Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE.

e 5slA desperate attempt at robbery and murder was mad
ools
Cherry Garden, near Philipstown, county Kerry, It 0/11,
the residence of Samuel Dooley, IN., solicitor, but
happily was defeated by the promptitude alai braym—iosil
Mr. Eldon Dooley, that gentleraan's so-. Tne eircuallearg
are as follow—On S inday morning lost, betweee-tbealef
of ten and eleven o'clock, Mr. Dooley, sen , wasifo bOlO
and the only inmates in the house were his son, Ole
young gentleman, and his daughter; they were preP teo rifl
for church, when five men broke open the hail door, en 00
the hall, and accosted Miss Dooley, demanding f003',4
of these fellows was armed with a pistol, anfaielt
others with bludgeons. Mr. Dooley, ,Aho was UP 3"bied
hearing the disturbance, armed himself with a (164100
barrelled gun, and was proceeding down stairs when beio
met mear the top by the fellow who had the pistol. gol
he discharged at Mr. Dooley, and the contents took e'"l
in the ceiling over his head. Mr. D ooley therento
discharged at him one of the barrels of the glint 's ;111
did not app,ar to take effect. He instantly fired off
other, an I the charge lodged in thu breast of the intellioP
assassin, who toppled over the bannisters and fell "osi
the hall. His compenions, evidently surprised •
.Doer
alarmed at such an unexpected and determined resistarO
retired, bearing off their wounded and possibly °jilt
associate with them. So soon as Mr. D Coley could II;
prudence venture abroad, an alarm was given, and a pai:ll
and search was set on foot by the p lice, who disco";
strong trac s of blow', and a'so, in a peasant's cottaglg
b'oody shirt, and a woman then found in the yto
admitted that a murdered man had been there, and el
the shirt had b,en taken off him. It is conjectured crof
the murdered man is deal and buried in., tte adje,i°tlo
bog. Search is being made to discover it if co, ana ;If
police are endeav curing to apprehend the rest of the P3',.;#
who are supposed to be strangers. The strongest eclat 0
tin is felt and expressed throughout the neighbourhandod
the bravery of Mr. Dooley, and the self-possession "e
coolness which his sister displayed under c;ocusastattee6
alarming.

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LISBON, Wednesday.—The Calcutta steamer srf-1
tett
from the Brazils yesterday, and sailed for Southanl
to-day.
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Tux INDIAN RELIEF FUND.—The Lord Mayor stst 3
on Wednesday, that the subscriptions in 13750
amounted to £16,716, Lord Palmerston has just g"
£lOO.
EXTENSIVE FRAUDS.—The Advertiser says that a - 4
err
known attorney hes quitted England, or is, at least, Po
sumed having done so, leaving behind him debts t? "0,
amount of about £150,000, including forgeries on a 06
tic scale.
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ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND. —At present there are en pe
books—widows, 3,704 ; children, 3,000 ; orphans who 100,
lost parents, 156. There are still new cases coming (700,
in consequence of men dying from wounds or from 601 to
undoubtedly contracted in the Crimea. The present
of expenditure is nearly £BO,OOO per annum.
SLAVE-HUNTING BLOODHOUNDS.—The planter told %,
something about "negro dogs ;" they didn't use 00
hounds, bat bloodhounds—not pure, be thought, but a er"of
of the Spanish bloodhound with the common hounolo,,e
ears. There were many men, he said, in the county bay
here, who made a business of negro-Ilunting, and t
oe(
had their horses tr lined, as wall as the doge, to go
any fence,' or if they eaulda't leap it to break it do"ot
Dogs were treiced, when pups, to fellow a eligger--ge
allowed to catch one, however, ualess they were 0111
young, so that they couldn't hurt him much, and alolllo
taught to hate a negro, never being permitted to see off
except to be put in chase of him. He- believed that 00
two of a pack were k(p' k nne'ed all the time--theo
were old, keen ones, who lead the rest when they `4,
out; they were alwe's kept coupled together wit,,„'
"0(
chain, except when trailing. He had seen a paolid,
thirteen who would follow a treil two days and a.lialf
if rain lt2d not fallen is the me intime. When it rain e
imtne ii itely after a aegro got off, they had to scour tef
country where they supposed he might be, till tut()
scented him. When hard wished, a negro always tool' 0
a tree ; sometimes, however, they would e Ltch his in Ile
open field, When this was the case the huntsr celled
the (legs as soon as he could; unless the regro fought,il
" that generally makes 'em rued (the hunters), an I 0054
let 'ern tear him a spell. e owners dou't n;rel hin;
them kind niggers tore a good deal ; runaways ai id
mach account no how, and it makes the rest more ilfl.4#
to run away, when they see how they are servel." hey
they caught the runaway within two or three de t'est
got 10 dols to 20 d ;if it took a lozner time they vr; I
paid more than that; sornAi:n•:s 200 tiels. They as'e,f,
their own price ; if an owner should think it ex )rbit9lto
ho supposed they'd turn the Mgrr loose, order hit° ,
make off, and tell his master to ca!oh his own nig.gfod
He told of a gentleman of his acquaintance who
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chased a negro, almost without stopping or eating, to
twenty four bouts. Tho dogs treed him about sunrise, a 0
as we galloped up to the tree at full speed, he was Ofib,
little exasperated to hear the fellow call out, with a
" Well, I gin you a right smart run dis mornirg,.d,l7,o
I ?'' This negro was a minister—" these nigger mull. the
is generally the sauoiest niggers."—Correspondenee 01
New York Tribune.