The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-05-12 00:00:00

foreign anb Colonial Intelligence.

AMERICA.—Tbe City of Baltimore, frost New York
ou the 2.5uft., brings news which is, on the whole,
favourable to the rase el the Federal', although goring
of any great importance has taken *rine. the area
on Charleston. The report of the abendoensent al the
siege of Washingtoo (N. C.) by the Confederates is re-
armed ; and the announcement is also repealed that
the Federal, have now I sarong fores of gunboats on
the Mississippi, between Vicksburg and Port Nedra.
This will seriously effect the Confederates, foe r well
as being an Important step towards the opening of the
river to the Federal., It will prevent the Confederates
from getting their supplies from the Red River regime.
Already it is armoured that tfi• Federal gunboats have
destried the batteries at Warrington. The next is.
portent nein may, however, be looked fee from
'relaying, where • battle is likely to be forced on
General Hare:rant by the Confederates The City of
Baltimore brings Intelligente of further exploits of the
Alabama and Florida. Great efforts are being put
forth by the Federal, in Missouri; and the general
orders issued for hanging or shooting itnerillas, whom-
ever met with, indicate that war, at least on the side Of
the North, is degenerating into one of savages.
From • private source we have information of the
ingenious devices resorted to by the Confederate agents
in the North fur conveying despatches to the South.
One man, who wore brass buttons on his coat, carried
the despatches in his buttons. These were really little
boxes, made to screw on and off, and were, in fact,
veritable despatch boxes. Another messenger resorted
to a still wore ingenious plan ; he ern a bnr of soap in
half, scooped out the interior of the two halves, put his
papers in the hollow apace, cemented the two helves
together by heat, used the rep for washing, and when
his baggage was over-hauled the Federal authorities
, payed by so very harmless an article of the toilette,
which was left perfectly exposed. and free hem an
attempt at concealment, as though it were really nothing
but genuine brown Windsor.
The Weshington Government has resolved to sacs •
win thing—to send over to England • gentleman well
vaned in international and immitime law, to MOW lb.
Adams in his negotiations with Ear! Russell. This is
better than sending back Lord Lyons, which the New
York Herold advised Mr. Seward to do, but *ler
there now seem. to be less probability that he will do
than was thought at tbe beginning of last week.
RUSSIA. —Russia hes replied to the notes of the
three Powers respecting the state of things in Polend.
The texts of bet replies have scene been made public,
but it is stated that she has adopted • mild and ern-
elision tone, whir quite dor airs* with the =baity
of any disturbanos of the pesos of Europe. there
are other agencies at work besides diplomacy, and It is
far easier to avoid • diplomatic difficulty than to dis-
arm the Pales, or to isolate them from the sympathies
of the European peoples. The magnitude and strength
of the insurrection appears, beyond all question, to be
rapidly growing every day. The insurrectionary move-
ment is now reported as having extended beyond the
River Dana, and, aceording to Bcharf's telegrams, the
Poles have captured five hundred Russian rifles at
Dunaberg—no doubt most acceptable booty. Renter's
telegrams speak of the capture by the insurgents of 900
rifles at Dupnow, but there is reason to suspect that
both account, refer to the one affair. With these par-
ticulars of insurgent successes we get further reports of
Russian cruelties of a most atrocious remoter ; and it
is difficult to imagine what the new seventies will be
which Runes threatens to inflict after the date of the
amnesty has expired. In Sweden the imitation of all
clears end parties in favour of the Poles matinees.
At the meeting of the Diet at Stockholm cis Sanarday
all the Estates voted confidence in the Government on
the ground that it knew and favoured the views of the
nation as regarded Poland.
POLAND.—It is clear that the Polish insurrection is
rapidly extending, and that new bodies of insurgents_re
being formed in every part of the Polish territory. The
most important news, however, is that the perants in
many districts are now joining the insurgents in great
numbers, in sonic cases armed with scythes, and in others
with implements of husbandry. They form distinct
bodies. and after having fought • battle they disperse
and return to their agricultural permits. The Rumens
appear to have abandoned their favourite system of
traversing the country in flying columns They now
march in considerable force against the insurcente,
evidently with the view of annihilating the small insur-
rectionary bodies. This change of tactics on the part
of the Russians has, however, caused the Poles not to
allow their detachments to operate at too great • distance
from each other.