The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-25 00:00:00

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"Firm." 071101. lirelaa7 Night.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON FIRED AT.

The attempt of a Radical mob to amessinate President
Johnson is destined to create the most intense Milks.
nation wherever American aftairs are watched with
interest abroad, and to lead to very serious results
here. The President has been attacked by an
armed band of Radicals ; pistol shots bare been
fired at him; reward of his friends, as well so
certain of the !attacking party, have been severely
wounded; one life has been lost. The disturbance
occurred at Indianapolis in the state of Indiana—New
York Ceerespostdeut of Slandard.

THU King of Prairie has addressed a letter of thanks
to the civic authorities and population of Berlin for the
brilliant reception they accorded the army on their
triumphal entry into that city on Thursday last
Tag departure of the Emperor of the French for
Biarritz has had a favourable influence on the Boone,
which is attributed to two reasons—an improvement in
the Emperor's health and the leas threatening aspect
of State affelra

THL Citocoottr, which is now being exhibited at the
Agricultural Hall, Islington, was liberated for • short
time on Satonlay by the upeetting of the tank in which it
Is ocedinet After a abort struggle the monster was re.
captured, fortucately without doing any mischief.
FLAILS are entertained by the farmers is the Vale of
Blacktunor, JO the South of England, that the continued
rains will produce the oothe or rot in sheep. Great
numbers of farms in the mouth of England are changing
beads.

Aar engagement hu taken place between the insur-
gents in Candi* and the Ottoman troops. It is described
as a glorious victory for the Cretans. Three thousand
Egyptians, it is stated, were played hors de combat, and
the Puha in command, with the reniaindrt of the
forces, capitulated.

Os Monday • serious railway accident occurred on
the Trent Valley line. The engine of • goods tram ran
off the line in consequence of the breaking of an axle.
tree. The trucks were smashed to piece., and the
merchandise with which they were laden were scattered
in all directions ; but, fortunately, no one was injured.
Tag story of the Pope having dispatched&
with an autograph letter to Queen Victors, anmdegloTt,
Ode Russell holding perpetual interviews witbll his
Holiness, which reached this country through an
Austrian channel, is now flatly contradicted by the
oMoial organ of thee. Papal Government.
FOUR men were arrested in Liverpool on &Ueda, on
suspicion of being kepis:is, and they were charged
at the polies-court the same day with having in their
possession • quantity of muskets, bayonet., /cc., which
were identified as being Onvernment property stolen
from the Tower. The prisoners were remanded for •
week, bail being refused.
A Revolts Denosirrnarox, attended by several
thousand persons, was held in Liverpool on Saturday.
Mr. Robertson Gladstone, brother of the late Chancellor
of the Exchequer presided, and Mr. Bealee was also
present. Influential local leaders of the Liberal party
took part in the proceedings, and although corn
attempts at disturbance was made, the resolution
were carried with great enthusiasm and unanimity.
Tar man Jeffery, sho murdered his child by banging
in St. Giles's, London, has mode • detailed confession of
his crime. He took the child away front his grand-
mother on the night of the 29th of July, carried him to
the cellar in Nee e'a papaw, and whilst in an insensible
state, produced by fright at bring in such • lonely place,
he placed the rope round the child's neck, and hung kta
rp to the post of the ebtern. The murderer will be
executed on the 9th of October.

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A Too ZIALMMI COLLICTOI.—We had • curious tide
few day. ugo at the usise court of the Seine, the
result of which has been the imprisonment for six years
of,. postman whose practiee it has been to " annex" for
his private pettiest any letter he happened to take •
fancy to. His defence was that he merely did so with a
view of collecting postage-stamps. "But," inquired the
judge, who evidently is devoid of sympathy for eolfec
tionwears, "if the said letters contained bank-notes?"
" Your worship, I should have instantly returned
them." The jury were sufficiently obtuse not to see
this exactly, and still less to admit the °Renee that his
salary only emanated to 2,700 f., which he maintained
to be quite insufficient for his wants. I should say no,
inasmuch as the postman, beside., wife and four children
bed,. dire mite, for whom he kept,. separate marsace,
ere do hazel—Paris Correspondent.
THE news brought from America by the Asia is of,.
character to bring anxiety to those who take an interest
in the well-being of the great Remits''-. The attitude
which the President has taken up towaols Congress. and the language of the Republican party tows, ds the
Chief of the State, presage anything bit a oondition of
things favourable to order and good government. As
the President proceeds westward the violence of party
is strongly exhibiting it elf. At Indianapolis the on.
weedy gapes which were enacted at tlevelsnd and
Detroit have been out-done. The interruptions to the
President's speech-making were such that he could not
proceed, end no speech was mad.-. Tho fierceness of
party dissensions was shown by the firing of pistol shots
in combats between iodividual partisan, Cincinnati
hi. refused to give a reception of any kind to the lire.
silent, The Legislature of New Jersey has voted re-
solutions declaring that the President's specimen show,.
tendency to revolutionise the Executive Government.
It has openly been uid for President Johnson that he
will not recognise the present Congress, bet set up a
rival Legislature composed of the excluded Southerners and his own party in the present Houses. A crisis,
therefore, is et hand.

d ELECTIONS FROM EIATURDArB MARKET&

001111 THAD&
SATB.—Thera was • rather better supple of wheat
at our market. Red sold from 481. to 62.. per qr white 524. to 60e. Two or three umpire of new
burley realised high prioee, and Um general rates were
from 3944 to 43e. per qr. Blaa oats fetched from 22..
to 24.• per qr.; white 28.. to 345. Beans awl peas the
same as lam week.
- The corn-market at Southampton MU moderately aopplied with both wheat and barley, which
islet a fair gale, especially the well•conditioned parcels.
In oats, beans, and pea', little doing. Prices may be
placed aa follow :—wheat, goad new and old, 53.. to
inferior, 48.. to Me. ; barley, malting, 40s. to 445.;
grinding. 351. 1038 s. • oats, heavy old black and white,
29.. to 334., inferior, '24, to 28, ; good new black and
winter oats, 234. to 27.. ; peas, 37.. to 40.. • beans, old,
60a 5. 53. ; rye, Mc to 38.. ; winter beans, 441, to
48..; and malt, 70s. to 72a. per qr. Flour, 40s. to 42,
per sack; tares, 54. to 5.. 61. per bushel.
Dirvonsatiz.— The harvest has made bat little
progress dering the past fortnight, and there is a large
breadth of barley eatatandieg, which is rendered unfit
for malting purposes, and some of which is almeot
valueless. The wheat has been stacked in inferior
amdition. In the Exeter Corn•Faclienge the samples
on offer were generally out of condition, but a good
was dose at an advance ‘f la. per qr. over the
rate. of this tley ee'neight. White wheat, old, 7s. to
7.. 3-1.; now 'iitto,e.. 91. to 6s. 104 d.; red ditto, 6.. 51.
to 8.. 7401.; heelh,y, malling, 4„„ gg, to ree.; grinding,
3.. 91. to 4.. per bushel; oats, 34. to 3. 3d. per bushel
door. superfine, 46.. to 475.; fine, 44a; and emonda
43, per sack.

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Wallin mink —We Gan report but little improvement
In the state of the weather this week. There was a
fair attendant)s at market to-day, and a considerable
glumly of corn, but new wheat was in datnp condition.
?be wheat trade was rather quiet, on account of the
high prime aaked, but wee must •quote a further advance
of 24. the qr. on the best qualities. Beat old made up
to Ws., and new, from 48.. to 56e. The quantity of
barley on offer here was not large, and there was an
eager demand for the malting qualities at prices fully
3.. the qr. high than those of last market. In feet,
tbe trade wee in a very elated state, and the prices
realised are unpreoedented w.thin late years; 48s. 49t,
egg &lg. were obtained for the best wimples, and 45.. to
484. may he considered ordinary prices. In other corn
,vet,little woo doing, bot prices are eery Arm. Seaside
fleeter is at 41a. to 43.. the each.

8.411111•1711RIRL—Tee corn trade in this Ootiney,
41,eing to the long continuance of very wet weather, is
in • very excited state, and at the markets held thia
week there has been al advance in prices. The
rite in wheat ha. been 2e. to 31. the qr., and in barley
fully no much. New wheat 'ell. it 46.. to Mk, and old
No to M.., with a good demand for all dry parcels
Melting berler is not much grown in our county, but
the pareele brought in met ready purchasers at high
prices, 425. to 475. being the currency of the week for
good to beet barleys. Oats are scams, and have
advanced sines the wet new her fully de the gr.
Preernt prime are 281 to 32 Beans and peal are also
In small mpply and adv.eceisi prima Beane sell al 52a.
I.' 56,, and mu at 411 e. to 46a. the qr. Flour ham
advanced to 41s. and 425. the mak, with a good demand.
The potato &mass hes appeared in many districts, but.
as the weather lean wet, there I. little (dunes of
Judging of tb• fall extent of Its ravage,.