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sicks were defeated, anu lost 80 horses and
l3N men killed.
From st. Petersburg the nth, letters state
that the British fleet had been ,rcn within
- miles Of CronStadt aud had captured "A
number of gun bouts. Tho houses On the
right side of the Nc,a, at st. Petersburg
had been demolished
A dispatch from Omar racha dated Shum
la May 9Th, stitcs that Sail rdsha. had ON
the 2sth ofApril defeated thc Russians at Nj
copolis. with a loss to- the Russians of liOo
men.
ON the ID of May. SULLIVAN Bcy had also
defeated the Russians at padoya. not far from
kraiova.
The Paris journal "Pairjc" says. "Nrw>
has been received from Con,tntinurlc, that
the Russians had attempted recently to cross
the Danube at various points, and that they
had been rcpul<cd with heavy loss
\ despatch of the London IjD,'s Of Satur-
day from Vienna 18th ult.. states that the
too,.rnncnt messenger had reached Galatz on
the 9th, with reliable intelligence that Scbns.
tolul had been homharlrd for four days.
\ dispatch dated Bucharest May 18th says
that the English steamer Iigr of III guns.
stranded CLOSE to Odessa and was obliged To-
surrender to the Russians. Two other steam
crs went to her assistance and homhardcd the
Russian works hut with little effect
The Spanish Government have sent an
answer to Mr.. Soulc, who dispatched the
same by special messenger to the lnitrd
States.
The Fugitive slave Case.
BURNS DELIVERED Up To SLAN FRY
Bos1oN. June I'd. \. NJ.
Great preparations are now making 10 carry
off the fugitive slave.
The State military to the amount of 1000
are under arms and in Court Square near the
entrance Of the Court House. The t. :.
troops have rlaceda large cannon loaded with
grape shot. and every thing bctokcns firm
determination to carry the man off.
BosTo>, 3 o'clock, +. NJ.
The Commissioner has given up the fugi-
tive Burns. IN presence of AN immense as
scmblagc of people, the stores being closed
and business suspended. surrounded by I. :.
officers, escorted by [ :. troops. and protected
by about 600 of the Mass military, he was
taken on board the revenue cutter NORRIS.
which set sail Immediately for Virginia.
\ portion of tho houses on the route were
dressed in mourning, and the procession was
greeted with groans and misses by the crowd:
I,,, ,bo-o ,rou ~,
Washington Affairs
\ despatch from Washington says tho
Presidents proclamation is generally inter
pretcd here as hint for the benefit of the
southern fllihu,tcrs to be off
1t is a well a>ccrtaincd fact that there is
an expedition all ready to start from New
Orleans $4,000 strong. You may rely upon
this
News has come to the city also Of large and
dangerous organizations elsewhere at the
South and in New York.
\ despatch from Washington SAYS that "a
meeting of the Anti Nebraska members was
held there yesterday. and resolutions were
adopted to oppose all appropriations not in
dcspcnsihc to the current service, and to adj
iourn without recess at the earliest possible
day. The friends of the Nebraska hill are in
the highest Civilizations at the result in Boston,
They boast that the bill was passed. and the
fugitive Slave act enforced in New York and
Boston the same day The Governor of Mass
has appointed Julius Rockwell IN place OF
Edward Everett. rc,igncd
Havana, Nan.
News from Havana states that word lost rails
ing black roors and has addrcs Sod the Dirrc-
tor General orarms and saws that the ,anmcr of
Spain shall waive at all hazard, in Cuba
Another address has also been issued order
ins lists to be prepared throughout the Is
land Of all persons liable to militia duty
Considerable excitement was occasioncd Oh
the 25th bya report thata party Of Americans
had landed at place called Chorera about a
league West Of Havana, Troops were sent
there but 1t proved false alarm.
Four Americans from Key West belonging
to the Survey department had arrived in Ha-
vana and had not been allowed to 20 beyond
the city Walls.
Gen Pezucla is stated to have said that he
intends gaining an European emancipation
by emancipating the slaves.
IoNDoN, C.. W. June Cd
The cars IN the great Western Railroad
went off the track last evening, near the city,
and pitched down the cmbankment demolish-
ing passenger and freight cars, killing :
second class passengers and seriously iniuring
several others, at least fatally.
Flight OF FuritIve..
BosTu>, June !.
There was considerable excitement in this
| city yesterday, on the rumor that another
! fugitive had been captured but it turned out
to hc unfounded.
Quite number of fugitiyes have Ned from
this city to Canada.
The Cochituate Bank.
The Supreme Court to-day made the in.
junction against the Cochtuate Bank per
pctual The bad paper amounts to more thar
tho capital stock of the Bank
Horrible Murder.
NV YoRK, June \.
At Cutchoguc, l. l., on Saturday night
James Wickham, grocer, was murdered
together with his wife and negro boy Tn
deed was committed with AN axe. The muir
dorcr Is supposed To have been an Irishman
named Nicholas Lane, who formerly worke
for Mr. Wickham.
Riot at BROOKLYN.
4 terrible riot occurred a Brooklyn y Y
on SATURDAY, between the Americans an
Irish. 1t appears that procession of Amer
cans passing down street Of that place, wer
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