. !
Gold is 48 per cont. dearer in Paris than London, j
and 58 per cent, dearer in London than in Ham- '
burgh. Tho formeris merely nominal.
, Exchange between England and American
is nominally 92 per cent, in favor of England, lcav- j
ing a profit on the importation of gold from the U. >
State.
Brown, Shipley & Go’s. Circular.
ED Lit POOL, Dec. s. : — Cotton.— The demand for ,
Cotton continued large on tho ear y part of the pre
sent week at rather bettor rates. « MmA„i /m. i
1 pression existod that we should soo a gradual Im
i provoment until tho receipt becamo heavy
j Those anticipations have met with a serious dis
| appointment trom the late accounts from Paris of
S ofra’ received by telegraph on tho
Ist Inst. At first the market was but slightly ef
fected, and salos were made at a trivial concession *
on tho part of holders, but the excitemont In Paris
hoing on the incroase, much more anxiety to roaliio
has been apparent this ovoning, and the markot
closes heavily ut a decline generally oi' Jd per lb
whilst in some instances ralos hare'been made at
fully jd per lb, below our lust quotations.
The sales for tho week ending this evening, aro
.19,270 bales, ofwhieh speculators have takenß.7lo
and oxportor3 1,080 bales. Tho quotations aro’.
Fair Orlonns. 6j: Fair Mobiles and Uplands, 51;
Middling Orleans, 4j; Middling Mobiles and Up
lands, 4}.
Tho stock of Cotton in this port is 373,000 bales,
of wbieli 190,000 arc American, against, a stock at
this period of Inst yoar of 472,000 bnlos, of which
281,000 wore American. ;
• Business in Yarns and Goods is for tho momont
brought to a stop by tho Frcnoh news, but spinners
and manufacturers hoing woll under contract, prices
are without much change.
There has been rather more doing in our Com
market, at a small advance in prices. Indian Corn
is quoted fid. por quarter higher, white being worth
28s; yellow 2tis a 26s Cd and mixed 25 a 20s. Wes
tern C.tna! Flour 14 a 19s; Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Ohio 19 a 20; sour 15 a 10s. 6d per bbl White
Wheat ss. 2d a 6s lid; Ked 4s a 5s 2d per 70 lb.
—-'.V\AA/WWv\o
[Correspondence of the Baltimore American.]
Thirty Second Congresss—First Session.
Washington, Dec. 22, 1851. '
SENATE.
Mr. Miller introduced tho bill making appropria
tions for the improvement ol certain rivers und har
bors. Mr. M. said this bill was the same which pas
sed tho House at tho last session, and which was
defeated in the Senate for want of time. He intro
duced tho hill now with the hope of having early
; action on it.
Tho Committee on Finnnco woro allowed, by re
solution, to employ a clerk.
On motion of Mr. Cass, tho President’s Messngo
relating to the caso of tho Promothcus, was refer
red to thoCommitteo on Foreign Relations.
Mr. Hale's resolution calling for information con
cerning alleged violations of tho law abolishing
Hogging in tho Navy was taken up, amended and
adopted.
Air. Pratt's resolution, setting apart Friday in
each wock for tho particular consideration of pri
vate bills, was, after a long debate, agreed to—aves
21, nays 19.
Tho resolution of Air. Footo, relating to tho com
promise measures were again taken up.
Mr. Houston addressed tho Senate in opposition
to tho resolution. Ho voted for nil tho measures
embraced in tho compromise, but he did not con
sider this resolution necossary or pro|>er. Ho thought
tho measures should ho 101 l to ho judged of by tho
pooplo. Ho was opposed to making thoso com
promise measures any part of tho Democratic plat
form, hut was for leaving freedom of opinion on
this point, ns it was allowed on tile tariff and tho
subject of internal improvements.
Air. Footo replied in tho most vohciuont limnnor,
and attacked Mr. 11. as being governed entirely by
. a desire to secure tho support of tho free soilors lor
j the Presidency.
Air. H. and Air. Footo continued their personal
; controversy.
Air. Butler defended South Carolina from certain:
remarks of Air. Houston.
After somo remarks from Air. Halo, Mr. Cl omens
got tho floor, and on his motion tho Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Air. Daniel of North Carolina, Chairman of tho
Coniuiittoo on Claims, presented a report ooiuuiuni
: eating documents, relative to tho progress that has
boon made in preparing and printing the digest and
i indox of private claims, ordered by Congress to ho
i prepared. Ho entered into an explanation of tho
eourso which lind been pursued, and explained why
tho work was not completed—tho claims being pre
sented under different names, and more time being
required in oonaoquoneo of tho inuceurato manner,
in which the Journals had been indexed; and ho
concluded by moving a resolution directing that
tho printing of the work ho withheld, until it shall
all ho ready for tho press, and that the samo prin
ters porforin tho printing—agreed to 100—38.
Air. Carter of Ohio, moved that tho rules ho
suspended, for the purpose of introducing a resolu
tion authorising tlm appointment of a committee
of five to welcome Louis Kossuth, on his arrival at
the capital, and to introduce him to tho House.
Air. Bayley of Virginia, said ho was desirous of
debating the resolution.
Mr. Jones of Tennessee, moved that thu rales;
he not suspended, and the ayes and nays having
been taken, tho motion that tho rules ho uot sus
pended was carried, by a majority of U l to 58.
Mr. Bronton, of Indiann, introduced u bill for
the relief of persons holding bounty land warrants,
who havo already settled on lands, by authorising
thorn to hold possession ; and that thoso who may .
desire lands, tho price of which is $ 1.25 an acre,,
j may obtain tho samo by paying tho difference,.
| whioli was referred to tho committeo on Public:
j Lands.
I Mr. Bissell of 111., movod that tho House resotvo
itSolf into a committhe of tho Whole on tho Statu
of tho Union, for tho purpose of taking up tho
j joint resolution relative to the transferring of boun
ty laud certificates and warrants, and thu remuner
ation of persons employed to locate thorn ; who, ho
said, had performed an arduous duty, in boiuo in
i stances for years, for nothing.
; Tho llouso then wo.it into n Committee of tho
i Who to on tho State of tho Union—Mr. Hubbard
of Now Hampshire, in tho Chair.
| Home discussion took place as to tho regular or
; dur of proceeding, uml tho Chairman having dooi- j
ded that tho President’s Messngo bo token up, liis
| decision upon appeal was confirmed ; and Mr. Sey
mour, ol'JSow York, moved to refer that portion of
tho message which referred to harbors and rivers to
tho CoinmittcQ on Commerce, which motion hu
supported by a few brief remarks.
It was agreed, however, to defer tho consideration
«f the Message, and the Bounty Lund Wurruut re
ferred toby Air. Bissell was taken up ; aud, after
considerable discussion of a purely technical naturo
j the committee rose lor tho purpose of having tho
: five minuto rule passed ; which having been dune, a
[ motion prevailed to adjourn, it wanting only a few
| minutes of three o’clock.
Washington. Dec, 211 1851.
SENATE.
. On motion of Mr. Atchison, it was ordered that
j when tho Senate ndjoum, it adjourn till Friday next. *
A eoinmunioation was received from tho Seerota- /
ry of the Navy, in reply to u resolution calling for f
\ eopies of all correspondence by naval officers witli
i that department concerning flogging in tho Navy.
Referred to Naval Committee.
Air. Gwinnsaid that ho would call up, on tho oth
of January, tho petition on this subject, which had
boon laid on the tablo.
Mr. Clomens, from tho Committoo on Military
Affairs, reported the joint resolution authorising thu
President to confor tho brovot rank of Licutonnnt
General for meritorious services.
Mr. Shields grvo notico of a bill to increase tho
exponsos of tho army, by creating a retired list lor
disabled soldiers.
Mr. Mallory submitted a resolution directing an
enquiry into the expediency of establishing a naval
depot ut Key West. Adopted.
Mr. Underwood offered a resolution directing an
inquiry into tho expediency of providing for a re
examination of payments rnado by tho oxocutivo
department in oases whore reason exists for suppos
ing fraud or mistakes hag taken place. Adopted.
The resolution declaring the compromise a settle
ment of the slavery question was then taken up.
Mr. Cass doubtod the propriety of introducing tho
resolution, but it being here, and he being required
to vote upon it, ho was prepared to give it his hearty
support. He replied most eloquently to the Senator
from South Carolina.
Mr. Womens followed in an earnest support of
tho resolution, and a most scathing review of thu.
doctrino of secession.
Mr Dougins also doubted the propriety of tho re
solution, but wag reudy to voto for it. Hu explain
; oil at length his course on the compromise measures.
Mr. Downs got the floor, and on his motion tho
subject was postponed till the first Alondny in Jan
uary. And after a short Executivo session, tho
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Tuck, of N. 11,, moved to reconsider tho voto
of yesterday, restricting debate to five minutes.—
Thu motion was laid on tho tablo by a veto ot 75 t<»
58.
The House went into committeo on the state of
the Union, and again took up the hill authorising ttio
assignment of Bounty Land Warrants, and an
amendment was proposed by Mr. Harris, of Ot.,
providing that those assignments shall be certified by
a porson duly authorised, and substantiated by two
credible witnesses.
There hoing no quorum, tho roll was called and
the absentees reported to the House—after which,
there being a quorum, the House aguin went into
committee, when the amendment was agreed to—
ayes 67, nays 59.
Air. Jones, of Tennessee, called tho attention of
tho committee to tho inconsistency of the amend
ment, which would bo nugatory as to its operation,
tho wurrants upon which tho assignments uro to ho
endorsed being filed in tho department, and tile par
ty who obtain land receiving merely a certificate of
barter.
Mr. Stevens, of Georgia, movod that tho commit
tee rise for the purpose of reporting tho hill, with
a recommendation that it ho referred to the judicia
ry boinmittco.
Mr. Johnson, of Ark, was opposed to any further
delay; the bill, he said, had occupied much ol’ tho
attention of the House during the last and present
session; and if the committee which then hud it
under consideration did not coino to a right con
clusion, it would he impossible for any other com
ini ttco to succeed.
Tho motion that tho committee rise, was carried,
yeas 68, nays 67, and the House resumed, when tho
report was received. On motion, however, to refer
the hill to the committee on the judiciary, together
with another, which Mr. Orr, of 8. C., said had boon
prepared by the commissioner of tho land office, was
negatived on a division of 82 in tho affirmative, and
81 nays, tho (Speaker voting in tho negative, and
thus making tho members equal.
A motion was then made and lost, that tho Houso
adjourn.
Mr. Fieklin, of Illinois, moved that the hill ho
engrossed and read a third time, and u call for tho
previous question having been sustained,
Mr. Evans called lor the reading of tho 27th rule,
which provides that bills bo taken rip and passed in
the order of time in which they had a second read
ing; and appealed against the decision of tho chair;
which appeal was subsequently laid on tho table by
a voto of tho House.
Mr. Cabell, of Florida, moved, which was carried,
that, when the House adjourn, it adjourn until ,
Fridny.
A motion to reconsider the vote adopting the re
port of tho committee on the State of tho Union,
called up a strenaousopposition on the purl of Mr.
Cabell, who attacked the provision in tho appropr
ation hill «f last session, limiting the granting of
bounty lands to those in the market. Air. Tuck, of
New Hampshire, who denounced the measure as
being got up for tho benefit of speculators, and Mr.
Carter, of Ohio, and Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, who
attacked tho provisions of tho bill, aad which find
not, they said, boon properly conducted by tho com
mittee.
Mr. Bayly, of Va., as chiJmian of tho committeo
of ways and means, last fusion, rose and explained
the reason why tho pro>ision alluded to by Mr. Ca
bell had been inserted —the desire not to impair tbo
P “a prevailed to refer tho bill to a
AlessaeelTucro received from the President, with
accompany ln g reports, in reply to the resolution
relative « the imprisonment of Mr. Thrasher, and
reports from Departments, which were referred to
fti)i;*>priafco committees.
Afr. Brooks, of Now York, said that when tho
tirno arrivod ho would bo prepared to show
how much the laws of domicite of Cuba operated
on Amoriean citUcns.
The House then adjourned till Friday, 4