The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-01-01 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The crisis in the United stolen increases in interest
as the time al,l,roomille4 when tloe Southern State, nark
once for all whether or no they will take the fatal
kap. If accounts from Washin Son are to he ere lite.l.
even the eatretne coutopoomiso party AM hopelessly at a
oliscoutot, awl nothing but disunion. at I. eat AS far a.
sit or seven of the State- are cone...rhea, is poasible. Mr.
Cobh. a suetnber iii aw Cabinet. kos rem Liwit, in conse-
quence of his aerie:aeon I,moelieitie. This is an ugly
aysisiotout ; mot the refusal of the weather.: f. r
tuht South Citutina to me' cc on the sp.,. ial
Col 1111 l ittee of the House of Itc:itwontetives
1., eousiiler the leviloas utak. of t'ac I u.iii, is ohm jowly
reganled as an illmmen. aid a gill more 1•01.111. atnte•
moat is made. lt is that the ceocua of Southern $:110.
tars lIJW Aline at Wallington 14 not only in I.' our
the right of aeces4ion, lout ;011 on mialausly regmi 1 that
polio/ as inevitable. The plan which tle.y have met. r
con •iteration, which him been aliggei4o.l by .111 V if
WIIIO/01% (llr 111..465i:011i, tilV
fait, to postpone Moat ;action until the S.oistlierta States.
generally have hail time too 11.14 convention's, NO thaw
the South, tuo a whole. imoy, :•imult.oneoualy with the
secessions oof totetoolair4, be in 'on; to
whpt the toael li ll eri of the l'oleral ht at it
oot present e %Ws. moil invite the inn. roasercotive oif
the Northern State 4to form a part of the nw cont.. le-
ra.rw. They promo.: to Law the Clverinent, tin, laws,
niel the treaty ehilipitions of the 1 nit of States just
they htantl. Such 14 the dory t.oloi i,y Vie
; but the T.• xr, a 111,4 C aokit rcyr. •
wet: the caucus 111. Wog urea ;Iv on the opie •
h.
There is evi.lently ii .trovic feeling in feviiiir of the
Union in the banter Stowe States, buil in Virginia el.cci-
ally that feeling has received very mai; l
Hut Mill seen hen: the nee.; iry of wane colupwootii..e.
involving the nitwit of the Kraus:4l Liberty AC,Ahli the
Free States, is pp.:414 are being aildro
to Mr. Lincoln. imploring him to lisp 1.14 influence for
the "Ill" thin lelklation ; but even if he ‘were no
dispoaml, the induettee c:.:31 in this direction
would he very small.

THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY.
TUE SICILIPIEDMtiNt,
The news from Gaeta is confused and controilictory.
By souse accounts. "an CIOWIUYIW llOalltltY .4 idiot 1114
was thrown into the town Olt the lieu, some of
the missies falling into Ow gar Icon .if the Pia ice.
Again. on the 22n I. we he " The Isinilsirilinent of the
City motioning with increased vigour. The Sininids ,
Ambassador has left him palace on account of its lying I
riddled with bitilots. Ta,. ofilc,rs have two' struck
w!„ile stsuiling ors'. the King. New :I-inhibits ii it'
I Call 1/4) sell. evidently nnely to take virt in the ,
Other reports declare that' the ,Sor• '
diniau l,rC ,m reafiC I iiitermitt,nr.
A deputation has arrived at I:sets from Cidaliria, pro-
mising to rain. an inaurroetion in favinir of King
Fringts. Considerable ioututities of provisions hare
remitted the town from Ifinne.
Tim garrison of Gaeta is diminished hi nniiilieri by the
of a port the floynl Genre, fidellte
wna doubtful. The "Oreataining defenders" of Itseta are
des,nbed WI in a deplorable state " nevertlo.le.s. the
place is stillgook an I the defenee may he tirolosigei for
some time. in cousequence of the distanco of the attack-
ing batteries."
The Kill is stated to liar. received a lett,r from the
Eonwrer Napoleem. expressing his sympathy. but urging
thst the defence has been long enough In.tintained. The
King is represented to have replied that a sense of linty
e.iminta lino to persist in the defence.
Nemo.' persons• gave been arrested at Naples on a
,cliargeef having been in correspondence with the Royal.
ut Wets.
(hi the 2ith ult. Ring Victor Emmanuel received the
nobility of the Court at Naples, who attended in gm,'
noniblini. In the evening there was an mithu.iiittio
demonstration in favour of his Niajesty. After attend.
in; the hall of the National Guard next day, Victor
Em,i,nannel was to leave :simples for Piediuotie. The
review of the National Onaril came off on the fah, and
a very brilliant spectacle it wms, lint it Win nothing
more than a ape-tack, for of enthusiasm 1 br. ii es
none. A cordial reieption Woc given to lii
awl the people acein•sl glad to .41t hill.. Entlio.ianii,
however, he not under,toml or felt at Nevi...A. athl the
only person who has • wakened Mil the wonblance of it
was Claribaldi.