The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-21 00:00:00

LATEST NE WS.

CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

NEW YORK, AVG. 12 (Evening).
(Per Etna via Roche's Point.)

UNITED STATES MAILS.—The Inman steamship
City of Washington sailed yesterday from Liverpool for
New York. Besides the United States mails, she took out
a full cargo, and had upwards of 100 cabin passengers on
board.
GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION AGENTS.—There are
in the Australian colonies 10 Immigration Agents; in the
North American colonies eight, and also four deputy trea•
surers who act as agents for the present; in the 'West In-
dies 11, at the Cape of Good Hope four, whose duty it is to
afford gratuitously to immigrants every assistance in their
power by way of advice and information as to the districts
where employment can be obtained most readily, and upon
the most advantageous terms, and also as to the best mode
of reaching such districts.
TURNOUT OF SPINNERS AT BLACKBURN.—On
Monday afternoon the operative spinners in the employ of
Messrs. Hopwood and Sons, Nova Scotia Mill, Blackburn,
after holding a meeting on the premises, complained of the
bad quality of the material which they were spinning, and
asked for increased pay for working it. As the mayor (Mr.
R. H. Hutchinson) was from home, his manager tried to
persuade them to continue at work until he should return
at the end of the week. They declined to do so, and in
consequence of what passed the mill was entirely closed on
Tuesday, and will, in all probability, remain so until the
return of Mr. Hutchinson. By this means about fifty
spinners have caused about 400 persons to be thrown out
of work.
THE NEWCASTLE MURDER.—In the case of the
fatal outrage committed on Saturday last, on the old man
Patrick Rogers, otherwise known as Needle Jack, at New-
castle, the inquest was held on Tuesday evening. Having
heard the circumstances of the brutal occurrence detailed at
length before them, the jury returned a verdict of wilful
murder against Thomas Miller and John Dixon, the per-
petrators of the heartless deed, Mr. Hoyle, the coroner, re-
marking that it was competent for the court above to reduce
the c:ime to one of a less serious hue. The prisoners ap-
pear utterly indifferent to the painful nature of their posi-
tion.—Newcastle Chronicle.
ANOTHER MELANCHOLY HOMICIDE BY A CHILD.
—Another painful case of the death of a little boy from the
violence of another child was investigated by Mr. John
Humphreys, one of the Middlesex coroners, at a late hour
last night at the Hen Tavern, St. Luke's. It appeared from
the evidence that the deceased, 'Walter Elgrave, aged four
years, was the eon of a cabinetmaker, residing at Willow-
walk, and that on Saturday last he had a quarrel with his
sister Elizabeth, aged five years, about a ball. In his rage
he snatched up a fork and threw it at her head, and she in
return seized a sharpened file used as a boring tool, and
hurled it at him. Unfortunately the missile struck the poor
child on the head, penetrating the skull and covering him
with blood. Dr. Bletchley was called in, but though every-
thing possible was done to save the child's life, death took
place shortly after from injury to the brain. The children
of the family, it appeared, were in the constant habit of
throwing knives and other dangerous implements at each
other. The Coroner said that though the girl Elizabeth
was too young to be criminally responsible for the death of
the deceased, the parents were much to blame in the matter,
and the jury returned a verdict of " Death from injuries to
the head, inflicted by a certain tool, by deceased's sister,
and that the parents are severely reprehensible for allow•
ing their children to throw dangerous implements at one
another."
SERIOUS DISASTER TO A MANUFACTURING TOWN
IN FRANCE. —The Journal de Toulouse gives an account of
a dreadful catastrophe which has just befallen the manu-
facturing town of Mazamet. A dreadful storm broke over
the town and neighbourhood, by night, and the rain fell in
torrents. The river Arnette soon after suddenly rose to a
height of more than 30 feet, bringing down with it, in its
torrent, trunks of trees, beams of houses, furniture, cattle,
&c. The violence of the water was such that it swept every-
thing before it. Fve houses and several bridges were
washed away ; and several rods which led to the different
manufactories, supplied with water power by the river,
were completely torn up. Upwards of 30 spinning mills
are thus placed in a state of inaction from which they sill
not recover for some time, as all the sluices and other works " Nearly the whole army of Virginia is now on
on the river have been destroyed. Part of the buildings
the move forward in the direction of the enemy.
belonging to one large manufactory at Mazamet have been
washed away. The foreman of the establishment, with his General M•Dowell arrived here to-day, and fixed
wife and four children, were drowned. A young workman, his Lead-quarters at the fine residence of Mr. Wal-
who was in the street, was also carried away by the torrent
and perished. All the bodies have since been found, lack, of the Washington Star. General Ricketts,
Almost all the houses in the town were inundated to the Hartsuff's, and Duryea's commands came with him.
depth of several feet. The loss caused by this calamity is General Banks's army, the portion that remained
immense.
PROSPECTS OF THE ENGLISH SHOOTING SEASON. near Little Washington, is on the march.
—From what we can learn from game preservers there are "On which point our first grand demonstration
likely to be but few young partridges, for during the early will be made, is not yet to be made public. At
part of the breeding season many died from disease, and the Madison Court-house there is now a considerable
late eggs were in several instances left unhatched, and bar-
ren birds were m,re frequently seen than ever remembered force of infantry—one of Sigel's brigades, and yes-
in any previous summer, There will be a fair show of terday evening General Bufort, chief of cavalry, left
pheasants, and plenty of hares. It must be impossible for
with a portion of his command. A little later,
any one to say what game is upon the lands while the
crops are standing, and as the harvest is late sportsmen will Colonel De Forrest left for the same point with
find it necessary to lefer the shooting for a week or a fort- the now veteran Fifth New York. The First
night.—Beery Post.
„ Vermont did not return here from Racoon Ford,
ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—The Honourable
Mr. Denison, brother of the Speaker of the House of Com-
but were ordered directly to Madison Court-house,mons, who has been staying in the Caledonian Hotel for where they arrived last evening. The well-drilled
some time past, had a tough battle with a large salmon on force of General Sigel is moving forward in
Friday and Saturday last in the Holm Pool, and in which
he experienced de worst of the encounter. About six in sections, occupying important points on the way.
the evening, whilst fishing at this part of the Ness, he General Burnside is not resting, as might be sup-
hooked a salmon, which he knew to be of immense size, posed probable, andi King and the others are
The fish at once turned tail, and ran down the river, pur-
sued by the angler and an assistant. He took refuge in acting,
well-
deep water, and the line being hauled in, an attempt was conceived plan for early offensive operations. The
made to seize him with the gaff, but in vain, for in a me. force now at Culpepper, under General Crawford,
ment he had darted off in tbe contrary direction, and com-
ing to a stop, lay sulkily at the bottom of the water. The will not, lam sure, r emain here much longer. Its
gaff was again tried, and with a similar result. This game position is in the advance, and it must now
continued till evening set in, the pursuit of the salmon be- 4 move on.'"
ing joined in by a brother angler, but all the efforts were
used in vain. Determined not to lose the prize if possible, Reports from the blockading fleet off Fort Royal
Mr. Denison kept the fish on his line during the whole state that the Confederates have two rams in
night, and did not lose hold of it till 4 o'clock on Saturday
Charleston Harbour, nearly ready for service.
morning, at which hour, in making one of its sudden darts,
the line, in running out, got entangled about the person of These, it is said, will be used mainly to protect the
the angler, broke in twain, and the fish was free, after a harbour, and convoy vessels out and in through the
battle of ten hours! The fish is believed to be one of the
blockading fleet. They are small, however, though
largest ever seen in the Ness, and could not be less than
501 b. in weight.-Inverness Advertiser. formidable, and can hardly be used to advantage
THE STORM IN ALGERIA.—The storm which or with safety at any great distance from shore.
burst over the town of Algiers on Sunday, the 10th inst.. as They have conical revolving turrets, an improve-
previously mentioned, came from the north-east, and was
one of the most disastrous ever experienced in Algeria. meet on the Monitor, and these turrets and their
The thick walls of the military hospital of the Day were sides are cased with railroad iron, mainly sent down
split down in several places. Mattresses were lifted up and from the railroads whi.2h the rebels have destroyed
carried a distance of 150 yards. The dormitory of the Sisters of Charity was completely destroyed, and all the fig, in their different retreats through Virginia.
orange, and lemon trees in the garden were torn up by the These are considered of small importance corn-
roots. The damage to the hospital is estimated at more pared with, a ram at Savannah, which has been
than 40,000 f. In the establishment of the Messageries-
Generales 20 stage coaches were crushed to pieces by the formed from the Scotch steamer Fingal, razeed,
falling of the roof. Several private houses have been so thoroughly mailed with railroad iron, and said to
much shaken that the inhabitants have found it necessary be shot-proof against the heaviest guns. The cor-
to quit them. The Marengo Garden has been laid waste,
and presents a doleful spectacle. The magnificent covered responeent of the New York Times, writing on
walk between the large pond and the bust of Napoleon I. board the Vermont, says :
no longer exists. All the large trees which afforded such "It is claimed for her that she is perfectly sea-
an agreeable shade are either broken or split. Nothing re-
worthy, her heavy guns being mounted on elevating
re-
mains of them but the roots. It was precisely at 12 o'clock I
that the hurricane burst, The clouds were black as ink, l platforms, which can be lowered to the bottom of
and the storm was succeeded by rain which fell in cataracts. her hold, 7 feet below her water line, when she is
The wife of a commissary of police was killed by the fall-
ing of a beam. Her death was instantaneous. Several per-
at sea. These guns are raised by means of screws
sons were severely wounded, having their legs or arms when she is prepared for action, and are said to
broken. All this destruction was accomplished in less than number 14—two 120-pounders rifled, four 50-
20 minutes.
ounders rifled, six 10-inch columbiads, made at the
ITALIANS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH.—ltaly, = n
litre the sometime United States of America, may be divided Tredegar Ironworks, and two brass 24-pounder
into two grand sections, presenting many obvious contrasts, howitzers to sweep the after end fore parts of her
" The North" and " the South" are terms having a Trans-
alpine as well as a Transatlantic signification, only with this deck in case of her being boarded, and to be used
vast difference—that the tendency of the two bodies in the with grape and canister against any vessel that may
one case is to cohesion, and in the other to separation.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
I attempt to grapple with this marine destroyer."
Yet in Italy there is in some respects a much more strongly
marked distinction between the North and the South
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in the North has been gra ally and most advan-
tageously qualified by the influx of Gothic races—the very The more buoyant feeling which was beginning to de-
bone and sinew of the modern world ; the men of Naples
velope itsed in financial circles at the date of our previous
and Sicily are in some measure Greek in their origin, (and, issue has steadily increased during the three days past,
though not without a Gothic infusion (for the Vandals, owing mainly to the growing indications that the war move-
Nor mans, and Suabians have been there) have received ments, which are being inaugurated by the Union armies in
a large element of Oriental and semi-Oriental blood, Virginia, will result in the early defeat of the Confederate
forces, which are keeping guard over the Confederate
which they seem to have assimilated with greater
readiness than the Teutonic. Their Greek ancestryl
capital, and the capture of that renowned stronghold,
should have made them great ; but the Hellenes have not which has for so long a time defied all the efferts of Union
shone in the modern world, and they ceased to be the generals and soldiers to its capture. The stimulus
dominant race even in ancient times. Tho Greeks of the which has been given to the recruiting business
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ness. On the other hand, the contrast between the latter and
President,
the Northern Italians is most palpable. Though the lan-
Confederate forces may soon be driven out of
guage spoken by Lombard or Tuscan and by a Neapolitan altogether, if the entire Confederate army there congre-
or Sicilian are both dialects of Italian, they are so dissimilar entirelyve
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genesal enhancement In the existing state
belonging to the other part. The personal characteristics ,
of the Government fioance it re uires the most favourable
of the two races are equally distinct. Neither can claimci
a monopoly of good qualities ; war bulletins to prevent a
relent securities, the currency, general depreciation of Gevern-
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but the North is certainly
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far more energetic, strong, educated, and self-reliant, ;
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than the South, and is, therefore, fitter for freedom
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and self-government. Cavour saw and expressed the truth in
In common with !early others tin
WO remain steadfast in the
those dying words of his, when he said that the Neapolitans
must be taught morality, and be educatd but that in the necessity
disbelief of both the and the expediency of the last
; ,
meanwhile, it was of no use to revile them. They are the issue of demand notes, but as the Secretary determined to
children of a long suecession of Governments incalculably
aisssufiejety are 1 them in opposition
circulation, oppoeltiou to an
it united
is manifestly unjust toted press and public, and
vicious and degrading, and it is to their credit that they
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Late reports from Virginia Valley, dated to-day,
say that the Confederates retreated from Cedar
Mountain under cover of the night. Their rear
crossed the Rappidan in the direction of Orange
Court-house. The Federal cavalry and artillery
were in pursuit.

It is said that the Confederate loss in the late
fight was heavy. The Federals lost only one gun.

The draughting order causes immense excite-
ment throughout the United States,especially among
naturalized citizens. Immense numbers are endea-
vouring to escape by all available routes, but the
frontiers and seaboard are strictly guarded.
Californian passengers have been taken from the
steamers, but persons arrested while leaving may
be released on giving bonds for 1,000 dols. each to
provide a substitute if draughted.
The Consulates are crowded with applicants for
exemption papers. The rush of Irishmen at the
British Consulate at New York was so great that
the police had to clear the office.

No person is allowed to leave Washington with

out a permit.

QUEENSTOWN,
WEDNESDAY MORNTN(I.

The Inman steamer Etna, from New York the
9th, has arrived. She brings the United States
mails, 83 cabin and 478 steerage passengers, She
landed 244 steerage passengers, the majority of
whom were able-bodied men of the labouring class.
The Etna has 186,000 dots. in specie on freight.
She was detained eight hours at New York waiting
for Government despatches. On Aug. 11 she passed
the Bremen ship Adler, the screw steamer Bavaria,
and the British ship Dundonald, all bound west.
On Aug. 13 she called off Cape Race, and received
telegrams from New York to that date. The Etna
was in company for several days with the Hamburg
steamer Saxonia.

From the head-quarters of the army of the
Potomao the following is the latest despatch :
" AUGUST 8.
"General Hooker remained at Malvern Hill until
12 o'clock on Wednesday night, when he fell back
to his encampment, leaving strong guards at
Huron's. The rebels moved down from Richmond
on three roads, concentrating their forces near Mal-
vern. They thought our whole army was moving
towards Richmond, when our movement was merely
a reconnaissance in force. The gunboat Southfield,
which has been aground for some days above City
Point, was got off yesterday. The rebels are re-
ported as having appeared in considerable force.
They made no further demonstration than to drive
our men a short distance."
A despatch of the 6th, from General Crawford's
head-quarters, near Culpepper, describes the army
of Virginia as on the point of making a forward
movement :