The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-26 00:00:00

GLEANINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

"LOVE RULES THE COURT."—A jury in Texas lately
acquitted a man on the charge of horsestealing, although
the crime was clearly proved against him, simply because
he stole the horse to elope with his sweetheart, who was
present in court during the trial, and waiting to marry
him if acquitted. The jurors had probably all been in love
themselves at one period or another of their lives, and
there was not perhaps one of them but that would have
done the same thing in their younger days, if they
couldn't have got their wives without.

A BEAR STORY.—A large bear entered a dwelling
house in the town of Cherry, United States, and,
seizing a little child which was playing about the floor,
commencEd caressing and fondling it in the most tender
manner. The child, as well as the bear, seemed highly
pleased, and, strange to say, this singular proceeding
continued for several minutes, till the terrified mother—
the only person about the house—seized upon the
opportunity to bar the door upon the rough intruder
while he chanced to bo on the outside. The offended
animal being thus shut out from further sport, retired
to his home in the woods.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING IN THE UNITED STATES.--
For some time past a committee of the members of
Congress have been taking evidence in reference to the
public printing. The government printer has, hereto-
fore, been elected, at the commencement of each Con-
gress, by the house. This practice has not been found
to work well. From testimony taken by the committee
it is clearly shown that large sums of money have been
paid to the printer—who is always ,a friend of the party
in power—to the support of party papers, and: W
influence elections. In order to remedy. this evil, if
possible, the house has just passed a bill for the estab-
lishment of a government printing-of6ce. The bill is
to go into effect on the 4th March, 1861. -
RAISING BULLS TO FIGHT LOCOMOTLYES.--The Ogler
day says the Pittsburg Chronicle, a pluekly ;b U,
who lives on the line of the Cleveland and Tidal:al
Railroad, about six miles from Wheeling,. was grazing
about, near the track and picking-the fresh grass blades
on from between the cross ties, when he heard a loco-
motive coming down upon hint. The locomotive
whistled for the bull to clear the track, which the bull
made an effort to do, but being closely crowded by. the
iron horse, and not being disposed- to show the white
feather, even to a superior and fiery opponent, his
young bullship turned about, pawed the earth, bloved
his head, with the determination/ to give his pursuer
the best he had in the shop. The engineer, seeing this,
put on steam enough to drive the bull sky high. Tha
two came together with a terrible crash. His bullship
was knocked into an infinite number of small pieces, the
engine was thrown from the track, and, like the r4lO
behind, it was plastered -and bedaubed with the bloody
meat and ghastly gore. The owner of this ill-fated but
game bovine, some years ago, lost a•steer. in a similar
manner, for which the railroad company refu.sed to pal.
Since that time he has been engaged in the cultivation
of game bulls to fight the Cleveland and Pittsburg
engines. The animal whose fate we have, just chro-
nicled was left out of his pasture by his owner, with
the expectation and the hope that he would encounter
the locomotive. We heard the owner say,• yesterday,
that he had still another bull, much larger and stronger,
and gamer, which he intended to let out in a few MI
to fight the engine.--New York Paper.

THE LATEST SLAVE CAPTURE.—
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.
The correspondent of the New Orkans Delta, wk°
was on board the 17.5. steamer Crusader when she made
her recent capture,' , gives the following account of. that
exploit :—As the U.S. steamer -Crusader was cruising in
the old Bahama Channel, not far (rem. Nuevitas, on the
23rd of May, a square-rigged vessel of moderate size
was reported from aloft. We immediately stood for
her, as no sail is allowed to- pass us •in these' Slaver-
haunted waters, or even to come in sight, without
having her character ascertained. As soon as she
found herself an object of pursuit, the strange sail beg°
to behave in such a manner as strongly excited oar
suspicions, and at length fairly put her helm up and ran
in for the shore, thus taking the last and most desperate
chance of escape. Unfortunately for her the wind iiins
so light that she was, prevented from effecting hei pur-
pose, and we rapidly overhauled- her, notwithstanding
1 that she was carrying all her canvas. '
The Crusader now hoisted English colours, and fire'
a gun to windward, when, after some delay, the bark
(for such she proved to be) finally displayed the French
flag at the peak: By this time, however, we were so
near that we were enabled to see that her hatches were
all closely covered over, and as we continued to. approach'
we could even distinguish at intervals the peculiarly
loathsome odour of a crowded slave-ship. Under the-se,
circumstances it was determined to hoaidhet, an",
accordingly a boat and, the English ensign were lowered
at the same time, and the American colours:were hoisted.
No sooner did the Crusader's boat, leave her side than
the bark hauled down the French colours, and, as We
subsequently learned, threw them and her Portuguese,
papers overboard together, so that when shewas bbardea
she had neither papers nor colours, and was confessedly
without name or nationality.
For a little while there was dead silence on board.
both ships, though the increasing odour placed beyond
all doubt the fact that the bark had under her hatches °,,
cargo of negroes. And now we began to hear a sort 0'
suppressed moaning, which soon swelled into tilts
unmistakeable murmur of many human voices. Axel°
boat reached the side of the bark, and the officer ill
charge sprang on deck, with a tremendous. 'shout the,
hatches were forced open from below, and out bur's:
hundreds, the self-liberated slavea. As they aught
sight of the stars and stripes floating so.Tear_svhien
no doubt seemed to
.these poor "wretches like a brit
rainbow of promise'..--tb'4 became perfectly ''friMti°
with joy. They cliMbed up all along the rail-,--tbei
hung on the shrondsthey clustered like swarming
fl
bees in the rigging, while rose (remea' to sky ,
wii
wildest acclamationa of deliglit. They danCed, a°.
.
leaped, and waved their arms in the air, and screams"'
and yelled in a discordant but pathetic concert. Ther°,
was one thing, however, even more toncling than-el'
this outcry of barbaric xeioicing. 3/Iy. attention 'lns
attracted to a group consisting of, somewhat more than
a hundred women, withdrawn apart frdm the -
shouting
and noisy men. Their behaviour was in strong contrast
--
with that of the others, and was characteristic of their
sex. Entirely nude, but innocently unabashed, they set,
or knelt in tearful and silent thankfulness. Several 04
them held infants in their arms, and through their WO"
like. sunshine from, behind a cloud, healned. al!ti. el*f
mon of the deepest gratitude and lkapPOeas• W 11°‘ ..
7... :
looked as though they had just beet rased from deer-
to the most eNultant gladness. .• . i
¶he seeile of confusion on board the barque, when the,
negroes found themselyes .released from the accustomed
restraint, baffles all description. They had, of-courieBA
all been kept on a very small allowance of food et'i"
,laf
water during the passage. The first tiethey Ma 'e-
their liberty was ta, satisfy their heAgee, and :Miss
which they did by hreaking i4O, the heeed,hareels an
watere.easks, and then running about eating,. drinking!
dancing, and screaming, all at once. _ It mattered but
little to them what sort of vessels they drank from-:
buckets, boxes, and troughs were all brought into regill
sition. I even saw several fellows, happy and delfghi4
with a piece of bread in one hand and a woode4 ler;
toon full of muddy water in the other, ''' '' '
As soon as their appetites were ilitiited the Africf
fondness for finery began to show itself, and all I
loose articles, in the ship were employed as persogs
ernaments. Some fastened belaying pins to their wristr"
and some strutted proudly about with copper ladles lila
around their necks. . ' .
By this, tine, h9lTelferi. a detachthent of moo
ee
arrived from, the Crusader, and ' order `was ' ai ono
restored, and AA organisation established. The negro°
were clothed with pieces of canvas, and the captain'
supercargo, and crew, sent on board .the 'Citsader all
prisoners.
They made no claims or remonatrartcewlitqer':
but surrendered themselves as' slavers, without natien'i
ality. They stated that the barkl34Ano name, andtlia.c
all their papers lacheen, thrown overboard with the
colours.. They seemed tp, bear their lOsi wit illiic!n°l
phic equanimity. lSueli a contingeney Ia" "e,ictentOr
been regarded by them as part of theie tiAl,4 44 04
were neennPrepnted for it _.r.ll,fa' caitain is --,tt , P,reoll:
man, as is also the supercargo, and the cFeli "re mood'
Spaniards, with a few Frenchmen. The negroes were
selected from among 3,000
prisoners- of war recently
taken by the King of Dahomey. They Were, brought
from Wyndah, a large town on the slave. coal Ili PI i
Bight of Benin, the seaport of the renoWneVniclomi ei,
Dahomey. They are much entierics to, t. 11,.., !lee., t who.
es efedaeees, not only in phr
usually compose tbe cAir,... 1
sique but also, '1? ieitellitele.:;l4:-°l*- J1.Y.,:a1• I. il:1-,e excellentf,il,'
..
heltith,' wilted' is no, doubt eimg to 4t 9401.4, impac •
menu in4cle.fee. them'. 't " --the barque. Ia
Gulf of
9tf..he m
Guinea,alt. seta:Moog;
number they amour44(kapeut 450;
,and the slave deck
accommodation
affords ample acconafrmani.o
which is certainly a very, mall number.
NEAPOLITAN PLuNnEn•--A• letter '6 ' m .Naple,s) i.,1
hpaassveagdieed,f4s days
L' Independanee .Relge, dated le..ith4Yune; staies' that t";
soldiery who have landed there, 'fiom the . rack alll7
jewels,an4 the
th
eit toiiite6rf
prender of the 'Otte round PalerinC; are, sell
hSaicsi4tldatailo
jtili.tiel,.orsti,gfoori,t.iisalloni,,r.pta,_:-0:.
offered, anti
not ashamed i 6, oWn they' had purchased
perty themselves, • . :..,-, : ,

IiERRINCii7SHING IN THB WEST OF CuguE3-.
LAND.—
Tiirl4 after night durin the
fishermen from Workingtaii and" Harringtot have been
to
plying their laborious, though, 'thus-far, We are sorry ,
add, by no means lucrative calling. A week ago seven"
boats returned with scarcely week the fleet of
lit4nces
.v4th qty a airigle herring, but far. the last two
or three nights they haie icit froth 1,50 to 300 per boat,
ecOre of fish, ill game ill'
which have been •
retailed at two pence ca1.:.:....„,„...b -

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JUNE 26, 1880.