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strength left to enable her to run
Cuthbert's house. She told her in tat Ad
happened to her, a surgeon was promptly in at..
tendance, and every care was taken of the unhappy
girl, but the character. of the -wound in her throat
was so serious that she graduaLly. sank, and died in
a few days afterwards. The murderer was appre-
hended within a few hours of the commission of
this horrid crime. He was wandering about. his
master's fields at Gateford, and. was in an excited
state. His throat was partially cut, his shirt was
bloody, and his coat sleeves appeared to have
been recently washed. He said that he had
inflicted the wound on his throat, and ac-
knowledged that he had also cut the throat of
the deceased. Whenbefore the coroner the murderer
trumped up a long and incredible story, the pur-
port of which was that a scuffle ensued between
him and his sweetheart, both of whom-struggled to
gain possession of the knife. During the conflict
the young woman's throat was accidentally cut,
and then she stabbed him in the throat with the
knife *od ran away, leaving him lying upon the
ground. The dying declaration of the murdered girl
entirely denied this statement, her account of the
fearful scene being that Whitworth accused her of
keeping company with another man, and beingun-
able to prevail upon her to take poison; he seized
hold of her, threw her on the ground, put his knee
upon, and with a knife cut her throat. Alt a. his
condemnation the murderer became 'peni. ent,
acknowledged his guilt, and said. that he made the
first attack upon his sweethearts being impelled
thereto by what he afterwards discovered was an
unfounded. jealousy. Under theconstant and zealoes
religious instructions of the Rev:. J. E. M. youit
temporary chaplain at the Castle, and the Rev. J.
Parkes,alVesleyan Methodist rainister,the murderer
became very penitent, acknowledged the justice of
his sentence, and that the jury, with the evidence
athneyyohtiaiedrbveefrodreictthtehman, could
of guilty.ldnothave
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prison- after his trial were not distracted
relatives, thi‘pnly one who
visited him being his brother-in-1A:- a fey days
after he had received Mg' sentence. No petitions
Were presented ,to the Home Secretary or other
-"pearls adopted to get a mitigation of the punish-
ment ; but many persons expressed a strong sym-
pathy for the convict, the more so as the man Atkin-
son, for the murder of his sweetheart at Darley,
under somewhat similar circumstances to for
which 'Whitworth was sentenced to death, had been
acquitted at-the same time on the ground of insa-
nity. The unfortunate man spent the greater part
of Friday night in devotional exercises, and partook
of the Holy Communion at an early hour on Satur-
day morning, after which up to the final act, at:l2
o'clock at noon,*he displayed great fortitude, and
more than once expressed his belief that he should
experience a glorious immortality. From 4,000 to
5,000 persons were assembled to witness the execu-
tion, and they behaved in a very orderly manner,
with. the exception of some few, who called out
" Shame ! Shame! bring out Atkinson." A man
named Askern; living near Rotherham, was the
executioner, as he was also in the case of the last
two or three persons who havebeen hanged at York.
A` out two minutes after the drop fell the struggles
the
the unfortunate man - ceased, and all was over.
spectators soon after began to disperse, and at
1 o'clock the body of the murderer was cut down
and interred within the precincts of the Castle.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

firm, but quiet. Freight engagements were limited,
while rates were unchanged.
CALIFORNIA, &c.

By the arrival of the overland mail we have ad-
vices from San Francisco to the 25th ult., but they
contain nothing of importance.
The overland mail, with San Francisco dates to
the 28th ultimo, has arrived at St. Louis. It is
reported that the steamer Hermann had been
libelled to satisfy claims of parties in New York.
By way of the Tehuantepec route we have news
from San Francisco to the 6th inst. The general
intelligence was unimportant. Money was easy,
mining about as usual, business quiet, and politics
dull. The steamship Hermann arrived on the 27th
ult. There had been two arrivals from London,
.tnd one from Liverpool, but none from the Atlantic
ports of the United States. The Golden Gate,
which left San Francisco for Panama on the 6th
inst., took a million and a half in treasure.for New
York.

Six companies of the 6th Infantry, under Colonel
Koffman, have been assigned to service in the Mo-
have country; two companies, with the regimental
bead•quarters, Lieut.-Colonel Andrews command-
ing. at Los Presido • and one company each to
Humboldt Bay and San Diego. .

KANSAS AND MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS, DEC. 27.
The Jefferson City Examiner learns from a re-
liable source that Fort Scott, Kansas, o

of the 15th inst., vas attacked by Cap -
gotnery, the head of 200 men, an.. (ANC IN Wu
taken. - When the Examiner's informant i4caped
.five or six persons, had been killed by thein: The
object of the attack, it was presumed, was to release
one of Capt. Montgomery's men, who was confined
there under an indictment for murder. It was
feared the town would be entirely destroyed.
A despatch from Kansas City.says.that the Har-
risonville '(Missouri) Democrat '.of the 25th inst.
states that on Monday last a band of thieves and
assassins from Kansas territory entered Vernon
.county, Missouri, and killed David Cruse and stole
a lot of cattle, 20 horses, and 11 'negrees. About
the sable 'time Captains Brown and Montgomery
entered Missouri,
.on the. little Osage river, and.
'stole a negro woman, and took Mr. Larne prisoner,
carrying the latter into the territory, but releasing
him on the following day. An express had been
sent to Governor Stewart, of Missouri, for assistance
to 'protect life and property.

NEW MEXICO.
ST. LOUIS, Dic. 27.

The Santa Fe mail of the 6th inst. reached_lnde-
pcnaence on Saturday. The conductor reports the
snow on: the route three feet deep, and the weather

very cold.
The Legislature was to convene the day the mail
left.

FOrt Defiance dates are to Nov. 21.
Col. Miles has pursued the Indians into their
mountain fastnesses, over regions heretofore un-
known, and the white men were putting them to
flight wherever they found them.
Maps of the marches were soon to be made out,
giving much information respecting the country.
Major Bakus returned to Fort Defiance . on the
18th inst. He had had no regular fight with the
Indians,i but had killed . six of them in various
SkirMishes.

Capt. Vaddes, of a company of spies, had been
badly -wounded.
Col. Bonneville and Superintendent Collins go to
Foft Defiance during the armistice to treat with
the i\ravajos—their action to be final either for
peace or war.
Judge Boone will take the district vacated by
Judge Benedict.

AFRICA.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 8.

The Royal Mail screw steamer Athenian, Croft,
commander, arrived this afternoon from the West
Coast of Africa, with 2,6791- ounces of golddust and
4 boxes of specie on freight, 16 passengers (among
whom is Assistant-Commissary•General Phillips),
and a valuable cargo, consisting of 237 casks of oil,
2 cases of arrowroot, 33 packages, 127 pieces, 1
cask, and 1 package of ivory ; 3 pieces of machinery,
10 bales of cotton, 2 boxes of jewellery and 1 box of
watches, 177 bags of cochineal, 5 packages of rice,
and 14 cases of pepper.
Her dates are—Bonny, Dec. 5; Old Calabar,
Dec. 2 ; Camaroons, Nov. 26 ; Fernando Po, Dec.
2 ; Lagos, Dec. 8; Benin, Nov. 22 ; Brass, Dec. 3
Accra, Dec. 10 ; Cape Coast Castle, Dec. 12;
Liberia, Dec. 14; Bathurst, Dec. 23 ; Teneriffe,
Dec. 29 ; Madeira, Dec. 31. _ -

The company's steamer Armenian left Sierra
Leone on the evening of the 14th of December,
having been detained beyond her time coaling. On
the same day the Britannia (new line), with pro-
duce from the leeward coast and a mail, had left for
England. On the 16th her Majesty's steamer
Antelope arrived from the south coast, where she
has been cruizing for the last two years. She will
complete her term of service on the Sierra Leone
station.

At Bonny, Accra, and New Calabar trade had
had not commenced, but it was expected to be
renewed at the last port in a few days. At the
other ports of call, and especially at Fernando Po,
trade was dull. The Rainbow, of the Niger expe-
dition, with Dr. Bakie on board, was in that har-
bour, but would leave in a few days for the river ;
Mr. Fairweather, one of the expedition, died there
of dysentery on he Ist ult. In the harbour were
also her. Majesty's steamships Viper, Triton, and
Myrmidon. Her Majesty's ship Archer was at
Lagos.
The following vessels are reported :—At Bonny
—The Grand Bonny, the Sunshine, the Clan
Gregor, the Magnolia, the Ferozepore, the Ben
Ledi, the Mississippi, the Emperor, the Albro and
the St. Andrew and the Osprey had just arrived.
At Old Calabar—The Golden Age, the Africa, the
Roderick Dhu, the Paramatta, and the Thornhill,
nearly ready for sea. At Camaroons—The Lotty
Sleigh, the Martin Luther, and the Elizabeth
Emily. At Benin—The Ouens and the Benin. At,
Brass—The Runnymede, the Arabian, the Mos-
quito, the Orient, and the Severn, just arrived.
At Madeira—The John Robertson and the Black
Cat. The Sunbeam is reported to have left for
England with 110 puncheons of palm oil and other
African produce.
Testimonials expressive of the passengers' entire
approval of the accommodation of the Athenian and
of the courtesy of her commander, were presented
both on the outward and homeward passages.

EXECUTION 4.71-YORE.

The last penalty of the law was carried into effect
on the drop behind the Castle, at York, on Saturday
last, upon John Taylor Whitworth, who, as has
been stated in The Sun, was convicted of the
murder of his sweetheart, Sally Hare, aged 18, a
servant of Mr. Cuthbert, farmer, Laughton-en-le-
Morthen, near Gateford, in the county of Motting-
ham, and Rotherham, in the county of York. The
murder was committed on the Ist of October, and
the prisoner was tried at the Yorkshire winter gaol
delivery, on the 20th December, before Mr. Baron
Watson, was found guilty on very clear evidence,
and sentenced to be hanged. The brief faCts of the
case are as follows :—Whitivorth, who was 22 years
of age, was assistant shepherd and farm servant
to Mr. T. W. Machin, at Gateford, about five miles
from the house of Mr. Cuthbert, where Sally Hare
lived. Whitworth. and Hare were sweethearts, and
had been so for nearly three years before the melan-
choly event took place which has caused the death
of both. On the 30th of September Whitworth went
to see his sweetheart, and was permitted to remain
in her company after Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert had
retired to rest. The murderer and his victim took
supper together, and then sat by the kitchen fire
till about one o'clock, when he made indecent pro-
posals to the girl, and tried to take improper liber-
ties with her, but she indignantly repelled his ad-
vances. The murderer was annoyed at not being able
to accomplish his purpose, and prepared to depart.
He prevailed upon the young woman to accompany
him a short distance on his way home to Gateford,
the night being very fine and starlight. After
they had walked about 300 yards from Mr.
Cuthbert's house, they proceeded on to Throapham-
common, a lonely place, and hero the murderer
renewed his indecent solicitations to the gkrl, but
without success.. He then charged her with
keeping company with another young man, and
the
subject. angry words were used between them on
subject. In the course of the altercation the mur-
derer proposed that he and his victim should both
take poison andeseduietd to do this, and
ogetlwronthecorhme
murdereron.The
young woman refused
then declared that he would kill her. He took.
hold of her, threw her down on the ground, placed
his knee upon her, pulled out his pocket-knife,
opened it, and stabbed her in the neck, the blade
penetrating to the bone. A violent struggle en-
sued, during which the deceased's hands and face
were fearfully cut, and she succeeded in seizing her
assailant by the hair, snatching the knife out of his
hand, and throwing him down. The young wanton
although so dreadfully injured, -liad sufficient