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ELEPHANT AND A RHINO-

1. few weeks since, at Albany, while a menagerie
was at Galway, an elephant broke off some of the fasten-
ings to the cage of the rhinoceros, thus letting him loose.
A fight immediately took place between the two animals.
in which the rhinoceros was thrown to the ground. Upon
rising the rhinoceros gave the elephant several upward
thrusts with his prodigious horn, wounding him severely.
The rhinoceros then escaped to the woods.
THE DEAD SEA.—Some months ago a party was sent
out by the United States Government to explore the Dead
Sea. It appears that they have most satisfactorily com-
pleted their task, having been upon the sea in their boats,
or encamped on its borders, for some two months, and
thew researches and estimates have been of the most tho-
rough and interesting character. They have sounded the
sea in all its parts, to the depth of 600 fathoms, and found
the bottom crystallised salt. The pestilential effects at-
tributed to the waters turn out to be fabulous. Ducks
were seen skimming over the surface, and partridges
abounded along the shore. The party are at present vi-
siting the most interesting places in the Holy Land.
AN INDIAN EXECIITION.—The New Orleans Crescent
of the Bth of August says,—" On last Saturday night, at
Mandeville on the other side of the Lake Pontchartrain,
an Indian murdered an Indian, by stabbing him with a
large knife. A son of the murdered man immediately
gave information to two of the tribe, and they took the of-
fender into custody. On Sunday morning a court, com-
posed of 10 Indians, was formed to hear the case and pass
sentence. The proofs were most conclusive, and the pri-
soner was at once condemned to death. Whereupon he
was measured, his grave marked out, and he himself set to
work digging it. When the grave was finished a rifle was
placed in the hands of the murdered Indian's son for the
purpose of doing the execution. At the first shot death
was not produced; the second shot also took effect, but
did not kill. and the stoical vioini-nr nf f.r.D

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into his grave, and was there finally killed, and covered
with earth as he lay.

CURIOUS STATISTICS OF THE LATE INSURRECTION AT
PARlS.—Amongst the insurgents tried and transported
to Algeria for the part they took in the insurrection in
Paris, we find professional men, artisans, workmen, arti-
ficers, and every variety of trade and calling. It is some-
whit4reniarkable that the number of cabinet-makers far
exceeds any of the others, though strange to say they
were " cabinet"-breakers that is, they attempted to
break up the ministerial cabinet of the period. Of these
there are 213, of labourers 161, of mechanics and black-
smiths 107, of locksmiths 80, of masons 79, of clerks 59,
of poets and literary gentlemen 4, of writers of novels 2,
of knife-makers 1, and so on down a long list of other
vocations. Amongst them are 7 architects and only 1
gunsmith. The total is 1830, so that 18 more would have
given one for each year of the world since the Christian
era. Three of the convicts are but 13 years of age, and
six of 14. The others range from 15 to 70, and one is
aged 76. _

ZOOLOGICAL CURIOSITY.-The Paris Presse gives the
following account of a young ourang-outang, which has
just arrived in France, and been added to the collection in
the Jardin des Plantes. The animal is only six months
old, but presents in appearance the aspect of a serious and
meditative child of three years of age. He makes none of
those jerking movements, or contortions of countenance,
which are so characteristic of the " ape" species ; nor
is that absence of sustained attention, so common to mon-
keys in general, in any way'remarkable. He is Calm—nay
almost affectionate, and gives the keepers that pass by his
cage the most hearty shakes of the hand, with the same air
of semi-§olemnity that would be.assumed by an old Arab.
ills diet is very rechercM, consisting of chocolate, roast
meat, wine, and even liqueurs. As he comes from a very
hot climate, the greatest precautions are adopted for the
exclusion of cold, and the little creature is accordingly put
to bed between a large cat and a very shaggy dog, all three
animals being covered up with a thick mantle of wool.
During the day the ourang-outang is clothed in a red
blouse, after the fashion of the " Greek" design of the
curtains of the empire, and white pantaloons.

IRELAND.

Lord John Russell has been subpoenaed as a witness by
Smith O'Brien. Ten sovereigns were, it is said, handed
with the subpoena, which, however, Lord John declined

to receive,

A. letter has been received from Rome, according to
which Dr. WHale has succeeded in inducing the Pope to
issue another rescript condemnatory of the Irish Colleges.
the polite solicitations of the Earl of Clarendon notwith-
standing.
The DI,

!orrespondence

portmanteau in

plicates four

Catholic prelates, One of them an Archbishop,
area that Lord John Russell's visit to Irish shores

uenee of a disagreement between him and
atenant ; Lord Clarendon &siring that equal
be meted out-to-all traitors, while the Pre-
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on the expediency of

nesty to

rated to the Lord Lieu-

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_ -,guatures :—reers, liu ; eldest sons. 10
Whops, 12; baronets, 68; deputy Lieutenants, 330

rs of Sir

as well as r

lON.—There is a striking similarity be-
ation of Emmett's rebellion in 1803, and
to abortion. It is mentioned in the Me-

) men each to enter Dublin—one

to take the Castle, another the barracks, the othei
bout the city and murder every Protestant
The at.

at 2 o'clock in the morning;
them to keep up their spirits,

n their outrage the evening before at 9.
d by 17 yeomen ; and these brave rebels,
their lives for their liberty, af-

y from this small body

y strange c

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M.P.'s 44 ; fellows of Trinity College, 30 ; justices of black with the assembled multitudes, which continue to
peace 1010 ; deans, 19; archdeacons,l9 ; beneficed clergy, pour in from all quarters. Our informant most positively
568 ; barristers, 270 ; solicitors, 200 ; physicians and sur- asserts that there cannot have been less than from 20,800
geons, 260 ; merchants, 104. ' to 30,000 men, partially accoutred and generally well
THE Winow CORMACK.—This person, whose name has armed. Last night, fires blazed on every hill in the counties
been spread far and wide by chattering fame, continues to of ."Nexford, Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Waterford."
hold daily levees at Farrinroy. -Crowds of people from all At Carrick-on-Suir, on Friday, the soldiers succeeded
quarters have paid their respects to her, and been received in capturing nine of the rebels, and twelve more with
in the kindest manner, She takes great interest in show- pikes were taken by as many of the constabulary a clay or
ing her visitors all the localities rendered famous by the two before.
late battle ; her house still remains in the same dilapidated The ;Cork Constitution, of Saturday, the most honest
t was left by the police on the memorable day of paper published in the south of Ireland, contains the fol-
the port holes they made in the back wall lowing account of what has been done by these misguided
other mementos of i men -:--" On Monday morning, large masses of armed

Clonmel, and who were to have been encamped on the
hill:Harp thaw warp to bava rpmninori until the. military

and police appeared, who if overpowering in number the
rebels were to break up in sections, taking different direc-
tions, and to keep up a retreat harassing to the soldiery

routes, so as to concentrate at an appointed position, and
then begin to cut off the army in detail. Early on Mon-
day morning. mounted rebels rode through the moan-
rains .calling at each house, and required the inmates to
join them armed, and to bring with them all the provi-

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that their houses and property would be burned that
night, and they and their families would be piked. The
chapel bells were also rung during the day, which was a

the previous, the hills were lit up with "signal fires

Monday night large parties left Clonmel, Kilkenny, and
the villages, armed and provisioned, to join the insurgents
on Carrick mountain. The rebels, had to pass through
Portlaw, and endeavoured to induce the police in the sta-
tion there to join them or surrender their arms, but nei-
; been complied w_ ith, a skirmish took place, the
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.om the house.

ice disc

Liarging their carbines effectively

while the result of the rebel volleys was merely smoke and
noise. Here the insurgents must have suffered severely,
for they retired in the greatest confusion. This proceed-
ing having been reported, the police, in conformity with
previous orders, prepared to leave the out-stations 'mid
concentrate. Shortly after a rebel band was decried
moving towards the police-station at Glenbower. This is
at the foot of Slievenamon, within about eight miles from
Clonm.l, ',here the Kilkenny mail coach and Blancoat's
car change horses. At this moment the police of that

tation- house, and move onto Carrick-on-

Suir in corn-

pany to the Nine-mile-house station men, who were re-
ported to be on march to join them. This was in con-
formity with a regulation, that when the constabulary
deemed it necessary to quit their stations, they should
move on towards or wait the arrival of the men of

likely to be ineffective.
in the direction of the

Perceiving the rebels coming
station, the Glenbower police

and retreated into the house, which they proceeded to
fortify as well as time and material would permit to
defend their position and their lives. The banditti, which
numbered about two hundred men, having arrived in
front of the station, all apparently armed, a number of
them set to work examining the contents of the car.
While this was going on, a man, who appeared to com-
mand, and who was of a superior class to his followers,
walked up to the station and got into conversation with
one of the inmates. The policeman determined to post-
pone the affray as long as possible, expecting every mo-
ment to be reinforced by the men from Nile-mile-house,
had recourse to the stratagem of appearing to fraternise'
and induce his associates to do the same, A colloquy
ensued, and Ireland's rights and Smith O'Brien's peril
wsre freely discussed until a shout was heard outside, and
the rebel party rushed in the direction of the road the
Nine-mile-house men were expected to travel. In• a
moment after shots were fired, and the Glenbower men,
fearing their comrades were in danger; opened the door
and came out, and immediately they perceived seven
policemen retreating to the station-house. There they
received their comrades in arms, and the reinforced
body, now numbering 15, retired into the building, deter=
mined to expend their ammunition and sacrifice their
lives, or be victorious. They had scarcely taken up their
positions, when the rebels rushed towards the house, but
were met with a volley from within. This threw them
back for the moment, until their leader leaped over the
small road wall in front of the building, when his fol-
lowers rushed towards it, but stopped short, perceiving
that he fell from a shot from the police. Another, how-
ever, followed the daring example, and the result to him
was the same, while every fellow outside on the road, who
came within carbine range, was popped at by the police.
The fire having been kept up at both sides for about
twenty minutes, there was a cessation on the part of the
assailants, who retreated, taking with them a number of
men dead or wounded, but leaving after them the bodies
of the two shot within the wall, and which none would
dare to remove. This transaction having been reported
at Callan, a distance of twelve miles, a party of the 75th
Regiment, and the head quarters of the 83rd, proceeded
to Glenbower, and returned at five o'clock the followirg
morning with the fifteen policemen, the two bodies of the
rebels, and the baggage. An inquest was held yesterday
on the bodies. During this time several other police
station houses were attacked by the advancing rebels,
but being found unoccupied were sacked, and some of
them burnt. The slate quarries station, near Aheny,
was amongst the latter. The same day a party of the
rebels, on a mission for arms, men, and commissariat,
visited the house of a respectable farmer, named
Hahessy, whom they required with his two sons to join
them, bringing with them their fire-arms and what provi-
sions were in the house. Hahessy replied that he sup-
posed they would take the arms and food, but that he
would not join them, and he hoped his sons would follow
his example. This they were not satisfied with, and
though they excused his presence they insisted on that of
his sons. After some threatening, the sons proceeded
with them, and the father followed, imploring them to
return. He was warned by the commandant of the party
to retrace his steps, but continuing to follow and beseech,
one of the ruffians turned round, and, levelling his rifle at
the unfortunate man, shot him dead, and then proceeded
on their route. Another party visited the house of a
blacksmith, nicknamed Gowbeg, who lives on the moun-
tain, where they met a young man the son of Dr. Coch-
ran, of Clonmel. This gentleman had gone there for a
few days to fish in the lakes at Comfee, carrying also with
him a gun. Having taken his gun, one of the rebels said,
" He would spy," and be was ordered on his knees to be
shot. The young man fell upon his knees, imploring of
them not to take his life, which they disregarded, until
Gowbeg's wife threw herself upon him to protect him, and
then they declared it would be a waste of ammunition to
shoot him. They next directed Gowbeg to make pikes of
what iron he had, for which they would call the next
night, and if they were not ready both he and his wife
would be piked. They then, about a hundred in number,
proceeded on " their mission." Two of the fellows who
left Clonmel to join the rebels were fallen in with by the
police and arrested. Each was armed with a pike and car-
ried provisions on his back. The name of one of them is
Quirke, a cutler by trade, and the other named Murphy,
a ladies' boot and shoemaker. On Wednesday night the
residence of the Rev. Mr. Hill, at Moate-hill, within
about two miles of Carrick, was attacked by a party from
the adjacent mountain, and his arms demanded. These
were refused, and the rev. gentleman and his son fired a
few shots through their windows to announce that they
were prepared. These were answered by shots from with-
out, but the party kept out of range and in a short time
retired with a fiendish yell, when it was discovered that
his out-offices and haggart were on fire, all of which were
destroyed. The same night, about ten o'clock, over 500
armed men passed along the Stieragh mountain, opposite
the town of Clonmel, in the direction of Carrick.
•Nothing can exceed the spirit of disaffection that exists
among the labouring population throughout the three
counties, and which there is no hope of suppressing, un-
less an engagement should take place between them and
the military.

SENTENCE ON A SOLDIER.—The sentence on the soldier
of the Athlone garrison found guilty of having cursed the
Queen and cheered for repeal, is seven years' transporta-
tion—a warning to red-coated sympathisers.
The military are in active movement, and we may now
hope that an end will be put to these insurrectionary
disorders.