The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-15 00:00:00

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NEW NOVEL BY DUTTON COOK.
Now ready at ali the Libraries, in 3 vole.,
A PRODIGAL SON,
—F-AL By DUTTON COOK,

It was stated in naval circles at Chatham yester-
day that the screw corvette Racoon, 22, 400 horse
power, recently fitted at that port, and now at-
tached to the first-class steam reserve, is to he im-
mediately commissioned for sea, to convey his Royal
Highness Prince Alfred, who is to be borne on her
books as one of her officers, on a lengthened cruise.
The destination of the Racoon is not yet known, but
it is probable that she will in the first instance be
despatched to Australia, which has not yet been
visited by Prince Alfred. The Racoon has all her guns
and the greater part of her stores on board, and is in
all respects ready for the pennant. The officer
named for the command is Capt. His Serene High-
ness the Prince of Leiningen.
The steam sloop Geyser and the screw iron store-
ship Dromedary returned to Woolwich on Saturday
from Deptford, laden with naval stores and provi-
sions, and are both ready for sea, the former for
Portsmouth and the latter for Rio Janeiro.
The steam gunvessel Osprey, under fitment at
Woolwich, for service in China, was on Saturday
undocked, and is in a forward state.
The repairs of the despatch vessel Caradoc, in
basin at Woolwich, were on Saturday completed.
Her interior has been coated with Day's cement, as
now employed successfully in so many of our iron
ships. She has also been fitted with new boilers, her
engines thoroughly repaired, a new saloon built on
deck, and the vessel rendered equal to new through.
out.

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The new target intended to be used for testing
the effect of Sir W. Armstrong's 300-pounder gun,
now at Shoeburyness, is complete at Woolwich, as
far as regards the woodwork portion, and only
awaits the arrival of the iron plates manufactured at
the Thames Ironworks. The target, representing a
section of the Warrior's side, will be floated in the
offing at Sboeburyness on a large raft, rendered
buoyant by24l-hogshead casks affixed to the frame-
work.

The Admiralty order was issued on Saturday in-
creasing the pay of the measurers in the dockyards
from £l5O to £lBO per annum.
The mechanics and labourers employed in the de-
partments of Woolwich Arsenal have been notified
by the War Department that a close holiday will be
observed throughout the establishment from the

morning of the 25th inst., Christmas•day, until the

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following Monday morning, the ten hours of Fri-
day and six of Saturday to be made up by working
overtime.

The screw steam frigate Emerald, 35, Captain
Arthur Cumming, which left Lisbon on the Bth of
December, under steam, and experienced a very
heavy gale on Friday night when off the Lizard,
arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday morn-
ing. She left Plymouth on the 29th ult. with
despatches from the British Government for his
Majesty the King of Portugal, and having experi-
enced very strong southwest gales on the passage,
arrived at Lisbon on the 6th inst. The Emerald re-

turns with a communication from the Portuguese
Court, which has been brought to London by one of
the gentlemen officially connected with the depart-
ment of Port-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, atPlymouth.
The crew of the frigate have been granted leave of
absence until to-day (Monday), when she will re-
plenish with coal and then ship for trial a propeller
similar to the one with which an experiment was
recently made by the screw steam frigate Shannon,
35, Capt. 0. J, Jones.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Spitfire, 5, arrived
at Lisbon, Dec. 7, short of coal, having experienced
very severe weather, and left again on the Bth for
the West Indies.
rrhA screw steam sloop Shearwater. 11. was re-
moved on Saturday from No. 1 dock in the Devon-
pert dockyard, and the Cordelia, 11, placed therein,
for the purpose of having Mr. Mulley's steering ap-
paratus shifted further forward.
The screw steam sloop Alert, 17, was towed on
Saturday from her moorings in the third division of
the steam reserve in Hamoaze to No. 4 dock in the
Devonport dockyard, to be repaired and advanced to
the third division.
The Royal paddle yacht Osborne, Master-Com-
mander G. K. Bower, arrived at Portsmouth on Sa-
turday morning, from the Mediterranean, last from
Plymouth. The Osborne has been in attend-
ance on his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales and their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Prussia during their tour
along the coasts of the Mediterranean. After land-
ing the Prince of Wales at Marseilles, the Osborne
left for England, calling at Gibraltar to take in
coal and effect temporary repairs to her broken
paddle shaft. Sailing again on the Bth inst., Lis-
bon was reached on the 10th, and she left again on
the same day. Owing to the damaged state of
the Osborne's paddle shaft, the voyage home has
been made under half speed. Since leaving Gib-
raltar heavy weather was experienced, and espe-
cially in crossing the Bay of Biscay and
at the mouth of the Channel. The screw frigate
Doris was the only British man-of-war left at Gib-
raltar, and she was appointed to sail on the 9th inst.
for England to be paid off. At Lisbon was lying
Rear-Admiral Smart's squadron, consistng of the
Revenge, 86, screw, Capt. C. Fellowes, flagship;
Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A. Coch-
rane, C.B. ; Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, Capt.
Wainwright ; Defence, 16, iron ram, Capt. A. Phil-
limore ; Resistance, 16, iron ram, Captain Chamber-
lain ; and the Trinculo, screw gunboat, tender to
the Revenge. The squadron had been severely
tried in recent gales, and the Warrior had lost her
mainyard, while the Black Prince had damaged
one of her cylinder covers. The squadron were
under orders to sail for Madeira as soon as damages
were repaired.

The Lily, 4, sorew steam gun vessel, 702 tons,
200-horse power, which left Sheerness on the lst
inst. for Plymouth, en route for Cnba, returned to
Sheerness harbour on Wednesday last, by order
of the Lords of the Admiralty, to undergo inepec-

tion
unseaworthy,
relativetochearvtaiinng defectsheen rewpohritcehd
on rendered
her her
arrival at Plymouth. It will be remembered that
the Lily had been fitted at Sheerness, had been tried
at the measured mile with most satisfactory results,
and had been thoroughly inspected by the authori-
ties of the dockyard, who reported, as also did the
commander of the vessel, that she was in a perfectly
efficient state. On the return of the Lily to Sheer-
ness, Mr. Joseph Large, constructor of the navy,
and Mr. James Wright, assistant chief engineer of
the navy, from the office of the Controller of the
Navy, proceeded to inspect the ship and to inquire
into the reported defects. The report of these gen-
tlemen is not officially promulgated, but the result
of the inspection is that there is no necessity for any
material alteration, and that the Lily will proceed
to her destination in the course of this week. The
authorities at Sheerness dockyard believe that the
practice of complaining of trifling defects in vessels
from Sheerness to Portsmouth or Plymouth will
never be fully stopped until vessels fitted at Sheer-
ness are ordered direct to their destination, as they
are from Portsmouth and Plymouth.
It is announced at Woolwich that the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, in order to im-
prove the condition of and to give employment to
the wives of seamen and Royal Marines during the
time their husbands are absent on service, have sig-
nified their intention, as soon as the term for which
the present contracts are granted for the supply of
ready-made men's shirts and under-clothing shall
have expired, to issue the materials and employ the
women, as well as the widows and others in distress,
and having claims on the service, to make them up.
This decision is received with general satisfaction.

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regarding the Volunteer movement, not as au exotic
plant of forced growth and of ephemeral existence,
but as a firm and solid tree whose roots were deeply
fixed in the kindly soil of loyal and patriotic feel-
ings. (Cheers.) Among the 'many friends of the
Volunteers none were more ardent than the present.
Government—(cheers)—who desired thitt the move-
meat should be a lasting one, and were disposed to
do anything that would tend to advance its inte-
rests. • I~le had reason to believe that the recom-
mendations of the Volunteer Commission would be
carried out by the Government—(cheers)—and, if
so, he thought the decision would be approved by
the vast majority of the people of this country. Ile
did not think that by accepting Government aid, as
proposed, they would cease to be Volunteers, because
their personal service would still continue to be
voluntary. Neither could he agree in the sugges-
tion that those who could not afford the expenses of
volunteering' at present should join the Militia.
There was a vast4nuinbbr of men with small means,
but in wh9rizall the 14est,tinalities of a soldier were
inherent—(cheers), whose occupations would not
permit them to be absent for the periods required
for Militia drill, and if those men could not join the
Volunteer ranks the country would be deprived of
their valuable services. (Cheer?!)* The proposed
Government aid would be dependent upon efficiency,
and in the case of the London Rifle Brigade that
demand, he knew, would be adequately responded
to.

The usual honours to the Queen, to the Lady
Mayoress and the ladies generally, given in military
style and with great heartiness, brought the pro-
ceedings to a termination about 5 o'clock.

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THE LUCKY ESCAPE OF THE STEAMER
ALABAMA (No. 290).
SOUTHAMPTON, SUNte.Y.
Tire Royal Mail Company's steamer Atrato, Cap. ) .
taiu Weller, with the West India tuaila, anch.ei,red
oil Netley Hospital at 1.30 this morlity, ei ti
arrived at the ducks about midday.. She brlngS• 18
passengers, specie in gold 9,010 dors., in silver
5,122 dols., copper coin £l4O, jewellery-XI:11a arid_
the following cargo :-35 Serous Coehiatial, 1 c ;Se
cigars, 3(14 casks-coffee, 30 casks ginger, 7 pe.citag,.s
bees-wax, 50 packages cane fil)Ye, 3 cas, shell, 51
eases suceadts, and 21 packuges smithies.
The Atrato expurienced fine Nit at her and light
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ewaisntrwlaucodf;tesrubrusengnut
entagtloyuitioorlthtahwerritt"wdiVds and sea,
and the last two days strong westerly winds aid
thiCk weather.
Her Majesty's ships Aboukir and Medea were at
Jamaica, the Immortalite at Earmuda, and the
Challenger at Barbadoes.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Avon, while
lying alongside the wharf at Colon, with two
anchors down, was driven ashore on the morn-
ing of the 22d ult. by a norther and the heavy
rollers setting into the bay. At the time of going
ashore the Avon had not received any of the cargo
waiting at Colon to be shipped by her, but she had
received the bullion from San Francisco, about
78 bars of silver, and 100 cases of specie, value
about £200,000. She also had about 300 ackages
of cargo from Grey Town principally e "'artibb9o, ,
all of which, it is expected, will be re ered. The/
crew 'Were landed by means of a warp from the ship
lapl
to the shore, and so passed along it through the
surf, which was running over the railway up to the
houses. On the 25th, when the Tamar left Colon
for St. Thomas, the Avon was settling down aft ;
her rudder-post was gone, and it was expected she
would become a total wreck.
The United States brig of war Bainbridge also
dragged her anchors during the gale and drove to-
wards the shore. Having thrown overboard her guns
and stores, and cut away her masts, she made sig-
nals of distress, and Mr. Dix, chief officer; Mr.
Hodgson, second officer; Mr. Garratt, fifth officer;
Mr. Milne, fifth engineer; and Mr. Olsen, fireman,
all belonging to the Avon, volunteered and put off
to her assistance in a boat, and ultimately succeeded
, in rescuing the crew. The Bainbridge did not, how-
ever, go ashore, as her anchors brought her up close
to the reef after her crew had left her.
Her Majesty's ship Jason, lying at Colon when
the gale commenced, succeeded in getting safely out
of the bay.
The brig Bolivar, of Dundee, laden with coals,
was driven ashore and became a total wreck.
The Tamar, with the English mails, arrived at
Colon on the 23d, but was unable to communicate
in consequence of the boisterous weather and heavy
sea running. She then bore up for and anchored
at Porto Bello, and there found the Ocean Queen,
which vessel had succeeded in getting out of the bay
when the gale commenced. Both vessels left on the
24th. The Tamar succeeded in landing her mails
and passengers on the morning of the 25th, but was
unable to land any portion of her cargo. After re-
ceiving the Colon, Greytown, and Blewfields mails
she returned to St. Thomas.
In consequence of the heavy fall of rain and accu-
mulation of water on the railway from Panama to
Colon there are no mails, passengers, or cargo, from
the Pacific ports or Panama, by the Atrato. The
line across the Isthmus was quite impassable, in
many places covered with several feet of water, and
it was expected to remain so for some days. The
telegraph, also, was injured, and not working.
A French brig from Martinique arrived at St.
Thomas on the 24th. She had on board 42 men,
being prisoners, landed at Martinique by the Con-
federate screw steamer Alabama (No, 290) ; the
42 men were taken from American ships captured
by the Alabama. One, an East Indiaman, laden
with a valuable cargo, and having the American
consul, his wife and family, from Mauritius, on
board. The vessel was burnt, and the consul, his
family, and the crew taken on board and landed at
Martinique. While the Alabama was lying there
the Federal war steamer San Jacinto arrived, and
ran in near her, but was ordered by the Governor
to come to an anchor or go some distance outside.
Sho went outside the harbour and waited, watching
the Alabama. The lat
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windward on the morning of the 30th. The re-
leased consul, wife, and family proceeded to St.
Thomas by the Royal mail steamer Solent. They
stated they were well treated onboard the Alabama
while the two ships were at Martinique. The cap-
tain of an American vessel in that port fired some
signals to the San Jacinto regarding the movements
of the Alabama. The Governor of Martinique had
him arrested for so doing, and up to the time of
the ship's departure he was still detained.
The brig John and Richard, belonging to Guern-
sey, bound from Demerara to Queenstown, with a
cargo of timber, encountered a heavy gale from the
north-west, on the Ist ult., the weather increasing
and having sprung a leak she sunk at eleven a.m.
on the following day. The master and crew took
to their boats, and in a very exhausted state they
arrived at the Island of Canduan, one of the depen-
dencies
of St. Vincent, on the 25th. They were for-
warded from St. Vincent to St. Thomas by the Royal
mail steamer, and thence to Southampton by the
Atrato.

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M ON 17 ALLAN Ali PAIR&

The following are the opinions of Prince Lucien
Murat on Italian affairs, as given in a zletter pub-
lished in the Gazette de France:—
" Chateau de Bouzenval, Nov., 1862.
" Dear Prinee,—l receive from various quarters regular
information as to the progress mide by our party in public
opinion. lam greatly delighted at it, because the prepon-
derance we are acquiring is a viettry exclusively moral and
free from stain, and therefore superior to the lucky but
bloody excesses of the Bourbon bands; superior, too, to the
Piedmontese domination, relying on arms and despotism.
Let then this moral preponderance, my dear Prince, be our
chief aim. While the fallen King defends the cause of so-
called legitimacy, while Piedmont, the pretended champion
of legitimacy, maintains itself by martial law, let us set the
example of an association having nothing in view but to
defend by every means—by nery legal means—the right
and the interest of the Kingdom of the Two Sieilies.
"My wish is that to this object should be directed all our
adherents—from the • last of the communes of Sicily and
Naples to the Parliament—so that whenever there is a Sici-
lian and a Neapolitan interest to defend, then ours shall
also 4ppelri to direct and counsel, to propose reforms, 'in-
voke the elements of public prosperity and to protest if that
interest be not attended .to. Such is the movement we must
commence. That movement will be Slew,' but powerful.
ways
Its slowness does not discourage me, beeiuse I think not of
myself, but of the country, and. Pe:c1)11(rt
gain
,by sticka process, whatever be ihc ttiture lry
which, ill alw
Pro.
vidence has 'store iopine;-.

" The violent are always discouraged by slow delibera-
tion, and this is why the Bourbon faction, as well as the
Piedmontese, showed such haste. The latter fear that
public hatred will be aggravated by time; and the former
affect not to know that their triumph will cause the full
cup of reaction to overflow.

"As for us, let us enjoy the advantages of time; let us
not complain of the delay which permits us not to make of
our Government the monopoly of a clique, and which may
exempt you from having to pay the recompense promised
to those who would present themselves for it with their
hands still stained with our blood. By triumphing with us
our Government will be open to all, and it is thus that the
supreme wish of my heart will be realised—namely, a
radical, political, and social reconciliation.
" The man is wrong to speak of clemency who from
Rome urges on the conflicts of civil war and encourages
massacre. He is wrong, too, to speak of liberty, the man
who promulgated and maintainrd so long thestate of siege
" Time, however, will unmask those lies. Let us have
confidence in the future, and, above all, in the morality
of our system, which aims at defending, ,by legal means, the
rights and the interests of the Two Sicilies.
" Let us form no compact with any man of blood. We
will enter into no engagement with the theories of revolu-
tion, or with the vengeance of reaction.
" Let us remain what we are, and we shall conquer.
" Receive, &c., "L. MURAT."
If this letter, or " manifesto," as it is headed, be
genuine, it shows that the Muratist movement is
going on in Italy. It coincides in point of date
mith the reports that the partisans of Prince Murat
are as active in Southern Italy as ever.

A SUBSTANCE FOR QUINIAE-APIOL,

Drs. Joret and Homolle have laid before the Society of
Pharmacy, at Paris, a new remedy to which they have
given the name of Apiol, and which they claim to have the
medicinal properties of Peruvian bark. The new product
is obtained from common parsley seeds. The method is as
follows:

"Powdered parsley seeds are to be exhausted with
alcohol of sp. gr. 890 to 864 ; the tincture ob-
tained is to be treated with animal charcoal and
then evaporated in a water-bath until three.fourths
of the alcohol have been recovered. The residue
is to be treated with ether or chloroform, and
the solution so obtained is to be evaporated (finally by a
stove-heat) until all trace of either menstruum has been
expelled. A liquid remains which is to be triturated with
an eighth of its weight of litharge and then allowed to sub-
side during forty-eight hours. Finally it is to be filtered
through a thin layer of charcoal, which will render it nearly
colourless. The product so obtained is called apiol."
Apiol retains the odour of parsley seeds, and has an
acrid and pungent taste ; it is allied to a fixed oil in cha-
racter : it does not contain nitrogen. It is given in doses
of five drops in any mucilaginous fluid or in form of a
syrup. So far, all looks well for apiol ; but before we place
it by the side, or in the place of quinine, we must hear its
virtues more widely acknowledged, and learn something of
its price as compared with its rival.—.social Science Review.

A QUIXOTIC EXPEDITION TO PATAGONIA.—A
person representing a Welsh emigration society left Eng-
land by the November mail steamer on his way to Buenos
Ayres, with a view, in the first place, to find the best spot for
a settlement on the Patagonian coast ; and, in the second
place, to conclude negotiations already entered into with
the Government of the Argentine Confederation for the
cession, on conditions of a merely nominal allegiance, of a
portion of territory to be colonized by NV elshmen exclu-
sively. A very small section of Welsh enthusiasts has for
many years expressed its apprehensions that the Welsh
language is speedily dying out, that with it the most
valuable national peculiarities and virtues will be lost,
and that the only way to preserve it as a living tongue
is to establish a colony governed by Welshmen and
having its affairs conducted in the Welsh language. These
men have of late been exceedingly active. Tkey have fixed
on the peninsula of Valdes or its neighbourhood, in Pata-
gonia, about 43 deg, of south latitude, as the only place in
the world suited for their purpose. No spot in the British
empire, however remote from other settlements, can meet
their views, for contact with the English and their lan-,
guage is the very thing they want to avoid. The project is
generally pooh-poohed in the Welsh press, which has
drawn attention to the fact that Patagonia is generally re-
presented as a country not at all adapted for civilised set-
tlements. Though the promoters of the schemes are almost
all of them working men, they have been by no means de-
ficient in energy in replying to these animadver-

sions. They have published a " Handbook to Pata-
gonia," in which they pretend to quote the testimony of
voyagers, from Magellan downwards, to the salubrity of the
climate and the fertility of the soil, Being excluded from
the Welsh newspapers, they have established an organ of
their own, and by these means, together with lectures and
deputations, have secured the deposit money of a few in-
tending emigrants. No one doubts the integrity of their
intentions, although even the agent sent to Buenos Ayres
is himself but an artisan.

Exchange on London :—Bank bills at 90 days
ruled at 487 L- dols ; 60 days, 490 dols ; 30 days,
4921 doh.; private bills at 90 days, 482,1 dole; 60
days, 483* dole; 30 days, 484 i dols.

THE INDIAN NAVY.-011r announcement some
time since that the Indian Navy was to be abolished is now
proved to be correct. A circular has this day been issued
to the officers at home, giving the full particulars of the re-
tiring scheme. The difficulty which arose in consequence
of the refusal of the Admiralty to receive Indian officers
into the Royal Navy has been overcome by the formation of
a Bombay marine, for the transport of troops and stores and
other civil duties, on the same footing as the Bengal marine,
and not under martial law. Indian navy officers may also
volunteer for any other service in India ; in case of employ..
ment their pensions will for the time be held in abeyance. An
offer is made to capitalize the pensions by the payment down
of the value thereof, according to the Carlisle table, interest
being allowed at 5 per cent. Captains of seven years' stand -
ing, and all officers who have completed 30 years' service
according to the old, or 26 years in India under the new
furlough regulations, can retire upon a pension of £450, re-
taining their right to succeed to the Senior List Pension of
£BOO in their turn, or upon a present pension of £550, giv-
ing up their right to the higher annuity. Captains of less
standing are offered £4OO, with the right to succeed to the
higher pension, or £450, waiving that right. Commanders
whose appointments date prior to 1831 are offered £450,
with nothing in prospect; after 1831 the amount is £4OO,
all officers thus retiring to have the honorary rank of cap-
tain in the Indian navy. The 24 senior lieutenants to re-
tire with the rank of commander, and to receive £3OO per
annum.; the next 24 lieutenants £250 ; and the remaining
20 lieutenants £2OO. The 12 senior mates £l5O each. All
mates who have been three years on the list, £125;
these officers to rank as lieutenants. All other mates
£lOO each. Each midshipman £6O. The six senior
pursers to retire on £3OO ; the next six on £250 ; and the
remaining 11 on £2OO. Each captain's clerk to receive a
pension of £6O. All the acting masters who have completed
15 yea' .• actual service in India to receive a gratuity of two
months' pay rox every complete year of service. All acting
masters, and all acting second masters, whether first or
second class, of less than 15 yeai.' actual service in India,
to receive one month's pay for every
oiflyeaere;sthoaemt gehwraoatmrudiety,pwahisn-
, stlaogeeams eotnoeybe
ilsesgsrtahaatnedt,hraneedmtohnotshos' pay.
r u
have not received the same are to draw the amount. Officers
in in this country are required at once to notify to
the "Under-
Secretary of State for India whether they volunteer for the
marine or any other servic:, in India ; and if as surveyors,
they will not be considered as commissioned officers or
under martial law. Officers are also requested to state if
they desire to capitalize their pension.—From Grindlay's
Home News.
The late Mrs. Ann Cutts, of the Old Kent-road,
has left the National Lifeboat Institution a legacy of
£l,OOO, free of duty. At theare s present period, when the de-
mooamnrdeslloond
ttoheseslolcioeutyt
o hfromeayyits
sthmaatllit
funds
ejduscat
pbiteaeln,
this legacy will greatly strengthen the hands of the corn-
-00
raittee to carry out the national and philanthropic objects
of the Lifeboat Institution.

G ROUSE.

A correspondent of the Missouri Democrat, writ-
ing from Helena, Arkansas, under date of Sept. 9,
describes as follows one of the beauties of the "pe-
culiar institution":-..-" Perhaps your readers are not
aware that whipping negroes is a regular business
in some parts of the South, but such is undoubtedly
(the case. Improved machinery has been invented
and put into operation, and whipping is done by wholesale. An institution of this kind is at Mayena,
25 miles from this place on the St. Francis-road,
The ' whipping-house,' as it is called, is about six
feet in diameter and 10 feet high. A shaft runs from
bottom to top ; on the upper end is a small eeg.
wheel running horizoLtally, into which a large
wheel works. The propelling power is a robust
negro. Attached to the shaft are leather thongs or
straps about two inches wide. Lashes are inserted
g-house.
in these, and when the shaft is in motion they reach
the neck. Near by is the office and strippin
Here the victims are divested of their clothing, and
five or six are placed in the torture-room ;th e d
the
being fastened, the negro on hold ofthe
the crank,
proprietor, with watch in hand, orders the machine
to be put in motion.
"Around Whirls the shaft, at the rate of 200 re-
volutions per minute, With straps and lashes ex-
tended, brusing and lacerating the poor victim with.
thousands of blows extending from head to feet.
Fifteen minutes is considered by the proptietor—
Hampton Jones—to be a reasonable time to grind a
batch of human flesh ; and then it is so very cheap,
costing but a dollar per head ! Ido think it very
nearly equals hell itself. Nothing for human tor-
ture could be more terrible. A thousand scorpions
stinging their flesh could not inflict more punish-
ment. At the end of the time, the poor, bleeding,
quivering victims are brought out more dead than
alive. The plantations for miles send their grists
to this mill to be ground, and the proprietor had
been doing a thriving business untili the Union.
troops came, and consequently Othei o, s occupation
was ruined."

--Sixty-four of the
Enow in the infirrna
subscribed a farthing
HELPLESS.
Lancashire distress. The chaplain, the Rev. F.
of the East Lon-
sickHaEnLdragFedßiOn3rulaTtelis
each, towards reliev-
idnogn t
he Union ha v
offering—which. is made in the same spirit as
Brealey, this. Botolph's, Aldersgate, has sent, or intends
thesen dwiindtve a mite—to the Mansion House Relief Committee.
—at, Pron.

Th !

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