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No. 4.U, February 27,1858.] THE REAPER. ...
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AMERICA. A kumour is current in the Unit...
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STATE OF TRADE. Most of the manufacturin...
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS. A boiler ha...
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IRELAND. The Thlvi, ov the Mayo Priksts....
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MURDER BY A MANIAC. Tiiomau Kickshaw, a ...
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tfcese offerings , some of which are very ingenious as well M Th « fprince and Princess Frederick William have oubliehed the following liaes addressed to the whole Stipulation of Prussia : — " From the very first moment of our setting foot on the soil of our country , after our marriage , so many valuable proofs of eincere interest in our happiness have been shown us unremittingly , that the remembrance of them will remain indelible in our hearts for our whole lives . It has only been to very few that we could in person express our feelings , and safficiently thank for all the manifestations and presents . In speaking thus our thanks to-day to the whole country , we do so with the ardent prayer to God that He will ¦ confer on our dear country His most ample blessings now and ever . — Fkiedbjch Wilhelm , Prince of Prussia . Victoria , Princess of Prussia . —Berlin , Feb . 19 . The Princess has quite recovered from her late indisposition , caused by cold .
AUSTRIA . The plan for laying an electric cable between Ragusa and Alexandria is likely to be altogether relinquished . The English Government is not inclined to accede to the design .
BELGIUM . In the Belgian Chamber of Representatives , on Saturday , M . Charles de BrouckSre called the severe attention of the Government to the conduct of tbe Belgian Consul in London , who , he said , had carried on a " disgraceful traffic in passports . " The Minister of Foreign Affairs ¦ re plied that measures had been adopted to prevent the Belgian consuls from delivering passports to foreigners . It f . Delfosse , the representative of Liege in the Belgian Chamber , died suddenly on Monday morning , at Brussels , of apoplexy . SPAIN . The masquerading during the Carnival at Madrid presented some political features . Narvaez and other ¦ well-known ex-Ministerial characters were caricatured openly , and the public s « eai to have been highly amused . DENMARK . The King is ill of erysipelas . The inflammation has spread a little , but without fever or further serious indisposition .
No. 4.U, February 27,1858.] The Reaper. ...
No . 4 . U , February 27 , 1858 . ] THE REAPER . 199
America. A Kumour Is Current In The Unit...
AMERICA . A kumour is current in the United States of a fearful insurrection having occurred near Fayetteville , Arkansas , -among the slaves . The outbreak is said to have been incited by two white men . The negroes are represented to have attacked two settlements , killing twenty-three persons , burning houses , and slaying cattle . The insurgents , it is added , were finally subdued by the organization of a force of volunteers , who killed seven and captured eighteen of the black men . The truth of the rumour , however , is doubted . General Walker , Colonel Frank Anderson , and several other Filibusters , have been arrested at New York for violation of the neutrality laws . During a hot and very prolonged debate in the House of Representatives on the Kansas question , an affray took place between two of the members , owing , it would seem , to one not being on the right side of the chamber . The partisans of each joined in the light , and the Speaker had great difficulty in restoring order . The original assailant was a Pro-slavery member , anil the person he assaulted was an Abolitionist . The Navy Department hns appointed the officers to the steamship Niagara of that department , and the vessel is again to be engaged during the coining spring , under the command of Captain W . L . Hudson , in the renowed effort to lay down the Atlantic telegraph cable . A bill providing for a constitution has pnssed the Kansas Legislature . Writs have been issued for the arrest of M'Lean and Sherwood , who have escaped . The Westport correspondent of the Republican states that difficulties have again broken oflt at Fort Scott , Kansas , and that a requisition hats been made to the Governor for troops . The House of Representatives at Washington has adopted the proposition of Mr . Harris , of Illinois , to refer the Lcconipton Constitution to a committee of 11 fceon members instead-of the Committee on
Tern tones . In the New York money-market on tllo 8 th inat . tlioro was more activity ; but tho rates of interest wore declining , and capital was freely offered . Tho Mexican insurgents hnvo triumphed over tho ¦ Government forces , and Cornonfort , being abandonod by his troops , has fled to tho United Stntoa . Zulougn , tho insurrectionary chief , bus boon proclaimed Provisional President , and is acknowledged within n considerable radius of the metropolis . He represents tho clerical
Interest , and has repealed tho laws for tho sale of Church property and annulled the sales . A considerable force is in tho field against him , and several of tho States hftyft-Hniitied to oppose the new President . At Son Luis , Alfaro has pronounced in favour of Santa Annff . The steam-boat Colonel Crossman , from Now Orloiins to St . Loixia , has burst hor boiler , taken flro , and burnt to the water's edge . She had on board two hundred passengers , from twenty to fifty of whom nro reported to bo lost . Among the saved arc tho captain , mute , and five ladles .
State Of Trade. Most Of The Manufacturin...
STATE OF TRADE . Most of the manufacturing towns exhibited last week a falling off from that slight improvement which had been noticeable for some time previously . With the exception of the trades of Nottingham , which have been rather brisk , business has been very languid , and in some places perfectly- stagnant . The Board of trade returns for the month of January were issued on Monday morning , and present a reduction of 1 , 836 , 505 / . in the declared value of our exportations as compared with the corresponding month of last year , and of 753 , 186 / . even from January , 1856 . The chief falling off has been in Manchester goods and also in woollens and silks ; but there is scarcely a single item of any importance on the favourable side . Machinerycontinues to be largely shipped ; but this may be attributed to the fact that the orders for such work are usually given many months in anticipation , and that consequently the exports do not diminish until a considerable
time after the cessation of purchases . With regard to imported commodities there has been , no general falling off either in arrivals or consumption . Indeed , in the latter case there has been an increase as respects many principal articles , including sugar , coffee , tea , fruits , and spices . Wines and spirits exhibit a diminution . In grain and flour there has been no material variation . — Times . The general business of the port of London has continued verr inactive during the week ending last Saturday . Owing to the easterly wind , many vessels are detained in the Channel , overdue . The number of ships reported inward was 131 , including 34 with cargoes of corn , flour , rice & c , four with cargoes of sugar , and one from Shanghai , with 14 , 706 packages of tea and 1593 bales of sillc . The number cleared outward was 104 , including 11 in ballast . The number on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 43 . —Idem .
Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Boiler Ha...
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A boiler has exploded at a mine in the parish of Uny Lelant , Cornwall . The boiler-house was filled with hot water to the depth of some feet , and four persons were so badly scalded and otherwise injured that they shortly afterwards died . Others were also a good deal hurt . The boiler was in admirable order , and the cause of the accident is unknown . A boat ' s crew of twelve men , belonging to her Majesty ' s ship Wellington landed on the Scotch coast a short time back , and dug up a quantity of liemloek , which they mistook for wild celery or parsley . Eight of them partook of this , and speedily became very seriously ill—go much so that two of them died , while the others still languish .
Ireland. The Thlvi, Ov The Mayo Priksts....
IRELAND . The Thlvi , ov the Mayo Priksts . —The trial of Father Conway waa brought to a conclusion last Saturday . The jury were unable to agree on any one of the counts , and the minority refused to give their reason for not coming to a verdict . The jurymen were accordingly discharged , amidst some cheering . The trial of the Rev . Luke Ryan was proceeded with on Monday , and ultimately a postponement of the case to the sittings after next Trinity Term was agreed to , at the request of the counsel for the defence , who , aaid that one of his most material witnesses was absent from Dublin . The Alleoed Dimtiikss in Donegal . —It appears that tho sUjtemcuts with respect to the existence of great distress in Donegal have been excessively exaggerated . The Tipimshaky Hank . —Tho Tipperary Bank case came on on Tuesday at Dublin before tho Master in Chancery for his final decision upon the offer made by tho English shareholders of 0500 / . iu full discharge of all claims against thorn in connexion with tho bank . The Master sanctioned tho acceptance of the ofibr .
Murder By A Maniac. Tiiomau Kickshaw, A ...
MURDER BY A MANIAC . Tiiomau Kickshaw , a youth of nineteen , and Catharine Kerahaw , tho former uon of tho latlcr , wore tried last Saturday at tho Lnncastor Spring Assize ' s on a ohargo of inurdoriiur Robert Kurshaw , tho father of tho young man and tho husband of tho woman , at Over Darwen , on tho 13 ili of January . Both pleaded Not Guilty . Thomas Korshaw was also charged with a murderous assault ou Charles Collins , a wunlor in tho House of Correction at Preston . To this ho pleaded Guilty . Tho particulars oi' both enacts lmvo already appoarod In I hit * journal ; those of tho luttor , last week . Both mother and » ou have boon for Homo time diuorderod In Ilioir minds . On tho 13 th of January , tho father wis murdered ; and tho discovery of tho doud was thus minted with terrible vividness by a brother of tho mulo prisoner , in giving his cvidunco at the . 1 ¦ ¦
trial ' : "— -- " ' — " ^ ! ' " Whim I came homo in tho evening [ of tho 18 th of January ] , my mother was in tho house , and I asked lior where my father was , and sho aaiu sho had soon nothing of him bIuco four o'clock . At nlno o ' clock , my brothor Thomas oamo homo . Ho auid ho \ v « . a aleopy and wanted to ko to boil . Ho askod mo to go to bed with him . We
got our suppers , and went to bed rather earlier than usual . When we had got into bed , I asked him if he knew where my father was , and he said he did not know unless he was looking after him . We then went to sleep , and after some time he awoke me and . said he had something to tell me that was awful . He then said : — 'When I came from Blackburn , my father was dead upon the hearthstone . I took him and dragged him down into the cellar and covered him with coals . I believe my mother has done it , bat you must not tell any one . ' Then he desired me to go with him at midnight , and take ship , as he had seen an advertisement in the newspapers that a ship was sailing the following day . I promised him all he required , but said I must go into the cellar and look for myself . I did so , and
after turning over some of the coals , I discovered a man's leg . I then ran out of the house to one of my uncle 3 , and told him what I had discovered . A cousin of mine named John Holden came down to the house , and I ran for a policeman . The policeman came with me to the house , and the coals were taken away , and my father ' s body was taken up-stairs into the kitchen . My mother was in the habit of railing at my father for not looking , as she said , after her property . She imagined that the world was hers . There was no ground for railing so at my father . I never saw my brother show an 3 'thing disrespectful towards my father , but to me he has said that my father was a traitor , a villain , and things of that kind . He has said these things often . My brother latterlv considered himself a great
personage , and said he considered himself a person who would become the great deliverer of -what he called the rotten constitution of the world . He said that we were living under a system of Gog , and that the prophecies mentioned in the Bible respecting the overthrow of Gog were about to be fulfilled , and that he was the party to bring it about . He said that men did nothing bufc study other people ' s injury , and gave themselves up to the worst passions of human nature , and that my father was the chief of them , and that one day he ( my brother ) should be able to bring all to justice . He said my father , under this feeling , was doing all lie could to keep him down . He imagined that my father and my eldest sister had been plotting together to bring about an improper intimacy between them , - and that the result was to be laid upon him- in order to keep
him down . He also imagined that they' were plotting together to take his life if that-failed . He has said that to me scores of times . He so firmly believed in what I have now told you that he durst not go to bed without first looking under the bed to see if my father and sister were there . lie has named this for five months . I have never mentioned this before except to my relations the day after my brother first told me of it . The morning before my father was killed , Thomas got out of bed about two or three o ' clock in the morning , and I heard a pistol discharged on the top of the stairs . He then at once came into bed . I asked him vhat he was doing that for , and he replied , ' I ' m only frightening them ; go tell my father to fetch a policeman , ' and if he was willing to do so , I should know by that they had some feeling ugain . it him . "
In cross-examination , this witness gave several particulars of the wild delusions that his brother laboured under . Ho was in the habit , as one of his sister * said , of ' rending and brooding over books * . ' He road a good deal iu the Ijible , chiefly the prophecies and the Book of Revelations ; and ho took a fancy into his head that he was commissioned by God to mussucie all tho Gogites , of whom he said his father was ouo of tho worst . Ho stated that he meant to overthrow the Emperors oi * France and Russia by moans of an army furnished by tho American President . Hu thought that the two Emperors lno . uit to invailo thl * country , and Ini conceived that his father hud a design on his QThoina-i ' a ) lifo . "Scores of times , " said tho brother , in oroa-i-examination , " he has expressed a wish that ho had never boon born , and appeared wretchedly miserable . On oneoccasion , when ho ' appeared to bo brooding , ho ro .-ie up , struck tho table with his foot uud knocked a piece right out of it , and went down into tlio cellar , and remained .
soino time sobbing and crying . On Saturday ulturnoou , between throo and four o ' clock , ho got a candlo and went up-Htairn , and was going to set ( ire to a bundle of boo ltd , but I persuaded him nut to do so . 1 don ' t suppose I hero was a bettor young man anywhere bo Cure thoso tit-i cuiua on about twelve months ago . " On ono occasion he o . \" - olaiinod , "Oh , my head ! " and thuu added , " 1 ' athor , tuko mo to th' asylum , for I ' m ' uuon . ii root . " Onco ho tried to hang himself . Tho night bufuru tho murder , ho cried out , "Oh , dear ! I wish my lioad was cut into a thousand pieces . " On tho day ou wliiuh tlio murder waa committed , his yonngur ni & tor aaw him go into tho cellar whoro tho body was lying ) imd ho Lliou " looked whito and wild . " When tho corpsu was discovered , it wua found to bo frightfully buttered ; uml , boaidou several injuries on tho head , tho rib * wore fractured , aa if uonio ono-hud-jumped-oii-thon . —• AJTh « -uro . bu . WlUy-, ^ flJlJM-ll iaT modioal man on tho trial , "is , that tho pcraou who inflicted tho wounds waa in a atato of fr « n « sy . "
Thoro being no ovidonco at ixll to linpllcato tlio mother , tho Judge directed an ayquUtul iu hurcusto ; and Thorn ah Korahww wue » l * o acquitted on tho ground of Insanity . Ho will of courao bo kept in closo custody .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27021858/page/7/
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