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FOREIGN NEWS. Further by the Baltic Progress of tub War.—The war news is exciting, the most profound attention and anx iety in England and France. Lord Raglan and Marshal Canrobert had sent the most urgent demands tor reinforcements,and great haste was manilested to meet them. Seven first class steamers had been taken up for instant service and others were vvanted, i be steamer Alps sailed on the 11th for Toulon to embark French troops, and the steamer Europa would go to Kingston on the 18th. Various Other steamers were also under orders. The disastrous result of the hattie ot the 26th at Balaklava to the English, is confirmed, though it is not quite so bad «'s at first represented. It was all owing to the misconstruction oi at. orr.er from the commander-in chief. Lords Lnbait ami Cardigan code ti e fight horse over a plain a mile and a bail in lerig’h, and exposed to ti e cross fire, full at a Russian battery ot 30 guns, Ihe attempt was madness and the result destructive. 01607 men only 198 returned, and these must also have been destroyed but for the magnificent charge to their rescue by the heavy dragoons, and the brave stand of the Highlanders, which redeemed the day. A dispatch from Prince Menschikoff, sent to Berlin m cypher, states that on the 4th of No vember, an unusual activity having been obser vable in the allies camp, Gen. Lipraudi, rein forced by the corps sent by Menschikofl, attack ed the allies camp and killed SOO men. This report, however, is doubtful, as is also the state ment that a practicable breach was opened in the walls of the city on the same day. Marshal Cahrobert’s official report of the bat tle of the sth is published in the Moniteur of the 13th. It says; The Russian army has been swollen by rein forcements from the Danube as well as uy the combined reserves from all the southern provin ces ; and animated by the presence of the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas, attacked yesterday, November sth, the right of the English position before Sebastopol. The English army sustained the attack with most remarkable firmness and solidity. I sup ported it by a portion of General Bosquet’s di vision, which fought with admiral vigor; as well as by the troops, which was nearest the English position. The enemy, who far outnumbered our forces, beat a retreat with a loss estimated at from eight to nine thousand men. The struggle lasted the whole day. At the same time General Forey was forced to repulse the sortie made by the garrison. And under his energetic command the enemy were driven back with a loss of one thuosamj in kill ed and wounded. This brilliant day was not purchased without considerable loss by the allies, but does the greatest honor to our arms. The seige continues with regularity. (Signed) Canrobert. English advices to the 10th from Bucharest, state bat on the morning of the sth oi Novem ber, Prince MenschikofFs whole army attacked the English position, when a most sanguinary battle ensued, which lasted till 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The allies obtained a decisive victo ry. There were severe losses on both sides, but the English took many prisoners. Generals Butler, Adams, Bentwick, and it said j also sir George Brown, were wounded. The English official account had not airived i The Russian account contained in a telegraph- I ic despatch dated St. Petersburg, Nov. 12, states that Prince Menschikoff reports under the date of the sth from Sevastopol that on the sth the garrison made two sorties—one against the right flank of the allies which was successful and re sulted in the capture of one of the enemy’s bat teries, the guns in which were spiked. Great j loss was sustained on both sides. A second sortie was also completely successful. | the Russians having spiked 15 guns. Imine- { diately after wards the French infantry division j pursuing the retiring Russians attempted to ' mount to the assault, but were thrown back with immense loss. The Morning Post,of Vienna has the follow ing dispatch: Egemowilx, Nov. 11.—On the 6th instant the whole garrison of Sebastopol amounting to 65,000 men, made a sortie, when a most furious battle ensued which was not ended when the messenger left, but the allies bad the advantage. It was reported in Paris that the French gov ernment had received a dispatch announcing that the storming of Sebastopol commenced on the vtti, under very favorable circumstances. Another despatch says that on the 4th the al lies batteries were but 156 yards from the wails, and had effected a practicable breach. From Jassey to the 10th it had been telegraph ed that the movement of the Ottoman troops towards. Moldavia and the Pruth continues with great activity, and produces much sensation in the Principalities. Omer Pasha was expected in person on the Pruth. General Suders it is said will evacuate the southern partol Bessarabia if Sebastopol falls as the allies will then act against Odessa and Ackermann. The steamers of the Baltic fleet remained at Riel Bay. Commercial letters from Petersburg, received at Memel, say that goods are not to be shipped in British vessels, as it was feared that the Rus sian fleet would put to sea, there being so few British cruisers in ;he Baltic. Indications are strengthened that the Czar evinces a willingness to resume negotiations. His concession, however, goes no farther than offering to treat on the four points of the guaran tee. LATEST —BY TELEGRAPH. London, Wednesday Morning.— lt is tele grunted from Vienna that Gortschakoff has offi cially announced to Count Buol, that Russia is prepared to treat direct with Austria on the,laws of the four conditions. This is considered as a palpable attempt to reuse dissention between Austria and the Western powers. Ou tbe 15th the Germanic Confederation was to occupy itself with the war question. Ail tbe smai’er German States were putting their ar mies on a war footing. The statement is that Austria r .11 not, under any circumstances, take the field against Russia until spring, and Russia is said to have expressed a willingness to withdraw her troops from the Austrian frontier during the winter, and place them in some other equally advantageous strate gic position. Austria, while accepting this ac commodation will continue her armaments. There isa rumor in Vienna that Rothschilds, finding his recent purchase of the Austrian rail ways a bad bargin, offers the government a loan of two hundred million of francs to conceal the agreement. Although no general action had been fought from the26th of October to the sth ot Novem ber, the interval is described as one incessant combat. It is reported that Lord Raglan has suspended the Earl of Cardigan from his command for his rashness in the charge which resulted so disas trously at Balaklva. Spain.—General San Migual has been chosen President of the Cortes Ihe Gazette publishes a general amnesty, to take effect on the opening of tbe Cortez. India and China.—The overland India mail hal been telegraphed, with China dates to the 27th ol September. Canton wag stiff threatened, and all trade was at a stand still. There had been considerable fighting recently, but the result was unknown. No furtner supplies of tea had arrived, and none were expected. From Foochoo, shipments were going lorward slowly. At Shanghai there was but little doing. Silk had advanceds2o per picul. r The British, French and American Plenipo tentiaries were to proceed to the revision of the treaties with China. From Bombay it is said that Dost Mohammed is negotiating to secure the friendship of the En glish. From Alexandria, in Egypt, it is telegraphed that a new levy ol troops is ordered in aid of the Sultan. The Ru -sians have taken Taskenag, the next station to Kekan. The Very Latest —At Vienna the preva lent opinion was that a few more such victories i as these claimed by the allies on the 4th and sth will compel them to raise the siege. Menschi koff apoears to be of the same opinion, for in his despatch to Prince Paskiewich be says: “ It will be impossible for the allies to continue the siege and 1 will continue to harrass them without intei mission.” Canrobert had assured the French government that the Russians were so weakened in the af fair ot the sth, that for days to come they would not be in a condition to resist an assault upon the town, and that he means to make the at tempt. From Another Source. More of the List Great Battle before Sevastopol— | Russian Intimations for Negotiation—Decline in I Breadstuffs and Consols. j It appears, i ccording to the English accounts, ' , that the Russians went forth and attacked the j English position before Sevastopol on tbe sth of i Nov. A terrible battle ensued, which lasted a whole day. The fighting was intense. A con- i stant roar of cannon was kept up from early in the morning until night. The Russians are re- ' poited to have lost eight thousand in killed and wounded, and the allies, by their own state- i ments, five thousand. The field was litterady ; covered with heaps of dead and dying pre ent- ■ ing a terrible sight. Several prominent officers on loth sides were slain. The left wing ot the ; allies were attacked immediately alter. The ■ French, however, repulsed the enemy with a ; loss of 1,000 killed and wounded. The Russian accounts say that they captured one of the enemies’ batteries and spiked tbeir guns, and thatin the last engagement the French were repulsed with tremendous slaughter. Sevastopol still held out manfully, and was ' gradually being re-enforced. The accounts altogether show that the Rus sians, in the engagements above mentioned, had decidedly the advantage and came off best, and that the allies are much weakened, and in an extremely perilous position. Tbe allies are undoubtedly in an unenviable and dangerous position. So much so that they | see tbe necessity of immediate reinforcements. : Despatches have been sent to England and 1 France for supplies of troops, for which purpose all available means or transport have been call- I ed into requisition. Every ship that could be had, including tbe Cunard steamer Europa, has been chartered to convey troops to the Crimea. Intense anxiety prevails throughout England and France in relerence to the uncertain and critical condition of thier armies at Sevastopol. It is evident that there are fearful apprehensions ; as to their ultimate late. There are many who think the allies are in a very critical position, and that a serious repulse or total defeat may be- 1 fall them. Russia and Austria.—lt is now stated that | Russia has signified her willingness to treat { with Austria on the basis of the lour conditions. ' This, however, it is believed, is only intended to | sever Austria from the Western powers Affairs between Austria and Russia remain I about as at previous accounts. The Czar has I made no concessions and will not move from his ; former position. No movement of active hostili- ; ties, however, has taken place. Tub Danube asia.—Affairs on the Danube and in Asia, were without much interest. Omer 1 Pasha was preparing to give the enemy battle j at the first opportunity. Hungary and Poland.—Tbe accounts from ; Hungary represent the people there as ripe arid ! anxious for rebellion They are impatient to i join the allies against Russia. Poland was also much agitated and anxious to I unite with the allies. Austria —lt is believed that Austria will ! eventually join with Russia. Her movements; are viewed with wakeful suspicion by England : and France. * Spain.—Affairs in Spain were —and a jppture of the Spanish Cabinet was like- ; iy to take place. Indeed some reported that it I had already occurred. A Markets. , The Liverpool Cotton market was quiet— prices unchanged. Fair Orleans 6j a 6§d., Up lands 6d., Middling Orleans 58d; Middling Up land Sid. Sales of the three daAs 20,000 bales. Havre Cotton market quiet. Manchester trade dull. Provisions were steady—prices about as be fore, slightly upward. Lard 535.a555. Groceries quiet. Coffee and sugars unchang ed. Rice firm at 22 a24 shillings. Naval stores unchanged. Money stringent. Consols had declined and closed at 94f. American stocks dull. The Great Battle of the sth of November, i [From ihe London Times, Nov. 15/A.] The following is an epitome ot several authen- j tic dispatches oi the 6th inst., from the Crimea, i received at Vienna: Early on the morning of the 6th, the garrison i of Sevastopol and the army in the field made a violent attack on the right wing ot the allied ar my, composed of the English Foot Guards, and the Second, Third and Fourth divisions. Gen eral Bosquet’s division advanced to the support of the English, and consequently other French troops under Gen. Canrobert arrived. The battle lasted till the afternoon, when the Russians retired, having suffered a heavy loss and leaving several hundred prisoners in the hands of the English; the latter lost a great num ber of men. Generals Brown, Bentinck, Buller, and Torrens were more or less dangerously wounded. Tne prevalent opinion here is, that if such an other victory is obtained the allies will be ob liged to raise the siege; but it is a good sign that the last Russian dispatch published only reaches up to the sth. Its sense is, that two sorties were made on that date —one against the right wing of the allies, and the other against the left wing ot the siege works. Ou the right wing of the army the guns of one battery were spiked, in tbe other fifteen guns were spiked. The loss on both sides was very severe. A division of French infantry followed the Russians as the latter were returning to the for tress, and attempted to enter, as if resolved on , assaulting the place. They were, however, i driven back with heavy loss. [From the London News, Nov. 15. j The Vienna papers publish accounts purpor ting to have been transmitted from Bucharest and Czernowitz, describing a great battle fought out side Sebastopol on the 6th inst. In all its main features the engagement thus reported on con forms to Gen. Canrobert’s description of the great encounter which he says took place on the sth. The attack is said to have been made with Prince MenschikofFs entire force within and without the place, upon the right wing of the allies, to have been repulsed with the aid of Gen. Bosquet’s division, to have lasted the entire day, and finally to have ended in the victory of the allies. No official Russian bulletin had announced any engagement on the 6th, although one from Warsaw, gave intelligence of that of the pt»- viour day. Moreover, despatches from Buchar est confirming Gen. Canrobert’s report, and des cribing the events of the sth, resemble in lan guage as well as in substance the Vienna ac counts, to which a false date appears to Eave been assigned. It will be remembered that Gen. Canrobert wrote on the 6th. [From the London Tunes, Nov. 14] The Press on the News Just as we have been enabled at last to form : some sort of idea of the severe action fought on the 25th and 26th ol last month, we are startled by the sudden, but not wholly unexpected news of a great and glorious, and, we may even trust, : a decisive victory gained by the allies over a ■ greatly superior body of Russians on tbe sth of ' this present November. The tardiness of our intelligence in the one case, and the compara- ■ five speed with which it has arrived in the other, : have brought into juxtaposition these two events, and almost lead us to do an injustice to the army I by overlooking the ten days that intervened be • tween them. During that period the allied for ces worked steadily and unflinchingly at the 1 operations of the siege, bearing up against fa -3 tigues and hardships which it seems hardly pos s sible to conceive that human nature could en dure. Stuffed with the perpetual roar of artil- lery by day, and roused at night by constant I threatenings of attack, they have struggled on ! unflinching and unfailing through an incessant ■ combat often long days and nights. At last the enemy, strengthened, as it appears, by large reinforcements—pressed, it may be, by , tbe difficulty of supporting so large a force in a wasted country, and at an advanced season —de- termined on again assuming the offensive and • hazarding an operation which, if successful,would undoubtedly put an end to the siege. They were urged on to the combat by hope and fear, and en couraged by the presence of two of the Princes o! the house of Romanoff, sent expressly to ani i mate the drooping courage of the defenders of a ; fortress the key to the supremacy of Russia in the south. This time the enemy disdained to operate on our communications, but aimed a deadly blow at the very heart of the allied posi , tion. The details of the action we do not yet ; know. Never, so far as we can judge from the imper fect details in our possession, was a day more ■ honorable to the arms of France and England, i she inaction of theTurlf on the banks of the Danube 1 as left Russia free to concentrate the i whole force of the southern parts of her empire, ! and has left us exposed to a considerable dispari ty of numbers. But here, as on so many other ; occasions, the defects of fortune and of foresight ; have beer, supplied by the indomitable courage lof our troops. The obvii us difficulties of our ! situation emboldened our adversaries, and by ; doing so, only led them on to their destruction, j We have gained a victory of unsurpassed ■ splender, but it would be unjust, while rendering the highest meed of approbation to our troops, to forget what is due to our excellent General. We now feel the full advantage of that masterly j movement which transferred the base of our op i erations from the north to the south side of the harbor, and placed us in the position we have just defended with such signal and unparalled success. Had we been encamped on the north side we cannot conceive how it had been possible to de fend our position against a sortie in front and an attack from a much superior force on our flank and rear. Still, when we reflect upon the numbers of the allies, and consider the loss with which such a success must inevitably have been purchased, the first feeling of exultation is chased away by the anxious reflec'ion—how can this state ot things last? How many more such victories can we afford to win ere we sink overwhelmed by the weight of our own vanquished by our own valor and worn out by success. [From the London Nov. 14) Tbe fact that so many officers of rank suffered in the engagement of the sth, furnishes a stri king indication of the severity of the contest; but, severe as may have been the sacrifice at which we have purchased this great and impor tant success, we have the satisfaction of know ing that the allied arms achieved a brilliant tri umph The French commander states that the Russian attack of the sth instant was directed against “,the right of the English position before Sevastopol.” That portion of our line extended to the heights near the Chernaya, and was formed by the second division under Sir De Lacy Evans, upon whom appears to have fallen, tor the second time, the honor ot sustaining the enemy’s assault. The large Russian force which had been expected to arrive by the 4th was pro bably concentrated in the plain between the Bei bek and the Chernaya. Such, at least, was the position occupied by the enemy’s troops during the earlier portion of the siege ; and although, with a view to the intended attack on Balaklava, the main body was moved, during the latter part of October, to the neighborhood of the villages of Tehorguna and Camara, it is not unlikely that after the failure of the attempt of the2stb,the greater portion of them returned to their old en campment. [From the Liverpool Times. Nov. 15 J Tne Crimean intelligence contained in our se cond edition of yesterday, may be considered as decisive It is the forerunner of tbe immediate lai I of Sevastopol or raising of the siege by the allied commanders. The loss of 5,009 French and British troops on the sth, the partial raising ot the siege on the previous day for the purpose of concentrating, and the genera! engagement of the 6th must have sealed the late’of the fortress or the besiegers. If the allies repulsed tbe dou ble attack made on their front and rear on the 6th, with the same loss to the enemy as he ex perienced on the sth, the Russian commanders must have lost all hopes of success and can on ly think of continuing the struggle with a view of sacrificing human life. If, on the other hand we lost as many men on the 6th as we did on the, preceding day, our forces must have retired to tne heights of Balaklava, where they may possibly be able to await the arrival of reinforcements. A force of 20,000 men posted on the hills south of Sevastopol may withstand all the assaults of the combined forces of the enemy, so long as they can keep open their communications with tbe allied fleet. GENERAL NEWS. Gov. Manning's Message. The Charleston papers of yesterday contain the Annual Message of the Governor of South Carolina. It is highly commended for its lucid exposition of the affairs of the State, and other topics of interest. The Charleston Mercury thus speaks of it: Governor’s Message. —The Message of Gov. Manning, tor an early copy of which we are in debted to the State Printers, is in all respects a sensible and high-toned document, and treats of the various questions and interests likely to at tract the notice of the Legislature, in a spirit of liberal and at the same time cautious policy, that we hope the Legislature will imitate. We have no space to-day to allude to many of the topics. The one, perhaps, of most general interest is our Bankingsystem. The experience of the last six months has been of a very trying character, and the public seem generally not only to have shared in the suffering, but also in the expectation that the Legislature at this ses sion would apply some comprehensive remedy, that would hereatter make our credit system more effective in supplying the general wants. What this remedy may be, has hardly been in dicated. Some have maintained that the true business of Banks was to loin money to all who wanted it, and to demand payment from none, and that the-distress has been caused by a de parture from these principles. On the other band, it is asserted that the Banks have been pressed, like the rest of the business world, and are no more chargeable with its sufferings, than the community are chargeable with the trials oi the Banks. But amid conflicting opinions, there are two points that will not be contested: that of late the Banks have generally made extraordinary dividends, notwithstanding a great increase ol Bank capital, and that this augmentation of pro fits has been coincident with a marked increase in the item of their business known as “ domes tic exchange.” In short, the Banks have turned from a business in which their profits were lim ited by law, and taken to one in which the only limits are the wants and the solvency o* the borrowers. We are not sure there is any direct remedy for this, but a partial one, we are convinced, may be found in the adoption of Gov. Manning’s re commendation to release moneyed capital from the fetters of the usury laws. Washington, Nov. 27.— Dispatches From France —Disastrous News in England.— Mr Platt, Secretary of Legation at Paris, is here with dispatches. We have intelligence that, at the date of the sailing of the Baltic, the British gov ernment had later advices from the seat of war, and of a much more disastrous tenor than any that had been made public. In a Tight Placf.—Santa Anna experien ces one of the prevailing evils of the times. He wants money, and is desirous of anticipating the payment of the remaining three millions. He is as rapacious after money as if he were shaving his friends at three per cent a month. The Brunswick and Florida Railroad. Messrs Hansell and Collier, who lately visited New York lor the purpose of obtaining a trans fer of the rtock ami management of the Bruns wick and Florida Railroad to citizens of Georgia, have published an address to those w hom they represented. They went to the North under ex plicit assurances ot obtaining what they sought. On arriving they were informed that negotia tions were then in progress for a transfer of the stock and direction to other parties. They say: We could not learn who those othce parties were, and from the character and credit of tne company in New York, we could not believe that any such negotiations would be successful, and were satisfied that it any were made, it would be a most ruinous sacrifice on the part of the company. The delegates, however, were answered, that in case no other arrangement was made before the Ist of November, tbeir wishes should lie grat ified. They now learn that "nothing has bun done or likely to be," yet have received no oiler ot the promised transfer. On the subject of the management of the Com pany, Judge Hansell and Mr. Collier write as follows: The affair of the company seem to have been strangely, and, we fear, veiy badly managed. It was commenced apparently, upon the presump tion that we wete so anxious tor the road, that we would submit to any imposition to obtain it; or that we were too tar off or ignorant to learn and understand, the secret proceedings ot a Wail Street Board. Unfortunately for us our confi dence in the enterprise (stimulated by what seemed an ill-timed opposition) was too strong, and we did not scan the reports of the Board and its proceedings as closely then as we should have done. It seems to have Lt " one of the funda mental articles of agreement upon which the company was based, that in no event skculd the northern stockholders be required to pay in m«?re than their first instalment or five per cent. The small amount thus paid in would be suf ficient to enable them to organize under the char ter, and to make a little show of work; and then the Georgia subscriptions, were to pay for the grading, and the iron to be bought with bonds.— Thus we were to furnish both with the money and credit to enable these northern men to build the. wad, pay themselves large salaries for con trolling and managing our affairs, and make a heavy speculation in their lands and city lots, while they would only pay about 860,000, and soon consume that in office rent, travelling ex penses, &c. Truly the idea was wel! worthy of Wall street, and could not, probably-, have ever origicated elsewhere. Acting upon this schedule, they contracted for iron. :o be paid for in bonds, but the contractor failed, and when tbe President made a subse quent contract which required the first payment to be made in cash, and a call was made for an instalment of five per cent, on the stock, it was not complied with, and the cargo of iron brought to Brunswick was never delivered to the com pany. Messis. Naylor &Co , of Liverpool, the agents of the company, to carry out this iron cainfcrwt, claim a large amount of damages from the company, for this failure, and hold, we un derstand, about 5600,000 of the sterling bonds of the company as collateral security. There is a debt due the Ocean Bank also, ol $35,008, and it holds about SBO,OOO of dollar bonds as collateral. Messrs. Collins & Alexander have received nothing on their contract for labor, but have commenced suits, both in New l r ork and in Georgia, and there is due them about $125,000 as we suppose. We do not know whether there any other bonds of the company outstanding, but as large issu-.s have been autho rized, we fear there may be, as we learned that some had been offered at very heavy discounts Messrs. Hansell and Collier came to this con clusion : The road and its franchises may, perhaps, at a future day, be sold to pay for the labor expended on ii. and if so, we trust it will fall iuto better hands. Let us then cut off all coanection with those who have promised so much and performed so little, and take steps to obtain a surrender ot the conditional notes obtained from us by gross misrepresentations. In the meantime we may be able to form a connection with a company whose members are Georgians, of character and mesrs, and in whose statements we can place confidence,and which will give us what we so much need—a Railroad to the Atlantic. _ Respectfully, N. W. Collier, November IS, 1854. A. H. Hansell. [From the Buffalo Mb., {Mr. Fillmore's organ.) Will Senator Seward, be Re-Elected? ~Our Next Senator.—Our list of assemby meu elect is not yet complete. We now count sixty-seven anti-Sewaid men, with five districts to hear from. These can hardly fail to swell the opposition to seventy in number, and it may run upas high as seventy-two. We trust our friends in the legislature will act with a wise modera tion and sound judgment on the senatorial ques tion. If there is satisfactory evidence present ed that a majority of the people really desire Mr. Sewari to be continued in the Senate, their representatives ought to sacrafice their own an tipathies and re-elect him, without any hesita tion. Our opinion of the abilities, attainments, and the public services of Mr. Seward has been very freely expressed on former occasions, and we have nothing at present to add on the sub ject. The question to be determined by the leg islature is not one of peesona! fitness alone. If Mr. Seward had all the ability, experience, and influence in the Senate of Henry Clay, in his palmiest days, instead of being merely a well cultivated man, of excellent faculties, and a good deal of intellect, without any influence at all, and only distinguished as a leader of a lactipn whose representatives la the Senate do not reach belt a dozen, if would be pertinent lor the legislature to consider, on behalf of the peo ple. whether th-1 intere tof the country would not be promoted by supplanting him in the Sen ate with a man of more catholic views, more enlarged relations, and therefore capable of ta king a better position in the body. The people arc now.looking at the matter calmly, without undue prejudice, and the result of their reflec tions will have its proper weight upon both branches of the legislature. Arrest for Robbing the New York Post Office —During the last few months consider able sums of money, passing through the New Yolk post office have been lost, and for some two or three weeks past the suspicions of Mr. Hol brook, the general agent of the office, have rested upon Jas. Fitz Gibbons, one of the night clerks, as tbe probable thief. The Evening Post says: He has been watched for several nights, and sundry traps have been laid to catch him, but without any further success than a confirmation of tneir suspicions, until about 3 o’clock on Thurs day morning he was detected by Mr. Holbrook in the act of appropriating two packages of money mailed Newark, New Jersey, one direct ed to Bridgeport. Conn., and the other to Wil liamburg, Long Island, containing between three and four hundred dollars each. Mr. Holbrook did not disclose his observations to the rogue, but kept his eye upon him until he left the office, about 5 o’c'ock, to go home. As soon as he left the office and got into Lib erty street, in the rear, Mr. Holbrook, in com pany with Mr. B rown, the head of the night clerks, went out and brought him back, with the money upon his person. Fitzgibbons is naturally suspected of having taken much of the money that has been missed from the office from time to time, and which has been the source of infinite complaint from the public, and of anxiety on the part of Mr. Fowler, the postmaster, and the honest assistants in his office. It is not probable, however, that any o’ the money so taken will be recovered, except the six or eight hundred dollars found upon Fitzgibbon’s person. He is a man of no pecuniary responsibility, and his salary is only S6OO. He is about 40 years of age, has a wile and three children, and resides in South Brooklyn. He has been in the office about a year and a half. Election of Governor Seymour.—Reliable information leads us to believe that Horatio Seymour, in spite of all the efforts to defeat him, will be declared governor ol New York for another term. We shall chronicle such a result with sincere gratification.— fFas/i. Union, “iHth ult. We regret to learh that Mr. Thomas Bond, first supposed to have been drowned and after wards discovered in an unconscious state, on Wednesday last, died at Darien, Saturday morn- I ing. He was not sufficiently restored at any I time after his discovery, to give an account of the way in which be managed to sustain him self during seventy or more hours of exposure to wind and water.— Sav. Rip. 29th ult. A Noble Boy. Rescue of a Passengdk Train from De struction.—We mentioned a few days since the burning of the Tunnel Bridge, on the Balti more and Susquehanna Railroad about five miles south of York, and since learn that the conflagration came very’ near being followed by one of the most terrible disasters that has lately occurred in a railroad travel. It is supposed that the bridge took fire from the freight trains which passed about half-past 7 o’clock in the morning, and the structure was totally enveloped in flames betore it was discovered by the residents in the vicinity. At about 9 o’clock the frame work o! the bridge tell through, and artong the specta tors. some twenty in number, was a little boy about twelve years of age, named Eli Rheem, who, remembering that the express passenger train was then about due from York, started off at the top of his speed to endeavor to stop tbe train, which he knew must be close at hand.— As soon as he reached the curve, about two hun dred yards from the bridge, he observed the train coming on at full speed, and tearing that he would be unable to stop them unless by tbe u.e of extraordinary means, the noble little fellow took his position on the track, and running to ward the approaching train with his hands rais ed, caught the attention of the engineer, who immediately reversed his engine, and stopped within lour hundred yards of impending destruc tion. biers being some twenty feet from the rock’v he'd oei'ffi'’ and the gap some sixty feet wide. Had the boy noo e°. n '^ e track, he would doubtless have laiftu.’ jn !I °’ hie effort, as the engineers are so olten~cfieathtr by mischievous boys on the route that they sel dom pay attention to them. Even when he stopped he thought that he had been cheated by a youngster with more daring than his associ ates, and was surprised to see the little flaxen headed fellow stand his ground and endeavoring to recover his lost breath to answer his question as to the cause of the interruption. We learn that the passengers, when they ascertained the cause of the stoppage of the train and viewed tbe precipice over which they were near being dashed, liberally rewarded the boy lor his pre sence of mind and daring, and that the Board of Directors at their meeting yesterday appropri ated §IOO as an additional recompense. Eli Rheem, a boy but twelve years ot age, was the only one of twenty persons present, most of them men, who had forethought sufficient tor the occasion.— Baltimore American. Whitfield County.—There is no county in Cherokee, Georgia, increasing more rapidly in population and wealth, than the one above men tioned. Her rich and fertile lands are being sought after, by persons from a distance, with such eagerness, that prices are getting exhorbi tantly high. Within the last week, we have welcomed into our borders two excellent citizens from Florida—Rev. Jas. Thomas, and his broth er Dr. Francis Thomas; and while we sympa thise with our sister state on account of her loss w r e trust the thought that it “is our gain,” will console her. Many other good citizens, and men of wealth are moving into our midst, and we believe that Whitfield will in a few years, stand at the head of the list in North Georgia, and not tar behind any county in the State; and Dalton, her Capi tol, unless prevented by some unforseen accident, brought about by a “ concatenation of fortuitous circumstances,” will not onlybe t: e most beauti ful, but the most business place in North Georgia. While the county is filling up, Dalton is receiv ing her pro rata. Many excellent men from adjoining towns are purchasing property, and preparing to make our beautiful city their future home. Come on friends, we have rich lands, big hearts, and still “ bigger pockets !’•’— Dalton Times. Telegraph Lines in Europe—The Genoa correspondent ot the Newark (N. J ) Advertiser, writes as follows: Telegraph lines are multiplying rapidly throughout Southern Europe. They are of course all in the hands of the Governments, and as yet, are chiefly used by their own agents, the ban kers, and richer classes. All parts of the exten sive empire of Austria are thus in connection with Vienna. Her Hungarian system already extends to Belgrade and Hermanstadt, the near est point to the seat of war, and will be com pleted in a few days to Bucharest. Turkey and her allies are about connecting it with Constan tinople, via Varna, Shumla, &c. When these lines are completed, the press and Governments of Paris and London will hold daily communica tions with the seat of war. Russia has ordered the line from St. Petersburg to Moscow to be continued to Odessa and Sevastopol. Austria has now 3000 miles of telegraph in operation, Prussia has 4000, and Switzerland a proportionably greater number. The Swiss have in lact more telegraphic lines than any country on the continent, allowing for the difference in territory. But all Europe together cannot equal the 17,000 miles of wires which are spread over the United States. The wires in these countries generally run through leaden tubes under the ground, and noton tall poles,as with you. The submarine Mediterranean line is now scarcely complete, so that the islands of Corsica, Sardinia and Malta, and the French possessions on the African coast, will soon be brought within the line of telegraphic correspondence. Electricity and steam thus seem destined to work greater changes in the social condition of the world than war ever did. [From the Frederick (Md) Examiner.] The Escape of Josephine, the Nun. Miss Josephine Bunkley, a novice, who had not completed her probation, escaped from the sisterhood at Emmetsburg, about 3 o’clock on the morning of the 10th inst, She is the daugh ter of Joseph Bunkley, Esq., of Noifolk, Va” a .Protestant, who took her under his protection through this city, on Wednesday last, on their way home. The circumstances ot Miss Bunk ley’s unlawful detention and escape therefrom, as detailed to several of our citizens by her fa ther, were as follows: Since becoming a novice, she has been doing duty at St. Joseph’s Semina ry, as a teacher of music, &c., for the last ten months. Some months since, however, she re pented of her connection with the sisterhood, ex pressed a desire to return to her home, and wrote to her father to that effect. That letter was torn up before her eyes, and she was compelled to w rite in a different strain, declaring her satis faction and contentment with her situation. The last mentioned letter deceived her father, while the deception was confirmed by having all his letters to his daughter returned unopened Aware, at length, that she was a prisoner, Miss Bunkley determined to escape, and on the morn ing above named, succeeded in effecting her lib erty, by climbing through a sash over a door, and thence into the yard. Her movements were overheard by the watchman, whose vigilance she eluded by concealing herself behind a tree.— As soon as the watchman turned away she fled alone, a stranger, in the night, and dressed in her novice’s habit and black cap, this poor terrified girl escaped over the rough country, ten weary miles to the village of Craegerstown—where, on inquiring for the stage house, she was directed to Stevens’Hotel. She immediately made known the circumstances ol her case to Mr. Charles Stevens, the landlord, and demanded his protec tion, which was promptly accorded, and in Miss Grimes, a relative of Mr. Stevens, she found a faithful and gentle confidant and friend. Her next step was to write to her father, who, upon the receipt of her letter, came without a mo ment’s delay to her rescue. Miss B. is about 18 years of age, a very accomplished and beautiful young lady, speaking several languages, and a superior musician. A Naval Engagement on the Ohio.—The Louisville Courier of the 7th inst., gives the fol lowing official report of a battle fought upon the river near that place: Some time Saturday evening, the Ohio river opposite Six Mile Island was the scene of a bloody fight between two parties, hunters, and raftsmen, who had been over the river hunting, and were returning in skiffs. One of the boata was manned by John Ray and Harvy Wells, who were armed with long guns the other boat con tained two or three men, two of whom were Tolbert V. Cardwell and Oscar Priest, of West port, Ky., armed with short sixes, revolvers According to the version of the hunting party, the me"hqn the other skiff gave the first fire by run ning into them, and one of the raftsmen striking Ray over the head a time or tw o with an oar.— At this the companion of Ray fired a broadside into the raftsmen with his double barrelled gun, or would have fired, but the caps only bursted.— i'he boats then separated for a brief space when the raftsmen returned to their charge, and fired a couple of shot or balls from one of tbeir short six es, the bails taking effect in the arm and breast of Ray, who returned his fire w'ith a broadside from both his long guns, wounding and crippling the raftsmen more severely, who were compelled to beat a retreat. Before they got out of the range, the hunters gave them another broadside, with what effect is not known, as then and there the battle ended. Papered Walls.— d Hint. — Many lives have been lost from the laziness or ignorance of paper hangers, who have iaid on one paper above another, instead of tearing oft the old one before banging tbe new. There was a very hanesotne house near one ol the best principal towns in England, which could never keep its tenants, and at last stood empty, and became worthless, because a detestable fever seized upon every family that lived in it. A ready-witted obser ver promised the owner to find out the cause. - He traced the mischief to one room, and present ly conjectured what was the matter there. He let a slip of glass into tbe wall, and found it the next day dimmed with a feted condensed vapor, discovered abundant cau#efor' ahy amount of /ever generations the walls had been papered afresh, without the removal ol anything underneath, and there was the putrid size and the fermented old papers, inches deep. A thorough clearance put an end to the fever, and restored the value of the house. A Medicinal Pen.—A recent invention of a somewhat novel character is attracting attention in Paris. It is an electro-galvanic pen called the medicinal pen. By the union of two metals capable of producing a voltaic current, which is excited by the moisture of the hand, it diffuses a healthful and curative influence over the whole body of the person using it, acting chiefly on the nervous system. M. Jules Lecomte, a some what celebrated French writer, speaks of it in this wise: “ If ail the benefits anticipated by the inven tor are realized, this would be a valuable discove ry. Would it not, indeed, be convenient to take care of your health v.’hile fatiguing yourself over the desk, the instrument of exhausting labor thus becoming endowed with the magic virtues of the famous spear of Telephus, which had the power to heal the wounds it inflicted ? But this is not all. In quieting our nerves, excited by bad music for example, in calming ihe irritation created by the reading or bearing of a wretched piece of composition, the medicinal pen would leave anger, impatience, and criticism at the bottom cl the inkstand, and its galvanic point would only distil honey and good nature.” Texas Rail Road to the Pacific.—Messrs. R. J. Walker and T. Butler King’s locomotives manifest no haste in starting for the Pacific. The telegraph intimates that the Governor ot Texas has rejected their offer, and advertised for new proposals for the construction of the great Rail road from Shriveport to El Passo. The last Texas Legislature made a donation of unheard ucresol land ot the work. But before disposing ot its title to any security in the shape ot a de posit of 5300,000 of “par stocks” with the Trea surer, that the undertaking should be carried out. The stocks offered by Messrs. Walker and King are said to have cons sted of—lst. Twen ty-four hundred shares ol the preferred stock of the Sussex Iron Company of New Jersey at 812.50 per share. 2d. Two hundred and ninety eight thousand dollars of the stock of the Me chanics’Bank of Memphis Tenn.; and 3d. Two thousand dollars of the stock oi tbe State of New York. Governor Pease (says the New Orleans Cou rier.) “ in rejecting these stocks, takes and sus tains the broad ground that Texas did not con template the offer of the stocks or shares of cor porations, as the deposit for the seeurity on the contract, and that he is surprised that such should have been offered by Messrs. Walker & King af ter he had distinctly informed them before the contract was signed, and when they had tender ed the same stock of tbe Mechanics’ Bank of Memphis, and also some of that of the Mer chants’ and Planters’ Bank of Memphis, that he did not consider either or both such security as the law required. “ Unless we are greatly mistaken, our Texan neighbors are about to be put throngh a course of instruction in financiering as practised by Wall street speculators, aided by Congressmen, such as, in tbeir simplicity, they never dreamed of. 4Ve can only wish them, with all sincerity* a safe deliverance from tbeir perils.” We sincerely hope the Governor’s advertise ment will call forth proposals frqm men who will consummate this great enterprise.— Sav. Georgi an. Death of Charles Kemble. The Baltic brings us intelligence of the death of the eminent English actor, Charles Kemble, whose professional visit, in company with his daughter, Miss Fanny Kemble, is well remem bered by the theatre goers of tbe Uyiited States. Mr. Charles Kemble was born in November, 1775—the same year in which his illustrious sis ter, Mrs. Siddons, made her first apperance at Drury Lane—and at the age of fourteen was sent to the College of Douay, where his brother, John Kemble, had studied twelve years before. In the winter of 1792-3 he made his first recor ded appearance at the Sheffield theatre as Orlando, in “As You Like It,” and in April, 1794, through the interest oi his brother John made his debut at. Drury Lane, as Malcolm, in “Mecbeth.” Du ring the eaily part of his career he was unsuccess ful in the profession of which, thirty years later, he was one of the brightest ornaments. When Mr. John Kemble purchased a share of Covent Garden Theatre in 1803, Mrs. Siddons and Mr. Charles Kemble both became members ot that company. To Covent Garden Mr. Charles Kemble remained attached for a long series of years, though he occasionally fulfilled engagements elsewhere ; and subsequently pos sessed the share originally held by his brother. With the exception of one brief theatrical en gagement and a series of dramatic readings, he has since kept himself in retirement, though in private lite he was well known as an intelligent and agreeable gentleman. Mr. Kemble was equally good in tragedy and comedy, but bis name is chiefly associated with tbe higher or “genteel” school of the latter. “In parts of gallant, spirited-bearing,” says Robson, the author of the “Old Playgoer,” “just hitting the difficult mark—noble without bluster—selt possed, without apparent effort—energetic, with out bombast—elegant, without conceit, Charles Kemble has never in my time been equalled.’’ (AT. y. Post. Cherokee Insurance Bank.—The last At lanta Intelligencer tells its readers, that this in stitution has failed. This is a mistake and we hasten to correct it, lest bill holders, not acquain ted with the facts, may be induced to take less than full value for the money. We tell them not to do that. The bank has not failed. Not a dollar has been presented to the counter, but what has been redeemed, or the person present ing it satisfied and secured against loss. Mr. Cole, the President, whom we look upon as a perfect gentleman, assures us that in a few days all things will be right again.— Dalton Times, 30th ult.
