The Sun. — 1868-01-24 (London, England)

CJIII- fixed under this agreement, on giving six months' previous notice to the other company ; but if such revision be not then called for, the power to being called for, and the require the same shall se. In the event of a reof e thea li n g t o agreementag be awarded to each, the arbitrator shall fix such. This agreement shall be subject to the approval of the shareholders of both companies, to be expressed at special general meetings to be held simultaneously on January 31, 1868. The companies shall concur in applying for Parliamentary sanction of this agreement in session 1869, and the expenses of the application, and incident thereto, shall be borne bytheconifniesila proportion to their gross traffic receipts. formal agreement shall be immediately prepared by the solicitors of the two companies, and be settled, iu case of difference of opinion, by Mr. Lloyd.  ment the funeral ceremony of Colonel Orcutt, the murdered Sheriff of Kalamazoo, which took place on Monday, Dec. 30, the mourners tried to lynch the murderers.  A horrible tragedy was committed on board the American whaling bark Eagle, at Honolulu, November 11th. A Portuguese boy, named Manuel Dall, about 14 years of age, who was sleeping in the main hatch, was killed by the cutting of his throat by a negro seaman named Daly. The latter, after committing the deed, went to the forehold and cut his own throat.  Charles H. Dryden, of 279, Holland-street, Baltimore, late Justice of the Peace, shot himself through the heart almost in the presence of his wife. He was s') years of age, and had no children.  The Chicago Tribune of the 30th Dec. vouches for the truth of a horrible story concerning a man who, had been accused of stealing a gun iu Elkhart, Indiana, and who was taken from the officers of the law by two ruffians, and subjected to the mst cruel tortures. To make him confess, he was seized and hung up by a tree; but after a few seconds the rope broke, when he was again hung up, the rope, however, breaking a second time. " Next," says the Tribune, "the men dug a pit in the ground beneath the tree, and then built a roaring fire. They then doubled the rope, placed it again about Seymour's neck, and gave him a last opportunity to make a confession. He still refused, and a moment after he hung from a stout limb by a strong cord, immediately over a blazing fire. In another moment he was literally ablaze, and then gave token by looks and signs that he was ready to confess. lie was immediately cut down, considerably the worse for the fire, and then he made a full confession."  Mobile (Alabama), on the 28th Dec., was tbe scene of a tragedy of unusual character. Richard Busteed was appointed a Judge of the United States District Court by President Lincoln. L. P. Martin, United States District Attorney, had been indited for fraud and extortion in the collection of the revenue. lie met the Judge in the street, and, accosting him, said, " Will you allow that indictment to stand ?" The answer was the only one without infamy the Juige could make, and Busteed replied, "The law must take its course." On this Mr. Martin drew fro.n his pocket a revolver and fired at the Judge, wounding him in the right kg, and a second shot entered his breast. Mr. Busteed continues in a precarious state, but the wounds are not considered mortal.  Arail way employe on the Lake Shore Line tells an affecting incident in connection with the catastrophe at Angola. A babe, scarcely old enough to talk, was picked up near one of the wrecked cars by a brakesman, seemingly unconscious of what had occurred. It showed some signs of life, however, and the moment it discovered that an arm encircled its waist, it nestled up closely to the man, uttered the words, " papa," " mother," and died without the contraction of a muscle. Only a few minutes elapsed from the time it was taken up until it died. A b3antiful smile encircled the lips after death, such as would have been the case had its last sweet words upon earth been utterel in the quiet circle at home. A