The Illustrated Usk Observer and Raglan Herald

THE WAR IN AMERICA. -+-- The Cunard Royal mail steamer Europa, Captain Cannon, from Boston on the 14th, and Halifax on the 16th of October, has just arrived, bringing details of news, of which we give the following extracts:— Riot in New Hampshire. A dispatch, dated Great Falls, Oct. 10th, gives the following account of a draught riot:—" A mob at Jackson, in this State, on Thursday night, burnt the hotel where the deputy Provost-Marshal was stopping-while serving notices on draughted men. He narrowly escaped with his life. He has just passed through this place en route for Ports- mouth to obtain necessary assistance." Acaident to the Africa. The following dispatch, dated St. John's, New- foundland, Oct. 13, relative to the accident to the Africa, appears in the ISTew York papers :— The steahiship Africa, from Liverpool the 3rd inst., for Boston, vii Halifax, in a dense fog struck near Cape Race at ten o'clock last night. The ship was put about before she struck, but took ground.fore and aft and midship. She remained OR the rdc-k half an hour. There was considerable sea., with a southerly wind. The ship was much damaged. The boats were got ready, but were not launched. After an hour the ship floated, and the pumps speedily freed her of water. Cap- tain Stone then headed for Halifax, but afterwards thought it prudent to bear up for this port. The ship makes a good deal of water. The cargo was much damaged. State Elections. The Ohio State election for Governor has re- sulted in the defeat of Mr. Vallandigham. Brough's majority in the State is estimated at 60,000, which it is thought the votes of soldiers will bring up to 200F,000. The vote of Ohio soldiers at head- quartern in Baltimore has resulted thus: 90 votes cast, of which Brough received 87, Vallandigham t/Vro, and one ticket was erased. Returns from Pennsylvania show that Governor Curtin's. elec- tion is certain. The Republican candidate in Indiana has had a majority of 2,100, and in the counties it is stated there are also majorities, in all places there being a gain over the Republican majorities of last year. In Iowa the Republican candidate (Stone) is- also represented as having a majority. The Rappahannock. The Washington correspondent of the New York'jEvening Post, under date of the 12th of Octo- ber, writes:— The news from the Rappahanhock-no longer from the Rapiclan-is somewhat startling. There :Ls a good deal of excitement at the War Depart- ment to-day, and in official circles generally. The plans of the Government to meet the new emergency were, of course, kept secret, and if they were not it would be manifestly improper to allude to them. It is no longer doubtful that General Lee's intention was to take General Meade -entirely by surprise, cut him off from retreat beyond the Rappahannock, and destroy the army of the Potomac. This fine plan has been defeated, and it remains to be seen whether the .rebels will attack our forces behind their new line of defences. Rumours have been circulating on the street to day of a ridiculous character. For instance, it is said that General Meade is falling back upon Alexandria and Washington, and that preparations were making here for the entire army of the Potomac. Another rumour is to the effect that Meade was badly whipped yesterday, and is in a ruinous and bloody fight to-day. These reports are false. The news which comes first from aa army after battle is not to be relied upon, for those who usually bring it are scared by the fighting they have seen or heard about. The news-carriers from fthe army who arrived here this morning assert that General Lee had 120,000 men with him, and that he means to advance upon Washington. The numbers given must be grossly exaggerated. It is not considered possible in military circles that Lee has over 60,000 troops under his command. If he has, these troops have been withdrawn from Charleston and other points for the movement upon Meade. It is evident that the rebels understand the art of concentrating troops rapidly, and that we do not. I hear the ex- clamation almost everywhere this morning, How large an army Jeff. Davis must have to take the offensive at so many points Yet there is not a major-general in the service who does not believe /chat we have to-day 150,000 more troops in the field than the rebels have. But by their manage- ment of their own troops they are rendered superior in strength to ours, for wherever a battle occurs there the rebels have the largest number of troops. We have thousands of soldiers at this moment lying idle, far removed from the points where they are needed, The Situation. From Washington a dispatch of the 11th says -For two or three days past the enemy have been concentrating- a heavy force around Madison Court- hptise, and Friday night and Saturday morning they moved out of town in a northwardly direc- tion. A division of infantry, a large body of cavalry, and a considerable artillery were occa- sionally seen by our signalmen through openings ill the forest, which generally conceal the road. The object of the movement could not at that time be determined. Yesterday evening reports from the front represented that early in the morning one of General Kilpatrick's cavalry brigades, con- sisting of the 5th Michigan, 5th New York, 7th Pennsylvania and another regiment, attempteda re- connaissance on the south side of Robertson's river; when they were met by a large body of Stuart's rebel cavalry. A fight ensued, continuing an hour, when our troops fell back upon the infantry reserves. After another severe contest the infantry were compelled to give way, and a considerable number of them were captured. A detachment of our cavalry then dashed upon the enemy, re- taking all, with the exception of fifteen or twenty of the infantry. Our entire force were then pushed back towards Culpepper, skirmishing on the way, and contesting every foot of the ground. Heavy firing in the afternoon indicated that the contest had been renewed. Our signal-station at the top of Thoroughfare Mountain was nearly cut off, but the entire party, with their property, escaped. It appears to be generally believed that the main body of General A. P. Hill's corps has passed from the left to the right of our front, pursuing an obscure route near the Blue Ridge, intending to make a demonstration on our right rear for the purpose of cutting off our railroad communi- ,r cation. Measures are progressing to give him a fitting' reception in that quarter; but, should the rebel movement be simply a ruse to cover a heavy attack on our front, we are prepared for it, as the ground has been cleared of everything calculated to embarrass a general and vigorous battle on our part. The advance of General Hill's corps probably commenced moving from Madison Court-house on Thursday morning, and by this time is between Gourdoine Fork and the Astharis River. It was positively stated yesterday morning that the rebel cavalry and in- fantry were upon the Sperryville and Cul- pepper Pike. On Friday some guerillas were seen on Pony Mountain, three miles south-east of Cul- pepper, and are reported to have been secreted in Devil's-den, a cave in the mountains. A citizen who was required to conduct a scouting party thither failed to find it; and, under the belief that ho purposely misled our party, he has been arrested. Courtesies to Foreign Naval Officers. The New York Evening Post of the 13th gives the following sketch:— To-day the visit of the Russian and other officers of war vessels in our harbour was to have .been made by invitation of the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction/and some of the persons invited embarked at half-past nine o'clock this morning on board the revenue cutter Addison F. Andrews, which was lying at Pier No. 1, East River. Shortly before ten o'clock President Draper came on board and invited the guests to take passage on another steamer, the John Romer, which it appears had been substituted for the revenue cutter. Without any music, any demon- stration, or any distinguished guests, except English officers and Thurlow Weed, the steamer slipped her cable and headed into the bay. It was understood that the steamer would proceed to the Russian flagship and take on board the Russian officers, but she passed Governor's Island and headed up the East River. At Bellevue Hospital, one of the in- stitutions," a large party was assembled. There were Frenchmen, Spaniards, Austrians, and private citizens of New. York. Including the persons taken on board at Bellevue, the guests of the commissioners were more than a hundred. Among the number were three admirals—Farragut, of our navy, Milne, of the British navy, and Rey- naud, of the French navy. These admirals were, of course, the" observed." Admiral Farragut, who is a small man and not of stern aspect, re- ceived, however, a greater amount of attention than any of the foreigners on board, with a single exception-namely, Count Sandovae, the com- mander of Moro Castle, Cuba. The count is a very small man of wiry frame, determined expres- sion of countenance, though affable, and is dressed in a grey coat, red pantaloons, and white cap, surmounted by a small feather. He al89 wears numerous crosses, medals, and other insignia of his rank and services. Admiral Reynautl is a very large man. He is not a Frenchman of the ordinary type. He is not quick, energetic, nervous, and excessively polite, but is a solid man, ad- mirably adapted for the somewhat saonotoiiaas duties of a naval commander in time- of peace; aDd he is doubtless a persistent warrior. The English admiral is not a representative of English- men, so far as his personal habits and appearance are concerned. He is -very tail, and his increments are not formal. The admiral, if in citizens'(3- dress, might easily be mistakM for a "Yankee" from New EmgdandL General Van Vliet and Cyras W. Field came on board but departed. The of the Russians wafsr. the subject of Hraeh remark,. It transpired, howerer, that Admiral lissovsky had at the last moment tiselined th»-invitation sent to hem to make tSwBvisit ok; thegroursd-of "previous engage- ments," wMch it MTanderstofj-tfi referred to the en- gagement to-visit Kaagara FaSsj though that excur- sion will notprobably take place-tilli near the end ef the week. niB- believed that a dieinclimtion to m-- company certain* gueste in the visit assisted in deter- ring the Russians froa* attending: to-day, AdIlliml; Lissovsky indscatediohi8notetk>2Jfchea<ad!hisofficer» would see the institutibiis on seme other occasion The steamer with' the- guests cm> board1 arrived at Randall's Island- at afoeat half-past' elev-sn o'clock The Island Guard, dressed in gusy -Liniferms, and numbering who we?» well ibiBsd as soldiers, were dsawnup esuthe beaah, awlvrelemned the guests on their debereation with a JEarehing salute. A hundred girls- also assisted in the welcome. This proceeding? was clsemed1 of, much interest. President Draper and one -or two- other members of the oommiss-iwailed the-parly fro the iBstitutionson Randall's Isfend. Ti«re arefoKsrfceen departments, audi 800' cMidiren. The Herae of Refuge was nexte visited, and then BlaekweH's Island., with, tlie- alfntioxiae, the ""OYkho-æe; the. lum&tic asylum, aaad- other B^nldinesi- SHattasaajga. The state of things in and is tifcus deseribedl in a letter from Washington Thixgs are anchaaged, with, the exception tfeast the eneisay have removed their aartillery from Lookout Motmtain, "where iiiey have^had ten pieces ia<p@ea- tion, and appear to hav& somewhat witirlrawn their fiorees. It isssupposeei.that they will concen- trate their artiller^on iMissam^ridge.. Some at the rebel pieces are heavy, and;, seem to > carry well. They hold both laokoiit jESTcssntain and; Migsaoai- IV ridge, from whic& £ they threw shelin on tha 4-tth and 5th inst. Qn the lattayi day about ISO ahe-Es werre. thrown- by the enemy; Thay, however, inflicted no damas^- beyon^i-^undissg. three- men and killing one horse. have several Eiaes of intrenchmente, and extensive esscthworfea axe still going up, The »iI:an,. of the- enemy appears to be not to make attach In front, but to con^al;us simply holding- uts- in our present position, with their army in eMB-fmont annoying- as, wit<&. tSseir artillery, and breaking our lines of sommunieation by eavalry raids in our The last part, of this programme is, n@tv being, carried out, by W&seler's cavalry, which managed to, cross the Teaoiessee River at Cotton. Fort Ferajs, near Kashville- After crossing the mmut body moved aright cm. in. a northerly direction. A-, ]?ar.t of the in with the traim of the Mth Araay Corps- Bear Anderson, in tliie Sequatchey YaUgy, stamg>adsed off the teamsters* and destroyed about 200" and 300 wagons, aboiri 30 of which were loaded with am- munition, and the remainder with clotMag and supplies. Tie mules that could, not shot, numbering several hundrad. Wife, the as- sistance of the reinforcements already- arrived movements will soon Itmade tkai it ishoped will drive the rebels from G-ur front. The ajtmy is still well supplied with but clothing and blankets, the want of which ia, the anusaally cool weather eauses considerable suffering. All the wounded able to bear remsacal haw been senj North. The casualties in tha-late battles will nci be less than 15,000i On Thursday the rebels froia the opposite side 0f the rivsr nred. i:¡.,tø. our wagon and ambulance tsaams passaag over-the valley road, wounding two aaen and killing and wounding several giules. They seeaaed deteBinined on em- barrassing our transportation; m every possible way. The foarees of Wheeler,, after burning a portion of Shelbyville, were- at backed by Colonel Crook not far from that place on Wednesday. We killed o»e hundred and twenty of the. rebels, took three hundred prisoners and three pieces of of artillery. The reM s were pursued by e'ur forces, in the direction of Fay etteviDe, overtaken, and three hundred more prisoners captured. At last accounts they were being closely pursued into the interior by our force, which is supposed to be large enough to take care of them. There seems to be good reason for believing that the rebels had a fight among themselves on last Monday, in which 500 or 600 were killed and wounded. Deserters who have come in confirm the statement, but differ as to the cause and force engaged. One version is that the Georgia troops refused to cross the Chichamanga, and that Withers's division was sent down to compel them and the other is that Tennessee troops had refused to obey orders, and that Long- street's forces were sent against them with the result indicated. The line of battle and the flash of the guns could be distinctly seen from the mountain tops. It will be remembered that this occurred at the time of their cannonading on Mon- day, by which we concluded this was the nature of their trouble. — ♦

EXTRAORDINARY SWIMMING FEAT. A very remarkable incident took place last week, on the day of Mr. Hartley's sale at Sawrey. Among the purchasers at the sale were Mr. Dixon, of Bellman- ground, and a friend of his, who bought six cattle at the sale. At the close of the day he drove the animals to the ferry for the purpose of crossing by the passage-boat to the" Knab" this was effected with very little trouble. However, after landing, and while Mr. Dixon was engaged in paying the fares for freightage, the cows, one and all, took a sudden freak, jumped into the water and breasting the waves in first-rate swimming style, made back again towards the ferry. No time was lost in putting the boat about in close pursuit of the swim-aways, but without being able to overtake them until four of the half- 1 dozen had effected a landing. These were safely lodged, and Mr. D. and his friend commenced making search for the other two,, one had found its way to Belle Island, and it being quite dark when discovered it was left there to be brought away the following morning. "Crummie" very considerately spared its owners the trouble, and saved another journey to the island, and at'' daylight in the morning considerately took to the water and swam over to the ferry. The remaining cow completed the adventure by crossing the lake and wending its way to the farmstead where it was purchased. None of the animals were any way damaged by their amphibious exploit, and were once more landed "over the water" without a repetition of their swimming feat. The width of the lake where the cows crossed is reckoned to be about half a mile.

GULLIBILITY OF LONDON TRADESMEN Maurice Harcourt, alias Maurice de Winter, alias Captain Vernon Harcourt, but whose real name is stated to be Charles Mellows, was brought before Mr. Knox, at Marlborough-street, for final, examination, charged with fraudulently obtaining goods from various tradesmen. A number of West-end tradesmen who had been victimised by the prisoner were present. The case of lUr. Helbrock, hosier, of Bond-street, which was gone into partially at the former exami- nations, was completed. A second charge was then brought against the prisoner. Mr. William Sydenham, stationer, No. JO4, Edgware-road, said on the 26th September the prisoner came to his ahwp and said he wished to have a card-pl'ate engra ved and eards printed, fifty with the address 25, Cfrepstow-'P'la'fce, and fifty without the address. Prisoner gave the name of Captain Kranci) Vernon Harccrart, and stated that he wanted sorne of the cards as soon as- possible. While in the shop ths prisoner looked at a book of crests-to'find out the of the family.of Kne Harcourts. prisoner could f not finfi what he warned,- and Die then looked at the Directory for the addrsss- of Colonel Vernon Ularcourt, who he aaid was his father. The prisoner added that Lady Caroline IJarcourt was his mother.- The jwiaontr selected a Russia father and after ordering: a quantity of, stationery to be sent to ISo. 35, Chepstow-place, went away. The parcel or goods was delivered, a-,id, when t3re cards were sent alSout a -week afferwards the Soy who- took the payeel was told that the peoyia'of she house had found out something respecting their !odg«r, and had sent him away., It was entirely on 11he representation o;?\ the prisoiwrthat ba-wab Captain Elarcourt toot the goods were-sent. In rspSy to Mr.. Knox, Mr. SydtmhaE» mid he had received IW money from tbs- prisoner. Detestive Sergaiant Clarke said' there was anotiler charge- against the prisoner to be Mr. FaRlJiiner, but that gelltleman was-not present. Mr. Kjiox inqairad1 if there were any snore charges. Mr. Cutler, job'-master, No. 3-?, Brick-street, Park-lane, said the prisoner called on. and believing Hi's representation that ( he was Captain Vemon Harcourt, he left him have a brotsgbam | from the 2M of August to the ISf h: The- pris^jser stated that he was stopping- at teuton's. He made no inquiries into tMe truth of the prisoner's representations, j Mr. Kijk-c rec0m-nsen«ted Mr. to he- more eauKons in Is ftatiare. ft A cabman stepped' i»to> the witaess»bos^ and stated that1 the f prisoner had employed'iam cab far six.; hoars- aaad had not paid i"' Dletective I,ar e szid IthzTe weror-at, least* doacm oases. Mr, Knox said it was-ve:?y hard jjpon tlre cabman; and Icry was ffcSTSMil to be corirsct he s-Jiwitld hare the- amount given to him. j^toKce-constafele Maan, AS&9, formerly in IsttB&yal Dragoons, aeid knew the prisoqerl a:) Maurice Harcouri,.a [private in ibe regiment. Bitoctive ClasAe- saiS Qolijfflel Haseorart iattnd^d to be preseat' a,t, the trial. Stephen Steli»s,-a wa-t,r, at the Oxfood said the yr-Aoenr came So the hall arad hadja private cigars, and otlweir refreshments* The^jplsoner gave-h-im his card),' which had on ^CapJaSut'E-. Vernora-Harcorat," aiiid, believmgj tha-p!?j3one.r to ate Captain Baffcourt, two mere- battles øf champagne, auiJalsclent him a soveaeigi)r the prisoner saying he was stopping ton's Iifo1¡el, and ppromising to caB i the night and pay kis-litf3e bill. 3$5 A, saw! on the- 2ithn of August, 18fi2 £ he had the prisoner im (WBtody iffl the name ofllohurice Winter, for a earnings f/om a female in a broagiom in Windmiil-siiaet. The prisoner was- cecivicted it; tbe Clerkenwell Ss»sionsrandis«ntenc3-sl!to six mtmSha' imprison- ment, with harsl'laeiour. DetecSive Clarlis^said there-was a pscsT'ConVKStian at Brightoey h& believed for obtaining goodw under "¥.'«e pretences. This we* after the prisoow had b6atb discharged frmn., the 1st Life., Gaarde.- lILttrprisonsyr decliifxAito pufc any qrastdmias to tha- witnesses, ansKwas flily, e-ommitsted.

BJKTR A OMDIWAR Y BUmULABT.. 'sfiPrEpertj. Etoing the- liast few days the vicinity of{Mj:iJ&-end haa bsenin a stasSa- of considerables eisfiitcmenii. in consa^- daring IbuagJary aiS, thie p»3aaiisr^ of Mr John.Widlate' €Jriffii3.f. watchis-aker aad; jeweller, 1%. Weaffcworcfh-fIs&ee, Mlte-ead-roaa&j wtfidlishaa no doubt;, baea,. eomm^od by sonoe- expert.1-, "-ciacks-aan," and, alishojigh the- js-eniist^-ara situated in tfcop-ublic high resedy and Tsaaiz-iy opsj&sile the, district goliee-statisn^. no-33fae to the perpetrators has- beea. at, present ih- tauaed. It appears t&aMhe prasoaises esntaiaied a gieati araowmt of jsopertjv aætd adjoined tiae (3k>Men Eagle; Tasiern' and pjeasute; gAxdens- Mt.. Cltiffiirh left the shop and coatents ;secure'3i, baek. audi front, aJiandr,1 eiarcai o'closS,- with a-ijarge sbap dog I|7i.tig on the flaor is?j front of tfce coi3E.tesr, .as rumal, asadi retired to Dss-tt with his fasaly. Alkaaefc six raom- hig he was. arousedi by. a: lad ringing;- tSiue bell of ffie fissnt door- The bey was in ilie service of Mr. Fbrd, jipe-makejj-.who oesuspied thannremisoa at the basla of l&. GriSitiiSi show which piace is- reached by iiiar- mw passagaij- whieBiis protected [ lt7, an outer dbor, secured asghtly., jlBtsJad Its, attention. iP,m aperture, an the side of tie- pass&ge. through. which the burgJars had satered, iSty cuttiiag- away pieces of j double gannellusg^. by means, of a Etacltoe | similar to a oemtre-bit. These? were thirty-two j holes teied roicad the fieees oi-' wood whdah had been removed, the qp&niiiR-'wafi;sofficienjdjr large, to adxeobrof an au3n}t personipas:s5ag;through. IBethen discov&Bed a small oil laNSip) a, carsirabaar, and the-hwing end of She cenfcae-bit, wischiWaasdyiBg upon hhe floor of the 8mp. Upsm making a. fwuher search le-fbnnd a great number at gold and silitsr v/atches, g,<Üd guard cha,ire-, gold baoochess. gold pins, audi other proparty, to the amoixat of -iiSSi}, had beea remo ved. The articles, had bee«, takom from the fijont window anr3ia case ta, the sht%.ancl Ji?(» the fact adhere being 1 preperty 1ftb and romid the shop, r to. the ams.aDt of several IShonsand powadlss. it is cleaor- that the burglars. must We been dietea-bed. Ms- Griffith stated to tie rep««fer that just, osver where the. thieves gained athaaissiom there was a dial, which had- stopped at a quarter past three in the. morning, and just at ihat moiaenthe awoke and goii up from his bedj, but u24?0rtunat»]y he did rot go downstairs into. the shop. The po&e of the K division were made ac- quainted with the robbery, and upon an inspection of the back premises a rope ladder was found hanging from the side. wall of the garden of the Golden Eagle Tavern, over which the delinquents must have climbed, and no doubt returned by the same means, as neithcr of the doors was found unfastened. The detectives have since visited the premises with their respective officers, but notwithstanding the most active measures have been-set on foot, nothing had been ascertained of the stolen property or the robbers. Mr. Griffith found his dog in a state of insensibility, and there is no doubt that the poor animal had been drugged by the burglars in some strange way.

Mrs. Deborah Mary Philpotts, wife of Henry Lord Bishop of Exeter, died at their residence, Bishops- tower, Torquay, on the 22nd Oct. The deceased lady, who was in her eighty-second year, was three years younger than his lordship. Forty Thousand Pounds' worth of Butter- flies.-In the canton of Basle not less than 12,000,000 butterflies have been caught this year, and the Govern- ment has paid the catchers the not inconsiderable sum of. l,000,000f. Naturalists tell us that of every hun- dred of these beautiful insects, forty-five are females and as each of the latter is estimated to lay, on the kyjrage, forty fruitful eggs, the destruction of .these 12,000,000 is virtually the same as the annihilation of 216,000,000 caterpillars, I

DESCENT OF THE GIANT BALLOON. A friend of M. Nadar has received the following dispatch:—" We descended near Nienburg, in Hanover, at noon on Monday. Our balloon was dragged for several hours, the anchors having been 9 broken. St. Felix, my wife, and I are rather seri- ously hurt; the others are better. We owe our lives to the courage of Jules Godard. More de- tailed news to-morrow." A telegram dated Bremen, Oct. 21, states that M. ISTadar s. balloon descended near Eystrup, in Hanover. There were nine persons in it, of whom three were seriously and two slightly injured. The following telegram, dated Hanover, Oct. 21, has been received: "The wounded persons from M. Nadar's balloon have been conveyed to this city, and placed under the care of the French Legation. The King of Hanover sent an aide de- camp to inquire after their wants. M. St. Felix has sustained a fracture of the left humerus, besides contusions on the face. M. Nadar has both legs dislocated. Madame Nadar has sustained a compression of the thorax and contusions on the leg." M. Nadar has telegraphed from Hanover that it is unnecessary to send medical assistance from Paris. Although the injured persons were suffer- ing, all was going well. La France says that M. Godard, one of the passengers accompanying M. Nadar, opened the balloon with an axe to allow the gas to escape. M. Eugene Arnoult, one of the passengers in M. J^adai^a balloon, writes as follows to the Paris NatMM;— Hanover, Tuesday, Oct. 20. My oear Editor,—You aaw us leave the Champ de Mars on Sunday. You wars' a witness of the majestic ascent of the Geant, rising mto the air amidst the ap- plause of the crowd. They cried to ua from below, '"Bon voyage!" Alas! At nine o'clock at night we were at Erqnelines; we passed jMalines, and towards midnigM we- were in Holland. We rose up very high, but'it was necessary to come down. to see where we were. Ignorant of that, our^position was a eritical one.- Below, far as we cobsM see, were mars-hes, and in the distance-we- could hear the roar of the sea. We threw out ballast, and morosfeig again -vra'soon lost sight-of the earths. What a nigM! Nobody slept, as you may suppose, for the idea off falling into tlbe sea had notMrsg pleasaisir about it, and it was necesse^ry to keep a Ico-k-out in csrtler to effect, ¡j[ necessary, a<. descent. My compass showed that we-were going fcwards the easfr; that is io>say, } towards €termany. Sni the morning, after a Jrugal 1 breakfast made in the clouds, we re-deseended. Air im- I. mense plasm was beneaiSjtas, the villages appeared -tons like childraN'atoys—rivers, seemed like ilitle rivulets—it Iwasmagicsil The sun shc&esplendidly over all. Towards eight o'clock we arrived sear a great lake-; there I fosaid 10<11; ourbearixiga, and anneunoed that we were at the and the sea. We were comjieMed to think of landing in Qrder to tefee- in a little ballast. ii-- phappily, the heavens had made us forget the earth, over which fefew a wind &o, violent tharfi in a few J| miirates our anchors, enorsioua falcrums of iron, were- j; Broken. The valve was slaitj. a»d the balloon, whiclt couM carry us no longer, began a giddy career. We- rose from twenty to thirty metres, and fell with incæ- siblb force. little by little the balloon seemed to' rise amd the car fell upon its- side. The- began a fuscous disordesad race; aJIil disappeared before us- trees,, thickets, walls, all broBen or burst through by t^B'shosk; it was- frightful. Some-times it rma a lake i in which we plunged; a bog, 1fu.e thick mud of which moraSte and our eyes. It was mfKldening. "Step- stop!" to shouted, enraged with the-monster who ■ was dragging;-ms along. Araolway was bafbre us, a tiaih. passing; ia* stopped at our- cries, but we-carried away tI!H& telegrapMo posts acid' wire. An instant aftecwaods we perseived in tie distance a red house I see- it1 now; the wand bore us, straight for this-house. It wae-dbsth for ail1,.for we shossMi E>« dashed to-pieces. No Strange to say of thcae nine persons, one cfTwhom was;. a lady, who were clinging: to a slencSer-sereen of csaer, for wh«xn every second seemed countee!*—:aaot one hiud any fear.. All tongues were mute, all faces ware calm. held his- wife, coVeriag her with Itiis body. woman! Svery | shock seemed to break her to piieas. Jul$s-_(i&)dard the-a terie-d and aaeompTIished an act of sublime-heroism. life clambereelJ up. into the netting, the shoofe of whicl.nrere so terrible- that three- iiines he fell head ;.a<tlength he reaehet! the cord of the valve, opejasd it, andii the gas halving a way of escape the moaste ceased but ifc still shot along in an horizosfel line witht prodigious rapidifcy. There were we sqi-^timg down the frsii1 o&ier car. £ J!Dake care! -,ve. eried wbsn a. tree was Eiitthe- way; we taamed from it,, and the tress-was brokeu; .bwt the ballooa».was .dischaigSg- its gasr amd, if the mmenso plain we'were ;erossing;ii)aid yet a Sew leagues, we- were, saved. B&t suddecliy,31, forest appeared in tie horizon; we must leap out-at, whatevejfMslK, for the-caar would be dashsd i to pieceE-«it the first* collision wSiiithosts trees. Egot down imcu, the car, and, raising myself I know not how -for I suffered from., 31, wound in my knees—I juraped, and madé- I know nofc how many revelations, antili fell upon my, head. After a minoio's- dizziness I rose. The caarwas then far off. By Sso- aid of a stick; L dragged myself to the forest, ancil;i having gone few steps I »&ard some- groass. St. Fclix was stretched on the sO':iJj. frightfnliy ffisfiglired-his body war; one wound. He had an, arm broken,, tiie, chest tornj.and an anki4> dislocated.. The car had? disappeared. Atfter crossings a river jS heard a fend1 CTy. Nadai- was stretchai1 on the- groand, with, a, dislocated thigh; his w:i2ë>: had jiaeb. falen into iJhe. river. Another- companion was shattered. We,. oecwpied ourselves with Sfe Felix said ISTadar ancE. Ms wife. In trying, j to assist* the latter I was neaxy drowned, fcsj-Dfell into tha-water and- sank. They/picked me up again, and I found the bath had dene me good. By the assistance of the- inhabitants- the- salvage was- got together. Vehicles- were br&ught; they placed us upon straw. My laiees bled);; my loins and; head seemsdl to be Ilka Eaincemeafe;. bat I did not hsse my presence of maadl an instant^ and for a second* E felt humiilated at iockimg- from the-truss of straw to, those clouds-which, night, I had had under my feet. It was in this way. we reached! Etuthem, in Hanover. In* seventeen hours we ha»S made nearly 25S> leagues.. Our- oourse imfawMtle had covered a space of thres- leapies. it is ov«-2 have some shvsdderingsi It dbes-not s-ijgtiif v; we have-made a good jonraey, and I ri&rvel to see with what. indifference we may regasd thiè most firigJiMnl death, far besides the prospect of being dashsd. about on our- way we had that, of gainmg too- sea; aadjluaw long should we have livedi then ?. I seen this—happier yet at, having to narrate it. Ijo. you. These- Germans who surroontS us are brava- people, and have been as welill cared for as-the resources of the little spot will allow. P.S.—]] have just reached Hanover wiith my com- ipanions, and reopen say letter to tell yon so. The King has sent an aide-de-camp to us. Are we at the i end of our- reverses ? At any rate, I am consoled to think they can no loager laugh at us at Paris. We hav& kept our promises, and more. I

AN IRISH SABBATH-BREAKING CASE. At the recent Sligo sessions, head-constable O'Donnell charged Michael Hart and four others with a breach of the Sabbath, and all the delin- quents, male and female, were fined. For a fort- night previous the weather was very wet, with the exception of a day or two, of which Sunday, the 4th, was one. On that day, Michael Hart, Patrick Hart, Joseph Deignan, and John Deignan, all sober well-conducted young men, knowing that a field of oats belonging to Margaret Lynch, a widow woman, was in a critical position, en that Sabbath day they set to drawing the corn and making a stack of it." For performing this work of charity the four men were summoned to the sessions. Head-constable O'Donnell was sworn, and de- posed-This is for breaking the Sabbath, on Sunday, the 4th instant, at Knappabeg. They were drawing corn and making a stack of it. I was passing by at the time. They said it was after divine service; that it was for a poor widow woman they were deing it, and that they were not paid for it. Mr. Howley said: I am sorry that the case was brought forward, more particularly as it was for a poor widow woman they .were working. However, as-s it is brought before us we must do our duty. ,;7 .j, ,a;r Michael Hart said it was after five o'clock at the time, and we were assisting the widow; the weather has been so wet for some time. Mr. Howley: The magistrates are obliged to carry out the law. You may have supposed you were doing an act of charity by working for a poor widow, but we must inflict a fine. (His worship here, in a lower tone, said, We must make the fine as small as we can," and asked the sessions clerk what was the minimum penalty.) He then said: We shall inflict the lowest fine the law allows, that is lOd. each and costs. You should have taken some other day; but it is unavoidable our convicting. —

THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR. A meeting of great importance took place at Hoxton Hall, High-street, Hoxton, which, although the purpose was said to be an inquiry only into the more crowded districts of the metropolis, disclosed matters equally interesting to philanthropists in the country. The meeting was called to take into considera- tion the present state of the dwellings, and the moral, social, and physical degradation of the poor in the parishes of Bethnal-green and Shore- ditch, and the best means of alleviating the same. The meeting was numerously attended, and was presided over by Mr. George Cruikshank. After an address from the chairman, Mr. Thomas O'Brien moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the overcrowding in dwellings in the parishes of Bethnal-green and Shoreditch, along with such attendant evils as disease, intem- perance, unchastity, and infanticide, censtituted the crying evils of the day, and demanded the immediate attention of every philanthropic and Christian mind. Mr. Wigginton seconded the resolution, and suggested the propriety of the same supervision being exereised over the dwell- ings of the peoar a-s was at present exercised under the provisions of an Act of Parliament over the- I various lodging-houses. Mr. Walker having gup- ported the resolution, it was put from the chair and unanimously adopted. Another resolution I was then moved,, by Dr. Moore, of Bethnal-greeny to the effect tha/fc among the laaeasiares most cal- cufeted to remsdy this deplorable state of thin-D the erection of commodimie- and well-venti- lafced dwellings, lietr at rentals within the means of humbler classes, and that the- substitution of less* immoral but equally entertaining- amusements- for those which sew unfortunately formed almost threnily staple resreatie-n offered had an important claiasj on the attention; of the benevolent public In speaking to the resolution, Bsr. Moore stated thai: the other day he- had come ml contact on an omnibus- with a very extensive distiller of gin, who statedi that, having- in- past years draWis a large amount of money fromi the poor, Mfee- the Roman (SathsTfeai of old he ivsw wished to giw- a portion of lit bad?;.and he accordingly authorioodlhi:m to state that; should houses be erected for the aceommoda- tion of the-poor artisariE- and labouring imai some six or-gitweii miles out of town, he would subscribe f 1;000, to form? the nucleus of a fmnd for i] car.ryinorthern to and ftom their wsrk every day. | The was seesudted by Mr. Si. M. Hayleyy and cordially adopted. Mr. M'Siilchrist then ua&ved the fsllbwing reso- hxtion That among the- various plane-now sub- mitted to »the public foarthe erection of houses for the-workiag- classes, thai?of Mr. James- Mortimer, ilor cottage residences, irsrolving it does the great advantages of perfect ventilatienj complete separation, 0f families, aasi division of the sexes, eg, practisaHy explained1 and exhibited to the meeting, has a parameiatet claim upon public support'; m&re especially as, by that. ger-tlemail's syetom, the- tenants are fcslly indepesaioiBt øf any charitable-feeling, and ifeseive all the oomfe-rts of a. respeetejfele home at a rate now paid for miserable ■ dwellings." Hb said that the principle oi" Mr. Mfejrtimer's plas.* of separate dwellings, ttS shown in tha- model exhibited to the- meeting, was, that it offered perfeeir separation aiadi ventilaii jon, with every convenieneeaJike to the widow who might require ome, the new married couple who might require twoJ or- the man, with, a farociy who might*, require from- three to, temroomsi At the same- time he offers a garden attached td,each, whilst the architectural style ot the building's, could be varied in the elevations and internal fi'Jtirsigs, from the plainest to. the most rwlierche. His plans, as oarried out by him at Gienville grove, Mornington road, Sew-cross, would, he-said, pay more jhan ten pea essat. upon .the expenditure, while the rent for eash. was not so nauoh as apartments in old-constructed' houses, or 1m, the new. model dwelliagsv. The resoliation being seconded and agreed to, IfSr. Mortsnter, in a most able manmop; explained his dwellings and the novel system of building that he has introduced in the blocks already esseted by him at GlenviNe-grove, New- sifloss, which were afterwards illustrated in a very slevej- macyaer by means of the lima- light. Mr. Mortimer imvited publish attention tc diis plan, not only on the ground of philanthropy but the certain profits arising from such building^, at the same time thai the poor man. would have greatly in- creased; aofflaforts at as, low a rate- as he is now paying Soar a miserable- and, degraded home. He expressed an earnest wish that aN persons who were at all sceptical should take- a cheap ride to New-cress and become-convinced of the soundness of his plan by ocular demoastration; and he. reminded his audience- that he had publicly chal- lenged competition, having. o«Sered a, reward off £ 25 to. any persons producing plans superior to- his o«, and he womid be happy to show these plans to any persons- who would take the trouble of calling at his ofSees, 47, Ckesham-street. The modelis and plans e-shibited appeared to give gJ!eu,t satisfaction to th\í)- audience, and many remarks were- made as to general applicability of this scheme to all parte of the country, as much in the rural districts as. tin. crowded towns and cities, for it was observed that the dwellings of the poor in. ISackinghamshije, or evcn in Warwickshire, were oftentimes in such a disgraceful state that the. landlord would mot consider them sufficient for his horse or his cow, or, as one person said, not fit for a pig." 7

I DREADFUL MITRDER IN YORMSHH&E. A great deal of painful excitement has been caused in the neighbourhood of Stokesley, a town in Cleve- land, distant from Stockton and Middlesborough about ten miles. The facts are as follows Two respectable farmers, who were neighbours, living a short distance from Siokesley, had been in that place on business, but had had rather two much liquor. They left the town together to walk to Hemlington, where they b itti resided. Their names were Mr. William Johnson, of Newhaven-hall, and Mr. Bradshaw Graham, of Heslington. The men were on very amicable terms until they had arrived at Newby, a small village on the road. Here they were met by Johnson's farm, servant, who brought a horse for his master. Thereupon Johnson wanted Graham to get upon the horse with him, but he refused. John-on then mounted the horse and again urged his companion to get en behind, but the latter agaIll refused, upon which Johnson retorted that it was ;because he was too proud-Graham being in rather a better position in life than Johnson. This remark led to some angry words between the two men, till ultimately Johnson said that if Graham gave him any more chaff he would get off and wring his neck. Graham made a provoking and defiant answer, when Johnson got off his horse, and both men began to square-at each other. Ultimately Graham struct Johnson on tt, side of ttke head with a stick, when both men closed together and t'ell. Whilst they were on the ground Johnson called out to, his man, "Oh, John, come and help me." The man came and assistai his master to get on his feet, when he immediately fell back- wards. On being again helped he repeatedly felj1 and never spoke again. A cart was got fiom an ¡¡djO¡I1ÎJJg farmhouse, and the man was taken home, when it was foiaid that he was dead, having beea ttabbed just over the heart with an instrument about halt or three-quarters of an inch wide. Graham was at once secured and lodged in the lock.up. An inquest was held on Wednesday; verdict,< £ WilM Murder." ,:)1 ;J;; i;