Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-16

Singapore sent nm armed force board and hauled
down the flag and Dutch vessel oil war arrived anu
took away tho ship saying that the cnim for salvage
could ho decided by the Courts of Batavia: ING
matter was then placed IN the hands of the Amer.
consul, and the sloop OF war Portsmouth under
.Ook to sec about it.
A CASE OF ELUPEMENT. "A HUSBAND RE-
vENGE.-The New York Tribune gives IN account
of an eloponeEt in .''high life" in Williamsburg,
which took place few days ago IL thus narrates
the facts Of the case
Mr.. A - is n heavy merchant in New York, ard
his residence for some time past has been in Will
liamsburg, In the arstoorntic portion of the city
known as the South Side. His wife is a beautiful
and accomplished woman, belonging to a wealthy
and highly respectable family in New YORK, and
was looked upon by her husband as everything tnat
could DO desired in partEer for life. The tnlrd
person, Mr.. b. young man doing business in New
York, is also Of high standing
Some three months since the wife and Mr. b.
formed an acquaintance in Broadway saloon The
two frequently met at the same place, and finally
becnme ardently attached, and feeling that they |
would be unhappy if separated, the lady decided TO
abandon her husband and children and elope with |
her lover Early on the morning Of the Attn was
liked upon to cvnSuGmate their designs anu carry |
their plans intu execution
The husband had received some intimation oil the
step his wife was about to take, and although he
could not credit the rumor decided to be fully CON
WINGED of its truth or falsity. On the morning in
question Mrs A. lett tho house, and, meeting |
carriage, she Immediately sprung into 1t, wheh the
driver proceeded toward the south Tenth sreetferrJ
Tho husband was now convinced OF his vile 8 per. |
Giy and, oYertaking the carriage, wrenched open |
ths door and Immediately Commenced an onslaught |
upon tho young man with n bOWie.knite, and ud |
not desst until he bad inflicted dangerous wOuad |
in the neck several upon the nrm-one OF which VIII
render the arm useess-and also severe cash across
his stomach During the melee the young man dis. |
charged his pistol, the ball grazing his adYersaIys
forehead and causing a Slight wound.
The carriage was turned back to the mouse, the |
young man removed to a room, and the family ply
stefan was called in to dress the wounds At this
stage Of the affair the two gentlemen recognized
each other ntm ate business friends in New York.
AS the lady remained ineog, Mr.. i. declared that
he was no. aware of the relations existing between
Mr. a. and the lady, or he wsud not for the world
have taken this step
Tls iujured man is still lying in critical condi.
ton. The wife has been discarded hp her husband,
who gave her one of her children, he retaining three
1 Others
TIE LATE SECRETARY NJ AKoY -The New
York Evening Post states that Secretary Marcy had
| for thirty years suffered occasionally from what il
called stitch in his side; and during the last two
years Of his official life, ho was several times taken
suddenly i'll in his office with affection which al
poured TO alarm him considerably duriug the few
minutes while it lasted. AT such periods he would
turn pals and complain of naGsea; but as soon as
he had recovered he would forget all about the mats
ter, and become outwardly as cheerful as ever. He
was evidently impressed, however, by these attacks
and said on the Sunday before his death that he
should not live to see the election of another presi-
dent Of his retirement from public liio the Posi-
says:-"It is we'll known that MIR, Marcy had do
clared at least year before the end of his term in
the State department, even ii President Pierce was
| 10. eleatod, retire from public life. This an-
nouneellent he mado in terms so explicit as not to
, be misunderstood by his inquirer; and when he
found that an effort was made by certain gentlemen
to procure his re appointment by President Buchan-
an he discOuntenanged the project in letter so
pcrOmptory in terms as to lead the friend to whom
it was addressed to fear that he was permanently
offended,
Mr., Marcy intended before he died, TO reply to
the criticisms of the British and continental press
on his let er relative to the abolition Of prvateerng
which had not been answered to his satisfaction by
Tho press of this country. All the articles adverse
10 his doctrines had been gathered into book, and
these he intended review, for the purpose OF vim
, dicating and asserting his views on the subject
r ANOTHER RIOT IN NEW YoRK.-Thc New
h York Tribune of Monday says:-A serious riot CO.
enrrcd last evening between the Gernan and irish
nonulntion Of the Seventeenth Ward aud the Metro.
ppoIitan Police ferce in the neigborhoOd Of Fourth
itrcet and Avenue A, which resulted in the death
u of mn inno2eut partly German by INC name OF
Il Muller, blacksmith, who was passing the scene Oh
L riot nj the tilno with his wife and child Sergeant
Il Had ion of The Seventeenth Ward Police, It's iear'
ell IS fatally wounded and several of the Policemen
wore more or less injured, Six or seven OF the ring
leaders in the riot were arrested and at It, iate hoai
Mi was reported quiet in tho Ward. with inc ex
cnnfen OF the riot in the Seventeenth Ward, the
uprcr part of the city was unusually quiet yester'
i day But very few rum'shops attempted 10 heel
open. --.---
AFFRAY IN GEORGIA An ARRAY occurred in
Americus, Georgia, on the 9'h instant, between
- snndfy PERSONS on tho side and Harvey W. SHAW
y and Wm shaw on the other, which resulted in the
death Of Harvey W. Shaw, and the shooting ot WIN
I. Shaw in two or three places though not tataIy-
. ms II W Shaw. during the melee, rusheu iAto th'
Il street and fired three discharges with revolver
IS Mr. McBan without doing any damage. When he
l. husband ie saying he was q dead man, and ask
;ng E,1 his children Mrs. s. tainted, and was IN
very critical condition at last aeSGu9s Inc airn:
grew out OF an assault " IA W '7n"" VA ma
, named Hancock.
j. LATER FROM TIE WEST lNDIEs.-we hay
10 Iptor adylces from the West India Islands Apante
l. in Barbados calculates tho excess Of the value
If the sugar crop of that island this year over toat
= last owing to the advance in the price, at not les
- than sT5O-0OO There were disturbances at Domin
e lea arising out of public dissatis faction at tho egis
y, lnture on tho subject OF the rum duty. The overnc
A. hal beeu requested to dissolve the assembly, bu
" dDclined Riots ensued and some blood was spill
a Tn Granada n culorel men had been elected to th
., Vouse Of Assembly. At st. Vincent tho cane Gro
~ already reapod reached ten thousand hogsheads.
it oALIFoRNlA.-0u California files abound wit
la aceounts Of murders and Outragos Of various kind
The condition of the country in the interior Is an
- thing hut enviable. The San Francisco lleral
W saws :-"The destruction of human life by violent
u in this country, considering its scany populatio
o, is awful IN addition to the numbers who are sh
% stabbed 10 ueaLn III peFsuhat hHthgss hueio q
III yery many who are accideny killed in the warrior
he hazardous processes of mining and by drowning,
ar who commit suicide. II is almost impossible
in preserve complete record Of all these terrible oil
ns sad events
EN- ORANGE PEEL.-The especial attention OF p
a rents and others is called re- tho following facts
10 The New York Journal of Commerce learns that
- little son Of Robert Oliver of that city, about fl
Us wars of age is lying in very critical condti
nc from the effects of eating orange peel. Parents ca
oil not bo too cautious in keeping orange pool frt
'ss their children it contains an active poisonous
which in many instances has caused the death
ed persons who indiscreey made use Of them b
OIL Is ieopardized every time the rnd is taken into
stomach.
ter THE GREAT EAsTERN.-rhe Canada Raiw
err Guide says the great steamship will positively
ng from Holyhead hafbor-her point of departure fr'
he England-for Portland in April o. next year, 2
Wis that Tourist IlcRets VIII DC issued ~ npt w
- Eastern will remain at Portland. Itisintended Il
these tickets should include the passage money
cir and home and all railway and steamboat forest
ing Portland to Quebec, Chicago, st. Louis, Wash
ton New York, Boston, and back to Portland. I
To- price of TIC tickets it is now supposed will DO %
so KANSAS A FREE STATE.,-The Richmond (V
e' Inquirer ia the of an article on the SUBJ
er' of Kansas says :''There is think, little do
;an that the proNslayery settlers hayo abandoned
up idea of success 1t goes on to argue that tho
les. mission Of Kansas as free State is al inevita
hat result. and one with which the South ought to
will satisfied
flu There are no less than thirty EIGHT brewer
les in the city of Cincinnati, all in active
= profitable operation.