Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-08-28
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Washington and Norfolk and Portsmouth

Washington and Norfolk and Portsmouth
We End it impossible 10 ascertain the precise
amount Of money which has been forwarded
from this city in aid Of the sufferers in Ports
mouth ana Norfolk. but conclude. from the re-
suit Of our Investigations, that at least So, 500
have been 50 sent from this point This is
sum larger in proportion to population, we
apPrchend, than has been collected for the
cause in apy town or city out Of Virginia, and
for which our felIow-citizens deserve great
credit, indeed. 1t has been subscribed with
liberal hand by persons Of all religions and
all parties, all of whom deserve like praise for
their good deeds il this connection, for they
have fairly Wed with each other in seeing
who could accomplish most by way of swelling
this charitable fund
British Recruiting in the United States
We find IN the New York Erening Post of the
2lst instant, the following summary Of facts
connected with this affair, viz:
FOREIGN LEGION AT HALIFAx.-The follow
ing facts in regard to this legion we have from
a source which We believe may be relied upon
1t was recruited in the United States and
Canada, and comprises one thousand men,
Irish. English, Germans and Uungarians. d.
ylded into two battaliOns. The colonel-in-
chief l. Polish captain Of the war of 1881,
and the remaining officers, with the exception
OF the lieutenant colonel, who is Hungarian
are also Poles. They number thirty-six. and
include the doctors and surgeons, who hold
the rank Of officers. An apothecary Is also
added 10 the command.
The legion. which is now full. has been
equipped. armed and drilled az Halifax. and
by the end Of this week will leave Nova
Scotia, under orders from the war Office, for
Southampton from whence they will be con-
veyed to London, TO be reviewed by the
queen, after which they will embark for the
seat of war.
The colonel, Northumberland and major
were appointed ty government and the first
oil these, the colonel, has received authority
u nominate the other officers and the subal-
terms
The Poles who have entered tie service,
without beng able 10 secure places as officers,
have been made sIbalternS. These are yeter-
an officers who took part i'll the Polish revOu-
hon Of 1851, and vino have fought in Algiers
and Hungary. The pay OF the colonel is ten
dollars per day: of lieuteIant-cOlOnel and ma
1or, eight dollars; of captains six dollars; Of
heuteHantS, four dollars; of sub-lieutenants,
two dollar; ct subalterns, one dollar and
three-quarters, and of privates, half II dollar
q day.
In case any officer die while in the service
the British government have agreed to paw the
widow or children Of each superior officer pen .
sion equivalent 70 half Of his pay, and to the
widows Of inferior officers a pension equal to
his whole pay
All the preliminareS have been settled at
Washington, between the British minister to
the United States and the colonel of the L.
S'on- The government have paid to the gen.
erai agent SIS per head for each soldier en-
Hs1ed, and he In turn has given his sub-agents
- per head.
Now like the postscript of Iady's letter,
Tho glst OF this article is evidently in its pero-
ration. We should Ice much pleased to hear
from the foreign Diplomatic corps in Wash
1ngtOn whether within their knowledge, it is
true that Mr.. Champion has, in person. been
engaged in experimenting the arrangement of
plans which, he must know well, involve pal.
pable and punishable violation of the neutral.
ity laws Of tle Government We cannot con.
ceive, knowing as well as we do the system of
intercourse existing between and among the
gentlemen to whom We refer above, that they
could be, as a class, ignorant in the premises,
If what the Post says in this particular con-
nectiOn be true.
We take 1t for granted that, by this time
at least, the ever attentive and so generally
well-informed representative of Russia at
Washington, has managed to possess himself
of thorough knowledge Of the affair, and
are really curious 70 inspect ais budget of facts
bearing on it. The matter is grave one, and
We presume that it will be so treated by this
Government
An Import ant Land Office Decision In