The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-02 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

PESTH, Oar. 2.
The Crown Prince Rudolph and the Princess
Gisella arrived at Godoello yesterday.

AIDMICA.
(Arrival of the Russia, via Queenstown.)
NEW YORK, Sam 23, 3logn:qa.

The agent of the Freedmen's Bureau in
Georgia claims that the whites were the
aggressors in the riot at Familia, in that
they attacked the negroes on the pre-
tence that the latter were armed contrary to
law. The sheriff of the county reports that he
atttniptcd to disperse the negroes for carrying
arms contrary to the laws of the state, and that
the negroes, provoked at a shot which was fired
by a drunken bystander, fired upon the whites,
wounding six persons. The President has ordered
un investigation into the riot.
The Georgia legislature has rejected the sug-
gestion of Governor Bullock to ask fur the aid of
national troops to preserve the peace of the State.
A fight took place last night at Now Orleans
between the Republicwn and Democratic clubs.
No casualties are reported. A renewal of the dis-
turbances is feared.

The prosecution in the Surratt trial has filed a
demurrer to the application of the counsel for the
defence for the dismissal of the conspiracy charge
under the provisions of the amnesty proclamation.
A large and enthusiastic republican meeting
was held at the Cooper Institute in New York last
evening. General Fremont was among the
speakers.
A letter from General Dix from Paris has been
published opposing the election of Mr. Seymour.
The cotton reports from Tennessee continue un-
favourable. Wright's report states that in Georgia,
Alabama, and I•lorida the cotton is much da-
maged by worms and rain.

A Paris correspondent of the Nord writes :
" The Empress is in despair at the calamity which hat
brfallen her former Sovereign. She has shed tears
abundantly, but without shaking the resolve of the Em-
peror to at stain from intervention."

A description of a vehicle propelled by the fort,
and which exactly corresponds to the velocipede so much
in vogue at this moment, is published by the ilowiteur s
an extract from the Awl Hal de Paris of July, 1779.

The Pays says :—" M. Granier de Coaeagnac,
principal editor of the Pays, had thu honour of breakfasting
with the Emperor on Tuesday."
" A Swallow " writes to Oulignani from Nico
that the rains are over, and the sky clear, so that visitors
who intend wintering there need not delay their departure.

The Cotastitutionnel has unearthed in the prison
of Bourget; s peripatetic philosopher. His name is
Seneca ; he is about forty, has never done a day's work,
and is now undergoing hie eighth condemnation for
begging. The following terse summary of his views of
existence is neatly tattoed on his right arm :—" Le passe
m'a trompe ; Le present me tourmente ; L'acenir ni'4pou-
vitiate."

A competition of carrier pigeons took place on
Sunday. Five hundred and seventy-six of them started
from Ham at nine in the morning, and a few reached
their destination by three o'clock the same afternoon.
Several of these swift voyageurs were shot by country
sportsmen intent on making a bug.

A young man living at Havre went out shooting
three mornings beet along the cliffs in the neighbourhood
of Etretat, and foolishly went close to the edge of the
precipice. The ground, loosened by the infiltration of
water, gave way, and the unfortunate sportsman fell
headlong from a height of nearly 400 foot to the shingle
below. His brains were dashed out, but his hand still
clutched the rifle.

The Italian government has officially recog-
Mead the government of Juarez by appointing ite Consul-
fleneral at Bt.lgrade Italian Minieter at Mexico.

An extract front a private letter from Victoria,
Australia, dated July 27, says there is a great rush to the
new gold fields in Queensland. They aro flocking from
all park' of Australia, and from New Zealand. Thousands
lett Ballast in one week.