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voyage to Europe. A few months afterward
news came to his family that ho had been
drowned near the coast Of France, while out in
an open boat endeavoring to catch the Bordeaux
steamer. As he had considerable amount
of money with him at tho time, it was feared
that he had been murdered, and as years passed
and nothing was heard of him, his friends
had settled down to the conviction that such
had been his fate. Within few months suit
was commenced by his representatives against
an insurance Company, which had issued
policy upon his life, and the case was to have
been tried at the next Circuit Court.
few weeks since, Mr.. Richard Bloss, of
Troy, received a letter from Now Orleans, from
stranger, inquiring after family by the
name of Bourasso. Mr.. d. answered the let
ter giving the information he desired, and he
soon received another communication of his
safety. DIR. Bloss started with this letter in his
pocket to the residence of Mrs. Bourasso, but
on his way was thrown out of his carriage, the
| letter was lost, and Mr.. B. remained in state
of insensibility for some time, and unable to
| communicate the glad tidings to the person most
interested. He was at last enabled 60 make
known these facts to Mrs. Bourasso, and a cor
respondence followed, in which mutual explain
atons were made between the long separated
husband and wife. It seems Mr.. Bourasso
became concerned in some Government difficult
ties, and was imprisoned in France. On his
escape he heard that his wife had married again,
and was never disabused of this erroneous
impression until recently. Mr.. Bourasso will
be in his former home again in Few weeks.
BRITIsH ANNExATIoN.-The news of the
| sovereignty of the Feejee Islands is confirmed.
Those islands are group numbering 2l1, of
which so are inhabited. The largest is about
$50 miles in circumference, and the next
about 300 They spread over about 10000
| square miles of the Pacific Ocean, directly on
| the track between Australia and Panama and
| British Columbia. Almost every island has a
harbor; many of these are capacous enough
for whole navy. Feejee is 1,500 miles from
| Sydney, and about 700 from New Zealand
| The group is the key and center of Polynesia
| Between it and our colonies lies the largo
| French island of New Caledonia, on the same
side the New Hebrides, and on the other side,
to its north and east, stretch the Navigators'
Friendly and Society Isles. The area of the
two large islands is computed at about equal to
that Of Belgium, L 900 square miles; and of
the whole group about equal to that of Hol-
land, above $4,000. The climate is described
as not unlike that of Ceylon. The produc-
tions are diversified and rich. At least fifty or
sixty thousand of the natives have become
Christians. ." .ra. saf. al
| MIsPLAcING A SwITcH.-The case against
John Mclaughlin, of Harlem Station, eight
for the alleged misplacing of a switch, whereby
passenger train was thrown off and the
| fireman killed, some weeks ago, was brought
before Justice Akin and Milliken, on Monday,
for examination. 1t appears that the father
of Mclaughlin, who was a farmer, was run
over and killed by train ON the G. & C. U. r.
| r., in December 1857, and suit was brought
| by the widow against the Company. 1t is said
! that John Mclaughlin had threatened at diff
! ferent times and to different persons, that he
| would have revenge on the Railroad Company,
and on the conductor (Webber) whose train ran
| over his father. After witnesses for the pros
ecution were heard, the defense set up an alibi,
and called witnesses to prove the same, while
the confession which he once made was repre-
sented as the boasting of a drunken boy. The
Court withheld their decision till next day.
! CUBA IN THE CoRTEs.-The Spanish Premier
delivered an elaborate speech in the COrtes, on
the 10th of March, on the exciting question of
| Cuba becoming annexed to the United States.
In that speech he made known to the Deputies
| the fact that the Government, in assuming the
attitude which it believed the honor and the
interest of the country exacted, (the defense of
the Island from invaders,) consulted only their
own resources and their own sentiment The
Government of the Queen of Spain in the event
of realizing the momentous necessity of sus-
tanning conflict in order to preserve the integ-
|
| and in the regions beyond the seas did not
indulge the hope that other nations and other
| governments would aid it in the task; it counted
| solely upon its own strength and its own SEN
| timent it neither asked, nor believed that
there could be necessity in any event for
| foreign assistance. ... ...s
| LA GUERRABELLA.-The Paris correspondent
of the New York Herald thus writes of this
lady: "The most interesting feature was the
debut of the beautiful American prima donna,
La Guerrabella, who, although a deJutante, to
| the surprise of every one, troads the boards
! like an old actress. With face and form of
classical symmetry, she sang with great distinct
ness and traditional accuracy that most un-
| grateful and difficult role of Donna Eliza, and
we agree with our cOnJrere, Galignapi, that
| 'she will be valuable acquisition to any lyric
theater.' We hope soon to see her in char
acter better adapted to her great ability and
highly finished style. Persiani still showed
the great artiste she has been, as did also Frez-
zolini, and Tucchini was the prince of buffos
| Mario looked we'll, but, like La Gucrrabella,
was misplaced in the opera. The italian Opera
is fast losing ground from great mismanage-
| ment."
TRAGIcAL EvENT.-A strange affair is related
| in the Gazette des Tribunaux: As nobleman
of Fuendalajon, Province of Saragossa, was
four days ago, with his two daughters, taking
| a rue on horseback on the road to BOrja, fol-
lowed by three servants, a young man, fashion
ably dressed, but with his face covered with
mask, galloped up, and without saying a word,
fired from double -barreled pistol two shots at
the elder of the young ladies, after which he
continued his route and disappeared. The
young lady, being mortally wounded, fell from
her saddle and expired. On examination it
appeared that she had been struck by two balls,
one Of which had penetrated to the heart, the
other near to the shoulder blade. 1t is not
doubted that the assassin was n rejected suitor
of the lady, but as she had refused more than
one applicant for her hand, it is not known
which it was. t....
HONORABLE DoGs.-The Now York papers
tell us that an affair of rather an ex-
citing character occurred on Monday in the
Assembly. After an unsuccessful effort on the
part Of Mr.. Rutherford to speak in favor of a
resolution, the previous question was about be-
ing put by the Speaker, when he exclaimed,
'Why, you set of thieving dogs, do you mean
to choke me down altogether The Speaker
then ordered Mr., Rutherford to keep silent,
which he refused to do. A call was then made
by the Speaker Of the House to protect the
chair and preserve order, when Mr.. Rutherford
said, go to hell, all of you, you dogs" Mr..