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MISCELLANEOUS. TUE STEAM MARINE OU)

The mercantile steam marine of Englan

j@ increasing with great rapidity, and now |

consists of 2277 vessels, with ® gross tonnage of 883,054 tons, or (after deducting engine

room and space) of the registered tonnage of |

591,434 tous.

a number of facts, which are condensed as foilows :—

Cacrvornts Sitx.—The soil and climate

Fhe recent Parliamentary re- | turn which gives these figures, also furnished |

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Calitornia are aduirably adapted to the

ENGLAND. | growth of the mulberry tree in all ite varie- | 4) ties, to the breeding and feeding of the elk.

worm, and to the production of silk, more

tree, which imparts a higher, finer, and more | delicate quality to the silk produced from i them.

of steamers, and already the iron steamere in| proves tu be of the very best quality.

the British marine are more numerous than those constructed of wood, there being 139] )

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A Horrisis Criuse.—The Court of Assizes

built of iron in the total of 2277 steamers. | of the Oise has just tried two brothers, named | And a vew material is coming into use in Pierre and Louis Petel, the former charged) the building of steamers, namely, steel. The! with attempting to murder his own mother, | number of vessels formed of scwel at present! a widow, residing at Venetta, and the latter only amounts to four or five ; but it iw tnought) with being the instigator of thecrime. About! provable that the number of vessels con- three in the morning of the 23rd of May last, strected of this material will increase—a| che guard ebampetre of Venetta, named Mat- swelier quantity of steel (indeed, mot more|ton, was awakened by Widow Petel, who than one ball) being required to give the} told him that an attewpt had been made to same amount of strength io resisting shocks murder her during the night. The poor wo-| end blows than is required of iron. lo one! wan being covered with hivod and in a state | ease there is a combination of steel plates, of greatexcitement, Matton and bis wife gave | with iron beams. | her every assistance iu their power, and as * It is also only a few gears since the firat! coon ae she was able she told them that a per- ecrew steamer was constructed in England, | gon had entered her bedroom at midnight, | und already considerably mvre than one-| and had ettempted to strangle her by put-| third ut the eteamerg in the mercantile marine | tang a chord with a slip knot round ber neck, | vt this country are propelled by the serew.| but that she had managed to get her band | According to the return just published, the) into the noose so as to prevent complete number of screw steamers at Lhe beginning | strangulation, She eried for help, and re- | ot the pregeat year was seven hundred and |gisted her assailent as well as she could, | ninety-two. The sige of the steamers em-) but he thrust a handkerchief into ber mouth ployed in the trade of England yaries from | to stop her cries, and then pulled the cord dU ions to 10,915 tons ~ the last being, ol }with such vivlesce that she was drawn off) wuurse, the tonnage of the Great Eastern. | the bed and feli on the fluor ina tainting fit. | + Nearly the wigle ef the trade between! The murderer, thinking ber dead, took the | Great Britain and Ireland, und a very consi-| handkerchief trom her mouth and fled. She derable portion of trade around the eousts of/ added that sbe believed her youngest son | the three kingdome, is now carried on by| Pierre to be the criminal ; that hee elder son means of steamers. The number of steam-| Louis had twice tried to poison her, and that vessels employed in these branches ot trade} the motive for these crimes was her sons’ de-| may be taken at gomethinglike L80@. There) sire to cbtain possession of her house and | should also be included under this head) property. Pierre, who was in the service ot | nearly the whole of the steamers employed | a farmer in Compiegne was at onee arrested. | in the trade with France, Belgium, and Uol-| and on his person was found a handkerchiet | land, aod a portion of those ewployed in the | stained with blood, as were his own clothes. | trade with the Atientic ports of the Penin- | It was likewise proved by his master that he | seule, amd in the trade with Germany, Den-| was absent part of the night from the farm mark aod the Bultic. | Before the examining wagistrate Pierre had ‘The aumber of steamers employed in | coufessed his guilt, and stated that he had what may be called ocean treffic aounted to | committed the crime at tie suggestion of his four bandred and seventy-seven at the corm-| brother, who bad tricd to poison their mother, meocement of the present year, and may be) but failed. As this conlession was supported asfely taken at upwards of five hundred at! by collateral evidence, the jury found both | the present time. These vessels may be di-| prisoners guilty, but with extenuating cir-| vided into four clusses, according to their! cumstances, and the Court accordingly een- | tonnage. The Gr-t of these elusees consists) tenced them to hard labour for life. of vessels of trom five hundred to one thou- weil ertindlciene sand turns. These amounted at the beginning A trightfal aecident vecurred in a Colliery | et she present year te two hundred and| near North Shields, England, on the 7th in-| sixty-eight, and ielude a large portion of | stant. While eighteen wen and boys were) the steamers employed im the trade with the | at work in a portion of the Seghile Colliery, | Mediterranean, the Adriatic, the Black Sea,| the gay suddenly fired, and ina moment they the Baltic, and the Llanse Towneof Germany. | were ail killed. Fortunately, the explosion | * The vessels which may be considered/ did not extend to other parts of the pit, | oceum steamers, in the strict fense of the!) where a large number of men were at work. term, ate veasels of between L0OU and 4000) Up to Thursday evening the bodies bad not

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ef THE WAR IN THE STATES.

BEFORE PELERSBURG. Heapquarrers or THE Army, Sept. 30.— Evening. ~It having been determined by

so than almost any European country, owing Gen. Meade to make an attack on the ene- | to the fertility of the soil and dryness of the | my’s right flank, southwest of Petersburg, climate, giving & peculiarly rich and nutri-| yy,

tive elaracter to the leaves of the mulberry! assed near the Weldon Railroad for this

troops selected for that purpose were

morning. Upon reaching a point 4 miles of Petersburg, a skirmish took place, in which

; was made, when the rebels were forced back ‘half a mile further, where they took a still

| stronger position and made a desperate resist-

‘ance to our advance, the 9th corps having the advance. ere the rebels succeeded in throwing a force around the Pegram House on its left, and threatened to turn our flack, but Gen. Griffith's division being at hand, they were checked. The fighting was of the most desperate character, and cyotinued un- til after dark, our men holding at that time all the ground they had taken from the Our Joss will amount to about 500,

rile that of the rebels ie probably not so large, as they fuught nearly all the time be- bind breastworks. Very little artillery was used on our side, the woods being tov dense for that purpose.

Contrabands who have come into our lines say that the rebels yesterday withdrew nearly all of their troops towards Richmond, but brought some back this morniug, in-

| cluding all the Home Guard.

A heavy battle is expected to-morrow, and it is believed that we shall take Petersburg during the day, such is the confidence of our troops. The prisoners taken belong to the 7th Confederate cavalry, dismounted. Among them isa Major and six comwissioned officers.

TUE BATTLE AT LAUREL HILL — DREADFUL SLAUGHTER.

New York, Oct. 2.— The /lerald’s 10th corps correspondent, speaking of the opera- tions of that corps in its advance on Rich- mond, says the corps broke camp at 3 P M. on the 28th, and by a rapid march reached and crossed the James at daylight on the 29th. At Deep Bottom, immediately on ad- vancing, they met the enemy and skirmish- ing up the roads and across the fields until near Newmarket road. This road was occu- pied by the enemy, who were strongly in trenched on a height, and our advance v as obstinately contested. ‘The colored troops,

junder Gen. Paine, were ordered to carry

this position. ‘They never halted or faltered, though their ranks were sadly thinned as they advaneed. ‘The successful accomplish- ment of their task put the enewy to confusion and sent them rapidly up the road towards Richmond.

Three miles above Newmarket the enemy ave very strong works, but Gen. Birney pressed his advantage, and pursued the re-

stop to reform in this work. Two wiles fur- ther on the rebels have a strong line of re- doubts, perfect in their character, carrying

tervals that it is impossible to force a column of troops through them. These works cross

After reforming our lines, another charge |

DEFEAT OF SUERIDAN.

| New Yorw, Oct. 1. — The Biehmond Fx- ‘aminer of the 28th says, a man who lett Early’s army on Monday night reports that Sheridan attacked Karly at Brown's Gap on Monday, and was repulsed. The rebels then ‘assumed the offensive, and attacked and drove Sheridan’s foree back six miles, to Port Republic, and it was believed, across the Shenandoah river. This statement, the | Examiner says, is confirmed by @ large nam-

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Certificates from the highest autho-| the Federals lost 100 men, but claim to have | ber of persons from Greenwood and other : : irities in Europe show that the Cahfornia! given the enemy from their position.

‘A few years ago iron first began to be! sijk, after being fully tested, carefully ana-| introduced as a material for the construction llyzed, and compared with European silk, |

points nearest Brown’s Gap ; still there was

ino official intelligence of the fact. Brown 8 | Gap, or Cove, is in the Blue Ridge, direetly ‘east of Staunton, and was a hole, or strong- ‘hoid, into which Jackson alwaye withdrew whenever the Union forces pressed him dan- gerously, and the Examiner says he always emerged from it to conquer.

THE FEDERAL DEFEAT AT RICHMOND:

In rus Fisup yeak Atgen’s Lanpine— Ocr. 7—6.40 P. M.— Quite w severe engage- ment took place this morning between a force of the enemy and our (Federal) troops, on the north side of the James river, in which we suffered considerab'e loss in men and mu- terial, including two batteries of four guns each, besides keing driven back from the ad- vance position gained ten days ago. Lt will. he remembered that our troops crossed the James river at that time, und succeeded in driving the enemy from the lower part of Chapin’s Bluff, taking several gans and a number of prisoners. An attempt was after- wards made by the rebels to recapture the lust ground, bat it failed, Our army at onee entrenched itself there,and since that time has considered its position perfectly se- cure.

A force of cavalry under Gen. Kautz co- operated in all the movements there, and was reported at one time as being within a mile or two of Richmond, but bad to fall back. Since then he has been protecting the flank of thearmy, his men being so strung out that they presented rather a weak line to the foe.

Abvut 6 o'clock this morning a sudden at- tack was made on this cavalry force from nearly every direction, and although they werecompletely taken by surprise, it is said they made every effort to hold their ground, but were finally forced to retreat, leaving two batteries without support, the guns uf which fell into the enemy's bands, They were the 4th Wis. and battery B of the Ist United States. The latter was commanded by Lieut. Hill, who is said to have fired all his ammunition, and then finding that he could not get all his guns off, spiked them. The engagement commenced on the Darbytown road, and was continued 9n the Newmarket road, near which the right of the 10th corps reached. ‘The resuit on this part of the line was 80 desperate that it also was forced back some distance. But the ground wos after- wards recovered with heavy loss to the ene- my. ‘This ended the engagement, although

| treating rebels so closely that they could not picket firing continued all day.

| Qur losses are not known, but must have jbeen considerable, as some of our cavalry | were completely surrounded. Gen. Cautz is

lheavy artillery, and located at such brie in- |said to have been eaptared, but succeeded in

[making his escape. The enemy’s loss is se- ivere. We took about 700 prisoners, mostly

zons. The steamers of this class, from 1000) been reovered, but every exertiug Was being | t 2000 tous burden, amounted to 159. In| made to get at them. this nusaber were a few of the steamers em- | eo

ployed wm the trade with America. When) that trade commenced, vessels of 1200 tons! were considered sufficiently large, and that was the size of the steamers in thé original Cunatd evotract. But the stemers em- ployed in the trade with America have in- creased in magnitude every three or four, years, and there are Bow 50 vessels of up- wards of 2UUW0 tons employed in heeping up the communication fer the mails and first-) eluss passengers between Europe and Ame-| rica. The ouwber of vessels of from 2000 to! 3000 tone 13 stated in the return to be 48; ) and the number above 3000 tons is stated to be 7. But this class of vessels is inereasing rapidly, and these figures fall ¢ osiderably sburt of the real number of steauers of this

}eeed to Weshington, and perhaps to Gen.

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It is expected that General Doyle, who is) pow in the States, will visit Canada, and pro-| Grant's army, betore his return to Nova Seo- | tia. It is thought he will be at Quebee dur-} ing the Conference. What, with Lord | Lyons, Lord Monck, the General, McKay ot | the Londen Times, and Day of the London Post, there wiil be quite a distinguished co- terie on hand at the Intercolonial gathering.

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It is stated ina Canada paper that both See

Messrs. Cauchon and MeGee have declared the question of contederation will be submit- ted toa vote of the people. Their ministe- rial declaration took place at the hustings, on the election by acclamation of the Hon

japproaching the redoubts they were found

the Newmarket road jast beyond Laaret | belonging to Longstreet’s corps. Some ot Lill Chareh, and their guns sweep the roads | them are fine lookmg young men, and pre- in all directions. Gen. Birney at onee de-|sent the appearance ol having been lately termined to carry such of these works as lay | called into the service.

in his front by a general assault, reconnoiter- | ee Se ing the ground himeelf amid a storm o! | FROM SOUTHERN SOURCES. A rebel despatch dated 4th instant, says

shells I have never seen surpassed. ‘The as- | sault was made at 2 P. M., the men cheer- | ing and starting on the ran. They were | railroad between Vining and Marietta, in the met with a muderous fire of grape and can-| rear of Sherman. Military men at Griffin nister and unceasing volleys of wusketrythat | say Sherman will be obliged, in a few days, worked terrible havoc in their ranks; still) to abandon Atlanta and fight bis way out. they held their way. In| A Union prisoner reports that oo trains lad crossing an intervening crest of open land |arrived at Atlunta for six days.

they were exposed to a frightful entilading | fire of artillery, and the casualties were ter-|

in Southwestern Virginia, claims a victory rible. Still the line pressed forward. On

jon the 2d inst.

| Burbridge at Saltwile. Kehols says Bur-

it is positively reported that Hood holds the |

over the Union torces under |

class now on the ocean.

** The Great Eastern is still far ahead of all other vessels, lier tonnage being not less than 19,915 tone. Bat she has been too en- turtunate asa commercial specula\ion to give rise te any imitations. The largest clase ot |

Louis Renaud for Salabary Division, It dves notappear whether the intimation signifies | that a new Parliamentary election simply | will be held, or whether every elector) throughout Upper and Lower Canada wiil be | called upom to declare his preference.

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even more formidable than at first supposed A perfect abattis held them at bay while the rebel infantry literally wowed them down.

The forts were surrounded by a ditch 8 feet deep, inte which some of the colored troops leaped only to find themselves hemmed

steamers that have hitherto been employed | with profitand advantage scarcely rise to the | magnitude of 4000 tons. In the warlike marine of England one or two vessels have | been constructed of the magnitude of 6000 tuas.”’

Aa English paper adds that ** it is impos- sible to consider the above facts without eeming to the conclusion that the introduc- tiun of steam navigation, lullowed, as it hus been, by the application of irom to the pur- poses of shipbuilding, and the introduct op of the screw in tle place of the paddle-wheel, have given fresh impulse and an additional aveurity for the naval greatness of the coun- try. iron steamers are in future to rule the ocean in the place of those vessels built of heart of oak, an which Nelson asd Biake guined their victories; and the counuy which carries the building of iron vessels to | the greatest perfection will be the country that will rale the seas.”’ ~ -

Fuarwer Reverstioxs.— The Courier des Eleér Uns, of the 16th instant, contains an- other letter showing bow Massachusetts fille her quota vf wen tor the Federal srusy, Lt felly corroborates the statements | reviously dole, and adds that on Wednesday last the euip Guerlind, which lett Antwer) with 251

assengers, anchored outside the haroor of!

tou. Three steamers with . 5. soldiers va board jomed the Guerland there. The Belgian sod French passengers on board were requested to sigu a paper written in English, which was nothing else than an agreement t enlist. They were informed that they would no longer be fed on board their vessel, but that they would be sent on board the steawers |ying near, where dinner was read; for them. They demanded to be \anded iw Bur on, bat this was peremptorily refused. Alter some twenty-four bours resistance, compelled by bunger, and surrounded by suldiers, 220 passengers signed the paper and were transported to the fort, where they bad to put on uniforms, notwitlstanding their unanimous protests. Three of thos who had signed, persisted in their refusal to march. They were woned and seut to ao island near by. ‘Their names are Sincrit,

a Frenchman, Albrecirs and V: Sorte

Belgians. About thirty refused to sign, ane were landed at Boston at their own expense, where they left for New York. oo Amenica Cowrpareo with Lirstoric Bat TLas — Iu five days the Federals have, it ap- pears, lust 40, thousand men in killed, wound- ed and skedaddled; this is about 8.000 a day, a dreadiul number, certainly. Bot at Wa- terloc, the total lose of the allied army in killed, wounded and wissiog, was 22,976 in one day ; at Creey, we slew 50.000 of the Freneh private men, and nearly 3 000 nobles and kaghts, in one Way, and took three crowned kings prisoners, and at PF enhemm, Marlborough slew 27,000 allies, and took 13,000 prisoners. —Jilustrated News ~~ New Zéatanp.— Melbourne papers say

that the prospects of peace in New Zealand feein of far removed as ever. After the re- verse eastuined by our arme the natives wer: &» elated that they sent a written challange to the Britieh Commander at Tauravzs. Col

Creer replied by marching out to tle native postion with an Armstrong gun, # six pount- er, and 700 men of the 43d and 68th, and Ist Wuikaito militia regiments. The natives bad only formed a single line of rifle pits, bat they commenced the attack. The while af- iair only occupied a few minutes. Lhe lose ot cur side amounted to 10 killed, and 40 wounded. The Maoriy had 204 killed and wounded, a larger number than tras (allen i,

uny ohe eigagement during the war. Theis prinerpal ehief and leader, Kawiri, was nusonget the killed, besides seweral other in- fluential chiels.

_——— 2 The Prince and Princess of Wale have wet. it would appear, with the ehiiliest of

teteptions from their Danish relatives. Jy

intention tu accord a welcome of apy sort.

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Copenbagen there did not exist the vlightest

A case of lamentable dissipation and desti-

Aa inquest wae held un the budy of a wan

tation came belure the Liver

who died frow preumonia, and it a that the wile actualiv

@ visuld the clothes to get driik.

stripped the ean in the river Eek,

We regret to learn that the house of Mr Samuel Hamilton, of Kemptville, Coanty of |

Yarmouth, a few nights ago, was consumed | by fire ; and, sad to relate, his wile and three | CONfse Were drawn up.

daughters fell victims to the flames.

——- Alp FoR THE SoutTu.—The Charleston Courier of the 23rd ult. remarks: —“* An agreement has

been effected between the rebel goveroment aud a commissioner represeuting a ceriain European population, by which 30,000 soldiers will be added to the rebel armies. The consideration is a grant of Jands, but where these lands are located Is wuch indeubt. Tt isintimated that they will come from Poland.” We were informed some months sine that such an arrangement was about bemg made and that 40,000 Poles would, in all probability, secon be added to the army of the Contederacy. The appeal of the Polish delegation, published in the Wilmington papers, subsequently confirmed this. We have since been told that the Coutederate Government have given orders forthe completion

jof some fifty swift steamers in England, similar |te the Colonel Lamb, now in port, m order to

bring those foreigners to the South, through the bivuekude.— Halifax Paper.

TENNYSON ON THE Pouitican anp Mixitrary Sitvation.’— Correspondents have ever suc- ceeded in laying Tennyson under tribute to the cause. Llere is a bunch of posies culled from ** The lady of Shalott’’ and ** Maud :"’ THE CROPS OF THE SHENANDOAH.

Only reapers, reaping Early

In among the bearded barley,

Hear a sony that echoes ehee: ly

From the river winding clearly.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

Ah, God, for a man with heart, head, hand, Like sowe of the simple great one’s gone For ever and ever by ; One still strong man in a blatant land; Whatever they eall him, what care I; Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat—one Who can rule and dure not lie. ** ConciLiaToRY Means.’’ — The proposa! by the Democtats to stop fighting the rebels. and look sweetly at them, and talk soft words, reminds some one of the following verse from a somewhat popular work : There was an old man who said, “* How Shali 1 tlee from this horrible cow 2? I will sit on the stile, And continue to smile, Which may soften the heart of this cow.” ni ihtiactileat ila aad Mr. Lincoln has managed, during the three years he has been in office,to swell tix public debt of the Un@eed States to about seven hundred million do!lars more than th: whole expenses of the Government from the Declaration of the independence to March 4, 1861. Can we afford such a President for four years wore?--N. Y. World. caida a tiaa A Crystal Palace has been opened at Am- sterdam with great solemnity, and in the presence of inhabstants from all parts of Hol- land. Tne wodel of Sir Josep Paxton’ strncture of 1851 has been adopted wiih much success.

+9 -—_——_- Turoat Diseases. — We would call atten- tion to. * Brown's Bronchial Troches.”” We have found them efficacious in allaying Irritation in the throat and Bronchia, and would commend them to the attention of Public Speakers and others troubled with affections of the Throat. They are ise an excellent remedy tor Hoarseness resulting trum cold —Congregationalist, Boston. me The statisties of the twport of petroleum oil, received from Liverpool, show what « very important trade it has become. Ame- rieu has exported 194 millions of gallons thie year, as againet a little more than 20 mil lions last year A large proportion of the exports come to the United Kingdow.

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an hari A submarine cabie between Oranto and Valonw hus been completed. The previous attempt in February last was unsuccessful on ee ea gales, which drove the vessel out of her course, and caused the end ot the cable to be lost.”

A London jeweler bas bought a pearl, ; Scotland, fur £100. t weighed twenty-seven grains,

in with no door of escape. The works had no sally ports, and were accessible only by drawbridges over the ditches; and these of The line was then withdrawn to the further side of the crest which pusition was held until night, when a demonstration was made agaist the works of the ditch in which our men were cvoped up, thus giving them escape.

Though an advance uy the road from hali to three quarters of a mile was accomplished, it cost us dearly. ‘The corps lost over 500 men in killed and wounded.

At the same time this was going on Gen. Kautz’s cavalry dashed boldly up to the very gates of Richmond, which fact he reported to (Gen Butler, who at once despatched a divi- siun of infantry to his suprort. his divi- sion marched unresisted to within musket range of the city, and probably might have marched into the rebel city, though it was clear they could pot have beld it. On ar- riving in the suburbs of the city they found that Gen, Kautz had withdrawn for a wise purpose. ‘The division was then ordered tu return,

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New York, Oct. 2.—The Herald’s corres- pondent at Butler's headquarters writes, under date of Sept. 0:—** Early yesterday merning Gen. Batler had captured all the tortifications save one immediately oppesite Fort Darling, and we still hold them, not- withstanding the vigorous shelling by the re- belrams. ‘Lhe fact that one of our bospitals was jocated within three miles of the city throughout yesterday is significant.

GENERAL SHERIDAN.

War DepartMENT. Washington, Vet. 1, 1804. To Major General Diz:

The tollowing despatehes from Major Gen Sheridan, detailing bis successful operations since the last report, have just been received :

Hanrisonsure, Va, Sept 29, 7 30 Pm. To Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Va:

In my last dispatch 1 mformed you that 1 pressed Early as closely as L could through Newmarket, at the same time sending cavalry around his flank, that he gave up the valley and took to the mountains, passing through Brown’s Gap. I kept up the pursuit to Port Republic, destroying seventy-five wag- gons and four caissons.

I sent Gen. Torbett, who overtook me at Warrisonburg, to Staunton with Wilson's division of cavalry and one brivade of Mer- ritt’s. Torbete entered Staunton on the 26th, and destroyed a large quantity of rebel go- vernment property, harness, small arms, hard bread, flour, repair shops, &c. He then proceeded to Waynesboro’, destroying the ‘ron. bridge over the south branch of the Shenandoah, seven miles of track, the depo: building, government tannery, and a large amount of leather, flour, stores, &e.

Aé that place he found the tunnel defended by infantry, and retired via Staunton.

My impression is that most of the troops which Early had lett passed through the mountains in Charlottsville. Kershaw’s di- vision came to his assistance, and I think passed along the west base of the mountains to Waynesborv’.

Lam getting from twenty-five to forty pri- soners daily, who come in from the moun- tains ou each side and deliver themselves up

From the most reliable accounts Early's army was completely broken up. Kershaw had not reached Richmond, but was scme- where in the vicinity of Gordonsville, where he received orders to rejoin Karly.

The destruction of tue grain and forage from bere t» Staunton will be a terrible blow to them. All the grain, forage, &e.,in the vicinity of Stauntoo was retained for the use of Early’s army. All in the lower part otf the valley was shipped to Richmond tor the use of Lee's army. to Staunton was abundantly supplied with forage, grain, &e.

(Signed) P. H. Surrivay, Major General.

affair ot Brown's Gap, do not agree. cannot be right, account :—

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The country from Lere |

Here is the Coafederate

ibridze Jett his kill-d and wounded behind. }

Among them was a brigadier general and a) lyood many offivers, The Unron forees nam- | i bered six thousand, among whom were seve-

Sheridan's department have suffered con- siderably from the cold weather of the past few days. Snow fell to the depth of three ‘inches at Cumberland, Md., on Saturday last.

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Sr. Jomn’s, NF, Oct. 10.— Europa, for Halifax, at Cape Race at 8 o’cloek on Monday evening. ..-. Politics unimportant... .- Financial erisis still prevails in England, but no actual panic.....] Morning Post, in an editorial on Ame- rican affairs, remarks — it is certainly singular that the Peace party in the North has not been enabled to put forth a candidate especially pledged to pursue peaceful policy. The fact is, however, it cannot do so, and circumstances tend to confirm the conviction almost unanimously entertained that some time wust elapse before the Northern population will adit the necessity of putting av end to the war....- Retirewent of George Pea- body from active life took place Oct. 1st, in con- formity with long expressed intention. Times’ city article remarks — It is certain no one has completed a business career which has command- ed wore universal respect from the commercial world. The business of the house, the prosperity of which has been uninterrupted, will henceforth be carried on by the two remaining partners... . . Dissolution of British Parliament will take place next Easter, and general election abvut three months afterwards. .... Manchester Guardian publishes evidence that employment is again be- coming more searce in the manufacturing dis- tricts..... Thers was continued depression wod seusitiveness in financial and commercial circles. Numerous additional failures are reported in connection with the Leeds Banking Co., and on the London Stock Exchange the tortnightly set- tlement led to three suspensions among the brokers. Included in the failures are A. Giee & Co., East India Merchants, liabilities half a mil- lion sterling; Early & Smith, Export Clothers, London, eighty thousand; Hull & Joues, Sugar Brokers, Liverpool, half a mullion...-. Demand for discount very heavy, but Bank rate unchanged -.-- Confederate Joan on the the 30th ult, fell te 57, but rallied, closing at from 62 to 64.

PRANCE.—Weekly returns of Bank of France show an increase in cash of over two and a quar- ter million franes..... Bourse quiet—d5, 75.

Spaty.—The Clamor Public urges settlement of the St. Domingo question, by Spain preserving only the towns of Sauto Dowingo, Saweruil and Puerto Plato, abandoning the rest uf the Island and terminating the war.

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LiverPoo., Saturday evening. —No change in monetary affairs — no more failures reported. ..-- United States steamer Kearsage was spoken Sept. 10th, in lat. 24.47 North, long. 35.43 West, under canvas, insearch of the Florida... -. Terrific gunpowder explosion this morning at Dartford Powder Mills, Forty persons reported killed and wounded. The shock was felt in London, a dis tance of 25 miles..... Queenstown, 2ud—Loss of life by gunpowder explosion much Jess than re-

ported..... Paris Bourse dull. Rentes elosed at 169.95. 2... British Government has determined to reduce the Militia establishment about 30 per cent | .... Brazil Mail arrived in England. Federal steamer Onward was cruising ov Brazilian eoast vin search of rebel vessels,

Crops ef Cetten tn

tiana arrived at Madeira: she was well received canal Advices from Japan, via France, say that two English vessels have been fired into by batteries belonging to Prince Chotein..... Consols oe a sof...-. Bullion in Bank decreased £50,000... ..

Breadatuffs firmer, with an upward tendency.....

| ral negro regiments, which were badly cut Provisions quiet... -- Lurcpa has 131 passengers jup. lle says bis durecs on the 3d were iD) and £39,00U in specie. All well. j hot pursalt. <>

| The Riehmond Examiner of the 6th says: + Early ’s advance is beyond Mount Crawiord, the enemy retiring to Harrisonbrg. The | Yankees ure in strong eavairy force at Rap- pahannock Station, ond are rebuilding the rauilroud bridge, and it is estimated that | sheridan intends taking Gordonsville by sud- ‘denly withdrawing trom Early's front. The irebuilding of the Rappahannock bridge is to jfurnish communication with the depot of supples at Alexandria or Manassas.

The rebel Col. Witeber has returned from rraid into West Virginia, with 300 prison- ers, 500 horses and 200 beef cn ee Ile des- truyed a million ot dollars worth of Yankee stores at six different towns. Ue sustained no loss.

The Governor of Alabama, in his message to the Legislature, eays: “ This fearful struggle now going on in Georgia, is no idle spectacle to Alabamians. If Georgia 18 per- mitted to be overrun and devastated by Sher- man’s ruthless columns, the fate of Alabama will be read in the desolated homes and starving women and children of our sister State.’’ He therefore recommends the amend- ment of the militia law, so as to include ali persons exempted from the Confederate ser- vice able to bear arms, and all between the ages of sixteen and filty-five.

Gen. Lee reports that 900 prisoners were captured from General Grant in the fight at Peebles’ Farm, on Friday, 30th ult. The Examiner affirms that the Confederates did not lose more than 400 men killed and wounded in the attempt to recapture Fort Harrison on Saturday.

THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.

The New York Herald gives the (ullowing picture of affairs in that region :—

We have important and exci‘ing intelli- genee from General Sheridan. He commenced moving back down the valley from Harrison- burg on Thursday last, and was followed by the rebel cavalry under Rosser. On Satur- day he de-med it best, he says, to make one day’s delay, im order to ‘settle the pew cavalry General.’’ An attack by Union cavalry was, therefore, ordered at daylight, and was most handsomely executed. The rebels were driven back as before the force of a tornado by the impetuous onset of Custer’s and Merritt's men, and three hun- dred prisoners, eleven pieces of artillery, cas- sions, battery forge, forty-seven wagons, ambulances, &c., were taken from them [he headquarters wagons of the rebel Gen- erals Rosser, Lomsx’and Colonel Pollard were among the captured. The enemy were followed by our men on the jamp for twenty- 1x miles. Tue eleven pieces of artillery ¢ ptured make thirty-six in all taken from the rebels by Sheridan’s soldier’s since the commencement of the cam paiga, on the 19th alt. Gis army is now at Siratsburg, after having overwheluinzly defeated the enemy in every engagement he has had, and made pretty complete destruction of everything in the way of subsistence throughout the valley that could be of service to them. In a des- patch from Woodstock, on Friday last, he describes his recent operations.

He says that he has destroyed in the She- nandoab, Luray and Little Fort valleys, over two thousand barns filled with wheat, hay and farming implements, and over seventy mills filled with flour and wheat. He has obtained a very large number of horses, has driven four herds of stock before the army, and has killed and issued to it about three thousand sheep. ‘This destruction and this spoliation are in accordance with the instruc- tions of Gen. Grant, who finds in these severe | measures the only preventive of the enemy's | peradical incursions down the valley, whieh ‘he is determined shall be stopped.” General Sheridan says he has rendered the entire country through which be bas passed unten- able to the rebel army, and has wade the in- habitants sick of the war, which befure they were not, owing to the abundance in the midst of which they were living. These are che people, many of whom had protection

The statement of Sheridan and the account | papers from former commanders ot our forees, in the Richmond papers, concerning the | Who have for some time been bushwhacking

every Union train and small party passing along their roads. Railroad communication through from Alexandria to Stratsburg will be completed in a few days. The soldiers in

NEWPOUNDLAND. His Excellency Governor Muserave arrived wSt, Johu’s on the 3rd instant, His Excellency } Was accompanied by his two children, twe sisters,

wih the usual formalities bo-day (Octeber 5.)

A fearful storm of thuuder and lightning, ae-

stones the size of swaustot, passed over this city on Thorsday lust, in the course of which a © bal of fire’ was observed to fall from the clouds inte the harbour near the Narrows. Some seamen ou bourd a vessel at MacBride’s were injured by the fluid, aud some children ut Signal-will were sliglitly scathed; but as yet we have heard of no- thing fatal from the effects of the storm — the fiereest, for the short Lime it lasted, that we ever witnessed.

The dwelling house of a man named Cleary, situate on the Wiite Hills, was destroyed by fire ye-terday morning. The fire was communi- cated by a spark frown the chimney lodging on the roof, which the high wind prevailing watted into a blaze.

The accounts from the Labrader Fishery are conflicting. It is believed that the eatch will be uuder au average.

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The codfishery has been a failure this sea- son. The shore voyages are over, resulting in the smallest catch on record, and news from Labrador show that the catch is far be- low the average. The Herrmg fishcry a: La- brador is also a complete failure, the catch being very ineonsiderable. ‘The exports look larger this year than last, but then the greater part has been old fish. Breadstuffs are scarce and rising in price.