it i 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. - +m [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. | | 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, | ; 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 7 = i | 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. * 7 * * * * » “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 ee 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. : ee) 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. >_>-+ — 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 < 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. ) who is now travelling in the Sates, sends to his paper some interesting statements of mat- j ters and things there. He says: You published a short time since an account }of a wholesale desertion of something like | Hampshire Regiment, as | through Boston. } 935 men, enlisted at an expense of $100( | per man. It was encamped at | non-commissioned officers. —W hen | found this, about 290 of them left. Sines ! . | knuws it thoroughly deserib-s as abominable; as worse than any thing ever done by Eng- | lish recruiting sergeants; as bad as the worst forms of slavery. Se 2 ————_— A Svewarixe Fieer.—The London Army and Navy Gazette has the following article : —'* The Messrs. Russell and Brimingham are ) pow engaged in the manufacture of an exten- | sive and very novel order of the Russaan Go- vernment. A fleet of war vessels to. sail | under the surface are now being constructed jin Russia. To afford some idea of the mag- nitude of the Russian enterprise, it may be stated that the eost of the tubes alone for a single vessel of this submarine fleet will be nearly £9000. It will contain no less than 33 lengths of wrought iron tubes of 60 feet each, having a 13-inch bore, and a thickness of seven-sixths of an inch. The specitication demand that they shall be capable of bear- ing a pressure of 2000 pounds to the square inch, and Messrs. Russell test every tube up to 2500 pounds. The submarine boat which these tubes are destined for is of such dimen- iron and steel will be used in its construction, The cost will, it is calealated, reach 275,000 silver roubles, or £27,000, and the expendi. ture of this amount has been authorized by the Emperor. Each vessel is to have engines worked by compressed air, and to havea very strong break, with provisions for attacking large cylinders charged with powder to the bottom of vessels, to be fired by electricity. The partics navigating the vessel will see what they are doing by means of * bulls’ cyes,”’ and they will be able to regulate the depth at which they swim, generally keeping quite close to the surface.”’ *y > i An exceedingly rich gold field has been discovered within thirty-five wiles of Nelson, New Zaaland. ‘I'wo diggers eut down a tree upon the banks of a river, and from the soil beneath its roots, in less than two hours, they extracted fifteen pounds weight of pure gold. LE Se —— Tue Deatu or Morgan, —- The Richmond Examiner tells the story of the capture and) death of the guerilla ebief J. Morgan. He was on @ reconnuissanee, and touk lodgings at w bouse near Greenville, Tenn., which proved to be oceupied by the wife of an officer on Burnside’s staff, named Williams. Woaile be slept Mrs. Williams mounted his horse, rode ti. . - '*;90 men, who broke and fled from a New he bitterest, most venge'ul | . i¢ wags passin; Let them enter into the | Of politieransin this ensanguined controversay r ° That regiment numbered Gresbow | Point, on the Maryland side of the Potomac, ‘ ty | and on the first night of its encampment the ! Alice Bridgenorth—the pious, well-meaning, | guard deserted, inclading the officers and the men “A Belfaster,” on the Union question, and “ Truth,” in reference ta certain misdeeds of the Road Commissioner about Montague, will alse appear in our uext. Both require considerable corrections before they ean be placed in the hands of the printer. , It is a very great tax ou the time )) and patience of au editor—no matter how humble his sphere of action may be—to expect that he will be ready at all times to make such corrections in the letters of his correspondents as will fit thew for the press. Jf such letters are, for a long time, delayed in guing to print, or altogether cast aside, the fanlt rests net with the editor but with the writers. » + epee “ A Catechism of Geography adapted for Pro- vincial Schools, by Edward Manniag, English and Mathematial Masier iu the St. John Granimar School” — is the title of a little work which bas been just issued from the press of Messrs. J. & A. MeMillan, of St. John, N. B. The work ap- pears to be a very correct mauual of the kind; and not the least of its merits is, that it gives more prominence than other Geographies to the aspects and territoria) resources of British Ame- rica. Schools generally should receive it, if ap- proved by their respective Boards of Education, as we think if might be; and older scholars who don’t go to school, we are confideut, would find a refresher to their general information on Geo- graphy by a perusal of Mr. Manning’s pages. Oe THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL, for October, Royal Alliances are reported. Princess Dagmar, second daughter of King Christian of Denmark, is about ta be betrothed te the Czarowitch, eldest son of the Emperor of Russia; also that the King of Greece is to marry a Russian Princess. FRaNOE.— Rumored the Emperor intends to establish a new nobility aa a cauuterpoise to Democracy. Bourse steady, 66 70. AusTria.—Official Weimer Zeitung denies ru- mor that Austria intends forming ten new infantry regiments. Danisu QuesTion.—Prussian papers refer to hitches in peace negotiations, owing to tenacity of Denmark on financial question. Breaking off of negotiations is threatened. Svain.—Queen received new Mexican Minister. Speeches on both sides express sympathy and good understanding between the twa Gevern- ments, Unhappy Denmark is experiencing the truth of the old adage that it is better (gree with your adversary quickly in the way leo. he refuse after- wards to let you off, unless you have paid the very utmost farthing. Having surrendered the Duchies withthe understanding that the States, which are supposed to be benefitted by the change of ralers, shall pay the expenses of that change, tt now ap- pears that Prussia, and probably Austria alao, are | bent upon obtaining some hard cash out of then impoverished victim. Denmark, obstinate as her enemies call her, hereie as her frieuds eall her, re- sists this last piece of injustice, but te no purpose She is told that if she does not pay, Jutland, which is now occupied by the Allies, will follow the Duchies, and be annexed to Germany. The two German Powers know that they may do this with impunity. Even the Times has ceased to threaten those future punishments which were to befal the robbers at some unknown time by some unknown hand. There is no reason, so far as England ix concerned, why the allies should net finish off their work by fulfilling the programme which Lord Palmerston pictured. Ouly it would be wiser for them to delay it until after the Prince and Prin- cess of Wales have finished their tour te Copen- hagen. To put King Christian in chains while his daughter and son-in-law were looking on might produce unpleasant consequences, might even induce her Majesty's Ministers to call a Cabi- net Council to consider whether they should “take any steps," might lead even to ordering the Channel fleet to the Downs. The foreign papers give eurreney to rumours nearly affecting ourselves which are not altoge- ther new in thiscountry. The relations between the Prince and the Princess of Wales and the Queen ore suid to be of an unsatisfactory charac- ter. The absence of their Royal Highnessess at the inauguration of the Albert Memorial at Perth, and the fact that they did not take leave of her Majesty before they embarked at Dundee, are considered to indicate that the estrangement pro- duced by the Danish question, and which it was hoped had been removed, is now revived. There are also in Paris unfavourable rumours respecting the Queen’s health, which are said to cause con- siderable anxiety, The Prince and the Princess of Wales have left for Denmark by way of Dundee, and as that town bad not been honoured by the presence ot Royalty for abont twenty years, the inhabitants can hardly be censured for running counter to the Prince’s wishes, and giving a hearty welcome to both their Royal Highnesses. They arrived in Dundee somewhat after their appointed hour, but has been received, and is a very interesting No.| th, misunderstanding which caused the delay It is embellished by a portrait of President Liu-| was fortunately obviated m time. It is believed coln, on the first page, and the biographical sketch | that their absence from England will last about which accompanies it is entertainiug, and much ive. works, ty when one Oy bene nt. only, fo : : , ' make some stay in Denmark, but to to pay a more flattering to the President than his portraitis. | short visit to the Baltic and te see St. Petersburg. i — Belfast contigues quiet, and there appears a BLACK WOOD's MAGAZINE, for August, has been | probability that the disturbances are at an end. received from the American Publishers. “ Tony Another death bad taken place at the hospital, Butler,” and “ Courneli ‘J ma .. * ) and the lives of several of the wounded there are a er, “ Cornelius O'Dowd,” maintain despaired of. The Belfast magistrates have been their usual interest unimpaired. As for “ Tony} busy during the past day or two disposing of Butler,” we felt savage with the author when we | C@8¢s arising out of the receut riots. The charges have been tor being in possession of fire arme. Some of the prisoners were committed for trial, leaving us al a point where our interest was the | and others were fined, and a large proportion came to the conclusion of his fortieth chapter, most strongly excited. Of course, we shall have to get the next No. if we uever after read another page in Blackwood. iain lillie dls A Professor Lowe, from the States, made a balloon ascention from St. John, N. B., on Friday jast. The Telegraph of that city, in noticiug the event, says ;—He attained ay altitude of one mile, | and could distinctly see the city of Fredericton, | and vessels on the Atlantic beyond Nova Scotia ; he could distinguish the outline of Prince Edward Island. The time oecupied by the voyage was about one balfhour. He landed at Loch Lomond, about seven miles from St. John. ——--_+—_~<—>e—___—__~ Picrou RaitRoap.—The Colonial Standard learus that Mr. Fraser, the contractor on Railway section No. 1, is busily engaged in forwarding the work on his contract. He has about 150 men fifteen miles and returned with a squad of soldiers. Morgan broke frow the bouse but! was surrounded. tle drew a revolver, swore | he would not be taken alive, and attem) ted to break through the line, and was killed by a volley. — ~~} eo -—--— Tae Cost or rue Lare Riors iw Betrast.—_ employed, and is waking satisfactory progress with the work. We learn that something over 10 miles additional are ready for contract on that ead of the read, whieh will be Jet separately or together with the remainder of the line to Pictou. — —~oe OO The Pope has gone to Castle Gondolfo to enjoy Beltast paper say the injury that has been/| the pure air of that place, which is always so done both to life and property during the late | beueficial to him, Upwards of one hundred, & persons are known to have been wounded by from Castle Gondolfy to Albano. riots is tearful. gunshots, aud of these some ten haye died. Every afternoon he takes pe- | sstrian exereise in the shaded avenues loading Antonelli and | Merode each visit the Pope once a week. appear to have been discharged. Complaints are rife all through France of the effects of the excessive drought which is being experienced there, as well as other parts of the continent. The grass is literally burnt up, the supply of water is running short in the wells and springs, and man and beast are alike suffering. A return made te an address of the House of Commons shows that there are 2676 policemen in | Scotland, of whom 1835 are married, and 791 single, The married men took 10,639 days ab- seuce duriug the year; the single men, 6U03. ———~— > INDIA, The news from India is rather interesting than important. Nothing had been dove relative to the Bhovtan affair. Often have the horrors conneeted with the an- nual processivn of the Car of Juggernaut been depicted, but the last sketch of this Brahmin ce- remony is appalling in its hideousness. An old wowan and two inen threw themselves under the car, and hfe was speedily crushed out of them. “ The crowd stood still,” says the account, “ and they dragged the car back so as to remove the dead. The two dead men and the dying woman were left together. With the same frantic roar the ear was dragged op again; but whether its wheels were dyed with fresb blood or not we cannot say, for we did not stay to see” It 1s to the discredit of the Indian Government that this moustrous celebration has been so long tolerated. Any interference with the religious ceregonies of a sen-barbareus people should, we admit, be ap- proached cautiously, bet when human Jife is thus wantonly sacrificed in tuis barbarous and brutal way, the civil arm should arrest tae murderous exhibition. THE CIVIL WAR IN THE starpy NEWS BY TELEGRAPY. CUARLOTTETOWN, Sept. 19, 1aR4 Late Mexican news says that Cortinas indi himselt unable to cape with the French, mute, this side, drove the Confederate forces from Brownsville, occupied the place, hoisted the American flag and offered his services to the United States government... .. The French squa- dron at the mouth of the Rio Grande had Seized several blockade runvers from New Orleans, All epposition tu the Mexican Empire has censed ie the Pacific States. ....Guld 2264. SEPTEMRER 20, Secretary Stanton announces that Gon. Sheri. dan attacked Gen, Early yesterday, Raving » splendid victory, capturing 2,500 prisoners, 9 flags, and 5 cannous, 4 Coufederate generals killed aud 3 wounded. Early retreating up the Shenandugh Valley with the remainder of bis army, leaving killed and most of his wounded in the Peders| hands. .... Federal General Rassel tilled... Drafts commenced yesterday in Districts of Qy lumbia, Ky., and New York—ail proceeded quieg. ly.....Gold 222. SeEPreMBer Qj, It is now stated that Sheridan eaptured 3,099 prisoners, besides wounded, which amount to about 5,000; whole Confederate loss placed at 10,000 killed, wounded and missing. Federals pursued Early 30 miles upto yesterday... News from Grant to Monday says he was massing great uunbers of troops on the Weldon Railroad; greag battle expected there svon. Rumors of attack by Confederates on Grant's left yesterday... .. About thirty raiders from Canada seized twe suuail steamers on Lake Erie, parolled guard and started down the Lake; one steamer sunk and the other burned... .. Gold 220, New York, Sept. 22. Richmond Enquirer warns non-combatants to leave that city, or encounter perils of battle and starvation.....Six persons killed and large num- ber wounded by accident on the Pen. Railroad, .---Last night another accident on Hudson River railread,—two killed and a few injured..... Steamship “ Persia” arrived last night. British Government declined to interfere in case of steamer “ Georgia.” .... Reported a large swift steamer hoisted Confederate flag, arrived at Bre- merbaden. She is pierced for 40 guns, and car- ries 300 men; will be commanded by Semmes. ....No war ships of eitherthe Confederate or Fe- deral service will be allowed in future to enter British porte for the purpose of being disusantled or sold.....Consula 87 1-4 a 874. Gold 219. SerpTemMeer 23. Despatches from Sheridanjon Wednesday night say evemy's infantry made a stand at Flint Hill, beyond Stiasburg, in strongly entrenched positions which was attacked by Federals, carried and held at latest accounts..... Karly still retreating..... Reported Confederate General Price, with twenty thousand (20,000) men, crossed Arkansas River, en route to Mirsouri, to recover that State. Fe- derals prepared tor them,.... Richmond Enguirer gives a rumour that State of Georgia is negotiating fer peace with General Sberman.....No news trom Grant or Sherwan.....Gold 210. WA R MATTERS. General Thomas Francis Meagher has been relieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac, and ordered to report to Major Gen. Sherman. Generals Grant and Sherman each urge that the draft be made immediately. Secretary Stan- ton announces that it is ordered to commence in all States and districts where the quota is nat filled by volunteers, this day, Monday, the 19th instant, aud will go on until completed. Volun- teers and substitutes will be reecived and eres dited toas jate a period as possible. Voelun: teering is still progressing with vigor in most of the States. The New York Daily News ( Peace) of Tneaday morning last, says; “We are happy in being able to state that preliminary steps are being taken by the friends of Peace to call a National Convention of the demoerracy, to place in neu j nation candidates tur President aud Vice-ire. | sident.”” The Bangor Temes, of Tuesday, refers thus ty the impending bate :—* Although the military atmosphere is Comparatively clear just now, the cloud of impending battle » gathering over the opposing hosts on the seilof Virgida, Baffled at every point, the rebels seem preparing te concen: trate their remaining strength for a fierce contes> areund their capital. Every available man is being sent to Lee, and equal readiness to meet the emergency is displayed by our Government, Gen. Grant is receiving reinforcements rapidly, and most happily his position will doubtless com, pel General Lee to attack him. The collisiey between the iwo, when it comes, vill probably be the most terrmble of the war, and upon it will depend the prolongation of the struggle or the destraction of the rebellion. The nation watches in suspense the result of the fearful couflict, God save the Republic.” By sentence of court-martial recently promul- gated, eighty-right officers, of all grades, from Colonel to 2d Lieutenant, have been dismissed in disgrace. They were convicted of drunkenness, shamefully abandoning positions in freut of the enemy, inducing others to run awey, stealing, lying, false mustering, drinking stimulants iutend- ed tur use of sick, encouraging suldiers to plunder and pillage private citizens, embezzling commis- sary stores, desertion, opening private letters, ete, <r THE SITUATION. Two important despatches have been received at the War Department relating to the draft, The one from Lieutenant-General Grant arserta that “ prompt action in filling our armies will nave more effect upon the enemy than a victory over them ;”” and concludes—* The enforcement of the draft and the prompt filling up of our armies will save the shedding of blood to aa im- mense degree.” General Sherman, in his des- patch, says:—* The enforcement of the law will manifest a power resident in our Government equal to the occasion. Our Government, though a Denueant should in times of trouble and danger be able to wield the power of a great nation.” Secretary Stanton, therefore, announces the draft ‘to commence in all the States and districts where the quota is not filled by volunteers on Monday next” —volunteers and substitutes to be accepted and “credited to as late a period as possible.” The usual amount of picket firing along the lines of the contending forces around Petersburg still coutinues night and day. The rebels appear determined not to allow a similar surprise to take place as that by which we captured the line of pickets last week. From rebel sourees we learn that General Sherman bas ordered all the white inhabitants to leave Atlanta and to proceed either North or South as they may elect. A ten days’ truce had been agreed upon between Hood and Sherman, in order that transportation should be provided for these who chose to go South. It is stated that Sherman’s army wae massed around Atlanta. Wheeler reports his recent morement inte Ten- vessve to have been a complete success, and that he had destroyed the railroad and bridges of the Nashville read and fifty miles of of the Tennessee Railroad, and his lose was about one hundred in killed and wounded, He says nothing about the fate of Morgan ond his band. The United States steamer J. P. Jackson, of the Gulf Squadron, captured, about the beginning of the preseut month, a rebel launch, armed with with onejgun, in Mississippi Sound, where she had been cruising with the intention of attacking and capturing our vessels. The rebel General Kirby Smith has ordered the enrolment of all uegroes m his department be- tween eighteen and fifty, for service in the rebel army. From Mobile Bay we learn that the Winne- bago had passed the obstructions at a point from which she can throw shell into the city of Mobile. She has been followed by three other veasels, aud all four are ia line of battle, ready to shell the city when ordered by Farragut. Mobile is st our mercy. General Granger's position at Cedat Point has been fortified.— New York Tribune. Authoritative and reliable from Louden county, received et Harper's Ferry, affirm that all the guerilla companies in Northwestern Vir- ginia, including Mosby's gang. have been ordere to repair forthwith to Richmond, to take part a grand attack which is now being prepa against (General Grant’s ariny. It ss said that part of General Hood's defeated Georgia army has already arrived at Richmond, and will also take part in the proposed rebel coup de grace. In Richwond, on Sunday last, in several of the churches, sermons were preached urging the clergy and the heads of families to give their Ir fluence to the recruitment of General Lee's army, preparatory to the grand assault, which wou annihilate Geueral Grant’s army, and retrieve their lost ground. In Northwestern Virginia pa triarchal old men have been seen to urge o people te turn out all their able-bodied men = take part in the last blow which was to make the South a free and independent nation. It is that at the proper tune Genera! Early’s amy will leave the valley aud take part ia the pro}: ™» ~~ «s ste 1 & Ge eS we 22 SS oe