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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.