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      Our American Correspondence. The ' Fishi...

      Ihe phe prisoner to be retaken to the Tombs , Messrs . Brady and EBustBusteed addressed the excited mob , telling them to conduct theuthemselyes quietly , and by no means to interfere with the lauthauthorities . Kaine was then conducted through a private door ; on tfon the Chambers-street side , by Officer Bowyer and one of the IDepDeputy Marshals , and as they descended the steps , the U . S IMaiMarshal , accompanied by the Chief of Police and about two limnimndred policemen , stood in readiness to escort the prisoner to ithe the Tombs . The posse had but reached the corner of Chambers iandand Centre streets , when the exasperated mob made an attack upoupon the police with paving stones and other missiles , and also maijnade an attempt to break the ranks in order to rescue the

      pris prisoner , but m this they failed . The officers turned upon the cro crowd and arrested four or five of the ringleaders , but they had pre proceeded but a short distance when another attack was made , am and stones thrown among the police throughout their whole roi route to the Tombs . On arriving at the prison entrance another mi rush was made to rescue the prisoner , when a desperate fight en ensued between the rioters and the police . The difficulty , howev ever , was soon over , and the police managed to subdue the ri < rioters and usher the prisoner safely into his cell . Several st stones were thrown at the prison door , and several persons were ir injured . At one time the difficulty presented a very alarming ci complexion , but the well-directed efforts of the police prevented v what might have resulted in fearful loss of life . Ten of the

      1 leading rioters were arrested ; nine of whom were committed t to prison by Justice Welsh , to await examination . At a numerous meeting in favour of Kaine , held at Tammany ; Hall last Thursday evening , a vast deal of balderdash and < sophistry was uttered , the different speakers attempting to . obtain public symyathy for this man , guilty of an attempt at assassination , —attempting to shoot an Irish landlord being , in the estimation of these gentlemen , a political offence ! The Free Coloured People ' s Convention is now sitting in

      Baltimore . On their platform , they declare that all men are born free and equal , and entitled to the pursuit of happiness , acknowledge the efforts of then-white friends for their elevation , but declare that those efforts have been unavailing , and that their condition , both socially and politically , is worse now than twenty years ago . In the face of constantly increasing emigration and growing predjudices against them , they declare there is no present ^ prospect of their being placed on a footing of equality in this country , and they then pronounce in favour of

      emigration to Liberia , as the only place where they can enjoy Republican Institutions , and the right of governing themselves . A riot , in consequence of a breach of the liquor-law , occurred at Xewtown , Cincinnati , last Sunday night . Depredations being committed upon the property of the person who made the complaint , suspicion rested upon the Germans , and a meeting of citizens was held , and all ihe Germans ordered out of the place . A fearful conflagration occurred in California on the 18 th of last month , laying the beautiful city of Sonora in ashes . A great number of the inhabitants perished , and 2 , 000 , 000 dollars worth of property was destroyed .

      Accounts from Oregon , of the 22 nd June , state that the election on the 7 th resulted in a Democratic victory . The returns are not all in , but enough are received to insure a Democratic majority in both branches of the Legislative Assembly .

      August 14,1852. The Gtaj > 0f Freed0m> 3

      August 14 , 1852 . THE gTAJ > 0 F FREED 0 M > 3

      The Kaffir War. Arrival Of The Propoktis...

      THE KAFFIR WAR . ARRIVAL OF THE PROPOKTIS . The General Screw Steam Shipping Company ' s vessel the Propontis , Capt . Glover , arrived on Monday , with mails from the Cape of Good Hope , Sierra Leone , & c . The news from the frontier by this arrival is of a very unsatisfactory character , although not of a very sanguinary complexion . The Kaffir war appears as far from its termination as it did on the arrival of the first mail steamer from the Cape some eight or ten months since . We are still informed of

      robberies and some cases of murder , of cattle lifting and stealing the mail bags , of skirmishes in which some few soldiers have been hilled and others wounded , of a few Minie rifles captured and disabled , and of the capture of a rebel or two , but of nothing that induces tLe hope of the end of the war being near . Up to the time when the latest intelligence was received from Kararland hostilities were still being carried on with undiminished activity on both sides . Routed from one fastness , the enemy plunges into other , and our brave troops , in following him up , are exposed to a constant succession of hardship , labour , and

      privation , in comparison with which the perils of more regular warfare might be regarded as trifling . A ^ confession made hy a rebel Hottentot who was apprehended m Uitenhage , seems to throw some light upon two matters hkely to excite considerable speculation in England—the origin of the Hottentot rebellion , and the source whence the Kaffirs obtain ammunition . The former subject , it would appear , is in some way connected with the apprehension which has been from time to time unfortunately raised amongst the coloured classes , that it was the intention of the whites to pass

      compulsory labour laws , which would deprive them of their freedom . On the latter point , the supply of ammunitton , it seems equally <& w that some of our own countrymen , who may easily be traced , sf male a regular trade of supplying the enemy with gunpowder purchased for cattle in Mcshcslvs country . A knowledge of the existence of such sources of danger is half the remedy . A proclamation has been issued by the governor , offering a reward of £ 50 for the apprehension of any person discovered furnishing ammunition to the enemy , with proof fo hang him or her ; "nhieli penalty , under martial law , he declares he will inflict without hesitation , when convinced of the fact . Major Hogffe , one of Her Majesty ' s Assistant Commissioners

      tor settling affairs on the frontier , died at Bloem lontein , Orange River Sovereignty , on the 9 th of June . He left England thirteen months previously , and lost his life through fever , c & u ght by exposure in the rain at a meeting of chiefs in Moshesh ' s country . » u » ^^^ . ¦ a . ii . i . iJaigitsrtsajA . Jjggj aai ^ ' -.. ' ! : ^ jrrargg

      Arrival Of The Humboldt. The Humboldt Ar...

      ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT . The Humboldt arrived on Thursday . She brings no political news of importance . A terrible calamity occurred on the Hudson river on the 58 th ult ., by which upwards of s eventy persons lost their lives . tVMMMnm Communism in America . - — The Reasowr publishes an ex ' ract from tbe letter of a coirtgpndeiit , dated Milvanlue , Wir ^ onsin , in which the writer siaJes tltat several English co-opetntors have joined the Icarian Community at Kauvoo . More are & h 0 ut to join them . The Icarians are likely to mo ^ e on to Texas or Iowa .

      Home News.

      HOME NEWS .

      Death Op A Veteran—Died At Bushey, Hertf...

      Death op a Veteran—Died at Bushey , Hertfordshire , on his birthday , August 4 , aged 97 , John Smith , formerly a soldier in the British army , and as such present at the battle of Bunker's-hill , June 17 , 1775 . This action , it is well known , was one of the earliest of the provincials with the mother country . The Militia . —On Saturday orders were , issued by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Middlesex , and by the Lords Lieutenant o f other counties , to their deputies to take immediate steps for raising" the required number of men in their respective districts to serve in the militia .

      Seven Peesons Struck by Lightning . — -In a terrific storm o f thunder and lightning which occurred at Manchester on Tuesday , seven persons were struck by the electric fluid , four of them being killed on the spot . The Bristol Adduction Case . —We find the following letter in the Bristol Mercury of Saturday , addressed to the editor by the father of the young lady in question : — " Sir , — It is not true that my daughter Harriett was forcibly

      removed from the jxroteetion of her husband . It is not true that her husband is a captain in the Bengal Cavalry , or that he has an ample share of this world ' s treasures , it is not true that the breaking- out of the Burmese war led to Mr . Money ' s immediate recal , because he has not been recalled ; nor did he go to London to procure an extension of leave . It is not true that my daughter ' s parents made objections to her encountering the perils of voyage and climate . It is not true that on Tuesday her mother and

      myself drove up Mr . ' s house in a carriage , and , having entered it , brought out a young' lady muffled up in shawls , whom we placed in the carriage and drove off with . I have now corrected some of the principal untruths contained in the paragraph in question , and having done so as I have no desire that my proceedings should furnish food for those who delight to busy themselves in other f olks' affairs , I shall not enter upon them further than to say that they have during- the past week been fully investigated before Sir W . Erie , the judge at chambers , and that my daughter was by

      him , at her own urgent request , restored to me while Mr . Money , and his brother , the barrister , in London , were both bound over in the penalty of £ 500 each , with two sureties each in the sum of £ 250 each , to keep the peace towards the unfortunate wife of the former . This result will satisfy every one whose opinion is of any value that what has beeii done hy me was not because ' fathers have flinty hearts / but in order to shield a daughter from systematic persecution from one who , but a few weeks since , vowed at the altar to love and to cherish her . —I am , sir , your obedient servant , T . B . Johnstone , Rector of Glutton /'

      Nafjiow Escape . —On Tuesday afternoon three engineers attached to the factory at Woolwich dockyard went on board the Widgeon steam-vessel , lying alongside the wharf wall adjoining the storehouse , to do some work about the boilers , and for that purpose opened the manhole , and all three descended into the interior without having taken the precaution of ascertaining that the one they entered was free of foul air . It was soon evident that one after the other of the

      three engineers had been overpowered by the foul air , and fallen helplessl y to the bottom of the boiler , and that , if not immediately taken out , it would be impossible to save their lives . Higlily to the credit of Benjamin Thompson , one oi the srang of convicts at work at the time on board the vessel , he offered to go down into the boiler and take up the engineers , which he did , assisted by his brother convicts , who alllent a willing hand ; and after repeated efforts , having to come up himself ' several times to get fresh air , he succeeded in bringing up the three bodies through the narrow opening of the manhole , a most difficult task under the

      circumstances of the case , one of the engineers being so far * one that there did not appear the slightest respiration in his body for upwards of a quarter of an hour after he was taken out of the boiler . Fortunately , all the engineers have recovered . The heroic conduct of Thompson , who saved the lives of the three-engineers , at the risk of his own , deserves a free pardon ; especially as he has already served two years and four months of ' the period o f seven years ' transportation to which he was sentenced by a court-martial for running away from a picket of the Royal Artillery , in which corps he was serving at Bermuda .

      Extbaobdikaby Afeaib .. —On Tuesday afternoon Mr . Carter held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo , Waterlooroad , on the body of George Charrott , a coachman recently in the employ of Mr . DimaeJf , the banker , residing at Forest Hill . Mr . Charles Ansell , the keeper of the Bridge Coffeehouse , 52 , Lower Marsh , said : On Sunday last , between live and six o ' clock in the morning , the deceased and his wife

      were brought in a cab to my house from the lower-street police-station , and I was induced fo accommodate them with a bed . They were shown to the back first-floor room , and the woman , who was very tipsy , was assisted to bed . After that the deceased and the man who had brought them to my house left together ; but deceased scon after returned . He appeared very much distressed at the conduct of his wife , who had a pair of black eves . In the course of conversation

      he said her misconduct I .:,: ! been the cause of his leaving his situation at Forest Hill , the night previous ; and he repeatedly spoke about the t % raee she was bringing upon herself and him too . They both remained there the whole day * he had dinner and other refreshments , but she had not . I saw them both repeatedly during the day . The woman was covered with bruises , and on my asking how she got them she told me it was in consequence of her falling about .

      The deceased got some lotion which he applied to her eyes ; he ' also administered to her a black draught . Altogether he evinced the utmost solicitude about her , and towards the evening , after having some tea , she appeared to be getting a little better . Between eight and nine o ' clock , whilst I was in the kitchen at the back of the shop , I heard a noise in the room above , as if from some one falling heavily on the floor ; and on going to ascertain the cause I found the door

      Death Op A Veteran—Died At Bushey, Hertf...

      fastened on the inside . I then knocked j but not being able to get a satisfactory answer , and fancying the woman might have hurt herself , I got on the leads of the back kitchen , and , opening the window of the room , entered it by that means . I then opened the door , and sung out to my servant to bring a light ; he , however , mistook what I said , and brought a knife . I took the knife from him , and laid it on the washstand , and he immediately after brought me a candle . I then , with his assistance , li f ted the woman into bed

      directly after which , on looking round , I found the man suspended by a cord which he had taken from a box he brought with him to a hatpeg on a cupboard door near the side of the bed . I immediately cut him down and sent for Dr , Sewell , who promptly arrived , and pronounced him to be dead . I also sent for ' the police , and they conveyed the woman to the Lambeth Workhouse , and the man was taken to the deadhouse . —By the Coroner : It must have been his

      own act ; the woman could not help herself . —The Coroner Had she any knowledge o f his being in the position you found him ml No .- ^ In answer to further questions / th e witness stated that when deceased was talking about the conduct of his wife he appeared very low-spirited , and even cried . The last time witness saw deceased alive was about six o'clock and when he went up to the room , on hearing

      the fall , he thought he was there ; but , not being answered hy him , imagined he had gone out for a walk . When witness last saw deceased alive he appeared calmer than before . Never saw him previous to Sunday . Roberts , the beadle of the workhouse , then handed in a medical certificate to the effect that Mrs . Charrott was too ill to attend the inquest , and he stated that she was quite delirious . The inquest was therefore adjourned .

      Peiotiiy . —A few days ago William Giles was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment f or wilful perjury . Exteksive Bobbery . —At Gloucester , Mary Ann Jordan , a respectable-looking servant girl , was convicted of robbing Mrs . Gurney , a former mistress , of about £ 120 in money , and sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment . Swindling ex an Aristocrat . —On Saturday a person representing himself to be the Hon . Henry Cavendish , a relative of the Luke of Devonshire , was condemned to one year ' s imprisonment , and 50 f . line , for extensive swindling . North Wales Circuit . —Anglesey has been distinguished by a maiden assize . Mr . Justice Talfourd warmly congratulated the grand jury on the absence of crime in the principality .

      Hie Eehesford Bhibery Case . —The legal gentlemen engaged in preliminarily investigating the charge of bribery at the late election in Derby , have , it is said , obtained a great deal of important evidence—among other things a number of letters from the Secretary-at-War , in addition to the one already before the public , intimately connecting him with the recent corruptions , and evidencing a very close intimacy between himself and the frail of Shrewsbery .

      Extraordinary . Occurrence . —On Sunday , a respectably dressed man , and a woman supposed to be his ' wife , made application to Mr . Ansell , the proprietor of a coffee- shop , No . 62 , Lower Marsh , Lambeth , for a lodging . Mr . Ansell at once allowed them to take possession of one of his bedrooms , and in the evening the attention of some persons in the house was attracted by hearing the questions , " Why don't you come to bed ? " and " What are you doing there ?;? At length one of the inmates went to the room to ascertain the cause of the noise ,

      and was astonished to find the man hanging by the neck to a hat peg . The female was lying on the bed near him , and was insensible . A surgeon was hnmediatety sent for , but the man was perfectly dead . The female was so stupified with drink , or some other narcotic , that she was unable to tell what had . taken place . She was without loss of time removed to the \ workhouse , and the body of the deceased was taken to the ) vaults of St . John ' s church , in the Waterloo-road . A bill was ? found in his pocket , which leaves little doubt that he was , ore had been a coachman to Mr . Dimack , of Forest-hill .

      Love and Suicide . —On Sunday morning , shortly after 99 o ' clock , a waterman named Thomas Northcote , in rowing pastst Mill Hole , Rotherhithe , discovered the body of a young maun floating down the river . It was taken out and identified asts being that of Alfred Warm ask , aged o 0 years , lately residingg at No . 2 , Greenbank , Wapping . The deceased had been missingtg since Friday night , when ho left home in a state of great excite- ; e-

      ment , in con sequence of having had a serious quarrel with Mais sweetheart , a young woman to whom he was much attachedec and about to * be married . It is generally supposed that thdv deceased must have precipitated himself from the Thameaef Tunnel steam boat pier , Wapping . The SrocitPOET Riots . — The trial of the Stockporor rioters is proceeding . Seven of the Catholic party bav < iv < been found miiltv . Sentence deferred .

      A Dead Body Found in a Cornfield . —Information wasva on Saturday forwarded to the various police stations of thth metropolis , * that about half-past six o ' clock on Wednesda ; da ; morning the body of a man , about 30 years of age , was found id i a cornfield , belonging to Mr . Warren , * in Wellington road , Ishtslc worth . . The deceased , who was about five feet eight inches is ii height , had dark brown hair and whiskers , a little intermixdxc : with grey , and wore a flannel jacket , fustain browsers , chediec : blue and white shirt , brown and white check neckerchief , ai , ai Mucker boots .

      The Coast Defences . —A survey , under the Board L'd Ordnance , by Captain Fanshawe , R . E ., and Captain Gambieibk R . A ., is now being made along the Sussex coast as far far Fairlight , to ascertain the capabilities of the several forts its fl the national defence . The Oldswinford Murder . —Worcester , Saturday . —T-T exertions which have been made since the eondemnatiomion . Mary Robins , sentenced to death at the late assizes here for tor t murder of her child by throwing it into a coalpit , have be be ; successful , and an order has been received from the Ho ^ Ho ]] Secretary for the commutation of the sentence to transportatirtati ; for life .

      Sudden Death . —On Friday night , the 5 th inst ., aboutiout ; o ' clock , as Mr . Whittington , of Brandon-row , was sitting ing i :: hair dresser ' s shop in the Wal worth-road , he suddenly fell doll dot and expired . English Pauperism . —The Manchester Courier remarks arks : It is high time to set about reducing the annual levylevy £ 7 , 000 , 000 or £ 8 , 000 , 000 for the support of pauperism in thin thi countries , by setting our 200 , 000 or 300 , 000 able-bodied paurpara to work . "

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14081852/page/3/