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, | ‘ close to the mangrove ereek, ond, led by! lows, and as the prisoners walked down from Forbes, eromeed over the spit of lend to Tock-| the rising ground on which the scaffold ws

swan, aad, haviag surrounded the rains, a them, to take the hare in ite form. Amonget the broken wall, over which the prickly cactus was fast epreading, there stood the larger pact of a cotiage, roofless, bat »fording something like accommodation, | the fire-place and chimney sti)! remaining

Ilere. then, the fugitive was doubtless hid-| den fue purty erept around the cottage) and mede a russ ineide Chere was nobody } there—but evidence of recent oc: upation was) plainiy apparent. }

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The embers of a fire of | cedar-branches were still warm, and some} fragments of food—poelings of the eweet po- | tate, the on whieh Tucker had} chiefly liwed—were strewn on the ground, but | the man himself was gone. As guick'y ashe! entered the hat the mulatio rusted oat again, nod prea ntly the others heard him atter aj quick cry. They ran to where he stood, ges uevlating and ehoating, and looking seaward eaw at the distance of a full wile trom shore a man palling away from it with all his might, and handling the oars like one accus- tomed to their use

“ By g uly him gone **bat we eateh him yet!’

it was no time tor standing id)e if they in | tended to do so; and without more delay the | party ran back to the mengrove creek, got in! therr boat, and bending to their work, rowed! round the spit. iall mad wrt! excitement, | the mulatto, who feared alike the loss of the reward and the escape of his persecutor, | stood up in the bow the better to direct the} pursuit. Hulfan hour had been gained by the fugitive, who lad increased his distance from sive shore by nearly a couyle of miles It was a hard task fur the parsuers to over- tuke an expetioner { boatman with so great a | sturt; but they bad almest asstcong a motive | m their endeavor te du so, as he whom they tcllowed had in preventing them, and the | eturta on buth sides were increased by a fact | which the mulatto as well as the murderer became aware o'—a ship was in the offing, exiling with a wind, and evidently only pass- ing the islands, .

“Pull away, my men !"" cried Forbes, as it he were the captain of aman-of-war. ‘This dam raaca) get away if you don’t. T seo the colore ot the ship’ By golly, the stars and stripes! Once he. gets aboard that dam Yarkee eliprer we neversee him more. Get aiong you lazy lubbers—pull! pull !"’

it the race had been ewift belore it was doubly rapid now, but superior power Segan to tell, and the) persurng boat drew fast upon the ether. Seven days vf half starvation had greatly reduced the murderer's strength while they who tollowed were in the full jenitade ef health and vigonr ‘Lhoug! Tucker, who eaw bie danger as well as his means of ‘scape, exerted every muscle, he was yet balta mile from the elipper when the officer's boat was within a quarter of a mie of hwown. Once more he sade e# des

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exclaimed Porbes;!

20 years of Siberia before them, they did not

inet appear to have lost attraction.

erected, they were shaken by the hand and offered cigars by many of the crowd. With | »hjeet to receive the fragrant comforters even a moment «after salvation from death.’’— Correspondent of the Globe. a

Tue Great Easternxn.—A visit to the Great Eastern one day this week told us ata glance thar the ship had wut been well kept up. The seams in ber deck looked open and as though they wanted caulking. The paint and varnish were shabby, but hands were at work with the brusb, and she will, no doubt, very shortly put on a more decent appearance. On entering the grand sa- joon we saw that all the mirrors and gilding had disappeared, and those who remembered this :partment in its original granedur could not fail to be struck at the changes that time and misfor- tune had made. The handseme gold and white pannelling has given place to sober imitation of what was once intended for oak or maple, but which is now toned down to a sombre and dirty looking brown. With a little cleaning up this sa loon would be more comfortable in its working dress than in its zew-gaw finery.—The ship ap- pears exceedingly light, and is high ovt of the water, the tep of her screw being bared a foot or two. The green grass and slime shows itselt plainly ow her bottom, thongh a good deal of this

| would come off by the foree of the hull through

the water. Nothing has been done yet to provide for stowage of the Atlantie eable. The floats have been taken off her wheels for protection, and she is moored well up the Medway out in the

jatream, where she is aa object of curiosity to

sight-seers, whe board her by the shipload. Ex-

jcursien steamers ply from Chatham and Sheer- iness to the Great Eastern, iu conjunction with

railway exycursien trains. This great folly does She seems rather teo much exposed for quiet w inter-riding, ind her holding power 1 likely to be well tested before ehe moves from her anehorage. She rides so high out of the water, aud has such little held, that a broadside gale would try the metal of her

chats. —_— --<— - —-

The Boston Journal says :—** Recent cases f spontaneous combustion in eval brought from the British provinces has, we under- stand, led to wide spread distrust of all coal from that quarter. But these apprehensions are in general unfounded. Coal from Pictou, Sydney and other quarters has been brought to this market for years without an instance of spontaneous combustion. The incendiary coal is from new mines, and contains a grent amount of sulphur. Dealers know what coals

are dangerous, and should protect their ens- |

tomers, who have been in the babit of using

what is generally known as ** cannel coal.”” ~~ -- -

John Mitchell, the Irish exile and late editor of

the Richmond Enquirer, is now, it ts said, serving

|} asa Conuseript private in an ambulance covps of the |

rebel army, after giving his own talents and in- fluence, and the lite of two et his sous to the re-

De libon. —— pei

Pearl hunting is lively in Montpellier, Ver- mont Over fifteen hundred dollars worth

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subjected to the course of treatment which |

makes life far more uncertain than the bat- tle-field itself. A general pardon from Lin- coln would doubtless relieve the South of at j least 50,000 of those miserable beings, pro- vided they have strength erough left to make ‘their escape North. Five Federal officers, | consisting of a colonel, lieut.-cvlonel, major ‘and two captains, who were dishonourably expelled by Gen. Sherman from his army ‘and sent into the rebel lines, for speaking disrespectiully of the President of the United States in presence of the enemy, while ac- companying a flag of trace, have arrived in Richmond, where they are to be confined during the war for fighting against their principles.””

Two Treasury officials have absconded from Richmond, after converting nearly @ million rebel treasury notes into greenbacks.

A flag of truce recently brought into New- bern quite a number of refugees, many of whom belong to the first families of the State, who are on their way North, having lost all confidence in the rebel cause since the capture of Atlanta. Among the number was the wife of the rebel Gen. Martin.

Loutsvitiu, Sept. 14.—Among the guests at, the Felt House this evening are Major General F. Blair and Brig. Generals R. A. Smith, Rice and Long, from Atlanta, who report all quiet there. A portion of the city is being destroyed, the lumber from the dwellings being used to construct camps. Che rebel army is swinging uround to cover the Atlanta and West I’vint Railroad to pre- vent our advance on Mobile. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, has offered to General Sherman propositions for peace, notwithstanding the assertions of Eastern correspondents to the contrary.

On a Sanday, at Louisville, the guards, assisted by the police, surprised the congre- gation of a colored church, by surrounding itand gobbling up the male p -rtion of the congregation for fortification purposes. The female portion, of whom there was an equal lnumber, went home—not as they came—in pairs — but single file, for every blooming lassie had been made forlorn by having their heaux thus cruelly snatched away trom Chem. Such is life.

it is anticipated that Forrest is about to make an attempt on the railroad in Rous- sean’s division, similar to the last effort of Wheeler. At last accounts be was at Oka- lona, Miss , with the forces of Wheeler and Roddy combined with his own, and large preparations were being made to invade lennessee,

The Examiner complains that there are citizens ot Winchester and of the neighbour- hood, calling themselves Confederates, who refuse to supply Gen. Early’s commussaries jand quarter-masters with food for man or | horse, except on the terms of being paid in Mr. Fessenden’s greenhacks, and who utterly | refuse to sell to a soldier an egg or an apple |for any quantity of the paper which serves

perate effort, but the space between the rival-| have been togsnd in Winooski river and its) as for money in this country ; and the Er-

gradually diminished, till only two boats’ } lengths remained between them. and littl more than a hundred yards divided the wur- derer from the clipper, on the deck of whie

| | i | the erew were gathered to witness the

ruce The mulatto became as pale as if }\e had heen | born of white parents, and shouted wit! frantie enetyy : the boats nearly touched

d Forbes. | on Tucke r} 4 thought,}

*« Giwe way! | jumpinto fim,” er Hie was on thie point of doing 80, w rege tram hie seat, and ay q cick

fired a pratol at the malattu—a second whic he reserved for eel (defence. Owing to th

unsteadiness Of bis arm the ba! harmlessly by, close to the head of the ua- jatto. [Throwing away the weapon, and) calling out *Save me!"’ the murderer leaped inte the sea, and swam towards the clipper But the mulatto was in the waves as soon as bimeel{, and. with the «wiftness of che shark. in three str >kes was abreast of his prey, and ecized him. by the meck. The murderer grappled with him, and in the struggle they both disappeared, only, however, to rise

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again a few moments afterwards, with Tucker | ™ ssures to try and prevent such expeditions preciated, even by our enemies.

senseless and stretehed across the mulatt nw | troast, while his captor, lying on bis back, | and showing the white teeth, grinning with delight, swam to meet the officers’ boat. | captain of the clipper through his speaking- trumpet. |

* Committed murder,’ was the reply

* Lynch him, then!’ rejoimed the Yankee ; and easing his vessel off a few pointe, he | waved his band in token of farewell salute was retarned, but the American's ad-| vice was not obe-rved. Tucker revived >| learm that a more legitimate fate awaited hnn.

i need not dwell on this part of the story. | The murderer was tried at Hamilton, the! chief town in Bermuda, and sentenced to be | hung oa the spot where his crime was com- | mitted. It was my duty to superntend the |

military arrangements for preserving order | Passes the present in completeness, and con-| jsidering the numbers engaged, none sur-

wien the sentence was carried out. Capital punishment was a thing almost unknown in| the Bermudas—at least since the days of the | pirates — but Diere was no difficu ty in find ing a hangman. So mach was poor F——| Leiowed by the coloured people, and so strung | was the feeling against bis murderer amungst them, that the ofh¢e wae volunteer: d; bat to preserve a kind of decency, while « fantastic notion was gratified, the bangman wore a mask, a elop dress, and a cocked-bat and feathers. Thie was the first execution [ ever wit-| nessed. It was also the last. |

MISCELLANEOUS. | Gace

temANCE oF THE Po.isn LystrRaKction — Rergkizvs ON TUE SCAPROLD. — A letter from | St. Petersburg states that the melancholy trials now coming to a close, one alter the} other, at Warsaw, have lately led to one of | those extraordinary exhibitions which may | be well addueed hereafter in proof of the! ancient saying, that truth is stranger than | fiction -—** Among others, the courts had in} # reeert ease to deal with the eliet of the} nasassine, the head of that furmida! le band so | dreadiuliy notorious for resolve and the al-| most unerring certainty of their revoletion | Who banded over so wany handreds of vie | tims to the murderer, or at ang rate held al

post in which bhecatombhs had been sacrificed | this time, butso he was when he was attacked | thoroug| }

THE

| nati there Is great excitement. ident telegraphs that it is well known that| 8a. of citizens are leaving for Canada. | ‘rem Polignac’s head-quarters the other |The trains leaving here to-night are over-

| crowded.”’ ¥ ly: ‘We should have come to you, General, long

branches within a fortnight.

WAR IN TIE edeiunte

\eeording to in the

papers, the eall

young men of that section, and they are ske- daddling in immense numbers for Her Brit-| tannic Majesty’s Canadian dominions. A

{telegram trom Milwaukee says :—* The la- |

hoaring Classes have nearly all ceased their) parently too anxious to work.

seeores i

General Dix has gone to Sandusky to in-| quire into the recent Confed-rate plot to}

capture steamers on Lake Erie, and to take |

in the future.

for five hundred thousand | }men 18 creating a pame among the eligible

} A Jetter from an

jaminer is sorry to learn that there are planters and merchants in Winchester and

} ~~ | _ mee leiek , ak . STATES. | ty who do absolutely refuse to touch |

our country’s legal currency, and who de-

ashes | mand to be paid toreverything in that of the

| enemy's currency. —— a TRANS-MISSISSIPPI AFFAIRS.

officer in command of a ‘ederal iren-clad on the Mississippi, dated Sept 7th says:

““We have been having very lively times here- abouts lately from the efforts of Generals Prince

whistled occupations, and are cr pwding the streets in) Polignac, Walker, and Dick Taylor, te eroas the ithe vicinity of the Academy of Music, ap-} Mississppi to the reliet of Hood at

Atlanta,

day, and one of the writers accounted for their failure to cross and assist their triends, by saying proftane-

since, but the d—d Yankee gunboats are thicker on the river than fiddlers in hell, and we can’t make the trip!’ It is pleasant to find one’s efforts are ap- The Texans be- ordered to prepare tet

came mutinous when

| crossing, having a very stroug leaning toward the

PURSUIT OF PRIVATEERS. | flesh pots of Texas, and a dread of the barren

New Yorx, Sept. 25. —The schooner Sarah | land giv themselves up t hile f | ‘ , . ed at ive “tse lives ‘ oo. e * What hus that fellow done? siouted the) Gage reports that off ¢ ape Sable, on the) ! y opr tone ac Bg Pots cha

18th, saw a gunboat chasing a pirate. A|

schooner, spoken by the Sarah Gage, reported & pirate as having pot into a sma'l port in Nova Scotia, after having destroged a naum- ber of mackerel fishing vessels. She was

The | blockaded by gunboats, but eacaped at night.} 4, 5 downward course,

The New York Tribune saves cf Sheridan's victory in the Shenandoah Valley :—

‘The prisoners already taken are com: puted at no lest than 7.200, and the total loss of the enemy is one-third of their whole army. They lost nine generals — three killed, six wounded.

* Altogether, no victory in this war sur-

passes it in importance and probable results, tor we believe that Sheridan means now to make clean work of the Shenandoah Valley. Karly’s is surely one of the worst beaten armies that the rebellion has yet seen, and cannot possibly he equal to the task of hold- the Shenandoah Valley against the impetuous advance of its victorious adversary.”’

The Washington correspondent of the New York Dai/y News, writing of the great battle anticipated at Petersburg and on the Weldon railroad, says :—

** It is the universally reeeived impression among the officers of the army that General

| Grant intends very soon to make another | grand assault on the Confederates at Peters-

burg; this time without a mine. It has

i been found that not the slightest military

advantage bas been gained by our occupation of the Petersburg terminus of the Weldon Railroad, while its has been no disadvautage whatever to General Lee. Nothing remains, therefore for General Grant to do but to make a direct assault on the Confederate lines, and this be will now do very svon lits ranks bave been largely reinforced dur- ing the last four weeks, by the addition of new recruits; and indeed his numerical force is much laryer thau is generally sup- posed. Tle himself ia confident of success

plains of Virginia, Several of them lave desert- mutdred at one time lett Walker's division and returned to their homes in Texas, oo GOLD AND COTTON GOODS TUMBLING The N, Y. Express says:—The deeline in gold jsome time since te 2134 started cotton goods which the publre will be happy to learn has not yet been arrested. There have been two large auction sales reported in the Express this week, and both of them went off at

lower prices at the next sale. not be manufactured at the current rates, but there are considerable stocks held on speculation, and there is a general disposition to get out, for fear that a crash may come. Wholesale dry goods merchants seem to be rivalling each other to see who can sell the lowest, and if the retailers will only find out the receut large decline in prices, then the public will reap the benefit. The proper way to break up the speculation in produce and merchandise is for the cousumers te buy no more than they actually want for immediate use, and with the present want of confidence in values, our word for it lower prices must rule.

ioctl dled iaipipee

ROBESPIERRE OUTDONE.

Castro, Sept. 15.—Gen. Fry of Kentucky, and of Zolheo®er tame, bas arrived at Paducah, hav- ing been sent trom Washington to investigate the reign of terror and blood of Gen. Paine. The simple facts that will be substantiated upon this investigatiow will send a thrill of horror through the people of the civilized world.

Paine was in command fifty-six days, and shot sirty-seren men, aud no evidence can be found that € single one was ever tned by a military commis- sien or court of any kind. He was at the guard- house one day, and a prisoner happened to dis- please him, when he ordered the guard to shoot him down. A negro faithfully executed the order.

When a prisoner was brought to Gen. Paine, pronounced by his captors a rebel-in-arm, the matter was always summarily settled by an order to “ shoot him to-morrow morning at 5 o'clock.”

Gen. Meredith turned fifty one persons loose at Mayfield, and has emptied the guard-house at Paducah.

The bloody days of Robespierre have been blotted out, and au American avw bears aloft the reeking palin.

Gen. Fry is determined the matter shall be y sifted, and that stern justice shall be

by bis predecessors? Why, a boy —a boy of at Spottsylvania, at Cold Harbour, and at! done. ‘The greatest excitement prevails among

i9—a student of medicine. Paul Landuwski was tried and sentenced to |

July. Te Confederates have iong been ex-

In short, one) Petersbarg on the 16th of Jane and 30th of | the people of that district, and when Gen. Fry no-

| tified thei that he wanted to talk to them, instead

death on the lUsh August, in the unenviable | peeting such an attack, and are fully pre-| ef coming in a little squad they rushed en masse.

capacity of chief de tous les genda mes pen- eeurs dela Pologne. When men ol riper age had been all arrested, abducted, and, other- wise diaposed of on the mere suspicion of holding a place in the great Jeague, the game, | we know, was taken up by boys, and, as now | appears, played manfully oat by them to the end. Sed, M. Landewski had been entrusted | long enough with the executioner 6 seals tw erder sundry bombs and pistols to be aimed | at General Berg—an onslaught which pre- | ceded the very last stage of the rebellion He | is, however, indebted to the ev rage and | moving eloquence of his mother fur the re-| prives he eventually obtained. On the 17th | ve was led out with two associates of in- ferior diguity to undergo capital punishment | on the glacte of Warsaw citadel. One| of the unfortunate trio, a man notorious for} having cut off and eaten the ears of one of his| Victims, was alreagy dangling from the gal-| jows. The two others were being kpt ready | under the fatal beam. They were ciressed in | the penstent’s shroud, were barefooted, bare- | headed, and had the halter artistica|ly arran- | ged round their devoted necks. At this awiul | womens a Cossack was seen gallopiug up, | waving & paper in bishand. it was the re-| prieve, announced in the old style of cruel | ienieney. But the arrangement proved a! grand success. The unexpected, un! »ped-for, | undreamt-of clemency affected all present. | the more powerfully fur its proclamation ex | coup de theatre. Many cried, all were moved and inspired with « sort of gratitude to the (zer. The mother ot young Land owski, is | appears, who could never have hoped to ob- | fin access to the Euperor here, had illegally | Passed the frontier.and following his Majesty bu Kissingen, threw herself at pis {et in the public grounds. In sight of all tlo elevant and lasiionable world crowdiag r wind the distingoished visitor, the Czar raise | her gra. crously, according the prayer atonee. Even the Kussian soldiers who bad been eommand. ed to attend the exeention joined in the ery when they found that the miserable core- mony was to be over with one instead of theee. For a moment there was a relazation in the usual street discipline ot Warsaw. The

people were » lowed two press pear the gal.

pared for it.”’

NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.

New York, Sept. 25.— The Richmond Despatch ot the 22nd contains an official des-

He has arrested and plaeed in the guard-house a number of the negro soldiers that have been flourishing there lately so extensively, because they had commenced to denounce Gen. Fry fora “ secesh”’ general.

The country may look for more than Gen Fry’s

i

patch from General Lee, announcing Early’s | investigation, that will tax their utmost credulity.

tirst defeat. Richmond papers contain verg little news

| They admit their deteat in the Valley, and , about 500 of whom | extraveganee which prevails in that city:

give their loss at 2.500, are prisoners. men.

They put oar 800. i

General Rhodes and Soodwin were

killed, and General Fitz Lee and Col. Patin |

Gen sounds here—take no heed of them in this gay and

wounded. General York lost an arm. Early was entrenched at Fisher's Hill, 22) miles south of Winchester.

Late Charleston newspapers contain ad- vertisement requiring all male persons in that district, between the ages of 16 and 50, to immediately report themselves for enroll-| ment. The order extends throughout the South, the object being to ascertain the pre- sentand prospective military strength of the Vonfederacy. In several military districts slavehoiders are required to furnish one- fourth and in some cases one-half their slaves to work @& the Charleston fortifica tions. Advertisements are also published for the collection of 30 per cent., on profits, as & war tax, and for the sale of foreign and domestic goods of recent importation from Nassau.

The Mercury says Gen. Sherman has seized and sent north every bale of cotton in At- lanta, to the credit of the United States

Treasury, and that on the 14th the Federals | dieners have inereased in number.

were apparently very busy hauling ammuni- tion, &c., to batteries Wagner and Gregg.

The Savannsh Republican says that the losses during the bombardment of Altanta reach $5,000,000 worth of real estute, em- bracing 47 houses burnt. There were 497 persons killed and 59 wounded.

Generals Dick Taylor, Maury, Forrest, Frank Gardiner, Liddell, ‘Thomas and Go- vernor Watts were all in Mobile on the 10th instant.

The Saulsbary (N.C.) Watchman saye :-- “We protest against the inhuman treatment extended to the Yankee deserters, who are

Rhodes’ division lost 1000 | ; loss at from 6000 to) Sharp report of musketry, the shriek and groans of

_ oe EXTRAVAGANCE IN NEW YORK. The New York Herald refers as follows to the

| “Par away the dull boom of cannon, the shrill,

| the dying may be heard. There the brave sol- ) diers of the North are battling to preserve our glorious Union. We hear none of these direful

crowded metropolis. Here fashion and pleasure, net grim war, reign supreme. Here music and festivity are the order of the day, not carnage and strife. Never was New York so brilliant, so cap- tivating. We never before made such actwe preparations for a season of enjoyment and gaiety. Our elite, onr aristocracy of money, our shoddy people, have run their mad race of extravagance and show at the fashionable watering places, and are returning fo commence in the city a season of unparallelled display.

“ All classes are taking advantage of the reck- lessness and extravagance of the day. Now that pleasure, fashion, and expenditure rule our people, those who cater to the spirit ofextravagauce have become as daring and reckless as the crowds they serve, and are playing a gawe of follow the lead- er whieh would have driven the past generation wild with dismay. Gur theatres and other places of amusement have increased their prices fitty per cent, but this had no effect upon the masses. On the contrary, it is a noiiceable fact, a sign of the times, that since the increase of prices the au- In short, in-

crease is the order of the day. Onee upon atime people were content to drive two horses, and even }one, before their carriages. ‘This summer nothing short of a four in hand was considered the ton at | Newport and such places, where some of the ex- tra refined shoddy gentlemen drove as many as ten or twelve maguiticent horses at a time. The ladies, in a spirit of emulation, got up pony teams, | but were content to drive a pair. They harness- ed three, and then five, together, and bad postil- | lions and vutriders, aud made a show which grew greater as the seasun lasted. The mind becomes bewildered when reflecting upon what would on eceurred had the season pot drawn to a eluse,

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Taking its cue from the extravagance of the lenmmer season, the city 18 preparing to outshine itself during the fall and winter. The theatres heve all brightened up and refitted, and have, as we have said, raised their prices. The opera will be more than usually attractive and brilliant, and has also raised its price. The Negro min- strels have been seized with the contagious spirit of increase, and their prices have been raised. Our fashionable shops—millinery and such like— have given themselves up to the mania of high prices with an abandon which is fearfully admir- able. A lady’s bounet, a little piece of velvet and a flower—to cap the climax, now costs cne hun- dred dollars, aud exnnot be manufactured fast enough to supply the dewand. Silks, satina, and laces now cost their weight in greenbacks. Gloves are worth what was formerly considered a week’s salary for many people, while other styles of dress have increased in ratio. The won- der of it all is, that, spite of those high prices, the consumption is greater thanever. But never he- fore was the general expenditure of the citizens of this metropolis so liberal, so extravagant.” TT

LATE BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

THE DANISH-GERMAN QUESTION.

Denmark is getting impudent on Austria and Prussia’s hands, The Ost Deutsche Post says:

The reports of difficulties which have arisen in the peace negociations, of new pretensions put for- ward by the Danish Government, as regards Nor- thern Schleswig, are daily renewed; in vain does the press endeavour to point out the inexorable necessity of Denmark, as she is circumstanced, to The rumour of a postponement

conclude peace. of peace still prevails.

The Vienna New Free Press says :—

Denmark would never have dared to raise ob- jeetions as regards the financial question, or threatened to abaudou the clauses stipulated in the preliminaries, if she were not backed by the three great powers. Russia, France and Englaud ure now acting in concert, with the sole objeet of paralyzing the work of peace, te save, at least, North Schleswig to Denmark, and to effect a re- union of the Duchies to Denmark by the aid ot the fatal question of suecession, which still re- mains pending.

Deputations from Northern Schleswig had ar- rived at Copenhagen with addresses to the King, demanding protection for their nationality.

THE BRIGGS MURDER.

The adjourned inquest on the body of Mr. Briggs, alleged to have been murdered by Muiler in a railway train, was resumed on the Sth, but was again adjourned to await the arrival of the accused and witnesses from New York. A man named King was under examination at the Wor- ship street police court, charged, on bis own con- fession, of being an accompiice of Muller. The police gave evidence that King had been seen near the spot of the murder about two hours be tore the commission of the crime. The prisoner, who pleaded innocence, stated that he was drunk and incapable when he made the statement. He was rewanded for a week.

NEW CONFEDERATE PRIVATEER.

An agent at Lloyd’s reports thata large steamer is stated to have put into Niedup With signals for a pilot. She changed colors at Bremerhaven and hoisted the Coutederate fag. The pilot whe took her to Bremerhaven believes she still re- wains there. She steams ten Knots at half speed She is reported to be commanded by Captain Semmes, has 300 men on board, and is pierced for torty guus. Stated to have been built at Bordeaux. Che pilot volunteered the iuformation. Official information received in Washington says that the vessel, to which allusion is made, ig one of those built at Bordenax, supposed on rebel account, but which was seld to the Prussian Government. So the latter part of the agent’s story is untrue.

A frightful colliery explosion took place on Wednesday night, 7th ullimo, near North Simtelds, England. ‘The pit in which the explosion oc-

In Uinein- | However, they have at last abandoned the attempt | curred is eatled the Seghill Colliery. Eighteen A corres pon-| and are now, apparently, moving toward Arkan I captured a rebel mail en route to Atlanta |

men and lads were at work in a part of the pil knewn as the Far California Bank, when sudden- jly the gas fired, and in a mement they were all killed. Fortunately, the explosion did not extend to other parts of the pit, Where a large number of wen Were al werk, Up te Thursday evening the bodies had net been recovered, but every exertion was being made to get at them.

The Liverpool female Penitentiary had been to- tally destroyed by fire. There were 40 inmates at the Lime of the outbreak, but all escaped with- outinjury. The logs is said to have been covered by insurance.

The Executive of the Union and Emancipa- tien Socicty have issued an address te the ** peo- ple of Great Britain” and Ireland, on the progress and prospects of the great struggle for treedom in America,” in reply te adecument whieh bas been sirculated for siguatuies by the Southern [n- dependence Association. “The address expresses ceutidence that the people of this country will never give their “sanetion to any proposition, even in the loly name of peace, that seek to beis- ter up and sustain an mtamous slave power.” The address further points outthe great progress which

a heavy decline from last week's rates, while the | has been made during Mr. Lineolu’s Presidency feeling yeaterday afternoon was in favour of still in the work ot emancipation, and concludes by de- Cotten goods can-

claring that “vet until slavery is annihilated throughout the Uuited States, can come the leng- ed for era of peace—a true, holy and lasting peace, tounded on union, freedom, justice and hamanity.”

The New York correspondent of the London Times says: —‘ McLellan’s chauces for the Pre- sidency are better than those of any other candi- date. He is understood fo have explained away some passages ina recent speech, which originally

war for the extirpation of slavery, aud to have otherwise made himself wore acceptable than for- merly to that great wing of the Democratic party whose whole sympathies are with the South. Smuggling is assuming large proportions. British yoods, paying no duty, peur from Vietoria and Vauneouver’s Islaud into California; in like man- ner, foreign goods, especially light wares of sual! bulk, are imported inte Canada and conyeyed over the St. Lawrence and across the lakes along a portion of a thousand miles with small hin- drance from the Federal revenue officers.”

COLONIAL.

The new Custom house at Quebec, one of its finest public buildings was almost wholly consun- ed by fire on last Saturday night week. An edi- fice of more stately architectural proportions for its size, did net exist in British North America. It cost $300,000, and was fitted up with all the modern improvements. The whole interior of the edifice is destroyed. ard the walls, which are of splendid cut stone, are so exteusively injured that it would take a considerable suin to recon- struct the building. By the disaster the Govern- ment will be a heavy loser, as it has ne more than | £6,UUU of insurance on the property destroyed. | The Engineer department also suffers consider- ably; the sketches and plans for the proposed | new fortifications made by the party who had been occupying the dome being all consumed, be- sides a quantity of instruments. How the fire originated will probably forever remain a mystery, The officials bad all lett at the usual hour, and the principal housekeeper, Mr. Bowden, was also out at the time. A party of the Roval Eugineers had been occupying, tor seme time past, the dome, where the fire was first seen, and some apart- ments underseath, for the purpose of making ob- servations and taking sketches. Some plumbers had also been at work during the afternoon, effect- ing repairs to that portion of the edifice. The above we glean from the Quebee Daily News.

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FLoop aT TANTRAMAR, AMueERST, N. S.— We regret to learn from a gentleman who arriv- ed in our city Monday afternoon, that the recent rains in Westmorland caused such a flood that the dykes ou the Tantramar Marsh were broken in many places, the whole of that valuable land has been inundated, aud an immense quantity of hay has been swept away, especially of the “* bread- leaf” quality. No correct estimate of the damage done can be made yet, but it is very great. The party engaged on the railway survey were flooded out, and compelled to suspend work. Mr. Boyd and Mr. Tuck arrived in town on Monday. ‘The inain road between Sackville and Amherst was un- der water for miles—the depth of water on it va- rying trom nine inches to three feet— and was at places quite impassable. So great an inundation has not visited those marshes for fifty years.—St. John Telegraph.

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The Members of the Corporation of Toronto have had an excursion to Portland and Bosten All Canada appears to be on aspree this season. It is to be hoped that the people with whom they associate will not become contaminated by their example.—St. John @lobe.

FAMINE AT LABRADOR.—Quebec papers state that recent accounts from Labrador are very dis- mal, and that destitution threatens the inhabitants. Efforts are being made to induce the Government to despateh one of the Provincial steamers with a supply of provisions, to be dispensed during the Winter a8 the necessities of the people require. Private individuals are making collections, and sending donations of flour, &e.

CORRESPODENCE. [FOR THE EXAMINER. ]

THE UNION OF THE PROVINCES.

The good feeling which is said to exist among the Delegates promises fair that they will arrange matters tur a Union satisfactory to al] the Colonies, and it is unfair for any

couveyed the impressivy that he was in laver of

holding their meetings with closed doors.

ury met to prepare measures for legislation. and it 18 pot customary

their measures are prepared. might be less cause for secrecy.

one party cun be answered out offence.

might bave upon our near neighbours.

the provincials themselves are inclined.

war with Great Britain.

them,

ig as with that understanding.

minded men.

the necessity of iin posing secresy on them selves.

which can engage the attention of men Chat the Delegates may succeed in doing so has the best wishes of WM. COOPER. Sailor's Hope, Sept. 26th, L864. 0 =

(FOR THE EXAMINER.)

FRAGMENTARY NOTES OF A TRAVELLER ( Continued )

That short, thick-set, dogmatic looking fel low is, in his own estimation at least, the

mean of the members Sir, we call him the * Washington Ambassador ;' des light is tox great to be put under a bushel ; nor, indeed is it confined to the Uouse erther ; fume as an ambassador to Washington, sel

concern, has already been published in some if not all, the respectable European news- papers of the day ; but whether or not 1t was to coerce the Courtat Washington to give up the contest with the South as hopeless, or to insist on an immediate and unecnditional emane:pation of his triends the negroes, has now as yet been made officially publie ; for you must know, sir, that all great ambassa- durial negociations are usually kept in the back ground from the valgar gaze of the pub- he until after the matters have been finally determined, if not luily consummated ; and my friend the Crapaud member is of too much importance to deviate one iota from the strictest rules of cvurtly etiquette. The