The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-12 00:00:00

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21712 DAY.
0111 NOKOMIS WZDIONSDAY.
S.E. to &W. strong. CONS, 8.8.. W. to W.N.R.,
squally, soMe rain, a strong to trash.
gale to Dies..
S. to S.W. sad W . Wwirgia. S. to W. and N.W.,
strong, squally with strong to bosh, some
rain sod local plea. roan.
S.E. to 8. sad B.W , Woman. &SL. to W.S.W.,
strong, squally, with strong to fresh. moms
rain. rain.
8.8. E. to S.W.. strong 2111WOJL 8. to W.. strong to
to fresh, some rata. modasede.

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teszlea. Sou thorn= In,!lab Mama sod Oa, a Bias/. Limes
allaitward ZugWad aa4 North Ss.

ArrEmPr Or PRIBON ERA TO Escarg.—On Thurs-
day last a ierionsatteropt groomed, by the Federal prismen
°Defined at Salisbury, North Carolina, to maps, which was
rapidly and effectually quieted at the expense of consider-
able Yankee blood. It appears that the plot had been
formed among the prisoners (of whom there are at Salisbury
some 1.3,000) to overpower the interior guard of the en-
campment, then break through the line of parapet guard,
and after securing all the arms they could to march through
Western North Carolina into Tennessee, and make
good their escape. In the first part of their programme
they succeeded. The interior guard were soon overpowered,
and two of the unfortunate men were killed while resisting.
They then attacked the parapet guard, who fought bravely
against the terrible odds until the alarm bad been fully
communicated to the garrison, and two pieces of artillery
were thrown into position bearing upon the entainpmeet.
Two of the parapet guard were killed in their gallant de-
fence. In good time the artillery opened, and after a few
raking discharges of grape and canister the Menem-
Maoists cried out for mercy, and declared that
they would make no farther effort to get away.
By this time they were completely surrounded
with artillery and infantry, and it is well for them that
they reared their demonstration, end sued for matey.
In ten minutes more the whole camp would have been one
scene of slaughter. As it was, about forty were killed, and
a large number wounded. Thus a very foolish attempt to
escape front Confederate durance has ended. It will prove,
no doubt, a lesson to primitive in the South. But for the
coolness and, it may be added, the consideration of the
officers commanding the garrison, the punishment inflicted
upon these misguided captives would have been far more
serious, if indeed it had not amounted to the annihilation
of the entire body.—Richmond Enquirrr. Nov. 28.
NARROW ESCAPE OF GRNERAL Buttga.—A
Washington despatch, of Nov. 28, nays :—" As the
steamer Webster was coming down James River yesterday,
when near Hog Island, she discovered that the steamer
Greyhound, General Butler's despatch boat, was making
signals of distress. On Dearing the Greyhound she was
found to be on fire. Generals Butler and Schenck and
Admiral Porter were on board the Greyhound ; but the
steamer Pioneer came up and took them off. They were
afterwards transferred to the tag Columbus and oonveyed to
Fortner Monroe. The Webster took off the crew and pawn.
gen. The Greyhound had been up to City Point and was
on her return when the accident took place. General
Butler and his bleeds armrest dinner at the time. Suddenly
the furnace doors blew open and scattered the orals ell over
the floor, driving the firemen and engineers from their
rooms. The Greyhound was almost immediately enveloped
Is flames, and notwithstanding every effort to save her, she
was burned to the water's edge. Ten horses belonging to
General Butler and staff were burnt to death. Shortly
before the accident, the Greyhound had received from the
steamer Cossack, the army mail for General Butler's depart-
meat, which left Washington yesterday morning, and It is
supposed to be loot."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goa Thorn.)
Ai GM). ALM= BUCK.—JUDGMENT.

The baakrapiWaa ToomaTiMion eon t.lilbert.atreet,
Victoria-square, Pimlico, and elsewhere, who applied for
hit order of diechara??a Tbanday but.
. . . .

His Honour now delivered judgmeet, and said the bank.
rapt had clearly brought himself within the 159th section of
the act. He appeared to have been a bird of passege. There
were • large number of addresses, including New Zealand,
Crosby-square, Lc. The bankrupt was the son of •
man named Buck, who bad held a good commercial
position io Crosby-Iquart. He unfortunately died, leaving
I hie business to hie widow. This worthless man (bankrupt)
seemed to have considered himself entitled to a share in a
mine, which, however, he had once valued at 20,00 W.,
but had the hardihood afterwards to say that he con-
sidered the mine worsb nothing. He could not understand
how Mr. Fox, the upholsterer, could have trusted the
bankrupt with furniture of the value of 3:101.
The creditor demanded security, and the bankrupt
gave a bill oo Buck and Co., who bad been through this
court. This waggon load of furniture went to Staines, and
the consequence was ttat the tradesmen—butcher, baker,
and others—courted Lis custom. This man had carried on
his business through the assistance rendered to him by •
loan society. The bankrupt returned one bad debt of
21. :11. as the amount of the assets. To pay debts
of 2,3110/. the bankrupt gave up a bundle of
papers. The bankrupt, a pauper, bad contracted
debts without any reasonable expectation of pay.
meat and been guilty of extravagance in living by
plundering the tradesmen in the aeighbourbood. The
Commissioner said he should treat it se a grow fraud and
should should sonata, the bankrupt to be Imprisoned
either in Monate or Whitecross.atreet fur four months,
the hakrupt having already suffered two months' imprison-
meat.