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bout the region of the diaphragm. "All I know is," he jocularly observed, "that I was piloting the brig when they overhauled me, and piloted me up here where you see me now. " I have been introduced to, and have had conversations with, Colonel Zarvona and his adjutant, George W. Alexander, a fierce looking but withal intelligent man, who, he informs me, was officer of the ship which first brought Kossuth to England. Colonel Thomas is a tall, thin young man, twenty seven years of age, witsaid to be morose and gloomy, and incapable of enduring the slightest disappointment. To me he appeared to be the most dejected of mortals, and would have made a study for Lavater. Alluding to the late partial failure of his plans and the (to him) valueless cargo which one contained, he remarked, "What is ice to me? I want flannel." Col. Zarvona presents a highly picturesque appearance, attired in his blue Zouave costume, white gaiters, red cap, with gold tassel, and light, elegant sword.