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America. General. Johnston Entered Salt ...
i . garrison underthe —d of General ^ ™ 1 chapter to ^ have worked the species of miracle which Ihen took place—w . that even the apathetic and cowardly inhabitants of a Mexican city fired up with indignation , rose in arms to the rescue of their wives > and daughters , and drove their hateful invaders out of the town , not , however / without very severe losses on the nart of the tradesmen , whose shops were Pj llaged . ^ n-Ether populous town , Salamanca , had suffered the satne fate two or three weeks previously ; in fact , similar scenes are to be seen now in all directions . As a matter of course , business is completely stopped in every way and in every direction ; the high roads are quite lonely for want of safety ; and , to crown this mass of evils , there Is no prospect of either of the contending parties getting putuug v .. ^ ---
—the mastery , ana mus - ^ -- - Peru is tranquil for the present 5 hut it is feared that another revolution will break out during the August ^ A ^ Sse of Lynch law has taken place in Texas . Three men went to the house of a Mr . Graves , and finding only the daughter there—a girl of twelve—they beat , abused , and threatened her , to induce her to sav where her father's money was . She was not able to . vi » tA * io ,, fln /> » nv . Thev then left ; ana Mr ,
, XO ll , llVr WUJLU % l ± *** J ****** — j - * *_ T . JV » I Graves , on returning home and learning what had happened , raised a company of men , and speedily caught two of the ruffians . After administering several lashes to them , they confessed separately , and without previous concert , that they belonged to a secret and organised clan of thieves , provided with regular passwords , signs , a is -i- ~ == *« TVifisft Tn « n were about to hold a secret
convention , for the purpose of effecting a more complete organisation . The names of thirteen of the men were given ; and subsequently the third man engaged in the Attempted robbery was apprehended , and confirmed the tale , adding thirteen more names of members of the gang . The latest intelligence from the United States , which arrived on Thursday by the Fulton , mentions that the army at Salt Lake was to enter the city on the 26 th ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' Ult . No one was to leave the Tanks , and good order was to be maintained . Governor Gumming had issued his pardon , and peace was proclaimed to the inhabitants " tr ' * . 1 •** __* . _! Ti ** . l . ** nifvn to one account ueutsnu
ofUtah ^ According ^^ 'w had actually entered the Salt Lake City without molestation from any quarter . . ' ¦ ¦ _ .. ' , From Kansas we learn that General Calhoun has issued certificates of election to all persons elected under the Lecompton Constitution , by which the Free-State party have a majority in both branches of the legislation . ¦' . ¦ " . ¦ The Secretary of the Navy at Washington is making arrangements to send a sufficient force to Paraguay , to uphold the dignity of the American flag .
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IRELAND . Mb . Spuhoeon is about to appear at Belfast , theheadquarters of Irish Protestantism . I M . Ambdbk de Meru ? , a French gentleman residing inDublin , where he dealt extensively in foreign wine and brandy , has put an end to his life by inflicting two severe gashes , one in his left arm , and the other in his The Indian Empire , the first of the Galway line of Transatlantic steamships , arrived at that port on Thursday , having accomplished her first journey to and from New York . She brings back a considerable number of passengers , and a large cargo .
Continental Notes. Trance. The Emperor, ...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . TRANCE . The Emperor , the Empress , and tlieir suite , left St . Cloud on Tuesday morning , at half-past nine , for Caen , on tlieir -way to Cherbourg . They stopped at various towns on their way , and at these tho Emporor received addresses and ovations . During the absence of the Emporor , and that of Prince Jerome Napoleon , who is ' taking sea haths at Havre , Prince Napoleon , Minister for Algeria and the Colonies , will preside over the Council of Ministers . The reports of the health of Marshal Bosquet are that t _— i « « 1 t < . t . 1 . a Ttn . 4-4-s * M > 1 \« i 4- *!*»«¦ a aAAwta ¦« . /* fllinnAA s \ P Iiia
i being able to assume the command of his military dls- I trict at the appointed time . . I The Echo Agricole says that the rain which has fallen I latoly has retarded the harvest in all those localities I where tho crops aro not already secured . It also says : " From all the information we can collect wo may arrive at a positive conclusion that the harvest will bo inferior to that of last year . In general , the grain will he less heavy , tho sheaves less numerous , and tho yield oi ie irauuuuvo
¦ mo oar » o [ . The introduction of bull-fights into the South of Hftranco 4 b denounced in the last annual report of tho French Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ; and tho public are called upon to aid in thejr suppression . The Society i £ lo reprobates tho iniquitous
practice of sending worn-out horses to the marshes for the nourishment of Ieeche 3 . . "M . Base , Questor of the Legislative Assembly which was dissolved by the coup d'etat , and who escaped to Belgium , was pardoned some time ago , says the Times Paris correspondent , " at the intercession of Jasmin , the poet of Agen , of which town he is a native . At the time , he refused to profit by the pardon ; but lie now returns to France , and his name is restored to the list of the Agen bar , of which he was a distinguished r ^ Mr ^ Sams , of St . James ' s- street , London , -was admitted , on Sunday , to a private audience of the Emperor , at the Palace of St . Cloud , for the purpose of suTrauttrag to bis Majesty , on the part of the committee , the plan for the Dramatic College , or asylum , at Langley , and soliciting his support of it , which the Emperor prom Princess Czartoryska , daughter of Queen Christina , has been confined in Paris . Count Portalis is dead . BELGIUM .
A great calamity has occurred at Antwerp . At two o ' clock on the morning of the 2 nd instaut , the Exchange was totally destroyed by fire Nothing was saved . All the archives of the administrative bodies are de-I gH * AVA (] ' I Prince Frederick AVilliam , Regent of the kingdom of Prussia , accompanied by M . de ManteuflFel , President of I the Council of Ministers , and by a numerous suite , ar-I - _ _ . « . * ' ^* i ^ .-. i . AM / 1 TlKt * Pnnpfl t * - — --|
rived last Saturday evening » vow = uu . .- „ .... Mill remain there for sea-bathing until the arrival of the ] [ Queen of England . The Grand Duchess Helen of Russia has also arrived at Ostend . „„„ ¦ . , The Chamber of Deputies , by a vote of 53 members against $ 9 , has rejected the Government measure for I the fortification of Antwerp . |
srAiw . The < iueen las arrived at Oviedo ( Asturias ) . She will not visit Gallicia . Her progress has been marked , according to accounts in the Spanish papers , with great 1 enthusiasm ; but this is what we always hear of Royal I progresses . . . I The law concerning the press is being enacted without I modification . New seizures have taken place . j The Correspondencia Autografa , a semi-official organ of Madrid , of the 29 th ult ., says : — " The English Government , with an uprightness which does it honour , has sndt cr \ wn satisfaction to the complaints of Spain on the |
subject of the insulting conduct of the commander of the En glish cruiser Buzzard , who visited vessels in the wafers of Cuba . The English Government , which on [ the first news of what had taken place hastened to declare , throug h , its representative , that it disapproved in the most formal manner of the conduct of its cruiser , has just nobly confirmed in writing that declaration , and in a manner the most satisfactory to Spain . " The Government is said to have definitively resolved to divide Spain into five great military commands , and to confi . de the principal one , that of tho provinces of * «¦* # - j
JjJ . cLQr . LU * V uiciJUJ . i » j ujjai hjo j ^ t ** v- **** vj «» ww , - — -, del Duero ; but the sanction of the Cortes will be neces-[ sary for the execution of the project . All the journals complain of tlie rigour Of the existing law on the press , I and call on the Government to modify it . I I SWITZERLAND . 1 I The Federal Assembly has annulled the Presidential I elections , in consequence of the mistake which occurred in the counting of the votes . At the new election , which I immediately took place , Staempfli was nominated President by C 8 votes against 61 for Frey-Herroso . Prcy-Herrose was elected Vice-Prcsidcnt by 69 votes against 41 for Knusel . Staempfli and Frey-Herrose have accepted their nominations . Tho Federal Assembly i s dissolved , and will meet again on the 10 th . of January .
TUHKEY . The Government of the Sultan having despatched an ordeT that the Turkish troops should withdraw from the Montenegrin frontier , Prince Danilo , on his part , has withdrawn the Montenegrin force which ho had charged with its defence . Nevertheless , there have been collisions . Tho Turks attacked Beri , and the Voivode was killed by the Colachins ; on which the Montenegrins attacked the Colachins , and drove them back . Prince Danilo has since arrested the officers who disobeyed his I orders . They will bo imprisoned and cashiered . I Sami Pasha , the now Governor of Candia , has do-I graded Seefik Effendi , member of tho Council , who is I nnniian / . nf 1 . n-o . nrr nvoitAfi til A Mill . nmOfl ail t > OY > ulaC 6 tO % vi # w w » ami ¦• ^^*^^*¦*»» — »
» v ^* r v m » »•*»»»• »* " ^— — ^ - — •— — A A I the outrages committed on the 8 rd of July on the corpse of the Greek homicide . I Two hundred persons supposed to have taken part in the Jeddah massacre have been arrested . According to an article in tho Paris Afcniteur , the French and English Governments have come to an understanding with the Porte on the subject of reparation . The conduct of the Ottoman authorities is to be strictly inquired into , and all ffuilty persons will bo duly punished . Tho towns l , n ,, ! wi /< An « * . l «» -. *~ t ««* tK / i mnuannrn will . mOTGOVCr . DO
| forced to pay indomnitios to all who have suffered either in person or property . The Sultan haa granted a rente viag *> re of 120 . . 00 O francs tojtthe daughter of Jho French Consul who wa » I mnseacro ' d at Joddah . " j
The plague has broken out at Bengazi . I Lamentable accounts are still given of the state I of Bosnia , where the Christians , it is said , are cowed by I the incredible ferocity of the Turkish soldiery . Villages I are burnt , flocks are slaughtered , and the Christians seek I safety in flight to Austria . According to one account , I however , they are in full insurrection . ' I In Candia , three hundred armed Turk 3 attempted to I march against the Christians , but were prevented by the arrival of the Minister of Police . The Pacha commanding at Jerusalem has been forced to go in hot haste I to Gaza , to save the place from pillage and massacre . A deputation from the Herzegovine insurgents has arrived at Trevigne to state its grievances . The Ottoman Commissioner'promises them the same immunities as are enjoyed by other Christians of the empire . 11 AX . Y . ' I The Genoa Gazette gives an account of a sanguinary 1 scene -which has just taken place in that city . Signbr Brunetto , an officer in the 11 th regiment of infantry , married some years since a young lady to -whom he was ,,,,, « i . nffnnVioH but . as the marriaire took nW-. p . withll C * f irU »»¦»••— __ . _ -j ___ __ »¦•»
^ UUV ^ . c VI J c » I ~~ .. out the authorisation of his superior officer , he was obliged to quit the service . He then got a situation in a piiblic office , and lived -very happily until a feeling of jealousy was excited in his mind by the attentions paid i his wife by a young lieutenant in a regiment of the garrison , named Deaiidreis . Determined to satis-fy his doubts , he wrote a letter to the oflice to excuse his absence but went out as usual-and concealed himself near ' been tnc watcu
his own residence , tie Had not long on when he saw the lieutenant enter the house . In a few minutes , Signor Brunetto went in unperceived , and found the officer in his wife ' s bedroom . Carried away by rage , he drew forth a poignard and rushed on the lover ; but his wife , throwing herself between them , received the blow in her breast . Although mortally . to iucsiair
wounded , she had strengtn enougu u « swuu - - case , but fell dead on reaching the bottom . ^ The lieutenant afterwards received a severe wound in the side , but succeeded in reaching the street , followed by Signor Brunetto , who endeavoured to inflict on him fresh wounds . Some passers-by , however , interposed and ' I disarmed him . Signor Brunetto was arrested ami seat to prison , and the lieutenant was conveyed to the hospital , where he lies in a dangerous state . The King of Naples has lately authorised several exiles to return to tlieir country , and has restored to i ; Voi . t ' ir enmo noliticul m-isoners . Among : the former are
¦ well-known Father Toutura , tiie Duke della Verduca , and M . Scalia , who represented the Sicilian revolution in London . Prince Orsini , Senator of Home , and head of tho municipality , being unable to agree with the Municipal Council , has resigned ; lie had done so several times before , but the resignation has not hitherto been accepted . Now , however , it has been , and the Prince I will be succeeded by the Marquis Antici Mattei . According to letters from Turin , the recent conference between the Emperor of the French and Count de Ca-1 . tvi i - > . «* .-. »«« a r \ n * l » r » rrDiinrni Rit . Uflt . inil of lllB /»
VOUT ut J . lOIHUlCi ua v ( ul * un m » w ^ w ** vm . * « -- affairs of Italy , and terminated in a strong recommendation from his Majesty to the Minister to adopt u moderate and circumspect policy both towards Austria and A At this moment , seven o ' clock , " says a letter from Salerno , of the 27 th ult ., " preparations arc bemg made for embarking the prisoners lately sentenced for their several destinations . All are sentenced to irons . 1 he . foreigners , it is said , will be sent to Favignana , on tiio Sicilian coast , and the Neapolitans to Peacara , in the Abruzzi . Nicotera , Oagliuui , and Valletta will leave for Naples to-night in a carriage , accompanied by an officer of the Grand Court . The decree of commutation Las read to them ttii . morning . The tlm-e , pnso-ej . sentenceu to //
—above named aro me cv . w- - Tho other four , who were to have been execntwi , arc sentenced to irons for thirty years , and so arc « n e others . No other commutation of punishment is granted . All are cheerful , and the whole city > y « J ra ; bled on the beach . " Favignnna ia a small island , nDoutfivo miles from the coast , and is described as a iiornuit P rloTroja , President of the Neftpolitan Ministers ia 1848 , and tho author of a History of the Middle arcs , died on tho 28 th ult ., after long nuffering . ' « y ° «« of tho police , " says tho Daily News Neapolitan coriespondent , " no sooner wns ho dead than nil persons wero prohibited from approaching the house , and flgu « w «»
placed to enforce tlio order . Scarcely coum u ™ ...--intimate friend obtain permission to remain there , nmi even then it wns under the surveillance of tho po cu Tho body of tho decoasod was taken to tho clr . ircu San Severino , accompanied by friars , monkf , and harvanta , and tlio carriugo of hia brother , who , very »«« him , is now tho President of the Ministors . " \ «« l ""^ . followed the body to tho grave , and several ' ™™ . bodies , who wiahod to attend the funeral , woro rcm ^ nermisaion . ... ... i ai
" Tho first plcttsuro train ovgnnised between Blili «« Venice , " saya a letter from Turin in tho Augsburg <"' zt . | ! " was lately converted by the Itulinnj ^ a into a I ' """ manifebtalion . Several hundreds o « the M ilanoso w * ^ received at Venice hy a larg o crow < T witu cnos oi * •"
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07081858/page/6/
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