THE EXBCUTION OF WIRZ,

Wirs protested tu the last that he was not guilty of the crimes ef whieh be was charged. Leven on the ecaff.dd be retused te admit that he wae tie ruthless, atrecious raffian the evidence adduced ou the trial would make him appear to be

Che following letter, without date or stynat re,

: . 4 os -'RAR wae written by Wirr’s own band to President) egeneed himerif for vot taking steps against the }/EARL

Jehnaon four days befure hie execution, but bis Mr. Schade, deemed it inadvisable to present ifs—

“With a trembling band, with a heart filled) with the most cor fleting emotions, and with o spirit hepelal exe moment and despairing the | next, L have taken the liberty of addressing you. | Wheo I consider your exalted position; when |! think fur a wetient that in yeur haud rests the weul er woe of milhond— yea, the peace of the | world—well may I pause te call to my aid cour. |

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the efficieney af the eustoms of the authorities at Liverpoel, we can searcely eredit the story that the crew were allowed to escape without the tn- structions of Geternment being taken, If thia plunder has been added tothe wany already cum- mitted in connection Wilh these privateers, it only Unpeses upon the Government the duty of more energetically setting abeuwt their recapture =" &@ Earl Russel hae already, tn the correspondence with Mr. Adams lately published, |

‘ ing 11- Shenandoah, wot because she has dene nothing il |

llewal but because there was no evidence of an ille- on the ‘th,

gal inteation when she sailed She hack after having committed the crimes she eras then only suspected of meditating, and the evide nee | of them is in the Bureau of the Forergn Office, in the shape uf the depositions uf those whose ships were burned by this Euglish vessel and English | crew. ‘Those whe tail to apply English law to the | punisbinent of these most aneEnghah crimes will) incur a most serious resporsibility.”” — London Star, Sth |

now comes

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ibers of the Cabinet would be present, lsome of them, it was surmised, might give

ferences. betweett the two houses ” . ; . | Land active legislation resumed. Verdon announced way vic-

ark | : . lexisting dif i would be adjusted

The Gxamurer, Tuesday, the Sth inst., Mr.

to the Assembly that without un any

; »onts had be ‘lating the law, arrangements had eta mat Charlottetown, December 4, 1865. a es the inevitable pecuniary liabilities |

lof the government. ‘The arrangement made is | ibriefty as follows:—Loans, #8 necessary, are

LATE EUROPEAN NEWS. contracted with the Loudon Chartered Bank, |

MINISTE ‘FAIRS. |: he claims on the government paid from |

RUSSEL ON MINISTERIAL AFFAIRS. = ae © The babk. ther’su | | for the amount, judzment is ae and red i ar sine signed by the governor, the

is it was known that the leading an | er = as Seen Ot “ey No. = an | becomes levally available out of the publie ac- the Ministerial policy at the | count, and is paid scqurdiag’y- ee er This - devolved on Ear! | lic business is carried on independently of the ae Bg l(ouneil, and no inconvenience is experienced.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tue Cuorera at Jenvsacem. — A_ letter from Jerusalem, dated the 25rd October, says:

es | The banquet of the Lord Mayor of L nd n, was looked to with considerable

interest, 2

indication of present crisis. — Russel. He said enough to excite curiosity | without gratifying it, and yet he seems to have | said quite enough for the occasion. The | wech was ingenuous and yet reticent—dwell. y one admitted, but

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allowed me, and your indulgence. i speeches made at Lendon or at Wexford, I ean en made | have nothing to say; I thought it uecessary to

age enough to lay before you my hamble petition.| —« If. for the sake of vengeance I} have heard you spoken of as a man willing at} destroyers of his country, Capt. Waddell had ae- all times and under 21! circumstances te do justice, | complished this work, his erime would have and that mo man, however humble he may be,| been essentially a political one; and Englishmen

ing on facts which eve , leaving to the future the solution of questions respecting W lich people were most anxious to know something. He spoke of the confidence

—‘*The cholera is at the present moment com- mitting great ravages here, and it is scarcely possible to form an idea of the deplorable

need jear te approach yen, and therefore I have cone te the conclusion that you will allow me (he same privilege ag iat extended to hundreds and | thousands of all. It is wet my intention to enter iote an argument aa to the merits of my Case. le yeur hauds, if 1 am rightly informed, are all be | records and evidences bearing upon this point, | avd it would be prestimplion on my part to say | one word about it. There is only ene thing that| 1 ask, and it is expressed in a few words — pass | your seutence. For sia weary mouths I have oeen @ prisoner; fer Xx mentha my name lias been in the mouth of every one; by thousands | ain conehlered &@ monster of crucity, a wretch that ought not te pollute the earth any longs “Pruly, whea LF pase in my mind over the testimony given. | sometimes almost doubt my own existence. | doubt that I am the Captain Wirt epuker of. 1 doubt that a wan ever ived such as he ie said te be, and [am inelined! te call on the mountains to fall upon .and bury me and my shame. Butoh! sir, while 1 wring my hands in mute and hopeless despair, th re | speaks a small but unmistakeable voice within me that sa}*, “ Conusele thyself Thou kuowest hy | inaveence. Fear net. If man holds thee gu ty. | Ged dees not, and a new life will pervade ) mar | being.” Such has been the state of my mind for| weeks and mon’ bs, and ne pauishment that haan | ingenelly can juflict could inerease my distress fhe paogs ef death are ebort, aud theretore, 1) humbly pray that yeu will pads your sentence without delay. Gire me dearth or liberty Lhe | ene I do uot fear; the ether Lerave. If you be liewe me guilty of the ternble charges chat have been heaped upon me, deliver me te the execu-|

tener f net guilty in your estimation, restore | we to liberty aud lite. A life such as lam now} living is we bite. I breathe, sleep, eat; but it is wooly the mechanical tunctions [ pertorm aud

nothing mere. Whatever you decide I shall ac- cept Lf evodemued to death [ shall auffer with- eut & marner It restored to liberty, I will) thank avd bless you for it. I would not convey | te your mind, Mr. President, that I court death ; lite ta aweet However lowly or humble wan's station may be, fe clings to lite. His sout is fi led with awe wien he contemplates the future, that} unknewa jiand where the judgment ia, before which be will have te give an account of his words, theaghts, and deeds. Well may I rewem-| ber, tow, that L have erred like all other huiaan Demag, Gut lor tings wineh L may perhaps 8» ifer a vieleut death Las net guilty, aud God judge me. I have said ali that L wished to say. Ex-| cuse wy belduess in addressing you, but I eouid not help it I cannot bear lis suspense wy uch loager. May God bless you and be with you. | Your task is a great and fearful one. In lite or death [ shall pray tor you, and for the prosperity of the country in which [ have passed iny liap- piest wud darkest days.”

THE EXECUTION.

His arms were drawn back and pinioned closely | behind hun, sed the noose was thrown over the head avd drawn loosely up, with the knot resting | beneath the lube of the left ear, Au officer was) about te produce and adjust the black cap, when those vearest him saw a slight tremor of the lower | jaw, whieh a it increased, gave the whole face a ghastly grin; but the black cap speedily cur- tamed ihe face from turther view and lett the! cowled and sombre shape standing rigid for the tail. Ail but the officer who wus charged with @pringing the trap retired from the scaffeld, and as the laticr passed swiftly to either side of the! drop, withdrawing the bolts that were naed to sustuin it in addition to the spring, Wirz, who | seemed te have expected the fall immedia'ely, | was seen te away slightly, bat even then there appeared to be a determined recovery of exuili-|

brium, and he became motionless, standing cus) eight of teu secouds, when the officer below raised bis cap as a signal, and there was a eraah of the! talung trap, a suaden jerk and extension of the rope, and a dark and lengthened form swung con- Vuisively beueath the scaffold. For a moment there was a hush uson the multitude within and the people upon adjacent house tops as all eyes neted the spasmodic twitching of the lower parts of the criminal’s bedy, and seme strong nerved man in the ercowd made an andible calculation of | the number of tremors that passed through the frame before life became totally extinet. ‘Uhen came sumething like a cheer trow beyond the prism walle, where all available objects com- manding a view of the scene within were crow ded with citizens and seldiers, and gradually there! was lifted from the nearer spectators the awe oe-| casioned from seeing a life pass violently (rom) most tofaineut manhood to the darkest valley of | the shadow of death, and there was a hui of comment accompanied with a general crow ding neerer the seaflold. At the same time a photo-| arapber adjusted bis instrument upon the rect of ) au adpriiing shed, with its lens covering the | scaffold aud the wretch that quivered tres its bean. material event.

The people who had been on the ronfsof houses | aad in the branches of trees, together with con-| siderable numbers from the prison, retired from | the contemplation of the seene, leaving 8 few | Offierrs and a large greup of the members of the | press, to witness the lust of the tragedy. About|

jmust have made up is mind te an ReaeGere) cad between Frauce and Englandreferred

|ofthe 8th inst. says itis possible that the expec-

| ram Stonewall of Spain—not under the ridiculous

|appretend we shall have ne material difficulty

ourselves knowing bim as auch, we have ouly te

| rendition ef all criminal offenders against the laws

will never consent to give up political offenders. A

lmunistry which should resoive to haad over the

Captaiu of the Shenandoah to « Yankee hangman

dewufall and te indeviable intamy.”— Lendon | Hera d, ( Tory’, Sth.

The Daily News ia very suspicious that Brother Jonathan has been playing a sirewd game with England in the matter of the pirate.

The paper | |

| tation of recovering, from this country, compensa-

tion for the luases resulting from ber capture causes | the United States to be less eager for her capture

than they otherwise would have been; and if the

world generally could bave come to that conclu-

| sion, from observing the latpunity which Waddell

| had av long enjoyed, it would be the very strongest |

practical argument against American claims in English responsibility for her depredations and those of a kindred character.

Pr THE SHENANDOAH.

The leading American journals lay hold upon the circumstance of the delivering up by Capt. Waddel of this cruiser tu the British Govern- ment, to excite and foment more angry feeling between the two countries.

The followin: is a list given of the whaling ships destroyed by the Shenandoah during her cruise on the Arctic Seas: |

-| . . Date of Vessels. Belonging to capture tarque Edward Carey Sen Francisco April 1 | Harqne Harvest Honolain April 1 Baraue Pearl New London = April 1 Suip tleetor New Bedford April | Barqne Abigull do May 27 Ship Euphrates do June 21 Ship Wm Thompson do June <2 Barque Jireh Swift do June 22 Ship 3 Thernton do June v3 | Barqae Sasun Abigall New London Jane 23 Ship Gen. Williams San Franciseo June 25 Barqne Nimrod New Bedford June 25 | Barque Wm ©. Nye do June 26) Baurque Catherine do June 2 Barque Gipsey do dune 2 Darque Isabella do June 27 Ship Hillman do June 27 Ship John Howland do June 28 Ship Nassau do June 28 turque Beinswick do June 28 Barqne Waverley do June 28 Barqne Martha do June 28 Barque Congress do June Wk Barqne Favorite Fairhaven Jnne WX Barqne Coxiagton Warre!! June 2s | Ship Milo New Bedford June 23 | Burqne Gen. Pike do nue 2 Baurque Nile New London Jane 27 | Barque Jas. Maury New Hedford Jute 28

Upon this subject the New York Herald remarks :-—

“What our government has now to de is te demand the unconditional surrender of the Shen- andoah, just as we deesanded and obtained the

asstinption that we are the heira of rebel effects, but a8 property covfixcated to us by acts of luw- leseness committed against eur commerce, and of outrage against our flag. We do not believe England will refuse te coneede our unconditional right te the pirate now in her waters any more than we at one time conceived it prudent to sur- render Mason and Slideli to her. The caaes ave net precisely parrallel, but the differen e ia all in eur faveur. In regard to Captain Waddell, we

Being regarded as a pirate by Great Britain, and

remind the Britisn Government that we have an extradition treaty with them which reqmres the

of either Power. On this ground the United States will aémand Waddell, and punish him as the law and courts of our country shall decide. England cannot deny this claim, or refuse to grant it; or, if she de, she may find in an ineredibly short time Fenn Shenandoaha «nthe St. Law- rence and Fenian Alabamas on the seas.”

The Tribune observes as follows :—

“The unweleowe apparition of this uneasy ghost in British waters is not to be added to the catalogue of John Bail’s many and grievous of fences againat the rights of this country. John | would rather bave paid three times her cust than | see her steaming up the Mersey. “ Curses, like chickens, come heme te reost,” says avery old

| clared that he would never abandon the great

aspect of our unfortunate city. The streets and bazaars are deserted, the shops are closed, and the well-doing portion of the population ‘are taking flight in all directions. The Pasha, the various Tarkish officials, and, what more sad, the foreign consular agents, with the exception of the French consul, have been the first to give the example of deseition, and there now only remain at Jerusalem those inhabi- tauts who are too poor to afford to leave. 'Those unfortunate people, abandoned, so to

which had been reposed in him by his collea- rues, — dwelt on the fact that fifty years had elapsed since the last treaty of peace had been to the civil war in America, and hoped that 18 the future of the great Republic would be all that its best friends could wish, — rejoiced, above all, that the great “guilt and stain of slavery’ had been cancelled there, aud de-

principles of progress in which the best years | of his life were associated. In conclusion, he | professed his readiness to abide by the verdict | of the country, and finished by a perscnal com- | pliment tothe Lord Mayor. The speech seems to have given satisfaction to the newspaper which, professing to be Liberal, has for many years shown itself so hostile to Lord Russell. Tn its issue of yesterday, it says: ‘+ Lord. Rus- sell is Stoo old aj politician to satisfy public euriosity ali at once. A man in office, even if he has something to tell, ought not to say more than is needed, and, consequently, as he must make speeches, the power of uttering acceptable generalities is one of the most valu- able that he can possess. Those who expected that the new Premier, a fortuight after accept- ing office, would give indications of his poliey, and either inform the nation whether or not there is to be a Reform Bill, deserve to be dis appoiuted for their pains.” FROM SPAIN.

The recent accounts from Madrid represent the feeling in the city to be very hostile to the Queen, and some of the oflicers in the Spanish army do not hesitate to indulge in open ribald- ries of her and her Court. So unpopular is her Majesty declared to be, that the populace | have expressed their intention of giving her a} reception the reverse of complimentary the next time she appears in her own capital. It | is believed in some quarters that the Queen will allow this ill-feeling to subside before she herself at Madvid; and one writer rues the leneth of declaring that if she were now to appear, the royal carriazes would meet with obstructions that would probably produce very serluus conse yuences. This, however, is speculative ; but there is no d mbt of the fact that all the European capitals resemble each other in this—they contain the tie portion of the people, are the most easily excited, aud allow their anvzer to cool as readily as it is warmed. London has from time to time immemorial returned to the House of Commons the most Radical members that have found their way theve.

presents i

|say, to themselves, seek for a remedy or miti-

gation of their distress in excesses, which only tend to argravate it, and to increase the num- ber of victims.”

Herr Ulex, a chemist of Hamburg, has lately discovered copper, and, in some cases, lead in the remains of animals. He has found copper and lead in human flesh, and copper in the intestines of beasts of prey, in beef, in poultry, in hens’ egzs, in fish, crustacea, in- sects, spiders, and snails.

Ata recent review of about 3000 troops, near Belgrade, several casualties occurred ; among others, one man was killed and two dangerously wounded by the discharge of a cannon, caused by the word of command being given by the officer before the loading was completed. Se- veral men, also, in the excitement caused by the evolutions, received bayonet wounds. Last year, on a similar occasion, seven men were wounded.

- > 0: ep -+ COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO THE HON. THOMAS DARCY McGEE.

A Public Dinner was given to the Hon. Mr. McGee by his constituents of Montreal West, at the St. Lawrence Hall, on Wednesday even- ing, 15th November. The Dinner was given ia acknowledsment of Mr. MeGee’s services to the whole Province of Canada asa very able Statesman, and as anshonoured and faithful

representative of Moutreal. All nationalities combined to do honour to our excellent friend ; and it is needless to say that the entertainment

} was in the highest degree brilliant and success- !

most democra- Tul, if we may judze from the accounts of it in

the various newspapers. | Nearly all the Cabinet Ministers were present, and addressed the large and distinguished audience on public affairs. Mr. McGee's speech was, as mizht be expected,

an admirable effort. We give the report of it,

Tue CnHorera at Varencta.—The Boston

Advertiser publishes the following extract from |

: Vy" » lette 2CelYe reutiem; | ‘ . \ private letter received from a gentleman now ‘che views df: Mn MeQe

resident at Valentia, SAain:—

We have had an awful season here with the | rea! Asiatic cholera, in a very aygravated and ‘atalform. Many of our people lett their homes during the sickness, thereby reducin, our popu- lation to perhaps from fifiy to seventy thousand ; but with this reductior it is estimated that we have had ten thousand deaths within the city and its precincts.

My own family have remained here during | the whole sic'ness, residing on a strect very | sadly visited, with almost entire families dyin: | around us; but, thanks to a kind Providence, we have been preserved from the ‘ pestilence | that walketh in darkness, and the destruction that wasteth at noonday.’ I was atacked by the iucipient stage of the disease—called by the | doctor cholerine—but it was checked and arnt dued seasonably, leaving me, however, quite |

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without curtailment, from the Montreal Gazette —a very able paper, which, we believe, reflects e—and we have no doubt that the report of this eloquent speech

has received revision at his own hands :-—

HON. MR. McGEFE’S SPEECH. Hon. Mr. McGee suid: Hackneyed as I may be thought, Mr. Chairman, in public speaking,

| rise to acknowledge these cheers, and the toast

you have proposed, with an overpowering sense of your goodness, and my own shertcomings There are some unusual circumstances observable in this room, well ealetlated to fill me with eu- barrassment. | have been long accustomed, Mr. Chairman, to your own kindiess ; you have stood sponser for ve on the hustings more than once; I have been long accustomed to the Kindness of my friends, the Vice-Chairmen and the Stewards; but the presence hereof so many friends from a long distance—(cheers)—of so many gentlemen o

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| em hatic. If this be your will, gentlemen, you! nothirg ought and nothing ean (if the facts alone will graut me the latitude Montreal has always | ure heeded) shake our mutual confidence in each I will endeavour not to abuse! other.

As to the usefulness of the] time, by sect or clase, or race, of Boclety—( cheers)

show my countrymen the reverse of the American

medal always glistening before their eyes; 1 en-

deavored to set the truth clearly before my own

mind, and equally se betore them; my intentions

were the best, whatever the result. (Cheers.)

It wae not a pleasant report for me te make, or for an Mother Country to beat, that for so many

otf her emigrants democracy and degeneracy

had proved identical terms. It was not a plea- sant subject to sketch these seaport dema- gogues, native and Irish, who have made them- selves the masters of the passions of so many

of the Irish in the United States, who are at

this moment coining their prejudices, if not into gold, certainly into greenbacks, to the astonish- ment and derision of all sensible men. But | was careful not te permit the impression that this de- generate class, though unfortunately too numer: ous, included all my countrymen in the United States; I was careful to do justice both to the domestic and public virtues of a very different

class, (cheers), against whom the worst reproach we cau wake ts, that they fail in a robust resist- ance to the demagogues and there dupes; that they allow the lowest and least worthy among them to speak for all; that content with avoid

ing the contamination themselves, they wake no concerted effort to keep therr less intelligent

compatriots out of the jaws of those who daily

devour them as their prey. If any justification were needed by any one of the severity with which I spoke of the Yankee-Irish demagogues, they may find it in the shameful farce now played before our eyes under the tithe of the “ Irish Re- public.” (Laughter ) We have bad on the boards before “the Irish Ambassador,” and ‘ King O'Neill,” but these performances are all eclipsed by “the Irish Republic” and President O'Ma- homy. (Laughter.) An Irish Republic on Man- hattan Island, with Senators from Tennessee and Senators from Massachusetts, with a Presi- dent taken from the Lunatic Asylum, and in “a concatentation accordingly,” Mr. ‘Train—if there really be such a person as Mr. ‘Train — as its orator—I say if there really be such a person, for I always suspected that Train was a work of fic- tion, hke Orphens C. Kerr or Bird-o'-Freedom Sawin. (Great laughter.) As an extravaganza on American oratory, the character is not badly sustained; a little too improbable perhaps; but if there be really such a person, and if he really made the mad speech he is reported to have made, “in lavender colored gloves,” to the Fenian Congress at Philadelphia, only fancy what a Congress it must have been! (Laughter.) Only tancy the Congress that sat nearly a century ago at Philadelohia: — grave men conscious of their work—inviled to listen to some earher Train— in the midst of their deliberations! What would have been their disgust? and what must be the disgust of every sensible man, who has heard or read of these saviours of their country, showing their capacity for their work, by shouting them- selves hoarse at the crazy periods of poor Mr. Train! Mr. Chairman, as IT have introduced this subject, which not indireetly concerns ourselves, perhaps you will further bear with me if I say something additional in relation to the attitude of the Irish at home and abroad to the Empire under which much the larger half ot them still live, including, in that Eupire, these Provinces, of course. This late exhibition of mingled knavery and folly at Philadelphia, I ad- mit, is chiefly calculated to inspire disgust; but it also excites comimisseration for the dupes, and indignagion against the demagognes concerned init. When we see how delusion at this side the Atlantic begets delusion at the other—bhow the astute “ organizers” profit by the plunder of the confiding ignorant,—when we see how the dupes who really run risks are egged on in Treland to their ruin by knaves whe lie up in clover on Man- hattan Island—when we see Irish patriotisin paying for a palace in Union Square — when we see the treachery that betrays the sworn brother to the outraged law,—what else can we feel but indignation against the authors of such madness. and misery, and infamy?) (Cheers.) They! the authors of a liberation of Ireland. They liberate Ireland! Why don’t they liberate the Ireland at their own doors, from the poisonous and murder- ous surroundings of the tenement houses of New York and Boston?) (Cheers.) Why don’t they liberate their own young Ireland from samtary destruction—that Ireland in America, which, ac cording to the New York Times, contributes 88 per cent of the deaths of children, on the whole number of dvaths in that great city? They libe- rate Treland! Why den’t they liberate those children of a larger growth, worse than fatherless, whe are swept daily from ameng them to the far West, there to undergo the fate of changelings and apostates, among an alien people? Cheers.) The New York Proteetory, established by sane and goed men, to dimimsh the swollen voluine of Irish sagrancy and juvenile crime, bas asked the other day for $28,000 to carry on their work— there is a chance to liberate a part of Ireland at allevents. (Cheers.) Why dou’t these insatiate

f the city whose names are synonymous with | use ?

patriots lend a hand there, where they can be of Why don’t they try to liberate the Irish

reduced in strength and confined to the house | Montreal honour and Montreal enterprise — the | labourers in New England, where they rank in

for an entire month.” | THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Piymovtu, Noy. 7.—By the arrival of Her| Majesty's ship Tamar, from Simon’s Bay, news has been received from the Cape of Good} Hfope to the 23d ult., being eleven days later | than that brought by the mail. The Basuto | war was not settled. The Boers were, how- | ever, tired of their campaign, and some of | them were talking of retiring to their farms, |

saw, aud bere is a tresh illustration of its truth.

The Shenandoah is where she ought to be; and | through want of confidence in their officers. | covld feel that all my triends had the same dis- we trust our Goverument will neither claim ner) The secoud Whitworth cannon. had burst. | position to be satisfied with my course, for I

accept her * But it tries our patience to note the sugges. |

Fifteen minutes wore passed without | ten in a British journal that our Government has North,

eft the corsair to pursue ber desolating career | unchecked, in order to swell our claims ter da- mages against the country which built, armed, and subsisted her. If we could have known where to find her, ber carrer would have been a shertene. But the world is very wide, and mosi of t covered by salt water; and by theetune we |

a quarter tu eleven, a surgeon approached the | bad beard of ber in one ecean, she was sure to peadant body, carefully raised the lower part ot} be in nother. tar, far away. The British know the hoed and peered for a moment inte the dead | by sere experience in the war of I6l2 bow a man's lace and telt for the Hatter of the pulse. cruiser may elude pursuers, and pursue for months

There wes vo spark of anuuation remaining. The repe was made to loosen its trettle, aud the | body was lowered upon an hospital stretcher and carried past the crowd tnte the dead-house of the |

1 Tae guard was brought to au “attention” | and fled out of the court, leaving the Sievtutnee | in wedisturbed powsession of the field, quarreiling | aud elbowing each other tor fragments of the Tepe thet performed the sacrifice. Not five minutes elapsed before the executionary cable | Was severed inte inen bits that aecumpauied the | Evlighted possessurs from the field.

eer THE SHENANDOAH AFFAIR— RUMORS.) AND INCIDENTS.

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From the Boston Journal.

Itappears that Cap . Waddell cf the Shenandoah | run his veseri inte the Tague, discharged bis crew | and shipped a new ove, before he proceeded to Liverpool. When the pilot boarded him at that port he wos asked by Waddell whether the war in the United Stove waa ever or not—informa thon he certarnly ¢id not require, as, undoubtedly, he must have beard the news, if news it was to him, at Lisbou, where he bad previously been, It ie reported in Liverpool that the erew of the Shenandoah suffered wuen from waut of supplies | before touching the evast of Europe, and that | three of their number died. Searvy prevailed A Liverpool paper says that Waddell had a eon- siderable sams of money on board, but did not de. sign using it, as he held it to be the property ot! the United States Government. He and his offi-| cere were said to be without pecuniary resources A despateh, dated Liverpool, 9th instant, says Waddell and the crew of the pirate had becu re: | leased oo parule. The Engli-b papers are variously impressed re-| lative te what ought to be the duty of the Go-| Yerument ieward the pirate. We wake a few | extenets showing their diflerent opimeons ov this and subjects in the sawe couneetion. “ Capt. Waddell and his men either are pirates’ or they are vet. They have undoubtedly been, |

for the last three mouths, burning. sinking and | destroying American whaiera in the name of a) Goeomment that did not exist, aud whose nen. | esis ruse they might have ascertained hy refer. euce to the seurest pert. Ji is for thean tu prove | their qnuravee that the war in whieh they pers | sisted iv carrying on had terminated every where, where the Stengad ah was wot. Meaatine there is prima facto evidence against them of having | wuuly od piracy on the bigh seus. Why are. wel Rept ie cusiody until a grand Jury hax Whether they ought or onght net to take |

pirates !"—Pall Mall (Leiden)

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iat as , Mth. “Phe questions involved is the surrender of the Shenandoth ave ditticult and perplexing, but we Treat ibe " wt will net, om teat account, | ta shirk SF ee of deciding

: country aud the the law alike demuud that the Captian ond be put om their trial Although we! rng the war, abundant evidence of

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| public press of the nation.

‘that the ticket bore an jnscription on the back

a career of devastation, doah's is at last ended.” We apprehend that grave difficulties are not unlikely to arise out of this matter, and further complications between the two countries which are needless. Not that we imazine that the British Government will for a moment recog- nize any claim on account of the Shenandoah, nor ought to do so, but the heavy loss inflicted upon so many unoffending pa:ties is well adapted to rankie in the minds of a people sen- sitive in the extreme, and worked upon by the

Happily, the Shenan-

sescligialieaiaaiaati iialtcemges Heavy Oxpnaxce.—There is surely good cause to demand that a decision shall be suvn arrived at, and based on sound practical reason- ing, backed by the results of proper €xperi- meats, as to what is to be the heavy gun of the future. We are, as a nation, pretty tired of indecisive experiments in guns, and we cannot help thinking, with all deference to those by whom tliese len rthened trials have been carried on, that they must have been working in a wrony direction. We mean by this, that in- stead of trying suns against guns for accuracy of rane, and measuring the most minute “ reet- angles de tir,”’ it would have been better had | they long azo made up their minds to consider} that gun the best which appeared to possess the | most general advantazes; in fact, the one! which, under circumstances of actual war, would | he likely to be the most zenerally useful. One gun ona particular plan, will shine forth in a certain way, another will eclipse all comers in some other quality, and a third will beat both, perhaps in a total y different but more import- ant qualification. We have always considered the question could never be settled except by actnal experiments, and those continued and various, but had the matter rested even in the hands of some commercial company, totally ignorant of the subject, or with a great contrac- tor, it is oar unbiassed opinion that they would save taken steps to arrive at conclusions in a shorter time than her Majesty's Government.— British Army and Navy Review. ae An action azainst a railway company for had grammar is the last novelty reported from Italy. A eager from Voltri to Genoa re- fused to deliver up his ticket, and demanded to be paid the price of his journey, on the ground

which literally translated runs thus: “If one does not present this ticket on arrival, one may demand the price of the entire journey.”” The Movimento, which tel!s this story, states that already many enjinent advocates have given their adhesion to this view of the matter. i Tr you Hive a SurreRixng Curto.—Do not let your prejudices of others, stand between it and the relief that will be absolutly enre ta fol-| low the use of MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING | SYRUP. Milliows of mothers can test ty hat it ie a perfectly sate and reliable remedy. Tt rb. lieves the ehild from pain, and cures dysentery and | diarrhaa. It softens the cums, reduces inflamnn- | tion, cures wind colic, and carries the infant safely | throagh the teething period. ’

| control of affairs, and render the Assembly en-

| of the Appropriation Bill, together with the

and divisions had taken place among them |

President Braund has been sent for to nezotiate | with Moshesh. George Moshesh was at Aliwal with despatches for the Governor. He acknowledzed that the Basutos were beaten, hut said they would not give over their ecuntry to the Boers, although they would to the Eng- lish. He remained awaitiig the Governor's reply. A scheme was afloat in the Eastern Province for colonizing Basutos with English setters. The speculation was expected to turn out very profitable. Parliament was to be prorogued on the 15th of October. Business continued dull. Merchants were, however, looking hopefully towards the wool season, but unless there was an inerease in price, a thorough revival of trade was scarcely expected. NEW ZEALAND.

Me! Bourne, Sept. 26.—Advices from New Zealand state that severe fighting has taken jlace at Waitapa, on the east coast, resultinz in the defeat of the natives. The Opetiki ex- pedition has effected a successful landing. The colonial troops were victorious in the first skirmish, captured the native pah, and occupied the town. Martial law has been proclaimed. The official Guzette announces that the war in Ockurna (Waikato?) is at an end Sir G. (rrey, by advice of his ministry, has confiscated land in Taranaki, and has issued a peace and aninesty proclamation.

AUSTRALIA.

The following is from the Melbourne Age of Sept. 25 :—

* We are still in the midst of a political crisis, unparalleled in the history of the colony. The Council persists in its obstructive poliey, and in its futile attempts to seize the supreme

tirely subservient to its will, even in matters of supply and taxation. The Assembly, in the meantime, nobly fulfils its mission. With the exception of a few factious individuals, possess. ing little or no inflence, party politics appear to be entirely forgotten, aud the house stands united and determined to resist the aggressions made on its privileges and on the liberties of the people by the other branch of the Lezisla- ture. in our last summary we stated the fact

schedule containing the new tariff, having been laid aside by the Council, and of the Assembly having passed a series of resolutions declaratory of its privileges, and asserting that it would pass no other biil for the appropriation of sup- plies until that already submitted by it to the Council had been passed. Accordingly, for upwares ofa month, all payments were stopped. The withdrawal, however, of such a large sum of money from circulation was found to be in- jurious to the colony, and, in some cases, pro- ductive of a considerable amount of individual hardship; and, on the 24th ult., on the motion of Mr. MeGrezor, a resolution was azreed to in the Assembly by a majority of 40 to 16, asking his Exceliency to take such measures as, in the opinion of his responsible advisers, should be expedient and necessary to discharge the public liabilities. During the debate, th® hon. the Treasurer pointed out that no funds could he taken from the public account for this purpose, pending the passing of the oe Bill, and at the same time stated the determination | of the ministry to resort to no illezal means of | remedying the ills caused by the unconstitu-| tional conduct of the Legislative Council. On| the following Tuesday his Exceilency transmit-| ted a messaze to both houses, also stating that | funds of the peblie account were not a

vailable until an approp:iation bill had been agreed to |

by the three branches of the legislature, and) at the sdme time expressing a hope that the

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