Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-09-11
5oreign Ncms,
Arrival of the Vanderbilt.

She brings highly important news
Fon India. Gen. Barnard and Sir Hen
~ Lawrence are dead.
Cawnpore had been re-captured.-I
There had been a great massacre of Eu-
ropeans there. The rebels were defeat
ed in three engagements. !.
The Govaliar Contingent had mutini-
ed
The Transit steamer has been lost in
the Straits Of Sunda, but the troops on
board we're saved.
A sanguinary attack had been made
upon the Jews at Tunis.
The English representative in Persia
demands the immediate evacuation Of
Herat by the Persian army.
SchamyI had been defeated in engage
ments in Circassia. The Russians cap
tured several important posts.
A Geographic dispatch from Constan-
fnople announces that the Sultan has
communicated to those Ambassadors
Who had suspended relations with the
Porte, that he is occupied with the forma-
ton Of his new Ministry, and that until
he Cabinet is reconstructed diplomatic
iotorcourse cannot be resumed.
The master, chief and second mates
fl, the ship Martha and Jane, of Sunder-
land, have been sentenced to death at
LIVERPOOL for numbering Andrew Rose,
. aanan, by continued ill-treatment and
t7aI usage.
Order; had been received at Plymouth
pprepare for receiving the .. S. steam
fieate Niagara into Keybam Basin,
should It be necessary. Vice Amiral Sir
Arlington Reynolds visited the Niagara
on the 18th, and in the evening enter
tanned Capt. Hudson and the officers of
the frigate at dinner.
Intelligence from Tunis of the 18th
announces that a sanguinary disturbance
took place three days before, against the
Jews, and even the Christians were men
aced. Several persons were killed, and
the English Consul insulted Military
measures OF repression were adopted
bat not until some grave disasters had
caken place.
Official confirmation had been receiv.
ed in England of the murders of the
African travellers, DR.. Vogel, and Cor
poral Mcguire, Royal Engineers.
The Russians were stated to have beer
defeated on the banks of the Kurah.-
They lost six guns and Ga pack horses
1t is said that Schamyl, with $4,000 Cir
cassians, had also defeated the Russian
army, which attempted to dislodge hin
on the banks of the river commanding
some passes. After battle, which last
cd ten hours, the Russians were driver
across the river. Several fortified place:
built at great cost by the Russians for til
maintenance of their communication:
fell into Schamyrs hands.
Dispatches from Teheran had been re
ceived at the Forign Office in Paris. TIL
news Of the Bengal mutiny had produce
q profound sensation in Persia. Fea
ing disturbance, the Shah had determir
cd not to reduce his army for the pr
sent
By telegraph from Trieste we leaI
that Mr.. Murray had demanded fro
Persia the immediate evacuation of Il
rat.
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
A meeting Of the Directors of Il
Atlantic Telegraph Company was he
at Liverpool on the 10Th ult. A su
committee was appointed to report up,
the causes of the accident, and the be
means Of ensuring future success. T
Directors sit in Permanence till their
ture plans are arranged. The comman
ers of all the ships engaged will cons
with the Directors. Confidence was c
pressed as to ultimate success.
The experiments of connecting t
wire in mid ocean has been successful
tried in 1000 fathoms, during a hea
sea. The Engineers report detailed
progress Of paying out until the accidt
occurred. The machinery only requi
some slight Improvement. The CABLE
everything that can be desired, and
engineer has greater confidence than e.
rs to the final result.
THE INDIA NEWS.
The London Times of the 22d c.
tains the following Geographic intel
ence from India, via Alexandria;
ALEXANDRIA, Aug 1.-THE NJ
arrived at Suez to-day. She bri
dates from Calcutta to the 21st of j