The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-31
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE,

The Amrrica reached Halifax on Tuesday
evening, and the following news by her was
tclcunphcd 10 the Boston Atlas from which
paper we copy H.
Tn CRors-T The potalo disease Is spread
ing IA uumrrnu, Districts ia England, and
ireland IL r. generally admitted, that it will
take large per rcutnec Of the crop. The
other crop, generally promise we'll, Cutting
is now general, aud the weather is yer, fine
for harvest operations. =
AZ q Concert given NJ Liverpool on Friday
hy denny Lind, the House wn- crowded 10
milocation. and ticket. sold NJ high rate of
premium. She is .id to bc more beautiful
WHtHccUmuftEtUrt- 'riIaH CveF. Tho Ntlantc
hoiug unable Ia accommodate her full suiic,lo
NYork, a part of them are passengers hy the
America.
FHNNCr.-1 The National Assembly has nd
iourncd and the attention of the French ma
ton is'occupicd 10y the progress Of the Prc.i-
dcut,through the provinces. With some few
.rXccptinns. he -nunclrz- to-haYr- been Ncry
iavorahly received u, the people
Accounts from the provinces state that the
weather j. exceedingly wet and uuia,orablc
for hhrycstinp,in consequence of which there
has heen Az advance of Cd the sack on
A"Ur. --.--.--..--..-. s.-..--..-.'--r.
DTNuAuE ASH TuE DuCuIEs.--On One ac-
count from head quarters represents that n
slight engagement had taken place on the sth
Il was a mcrc affair Of outpos,s, though at
first it was supposed the whole Danish line
were in motion.
The attack on the part of the Danes was
prccipitatcd, on account Of an explosion of
the laboratory ofthc artillery or General vii
iscn. by which there was great loss of life and
Yropcrty. Ninety one persons killed by the
explosion have been buried; thrty five
llill.-l.ls rFvT,5ufI ctoN On put down
rs missing. Many bodies atc so mauglcd
that thcy cannot Gc identified TWENTY-FIVE
cadets Of the Artillery School hrc among the
killed. Scarcely a house in thc town has cs-
capped from the conclusion. !
The eject of the catastrophe on the pub
lie mind had been very dcprtstnr. ABOUT
noon on Thursday, the day ON which the en-
p-o-ina tpok place, the Danish General adj
vauccd large hodic, of men tn the very verge
Of the right wing of the Schcswig IIolstciu
position.
The litter rctrcatcd to the main body be-
hind the bridge and sharp struggle cnsucd
which gradually extended itself along the
right wing Ia the eastward, rs far rs Duvcr-
Strdt-it l1stcd for some hours The Danes
oumumhcrcd the Schleswig Holstcincrs. hut
the latter advanced upon the Danes with fix
cd bayonctS, aud with loud hurrah, drove them
from their shelter
The Danes fed in such hurry that they
lrt( behind all their killed and wounded,
which Is with them a most unusual circum-
stance. , ~-.....-s-s.1
Intelligence from the scat of war is TO the
effect that cessation of hostilitics had tax
en- place between the hclligerrnt parties, and
TINT negotiations vUrc ON foot at SctlcswfT
between thc English French, and Russian
ENJOYS, in order 10 put an end to the cfIusion
of blood
From Copenhagen II is stated the King of
Denmark, amid all this broil and trouble. has
been pursuing his usual .amoursi and dissipa-
tons, and that the drnouemcnt is his clandcs-
tine marriage with lively and fascinating
young drc,smakcr of that city.