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®K lUccklii Constitutionalist
BY JAMES GARDNER
DECEASE OF AN OLD FRENCH SOLDIER—A
BARBER WHO DIDN’T CUT HIS THEOAT- j
FRENCH MARSHALS.
Correspondence of the .Vet a York Timet.
Pahis, September 26, 1562. One of the most
Gocentric nobilities of the present epoch, the .
Marshal Count Casteilane, has just died at Lynns. ;
The Casteilane family dates Irom the year 1000, in j
Spain, and is known in France from the time of :
John of CastiUe, son of Don Pedro the Cruel end
Jebanne de Castro, who took up their residence
o this country about the year 1336. The Count
Boniface de Casteilane, just dead, was born at j
puns in 178$, and was the son of Count Boniface
*ce Casteilane, and a daughter of the illustrious
house ot Boham*Ctabot de Jarnao. The lather 1
o’ the late Marshal was a leading member of the ;
gtaffrOmeraux during the turbulent period ot
where he defended doctrines so liberal that
historians may well be surprised to find him a j
under Louis XVIII. The young Casteilane j
commenced bis military career as a volunteer in ;
iSO4. He was made sous lieutenant in the cam
paign o! Italy in 1806, distinguished himself at j
Rio Saco and Burgos m Spain, in ISOB, and was I
men made lieutenant; he was tumid Cfiavaiier '
cf the Legion of Honor on the baitlesfietd of i
Waurara, was made captaiu and aid-de-camp
coder Lob&n, in JSI 0, made *he campaign of
K’:s6»a, named Chef (VEbcadfon a. Moscow, had
a baud frozen in the retreat, and was tamed
Colonel of the Guards of Honor of the Lmperor
n 1815. After the restoration he rallied to the
f E iurbons, was made Colonel in the Haßß&rds f
ice Royal Guards, accompanied the Duke d’An*
gculeme in the campaign n Spain, in 1828, was
recalled to France for political disobedience, and
retrain- d in open opposition to the government
frem 1827 to 1880. He then rallied to the new
government, that of Louis Phillippe, advanced
several times in grade, commanded at the siege of
Antwerp, in 1882, was made LieutenantKgeneral,
and commanded the army of the Pyrenees the
same year; in 1837 made a campaign’ in Africa,
and in 1847 was decorated with the grand cross
if the Legion of Honor. In 1848 he rallied to the
republic, and the same year crushed the socialist
revolution at Kouen. In 184 Vhe pnmmanded the
military department of Tours, in 1851 was tracss
terred to that cf Lyons, where Le has ever since
remained, was created senator in 1852, and Mars
shul of France the same year.
Marshal Casteilane was what is called in the
army un otfieicr d’avunt gnr ie t that is to say, an
officer more capable to accomplish an action than
k> plan it. He was also represented as too severe
a disciplinarian, and, until bis soldiers got well
acquainted with him, did not enjoy much of their
sympathy. But hi 6 chivalnc bravery and his
spirit of justice gained for him always their
rerpect and esteem. When he first west to Lyons,
which was then, and is still, a hot bed of republi
canism, he was regarded with suspicion, and often
heard, *» he passed the streets, expressions of
ooctemot. and even threats. One day soon after
the coup a’etat, he beard that a barber of Lyon
bad deelired that if be could only get a chance to
shave th Marshal he would cot his throat. The
Marshal beard ot it, and the next day dismounted
fr tm htanerse, in grand uniform, at the barbel’s
door, ente-ed, took his seat in the tersoria! chair,
and said to the barber, “You are going to shave
’ The barber trembled likea leaf, and while
t® was scraping ihe Marshal’s chin, the latter said
tchim; “I am Marshal Casteilane. and vou are
Ecing tc cut my throat! Do you bear J ' Why
don t you cut, vou rascal '* Sac re hcnwtrd / It was
all brag— nothing but brag ! Why don’t you co*
.be barker was struck dumb with aetoo shmeut.
ard would rstta? > t*e c»* hi* -ova, r.ai-u
trma to nave scratched the skin of nis terrible
cus'omer.
day, in the early times at Lyons, and while
U.e marshal was still disliked by his men, a ball
wa* tired at him from the ranks of *he Voltigeurs.
- J r, .ng a target exercise. He beaid the wel’-
know'D sound of the ball, and felt bis bat oscilla- :
tDg on his head. He took it off, shook it. and a
target ball fell to the ground. Without saying a
word to his staff, he galloped to the front of the
company from which the ball came, and ex*
c aimed; “If] knew the awkward fellow who
feLoots so badly, I should order him a week’s ims
prsonment!” And then turning to fcis aide, bo
wo: “Do yon underrand that a soldier of a
*‘ rp J d'elite missing a man at thirty yard.- V He
ought to be discharged irom the service'” He
opposed any poursuit of the affair.
Marshal Casteilane grew popular at last with
People ot Lyon? and hundreds of anecdotes
told by them of his eccentricities. Even the
i n the streets, toward the last, always
Prated him as he passed with shouts or " Vive it
Tf™*} ’J Casteilane !" He was one of that
‘.pe of officers who were as bard to themselves
d others—of that type which the old soldiers
j; the first empire called U* dan a cu.ite. He
T* hardly L« said to have played a first role in
zjf a,Bter 7 of his country, but he is one of those
no fifty years hence, will pass at the bivouac
ore ior a legendary hero.
Vr ttie deutb ot Maisba) Count CasteilsD., the
oomser of marshals is reduced to ten. us follows
f! llant > bor " ,n HUI, and made marshal
'civ -i M2 gcam, b< rn to 1791, made marshal in
" Connt Bar »f!>!&y D’Hilliers, born in 1795.
, aa 7- h “ ; "J :So4; Pelusier,duke of Vlalt.ltoff,
rii V 94, m3d! ‘ “arsbal in 1855; Canrobert
la ls 2». nade marshal in 1856; Count de
“ ,V fcon ; bora in duke of Maeenta. born in
cv;,/. marshal in 3659; Count Regnault de
r is “ ean D born in 1794, made marshal
ab-’V* ’iV'’" n1 J ornano > be™ in 1784, made mar
. 7 r ,U; C f t7e . t :‘' Train, in
tn» « f t Music Hall, Boston, on Thursday ere-.
Ta'.! P a“ km ß cf Wendell Pbillipt, said : ‘
ton o.„,? ! e? KU ! sbe d abolitionist went to Claries
j t “ Vatolina, once befcre.be was very well j
! j Ed ? nf U P at a hole!. He bad breakfast
I alar. B ils and was watted upon by a ;
to th» . “ •“ bra;ed ,be opportunity to represent :
6 tear, .fir ln u a *. fr? pathetic way. that he was
aWuh-niM a Ta r, ’ tcer ’ aDd aiore ,b& n that—an (
1 about the Kr.llr ”' : ? ro seemf eeme d more atxi- us '
I tiocs or the ea *f?** vban he was about hie re!a- I
I ceepair Mr
1 mg that I. * ' ol *dered him to go awav, sav- j
1 tltt .pi oonldn't bear to be waited apoub/a
I ' must au/k U “ me> said tte negro.
I s.-Ttr ware ” trb rt C3uae * am fefpone ble for the!
i artr - fGreat langbter.l !
.twfog BiTT ‘* "G.«oeo:~”—The fol
a: the preset date* 6 * tbe offictr ’ ,of 1,1 e “Georgia”
0 P «SS£ J ° ne8 ’ Lieat - Com-'Og.
-Johnston, Ist Lieutenant and ®*e cative j
C. R' £ altol V 2i Lieutenant.
Henry M, g ’.d Sd Lieutenant.
T J. Chantl’ Pa ' mae ’ er -
Thomas Emeii . s ? d A * ,, * l ant Sn rgeon.
D A. Telfair ¥^**“'a“ t Surgeon.
Barron Carter A«' d
I fSw^SSS."
J 3-. T Reprii.ca*. Oct. 30. 1
■ a social Ra ‘! road Company will ran
■ deny durjn b -'wetn Gordon and Mliiedgerilie
■ donneeting se » s,on of lhe Ldgtela
GOVERNOR TBOIJP-CONSCRIPTION.
From the Southern Recorder.
■ It is generally admitted that Governor Troup
| was an orthodox constructionist. Re was jealous
! of the grants of power; and fcis practical asser
tion aDd mamtaioecce of State Rights in 1525-6,
when be successfully opposed President Adams
land his Cabinet in regard to the Old and New
Treaties, gave him the very highest position, and
| has since rendered bis name good authority. His ,
! uniform teaching and example had a consistency
which was unimpeachable to the day of bis death. ]
We have thus introduced the subject to prep ire :
i our readers for an extract from the speech of Gov. j
Troup, delivered in Congress -n 1814. on the bill
“amboriziug the President to call into service {
I 80,450 mi lit.a to serve two years, for the defense j
lof the frontiers.” in the course of h.s remarks, •
i he said:
“I do not mean to say, sir, thit the recruiting ]
system, with the present high bounty and en
1 couragement, would not eventually till our ranks; j
‘ i am not disposed to say that it would not (pro
vided tbe power of the enemy had cominued
\ broken and divided by the troubles of the conti*
I nentj hare answered cur purpose; but 1 do say,
' that uuder existing circumstances and for our
j present purpose, the recruiting sjsiem ought nwt
io be relied on ; i; cannot be relied on to fill
our ranks by tbe opening of the next cam
, paign, aDd to risk the loss of the next campaign
is to risk tile loss of everything. But is there no
; mode to wnich you can resort for titlmg the
ranks but voluntary eniis.ment • I wouid b;? ex
tremely sorry if we c?u!d not. i have always
! thought this government, when administered in
; the true spirit of the Constitution, the greatest
j government m the world, even for the purposes
! of war i but if tbe doctrine set up of late be true,
this is the weakest aDd most coniemptibie gov
j eminent on earth; it is neither tit for war nor
! peace ; it has failed of all the ends for which gov
ernments are established.
j It cunuot be true that the government, charged
; with tbe general defence, authorized to declare
! war, aod to raise armies, can have but one mode
I of raising armies, whilst every other government
that has ever existed has had an absolute power
; ovtr the population of the country for this pur
pose, and has actually exercised it. But this
j question is not properly before the House, and I
i will not go into an argumeut to show that you
can, like other governments, resort toother modes
of raising armies than that of voluntary enlists
inent; that you can resort to classification and
draft, to classification and penalty, or any other
mode whicn a sound discretion may in a particu
lar state of the country dictate and justify. All I
intend to say is, that you have an absolute power
over the population of this country for this pur
pose, and that in the present state of the country
it is wiser to resort to classification and draft,
than to resort to the bill from the Senate; the one
will give the n.en certainly and expeditiously, the
• other will not.”
Those who have a-sailed the Conscript law for
raising troops by “classification aod penalty,”
, must experience some little distrust of their own
sagacity and judgment, when they find themselves
| confronted by a name so respected, and so dear t >
i the people of Georgia, as that of George M.
Troup. At the time be speech of which
we hikve given an extract, he was Chairman of
•the Military Committee in the House of Repre
j sentutif' s. and was fully acquainted with the ne
| eezsitieft of the country. Though a rigid construc
tionist, he conceded tbe power to pass such a law
, that now in operation to -increase the nr#;, of
; the Cod federate States.
I We hope that President Davis, who recommend -
- it.v emigres* wfates
’fa op tea it to preserve the political existence of
the South, even the lives and property of its citii
i tens, will abate their hard saving, and if they can-
I not approve ihe measure, will at least discontinue
I their rancorous opposition to it, and thereby
! cease to afford moral “aid and comfort” to the
! enemy ; for the North is stimulated with fresh
! Dopes of success by every appearance of mur
muring and division among ourselves.
YANKEE OUTRAGES ON THE SPANISH
FLAG
! By tbe arrival of the steamship Skonc at New
j York from Havana, on Tuesday night, we have
(dates from that city to the 10th ;
Considerable excitement has been caused at
Havana and throughout the entire island, by an
f outrage by some officers of an American man-of
, j war. The tacts of the case are briefiy these :
On the afternoon of the 7th inst., u steamer was
i j seen rapidly approaching the Spanish coaat, about
t ' six miles to the westward of Moro Castle, pursued
by a man-of-war. The steamer had British colors
; flying at tbe time, and the pursuer, from her gen
j eral appearance, was a (Jotted States vessel. Tbe
. I Captain of the British ship was clearly endeavor
, j mg to make for the port of Havana, but the Fed
; eral headed her off, and the vessel was forced to
: ! run ashore.
Launches were at once despatched from the
. j cruiser to capture the Captain and crew, and to
get off the steamer, if possible. No sooner bad
; ' the launches touched the shore, however, when a
i j detachment of Spanish soldiers were seen ap
( ; oroaebing, on the appearance of which the com»
' 1 munder of the boats gave directions to fire the ves
sel, which was immediately done, and the launch
j es returned to the war steamer, taking with them
, i the pilot of the destroyed vessel, whom they had
. j captured. The cruiser immediately proceeded to
I sea. The ship destioyed proved to be the steamer
j Blanche, last from the port of Molato, where she
had stopped for coal. As to her mission and to
where she belonged accounts differ ; some say
that she was a slaver, others, doubtless more cor*
j rect, affirm that she hailed from Port
Texas, and bad a cargo of cotton.
The affair, as above stated, had caused a great
j sensation among the “Dods,” and the Spanish
j were at once despatched to demand
jof the Federal commander an explanation of nig
j conduct, but they had returned without finding
I him. It is said the facts ot the case will at once
I be laid before tbe Home Government.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Bushels. pounds.
j Wheat 60
I Shelled Corn 56
] Corn in the ear 7©
I Rye. 56
Oats. 65
Barley 32
Irish Potatoes 47
Sweet Potatoes 60
White Beans 55
Dried Peachs 38
Dried Apples 27
Onions 57
Salt.. 70
1 Stone Coal 80
Malt 80
| Bran 20
1 Turnips 55
PlaateriDg Hair 8
| Unslacked Lime 80
Corn Meal . 48
J Fine Salt 55
Box 24 by 16 in. 22 deep, contains 1 bbl
j “16 by
" 8 by 84 “ 8 “ “ 1 pk
7 by 4 “ 4,6 ** “ gl.
! Fromtbe Legion.—A letter before us from the :
■ Hampton LegioD Infantry says . “Tbe army is j
in fine spirits. They are getting shoes and clothes :
by degraes and the Legion is comparatively bea!* ;
thy. Tbe Edgefield boys are all well.”
Thig of date the I3ib instant*
Edgefield ( S CMariner, Gc:. 28. ,
AUGUSTA, G.A., WEDNESDAY MORNING; NOV. 5. 1562.
THE RUSSIANS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC.
From the .Vetc York Pjtl.
It is well known that the Russian Government*
le constructing a telegraph irom its capital to its j
possessions on this continent, and that a large ;
part of the woik is finished. Recent foreign
journals state that in the course of anotLer rear !
it wiM be finished. The Aleutian Island?, which !
stretch scrogs the mouth of Bahrings Straits, are
t forty in number, reaching from the Peninsula of ;
I Kamtschatka in Asia to Cape Alaska in North '
■ America, and are Russian possessions. They form 1
|an admirable cordon of stations for telegraph |
j poles, nnd obviate the necessity cf long marine j
| cables.
j From Cape Alaska a sable twelve hundred '
j miles long would reach the month of Columbia j
j river, una thus the telegraphic cotbtnun’cations i
j with Europe and A>:a could be kept outside and
j distinct from British inference, if deemed neces
j sarv.
j On the other hand, if the laud route is pr< fera- !
i hie, the line would run along r.nd east cf Cook ?
| Inlet, north of Prince William’s Sound, ees\ of i
I Mount Eliza, thence dewo the coast to Puget’s*
j Sound, and ’hence by Astoria to San Francisco, !
with which ye have n«*w perfect telegraphic con
j nection. In all human probability this g*-eat
, work will be occomphshed in a very short time.
But. another interestuur fact is this: The Rus
sian governrn ent his quietly taken possession of !
•two small islands in the Straits of Corea, called !
North and South Tan Sicic. belonging to the !
Japanese Archipelago and the Empire of Japan.
Not long since the British Admiral Sir James '
Hope, who was cruising around in the Ringdove,
ou doubling the Cape near winch they are situa
i ted, found f hree Russian frigates at an anchor
near the islands, and thp greatest activity and
bustle prevailing on shore. A fortified town was
growing up rapidly, the imperial fag was boat
ing from the principal building, and the popular
tion was ali alive with business. The British ,
Admiral was perfectly unded, and especially
when he found the Japanese, thirty thousand in
* number, appearing perfectly content with their
new masters and friends “This is to be a second
* Sevastopel,’ 4 wrote the admiral home; and cow
the English government, made aware of the facts,
i is making a move wb'ch, in the words of an Eng-
I’sh journal, means that the Russians will not be
i allowed to stay there- We think they will stay,
i however, since these if Unde are of the List im
portance to Rossis, and will greatly facilitate her
I trade on the Amtor, and also wifh* California.
. THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER COLUMBIA.
! This steamer recently ciptured by fne Yankee
steamer Santiago de Cuba, condemned in the
Unitea State* District Court for the Southern
District of Florida, and carried to New York, has
* been turned over to the Navy Department, and
* her cargo discharged, prior to part of it being
; taken by the Government amd the balance sold.
Speaking ol tbe vessel, the Herald says :
‘ The Anglo itbe! steamer Columbia, recently
captured by the United Stages steamer Santiago
‘ de Cuba, condemned in me United Stares District
*! Court for the Southern District of Florida, and
> brought to this port by me United States Marshal,
j has been turned < ver to the Navy Department,
‘ and her cargo discharged, prior to part of it being
I | taken by the Government, and the balance Id.
■ j Tbe value of the cargo i« very great, and ex
j ceeds the first estimate! y many thousand dollars.
‘ Much of it will be taken by the government, and
r tbe balance will bring its full value under the
f j auctioneer's hammer.
• Among tbe nicies r c* following; One com
- j Diet** "“id ha;*®** c'eight rft -d gana, tub
1 * everything appertaining to them, even to the bars
; | ness for the horses. Tbe ba’tery is said to have
* j cost fifty thousand dollar?. The guns are of Auh« ,
■ j trian manufacture, and are considered to be very j
; : fine specimens of European artillery. There is I
1 I also a very large supply of shot and she)! for the
i | guns.
1 • Two thousand stand of Enfield rifles have been '
' ! discovered, all new and in fine order, together
i with immense tolls of sheet lead, many verv
j i heavy blocks of spelter, three hundred boxes of
; tin, and other articles of a like nature,
j There are also eighty-tl.ree bales of blankets of
' j the best quality, worth about S7OO a bale. They
* I are all marked m large le’ters C. S. A. Besides
] these blankets there are many bales of army cloth
< and flannels, all of good quality, and well adapted
[ for the use of our troops.
I 1 All the cargo that can be used by tbe Govern* [
ment for the army will be taken, such as those j
mentioned above. There are many large boxes
of dry goodß that have yet to be examined, and !
: j also several hundred chests of lea, a very large j
number of boxes of soap and candles, bags of i
spices, and other articles too numerous to men** ;
‘ lion.
5 The importance of this capture to us can readily i
be seen. Tbe Columbia’* arrival in Charleston !
was no doubt anxisusly looked for, for all that she
had on board was badly wanted by the army and
1 people of Jeff Davis. It will cause them to utter
: many a bad word when they hear that the vessel,
| i with her much wanted cargo, is in the bands of
i Uncle Sam, and being useC for the benefit of his
' I troops. They will feel mortified to know that tbe
| guns are to be used against them, and that their
| blankets and clothes are keeping Union soldiers
| warm. Such, however, is tbe case, and they will
i have to “grin ana bear it” us becomes philosophers
I —which m a great degree they are. The greater
j part of the Columbia’s cargs, ff not all, is on the
' I Confederate account. The bss tais time does not j
i appear to have fallen on their friends of the sea*
| i girt isle. The vessel even has the appearance of
! ! being built fora Confederate cruiser, and was no
l doubt purchased for that purpose in England by
I money received for cotton which has run the
I blockade. We can assure the people of the South, '
j and the Navy Department of the rebel Governs '
I ment, that she will be put to good use in our j
1 Daval service, and will make a most efficient j
cruiser. She will look remtrkably well under the I
f Stars and Stripes, which is the most appropriate •
flag she could fly, named a? she is the Columbia. ,
Who knows but she may yet succeed in running
into Charleston, rather, hove ver, to tbe horror
than delight of the chivalrous Charlestoniant* ?
A Fruitless Mission.— lt will be remembered |
, that when New Orleans fell oto the possession of j
the Yankee forces, several pillions of dollars in !
| upecie were removed from th.- banks, by their di»*
j rectors, to a point out of tie reach of Butler’s
| despoiling hands. Sometim* since, Mr. Clarke, j
one of the directors of tbe “Planters’ and Manu- j
facturers Bank” of New Orlans, was selected by
, Butler to come to Richmond ie a commissioner to !
neat with tbe Oonfed-rate Givernment for a re- '
turn of the coveted specie it the vaults of the
banks. Mr. Clarke was place! under a bond of
two hundred and forty thousand dollars ae a coc
, dition for bis return, and a fee daye since arrived
( in Richmond on his mission. We know nothing
( of bis interview with tbe Gove-nment on the subN
, ject, but we know that he has left with a very
large flea for insertion in Butler’s ear when be get*
back. —Richmond Examiner.
Returned.— Colonel John Ptriyth returnee to
Mobile, on the 25th inst., fro® his campaign in
Kentucky, looking rather worsted by services
undergone, but in good health. He propose? to
furnish his paper with a full report of the Ken*
tucky campaign—including t* e object had in
view, and the cause? of the withdraws' of the i
rmy from the State.
I . To Knit Hmlb -To knit thl h«ls of socks
i double, so that icey may thus las, twice as lonir
1 Otherwise, skip every alternite stitcb on the
wrong side, and knit ail on the richt Th?* will
rcake it double, !:k« ’ha* of a dtrfyV
• carpet. * * *
GEN. A R WRIGHT.
From the Jdacun (Gra.) Telegraph, Oct. SC th.
Tb s distinguished Georgian, who was com* .
: pelled by h : s wounds received at the late battle of
; Sharpsburg, to take a short respite from his duties
j in the field, Las been on a visit to bis friends in
this c»ty for the last two days. ,
Oq Monday evening he was serenaded by a
large perxy of citizens at the rt sidence of Colonel
Washington. Being loudly called for, he ap
peared in the varaodah leaning on his crutches,
| accompanied by his son, who having suffered the |
lops of a leg at Manassas, was also "supported by *
enrehes.
The Genera! begged to be excuse* 4 from making
! a speech. He had been for near two years en
-1 gaged with the duties of the camp and field, and
i felt more like battling with tbe invader of his
country, than indulging in the flowers of rhetoric.
He thanked his fellowacitizens in graceful terms *
for the compliment they evidently intended for j
• the Army or Northern Virginia with which he !
was connected. That noble army deserves all |
■ praise. It had undergone more bardshij s, lought j
• more battles, and achieved greater successes in j
’ the short space of two months, than any other :
army in tbe history of the world. True, they hud \
suffered los3—but, considering the odds with j
which they bud to contend with, their casualties t
were nothing in comparison with those of the ene*
! my, whom they uniformly repulsed.
The Genera! defended the army from the flip*
! pant charges of newspaper reporters and street
corner warriors, of strangling from duty in the
1 hour of danger. N*> braver or truer men were
! ever marshalled on the earth. Many of the poor
: fellows, overcome by the long marches, without
! food, and weighed down with guns, knapsacks,
buversacks, caitridge boxes, canteens, Ac., fainted
I and fell by the wayside. But they fell from ex
haustion, not fear or indifference, and were en
titled to as much prai«e as those who being abler,
j went on the field and fell in conflict with the ene
| my—both tel! : n tbe discharge of their duty.
He also explained how it was, that by forced
| marches and over exertion the soldieis were com
pelled to throw away their blankets and clothing,
• in order to hurry up in time to meet the enemy.
And that this was the reason why there was such
• destitution in the army at the close of the cam-
I paign in Maryland
He called on the people to exert themselves in
aiding the Government to famish them with win
ter supplies, and by the approach of spring all
would be well.
Again thanking them for the compliment, he
retired, amid a round of cheers from the com
pany.
The General appears to be in tine health and
spirits.
ISgT We dip the following paragraphs from
the .Savannah Republican, ol Oct. 30th;
The tram frem Charleston last evening brought
nothing further of the heavy cannonading in the
vicinity of Mackey’s Point, referred to in our is
sue of yesterday. Tbe presumption is that the
Yankees were simply indulging m their favorite
amusement of wasting iron fur the benefit of
government contractors.
“P. W. A.”—As several of our exchanges have
announced the intention of our special army cor
respondent to return to Georgia, on account of ill
health, we would take occasion to say that his
condition is greaily improved, and that he will
remain in Virginia so loog as bis services shall
, be useful »o the public.
Accident on tub Gulf Road.— Quite a serious
j accident occurred or the Gulf R.’.lroari t**~»*»**t
; last. A lumber ’rain wag goirg to No. 9, one car
being heavily loaded with coal. Ou reaching
some trestle work about three miles east of the
j Altamaha, the coal car broke down, and, togeth
er with seven or eight other cars, crushed through
• the trestle and went down i&a general wreck.—
. The coupling having broken, the engine and ten
der passed on in safety.
There were but few person? on the train, and
hence the damage to life and limb was limited.—
Ore negro man was killed, and Mr. Billups, the
conductor, and Mr. L. A Faner, a government
agent, were seriously wounded.
We have been unable to learn whether this ac
cident was the result of earelessness or not. —
Several have occurred on the road of late, and in
justice to the public the authorities of the com*
pany should institute a rigid investigation into
| the cause. We have no doubt they will give
| thtir attention to the subject.
Joen Bull Bringing Brute Butler to Taw.—
; On Sunday, IDtb, the English man-of-war Rinaldo
| approached the foot of Canal street, N. 0., and
assuming a hostile attitude, demanded from the
| authorities the release of James Syme, druggist,
an English subject, who was confined in Fort
j Pickens, and indemnification for the seizure of his
: property and person, to tbe extent of SIOO,OOO.
General Butler requested ten days to consult with
the authorities at Washington, to which the Cap- *
tain assented,
The Captain of the Rinaldo is a young British 1
officer of great gallantry, and whose sympathies
are said to be warmly in favor of the South.—
When onr prisoners were leaving New Orleans,
the band on his vessel struck up the lively tune
of tbe “Bonnie B’ue Flagg,” to the great chagrin
of tbe Yankees.
Commander M. F. Maurt.—The Richmond (Va.j
Whig says : “It affords us no ordinary pleasure
j to state, as we now do without impropriety,
that Com. M. F. Maurv has left the Confederate
iStat.es for Europe, and, if no accident has befallen
him, is now well on bis way over. The presence
of no living man in Europe is 8 > weli calculated to
exert an influence in our behalf as that of tbis
| eminent savan and ardent patriot, and if the policy
• of keeping unrecognised envoys there is to be ads
! hered ro, the fact that Commander M. is added to
! the number will go far to reconcile those who,
. with ourselves had come ta doubt the wisdom of
' tbe policy. We do not know the spec&l mission
on which Commander M. goes, nor the country to
which he is sect. These will be developed in
time.
ft Tbe Legislatuee.— The Legislature of Geor
gia will assemble at Milledgeville on Thursday
I next, Nov. sth. We shall have a reporter and
| correspondent present, who will furnish regular
j reports for this journal. As the session will,
j doubtless, be an interesting one, in vitw of the
i condition of the country, the existence of a war,
| tbe election of a State Senator, Ac., the Consti
tutional st will bea valuable source of informa*
tion on the legislation of tbe State.
The horse railroad recently built in Washing*'
ton, and chiefly owned by Philadelphians, has al' *
ready proved a great success. You may now go I
from Georgetown to the Navy Yard for fire cents. J
a distance of nearly five miles. The nvmberof 1
cars now employed is forty.
JjgT 5 The Lipcoln government has created the (
Department of Tennessee, to include Cairo, Fort
DonelsoD, Fort Henry, Northern Mississippi, and
those parts of Kentucky and lowa West of Ten** (
nessee river. Maj. Gen. Grant has been assigned
to the command of it.
; That was a beautiful thought which fell |
from tbe lips of a young lady, m our hearing:
“When we are chastened by God, we should do
as children and servants do when they are whipp
ed—run up close. He can’t hurt us much then.” ;
tbr Gen. McCall, who was taken prisoner in
the fighting below Mechanicsville, rau for Con- ,
gress n Pennsylvania, and was beaten.
VOL. 15— No 45.
LATE NORTHERN NEWS.
SEWAHD TO THE NATIONS OF EUROPE
CIRCULAR TO HIS MINISTERS
I From the Richmond ( Fa.) Enquirer , of Nov. 1.
Department op State, Washington, »
September, 22, 1862. f
) Gentlemen : You will receive by the mail
‘ which will carry you this despatch evidence
which will convince you that the aggressive
| movement of the Rebels against the States re
i maining faithful to the Union is arrested, and that
! the force of the Union, strengthened and reani*
; mated, are again roady to undertake a campaign
f on a vast scale.
j If you consult the newspapers you will easily
i perceive that the financial resources of the insur
; rection decline rapidly, aud that the means of
I raising tioops have been exhausted. On the other
1 side you will see that the financial situation of
| the country is good, and that the call for fresh
j troops, without which the material force of the
! nation would be seriously crippled, is
promptly responded to.
I have already informed our representatives
abroad of the approach ot a change in the social
organization ot the rebel States. This change
continues io makeitsell each day more and more
apparent.
In ihe opinion e President the moment
has come to place the great tact mere clearly be*
tore the people ot ihe rebel States, and to make
them understand that if ihoee States persist m
imposing upon ihe country the choice between
the dissolution of this government, at once neces
sary and beneficial, and the abolition ot slavery,
it is the Union and not slavery tLat must he
maintained and saved. With this object, the
President is about to publish a proclamation in
which he announces that slavery will no longer
he recognized in aDy of the States which shall be
in rebellion on the Ist of January next. While
, all the good and wise meu of all countries will
recognize this measure as a just and proper mill**
tary act, intended to deliver ihe country from &
terrible civil war, they will recognize, at the same
time, the moderation and magnanimity with
which the Government proceeds in a matter so
solemn and important.
1 am, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
Wm. H. Reward.
We find no reference in the New York Herald
of the 28tb to the reports published by the Express
at from Europe. It has nothing on the subject of
I European intervention, except the following,
which does not, we thins, refer to the Express, for
that does not rank as a radical journal, but the
contrary:
THU TRAITOROUS RADICAL PRESS.
One of the radical journals of this city is labor*
ing to break down the government and the army
! by proclaiming that the recognition of the Sou b
‘ ern Confederacy is a foregone conclusion in Eu«
' rope, and that if it should be recognized we should
immediately make pence, while, on ihe other band,
the army is declared to be utterly demoralized
the veterans of the “seven days’ battle” being
represented as good for nothing, and the whole
dependence b ing placed on the new levies We
rather think it is ihe journal which gives utterance
to what is calculated io afford such **aid and com
fort to the enemy” that is really demoralized.
Gen. McC'eilan wan first himself assailed by
these disunion sheets, and now they assail the
urn y itself as worthless, and charge the govern*
'’iviTv ibat if, Mr. Lincoln and Gen McClellan
with having destroyed it. Is it not clear that
these revolution and radical journals are playing
into the hands of Jeff Davis & Co., and are pre
pa: mg the way for peace aud final separation of
the North to the South ? So far from Europe hav*
ing any intention of interfering in our concerns,
there is every reason to believe that the contrary
is the case; and as for the army of the Potomac
being demoralized, it never was in such fighting
i order and never more ardently desired to be led
against the foe—a wish in which it wii’ be gratified
at the proper time
J-rom the A\ Y. Herald, Oct. 23.
Washington, Oct. 27, 1862.
THE PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL AND HONt JOHN VAN
11DRB.V.
Simeon Diaper, the Provost Marshal General,
is in this city perfecting his arrangements for ar*
resting persons under martial law. In converse
tion to-day with more than one of the chief offi*
cers of the government, he said’: “John Van Bus
ren ought to be arrested, and i would do it at
onje, but that 1 think it would be bad policy to
arrest him until after the election in the State of
New York.” He added; “If I should do it be*
lore the election it would have a damaging effect
upon Wadsworth.”
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS.
' There is a great consternation in the Republican
} camp here in regard to the coming elections in
j New York and Massachusetts. »S >me of the
i highest authorities here fear that Sumner and
Wadsworth will be beaten. The knowing ones
| declare that Gen. Wadsworth has been bled •
heavily for buying up the weak newspapers in
New York, showing that they are determined to
fatten upon the Flats.”
TEE RESULT OF THE ELECTION IN OHIO.
As the official returns of the Ohio election
show an increase of the conservative or democratic
vote by thirty-five thousand over the vote of last
year and a reduction of the abolition vote by
tweutyaeigbt thousand, it is clear that the present
result m the State has arisen from a change in
popular opinion, not from the fact that more fa
natics than conservatives have gone to the war.
The VY ashiDgtou ‘‘Chronicle’’ Has a noisy &rti«
cle accusing James M. Wright, of the Adjutant
General’s office, of being “a traitor.” He is a
I Marylander.
From the Baltimore American ,
FROM PENSACOLA.
PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK MOBILE.
New York, October 27 —The steamer Hondo*
ras, from Pensacola on the 15th, has arrived. She
reports the health of the troops there as good.
Admiral Farragut was there with the Hartford)
Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Preble and Potomac)
waiting orders to attack Mobile. Several refugee
families had been brought down from Milton by
the steamer Creole. The transport St. Mary’s
was at Pensacola en route to New Orleans.
The New York Express is moving its inventive
powers and testing the of the public
with a monstrous and ridiculous story that Kng*
land and France will demand an armistice of four
or six months in our war, under penalty if re*
fused of recognizing the Southern Confederacy.
It France and England wish to recognise the
rebels let them do it. It will not make a feather
weight difference in the position. Perhaps, in
deed, its effect would be beneficial to the Union
cause.
The Washington Star announces that Lin
coln has given a special invitation and brilliant
reception to a little dwarf, Commodore Nutt by
came. AH the members of the Cabinet were
present on the important occasion. The dwarf
performed by singing something about Columbia,
-Y great sensation was created among the
r i eemasons of ConnecMcut a few days since by
Mr. Charles St-atton, aha? General Tom Thumb,
being initiated, pass a d and raised to the sublime
degree of a Master Mason in St. J 'hn’s Lodge,
No. 1, of Bridgeport.