The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-11-06
PARTICULARS OF FOREIGN NEWS.
The steamship Persia left Liverpool on the 10th,
aud arrived ut New York on the 10Th. From her ad
vices We extract the following:



The London Times, in its city article, sny':
1t is proposed to give enlarged and permanent
,rhuracttr to the steam trMsit lately established no
tween Galway and America and a prospectus o the
Atlantic and Royal Mail steamship Navigation Com
pany. with capital of t500 900 in 80 shares. has
been issued for the purpose The service Is to week
ly, aud the principal advantages of,h by tht pro-
motcrs are that II will save one or two day to al
passengers, and owing to its telcgraphc 'icltI''
will enable messages to pass between London aud
Washington in about six days that the danger. o
the channel avoided that there viii be saving
Of insurance well as of wear aud tear from the re-
duccd sea distance that the governments on both
sides of the Atlantic will be likely 10 grant mail con.
tracts and that the requisite vessels. owing to the sc
rious depression in the value of steamships, can De
purchased for extremely small sums. More ihnh
third OF the capital Is stated to have been already
subscribed.
The officers and crew of the Austria who were Ia
ken 10 England from Fayal by the steamer ireland,
had published u letter in rciutation OF the ccnsure
cast upon them in the various statcnet, ol the canl-
ity They claim that they did all that It was possible
for them 10 do under the circumstance and also re-
present that the captain did the same.
NICARAGUA TRANSIT EolerE
The Daily News in an editorial upon the Nicaragua
Transit Route says II; l. now clear that the dcci-
sivc moment is ut hand in which the assumptions ns
cribcd to the Washington Cabinet must he clearly as.
crranrd and finally rcconcilcd with the interests 81
other nations aud especially with the rights Of the
!
the Central American States may br established with
the aid OF the United States for the honor OF nations
and the welfare ot the world.
THE cESNiEwrrCn uhNptcu.
| This race. in which the American horse l'riurcsS
was SO great iatoritr. is thu described
"as the horses approached lha ncw ground Inunvc
took the command. aud was soon M possession ~ a
clear lead his immediate followers being Scribhlcr
Rocket Physician. English Rose. The Brewer. Malac-
ca, lndcrhand and prore.s the American mare hr.
ing paced early. ht with
under the determined riding o Fnrihlm On reach.
ing the bushes change in the foremost positions oc-
curved. for Iouayr dropped back and Physician. En
g-h Rose. Malacca aud lndcrhlnl no longer show
ed III the front rank. On their disappearance The
Brewer obtained the lead. Rocket, Priorcss whom
Furdham never letigoing on second and thifd WITH
lSatinsonn Zouayc. The Courier. Turned Loose Boa
con aud Scrbblcr next in pursuit but with scarcely
ghost of u chance Of oyerhauling the leaders Halt
way in the cords Rocke, shot out. and the American
mare aud The Brewer joined issue: one u The most
exciting races ever seen, ending IN favor ot Rocket
hy head Prioress. thanks to the admirable iIu-
OF Fortham, running dead heat with The Brewer for
second place Two lengths oil Sutlnstonc was fourth
aud about four lengths from him wcro /ouayr. The
Courier. Turned Loose. Beacon and Scrbhltf. ~
Tie bead Of the luck were Mr. sykes and Fearful ANA
far In the rear were Old Trick. Bcllnna, Nandermcn.
liu AID Melissa Several lengths hthud them were
English Rose The Grand secret. and Madame II,
Chantly. bennington broke down. The iact that
Prorcs, should again run dead heat for the race
but this time for second place only the most re-
markahle incident connected with the CcsMfwitrh
lhirfy-hvc horses ram
The mediation of friendly power hal beer conii
tionniy accepted IN the dispute between France auI
Portugal, after it had been twice perrmpturily roius
ed by hr former power. II was suggested that III,
: Portuguese Government should order tn "thRrlc,
Georges to be given up condition that French
sbipsoi-war should previously Withdraw from Tie Ia
gus and return To France. not t. len il appear
that the surrender was made under the menace nj
their guns. and that tie amount OF indemnity slLl
, be left to arbitration.
oI 4 steam Watch about to lc constructed for th,
service Of the Emperor aud Empires. during their ma
rine excursions.
The marriage Of tha Duke of Malakon with Made.
moiselle Paniega was sormnzed in the Imperial
: Chapel ofSt. Glond oh the evening Of the 18th inst
in the presence Of the Emperor aud Empress and a
. numerous and hilliant asspmhlagc Marshall Vail
: : liant Minister Of War, and N. Wanwsk Minister u
Foreign Affairs gave away the bridegroom, and VI
: Fonld Minister Of state, and Spanard the MarQui,
= de Cass Ricra, did the office for the bride. The
y Duke is said to be in his siyty-scvcnth year and M
! bride in her SD They were expected to star. forth
! with for England
= INDIA.
), The bombay mail of the 2ih September bad ar
" rivedsat Suez. The dsarmed troops nt Mooltnn con
sisting Of the cd and GOTH Bengal native infantry
mutinied on the al-t .: August Their almost total
: determination the consequence. An officer and
1oir men were kllltu III lne lHc IupALN'
rebels from Powrec defeated with great slangh
ter by Col Robertson on the 9TH Of Sc pember Fou
emssares Of The Mana had been captured at Gwalior
. eudayoring 10 tampor WITH the 10Th Bombay native
infantry. who informed IL officers Of their proceed
ngs. The cn puts were Nrrued.
III The Gwalor fugitive uIdor their leader 1antia
n Topee. after their dcfea oy Gencra Roberts. turned
towards Malwa. and occupied the town OF JpDra Pa
J. tnm. Abe Rajahs troops dc,erting him, Ne Z /,
y secured a large amount OF treasure and alb i#'y
q guns Tania Topee then moved toward, hhDpal
# bnt was met and defeated by the Mhow field force un
r der Gen Michel, between Bogang and Bctro on the
, 18th of September The rebels we're dispersed in all
I directions, and thirty guns captured, with triAing
i. losses on the Bri ish side.
f A private despatch says that renewed alarm had
arisen at Calcutta, and that the troops were KEEP un
der arms, 1000 insurgents were said to b. in the
q province fCalcutta, but avoiding an engagement--
This story spronounccd a fabrication,
, MIR. EyERETr AND THE DEMoCRAcY-Mr. Richard
j Ieadon, editor of the Charleston Courier writing
to his paper from Springfield, after speaking of the
party change of Rufus Choac, says.
: 81 strongly hope and verify believe that Winthrop
Everett, the CurtiseS, lllard and numerous Others
VIII incline in the same direction aud at least bG
run II not Of the Democracy in the approaching State
i election Indeed, on my telling Mr. Everett of the
: happy coincidence had found between my host and
myself, in that were old limo Wb0s turned Dpmo