The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-07-14 00:00:00

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The latest American intelligence is to the lit
July. Hooker, at his own request, had been re-
lieved of the command of the army of the
Potomac, and had been succeeded by General
Meade, but the change has not improved public
confidence in the North. Lee, of whose inten-
tions the Federal', seem entirely ignorant, is said
to have with him 70,030 infantry and 30,000
cavalry. A large Confederate force, supposed to
be commanded by General Fitzlingh Leo were
moving toward the Washington branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio railway, it having passed
within fourteen miles of the city, and the
p Con-
federates
battle w
raat also
nas siunfornn near
be imminent near
naburg.
A
Hanover. The people of both Baltimore and
Washington were anticipating an attack, while
the inhabitants of Maryland and Pennsylvania
were fleeing, panic-stricken, northward, with
their cattle, merchandise, and household goods.
Fears were also beginning to be entertained for
the safety of New York. Some of the journals
express great concern on account of the almost
defenceless condition of the city, both on it.
laud and water approaches, and urgent demands
were made to immediately garrison the forts and
train the men to the use of the guns; also
to have heavily-armed steamers stationed
in the port. It is asserted that Capt. Maffitt,
of the Confederate navy, has a thorough
knowledge of the channels of New York Bay,
and that General Mansfield Lovell is intimately
acquainted with the nature f the fortifications
and all the intricacies of the harbour. A meet-
ing has also been held in Philadelphia urging the
propriety of appointing General McClellan to
the military command of Pennsylvania. General
Banks is reported to have found his enemy in
his rear so threatening, that he had ordered a
final attack upon port Hudson hy a forlorn hope,
with the understanding that if it should fail the
siege is to be raised. Great fears are entertained
for his safety and also that of New Orleans.
Confederate accounts state that General Grant
had again attacked Vicksburg along the a hole
line, but had failed to carry a single breastwork
and had been repulsed with the loss of 10,000 men:
hut later Federal intelligence is to the effect that
Grant had succeeded in blowing up one of the
Confederate forte.
Notwithstanding the declaration of the
Standard that the Polish insurrection is on its
lard legs, and cannot hold out much longer, the
telegrams inform us that additional bands are
joining the insurgents, and that the Central
Committee, who direct their movements, has
declared that it rejects the diplomatic proposals
of the Three Powers, and will only suspend
hostilities on certain extreme conditions, whmh
Russia will, undoubtedly, not accept. On the
other hand the Russian Government have agreed
to accept the notes of the Three Powers, and the
Czar is willing that the affairs of Poland shall be
discussed in Congress. If this take place, and a
diplomatic solutiouvf the difficulty hi arrived at,
what will be the result? Will not ,he Powers
be bound to aid the Russian Government io
securing order in the Polish country
Sad news reaches us from Madagascar. We
had been hoping that christanity and civilisation
were making rapid strides among the five millions
of inhabitants of that beautiful island. Our
missionaries sent us the most glowing descrip-
tions of the condnct of the noble-minded King
Radius towards his subjects in granting them
perfect liberty of conscience in matters of re-I
ligion. We now learn that the King and his
ministers have perished by the hands of a band
of conspirators, and that treaties with European
powers have been suspended. The cause of the
revolt against the King, which resulted in
assassination, is said to be jealousy by the
natives against foreigners monopolising the
oßicas of Government. His widow, who has
been proclaimed Queen, has had to subscribe to
certain conditions of government fez from
barbarous, and her Majesty, above all thinjga,
has had to pledge herself against drink. Imagine
a coronation oath here renouncing liquor!
Telegrams from Constantinople confirm the
news of the outbreak in Georgia, the Russian
province. Prince Clicdukoff. with two hundred '
soldiers, was murdered, the Tartars joining the
insurgents. The insurrection, however, has been

sutured.
From Japan we learn that the tendencies of
the Government gave reason to hope that it
would give the satidaction which the English
admiral had been ottlered to obtain by force. It
is also said that &complete anderstaudiug existed
between the Chinese Government and the re-

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presentative. of England end France. The
enrgents bad recommenced hostilities, and tran-
quillity prevailed in Omhin Chi"-
The Wyndham e. Wyndham and Ginglini case
turned up again in the Divorce court a few days
since, which however was withdrawn. Wyndham
and his wife baring become reconciled—loving
and cooing as turtle doves. The fair but frail
Agnes Willonahby is therefore once more an
honest woman Bow long it will last, and when
Mr. Wyndham will again make his appearance
in public. remains to be seen. It is to be hoped
t at both have now sown pretty nearly all their
° ild oats, and that they will henceforth pursue
a comae won compatible with the rules of donut
*misty.

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