The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-24 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The rumoured insurrection of negroes in Missouri
appears to have been an unimportant rising. A body
of negroes had attacked a few white men. When a
sufficient number of whites were collected, they
attacked the negroes, driving them into the woods. The
negroes threatened to barn the town before morning.
A vigilant watch was kept, and all attempts failed.
One negro was dangerously wounded by a pistol al.ot.
&mad were captured and confined in gaol. The
citizens held • meeting and appointed • vigilance coin•
mittee, who were taking active measures to discover
those engaged in the not. A mounted company was
ranging the woods in search of nerves. The owner of
sonic slaves was badly wounded, and only saved himself
by flight. Several blacks have been severely punished.
The greatest excitement prevailed. and every man was
armed and prepared for a inure serious attack. At the
latest advices, however, the excitement had somewhat
subsided. .

The Courses at Washington is not yet organised.
No Speaker haa yet been elected. There must be some-
thing very defective in the constitution of the American
Legislature.
In the Baltimore House of Delegates the following
extraordinary resolution, introduced by a Mr. Prancer,
has been adopted :—" That John Sherman or any other
black republican should 13,4 be elected Speaker, and if
any member from this State (Maryland) voted fur him,
or any such exceptionable candidate, he would forfeit
the respect and confidence of the people of the State."
The American papers publish the text of the treaty
which has been negotiated between the Juarez Govern-
ment of Mexico and that of the United States. Prot-
dent Miramon, who continues established at the city of
Mexico, has issued a formal protest against the treaty,
on the ground that the United States should not recog.
nise a revoluutary Administration which has its head-
quarters at Vera Cruz. At the same time the United
States is protesting against the treaty concluded between
Great Britain and Guatemala. This latter treaty is of
such a nature that all our pretensions to the Bay
Islaads, m well as our claim to protect the Mosquito,
have been definitively abandoned, and the boundary is
Axed in accordance with amendment.' to the Della,-
Clarendon Treaty. What America seems to fear is that
Great Britain intends to impair the rights of the United
States under the Clayton-Beaver Treaty. But our
Government denies that this is the case. President
Buchanan, we are informs-I, may poesibly recommend
the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty altogether.
The deetatabee which Mx. Dallas has received froon
Washington relative to the San Juan affair are under-
stood to be of a satisfactory character; and from the
other aide of the Atiestie we hear something about the
willingues of Lord Jan Busell to refer tits question
olniTatito the island to a third Power, in the event of
said the United &Mee not being themselves
able to eves. The anfortianate General Harney con-
tinue to be in a pet. lie occuiders himself very W-
itold in not being 'tweeted by his Government in the
sot of eggremeket which he committed, and be has de-
stined te ge bee *Ma Is take eseuimad in the West.