The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-12-27 00:00:00

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FOREIGN ITEMS.

Tim worthies' lonian Islanders, having no longer •
chanoe of I luarrelling with their British protectors, are
now fighting sznordist themselves. The Paris papers
publish • despatch from Les ins announeins that dis-
turbances bad broken out in Zane. from po:itioal canes%
and that several persons bsi been wounded.
An Aurrian racier, &run :I•ltliber, less been
appointed civil commissioner for the conquered Duchies
of Eichlestrie•Rol•tein. Whether the appointment icon
indiestiors that the claims of Prussia are to be over-
'sled reenaitis to be aeon.

A French tourism has just reerived a remsrkable gift
—the liesu-t of the Voltaire. This souvenir of the great
poet had been left by him us legacy to the Marquis de
Villette, and has eines beep in Chancery, finally devolv-
ing from the Bishop of Moulins to the heirs-st•law. It
was Afters,' by them to the French Academy ; but the
latter body declining the custody thereof, it has now
been preeented I. the Imperial Library in Rue
Riehebeu, in which ropoeitory it has been Owed, in the
presenoe of !tarty, Mineeter of Pubbe Instruction, and
Belie. Ifinist"r of Puhlio Works.

A it011•XCI or THU AUITRICAN W•lll.—Tho follow.
log 'tory is told by the New ()Hearnu eorreepondent of
the New York Herald :—" Ms adjtatent of • New York
cavalry regiment, now stationed at Moirransi., fell in 1
lore with • beautiful and wealthy young rebel lady, re- I
siding near Pluinentine. Recently the regiment with ,
which the adjutant was connected went on • scouting
expedition in the maghbourhoil of Morganzia, and
among other prisoneru captured was a brother of the
young lady. He belonged to Radcliffe's command, and '
wiis raptured in • private boom at which his sister was'
visiting st the time. The prisoners were placed in
eh rge of the adjutant, and the regiment encamped for 1
the night. The young lady, beams of this, visited the
adjutant, and prevailed upon him to &mist her brother
In miking hi. escape. This was agreed to, and sffocted
by disguising the rebel as an orderly, and the adjutmt
and his supposed orderly rode beyond the lines, end the
latter was allowed to tempt. It I. further ststed that
the officer, after allowing hie prisoner to esca_ps, deter-
mined to counter balance the act by visiting Radoliffe's
camp, learn it. position end force report to the colonel
of his regiment at his return, and offer to pilot the com-
mand to the rebel camp. After throwing off his coat
he resembled a robot In Ma gray woollen shirt, and rods
all over Radcliffe's camp. Returning to the house in
which was he fair inamorata, he remained there all
night, and before he mold offer his *emcee as pilot, or
relate his story, was placed under arrest in the morning
by his colonel, and charges preferred against him
Having every meson to believe that his sent*, co would
be • severe one, he managed to escape during the night,
leaving • note addressed to • friend, stain that his
body would be found st the bottom of the Ifissimeippe ;
bat it is supposed that he sucoreded in passing the liars
and for the treks of the fair rebel has joined the rooked!
the enemy "
0 Lan'. ADM. TO are SOL—The fellow'
lag letter will be read with interest. 0. W. Custis Lee,
to whom it is addressed, is now at Richmond on the
personal staff of Provident Davis, and in command of
the imam Hata defence. of the omits' :—"Arlington
Home, April 5, 1864.—My dear son, I am just in the
bet of leaving home for 'cc Mexico. My Soo old
regiment has been ordered to that distant reuion, and I
ena-t hasten on to see that they are properly eared for.
I have but little to add in reply to your letters of Marsh
16, 27, and M. Your letters breathe a tree spirit of
franknoc ; they have given myself and your mother
great pleasure. Yon must Hedy to be frank with the
world ; franknesc is the child of honesty and courage.
Say Jost what you Mediu to do on every occasion, and
tette it for granted you mean to do right. If • friend
asks • femur, you should grant it if it Is reasonable; if
not, tell bine plainly why you cannot; you will wrong
him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
Never do • wrong thing to make • friend or keep on.;
the man who requires you to do so is dowdy parebased
at • sacrifice. Deal kindly bat atudy with all your
elmemstes ; you will Sod it the policy which wears
best Above all, do not appear to others what you aro
TOOL If you have soy fault to Sad with any one fall
kite, not others, of what you somplaln ; there is no
more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to '
be one thing Wore • men's fme and another behind his '
back. We should live, set, and say nothing to the ,
Injury of any one, It is not only bast rie • matter of I
primes*, hat it is the path to pesos earl honour. In I
regard to duty, let me, in conclusion althea hasty letter,
inform you that nearly • hundred year, ago there was •
Is day of remark gloom sod darkness—still known as
the dark day day when the light of the sun was I
slowly set:ingots .4, as if by an eclipse. The Heists- I
tare of Cmonecticat was in session; and as it. members I
saw the unexpected and unaccountable darkness timing
on, they shared in the general awe and terror. It was
seppowd by Emmy that the last day—the day of jodg-
ment—lutd eons Some one is the consternation of
the hoer moved an adjournment. Then there arose an
old Puritan Measlier°, Davenport, of Stamford, and sal I
that, if the last day bed mom, he desired to be found at
his place doing his duty, and therefore moved that
candleo he brought in so that the house sould proceed
with its daty. There was quietuses in that man's mind
—the quiternos. of heavenly wisdom, and loilexible
willingness to obey proems duty. Duty, then, is the
seblisees4 word is our league. Do your duty in MI
things like the old Pyrites. You menet do more ,•
you should sever wish to do lees. Never let me and
rot T mother wear one grey hair for say lack of duty on
your part.—Your affectionate father, R. E. Les"
The Penises are yawing some exeitensent in Goads
At Toronto, on the sth Mat., an Orange lodge was
broken open, mewl all its property destroyed by Penises.
Some ens portraits of Queen Victoria were diagraciefally
mutilated. Fears of • violent outbreak were very
prevalent when the mail left.
Mee O'Hithe the edemas:ma who recootlyeAtempted
to drag Lord Flahnerston into the Divorce Court has
toned spin magenial coospiny. She is in New York,
and the Herold of that guy liToTT:—"Elho is preparing
• lecture on the smaners, halite, and tastes of the
ari.toenvey of Great Britain, and which she will shortly
deliver in publish This is an exaeediagly rich vein in
, the great social strata of the modal realm, which, it Is
, said, the lady will strike unerringly sad with baldness."
' HOINSITLTIMI LT FOOD lIT PAJUIL—Io the last
sitting of the Paris Elosisty for the Protestion of
Animals, the vise president, Dr. Matis itareonmeod that
be bred just proposed to the goeseatneat that the male MI
horsellselve an article of food should he permitted is the
French capital. The subject, he said, had hogs Rd,
matted to the Ciouncl of State for deoisioe, but is the
meantime the Sisters of St. Visaed d• Paid, Rae du
Vasomotor, distribute every Saturday to the poor one
or two hones, in addition to the beef esistributed by the
Beresa de Rienfainume. The applimoM for that meat
are so numerous, the hos gestlemen stetted, that all
saanot be satialled..

1t.71-mi-tatrappear front • stetsons t reoently made by
IL Coomaas a tho Belgian Seasta, that "the Wont.
inestioa Ogee" boot quits oakaown among Bet&
oillig•Is. Re gave maims imitations of it. A doalar bad
ordeled aa mane to be firma to a sick primmer, sad
wed earioss to ass through what administrative
formalitim it bad to peas befogs nooks( him. No Wm
tkaa elm ea differeal papers or eertileites were rognitod •
1. The doctor's ardor. 2. Bain ia the etwreepoodeam
register. I. Gatekreper's sertillesla of edmiesioa. 4.
Movie of De remotion. 6. Embry I. Um mistime
ragiarr. A. Ditto in tbo issmagasiduat book. 7.
Ditto is Dm weight moister 8. Ditto la OM maaaila•
book. 9. I. the distributioa hook 10. ileepital warder's
rismipt, 11. !fairy ea the day book. This measly beaks
Um Wm Moe.
Great% great gray is like the esahaatod ably el Wry
It or. move aewhere, to the right
Der the left, aaltbar forward sot boatyard, for were it
to retreat it would he • virtual adadmitia that the game
ef " saki motion" had mood* wieskaa, The Aid.
I army ri the Minis isimpsila de* Mead WU
1 sad avail the hens olbbs.s.st ehnlars.

TIANSFUL OF &MICK& —Tbe. ItrikSiO
mentions that on one day bed aerial% 21U0 Irohuten, who
bare bet n Fodrral prisoners hi the bands ol the Con-
feieratt s for twelve IR 30tlill East, readied that
city from Flotenm, Siiith Carolina, end pa-sed
through on their nay to Vitt Floor. Cr,.,,. Tbe
prhoners were rtfuesd an Subsets by th• y•oh.e
gnwernmetit, in eonseqamos ol Moir hum having run
out; end feeling list they had not 1,.. treated right br
tie esid government, end with • via. to revenge, took
the oath of &logistics to the Confrderate sitars., end
were duly sworn into our army by • Catbo ie priest at
Ftwetwie. They exprresd • wisbol lob. allowed to jiika
General Pat Chiliurn • corm

OririNG or TRAD'r WTI TEM SOCTIL—I be
Tteei city •rticle say the account, from New York
by the Etna tend to iiioarto the ',port mentioned •
few days back, that the United States government
propose to establiiih a eystem to enable trading opera.
lions on an extended scale to be carried on with the
South. Agents are to be appointed to issue permits foe
the purchae of cotton, tobacco, ho., and to ex she
amount sal charact, of the supplies to be tam back
in exchange. Therefore this might virtually be an
entire opening of commerce between the two sections of
country, rod under inch circumstances, the question
would of emirs* •ri. as to the validity of bey bloakad-
ing regulations instituted for the purpme of keeping
Coolie nations from th 3 enjoyment of similar inter-
warm.

Duran-Amu§ er rift CowernintAra Cants=
SHEN•IIDoeR. LIVERPOOL, Tenn tag, permges
advice* received bare by the Brasil mail, and peat-d in
the underwriter's room, •nnotuici that the Confederate
ember Shenandoah, late the Sea King, had captured
and destroyed several American aLii.os off the &nth
American ooad. Amongst her captures are the brig
Susan. the berqoes Ebres, and E. Oodftey, and the
schooner Charter. The Shenandoah had also raptured
and bonded for 40,000 dollar. the ship Hato Priors,
Iron Cardiff, which has arrived at Bahia. The Shenan-
doah tarries sight guns, and is eounenuided by Captain
Wardell.

EIFEL,MieIe or Ai !SIMIAN wmg Ric 's
Amy. —The asbjoined letter has been received from •
young Irishman, now serving with the rank of captain
In Sherman's invading army. Though containing little
that the public I. not slre.dy acquainted with, it proves
that even also ofiloers of the Federal forees are quite
aware of the difficulties; and dangers of their position,
and not altogether certain of the r,cult:—" "amp, 96th
November —My last epistle to you, dear , was
d •ted from a high stool in the hack °Mee of my relative,
the New York contractor, and (like • fool) here I am
now in the middle of Georgia, clad in a sorry uniform
and uneommonly bad boots, with Irby sword by my ride,
my resolYer staring iii, In the face, and my ear cooked
to listen for the sound of the bugle, which will Presently
call me forth to fight (and posaib y to die) for la
' supremacy which I, for one (and I sin not singular),
think to be Fist as far if at this present
writing as it was whin the celebrated 'ninety days'"
document was issued, which assured saw. were within
that given time to whip creation, to abolish slavery, and
bring the rebee crouching to our feet like 'nexus or dog".
You will at once perceive-from the date of this that I am
attached to the army of the mysterious and, as yet, sac-
' cossful chief, who is now in the act of doing as daring •
, feat of w.r as ancient or modern times has or ever will
, chronicle, by venturing his own oorpu. sod ours into a
, hostile territory, filled to the brim with determiDed foes,
who greet us sullenly, surrender their goods passively
(because they can't help it), and who evidently only
wait for the turn of the tide against unto let us ere that
in meddling with edge d tools our own fingers may be
cut, tt the MUNI time, there are probabilities for us
as well a. against us; we are led by as brave end
prod, nt • fellow as ever took sword in hand ; our men
are full of pluck. and on the whole not particulsrly
unhealthy : and •Ithough Wheeler'. cavalry had rather
the best of it the other day with Howard's men, still
it WM ouly a slight affair, and Howard is on the
watch to pay them off in their own eoin. Otherwise,
so for as we have gone as yet, our fellows have
had nothing worthy of notice to contend with, save here
and there an almost impassable forest or a ferocious
morass, which leivi • us with draggled tails ant weary
limb. when we get rid of it. For this sgain however,
we have roiles on mile, of delightful country: Wes with
corn and wine, which we take ample toll out of, ma we go
slung, our process being, from neeetsity, as summary as
you can well imagine. We arrive at • comfortable
homestead, and tho master is demanded and paraded
before us, while • &teeny, party is mot on march in.
side. Our wants Sr. multdariois• and must be supplied
many beast., sheep, sod pigs. corn, butter. augur,
wine, and brasdy, ~if libitum, with as runny dollars as
he can conveniently spare. Of course, it is not "will
you, bat yes must,* and after • few hours we get on-
wards in our locust light, leaving the doleful proprietor
gazing after his venisbing tresenres with a longing sod
revengeful eye, and thinking that civil warliaNhout as
unci•il an article to deal with as peaceful men can
dread. To our general's credit, be it said, he does his
beet to ch di all unnecessary exams ;but, after all, what
can he do? We cannot spores man, and, therefor*,
the provoist•nisrshal hm bat little hard work, for we
dare not punish severely, and our sarrais !niers well
know that, and trade on the knwlechre of committing
atrocities which sicken the heart to think of—all under
the name of patriotism, of coons. For myself, at all
events, lam heartily sick of it. We thosght we .hould
have stopped short at Macon, and numbered it among
our conquests; list it was otherwise determined, and we
have left it far behind, very much to the delight of its
burghers and militiamen, wbri were its only defence.
W. have parted from Slocum, who, they say. was
rather mauled by the rebels since lie left, but of this
lan not sure. With us the on dit is, that we ars
making for Savannah as hard as we can although
wh.t we are to do there, or whether we will meet lions
in the way. is more than I sin say. We have still 80
or 90 mile, of bad ground (they ray) to get over, and
am our cavalcade is tremendously unwieldy machine to
move, we seldom get over ten miles • d.y—otti n not
flee in bad spots—so th.t it will be some time yet
before we reach *over, and are exactly what we are to
meet or expect As to Augusta, I don't think we
will meddle with It; it would take too much time and
lead on out of our way. Styannah or nothing is the
rneral cry. As you may suppose, every dawning day
Nring, its own fearful rumours, and as yet we get to
the end of it without molmtati.m worth mention. It is
said that Lee is to put himself in our war, with as
in.ny men ash. c.n muster; and if an we will have a
tough job, although, again, it Is raid sod believed that
be is too shorthanded to venture Behar from Richmond.
An to Savannah itself, no doubt it will be • glorious
business if we can manage It; lots of cotton, and lush
of stl sort., and no hack of thenlon ghty dollar to reward
us for our toils. But we have yet to catch our 6.h,
and it will require large hooks and tackle to hold and
lend It, Indbpendent of other defenders, Savannah
has Ps marshes end lagoon. as • material protection,
and how are we to keep " out of the mud" when we
some to therm is • problem yet to be solved. I wish to
mercy it all over, and that we knew the beet (or worst),
for anything like • middle-mean I hold to be lemon&
ble. Either we mint greatly conquer or be swept sway
to the last man -that is in, own impree•ion ; retreat
again we secant, for • double reason • fleet, we have
swept the •ouarry 111. 0111.3 16. whistle of everything
worth eating; and secondly, the Georgians would be
the veriest slaves to let tit pass without laying heavy
hands on us; no that whether I may fatten Southern
cranes or live to get heck to liblans is • moot point,
which I long to Imes settled as soon as possible.
The Spanish Mindterisl crisis has been brought to •
Mo., by the renal of General Nisr•ses and his entire
cabinst, the attempt of General !sterile to son•truct •
new administration, as well as all others, baring
proved abortiss. The government is offering 9 per
cont, for sums invested in the Government Bank of ,
Deposit

_
A plow story. boinecirenlated in Pavia, rorpoyting
a mgotiation of the Government forcortain eollienes in
Orrroany. The Prase states that the mines in qwestion
are to be found in the peninYult between the Elbe sad
Weser,at the apex which C'uzbavan steeds. convenient
anchoragy. The Prase adds that England (roujours
perfide) bee interfered, and to rah, the price tom
actually had the audaintY to bid against France. It is
generally believed that tbe balk about trealliekla is utter
nonsense, and that Quires] busier', in band is territorial
°compensation to be gives France by Pramia,in exchange
for her permitting the incorporation of tho Duchies by
the Cabinet of Berlin.

The P.ris oorreapno- dent of a oontenaporsry states
that linaimial and, are oomeioning 'mumbles' in that
city. It is rumoured that M. ?mild has become a
convert to air Rims of &hie, and that he is to sot
forth. at an early meeting of the Cobioet, the amp sod
means by which the money is to be provided for his
eollevue's extrsvpot and uncalled-for erpenditure.
A saccemor has bees found for If Morquard, and a
Corsican is the aro private ssorelary of Napoleon 111.
He had not solicited or oontemplated any such promo-
tion. The rrcipient of this distinztke is IL Coate,
born at Apia io in 1813 a berrister, and the mithor of
some poetic publication+. Re sits in the Council of
State, nod had sat is 'be Naeional Assembly as one of
the members for Corsica. Another romileaa, a nephew
of &outer Pictri (ea-prefect of polies), is named his
assistant.

The Vienna' correspondent of a Paris contemporary
states that the Frio& Government is much occupied
with the course evente are taking in the Duchies. It
I. said to bare addressed a similar despatch on this
sobject to its sows in Gennesy. It would appear that
the Emperor 'fishes to be cert.in before the new yew
of the ulterior intentions of the great German Powers.
In a coseereation with 11.. Drouyn di Limp, Priem
maaaeraich I. ardal to have given the mart wattelootot7
explesetions, in the named his Government. It bee
Ow been rumoured that in his new year's speech
the Emperor Napoleon will allude to the question
of a general disarmament recently breached by several
joarnah.
The Pope has issued en eseyelicial letter, in which, as
the elipmesell of iof.llibility, "the prineipal modern
errors cosaerning revealed religion, philosophy, and
civil society" are model:wed. It is souring, however,
to see how the Holy Pontiff shirks the moat ardsons
pert of hie irk. He declines to owlet-take each en
immense lebour no that of demegetretiog the fallacies
which in this poor ignorant generation have gained
modems. He contents himself merely with enumerating
them "in eighty prepositions,* and to he bishop. to
1.-ft the plasma% dotT of refuting them. Before they
have finished they will probably entertain a hearty Irish
that the Pope would to.. "mod-re error' concerning
philmiephy," ha sloes. In another oseysliaal loner
jubilee of one month is granted, to take pines daring
the corning year.
The Shipping Onset Si NMI that advice. from Nantes
soolirm the report that ex-President Juarez bad imurd
letters d marque to Americans against French ships,
and especially the steamer, of the Traneatiantic Dem-
psey. One of there versis, hoeing ElOO,OOO epode ea
rd, was conveyed from Tees Ores by a man-of-war.