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FROM Cha sLEsHON,

CBARLEsToN, Jan. "a Five shells were
fred at the city iast night Five shots ware
also fred at Sumter, Ill Of which struck
The enemy are still at work upon their bat-
teries at Cummings Point, and sngsged IN
hauling ammunition. No change In the Aeet.
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FRIDAY xoRSlxo JANUARY 20, 1854
THE LAWN RELATION To SUBSTITUTES
- :. uns..a l.f Z Iaxaxos al xx.1


Yesterday in the House OF Representatives
a bin was reported from the Committee on
Military Affairs smendatory Of the bill re'
Gently passed upon the subject OF substitu'
lion In the army. The amcndatory bill
contempla,es distinction In favor of those
persous who are now, and who were during
The year 1868, engaged by their own labor, or
in experimenting the labor Of Others, In
nrodaclng supplies for the army and the
country The committee reporting the bill
commented iis immediate passage. The
u,ual question Of postponlng II and placing
1, unon the calendar vas decided In the neg
tive. and the bill taken mp :or considera'
lion. but before direct vote was had upon
uthe morning hour expired, and the House
went into secret session. There can be bGt
little doubt that the bill viii pass substaa
;ially as Il came from the committee.
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From JoHNsTON's ARMY.-Our accounts from
North Georgia are very cheering. Brigade after
brigade has unanimously resolved to re- enlist for
the r, and their proceedings breathe the most
unfalterng patriotism The wounded At Chicka-
mauga and Missionary Ridge, absentees and strag-
eers, are returning to their posts and the army is
represented to be in splendid condition and high
epirita.
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CONGRESSIONAL ELECTlOK N k31.
fUCHY.

ATLANTA, Jan. N.-A meeting Of Nor
gan's men st Decatur yesterday paced seso'
luti,ns ignoring the partial eonvsntion Of
Kentuckiaus held at Dalton. The following
ticket was nominated, to bs voted tor q the
election to be held on the ION proximo'
Let District, W AacheD; ~. J"hn D Aos'
ris: ID, c J Sheriff.; lth, ] B Barsiek; HI
Thomas Napier; 9th, T L Burnett; tn, NV
lrucs; 9Th, T Pickett; 9th, : \ bssess
10Th, J W Moores llth, 7 B Honross ~.
IN Elliott This ticket adopts ha1 g fAs
nominess Of the Dalton COnventloa
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r, Fata, seetdsms-sert't T. c. Jones, OF co.
q, lo,h Va regiment, was killed IN the
day evening. He had gotten on top OF the
cars 70 ride, and a. the train pase ed under q
orio4o near Petersburg. be received blow
on the head from the bridge timber. whit b
caused his death In . few hours. He Was
from Richmond, and was q most sstimabic
youDR man.
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su1orpE.-Th{ Greensboro Notive, Of the 18th
instant, mensoHs the case Of hoy, thirteen years
old, who shot himself through the head, causing i'll
slant death, because his mother would not let him
ga To the army. The lad was the son Of Mrs. For-
rest, residing In Ch0ctaw county, Miss.
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Correspondence 0r lBs LINCOLN AND
GEN MCCLELLAN

Tbs Lssids Ristory Of hs Dsfeats around
RSchroad-A Enter Letts- to Secretary
axdnfon- WAes Nee. silan Thought lie Has
hafs-1sn Thousand Thanks from, IN. Ape.
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FROM GENERAL LEES ARnv.
IFRoN ouR OWN CoRRxsPoNDBEr.l ]
ANY NoarHusS vrssINrA.
t~uS.~sy 9th l08A

Moshy. strtnsfeiiow, and Eineheloe, 80 stt'
harassine the enemy on flank aud rear. scarcely
day pssses that prisoners are not received at tho
once of the army Provost Marshal. Nor ara pri
soners all that they eapinse-each Of these sailani
partisans are geuing no Insignificant amount OF
horse nesh and other valuable plunder In these
predatory rsids.
II 10 gratifying fact that many Of the soldiers
In tha army Of Tennessee should be eplsting f. .
ne wal, ,aod IL cannot but reassure the country oi
the spirit Of our soldiers 10 achieve independence.
laundering responses will, I sm sure, issue from
this army soon. Indeed, the ball may already be
said to be In motion. To-day Battles gallant tn
gade of Alabamians, formerly kodes's Old brigade,
Ts-enlisied, I Am loid, for the war. Thus Alabama
leads OF In the glorious work which will doubtless
widen and deepen until every brigade la the army
shall declare Itself sin for the war"
The religious Interest In The army u unchtlled by
the cold weather. Meetings are sim held in every
part Of the army; and In maay, If not all the br
gades, meeting houses Eaus been constructed by
the 80 dsers FOR their own use and faithful chap
laias nightly preach TO large and deeply attentive
Congregauons.
a most liberal system of hrloughs has been in
stured In slis army by Gen. Lee, and It's influence
cannot but be b.nehcial TO the troops BY recent
order twelve every hundred pres nt for duty are
granted furioughs Of indulgence. The cars
daily weighed down with the precious freight
which they carry 20 aud from these lines. 1 am
turn promptly al tn expiration Of their leaves
The ar post Office of this army, under Capt.
Jofn l.. Eabank, assisted by his intelligent clerks,
Young gentlemen detslie iroIl the rHnks of the
d'rrer.rt ~,,r4rnsn1a 'ha army. % -
., Saty
and s.. 70 not lees tira, !css., sand letters day;
and yet these young fnen receive only forty cents
extra per day for working nom eeily dawn until
long after midnight. something should bs done
for them.
Among the recent promotions In this army 10 that
of Mai. ". II. Taylor, A. A. q on General Lee's
staff 10 the rank and pay Of fLieutenant-Colonel.
Col. L is one Of the most faithful and .fcient Of
fcers Of the army, and his promotion is fully de-
served. In nearly all Of the routine duties Col. r.
is Gen. Lee.
The County Court of Orange, sittngas Court OF
Oyer and TefMiner, has beso engaged part of the
day yesterday and to-day, In The trial Of Ben, slave
OF Mr.. Wake, OF Norfolk, charged with the mur-
der OF a man named Hudson, in Mahone's briga g,
in the latter part of December last. Hon. shelton
F. Leake defended the prisOher with marked abili
ty, and secured his acquittal. The Commonwealth
was represented by Lewis Williams and Capt.
John II. Gayle. \.
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LITrAAIuRB.- For the year ending November
1863. 6B books wore published In Great Britain
of which 852 were on topics Of religion, 337 In
biography and hisaosy. 673 IN poessy and general
literature, and e05 works of Aetien.
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cora R2NERSH1P NOTICES, do.


NISoOLUr.ON Uf TIE
business cooducted under The dFm o( POWxk
L HANDLEY WAS dissoived by hmitathn q on the ist
Januuy All persons hsving claims wili please pre-
sent them and those INDEBTED viii make payment
70 ms OF TO Mr.. 3. = AaPhan, q the osd seaDd OF
Power Handtsy
ia 2S-at J.R. POWH1.
- wss dissolved on the Lee January lee4, ~
mGfnai consent All pessons hsviRe claias agaln.s,
and those Indebted TO the ssja 0sns VII sseue WIN
s.M'L CREEN,
kA~GeA. 0kNnn DAVIS.
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PAscAeoulA, Jss. M.Uosne9 ~.
DAY. TIE base ossos - 49,
~ niset sfds vAs0 gpabees voqese -
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pr- ENLIsTISo FoR THE WAR IN GENERAL
LEES ARMY.

twill be seen from the following tele-
gram received at the War Department yes.
ierday, that the North Carolina troops he ve
the high honor of being the first in General
Lees array, to enlist for the war:
OaANaE. c. h., Jan. o., 1854.
Tb Gen. s Cooper. A a. / G.
General Gen. r ID. Johnston's North
C,-olins brigade re Enlisted this morning for
tuer4r a. -IeI,
I. F.rHrY 70 N.rJH, a. a. @.
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ss1aA. Jan. 81 -Intoruetioa - -
r>e.riyed thet Llsut g. 4 IT, = 49,
Bynss . gal eorps, Amp q 49, 1l3
Who was falsely rspostse e AASs ~
the snsuy before the e1eele = 5.S.ssSs
Ridge, , prisoass = - =
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Bsfors tha war there weFe sbaua seventy ave
uapen pahlshed on the soil Of Mississtppl ! DSw
! tSsse sr5 " bsitsve, oaly sias.
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THs RAID ON Lower BRATpox> - The Peter.
hars tqr~s, Of yesterday, contains .or,s r,-tas

t 'tta', IA a. ..ss sis .. ltsSf,.
1hl enemy came up James river Sunday ni,ht
bringing with them three transports and two run
boats IL 10 estinnted that they had two full resi
msnts, consisting OF Infantry and two compa nie-
of cavalry but the horses of, the latter were no,
disembarked. The expedition was comm anded by
C.a. Graham. During sunday night they landed
two companies "f infantry at a remote point above
Brandon. These companies were pioled through
the woods by the negro blacksmith at Braudon, n
very Intelligent fellow. BY making a circuit they
got In the rear of our signal station at Brandon and
came upon our men Monday from the direction of
Brandon Church thus rendering escape impossi-
bic. Out Of eight men employed at the station
but one escaped, viz: Private Peter +. Marks. who
secreted himself In a thicket. sergeant J0yner and
Privates Cartwright, Haistead, Taylor, Berwick,
Morgan, and Spencer were captured. The enemy
also captured Or Robert Richie, brother OF Mrs
Harrison, the owner Of the Brandon estate and the
two overseers, Messrs. Cox and Simmons.
They DESTROYED all the corn, (sOme two thousand
barreis,l large quantity Of seed wheat oats
shucks fodder, and -four. All the out buildings OF
avery description were burnt, and all the negroes,
horses, and mules carried of. The dwelling was
entered, all the wines and liquors appropriated
and the furniture generally demolished. 1t is gen.
orally believed that the enemy contemplated very
extensive rald but that they received information
which changed their plans. I his probably accounts
for the failure to land their avalry nOrses It Ia
fortunate for the vapdais that they did receive this
information, for we know that there ware prepara-
tons made for them W hich would have left but few
TO return. -
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PERSONAL.

DEasONAL-v-Any Information concerning the
WhereaOOuts u " - MsscUaI v. KELLY, Of
Suffolk, W, VII be thankfully Ieoeived by her
frle1e, THEUDOKE HALL,
PO Boz Isl RichmoDd, We.
sS North Carolina papers please copy.
IL 23-Str
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THREE DAYS LATER.

We are indebted to the officers OF the Ex-.
change Bureau for copy OF the New York
Herald, of Tuesday last, the 26th inst We
give summary Of the news contained:
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On Monday the proceedings were monnPoHsed
Bayard, Of Delaware, take the oath. II was
passed-ayes "a, noes H.. The Commlttee on the
Judiciary were discharged from the confederation
cossidesAltop of ths resolston 10 exps Mr. Davis.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-29

1IsCELLANECCS.
Gen. Steele has been directed to order an cleo
ton In Arkansas for State officers under the one
tenth proclamation. Lincoln mas 'spardoned',
some men calling Themselves the Arkansas dele
CATION, who have arrived In Warrington.
Gen. Vance, captured In East Tennessee, has
arrived In Nashville. He was captured by Gen.
Sturgis.
Gen. Grant 10 In et. Louis.
Alta public meeting held at Topeka, Kansas, on
the 9th, Mr.. Lincoln was nominated for the next
Presidency.
The Democratic County Convention Of Hunting
ton county, Penn, met the l2th inst, and
unanimously nominated Gen. Geo B. Mcclellan az
the first choice of the Democracy of that county
for their Presidential candidate.
From Meade's army picket attack on the YAM
kees is announced as perpetrated by sixty Confec-
crates. 1t 10 positively announced that Lee has
not reinforced Longstreet.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
N ~ vs.a.,

understand your position - stated In your let
ter and BY Gen. Marcy. To Tei0forcs you - a. to
enable you u resume the 06ensjve wtthln couea
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~'ll thie mOfnAng. a..s.
The charge pending sga!nst Chsrase EDr<t
Tor permitting Gle q gro 20 70 ct lGg,, e.
trary 10 Law, ~ss disn iseed -
A. w. Consnt was foed 90 Tor hoeponG
MS restaurant OPT q after ten o'cl OK stuighS
In Violation Of city crdinance.
Jamee Moon wae fined t5 for violatiue- a
ordinance, by buying butter In the masksls
10 cell again. -.
Several 'dark subjects" we're Dismissed,
and Others whipped. fr ofsuces the chasac.
Ter OF which It 10 not necessary to mention.
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.ecnrity In the sum Of $50 for n - =.

M8vIOIs
The charge sgsirst Trama Cossesnt. :
Frenchman residlng on 14tA street, 80 An
ME Dobeor, living In the house With h10. of
stealing from the Confe0erAte etateo o..
termaster's Department, twesty-niDe 80
Of pants, thrse Jackefe, eix psiTs - sGoU,
and one bcx Of csudlcs, was ssxt teksn ..
In this case, whoee evidence replied II -
ing the princi, al guilt apoh xrs DnS5
although Il was ndt clearly sho~n ~ Co0s
slant WAS altogstber guilihsA Tls 0sooea-
ID sent them on 20 the Hasiipgo CouSl-
Dooson was remanded 10 prioo6. 80 Co.
slant was bald TO ball in the sun of oooo ~
his appearances. 1 - 49,
- A. Ericsson, tescher 0f lonxuAHO d
MS CITY, ~as charged with trsopas6kk -
tue eoai-house OF Elizabeth Wert, and g -
z thereirom five bushels Of q sl.h n oeSS
10 Obtain witneeaes, the ease wse eootannnA
John Archer, printer Of pt srsee s1o1no
for the Confederate States Govern ~
was arraigned on the complaint Of NeG0S.
Hoyer q Ludwig, chs' giug him wi'h sJels0i.
usly taking, stealing, and csTying swsytwo
hunjred pounds # gun srabic, b. h usiuw -
tham, valued at q. 900" The evid. pcr givsn
falling to substantiAte the charge, the Mayor
l'ho WAS then sittirg,) promptly dlssAss6sa
the accused.
Jsu,es, save of Alexander Fieek arrse~Gn
IN The cbArse 81 steaiing ffv IN the CoalA.
rate Government one bcx ~ p,,upApl q
'andl,s, valued OF 500, Was ule6. ksoxd
guilty, and ordsrel to receive - laeksA
Two white men, named Albert Ksr6y aua
Jos'ph Young, charged with eomusitaiag -
assault upon and rotbjns two negro 0oo,
on the 23i inst, app cred Tor exsmfnstisso |;
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LATER FROM THE NORTH.

New York papers, of Saturday last, the
23d inst, are received. The intelligence is
not important, and We make brief sum-
mary Of It.
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Lxyrkns FROM LIsooLN.

AsRI u1oN, July ctn, u M
Aajor- General G.. y. nc Ian:
thousand thanks for the relief your two dis
D tches of 10 and P NJ, gave me- Be assured
t!,e heroism and skill Of yourself and officers and
men 10. and forever will be, appreciated.
II you can hold Jour present post '"n, we shall
hive the enemy yet. 4 LINCOLN.
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MISCELLAHECCS,

1t viii be seen by the above that the specie has
decreased S606, Isl, the circulation Sl56y375, and
the deposits 9l74, ,843.
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There is nothing Of importance from the army O.
the Potomac.
Sen schoneld, with his staff, has left for Knox
vile where he 10 to take command.
DR.. Mackenzie, q well known citizen of Balti
more, died last week.
There now In construction In the United
States twenty hve armared vessels at a cost Of
1856 600 EACH They are TO be done In six months.
II 10 stated that the army Of tpe Potomac, like
Gen. Lees army, 10 to be recognised In three
corps.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
The Cleveland Convention.

This convention of factionists, ia.
natics and sore-heads was held ON the
3lst ult. John C. Fremont was nomi
mated for President and John Cochrane
for Vice President. The name adopt
ed by this new organization is
" Radical Democratic Party" The
Chicago Tribune well says: Hun
dreds of loyal men will breathe more
freely, now that the protracted and
noisy travail of o few hundred NAL
contents is over, and the Cleveland
bantling in the arms of it's wet nurses
/. The real paternity of the offspring i
is not difficult to locate if we look II
see who have been the most industri
GUS in summoning. the most liberal ir
feeling, and will now prove most volu
BILE in praising the abortionists whose
Offices are now over. The New York
World, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the
Chicago tool of JEFF. Davis, Copper
heads and Copperhead organs of all
degrees, have bayed and beloved
Cleveland Convention until the ears
of echo are weary. Copperhesds egg.
ed on this scheme. They have even
kindly loaned ii a cheap man from
their own number to help at the Con.
vention and share the dubious donors
Of a ticket thus brought out. It is
not believed that Fremont will accept
the nomination.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
The Supreme Judgeship.

The North has for years steadily pre-.
sented her claims for a representation
on the Supreme Bench, presenting as
able .iurists and pure men as can be
found in the State, and her claims
have been as steadily tabooed, and to-
day of the four Supreme Judges all
are south of the central line. There
has been persistent design in this
and it 10 a grievance which will not
always be submitted to. There is q
point beyond which the people will
not submit to be led, and the time is
approaching when they will cease to
participate in these conventions and
refuse obedience to their action. In.
deed, we see no use or sense in the
North sending delegates to Des Moines
while she is persistently ostracised
and her claims to fair representation
ignored I3
We do not share in that blind zeal
to party which would bind as to en-.
dorse an injustice anywhere, and will
not be Instrumental Ia inducing the
people to cringe under the political
lash which is held over them by a sell
fish and arrogant clique which has its
centre at the State capital. We pre-
fer harmony, union, concert and sure
and certain triumph to disorder, Sec
tional strifes and disaster; aud shall be
happily disappointed if the next State
Convention shall eschew the practices
which have governed that body in
former times.-Neao Hampton Courier.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Pacific Railroad Bill.


-
We notice that, on the goth ult.,
Mr.. Towards bill, amendatory Of the
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, being
before the U. s. Senate, Mr.. Harlan
proposed an amendment which was of
especial Importance to Northern Iowa,
and was adopted by the Senate. The
Bill is now before the House Commit
tee, and we trust that. in their report,
this amendment of Mr.. Harlan's will
be retained. We copy the smend-
ment in full: ,NAt&@ ~j
SEC. l6. And be 1t further enacted
That for the purposes herein mention.
LED the Dubuque and Sioux City Rail
read Company, The McGfegor and
Western Railroad Company, each of
said companies being body corpo-
rate under the laws ofthe State of Iowa;
and the Minnesota Valley Railroad
Company, the said company being a
body corporate under the laws of the
State of Minnesota, or any TWO of
them 30 agreeing to form consolida.
ted company for this purpose, and in
case of disagreement, then any ono of
them 80 desiring it, tobe indicated by
the President of the United, States,
whenever there shall be a line of rail-
road fully completed aud equipped
through Minnesota or Iowa to Sioux
City, on the Missouri river, is hereby
authorized to construct railroad and
telegraph from said Sioux City, upon
the most direct and practicable route,
to intersect and unite with the said
railroad from said western boundary
of Iowa, at such point thereon % the
President of the United States shall
fix, not further west than the said one
hundred meridian of longitude, and to
construct the same at q rate of not
less than City miles each year, from
and altar the time when any such
road shall be built through Minnesota
or Iowa to said Sioux City, as afore-
said and for and in aid of such pur-
poses tho said company may do and
perform. in reference to said road pro-
vided for in this section, and in refer
ence to the construction, equipment,
maintenance, and enjoyment thereof,
all and singular the several acts and
things heroinbefore provided, author
lied. granted, or required to be done
BY said company; and shall be emit
tied to similar and like grants, bene-
fits, immunities, guarantees. acts, and
things to be done and performed by
the government Of the United States,
by the President of the United States,
the Secretaries Of the Treasury and OF
the Interior, or by commissioners and
be subject to like terms, conditions,
restrictions, and regulations hereinbe-
fore contained, relating to that por-
ton of the said Union Pacific railroad
and telegraph line between said mi
tial point and said eastern base of the
Rocky mountains, so far as such acts
and things, grants, benefits, immuni.
ties. and guarantees are applicable to
said road the route of said road to
be subject to the approval of the
President Of the United States. # 5aa
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Tickets to the Sanitary Fair,

The Cedar Falls Gazette says that
season tickets TO the Northern Iowa
Sanitary Fair have been sent TO tina,
place for sale. Tickets admitting
gentleman and lady. $500 each sin
gle tickets, 81 so each. These tickets
will give the holder admission to all
departments of the Fair during the
FIVE days, and likewise entitle him to
half fare tickets on the railroad. Those
intending to visit the Fair from this
part Of the State will effect a saving
Of $3.50 by purchasing tickets at Ce.
der Falls, or in their own county-as
this is the only means by which they
can avoid paying full rates on the
railroad. Each county is to receive
credit for the tickets sold within its
limits, which will not be the case il
bought in Dubuque. oanman gaa
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09

Nine. Demorest's Quarterly Mirror
of Fashions for the Summer ending
August, 1864, is received. This pub.
LEGATION has come to be q desidsratunl
with every lady who wishes her toist
ensemble to keep pace with the mode
Its profusion Of drawings and engra.
wings Of every variety Of pattern for
ladies' and Children's fashionable ap.
parel make it an Indispensable guide
and render it the standard authority
with all those who do not believe that
nature when unadorned is adorned
the most" Price. 81 per annum, with
. valuable premium, or IS cents per
single number Published at Nine.
Demorest's Emporium Of Fashions.
473 Broadway, N. Y ylssfr On rsa
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1864-06-09
Rebel Iron Clads.

The Government at Washington
has received a despatch from Mr., Day.
ton, our Minister at Paris, which he
says that on the 18th inst, N. Drouyn
de Lhuys had not oply informed him
that the two iron-clads. now being
constructed by Armand and Bordeaux,
under contract with the Confederates.
had been positively sold to . neutral
power, but he also assured Mr.. Day.
ton distinctly that the four clipper
ships in course of construction at Bor,
deaux and Nantes, under a ike con
tract with the Confederates. should
not be delivered to them. The Ian.
guage of N. Drouyn de Lhuys was ex-
plicit, and the United States Govern
ment is understood to have expressed
its satisfaction with this disposition
of an embarrassing subject, which
threatened TO disturb the friendly re.
lations Of the two countries lg!g7