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charged with throwing stones and assaulting head-constable
Rankin, and a person unknown, and was sentenced to four
months' imprisonment. James Steen, Robt, M'Farland,
Geo. Nicholson, Wm. Kays, Jas. M'Murran, Wm. Maguire,
Wm. T. M'Moran, Wm. Gamble, John Wallace, Hutchin-
son Porter, and Jas. Graham, were each sentenced to two
months' imprisonment, on the complaint of the police, for
being part of a disorderly and stone-throwing mob in Dur-
ham-street, The evidence was the same in all the cases—
namely, that the prisoners were in the crowd, and some of
them were seen throwing stones at an opposing mob. I'at-
rick M'Cullogh was discharged, there not being sufficient
evidence to convict. Henry Lavery, John Stone, John
Johnston, Wm. Warnock, Thos. Martin, Wm. Marshall, Jas.
M'Farland, John Falkiner, David Warnock, William John
Flannigan, William Doran, and John M'Kenna (aged 77),
were all remanded till Tuesday for further evidence. Henry
Kane and Patrick M'Callister were charged by Head-con-
stable Rankin with assaulting Mary Grant and John
W atson, and Daniel Fitzpatrick, who was charged by Con-
stable Dunne with assaulting Victor Grant, were remanded
till to-day, as the prisoners had been only a short time
arrested, and wished to produce witnesses.

The Thames Embankment and the Conser.
vators of the Thames.

In consequence of a misunderstanding having arisen be-
tween Mr G. Furness (the contractor for the construction
of a part of the embankment) and the Thames Conservators
relative to the quality of the material dredged from the bot-
tom of the river for the purpose of filling in behind the em-
bankment "tall, a correspondence has ensued between them
and the Metropolitan Board of Wor ks, the result of which has
been that the board has sent the following letter and notice
to the conservators :

" Spring-gardens, sth August, 1834.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Metropolitan Board of
Works to acquaint you, for the information of the Thames
Conservators, that, upon receipt of your letter of the 29th
July, enclosing a copy of a letter addressed to the conser-
vators, on the 2'2d of that month, by Mr George Furness,
the contractor for a portion of the Thames Embankment
works, in relation to the supply of gravel, diedged from
from the river, for filling-in behind the Thames Embank-
ment wall, and the reply of the conservators thereto, dated
July 29, to the effect that the conservators were of opinion
that all future communications on the subject should take
place between the metropolitan board and themselves. Mr
Furness was communicated with in reference to the
matter, and, in reply, he has stated that he has, for
gseb3mpepr:l reccanbeeiveionMe to with the conservatory,
nut
ne r s
t alo for
me filling
f3a t is.
ft
aheet
ory present,
arr
a n
in behind the Thames Embankamneyntm,
for the following reasons :—That the conservators do not
supply him with the best of the deposit dredged from the
river, but that this is sold to other persona and used for
building and other purposes, and that he is supplied with
the inferior deposit only. That for this he is charged 6d per
yard, whilst Messrs Hunter and English are willing to sup-
ply him with the same description of material, raised from
the river, at the rate of 4id per yard, the cost price to them
being about 31d. That a very large proportion of the
light and inferior material supplied to him is washed
out of the embankment into the river, and that he has
applied to the reservoirs to make a deduction for such
loss, and to charge him a fair price for that which re-
mains in the embankment, but that the conservators
have declined to treat with him upon that or any of
these points, or in any way to recognise him. That if
he is charged 6d per yard for the material, and has to
barge it to his works at a cost of 6d per yard, and to
pay 4d per yard for unloading, making together is 4d, and
if half of this is washed away, the cost to him for forming
the bank will be 2s 8d per yard, and that he could not carry
out his contract upon these terms without very heavy loss.
That, under the circumstances, he proposes to suspend fill-
ing in behind the embankment until he shall have completed
the wall in front, when the material will be prevented from
being washed into the river, and he will then be prepared to
receive any amount of good deposit which the conservators
can supply at a fair price. At the same time he expresses
his readiness now to receive the deposit from the conserva-
tors if they will take the foregoing matters into considera-
tion in a fair and reasonable spirit.

" The board desire me to request that you will be good
enough to bring under the notice of the coneervatots these
facts, which they feel sure will receive due consideration.
" I am also to state that the board are most desirous
of carrying out not only the letter but the spirit of the
Thames Embankment Act, and as the conservators have de-
clined to treat with Mr Furness on the subject, they have
sealed accompanying notice, containing their formal request,
under ea) provisions of the Embankment Act, for the con-
servators to dig, Tahie, and take up, from the bed of the
river, and to supply to the several contractors, Mr Furness
and Mr Ritson, the material for the purposes of the em-
bankment, the board reserving to themselves the power
to reject any portion which in their judgment may be unfit
for the purpose.

" I am further to state that, with a view of giving the
fullest effect to the request, I have, pursuant to the board's
instructions, apprised the contractors, Mr Furness azed Mr
Ritson, respectively, of the same, and required them to use
all material which may be so supplied, and to do all in their
power to enable the conservators to comply with the board's
requisition.—l am, Bco.l (Signed)
"Joltst POLLAUD, Clerk of the Board.
"E. Borstal, Esq., Secretary, Thames Conservancy."
The notice referred to in the foregoing letter was as fol-
lows :

" To the Conservators of the River Thames, their
" Secretary, and whom it may concern.
The Metropolitan Board of Works hereby, pursuant to
the provisions of the Thames Embankment Act, 1862, and
in order to enable the said board and their several contrac-
tors, Mr Geo. Furness and Mr Anthony Ward Ritson, se-
verally, to form the said embankment, give you notice and
require you to dig, raise, and take up from the bed of the
River Thames, and to supply to the said contractors, at
their respective works of the said embankment, all such
gravel, sand, soil, or other materials as may be necessary
and proper for such works, and the said board require you
to proceed in such digging, raising,
and supplying, and to
execute t
inhe same within such period as may be reasonably
requisite that behalf, and the said board will be ready
and willing to pay all such sums of money as provided in
that behalf by the said statute. The said board hereby
give notice that they reserve to themselves the power to
reject any materials which shall be unfit for the purposes of
the said embankment. Given under the common seal of the
said board. Dated the 5.h day of August, 1861,"

The Insurrection in Tunis.

The French and
edltnaulimsnezuewasp
apers have during the past
fortnight
paragraphs stating that the
Tunisians chaveo
up effigies of the French Consul
General and an orderly officer of the Emperor Napoleon as
targets for Minis rifle and Colt's revolver practice. We
fortunately have it in our power to
give the whole of these
n ta
been setting
statements a flat denial. There is no better foundation for
unis wouldke forthwithat °rice rouse himself from
his state
such
measures as the
the statement that the French Government had sent out
orders that "its all-powerful protection would be withdrawn
unlesst
of inertia
heßeyof T
and take
lamentable state of things so imperiously call for!,
The counsels of an equally ssr,,
--nil: nation have happily
prevailed with the Bey, and, thank to his own firmness,
and the preaching of the Ulema, vvh_
u are listened to by the
Arabs with profound.attention, the prediction that no ma-
terial change was to ee hoped for until a French and Italian
armed force was landed has haw
-.3' not come to pass.
The Arno, Italian mail steamer, Which arrived on Tues..
day night, brings ns important intelligence from Tunis to
the Ist of August, announcing the termination of the insur-
rection. The chief mover in it, Ali
-u en Gdahem, has not
only accepted the amnesty g:anted
-3? the Bey, but even
retired to his tents, after signing a document to the effect
that he rests fully satisfied with the diminution of the taxes.
The large Arab mounted force headed I,
- him have all dis-
persed excepting 14 notables or chiefs) and 400 Sheiks or
a
elderdeputatis, of 16on or out
representative bod
the amount of future imposts and the mode of levying them.
The only person who may Possibly attempt to hold one is
a certain Mansour Ben Dahr, who formerly fled to Algeria,
after committing two murders, and who killed five other
persons friends of the murdered men, whom he met during
his flight. On the breaking on', of the revolt he returned
to his tribo, but only contrived to place himself at the head
of some marauders intent on pillage. From a person pos-
sessing neither power nor influence, and enjoying not even
credit with his own tribe, not much has to be feared.
The natives of the villages in the provinces of Susa, which
furnished 2,000 recruits, most of whom have deserted, fear-
ing that punishment to which their disloyalty and treachery
have subjected them, resolved on taking possession of the
town of Susa, proclaiming the Sultan of the East, and de-
posing the reigning Tunisian family. The inhabitants,
however, hearing of this determination, took such prompt
and energetic measures to defend the town that it is confi-
dently hoped the villagers will be frustrated in carrying out
their project. The other seaport towns of Sfax, Mehdiah,
and Monastier are quiet, as are the interior towns of lier-
znan and lieff, but not so Slas and Ouled Said, where the
revival of an ancient feud has given rise to fighting among
the Arabs themselves. From 30 to 40 have been slain on
either side.

The Bey will now have 6,000 regular troops, besides the
Arab contingent, free to act against the few outstanding
insurgent and disaffected tribes, and with such a force, and
the known fact that the Sublime Porte has offered him
25,000 mounted Bashi-Bazouks, and if more be necessary an
Et7YPtioll force (rendering totally urizecenary either krench

r Italian intervention),:order will very soon be firmly re-
established. There are some foreigners at Tunis who affect
not to believe in the reconciliation of the Bey with the
revolted Arab tribes of the interior of the Regency, while
others, for motives best known to themselves, are sadly and
grievously disappeinted at the pacific termination which
affairs have taken, without their proffered assistance.
We subjoin, in confirmation of our own correspondent's
intelligence, the translation of an official despatch to the
Bey, from General Sy Ismail, commanding the Expedi-
tionary Corps, which gives the lie to the statement in the
Italian papers that he had returned from Tenourba under
tho pretext of illness, leaving his force of 3,000 men and a
park of 12 guns hemmed in by the insurgents.
This letter bears a date equivalent to July, 1864, and is
thus worded :

"I beg to inform your highness that at this moment the
Sheiks Sy Moustapha Ben Azouz, El Hadj Mohamed
el-Sadik, and Sy Ahmed Ben Abd-el-Melek, together with
about 400 horsemen, the chiefs of the tribes Dreed,
Ouled Sidy Abid, El Arab, Wergha, Sharen, Hama-
mesa, Doutan, Gendouba, Ouled Yacob, Zegalema, Tuabaa,
Ouled Ayar, Uerten, Ouled Ben Salem, and Meggiar have
arrived at the camp to treat with us respecting the termina-
tion of their affairs, as well as that I may solicit your High-
ness to forgive them from your heart, in addition to the
amnesty which your Highness has already granted, in obli-
vion of their errors. With regard, however, to Aly Ben
Gdahem, the ringleader of the revolt, and those of his tribe
(the Meggiar) who were with him, they have withdrawn to
their abodes, after his having declared to the two Sheiks, Sy
Mohamdd Ben Azouz and Sy Ahmed Abd-el-Maret, that
heneeforward. he will not interfere in anything regarding
the tribes, and he has given a document to that effect under
his hand and teal to the two venerable Sheiks above men-
tioned ; and that sines he has obtained an amnesty, as well
as what it has pleased your Highness to grant by way of
diminution of the tax imposed upon them, and which has
caused their agitation, he will never again do anything
which will disturb the peace. The above is the substance
of his words, and hereafter we will inform your Highness
of any future occurrence."

Letters from Ali Ben Gdahem have also been received
apologising for what has occurred, and saying that circum-
stances and necessity compelled the Arabs to take this
course, and that many people had written him to urge him,
and he could not avoid seconding their wishes without any
desire of his own. In short, his words show the sincerity
of his conversion and repentance for what he has done.
With respect to himself, he sags he is a Sheriff (descendant
of the Prophet) and a religious man, and that it is not in
his character, nor in the character of those who side with

God, to misguide the people, and other words leading to
purify the afflicted heart.

Story of a Black Refugee,

A correspondent writes from the Federal station
at Beaufort, South Carolina, in June :
On the Ist of the present month there came into our lines
at Beaufort, South Carolina, a short, stout, thickset negro
man, black as night, with not a drop of white blood in his
veins, bat with unmistakable intelligence in every feature, a
countenance radiant with good-nature, and whose shrewd
observations and remarks would have done credit to the
intellect of the best specimen of the Caucasian race. He
landed from a primitive boat, not made of " bulrushes,"
but from a coarse kind of grass, which had first been twisted
into a' rope of 1f inch in diameter. To keep this rope
together, it was bound round, or, as the sailors would term
it, served, with other grass.
This rope was plaited together as I have seen door mats,
beginning in the centre, and building out to form the
foundation or floor, then up to form the aides. It was five
feet four inches in length, three feet four inches broad, and
one foot six inches in depth—measuring from the top or
bulwarks of the boat. On the bottom, or inside floor, to
keep it from collapsing, there were three pieces of pine
wood. There was an old shutter on the outside, or under-
neath, on which the boat was fastened. Inside and outside it
was pitched, to keep it water-tight. The man gave his name
as Jack Frowers, stating that he was born the slave of Dr.
Henry Fuller, of Beaufort, S.C., now of Baltimore—a man
who was among the foremost to take South Carolina out of

the Union, but who was too shrewd (or something else)
to continue with secession, as by doing so he might lose
his " possessions, for he was very rich." It would be hard
to convince Jack that his master is not a secessionist still,
or his 15 brethren lent to Elder Holley for their victuals
and clothes till the war is over.

Jack spent most of his life on one or the other of the
doctor's plantations near Beaufort, always working as a
field hand. He does not know his age, but I should judge
him to be 45. The noble fellow would not make his age an
excuse for not fighting for others' freedom. He has enlisted

in what was formerly the Ist S. C. Coloured Regiment
(Colonel liigginson), now known as the 33d IT. S. C. T. I
give Jack's narrative in his own words, as written down by
Mr Judd, omitting such passages as would implicate Jack's
assistants.

Two years ago now the doctor sent me and 16 others
to the village of Aikin, 125 miles back, where the country
is all broken up into hills and valleys, where we were to
work for Millidge Holley, who was to keep us, the doctor
told us, till the war was over—he (Holley) giving us victuals
and clothes. About the 15th of May, 1853, I started off
one dark night to get to Beaufort ; took only a blanket and
pair of pants, and travelled as hard as I could till almost
morning, and then hid in the swamp. I was disturbed
and frightened by the cry of bloodhounds coming
on my track. To get away I had to cross the swamp
and double on them, going towards Augusta. But they
kept the scent, and chased me all day, though I went
across /brooks and swamps ever so many times. So it was
12 o'clock at night when I got to the bridge of Augusta,
though distant about 16 miles from Aiken. At the far end
of the bridge is a gate where the guard stands post ; and
when I came to him he asked me where I was from, and I
told him from Gardner's Corners, when he said he thought
I was lying, and if he knew I was he would surely kill me,
for no nigger should run away to the d—d Yankees if he
could help it. After that he took me to gaol, and word was
sent to Dr Fuller, who sent and told Holley I was in gaol
at Augusta, and he had best take me out, and do just as he
chose with me, only he must keep me alive till after the war.
There were 16 bloodhounds and 12 men after me, as I found
out when I got back to Aiken, and they only lost my track
at 10 o'clock. Just as soon as Master Holley got me home,
he set the dogs to worry and bite me, and the scars on my
legs and arms are what they did with their teeth. After he
got tired of that fun, he took me to a blacksmith, who put
a ring around my ankle, bending the ends in when it was
red hot. (A. large scar is all around the ankle, showing the
mark from the burn of the red hot iron.) And then a heavy
timber chain was wound twice around my waist, and locked.
The chain weighed as much as 501bs„ and was put next to
my skin, and I wore both these derbies tour weeks, and got a
hard flogging every day beside. Master Holley himself
whipped me, saying he had got me now where he wanted me,
and ho would have satisfaction. When he took off the fet-
ters I was too lame and sick to do anything, and he laughed
at me, telling me I had better 'try again to go to the
--
Yankees.' Since then Holley has kept a guard on all his
niggers, so that we could not get away, watching us so close
and treating me so badly that I got completely cowed, and
gave it up till the last day of March in this year, when he
set me a new task, to go to the woods and cut and split 155
rails, feeding and watering the cattle, 25 head, three times
a day, beside doing the housewoman's chores, for a day's
work. When I came up at noon, the first day, to get
something to eat, the housewoman told me that Mr. Holley
would give me GOO lashes because I had not cut some fire-
wood before I went away in the morning. I said, I can't
do more den I can. He's master, au' I slave, and I can't
hinder hire.' So after dinner I went down in a little bush,
where I could see when Master Holley came home, and,
when he did come the housewoman told him what she said
she would, and he went off very quick toward where I had
been working, but of course he did not find me there ; and
so by and by I saw him come back and go into the house.
In a little while he came out with his gun, and a sword
buckled around him, and whistled for his six bloodhound
dogs, who went after him. As soon as I saw that I jumped
up and ran like lightning the other way. When the
hounds fairly got on my trail and I heard them, 1 was two
miles off, and by crossing little swamps I put them out
till an hour before sundown, when I came to a pond and
could see the dogs not more than 300 yards be-
hind me. I tumbled right in and waded out till
I could just touch my toes and keep my nose above
water to breathe, and the dogs lost me entirely. When
Holley and the other men came down to the pondlthey rode
all around it, and 1 hoard them say, He can't get away no
how, for we can come in the morning, and the dogs will
take his scent and find him.' After they had gone I got
out and wrung out my clothes, and started by the road
direct, and ran and walked all night till I knew I was
gone 35 miles from Aiken ; and then at daydawn I got to a
pond, and went out on a log that was sticking in the water,
and broke down some rushes and bushes enough to lie
down on and cover mu up, and there I kept all day, for I
was dreadful tired, and most starved, too. When night
came I was so weak from hunger that I could scarcely go
along; but 1 felt better when I harked and couldn't hear
no dogs. So I came on and got a half-mile, when I saw a
little house just back from the road, and thought it was a
nigger house, and went along up to the door, when a white
woman came out and scared me dreadfully. She asked me
what I wanted, and I saw I was in for a lie anyhow. So I
said, Is master at home ?' and sure enough ho came right
out, When he asked me where I came from I told him
Pocotaligo, and before he could ask any more I said,
We cotched fifty Yankees yesterday down there, and
master was so tickled that he let me go up to Barnwell's to
see my family.' Then I said I had got off the track and
was hungry, and would not he cell ma something to eat,