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gIIRCKFLA'TION, 2176.
O. F: READIifIf..I6..F.R4ZIER;EDI76II3
"F.. - Z.,L.VIS. CORRESPONDING EDITOR
MONTROSE, SUSQ.
Thursday. April 14. 1939.
STATE C-0-NVENTION. -
...: 4.14 citizens -of Philadelphia and of the several
countlis of this Commonwealth attached to the' Peo
-
pie's party, and all others who art opposed to the on
.. Yise and extra agaqt measures of the National Ad
ininisqation. are requested to send delegates, equal
la - number to their'representation in the General As.
-emptily, to a Convention to be held at flartamacan,
ow.liPansmense, ITS OTR Of .11.1i1C, 1859, to nominate .
• candidates for Auditor General and Surveyor General,
- to be voted for it the General Election in next Octo
' ber. IEfENRY M. FULLER, tflheirmen.
Wu. B. MANN, - Secretary. • -
OrAlastory of the Stephens poisoning 'ease,
which has recently etched go much Interest in New
York, will be fonnd on the first page of this paper.
t r Mr. E. H. Warner, of,Forest Lake, brought
intb our office, a day or two ago, a hen's egg that
'meudred inches in circumference one iray, and
8 inches the other way, and weighed 3+ entices.--
Pretty: large" fruit." for a "common hen."
We hare recently' examined some superior
pitchforks, manufactured by the Montrose Fork
Company. Much pains has been taken to . procure
.the but materials,, feor both forks and aisles 7,, and
they are made and finished in a Workmaufike style.
Messrs. Hawley and _Lathrops are entitled to credit
for intAudusing"t*brinch of industry into the &Am
ty, and their enterprise should be encouraged by all
who appreaa' te, the benefit to the community 'arising
from the'establishment of home manufactures.
fa r It seems that the land of Old is not all sun
shine. A earrespondent writes, to us from Korth
Sat Juan, California, underdate of February 211 h,
1859, as &flews; "We hareliad rain for thirty dap
every day ; and rain, snow, ball, wind, and sunshine
to-day."
. -
We publish to-day a all for the People's
State Convention, to be held at Harrisburg, on the
paint June, to nominate candidates for Auditor and
Surveyor General. -*e hope to see every county, In
'the State folly and ably represented, in' order, that
candidates, unexceptionable in every respect, may
• be selected, and snob measures adopted as will thov
ougbily harmonize and unite the opponents- of the
corrupt National Administration, and lead to a tri•
umpli over the Slavery Battalions unprecedented in
the poilticil history of the Oki Keystone State.
tir 3fr..chase's bat giving Justices of the Peace
power, with a gry, to try assault and battery cases,
and other minor offences, passed the House, April
sth. ."We do not know what are its chances for be
,
coming a law this session, though we think' it will
event:tally.
.
ariis.ing, on i
bra rote of 72 to & A correspondent - of the Phil
-
atielpkia stye that this rote cannot be taken as
an indication of the teal strength of the bill, for
which some thirty or 'thirty-fire members art pre
pared to tide . ; while \ some of the eight members
who voted to proceed 'to the serotid reading, did so
to bring the bill up for diiersialem, in order to make a
disektsnre of the influences brought to hear to secure
itg passage. •
. I Tke Ifontnue Drnieffld is a very small pa.
per. Cerullo citizens of Harrold sent to daktwo pa
pers published here a statement with regard to the
Sophia finuly,—the article i closing with these wools:
tire believe the &basal° be a simple statement of
facts, and desire their publication in both the Mont
rose papers." Pe..Demperat received the article as
Soon f as we did, but delves:fits ptdirmation oneweek,
and then credited it to the Republican, and omitted
froarthe sentence gunted above the words " in both
th!-Mcmualle PaPert." The object of this little trick
is evident, bat it is *boost too small for notice.
- 111" Where is" the indomitable Patibbk 1" We
hire not hind anything of this favorite -Of the Ses
quehanna Democracy, tor. some time. It ' was be
..whose eloquence persuaded them that Packer was the
. great eatbocfmtent of Pennsylvania Democracy, and
• made them to enthusiastic. for bin nomination for
Governor. —But now Packer has forsaken them ; or,
ratlier, they-live forsaken Packer, and are wander
ing sheplentlirm whererer a • wry-necked and obsti
. - nate old Buck chooses to lead them. Why not fiend
for lambi& the einuota; to collect the wanderme
once mote imp,ethen and direct them where to go,
t ir Among the names attached to the sell for in
antl-Lecompon Democratic Conventima in this State
- are these of Hon. - ?. B. Streeter And WOrtant
_Hart
. Ilaq.,"ol - diO' county. The Dentecrai can hardly
versnade the peciderof Seaquelmena that These Min
are tithe, 4 ' atria" or "lunatic.' And are John W.
Tomei order Of the Pine ; Goals Fandentori, bite
Binattilisna this tlistriet ; John Hickman, I. C.;—
Disdalliesrpod, of Tio late - ears:Mate for Con
. pus ; lonia Gs amble, of Lyeotaing, ex-Congress,
. &Made, ex-Member of the Legislature
'''e" Doti Berlis; G. W. Pierce, order of the Democratic
florin - Westchester ; Derst Wasster, CommisMon.
• er of the Penal Code ; James P. Johnston, lareterly
l etiliiraillt thYDetaccratic &ate Committee; aed
stretal brat* others whose names are signed to
the cag dor the Corteendtii;•" - taythe or " kinks r
- Itikitellearnnatic party that is lunatic; rather, and
likeiJ noon to be a myth. _
tirrhe election news Thai allistits of the coos.
try. is mast chatting. As we intimated tut meek, the
Itepubßeans have wade's' clean sweep of Connecticut,
having elected sot only the Bowe elates and a haze
osojoeiti of both ..Braechet of the Legishaure, but
oleo op is or of -the,CeOgresteum. is a Rep:gal
' ego phi of too on the last Ccogrees.
- Ia Shod! blend, the Aepohacers have
.
_ snapback though is awe Coq* heal distnet there
- Asa* eiwirst; as there were throe ewes maim
Zio tee of, whom had a majority over bstb the others
.., , A!ientt eke *ictu is to be held, which will no tioilt te
:$.641i11.011100410. 431 .1 i Reflation?
!be Ashsig Venial bt.-Wiebigts, ..114a* 4th,
ths.ligaigisapsaarriell the &ate by abets 12,000
.ILsmiaealas i -lima teen earded isy'the liepobS :
offkikY• _
tepebleaae, ,, ee: Emaaeiptioa Democrat;
tea!) beaks tbejneaaiierpThesee,g at a amid&
deeaiim is SL IxediAkta e 1
,4"
Veit etaalia—Plkiy, 5er16r0a0 1 ,277 ; Beg,
and 'ph . !emend; 1,E62 Nymea. UNA* SAL .
Repei!Lealivietorlia, withia the iiiatew d,ya,.
are annonneed In the following eldes, , sank (CPU*
Dieweritiirelevelend..sed
Portina;mc; sprinfiao, 4
leinaterAu,bl.,. Aka". arn.= - 0
„ *O7 $ 11121 4 1 .9# 1 .045 - ar l o -# 11 4 4 °v 1 . 4
4 4 0 , 494.b0k
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Billiddfillial •
The Republicans of /Susquehanna county =bp*
mint to cell, at the Courklitiuse, in ilontrosi, on
Woodsy evening; April Ilth, ISO. The
s Zf ,
wait called iisOiely 64026410
Ny
Republkan /Situ 'email/tee/and o' - iced* the
election of r 1.4 ells,ilitarldge , Cit. n ,
Gordon 31 ,
40 -, New ltDfoot, and: arrePtyler
of MAitrcooeriool:PresiOntiffindir: 14..Ciiiimon
and X. L. Catlin; Secretariei. • •
On motion, D. - R. Lathrop was elected Represent.
ative Delegate to the State Convention.
On motion, A. Chamberlin vas chosen Ser.atorial
Delegate,
-The Chalrinan,appointed the following
. Senatoria l
Conferees B. Eldred, ..0. Mott, jr., and Win. L
Post. „ • •
- . •
Mired tired carried that the Delegate-1) chosen have
power to substitute.
speech of much:ability aud eloquence. He reriewzd
end discussed-dm varioni hnpoetant measures bro't
before the how ieeefon of C.mgretw, , — , Cuba, the Poet.
office, - Oregon. ac. •
"Otimotion, the meeting edjonrned. -
'yr, ,The Crnivry, the new paper recently mats.
lie"hedin New lark by ltr;ilcfilrath, forinerly of
the natter, is iapkUy winning Us way to popularity,
by substantial merit, instead of puffing. jEach num.
her is an intellectual feast. IThe piper anima fail to
achieve a groat success, if there is any just discrimi
nation in the pubk taste. '
Court Proceedings.
strorrED /OR THE "INDRIMAIINT REPCSLICAII:"
iuDoit =mar., RIAD... AND pint-
BOWS ON TEE BRICK.
Monioss, - PA., - APRIL SM10:11@, IRO
- Commonwealth vs. Daniel Smith. Indictment,
Assiuh and Battery. Little and Post for Common.
wealth, Bentley and Fitch for D4ntre.
D. C. .frickaon, swown.l lire in Auburn township,
this county., was in at Ransom Ford's on the 10th
day_ of March last, when Mr. Smith commence d the
assault upon Inc. When he came into Ford's house,
he asked me what I was about there.. replied—
Thetis my business. lle then *puck rue with a po.
' and hitt me quite bid 'ln 'the 'breast. Be
swung_ the hammer over my head, and swore he wn'd
kill me if I didn't !sire the - Mate. Be also , made
for the axe, but Ford naught it. Be then struck at
me with hie list. I partially dodged, and he. hit me
on the aide of My face, which hurt ins considerably.
- Ransom Ford, sworn.—l Was present at the aft•
malt upon Mr. Jackson by Mr. Smith. It was in my
house. Mr. Smith came into the • house and asked
Mr. Jackson' what he was &bait there: Jackson re.
plied. that was .his business. • Mr. Smith then strurk
him Stith a poker, and swung the hat Amer .over his
bead and swore be would kill hint, if he irer came
In there again. Be also mule for the axe, when I
caught it from him.
[Here the Commonwealth rested, and the Defence
proceeded with their testimony.]
'Micros Clink, acorn.—l was in to Mr. Jackson's,
soon attei the Wray between him and Smith. I did
not hear Jackson say,'ebber than or at the trial• be
forethe Justice of the Peace, s t nythkrg" about being
hurt. He paid that Mr. Ford took an axe in a threat
ening attitude to strike Mr. Smith, but prevented .
from - so dtdng.
Jan Smith, arern.—l way present-at the !anti
between Smith and Jackson. Jr. Smith struck at
him si itt a poker but did not hit him, Be after
wards swung a hammer over his head. - Ile had or.
dered him but of doors before he struck him at all.
After it brief elm' ir,e by the Court, the Jury ren.
dered a verdict of "
ComMonwealLL rs. James Watson. Indictment,
Larceny. Bentley -and That for Commonwealth,
Streeter and gorion for Defence.
Mg ltdrcotTify 4 .7)ZhilretTlarieriiri-rtagl
went to the funeral.of one of my friends, and left a
pocket-book in my house with some twelve dollatv of
money in it. The next morning I founa the pocket
book, had been taken from my, house: I found it in
my front yard, near the door, and one two-dollar bill
on the Eusquehanna Valley Bank was missing. 'had
1110011/1 to believe that James Watson had taken it.
I seeonrmgly askedldm like had it, tusti he said be
had not. I had him arrested, and found some money
with bin, which he afterwards owned was mine. Be
add he got two five-dollar bills.
• "O en Jr. rifany, asiora.—l am the ton of Geo.
W. Tiffany. I was at home lot Winter when he eras
gone to the finess'. James Watson will in the
bona once ork
i tary k 3; during the day, I think it was
the filst of Fe last.
F. Ir. An Swers.--James Watson came tome
last February and paid me • two-dollar tiil lon the
Susquehanna, Vfalley Bank, for artleks out of my
sore. Be said he got the moneynf Jeremiah Brown
for work: , -- ~,
ES
Jeremiah. ?men, rourn..-1 never paid Jurnes
Watson the money in %needful. '
• t [Here the Cramonireelth rested, and the Counsel
for the Defence whhdr,ew the pies of .4 Not Guilty,"
and entered the pie% of " oulty.l
The C.ittrt sentenced the prisoner to the House of
Refuge.
•
Commonwealth vs. t
_William . and Shannon. In.
dictment, Larceny. The priomere, being 'arraigned,
plead Katy to the charge, in manner and form as
inflicted. • The'Cotirt - „ as In tbe else above, sentenced
them to the House of Refuge. .
Caumortneahh vs. Richmond Hal]: Int:Bement, -
Larceny. Newien. and Meat= for Commonwealth,
Little and Poet for Ddence. •
Wm. W. liastedmool2.invern.--1 litre in .Ticluon
Winship. thu "nutty. About the 10th of October
last, I missed a hive of bees and honey,. Xy, bee.
house is Omit four'or fire rods from the road.
found the track of a men in the road, which Mea
sured, and which correepouded. with the track that I
measured in New Milford. The track in the raid.
led in a northwest titration: Tioemd portions of the
beehive and box in-the woods out of my house.—
The beehotuee is fear or fire rode from my igmse.
.Qoareremined.—Hail has been to see me mien
times to settle this matter. . I never offered to settle
eith-him for twenty dans In my life. . 1 Minh
there was some 120 or 125 potmds of honey in the
bite. - • - •
Eaderbrookt, aiers, tan the asa of W. W.
Easterteeas. • We lost a hire of the 10th
of October lest .We wade a sear* end went, ,to
Hare the day we missed the hooey. Afterwards
found the beehive. in the woods, east, or the road.
Mortister -Irethwsw, seisMreliall at Gt.
•Bend witlra pail of hooey tone time tut - Fan
canolarsithNr. Hewitt He mine down on the
eats arihr ail Sew IBiwd,Depot. The bailey in the
pail was uneovered. I spoke to Mr. - Hsi!, but be
seemed rather to imnrenmicat. I was brake
man on the ears afthe time. • • -
.
Henry Crane, itarro. 7 4 bought a p ill of honey
'of slower& 'maxi at Gnus Bend, hurt October. I
should think there was pee 204tmitids of *347.--r
It was quite eirtflullbemendig" beftee: keg*
/ had nentrioen!the aaan before Ant ; dine 'that, I
know of I think Oat* re is big sk l 4 deklYes,st
the time.
"' liner" Sat taid Alefirs he
wad Jr. &wilt bed Wiwi ZeniOilioli4 J.
"d.sebt s , rp#itl• of it to Ir. Rem, Qui t ., i t th e
Bel ' A• -Hs L u elle 4 l ;ADM Ow time to gel we sotto
6 °7 *id Itha4 ' :e" . 444, ikm 4 hhn Ofile rat,
Crawezamiaal.-.-1 am 19 yeas
.14
11119adMarnitip, I have but vo4llllM9sy akth
..114 Hall I? porOevim., - -
. ,
Oli*:ltotorrik4 moom.—.Xr. Hal Sold Iwo Oat
hp sidiltr. ilopoittind Wise Ito, Itutaitirockto
*eh ostiold loom of k. This comrstion
twoolion tolt moloottloolt plus sone tioodetrok
I won poot oil bit may. . gau mold a
Avoid mar ibot Wm* hod too midis Moms SO
thilligikibilliWkati hifelL
11104e -.; re:-
l i ttlillsOlte i Cali? rjm . ".lox or Wairtttair - g i nVlts.
.We bawelbtll day received Roo ite.,‘ , ;ty Sir Wat.
i n
ti ,
4
tai Is, 2,tt, ' the third *rem o f T. B. 'Peterson
w , y ~e ~the
Sr.
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(Iv ltittA the -is 1 ..". , tw .omlitygind
_AO P. et4botti4ii, s .' ,:;,,_,,, . „_fii*de
Aire triiiieltriet:Pitt ne t tight.‘ ' P riatttiilrrer,
beretalfere," to the introduction ofltt - .'works, ho
been the high price at which they haCek, been held.
but this objection is now or eremite, by
_the publicas
ton of theue works of Scott in such a fornt and at.
smell a low price as to bring thaw within. the . Omens
of all 'persons whatever. To Messrs. T. B. Peterson
and Brothers, of Philadelphia, more thin all. other
publishers are, we indebted /or. this -per :feature in
American Miriam*. ; the Wanks of tbarleitiiitteit.
Ch l FlLerert lll ,.T7 . ° l4l ,r r Pr.tii , ,lod PaPl-.,9!!'gr,
s pOpiiir Wiitars',lnire bee n las ned - emsik their press in
'
a cheap form, and their last enterprise is in giving to
the publeAtteistieitaild'SfiVialter . Scott, complete
and unabridged, at the - very low price of 2,5 cents for
each work, or the whole 'Series for live dollars. Tha
edithitaeruhmces the whole Of the authyr:s storks,.
and will tie contained in 2,1 vaunts, One of width
will be issued on each succeeding Saturday, until
complete. A full set will he forwarded, fret of put"
age, by mail, to any part of the . tithed States, to
anyone, by the publishers, on Sending a remittance
of five. dollars to them, for the 2ti;"Volunies. At this*
low price, attperonns should. possesa themselves of a
set, and we would take thia.ocession'to_advise all of
our readers to_make a remittance of the dollar: , at
once, per first mail, to T. B. retemon and Brothers,
Phiktdelphia; for the entire set, Who will send them
g complete to anYone,frceof postage, on receipt of
I that sum:
_ For Ike IndependentßeprtUitun.
The Amalgamation Ilne s sticm.
We, the undersigned, citizens of.rho Tome-ship of
Harlon!, have read a 'communkation in our county
patters, signed by seventeen persons,‘stating that, in
diem opinion erroneousopinions are received by the
public from the published proceedings of a public
meeting held in Hanford on the 28th of Feb„ 18119. '
That meeting was held &rile purpose of express
ing our views in regard to amalgamation, and they
were clearly and -distinctly expressed against it, in
its mend and 'social effects upon society. If
ganuttion ifs a !republican measure, as has been pri..
vatelt stated by persona of our town, then we are
Republicans no kpiger; but in our opiniun there are
none-in the township except the seventeen and the
parnes concerned, who are it. fiver of it. The .re
inainder of that article contains no proof of their ,as
sertion, but the very article contradicts itself.. in
conclusion, we'vtould request the papers of Montrose
to give us all inforntatiottin regard to. the political
nature of this matter.
Stephen Sweet, - Peter M. Palmer,
Chester Williams, Francis Richardson,
I. Richardson, David McConnell,
S. M. Carpenter, Peter Williams,
W. J. Carpenter, Wrn. E. Tingley,
G. J. Babcock, , Fowler Peck, ,
R. Darrow, G. A. Lindsey,
Joseph' Moore, Porter Green,
Alanson Aldrich, Julian Temfant,
Francis W. Richardson, Hoyt A. Wilcox,
Joseph Mr.Cornel, Eleater H. Ellsworth,.
Amos H. Adams, . Virgil Tiffany„
John T. Perigo, 11. A. Tiffany,
John G. Carpenter, David Alexander,
A. R. Seamans, , Edwin M. Tiffany,
!amen W. Chamberlin, A. J. Seamans,
N„W. Waldron, Walter Graham,
, Andrew Gow, A. 31. Tiffany,
J.W. Tyler, John Gow,
Henry Estabrook, Charles L Seeley,
S. C. Halstead, . SW. 31. Williams,
& Guild.. 4. Rogers,
Wm. W. Sibbee, J. Alexander,
E. N. Carpenter,' J 11. Stanton;
L. Titus, 'Nathaniel Crow?,
Richardson Titus, . John A. Halstead,
D. L Halstead, . Eliahs Guard,
Lyman Ward, Stephen E. Carpenter,
Jedediah Bingham,.. Oliver Pestle, jr. , .
Ihrford, April 11, 1859.
•._ _
Ilrr the litdeperident 1:01..41,1;cata.
Solutionac4Vloblem in the " Republi
c.c.., ivy..
- "Towards the purchase of a mahogany log .2.3 feet
long, 3 feet in diameter at the but, and 2-} itt the
tip, A. paid 7, B. tt, and C. 5 &lbw; : -what length
thereof shall A. take of the but, B. nest. and C.
from the-tip, in proportion to what - each paid-t"
This log is the frustum of a cone and, a, it ta
pers just onmsizth of its bitte, the whole cone is it
dotes 25=168 feet., the additional part lking 140
fee!. The difference between the solidity of the
whole cone and of the additional part is the solidity
of the log: Thca,• • .
3x 3 ...ISM x 146+3= 195,9410 •
x 21 x ,7854 x 140+3= 229,0750
Solidity of the log= 18G,7666
is to have of this ihdidity,=- - 64,6537
55,50_88
• 4 e,N240
Now the cube roots of solids are proportional 8.4
their similar sides are: Let R. repree4nt the oibe
root of those numbers before which it h placed
R. 229;1;5 R. (229,4454 ttln2.4):: 140 : 118,•
from which take 140, awl it will leave Cv part of
the 10g=8,82 feat: ' '"-
11 229.073 (2 . 29.075+1i:,321-', 55,5555)::
110: 128,3. from a - bleb take 110_,18,3=11'4 and
C . f. talons 8,82=9,4 . 8=11'a past.
COnacquendy 28— 9,48 8,82=9,i.- - _Xa part.
9. 1. 8.
' For the , httlepriedent 'Republican.
" Chapman •Distriet.' •
Nuns. Emisola:=" An Independent 'School bk.
triet by the above name, formed out of parte us Je
sup, Forest Lake, and Bricteirater, was finally eon
firmed by the Quirt at this term. I nrulerstand that
it was so waned by the Court in compliment to James
Ntk Chapman. of Ifuntroim„' (who was one of the Coto.
mis,ioners that laid it but,) in cousideraticin of his re
cent antiquarian rtzuarchea of the early history of
our county. A .
VIRGINIA Law IN MARSACHUSEI7B.--:Some
time since; as our residers will i•ecollecr, a
colored man named Howard was arrested in
this city on a charge - of adultery, under the
following circumstances; He married in Vir-
Orris s wimin neirlYsibite, he being at the
time a slaws. She clime to fbie.city and was
fellowed, by Howard, whose freedom has
hied parcbmed, and in the course of time he
became a deacon in the church "of Rev: Mr.
Grilses. After, a few years had elapsed his
wife noticed his fres:pleat absences from home,
and upon invisetigation found • that ha • bad
married.is second wife; IteV. Mr. Streeter of.
Mating. Tate discovory led•M'a complaint
in the Police CoUrtYroi- bigamy, and 'Judge
Maine bawd him over for trial in tfie Mimic
'pal Court. The Grand Jury did not igdict
him on the original charge; but for lewd and
l*scivious conduct. Upon'this, his counsel,
Mr. Morris, the well known colored lawyer
of this city, suggested to the prosecuting °fil
ter and the•Osurt that under the laws of Viz.-
girds his client was not Misagnized as a per.
son, - but was claire& as `property ,. and that
under those laws nit even a free colored per.
am etas capable of -being s party to a con
tract. Thereffire, - he held that the marriage
contract of bis client under the laws ot•
flits's-was not rilid v ald must` be so consider
ed 4t) the preetett ease.:--zitcon the whole it
wati sok-deemed , beet. tallest*. a matter irl"-
- tolling the rWit: of =sn many families, in
this and uther-eitiettii It was decided, with the
ecestot of sit partite, - to illeeeethuse it, crate,
and =eh to order:has been Wide Ow the,
docketi—.-Bankars ficesTieti •,••
. .
jai" Me.; Weisiebere Sown
tartioe:tbsZedooks, gPsokkis eft the -1 ° 64
*maim ofireo- blacks in the .-WsPt.
sop.: " I Moir that bisekood,oldis lawyers
sit vide by silo se *riders. their courts
ainsties. I twos. Sbas.ofrkeial 'haat*. ate
bild Winos of color.". Would our. Demo.
Mg* fries* am os to this Uoinn, - in
ir4d, Inca •4 11 4 ) ** 11, 14/ 11 t WA
.. .. . , .. . . .. ,
Tiiiil it Diniel I. Itiokles. IL CI . ; igilietet
r thflitOorder of 1111iie ilikfton Key. '
t a)
juror
'idles tale, the ! - welfth was
.!iitrore 'l._on Thursday, ' 1111; aml tit
jurors fittolt, their seat in boir-i. , :
~,,,,
eli*Artiold, f.trm . 014..Y . * ‘,
It James L. Davis, far* r--efjintiV -, -
41. -- -..kba4sk Neale, mercknt-,4t. y...... ,
•41. Veri.liTtopkifis,gkesiurftltshlitiz-citil
5.1 Without:l3ond, sheemaker7-eitY. '
ti. James Kelly, tinner—city.' ,
'7.Wm..:P.,Harper,gtrer-4itV.-
ik - Trehrg iii. Knight, gr`cu:Cl.- - c l iti.:'
9. Jesse B. Wilson; wocer--qty. f- . • f.
Ht. - John IttetlcrinotticiSaeli-inftker—city:'.
11. Wni. N. Moore, grocer—city. • ...
12... t Ipheys..Wright,asbittekmaker--ctty.
i
e Oasts Was - then (Veiled lib the jt#7' l .l
, gr.- (laid, the T)istrict Attorney, to a short
speech; whieli-it"rtionstderablr criticised 1m
claiming greater force for the evidenoe to be
, dduced on behalf of the proaecution than the
facts Would warrant, and as too much tolold
ing to the opposite side the plan of opera
tions adopted by the prosecution. A fter
narrating the circumstances of the shooting,
Mr. Ould proceeded to. read from Wharton
on Homicide, page 1114, to show what had
to, he considered by the jury in making their
verdict. • •
The evidenitewouldShow, that no matter
how revengeful the feeling might have been
towards the deceased, a sufficient time elapsed.
fur that feeling to have materially abated.—_
lie knew not how so bloody a purpose could
have been entertained under such eiteum
shinces, unless sustained by a remorseless re
venge. -.Frantic entreaties, .such as a man
would make for his life, such as would have
been made for an opportunity for expisna
thin.. such perhaps as the recollection of the
little-ones he had left behind him, were made
by the deceased, yet the prisoner it the bur
did not desist from his bloody purpose. At
that time he was attempting to add mutila
tion to murder, when he was arrested by the
parties whose feet subsequently bore his vic
tim away.
Mr. O. then proceeded to describe to the
jury the crime of murder, and cited the gen
end principles which governed this Court in
such cases. Here Mr, Odd read from Whar
tun on.Hoinioe, liege 38, in which the law
.of homicide-is clearly luid down. • Also from
the same, page 168, in relation to the same,
point, and to show that the intent, in most
instances, is to be driiwn from ties weapon
used. Also from page 117, to shew that
when a man time in adultery with his
stile, and kills him, his crime is only man-
slaughter, but if-he kill hire subsequently and
deliberately, from revenge, it is murder.
Also from pftge 182, to show that wheii,
after the distwvery of the adultery, the man
enters into any discourse or undertakes any
other description of business so as to allow
time for his passion to abate, and then kills .
the adulterer, he is guilty of murder, Also,
from page 11)7,, to show that after be has got
the party in his power, the repetition o f 'a
subsequent blow makes the crime murder;
and from page 199 to show that . it one has
formed a purpose to kill a man, and, duly
armed meets him and ki4s him suddenly,.
the presumption is that the crime was com
mitted on the previous determination.
The speaker went, on to describe the rules
by which the crime of murder is tested.—
They were not the rules of to-day, but, had
come down to us from a Source which gave
them immutability, while Other portions of
the fabric of barnan practice had been chang
ed. These rules had become stronger by the
peessure of centuries. These principles ow
ed their strength and.their veracity to Clod
feartng and man-loving. humanity. \V henev.
-
was struck at. both humanity and justice.
These rules had been so well proven that
ilin.tvation in its wildest moments }!ad never.
yet allowed revenge as even justification or
palliation for crime. They gave to-day to
Daniel E. Sickles not only an upright judge,
but they also clothed-him in spotless inno
cent until he be proven guilty. How soon
ere the presumption of innocence bp sup
planted. &another, terrible to the prisoner,
was for the jury to judge. How soon the
evidence would show express malice, on the
part of the prisoner was for them alone to
Judge. They had been purged by the Court,
and they were sworn to do justice by the
prisoner, to find, the fact and not amend the
law; not had they anything to do with the
punishment which the law provided for crime.
That rested alone with the Executive, who
alone could sheath the sword of justice or let
it fall:
The oily i:siie they had - to try was that of
the guilt of this party. The cortsequences of
that finding were for the law. If it be legal
for them to set the prisoner free, he said, let
him go free=frbe as the wind. It .the con
trary, he called upon them to smite red-hand
ed violence wherever found, and show to the
four quarters of a listening world that there
is - still virtue left in a jury.
James 11. Heed (wood merchant) wasthe
first .witness sworn—Was near by at the
death of Mr. Key ; was pegging up on the
22d-of February last ;as he got up near
Madison Place, walking leisurely, heard loud
talking, and saw two gentlemen on Gunnell's
corner ; they were from four to . :six feet
apart, and won one of the men raised his
arm gradually and steadily, and witness saw
a pistol ; at first it appeared to have a direct
aim at the corner of the house, but in an in
stunewitness saw it was aimed at the, other
min, IA ho was trying to avoid the aim ; he
fired, and the parties moved forward some
twenty feet ;" when they got twenty. feet
from the first position, the man • shot at re
treated, the other following him, and the for
titer runking round a tree crying " murder,"
"murder," "murder," "and "don't shoot
me;"' the man With the pistol then snapped
his pistol, and it did not go ofT; when in the
middle of the street, the man fired the second
Just before the second fire, witness saw!
the man shot at throw something at the man
with the pistol, which passed through the air
slowly and hit the man with the pistol, fall
ing at his feet; just at that moment the sec•
and shot was fired ; the man shot at then
cried somellthig, - whielr witness did not dis
tinctly hear, but the words " shoot .me", or
something like It occurred; this third shot
was then fired, and the man shot at twisted
round on the pavement and fell . ; the other
then went up to him and snapped several
times within two or three feet cif his head ;
at the - first shot the man shot at did not
move more thlin two or three feet; after the
first shot, the man %vitt' the pistol went some
twenty feet westward, followed by the man
shot at ; then tie man shot at retreated, and
the man with this pistol followed him 'back,
when the - man shot at goeon the corner and
got — behind a tree; the man -with the pistol'
snapped - the pistol at him. -
Mr. , Key came out from behind the tree at,
the 'Moment the pistol was 'fired the second
tirde; after the second , sbot, the :deceased ,
gathered hiniself up and eielaimed that he
was shot, and retreated: to the pavement;
Key's back was towards - the num who . fired
'when he :retreated ; when' something
some -thrown by:deceived; dnE-fortivo,. Were some
ten feet apart, thriman shot was east and the
man with the pistol meat.
Thelbied- , ,hors-,rats-fired•after deceased
reached the favoring, and after he eried out
murder.; ir-deoeesed all, . the Inas with
piatal sat ittfroni os kink.altd pho tlas
*Kibbe w6iivlrepoOncl7l4
pavement; When the third shot was fired,
deceased sded "don't shoot me."
Betw.nOlhe third shot and the succeeding
the
snefo rx e 'sti:ut
_bout' tw seconds
-,.. la . e p l , •• I I.ftp
~ ,z,
` , -4mi ..oVit nkt - n 114.- '
Von the Om #.l ate'. g ,
:theloppo
'ito e .ht the ; eet soot lir •of cit e kw:TN
'all tlialiihile, iinneto or 3 0 pit crs 1 1 . r •
ley fell some 2.'5 or :1131 feet front - th Clamp
post on the corner. All these occurnences
transpired in, the county of Washington.
Cress•exiitnined by Brady--4s a Wood and
koal:dealer • never saw Mr. I.ay but _once,
' during.hia fife • . durinn. the "whole •of the tift
fair, witness dill not see the features of either
party so
as to recognize them ; saw a man
on .t 4:ooike'side,ioficliiicip Piaui at the
time 'of tite first 'abbt3 'don't 'know who he
• was t-savvone•othermart-
.
wards .Riggs & Co.'s . Bank aftersecond Shol.;
don't.know whether he had paased,.Mndison
Placa when the firing occurred or n& I soon
as the first .shot. was, Cleifl' Saw .parties,run
nine down frOrn the direOtion o f hoUse.
The ,-man going north through Madison
place . could nothavel seen the first s hot; don't
know Dedrow. nor Downer,_. nor Butter-
Worth, nor Delafield, .nor Doyle; that he has
nu acquaintance With them; ; didn't under
stand the loud talking which he heard at first;
in turning about, the man's hand who held
.the pistol-necessarily was coli*led from
(
view ; after the fi rst fire Mr. K y did not
advanee and touch the man whoheld the pis
tol ; didn't '
see . Cloy take Sicklei y the coat
or neck, nor did he see any thing like what is
called a tussle; there were. three shots and
three. - snapping* of the . pistol; — when Key
threw. something at'Mr. Sickles } lie was.west
and north of the SeCondtree from the - career
of Nfay . nard's louse abour twelyO or foiirtcen
feet. from this tree.
The thing thrown ,by Key curie slowly,
and passed at right angles from where wit
ness stood. The second shot was simultane
ous with this throwing. The first parties who
approached after Key fell, were those who
bore his body away. The last witness saw
of Sickles he was crossing Franklin squire.
After the last shot, Sickles turned up the
street and walked North. ' Witness thought
at the time that the last shot had taken effect
on the body of Key. There was two snap
pings after the last shot ; they- were rapidly
made. The shortest distance of Sickles 'to
Key during any-of the inappings or_ firings
was If - Om two to three feet. Sickles got no
nearerthan at the last fi re when witness judg
ed
,
114;,1 was two or three feet from him. The
whold affair lasted some minute and a half to
two minutes, Mr. Key fell on his side and
elbow.
BY District Attorney—When Key fell he .
was five or six steps from 'Sickles.
The muzzle of the pistol was two to three
feet from Key at the last shot and last
snapping.
The testimony of several other ,witnesses
to 00 shooting, varied in some particulars
froth that of Mr. Reed, though the general
facbi of the killing were not questioned or
denied. After the testimony of the Doctors
with regard to the wounds, &c., the District
Attorney announced that the prosecution had
closed their evidence in chief.
The whole of Saturday and a part of Mon
day were occupied by Mr. John Graham, the
celebrated criminal lawyer of New. York, in
an opening speech for the defense. He bold
ly took the Around that Mr. Sickles did right
in shooting Key, as a puhishment for the
crime he had committed.
From Mt Philadiphia Pre.A.
The Lostorthe Line of Democratic Presi
dents.
There has never been a period in the his
tory
of the country .when the principles ,and
the very s esistenee of the Democratic party_
were in greater jeopardy that' at this mo
ment. The question, indeed, is even asked,
whether there is a Democratic party ? and it
is certain that the National Administration
has pursued a course so unjust, unwise,• - and,
suicidal, that the personal organ of the Pres
ident, the New 'York Herald, almost daily
gloats over the entire destruction of the pros
pects of the Democracy ; while it boasts that
the President himself can personally triumph
and exult, notvilithstanding the ruin he has in
voked upon the organization of •Is hichs• he
claims to be the official head. Hume -am
bition is proverbially erratic in its aspirations.
Some men eagerly covet notoriety, even
though it is rather of an unenviable than of a
creditable character;.and it is a matter wor
thy of consideration whether Mr. Buchanan,
clearly seeig that it 'is utterly impossible,
from present indications, to win honorably
fame in..the position which he has so much
disgrated, is not animated by the desire .to
immortalize hitriself as the laet of th4line of
Democratic Presidents. On this theory his
conduct could be explained. If this is his ob
ject, men can .readily understand why, instead.'
of endefvoring to consolidate and strengthen
the great party to which the destinies of this
country have been confided during nearly. the
whole of its existent°, ho has inflicted upon
that party a series of blows more fearful and
destructive than any it ever received trom
the bands of those who were its determined
and bitter avowed antagonists. Setting out
with a ptilicy_ which no mart in the Union
knew better than himself would doom the
Democratic party to a hopeless minority in
every Congressional district north of Mason
and Dixon's line; he persists, after full want
ing, have been given of the indignation of the
people, in attempts to chain its destinies to
his corrupt and tyrannical Administration,
.through the influence of the pensioned agents.
whom he has bribed, with the money of- the.
Federal Treasury, toll° his bidding.
Dur
ing last fall, not only did. he urge on the
Danite organization in Illinois ki make open,
war upon - the Democracy of that State ; but
be compelled - his corrupt organ, the , Wash
ington /Taloa,. to distil its political -poison
day after day for the apparent purpose of ut
terly destroying the whole party in the West
and Northwest. All New England he has
given up entirely to the Opposition. All
New York, except a few districts directly un
der the control of the Federal officials, was
also tarried against him ; and now in,. Penn.
sylvania, after, being utterly overthrown in
every Congressional district but one, he has
instructed his,minions to.persist in, their et
forts to commit the Democratic organization,
as far as in their power.lies, to such a policy
and such sentiments as are revolting. to the
feelings of our pt3ople, The Democracy of
the Soutlibre also reeling . under the heat y
burden of this Administration._ Dimly por
tions of its policy' are opebiy and publicly
repudiated by the Southern Democracy.—.
While some of the Southern, leaders have
made Mr. Buchan= their tool.on the-Kansas,
question, they - despise and , date-100m forhie
cowardice, Ids treachery, and, th e, rank odor
of corruption he has thrown ground his
Olinistratiom ,
• If we may,j4,tdge,froin the late letters _of
.the Washington eorrespon4nOs ids knobei
of leading pap i era, since the,,action Of,the /ate
clikeloldert Op:mention, the:Pie:Went hiui
n o w , store, lk greatcr:hlow egainst the Pem,
Deritio•PartY-APP,ani,be ballhiFeOffir:i iii
-
flieted.uppo it, 1041,44 thal, yiew„nf the
unanisnons,endonoroer4 be j'egived-st
elating, be proposes nxepter the Not is a
andidste for the Deinctiii Prt:sidenii,4l
ponraesion atlguirl44ton Abdt-rilX l Pg pyr
4 43 11 0141119 pc4tAlgittich
-04K0401,%)11M00:**4)0
control corrupt Conventions, tat,.attempt to,
capture de q; tes'enonigh'lci,aviP, hi m th a ri
nomina • Already ma. ,`:-A,lfis ' or g ans
f
til
are 1? .7 , ing, o . v •te ...,...,, ' lopriety of
m tio ' ' w ‘. 6 .„ . .r , •t b e a t a ll
rp , 1, " the . rt "i t o .• c r - under. his
titil tee
t le: (1
~,at . : ~accomplish
. .I. at . -F.- eta: s itht a-.. , Democrat.
Tn" Pen ' - vithilOwlfithloca .f. !,r 3 bw . wh a t
peril to the future of the 7 krty j a involved
in such a movement as this, anti that the °al
urn of his name 'would . sink it. to the lowest
depths of political perdition. 'lf there ever
isias..-,5 erbis when the best interests of the
:tinkle and of the Demberatic party invoked,
all honest.Democrats.to taker) manly, lirtti,
and independent. Nettie!), that crisis is :upon
us now. If that patty initot to tieldiamed
to everlasting disgrace, it milt be rescued
'. 1 . - ., . -- .fitirtftl'filthl&ifintriefetlett'floW
. iiiisuAth to P4lidtilite it"' if at LIC,AVer' 10'.:7 be
pincer! before the-people of Pennsylvania in
a patriotic and manly attitude, • it must ig
nore, utterly...end toreyer, .the Federal Ad:
ministration, with its, whole train of corrup
tions and tyrannies., •:-The Democracy of Illi
nois did this, and won a glorious triumph in
18513. .The• Democracy of•' Pennsylvania
failed to 'do it in that - vear,- and - - met with a
deserved rebuke inth;: inemorahle:Cierthrow
of 'October last. if lilr. Duchanan has indeed
resolved tb aggratidlie'hims - elf, - Mtn ,at! the
expense .of, and ndwitlistatiding the utter de- ,
struction of the .noble Old party to, which he
is indebted for every honer .he; Lt.. enjoyed
since he, abtmeloned,the.Federal . associations
of his early life;that partyshould have pride,
patriotisen; intelligence, and virtue enough to,
break the chains by which : e,. seeks to.. con
trol, and thus to-destroy - IC and , to ' impale
him as a renegade in the Stunt) way that the
Whig party unpiled Tyler,' in 18311. rind the
Republicans of the'North discarded 'Fillmore,
after he si g ned the comproiniee'lleasures of
General News.
.. Gen. Geo. Morris, editor of. the
Home Journal,' has declined the appointment
of consul at tiavie.
.... The total !Otis to the Administration
of Connecticut—which sent two " Demo
crats "-to the late Congress=is announced as
" the last feat of Secretary Timmy."
.. Continental letters describe uninter
rupted warlike preparations; on the part of
France, Austria, and Piedmont. .
.... The story that has been eo industri
ously circulated that. Mr, Ten-Eyck, the new
Senator from New Jersey, was a slaveholder
by inheritance tine* his wife, is so far
from being true; that Mr. Ten Eyck, it is now
said, ahsolutely refttsixi to receive such an in
.heritance because it would make him a slave-
• There, is a curious teport. from Utab,
in the otirrespondence of a San, Francisco pa
per, to.the effect' that Brigham Ifortng keeps
within doors through fear of his life That
several of the leadingidormons are apostatize
ing; and that life and property are unsafe in
the Territory. • ••
.... There has not been a word in any of
the Administra - tionyafiers in denunciation of.
the enormous frauds proved to exist in Wash.
ingtok-,frauds. by which ',immense sums
have been' lost to the government. The
same papers are now "hot foot" after 'Gov.
Packer (anti-Lecompton) for ,krilefricf fraud in
the transfer of a portion of.the State Canals.
It is not cow place to defend Gov. Pucker
from the attacks of members of his own par
ts•. We Wanted the people against electing
Gov. Packer. and we said that he had too'
long been a Cartel officer to be tit for Geyer
nor. • The Democratic papers abused tl4` for
the suggestion, and assured the :peoples that
Packer was OneTrf the best men vier put in
nomination! 'This circumstance shows how
little reliance cari be safely put in the assur-
Once of Democratic editors.
As they have their hand in, we suggest
that they - proceed to " show up" the extras--
ag,ance and villany which flourish at Wash
ington trader King James the First. That
at Harrisburg isn't a circumstance to
Star and Banner. -
.... The . SupreMe Court, in a case
brought' hefrire. them, 'growing out. Of the re
filmt of the Directors of Girard College to
admit the son of a Widow lady to that insti:i
tution, upon' the ground. that the lad was not A,
an " orphan " . within the
. meanieg of the law,
have &Ode - a
that "an orphal! is; fatherless
child." confirming the decision of the court
of Nisi Prins, of Philadelphia.
.... The Supreme Court of -this State
haVe allirined the declaim' of Judge Ilegin,
of 8641 k -ill county, declaring the removal
of J. K,krewsort from the office 'of County
Superintendent, and the appointment of W.
A. Field, by the Mate Superintendent, an a.
legal act. Mr: Krelkson is, therefore fully ,
reinstated in offide 'as School Superintendent=
of Schuylkill county:.
The final result of the election iii
Connecticut foots tip.as folk ws:„For Gover.',
nor—tleekingliam,Republican,4o,2ll; Pratt,
Democrat, 38.279. Buckingham!s plurality;
1.682. The House stands : Republicans, I II;
Democrats, 109.. Senate: Repuhlipans,,l3 ;
Democrats, 8 • and the four Ilepublicin,Co'
gresamen ranging Irom 65 'to
600.
.... Robert Tyler, late' of Virginia, , son
of his Aceidency, President Joh n- Ty ler, is
Chairman of the •Demociatic State Central
Committee of Pennsylvania.. .A Correspon.
dent of the Philadelphia Press says that , the
said Robert is fully committed ° in favor of a
Congreisionol Slave Code in Me Territories.
Wouldn't it be a good ide s a to have thewhole
Committee composed of Virginians:" Then
there would be no doubt of the - orthodoxy of
their.. Democracy Y whereas Pennsylvania
Democrats are becoming rather "dubious."
The case of Daniel Webster, 'skied
in Harrisburg as 'a - fugitive salsve, was recent._
ly tried before a United States Commission' :
er, at Philadelphia; and, resulted in his being
set at liberty. The case 'created great ex
citements both in, Hatrisberg and at
delphit.• Five or six witnesses swore to the
identity of the prisonq with
but he was three inches. taller ...than the . de
scription made" the fugitive, and had lived in I
HarrisburgJonger than the, stave, had-=been
missing. If has been Said that Daniel Web.
stet has fled to Canada: - •
: Ten yeirs theist- 'was but one
Fiee Soil Member of the Sepate';- five years
ago, there were five; and now t. :there are
twenty.eight;` ' while there 'ails, cmly seven
Northern - Members "'Democratic:' of whom
- tiir; ; ;Xleast area - slender consolat ion to the
South. ° considering the &obi,. we are not
surprised that tho Dethoerits have for some
time. past refused to'foli o w Mark rspley
tiatie - to - tie "jolly," 0r .. -thni Ike( :manifest
inch` ad 'eagerness' to•hor . ing . :Citba, - Central
`America; or anything else, lino the' Union,.
Whleli'mav extend the area; slid thereby
001"ie; the rePresentationortlicitlibot systein
°ft:Which alt their politics are now Made to
binge.—.Messouri Dentoerat. ' - •
.cap( r ,Triyil,• who is said _to - sbe the
D04%14101 shOt.in.the world; icritli bail , lao
week (says a WaShiivton piPei) thrciugh a
biis,of the diAineter of wont dallar,held be-
Altc4s l thaVari;il4.ol*i: .eivant,
IA lite dhitatnapeif fouiteen, Paces:: TIS also
";!!I Or, 'lserAlf?elFl4. bc sea
covn,i
us6/jein Conventlunt— from eve.
Reusee=isteltest;ii'estettibl e
thesliltbiaf May:
;!,-;;Abei Peik gad mew is said
to be buticardily supplied : , with gold abet
a ll. ..:The 114 and cry and stories of large
ylelas'ofgolit are, got
. op by ppeculator,s in
51t411,1#.1 tiefotirbp*-131f3 , Ma "tte.
`gated in 1143 neighbortaxid of Pike's Pea k.
thetfaridr'Bat6l for S4 o v e ,
nor in Vilrglabi,li bisgood looks:
'fhi - Itibtimolid - With( says :bat toggin lb for
ty fold .betterlooking.than beteher, a 1,4
grot I).catity at that:— •
g
glnia; 4aVe`ntlilrelseillietifeitioihti to the lit.
publietui Natintiall,Committee, urging die se.
leetionlof 'Wheeling is the place 'of holding
the National Convention that is to nominste
the neVt President.
:.`The Courrier des. Mats Mir of New
Yoilt,- repeats its former assertion that a IRA'
expediaon for the conquest 91,Ciitials now en
foot.' tt also asserts tbat.part of the expedi.
tion has already sailed, and that within a few
days the,whole affair
.he'nutde public.
The plad, as sketched by tbq Voitirier to
land on some, remote_point on 'the Cubac
coast, where they are. to maintain themselve,
until a general - rising sh ut summon-them sto
march upott . Havana;
Shier for
State Treasurer kuss,belen e4 ywbere in the
Stare'riCeliet - witti'gratitica ton—by men of
all parties. ' Ills disappointed opponents
magnanimouvlyconcidelto-him eminent fit.
nests; fairness; and deierving - taf thti 'honor, fer
life-lonittad — wise devotion- to tbe cause
opiosttion to'the party claiming to be mll.
sively " Democrtate."
. We believe all of. our Kansas ex
etumgea,,,wi thlierhtipsti single. exception, hare,
expreawal- thetnselves in favor of the 'mina.
ate organization of ei State Government.—
Kansas Herald of Freedom.
Nine and ti half millions of acres of
,
the public lands in Kansas and NehraAs
which were withheld from sale last year on
account of the financial revulsion, will be in
.market in JulyAntist"and September. it
Is expected thatihese sales will increase fte
revenueifor ihe next fiscal year very materi:
ally.
It is stated • that 'sacral twit:lmes
have occurred in different-Pskov of• the noun.
try where children have died Trent the effeets
of poison tithed titoitie system by swalloU..
ing the new nickel cent: As _this 'coin
small and easily swallowed,
,there is gree.
danger in _alloieings young children to har t
themjn their pewee:cm. The metal which
-composes it has had a fatal effect, and would
seem to be poisonous.
The Rev,..G . reorge W. Wood, one of
the Secretaries of the American Board of
Missions, wiitee to the Evangelist to contra
dict certain statements to the effect that the
Board winks at the sin of polygamy in hen
then lands. Mr„,Wootl says there is; sole/
-as known to the officers of the board,. andin
their-belief, no man with tnoreihnn one wife
or Women .with more thin one husband, k
any church
_connected with any Mission of
Ithe American Board.
.. The York'Journal of Commeret i ,
speaking of the appalling spread of intemper.
once, says thet a large number of eminent
names are being erased from the list of th»
lit ing, where the true cause of death is net.
er suspected by the community at huge,(the
{ interposition of surviving friends saving their
memories-from indelible disgrace,) died of
" delirium tremens " being the fearful secret.
At least two on the list of subsen"bers tor the
conteniplateciasylum—men Whio - irtesod YrM
in the profession of huv and literature—are
already victims to.
.this insidious destroyer.
It, has been asserted that men are net to be
I foetid who would voluntarily commit them.
selves to an institution for inebriates; ha:
this is refuted by the fact that almost before
the foundation stone was laid there had been
2800 applications fbr admission. of - whom sc.
cording to Dr. Titrner_„Ceriespendiny, Secre
tary of the New York State Inebriate Asylum,
"more-than . four hundred hreiwomen in the
higher walki life; educated and accom
plished." There appears nc room . for res.
sonable doubt on this point.
In -his recent charge- to the Gran'
IJury in the Stephens murder case, Judge
Roosevelt with remarkable candor said : "We
{ hive the highest authority for 'saying, all
that a man bath will he fol. his life."
Now by reference to the 2d chapter and 4th
verse of the lookof Job, we find the high
authoriy" referred t o by the Judge—" And
Sawn Mime-red the Lord and 'said, skin.fer
skiii,'yea, all theta man haih will he ;lire
for his life," \ It does nest at all surprise ue
to hear a New - York Judge quote Satan as
the " highest authority," though we confess it
would sound more appropriate in the mouth
of Judge Russel than Judge ROOsevelt.
.... The first daily paper issued in Virgin
ia was in 1780, the „annual, subscription tu .
which was fifty 'dollars: • .
.... Four men were hung at Baltimore
for murder; on.the_Bth icist. A multitude
people - witneased theexibeutione. At least 50,
000 people were congregated outside of the
jail wall, and•there were probably 1000 ra•
sidt.
.... It is announced that the five gric
powers ofEitropeiutvicainlintid to - the pri,
posed Peat.* Cungros for the settlemeut of
the Italian AuestiOn. It is reported that
Prince Napoleon will, bethe representuMe
of Franco in the Congress, and that bond
Malmesbury will-be the English Pleuipot:s•
tiary: ;-'
.. Lord Lyons, the newly appointed
British Minister. to the United States, ha;' sr
rived at Washington:
.... Ruffs% Choate, the great Boston law•
yea and doughfiee, has given birth to two ex•
pressions that will live. - ,Somelithe ago be
tot.) us - of the "glittering generalities "
the•Declaratitin- of Independenie; and - now,
—Still in the' nterist of Slavery, he talky
of the "glorious sreneralities " of toe
.6 .. The ( Aini ArbOr, Michigan) ArY"
declares thatit has no disposition to spread,
out the scattering.raturus‘of the l a t e e l e etiol•
in that. State. "'They are," it adds, "Mid.
'edly tuo , blaek fo i r us to derive any comfort
from so'doing,, !The Quakers_ didn't rote ,.
and ; the. Hopi - Alleluia hid it all their owe
way,.eleeting Martin bp from• 12,000 to 15,.
000 majority." .`
Mona Ciiiv4stY.'i.:-4 Savannah papa
states,
,with",regret to have to mord such
"utipleaaant occurrences, but greater regret
tbstAlly are not without provocation," that
"'Last, Week_ it. 'because known that 5
man by the mune of 4Hazzard i from PM"'
donee, had Written sgilsoceunt of the recent
, sale - of the . Wanderer to a Rhode Island P .
''peii;:hs:which Ms. statements were wads re'
fleeting on - Mr. C. A. L Lamar and niber'•
1
Mr. Lamar took thy earliest opportunity
ter learning his C'ebereabouts, to call on . Mr.
frozzaryl. Denumding of hint whether he
wrote the letteeattriblited to'hiso, And re•
Aeivinvorafftrmatlve answer;, he promPtlN
slapped him in the facowite the back of hs
inutd.":.:li,Er. Latnir then stated to Mr. IL'
that. as he had slandered hims in the public
peltiii i he had resented the insult by 3 blow,
' and was randy to give him any satisfaction
he.rolght demamt, - ,s Lit that be must lupe
1 the.q.ll44.43test traits' Which he accord.