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her to do so Mr. BAUYARD gave her a Eovereign

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:o make up the necessary sum for her journey.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

From this simple circumstance, however, great con-
fusion arose. The poor woman became chargeable
to the union at Leeds, and there she related the

AMERICA.
[ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Evening).
(Via Greencastle.)
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generosity of Mr. BAUYARD. As this latter was a
guardian, the authorities at Leeds became vir-
tuously indignant, and prosecuted him for having

infringed the statute which prohibits any one en-
r.ged as officer under the Poor.law Board from

The _Richmond Sentinel, the organ of the Con-
derate Government, recommends the arming of the

giving or causing to he given any assistance, pecu.
niary or otherwise, to persons, in order that they
may,by that assistance, declare themselves destitute.
In consequence, Mr. BAUYARD incurred the penalty
of a fine. The Cambridge guardians consulted the

slaves.

General Hood, with 30,C00 men, is reported to
have crossed the Tennessee river, and to be moving
northward. The Confederates have captured the
gunboat Undine on the Tennessee river.
Forrce, Buford, Chalmers, and Bell are concen.
trating their forces. They have 14 cannons besides
the gunboat Undine.
Deserters state that orders had been
_read to the
confederate troops to the effect that Hood would
cr'ss the Tennessee at Bridgeport and march north%
ward, whilst Forrest attacked Johnsonville.
Southern papers say that Hood is now probably
in middle Tennessee. They anticipate great results
from his movements.

Poor-law Board as to the advisability of their carry-

9g the matter to a higher court. Of course the

answer to such a question may be guessed. Ani-
mated with the true spirit of red-tapism, and fired
with the zeal of precedent, the Board returned for
reply that they had no power to interfere in the
decision of the court on the matter at all, but they

were of opinion that " the expenditure of Union

funds for the defence of a guardian charged with

offences against the poor-law was illegal." In con-
sequence of this utterance of the oracle, the Cam-
bridge guardians forbore to press the case, or else
they had intended to carry it to the superior courts.

quarters are at Gadsen.
Beauregard's head
The Federal garrison of Atlanta is reported to
number 6,000 men.
....

Can anything be more absurd than such an occur-
rence, and does it not prove in a striking manner
how faulty is the system which is supported by

Grant's troops are building log houses.
Mr Seward has informed the Mayors of New
York and Buffalo that the State Department had
information from Canada that a conspiracy existed
to fire the principal Northern cities on the Presi-
dential election day. The Mayor of New York in-
formed Mr Seward in reply that he had no fear of
incendiary threats being carried out. He was, how-
ever, prepared for the emergency.
The Democratic press charge the Administration
with fabricating the report in order to put cities
under martial law.
Considerable excitement prevails at Ogensburg,
a raid from the Canadian frontier being appre-
hended.

such aids and preserved by such means ? Why
should a man be prevented from exercising his
feelings of benevolence because he happens to be

a guardian ? Is it to be understood that it is as if
he was enrolled a member of the Sccret Tribunal,
bound to carry out its mandates, and forbidden to
interfere with any other concerns than those which
relates to its immediate province P Is it necessary
that, to be a worthy guardian and a faithful servant
of the Poor-law Board, he must sink feeling, stifle
conscience, and renounce independence ? It is
strange to note how very successful has been
the crusade waged against penury, indigence,
and want by the votaries of the new regime, and
how effectually they have made the Unions the

General Butler has arrived at New York, giving
rise to a supposition that he will assume the com-
mand during the elections.

subjects of terror to all who are threatened with the
likelihood of being immured therein. No prison is
ever looked upon with such feelings of horror,
loathing, and detestation, To gain bread many
commit crimes to become immured in the one, while

Governor Seymour has issued a proclamation,
appealing to all parties to unite in allaying undue
excitement during the election. The State officers
will sic that every man has a free ballot, and no
military organisations will be permitted near the
polls. Military interference will be resisted with
the full farce of the law.
General Dix has issued another proclamation,
stating that no military will be embodied around
the polls. The military will, if called upon, aid the
civil authorities.
Several Democratic electioneering agents have
addressed reports to Governor Seymour, stating
that the Administration and military authorities
put every possible difficulty in the way of their ob•
taining soldiers' votes, and that they give unfair
facilities to the Republican agents.
The privateer Chickamauga, which left Wilming.
ton on the 2.7 th, has burnt the ship Shooting Star
and two barks off Cape Delaware. The Tallahassa
has destroyed several vessels off Black Island.

many, on the contrary, starve rather than enter

n or remain in the other. In a Christian

country it seems most strange to class one thus
above abject misery and complete destitution, but
so it is, and the stigma is affixed to our society so
much as to make one ashamed of upholding such a
mockery of justice and profanation of mercy.
Numberless are the instances which accumulate
around us to prove the dread which the poor enter-
tain of the Union, and the approaching inclement
season will multiply them tenfold. It is all very
well for the effluent to descant upon their likes and
dislikes for this or that mode of living or choice of
occupation, but those of whom we speak have pro.
claimed their feelings and made known their senti-
ments on life's worst agonies and death's most
dreary advent. It is indeed in the form of the king
of terrors that the stern messenger seeks out their
shivering frames in their unfurnished rooms, de-
void of food and fire, and amid the many
dreary scenes which every year gives rise to the
ruling motive that seems to actuate the
;renter part of these hapless sufferers is
heir unconquerable dread of the workhouse.
[le other day a coroner's inquest was held on the
lc.dy of a little girl who died in the greatest want,
whieh aggravated.the disease under which she sank,
Die jury returned a verdict that her death was cc-
,lasioncd by want of the common necessaries of life
A similar case was that of an infant literally starved
to death, and the parents observed that the deceased
had been fed by halfpenny worth's of arrowroot that
they procured at any hour of the day or night as
they could got the means to do so, It is the old, old
story still throughout all of these distressing incidents
the poor have an insuperable horror of entering the
poorhouse, and those with families especially dread
it. Surely something is fundamently wrong in a
system whose workings are so faulty and so unsatis-
factory. A man died the other day of destitution,
and those who afforded him some relief deposed that
he would not be persuaded to enter the workhouse,
declaring that nothing should induce him to do so.
Life after life falls a sacrifice,death after death swells
the dreary list of those who carry their dislike to
such establishments to the borders of the grave, and
only leave it on the confines of that other world
which knows no distinction between rich and poor,
but where all are equal, from DIVES to LAZARUS.
[t seems as if no multiplication of instances can or
will impress those most immediately connected
with the workings of such matters:; but has not
society at large any interest in the fate of these
hapless sufferers, and cannot any philanthropic
persons take up the question with interest and good
will ? The reforms that have taken place in many
social affairs of late years have been worthy and
memorable. The factory women and children are
now released from the pressure of much overwork,
the condition of those who labour at unhealthy
trades has been greatly improved, the arrange-
ments that concern the madhouses and lunatic
asylums, both public and private, are placed upon
a much better footing ; but why should it be consi-
dered that the poor are not to be relieved and tended
in a more pleasing fashion. It is well to enter into
detail, because it is the principle that is wrong, and
it is proved in the practice in such a manner that
if one rose from the dead he could do no more to
persuade us. Perhaps the best way of settling
the question would be to ask, would those who
frame and fashion all these devices for the poor
choose any of such arrangements for themselves,
their families or friends, if He as ho gives all worldly
goods suddenly deprived them of their possessions
and sent them forth to beg in the wilderness of the
world. It is a scendal to the wealthiest coma
munity that poverty should thus be ground
down under our feet and treated with such con-
tumely and reproach. Its ills are numerous enough
without these mortifying additions, and it is not
upon the principle that actuates the other regula-
tions of our laws that for fear one undeserving per-
son should receive relief the young, the aged, and
the sickly aro to starve in our streets and perish
miserably by our roadsides. Such conduct is a
prostitution of the name of charity, and it cannot
be called in accordance with common sense or
simple justice.

MONTREAL, Nov. 4.

The Judges havo refused to grant a writ of
Habeas Corpus for the St. Alban ra'.ders, on the
ground that they were still under the magistrates'
jurisdiction, and that no commitment had been yet
made.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (Morning).
It is rumoured that Sherman is moving eastward

'rom Atlanta.

It is reported from Washington that Butler will
temporarily esuperbetle General Dig, who will be
retained to cooperate with him.
No official announcement has yet been made as
to the reason of General Butler's preserco in Now
Yurk.

The steamer Lady Stirling has been captured.
The Canadian steamer Belgian from Portland on
he sth inst. arrived at Grecneastle shortly before

a.m. to-day.
The mob broke up the M'Clellan meeting at Bal.

timore. A meeting of merchants and bankers has
been held at Wall-street in favour of President

Lincoln.

The privateer Oluntcn has captured the bark
Empress Theresa.

Gold 1381 per cent. prem.
The Commissioners sent to Washington by
Governor Seymour, report that the Adminittration
have refused their demands on behalf of the State
of New York for the surrender of the State agents,
for trial by the State authorities .

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (Evening.)
Gold 137: per cent. premium. Exchange on
121in7oii; Stocks steady; New
s, 126 ; Erie, 100 i;
Lyoonrkdonc,e2nst6ra;lsd,o.lP22ar;isi,
5.2.0 Bonds, 1001,.

THE ELECTIONS AT GENEVA.
GENEVA, Nov. 15,

The elections of the Grand Council have resulted
in a victory for the Independents, who will have
a majority of 20 in that assembly.

FRANCE.
PARIS, Nov, 15•

The Const:tutionne/ of this morning, in an article
signed by M. Paulin Limayrac, analyses the late
speech of General La Alarmora, to which it gives
its entire approval.

BOURSE, Nov. 14.—The market has not been so
firm as on Saturday, and prices are rather lower.
Threes, for the Account, are now at 63f. 20c. and
Mobilier at 892 f 50e. Railway Market also heavy.
The market closed as fol!ows :-
4f per Cents. . . 92 —lltalian L0an...... 65 20
Do. end month.... .—Do. end mouth.... 65 20

3 per Cents
Do. end month 65 10
Credit hlobilier B9O
Do. end month 915
Bank Shares 3105
Credit k wider 1175
Roman

Ditto Threes ..••
New Mexican 60 60
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes
47 25
Rome Debt .. —
Deferred

RAIL WAY&
Cash. Account.
Orleans ,
.... 835 . 4. 840
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean 882 50 .. 885
Southern ........... J• 11 585 • • 585
Western
Eastern .. , .
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa 440 .. 440
Ditto to Barcelona

The Stock Exchange Committee have aprointed
Thursday, 17th November, a special settling day
in the following securities :—The Aberaman Iron
Works (Limited) (late Crawshay Bailey's), for
transactions only entered into on and after the 6:h
September—quotation not asked for ; also in the
New £5O Shares of the International Bank
(Limited).
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
during the last few days there has not been much
animation. The operations in tea have been post-
poned until to-day, when a large quantity will be
offered for public competition. Sugars have been
in moderate request at steady prices; while a fair
business has been transacted in coffee and rice,
Tallow has been in more demand, chit fly for home
consumption,. and prices for both present and for-
ward delivery have shown an upward movement.
The Clyde has arrived from Melbourne with
£68,000.

The Princess's Theatre.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

SIR,—A. paragraph having appeared in Me Sun,
to the t fftct that a rumour is in circulation that my
tenure of this theatre is about to cease, in conse-
quence of my violation of conditions of the agree-
ment under which I hold the theatre, I beg to
state that no such conditions exist, and that the
report is utterly false and without foundation.
I am happy to say, that in all my business trans-
actiors with my landlord, I am on the most friendly
relations; and, believing the report to be as in-
jurious to him as to myself, your courteous insertion
of my flat denial to the rumour will greatly oblige.
—Your obedient servant,

G. J. Vx.ING

November 14.

rHE SUN, LONDOW, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1864.