Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-04-02


Of his table.
TN Saturday evening uIeauIuI murder was
perpetrated in one Of TIE low drinking shops
IN Shipper street, near Fourth in Philadelphia.
The keeper of it, VIM. Kelly, was killed by
Lawrenie Riley, who went there in seareh Of Il
notorious woman living with Kelly, nicknamed
Liverpool Lie, but who had formerly been
Rley's Wife. Kelly told him to take her. and
said that il she would not go peaceably he
might get policeman TO aid him. Thereupon
Riley stabbed him in the neck, cutting the Jug
ular vein so that he fell and bled to death in a
few minutes. The murderer then started to
run, and as he went out of the door man
named Russell struck him desperate blow on
the head. Nevertheless he made off and hid
himself in an alley, where he was soon after
wards captured and taken to the police station.
Ihe murdered man was one ofthe most notori-
Gus characters, and was well known to the pol
ico by the soubrquut of " York Bill.n The
murder was deliberately threatened In the street
short time previous to its execution and the
threat was Immediately reported to Kelly, who
laughed at it. The informant then went to
give the information to the police, and while
he was gone the murder was psrpetrated. The
scene OF the murder was ono Of the lowest
dens OF vice mis"ry and crime in PnASdel-
/ I'hia.
MANsLAUGnrER ny AN AMERICAN Ilio-.,,,
Tl-
ported in tho London Morning Star of March
3, substantially as follows
1t appears that A woman named Eliza Bum
4O years of age, in company with another wo-
man, called at the rooms Of Alexander HEM
met CLARK, an American Photographic artist, to
nave little boys likeness taken. After il was
finished some words ensued respecting the
payment of the cash. Clark ordered the NO.
men to leave tho room, which they declined to
do without tho portrait, when regular fight
ensued between them. Clark at the time had A
small hammer in his right hand, and while de-
ceased was struggling with him he strsck her
with il upon the head. lie was first arrested
for the assault merely, for which he was lined
twenty shillings and costs, but it afterwards an
peared that tho blow with the hammer had
| fractured the skull Of the woman, of which
| wound she died in day or two. Clark was
then arrested on the charge OF manslaughter.
FEMALE LEcTCRER.--Miss Martha E.
Brown, ayoung lady Of IL years, from Orange,
Mass, has been ednylng the good people Of
Northampton by Sunday lectures or sermons,
under the influence Of spir Is. The Courier
there says :-"Whenthe singing was about hall
concluded, the lady's eyes closed and remained
so until the exercises were ended. The sing.
ing oyer. Miss Brown arose slowly, about as We
imagine Daniel Webster did when he was about
| to address wing convention. Oscillat1p 4
moment or two on her feet, she commenced in
a clear. shrill voice, and continued for hall
an hour IN style Of elocution similar to thai
which Demosthenes would have employed had
he been woman and lGctured with his ewes
shut The lecture was grandly feminine-airy
Tightly, fow.ry, fast. Miss Brown is a good.
looking girl, fair, Of medium height and con
veniently plump. She appears designed fol
usefulness in tho legitimate sphere of woman
and it seems pity that she should be SPOILED
IN this uniemlnine and naturally uncongeuia
manner"
Destructive Floods have occurred in some Of
the California streams, in consequence of late
heavy rains. At Nevada, Deer Greek rose
about fifteen feet, sweeping down SO furioasly
Is to do great damage in the town. II carried
of two bridges, half Of hotel, two stores, !
blacksmith shop, and five other buildings
Below the town the Gold Tunnel Quartz nil
was swept away. About three miles distant
a town called Pleasant Hat was submerged
All this damage was clused by the bursting o
q great reservoir about six miles above the t1wr
of Nevada. The San Joaquin Republican lay,
that the Calayeras river had overlooked ID
banks, submerging the whole country near i
and doing great injury to property. In Sara
mento county, an insignificant stream called
Alder Creek, rose suddenly seven feet, and in
undated town called Prairie city. In AmSau
| county, houses were swept away, stock drown
ed, gardens and fields ruined, fences washed
phS anu pihtI utEuAlulltn uOHe. IN CalnNerll
county number of bridges and fumes were
destroyed.
EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, March 2T.-About seven o'clocI
this evening terrible explosion of powder &C
Cured i'll the gun store of T. G. Alduch, Of
Main street, blowing the building to atoms, TO
gcther with the extensive hardware establish
nient of Keait Co., adjoining. As far a
known, four persons were killed, and severa
others seriously wounded. The ruins of tn
bHiiding are now burning fufiously, and it i
impossible to ascertain particulars.
| SECOND DISPATCH.
ST.. Ions, March 26.-The cause of In
gunpowder explosion here last night was IN
accidental discharge of pistol into a caniste
OF powder. Three persons were killed, ON
severely and several slightly wounded, tn,
stock of both the stores were entirely desfrov
ed. The loss Of property is upwards of $50,
900. WV
A large fire occurred at Liberty, Mo-, a wecl
ago, which destroyed property to the value o
$500
ANOTHER SEARCH FOR FRANKLIN. -The Ney
| York Journal Of Commerce states that letter
received frem England convey intelligence tha
the government having decided against send
ing ont another expedition in search of S
John Franklin, Lady Franklin has determine,
to fit out one from her own private MEANS
devoting the remains of her fortune for fina
attempt to discover the lost navigator, or ad
ditional traces Of the expedition. The quail
ties of heart and mind which prompt the &C
| command admiration whatever NAV hs aid a