The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-03 00:00:00

THE 'EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1863.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Cbt Com.
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AMERICA.

ROSENAU, COBURG, tale= 30.
The Queen drove to the Kalleoberg on Friday
evening, and took tea with the Duchies of Coburg.
Mr. Barnard, her Majesty's resident at Coburg, had the
homer of an interview with the Quest oe Wednesday.
The Queen, Princess Helena, and Prince Alfred attended
divine service at the chapel at the Kaßenberg this morning.
Her Majesty and the Royal Family continue to take
drives in the neighbourhood. and have visited the widow of
Baron Stockinet, and the Prince Consort's former tutor,
Mr. Florschutz, at Coburg.
Her Majesty's health is much the same. She is unable
to bear any great exertion or fatigue.

Dcapatchee were received yeaterday at the Colonial-Aloe
from the Govermos of Cerloo, Hoeg-Hoeg, Yalta, and from
the Lord High Coromisamer of the balm lama.

CIRCULAR FROM MR. SEWARD.
The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Saxon* Captain Trautmann, from New York
on the 22nd ult., has arrived at Southampton. She
brings 144 paesengers for this port, Havre, and
Hamburg, 85,019 dole. in specie for England,
25,828 dole. for France, and 500 dots. for Hamburg.
The Saxonia passed the Germania, bound out-
wards, in lat. 50.8 N., lon. 27.30 W.
During the first four days of her voyage the
Saxonia experienced very thick fog.
The United States government, through Mr.
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Seward, has addressed a circular, dated the 12th
tilt., to the United States consuls iu Enr.,pe, enter-
ing into a. narrative of the incidents of the war
during the last twelvemonths, with a view to re-
move the opinion of English and French states-
men that the efforts of the Washington govern-
ment to maintain the Union and preserve the

integrity of the republic could not be succeenfuL
This review of the campaign (says Mr. Seward) shows that

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so great proems hat been made by our arms in the east
The opposing forces there have been too equally matched to
allow great advantages to accrete to either party ; whiled*
necessity of covering the national capital in all contingencies
lbw constantly restrained ourgenerals, and forbidden such bold
and dangerous movements as usually conduce to brilliant
military success. In the west, however, the results have
been more gratifying. 50,000 square miles have been in.
claimed from the possession of the ineurgents. On referrig
to the annexed map it will be seen that since the breaking
out of the insurrection the government has extended SE
former sway over and through a region of 200,000 square
miles, an area ea large as Austria or France, or the penin-
sula of Spain and Portugal. The insurgents lost in the
various field and siege operations of the month of July
which I have described one-third of their whole forces.
Jefferson D•vis, the leader of the sedition, has since pro-
claimed a levy of all the able-bodied men within his military
lines. This, if a'ri'd into effect, will exhaust the whole
material of which soldiers can be made. The insurgents
estimate the total number of conecripta thus to be
, pined at from 70,CC0 to 95,00. Our armies now confront
the insurgents at all points with superior number'. A
draft for 300.000 more is in progress to replace those
whose terms of service have expired, and to fill up the
wasted ranks of our veteran regiments; and the people, just
so fast as the evidence of the necessity for that measure is
received and digested, submit with cheerfulness to the
seesrtained demands. Our armies everywhere are well
equipped, abundantly fed, and supplied with all the mesas
of transportation. The soldiers of two years' service bear
themselves as veterans, and show great steadiness in every
conflict. The men, accustomed to the camp, and hardened
by exercise and experience, make marches which would have
been impossible in the beginning of the contest The nation
is beaming familiar with arm', and easily takes on the
habits of war. Large voluntary enlistment' continually
augment oar military force. All supplies are abundantly
and cheaply purchased within our lines. The country shows
no sign of exhaustion of money, material, or men. A re-
quisition for 6,200 re-mount horses was filled and the
manilas despatched from Washington all in four days. Onv
iOllll is parasol-A at par by our own citizens at the averagel
rate of 1,2C3,CC3 dollars daily. Gold sells is our market at
123 to 128, while in the insurrectionary region it command,
1,203 per cent. premium.
Every insurgent port is either blockaded, besieged, or
occupied by the national forces. The field of the projected
confederacy is divided by the Mississippi. All the fortifier
times on its banks are in our hands, and its flood is patrolled
by the Federal fleet.
Miasma, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland—all slave
statm--support the Federal government. Miseouri ley
already in convention ordained the gradual abolition of
slavery, to take effect at the expiration of seven years.
Four-fifths of TODDIDSOO, two-thirds of Virginia, the coasts
sad sounds of North Careless, half of Mississippi, and half
of Louisiana, with all their large cities, part of Alabama,
aad the whole sea coast of Georgia and South Welles, and
as inoousiderable part of the coast of Florida, are held by
the United States. The insurgents, with the slaves whom
they yet hold in defiance of the President's proclamation,
are sow crowded into the central and southern portions of
Virgiais, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and
I Alabama, while the pioneer slave-holding insurgents beyond
the Mississippi sre cut off from the main fora.. On the other
baud, although it is less than sin months since the laws or
' customs of the United States would allow a man of Africa
descent to bear arms in defence of his country, there axe now
in the field 22,000 regularly enlisted, armed, and equipped
golden of that class, while 50 regiments of I,COO each are in
process of orpaisatioo, and 62,900 persons of the isms class
are employed as teamster,, labourers, and camp followers.
These facts show that, as the insurrection cootinues, the
unfortunate servile population, which was at the beginning
an element of its strength, is beieg transferred to the sup-
port of the Union.
You will nee the facts presented in this paper in such a
way as may be most effective to convince those who seek •
renewal of asemereial prosperity through the restoration of
peace in America, that the quickest and shortest way to gain
that desired end is to wit►draw support and favour from the
insurgents, and to leave the adjustment of our domestic
controversies exelusively with the people of the United
States.

The whole country around Chattanooga is swarm-
ing with rebel desertersfrom Bragg's and Johnston's
armies. Rebel cavalry are enforcing the conscrip-
tion in Eastern Virginia. All eyes are turned
towards Rosencranz's movement on Chattanooga,
which is austnral citadel in the heart of the confede-
racy. If this is seized the Federate will hold interior
lines and force the rebels to operate on the external
lines, and thus the tables will be turned on the
Confederates.
Among the passengers by the Saxonia is the
Hon. Mr. Ruggles, who has been specially sent by
Mr. Lincoln to the International Statistical Con-
gress at Berlin, to present to the attention of the
European world a comprehensive and authoritative
view of the vast and rapidly-growing resources of
the United States, their commercial, agricultural,
mineral, and territorial development.
THE SOUTHERN PRESS AND THE SIEGE
OF CHARLESTON.
(From the Richswad Whig, August 21.)
Charleston, &C., August 20.
The enemy's operations during the last twenty-
four boors have been mostly confined to a steady and on.
tiouous bomterdmeat of Fort Sumter from their Parrott
guns on Morris Island.
Their fire begins to tell on Fort Sumter, which replies
only at loog intervals.
The defence of the harbour does not depend mainly upon
Sumter. Even if that formes should be battered down,
the harbour may still be held.
Governor Bonham has issued a proclamation urging the
removal of all non-combatants from Charleston as soon as
possible
The two hundred-pounder Parrott guns of the enemy are
too much for the walls of Sumter, and the fat only replies
at intervals.
It has been determiried to defend the city, street by street
and house by house, as keg as a foot of earth is lett.
(From the Chattanooga Rebel, August 10.)

We look for the worst at Charleston. It will never be
taken as it stands, however. It would be mined and
blown from its foundation first. We do not anticipate any
very encouraging news from that quarter. The journals
of the city may put the beat face on the Toothier from Eno.
tires of patriotism ; bat we had as well be prepared for
any emergency.
(From the Macon (Os.) Tekgraph, Auost 12.)

We think thel Chattanooga Rebel is unnecessarily de-
spondent ►bout Charlestoe. It I. tree she may in time
socournb to superior numbers mid heavier ordnance ; but
the cumbers are not there yet, sad the hopes of suc-
cessful defence have pow. with every day since the be.
ginning of the siege, and so bas the strength of the position
The Charlestonians don't believe that their city will be taken,
and we shall not believe it mail it is does.

The following semi-official announcement has
been wade of the condition of affairs at Charleston :
Waehiagtoe, Ass. 90.

Official despatches resolved at the &outmost; from
Gym& Oalimey, sod Admiral Dahlgren meant

perivious reports of dos program of affairs in •
ollarloston Harbour. Fall confidence is felt in
re ability to redness Fort Sumter after a few hare' boor
lardmect. This is but one step, however, towards the
capture of Charleston, and anticipations of an imme-
diate termination of the siege by the fall of the
city are premature. There is a great deal of hard
wort and desperate fighting to be done Store
after the reduction of Sumter, which may yet
require considerable time. But little faith is entertained in
official circles in the realisation of the sanguine pre-
dictions of the correspondent of a Baltimore paper of
immediate triumph. No doubt is harboured of ulti-
mate success ; but the public should guard against
too great anticipations of speedy triumph. which are
not likely to be radioed. Prominent offioars serving
before Charleston express theenalves in private
letters received here to-clay as earnestly hopeful
of the combined naval and military operations, but
they do not mention any time for the reduction of Fort
Sumter, &a., as promised by enthusiastic newspaper oar-
reepondente. The work being heavy and requiring the ut-
most skill and caution, they, with a full appre-
ciation of all the difficulties, purposely refrain from
exciting expectations of an immediate and complete via
tory ; nor are speedy results of inch a character anticipated
by gentlemen in Washington who are beet acquainted with
the plans and intentions of the commanding °nicety. It is
stated in •1101:46011 quarters here that the people of Charla-
tan will fire the city before it shall fall into the Feasts&

VIE CONFEDERATE STEAMER FLORIDA.
We read in the Journal des Dibats of to-day :
A Confederate email., named the Florida, some days ago
entered the roadstead of Brett, cad disembarked the crew
of a vessel which it had burnt near the English owl.
The Phare de Is Loire has on this subject urged complairte
which we consider well founded. It would, in tact, be well
wore it possible to interdict from moms to our ports veritable I
ses.rovers, for the Florida is nothing else. Now we believe
that is possible: The rights of belligerents have without
doubt been conceded to the Southern States ; but it is evi-
dently on the condition that they conform to the regu-
lations of international law. If it be porible to show
conclusively that the Southern States have the right
to arm corsairs, silica they have not acceded to the
treaty of Paris, it is not possible to admit that the
corsairs armed by the South, and amimilated by a too
generous toleration—it is now clearly seen—to vessels of
war, may substitute themselves substantially for maritime
tribunals, and make themselves judges of the validity of
their captures. They have not the right, as they sesame, to
atop vessels which they meet on the sea, to take
possession of the cargo, whether it belong to Northern
Americans or to neutrals, and to burn the vessels, although a
captain of the state navy, wearing the uniform of his coun-
try, and presenting many other guarantees for honesty and
impartiality, would be obliged to take his prize before •
court of juries. That is evidently intolerable. It is in vain
that Southern people allege that, their port being block-
aded, they have no maritime tribusals. That is their
affair, and not ours. Let them attack the American ship,
of war, and compel them to raise the blockade, as they have
• right to do ; but taking possession of the goods of others
' without a legal judgment is in all languages called robbery.

plored to deliver her from tiie evils by which she is THE CASE OF MR. SMALES.
inflicted. Petitions should be put up that while re-
taining her character she may remain faithful to
the minion God has given her, and may maintain
the catholic banner thoroughly intact.

EGYPT.—THE NILE.
ALEXANDRIA, Syn. 2.
The Annamite ambassadors have left in the
Labrador, upon their voyage to France.
The rise of the Nile continues to create uneasi-
ness. Measures are still being taken to avert
disaster.
1 The cattle disease is diminishing.

TO THE EDITOR Or TRI WI 5.
SIN—Observing in the Express some editorial
.marks upon the letter of pardon, as it has been termed,
addressed to me by the War Department, in connexion
with my late trial by court-martial, when, among other
opinions, you state :—" The regiment wee tactically in a
elate of mutiny ; officers and men of the most unimpeach.
able character were driven to desperation," permit me to
inform you that the regiment was not only practically but
absolutely in a state of mutiny—as much so as it
well could be wtthont coming to an actual out-
break ; and I could not well illustrate to you in
a better manner the state it was in than by referring to a
fact reported by me first to the Commander.in-Chid of the
Bombay Presidency, Sir William Mansfield, on the 2nd
June, 1882, and secondly to the Commander•in-CAsied in this
country, of the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley's
own servant, a private soldier named Walsh. This man was
apprehended in Colonel Orawley's compound with a drawn
sword in his band lyiag in wait for his commanding officer,
wad he was apprehended In that position by the corporal at
the guard, whose carbine and elbow Walsh Wrack with his
sabre, Walsh using at the same time the most
abusive epithets regarding Colonel Crawley,
him a jungle tiger, Tom Crawley, no gentleman,
ha. For this conduct this man was never tried. have
heard officers opeely remark, in my own house, that they
should not have been in the least degree surprised at any
time to hear that some person in the regiment had been
shot. I shall merely add that, after upwards of thirty
years' experience, I can safely affirm I never saw a ree-
-1 meat in such a state in the whole course of my service.—
I am, tie. THOMAS MULES.
London, Sept. 3.

KILLED ire A RAIT.WAY —An i
held yesterday attersoon, at TCNNEL.
the Railway Hotel,nq uest
Homewasy,
before Dr. Lankteter, on the body of a wont's, found in a
ding state on Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock, in the Totten-
ham TauneL It appeared that e deceased, Martha Evan&
was a married woman, and that th
she left her home on San-
day morning to go to church, and her husband, an engine-
keeper at a factory, heard nothing of her until the melan-
choly occurrence. A platelayer in the employ of the Great
Northern Railway Company had occasion, about 6 o'clock
on Tuesday morning, to go into the Tottenham Tunnel,
and found the deceased with one of her legs completely
cut off on the rail, and he conveyed her to the
Railway Hotel. She groaned once when he picked her up,
and expired. The husband of the deceased was called and
stated that his wife was not a drinking woman, but had
lately been strange in her manner. A policeman gave
evidence to the effect that he saw her in the neighbourhood
of Hornsey late on Monday night, and she told him she
had been to &field, and afterwards to Stratford, and went
in a cart to Barnet. She had last her way and wanted to
get home to Charles-street, Hampstead-read. He put her
In the right direction and she was afterward" seen by two
other policemen. On Tuesday morning she was toyed in
the tunnel. The jury, es there was no 'video°, to show
bow she got i, tunnel, returned a verdict of
" Accidental Death."
SINUULAR FATAL ACCIDENT NTAR CHESTERFIELD.
Yesterday afternoon bequest was held at Staveley, near
Chesterfield, by Mr. Busby, coroner, en the body of an
engine tenter, awned John Bereeford, employed by Mr.
Barrow at his extensive works. It appeared from the
dium that the deuces& wee misled at the dinner hoar, his
little bay being unable to find him, and a search was emu-
quietly made, which resulted in the body of the unfortu-
nate men being found head downwards in the water at the
bottom of the engine-house well. It was thee evident that
deceased must have fallen off the ladder which led down into
the • cellar, and was precipitated bead downwards
an opening in the flooring about two feet square'
thence he fell, striking a platform, into the well, where he
was drowned. Deceased's body was much mutilated by the
wounds he received by his fall, and it is a matter f great
wonder bow he could have passed through the different
trapdoors and belles into the well. The jury returned •
verdict of " Accidental death."
NARROW ESCAPE OF AN EXPRESS TRAlN.—YeS-
terday John Alb , a butcher, residum at Agneeplacm
Plurastead, before Mr. Maude, sitting in the Wool-
wich police-oeurt, to answer an adjourned summons, charm.
lag the defendant with endangering the lives of passengers
on the North Kent Railway, by leaving a horse and cart
ea the line, near the Abbey-wood station. From the
evidence previously takes it appeared that on, the 12th of
August the defendant, with a horse sod cart, was
musing slowly over • level crossing of the railway
at the moment that an express train to London was in sight.
The danger signal was fortunately given to the driver of the
train, who instantly slackened speed, and a collision was
avoided. The defendant pleaded that his eyesight was
bad, and that he was also deaf. He did not see or hear the
train until it was near, and he then got it off the line as soca
as possible. It was stated that the South Eastern Com-
pany did not intend to prosecute sa the offence did not
appear to have been wilfully committed. The defendant
was then discharged.
FATAL RESULT OF A PRACTICAL JOICIL—Ono
evening, about a fortnight agog Ellen Elford. a young
woman, whose home is at Bothnia, and who has been
living as • servant with the Rev. James Glencrues. at
Liikeard, left her master's house to go to the postoffice.
On her return she was met in the sweetie leading to the
house by a fellow-servant, who bad pulled her dress over
her head sou to leave the white lining expreed. The poor
girl Elford was so trightened that she at ones became ill,
and was a few day. afterwards removed to her Mom when
she died on Monday after great mental suffering.—Weetern
Morning Nara
HORRIBLE DEATH OF • CAPTAIN IN THE ARYL
On Tuesday evening Captain John Harding Lothian, of the
53rd Regiment, stationed at Portsmouth. was killed under the
following circumstances. The deceased had quarters in Cam.
bridge Barracks, High-street, upon the second story. About
eight o'clock oo Tuesday evening Captain Lothian was heard
to fall from his window iota the area below. No
saw him fall, and considerable doubt exists am to whetter he
threw himself from the window or fell accidentally. It
would appear that as he fell his feet caught the windoiLit
rinsing him to turn a complete somenault, sad broke
wisdom. The unfortunate man then struck against the
edge of the stone parapet fronting the servants' rooms and
forming the area. He was forced by the impetus of his
body against the wall, and finally came head foremost on,
to the pavement. He was taken op End medical aid pro-
cured, but it was apparent that the affair would terminate
fatally, the skull having been fractured and the body greatly
braised. He died about one o'clock yesterdey (Wedneeday)
morning, from compreesioa of the brain and other injuriee re-
ceived in the fall. Deceased was in his 40th year, and bad
been in the 53rd several years. Before his death he bed
been under medical treatment, having suffered from a mental
disease. There is no doubt that he was a lunatic, and sur-
prise has been expressed at his being retained on the active
service list. He had been formerly an inmate of • lusatio
asylum, and it is said that he threw himself from the
window during a fit of insanity. The inquest assembled in
the barrack when our parcel let.
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—Last week a suicide
ef a most dietressing character was committed by the wife
of Mr. William Wallace, a farmer, residing at Worle.
Mr. Wallace bad left his house and proceeded to look over
his farm, leaving his wife and two young children at home.
From what was afterwards gleaned from the statement
of the dying woman, corroborated in part by some neigh-
, burs, it would seem that shortly alter her husband left
she dressed herself in a gown merely, besides her under
garment, walked downstairs, got a light, deliberately set
herself on fire, wed then walked out into the garden. where,
before any assistance came, she was so shockingly bust
that her death occurred the same evening. The unfortunate
deceased was of somewhat weak intellect, and had latterly
been labouring under a strange delusion on aooosnt of her
husband being about to remove to anotheroth farm ; and it is
rumoured that the unhappy wome e heard to my
she never would leave her then residence until she was car-
ried out—Sherburne ..foornal.
A PAS:MINORS. KILLED AT THE STALTURIDGE
RAILWAY STATION.—OH Sunday evening, a men named
Schofield, a tenter et a fungus, residing in Spring-suet,
fitalybridge, was killed at the Stalyhridge railway station,
by getting out of the truths whilst in motion, though
be was cautioned by two pumas in the carries" not to
do so. When found the deceased was under the wheel of
one of the carriages, and his body was eared, cut in two.
Two similarly fatal accideota have happened an this lime
within three years. At the inquest before Mr. Price,
deputy coroner, the foreman expressed a straw opinion
that the railway accommodation at the Stalybridu station
was deficient. A verdict of " Accideotal death" was re-
turned, and the jury expressed au opinion that the com-
pany were not to blame, but they submitted to Mr. liar-
weaves that they were not satisfied with the railway sc.
oommodatioo.
EXTRAORDINARY EHYReri Or SLEEPING IN THE
MOONSHINIL —A little boy, 13 years of age, named Henry
Lowry, residing near Peckham-rye, waa en Tuesday night
expelled his home by his mother for sane trifling misde-
meanor. He at once ran away to a corn-field close by, and
on lying down in the open air fell esteem He slept
throughout the night, which was a moonlight cos. Some
labourers on their way to work, 'sea.' the boy apparently
asleep, aroused him ; the lad opened his eyes, but declared
he could not see. He was conveyed home, and from thence
to an ocular institution, where medical advice was obtained.
The surgeon affirmed that the loin of sight resulted from
sleeping in the moonshine. The boy is totally lilted, and
few hope, are entertained of his ultimate recovery.
GROHS SDPHILSTITION.-10 our of the streets of
Teuton there resides a man ad his wife who have the
care of • child. This child was attacked with a:admin.,
and to all appearance death was inevitable. A jury of
matrons was, as it were, empanelled, and to prevent the
child dying hard," all the doers is the hoe'e all the
drawers. all the boxes, all the clipboards. were thrown wide
open, the keys taken out, and the body of the child placed
under • beam, whereby • sure, certain and easy passege into
eternity could be secured. Watchers held their vigils
throughout the weary night, and is the morning the child,
to the surprise of all, did sot die, and is now gradually re-
coveriom—Brideinster Mercury.