... the great drag o i.he great wheel of progress. He said that home j.- litics were at a. stand, solely because the pro.fcst'-d Whig chief is a rank Tory in heart and policy And this keen- sighted, eloquent Scotchman further said that when the versatile, but ...

... Department has a despatch that the Montauk remained four hours under the enemy's guns without receiving any injury. The Ricliiizond Whig asserts that the British steamer Princ ss Royal, with a valuable cargo of guns and powder, was captured whilst endeavouring ...

... carry out the Confiscation Act in Missouri. The property liable to confiscation is esti- mated at $50,000,000. The Richmond Whig says that the expenses of the Confederate Government since the commencement of the war to August of this year amount to $347 ...

... . It is rumoured that this vessel has been chaptered to run the blockade of some port in the Confederate States.- Northern Whig. We learn, says the National Intelligencer, that at the Navy Yard on Friday last an experiment was made with a 10-inch Dahlgren ...

... city was then considered imminent. Our forces are advancing steadily up the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The Vicksburg Whig of the 4th says that the Federals had landed 6,000 troops at Baton Rouge. The Memphis Avalanche of the 6th says that all the ...