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Foreign Items.
. . me f ari6 journals state that the dejay of
twenty years imposed by Prince Talleyrand
before publishing bis memoirs, which he left
sealed, up, expires this year.
. . .',;There is some talk of signing festival to be
b.eld at Dresden during the summer, at which
twenty.to. twenty-five thousand signers will npvpear.
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' The Liverpool Post publishes the log of the
steamer ChUba, from which it is seen that she
. .accomplished, the Yffy%c from. New York to
Queenstown*' ia^eight da) s. fourteen hours and
8 minutes,(deductingThe difference of time,) a'
feat unparalleled in the.annals of screw steam
navigation. The China's paasagejis several hours
shorter than the fastest ever previously made by
any screw,and has <^ily been surpassed by occa
BiQnal voyages of the Persia and Sdotia.
The-naval flag of Switzerland will' be a|
white cross upon a red field. A "field" is a
. very good jplace to display the navy a pow,
pr that .has; nb sea,boayd or no river running
inio xao sea. po sajs a iioncion cotpmporary,
-fprgetting that the Rhine and the .Rhone take
their ridein the ?>wiss Alps.? v' '
' An'Encash paper computes that there are
.600,000 Jrankards in Great British.
.. ,.tn 1.836,4he population of South Australia
.^rasN20flL In 1864, it was 148,136.
. . Thelplea^antpractic4of bank robbery, has
. br$e%'putin, Hong Kong. The thieves there
inapaged, jto dig a tunnel seventy-feet, in length
rj>etjsyepn thu;drain and the door of the treasury
vault. Haying-raised a flag stone, they cou^>|rived_
to get into, the vault, and to take from
JJrepcejfcaum of .afeout $115,00t)#
? The Way You Always -Stopped.?Tbc'VfiTmrmt;
TJoorirrl folic o . cf ?
- wWiM M 91VJ.JT SJ1 fill ill IJI)~ j
cent old lady, who never before' bad "rid oil !
a railroad,j who was ajpassengcr at the time j
. of a recent collision when a frieght tpin, colli- j
4, ded with a passenger train, smashing one of
~ the cars, killing several p;issengers and ' upset-;
- - ting things generally. As soon as he could j
recover "his scattered senses the conductor went j
- 'in search of ttie venerable daihe, whom he found '
? sitting solitary iand alone in the cars, (the oth- "cr
passengers having sought terra fiirma^) with
a very placid countenance, notwithstanding she
had made a complete summcrsaftlt ovcrthe scat
in front and hcr.bandbos and bundle had gone
Tin8eremonionslv down tlio naceoiMTOon << ! -a
J -v- .-iXlfc.
yon hurt!". inquired the condnctor. "Hurt!
why ?" said the old lady. "We have just been
. ran into by a freight train, two or three<passcngeis
have hecn killed, and several others se
-ycrelj injured." "La, roe'. I didnTt know but
r- that was the way yn?t always stopped."
The United States Army Ja Western Yjrginia
is no longer to find ritious for the suffering
A citizens. They wil iv^lvc protection, butu'ot*
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I Macon' is full of Confederate soldiers and officers.
Only a small force of Union men is there, but with the
assistance of the local authorities it seems 'amply sufliei'itt
for the maintenance of order. -Xlie greatest
harmony seenls to prevail. *
Tho following wo pfip from a correspondence from 4
Washington to the New York - Tipies. A novel .preventative
that: .
Guarding the Prisoners.?The prisoners who aro
inoarcerntecKnt. the arsciial on charge of complicity in
the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, and attempt upon
the life ql Mr. Seward, arc closely guarded by a full
regiment of tiio ltcserve Corps. Among the prccau- .
tioris taken to prevent'the prisoners from committing
suicide, is the padding of tlio head of each thickly with
witun iiuu uuui tu ^uuicni. uiviu iruiu uuuiug uieir
brains out. This precaution is suggested by *the attempt
of Paino a few days ago to take Ins life iif this
| mnnner. '
Late Northern" News Items.?Frttm a- 'New York
Times of the 3d, we gather the information that the
negotiations, ffcr the surrender of the force under Kirby
Smith to General Pope, took place at the month of
the Red River. The terms of the surrender, were the
same, as those granted to General Lee by Gen. Grant.
Smith's array iucluded'all the organized forces West
Lof the Mississippi. . . *
A dispatch from New Orleans stntes that Malloky,
late Confederate Secretary of the Navy, surrendered
6n the 20th ult., at PtSnsaeola to the United, Sta tcs
| forcos.
The sum of $8,O0(f,OOO has been shntto Now Or|
leans by. the Northern Government to pay off the arrears
of the War Department in liiat seftion.
The foreign news is interesting. . The London
Times, of April 2I^says, that the ttje rebel ram Stonewall
was at Tagus on the 20th March. The Government
authorities ordered the rtm to leave within
twenty-four hours, but she did not sail until twenty
hours beyond the time flxod by the noiice. The United
States ships, Niagara and Sacramento entered the
Tagus on the evoning of the 27\li, five hours after the
time for the departmont of the Stonewall had expired.
The presence of thoStonewall. having' excited much '
anxiety, tho Government authorities requested the
; Unjtcd States ships to remain near Bejem Castle, and
notigo out the haxbor Tor twenty-f0ur hours after the
Stonewall The request \^ps accepted and acted apon
by Commodore Ciiavejj, but five hours after tho [sailvr?rw
nf flit* .QfAnort'oll xrrV?on tho aP wh?wmIi ?*>ao
t v* vnv wwuvnu**?-nuva vuv iuv.u ui ?>UJOUih troo
observed?ordera ^ere 'given to change the anchor*
age of the ships. "While the Niagara was executing'
this movement", Belm Castle opened firo upon her,
( one ball striking the port-quarter and Uvo offers elsewhere.
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For this unaccountable procedure on the part,of tho
! Portuguese fort an explanation was demanded .on the
| part of the United States Minister, who slates in hisI
officiukcorrespomlcRcu that explauuUous'unda rcpara[
tiol( hud been accepted! .
| On tli? proposition made by Lous ( Napoleon to
Lord "Cowley that England and Franco -should unite
in a common cause ngain.ft ^Vraerica, should'certain
events transpire iu Canada or Mexico,. tho Loudon
Advertiser takes occasion to denounce tho perlidy of
the French Government, and. docs not conceal |lio
j-fact that tiie proposal willntcet tho deserved indiguaI
tion of the country. "
Advices from Brazos state that Oortinas has
again abandoned the Imperial cause and occupied
Saltillo and Monterey. A "party of his
men are said to have dashed .into Matamoras,
and Mejia had sent to Vera Cruz for reinforcements.
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Bagdad is also.said'to'have bcjeD occupied
by 3000 well afmed men under Cortinas, and
it was thought.that Matamorasyyould ewoft.be
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News from New Orleans.
i;Lonn IN THE Mississippi?13JIEAK IN 1'IIE
'levee?plantations " 6veuflowffj)r-aufFJSUING
AMt)n(r,TllE PEOPLE. &p. /
New Orleans, via Cairo, }
May 5, l?'35. j
Two bund reel and sixty-seven rebel officers,,
ranking: from Colonels to Lieutenant?, captured
at ^Iobile. arrived .here lo-dayj.
The river continues rising, and lias broken
through the levee six nules below Algiers The
break re-opened'to-day. Little damage" done.The
Tunes' correspondent says the country
on the East side, of the rivei^ 'from Tunica
Landing, to Bayou Sara, is completely inundated
for thirty nv? miles, causing great suffering!!
among thp inhabitants, many of whom are in a
starving condition. *
Morgwnza is abandoned in consequence of
the flo^xl. The leym is gradually gi.vin g away
daily, and feafs are entertained of a 'more
destructive overflow-than ever occurred.*
The Mobile News learns that a daily line "of
steamers between Mobile and New Orloana if'
about to be established, and the arrang eiuents
arc nearly completed/
The Mobile News of the 27th nit., lcarfls
that the rebel rams,Nashville, Morgan afnd' five
stea ers aro at Demopolis. j
There are notronps eweept Malberry^s guerrillas
between Mobile and Demopolis.' The
demoralization in the^rebcl army a,nd ni ivy in
that region is very great^ -4 v \
Tbc sjl?ui ship Morning Star arrive^ berc
to-day. J ' .
No sales of cotton. Superfine flour ,i9: hel^
'at $8.25; muscovado sugar at'14c.; Louisiana
molasses 60 to 65cJ
A Remak&able woman'.-'-Tlie Rochester
' Union'' gives -tfie following account .of an
onoArOrir. Ia<Jtr of. Iqttto in tlmf. pit*
A lady entered one of the State street cars
yosterday, and found every seat- taken. A
gentleman rose and invited her to accept tile
^eathebad vacated; Sha did so. politely
thanking hiua for bis kindness. Tlje lady.wore
a dark detain dress, plain shawl and an ordinary
tan colored straw hat. She had a fair
complexion, smiling*countenance, kaeu black
eyes,- aptl an expression.that indicated a ?-ood
degfee of intelligence. vHer appearanoe" waa
neat and tidy, her fape was free frbm dirt .and
paint, her hair was smoothly combed,' without
curies or frimles, or beau catchers. There-^was
nothing in the appearance or deportment of
'this individual that would attract special attention,
or lead any .one to suspect that she vas
not in sound mind, save the fact that ulie
boweu politely and^thanked the gentleman "alio
gave her his seal. This eccentricity is sufficient
to show that the lady is hot in sou'fid
mind, and she ought not to be at large. 1
Tiib Trade Prc/clamation.?A good d*al
of annoyance is occasioned by a-jnisapprclmnsion
of the President's Proclamation of t lie
2Itth ult., ordering that ;ill Vcstrictions upon
commercial intercourse be discontinued in such
parts of certain States as shall be embraced,
within the lines bf the national military occupation.
It will bp observed tlijt the President's
orflpr only excepts stfch, restrictions as arc' imposed
by the acts of Congress, and regulations
in rmrsiiinTir>r> t.hornnf nrosorihorl iif tlin' Sm.ro-.
tary of the Treasury. The President Las not
declared that the insurrectihn iu the States
named has ceased or^bcen suppressed, aird
commercial intercourse with' those districts
canned Uc juried un cxc.ept by permit from,
the Secretary of the Treasury?CKarlestajt
Courier <>)'Ike I Lilt. ?
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BOOTH'S STAGE Eccentricities;?Consider^
;il>U;-lias been said a&out Booth the assassin'sIfabifof
getting excited or so carried away by
the character ht? was impersonating npon the' j
' stage as to make a real, instead,of a mock, at- .
tack upqn liis- adverser/ tile" .play. The. ..
New York Herald speaks of one instance in
that cjry, in his performance of Richard- the
Third, wh*e*, soused to intense excitement, he
attacked Mr.-E. L. Til ton, the Ivichmond of ,
of tire occasion', so'viotontly- as tp knock him ,
into the or'cheepa, nejirlv breaking his aifh. ,
At the .commencement-of his last cngngp
mcnt in Boston, which, by the bye, was at the
j Musetm, and-notlhe Aovrard Xthenaenm/ns- #
stated by the daily papers) this ' excitement"
Lwas spoken of among the stock . company at
rehearsal, and siibsrqnenty. Booth admitted hc,dvul
"cut" men.in softie of-his stage, combats.
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[Jim inics 4(iu mauimr aC[or hi me iviusenin,.
\vh-V was to pcrTorrii Rschmond, JRenaud, &c.r
in sopportidg Booth, speaking,to hrcp on the
subject, said; 'Mr. Booth, it may he as well
^hat we understand each oth<s{ before cora/
mcncing the performance; there Ts no pccessi- ^
ty of an actor being hurt in a stage combat,
and mark toy words, if you cut uiy fingers . or
even scratch my poreon with' ^our s,word, vdcfend
yourself fh earnest, for from that moment'
'the combat will be a real one.'.' >
We'may add, i<j conclusion, tbat tbe,Bos~
top professional, who is a ,quiet, gentlemanly
man, but who has no idea of being ?*cut," to
illustrate another performer's "eccentrtcisy,,r '
received not the slightest jaja^or*cv0n incom"'- venienco
in his stage combats-with Booth, whb? .
probably thought it not wise,to exhibit any
of bis "excitement," during that' epgagemejiW;=
?Bo&ton Commercial Bulletin:
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News .Summary. .
The New York Hcraif says-t - '
Mrs. Charlca Kqpn had a long career on*
the stage. She made ber debut nt Convent
.Qardcn forty-jwo years ago. > , *'
A storv is ciirrent iH fTjwann tW .Toff* TU
vis has on deposit in one of the .banks in that
city 8100,000 in gold. -Mr.
Hunter,'Acting Secretary of State, ,en-v
tercd that departtoent under Vap B,pre,ny
more than thirty1 years ago. '; . *
' It is said that the attempt on the part of :
Confederates to carry opt the la\r of their.
Congress requiring-the negro to fight f(jr tbp
tnslavemctit of his race' has caused a jride
spread and general stam^e'de iu the Southern
part of Mississippi, especially in Pike, . Amite- *
and Wilkinson Counties. / One planter r&ent- .
Iv lost one hundred head of his "peculiar" .
property, and' many others have lost from ten *
I to fifty, and in numerous cases the. runawavs
have carried; 6ft carriages, horses,' mules, har-.
ncss and household efleots belonging to their y
master.. And stifl the exodus continues. v
It is stated in Washington that niformatioi? * 1
has been received at the French Embassy1 of" *
the dangerous illness.of the Emperor Napo- i
leon. '
Outrages up the Road.?Thursday e$5
ning, some parties tore^Aip ^bout -fifteen .firtwenty
yards of the Athens Branch (:of. the
Georgia Railroad, a few ruiles this|>8ide of
A fl.onci ft... 1
ribiikUA. j uu uuimi tium iau VU. IUU, iritOll.-?
Tlic partiesjdtt) tore up the roa_d robbed the
passcngejjMfln General commanding ,tbo> *
United St^BFfcrces in that section, learning
of the outra^fe; pursued the lawless individuals,
overtook thc|j3, recovered the stolen plundered
compelle'd.to rebuild the road. . whaj;
fr.rtfier punishment was administered we hate , '
not Learned.?Augusta Gkrvniclc. . *
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