News Of Tiie Week.
T HE President's Message was read in Congress on the 4th inst., and has been most warmly received. We have explained its general drift in another column, and need only remark......
A Curious Letter Appeared In The Cheltenham Examiner Of Wed-
nesday, from a Mr. Macdougall, pointing out how high negro gentlemen have actually risen in Jamaica. In the Legislative Council there are several men of colour, among them the......
The Republican Majority In The House Of Representatives...
a committee to consider the claim of States recently in rebellion to seat their representatives, and inclines, it is said, to- wards a decidedly Radical programme. The drift of......
A Famine In Bengal, Where The Soil Yields Two Crops
a year, and it is said that the return of a rice crop is often equal to seventeen times the cost of cultivation, seems almost impossible, but there is one. The drought has......
The Fenian Trials Are Going On, But They Are Wonderfully
tire- some. It seems certain that a great number of recruits were gained by a statement that an American army was on its way, and that private soldiers were promised......
Leopold Ii., King Of The Belgians, Took The Oath To
the Con- stitution on the 17th inst., and then read an able speech to the Chambers. He intended to follow the precepts of the dead, and if "he could not promise Belgium a great......
The Cattle Plague Return For The 16th Inst. Shows That
the rate of seizure has risen to 6,000 a week, and Government has issued an order for the collection of statistics showing the number of cattle in the country. The cry for the......
On Thursday Mr. Cardwell Told Mr. Charles Buxton, M.p., And
other members of a deputation which went to him to ask leave to send out a barrister to Jamaica, to watch the proposed Commission and secure full evidence being brought before......
