The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-04 00:00:00

Foreign Mail racket List.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... May 19.
via Marseilles ......... May 13.
clrazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4.
Cape of Good xlope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. May 22.
Chula, Penang, and Singapore, via Suutlianiptun.May 2.
via Marseilios ...May 2.

Falkland Islrindq
Gibraltar, via kiouthamptou May 2.
aLd Southan:pton May 2.
via Marseilles May 13
India (Bombay), via Southampton May 12.
via Marseilles May 6,
......
Malta, _Egypt, and Adcn, via Seuthamptoi. May 2.
via I`,.l.ari!les Mny 2
Newfoundland
May 11,
Oporto and Vigo
U. and Lritish N. .Ainc.,rica, by Brit. i.,etcket.... May 5.
by li.s, packet....
by Canadiau paclet. May 10.
W.C. of Africa, Mal.ic;ra, and l'eneritiC .. May
Bahamas, via New York May 5.
Mexico..
All parts of West Indies, including Guth,
California, and 13ritith Columbia.

" JANITA'S CROSS.'' By the Author of " St.
Olave's."—A new novel, by the author of " St.
Olave's," will be warmly welcomed by all the readers of
that clever story. " Janita's Cross" is a still more charm-
ing work. It is characterised by fully as much power,
pathos, and truth to nature as " St. Olave's ;" and the
chief personages of the tale are even more remarkable for
the rare excellence with which their individual characters
are developed. Their changing fortunes will be followed to
the close with undiminished interest. Janita, herself, the
fascinating heroine; the strong-minded old maid, Miss
Hepzibath Ruthven ; the manly, energetic Gavin Rivers,
and, his treacherous, worldly sister, Noelline ; the faithful,
honest-hearted Roy, and his coquettish sweetheart, Bessie
Ashton, are portraits that will long live in the reader's
memory.

THE CONFEDERATE STATES.—The following is an
extract from a letter by the wife of a General in the Con-
federate Service to her friend in Europe—" There are many
little things in which our daily life is changed—many luxu-
ries cut off from the table which we have forgotten to miss.
Our mode of procuring necessaries is very different and
far more complicated. The condition of our currency has
brought about many curious results—for instance, I have
just procured leather for our negro shoes by exchanging
tallow for it, of which we had a quantity from some fine
beeves fattened and killed upon the place. I arn
now bargaining with a factory up the country to ex-
change pork and lard with them for blocks of yarn to weave
negro's clothes—and not only negro clothing I have woven,
I am now dyeing thread to weave homespun for myself and
daughters. lam ravelling up or having ravelled all the
old scraps of fine worsteds and dark silks to spin thread for
gloves for the General and self, which gloves I am to knit.
These home-knit gloves and these homespun dresses will
look much neater and nicer than you mould suppose. My
daughters and I, being in want of under garments,' sent a
quantity of lard to the Macon factory, and received is re-
turn fine unbleached calico—a pound of lard psYing for a
yard of cloth. They will not sell their clotharefouromwoney
This unbleached calico my daughters and salt
snak-
ing up for ourselves. You see some foresight is necessary to
provide for the necessaries of life. If I were to describe all
the cutting and altering of old things to make them new
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which now perpetually goes on, I should far outetep the
limits of a letter—perhaps I h
and means of living and doing.
to ray relations in Savannah,
ave done so already, but 1
thought this sketch would amuse you, and give you some
t trifles I used to give at that
feolieigoanws,—several bushels of meal, peas,
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lard, Ws, sausages, soup (home-made),
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tarbhosaPsanlnjes:dtwrinbweulestgrt:e andand silks would have been. To all of these we
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familiarised that we laugh at these changes in our
ways o
and keep our regrets for graver things. The
photographs of your children I was happy to see. You
would have smiled to have heard my daughters divining
the Present fashion from the style of dress in the likenesses.
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life,
you must know that amid all the woes of the Southern
Confederacy, her women still feel their utter ignorance of
the fashions whenever they have a new dress to make up
or as old one to renovate. I imagine that when our inter-
course with the rest of mankind is revived we shall present
a singular aspect ; but what we shall have lost in external
apperance I trust we shall have gained in sublimer virtues
and more important qualities." _ _

TUE ASSAULT 0N Da. Rowe.—Oa the case of
Janie 3 J. Brice and James Scott, who have several
times been remanded on the charge of having violently as-
saulted Dr.W. F. Rowe, of Pembroke-place, Liverpool, be-
ing called on at the Police court yesterday, Mr. Cobb, who
appeared for the prisoners, said as there would be a formal
remand, he pre nand there was no occasion to have hie
clients brought up. Mr Raffles—lf they wish to be brought
up they can. Mr. Cobb—No, sir, they would rather not.
Mr. Raffies—Oh, very well, Mr. Stephens, from the office
of Mr. Alfred S. Samuells, then put in the following certi-
ficate :-4176, Pembroke-place, May 2, 1864. We hereby
certify that Mr. Rowe is not yet able to attend the court.
(Signed) THOMAS PENNINGTON, J. 11. BARNES." Mr.
Cobb said, in the absence of the learned counsel, Mr.
Deighton, he had again to apply to the magistrate to admit
the prisoners to bail. Mr. Raffles intimated that he refused
the application. The prisoners were then further remanded
for seven days, when we understand the case will be fully
Lovestigated,—,Daily Post, Second Zitition.

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