The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

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were limited,
firm, but quiet. Freight engagements
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. his
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 lia,d,been two arrivals from London,
and 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
Hoffman, have been assigned to service in the Mo-
haYe country; two companies, with the regimental
head 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.jeferson City Examiner learns from a re-
liable source that Fort Scott, Kansas, on the night
of the 15th inst., was attacked by Captain Mont-
gomery, at the head of 200 men, and, the town
taken. When the Examiner's infOrmant escaped
five or six persens had been killed by the'm. •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 negroes. About
the same time Captains Brown and Montgomery
entered Missouri, on the little Osage river, and
stole a negro woman, and took Mr. Lame 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, DEC. 27.
The Santa Fe mail of the 6th inst. reached Inde-
pendence 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, 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
Fort Defiance during the armistice to treat with
the Navajos—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 ; Tcneriffe,
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 thero
of dysentery on the 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 AT YO.R.

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 :—Whitworth, 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
t o 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 here the murderer
renewed his indecent solicitations to the girl, but
without success. He then charged her with
keeping company with another young man, and
some angry words were used between
ththemonthe
subject. In the course of the altercation e mur-
derer proposed that he and his victim should The
take poison and die together on the cotmme
murdereronT.he
young woman refused to do this, and h
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-
,iled, during which the deceased's hands and face
were fearfully cut. and she succeeded inseizing her
assailant by the hair, snatching the knife out of his
hand, and thrownig him down. The young woman
I although so dreadfully injured,- had sufficient