The southern press., 1850-11-07
rdrthsF intsiiia asnce frSm Europe By
the Washihg;en.
4. The papers by the Washington bring US
further Intelligence from Europe.
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The papers by the Washington bring us
further intelligence from Europe.
! ENGLAND.
The United States Mail Steamer franklin,
1 Capt. j. Ill. Walton, arrived at Havre on the
evening of the 18th of October, having per-
formed the voyage from New York to Havre,
including the detour 10 and detention at COwes,
in l3 days, u distance of 3275 nautical miles.
The magnificent appearance and proportions OF
the Franklin excited great deal of attention
and admiration in Hayre.
! The West India Mail Steamship Thames ar
rived at southampton from Chagres and the
Spanish Main just before the Washington
sailed. She had on freight $l,300,000, OF
which nearly $l,000,oO0 were in gold from
California. a3st ~ fra.l.an ZEf
-G5 INDIA AND CHINA s.
ALEXANDRIA, Oct 9-The Peninsular and
Oriental Companys steamship Oriental arrived
at Suez on the 9th inst with 81 passengers
The dates of the intelligence brought by this
arrival are Bombay, Sept II; Calcutta the 7th
of Sept; Singapore the I'd of Sept; and Hong
kong the oath OF August
There was total dearth of events of political
Importance, and the profoundest tranquility
reigned throughout India.
The works on the Calcutta Railway had been
at last commenced. sasaH# 4 IA
According to Il report, which was considered
very doubtful, Sir Ii. Laurence was said to have
fallen during his travels in Cashmere into the
hands OF tribe who had detained him in cap
tivity.
A mutiuy had broken out among some of the
Nzam's native troops. ., N
The cholera was still prevalent in Seinde,
Mooltan, and some districts of India. ..lg
From Singapore we learn that Sir James
Brooke had sailed for Siam on the Sd of August
The Indian and Chinese seas are still infested
with pirates ~ -a ga
The first expedition of the Dutch against
Corneo has had but small success.
The differences between the Chinese and Por-
tuguese ut Macao had not been arranged.
A sutlicency of rain had fallen in Bengal and
the greater part of India, with the exception,
however, of Bombay and Poonah. t.Fg
.v.N scHLEswIG -I
A letter dated Hamburg, Oct. Is, says:
From the seat of war the only intelligence is
that of minor misfortune that 'befel an Hols-
tein outpost yesterday ;, an officer and twenty
five men, on field duty on the south bank Of the
Treene toward Schwabstedt, were surprised
during the night by a Danish patrol and made
prisoners. A very careless lookout must have
been kept at the post; but as the whole party
is captured, no inquiry can be instituted.
In explanation of the late desertions, it is sta
ted that they are confined to the newly enlisted
recruits from different parts OF Germany, and
that no natives of the Duchies are among them.
There is no doubt, many worthless vagabonds
are attracted to the seat of war, whose principal
object is the bounty money of 10 thalers given
on enlistment, and who make no scruple OF de-
serting as soon as possible after it is obtained
The fol owing is the only account of the ac-
tual extent of the damage done to the town of
Friederchstadt that has yet been given: e.'
I "The place is now nothing but heap of ruins
for the few buildings the flames have spared are
so shattered by the heavy balls and shells, that
they are also little better than fragments All
the eastern part of the town is burnt, and the
southern portion as far as the market place--only
something of what is called the back town re-
mains. The ferry the house on the island, the
Town Hall, churches, chapels and schools, have
all fallen a prey to the flames No inhabitants
remain in it. The three great locks by which
the Treene was connected with the Eyder are
shattered by shot the corn mill and another
mill are also destroyed; in word, Frederick
stadt has ceased to exist" ... ..>
Some of the inhabitants continued to save
their furniture and goods during the first days
of the attack, but many have lost all they pos
sessed they have all taken refuge in and around
Husum and the towns to the north, as they can
not cross the frontier into Holstein. 1t is not
even yet known how many of the people have
lost their lives. .E..l ...
The news from France, Germany, Spain, and
other parts of the Continent, contains nothing
further of Importance. 81 g.. . D r.. .. b..