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Earthquake in Tuscany.
MARSEILLES, Auru

MARSEILLEs, August IL.
By the Virgile, just arrived from Naples,
and the italian coast, we learn that on Friday,
the 14th inst, a most violent earthquake was
felt in Tuscany. The village of Orciano, a.
bout twenty miles from Leghorn, has suffered
considerably; of 1870 houses only remain
standing; 50 persons were killed, and So
wounded. Most of the houses at Leghom
have large cracks in the walls, The flags of
the pavement were raised, but closed again
Immediately. The event caused great anxi-
ETY. at Leghorn, and the people took the pre-
caution of sleeping in the fields, outside of the
town At Pisa the church of st. Michel was
thrown down. An hour previous the church
was crowded, and the door was scarcely clos
ed when the roof fell in. The shock lasted
for three seconds, and was followed by muf-
fled and awful sound, like the report of dis
tant cannon, and people staggered in the
streets,
A letter from Leghorn on the / 9TH, says {;
Our town has Just been thrown into great
alarm by an earthquake. On the 14th, at
ten minutes to 1, P. NJ, the first shock was
felt, preceded by a rafting noise. The shock
lasted seven or eight seconds. The oscilla-
tons seemed to be at first perpendicular, as
if the ground was raised in a direction south
east to northwest. The inclination of the
houses was such at that moment that it was
difficult to stand upright in them, and the
cracking of the wall and beams warned the
inhabitants, who rushed into the streets. In
the country the effects we're more disastrous,
principally in the Maremme, where ancient
traces of volcanic cruptions are numerous.
Whole villages were destroyed in the dis
trcts of Taulia, Lorenzana, Orciano and Cas-
ciano AT Volterra, state prison fell in,
burying some Of the prisoners in the ruins
The number of lives lost is estimated at SO,
and 40 wounded, some dangerously. Nari-
GUS natural phenomena occurred. Near Lo-
renzana and at Tretona, muddy and boiling
water issued from the earth a lake was form
ed in hollow. All the villas on the hills
near Pisa have suffered considerably For
the last four days the ground has not ceased
to shake at intervals. In the present shaken
state of the houses, another powerful shock
would be the ruin of Leghorn. Part of the
population has left the town. Others live in
tents, or have sought refuge in boats.-Bost.
Daily Mail
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From the Y. Y. True Sun.
Important from NauvoO.

L)eHWtO|t, htpt' Ho'
AN ARMIsTICE PRoPosED,-PRosPEcT
OF PEACE. The Western mail tonight
brings us later and more favorable intelli-
gence from the seat of civil war and anarchy
in Illinois. On the 18th inst, a committee of
fifty, appointed by the citizens of Carthage,
went into Nauvoo, and held a conference
with the leaders of the Nauvoo forces, the re-
suit of which was that cessation of HOSTILE
ties for two days was agreed upon; and it
was hoped, with some confidence, that the an
tagonistic parties would in the course of that
time, be able to reconcile their differences
sufficiently to dispense with any further fight
ing.
Before the arrangement for an armistice
was agreed upon, several skirmishes took
place between the opposing parties; but it
does not appear that they were attended with
any serious results
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Mormon War.

! RENEWAL OF THE FIGHT AT NAUvoo-
| The First Battle. By the st. Louis Republi'
can of the l4th inst, VIC learn that a battle
took place between the Mormons and Anti
Mormons, on the 18th. 1t appears that the
Antics (who had encamped the day previous
within about three miles of the city of Nau-
voo) on the morning of the 18th, took up
their line of march for the city. On ascer-
tanning the movements of their foes, the Nor
mons beat to quarters, mustered between
three and five hundred men, and went to meet
their adversaries. The antagonist parties
met about one mile east of the Temple, when
a battle commenced. The Saints" and the
" Gentiles" fired upon each other for two
hours, but the distance was so great thattheir
leaden missils we're materially deprived OF
their death dealing properties
Having somewhat appeased their wrath,
the belligerents drew off, each party return
ing to its original position. The Mormons in
this affair had one man killed and two badly
wounded The Antics, numbering upwards
of eight hundred, returned to camp with loss
of from eight to fifteen killed. The excite
ment was very great in the vicinity, and it
was generally supposed that the battle would
be resumed, either that evening or the next
morning.
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AGRICULTURAL FAIR. We have no full report Of
the Fair held at Castcton Thursday of last week.
but understand from several men present that there
was much larger gathering than anticipated,
and a very fair beginning for a new Society. We
learn that very fair specimens Of animals were pre-
scented. We shall probably give more full report
of the exhibition in our next paper.
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THE VOICE.
BRANDON:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER l, 1916.

EDITORIAL The editor left home Monday Of
this week, for two or three weeks tour, and was
so busiy engaged with the "fxns" that he had no
time to prepare matter for this department. We
may hear from him in season for our next No. II
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ANOTHER BATTLE AT NAUvoo.
One of the Mormon leaders klled.-Seuerd'
ar0u,ded on both sides.

ANOTHER BATTLE AT NAUVOO.
One of the Mormon leaders kiued.-Seuera'
acounded on both sides.
BY accounts received at Baltimore, Mon
day evening, we learn that the excitement in
the Mormon region was becoming more In
tense, and that the Anti-Mormons were flock
ing towards Nauvoo from both sides OF the
Mississippi in great numbers, with the deter
mination of totally expelling or DISCRIMINATING
the followers of the deceased prophet, Joe
Smith.
Another battle had taken place at the city
of the Temple, in which the Mormons were
again victorious, and compelled their oppo-
nents to retreat.
The Mormons erected breast works, which
they mounted with six pieces of cannon.
The Antics doubtless satisfied with their
disgrace for the time being,) only threw two
shots into the camp of their enemies, after
which they entreated for parley.
The Nauvooites refused to comply with the
solicitation of the Antics, and returned for an
swer that they were " done talking"
Upon this the action began with great des-
peration ON both sides-but the firing of the
artillery soon ceased, and the weapons were
changed to muskets
Anderson, Ine ucJerlnlleu ledueT Ol Ilc
Mormons, and his son, were both shot, and
fell fighting desperately in defence of the
city. Two other Nauvooites were also killed,
and great many were wounded.
Six of the Antics are reported to have
been seriously wounded-one of them, Capt.
Smith, it is thought MORALLY.
1t was anticipated that another battle
would commence hourly. The hostility Of
the Antics having become more inveterate
than ever.
The Mormons at Nauvoo, were much dis
tresscd, both from sickness and from the
great scarcity of provisions Their ammunition
was likewise scarce. Judging from all of
which, it is not supposed that they would be
able to withstand regular charge from a
force of one-third their own number of well
drilled men.
The fighting appears to be principally car
ricd on by the most reckless and unprinci-
pied men of both parties-without regard to
either the tactics Of war or the rules of chris
tianity, and our readers need not be surprised
to hear of still more blood-thrsty proceedings
in that region by the next mail.-BoSt. Daily
Bee,
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On BOARD u. S, SHIP LEvANT, }
OFF Mazatlan. Anr. 10. 1916.


I wrote YOU from Monterey on the 9th of
July, or shortly after, giving you detailed
account of the occurrence at that place fear
ing, however, that you may not have receiv-
ed it, forward it to you by this opportunity,
which will probably be the last communica-
ton you will receive from me, being now
homeward bonud.
On the 9th of July all was hustle in the
cabin of the Savannah; some four or five men
were busily employed writing letters, procla-
nations, g., preparatory to taking possession
Of California. 1t was long after the witching
hour of midnight ere was enabled to catch a
short and troubled repose, as all was to be
prepared by o'clock the following morning,
which came as bright and beautiful as a July
day of our own favored island. At 6, A. NJ,
Capt. Mervine came on board to receive or
ders, and at he left with summons to the
military commandant at Monterey to surren-
der the place forthwith to the arms of the u
nited States, and also similar summons to
the military Governor, for the surrender of
all California.
At 9 A. M. Of the 9TH July, the expedition
started from the Savannah, composed of the
boats of the Savannah, Levant and Cyane,
and landed without opposition at the MOLE
The forces were then marched up short
distance to the custom house, where con-
course of the inhabitants were assembled
Here the marines and men were halted, and
the proclamation read to the multitude By
Rodman NJ. Price, Esq, purser ofthe Cyane,
III loud and distinct manner, which was re-
ceived with three hearty cheers by those pres
ent The flag of the United States was then
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INTERESTING FROM CALIFORNIA. The
Commercial gives the following extract from
letter received here from an officer now on
board the U. S. ship Levant, who was on
board the U. s. frigate Savannah, Commo-
lore Sloat, when that officer took formal pos
session of California. 1t affords the most par
ticular account yet published of this con-
quest:
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THE MAILS.

The recent severe gales and ineement weather
have seriously interrupted and derangsd the mails
not only along our whole seaboard, bat lhFough-
out a large portion Of the middle an northern
States. A snow storm on the 25th aid 18th in.
slant, accompanied by winds Of alhost unpreee.
dented violence, seems to have extended from Gin.
einnati to Boston, blocking up the roads, and rem.
dering even railroads temporarily impassable. or
the 9th instant the snow was fifteen inches deep Al
Albany, New York, with every appearance that the
navigation of the Hudson was about to close; and
great northern lakes the season Of navigation
is already ended.
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From the N. o. Pieayune extra, Nov. a.
STEAMBOAT COLLISION.

Toenty thirty lives lost and tosnty thirty scaldsd
The Sultann, Capt. Tufts, which arrived this
morning from Vicksburg, brings the particulars
of terrible steamboat accident which occurred on
the 2lst instant, about seven miles below Natchez,
in the bend Of the river, by which some twenty or
thirty lives were lost, and great number severely
scaded.
The Sultana, bound down the river, came in con-
tact with the steamboat Marin, Capt. T. w Dun.
MICA, bound up, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
striking her Just forward Of the wheel-house, and
by the violence Of the shock broke the connection
pipe Of the Maria, by which the chief clerk, the
second engineer, and between twenty-five and thirty
deck hands and deck passengers were scalded, many
Of them severely that there was no prospect Of
their recovery.
The Maria sunk to within about two feet of her
cabin floor within five minutes after the collision,
drowning between twenty-five and thirty persons
who were on the lower deck II Is thought that
Capt. Dunnica was drowned, but is not certainly
known. The cabin passengers were all saved
The steamboat Talma, Capt Hlte, came down
the river soon after the accident and took on board
The wounded and conveyed them back to Natchez
to be placed in the hospital. The Sultana remained
by the side Of the wreck till sunrise the next morn
ing. rendering every assistance in their power. We
are unable to furnish list Of the names of killed
and scalded The Maria will be total loss, il is
thought. The bows Of the s. were much injured.
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Intelligence from the North by toni ght's
mail.

Correspondence Of the Unionl
BALTIMORE, Nov. 80, SIP. m.
The loss Of the steamer .aantic.-.4f es additional par
heulars.-The markets, &c.
was considerably mortified to find that the nc
count of the wreck of the steamer Atlantic, which
embodied in my letter of Saturday, contained so un-
fortunate as to have given you the names of
those who were saved among the list of the lost
The error occurred in transcribing the despatch,
which was not explicit enough to be clearly under
stood. The despatch stated that there were but %
saved and 40 lost; so that the % names forwarded
were thought to be portion of the 40 lost, as %
could, by no contrvance, be made to cover only o.
However, the friends of the passengers thus killed
by this Geographic despatch have since had sea.
of rejoicing, which is forever denied to the real
sufferers and hope, will forgive both the telegraph
and myself for the unfortunate bunder.
The mail from the north has just arrived. 1t
brings but few additional particulars in reference to
the Atlantic, though the general impression seems
to be that there many more, in addition to those
whose names are given in the New York papers,
among the lost. The DR.. Hasser, mentioned as one
of those lost is c. A. Hasser surgeon United States
navy. He had just returned from the gulf, and
was on his way to Brunswick, New Jersey. There
have been thirty-sx bodies recovered. 49,.
There is but little doing in -four to-day in Bati-
more, buyers and sellers being unable to agree as to
prices.
At New York this morning -four was firm at
IS 49, IS 37i; but there were no sales to any ex-
tent.
At Philadelphia this morning the -four market
was firm at "a s7a.
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less compelled to give up his portfolio, as well as
General Saas himself is accused Of violating the
plan Of the CITADEL which brought him into power;
and numerous anonymous letters had been sent to
him, threatening him with assassination, AT the
last dates, however, the government was going on
quietly, and Notwithstanding any apparent dscord
between Santa Anna and Saas, il is most probable
that RECON the victim of the duplicty Of the for
mer.
A long letter was addressed by some of the church
party in the city Of Mexico to Santa Anna, speaking
with great horror of attempt about to be made to
procure the federation Of all religions, which they
say would be violation Of The constitutinn Of 1924
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TREAsURT DEPARTMENT,

ANO'SulDcI oO, 1910.
Sra Enclosed is an extract from he official des-
patch Of Commodore Perry to Commodore Conner,
in which your conduct, and that Of your officers and
crew, in the recent attack upon Tobasco, 10 spo-
ken ofin terms Of great commentator, and which
you will cause TO be read on board publicly.
here take occasion TO- express the appreciation
Of this department. Of the gallanry displayed by
yourself, and by those under your command, az
well in the attack upon Alvarado, as upon TabaSco.
Very respectfully, sir,
Your obedent servant,
r. J. WALKER,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Capt. II. b. NoSEs,
United States Revenue Marine, Gulf Of Mexico.
Extract ofa letter from Commodore Perry TO COmmo-
S0rs Conner dated
November 3, 1886.
al am grati6ed in bearing witness also TO the val
liable services Of the revenue schooner Forward, :
in command Of Capt Nones, and to the skill and
gaantry Of her officers and men,"
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MAINE ELECTION,

The Argus ofthe 26th has returns from two more
Legislative districts both of which have elected demo-
Gratis; which makes the lower house now stand fed.
eraI and abolition 60; democrats (including the
member from Madawaska) 50, Fourteen district.
have thus far failed to effect a choice, which
we're represented in the last legislature by ten
democrats and four federalists. The final result ID
no longer doubtful. In the senate there are nov
eight democrats and three federalists and twenty
vacant seats, which will all be filed by democrats
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D + FICIA
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, Nov. 80, 1886.
The following information hns been politely fur
nished by the acting consul general Of the Two ST.
Giles;
"Notice Is hereby given to national and foreign
merchaDl vessels, that the extremity of the rock
work forming the outer bpttress Of the mole Of the
new military port OF Naples has been carried out to
point opposite the great lighthouse of the old port
on the northwest"
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INTELLIGENCE FROM MEXICO.

| Files of Vera Cruz papers to the 7th inst. inclu
sive have been received at the Navy Department.
The most prominent items of interest or Importance
contained in them anticipated by tho extracts
which we have already furnished from the New Or
leans papers
The general character of the contents of these pa
pers, translator informs us, indicates deter
mination on the part of the people Of Mexico to
rouse themselves to some great effort. All means
made use of to excite a national spirit and in
fame national animosty. The most exaggerated
accounts are given of the committed by the
American (volunteer) troops at Monterey who are
charged with robbery, murder, and rape. Extracts
of letters from the United States are published, in
which it is represented that people, especially in
| the northern States, have become thoroughly dis
gusted with the war on account Of its enormous ex-
penses, amounting to half a million of dollars per
diem! and that it has become so odous that it will
be mpracticable for government to raise the re-
quired number oftroops!that the Senate will refuse
any further appropriations for the warhat the Brit
ish government has insisted on its mediation bel ng
accepted, &c, &c.
Great stress is laid upon the failure Of the last at
tempt on Alvarado, and iii cited proof what the
| Mexicans can do when they exert themselves. Don
Thomas Marin, the hero Of this affair." represents it
az set-of against the defeats at Pao Alto, Resaca
de Guerrero, and Monterey!
Some of their editors carry their vanity so far as
to declare that the country ought to reject the British
offer of mediation, as the Mexicans are fully able to
manage their enemy, reduce him to terms, and carry
their triumphant arms to the banks Of the Sabine.
The Monitor Republican,, in an article Of the
25th Of October, respecting the withdrawal Of the
troops from Tampico by order of Santa Anna, for
the purpose Of concentrating them at San Luis Po-
tos deprecates the measure, as the enemy would
then safely take possession Of the place, and make
ii a depot from which to supply their troops pro-
ceedng thence to the interior; but says, persuaded,
nevertheless of the great military talents Of the said
general, we con6ne ourselves to presenting these
considerations, which perhaps not sufficient to
outweigh the advantages which he judges may result
from the MEASURE
In the meantime the great men of Mexico seem to
be anything but cordially united among themsev es.
A letter is published from Santa Anna Rejon, da-
ted at San Luis Potos, October Is, in which he adj
vises Reon, If General Salas should request him to
give up the portfolio of foreign affairs to refuse to
do so for the sake of the public good; and tells him
that he, (Sana Anna) had written to Salas letter
Of advice and remonstrance. RECON was nsverthe-
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CONGRESS.

A the day approaches for the meeting Of Con
.,,ss, the members are beginning rapidly to come
IN Among those whose names we have not yet an
nouncsd are the Vice President Of the United States
and his family; Mr. Senator Allen, Of ohioi and
N.,.rs. L. B. Chase, Of Tennesses, Owen, Of India
n, and billiard, Of Alabama, Of the House of Rep
-..,ntauyes. These two last named gentlemen are
.o Regents of the Smithsonian Institute the board
=, which assembled ia this city to-day.
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Tue STAR IN THE EAsr.--The treasurer Of demo-
cratic Maine has subscribed one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars Of the 100000 loan for carrying
on the war with Mexico.
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THE DOG, by william Touatt, reprint
IL ed from the English edition, edited, with many
additions, by E. J. Lewis, M. d.; volume octave
very numerous engravings
Nov. 80 F. TAYLOR
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DIED.

At Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday, 18th Novem.
Virginia, in the 57th year Of his sge.
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A MOST UNFORTUNATE BLUNDER OF THE TEL
EGRAPH BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BALTI
MORE.
We regret exceedingly that we were mislcd, by
inaccurate Geographic report, into statement in
paper Of Saturday evening last of the lives lost
by the wreck of the steamer Atlantic ,phich ,ca, en-
iireiy incorrect, and which must have caused great
suffering in many families before the mistake could
be corrected The following paragraph from the In
elligencer of this morning gives clear account Of
Gus publication:
"By the telegraph we received on Saturday after
noon notice Of the lamentabe wreck of the steam
boat Atlantic, Of which particular account will be
found in our columns to-day: Accompanying this
despatch was list of names, wholly erroneous,
purporing to be those of the persons who lost their
lives by the disaster. Had yesterday not been
Sunday, that list would have been published in this
paper, it was in the Union Of Saturday night,
in consequence Of a like communication from the
Baltimore correspondent of that paper. The mail Of
yesterday morning fortunately dispersed the error
and exposed the gross blunder by which list Of
the persons saved from the wreck had been given to
us as list of those lost Though soon corrected
this gross mistakefor il could be nothing else--was
not SO soon exposed but that already it had inAic-
ed almost death.pangs in the breasts of several ind
viduas. The Baltimore correspondents of both this
paper and the Union as well the telegraph be-
tweer this place and Baltimore, must be exonerat.
ed, for the same account was published at Balti-
more in the Saturday evening papers. The blum.
der, however caused, occurred between New York
and Baltimore"
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DULWER's NEW NOVEL, Lucrctia
Id or the Children Of Night; by the author OF
the Disowned, Pelham, and the Last ofthe Barons,
&c &c.--25 cents.
Nov 30 y. TAYLOR.