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They are. probably, confident in the irresistible character of long accust med to regard England and the Engli Ag ;

he strates t ‘are pursuing, and are resolyed to bide their | settled aversion. On the Boulevards, in the Champs A ;

the strat hey are purs gr, and are resel : "8 : : s @ ,

a , ’ ny The repulse of the at the Tuileries, and especially at the Grand Opera, the '

own time for its complete developement, ~~ : : a. ae a me : ave Sth of dane. undoebeediy. teu es them a lesson of distretion. | utanifestation of public fate : as " ae o” a caeue ie Reatititag: 8s . 7? .,. » are made , » by | been deeply gratifying to the Royal lady who has

All is now slow and sure, No attempts are made to carry, ; Ab nes bo ies x v ul ' lliant but deadly service of the bayonet, works which | assisted to cancel the enmities of centuries, and to ¢ — a he brilliant but deadiy seryice ee — : : P ) ahi ’ «c - must, surely and in vitabl fall boneath the stealthy advance | right hand of loyalty and friendship to the successor oF * tor nust, § iyand nu tabiv, ta ‘ HUT) HO BUC: -. : : * 7 es MiSs WI is cray ) r all 'p} conishing result of the mortar prac-| leon, who inherits his uncle’s genius without his cravin

of sap and mine, Phe astemshmig result ¢ biti ** Neyer,’’ remarks &

; conquest or ungovernable ambition. weer,

ee whore. clearly demonstrating the terrifie destructive- r. . ~_ ppt re . oy Sr ee ve have made spectator of these magnificent — % gover wee Pai its impression upon the minds of the Allied Generals in the right Royal welcome given to an a aes “ —. eee Crimea, and to have determined them upon ie re extensive | the one capital * Fra ee cely Booptealttios ae

ae i he e bombardme f Sebasto wl, e are con-| on 11s Meppy OCCASION. , , Mo “hlle Saeatid maukectl lan, within a Sie ten iy s, no less than Cloud—the magnificent apvenetee, at the cap oe ries

hat they » only waiting a signal of the Commander-in- | elects 0 ie * golde ) a t 4 . . pe * bo. shée ae kell into every part of the doomed expressed, in language not to be forgotten, ie poet 92) city and its defences, When we remember what only thirty which the Queen’s visit to Paris has been - we re pian mortars accomplished at Sweaborg, we may form some con-/ to do honour to the * fair Majesty of Eng —, oe a, ception of what the destruetive effect of 150 must be at Sebas- to the English people the one sentiment W ra Fehon 2 topol. | gallant people of France, and their distinguis . ac A B is "The Emperor of the French, in conveying his eongratulations All this, it must be admitted is pleasing ~ . gra ” a to General Pelissier and the French ‘army on the victory ef| the highest degree, kvery Englishman most yer a the Tehernaya, gained on the 16th of August, drops some ex- | courtesies bestowed upon his Sovereign by so st aoe or pressions W hich leave no doubt that he is in rg wee of in- a people as those of France, But the real ~_ . oe — formation whieh leads him to anticipate that the fall — does not lie in the splendid pageenery * . ric ae Sebastopol cannot be far distant. ** Tell those brave soldiers,’ | attended ; it is to be found in the union ba Ms vee ~ says the Emperor, ** who for more than a-year have supported the two natious—a union having for its object the high ~~ -—- unheard of fatigue, that the determination of their toils is; holiest aims that civilization can aspire to—a union t as ve not fur distant. Sebastopol will soon fall beneath their blows ; | devoutly trust may endure ‘ to the last syllable of reeorde and, should even that result be retarded, the Russian army | time, cannot, as [ know, from what appears positive information, |

sustain during the winter the struggle in the Crimea.’” These’ QppPTOTAL DESPATCH OF THE BATTLE OF THE

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words, coming from a Prince of such habitual reserve as Na- TCHERNAYA.

poleon IIL., must certainly be regarded as most significant ; ’ ” - nad, it is to be o served, that they ae not only to the early Before Sebastopol, August 17, 1855. fall of Sebastopol, but to the speedy conquest of the Crimea My TLord—In my despatch of the 14th instant, I informed

itself. Such an ‘intimation as this world, certainly, not fall | ‘ Ae , 4 St j from the lips of so cautious a man as the Freneh Emperor, | Your lordship that L had reason to believe that the Russians

unless there were some solid foundation fur it; and, from the | would attempt, by a Vigorous attack, to force us to raise the unreserved and unhesitating manner in which it is expressed, | siege. This they endeayored to do on the morning of the we feel warranted in drawing the conelusion that the Govern-| 16th, but the result: was most glorious to those of the Allied ment of France is possessed of information respecting the | troops who had the good fortune to be engaged. The action actual condition ef the Russian forces in the Crimea which, if| commenced before daylight, by a heavy column of Russians, a - 5 oe aaa tee, en mare d has not, 85) Onder the command of General Liprandi, and composed of ee ee oad |the 6th and 17th Divisions, with the 4th an@ 7th reserve, That a crisis is approaching is, indeed, apparent from the | : pe Te ’ tone of most of the communications which have latterly reached attacking the advanced posts of the Sardinians. The ground us from the seat of hostilities. An officer of the French army | oeeupied by them is one commanding hills on the right of the serving in front of Sebastopol, in a letter of very recent date, | position, on the left bank of the Souhaia river, where it says :—‘* Affairs are advancing rapidly and vigorously. We | forms its junction with the Tchernaya, with two advanced are expecting, from day to day, the order to strike a stunning | 0.15 on the opposite side. These were held with very de- ntew.> Shemcnens Saat eanee apr -_ aa omen | termined gallantry for a considerable time, but being sepa- to be at hand, all our sufferings and privations will be forgotten. he} ' errr havi h 'The spirits of the men are excellent,”” The gallant writer of rated from t gl supports by the river, and not having the this letter, doubtless, anticipates that the ** stunning blow” to | protection of artillery, they were compelled to leave the most which he refers will be directed against Sebastopol, and he is, | advanced one. About the same time, the 5th and 12th Di- unqacstionably, right in the eonjeeture that a bold stroke of | visions to which was added a portion of the 17th, advanced war will, ere long, be levelled against that place ; but advices, | against the bridge of Tractir, held by one battalion of French lately received from another quarter, throw a comparatively | infantry of the line, who were for a short time obliged to new light upon the strategy of the Allied Generals, and afford | tela ad fall back sen ‘unthes v he «. eatthe Ohh h a partial insight to the grounds upon which the French Em-}7'°'C 28@ tan a ee © Main supports ; wi ese, how- peror is induced to speak so confidently of an early termination | °V° they quickly retook the bridge at the point of the bay- of “ the struggle in the Crimea.’ A‘correspondent at Vienna |onet. Again the Russians attacked with persevering courage, informs us that, according to the latest accounts from the | and were enabled to follow up their advantage by gaining the Crimea, the Allies still continue to maintain themselves strictly | heights which rise precipitously on each side of the road; upon the defensive. ‘ But, notwithstanding this,’’ says he, | their success was but momentary—they were driven back “we hear that great preparations are being inade for an €X-| across the river, leaving the ground covered with dead and pedition to the interior of the Tauriec peninsula. The month of | Jed. - Thé' Russian General. i aoa oa by & Septeurber is the best season of the year for the commencement | on - Ae he Hussian General, in DO Way daunt yt 7 of such an undertaking ; and the opinion is general, among the | failure of his two attempts, ordered a second column, of military men of this city, that little will be done before the equal force to the first, to attack; they advanced with such middle of that month, The Russians, on their part, are exert- | impetuosity, covered by the fire of their numerous artillery, ing themselves to the utmost for the purpose of meeting the| that a third time the bridge was carried, and the heights impending danger, though they have at present much to con-| above it crowned, but they were again repulsed and retired tend with, as the eholora is raging violently in the hospitals of | in reat confusion intd the plain, followed by the bayonets of S:bastopol, Baktschi-Serai, and Simpheropol, and the condition Toa Alltec oT citi . 7 of their tr oe an »; our gallant Allies. The general officer who commanded the their troops becomes every day more and more unfavorable. 5 we The same inteiligent and well-informed writer then adds— Russian column, and who is supposed to be General Read, **Should anything occur to prevent the above-mentioned ad- | W48 killed, and in his posses:ion was found the order for the vance of the Allies, it is a matter of great doubt whether the | battle, signed by Prince Gortschakoff, who commanded in Russians will be enabled to maintain their ground during the} person. From these it would appear that it was a most de- winter, as all communication with the south of Russia, as far | termined attempt to force us to raise the seige. Had they as the transport of materiel is concernec rill be eut off < te ee ie : : ai ’ e spevedinainel tes S ieeied scleral te fetestly posttie succeeded, nw ate alae a been attacked by one t» conceive that the resources of Russia can be sufficient to have pertee oF er army, wait — eights‘on which we now enabled a supply of barracks and provisions to have been thrown ate were to have been stormed wits the other; at the same in, during the few months which have just passed by, adequate | Me a vigorous sortie was to have been made from the town to the wants and requirements of so large a body of men.” on the French works, on our extreme left, from the Quaran- There are, indeed, strong grounds for believing that the Rus-| tine, and another on the works on our extreme right on sian force, not only in Sebastopol but in the Crimea generally, } Mount Sapoune. The action which I have endeavored to a already greatly straitened for the means of subsistence. | describe is most glorious to the arms of the French and Sar- Phe destruction of their store-houses, on the shores of the Sea dinian troops. ‘To meet the force of the Russians, the for- of Azoff, has been more fatal to them than all the shot and shell had but 12.000 inf d ; sols: that have been levelled against their fortifications ; and, unless | °F 9 ut 1A, infantry, and 4 batteries of artillery the deficiency of supplies can be made good from some other engaged; the latter had 10,000 men in position, 4,500 ac- quarter before the winter sets in (of which there appears to be | tually engaged, and 24 pieces of cannon. The Russian force little or no possibility), the only alternative left to them will | consisted of from 50,000 to 60,000 men, with 160 pieces of be to fight a desperate and almost hopeless battle with the artillery, and cavalry to the amount of 6,000. This dis- Allies, or else to blow up their fortifications and evacuate the | parity of numbers will readily explain to your lordship the

country. : . ‘foall appearance, the Allies now haye the game pretty much difficulty that would have been experienced had an attempt

in their own hand, and it will be their own fault it they do not been made to follow up the advantage by a pursuit. The bring it to a triumphant close before the setting in of winter Russian retreat, moreover, Was protected by the fire from eball put an end to all further operations for the year. the heavy guns in position on the Mackenzie heights. The ge all loss sustained by the Russians is estimated at between 5,000 and 6,000 men, including 600 prisoners, whilst on the part

of the Allies it does not amount to more than 1,000 men. THE QUEEN’S VISIT TO PARIS. This brilliant affair has caused the greatest delight amongst

Tho visit of the Queen of England to the capital of the | the ranks of the Allied army ; and while it adds fresh lustre French empire has terminated as brilliantly and happily as it| to the gallant achievements of the French arms, it is with begun. ‘Lhe events of the memorable week during which her|the utmost pleasure that I have to record the intrepid con- Majesty was the guest of theremarkable man who now sways | duct and gallant bearing of the Sardinian troops, under Gen-

the destinies of France will live long in the memories of those . wh» had the happiness of witnessing them, and will occupy a eral Della Marmora, who have for the first time maet, een

conspicuous place in the annals of the two countries, Eyen | 44¥ered, and shed their blood against our common enemy, who if regarded only in the light of an Imperial pageant, or grand | }8 BOW disturbing the peace of Kurope. Captain Mowbray’s Court ceremony, this exchange of courtesies between the | battery of 32 pounder howitzers was placed in advance with sovereigns of two such empires as France and England would | the Sardivian troops, and did most excellent service in pre- necessarily possess a deep and significant interest ; but when venting the advance of the enemy’s artillery. Our cavalry,

it is viewed (as Europe and the world must view it) as the re Li te Si c solemn and ceremonious completion of an alliance, the most andes. jAantenant-Gapern, i: Jy Genciett,- Ks. B.,.w9

remarkable in the annals of civilization, we are convinced that placed in the plain of Bala Clava, prepared to take advan- its importance to the future welfare of the globe cannot be | @8* of ot eae that might present itself, but the measured by any standard that human intelligence or foresight | Opportunity did not arise for calling upon their services. I can apply to it. regret that [am unable to give a more detailed account of

Taken as a mere pageant, the visit of the Island Queen to| the part performed by the Sardinians, as up to this time I the superb capital of France was, from first to last, attended|haye not received General Della Marmora’s report. — I

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by a success as brilliant as it was complete. The chivalrous 7 3 SIMps

Emperor of the French lavished on the occasion all the re- have dn. JAMES SIME SON, . sources of a magnificent monarchy to honour his illustrious General Commanding. guest ; and the peaceful and joyous stay of her Majesty in the

iidet of a nation which had for ages beca regarded as the RUSSIA

hereditary foe of England, was one long and uninterrupted : ovation, far prouder than ever awaited , render sommes A Berlin vn spomtent of the Datly News writes : We — in a —— and subjugated land. Throughout her visit the seen im prevate letters that —— form no idea of the strain most de acai attentions were shown her Majesty wherever she hey ait ato eae na te om ing the last six months. seed Sige fat tho teaatanes Cotes ees te ev evens Cth a seeiiatben! Snemaaae On dune for “la Reine Pe and rm ol ll eta aaet on has been pushed forward with a East which. alld vabestian cae one had to give way The « Em easiest @ ae i the condition of the regulararmy. Although the first line of 4¢psemed dam oe : he ae: Seer oe ere troops which stood o osed to Austria si : ‘ : svemed constantly to put her Majesty forward, as if intro- | 20 L PPS usfria six months ago has been ducing her to his ee and encouraging the cheers with withdrawn, it has been necessary to order to the Crimea about which she was received *y his smiles. lis bearing throughout 30,000 of the mow ‘troupe who can hardly yet have learned their Was most courteous and kindly, and clearly showed the delight drill. 17 Drushines, each of the nominal strength of 1000 men, wen we he did the honoars of France to the Mistress of entered the north camp of Sebastopol on the 16th, amid the Eng a Nor was there anything wanting in the warmth | ™™5'9g of bells. The order of the day by which Prince Gorts- = has iality of her Majesty’s reveption by the French people. chakoil greeted them vie instructive. Theirs is no ordinar « Wherever she went,”? says our Paris correspondent, « she | C48¢ of conscription. As the Prince remarks, they have lett — t w ith the Beatin marks of respectful sympathy, and was behind their wives und children, houses and goods, and march- : a py ject of the utmost curiosity and interest. Toy | cd down to the extremities of the empire. ‘The process is being i e —_ ver macdals were offered to you in a thorough- | Tepeated, and before long 100,000 families will have lost their ae er hate was constantly on every one’s lips.” This heads. Did the safety of the country demand this? and if so, p ps ar ent usiasm in the Presence of tlie “* gontle Majesty of what has become of the great army which has for generatiors Eng and appears to have been greatly enhanced by her Ma- repressed the inspirations of the half of Europe, and been the Jesty’s admirable bearing rong bout the whole of her visit— | hope and comfort of its despotic princes ? :

a bearing which exhibited her in all the winning aspects re Presse gentle and gracious Princess, at the same fine’ that ; it Serveceniont hos liteed tat nea fastced bf or-

ae ‘ rine the government has turmed this [ i ilitia i , 7 Ided bre of the dignity of the Queen. The dominant lame & war recruitment as priv scent as ee eee as oe - capitan ae ta 2-3 aan throughout | prictors. Serfs taken for the regular army are hepad to eal Rt : f “ ) : a 2 . in Ba which was anfversally fel aid to expreee tho teapi ca spevgoct for 25 years, and surviving that term, hegome freo men. Serfs

which the ‘aliianas oe ’ taken for the new militia are to be i i veh the alljaneehas ereuted in the breast of @ nation s | tore if living at the end of the war. a

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HREATENING ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA Kennedy—the ery, on the first insertion of the knife acrogg ny ae TOWARDS PIEDMONT. the en 72 ee > over the eyes, being > j sv of the Cabinet of Vienna is such that orders most LOT TLD ee ut enoug ! Buch is an episode of thig ba Roar piven not to publish any news favourable to the revolution in China—sach some of he last acts of the Man- arms of Piedmont. The war is spoken of with enthusiasm | ehou dynasty. Tt is impossible such a government can exist by the Italians, but the Austrian officers are to a man Rus. | much longer. Humanity must make common cause against

tati \ oe mons who ean perform deeds such s sian, It is irritating to hear them laugh at the Governments | *#e demons pe uch as these

of France and England for supposing that Francis Joseph Sates ‘i would ever draw the sword against the Ozar. A new loan OVERLAND MAIL,

and a fresh drawing of conscripts are spoken of as likely to) 46 Thdia and China mails left Alexandria on the 21st of take place in Lombardy before the end of the year. A large August, with advices from Calcutta to the 19th of July.;,

carp is forming at Somma, near the Piedmontese frontier, at Bombay, July 30; Canton, July 8; and. Hong Kong, July : , : ; ro. 10. An insurrection had occurred among the Santals ity large number of troops in the Italian provinees is this camp, Rajmahal, in Bengal. The Ameriean ship Lightfoot, 209.

the foot of the Lago Maggiore. ‘The excuse giver for the

which is an annual affair. So far there is truth in the apo- tona, has been lost off Saugor. The rebels are losing logy; but last year the camp was not formed on account Cit, dim -eneth of Gian, At» Geeta there has been mach the cholera, which is worse this year than last in the country | bioodshed. The intelli gence from Egypt is that Ali Pacha towns of Lombardy. The Austrian Government of course |i, completely settled matters on theside of Abyssinia. The opposes the formation of our Italian Legion by every means! Rodouing alone still offer resistance. The latest accounts in its power. The rich are threatened with sequestration ;' pom Persia represents the Shab’s Government as favourable the poor are refused passes to move from ove province to | Pugland,

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another, and if very much suspected are shut up in gaol. heen a net CHARLOTTETOWN, SEPTEMBER 17, 1855,

Las aR BkABY Tue Buiockape 1x tne Bartic.—A letter from Stockholm, , it

in the Cologne Gazette, says :—The blockade which the allied squadrons have established in the Baltic and in the Gulf of Bothnia is so complete this year, that the trade which was carried on in 1854 between Russia and Sweden to » considerable vate ee = extent is completely suppressed. The presence of the allied LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM EUROPE. fleets in these seas produces this other important effect, that ’ it forces Russia to keep in the north three great corps ey Tue Royal Mail Steamer Africa arrived at Halifax at an one of 90,000 men in the provinces south of St. Petersburgh ; | ,,... te ah 8 eatin ; the second in that city and in Cronstadt ; and the third along early hour on Tuesday morning last, ‘and the English Mail by the coasts of Fnland, her reached Charlottetown very unexpectedly on the following Such is the rigor of the blockade in the Baltic, that not a day. Although nothing very remarkable has oceurred at the fisherman’s boat can go into Cronstadt with its cargo, and the poor people along the coast, who are the victims of the poliey r of their Government, are reduced to so pitiable a condition | connected with that war is eagerly sought after. We therefore that even capture by the enemy is an ; alleviation of their | devote a large portion of our space to the insertiou.of the misery. The Imperial Goyernment avows its inability to pre- | serve the property of its ree afloat, even in the smallest | erecks along the coast, and the forbearance of the allied from our English files. cruisers alone preserves the maritime towns and villages from total ruin.

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seat of war since previous advices, the record of every incident

latest and most interesting accounts we haye been able to glean

| Our papers are filled with the details of the great and success- ful battle fought in the valley of the Tchernaya, of which event

Generat Stupson.—It is ramoured in London, and we fear) we had a meagre outline in the papers of the previous Mail.

with sufficient reason, that General Simpson has been obliged, | 74 . ; A 7 z 1¢ enormous loss of the enemy is fully eonfirmed by the off- from sickness, temporarily to abandon the command of our | : - y ff

army in the Crimea; and that Lieutenant General Sir H. cial accounts received from the Allied Generals. It is stated

Bentick, the next senior officer, is at this moment commanding |‘ that at least six thousand of the Russians fell in that encoun- in the room of General Simpson.

ter, while the loss of the Allies amounted to about one thou-

; : sand. Preparations, on a large vere bei Frencu Retnrorcements.—On the 29th two English steamers, E ons, on a large seale, were being made for a

having in tow the Mary Ann and Eva, transports, embarked | renewed bombardment of Sebastopol, and the opinion appeared about 4,000 men at Marseilles for the East. A sailing trans- | ¢o prevail that the final assault would be delivered before the

port proceeds in tow with every steamer that clears out, and | the same plan is adopted on the return vorage by which a : great saving of time and expense is accomplished. Since the| Her Majesty’s visit to Paris had created great sensation in

‘that gay and ancient capital. English and French journals

elapse of many days.

veginning of the war, official returns show that 2,800 officers and 38,000 horses and men haye embarked for the East at the ; ; . : ’ : rite ports of Toulon and Marseilles. describe with the utmost particularity every little incident con-

nected with it.

SPAIN. ae Tux Editer of the Islander has reeently put to us, in his

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Maprip, August 28.—The subscriptions to the yoluntary loan exceed 661 millions of reals. The interest of the debt is | usual impertinent style, several questions which he seems to shortly to be paid. It is in contemplation again to extend the think it is our bounden duty to answer, on behalf of the Go- time ailowed for subscribing to the voluntary loan. A private | _ . . , j letter from Madrid, of the 25th, says :—‘ A Spanish expedition | ¥e™™™ment. Now, if any thing could induce us, more than ano- to the Crimea is much spoken of. The Ragin Ambassador, ther, to withhold from the Js/ander the information it appears as well as the Freneh one, had claimed the exclusion of |

foreigners from the forced lean, but the Spanish Government : had already come to the determination of excluding them. | for by such a fellow as Maclean. Among other things he wants The law for the sale of ecclesiastical property is stated to have | to know the state of the revenue. been suspended in the Basque Provinces.”’

so desirous of obtaining, it is the very fact of it being asked

For the last month, or more, we have had upon our file, for publication, a compura- tive statement of the reyenue, which shews the financial affairs

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CHINA.

: of the country to be in avery healthy condition; but when Horritr Execerion or Resets at Canton.—The thou- | that old reprobate, Duncan Maclean, began to ask for its sands of men brought to Canton as prisoners are being de- ublicatio sor] ved ey eg ma capitated at the rate of a hundred and fifty a day. The | PUOUC*H0R AS & Meht, we resoly riper tags gratify him. The Canton execution-ground is situated about a hundred yards | Government are not bound to publish any thing of the kind— from the river, at a distance of two miles or so below the | Holl’s Government never published a statement of the revenue factories. As we approached the execution-ground many | while they were in office—the old Tory Government never did. were met with hands to their nostrils, or with their tails tied 4 round their faces, for the purpose of avoiding the horrid ld : ae stench which could literally be * felt” at a considerable dis- | POP» We wouk have given it with cheerfulness. But to tance. The ground was covered with partially dried gore, gratify a being like Maclean !—why we never thought of such the result of the past day’s work. There are no drains to | an absurdity.

take the blood away, nor is any substance used to slake it. 4 oo

80 ae was oe digging re two a. on which Serious Disrtreance at Grorcrrowy.—We regret to learn 1€ said four were e tied and ¢ neces. e execution sori : * caehahdtled Res econ Ai half-past 11 half a Prantl ot serious row took piace at Georgetown on Friday lest arrived with the knives, preceded by bearers of rough deal ween a party of American fishermen, who had just pat in wood boxes, decorated with bloody sides—these were the| there, anda number of Georgetown men who were occupied coffins. Unconcern was the general appearance of the| in digging a drain. The row was occasioned by some insulting soldiers and spectators, of whom, altogether, there may have expressions being used on both sides, as the Americans were been 150. The day was dull, a fresh breeze from the east- |) coodine u the. towtfivans thetk temiele “auba

ward carrying the stench away from foreigners, who, to the ’ BR ee Nr 2: eee er te number of @ dozen, had obtained admittance to the top of shovels were freely used on the oceasion, by which several one of the houses on the far side of the street passing the | PeTSns were considerably hurt, and one man had his thigh entrance of this field of “blood.” Ata quarter to 12 the | broken with a shot fired from a revolyer by one of the Americans. first batch of ten prisoners arrived, speedily followed by the} An investigation of the whole affair was to take place before rest in similar quantities. Each prisoner (having his hands | tn. \facistrates of Georgetown on Sat Ain

tied behind his back, and labelled on the tail) appeared to SE a eM a ied last. Before our have been thrust down in a wicker basket, over which his nemhinsee we will probably be put in possession of further chained legs dangled loosely, the body riding uncomfortably, \ P@tticu!ars.

and marked with a long paper tally, pasted on a slip of bam- 4 : ; boo thrust between the prisoner's jacket and his back. These Tur Yellow Fever continues to make terrific ravages amongst “ man-baskets,” slung with small cords, were carried on bam-)} the population of the Southern States, and is particularly boos resting on the shoulders of two men. As the prisoners! severe in Virginia.

arrived, each was made to kneel with his face to the south. Iu a space of about 20 feet by 12 we counted as many as 70 oun ; . ranged in half-a-dozen rows. A 5 minutes to 12 a white- vz of those fearful oceurrences-—so common in the United button mandarin arrived, and the two to be first cut in pieces States —a Railroad collision— lately eccurred on the Camden were tied to the crosses. Whilst looking at this process the | and Amboy Railway between Philadelphia and New York, by execution commenced, and twenty or thirty must have been | which twenty-three persdns were killed, and very many

headless before we were aware of it. The only sound to be t heard was a horrid cheep—cheep—cheep, as the knives fell. wore ‘Smee Mt NR, “eippenes' tp’ have ‘owt’ the

One blow was sufficient for each—the head tumbling be- | “™** of the sad casualty.

tween the legs of the victim before it. As the sword falls eet

the blood-gushing trunk springs forward, falls on its breast,| [3 Some communications, intended for to-day’s paper, are and is still for ever. .In four minutes the decapitation was unavoidably omitted, to make room for the news by the Eng- complete; and then on the other victims commenced the lish Mail 7 barbarity which, to think of only, is sufficiently barbaric. eae +2--

With a short sharp knife a slice was cut from under each > eres. lvletayetagytbaithy Salat ataas Bat ad Aired PROPERTY IN CHARLOTTETOWN COMMON,

the operation of the weapon. Dexterous as butchers, a slice} A handbill, issued by the Mayor last week, cautioning per-

was taken successively by the operators from the calves, the ; : Ndi - ‘tos thighs, and then from each breast. We may suppose—we sons. against putting up buildings on Jand in Charlo#jetown

may hope—that by this time the sufferers were insensible to | MM" oF in any way interfering with that property, created

But if the information had been asked for by any respectable

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pain; but they were not dead. The knife was then stuck ;™¥¢h sensation amongst those who are now in possession of _

into the abdomen, which. was ripped up to the breast-bone, | tracts of land, pasture lots and buildings in that locality.

and the blade twisted round and round as the heart was se; | Since then, th i i i persed ftom fi belliag.+-lpelb thie saomant, ket nae i en, the Common Council have issued the following re-

Y | set eyes on the victim under torture, they had become fixed port on the same subject, which we have been requested to

as by fascination; but they could be rivetted no longer—a place before our readers. The subject to which it relates whirling sensation ran through the brain, and it was with | 8 * very important one, and we will endeavour to bestow upon difficulty we could keep ourselves from falling. But this was|it some attention at an early period.

not all; the lashings were then cut, and the head, being tied — by the tail toa limb of the cross, was severed from the body, REPORT which was then dismembered of hands and arms, feet and ;

legs, separately. After this the mandarins left the ground, Or tar ComMiTrer appornreD By tHE Commoy CounciL oF to return, however, with a man and woman, the latter, it was| 7!" Ciry ov CHARLOTTETOWN, ON THE RiGUT OF PEKSONS said, the wife of one of the rebel chiefs—the man a leader of | CE4#1N@ THE Common.

some rank. The woman was cut up in the way we have}. Your Committee appointed to report upon the nature of described ; for the man a more horrible punishment was de- | the claims of persons holding possession of the Common of

creed—he was flayed alive. We did not see this, but it was | this City, being y= me to submit, that they have search- Witnessed by the sergeant of Marines of the U.S. 8., J, P.}ed the Statutes and Records of the Island in grdex that they

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