Show NEWS NE vvs ITEMS A sandwich island diver without any submarine armor or any artificial apparatus recently went down feet and stayed long enough to fasten ropes and chains around a sunken boat several minutes when he came up blood spouted from his nose and ears cars CANADA one burleigh secondia second din in command of the pirate gang which recently seized two steamers and tind tried to seize seize tile the TJ S steamer of war michigan an was put in jail at toronto a few days ay sago ago by an alderman without proper authority and released ou on habeas corpus but almost instantly put back again c on valid papers to the vast disgust of himself and his rebel nebel friends he is said to be a very ill tempered and mali maii malignant gnan t fellow the worst of all ail that gan gang his H i s friends have retained for him the a ablest b lest iest criminal lawyer in canada and he will undoubtedly make a desperate fight they auevery are very confident of his final release and it is not at t all improbable that amid the technicalities of british law and with the sympathies pat liles illes of the canadian public not to say of canadian judges in his favor he may manage to escape when first arrested burleigh told the officer that he wished to god his arrest had been postponed one week as lie he had an all imbor on hand during a conversation with him he indirectly revealed the fact that he had llad been engaged in purchasing an armament for the propel lor georgian which steamer recently passed the city on her way up to collingwood the armament was to have been put on at or near port sarnia samia but the vigilance of our government officers in making tile the arrest doubtless frus grated the movement it may how ever give the key koy to tb the combined reb el plot angwill and will doubtless be acted upon i as such from prom toronto we learn that the af a of the st albans raiders to send to richmond for evidence lia iia has i been rejected by the canadian govern ment meent on the ground that the raiders are amenable to the extradition treaty which renders their application of no material consequence atthe at tle the present stage of proceedings before aCan nean a canadian aftIn j court it has been discovered that can hon and war material supposed su to have been taken by the georgian toward collingwood have been transi tran shipped lipped from sarnia to lexington Lexing ton fon in michigan Ui chgan IN excavating the temple of juno pompel pompei Poin pei pel skeletons have been found these leopla fled to invoke invoice the protection of their goddess and were overtaken by tile eruption tuft thet detroit advertiser sats says the low stage of water in the western NV estern lake lakes is something remarkable A fall of about two feet has recently taken place and the water js now four feet lower than th n in 1861 at some of the tile ports on lake huyn it is now difficult to mako make landings where formerly there was water to spare ROUGH TIMES IN alabama we find in a late number of the louisville journal the following account of the condition of things in alabama two months ago it is given by a lady who had recently arrived from what was once the wealthiest and an most mo t prosperous pro per portion r of the state she says saya tho the des desolation 0 1 atlon of the southern bouthern states beggars d description e destitution and poverty have taken the place of opulence and prosperity men dien that were worth their hun hundreds dreas of thousands are relue reduced ed to utter poverty As for the luxuries of life formerly so abundant eulit dulit in the south there an am notie none thre thee i formerly the v wealthiest hae haie nae noali nothing 0 to sustain life but what the c country and not enough of that tiit for by it is taken from them for the army arnay their garments even oven their shoes the families have to male make themselves they spin weave weave and dye their cotton and homespun claths cloths rich and poor tea coal ee and sugar are not to be I 1 had milk and water are beverages indian corn is theio their principle prini pie food the f are bi iiri erol up nd ind ruined ruin pJ yoi icy w eldom eidom mett meet ytje t male maie inhabitant and if you dohe is either inai infirm rm dr or a cripple A large portion of the male niale population are killed in battle many more crippled for lifetime many datri Katri patriotic otle otie union men died ofa of a kroken broKen broken eart heart what remain are in the army or in the employment of the government nevertheless press gangs cross the country in all directions in search of men for the army all ties of social life are completely dissolved no courts of justice or equity are held justice is meted out by the military universities colleges and schools schools are all suspended the country in I 1 in many places resemble resembles 3 a wilderness wildern ess wherever the armies march there everything is ruined the crops destroyed fences burned trees cut down domestic d animals killed robbed or taken for forth the earmy army but whatever the southern people may suffer sunner the bear it with heroism and resignation they have little hope of success THE president has issued a proclamation that the treaty between the united states and the king of the Belgians for the extinguishment of the scheidt dues has been duly ratified on both sides and another proclamation announcing the exchange of ratifications of the convention between these same nat nations lohs completing by new stipulations the treaty of commerce and navigation af july 1858 by these arrangements the united states in in view of the proposition made by belgium t to regulate oy dy a common accord the capitalization of the dues consents to contribute to this capitalization under tinder certain con editions an not exceeding 2000 francs the tariff of import t duties resulting from the treaty of the of may y 1861 IKI between belgium and F farnce r n ce is ex tented to goods imported from the the united states on the same conditions with which it was extended to great britain by the treaty of july 23 1862 the reduction made by the treaties entered into with switzerland december 11 1862 with italy april 9 1863 with the netherlands may inlay 1863 and also with france may 1863 is to be equally equall applied I 1 to goods d s I 1 imported from the ehe the 91 united cited states it is agreed that belgium shall extend to the united states the reductions 0 of Jim lim import port duties which may result from her wen subsequent treaties with other powers in accordance with the ninth article of the treaty of july 1858 the flag of the united states is to be assimilated to that of belgium for the transportation of salt |