The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-06-15 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The oommeralal advisee from New York this week are
not of much importance, except that they show, from
the general course of prides, that the war cry against
this country had not produced any unoontrollable degree
of alarm among the leading capitallate. Erie Railway
shares were quoted 21i t_Reading 44; Panama 1016
Michigan Southern 23} ; New York Central 84 fl and
Illinois Central 87'. The fall in the latter was ap•
parently attributable solely to the ceaseless sales by
operator' on this side. Among the narratives circulated
of the conduct of the British cruiser" in the Golf of
Mexico some of the inset startling had already been
proved to have been inventions—fn one ease ell the
details were shown to have been concocted by a seller of
shares. Still there was a strong feeling which will be
allayed on,y by temperate explanations, and it warn at
the same time assumed that the Cabinet at Washington
will take advantage of it to get authority for an in.
creased expenditure. The Senate were about to meow
mend the construction of six new steam sloop" of war,
but this had nothing to do with the present flat, of
affair', the intention having previously existed. It was
rumoured that the Navel Committee of the HOTIIII of Re•
presentativss intend to propose the immediate °outrun.
Mon of 30 new steamships of war, which would be about
equal to the entire naval forav now at oommand. Protest',
however, against this " extravagance" seemed likely to
be numerous, and the probability is that the present
furore will have died out long before the "theme can be
earrial. _

NAVAL MOVENKNTS tic ANERICA.—The Brooklyn
Navylard yesterday presented a busy appearance,
preparations being actively on foot there for fitting out
the war steamers under orders for the wait of Cuba and
our southern acute, to protect our merchantmen from
the insolent attacks of British cruisers. The little steamer
Arctic, which has been put under the command of that
able officer Captain Hartstene, is rapidly approaching a
condition for service. She will be reedy for sea to.
morrow, and will probably depart for Cuba in the after-
noon, where, should she fall in with her Britannic
Majesty's gunboat Styx, and catch her at any of her
pranks with an American vessel, she will probably use
her three guns to some purpose. The steam frigate
Wabash wu put into commission yesterday morning,
and during the afternoon she took her crew on board
from the reoeiving ship North Carolina. These are the
only vessels, we believe, at the Navy-yard at present
under immediate orders for this service. The list of
offioen for these ships are not yet fully reported, but we
persume they will be complete and efficient for the lin.
portent duty allotted te them—New York lieroki,
May 26.
TRIG BRIM!! AND ANIRIOAN FLIRTS IN me WIRT
INDIES AND TEM GULF.—The American journals re-
mired by the Persia contain the following details in
referenoe to the naval strength of the two Powers :—The
British Fleet on the West Indian Station.—The Arachne,
18 guns; the Atalanta, 16 ; the steamer Brunswick, 80;
the steamer Basilisk, 6; the steamer Buzzard, 6; the
Cumberland, 70; the steamer Devastation, ; the
steam gunboat Forward, 2; the steamer Harrier, 16;
the 'maim, 72; the Indus, 78; the steam gunboat
Jueur, 1; the steam gunboat Jasper. 1; the Ammer
Leopard, 18; the steam gunboat Siripjack, 2; the
steamer Styx, 6; the steamer Tartar, 20; the steamer
Terror, 16; tote' number of guns, 435. The American
Fleet.—The vessels of war now in the Gulf, or under
orders to appear in the waters thereof, are as follows
The steamer Colorado, 40; the steamer Fulton, 5; the
steamer Wabash, 40; the steamer Waterwitch, 2; the
steamer Arctic, 2; the 'Wainer Despatch, 2; the sloop
of war Savannah, 24; the sloop of war Jamestown, 24;
the brig Dolphin. 4; Total number of guns, 141. The
guns are of different calibre, and consequently do not
convey any very accurate idea of the weight of metal
carried by these vessels.
The widow of Joe Smith, the Mormon, dill resides
at Nanvoo, brit she cares nothing for the saints, and
has married a tavern keeper, who thinks all prophets
are humbugs. Young Joe, who should by right have
been the head of the Mormons, was a stout gawky of
22, who hates Brigham Young and curses the Salt
Lakers. Nanvoo was once a place of 20,000 inhabitants,
but is now a place of ruins.
NIAGARA.—A man and sail-boat went over the Falls
of Niagara very recently. He came from the Canada
side, at Chippewa, in a sail-bout, nearly to the American
shore, and was in the sot of returning when he went in-
to the rapids. Who the man was is not known on the
American side.