The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-09-20 00:00:00

ffortign anD Colonial intttligtncr.

FRANCL—A rumour put into circulation by the
independence Beige, that Austria is about to recogniao
the kingdom of Italy, 11111111118 a good deal of exciteseeete
in Pansies politieal dreles—more, perhape, on &amain,
of Its startling nature than becalms of its probabdity.
The idea, however, secial4t4be looked upon al a good
one, and it. realisation would be, it is considered, a
anwiter-stroke of policy maths partfof Austria, as la
would disarm much of the rmenttnent felt in Italy
against 'bat empire, and deprive the large anti-Austrian
party of strength and influent:v.—The execution of
Labor, the French marierer, took place at Pols ow
Monday. An croad resembled, although.
heavy rain kept pouring down. Nu pried accompanit
the wretched man to the ,caffold. Latour presorrod to
the teat a dogged. intrturbahle demo...our. Ile sang
in & loud voice jest before his execution some terse@
oomposed by himself. and which he had ads; tad to th•
air of the " Marseillabe." After this edifying peiforma
anoe be submitted calmly to his fate.—The Freed,
Government of its own sword has show. its good win so
the Swiss Government by forbidding M. Fes, to remain
in the frontier departments, where he would bare op.
portnnities of exciting his party to oppose the sue.
stituted authorities.

RUSSIA.—A decree of the Bmperor7ofißa•sia en-
Glades Jews in the western province. from the right of
sequising land and farms, recently cooler edlluponitheir
body. This ex dusion is believed to be ordained because
it was feared that the Jewish capitalists of the western
Provinces were likely to buy up Nome of theleonlisrated
lair's of the Polish rebels for the benefit of the despoiled
proprietors themselves. If this be true the exclusion is
in itself • beige of honour to "la Jews.
DENMARK.—The conch df lc documents of the
series of diplomatic despatches lately laid before the
Dsnialls Rigsrsed have just been publi.hed. They tend
to throw a light upon one portion of the negon•tione
',receding the late war, which had hitherto been in-
volved in some obscurity—the transactions which took
place between Denmark and Sweden. Up to • entity
taint the Swedish Government had pledged itself ter
lend Denmark material aid. King Charles of Swede.
had personally committed himself on the subject to the
late King of Denmark. But public opinion in Sweden
did not go no far; and Um Swedish Government was
glad to avail itself of the Ant pretest for withdrawieg
from a dangerous position. This was found when tie
question at issue between Germany and Denmark
shifted from the ground it occupied during the blethar
of tbe late King to become one of succession, involyko
the validity of the Treaty of London. Then Swede*
declared that, MI one of the parties to that treaty, she
mould not sat alone, but must content herself to abide
by the policy which the other Powers concerned in IS
should resolve to pommy Thus the project of &Biases
euded.—A Vienna serni-olikial paper of Monday Males
that the two great Powers of Germany will take
ears that th TSe.Ose to which Qs German
nationality in Schiiswig used to be subjected shall nee
be exerciaed upon the Danish inhabitants of that
Dusty. The Danes are to remain undisturbed in Ow
free use ol their leellusee• This is magnanimous —ft
appears certain that the armistice between EMnsaark
end Germany may be aossidered ii indelnitely pro-
longed—that is, until the conditions of peace shall have
been arranged and accepted. From Schleswigl at pre.
sent, we only hear of arrests made by the German polies
because of the address lately got up to King Christian.
of Denmark in the northern part of lb. duchy. Liberty
as in Berlin is being fast established in that favoured
region.
GREECE —We have two important items of news
respecting Greece. From St. Petersburg we learn that
King Ge cgs has been betrothed to the Grand Duchess
of Alexandrovna ; and • telegram from Athens an.
flounces the recognition of the debt of 1824-25—tbe
original capital of sevenfmillions sterling haying been
ooneolidated to 2j millions at 5 per cent interest.
SPAIN.—The Spanish Ministry have tendered their
resignation to the Queen, and the Queen, accepting, has
commissioned Sailor Moo, formerly mobaesedor at the
French Court, to recoostitnte the Cabinet, The
LiniAter for Foreign Affairs, &hoe Nabisco, will, it
seems, retain his odic..

TURKEY. —The Ottoman Government have OM'
mond to Mont the hum of arrangement in the affair
of the Sem Canal laid down by the Emperor Napoleon
in Ws recent judgment.

TUNIS. —All the efforta of the Bey of Tunis he,...
yet failed to moors.e the insurrection. 8-venil of the
chiefs hare informed the Rey that the only chance of
peace consists in the dismiaml of the Ka/seder, the
reduction of the taxa., and a reform In the tribunal..
MEXlro.—General &mine, the "psailloator" of
Melba, has, in consideration of his services in that
aoantry. been created • Marshal of France. The
Mexican expedition has thus far given to Francs two
additional marshals. The admiral originally in damps
of the expedition, and who had • share in the famous
treaty whath the French Government refused to r.-
nice, is now in attendance upon the Empress Eugenie all

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REPoiITED DirEAT OF THE FRENCH TROOP'S IN rove
BATTLE. —New York. Sept. 7. —The following intelli-
gence is published in the New York Tribune of to-day
—" The Basilian Nacional, • paver published at
liatarnorsa, declares that the French and Alimrinw
troops in limas) were lately defeated in four pitabs4
battles with the Mexican". The dates are not given.
The encounters took plane at Brat, in the stet' oe
Guerrore. The timeless' were led by General Alvan*.
The terms of the battle were no gamier, and the
prisoners taken by the liezioans were put to death.
Colonel Rive Palacio hal made an uncial report
claiming to have won on the Sth July, at Ziteicorn. •
victory over 2,000 lenperialists putting them to tight.
Don R. O. Pees, private secretary of Jeans, has gins
in his adhesion to French rule."

INDlA.—According to the Oaloutte papers, Sir
Wood is said to have expressed an opinion that if
severe measures have to be taken, Btiootan most be
annexed at ones and for ever, as it would be folly to
incur the useless expense of inflicting a mere temporary
chastisement, whieh we should almost certainly have to
repeat before long.

• IIIIIIIICA. _Tst Casa" Barna ar Beams
&rams. —The fight wee one of the severest battles oe
record for the length of time after the Len assault till
dark. The second division, under General Gibbon, was
on the left, opposite the point of the main attack, but
when that portion of the line where the batteries were
was captured, his troops, taken in reverse, first by the
enemy's artillery fire, and then by the musketry,
wavered, and finally, when attacked in front by another
force, were compelled to leave moss of the line they
bag originally occupied. Attempts were made to mad
troops from the woad division across dm circle to
Miles, but the converging fire from all point. was nuns
than they maid possibly stead, and shelter was "ought
wherever It was likely to be found. The woad
brigade, under Col. Murphy, was on the tight of the
division line, and the third, under Colonel Smyth,
whilst the first brigade wee distributed in the railroad
eti%z support to Mile.', line. One of these
riir
te, the Twentieth Massachusetts, MI cap-
tured almost entire, for with a few =esp.
dons, every man is roineit;g. General Gregg. with
his cavalry, rendered Important service. n.
cavalry fought well dismounted. It is believed that If
• few fresh, vigorous, welldtesiplined soldiers had beam
at band to re-ocabliah tht line when it was broke., at
the commeocement of the disaster, we should have won
one of the most signal victories of the war. But there
is • limit to the endunnee of human nature--for the
fighting and fatigue that the soldiers in the second corps
have pared throw/6 is marvellous--and there were
mane circumstances against us General Willoos's
division, of the ninth oorps was on the march to support
the two small divisions of the sewed corps, isolated as
they were, end almost serrouoded ; bet Litovsk
Willcox marched on the double quick part of the way,
he could not reach the battle-field in time to reader
eamservice. The battle-field presented a mad but
. id spotted'. It was an amphitheatre of lire and
e. In the midst of the engagement, with the
martial music of musketry and cannon all about us, it
was easy to recall the lines of the German poet :
To the right, to the left, and around and around,
Death whirled in its dance on the bloody ground.
But the feature of the affair worthy of especial mention
I. the fan that the enemy was so 'stately punished that
he is abandoning the field, together with his killed and
wounded, at the sante time that Humor* was making
preparations, in accordance with his previous
to withdraw. The lose of the enemy in killed end
wounded is represented by paisonees to be unparalleled
for the numbers that were engaged. Our loss the
chiefly in prisoners, arising from the disorganised elate
of the command. Our loss in killed, w ,theded sad
prisoners, will number neer 2,000. It is believed that
a much larger amber 01 the enemy than our aggregate
lon has been killed and wounded, although he states
differently. The battle of Items station MB bespoken
of by all surviving partleipants as one of the fiercest and
closest in which they ever av-re engaged, though, in re-
spect of the number of erattestante and of casualties on
both "idea it will not ranks, one of the greatest battles
of the war. The enemy's forces in the !Mitt are sell.
mated se seedy double ours. A good brigade might
have thread the battle in our favour. But it is over
now, and most of those engaged, at teed of those who
felt that they had any responsibility in the matter,
have the easermice that though they lost meth trophies
they have lost no honour.
Bagasaa'a limas. or sis Carrtraz or ATLANTA.
—New Your, September 7, moreing.-11r. Baseball
asnonneee the receipt of General Sherman's report al
the capture of Admits. dated the 3rd 1a5t,,73 mile'
south of Atlanta. Sherman withdrew on the 30th di.
from amend Atlanta, and reached • point to strikes the
sgeTon toed, Howard with the right being near Josses-
bore', Schofield with the left Wag neer Rough and
Ready, and Thomas with CM centre at Couch's, The
pederen, Nadine the enemy at Jonesboro', entrenched
themselves Sherman meeting with strong opposition
along the road, advanced bin left and centre to the rail-
road, and broke the railroad from Rough and Ready
down to Howard's left, near Jonesboro'. By the same
movement Sherman interposed his army between
Atlanta and that portion of the enemy entrenched at
Jonesboro'. There Sherman suede • general attack upon
the seamy, capturing their work; ten guns, and 1000
prisonera The Confederates retreated south daring the
night. Sherman following the enemy to their lines near
Lovejoy', Statics. Hood at Atlanta, finding Sherman
on his only road of supply, and between him and part of
his army, retreated dazing the night from Atlanta,
after blowing up the magenta& The 9016 Corps
of the federal army then thempied the atty. Sher-
win states that sines May dm sth his
se=
was constantly in battle or skirmish, and
rest. ithentaaa's lama ere 1,300 moo. He has 1,500
Primmer& No news has been received from Simms&
slistan's Sath:ad4lNhientelainvilie fiaPtage'sbeeumnunsuit.e"Wliesi'n blrealien
damaged the railroads in Shermaa's mar. It is
reported that Wheeler has been driven ad
Fanned and Onager are actively pre=
for the attack on Mobile. Prnideiet
the ordered a day of thanksgiving for the viseseles
at Atlanta and Mobile, and has tendered his thslialli to
Admiral Fermat and General Sherman. Beledes
have been ordered in honour of the victories. 0111111111 i
Gills,, has surprised and killed the reerillit
Morgan, at Greenville, Tennomee,
eta. Sadly is dill confronting Sheridan ie the Ilk&
esedosh Valley. The draft in New York and Brooklyn
will not take piens It is reported that General rte.
moot has withdrawn his maw as Provideetialeaslidate
The arrival of the Emperor Maximilian' myg 14
Weahusgtea is daalad. 'lls• cosset of horse et FMtts
Z4iahie aeli yin proaraSed soisdaadds Naafi
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