The Express. — 1867-09-05 (London, England)

THE " BLACK DEATH "IN DVELIN. —The cause lying seamless on the deck,having received a ball through of the mysterious cases of " black death " which occurred the head, which entered near the nose. He expired almost in Ireland some few weeks ago is thought to have been immediately. The passengers assembled for the purpose discovered. A good many cattle have been dying recently of investigating the matter, and the following facts were of a form of blood disease, known ss carbuncular fever ; elicited : The night having been dark and rainy, the guard and in two or three instances the flesh of there cattle has left his proper post and took shelter near the term, and been eaten by other animals. In one case, a dog lapped while Captain Speer was in the act of approaching the door up some of the blood of • diseased bull, and, after sufferer his own room he was shot. The pilot testified that he in g from • black eruption, died in a few boors. In anwas but • abort distance from the place where Captain other, • pig which had eaten of • diseased cow's offal Speer was killed, and that be heard no challenge by the died under similar circunutancea. The eruption and the guard. A number of passengers at the time within hear- symptoms are said to have been precisely like those obing distance testified to the same. The guard, in defence, servable in the human victim of " black death ;" and it is stated that be did challenge, but received no reply, therefore supposed that the latter disease may have been and that he was acting in Obedience to orders. It engendered by the eating of meat from anima in a state was satisfactorily proved, however, that the sentry was of carbuncular fever. away from his post, where be had no right to be. THE BC/SINUS or Assizes. —The Recorder of On the arrival of the steamer at Fort Buford, Co- Liverpool has drawn attention to the suggestions which loud Ranking, commanding the post, ordered the guard have recently been made to transfer • portion of the juristo be pieced in irons and returned to St. Louis for trial, diction of judges at assizes to quarter sessions. He exbut at the intercession of Lieutenant Horrigan the prisoner was afterward released ;and here the matter rests for the weaned his opinion that nearly all criminal matters, with the exception of capital offences, might very properly be present. The passengers rammed a full statement of ,the transferred, but said that before such an enlargement of facts in the ease, end gathered such testimony " ooulu be jurisdiction took place, it would be well that the courts obtained—which is all against the soldier. Their unani- of quarter sessions, both in boroughs and counties, should moos verdict was wilful murder. This statement has be improved by assimilating thou as much as possible. been placed in proper bands, and will be forwarded to the He suggested that this could he done in counties by giving War Department and to the British Minister at Waabingtoa the magistrates at quarter session. legal amistance, and in for further investigation. Many persons of reliability and boroughs by some of the magistrates sitting with the Restanding, apparently cognisant of all the circumstances, corder. He hinirelf bad felt the !want of lay assistance strongly hinted at jealousy and revenge as being the cause very much, especially in appeal cases on matters of fact. of the sad affair. Of this, however, we prefer not to say He called attention to the subject, he said, for the purpose anything at present, in the hope that the whole may be cleared up by the authorities at Washington. mystery of making all who took an interest in it, to reflect a little before legislation was taken, and to make suggestions es Captain Sneer, we learn, about 40 yowl old, and to how quarter sessions in counties and boroughs could be has only one relative living, • brother, and was forbest fitted for such extended jurisdiction. merly stationed in the West Indies. From an examine. . tam of his papers it was ascertained that he had an 4.—The National St4wmabundance of means, of which 25,000 dole. or 30,000 dole. ""I uumPenY'e steamer Denmark, from New Yeah. emved off keir at 9 p.m. to-day with 8.5,000 dole. in specie. was deposited in the various hulks of the United States she tended peorengere, and proceeded tron‘edrately tor for the purpose &Iceboat defrayieg his travelling expenses." yin  • • ..  BROWN and POISON'S CORN FLOUR for CHILDREN'S DIEM lo obtain intis poet by the oak other kinds an sometimes Awed Instead or BROWN and