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I IIKfKACIi vm K>IPM» IN I UK ,'A L %BA\IA
I.EGteLA ITHK.
'i be. following resolution in favor of opcn.ng :
negotiations for peace, offered by ilr-. Parsons
ref Talladega, in the House of Ueps-esftDtativc-s
<,f the .State of Alabama, at the special session.
Eeptember, 1 JS-t
Whereas, Abraham Liacolfi, as President of
the United Stoles and comsnander-ia-cbiet of
fli<‘ annv and nary thereof, and the frieni.s and ,
s'lmx.rtei- of his admmi*tr*tipa have declared
that uesrot'itlofts for peace cannot hi enter
tained except upon toe basis ol a restoration ot ;
the t'liiou iu its territoinl integrity and the
abolition ol slavery, and that the existing war
tuuft l>e prosecuted till the men of these Con
federate States are compelled to submit to the.-e j
terms, or are subjugated, and if necessary to j
m i ure that end, exterminated, their lands con
liseated, and their women and children driven .
• j. ,i th as wandereis on the face of the earth; an.i ;
Whereas, The re-election of Abraham Lincoln 1
10 the office of President of the United Mates,
is advocated by many, if not all of his sup- j
•porters upon these grounds, and that there is
•no other way to terminate the war, insisting
i hat there is no disposition on the part of tin*
••people of these States to enter into negotia
' t ions for j»eace, except on the distinct admts
,*.ion of the separate ; independence of these
.states as a basis, and
Whew*, At a recent convention held in the
x ily of Chicago a numerous and powerful par
tly has declared its willingness, if successful, to
jjuop lighting and opeu negotiations with us
-iinon the basis of (lie Federal Constitution as
it is, ami tlie restoration ofthel’uiou under
’ it- *
Now, therefore, bi) it resolved by the Senate
mud House of Representatives of the SWl* of
.Alabama, in General Ass'inbly convened.
T hat we sincerely desire peace ; if the afore
-lid j tarty is successful, we are willing and j
'■ready to open negotiations for peace ou the !
'-basis indicated in the platform adopted by s ttd i
convention- our sister States o® Hus touted-;
< racy being willing thereto.
This preamble and resolution being under |
.consideration, Mr. Parsons made, in substance, j
the following remarks;
Mr. Speaker : Tlie re election of Abraham j
I incoln reudetH a continuanto ol tire present
•war inevitable. Ilia defeat by the party that
loin nominated Gen. McClellan will ascertain- .
|y result in a cessation of arms and an effort to I
open negotiations for peace.
'11,,, terms which Mr: Lincoln proposes as the
only basis on which he will consent, to open ne
irotiationa for peace, are “a restoration of the
Union in its entire territorial integrity and Dio
alK>lition of slavery.” Those.terms cannot ue
"ifcr-ntcd by us, and will pot, while we have
-mv pOw er left to resist oppression. They are,
•in fact, Hiinjugntion ; because the power that
■Van enforce these terms ns a basis of negotia
tion, can impose others also.
Uis not submission merely to the loss ol so
much property in slaves at the bidding of pow
but it is submission to the destruction of
(society itself, if the proclamation of Abraham
■j,incoln was enforced in these States. The
wldie race could not, remain here, at least that
-portion ol it whose intelligence, energy ami
moral worth alone, impart, value to the institu
tions of society and render it desirable. This
we know would bo tho result, whatever he and
his co-workers may think to the contrary.
The moral viewer of our position is therefore j
very <wt*at. We stainl beforo the world, while’
that proclamation remain# in force, as men ,
lighting for everything which an InUdiigont j
chiistian iioople hold dear. The nation*may
hold aloof—lift not a hand, raise not u voice,
hut the mind, lire conscience, the heart ol eve
iy man who knows ouv condition and tlie stern
realities by which we are surrounded, cannot
withhold its sympathy or resist the conviction
that we are right, .that no sacrifice ol lile nod.
treasure, which is necessary in sustain sucii a
cause, can he too great. Jt is tin's conviction
-which has inspired os vvilli a unity and ai-torin
-1 nation of purpose, such as no other people in
modern times lune manifested. It is this con
viction which will sustain them to the end.
If Lincoln is re-elected, lie nod his fitends
will claim that it Is an endorsement of his ad
ministration, and that be is authorised to com
plete tho execution of hi3 plans of omgncipa
tiou, regardless of the cost to themselves, or
-the rttiu which it brings on the people of those
■States.
There is now an opportunity to drive linn
irom power and institute anew order of things
in the l'opted States, by means of the ballot
box. A numerous and powerful party aro en
gaged in tint effort. Success is r.s important to
t'hem iw it is to us ; tor everything they hold
dear is involved hr tho issue. Gan we remain
idle or indifferent' Shall we not be false to
<>ur cause, to ourselves and our posterity if we
(to? _ .
The adoption of this resolution will enable f ire
friends of peace to combat succeHVJly tlie
false assertions of the friends ol Lincoln and
■jvar. Already the indications are favorable
Seward, his Secretary of State, in his recent
spoivh at Auburn, ended von. and to show that
(he policy of the administration is simal:*' in
this respect to that of the friends of pea.ee.
'I he further prosecution of the war for the
purposes professed by Linooln, is not popular
with those who must cuter the ranks and ex
pose themselves not only to all the hardships
and dangers, but also to the diseases peculiar
to our climate' Tho effort* theyanako lo ob
lain substitutes of any color and at any price,
tho threatened draft, all go to prove if.
The opportunity of relieving I heuisclvcs front
nil this is presented in tlie coming election. .1
think tlie great majority oi these will avail
themselves of it and vote with the parly tiiat is
pledged to stop fighting and resort to tire arts
ot kindue.es and statesmanship to bring about
a peaceful settlement- To them the question
presents itself thus: Lincoln the war—the
draft—or a substitute obtained at any price |
On tlie other hand, Mo'itedtan and pence. Gan j
there l»e much doubt which those will prefer
who must go to the ranks, or VV'hO aro now j
there? Without doubt the quarter mautore and
i cutracUns, tlie spoils men alid those who in: I
eupy bomb-proof positions aider bis ad min is- |
1 ration, will shout, "the war must goon I" ‘‘we |
must tight it out,” ‘‘all hope of free govern- '
•picut is forever lost, unless \vn crush the rebels I
uiid abolish slavery.” Hut the men who must j
«-ntor the ranks ia the bullet-department,' w ill ]
updei stand all that.
For these reasons and many otlieis, some of
which I shall have time to notice before l take
»nv ge.it, l urge the adoption of this resolution
Oj»w. Ai the same time let us strengthen* our
military resources by every means in our pow
er, so that if wd -honld fail to negotiate a
ut*}it-e on liouoruMo s^ul ” *vii»!y
-Mid bettoi prepared to compile tho wur. in
this way we shall employ all Oi “'p powers.
Man is endowed with both physical'and intel
lectual capacity. Fait to what purpose js the
latter given us if wO employ it alone in ui-
Tectioir the former ' Mom! influences for 100
• most part govern the world. The time is past
when mere brute force can can trot nieu. J lie
tiiiestiou which l* not settled upon the eternal
principles of justice and truth, .will re
main setllcl long. A .■oiiclasion winch i»
forced, must bo maintained by force. !he mo-
It is remove'] the vshole true lure
.ni,. This priuciple is invariable and reiers
alike totte'ud and matter. 1 argue therefore
that a nea’e >"hich the sword alone brings,
“MeYW s;«t poucipi™ «« i»i
eight of, will not be S rt ‘ at val
ue, uov of long dnratioif. , , r f
Again, if Lincoln is defeated and we fail, af
ler every effort to negotiate an lionovA 1 ’ 1 '- l' c, ‘ c
with the new Administration, what will 1110
conditionof the respective parties to the w.lr
5f war has to be resumed '■
The Abolitionists will take no further infer
,Ait iu it. b.'cause it will then be prosecuted to
res'ore the Union under the Constitution, the
eifect,H' which will be to preserve instead of
destroy otte peculiar institution. A war eon
* ducted so as to secure tbat result, the Aboli
lioaists loath aii.'l Late. It will lie renrember-
Nd that Lincoln declared in the outset the war
tas to restore the Lfiton. The Abolitionists
ere not satu'ieil with !hi J , and they never
tded in their (.’forte. until he issued his proe
aW.Uhiu* slavery. .Then they ral
. , a afc side with a zP'-d which a lanatlcisui
, moTospiie. That pr.A a aiation secured
•_ orenf fueace of every Ate? 51lI on society
“Job Via, troia Exeter 11a.. down—
v ilue of tbai , u - House to Lands End. Jbe
coA'i' v 'a.e is shown by the Tal*
X\* war Vrcgaa* - ti:- United «;u y
n.ubVW'id in tiorn a newspaper
" I in i»uiv id ° ’k.tk, wliKh wo* I’ub
• * rliea m, states that "be-
jl>ro . j,e war in lire I Tilted State.., one ship per j
4,.,'k ww sufficient to supply tin* demamls ol ,
t-nd/rante from lliat port -now one shin per I
■ lay is not sufßcictu. This shows the practical
value of the moral inltueaee of that soQtiiuent
in that country. The high price offered to iu
dure emigration bv thtste agents ot those who.
must either furnish a substitute or go to the
war, and into tue ranks, in person, in connec
tion wiih the moral influence brought to bear
on the deluded and oppressed poor of that
country, ha.® enabled Lincoln to get id most as
tnanv inen, in this way, as he has lost since
the war began. _ .
Mill another important view present* itself.
It is this. If' the parties to this destructive
war. would stop fighting aud open negotiations
for peace, this would induce England and
France, if anything would, to interpose aud
otter terms to the Confederacy, which they
bow withhold and will continue to. as long as
the war goes on. _ _
I have never had any faith in Englitliiutcr
vention and hut little hope of it from Franao
T lie interest and policy of these powers is to a
certain extent tlie same lloth want one great
staple and our market for their merchandize. '
Each having a largo commercial marine, would j
like to do our carrying trade. Hut there are ;
other things which they'desire mote. They |
want most of all republican Governments bro
ken up ami destroyed effectually and forever,
i They want the colossi Republic divided into
as many separate governments as possible.
This is not Irom auy hostility to us as a people
hut because t'u.y regard tbfi spectacle of 30,-
000,000 of nee ioen, governing themselves by
means of the ballot box. obeying such laws and
paying such taxes as they may think tit to im -
pose on themselves, in the enjoyment of a de
gree of prosperity unequalled in the history of
lhe world, dangerous to the peace and security
of their own system of government. Now the
Union is severed and the two Republics are
now waging war willi cash other on a scale,
Which may well cause Kings and Despots to
tremble at the power of the people. There
are hut two contingencies in which it will be
their policy to interpose It they saw tligt one
was about to be subjugated by the other and
! unity of empire restored by force of arms, or
I if we stoj. lighting mnl open negotiations for
peace, they would, in my opinion,interpose to
j prevent the re construction of one government.
\ especially n Republican government Rut
j while the parties have strength to light and
the war goes on, they willl not interpose. If
] they do not wish us to destroy each oilier,
; their policy renders them willing to stand aloof
and let us do it. In tills way we provt the
! truth, as they think, of what they have always
■ told their own people—viz,: that man is inea
| pable of self government and that the igno-
I rant masses must submit to ha governed by
| the intelligent few, who ane alone capable of
i it—they must bend their necks to the yoke and
bend their backs to the burdens which it is
• their lot to beuy They (the nilers) point
them to the war licit is now raging and to the
I awful destruction of life and property on this
continent as proof positive of all they say.
They wish to see the same state of things es
tablished here that exists iu Europe. There
Russia keeps a standing army of 1,1000,000
men; Austria, one of 700,000; l’russla about
tho same; France,one of 000,000; aud England,
one of ttttl.uOO; besides the largest navy in the
world. These live great powers, as they are
called, have thus :5.4'21,000 men iu arms. For
what V for what ' To keep the people in sub
ject ion and to watch each other.
'They want those two Republics to agree on
some conventional line, commencing at some
point on the Atlantic and stretching westward
to the Pacific, mfr kit with forts anil custom
houses, soldiers and revenue officers. This we
must do, because there is uo natural means of
division. A difference in language which God
lilmselt'created for the express purpose of scal-
I teri ng the children of men on the lace ot the
Leartli constitute*) tins first cause ot divisions
' which we read of Color, constitutes another Moan
j tains, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, another;
after these,, the line must bo purely couveu-
I tlonai,
! these governments will be rivals They will
J watch each other. Large armies and navies
; must be maintained by each for that purpose,
j Thus, England and France will be relieved of
1 further apprehensions, lor here will be an o;>-
[ portuk'ty to take sides ami keep up uu Atueri-
I can balance of power.
i ( have at waygbeou of tlie opinion since the lirst
gun was tired at Fort Sumter that the Union
was gone—forever gone—and that “re-con
struction,” however desirable it might be, is
an impossibility. 1 have always expressed it,
both iu public speeches and in private conver
sation. I see no reason to change it. Ihe im
mense war debt contracted by each party—the
thousands who have fallen in battle or by dis
ease—i he tens of thousands who have Iwen
wounded and crippled lor life—the broken in
| Iteilth and constitution —oar desolated homes
and cities aud towns iu ruins—our fields laid
u asle. together with the terrible passions which
have been aro need, are difficulties, which in my
judgment are insurmountable. Can ue rea
sonably suppose that. Hie North will consent
lo be taxed to pay cmr war deb: ' A debt which
the Abolitionists say was omitraoted iu an un
holy rebellion against the best gov.ofument the
world ever u&W, Or dose an# Sane mail sup
pose wo will con Mid. to pay Iheir war debt,
contracted iu Bending armies and navies to burn
our towns and cities, to lay waste our country,
whose soldiers have robbed and murdered our
peaceful inhabitants?
No, Mr. Speaker The Union will never be*
reconstructed. Wind is to take its place? i
confess Sir, our path tor the future is by no
means free from difficulties, as that future ap
pears to me, lot the war end as it may.
Os one thing, however, l fool certain, the
sooner wastop fighting tho bettor it will be tor
both parties. No peace can bo permanent
which is not butted on principles of justice mm
truth. The sword never has, and never will
procure such a peace. T'ne deiif notion which
attends R, to life and property —morality and
law--the wicked passions which it arouses, are
alt in the way of justice and trnUi, and while
human nature remains us it. is, will only ob -
scure l hem.
FROM I I.OIUIIA
\Ve jcjirii front i iiO .Floridian that under tin;
late orders oi Gov. Milton, Ho organization of
the militia of Florida lias been sHCfeesfuliy car
ried on ; that every one seems impru red with
; the iinpurtaiie.il of tho measure, a patriotic re»-
I response lias been made, and Unit satisfactory
organizations h ive been perfected in every
county, and Die State stands prepared lo exert
• its whole force auainal au invader. Aud
, added : “Tlio luililia force ot the Stale is now
I one ol its main nuns of defence and on its prea
; orvation and efficiency may depend our safety
here. )Ve are sali(ilied Dial every exertion will
j be made by the governor to preserve the pre
sent ovgauiz itiou that tots hs>on so successfully
made, ami we have no doubt that the legisla
ture will endorse the action ot Die executive
| and do all in its power to perfect and coai
! pleio the organization.."
The hope is expressed that the Confederate
Government w ill ml take anyk steps calculated
I io tlisorgaioz • the lores now jready, as there are
jiu it niis ineu who have been detailed or ex
j empted for Kgiicultural purposes, some, in fact,
who are Elite olff-eeis. It is under the control
i of the governor, who, from long experience, Is
; perfectly conversant with the defense* of the
j State, and can exercise in his management a
degiei of policy looking to the best interest of
j the cause in his State. The Floridian says ;
•‘Nothing will be left undone by officers or citi
zens to make the beat possible use of the mate
rial left ill Die §Ute. Kill is bo doue, we can
preserve ourselves from devastation unJ rapine,
and not otherwise. ”
"V hs\e some reliable particulars of the late
rudnivm Mariane from Florida under Gen.
UH.oteh ir.' is General paid dqariy for his
trip. He Us f’UKk with three wounds in
, his persons one hi ltd and Which « to be am
! putited. one iu the shoulder, ffmi ► tbirH in
tho lowrr j.iw, knocking out several eeUi.
lie lost 25 men killed aud To were brought
back wounded. His spoils were 20!) head ot
• cattle. At Mariana the people lought him
j l ravely, even the women taking a hand and
I firing at him Irom the windows ol the houses
' and a church. Ashbotch ordered the Ist Maine
jtcuvalry io charge, and they refused, lie then
j j>i it himself at the head oi another regiment.
J charged, aud was shot down. lie encountered
1 nothing but the borne guuid and women at
i Marianua. Tiie church was burned. The
, casualties among our own people at Marianna
1 ire reported at six killed and seven wona ded
Lieut Geu.-Taylor U now at his headqnar
i lets at c eluti. .
MJRIIIKRN AEVVS
A despatch from Washington says that Map
Mn’ford. Assistant Agent of Exchange, will ;
start wilhiu a few days, for Savannah, with ten j
thousand sick and wounded.rebel soldiers, to '
j be exchanged for a like number of the worst ;
; eases of Mck and wounded of our ineu. The I
! steamer 1 t iltic aud other vessels of like capac- i
i ity are now preparing to sail on this ex pc- ,
I riitton,
! More arrests of tin’ Sons of Liberty have been
j made L\ Indian*. A large quantity of bomb
j shell.*, baud grenades Ac. have been discovered
Resistance lms been mu te to the draft in
I tlie fifth disiEct iu Ohio aud some shots tired.
The Now York Express states-that the largest
coffee house in Erazß, with connections iu
; New York, has failed, owing to the heavy fall
j in sterling exchange, of which tlmy were large
holders. *
A terrific hurricane passed over the country j
in the section of Mattoon, 111.., a short time I
since. Its approach was heralded by a dense
black cloud rising rapidiy in the west, and
inshing with fearful velocity over the prairie,
accompanied by tremendous discharges of elec
tricity, which l'airly shook the earth like an
earthquake. It struck the Central raiffuad
track at Mat loon, unrooting and blowing down
buildings and carrying away every movable
thing iu its path Aloaded fioigh; train on
the Illinois Central railroad, north, was lifted
tealily and turned over beside and ac-ioss the
track, t'ome of the cars were smashed to splin
ters. whiie others were merely unroofed and
the freight little injured One* car was car
ried half a mile. Rales of cobou, hogsheads
of tobacco, barrels of flour aud fragments of
tire cars were strewn over a large extent ou
either side of the trade.
The drouth and failure of the crops in San
Luis and C>bispo counties, California, lias caused
great distress Many ol the inhabitants are
said to be in a starving condition, and measures
are being taken tor their relief.
The draft is progressing in Washington City.
The city council have appropriated fifty thous
and dollars to relieve the citizens from the
draft.
Tho steamer Nashville is reported as captured
and burned by the Confederate*, near Canton,
Cumberland river.
Gen. Thomas Frauds Meagher declares that
although he respects McClellan for gentleman
ly qualities, his letter Os acceptance stamps him
vis unlit lor l’resident.
| General Rinks and staff have arrived in New
j York from New'Orleans,
j' Colonel Cole has been appointed coramand
j ant of the post and Provost Marshal ol Frede
rick Maryland.
Farragut is lo take command of tho block
ading squadron off Wilmington. Rear Admir
al Lee Is to commute! at Mobile.
Tlie Freeman's Journal which at first pro
tested against his nomination, now, comes out in
favor of the election ot McClellan.
A Wisconsin paper says, tiiat times are aw
ful-hard in Canada. No business done, wages
not. sufficient, lo pay board, and almost impos
sible to gel work tit any Ihi tig. Tb-* country is
overrun with skedaddlers from the United
States and tlie Confederacy, while thonsiinds of
Canadians tire leaving for the States to procure
work.
Major General Hooker lets assumed com
mand ot Ure northern department, with head
quarters at, Cincinnati. Major General llciutz
lemati is ordered to report at Wheeling.
Price's force in Missouri is estimated at :ij
-000 meu.
Softie of tho lioston journals have broke down
under the high pricreof piper aud labor.
Almost all the entire laud in the Connecticut
Valley this year was used in tobacco raising.
It is slated irom Washington that a naval
attack on. Wilmington is unditited, for which
ilie Meets are g Altering and the luad foive is in
readiness.
Seward has made Grant a visit at bis head
quarters.
The only Sfciles in which soldiers are al
lowed to vote are Indiana and New Jersey.
Major Mfilford, assistant Yankee agent for
the exchange of prifipneei, has been promoted
to a Lieutenant Colonelcy,
A few days since near Richmond, a shell
from a Confederate battery grazed General
Meade's boot leg, t A ok a piece from the tail oi
General Humphrey's horse, aud entered tile
ground lietweon Generals Bartlett and Griffin.
The shell did not explode,
According to a statement in tho New York
World, more than ouo-third ol‘ the'newspapers
iu the United States, published four years ago,
have suspended pubiicatiojt. The aggregate
circulation of tho remainder hf,s much dimin
ished. The price of all the piloting materials
has doubled and trebled, and of paper has al
most quadrupled.
Thu Caroline, anew aud very foist side wheel
steamer ot four hundred and seventy tons reg
ister, designed for running tlie blockade or
Southern ports, has been spoken off Cape Race
on her tii.-t trip out in m Glasgow. She was
bound for Wilmington, N C , via Halifax, and
hud a cargo of machinery. The officers of the
• Caroline repmteij sister ship, the Col
onel Lamb, woo’d soon pass Cape Race fprihe
same destination. There were twelve blockade
rtiftpers lying in the haihor of Halifax on Fri
day last. flue of them was chased iu on the
precious day by one of our gunboats. The
United States steamer Florida anchored below
Halifax on Sunday, and may, perhaps, ere long
try to cut short the career of gome of the ves
cels of this fleet.
Gen. Cass has written a letter, stating that
he shall vote for McClellan aud Pendleton.
lion. Thomas F Marshal died ou the 22d
pit., at his -residence, near Versailles, Wood
ford connty, Ivy., aged about sixty-four years.
The Indians in Kansas visiting upon the
Yankees a just retribution for their -cruelties
to “ou«he(n liien there, and further South.
Prentice, of tfle Louisville Journal, is now,
for tire first time, supporting * Democratic
nominee, and has commenced making calcula
tions io the chances for the success ot bis
favorite. He says : Congress having refused
to adiff’t the vole ol those stales which have
passed tlie ordinances of recession, the number
~f uteeloral votes to be cast iu Novemer will be
2dL amt it will require 1! (i votes for mi elec
tion 'I ’m tweutv-four voting States now—
Kansas and West Vitginia having been hildc-d
since the last Preeldeptial election—polled an
abrogate vote of J,8G4,f.1:$ for Lim-olu, and
Off i oit) for the opposing candidates, so tiiat
Lincoln was iu a popukir minofSly of (off.-lfff
although Ire obtaitfed a majority oi' tin- electo
ral votes. Were these States to vote this year
I us thev did ill {fe'fill, Lincoln would receive ISS
| and McU!e!«m ffo. Rut in JBC.2, New York,
Eewisylvaaia, iffiio, Indiana and Illinois gaye
opfaisitjon uinjorities, varying from ff.oOh to
Id,'-in, and it cunuot bn doubted that the ad -
ministration’s changes of po’L-y will increase
those ni"junties in iMit. They give one bun
died and nine electoral votes, or but seven less
than are necessary (o a choice, aud we can
draw ou New Jersey for that number, or on our
own glorious Kentucky for eleven.
-James If. Hardin, pf lyentncky, citizen,"has
been sentenced to twenry years at kaid labor
! for engaging in treasonable designs against the
: Government.
' The imports at New York so far, this vear,
| are forty millions over last year in the same
i time, and the exports, reckoned in currency,
j have ine-easeii sixteen millions.
} The largest silver block ever moulded in
j Nevada Territory, was on exhibition at Virgin
lia City a few days since, ft weighed two hun
j died pounds and was worth $4,832,0®;.
Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, is not now
j a depot for prisoners of war, but at
i which Pitiz n§ ■'expiate offences, real or iina"--
i inary, against the Government,
i as aa evidence of the reliability of Yankee
j news and Yankee dispatches we s-e in a North
j ern paper of Sept, loth, a dispacih from the
! Secretary of War to Gen. Dlx, ia which ue re
j [torts G-npral llardee killed in the battle near
i East Foint
i The Louisville Journal say» tire tobiiccocrop
I in that vicinity threatens to be almost n total
i failure. The scarcity of labor and the protract
ed drought iu the early pait of the summer,
| interfered materially with planting, and now
i the fields that were Ranted are being eaten up
: with worms.
| Judge J. S. Baldwin, late chief justice of the
| California Supreme Court, died in San Francis-
I co last Satiuiiy. lie mwb a native ol V'ugiuia, j
” .NOUTIitU.V MtWB.
A Hartford* paper says th;t Mr. .Vines, of:
Falls village, .CL., in trying one of his wrought
iron iruas rerectly, loaded it to within four- !
teen iorhi-wof,the-.juu/./.’e with powder and j
wadding—tiiien put in a projectile eighteen!
inches long, projecting from the muzzle one j
third ot its k-ugUi: tfie.i plated the gun against ;
an embankment ten fen thick, composed of
sevanjl toiSiiHrcaf Hsckeil.«iih earth, and net
a slow m r-'uh to the gVpi fired it. The gun
lffioiled si.tiy Coet and tlfo Ye the projectiles en
tiroly through the solid embankment of t arth
anil irou. ••’ • -• « •
It is reified of a Min in' Newport. Rfiodo
Island ill it lie mai ded bis- second wife six weeks
after the death of hisfirstftbe second was killed
by a carpet thrown on ben bead, and in four
weeks be married a third, who a month after
was drowned lie waited .only two weeks this
time, and then married number four, whose
j husband was. killed four weeks previously in
battle. .
The restftt of tire town elections in Connect
licut on Monday last, a.< given in the Hartford
papers, slifftvs large Reaiociatic gains Os the
one humified and eight towns from which the
result is given, fifty tbuy were carried by tlie
Democrat's, filiv-twoby* the Republicans, and
iivo divider;. The Djnuocrates carrie l a uum
ber of towns v-iiicg been heretofore Re
publican, and lajgely reduced lire Hetiublican
majorities in oGlefE *’*l'he Republicans gained
iu tour or fl ve towns Only.
It is p-tipiated that 'npt’far from 75,000.000
pairs of boots aiiJ shoes are annually required
for the copstimptidn of the United fctates,
whose whole value ia not less than $80,000,000.
of these 12,000.000 are made in Massachusetts
at a valve'of 400, O.Ot), employing 45,000 men
and ff. 375 women. < )ne, half of these are made
at Lynn, -which is the largest shoe shop iu
lire country; the next, is' Rhiledelphia. Every
eighth man in Massiichiisetta is a shoemaker.
Boston has* 2u shoe houses, doint; a business
of ss2,qQo,OOO'tmmiaily. New York has/ifi
ll onse iu foe trade,' doing a buisness of $ Hi,ooo
-' - u
Tlie New York Herald of lias a letter from
Grant to .Sheridan, in which lie directs him to
burn every house iu the Virginia Valley; to
kill every liorse co*, hog, hog, sheep, or other
animal: to destroy every mi.l; to set fire to
every barn, wheat or bay stack, to cut down
every ornamental tree,, and carry off every
negro. Lie. says that if Ibis war continues
twelve mooths longer, he desires to convert
the whole/V'alley into a howling wilderness.
U. L Durham j a distinguished Indiana orator,
and a powerful opponent of Lincoln, was fatally
stabbed at Salem, Indiana, on the 20th Sept,
by a young desperado named Beffejn, a neph -
ew of Mr. Durham. The . attack was without
provocation, and to gratify an old grudge.
Northern dates of Ihe 71. h inst state that fin
Tuesday, (thh) the rebel General Stilling Price,
with a force of about twenty thousand, was
six miles West of Union, marching Westward
towards Jefftrsoa City, Tiesigning to take the
place, install a Secession Governor and hold
ihe State for tlie Confederacy.
Tire first' frost oi'l he season was; visible in
Savannahtm Monday morning, Oct. 10. Thir
ty miles tip the central Railroad it was heavy,
but insufficient to kill vegetables.
Thu next annual session of the North Caroli
na M E, Conference will meet at Mocks villa.
Davie Oouilty, on the 7th of December.
HtOtl UJIi.HIMiTOft.
Tire Wilmington Journal has tlie following
account of an attack upon the blockade run
ner Night Hawk, and the destruction of a Yan
kee gunboat :
Loss os rut; Nioht Hawk.— lt is pioper to
state, even’ at this late.day, that the line steam
er Night Hawk, Opt. Mniley, from Bermuda,
in try New Jniez’bar, about a week
Nortli breaker, about a
i:,
tlie ship's boats with her offi
cers aud ci^^
Tho senfinqls on Fort Fisher hearing the dis
tant report, of musketry, gave the alarm, and
Ure Commander of the FOt t suspecting that the
steamer agrouad had been attacked, immedi
ftto'.y lighted ho.r up by means of rocket3 and
shelled rigid arid left- of her. At the first rock
el the enemy took (right and skedaddled, leav
ing more than half the officers and crew to take
care ol themselves. These reached the Fort in
safety. The Yankees did not !eav*e, however,
unfill they had set the steamer on lire iore-and
alt, and as the wind was strong the flames
spread rapidly.
The garrison of Fort Fisher bad-never seen a
ship'destroyed under their cuna, and were de
termined, as it appears, to rescue this one, and
we me informed, in spite -of lire fore-and-aft,
the gallant soldiers hoarded the steamer amid,
ships, and vvith all the available buckets, com
menced to light the flame* It was not very
long before tlie tire was got under, and with
the ossiatynce ot boats and crews from other
steamers, before noon tlie next day the fire
was entirely subdued.
Tbe steamer was in the breakers, and only
half tho work of saving her done. The soldiers
vyeut lo work, unloaded her, and with the aid
of negroes at the pumps, enabled tho Engin
eers to get up steam and bring the steamer
aafeiy to Wilipiogton Ijy her own power. Oapt.
Smiley was captured, but his place was tiled
by ( apt. May, first officer of the Falcon, who
remained here to get tho Night Hawk off, We
have given the above facts relative to the
Night llawk, because' we think the noble con
duct ot our troops at. Fort Fisher dgservp to
have some credit for their heroic efforts iu
saving a valuable steamer.
!)F.ST!tI I'IIOX op A liLOCKADCR —REPULSE OF AN
ATTACK ON THE STS AMUR CONDOR.
It is generally known that the large, three
fuunelled-slearner Condor, from Halifax, N.
S , in entering New Inlet Bar a veek ago, was
deceived by tlie wreck of the Night Hawk, cud
ran aground. It appears tiu£ it was iu at.
tempting, lo potass ashore fyom her in about
that Mr). Rose GreeiiliQW was. drowned. The
Condor has been slowly unloacjing under the
reins of Fort Fisher, and a guard as usual,
ftis been kept on Wr at. night. On last Fri
day nig® the Yankees made ap attempt to
board thp Condor, to destroy Irer, but were
gallantly repnised by Lieut Mfcwles, of Cos. A,
until X. G. Troops-) and a detachment of uien.
As soon as the attempt was made Lieut.
Sowles communicated tlie fact to Fort Fisher,
when her heavy guns burst forth to light and
left < I tlnrCondor. Thu second shell fired to
tire left of -ihe Condor struck a gunboat that
had accompanied tb.e boat party iu, agd so
completely ruined her That she was run -ashore
oil the South breaker of the bar and abandoned,
ihe euomy sot lire to her in several places, and
before morning she was totally destroyed, her
magazine having exploded upd torn her to
gijtees. Kince this oocurropcp ou Frj lay night
we arc InfoimeJ tuae tture Las be: a fin
«igu:oi t.e enemy off the bar 'at night, aud the
j fleet is bull down ifiping tlie flay.
FROM RKiVIX’CKY.
Ihigadier General Adam R: Johnson, who
established the new department iu Kentucky,
who was so unfortunate as to be wounded and
captured a short fime since, end who has been
reported-os dead, is, we rejoice to be able to
say. improving. He was shot iu the left side of
tlie .bead, the ball taking out the left eye, cut-
UngJbj-bridge of the nose, and it was feared
fatally Injuring ihe sight of tho other eye.
Late accounts from liim say mat be will recov
er the sight ot the light eye entirely.
FROM VTUNTA
The Macon Confederacy has just seen a gen
tleman who left Atlanta on tlie 7th. He fays
that the 5 abkees have nothing but hard tack
to eat, that the whole of their army except qne
corps have left the cily, and that they are very
uneasy in reference to their situation. No
trains were arriving. He says the false of
.arge qiiafilities of supplies having been accu
mulated by the enemv are without foundation.
He is of tne opjnicn that the city was burned
on the night ol the 7th, as the light from a
large fire m that direction was seen form Jones
boro.
f I*o*l BAST TEtVAESSEE.*
An official despatch from General Breckin
ridge receii ed, states that a portion of the en
emy’s cavalry, after slight resistance, has been
been driven bark from Ivins port towards Ifog
ersville, and that there i3 no enemy this side
of JoDesboro.’ »
•Jonesboro is (ft the Tennessee railroad, about
tweuty live mi*-outhwest of Bristol.
FitO.VI ViUi.I.VIt.
FROM TllK VALLEV.
Tlie latest accounts rejireseat Gen. Early’s
advauce beyond Mt. Crawford, which is nine
miles South of Harrison lung, the enemy hav
ing retired from their position .on Nortli river,
in the direction of the latter pi ace. There fires
been no fighting of any since the
enqmv were drived from Waynesboro'. It is
jaiti that the c-u-vlrv which vistited Waynes*
’ooto from Shci idaa's command was command
ed by edd U. R. officeis. who kept their trooos
well in hand, permitted no straggling, and no
wanton acts of barbarity. The negro troops
they had with them seemed to be most dis
posed to run at large and plunder, but they
were kicked and battered into propriety by
t-beir while officers and comrades. One negro
soldier having dv:i wn a pistol on an old lady,
who bad ordered him out of her garden, was
pursued by :i white officer, who fired at tlie im
pudent ebo shin live times, missinghim, how
ever, the fugitive being too quick on the wing
to keep long within range. The onlv acts of
lawlessness committed by them worthy of men
tion consisted in the seizure of the surplus
provisions of i-undry wealthy citizens and exten
i slve millers, and their distribution among the
poor people Jiving iti Waynesboro' and tho vi
! einity. _ <
A portion id Shf-trduu s cava'yy force uas t!o
--icalcd iu the Valley. Oc-L. 7. and a considerable
amount of plunder captured by Mosby. On
the'lHii Mosby also defeated a body ol the Yan
kees near Manassas (lap, defeated them, and
captured mnc-b plunder and several prisoners.
Sheridan is moving down tire Valley towards
Strasburg. At the sametime the Yankees are
buildinc tire .Manassas Gap railroad. The Ma
nassas Gap raiiroad leads fioin Manassas Juuc
tioa to Strasburg. Siieridan is moving to co
operate wi'h or perhaps join Grant, ile want
ed the Manassas Gap railroad to aid his trans
portation, an 1 thus enable him to got a start
on Early. In fact, to get to Goidorf'llle first
Major General Luredoril L. Lomax, who
now commands the cavalry in the Valley,
succeeds General Ransom. He is a young anil
very excellent officer. He was a second Lieu
tenant of cavalry in tlie old United Slates army
aud is %son of Major M. Page Lomax, deceas
ed, also an old United States officer.
The Yankees have been driven thirty miles
north of Stanton. Our troops are in pursuit.
Tiie Examiner says trustworthy information
has been received (hat cmr guerrillas and ir
regular bands in the Valley had comp etely
cut Sheridan's communications with Winches
ter.
B[.POETS OF DESEKTKKS.
Two deserters, fully armed and equipped,
came over from the Yankee picket Hue on
Wednesday night, and arrived here yesterday.
They state that if the Confederate Government
would adopt, some means by which General
Order No. 05 could obtain promiscuous cir
edatioo in the Yankee army, there are thous -
ands, who would take advantage of i(; that
every copy of it which had been hitherto in
troduced into tho army had been suppressed
by the officers, and, all that was known of it
was through hearsay They obtained their
information of it through a third person—ono
of the fiery few who had accidentally seen the
order. They repot t that there are now three
thousand troops within Foil Harrison, and tiiat
one brigade forms the [ticket line' in front of
it. The command of Fort Harrison is held by
a Colonel Jordan. They estimate the number
of Yankee troops on (bis side *of the river at
forty thousand, including one brigade of ue*
groes The artillery of their Fort Harrison
defences consists exclusively of light pieco3.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
Doleful accounts e brought by refugees
from Prince Geor and the adjoining counties
of the suffering e loyal people are compelled
to bear. Bu r has recently issued an order
that ad uial- sever sixteen must either take
the oath o< leave the Eastern District of Vir
ginia. Tlita lias nut, as yet, been carried in
to execution.
The Richmond Sentinel learns that the Sec
retary of War has appointed a suitable person
to visit the army of Gen, Lee, to procure accur
ate lists of the casualties as they occur in each
brigade, to be transmitted to the Army Intel
ligencer office in that city. Tlie friends ot the
soldier's by writing tojbat, office may learn tlie.
fate of those whom they are anxious about.
The bridge over tlie Itapidan on tlie Cen
tral Railroad has again been burned
The Secretary of War lias called into- the re
reserve force all the cadets of the Virginia Mil
itary Institute over seventeen years of age, and
invites all under that age to join also.
It is thought the Yankees intend to rebuild
the Norfolk aud Petersburg Railroad.
From information it is believed that a licet
is being gathered between Norfolk and Old
Point to attack Wilmington.
A large raiding p-oity of the ci.eniy passed
through Culpepper,-Oct. destination unkown.
Mosby Juts entirely recovered from ills re
cent wound and is again in tlie saddle.
At Petersburg Grant is working hard to
fortify himself at Fort Mcßae and to push his
pickets towards the Sonthside road.
Our troops have gained important successes
in Southwestern Virginia.
Ditching is being actiyely prosecuted on
both ends of Grant's lino—South of Peters*
burg and southeast of Richmond.
The-Richmond papers say that although
Grant is altogether too near ilmt.city lor com
fort, yet lie is not as near as-McCtellan was
a year and a half ngo—-neither has ho so large
a force as that General had.
Considering Sheridan's overwhelming force,
the Richmond papers think there is good rea
son to be satisfied with the result Unis far in
that section.
Lieutenant Colonel Witcher has jiiMt relum
ed from a successful expedition into Western
Virginia. Ho visited Bulltown.. Jacksonville.
West-over, Buchannon Walkeisvtiie and Wes
ton. He reports that he destroyed a milli m
doiiais’wortb or stores, raptured three bun
dre’d prisoners, with their horses and equip
ments, and brought out live hundred horn*
aud Uyo' hundred boef cattle. He sustained
no loss. . .
Tlie Lynchburg Virginan Icarus that it is
the purpose oi’ the Governor ol that State to
convene the Legislature in November.
A complete listct casualties in tlie Army of
Tennessee, euibrac'ug Hie engagements ot July
2'M, up to the present tui-e. has beer! received
at the Army intelligence. Office, Richmond, and
is now ready tor the inspection of the public
and those having friends in the army.
No fizhtisg of importance, has occurred on
the lines south of Richmond or Petersburg since
the battle'of last Frid-iy.
it is thought that Grant is waiting for the
eo-cper-aliofi of Sherman and tor tho comple
tion of Butler's Dutch Gup canal.
It is rumored that Farragut is to take com
mand of the Yankee James river Jlot-ilia.
The report that we were driven back qn the
Charles City road on Friday is without fpgmia*
tiou. . , , ~ ,
Gfrant-s anny, now perhaps thousand
strong, is now divided, halt being nortti .and
j hali south oi the James river His sick li.-l
is large, 't he reinforcements being sent him
are made up of conscripts, guards collected
from ail the barrack': of the north and return
ed wounded men- Os ihese the latter are the
only valuable troops. These are tlm veterans
of the army of the Potomac, wounded in the
lights from Wilderness to Cold Harbor, and
who ha ve recovered sufficiently to be retained
to duty. •
The military authorities have been seizing
all tlie liquor iu Petersburg.
The case of R. S.Ferde, late Assistant Clerk
of the House of Representatives, charged with
the murder of R. L. Dixon, is still pending in
Richmond, having been deferred, and still
being defe>red from term to term.
Grant is laboring to make Fort Harrison im
pregnable.
The Central Railroad has been repaired to
Staunton.
Sheridan's movements have been seriously
retarded by Mosby’s movements on Salem.
FROM MEXICO.
According to the IJoustoa. Telegraph ihe
French occupied Matamorasou Sept. 2. 'ihe cap
ture of that city aud Montery give sthern posses
sionof the Northern States of Mexico aud leaves
no ground for the Juari.-ta party to occupy-
At last reports Cortina had tied, Juarez has
fled Qnitaga bad submitted, Vid.uiri wa3 ex
pected to do likewise and hostilities have ac
cordingly. ere this, Ceased in that part ot tho
new tinpire. »
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Übio have gone
Republican by larg-s majorities.
FROM I UK FRONT.
When our army mossed the Chattahoochee
river in front of Palmetto and Newnau, Stew
art’s corps was thrown across the Chattanoo
ga railroad at B g Shanty—the camp and gar
rison at which plaeo were captured without
any resistance of consequence.
Everything woikcd prosperously until last
Wednesday, when French’s division of Stew
art’s corps was directed to take Alatoona. Dis
posi icus were made around ilietown and the gar
luonand a formal demand for surrender sent in.
This was refused, when an tissnult wa3 ordered
which succeeded iu carrying tho first and sec
ond lines. The Yankee commander then of
sered to capitulate but Gen French refused.
Oitr men acre led against the remaining works,
bur after a stubborn and bloody stiuggle they
were repulsed. Gen. French then "drew off
leaving his dead and wounded in. the hands of
the enemy.
< 'a Thursday Stewart came up with the whole
Corps and on Friday assaled and carried Ala
toona after a desperate tight of two hours.—
We captured four thousand prisoners nnd an
immense pile of arms, Stores, clothing and
Yankee outfits of war generally.
The march was from thence renewed up the
railroad and will no doubt bo continued os far
as Dalton, from whence -Gen. llood will make
r. detour to the left of Chattanooga and cross
the’ Tennessee river near Huntsville.
Atlanta is now garrisoned by Gen. Slocum
and the 20? U Yankee army corps. Gen. Iver
son last Thursday captured East Point and
drove the enemy’s pickets beyond Whitehall
which place (fen. 1 held for several hours, oud
from there be could plainly overlook Atlanta
and its garrison of blue coats. All the stories
about the evacuation and burning of Atlanta
are false.
General Iverson captured fifty wagons at
East Point in splendid oqudition, together with
an immense quantity of extra harness. 'I here
were also near there—there and thereabouts—
the wreck and debris of eeventy-fivo burned
army wagons and a hecatomb of equine bones.
One of the captured wagons was loaded with
bacon. Three hogsheads cl' sugar were also
secured but given to tlie citizens.
(hir pickets are just outside of musket; range
of the Yankee works, and no blue coat ever
leaves his woiks without being greeted with a
load of lead.
Tin* enemy 1 nva not a mounted man' in the
city—all his light horses haying been surd as
- Forrest, Wheeler and Hood. Nor have •
lliby any forage upon which to feed bis stock if
they had any to feed stock. Ro that the people ol
Georgia need apprehend no raid at present.
Sherman himself went to Washington a few
weeks ago. lie is noi/in Nashville headed oli
by Forrest, and Gen. 'Thomas is in command of
his tlanked and outwitted army.
It. lias been rumored (but Gen. French’s di
vison was cut off from the main body of the
ai my above Acworlli on Friday, and forced to
cut its way out wijh a loss of six hundred.
That the division was engaged with tho enemy
we are assured, but arc inclined to doubt the
truth ofthu statement width has passed cur
rent.
The Register says a lady who came out of
Atlanta on Tuesday states that tho whole of
the buildings on Whitehall and Peachtree
streets-have been burned by lbs vandals. A
gentleman who also left Atlanta about the
same time, brings tlie same intelligence,
A brigade of Yankees were at Fiat Klloals, a
Jew days ago, running theTfiill at that place.
Two nights since heavy firing was heard in
that direction. The supposition is they have
been attacked.
Our scouts and cavalry invest Atlanta It
is reported only a corps remain there, the rest
having moved to countermarch Hood.
All accounts from the army of Tennessee aro
of the most encouraging nature. There is no
doubt that Gen. Hood’s army is on the Chat
tanooga aud Atlanta Railroad, and that it is
marching northward effectually and complete
ly destroying the track as it goes.
A signal corps bus been planted at the mili
tary Institute near Marietta.
J lnTe are said to be but a small amount oi
supplies in Marietta, the principal depot be
tween Atlanta and Chattanooga being at Czi
tersville, which is defended by quite a formida
ble chain of earthworks aud stockades, inside
of wuich is cooped lip a brigade of Yankees.
It is supposed by these who are posted iu
military mfttteis that Stewart wiU complete
the destruction of the railroad as far up as
Altoona and perhaps to tho Etowah—at least
his corps will be allowed to amure themselves
in tips way until there is some call for them
in tho field.
Our .scouts report that there ia no Yankees be
tween Newnan unefi Atlanta.
According to tho articles of capitulation
adopted by Gen. Forrest aud Colonel Camp
bell at Athens, the Yankee officers were to re
tain all their private property, and be sent to
Mc-ridian or some other point, in this State un
til General Forrest can communicate wi'h Gen
era! Wnshburao, when they will be forwarded
to Memphis and paroled.
Nev. nan is now the central news depot of the
Army of J'eunessee, although headquarters are
some fifty or sixty miles awav.
Our forces have effectually destroyed the
Western & Atlanta Railroad, by tearing up Hie
rails, burning (he timbers and tearing uw:,y
embankments from Koimcsaw mountain north
ward nearly to Etowah.
Our be,so of supplies aro gorlectly safe and
convenient to the army.
From our special agent with the army of
Gen. Hood, we loam that scouts just in Irom
Middle 7V.nncF.sj-e. report the capture of a train
on Die Louisville and Nashville Railroad, ou
the 271 Li, by a body of guerrillas under Col.
Lassells Hall.
Great disturbance exists in Central Ken
tucky, and a body ot troops has been sent to
put down tho guerrillas, wlio.se headquarters
are below Hopkinsville.
Rc-otits ro|>ort that the Yankees have burned
Athens, Alabama. When Forrest had lelt the
town tho enemy from Decatur appeared aud
alter some sharp tiring from a few straggling
scJdic.rs entered the place- and destroyed sever
al of tho principal buildings. The light of the
conflagration is reported to have been seen by
cit/zeus fifty miles away.
The operations of Wheeler's cavalry on the
State Roid have been active and successful;
the capture of Dalton obstructs all transit; and
the Yankee column'enroute from the Gate city
to the Tennessee river, is supposed to be pro
ceeding over land.
The bridges on the State'road are destroy
ed from Marietta to Dalton.
In Gen. flood's battle ox,Hr be says his
word is “forward.” He announces lhat Shor-*
man baa sent two corps to Chattanooga— that
he will leave ono corps to Atlanta—anil
that Die residue of his army will not be a
match for oift' invincible lit ties band.
We have strongly fortified ICennesaw Moun
tain. Jackson holds Rome, and Wheeler had
possession of Rwaca.
Scouts just in from Middle Tennessee report
that Forrest made n speech at Columbia in
which be said fee neyer intended'to go back,
that’d: department is hereafter to bo in Ten
nesseo and Kentucky.
The Appeal's Grenada correspondent say3
tho President scut Gen. Forrest fifteen hun
dred fine English carbines last week, for his
roc-n, as an apnreciation of their service during
the past few mould.
FROM [MOBILE »
There is a rumor that all the Fort Morgan
prisoners have been, or are to be, sent to Nctv
York.
M;ij. Gen. Frank Gardner has been ordered
to the Tians Mississippi Department, with
headquarters at Liberty, and has left for his
new command. _ .
About six hundred negro snldic-is captured
by Forrest at Athens, Ala., have arrived at Mo
Pile. They are recently from East Tennessee.
Eorae deserters from Fariagut’s fleet have
arrived at Mobile.
The Way to It. —There is but one way for
either party to restore peace on this continent.
This one way is negotiation, iret there be a
change of parties amt power in the North,
then’a truce, then a convention of the States.
In that convention wetnhy not agree upon re
construction ; but we shall do what is better
for both sections of the country. We will
make two separate nationalities, cemented In
interest by the declaration of the Monroe doc
trine, and by commercial stipulations, such as
Bo united Congress would ever admit, now
much better for the Northwest than tho
subjugation of the South after years of blood
aud ruin ! How much worthier the vaunted
character of the American people,— Mont. Mail.
FORGHEV ITEM-'.
The total circulation of the notes of the
Bank of England, the private banks and joint
i lock banks of the United Kingdom, was on
the 2Srl of July !as f , about $155,000,000 ’
, A company in London have bought one hun
t.re’d and forty acres a few miles from the city
and propose to inclose it with glass, making a
climatedike that of Madeira, with the fruits
and foliage to be ionuc-. in that, isle An hotel
add residences are 11 bo built, au t groat pri
ces will bo charged for a chance to live under
glass.
An enormous fossil tooth, found in the oolite
in the environs of Poitiers, was exhibited by
M 5 arencieunes at a late meeting of the
French Academy It is of a cOnical shape,
■regularly rounded and slightly curved. Iu
order to show its great size, compared with
• hose of existing species, the largest crocodile's
tooth which the Museum of Comparative Ana»
tomy could furnish was exhibited at the same
lime It was one-fourth the siz.9 of the lossif.
The sttarian to which the tooth belonged is
conjectured by M Yalctfciemies to
more than one hundred feet long.
l’riuce Humbert the Crown Prince of Italy,
bos arrived in Paris after his visit to Denmark,
lie has been received with due honor by tire
Emperor, and his brother in law the Prince
Napoleon. There are rumors of a projected
marriage between him and Die Princess Anna
Murat. They would have greater weight were
it, not that tb<i lady is about six years his sen
ior, and has already been given by public re
port to we'l nigh every available potentate
who has yd visited France. The Prince is on
ly twenty, years of ago. A soldier by birth
and profession, he is likely to be popular
among a military people. As described by a
contemporary, lie is of irrcgulat features (to
use the very mildest possible term.) but of a
frank, open, and manly countenance. It
would be a most remaikd.de fade* of families
were tlie licir to the crown of Italy to many a
descendant of the great caval-y officer to whom
was given the kingdom of Naples as spoils of
.war.
The venerable maestro Rossini held a fete
on the 27til ultimo, at his vilhit at Pansy. Re-'«
oral of the greatest, vocalists of France, En
gland, nnd Italv assembled to do honor to the
festival. Among them were Mrs. Lemmen.i-
Sherringion, MM. Enure, Tamburini, and
Yamtevot.
It is estimated that tho telegraphic lines in
France (exc usive of those used by railways
for their own purposes) stretch over 05,4-IG
kilometres, or (ilfiSßj milea* the average
annual number of privato telegguna is one rail*
lion and a half, despatched from 1,80.1 stations*
Anew mwvel has been added to tho attrac
tions of tiie crystal u rlace in England, iu tlm
shape of a railway iq which Die pneumatic
principle is nnplkd for passenger tratfio. The
iine is GOD yards long, and runs thr. ughout
in a tunnel. The tunnel is ten feet high and
nine feet wide. Al'ramfisyork aitgchnl to Ure
carriage tits the form of tho tunnel, the inter
val between the wood and t he arch being filled
with a mass of bristles. Two discs 22 feet, in
dininete-, revolving in an iron case, constitute
tlie motive powci, and are turned by a small
steam engine.
Moissonier’s “Retreat from Moscow,” a pic
ture nine by twelve infthes, or thereabouts,
was sold recently for 00,000 francs.
A military committee bus reported to Napo
leon tho advksability of adopting the l’mssian
rifle for tho French army.
A foreign journal goes into figures to prove
that Adelina Patti, it she sings for twenty
years, will m ike £1,000.000 sterling.
An international' Congress is 1 1 meet in
Geneva,Jßwitzland, whose purpose is the for
mation ol an international code - to regulate
the status’aud care of tho wounded anil sick
on the battle field nnd (hiring war.
Advices from St. Petersburg announce the
betrothal of King George, of Greece, to Ore
Grand Dutchess Alexandrite,a, of Russia.
ihe 1/mdon Times (.oinks the democratic
party is strong to carry the Northern
Presidential election in November next.
I’htee c-Lsea e{ lockjaw were cured at Brest,
I ranee, by Ore uso oi hot baths.
“ J lit- IRxitman’' is the title of anew poem
bjr S>: Edward Bulwer I.*tfon. which the En
glish critic's pronounce bis best metrical pro
duction. 1 ins poem is a picture of his mar
riage, separation and reunion: fiom which it
appears Di et, after long years of infelicity. Ids
dtclucng days have h. on rewedded to the ob
ject of bis early affection.
The weekly returns of tlie Bank of France
show uu increase in Die cash on band of three
and a quarter million francs.
'l'ho French journals confirm the statement
that a convention bad bcen'concludcd between
France aud Duly as already pubjjsbcd, and It
is said the vatificaticns were on the 20th Sep
tember. i- loreiico is to he Dio Italian capital.
The accounts which wo have from all paits
ol ltaly announce Djat tiie new Franco Italian
treaty is received with the greatest satisfac
tion.
'I he Spanish Congress has been dissolved and
new elections fixed for Nov 2J. .
Anew amnesty in Spain lias hcfti granted
fdr ail offenses ot the peers
The treaty commenced between Switzerland
and Franco has been ratified.
'Hie London Times lectures the Australians
w ho talk of separation from England, and says
that their charges are Dint England has not
been allowed to indulge her taste for military
glory. _ The Times then proceeds to sbotv tho
Australians that had England gone to war with
Russia cm account of Poland, trouble anil dis
aster might have fallen upon them. Russia
expected an outbreak, and hnd instructed her
admirals on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to
loavo their respective posts, by different routes
for a common rendezvous, ascertained to be
mid-ocean, and the fleet thus assembled was to
hold itself in readiness and bear down on tho
Australian colonics
The famous Mersey rams have been form
ally handed over to the British Government,
under the recent purchase, and were at once
taken into Messrs Laird’s yard to be comple
ted for sea They to bejare fitted with turrets oft;
Captain Cole's [itjnciple, nnd will lie each aim
ed with tour i!00 pounder guiis. Tiie rams will
be re named the Scorpion and ihe H'yvera.
The North lbitisii Mail thus describes what
it calls “anew rebel ram”: Mu«3xg. Jones,
Quiggan A Cos., of Liverpool, have lately com
pleted the Coffined Lamb, n steel pndd e wheel
steam eh ip of l,7Stt tons, old measurement.—
She has been built and fitted with engine
power with a view to areat speed as a block
ade nmner. On Tuesday she went on her trial
trip, and took tho opportunity of having a
two hours' lace with the Hie ol Sian steamer
Douglas, Die fastest boat yet known on the
Mersey. In two hours and thirty-one minutes
tho Colonel Lamb beat the Douglas by about
four miles. By log, the ship run sixteen and
three quarter knots, or about nineteen nailed
an hour.
—TO ftft—
FROM LOWER MlSSlf»hft*l*J.
A correspondent ot Die Mobile Advertiser
speaks thus of matters in Lower Mississippi:
A terrible ‘fang of these ontlnws.bave (been
rendovouslng in comparative security amid tiie
jungles of lloney Island— a revamp island some
where near the mouth of Pearl River—and is
suing to: tii on regular Comanche raids of out
rages and robbery. Among their re'cent vic
tims was au old widow lady, living unprotect
ed in the country, with some thousands of dol
lars in gold hidden away lor a rainy day. Their
threats not terrifying her sufficiently, they took
her out to a tree, put a rops round her neck,
and were about to swing hemp, as she thcnghl.
when she told were the gold was, and they got
it and lelt. Since then, Capt. Aaronstein’a
mounted company, stationed at Franklin, have
been paying them a visit. Landing on the Island
they supre ised a portion of the banditti, killed
on a, anil brought oh eleven prisoners, with he r
ses, mules, guns, etc The Island will !>e visited
ague:, as soon as the adequate force can be
spared.
Gen Taylor’s late order, allowing parties ex
empt from military sei vice to bring from tho
enemy’s lines any and all kinds of goods need
ed by the Government, and receive tht-ir pay ia
cotton, with permissson to take it to the one
my, bus created quits a stir in this region.
There is yet much cotton scattered around
through South Mississippi and East Louisiana,
and 1 have no dontl much of it will go through
this way. Ths Government will be bedefitedi
in two ways: the contraband trade in supei flu
kies will be lessened, if not stopped, and val
uable army supplies obtained for that portion
of cotton which (being confiscated) costa the
Government nothing. The, pian certainly
ought to work w-11.
The Governor General ol Nova Scotia is on
a visit to Grant.