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AUSTRALIA

EXTRAORDINARY CRIM“SS IN MELBOURNE. Tvere is no po'itien! news of import anes by this mail. Fue. Melbourne Herald ot June 25. in ite eoview of the month, ob- —_* The ey rd and las present parliawent was broavht to a close With its proregation have died

sofa political

eer ves session of the » ou the Zod instant

all interest seems to out. for

the nonce at least, in matte pature,"

Toe Hon. Richard Heale: the Board of Land aud Work einer of Crown Lands anc en the morning of the 19th of June from consum pion. Mr. Heales arrived. in Vie- doria in P842 as a joarney-man coach-baild er, and by bis mdustry soon raised himeelt 1$56 he entered parliament, and in the session of 1560-1 be eame Chief Sceretary On the formation of the M’Cullech administration in 1863 he secepted the office which he beld at the time of hia death. The Llon, gentleman was much esteemed beth in his publie and private career.

As unusual namber of crimes of violence of more than ordinary interest had occurred in Melbourne, including o murder and 6 bauvk robbery :—On the 1l4:h the inhabit- ants of the city were startled by the intelli- gence that the branch establi-bment ot! the Kaglish, Seottish, and Australian Chartered Hiaok, in George street, Fitz oy, had been ‘stuck up’ at 10 o clock that merning by four men armed with pistols and daggers a the opening of the Bank for ousiaess three men entered the premises, one of whom proceeded direct to the room of the manager (Mr. Dowl ng), while two others rewaiwed at the counter, in order to divert the attewtion of the ledger-keeper (Mr Grat.) 1 office, bur

President of and Commis- Survey, diee

to be an employ r. ln

Thee manager, who was cet in |

engaged cvunting some silver in the outer | office, at the time, at once seeing the deserip- |

tion of the man who was entering his par- lour, went round to meet him, and caught the fellow by the baud. A st-ugg'e ensued aod ia the meantime one of the two men, who had remained at the counter. was enga- ged in helping himself to some silver, wher Mr. Grut seized him. The prisoner Carve discharged his pistol at the ledger-keeper

whose neck was slightly scorched by the|

pewder, and the novel sensation of having a ball whizzing so close past his ear stunned him for a few seconds. On recovering him-

came tous and remained till Monday. He was the Rev J. Nettleton, and left as on Mon. | dav only to wake arrangements with bis brother minister, the Rev. William Fletcher, ‘ for our welfare. The next day two whale | boats were sent for us, and bringing presents ta the chiefs for their kindness to us while there. Nine of us went to Mr. Nettleton’s

—all receiving the utmost comfort and care. The **All Serene’? was a yeasel of 1,000 tons burden, and was ander the command ol

Captain Myers. She was owned in Mel-| bourne.

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[From the Richmond Sentinel |

A SOUTHERN THE PEACE

VIEW OF QUESTION.

We find the following in the Washington Chronicle, the organ of Mr. Lincoln's Adimi- nistration, of a late date: ** Throughout the entire North there is an andoubted sentiment in favor of peace, unopposed except by some mean army contractors ofr sordid army ful- lowers “fins is very well for a beginning Indeed, we think it rather oversteps the mo- desty of nature. But yesterday this organ talked of nothing but fire and sword and sub- jugation, and all at once it begins cooing as soothingly as the turtle dove Like all new converts, its new born zeal hurries it too far ft denounces all who hold to-day what it held } yesterday as mean and sordid men. This is voing it rather strong, Mr. Forney. We} | have no doubt that there are a great many | i honest abolitionists, and levellers and agra- rians, and free lovers, and amalgamationists, who would bave the war go on until their! doctrines were carried into practical effect, or, at least, until the Jews shall return to Jerusalem. The prospects of peace are very

promising. Nine-tenthsof the people, North and South, are heartily tired and sick of the

war. But the prospects are not sc bright as

Mr. Forney paints them ; for, unfortunately,

there are a great many people, North and South, besides army contractors and camp

followers juterested in the continuance of the

war. Yet we thank the Chronicle for its| j admission, and accept it in the kind spirit in which we hope and believe i¢ was made. |

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When both sides desire peace, peace cannot | be very far off. ** Where there's a will} there s a way.”’ In the meantime, we pre-|

’ ° : i 'sume, neither side will remit itsexertion nor}

lessen its vigilance in prosecuting the war. | We would respectfully suggest, however, that | it is a little owt of the ordinury vourse of | peace negotiations to begin with ultimata. | Chey, as their names imply, come last and | shut the door on further negotiation. Now| we want to treat, to bargain, to negotiate | for peace, and Mr. Lincoln, who, it seems, | wants peace also, will not deign to s' ow his | face to us, much less talk the matter coolly | over, but slams the door rudely in our faces, |

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his lines in force, as that would bring on a general engagement, and their defeat would ; certainly be the reeult. residence, and the remainder to Mr. Fleteher they do not like to lose any of their men

without an equivalent.

judging Some heavy artillery firing took place on Sa-

| charges,

{From the New York ‘ Herald.’} JHE SITUATION. The rebels appear to be somewhat confused is to what to do with General Grant's army mfore Petersburg. They dare not attack

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| AN Ivavuwan Moraee —On Friday morn- | last, as the night express from Suspension | Bridge on the Great Western Railway was ‘on its way to Windsor, the conductor, Rich-| ard Farnesa, in passing through the cars, bad)

his attention called to the wailings of a child

which, upon investigation, was found lying

between the seats near the centre of the car.

Upor. a strict enquiry among the passengers,

it was ascertained that the infant had been

Weldon | 8°? in the arms of a woman, apparently his

R a . ‘cathe ae ley" Lys yet |mother, when the train left the bridge, but at rows i a erre t ; ays | ’

from our information yesterday.

At the same time,

leaving the baby lying on the seat. The mo-

di orning 4t. The pickets of : ; — day m ; se on ~~ het duct ea the seat to the uor, which of course caused we Secon a pS aceo yr ee Hed ¢ > | ea . a Tt . , nd led to its discovery. ve feat on Saturday. ‘The enemy's picket line, | avin ey ag « a cali oo which occupied a commanding ground A eve, thee ene ‘hich a : front of Llancock’s position, wae quickly ia the welfare of the infant, which proved to tb . i. al CG f aa De Ty brignd al be a fine male child, about twelve months Salzer , a oO: Getera a 0 wh " ° ceed a aHiuteiuk’ Thie wai en old. It was carefully attended to until the % ob 23 fir d “anit ths enemy's position was) rain arrived in Windsor, when it was sud- a sie ‘ nt & & ‘ vi a ’ os i : oceu pied by our troops, and one hundred | 4¢0!y taken 7 ill. A physician 7 ¢ . ates Phe v=. nelle jeurrd who gave it as his opinion that the ‘kets were can ed, ane ; ee-). : nt a a : tel clea odie i Ladies | infant had been dosed with laudanum or some qucnny Yprem eeetry ana ¢ 1 neh seniito > had no doubt been which was kept up for several hours, but did | other narcotic. Phis ; : ribs oh” i ee tec ae ae Monee aan by the unfeeling mother to cause sleep yi sucecey 8 uy ‘ ) en, 4 | ; int ‘mation received from deserters, it ap- or perhaps death, and thus ullow her to es- pears that the rebels have disposed their — — ~ ma vom eee or. forces with Longstreet’s corps on their ex- The infant was respevtadly clothed, and evi- crease right. holding the euuntry between the dently belonged to some person in the higher iden Gad B oo Sgpanarer valk e. The authorities at Windsor Weldon and Dansville Railroad, and fiill’s ara Ya santana and it as corps in the centre, occupying the line of aad in the farnil “of Mr “Shields b the delence from the Weldon road to Petersburg, | a . ‘ } as —. : i al ae while Beauregard, with his divisions, garri- | -OmPany> +“ - a ‘ ae « I : son the fortifications around the city. parents are found, or adopt 1y some Tie Utbion tena) station at Dutch Gap) ‘ally whose affection for foandlings will . eee YP | cause them to take itin charge. Who knows was bombarded by the re belson Friday even a@use om oO take it c ge. ’ : but thatin years hence the history of this

?. f ‘) » J a > i *E 2 il » , th vi- | > 7. ° - - “ The Union batteries replied = specimen of humanity may furnish food for gor. ‘be officer at the station remained at)

a yellow covered novel, or further demon- strate the fact that truth is stranger than fiction? Who wants a baby ?—Delroit Free Press.

his post during the contest, and witnessed trom aloft the flight of the missiles on both The station 1s so constructed that it woald searcely be possible to inflict a perma- nert injury to it by merely artillery firiug. although the oceupation might be made ex- ceedingly unpleasant and dangerous during | jg becoming very common, and it would seem & bombardinent that the military authorities are determined

Despatches frem General Sheridan's army | to put a stop to itif possible. Recently se- on the i6th instant state that the enemy.| versal have been court martialled, and the

sides ——__-~~+a>_-—-——

DesertTion rorm tue ARMY. — Degertion

from the regiments stationed in this Province

junder command of General Barly in person, | seyerest punishment awarded them, two ol

with Jobnston’s, Vaughan’s, MeCausland’s| cavalry and General Rhodes’ infantry divi-| sion, attacked a brigade of Averill’s d:vision | at eight o'clock in the morning at Darksville. on the Winchester pike. Tne enemy was driven back in three successive cavalry The infantry and cavalry, who

the three deserters who tried to escape across the Niagara River baying been sentenced to be shot in this city. An endeavour is being made ty save this city the sad spectacle of such an occurrence, and with that view pe- titions are being largely signed, asking the 7 ¥ Commander of the Forces to commute the age in entered the contest, shared a sitailar | sentence. ‘The severity of the punishment is fate. The enemy lost heavily, much greater} go great, and as no life was taken in the than we did. It appeared to be the intention | gtrugvle on the Niagara River, it 1s thought of General Early to steal a mareh on Sheri- that leniency should beexercised. We think dan’s lines; but the promptitude of Averill’s| the petitioners are ght, for their request is cavalry frustrated the design. not an unreasonable one, and we trust Gen,

Despatches from Gen. Sherman down to) Williams will listen to the appeal and act in

‘tion of the car jolted the little stranger off)

Che Examiner.

Charlottetown, September 26, 1864.

THE UNION QUESTION AGAIN.

We: find in the Morning News of St. John, N. B., of a late date, a condensed report of the speeches delivered at the dinner giveu in honour

| it was supposed had got of at St. Catharine's, lof the Union Delegates, at Stubbs’ Hotel, St.

John, on the evening of their arrival in that city, The principal speakers appear to have been Messrs. Cartier, Brown, McDougall, Galt. and MeGee (of Canada); Dr. Tupper and Mr. Me- Cully, of Nova Scotia; Messrs. Tilley, Gray, and Woodward, of New Brurswick ; and Messrs. Coles, Gray and Palwer, of P. E. Island. With- out a single exception, they all pronounced in favor of a Union of the Colonies, leaving te the imagination of their hearers to define what the details should be. The views of the outside Pro- vincial Delegates on the geueral abstract question are so well known, frous their speeches here, that it is quite unnecessary to republish their obser- vations at St. John; but as our Delegates did not drop any opinion in public, while in Convention here, we may as well Jet our readers see what they said in St. John, where they appear to have shewn less reserve. After the speeches delivered by Messrs. Cartier, Brown aud Tupper, the re- port goes on to say:—

“ Hon. Col. Gray, of P. E. Island, followed in a neat though brief speech, favoring the project of a federation of all the N. A. Provinces.

“ Hon. Mr. Coles, of P. E. Island, came next.

His remarks inclined to the humerous, and

J abounded in laughter-provoking wittieisms at the

expense of Canada, who, he swid, had came over to effect a Union with bis little dsughter P. E. Island. Before he would permit ber to wed he must understand fully whether Canada, with her expansive territory and great resources, was able to maintain her in the connechon as well as she was while in the enjoyment of & ¢#parate exist- euce. The prospects, he tinaliy cosfessed, were favorable toa happy and prosperous ederal union.

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“Hon Mr. Palwer, of P. E. Island, spoke at some length on the question of union, favoring a federal union of all the Provinces, but evincing a determination to be caretul in the arrangement ot the details.”

Mr. A. A. McDonald, another of the Island Delegates, has not publicly expressed an opinion, that we are aware of, in any place, on the sub- ject of union, but we have ve doubt he js favor- Mr. W. H. Pope, the only other De- legate from the Island, is quite an enthusiast, as

able te if.

NEWS FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE SIDON AT HALIFAX.

Haxieax, Sept. 19. Sidon, Martyn, left Liverpool, 1 p. m., 6th, Queenstown, 7th; arrived at Halifax, 2.50 p.n., 19th. . St. Patrick arrived at Greenock, 6th, with New York advices of the 20th, via Newfoundland, City of Dublin, from Liverpool, 3d, tor New York, put back on the 6th, with machinery damaged, Prospects of armistice continued subject of anxious debate in England. Tunes continues to represent that the feeling of the North in favor of an armistice was rapidly increasing, but the idea was strongly combutted by many who refused to believe in an armistice, because it would at once necessitate the raising of the blockade. The Tunes’ city article, ander the feeling of a panic in finances which peace prospects ereated, seeks to modify financial apprehensions it has raised by arguing that it is premature to regard peace ascertain, owing to the North maintaining a restoration of union as one of its absolute eou- ditions. It, however, labors to show that if Southern ports are thrown open by armistice, and a flood of cotton seriously aggravates the existing pressure for money, counteracting in- fluences will be at work to prevent the drain ot money which is feared. Funds were greatly depressed on the 5th. Consols experienced a decline of a half per cent., being a heavier fall than on any single day for some years. ‘The quotation is only one per cent. above the lowest point during the panie of 1857. Rumors of heavy failures were rife, and assist- ed the depression, but they all proved false. There was active demand for discount, both at the Banks and in open market at full rates.

The Tines attributes indecisive character of the war to the use of breach loaders and earth- works. It says that a quarter of an hourof such fire as good troops well armed can now maintain, is enough tostretch whole divisions on the ground. In Virginia and Georgia both armies are entreneb- ed—alike result; the main bedy of each army holds secure positions and only fight each other as it were by sorties.

Frankfort advices show renewed activity ia the U.S. bonds and improvement in prices. Nathaniel Palmer & Co., merchants, London, have suspended; liabilities two hundred thousand sterling; assets equal.

Prince and Princess of Wales embarked on 3d,

self, Le found that his assailant,!ogether with | jase flinging oat at the window, at the same

the third man, had vanished. A struggle | ame, a string of udéimata, which any news-

} ten o'clock on Friday morning, had been re- ceived at the War Department, stating that

was still going on at the entrance of the manager's room between Mr. Dowling, his brother, who opportunely arrived on the spot, and the man Woods. <A shot was tired but fell wide of the mark, the bullet lodging ja the wainscoting of the door.. To their

. this ¢ y is concentre ti anta, % boy might pick up and properly appropriate | t 8 ‘ ane Is Conc art me 2 str) 2nd oe . } thi S$ troops are : rell ¢ o Sj - }as directed to himself — fur peace concerns 4t OFS troops are all well and In good pos!

leverybody and anybody. Cold comfort will _— ' : : {the advucates of peace, North and South, | *F° keeping the rebel General Wheeler ac- | derive from this bitterly sarcastic paper. 1t} tively employed, and will probably secure closely resembles the hilting of the Silver him as Gen. Gillen did John Morgan—that

He says that Wilson and Steedman|

accordance with its spirit.—Tuere is a matter in Connection with this subject which demands

the most earnest attention, and that is the {lenient manner in which those who induce

| soldiers to desert are dealt with by our courts. ; the man who induces a soldier to desert is | worse than the deserter, beeause it is a money-making operation with him, The law, however, does not regard it, and he is let off

we may judge from his editorials in the Islander,

Thus it will be seen that the at Dundee for Denmark.

in favor of union.

whole of the P. FE. Island Delegates are advocates oft the measure; but Mr.Coles assures us,that it will vuly have his support on the condition,that the pro- prietary claims shall be bought up by the Federal Government, and the lands transferred to their present occupiers on the most easy terms, without

assistance Mr. Girut hastened. and by the | deluded followers of his horrid features, by combined efforts of the three, together with | the Prophet of Khorassan. Lincoln seems to the aid afforded by Mr. Ress, a grocer, who} grin with the ecstacy of gratified revenge, had been attracred to the spot by the report | and as good as says to his deceived followers:

, 7 ; ewe . ** Ye have trusted me, and | have betrayed of fire-arms, the prisoner Woods was secured | sad 3 avd handed over to the eustody of the police poate ye shall nut have?” Are ye of the The three other men concerned in the out-} North too weak and feeble, too tame, sub yaye — Carver, Phillips, and Auderson -— | missive, and down-trodden to oppose the were arrested by the detective P lice within | tyrant’s will? He, with his u/timata, stands twenty-six hours of the perpetration of the| im the way of peace; says there shall be no robbery., The prisoners have e:nce under. gone a pre'upinary examination, which has} resulted in their committal. The prisoners, | who were idensical with those engaged it) sary, from his seat. We want peace with the Fiinders-street robbery, were origtwally | the North, and, therefore, shall continue to from Tasmania, and each and all were} make war upon those of either section who sieeped many degrees in erime. put themselves in the way of a fair and honor-

On the morning of Saturday, the 1Sch of | able peace—a peace between equals,

: . . - | jugation, Submission, is not p-ace.

June, a deliberate murder was co omitted i |

| Commissioners be appo'nted by either section, > soe 1e : the yard of the Roads and Bridges office and invested with plenary powers of negotia-

sists, in fact, an unconditional surrender on our part. We hope, however, that he will

. : ° y ° j Two contractors, named respectively Chris tion, meet on neutral territory, and discuss

topher Harrison ond Jumes Marsh, had) the terms of peace. Let all subjects be open

been engaged in a contract to clear the track | to free discussiun and negotiation. We oi

to the Jordan geldfield, for which work a} the South consider independence as the great ° ‘ | . . .

y pee » | and first object of the war, and that separa- f£ £660 was due ta them by the Go | are rae sum of nie we due ny , 4 y was the| @", '8 essential to independence; yet we verament. rae, r os " " “| shall be willing to listen to what you have to working partner, and | larsh bad on ¥ ' | say and propose on the other side. You may

receive sume £60 from the total. Liabili-

offer us something that will secure our equal ties for wages had been incurred by Harri | rights within the Union ; you may propose son ov the contract, which he was desirous; to give the slaveholding and free States of discharging ; but Marsh obstivarely res] sonar = in t ynere mel inyghe pine: fused to sign the pay vouchers, by which | tion of Fresident; and, partly to elect shis, S re . the money | 20% ™3y throw all New England imto one ony, a8 ove of the partners, the ey} could be paid by the treasurer. On the}

State, or give her to England—or if England morning in question Harrison met his part-| would be a tempting bait.

Without peace ye are ruined, and |

negotiations to bring about a peace ; and in- |

soon be driven from his position—or, if neces- |

Sub. | Let Peace |

wont have her, let her secede. Now, this We don’t say it

ner ic Iront of the department.

golly asked him ‘if be thought that a

wretch like him ought to live ?” and on his}

still refusing to siga the papers, shot him

Harrison |

would satisfy us; but the subject is worthy | jp of consideration. This war was brought} about by New Logland and New Englanders, jand who knows but that the balance of the States might live in peace and harmony it |

} Veil, and the disclosure to hie debauched and is, extinguish hin and destroy his command.

Tie condition cf the Union prisoners at

| Andersonville, Ga., is reported to be still | more pitiable than before. They ure dying j} at the rate of one hundred per day. Two blockade-runners have recently been captured off the North Carolina coast. The } steamer A. D. Vance was taken off Hatteras | She had on board four hundred and tweniy bales of cotton, from Wilmington beund to |Hahtax. The steamer Eiisie was taken on } the Sth instant, in Jatitude 33 10, longitude 77 U2, from Wilmington bound to Nassau. Poe latter arrived at this port yesterday en reule for Boston. The vessels and cargoes are worth about half a million of dollars. Ir |} was reported that the rebel steamer Edith was about to leave Wilmington, heavily armed. ‘The fleet were on the look-out for her appearance.

The steamer Fawn, running upon the Dis- maj Swamp Canal betweea Norfaik and North Carolina, was captured on Saturday by a | party of rebel raiders and burned. The erew and passengers were all taken prisoners.

‘The capture of the rebel gauerdla and raider Quantrell is announced tu have b-en recently effected in Indianapolis. fle was there im | disguise, avd was recognized on the street bs | a refugee.

A report is in circulation at Litsle Rock

| ' j}ling Price died recently at Arkadelphia, of | dysentery.

WOMEN AND THE WARKR—NORTH AND SOUTH

| ‘The women of Carthage, when the Romans

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were at the gate, gave their hair ta be made |

inty bowstrings ; the Countess fsabelle vowed

never to change her chemise until the be-|

; siegers had been driven from ber ramparts ; land the buteher’s wives of Newgate Market declared they would drink no more burnt sack until King Charles's head was cut off; but I question whether either ancient or modern histery can furnish an example of a

} Arkansas, that the rebel Major General Ster- |

easily. There should be heavy punishment inflicted upon those who induce soldiers to lesert.— Spectator.

We crave for no man’s blood, but we think, if these deserters fired at the pursuing party

the outlay of one farthing from our public chest. The Delegates who represent the Government will be sure to find in this condition of Mr. Coles an excuse for thwarting, as far as they can, the with intent to kill, and not to frighten, thar | “hele project of union; for it must be vory well the law should be allowed to take its course. | kuown to every person that the Government of The crime of desertion, with resistance to| this Island have not the remotest wish to see our lawful authority, is a feerful offence, and

eh é Land Question settled, although they may nibble must be put a stop to —Kingston Whig.

atit by impotent resolutions and worthless Fif- Year’s Purchase Bills.

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A New Mine or Weatru.—The discovery of gold on the Chaudiere, and ether valuable minerals im other parts of the Eastern Town- ships, bas within the last few years created a wide reputation for Lower Canada, and has been the means of introducing a large amount | sities of capital ito the Provines. Bat our wealth} part of the Provincial Governments will post pone, isnot confined to the mines.

teen The Government here is too much under the control of Land Pro- prietors and Land Agents to allow their annual

And so

we will find that the want of united action on the

profits te be diimmished by legislation.

Our rivera and | 'f it does not frustrate, a very important measure ; harbours along the coast are studded with| And thereby leave the Colonies to be absorbed, pearls, purer and more castly than the finest} through their weakness, by the grasping Power fbrought from the Indies. During the past} 3 season, excursionists to Cgeouna and River du Loup were shown pearls foynd in the streams | emptying into the St. Lawrence in that! nergiibourhood—real genuine pearls—whieh | were sold at prices ranging from five to one | hundred dollars. ‘The finest we haye seen is}

, , * we * : q P | Ltiuch was focnd at Itveey de Loupe des) 204 eraphic “Notes of a Traveller,” in which our \larger than the largest sized pea, us perfectly Parliamentary men are being photographed to the

over the border, as soon as the present war shall be brought to a close, a TO CORRESPONDENTS. We regret that we did not receive in time for

this day’s issue, the continuation of the facetious

round, and is a most brilliant gem, perhaps; life. The “'Praveller,” who makes the venerable the best of its kind in America. These pearls} Mr. Birch the exponent of his views and des- fare discovered inside the shell at the fresh water pam, which are to be found in the small ) streams emptying into the Sc. Lawrence near River du Luup and Kamouraska. — Quebec Mercury,

criptions, has, so far, conlined his ubservatious

te the Government side of the House: and cer- tainly the “ Traveller” does net appear to have been favorably impressed by his view of that side.

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leas. a oe ; We shall continue his interesting “* Notes” in Mr. Ellis, of the St. John Evening Globe, .

our next Ne.

dead, aud then attempted to comm t suicide, | al Mea tie dead wae Mak oo ta’ dak but assistance ariving at the time, bis de- | mean to anticipate or preseribe the action ot sign was frustrated. An icque-t was sub-| the Commissioners. sequently beld on the body of Marsh, which | negotiations untrammeled by u/timata, other resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against | than that any terus ot peace they may agree the prisoner, who was ener : r trial. = — Sliced o> aeeee nr ughout the whole proceedings he mani-| '’ i oC sie , coats utmost Gaiaitansh. aud frequently seal ian 7° aa ak pers oy aoa rs be é ; se i “ juestion OQ in ependenc

atrempted to justify his conduct.

| coneerns us all, e , e , Y 7 “=f i P Un the evening of the Bist of May » Ot) part of us.

tered the shop. and having bound , d gagged people will receive as freemen, and whow the stor-man and assistan's, proc eded to) the North cannot afford to send off, it she rob the plaee, and succeeded in getting Clear) eould find a epot on earth to receive them. off with their booty. This oceurr: 1 in one! Under these circumstances the negroes and

of the most populous thoroughs, and ja close | the Northern Commissioners would set them | to stitch at the shroud which is to enwray proximity to a public house, Which way at/ g2 home jappy to their cabins, their corn | the mangled remnants of that lover after he | Poor darkies ! st will be | bas been hanged and drawn and quartered at)

and their co'ton, the happiest day of your life, the noblest Loss or an Avsrasnian Smp -- Fearrrs} irumpbh ol humanity over narrow, fanatical Suyrerixes or THE CREW.—Another melan-| prejudices the world has ever witnessed eholy shipwreck, ; sufferings and joes of life, bas to be reported. | taught by this war may yet compensate for A one wasion of heavy gules seems to have | all its cruelties, its privations and its d. aths swept the whole Pacitic Ocean, inflicting an : oi nts ; amount of damage almost unpreecdented. | A Srartiine Desciprion or Sowrwern The “All Serene’ was on a yoyage from) Destireston.—We ehp the following from a Sandwich Islands to Sydney, having been| Southern paper :—** A lady who bas ma- ebsrtered to carry a cargo of lumber trom | naged to return from what was once the

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there. She leit Sandwich Islands on the 25g: | Wealthiest and most prosperous part of Ala-

the time filled with persous,

‘The subject of slavery but reading, anaes y When all other subjects are dis- | negroe-loving lady of New England, trans-/ leaving New Hampshire,300 men out of 335 eight o'clock. as the shopman of M r. Bergin, | pose d of, the North will find ttself embarrss:- turmed into a termagent anda Se ; and} deserted, and the Government has lost three a grocer, in Ilinders-street, was closing the) ed by the possession of some balf a a milion ew the eee + ™ marae ene fae hundred thousand dollars. This is the fruit pretises, four mea, armed with pistols, ep.) of negroes, who will immediately be killed | defiant Plora Meivor, the embodiment ol the} of ge bad system of recruiting now in ope-

attended with frighttal | Phe lessons of wisdom and true philantrophy |

conflict which was so much of a ** Woman's war ’’ as this,

flare the ladies. They differ in opinion, but in exasperation aud implacability they are lunanimous. You have on one side, if you | please, the pre*ty, timid, shrinking Puritan | tract-distributing, novel-writing, puetry- chapel-hunting, parson-petting,

| by wiubs it carried North, whom no nation or} indomitable will and the constant mind oi | ration, which a friend of mine here who

the South, ready to fasten on the white cock- ) ade to the bunnet of her lover as he rides {down the Cannongate with Prince Charlie, but just as ready, and with fingers as firm,

Carlisle. There may be a ludicrous side to devotedness of the sex in this strife, as when we hear of a fresh corps of temale nurses or

j** jackets with bright battuns, tunics with {huops, and pants;’’ or when we read of

{ ‘starvation parties’? and ‘homespun balls’ | but the bitter, persistent}

in the South;

|**derring do*’ has never fur one moment | faltered among women on either side. I do

believe that were Richmond, Petersburg, At- jlanta, Augusta, and Charleston to fall, and

ganized in the North, who are to wear}

January, and had fair winds and fine weather till the Zist February. The day commenced with very slight rain. About 9 a. m. it be- gan to rain heavily, and between eleven and twelve it began to blow, but she was under

very snug sail and weathered it beantituily. | Save taken the place of opulence and pros-} women of America, North as well as South, : » eo » > i haw } » elye ‘t ah: 3s .

The gule mereas-ng, everything was done t | perity. Men that were worth hundreds of |have shown themselves ready to abandon. | gions that it is estimated that 200 tons of

thousands are reduced to utter poverty.

weather the storm, when two tanks, which were stowed on deck, and on each side of the

wheel, got adriltand carried the wheel away. | The ship, consequenton the loss of the wheel,

broached to, beeling over to leeward tre=| wendotisty, #ometunes dipping her fore and) piain yirds hall Into the water. The mizen-)

' hwinet wis cut away to ease the tremenduus|

| bama,makes the tollowing statement concern-| were the armies of Lee and Jobnston annihi- | Dg the eunditiun and spirit of the Southron | lated, the ladies of the South would buckle | peuple :— fon the sword and pistol, and head their | ** The desolation of the Southern States | negroes to continue the contest. All that) beggars description. Destitution and poverty | mothers, wives, sisters, lovers, hold dear, oe)

}

As! You remember that story of the country- tor the luxuries of lie, formerly so abundant! houge past which [ drove near Jamaica Plain. | in the South, there are pune. ‘Those tormerly | Yet, the South can furnieh stories of devotion | the wealthiest have nothing to sustain lite | as heroic, of sacritices as sorrowful. In the but what the country affords, and not enough history of the war there is not an episode, of that, for by impressment it is taken from} more piteous than that of the poor working | them for the army. heir garments, even | woman in Georgia who had four sons. Three their shoes, the families have to wake them-j{ of them went to the war, oo the Confederate

reihng of the sing, trequently buried beneath | selves. They spin, weave, aod dye their the sens. Most of the passengers and crew ‘ cotton and homespun clothes, rich aud poor. —with the exception of the mate, the cap-| fea, coffee and sugar are not tu be had ; milk tain’s wile and two children, who had pre- | and water ure the only beverages ; Indian yiously been washed overboard—managed to| corn i their pringipal tood. the tamilies reach the main and mizen chains. An eye- | are broken wp and ruined. You seldom} witoess describes the scene in the chains as) meet with a mule inhabitant, and if you do, heart-rending. O1 37 in tie forward chains | he 18 either infirm or a cripple, A large only three gut éately back again. A punt! portion of the taule population are killed sm wee eventautly made io which the remaming battle, many more crippled for lifetime | exew aud passengers ewbarked and sto.d tor, many patmotic Union men died of a broken jand. Lhe sufferings in the buat are thus|beart. What remain are in the army or in described by a surviver:—** Now began ou: the ewployment of the government. Never- feartul scene ; nambers dying every day for} theless, press gangs cross the country in all waate! water, and suffering from sures, wils, | directions mm search of men for the army. &e., from drimking salt water.””) We will! All tiesol tucial lile are com pletely dissulved. pass ower the 16 days they were in the boat ;| No cowrts of justice or equity are heid—jus. | sullice ty say that every day one, two, and) tice is meted vut bs the military. Universi: | olven three deathe frow sheer staryatien oc-| tes, cvileges, and schovis are all suspended. | curred.

About Sp wm. onthe d7thet March| The country im many places resembles a | land was discovered on the starh ard bow,! wilderness. Wherever the armies march, | wud shordy atterwarde--to again continue! there everything is ruined — the crops des- | the narratwe :-—‘* We etruck on a coral reei! troyed, iences burned, trees cut down, do- | on the island of Kandawa (Fiji group). You} mestic animals killed, robbed, or taken tor | can easily jadge ol the trouble we had to land| the army. But whatever the Southern peo- | iewa: a coral veef. Six of the strongest ot | ple may suffer, they bear it with heroism ws jumped out and made fue « light| and resignation; they have little hope ot | which we aw om the sigre, and found suceess. There are very lew, if any, that ir te be matives’ hoams. We were greatly! prefer ignominy todeath. Vader the impend- uivasd ot the natives, and at first doubted ing Congressional and Presidental measures, ther iriendiuess to us, but we wronged | they deem it unpossible to surrender at discre- tiem. Whey treated us with great Eimuners Lion, and are resigned to utter destzuetion.”’ tie five daye we remained with them. On| At a shop window in tue Strand, appeared the. the Suturday a° Wesleyan missionary, who? following notics—* Wanted tio neiaition, whe} dad beard igom the natuyes of our cond.tion, will be treated as ons of the family.” j

side, and were killed. The case of the be- reaved mother was held to be so exceptional- ly cruel, that Gen. Polk went to visit her, to pray with and console her. She heard him, and then looked at him with a steady eye. ‘i'm a lone v oman, General, now,’’ she said, ** and this house is a deal too big for me, 1 just want a pair of arms to help me move, | and fix me up a few things, and then you can take Uarry wo."’ And this Harry, a frail, delicate lad, was the lust gun of bis wother, and she was a widow. - ~em ai

An order iseued from Richmond provid s that all foreigners and others who bave been entrapped or compelled to serve in the Fede- ral army against their will, upon coming) into the Contederate lines, ‘‘ will be received, | protected, and supplied with means of aub- sistence until sueh of them as desire it can be forwarded to the most convenient points on the border, where all facilities will be affurd- |

led them te return to their homes.’’

lhl mesclhng The California mail steamers are to be cone | voyed by a man-of-war to Aspinwall and back. | The government makes no charge tor the ser- | vices of the man-of-war, believing that the, protection it affords will lead shippers to send | thew gold to New York instead of Englaud. i i ——-— iii Belle Boyd was married in London on the 25th ult., to Lieut. Harding, an officer im the! U.S. Navy, who means now to enter the! Cowlederate service.