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it will, perhaps, be said, "But the South had no
food to give them." Now, in the first place, Ander-
sonville was in Georgia, and months later Sherman
marched through Georgia, finding aburtdance of
provisions on all sides of him. Moreover, the
United States' Sanitary Commission sent food to
Andersonville for the use of prisoners, and, among
others, J. H. Davidson, of the lowa Cavalry, de..
posed that he " saw four or five hundred boxes " of
this food stored at the depot, marked " United
States." They were never given to the poor fellows
inside that ghastly stockade. Lastly—for it is useless
to multiply the loathsome details—a Confederate re- I
turn gives.the number of prisoners who died in this
one pen in August, 1864, as 2,993 ; and Dr. Balser
stated to the Commission that of 3,000 prisoners I
discharged after the war, " not one-half will ever be
able to resume their former occupations." Here is a I
copy of a note taken from the body of a prisoner
found dead. It was from a father to his son :

"August 27, 1864
" Oliver,—l died from sheer starvation, and don't for the
world tell your mother of the awful condition which I am
compelled to die in. " RICHARD FAIRCLOUGIL"

This is sufficient to show that when I reported to
you that terrible cruelties had been practised upon
Federal prisoners at Andersonville, and that great
indignation was felt in the North on account of them,
I did not speak without being ready with " chapter
and verse " in proof. If the conduct described above
is " generous and humane," then very foolish and
nonsensical ideas about generosity and humanity
have heretofore been current in the United States.

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down to the waterfall from the h
past 8, a miscellaneous crowd of
and took our station on the platf_
cafe-chalet opposite to the cascade. Thl/4
lights wandering here and there in the deep gloom
of the fir-wood, faint and flickering lights like fire-
flies, marking the spots where the artificers were at
their preparatory work. It was as on the stage,
when flashes of light steal through the side scenes
previous to the great moment when the decorations
are to go asunder, and some great show, say the
Kingdom of Hades in " Don Giovanni," is to blaze
forth at one instant, to the amazement of the dazzled
spectator. The air was mild and still, and the dark-
ness of the hour was hardly relieved in that hollow
gorge by the few stars twinkling overhead. The hour
was well chosen, heaven and earth were propitious,
and when the signal rocket flashed in the air, the soul
of every bystander was thoroughly ripened for the
coming wonder by those fe w minutes of trembling
expectation. The rocket flashed up, the Bengal
lights blazed out—red lights, green lights, violet
lights. First the dark firs and the russet and gold
beech bushes were all on fire ; then the waters
gleamed out, rill after rill, blushing in the red, smil-
ing in the green, fainting in the violet beams. A
rich warm life rushed from end to end all along
that heaving stream—rich, warm life, where only
one second before there was only blank stillness
and gloom. Rapid and fitful the ever-changing
hues flitted up and down the successive leaps of
the fall, and calm, and pure, and solemn the silver
tide poured down, unmoved in its perpetual flow,
swelling its smooth arches, plashing on its hollow
rock beds, as unconcerned in all that glory of light
as if it were only basking in its wonted sunbeams,
or reflecting the pale glimmer of the genial moon.
The effect was magic. The flood of those coloured
lights did not merely flutter here and there on the
surface of the water ; it went through their liquid
mass from the rocky paths in their_ rear, shone
through it as through the purest crystal, setting off
each foaming billow, as one pressed upon the other
in endless succession, imparting animation to the
whole pillar of water, as if living things, tritons or
water nymphs, had been floating up and down be-
' neath that smooth, compact surface—vague nonde-
script beings, dancing and fluttering, like motes in
a sunbeam. The effect was magic, not to be for-
gotten by any one who has seen it ; worth seeing at
the cost of much money and ever so much trouble.
All my theories on the true and false beautiful in art
and nature were blown to the ground, and as the
lights faded away, and the waterfall was replunged
into its nocturnal darkness, I had to avow that I had
been delighted in spite of my preconceptions, charmed
in defiance of my better reason.
" Ach ! wunderschon ! Sieh'mal, wie schon !" eja-
culated the open-mouthed German Friiulein, with
incessant iteration. " Mon Dieu! que c'est joli ! que
c'est joli !" que c'est joli !" screamed the fidgety
Frenchwomen, with whirlwind volubility. "Hold
your wretched tongues, and bottle up your tiresome
enthusiasm," grumbled John Bull, invisible in that
darkness, using far stronger epithets, than I like
putting down in writing. The jabber of the
enraptured spectators was quite overpowering,
and did not a little, indeed, towards spoiling the
grandeur of the sight, and drowning the rush of the
waters, which vainly strove to give the gorgeous
exhibition the accompaniment of their unceasing
music. It would be selfish, no doubt, to wish to be
alone at such a treat ; but if it were possible to gag
or muzzle nine out of ten of the heterogeneous peo-
ple who come in for their just share, there is every
probability that the enjoyment would be less dis-
turbed, and its recollection more unalloyed.

Arrest of Fenian Agents in England.

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Six detective officers belonging to the Dublin
police force arrived in Manchester yesterday morn-
ing, holding several warrants in their hands for the
arrest of members of the Fenian Brotherhood.
These officers proceeded to the Town-hall, Salford,
where they placed themselves in communication with
Mr. Taylor, the chief constable of the Salford police.
From there they were accompanied by Sergeants
Quick and Hinnsworth to the house of a bookbinder
named Patrick Skelly, Chapel-street. Here they
appprehended Skelly, and on searching the premises
found several documents and publications of a trea-
sonable character, which were seized. They next
proceeded to arrest John Fottrell, a porter in the
service of the London and North Western Railway.
Company, who was found, at his work. On search-
ing his house at Kidderminster's-court, Chapel-
street, they found some documents relating to the
Fenian movement, and a quantity of arms and am-
munition, all of which were of course seized. The
two prisoners were sent off by train to Liverpool, on
their way to Dublin. Acting-inspector Swallow, of
Dublin, and two other officers, remain behind with
Government warrants for the arrest of other mem-
bers of the Fenian Brotherhood, and to await fur-
ther instructions from Dublin. Skelly, the book-
binder, formerly had a stall in Smithfield-market,
Manchester, and was a seller of old books there for
many years. Some arrests will probably be made
in other manufacturing towns, but not in Manches-
ter. The arrests.here were made so promptly and
quietly as to create no sensation, and the prisoners
were taken through the streets without attracting
crowds.

Many exaggerated rumours are current regarding
the Fenian organisation in Liverpool, and it is
believed that bodies of Fenians have been drilling
in the outskirts of the town. The police are on
the alert.

Yesterday morning two detectives from Dublin
arrested at Sheffield a man named James Quigley
on a charge of high treason. The' information
which led to his capture was given in Dublin, and
he was found in possession of documents clearly
proving his connexion with the conspiracy. He
has been employed as a travelling agent. He is
remanded to Dublin, and left this town for Ireland
last night.

COLLISION ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
—A collision,attendedwith serious damage, occurred
on the Great Western Railway, near the Reading Station,
on Wednesday morning. The goods train, which left
Basingstoke that morning at 3.40 for Wolverhampton,
passed over the loop line near Reading, and was taking on
trucks at the West Junction, when the goods train for
Gloucester. which left Paddington, at one o'clock, ap-
proached, and owing to the fog which prevailed at the time
the driver of the Gloucester train did not observe the sig-
nals in sufficient time to avoid running into the Wolver-
hampton. The collision was a violent one, and the engine
was considerably damaged, while four trucks were thrown
off the metals, but fortunately no person was hurt. The
line was not cleared for traffic until half-past nine.

THE STEAMSHIP RHONE.—The Roal Mail Com-
pany's fine new screw steamship Rhone, commanded
by Capt, E. M. Leeds, was taken to Stoke's-bay yesterday
for an official trial of her speed at the measured mile, and
she obtained an average of about 14 knots per hour. The
results of four runs were as follows :—First run, 4 min. 55
sec., or 12.205 knots per hour; second run, 3 min. 58 sec., or
15.126 knots ; third run, 4 min. 47 sec., or 12.543 knots ;
fourth run, 4 min. 7 sec., or 14.575 knots. Revolutions of
engines, 58i ; vacuum, 274 in. ; steam, 251 b. She had 535
tons of coals and 35 tons of water on board, and her draught
was 18ft. 10in, forward, and 18ft. Giin. aft. The gentlemen
present to witness the trial included Captain Sir John D.
Hay, chairman of the Millwall Company, and Mr. Charles
Lungley, director of works; Captain W. Vincent and Mr.
R. Marshall, directors of the Royal Mail Company ; Cap-
tain Hands, R.N., Mr. Luke, and Mr. Ruble, Government
officials ; Captain Hay, R.N., Captain T. A. Bevis, Messrs. R.
Ritchie, J. Bowers, J. Langdon, G. Lungley, P. Lungley, N.
Cook, &c. The Rhono is one of the finest vessels in the service,
and she has accommodation for 253 first class passengers, 30
second, and 30 third, and has stowage capacity for 1,200
tons of cargo and coals. Her total length is 310 ft.; beam,
40ft. ; depth to main deck, 25ft. Gin. ; and height between
main and spar decks, 7ift. She has engines of 500 horse
power, with tubular boilers, superheaters on Mr. Ritchie's
plan, as applied to all the company's vessels, and surface
condensers, which can be changed to jet condensers almost
instantly, without either slowing or stopping the engines..
The cylinders, which are 72in. diameter and 4ft. stroke, are
fitted with expansion valves, which can be adjusted with
the greatest nicety while everything is working. The
screw is Griffith's patent, diameter 18ft., and 29ft. pitch.
The tonnage of the vessel is 2,434 tons old measurement.
The temperature of the feed water was 126 deg The
whole of the machinery worked with the greatest ease
during the trial. The Rhone is a noble-looking vessel, and
all her passenger and other arrangements are of the most
superior character. The chief saloon is a very handsome,
apartment, occupying the full width of the ship, Thad
chastely decorated. The Rhone will take out the Rr azil
and Rifer Plate mails on the 9tli. of October.