FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF TJIE CANADA.
Sfvcu uays Luier News.
Telegraph Office, St.
Wednesday Oct.
The titcamship Canada, Cant
John.
3 P. M.
Judkins,
arrived at Halifax, at"9 o'clock yesterday
morning, having made the passage from
Liveipool in less than ten days, which is
remarkably quick time at this inclement
season of the year.
The Canada brings dates from Liver-
pool to the 22, and
from London to the
21st ult.
Commercial Summary.
The commercial news upon the whole,
exhibits no improvement. The produce
markets are fairly supplied, but the de
mand for most articles is inactive.
The cotton trade is languid; but al
though sales are limited, prices have not
given way.
In breadstuffs great firmness is exhibi
ted and higher prices have been paid.
A moderate amount of business is re
ported in cured provisions, at steady pri
ces. Advices Irom manufacturing districts are
unsatisfactory. At Manchester there is
not much business doing in either goods
or yarns, but manufacturers are willing to
eell at lower prices.
The metal trade is in a healthy state,
and a fair business is done at fair prices.
Tlie Potato Desease, Ect.
The unfavorable reports of the progress
of the rjotato desease has been the chief
fcause of this reaction Indian corn being
a little dearer.
Up to date no very large supplies of home
wheat have found their way to market, but
in a week or two the farmers will have
more leisure: and it will then be seen
whether the lite improvement will be
maintained. Every thing depends upon
the extent of the injury which may event
ually happen to the stock of potatoes
The Grape and Hop Crops.
The vines in the South of France hav e
suffered very seriously. The Hop pick
ing in England has proved a disastrous
one, and a great effort is now being "made
by the growers to procure relief from the
Government.
The Cholera Abating.
A most favorable change has taken place
in the mortality from cholera throughout
England, and the number of cases has de
clined about halt, r rorn tlie commence
ment of the epidemic, 12,837 persons have
been swept away.
The cholera appears to have permanent
ly diminished in Paris.
IRELAND.
The Potato Blight.
The Potato desease is, without doubt,
extending into several districts in Ireland,
and the low prices of potatoes is attributa
blc in some degree, to the alarm of the far
mers, who are anxious to dispose of their
crops; but the disease is very partial, and
some kind of potatoes are not at all aflect
ca it is oniv in a verv siirnt decree in
some parts of the county of ClareT For
instance, at Milton and Mulberry the blight
has not appeared.
Dearth of Political Xcws - Cholera at
Trieste.
The political news presents no new fea
ture and the English journalizers lament
the want of anything uponVhich they can
write.
The cholera is committing serious rava
ges at Trieste.
Comorn able to Hold out for a Year.
Military operations, with the exception
of the siege of Comorn, now regularly es
tablished, have ceased throughout Europe.
Comorn still holds out, and it is said
that the besieged can defy the besiegers
one year.
The Turks refuse to Surrender the Hun
garian Chiefs.
The influence of Russia and Austria is
i : ! i -v
uciuy cveneu iu compel me t'orte to sur
render the Hungarian chiefs who have
taken refuge in Turkey; but letters from
Constantinople, to the 5th states that
this has been positively refused by the
Porte.
Progress of the Pope.
i he rope has quited Gaeta and has
proceeeded to Naples, wHerc he has taken
up his abode in Portico Palace. His re
ception at Naples was of the most striking
and popular character. The Pope cvin
ces no intention of returning to Rome at
present, and thus far no real progress
seems to have been made towards the
satisfactory solution of the Italian ques
tion. Troubles in Spain.
News was daily expected from Moroc
co, where the bpanish and French Gen
erals seemed likely to produce something
mure man a mere demonstration. The
Moors were expected to make an attack
on Massilla, having already cut off the sup
plies. Assembling of the Spanish Ministry
The newly appointed ministers were
assembling at Madrid, but no notice seems
to be taken of the events going on relative
to Cuba.
FRANCE.
The Clergy in Council.
A good deal of attention is directed to
the metropolitan Council of the Clergy,
which has commenced its sitting at Paris.
Almost all the bishops and clergyof France
arc assembling at the Council.
Duties on Oil Seeds.
Fresh protective duties have been im
posed on the importation of foreign oil
eeas, wan a view to protect the culture of
wi feccos in Algeria.
Successor to M. Lt pr(dour.
Romanic Dcsuarl succeeds; M. Le Prc-
dour in the command of the French naval
forces in Laplattc.
Trial of May and June Insurgents.
The Moniteur contains an order from
M. Dercngen, President of the High Court
of Justice, fixing the 19th of October for
thfi nneninfr of the trial'at Versailles of the
persons implicated in the conspiracy of
June 12th 1819; and also of such as are
accused of being connected with the affair
of May 15, 1848, but who had not made
their appearance at the High Court of
Justice at Bourges.
Reduction of Military Force.
It appeared to be suddenly decided that
i in a short space of time a reduction will
be effected in the French army.
Germany.
The papers received this morning an
nounce the unexpected resignation of the
Ministry, en masse, on Monday evening,
after a night's deliberation. The King
accepted their resignations, and gave in
structions ior the formation of another cab
inet. The circumstance which led to the
result has not transpired.
Turkey Refusal to Deliver up the Hun
garian Refugees to Austria.
Honor to the Sultan Honor to the
Turkish Ministry! They have nobly done
their duty, and have refused to become
panderers to the vindictive blood thirsting
of rrancis Joseph and Nicholas. The
Russian Ambassadors at Porte demanded
the extradition of the Hungarian officers,
Ivossuh, Dembinski, PerecelMesmerasses
and their companies.
A Russian General arrived at Constan
tinople on tke 15th, on a special mission
The special mission being to bully the
Sultan into a compliance with the demands
of Austria, a counsel was held, and the
I'urkish Government resolved not to sur
render the ilungarian refugees to either the
Russian or Austrian Government. On the
decision being communicated to the Sultan
he declared, in the most impressive and
determined manner, that the refugees should
not be given np, let the consequences be
what they might.
V e trust that Lord Palmerston will do
his duty as well as the Sultan has done
his that Russia and Austria will be
given to understand that war with Tur
key lor such a cause means war with
England.
We are pleased to learn that Kossuth
and his companions are furnished with
passports from the English Ambassador,
and we trust that every assistance to sup
port him will be rendered by England, in
gaining the independence ot his country
against the attacks of Russia and Austria.
London Sun.
Austria and Hungary.
The latest accounts from Vienna are to
the 13th ult. inclusive, and bring intelli
gence of the surrender of Peterwardien
to the Imperial troops on the 5th ult.
Part of the Magyars, headed by the com
mander Kess, decided still to hold out,jbut
the majority decided to offer no longer
resistance.
The Berlin Constitutional correspon
dent positively affirms that the Austrian
government has, on the ground of existing
Cartel treaties, the tenor of which is very
strict, imperatively required the Turkish
Government to close its frontier against
the Hungarian insurgents, and to deliver
up the insurgents who have already taken
refuge in the territories of the Porte in
cluding Dembinski, Kossuth, Perczel, and
Messaros. The Beshlau Gazette further
informs us that the Emperor of Russia
had, in conjunction with his allies, and 4in
the interest of European tranquility and
security,' undertaken to insist, in very
categorical terms, on the surrender of the
Hungarian refugees by the Turkish gov
ernment.
J lie news from Hungary confirms the
opinion expressed by our correspondent at
Vienna, that the Emperor of Austria is
disposed to deal severely with the defeated
insurgents. Even the fate of Gorgey was
very doubtful for a lime. His Imperial
luajesiy navmg telt at first strongly inch
ned to send him before a court-martial. A
remonstrance on the part of the Czar is
said to have dissuaded the Government
from carrying out this design. Mean
while, it is certain that the fugitive leaders
of the Ilungarian revolution have no mer
cy to expect, and alreadv a long lis! of
names is drawn up, to be forwarded to the
authorities in all parts of the empire. The
list contains sixty personal denunciations,
or sieck-uriete, including the names of
Hem, Kossuth, Madame Kossuth (born
1 r t . f t . ...
.uei-Aieiigi,; rcioiy (described as a poet,)
aim jrerczei.
According to the calculations of expert
..v,vn i..iSiiici;i, an army ot 7U,0UU men
is aDsoiuteiy necessary, if the seige of
Comorn is to be carried on with 'any
cnance oi success. Fearf ul loss of life
must ensue should an attempt be made to
take Comorn by force of arms, and even if
it should be determined to starve out the
garrison, a year would perhaps elapse be
fore it could be effected, as thp W;,
have such vast stores of provisions.
m .. "wuui.i vj nit; eiaie oi Hungary
are deplorable. A short time since,' ob
serves tne correspondent of the Colorn,
Gazette, 'Hungary'succumebd to armed
force. It is now on the verge of financial
ruin, owing to (he bank note crisis. Ac
cording to the Deutsche Reform, 02,000
000 of Kossuth's notes are in circulation,
paper money, and the
sudden annihilation of this vast currency
is already producing its effects.
The Deutsche Reform has news fro'm
;,iuiuavia to tne etiect that the corps of
iiuugdiiaus irum juuu to 1000 stron",
which had crossed the frontier, was en
camped at Widin. Bern and Kossuth
w ere unaer tne protection of this small
ar-
my,
i iaci wnicn ctiectual v disnnc nr
tact which effectually
mc rrport tnat the rormer had been captu -
red by the Russians. An application on
the part of the Austrian authorities to the
Pacha of Widin for the extradition of this
corps had been refused, until the receipt
of further instructions from Constantino
ple. The insurgents above mentioned are
provided with tents bythe Turks, and live
very comfortably.
It is said that the Emperor has remitted
the fine inflicted upon the Pesthand Buda
Jews by Gen. Haynau.
Two Hungarian officers had been put
to death at Arad and Temesvar, one by
hanging; and the estates of two were con
fiscated.
It is announced that the Turkish Minis
try has positively refused to deliver up the
Hungarians who have taken refuge m
their dominions. The Russian Ambassa
dor at the. Porte demanded the extradition
of the Ilungarian officers, Kossuth, Dem
binski, Perczel, Mesmerasses, and their
companions. A Russian general arrived
at Constantinople on the 15th, on a spe
cial mission that special mission being to
bully the Sultan into a compliance with
the demands ot Austria. A council was
held and the Turkish government resolved
not to surrendfir thn Tl
-. . . b o I.,
either the Kussian or Austrian Govern-
ment. On this decision being communi-
atep to the Sultan, he declared in the
most impressive ana determined manner
m
that the refugees should not be given up,
let the consequences be wliat they might.
Tl- - T - CT ITT . . i
x ue xsunaon oim says: vv e trust tnat
Lord Palmerston will do his duty as the
Sultan has done his; that Russia and Aus-
tria will be given to understand that warlord in rpepint rf ITnvana innrnals to her
with Turkey for such a cause means war aay cf saihng. They contain the folio w-
TlthvEnsland' We are ieJoiced to find ino- important intelligence, relative to the
that Kossuth and his companions are fur- reported intervention of the English in Yu
nished with passports from the English r- ih nnmnca f nifltinir thf
Ambassador, and we trust that every as-
sistance will be rendered by England to
auiTu U1C '""epenuence oi nis country
against the attacks of Russia and vassal
i reparations to Besiege Comorn.
supplies ot warlike stores had been for-
warueu to me Austrian troops, in order to
undertake besieging operations.
I .1
1 he garrison of Comorn was said to
amount to 15,000 or 20,000 men. to be
well supplied with provisions, and in state
of complete discipline.
rni T i
i lie onicers were said to have held a
meeting, and to have resolved by a large
majority, not to surrender.
ine terms onered Dy the Magyars are
said to have been an amnesty for the whole
garrison; passports for all those who might
wish to leave the country; the recognition
ot Kossuth s notes to their full value; to
give tne soldiers ten days and the onicers
a month s pay.
According to the V ienna Journal of the
the 13th, 80,000 men are to besiege Co-
morn, under the orders of Gens. Haynau
and Nugent. A bombardment was to
commence on that day, when the Aus
trians had occupied a great part of the Is
land Schutt, without resistance, but part of
the insurgents were in a strongly entrench
camp before the fortress, and it was
expected that a battle would take
place
there.
It was rumored at Vienna, that Bern had
fallen into the hands of the Russians
in
Wallachia.
The Insurrection on the Island of
Cephalonia.
The insurrection on the Island of Ceph
alonia has gained ground since the last ac-
counts. I he troops sent to quell it have
proved sufficient. The Lord High Com-
missioner proceeded there in person, and
had a narrow escape with his life. A sol
dier was shot dead by his side. Martial
law is in full rigor, feeven of the insur
gents have been sentenced to death and
executed. A portion of the English squa-
dron stationed at Malta, is under way for
Cephalonia, and it is hoped that tranquility
will soon be established.
A difficulty with the Bey of Tunis.
It alt the reported dilhcuiiies ot our
government with foreign powers be true.
there is enough work for the Secretary of
, .... .
State before he settles them all. A cor
respondent of the Baltimore Sun mentions
one with the Bey of 1 unis, as follows
A diplomatic dihiculty is pending in
relation to a claim of John Howard Payne,
formerly Consul at Tunis, upon the Bey
Mr. Payne, while our representative at
the Tunisian Court, got the Bey, who is
landlord of all the consular mansions, to
agree
to renovate the then falling one of
thf United States iust a? Tlis Ilio-hnpss
was at that very moment doing for the
consulate of Great Britain but, though
the work was nerformed. 'and slowlv.
enough, too,1 Mr. Payne was obliged to
urge it onward by considerable advances
towards the payment for it, thinking him-
splf sf.frnrn in beinor able to nharae them
upon the rent, which conies on that sta
tion out of the Consul's own pocket. Mr,
Payne's removal, however, (to make way
for a political friend of anew adminislra-
tion,) occurred before "sufficient rent was
due to cover his advances; and the Bey
kept on promising, until his creditor was
fairly out of Africa, and then His High
ness ceased to say anything more upon
the subject.
The affair being brought before the
State Department, President Polk hand
somely overlooking his objection on the
party score to Mr. Payne, ordered the
Bey to be peremptorily applied to for
payment; but His Highness still continued
silent. President Taylor reiterated the
order of his predecessor, until at length
the Bey hearing that a squadron was on
its way to refresh his royal memory, di
rected the advances in question to be re -
fnAoA- hut
saying at the same time that
'morc having been done
to the house than
he thought it needed, he, therefore, only
agreed to pay the money out of compli
ment to his beloved friend, the United
States Government, and not because he
considered that it ought to have bepn asked
by his aforesaid beloved friend.
Either subtle intriguing or egregious
blundering, has since interposed actively
to embarrass this affair, in consequence of
which it seems likely that finaljustice can
only be obtained after all by some new
exertion of diplomatic skill and decision.
There is little doubt but all will come right
eventually, as it has been thus far con
ducted with an address and vigor by Mr
Clayton, which promise the most satisfac
tory results. Those best instructed con
cerning the particulars, think that Mr.
Payne has been pretty hardly used by the
barbarian chief, and will rejoice to see the
handsome efforts of the Department to
assert his undeniable rights crowned by
tne speedy payment to him of- not only
principal, but interest, with a due allow-
ance tor maemnincation; ana at tne same
time it might not be inexpedient, as a sort
oi proiecuon againsi similar annoyances
hereafter, to set on foot a little salutary
scrutiny into the tricks whereby the set
, i i i l ,11.,
uemeni nas Deen so long aim t uuiu.j
From the N. O. Delta. Sept. 25.
Later from Yucatan and Central America-
Rumored Intervention of the English.
TW thp Rriir P. Srmlp. Cant. Williams
,ttVi,V n-rifeH tmctorfl-j r frnm Havana.
wilpn.e she sailed on the 16th inst.. we
- mint rv. nn rnnflitinn of nortion of that
territory being ceded to them.
A letter from Campeachy, dated Aug.
Uq savs: Much alarm has Drevailed here.
1 111 vUllvU U V- 11VV V VilV ilihWi VUV1UJ1
ht is reported the English have offered, in
der to put an end to our war with the
in;.. tt n M hrlfr-rtf-
U esterday brought a communication from
the Mexican minister of relations, and a
O
package from the English minister in that
wno was to forward them to the Governor
of Yucatan.
A letter from Merida, under date of Sep
tember 3, states that from all ;he inforraa
tion that could be obtained upon the sub
ject, the Government ot lucatan would
never consent to the proposed intervention
Under any circumstances.
The Indians made a desperate attempt
to retake Bacalar, on the 29th June, but
were repulsed, after several hours' fighting.
They then attacked Tihosuco, on the 7th
and 8th of Aug., but with no better success.
Gov. Barbachano had recently been re-
elected, and has received $16,000 to cany
on the war. That sum had been promised
him monthly, hereafter, by the Mexican
minister of war.
The Yucatan journals express great
indignation at the rumored collection on
Round Island, under Colonel White, of
persons whom they denounce as"ph-ates"
who, they believe, are about to invade
ueatan.
The Havana Gaceta re-echoes the sen
timents of its faithful ally of despotism,Jthe
Cromca, of New i ork, in relation to the
recent proclamation of Gen. Taylor.
Papers from Guatamala ana balvador,
to the 2Gth July, have reached Havana.
They state that,notwitstandmg thearrange-
ment between the President and Carrera,
the rebellion in Las Alto, headed by Gen.
Guzman, was still progressing, aided by
Leon Raimondo, and others. The charge
d'Affairs of the United States and Belgium
were about to quit the country. An at-
tempt to revolt had been lately put down
by the President in Amatitlan.
In Salvador everything was peaceful and
improving.
In ISicaragua a civil war had broken out
producing the most lamentable effeets on
the country. The Government expected
to be able to suppress the revolt. A charge
d' iffairs had arrived from the United
States at San Juan.
The President of Honduras opened the
Legislative session on the 10th June, and
tendered his resignation. It was supposed
that it would be accepted-
Iu Costa Rica all was tranquil. Presi
dent Castro, at the opening of the session
of Congress, May 1st, congratulated the
country on its regeneration since the chan-
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1848.
The Round Islanders.
The Washington Republic, of yester
day, says: "We understand that the
communications received at the Navy De
partment from Commander Randolph
with regard to the men assembled at Round
Island, are conclusive as to their illegal
designs. The military organization; the
terms of enlistment; the nature of the ser-
vice; the disposition of the arms; thechar-
acter ot the country to be attacked; are atl
clearly proved by the abundant testimony
of persons found among the members of
the expedition.
The Mobile Herald has the following
letter from Pascagoula, dated Sept. 20th:
"The t estimated number of persons lying
at Round Island is 380. Of these some
80 left the island recentTn A about half
of them have since retumv.;
"It is expected that they will start now
pretty soon. The principal leader is look
ed for here presently from the north. Who
he is, is not known, but I suspect he is the
Spanish General Lopez, now or recently
residing in New York.
"One thing is certain: these adventurers
have an abundance of means
The steamship Vixen has arrived at N. Y
A Chapter on Witches. ,
Grace Greenwood discourses, in the
happiest vein of humor and philosophy
combined, upon Witches, in the paragraphs
which follow. They are from a recent
letter in the National Era, to; which Grace
is contributing a scries of most delightful
epistles: .
"We also visited Salem last week.
What a substantial, stationary, self-satisfied
aristocratic look there is about this fine old
town. How unlike any other place in
this changing, hurried, ambitious, advan
cing, levelling, new world of ours. But
Salem is modern enough to be beautiful
and elegant, and evidently rich enough to
dispense with the noise and bustle and
mad hurry of money-making.
After Execution-hill,' had been pointed'
out to me, my mind was thronged with
sad and awful memories, and I lookeain-'
voluntarily about me as I walked the
streets, for 4weird sisters,' among the pas
sers by. I saw no wrinkle faced, sinister
eyed old women, but I saw plenty smiling,
blooming young girls, who could not deny
their own witching beauty, were they
hanged for it. Ah, it would have gone
hard with, them in the good old colony
times! Neither trial by fire nor trial by
water would have saved them, for the name
of their victims would have been 'legion.
After all, are we wiser in our day and gen
eration than our forefathers? They hung
such ar were fairly proved to be witches,
and condemned as such, but, doubtless,
many escaped through cunning or bribery,
or the pity of others. But, in our time, all
possessing, or suspected of possessing, or
thinking they possess dangerous charms,
are immediately immured in close ball
rooms, concert rooms, school rooms, kitch
ens and nurseries: deprived of proper air,
exercise, aims and comforts; forbidden to
ramble and climb, laugh loud, wear thick
shoes; compelled to waltz into the morn
ing, and sleep into noon; to subsist on
French novels and French cookery; to
embroider blue-black brigands and pink!
cherubs in worsted; or, even worse, to toil
day after day in noisy factories and mili
nary shops! Thus are our witches speed
ily and effectually deprived of their mighty
spells, the wicked enchantments, which,
for a brief while, held in their thrall the
souls of men. Thus, from bright eyes
grown dim, from rosy cheek grown pale,
from the plump figure grown spare, from
the neat dress grown careless, from the
low, sweet voice,' grown sharp and petu
lant, goes out the strong mysterious charm
forever.
Oh, mournful fate of womankind! Ju9t
at this moment, a healthy, glowing face
was turned toward me from only the other
side of the table, and a pair of M?i7cA-hazel
eyes met mine, and smiled as in uncon
scious defiance ofmy fancy's sad prophe
cy. To her, and such as her, I would say,
if one has a corps de reserve of mental
resources and heart-riches, to step in and
fill up the ranks, as the blooms and attrac
tions of youth give way, why it is all very
well, and shows good generalship in this
short struggle with time, which poets have
named 'the battle of life,' but which with
many of us only amount to a little skir
mishing, with no glory and no spoils, and
followed with endless marching, till some
morning, when reveille awakes us, and
there is no answer to our names in the roll
call.
Jefferson's House, Death, Grave ic.
On the summit that commands this en
chanting view, the mansion was built by
Jefferson when he had wealth to lavish,
on his cultiv atcd tastes. The house was one
hundred feet long, and of peculiar lorm
and proportion. You enter a wide and
lofty hall, that was once adorned with
works ot art which he had selected with a
master's skill, in the high places of the
earth; then you pass to the spacious dining
room, with polished inlaid floor; then to
his library, and study and parlor. Ascend
this flight of stairs not wide enough for
more than one to ascend at a time, and
you will find the chamber where he died
on the 4th of July 1826. The bed was in
a recess, the end of which contained two
cross pieces, on this were thrown the mat-
ress on which he laid himself to die. It
was the gloomiest place the dead room
that I was ever in; there was tha stran
gesl gatherings of thoughts, crowded upon
each other, and each claiming to be tVe
true emotion of the hour and snot I
thought of liberty and revolution philos
ophy, and of religion and infidelity, and
death, and hereafter of the soul of amigh
ty man struggling with fetters, and rushing
. t . i , i it j
away witn mem into xne aarKness ot an
untried future, to the presence of the Infi
nite, in whom the wisdom of man and an
geis is dui a arop mat tails into the ocean
before whom the soul of the unholy
shrinks away, and finds the rags of human
glory and the fig leaves philosophy to be
no covering when the eye of the Holy One
searches the spirit, buch thoughts as these
pressed upon me as I stood in the chamber
whence the soul of Jefferson had fled to
Judgment.
I he mansion now owned by Capt.Levy
is falling into decay; it was sold, and al
his furniture, Jefferson having died insol
vent; and almost the only relic left of a
man whose nme is identified wi'h his
country's history, as a patriot and distin
guished President, is a bust of Voltaire
which stands here a tutelar divinity of this
deserted, delapidated house.
As you ascend the mountain, you pass
an enclosure, without a gate that contains
the grave of Jefferson, and a more neglec
ted wretched burial place, you will seek in
vain.
If Campbell's last man had been buried
here he could not have been less cared
for.
The wife of Jefferson, torn fiom him
by, death ten years after their early mar
riage lies here." A granite obelisk, bat
tered much by prilgrims, but without
oame or epitaph, is doubtless the monu
ment cf Jefferson. It was here placed by
his executors, and the panel on which is
to be inscribed the epitaph ho wrote izx
himself, has never been inserted" in th
stone. I was told it was lying-, with tho
iron gates destined for the enclosure, cn
the banks or the river where landed, aod
that no man has troubled himself to see
that they reached their' destination.-V.
Y. Observer.
The Desert of Sahara.
North of the mountains of the Moon ia
Abyssinia, lies the great Desertjof Sahara,
stretching 800 miles in width from its
southern margin, and 1000 miles in length,
between the Atlantic and the Red Sea It
is a hideous barren waste, prolonged cast
ward into the Atlantic for miles, in the form
of sand banks, and interrupted to the west
only by a few oases and the valley of the
Nile.
This desert is alternately scorched by
heat and pinching cold. The wind blows
from the east nine months in theyear.and
at the equinoxes it rushes in a hurricane
driving the sand in clouds before it. nro!
ducing the darkness of night at midday,
and overwhelming caravens of mpn nA
animals in common destruction. Then
the sand is heaped up in waves ever vary
ing with the blast; even the atmosphere it
of sand. The desolation of this dreary
waste, boundless to the eye as the ocean,
is terrific and sublime the dry heated air
is like a red vapor, the setting sun seems
to be a volcanic fire, and at times the burn
ing wind of the desert is the blast of death.
There are many salt lakes to the north,
and even the springs are ol brine; thick
incrustations of dazzling salt cover the
ground, and the particles carried aloft by
the whirlwinds, flash in the sun like dia
monds. Sand is not the only character of
the desert, tracks of gravel and low bare
rocks occur at times, not less barren and
dreary. On these interminable sand and
rocks, no animal, no insect, breaks the
dread silence, not a tree nor a shrub is to
be seen in this land without a shadow. In
the glare of noon the air quivers with the
heat reflected from the red sand, and in the
night it is chilled in a clear sky sparkling
under a host of stars. Strangely but beau
tifully contrasted with these scorched soli
tudes is the narrow valley of the Nile.
Threading the desert for 1000 miles ia
emerald green, with its blue vraters foam
ing in rapids among wild, uncultivated
ridges, or quietly spreading in a calm
stream amidst fields of corn and the augut
monuments of past ages.
English Railroads.
A late Parliamentary return exhibits
the number of passengers, and also the
number of casualties on the railroads of
the United Kingdom, during the two first
quarters of the present year. From this
report, it appears out of a gross total num
ber of i:b,dJU,4ir passengers, earned on
various railways m Great Britain and Ire-
and, during the half -ear ending the 30th
of June, 184b, 90 persons were killed,
and 99 injured by accidents. A careful
and minute analysis of these statistics
hows tha: of.the 90 persons killed and 99
njured, there were 6 passengers kilUd
and 60 injured from causes beyond their
own control; o passengers killed and 2 in
ured, owing their own misconduct or
want of caution; 7 servants of companies
or contractors killed; and 14 injured, from
causes beyond their own control; 62 ser
vants of companies or contractors killed,
and IS injured, owing to their own mis
conduct or want of caution; 18 trespassers
and other persons (neither passengers nor
servants) killed and 5 injured, by improp
eify crossing or standing on the railway;
person run over and killed at a crossing
through the misconduct of an engine dri
ver, and 1 suicide. The victims of these
accidents were either run over, knocked
down, crushed to death, entangled in the
machinery, scalded or killed by contact
with bridges, collisions, dec.
Railroads at the Close of the Year 1S4S
The Railroad Journal, summing up the
extraordinary iufluencesof railroads upon
the country and upon the world, says, it
may safely be estimated that the entirj ex
penditure, within the last twenty-five
years, in the projection and construction
of railroads, will not fall short of one thou-
and millions of dollars! and that their in
fluences facilitating business, in reducing
the expenses and time of travel, and in
opening up new regions of country, bas
an increased value to property of ticice
that amount!! and yet their iiifluences are
only just beginning to be felt. We may
add that within a month two hundred and
eighty-two miles of new railroad will
be added to that already in use in this
country. This addition is made up as
follows: New York and Erie. 127 miles;
New York and New Haven 8fJ do.;
Nashau and Worcester 45 do.; Har
lem 30 do.; total, 282 miles.
Fire on the woodland, last Saturday, at
tached to the furnace of Messrs. Roman
& Co., in the Clearspring district, Wash
ington county, Maryland, the Hagerstown
JNews says consumed lrom 800 to luw
cords of wood.
The corporation of Cincinnati is no
expending S200,000 on a new Vork which
is intended to improve the quality, and in
crease the quantity of the water lor tne
use of the inhabitant?.
The Anniversary ot the battle of Mon
tcry was celebrated at New Orleans on tha
23d in a fine style.
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