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ifting them completely out of the water, and throwing a great quantity of water high in the air, which fell upon the deck of the boat, washing overboard fifteen of her men, including Lt. Cashing, the commanding officer. Maj-Gen Foster was upon this boat. The Barney and Cohasset were injured by shots from field pieces. Returns from 38 counties in Kentucky show a Union majority of 20,350. Parson Brown low, on the testimony of a surgeon recently returned from Richmond, states that Gov. Alken, of S. C., is a prisoner in the Libby prison, his crime being persistent fidelity to the Union. The surgeon states that he was confined in the same room with Gov. Aiken and had many conversations with him [This is the richest joke of the season.] Foreign advices to the 2d inst, have been received. It was believed that the Polish question would be settled by diplomacy, and the war panic had subsided in Paris. The American question is discussed much in the usual style. The rebel loa