. Frtm the Baltimore Republican. ■ Cane of •JMcXiCoA—Mtccision „ of the Supreme Court—The Pri- soner not discharged. We, have received an extra from flic Now York Sun decision of the Su preme Court upon the application of Me- Eeod under a writ aU-haoedscorpus, to be released from custody without trial upon the charges brought against him. by the Grand Junr of Niagara county.. The application is denied, and McLeod is remanded to pri son to await his trial in due course of laur. This is, in our opinion, as*jt' should .bo, and will take away part of the stain which the blue-light Secretary of State wouldhavc placed .upon our country,— Vive la Itepub lique. ’ * J udgeS .Nelson,Savaoe, and Cowxn were unanimous in their decisions. -The opinion of the Court was delivered by Judge Cowan; and.is very lengthy, occupying nearly nine columns of the New Yopk papers; the judge having gone carefully ihfo an examination and review of the whole argument of coun sel. \ * After stating that the prisoner was char ged with the murder of Amos Durfee, he proceeds to discuss the propriety of dischar ging on the facts stated in His affidavit. The points laid down,by the learned judge,.are: 1. That the points raised by the prisoner, first, that he did not participate in the alleg ed offence, and second, that, if present, he was acting in defence of his country from a treasonable insurrection, cannot be made a ■vailable in a Habeas Corpus, even for letting him to bail, much less fur ordering his un -qualified discharge. 2. That on Habeas Corpus, the examina tion’as to guilt'or innocence cannot, under any circumstances, extend beyond the dep ositions or proof by which the prisoner is committed, T ■ , S. That these views are a sufficient an swer to the.presen.t application, but as coun sel had raised the question of jurisdiction, the court were willing to go into it. 4. That the plea that this isa* national question, to be settled by the diplomatic powers of the United States and England, dbeh not divest the could of jurisdiction;.be cause to warrant the destruction of proper •ty or the taking of -.1 ife, qa ,th e gruumhgwf '/a\Yfalwar,6y-(frefawor'tis!idris heyeV exist without aconpurrence of the war making power. i 1. lor lured"™ 10 vvar between this nation and England, the U, States might take posses siqn of McLeod as aprisoner of war. Jf?,.,’Xhat.thqj)rdei- H jjn(ler-.whiclr-McLcod nnd his associates acted was not a lawfttl act •of majesty,-as contended for. by Mr.'Fox, since that transaction was then, lawful ah . initio and .requjredJino-Hiyal recognition; which is not pretended bh either side. _L. . 7. That regarding Durfee, as the enemy of England, who had taken,;sl|,elter on the neutral territory of the United States, she had no right, oh anjr pretence, to pursue him beyond her own limits, without violating the rights of the neutral nation. 8, That the transaction in which McLeod was engaged, is nut to be justified on the ground ofselLdefence and necessity, as no such necessity can be proved to have exist ed, the Caroline not being in the.act of ma l king'an, assault upon Canada, nor in a cun- Mlition'to make ones As well might a man who walks half.a-riiiile, to kill liis neighbor, in bed at midnight,’because be suspected him of meditating injury, plead’necessity as ah excuse. 9. That the fitting out of the expedition under Capt.-Drew, was an unwarrantable usurpation of authority on the part of the Provincial authorities. The Judge "then says; * "This brings us to the great question in the cause. We have seen that a capital of fence, was committed within our territory in , time of peace;, and the remaining enquiry is whether England has placed the offenders above the law and beyond our, jurisdiction; by ratifying and approving such a crime.— It is due to her, in tl(e first place, to deny that it has been so ratified and approved.— She has approved a public act of legitimate defence only. -She cannot change the nature "of things. She cannot turn that into lawful war whiph was murder in time of peace,— She may, in that way justify t|ie offender as ■■ between him and his own government. She cannot bind foreign courts of justice by in sisting that what in the eye of the whole, world was a deliberate and prepared attack, roust be protected by '.the law of stlf-de fence. **lq tlje second place, I deny that she can, in time of peace? send her men into pur ter ritory, ami render them impervious to our laws by embodying them and putting arms in their hands. She may'declitrewav; if she claim the benefit .ofpeacer as bothTiatio'hs have, done in this instance, the moment atiy of her citizens enter our territory, they are as completely-obnoxious to punishment by our law, as if they had been born and always' resided in this country;” ' . These parts are argued at length. The eoncluding paragraphs of the opinion arc as follows; . .■■■ '■ When a Grand Jury have charged that a: manhas committed, murder, in-tins State, -!, can imag’me no case, whether thfe charge re late to the time of open public warm-peace, in which he can claim exemptibn'from trial. If he show that he was in truth acting, as a soldier in timfeof public war, the jury will acquit him. The judge will direct them to obey the law of nations, which is undoubt edly part of the common law. So, if the accused were acting in defence against an individual invader country. But a hovc all things it ia important in the"latter ease for the jury to inquire whether ins al legation of defence be-not false or colorable. They camtot allowasan act of defence, the wilful, pursuing -even such, an enemy, though dictated by sovereign authority, into a country at peace with the sovereign of the accused, seeking out that enemy and taking his life. ..Such imjeed, can be nothing but a« act of vengeance.:, It can be nolliing.but a yiolatiqn of territory, a violation of the municipal law, the faith of treaties and the -law 6f nations. ■ . <■ .the government of the accused may ap 7irove,,(liplotnacymaygloze,buta jury .can qnly inquire whether he was a pnrty" to . the deed, or to any act of legal violence which heknewwouldprobably^dnDgerliurnan cerelyliopotheymaybcihpoutHeevidehce . in the case before-us, they will- then have • the pleasant duty fo perform of pronounc ing him not guilty. But whatever, may be their conclusion, we feel'the’utmost confi dence that the prisoner, though a foreigner, will have no just cause to complain that lie was suffering'wrong at the hands of ah A-' inerican jury.— . At our hands the prisoner had a right to require ah answer upon the facts presented by liis papers, whether in law he cap prop erly be holdcn fo a trial. We have had no declaration but to examine and pronounce upon the lcgal character of those facts, in order to satisfy ourselves.of thehearing might have,On the hovel nnd important ques tion submitted. That examination has led to the conclusion that \ye have no power to discharge the prisoner. . \ _ He must, therefore, be remanded, to take his trial in. the ordinary forms of laws. • The New York Evening Post has the fol lowing on the' subject: “The case of McLeod, unless legal ob jection is interposed, will how go to the ju ry. It is intimated however, in the,; wliig 'prints, thathc will take an appeal from the present decision to the Court for the Cor rection of Errors, which sits in August next. If we might be permi ttedio advise, we should tell him to do no such thing, but suffer the question to be determined at once upon its merits. He can gain nothing by resorting to the Court of Errorp, fur the plain reason that that Court, a major part of it at least, has already expressed an opinion. It is composed, it will be remembered, of the members of the Senate, the Whig portion of whom, at. the close.of the last session of the legislature, appended (heir names to what is called an address to their constituents, in which they uttered the most decided, senti ments.” , < The report alludcd-to by,the Post, refer ring to the correspondence between the Go vernor of New York and the Executive of the United States, says: ■*> «**The correspondence has been already submijt£ed to you, and we. are gratified to observe-that the positions assumed, and the course adopted by the Governor, main taining the honor and sovereignty of the state, have commanded the support and re ceived the approbation of the people, withr dfMcLeoits guilt or innocence is one exclusively belonging to the courts qritf jury of this stale;' thaVlike. vi vui.,x>ii eraaefe ifjnnocent, and suffer the punislimentof his criinc if guilty; and, that neither the British• Government nor the government of the IJ •niled-~Statcsrriar~ihirgdimrnrn’enrof.~Tfiisl State ought to h(fallowed to interfere, iirany manner with'the tegular course fif legal proceedings in the case. - .1: ~ ■ ■•’This was signed deliberately by every' lone of the whig Senators. ’They are com mitted upon the yc|ry points that- would come before the.court; and unless, since'their se paration they have received new light en the question and hew views, of duty, they will be compelled to treat tnfeoDaltcr pre cisely in the same manner it has becifTreat ed before the inferior jurisdiction. What effect the action of the general government may have had upon their convictions, we cannot say; but we can say, that ntr'intclli geht or honest man, who fixed his name to the whig address after weeks of the most solemn and careful thought, can have found any thing in subsequent circumstances, to induce Jiim to change his opinion. He must prove altogether recreant and unprincipled before he canadopt what is now considered the whig view of the dispute.” REPEAL OF THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY. Extracts from the Speech of Cdl. Thomas H. Denton, in the U. S. Senate, June 1841, upon the questioWof repealing the. Sub-Treasury. ■ f •Who demands the repeal, of Jhis system?. Not'the people of the United States; for there is not a solitary petition from the ..farmers, the .mechanics, the productive classes, and the business men, against it. Politicians ,who want a National Bank to rule the coun try, and* millionary speculators who want a Dank to plunder it—these, to be sure, are clamorous for the repeal; land for the obvious reasons that the present system stands ini the way of their great plans. But who else de mnndsjt? Who else objects.to cither feat lure of the Sub-Treasury—the hard money feature, or (h,e deposite of dur own moneys with our own officers? Make the inquiry—■ pursue it through its details—examine the community by classes, and see who objects. The hard money feature is in full force.; It took full effect at‘once In the South, and West, because there were no bank notes, in those.quarters of the Uni6n of the receiva ble description; it took full effect in New York and New England, because, having preserved specie payments, specie was just .as plenty in that quarter as paper money; 'and all payments were either actually or virtually in hard money. . It was specie, or its equivalent. The hard'iiioney clause then went into operation nt once, and'whq.com-. Stained of it? The payers of the revenue? to, not one of them. The merchants, who pay the duties, have not complained; the far mers, vyho buy the. public lands, Imvejnot complained. On the contrary they rejoice; for hard'money payments keep off the sneer ulator, with his hales of notes borrowed from banks, and enable the farmer to get his' land, at a fair price. • The payers of the revenue, then, do not complain. How stands it with the next most interested class—the receiv ers of rooney from the United States? Are they dissatisfied at being paid in gold find silver? And do they wish to go back to the depreciated paper-—the shinplasters—the compound of lampblack - and rags'—which they received a, few years ago? Put this in jjuirjr to the meritorious laborer who is work ing in stone, in wood, in earthV and in iron, for .you at this moment. Ask Mm if- he is l!. re o°u ar d money payments, anil wishes the Sub-Treasury system repealed, that, he may get a chance to. receive his pay in broken bank notes again. .. Ask the soldier and the manner the same question. A’sk thh salar ied officer and Die contractor the same. 'Ask ourselves here .if.wc wish who have seen ourselves paid; in. golth jjqtv.yeirs past, after ; having; been for thirty, years-without seeing that metal.’ No,;sir,' "no- Neirher the payers of money to the Gnvei;dinenf,n(Vh the 'receivers of ’money fronr t 1 leGoyerii meat, object to the hard money clause in the Sab-Treasury. How is' it,' then, with the body of the people—the great mass of the productive and business classes? Do they' object to (his clause? Not at all. They re joice at it; for they receive, at second hand, all that comes from the Government. No officer, contractor, or laborer, cats the hard, money which he receives from the Goveln ment, but pays it out forthe supplies which support his family; it, all 1 goes to the business and productive classes; & thus the payments from the Government circulate from hand to (land, and go through the whole body of the people. Thus the whole body of the pro ductive classes receive the benefit 'of the hard money payments. Who is it then ob jectsl to it?. Broken banks and their politi cal confederate s ore the clamorers against it. Banks which wish to make their papers pub lic currency; politicians who wish a Nation al Bank as a machine to rule the country.— These banks ahd. these politicians are the sole clamorers against the hard money clause in the Sub-Treasury; they alone clam.br for paper. And how is it with (he other clause, the one whicli places the custody of the pub lic money in the hands of our own officers, and makes it felony in them to use it? Here is a clear case of contention between the banks and the Government, or between the clamorers fur a National Bank and the Go vernment. These banksiwant the custody of the public money. They struggle & fight for it, as if it was their.owri; and if they get it will use it as their own, as we all well know. Thus, the whole struggle-fur (he repeal re solves into a contest between the Govern ment and. all the productive and business classes on the one-side, ami the federal pol iticians, the rotten part of the batiks, and the advocates fur a .National Bank on (he 1 other. ■ 1 '. ' v • • » , a 1" - ** r * v •Sir, it is now nightfall. We are at the end of a long day when the sun is more than fourteen-hours above fW horizon, and when a suffocating heat oppresses and overpowers the Senate. , My friends have movpd adjourn ments—they have been refused, i jiaye been compelled to speak now or never, and from this commencement we may see the conclusion. Discussion is to: be stifled; mea-' sures are to be'driven throbgb; and a niutil; 1830, not of 1840) is to manacle' with’ institutions which are nas abhorredf to l Jhe-Clonstitution- arq':jda'ngeronai,to:l, ut tlic'’peopic.' "A National Bank is to be es tablished, not even a simple and strong bank like , that of General Hamilton, but some monstrous compound, Imrnjff JicU nnffcliaus, ■ifmre: odmus,‘"dangerous, amf terrible, Ilian any Simple bank could be. Posterity is to be manacled, and delivered up in chains to ‘this.deformed mionstcr; ajul,bywlmj]!' > ~ Jly a'rumjj Congress, representing an expired census of the people, in the absence of mem bers from States, if they had" their members here, would still have but the one third part of their proper wcigi.t in the councils of the Union.' The-ccnsiis of 1840 gives many States,,and Missouri among the rest, three times their .present relative weight; •and no permanent measure ought to be discussed until this new relative weight should appear in Congress. Why take the census every ten years, if an expiring representation at the end of. the term may reach over, and bind the increased numbers by laws'which claim immunity from repeal, and which arc rushed through without debate? Am I to submit to such work? No, never!, I will war a gainst the Hank you may establish, whether a simple or a compound monster; I will war against it by every means known to the Con stitution and the laws.' I will vote for the repeal of its charter, as General Harrison and others voted for the repeal of the late Bank charter in 1819. I wjll promote quo tvarrariid , i)and sci. fa’s, against it. 1 will oppose its friends and.support its enemies, and at its destruction in every, legal and constitutional way. ’.I will waruponjt while f. have.breath; and ,if I.incur.political extinction in the contest, I shall consider my,..life. well sold-—sold for a high price— when lost in such a cause. “• ' “THE PLUNDER BILL.” The New York Herald’s money ‘article, has the following remarks on'what it very i justly terms the ‘•‘National plunder bil(.” ’ „ Notwithstanding the favorable prospect for the passage of the distribution, dr “na tional plunder Bill,” state stocks, for the benefit of the holders of which the ujiquify is to be committed/do. not matcri anyriinprove in value, although money con tinues, very plenty. 17 This apparent anoma ly grows but of two causes: one is.thd fact; that althoughithe distribution of the -lands will take, $3,000,000 a year from the al treasury, it will be distributed in d man ner which wdl be of no benefit to the most indebted States, or those the stocks of which are must depreciated. ■ The yearly interest of the State of Indiana is $750,000, and'.if the sales of the lands are $3,000,000 year ly, she will receive, according to her repre sentation, $87,000. The.lllinois intereg); is $780,000 and she with receive $37,000, The Maryland interest is $767,000, and she will receive $lOO,OOO. Pennsylvania inter est is $2,000,000 add she will receive $350,- 000.,.Alabama interest.is $600,000,- and she will receive $61,000. Mississippi in terest is $625,000, and she - will,- receive, $90,000. Arkansas. interest is $186,000, and'she will receive $12,000.V From tins it is.evident that the real-relief'afforded by this measure will be-very small. It really will be an injury, becaqse it will only stim ulate, burrowing. .... ; Another cause is the cnmlition of the for eign markets, which precludes the'hopeof a speedy vent abroad for thestock. The sup ply already of these stocks is than the market .will hear, and without a foreign,market, stocks, like flour, must fall' tb.a’very low rate. In a period of ,univer sal stagnation .-of business, when the mer chants are afraid to.operate* and. therefore do not want money, theTunds of the capit-. alistsiaccumulate on'their hands, and they may»Uien afford to invest them in stocks, bearing 5 or even 6 per cent interest; These are then guided by thc,piaha fbility of being v ablie to-realize^the '■ funds, a gain, \yilhout loss,, when returning business agSip-creates a,;demand, American capital %yill always .yield; a, belter return in. busj ness.t|iahfiir;stu(;ks. In England there is. .usually,a Surplds.in.quibt tiinesCthat’ N seeks stock for investmcnt,: as a mattec of necea sity. When this is the case, capitalists here find a ready vent when they wisj; ti) realize. This is not" now the case, however, political agitation in England as here, has raised a storm which cause capitalists to. hold back. At (hc;same moment that the National Go vernments of the’world are crowding'upoh the money market for loans. The following is a list of the proposed loans. NEGOTIATIONS. AMOUNT. France, ,Ope half BkofFrancc, $90,000,000 Austria, " In Holland, 60,000,000 “ ' In England, 70,000,000 Russia, With Hope&Co.4 pcrct. 14,000,000 Spain, ‘ In London, 30,000,000 Belgium. . “ . 20,000,000 Brazils, *' . lO.OQO.OOt) Texas, • , In Paris, , 5,000,000 Great Britain; .Probably, - ' 20,000,000 United States, Proposed, 30,000,000 Total loans, $3<19,000,000 This vast supply' of stocks are, coming on the market at a moment when it is proposed inEngland to overturn the whole order of things, under which her enormous debt has grown up. The yearly interest is. $150,- 000,000, and has been, thus far supported by the artificial prices for, the produce of the country, caused by (he high duties. By the duty on'corn the price has.been kept up to 60s. or 915 per quarter; at this rate 10,- 000,000,quarters will represent the annual ■interest, but if by reducing- the duty, the prices, as is supposed; will be brought down, to 40s. or 910 per quarter, it will require 15,000,000 quarters to pay the-annual in terest. The operation will be the same as adding'so per cent to the national debt; that is, it will require half as much more of cx 'changcablc.commodities to pay the interest as before. The rcsu)t must be a great re-' duction in this quantity of surplus money seeking, investment abroad.' The decrease of supply of money is brought about at the sqme moment with an increased demand; the result must be a very great, fall in the price of stock, qr an exclusion from the mar ket. Russia, Austria.and.France want mo ney for military purposes, and must have it —they will pay any price for it. The Uni ted States must get'it'at par. for their 5 per cent stock of not at all.. This there.is very little-probabilily;tltateveittlt'e ; ;fed.<^l''EUV^ pare*n|readVdishoiwrcd; and others threaten From the'lllinois Stale Register, THE OLD SOLDIERS. - Whcn thc brave.and true patriots of (he last-war-wei;e-figb ti ng‘ forr thcir-emin try, where was ijanieT Webster? I call upon those who suffered hunger,- thirst, and all the inclemencies of the weather, betides the bloody bal-bafify'ilf a savage foe to answer’ this question. Where.then wasDan’l Web ster? Let those who participated in the perils of. the Northern and Southern cam paigns—those who .fought at Fort Meigs, Frenchtown, Thames, Lundy’s Lane, New Orleans, &c. tell us where was Daniel Web ster in the times that tried men’s’souls? lie. was in (he Congress of the. United States voting to starve out the American armies. He was exerting Ida influence to withhold supplies of food and clothing from those who were bleeding and agonizing fur the liberty of this.glorious Union., What say you old soldiers, is the charge riot strictly true? Is it not as true as holy writ, and no man will have the hardihood and impudence to deny it.' During all that dark and .gloomy period Daniel Webster was, heart and soul against the war and ev ery plan and measure,wbiclr could be de vised, to carry on the operations with - suc cess against the enemy. 'Where now is the Same Daniel Webster? When our beloved country was invaded,our institutions threat-' ened' with ruin, and the blood of uur.people flowing profusely,Dan’l Webster was weigh ed and found wanting. But tlus isaday of peace; of prosperity; of glory to Uur.country —vriiepi now is Daniel Webster? ®Wul the old soldier give lis the answer? He is pla ‘ceflas the ruler.bver us. He is the prime minister of (life federal dynasty, the chief and leader and organ and orncle of the paqj ty ib power. He daily proscribes those jyho ffouglit for their coun try to make room fur some sycophants of his own. Those who wiirswearallegianccto him and ,prostitute their, integrity) and'sometimcstbc honor of (heir families, to Ip9 ambition and lust,. can find favor at the footstool of power.,. What say you old soldiers? In times of danger, hardship and perils he' was aiding and as sisting the enemy. Ndw he is ruling with a rod of iron. In war he was fur the-British and Indians who were burning the cities and. butchering the inhabitants ol the country. In peace he is promoted over the heads of thuseyvho still bear the scars of the battle field: And this, is the affection of federalism fur the soldiers of liberty. , . Let every man read and reflect upon these things, and consult with friends and neigjf-" bora about the crisis, of the times. Hamel' Webster is the ruler-.of the American lie public. What a libel upon our institutions. Whdt a humiliation: What a' degradation to the feelings of those who love the land of their ancestors! WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE MON EY? The editor of the Painsville Republican puts to us the following question: “ Will the editor of the Statesman inform us through the medium of his paper, wheth er Congress made an appropriation, ait their last session to pay for taking the sixth cen sus—and'.if so, whether the muds have come into the hands of the Marshall Of tjiia state for that purpose.” ' Congress long since made an*appropria-. tion for this purpose, and the rumor here is,'' that the money to pay the Marshalls for ta king, the census of Ohio, wi|l be here in a few days. It is indeed The delay has been most scandalous. : '> A' _ : y fly the way, what has MK Ewing done with the two millions" debt lie, bas. already, involved’ the country in? Frombll quarters we hear lhat-not a dollar has been received since the 4th of March, by Governmeot'cre-' ditdrs. Dues the money go to.favbrites, and cliques especially, in the good graces - of the .trcasuiyidfepartment, or is it spent in hiring secret committees to look into the politics of..workmen in the employ,of Government? There is some-, mystery about this matter that.rcquires explanation. r : ;.' If thingsigo ofr as they have commenced (he, taxes of the people will have to bedo'u bled to keep the Government afloat; and this we are assured is the, real object of (he fed-' ieraj cabinet at Washington. This is the e- CONOMy prorniaedfk it! ,What shameless humbug—what wretched imposture—wor thy 6f.hard,cider* coon skins and 'pipe-lay ing. First steal iftfay men’s senses by log. cabins and, liquor—then their votes —then their property by taxation. Shame upon the intelligence of the age. No "wonder the judgments of an insulted Deity are visited nppn the nation,— Ohio Statesman, . r. fl ’* . S» . . . From-the N.’ : Y. Journal of. Commerce. REV; E. K. AVER-Y, It is a most remarkable and providential circumstance, that aftcr’jiearly nine years, during which the above named individual has suffered in public estimation as a mur derer, the cvidepce has at last come 'out, which lie sought in vain to obtain at the,time of his trial,, and which if ...obtained, would have-completely established' his innocence. The case is thus seated in a letter from'Bris tol, Rhode Island, to the editor of the Bus-’ ton Post: At the time that Mr. Avery vyas arrested, in accounting for his absence from his fam ily on the night of the 20lh December, 1832, he stated (hat he had been on a visit to the coal mines, and that, on his return;" he was belated accidentally, till it was’ too late to' cross (he ferry between Portsmouth and Bristol, arid that, therefore, he was compel led to slccp'’at the ferry house. The fact was proved; by the ferryman, but still it did not account for all-the absent time. He further stated, that, about sunset, he ' met a boy in’the fields of Portsmouth, of whom he inquired the way, to the ferryv—-If-this boy could have been produced into court, Mr. Avery would have been instantly' ac ; quitted. ' Every human effort was made fo find the, boy, without success. Buttheftoy, now a young man, is still Jiving; is in the town of-Bristol; arid he sta"hds ready to-cor roborate-the statements of'Mr. Avery. His affidavit has. been taken by an .eminent and intelligent magistrate of the (own of Bristol;, and the.'reasons \vhyjie did not present him -1 are Satisfactorilygiven.': As -Hicy j involve.others, they are-omitted, by pie, baf i public. If the"boy that i oaf, young man that flow is, can' be relied on, and his char acter is said fo be.unimpeachable, no man can hereafter doubt (hat .the Revcreml-E -•phrSim-14-.-Avery-ha- I ri(ithing"tiy'tlri-wrfh •the murder op the girl-, .Sjirah -Maria Cor nell.’’ There is so.much disposition among a por.-. tiun bf lhe commumfy lii imagine'cvil agaipst the clergy, that in case of accusation qrsus* picion, unless they can present the dearest proof of innocence, they arc, by public sen timent at least, adjudged to be guilty. • We were.amortg the few editors who, during and subsequent to Avery’s trial, were disposed to think charitably of bis case,, and express-; ed ourselves accordingly. Yet ther& was confessedly a lack nf positive, unquestiona ble evidence of his innocence. - Or-rather, there was a gap in the evidence; a period of time which was unaccounted for; and which, fur aught that could be proved to the con trary, might have been employed in the commission of the murder. Had the priso ner been able to prove that he was in (be fields of Portsmouth at the date mentioned, the time would have been all accounted for, and the chain of evidence.complete. But, notwithstanding the universal, notoriety which had been given in the case, anil the unwearied'efforts which were made to find the man and boy whom lie said be saw on Portsmouth fields in the gap of time unac counted for,,.nothing could be heard from them;* and this circumstance tended strong ly to his prejudice. It was said, if be bad seen any man and boy, and spoken to them, of either of them,, they must have.known it; and'after all the noise which had been made about the case they mustrunquestinnably be awdrcmf the importance'of their testihlony. YVhy then did they not make (heir appear ance; Why could nothing be seen or beard of them? To these questions no satisfacto ry answer could-be given. And although the Jury returned'a verdict of “Not .Guil ty,” public senliment pronounccd the pris oner guilty; ' 1 , *Mr. Randall, in his opening for the-de fence, said “Unfortunately for the prisoner, every effort to trace out ihc nian and boy have been unavailing.” WONDERFUL ESCAPE ■ A more ‘remarkable escape from death by lightning than that we now place oil record; . perhaps nas never occurred in. this country. On the afternoon of the 30th ult.; the child ren from ojir several schools, to the number of upwards of four hundred, wore assembled "at the vestry of the Baptist Meeting.housp, preparatory to a picnic which they were tO attend on the Sd inst. About 4 o’clock;' a small cloud came up, from which a heavy clap of,thunder proceeded, apparently very near by, in consequence of which, and of o ther indications of a shower,"they were dis missed in the hope that they would have time to peach their homes before it should rain.— ; It is-estimated however, thabtnot more than about one third of them had ’left the room, when the building was struck by-a-heavy discharge of the electric fluid, which spent most of its; force.; in the lower part of the house, particularly in the vestery whereUhe children were assembled. The scene which ensued may be imagined but cannot be de scribed'. ; Of the 250 children who were in the room, portion, Were struck' .instantly -to the:iloor. ,Fifteen dp twenty who,-were crowding to the floor were laid' prostrate in a heap, piled one upon another. Some were stunned; and others appear .Ip haye-been deprived, for a time, of.their rea sofi. Some dozen or fifteen of. thefii .were more ondess lnjiycd, but Rohe of them da?f gerously i Adaughtei of the published of this paper, dbout ninefyears old,was blis tered-oa.hcjy right wrist, on her left arm arid' on the bottbmsof her feet. .Her torn*,fronl her unper leather rent to, tatters, and adipie aboln aa-.hfrge as would be made, by a - good sized buck- shot was pierced by the elucfric-floid, through the sole of each. ,'VV’hen brought h’ohfe. jjer feet were mttch'Bwoli£h a n dl obke it redan d inflamed, as if they.had been dipped in water not quite hoterioughtUirais^ablistcrjexccpiEpn.thie; shies directly over where the hole* Were burnt in the bottomof the shoes, where blis ters were raised; She could not stand, and complained of numbness from lifer knees downward, except in her feet, which were ■exceedingly sore to the touch. But she re covered so as to be about the house, appa rently as well as usual,'-the next morning, except a slight lameness Train the'burn on one of her feet.. A child of LewisThaycr had her shoes torn from her feet in a similar manner; Other children were burnt on dif ferent partslof their bodies. AH of them, •we belicve.were in a good degree recovered the next morning, except a daughter of Pe ter Slater, who wits more injured' than the rest but not dangerously so. - • _ The damage by flic lightning was. owing to the unscientific and defective manner in which the conductor was flttpil. In putting it up, a hole was drilled into a rock, some three or four feet deep, into which the lower end was inserted and there left, instead of • being carried to where it could communicate to some conducting substance. It might just about as well have been cut off at the sur face of the earth. As might have been ex pected, the” fluid, tillable to escape at the lower end, exploded, and entered the side of the house about midway from'the caves to the ground, and apparently. some other places lower dotvn. It tore off tlie clap boards and covering for some extent about Die place where if first entered. Thence it. seems .to have spread itself in all directions through the lower part of the house. ' Tim- • bers were shivered, and the marks of the > .fluid are to be traced with, more or less dis tinctness over a considerable portion of the vestry floor. The children-which were most injured were (it the cml of the room next to the.conductor, someof them standing direct- . ly under an open window, where, it is be lieved, a portion Of the fluid entered.' The door is at the other end of thc ronin. The cloud from which thjs shock proceed ed, was, as wc have-before said, small; but little rain fell from it at all,.anil, at (he time the house was struck, we lielicve the sun shone bright. The discharge of fluid ap peared to be. a very heavy one, and-the es cape 'may justly be'considercd most remark able, Tlje occasion .will. long-be m^i\pr;Ud;e., v «T ri ess. ;> the deliver',' ” * t . pmy- by .them,'hut by. rim**-.■: ■: 'lVThose who Desmie Health . I hereby certify, that I was afflicted for yearswith a severe nervous disease, attended with jyconstant pain in the breast, side.- andjilpjTiach,, ziilcss in the h&id, pain in the'Stomach after eat ing, & other symptoms which attend indigestion, my bowels were irregular. . Having .had advico-of varioUs-physicians during th'fe long peribd,* and lised’much medicine which on!}' pro? duced temporary relief. In the year 1839, I was often unable to leave my house, and being n poor widow, dependent on iny-own labor for a living,* was obliged to go from" house to. house to obtain it. I at length gave up all hopes of recovery, and to Him **lnat created ainhlhga/* • I fortunately was favored with work in.l'Jighth street, **’when the family* discovering my miserable situation, im mediately recommended Dr. lIARLICH'S COM POUND STRBNGTHENYKG GERMAN “A -PKRIKNT PILLS, which they procured l for me. I used them, and continued for about three months; during the time my strength rapidly increased, my countenance and palid cheek returned to their foi mcr and .natural colors. Since 1 have fully recov ered, and at present enjoy perfect health, I feel it my duty to Inform the public at largo of. the great virtues of Dr. HAULICH'S MEDICINE, that others may procure jt, and be likewise cured, 1 am well known in this city; ariy person*wishing me, can call htjny residence. ■ ... I\TARV H. FOURSMAN. Jackson street, hack of 141 Poplar lane. - (CrPttl'NClPAly OFFICE, No. 19 North EIGHTH street, Philadelphia, whefe teslimoniaU mayhcBc.cn, AGENT.*—7?r. John J, Jlfr/Cru, Proposed A mondmc-ut to, tlio Constitution. “Resolution Relative to the Amendment of ■ of the State Constitution. “Resolved hv the Senate and House of Repre sentatives in (ieiu ral % Assembly met, Thai the Constitution hi ibis. Common wealth* be aiiieiuUd in the third section of the second article, so that it shall read as follows; .■ » - ••That the Goyi rn«*r shall hold his office do ing three yeais, from the third Tne.sdayof-Ji.n jnury,'’next ensuing his election, and shall hot be capable of holding if longer than' a mkglk tkrm OF thkke ykars, ill .aiiy term of nine years. WM. A. CRABB. Speaker of the House of Ken. ' ’ , JN. H. IvUJNG, ..Speaker of the Senate. Pennsylvania; ss. 5 " - Stfciit.TAßY’s Office. S v l.do hereby certify that the foregoing i$ n true ropy of.a Uesohition proposing np‘ amendment of-the Constitution, which w?\s agreed mat the last session ol tlie Legislature, by a majority if. the members elected to each house, the eiigiiial of which remains hied in .this office; and in ft m* pliance*" with the tenth article of thcOonstiimu n' of the Commonwealth, I dci hereby cause,the bme to be published, as»directcd by the said ' article;. * • IN-TKSTI MON Ywh ereof, I have heVi unto 1 set;fnv hand and said office, at Harrisburg, this 14th day of June, 1841; ' v . . ' - •Secretary of-the Comjnoh wealth. DR. S. LT. STEWART, Thomsonidn Tiotanit Practitioner of Med icine and . Obstetrics: No. 2, Alexander's JlotQf Pitt Street, neanthe PailJlond '. • • , Hotel. ; . • RESPECTFULLY inform* his friends and the public generally, that .solici tation) he has removed froiri 'Shiremaiistnwn to Carlisle, where he may bevfiinnd at all times' unless professionally engaged. ~ The "afflicted sh rll nt.all times he.'treated, wifh purely vege table medicines, “No P6fsons”iind in strit t ac cordance with the, principles laid down by that great- scicncc, Dr. Samfael, Thomson, , i . ' * Chronic Cases —suenms Consumption,-Liver Complaint, Dropjfes, Hheunialisms. and Can cers, are more cspSsially informed that thenew system is admirablvadapted to their.cases. ‘ ? Invalids fronia,distauce k qrtn,be ficcomtoodn ted with Boarding y»liilft,under ‘medical treat* fnent, bn reasnnahle terms. '” - , . ,C"ar)isle, July;ls, J§4l. t TheDemocralic ® e P u Wican of Cum berland county, are requested 'to assemble in county mepling, according to custom, at the Court House, .in the Borough .of Carlisle; On Monday evening the ninth cf Jlugutt nett, at earlyijandle light. . : v Carlisle, July 1,.)541. ;d;.; ' -“ * Job work neatly cxecuted at lli! offlge. . . v... r;.. . ■ r - > ‘ ,rv f
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