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commodation. Unfortunately there were no windows at the rear, and the policemen could not, therefore, detend the backdoor. This the insurgents battered in, and then, piling up wood

at the foot of the stairs, set fire to the heap and| withdrew. “ We were prepared to have held | the staircase against the whole of them," said

one of the constables in describing the scene to me; “aod we bad no idea that they were go- ing to burn us out.’’ There was a woman in

ithe barrack at this time, and the police asked

the Fenians to let her come out. At first they refused unless the police would give up their arms, but ultimately she was allowed to come

lout. The five constables remained in the bar

VURTHER INTERESTING paRTiccians or Tux | "#cks some time longer, until the staircase was

ATTACK AT KILMAL! OCK—TNE WOMEN AND

CHILDREN IN THE MipsT OF DANGRR-—THE |

WAY THK SIEGE Was Rarsen.

The barrack, as it is qalled, is nothing more than a two-sturied house, built substantially of stoue, with a low wall round it, and other houses on the other side. It was held at the time of the attack hy Head-coustable Adams and Lt men. Three constables who were on the watch heard-a noise vutside, and recsived wo teply to their challenge. Insmediately af- terwacds there was # blaze at the front door, oil or “ Greek fire* having been poured upon the panelling. The parsons outside made a hasty retreat, and fortunately the woodwork did not ignite, so that this attempt to burn out the garrison failed. In front and rear the house has 26 windows, so that 11 of these wore without defenders. The outer wall, too, af. forded good cover to the assailants, and after poaring in a volley through all the windows, they got under cover at once. Their number is estimated at 200 at least, and according to

some accounts they mustered twice as many. |

Their commander, ‘Colonel’ Dunne, wore u green uniform, aud @ hat of peculiar shape, with a big white feather. As it yrew lighter the firing on both sides became hotter. The Fenians had come prov ded with crowbars and sledge hammers to force an entrance, but they did not risk the exposure of their persous in this way. Some attempts were made to pull down the house wall at a point which was commanded no window, but the wall wasso substantially built tha: they gave up this at- tempt also. One grea: source of anxiety to the police was the presence of four of their wives and 13 children. These were placed in as safe positions as cotid be found, but, each room having its window there was danger in all. Nor could the chiliiren be always kept in the safest place in the room. Some were old enough to be frightened ; the rest played about during the attack, and **jast took their chance.” The numerous bullet boles in the plaster and shutters prove how serious a risk this was. Une man showed me where be stood and fired, his wife and five children crouching down behind him ; and a dozen bullets must have passed not many inches abore his head. A consitlerable numer of the Fenians were townspeople, who knew exactly the construction of the barrack, and which room might best be fired into. Thas, the head-constable’s roo:g was a favourite tar- gt, *04 at the window here, commanding the door, Mr. Adams planted himself. His most pertinacious enemy was « militiaman, whom he recognised, ani) who fired from the cover of a house close by, or from the low wall around the barrack. One of this man’s bullets smashed the washhand stand basin, and the head¢onstable made very pretty practice in return, splintering the wall now and then close by the head of his antegonist. The police fired oa an we or 20 rounds per man. There was no hing and no talk of surrender. “ whistled and joked most of the time," one of the women told me, “ and this kept us up too." The fathers now sod then would go to see that their wives and little owes were un- harmed; now and then, too, mothers could not be prevented from roaning to danger, that they might know their hy bands were not struck down. Ouly one policeman was hit by a mus- ket ball, and the wound was @ mere graze. Some three bours paseed in this way, and Souappes help. A mounted policeman, bring- lag — from Brou ¢b, hud ben captured by the Fenians. A pike was put into his band and he was forced to yo towards the barrack to aid in the attack under threats of being shot if be refused. But the pulicewas, of course, did not vag ha to expose bimself to fire any = afterwards. Meanwhile, the Fenian colo- fludiug the attack iaaguish, exhorted his meu to ‘yo in,” he himbelf sunoking & short comfortably all the time hehind @ wall, ¥ he was perfectly ssfe. He also wrote hes, using the step of a jaunting ear for adesk. The missives, which are supposed to have contained demands for reinforcements, were sent into the country by messengers mounted ou horses takeu ‘rom the neighboring farmers or , the 9o..ceman’s borse being of course p: into the service. Dunne also found time to shoot Mr. Hourne, the manager of the Union Bank. He called at this gentle- mag's private residence and demanded a re- volver. Mr. Bourne refused, saying ibat be should waut it for the defeace of the bank. He wes immediately shot down by the Fenian co- joael, and now lies in a very critical state. Mr. Bourne's revolver was afterwards found upon one of the prisoners taken. At about nine o'clock the ens heard firing at the end of the street and new thas relief was at hand. Bub-inapector Milling happened to be coming to Kilmallock with three policemen in the mail car from Kilfillane. 4¢ short distance from the town he beard firing, and was told that au attack was ong made gpon the bar. rack. He ct oueé ordered tha driver of the wail cart to turn heck to # police-station about six miles of, and returned with 10 men. It was now nine g'elotk, and the Kilmallock constabulary still gallant'y held their own. The sub-inspector, with bis small party, took she insurgents in flank fired a volley apon them before they were aware that any new foe was uizh. Az the same time, the newcomers cheered justily to give notice to their comrades in the barrack; and the bead-constable there at once ordered the door to be thrown open, and, joiniag Milling’s party, dashed into the road in purayit of the retiring Fenians. For some little time longer the : wo budies skirmish. ed in the street ; theo the insurgeuts broke and ran in disorder, pursued for sume distance by the police. Jt was in the street that young c » the medi student, was shot by the € “y, he second 19 command of the insurgents, Patrick Walsh, was captured. He bad received a tlesh in the thigh. Ip ali about 30 priso re made, of whom ge- veral were slightly wounded, Other wounded or dead men are supposed to have heen removed to the houses of Fenian. syrmpathisers, so that the total cusualities will prybably never be known with accuracy. Tle trophies of the police were 40 pikes (some with handles 12 pad 14 feet long), 18 guns, 2 pistols, 2 swords Some dazgers, « tin can filled with what is called # Greek fire,” but looks very much like pars- fin oil, 12 crowbars and picicaxes, a couple of mae sin er es roe ad perey wder car indlgee, and sero ie of the cord-fuse which is used in blasting, supposed to have been inte for uge in connection with the Greek fire. There was a railway rag, which the I foul cospepepter had uot disdained to bring bate activn, aud perhgps in such weather as this be would give & good deal more for his rug than for his sword, which, 1a the hurry of bus departure, this terrible chieftain also forgot to respove. It is » Tower sword, and the bears the crown aud cipher V. R.” the guus four ave double-arrelled, and the suuszies of two have been shut through by bul- lets, which were, no ¢aubs, aimed fro: the rack-window at the onjy mark which the oe aoe re pangs and Walsh are mericans. formers js a native of eee 0a. a9 errested @ year ago, but

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burnt away and the smoke became stifling. They would undoubtedly have perished in the flames had not the parish priest, the Rev. Mr.

| Navell prevailed upon the people outside to | Oring a ladder and place it at one of the win- \dows. Down this ladder the policemen came,

|them before they reached the ground. ‘T'woor

carrying their yifles, which were snatched from

| three shots were fired at them as they descend- led, and one shot grazed the cheek of one of the | party, carrying away the strap of hiscap. Whea ithey had been disarmed and robbed of belts

jed to shoot them, and there was much disput-

jing over this proposal. Two men addressed

| their duty in resisting the attack, and if they

| were shot the people would be hung, and that ithe better plan would be to let them yo, These {counsels prevailed, but before the constables | were allowed to go every effort was made to in- | dace them to join the army of the Irish Republic, rhe promise of commissions, good pay, and other advantages had, however, no effect, and jultimately the policemen were allowed to go

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away unscathed. The insurgeuts afterwards encamped on a place culled Bottle-hili, but exe-

cuted a strategic movement on the other side of the bill with such rapidity when a few troops came in sight that only three of their number were taken.

ARRESTS AND STRUGGLE WITH THE POLICE IN CAMDEN-STREET.

lowing persons, on # charge of being active carver, Joseph O'Hare, clerk, Joun Walsh, tailor’s porter, Owen Martin, bricklayer, Jas. Martin bricklayer, Thos. Cullen, ee

John Lawless, bricklayer, Arthur Forrester, book-keeper, who refused to give his residence,

ter men who m

but he was overpowered, thrown on the ground,

rushed at Captain Galbraith, while in couunan

keys. He has been admitted to bail.

large quantities of ammanition and caps. NUMEROUS ARRESTS IN CORK. Numerous arrests have been made in Cork.

A Man named O'Brien, holding a high and lu- crative-position in an establishment, has been arcested on a charge of leading an assault on a

police-station. He had been in America, and, it is said, was known as an acquaintance of the

and food. PURTHER ARRESTS.

Edward Duffy, who was taken in company with Stephens in November, 1865, and after- wards liberated on bail when supposed to be dying of consumption, has been re-arrested in the county Roscommon. He is said to have been organizing an outbreak. Duffy and a

Mountjoy Prison. Several arrests of persons said to he fugitive insurgents have been made near Limerick. Six men, supposed to have been concerned in the Kilmailock affair, were captured at Queenstown while taking passage for America. Fourteen Enfield rifles and 2,. 000 percussion caps buried in the ground, were found in Belfast on Tuesday, and several pri- soners made. Six prisoners, identified as engaged in the attack upon the police and burning Ballinocking Barracks, have been t.ken. ALARM ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

Thongh the peace of Dublin has never yet heen broken during the whole history of Fenian troubles, a rumour gained currency throughout the city on Sunday evening that a Fenian out. break would take place in the northern suburbs, All the police stations in that district, including Baliybough, Clontarf, Portmarnock, Howth, Baldoyle, &c., were made aware of the intend. ed rising. The constabulary from the smaller stations concentrated at Portmarnock. This necessarily created a feel’ny of alarm and un- easiness amongst the residents in the locality, the result of which was that the Earl of Howth and a number of the gentry in the neighbcur- hood removed from their residences into the city. Ballybough, Clontarf, and other stations were vaevlondod. At half-past one o'clock on Monday morning 100 of the 10th Hussars asrived in the city from Dundalk. The night passed quietly. The roads were guarded, and were patrolled by small parties of the Scots Greys. The dead body of # man has been found by the military on the Wicklow Mountains. re was 8 wound in the breast, apparently inflicted by @ gunshot. The deceased is sup- posed to have belonged to the Fenian band which congregated at Tallaght, where it is probable he received his death wound, and was subsequently carried by his comrades to the mountains, where he expired.

THE FENIAN DISAPPOINTMENT AT THURLES—THE MURDER OF MR. TRACEY. Thurles is the centre of a rich agricultural district, and can boast of considerable trade ; but a —— proportion of the iuhabitants are y the Fenian folly. . For some days it was feared that they mizht have an o portuni- ty of showing their sympathies, for Thurles is among the many places designated, with more or less of truth, as points of attack. No doubt its name and traditions, to say nothing of its — on the line of railway tidway between blin and Cork, would bave made it a con- veniept point for the insurgents to have sud to hold. But the town was garrisoned hy # con- siderable budy of constabulary. Itso

that on the day re for the general out-

break a fair held at Thurles had caused a concentration of the police force there; and

{,, |Sfterwards, instead of being scattered in out- stations where they would have invited attack, they were very properiy kept in the town. The

were in some force around Thurles.

rig At Rosskeene, about four miles off, they burnt a police-barrack, which was empty at the time ;

and they made their usual foray for arma in the houses of the neighbouring gentry. But their worat act was the murder of a man named Tracey, who refused to juin their ranks. The

g |invargents called a: the farm-house of a Mr.

Reardon, and demanded arms. Seeing Tracey,

.| Who was Reardon's brother-in-law, they sum- 9 |moned him to fol:ow ghem, and, when he would not do 80, one of the party shot him without acruple.

VICTIMS OF THE FENIAN PRESS GANO,

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Upon this the insurgents disa pear-| ment has heen dealt out hy the insurgents for) THE EARTHQUAKE AT MITYLENE. {of repudiation. His remarks have giver great of- 1 cannot; and until we were so strangely ed frou the front of the house; for, though | this contumacy and waut of patriotism, us they brought together this evening, geod nureo, [ called barracks, these police-stations are nothing | regard it. Kisewhere men have come in with hoped it would remain undiscovered. But/more thau small houses, often with scant ac-| wounds which they ullege were thus iniicted, |

though, of course, it is poasible that those affurd relief to the whabitants. Great distreas wounds were received when the men were at-| prevailed at Mitylene, aod an impression prevail- tacking or attacked by the constabulary or troups. From the first, however, the peasant- ry have shown alarm at the prospect of im- Probably the Fenian leaders cuus- ed their agents throughoutthe country to give out that those who did net enter their ranks when the rising came should be punished. That this was understood is evident from the anxiety of many of the country people to get In Kerry, at the first outbreak some of the men tovk to their boats and hid themselves in the creeks and estuaries of the Aguin, some fugitives were found on the Galtee mountains, who had gone there to eseape the Fenian press gang, aud some of the peasantry have slept away from their cabins, behind haystacks or even in ditch-bottoms, while farmers’ sons have come into Thurles at night to be out of harm's way. The Fenian chiefs’ evidently desire to campro- mise as many as possible of the country people. They think that when once they have put a pike into a man’s bend and placed hii in the trout rank he must go forward, since the chan- ces are that uo one will believe him if he says he was there unwillingly. receuiting was enforced by repeated threats to shoot any ove who refused to serve, and shots were now an then fired in the air to intimidate the villagere. The relations of one of the men killed in the attack on Kiln.allock barrack de- clare that he was forced out of bed by the in- surgents, resisting as well as he could, and that they treathened to cut off his hands unless he Poor fellow, it was for

deeply indented coast.

}and equipments, some of their captors pronos

jthe crowa, and said the police had only done |

marched with them. him a march todeath!

DEATHS OF INSURGENTS FROM THE SEYERITY OF

It is believed that many of the insurgents have died upon the hills of hunger, cold, and Eight bodies were on Monday found upon the sides of one of the Gaitees. Many more have been wounded, it is supposed, than has been reported. carried away many whou: the fire of the consta- bulary has disabled, only these seriously in- jured has been left behind. Sch weather as has prevailed is altogether exceptional at this Even January was not colder. and snow, rain and fierce easterly wins, have harrassed the rebels, and have impeded very considerably the operations of the military.

THE MYSTERIOUS

Mallow Junction is @ point of great strategic It commands the railway com- municatton between Cork and Dubiin, Cork and Limerick and the west, and is one of the places which the Fenians proposed to attack and o¢cupy, 80 as to cut. off Cork and the west fron; suecor, and give full opportu:.ity to the patriots who were to have established the Irish Republic in those parts. General Sir Alfred Horsford has now transferred his head- quarters hither trom Killarney, and has a force of infantry, cavalry and artillery under his im- mediate orders. have not cared to come within sight of the troops, they still infest the neighborhood. Parties of them; have called at several farm. houses aud residences of the gentry a few miles from the town and carried off arms. also now and then force the farm laborers and others to join their ranks ; but these men gene- rally join wiih reluctance, and desert as soon as possible. Here, asin other places, however, great difficulty is experienced by the authorities in procuring information. ple are uuwi'ling, or afraid, to tell what they know, and the military detachments sent to the points at which Fenian bands are said to have been seen invariably find the coast clear. | It is probable that false information may sometimes be given, or that reports may be set on foot by the insurgents themselves in orderto harass the troops. A low range of mountains south of the town affords good har- | boring ground to the fugitives, and there is little doubt that during the intensely cold wea- ther ofthe last few days the Fenians must have got shelter i the peasant cabins or the farmhouses which lie scattered among the hills. | Some rocket signals have been seen by a sen- try and other persors, and it is afo alleged that they were answerec from the town. These mysterious lights have been a good deal talked about, and upon one of the Fenian prisoners lately taken a mysterious manuscript was found, which may possibly throw some light upon the occurrence. On examining the manuscript an artillery officer discovered that it was an exact transcript of a page in the lit tle manual of Field Service published for the The part transcribed was a des cription and explanation of Colomb’s system of ‘‘Flashing Signals.” show that the Fenian leaders have studied and turned to account this code, which in a moun- tainous district like the west of Ireland they would, no doubt, find very useful.

FENIAN ALARM IN LIVERPOOL.

Information has been received of a Fenian de- sign te destroy the docka of Liverpool by fire. On the receipt of this intormation on Thuraday troops and arined vesaels were at once placed un- der orders to reinforce the detences of that city person found with him have heen lodyed in| and port.

The agente of the different fire insurance com- panies in Liverpool on Thursday held a meeting, and it was agreed that every means should be takeu to prevent the action of incendiaries. The managers of all the luocai banks have received a warning to the effect phat they must keep a good force at night on their premise in order that any attempt to break open the banks might be pre- vented. The magistrates have alee been provi- ded with a copy of the Riot Act; and four steam- era are reported to have been chartered by the Government and manned by marines from her Majesty's ship Donegal, at present anchored in the Mersey, lor the purpese of preventing any at- tempt to destroy shipping in the river, or any Fe-

The rebels must have

From information received by the police, four members of the force proceeded to a pub- lie house in Camden-street and arrested the fol-

members of the Fenian organization Sees Hughes, bricklayer, Francis Hollywood, wood.

but is known to the police as having come from Manchester, and is stated to be a sub- centre fer the entire of that district. The last named prisoner, it is alleged, was in Dublin in 1865-66, and, under the alias of Thomas Mur. phy, was jn — of a party of 40 Manches-

le the raid on Chester, after which he came to Dublin and was arrested, but was subsequently liberated. On being taken into custody, Forrester attempted to shooi down one of the officers with a ten-barrel revolver,

and then secured. He became exceedingly violent, and swore that either heaven or hell would have either of them before he permitted himself to be made a prisoner. The whole party were, however, overcome, and on being searched, there were found on the person of O'Hare two five-chambered revolvers, and one on Hollywood. They were soon afterwards conveyed to Chancery-lane station, and subse- quently to Richmond Bridewell. Three res- table young men have been committed from thfarnham to Kilmainham Prison, charged by constable M’Liwain as being a portion of the armed party who made prisoners of the consta- bulary at Stepaside. Two prisoners were also committed for trial on the previous day, charg- ed with the same offence. A printer, named | Joha Fox, was arresied on a charge of oe

The country peo-

of a picket of the 85th Light Infantry in Bache. | lor's Walk, and endeavouring to wrest his sword | from its scabbard. A man was arrested on| Sunday night charged with attempting to enter Portebello Barracks by means of skeleton

An ambuscade of Fenians was discovered on

Killady Hill on Monday. On their retreat they abandoned their rifles, sword pikes, and

The fact seems to

head organizer, Stephens. The insurgents are | scouring parts of the country, carryiug off arms

Some curious weapons, unmietakeably Fenian, Mallow. They are a sort

r with a cane handle, and might be thrown skilfully 20 as to inflict a severa wound. These spears are spoken of as Ame-

have been found ne: of Javelin, a sharp

Forty prisone-s, iveluding Rurke, have been eommitted for high treason by the Limerick inagis-. trates. A copy of an oath wae found on Burke binding the acceptors bet to take up arme against the Lrish Republic or give infortwation to the au- This oath is supposed to have been administered to such persons as refused to join

SHOCKING WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

RAMSGATE, WEDNESDAY Morwninc. — This morning at high water, shortly after four o'clock, a fishing smack was observed tnuking for the har- bor, astrong gale blowing frou: the south-east at the time, aud a tremendous sea breaking over the outer walls of the pier. proach to the entrance of the harbor a voice could be heard on beard urging the captain to bear further from the East Head, when at the same moment the veasel cume with fear ful velocity against that part of the harbor, and rebounding a few feet behind the Eastern Head, The harbor men on duty were only able to pereeive one man in the rigging and two men in the smack's bout, and Isaac Jarman, the coxawain of the lifeboat, hurled one of the lite bneys kept in readiness towards the boat, which almost at the same instant capsized, and the men savk. Within four or five ininutes tie perished, and nothing re- mained tu tell of the fearfu! disaster but the masts, spars, and a quantity of wreckage, the veesel be- ing totally wreoked and broken up immediatly by the terrific violence of the waves, Later in the mernivg @ quantity of broken planking and fish trunks, marked “ Dearsley, Billingsgate,” together with a clock, binnacle case, and three portivus ot planking with parts of the letters and figures “ R.E.” sud “293” inscribed, were pick- ed up, by which it was ascertained that the ill- fated craft was the During, » Plymouth emack, hail- ing from Ramegate during the last twelve oionths, Jobo Board, master, and Jamee Foster, juu., The waster leaves a widow aad five chiidren to mourn his loss,

IMPROVING PROSPECTS OF THE IRISH FARMERS.

Ta the counties of Tipperary, Cork and Kerry, says the correspondent of the Times, I here on all sides that Irish farmers were never better off. Batter, eggs, dairy produce and stock feteh aigh prices, and the small farmers in these and, no doubt, in other purta of Ireland, are in their email way exoeedingly prosperous. “ They are full of money,” one of this very class said tome; and he Was a man who had bought hie 20 acres of isud, and was, no doubt, bimeelf, well te do. These meno can afford te give comfortable marriage portions to their daughters, 93 the invariable practice here i were never more f distrjgts hete—a y- is prosperity rakes the farmers in general think that a directiun of a Fenian Republic might net be fur

On her near ap-

sank like a stone.

whole of the crew had

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Intelligence from, Smyrna announces that the Prussian corvette (Gazelle,” immediately on its arrival in that port, left for Mitylene in order to

ed that the whole isiand would be completely sub- merged. A number of the inbabitants had already been reumuved and couveyed tu Suwyrua

by the Prussian gunboat Blitz.

DEATH OP THE PRINCESS OF WALES'S GRAND- MOTHER.—On Thuraday the Prince and Priueess of Wales received a wlegram from Copenhagen, aunouncing the death of the Princess Louise Caro- lineofSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, the graudmother of the Princess of Wales, who died on Wednesday night at Balleastedt. The princess was the daughter of the Langrave Charles of Hesse, by his wite Princese Louise, daughter of Frederick V,, of Denwark, and was bern pent. 28, 1789. “She married, Jan. 26, 1810, the Duke Frederic Wiliam of Schieswig-Holstein-Sonder- burg-Gleckeburg, whe died in February, 1831.

UNITED STATES.

Tre Duetto.—A Trauic Recontre tn New ORLEANS.—Already bas been given, in the col- umne of this paper, a short account of the dread- tal duel fought between Messrs. Edinond Leteb- vre and Charles Janin. Both parties were respectably connected, and were highly esteemed by those whe koew them personaliy. The fol- lowing account of the causes and progression of the difficulty, it is believed, willbe found cor- rect. Not very long ago 4 well-known seciety gave a ball, and Mr. Lefebvre brought his wife there. tis stated that Mr. Janin, whilst waltzing with Madaw Leiebere, thrust his hand into that lady's bosuin, and that the lady, tearing herself away, rushed to ber husband and complained of the outrageous act. Mr. Lefebvre, a few moments afterwards, aceusted Mr. Janin, saying, “ Sir, you have insulted my wife, and you must fight me.” Janin then, being, comparatively speaking, the taller and beavier man, seized Lefebvre and knocked bia) down. Lefebvre mentioned the matter iminediately afterwards te some of bis friends, and they indignantly replied, the. the wan who would conduct himself in that way was not within the pale of the code of honor, and should oniy be beaten. Mr. Lefebvre thought, however, otherwise, and on the very next day, by a friend, sent a challenge to Mr. Janin. The latter accepted it at once. The geutlemen who were unfortunately engaged as the respective seconds, did everything in their power to prevent a meeting. Both of the principale being deter- mined and brave men, @ fatal termination of the quarre! was to be easilyexpeeted. The efforts of the seconds were, however, vain. There eeemed to be on both sides a vindictive desire for blood ; they would not even fight with pistols, but insist- ed on double-barrelled gan at thirty paces. No entreaties could make them swerve one inch froin their settled resolve, and their friends, with sorry hearts, nade the necessary preparations; yet the whole affair was so quietly conducted that not the least inkling of it was given, uoue of the parties being “literary gentlemen.”

On Thursday morning last, the principals, with their seconds and two well known physicians, drove out of the limits of the city te a place about! a mile above the fortifications. Many of the readers of this article will remember the spot, a beautiful one indeed. Wide spreading vaks, eld aliwost a8 the “ everlasting hilis,”’ gave a grate ful shade to the tender verdure beneath, Many picnics have there been held, and it was selected wore recently by some Federal admirer of nature, as a good camping plage for bis regiment. ‘The ar each anxious (o prevent bloods bed, interposed, but the principals were sternly ine xor- able. Mr. Lefebvre, however. appeared to ‘nave a presentiment of his spproaching fate ; for, grasp- ing his second’s hand, he said: “ Faresvell, this is the last goodbye I will ever make,” and then, cool and collected, walked to his post. JAfter ali persuasion bad failed, as is said, the vveapone, double barrelled guns, each one lvaded iti the left barrel, were handed to the antagonists. —' here was a breathless pause. Then, io clear riaging accents were heard the words: ‘ Geutletnen, are you ready? one, two, three !””

The two reports appeared as one, go fatally and , accurately had the weapous been dise harged.

Lefebvre received the shot a little abcve the

navel, it passing through, crushing the spine and | thrusting a piece of the back bone oui of his very flesh. With a ghastly look, he started foir a mo- ment, and, groping with bis arms for a second, fell dead on his face Mr. Janin was shot ¢ br ough the neck. The ball glenced down, however, and inflicted what had been proved to be a diadly weuad. The friends of Mr. Letebvre took charge of bia inanimate remains, and after a little vehile they procured a skiff and crossed the Mississippi; all that was left of what was once a ian, was carried and deposited in the house of a rela tire In that frail bark, looking at the blank, dead face beneath them, and remeubering their a pfu! mission, the feelings of those men who had eh: arge ef the corpse must have been fearful. No pen can transcribe them into. living words. W: irde after ali are only words, aad such a scene is be- yond the art of even the most tragic painter. In the meantime, Mr, Janin was carried to hia gesi dence.- Every effort was used to preserve his life, but twelve hours after the duel he expired. Mr. Lefebvre was « Canadian by birth, born in > Mon- treal and leaves behind him a wife and two

lehildren. Mr. Janin, who, it appears, was orn lin France, had depending on him for su pport | a mother and sister. So two families are pl enged

pitilessly inte distress, The seconds, both g sentle- men of the highest standing, used every eff ort to arrange the matter amicable, but us lias been before remarked, without suecers, for no a pology would be given. The feeling appeared to be sv bitter, eo utterly blood thirsty, that nothin z short of life could appease it. Thus ended a mos t tragic affair. ‘he mania for duelling appears to rage again after a long interval. Duelling is a rehe of a barbarous age, a custum, the practice of which generally results disastrously to the most injured party, and this last example proves no ex ception tothe general rule. And let another thing be said, newspapers should never become the he ralds of such contemplated affairs., Once publis ted, the parties feel themselvet compromised, :and the fight takes place certainy.— New Orleans Times, Feb. 24. ;

All the hotels ir St Albans, Vermont, have clored their ddore In ‘Consequence of prosecu-

tions cominenced against them by certain temper.

ance men for selling liquor. The ‘ lock a ut’ eon- tinver; and neither bed nor board ean bis had by any traveller in the village. Strangera take to the eating room at the depot at daytime, :1od find lodging in the sleeping cars at night. Ovo Sator- day week, one of the suits agairst the landlord of the Welland House, for selling i:quor was tried Not aman in town could be found whi would swear he had ever tasted toddy over the Vfelland Konse bar: The jury disagreed. Tne eitizens have besought the landlords to open their@houses, asyuring them that all prosecutions will be drepp- ef, The landlords ‘don’t see it’ yet. They say they are going to gee the thing out this time, for sure. On Sunday week, one of the village clergy- teen preached a temperance sermen desouncing thelandlards. The next morning the church door war decorated with a mammoth poster which read :—‘ This house closed, awaiting hotel pro- tection.” The excitement in the viejnity runs high. ’

Tue FLoops.—Aceonnts from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennesse, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, represent the flood now prevailing in that extensive region as aluiost unpreeedented for severity. Great destruction eee hap re- sulted and worse times are feared. e low lands in the vicinity of Luubyille have been flooded for a mouth, and mach destitution and suffering have been entailed upon hundreds of families driven

Ky., is conpletely inundated, and a steamer might run through the qein street of the town Were it net for the forests boats might run across the country between Evensgille, Ind., and Caseyville, Ky. Below Evensviile vaat quantities of corn

been driven from their homes. The plantations in Memphis and Vicksburg, are nearly all over- ferings of the inhabitante will be severe. “

flood in the Red river in Arkansas is greater than ever before known, the water rising six feet above any previous risa, Nearly all the stock in the upper country is gone, and dozens of houses, barus, bridgea, &c., are swept away.

The United States House of Representatives teat week adopted yesolutions empowering the Juiliciary Comnittee, as soon as formed, to conti- nue the investigation into the charges made agn- inst the President of the United States in the last Congress, durny the sessions of the House, or durwg any reeees which the nt Congress may take. In the debate which preceded this action of the House Mr. Ashley made an unne- cessaty violent attack upuo the President, in the coarse of which be repeated the silly and un- founded charge of complicity in the assassination of Mc. Lincolu, aud waa called to order by the An exchange saya of the debt of the United States :— :

‘It is astriking fact that the actual reduction of the naticnal debt within.a single year, from March

110, 4. thie rapid -raté of reductign the entire

debt could be wiped out wn filteen years.’

Still, the debt is ae very Jarge that even this

great reduction aseus gearcely to affect the total. c In a conversation with the editor of the New! the second Pease some questions that York Citizen the President of the United States| Were started, whic in &correet manner, ; the | receatly spake susy teckp of tbegrebanie sopetic | the people pledging themselves to secure his holding office is calculated to secure the more

bot the ouly iastuace ia which summary puvish-

uojistice to him, be @netrued inte « just

from their homes by the waters, Shawneetown, ed various public questions, together with an

have been destroyed, and scores of families have | ed by Hugh McEachern:—

flowed, and the damage to buildings, and the suf- same be adcpted by tais meeting.—Mr. Coles returning his sincere thanks to his constituents | wi!l show the contempt in which he is held. It is @ great wonder he did not propose to ren for the St. Peter's distriet—for that seems to. he

that when the people of this district’ aided in| *¥e Tefuge of all candidates of the «forlorn returning him to the Legislative Council, they | hope" species.

ions on the ground.

respect to the ceuversation. The parable of the prodigal son has often been

South Carolina, shows bow literal the application

from whow be tias heard directly: —* The wost of theta are vow without bread, and aze actually subsisting on corn husks and whatever Chey cau

who have une aud two bushels of corn yet, but without any weans to get more.”

A New York paper stated that Roberte and the | poLITICAL MEKTING AI COVEHEAD ROAD,

Fenian Senate are making exteosive preparations for a new Canadian eawpaigo. They possess

to 18,000 Fenians will cross into Canads at the

i eatin; i initin :

d f Roberta as soon as traneportation can | The meeting was organl by appoit " be farvished. Their objective plat aril be Mon-| Lawson. Esq., to the chair, and the undersigned treal, but Kingston and Toronto will also be at-|as Sec’ty. Mr. Coles then addressed the meet. . ing. He explained the vature and Sormation

Letters are said to have been received at| of the present Government, the official appoint-

tacked.

Washington, from all parts of the South, ebowing that there is a desire in many quarters to subuit to the terms of reconstruction juposed by Con- grers.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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PUBLIC MEETINGS.

The Hon. G, Coles, who has to go back te his constituents to be re-elected, in conse- quence of having accepted the office of Col- onial Secretary, met about five hundred of his constituents at the House of Mr. James McDonald, Fort Augustus, at 12 o’clock, on Monday, the 25th inst. The meeting was or- ganized -y appointing Alexander Robertson, Kisq., to ce chair, aud Mr. E. Reilly, ek The Hon. Mr, Haythorne, Hon. F. Kelly, D. O'M. Reddin, F. McQuaid, aud John Allan