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      reason , Lopez , showed no disposition to assist the Americans , but rather where they showed any interest at all m the matter , desired to seethe American invaders driven hack . From this it has been con eluded that the Creoles are quite satisfied with their nrese ^ rulers , there could he no greater mistake . In spite of tS talk of the Americans about freedom and independence to islander , know mil well that to exchange the barbaro ^ Ct of the Spaniards for the cruel greed of the slave-holders of Iht Southern states of the American Union , would be t * 2 equivalent to leaping from the fryhigpan into the IT ^ vt greedy pirates of oilr southern states , instead of free !*; Cu ^ Vomits Spanish masters , are , of all others , the verv imS do most towards the consetvationof that rule ; inasmuch asbv keeping the authorities m a continual fear of invasion it v Z armed tbrce is contuiually upon the alert . If it were Sn « P if the Spaniards were allowed to give wav to their niWl ' dolenee , the islanders themselves would h ' ave a good cWw overpowering them , and establishing their ind qSnce l 5 the central government keep off the greed y meii of the Wl " with their pirate knights of the « order of " the Lone tu ^ ti Cuba may , nay will gain her independence of Spanish oppressors and southern slave-holders . Yriwes&uis _

      During the last few days , various parts of the connw ** been visited by fearfully destructive stormsAWi 6 stonn occurred at Moi | le on Wednesd ^ and VuSty winch many lives were lost and an immense a $ * ** perty destroyed ^ The dwellmghouse of the liglithouse keepers on Choetaw Point was earned away by the flood , andXe persons who were m it at the time were droned , F ^ om J ^ l other places accounts have reached here of very desWHv storms . Nor did this city escape . On Saturdav i ( i < rl ^ JL visited by a terrible stotm of ' wind ^ 12 ^^ X 7 ^ ^ f Vf ^ fv ^ The greater part of the ' city was flooded , but no fatalities , to my knowled ge , have occurred \ large amount of property has , however , been destroyed ' The report of the massacre of Captain Marcy and hh com pamons has , fortunately , turned out to be unfounded ' ™ hl ' Fort Smith Herald' of August 14 th , says : "We had Ml pleasure on Wednesday morning of taking * by the Im-wl m v respected friend , Capt . Marcy , aSd also hi . ? Z ^ S ^ S McClelland , Engineer , and Dr . G . a . Shumard Eon rf

      < tin . place and Mr Suydam of New York . We have seldom seen healthier and better looking men , and were it not for their long beards and sunburnt countenances , we should not susivct thetn for the last thi-ee months living n on the plains , ' eating and sleeping in the open air . We learn from conversation with these gentlemen , that there has not been the loss of a nun horse , mule , or ox since the expedition left . All the men are well , and the animals all fat , and in far better condition than when they left . They met with no Canmnehes in their travels and but few Indians of any other tribe . Capt . Marcy has ex ' plored the whole region of country to the head waters of Red

      River . " About ten o ' clock on Sunday morning a fierce battle witli bricks and stones , &c ., took place between two engine companies who had been called out on a false alarm of fire . The fight continued for a long time , a large crowd taking ' part in the disgraceful scene . The police at length succeeded in quelling the disturbance by arresting a number of the principal belligerents .

      I have received the San Francesco journals to July 31 st . On the 30 th the Sheriff of Contra Costa County was shot by a man named Hardy , whom he had proceeded to eject from a ' piece of property to which it had been decide ! he was not legally entitled . It is reported that the Indians , to the nimbcr of two thousand ' , are to hold a grand council shortly , at the head Welters of the San Joaquin , with a view , it is feared , to unite against the white settlers .

      A movement is on foot to make Lower California an independent state . The ' San Diego Herald' of the 22 d has it from reliable authority , that active preparations are on foot to proclaim the independence of the peninsula territory , and hoist the "Bear flag . " Don Manuel Castro , a native of Monterey , and late an officer in the Mexican army , it is said , has been silently engaged of late in enlisting men in this and the County of Los Angelos , to proceed to Lower California and proclaim the independence of that territory Eumour has it , that he has been

      quite successful , and that his followers are now daily makin g their way over the line in small parties , intending to unite at some given point , and march upon St . Thomas and La Paz . iNegrete , the head of the Mexican authorities in that country , is represented as a timid man , incapable of resisting a well organzed effort His family have taken refuge in our city from the impending storm . Castro is of the opinion that the few Mexican troops in garrison at Santo Thonias , and La Paz , will join his standard as soon as he unfurls it .

      & J the last accounts from South America , I learn that Lrquiza has assumed absolute power , and dissolved the Legislative Chambers . Some resistance was made , but it was soon quelled . It seems the fate of the people of Buenos Ayres to be the prey of one bandit after another .

      CUBA . By the arrival of the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic , ^ e have advices from Havannah to the 23 th ult . The Government authorities had succeeded in seizing the press of the paper called the ' Voice of the People , ' and arrested the publishers and sent them to prison . Numbers of persons were daily arrested by the authorities and sent to prisonwhich caused ereat excitement .

      , Upon the information of the French Creole the authorities despatched a force of 50 cavalry to a cafe , and surprised a party w 140 persons engaged in making ammunition and ball cartrid ges . On the 23 d the police surprised a number of persons eu . ffa qed in printing the fourth number of the ' Voz del Pueblo ;' and it was reported that they were to be garotted on the 1 st of September .

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      Religious Equality in Ihelaxd . —At a meeting of Irish l r 8 sentative 3 and others , held on the 10 th inst . at the Northumberland Hotel , to consider what steps should be taken , previous to the meeting of parliament , on the questions of ^ ugioas equality and the established church , the following esQlution was adopted : " That a committee be now appointed o consult with the friends of religious equality in Ireland and Tieat ^ rstain , in order to come to a safe raid well-considered ^ elusion as to the manner in which the question affecting tins jP eat principle shall be treated in the next session of parlialeut , and to report thereon to a conference , to be summoned at ieu time and place as the committee shall determine . " The

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      n iT f * mlm& Y appointed , embracing a long list of deSrmnf i J S ^ St me ? ng W £ l ^ Md next ^ ay , when it was STf ?\ at the conference should be held in Dublin on the ™ L ~ n ?? CT ' - that in the meailtime a report should be frSJ * M committ ? e > « ia a circular sent to " the leading ^ ti ^^ *^^ thekh ^ -Mo elicft is ^^ f ^ t . ^ ^^ ~ , ^^ ^ lias te « * Tiwf ^ e ^ ord ^ temmt m council , placing the barony of QfaAVY fl ^ ^™^ provision s of the wihnv ? l - f ^ . ThlS hte been done in compliance ™ IT 68 * S 1 gjed by sixteen of the local magistracy , who 7 XJhth St 6 pS ? y mttill § d r ' n tlie s P h < it <* Parian out-?? P revaded among the peasantry

      ~ . Mb . Delmege . —The statement that Mr . Dolmen of Six-Sr dge J f o /^ ty had been obliged to seek for labourers in anothei county to do his harvest work , has been contradicted . vt reck op as Ukknown Ybssel . —A We ship , waterloffffec * ^ recently observed off the island of LmW ^ r ^ SS ™* tf ' COimty l \ ay ° ; aiicl was towcd in hy thG islanders . Her Wn In ? " 6 g ° ne by 1 the *™ ; Sllli was tim ] jer lflden . and had been so long at sea that all trace of her name was gone ; she 0 . l ) eei \ tata Possession of behalf of the

      TSL ^^ ^ on Ac mnalty , and the timber , consisting of black birch and deals , ib now being landed at the quay of Westport . % r E v Murders . —A correspondent of the Evenina Jdail i wntmg from Clonmel on Sunday evening , says " I am w Fr ° f J ' OrmyOU tliat the P ° here wwi m the ' county of lirn ^ In T succeeded in arresting eight persons for ' the atiocious murder of ourjesteemed townsman , the late O'Odlnffhan W Lsq [ ., and have lodged , them safely in our county gaol . _ An investigation will take place to-morrow in our

      Courtiiouse . It has been rumoured that some of these fellows Mere arrested on the Galtie mountains , and that they left their homes tlie evening the murder was committed . " A man named Mullooiy has been arrested in Eoseommon , charged vdih participation in the last murder in that county . The evidence against him is that he prevented a servant boy of the murdered man trom rendering assistance to his master when the attack unon urn was made Mullooly was about sailing for America when lie was arrested .

      riiE Cork LxHiuiTiox .-Tliis Exhibition was brought to a close on baturday with a grand musical festival and promenade uuigide op a Crown Witness . —A man named James Finnegan , who was committed to Dundalk gaol chained with a participation in the conspiracy to murder Mr . Eastwood nnl wno subsefjiiently turned crown witness , and continued for ' some tune to give niiormatioii to the police respecting ; the ribbon oxm .

      spiracy , committed suicide on Monday last in a very determined mariner , having first cut his throat , and then precipitated himsolilrom a top window of the police barrack into the street An inquest was held , and a verdict recording the manner of tlie death was returned . The occurrence has created a ^ reat sensation in Dundalk and its neighbourhood , and , as midit be expected , lias been attributed by the people to remorse on tie part of the unfortunate man for the evidence he had < "rvCn against his former associates . * b

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      Gas Explosion asd Loss of Life . —On Sunday afternoon about 20 minutes to 2 o ' clock , a most destructive fire , caused by an ignition and explosion of gas , and attended with loss of life , took place at the house of Mr . White , lhiendraper and hosier 65 , Midlesex-street , Somer's town . It appears that about the time lii question the servant girl went into the shomvith a candle , and the gas , which is believed had been improperly turned

      off on Saturday night , and filled the place , at once ignited and exploded setting fire to the combustible stock and premises So rapid were the flames , that the tip-stair lodgers , who were seated at dinner at the time , had great difficulty in effecting their escape from the windows . On the second floor lived a man named Balham , with his wiib and four children . Some of them were thrown from the windows , and caught by the police . The poor man Balham having lowered his wife , clung for « mic time to the window-sil v ? ith , as he thoughtthe last child in his arms

      , while arrangements were making below to catch him safely the floor by this time of his apartment being in flames . It was subsequently discovered that Henry Balham , a child three years and half old , was missing , and the remains of the poor little fellow frightfully charred , were subsequently found in the ruins . The entire of the house , No . 65 , was destroyed , but , by the exertions of the firemen and police , it was prevented from extending further . Mr . White , w ho is stated to be insured , had with his wife gone , it is said , on an excursion to Tunbridge Wells .

      Destruction of a Woollen Factory . —A most calamitous and destructive fire took place on Sunday moraine ? last , by which the extensive and valuable woollen factory , at Weensland , near Howick , belonging to Mr . George Wilson , was totally destroyed . The most determined and persevering efforts were made by the firemen ami spectators , but so rapid and destructive was the progress oi the flames , that within two hours nothing remained but the bare and blackened walls and the iron portions of the machinery , which lay on the ground in confused and smouldering heaps . —Border Advertiser . ,

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      Murder by a Mother . —At the Circuit Court of Justiciary , held at Jedburgh , on Wednesday week , Jane Johnston , or bmith , ot Galashiels , was charged with having , on the 11 th of July , murdered Robert Smith , her son , a child aged 10 months . —James Sutherland , dyer , residing in Galashiels , deposed—On the bundayinorning I saw a son of Mrs . Smith'scorning out at the door , and giving an unearthly-like scream . This was about a quarter past seven . When 1 went in , I met a man between the doors , who said the woman had killed her child . When I went into the room , I saw the prisoner lying in bed in an excited state . At the foot of the bed one of her children was sitting with the youngest child between his legs with its throat cut . The boy was repeating , » Mother , mother , why have you killed Bobby ? " The dying child was in the arms of its brother , and gave a struggle after 1 went in . His brother said to me , " Give Bobby something and he will live yet . " After this struggle the head of the child fell forward } and it immediately expired . The boy spoke again to his mother , but she did no ' t reply . I saw that she was bleeding , and went for the doctor . She was lying in the bed much excited , and I thought she had killed the child caccidentallv . The husband told me it had been

      doiie with a razor . —George M'Dougall , a surgeon , who was called in , said—When I went into the house 1 found the prisoner in bed , covered with blood , and a child lying dead beside her . She was unable to speak from a wound m the throat , on the left side of the larynx . The body of the child was lying on her right side , quite dead . I proceeded to examine Mrs . Smith , and sewed up the wound . The officer showed me a razor . Eemained with her fully half an hour . She was not able to speak during this period . She was extremely excited . Made no resistance at first to my bandaging her wounds . That night she

      tried to tear off the bandages , but was prevented . I thought it necessary to keep people to watch her , lest she should do herself more injury . Her bodily health , independently ^ of the wound , seemed very indifferent indeed . She was emaciated and delicate , and weakly looking . I believe she was quite insane at the time of the murder . —The jury , after two or three minutes consultation , without leaving the jurybox , found that the prisoner had killed the deceased in the way and manner mentioned in the indictment , but that at the time when the act was committed she was insane , and deprived of reason . —Their lordships then adjudged that the prisoner was

      not a lit object for punishment ; but , in respect of her insanity , decemod that she should be confined in the prison of Selkirk during all the days of her life , or until her Majesty ' s pleasure should be otherwise known regarding her . Alleged Mukder of a Boy by his Mother . —On Friday evening last , says the Northampton Mercury , the town of Daventry was thrown into a state of great excitement , by a rumour that another murder had been committed there . A woman named Gibbins lived near the Market-place with her unmarried sister , named Belina Hartwell . Gibbins has a husband living , but he had left her for the last fortnight , in

      eonscqunece , it is said , of her profligate course of life . The only other person residing iu the house was an illegitimate child , the son of Mrs . Gibbins before her marriage ; he was about eight years of age . It is this boy who is supposed to be murdered , and his mother and aunt were presumed to bo the murderers . On Friday last the mother shut him up in the attic all day for having got a trifle in her name of her husband ' s mother , and she threatened to have him locked up in gaol , it was said that the boy had said he would hang himself if she did that . At five o ' clock in the afternoon a neighbour saw him at the attic window eating some bread and butter , and she spoke to him .

      He seemed then to be well and cheerful . Between six and seven the mother put the boy to bed and then went out , locking the door of the house after her . At eight she and her sister returned home , and the latter having' gone up stair with some supper for the boy , found him on the bed dead , with a handkerchief tied once tightly round the throat Mr . Swell , assistant to Mr . Sharman , the surgeon , was sent for , and Mr . Sharman himself saw the body shortly after , and both agreed that it was impossible that the poor lacVcould have destroyed his own life . Suspicion then fell upon the mother and aunt . The mother is

      said to hare habitually ill-treated her child , and to have often expressed a wish that he was dead . The aunt , on the contrary , was said to have behaved very kindly to him , and to have received some severe blows from her sister when interposing to save him from her anger . Why she was included in the suspicion which attached to the mother is not easy to see . Both mother and aunt , however , were taken into custody , and ah inquest was held on the body on Saturday , and by adjournment on Tuesday , when the aunt was set at liberty , and a verdict of 11 Wilful Murder * ' returned against the mother , and she was forthwith committed to gaol under the coroner ' s warrant .

      MAivBLA ^ ciHTEit at LivEKPooL . —On Sunday morning last , about one o ' clock , a widow named Grace Jones , was killed by her son-in-law , Thomas Yatcs , under the following melancholy circumstances : —About midnight he -went home , and found hfs wife in a state of intoxication ; being irritated , he commenced beating her , when her mother interfered , and Yates struck her on the throat , knocking her down the steps into the yard , and causing a compound fracture of the skull , from which the deceased immediately expired . Yates is in custody .

      Murder by Children . —A little girl named Caroline Ferris , at Wlritlockville , Westchester county , New York , when returning from school , was beset by a couple of boys , one of whom named McNeil , aged about twelve years , knocked her down filled her mouth and eyes with dust , and concluded his brutal treatment by twisting a dead snake about her neck . She succeeded in reaching home , but died soon after . A coroner ' s jury investigated the case on Saturday , and rendered a verdict that the child camo to her death by the injuries inflicted by the boys and the fright produced by twisting the serpent about her .-New Yorhtimi .

      HoRKOirs of American Slavery . —We find the following in the luchmond ( United States ) Times :- " A gentleman named hall , overseer for Edward T . Tayloe , finding it necessary to chastise a field hand for insolence or idleness , attempted to do so m the field , when the negro resisted , made fight , and being tlie strongest of the two , gave the overseer a very severe beating , and then betook himself to the woods . Mr . Ball , as Soon as he could do so , mounted his horse , and proceeding to Mr . iaylce ^ residence , informed him of what had occurred . Mr . 1 ayloe , in company with Ball , repaired to the corn-field , to which the negro had returned , and demanded to know the cause of his conduct . The negro replied tliat Mr . Ball had attempted to whip him , but that he would not submit to it . Mr . Tavloe

      said ho should , and ordering him to cross his hands , directed Mr . Ball to take hold of him . Mr . Ball did , but perceiving that the negro had drawn a knife , told Mr . Tayloe of it , who immediately sprang from Ms horse , and drawing a pistol from his pocket , shot the negro dead at his feet . "

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      Ihe Lruction op Mount Etha .-A letter from Catania of the 30 th ult . says : " On the 20 th and 21 st of this month Etna began to give signs of unusual activity , which was followed by the opening of two new craters , below the original cup and toward the east , near a spot known by the name of PietraMussora . The mountain commenced its labuors on this occasion by throwing up clouds of small stones and ashes , which curled about in the air and assumed a variety of forms , owing to eccentric curtents of wind , which appeared to proceed from the chasms of the mountain . Molten lava followed this eruption of ashes and stones , and from the newly opened fiery mouths of the mountain a burning stream of liquid stone lit up the masses of smoke , which now extend more than a thousand feet upwards , while tlie country around is frequently veiled . The lava flows in two

      distinct streams : one m the direction of Milo , and the other towards Zanarana , burning up every tree and shurb within sixty yards on either side . The few dwelling scattered near either of the streams are deserted , and the direction of the destructive element is anxiously watched , as one stream threatens a valley rich with vegetation and the vine . As I now ¦ wrire . a sort of booming thunder rumbles in the 'bowels of the earth ' -a fiery vapour quivers about the clouds of smoke , from which a shower of ashes falls like rain , and is carried as far as the sea . The effect at night is very grand . The sky is illuminated by a re"d glare , and the immediate vicinity of the mountain gives one an idea of the internal regions .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1696/page/3/