l)C 3cffcvsoniau. THTT3.3DAY, MAY 27; 1858. We hive received the June number of the Atlantic Monthly, and as usual since "toe establishment of that Magazine, we find it richly laden with various articles, well worthy the earoful attention of liter ary characters, and indeed all who wish to obtain a kuowledgc of literature . science. We take pleasure in recom mending this worthy Magazine to our readers, believing that they cannot possi bly regret having become hubscribers for it, in case they are able to appreciate its uterling value. It is for ."ale by cws boys and at book 8tor? generally, at 25 a, per number, or 3 dollars per year, or a club of five snhicribers can cot it for 2 dollars a piece for one year. Clergy Ben anil Teachers oan obtain it for 2 dol Jars per year. Send to Phillips, Sampson, and Co. 13 Winter street, Boston, Mass. The Public Works of the Commonwealth Sold. Governor Packer, on the 19th inbt., is sued his Proclamation, giving notice, that he transferred nu.i delivered to the Sun bury aud Eiic Kailroad Company, their successors and assigns forovcr, all til Public Worts of the Commonwealth, con futing of the Delnware Division, the low er North Branch Division, the Upper North Branch Division, the West Branch Division, and the Suquthanna DivUion of the Pennsylvania Canal, with the ap purtenances, and all the right, title aud iuteret, property, claim and demand whatsoever of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of, in, and to the same, and every part thereof; they the aaid Sun bury and Erie llailroad Company having first in all things complied with the pro visions of the act of the Geucral Assem bly. We hardly think that the news will be very acceptable to a large number of of fice holders. In alluding to this sale the Pittsburgh Journal makes the following remarks : r,Pennsylvnia, for the firrl time in thirty years, is t.o longer owner of one aiile of canal or railroad. The adoption of the late constitutional amendment' se cures against such things in future. We tbs peak bcccusc our own observation bas convinced us that this system has been promotive of va-:t evils aud corrup tions. We are not prepared to say that our Commonwealth lias uot derived some tubst initial benefits from this system; but the time forks longer continuance is past, nnd we reioice that this day severs our iat this da severs our this yt'nf and that a- iendmcnt prevents in the , . r eonucxiou with rcustitutional amem fstare any return to it "A little over thirty years since the Commonwealth fairly entered upon it, and between 1827 aud 1845 contracted a debt of S4O,U00,OU0. A little over 830,000,. 000 was contracted in construction an-i uuagement of tbefe works and nearly S?0,000,0t)0 in paynu nt of interest be fore the State taxation was adequate to pay the annual accruing interest. If a strict intcrcrt account had been kept, charging the public works with cost ol construction and annual interest, repairs, nanacmcBt, and then crediting with rev enue, (separate from State taxis paid,) oar public works would have coat us at least 80,000,000. "The actual account set down our pub lic debt, as it existed one year since, at S40,000,000. Deduct from this proceeds of sale of main Hue to the Pennsylvania llailroad Company. 7,500,000 Other canals to Sunbury and Erie Company 3,500,000 Sinking fund, say about 1,000,000 $12,000,000 "This loaves us then, a State debt of $28,000,000 to pay by taxation. It be hooves, then, tho people of the State to Took this matter in the face and say what shall be do-ne to reduce tbis debt. We are now for the first time in thirty year free from the liabilities and the hoped for resources from our canals and railroads. We therefore ought to look around and see that a financial system shnll be adop ted to pay the interest cud sink tbe prin pal at least 500,000 per annum. Even on this basis it would take fifty-six years to pay off our State debt." The Supreme Judgeship. The signs of the times point to the in evitable defeat of William A. Porter, as a candidate for the Supreme Bench. It nly rests with tbe Opposition to place in nomination a person of the highest char actcr aud qualifications, to elect him by an overwhelming majority. This is ac- kaowledged by the Democrats themselves. A correspondent of the JPfess, nxo has been over the Western part of'tho State, writes: Tbe signs everywhere in the West in dicfife that if Hon. Wm. A. Porter is op pocd by a lawyer of good reputation, and finning upon prisciples antagonistic to tbe anti-Democratic platform laid down by the late Harrisburg Convention, be will ke:beaten out of sight .this fall, and kinhanees of political resurrection will b delayed to the time .appointed for Ga &iel to blow bis horn!" Census of yew York. The Census of the State of New York for 1855, taken in pursuance of the laws of that State, has jurt been published. It is a large volume of 525 pages, and embraces elaborate statistical statements relating to population and the industrial intcres-ts of the State. Tables are given of the total papulation of each town at each census since 1790. with the date of ereetion, &c. Diagrams are introduced to illustrate the changes of population m different sections of the State and their mutual relations. The aggregate popu lation of the State in 1855 was 3,466,212 The extreme duratiou of life reported in the present census was 120 years, and the number 100 years old and upwards was ninety-two. The number of the popula tion in 1855, born in the sevoral sections of the Union and in foreign countries, i as follows: New York, 2,222,321 Connecticut, 63,601 Massachusetts, ... 57,086 Vermout, . 54,266 New Hampshire,. . 14,941 Rhode Island, 11,737 Maiue, - 5,818 New England States, . 207.539 New Jersey, 40,391 Pennsylvania, . -. 31,475s Southern States, v 13.124 Ohio, f,- 5,256 Michigan, 3,413 Illinoi-, -AT 1 ,25o Wisconsin, v l,Uw Iudiana, u c. 600 Other States, 13 United States, 2,528,444 Unknown, 1.74U countries, VM,UID The number of churches in the State is 5,077; value of churches aud lot, $27, 769,328; number of sittings, 2,141,159; number of persons u-ually attending 1,- 124,211: number of church members, 7l)i 384- salarins of clror including the ' ' aJ1 use ui lean-Mate, The number of newspapers in the State is 559, and of other periodicals 1 12; ag- gate circulation of dailies 312,783, semi- weeklies 40 S87, weeklies 1,294,340, semi monthlies 264,600, monthlies 1,287,650. The Kansas Election. St. Louis, Monday, 24, 1858. A dispatch dated Leavenworth 22d, ssvs that Doniphan County gives about 450 majority for the Leavenworth Con stitution. In several precincts the polls were not opened, and not half the vote of I the county was polled. iie jjrmocrac ol tui? citv nublishes a letter from Mr. Waldcn, of The Qui.ula. , . , . . , , , ro uanamcan estimating tne vote ot tne Territory at 6,000 for, and 1,500 against the Constitution. The vote both on State officers and Constitution is ouite small, Col. Forney's Position. It having been stated by a correspon- deutoftbcNew Fork Times that Forney given up uis opposition to me aa- miu'strBlioDf and woa!d ag"in bo takeD into favor, he says in a late number of , T7 had given up his opposition to the ad- the Fress: "We have only to say in reply, that the vv.,.v. w wwvu g.vijr posed upon by some corrupt and reckless knave. The story is an utter fabrication. rajn circumstances. It provides that the It bas no probability, no possii-ility, to 0OUrUa grant liccn-cs, &c, &c, "when rear upon. We have nothing to surrcn- ever ti,e requirements oj the laics on the aer. n wouiu anora us great pleasure to agree with the general Administration on this Kansas question: but this will never be, uutil the Administration is true to itself, and to the pledges upon which it was elevated to power." No event in the way of plundering the National i reasury has ever been dwelt upon with more indignation by the Loco- foco press, than that which i known as the "Galphin grab " Hereafter, howev- er, we shall near no more condemnation of it. Seuator Toombs, of Georiria. the leader of the Democracy in the U. S. beuate, acknowledged last week, in the course of debate, that he was one of the main agents in obtaiug the recognition of the Galphin claim; he went into a histo- ry of tho case, and remarked "that he supported it originally, that he supported ed it now, that high-minded men in the Uuion supported it, aud that the denoun cers of it were miserable slauderers and cowards." Democratic speakers and editors will please make a note of the foregoing, and from hcuceforth hoid their peace in ref euce to the "Galphiu Grab." We learn that a terrific hail storm wa experienced at Port Jervis and its If.. O r. l x ... wj u o-miuoy uuciuuuu iaE, causiug uaujagu, paiiiouianj io winaow iguts, ot wbieb, it m estimated, about one hundred dollars worth were broken f n Ihn . , 11 ., 1 f P t I .1 ;r '"ia8 i oe mammoin tent of van A m tuir(flo HI ,i.;.,k at the time, was extensively riddled bVLSuC;b WaS ,ar?UffleDt. bfides iIip hnJI hfnnp TUr. i t- i- r ine nan ctones. ine tuning of icp. wliwh I fell, were, in some instauces, as large as . . r , o uggn, uu uuar mat two tueu who were exposed to the furry of the storm were knocked down by the frozen miesiles, but by good fortune, not seri ously injured. Sussex Reg. j-The Easton Morning Times says : The business of tbe Delaware Canal is daily improving On Saturday last 72 boats were cleared at the Laston Coilec- tor's office. On the first day after the evidence." The certificate of citizens can lJ8-D9Sr 5 n u t0 lhe Sunbury and be regarded as nothing else than evidence krio R. R. Co. there were 66 boats clear- of the facts stated in it. It can be pre ed. A larse number were lvin.? at tha niml .i i " unoA r ' , V head of the canal yesterday waiting to be passed.. We arc pleased to notice such indications of returning r;.nV.. in tU J , . e o r-"T.v-"v " busmess of our canals. The New License Law, Front, the Philadelphia "Pm."J Considerable interest having been at- 9 t tracted to the contest wuiofc nas taaen place in reference to the construction of tbo new license law, ana especially as o the recent discussion of it beforo the courts of Northampton, in tbis State, we havo procurred from Hon. A. H. ltEEDER, of Northampton, the following statement of his view of the case. It will be re membered that he was recently engaged in n nniiSA in WU1CU UB wuum uituu ui the uew law were discu-sed: Easton, May 15, 1858. My Dear Sir: Of course I have not the. least objection to comply with your request to stato the reasoning on which I have based my argument upon the ques tion to which you refer. The argument was made in court, aud, of course, is al ready public property; and I give it the mnrn willimrlv as 1 have the the most thorough coutidence in it, and eaunot con ceive how it can be answered. Briefly, it is this: The third section of the act of 1834 nrovides that no taveru shall be licensed unless it is necessary for the accommoda tion of the public, and the entertaiumeut of stranuers and travelers. This scotion remained in force until it was repealed by the act of 14th April, 1855, which swept awav all the provisions m regard to tav em licenses, as well as all taveru licenses themselves. By the 3oth section of tue general license law of the 31st March, 156, this repealing act was itself express hi repealed. The certain consequence of this repeal of a repealing law was to re vive the 3rd scctiou of the act of 1&34, bv the operation of a simple rule of con- Btuction kuown to everybody. The act of 1856 might have prevented this result, if it had contained any pro vi -ion irrecon liable with the sectiou revived. The most careful examination of that act, however, can discover no such provision; whiUt. on the other hand, the oth. l-th and 24th sections (which i shall not stop to quote or comment upon; strongly indi- I,r1..,l Miorn 10!lr,i u ,ln,.U,.d. thnt. under the . lg50 tue courtJj possessed a di crct;on to pass upon the necessity of the proposed tavern to the accommodation ol the public; and, so far as i tiave icarnca, tne courts aiu not uesnaie to exermsu n, and to receive evidence to guide them in doinc so. The 27th section fixed a max imum number of licenses, (hy reference to the number of taxables,) which they were forbidden to exceed; but, witJrin this limit, they pos.csed, beyond all question tho power to grant or reject, acooruing to their opinion of the neces.-ity in each par ticular case. Ii this is so and I cannot imagine bow it can be denied whence can the power be derived, except from the third section of the act of 1834, which I ve already thorn to have been revived and in force. J his power is jiveu there, ij k u Ucn nowhcrc eise. Euough, however that the power existed under the act of Ii56. It was one of the "require ments of tkc lata," that the applicant should satisfy the court of the necessity of his proposed tavern. 1 be 27th sectiou .t imiliin t morr linn to iniMisn a re- . nl or Qual:ficatio!1 UD0D the otherwise Lei.eral discretion of the court, to license when necessary, by forbidding them to wben necessary, Dy loroiuamg iucii go beyond a crtaiu number. Thusst the law up to the act of Mb April, lc and I have never been more mista toou 1 55", Li r , :r I L II a II X a UI liu.t II iiiai uti uu.- tuivcu unai tu;9 discretion from the court. The ques- i"'-non inrns entirely upon me sixiu seciiou wu;ch ;s mandatory upon the court in cer subject are complied with by such appli cant." Une ot these requirements was a that the application should appear to be for tavern necessary to the accommoda tion of the public, &c, as I have already shown; and how this particular require ment is to be dispensed and all others in sisted on, I am at a loss to to understand The very restraint imposed upon thisdis cretion of tbe court by the 27th section of 1856, is expressly repealed by the 22d section of the act of 1858, and the discretion itseli h Jctt untouched: so that the Legislature bv thus restoring the general aud unlimited character of the discretion, gave the strongest recognition of its existence, and of their purpose not to disturb it. The act of 1858 is no- where puppletory of, or inconsistent with this previously existing provision; and, u- pon this point, excuse me for quoting the language of the Supreme Court, in 10 Barr. 443, where they say: "It is in iieueral necessary that the intention to repeal be expressed in clear and unam biguous language, and not left to be in ferred from the subsequent statute. ' An ancient statue will be impliedly repealed by a more modern one, only when the latter is couched in uegative terms, or wheu the matter is so viciu-L.lGarlv remnrnfint tlmt it norU im. pi,es a negative; for implied repeals are " J P. J " J QOt favored by the law. Where both acts are merely affirmative, and the sub stance such that both may stand together ' O both shall have a concurrent efficacy." i """or ones, wmcu nowever, i con- -, ' . siaerea superfluous and unnecessary. In one of them, nevertheless, I have much confidence.. Tbe provisos of the 6th sec tion of 1858. after demanding a compli ance with tbe requirements of the law, one of which was tho certificate of twelve citizens to the necessity of tho proposed tavfirn. dirflct, that nolhinir (heroin nn. tainnd shnll nrohihit h o.,, t fmm in nthrr riwhmv. than that. nmaQntn i. the applicant, and that the court shall .'rant or rfnP "In nnmr.tnn uu i. u iui u yiuer conceivaoje purpose or object. It is tbe evident 11 rennirpd frn "V r .11 f . . lU0 "ai-ue; MM" " luc juoiaiaiure naa gone no iur- fhr. nnrl h s,i . . 7 . i ; " " - " ' vhvu vi iqqi naci oeeni repealed, it might fairly be argued that this evidence of the applicant must be ta ken as conclusive. Hut when they pro ceed to Bay that the evidence presented by the applicant may be met by counicr evidenee, and that the decision shall be made in accordance with all tue evidence in the case, it is plain that even irrespec- live of the 3d section ol tne ques- tion of necessity is opened, and the court must pass upon it. These points might be eiaDoraieu w meet all tupposable objection, but the unanticipated length of this letter warns me to close. Very truly yours, A. B. Beeder. Annendcd to this was an extract from another correspondence, in which it was stated, by way of correction of the renort of the proceedings alluded to, as follows: "It was argued by Mr. Recdcr, that the thrA Bni.inn of the act of 1834. which says that no taverns shall be licensed uu less they are necessary for the accommo dation of the public, is still in force. The Court, however, did not decide the noint either way. They rofused four ap plications, on the grouud that the appli cants had not the required moral charac ter and rooms and beds: and continued a fifth, which was objected to, until an ad journed court to be held on the 1 4th of June." Wo learn from tho Record of Ike-Times, published at Wilkesbarre, that Judge Conyngham, of that District, takes the same view of the new law as Gov. Rccder. The Religious Revivals. The fruits of the religiou- revivals have at length been reduced to statistical de monstration embodied in a little publi cation called The Messenger just issued in New York City. How far the reli gious experiences of men and women are susceptible of such matter-of-fact treat ment, it docs not become us to say; but, relying upon the official returns before us, it may not be uninteresting to the gener al reader to recapitulate sorao of the more noticeable features. Returns are given of the exact number of conversions in ev ery State of tho Union up to the 1st of this month, and these are recapitu lated thus: Maine, New Hampahiro, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Islaud, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, , Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 2,070 1,376 , 770 6,234 1,331 2,799 16,674 0,025 .0,752 8,099 10,460 . 4,775 3,081 1,467 -2,179 508 .2,027 2,666 .1,666 93 179 1,806 1,005 . 558 127 Wisconsin, Iowa, '.c . Minnesota, Missouri, . - Kentucky, Tennessee, Dist. Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, California, Total, 259 . 372 25 135 27 50 90,216 Ninety-six thousand two hundred and sixteen souls won over to Christ and Re ligion, is certainly something over which the angels in heaven, as well as men u pon earth, may rejoicel And yet, when we reflect that there are some twenty-four millions of people in this Union of ours, one can only lament that, after all, so much energy, and zeal, and enthusi asm, have been required to accomplish comparatively so little! The total number of conversions in the principal cities is thus stated: New York. 5,000 640 400 - 500 500 93; 1,000, 92 400 200 60 18 Philadelphia, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Washington,. Detroit, Milwaukie, St. Lous, Nashville, Richmond, Petersburg, Many important omissions are sppar ent in mis record, and until tnoc arc supplied the Messenger can hardly bo con sidcrcd as complete as it should be. lirooklyn, for example, the "City of Ghurches," is nowhere mentioned. Neither is Baltimore, Pittsburg, Harris burg, Lancaster, Reading, nor some oth er populous cities and towns, whore the religious movement has boon, and now is, most active. Terrible Death A Man Burried Alive in a Well. The Qmro (Wi.) Republican says : About four miles west of this village, on the afternoon of Saturday last, a man by tbe name or Mitchell was buried alive by the caving in of a well. The first time that the dirt gave way it burried him up to his knees, but such was the pressure of the dirt that ho could not be got out,cvcn witb tbe help of a windlass. Whon stri ving to extricate him, the sand caved a- gain and buried him up to his waist. His brother-in-law sprang into tho well and commenced throwing the dirt from biin, k.lf It- ..ni!....J .', uv ib suuuuueu running m until no was buried up to the neck. His brother-in- law seeim; that the dirt came in faster than he pould throw it out, left him to get assistance, When the heln arrived. they found bim completely covered. Af-1 ter digging some hours ho was taken out dead. Mr. Mitchell was a young man about 24 or 25 years of ago, and leaves a wife and child. Wisconsin-"A New Stay" Law. Correspondence of The N. Y. Tribune.; Madison, Wis., May, 19, 1858. Hero with I send you the enclosed act of tbo Wisconsin Legislature, just passed, that ray liastern friend ha-VHig invested money upon mortgage security may judge of the value of their securities, and of the safety of future investments in a State whero bad faith to creditors have been enacted into law. No debt can now be collected, if resisance is made, short of two years. The defendant is not requir ed to ansvyer short of six months. A sham plea of any kind will suffice to de fer proceedings for another six month-. special terms of (Jourt having been abol isned in order to create aeiay. men a supersedeas and other artfully devised dilatory proceedings create a system which is almost equal to abolishing legal colleo tion of debts. I happened in the House during the discussion of the Mortgage bill, opeak er Lovell, Perry II. Smith, and other men of character, denounced the bill as infamous violating faith, fretting the property of other men, and refusing them the means of recovery as destroying the zood name of the State, as unconstitu lional, as disgraceful to the age, and shameful to men professing honor or hon esty. J5ut they were answered by the bankrupt desperadoes who advocated the passage of tbe bill with a perfect howl o indignation. You would suppose that, io their estimation, any man having a debt any widow or orphau for whom an in vestment had been made in Wisconsin, in stead of being paid, ought to be sent to the Penitentiary. Sharper.", pirates, mo ncv-shavers. vamDires were among the J i l w moderate terms applied to those who hac trusted them. One fellow, a member o foreign accent, in tones amounting to yell, declared he was there to legislate for the honest people of Wisconsin, not for the money sharks of the East; and that the argument that the capitalist ought to be.protected in his investment, was . mm a . 1 nough tor him; it showed wuere men stood, and should be as the sound of the tocsin to rally the friends of the bill. Tho proposition that ihe rate of inter est should be continued according to the terms of the contract was voted down, so that after judgment the rate of iutere.-t falls to 7 per cent., though the contract a - rate may have bceu ten or even twelve With all this, these wise legislators talk of the flow of Eastern capital to Wiscon sin, which, according to them, U to re lieve the State and to restore credit. Yours, &c. Viator. Published May 18, 185S.J CHAPTER CXIIL AN ACT relating to foreclosure of ruort gages, aud the sale of laud under such foreclosure. The People of the State of Wisconsin , rep resented in Senate and Assembly t do en act as follows: Section 1. That in all actions and proceedings at law hereafter commenced uuder that portion of chapter 84 of the Revi-ed Statutes entitled "Of the powers and proceeding of Courts in Chancery "on bills for the foreclosure or satisfac tion of mortgages," the defeudaut or de fendants in such action or proceeding shall have six months time to answer the bill or complaint filed therein, after the service of summons or publication of no tice as uow required by law, and no de fault shall be entered in any such action until after the expiration of such time, my law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. Whenever in such action or proceeding, judgment shall be entered, or an order made by the Court for the sale of mortgaged premises, upon six mouth's notice of such sale, as hereinafter provi ded, and in all cases where, beforo the passage of this act, judgment has been reudered in any of the Courts of thi Stato, or in the District Court of tho Uni ted States for the District of Wisconsin, in actions to foreclose a morigage oi mortgages, or where an order or decree has becu made by any suoh Court for the salo of mortgaged premises,' the mortgag ed premises shall be sold ouly upon sis months' notice given of tbe time and place of such sale, which notice shall be given in the maimer provided in this, act for giving noticed of the sale of mortgaged premises. Sec. 3 It shall bo the duty of the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or other officer appointed by the Court to make sale of the premises immediately nfter receiving a copy of the order for the sale of the mortgaged premises upou which such proceedings have bceu instituted, to pub lish or cause to be published, notice of tin sale of such premises (unless otherwise or dered by the Court,) describing the same therein, as now required by law, in some newpaper v( onera! circulation io the couuty to which such premises are situa ted, ut least ouco in each month for the period of sjx mouths before the sale of the same; and if no newspaper be printed or published in said couuty, then the same shall bo published in some newspaper In an adjoining county, for tbe time afore said, and no sale of mortgaged premises, under foreclosure by action shall bq valid unless made in accordance with the pro visions of this act. Sec. 4. So much of any law, and suoh parts or nil acts, as contravene the provisions of this act, are, for tho purpo ses of this act, hereby repealed. oec, 5. This act shall bo immediate ly published, and shall take effect and be iu force from and aftor Its passage aud publication. . New Counterfeit. A new and very dangerous counterfeit has made it appearance. It is an imita tion of thofivo" on the Hadley Fairs Bank Mass. Tho viuinette is a mechanic in a V ' j . tnaobino shpp,standingbefore tho cogwheel of a largo lathe. Wc learn thatio tho.coun terfeittheleftfoot'of the machinei.- not vis ible, while in tbo genuine it oan be seen on olaso inspection. Op the left end of the bill is a woman dratvioji water from well. A largo u umber of these noies were put into circulation in New York. life Without Pood. Pbc extraordinary case of a woman who has lived for some years, in stew York St'afe, without food, has already . ma been referred to m our columns. ihe ollowing letter in regard to it is frosi the Christian Advocaate.- Mrs. Hayes is not yet dead. I hay seen her several times. And afterread- ing all that has appeared in tho Advo cate in regard to her. venture to com municate a few thoughts upon her case. Before she passed into this peculiar and afflicted coudition, her health was for, some length of time extremely poor. Sh ate but little, and that little occasioned considerable amount of suffering-- Sometimes it threw her into spasms Fez nearly a year betore sae ceased to take refreshments altogether, she lived wholly or nearly so, upon tho juice of d?ied rap- iicrries, uuiu mat ueuuiuu a suarco ot suffering. 1 hen, for a time, she took oc casionally a small quantity of cold water? and it is now nearly a year since she swallowed any liquid to tbe knowledge of any one. Indeed, I have no doubC that a teaspoonful of liquid put' into her mouth would be the occasion of her death, unless the spasmodic action of her throat should cspcl it. Any person to sctf her ten minutes mu3t be satisfied that there is no deception in her case. Uer bead and shoulders, one or the other,, are iir perpetual motion. Sbo is frequently thrown forward until she is nearly doub led together, and" then the head thrown back, and her neck literally doubled, and the body forced back, and the whole face, "chin and all, entirely buried in the pillow. This is done several times succcssivcly in less time than I take in writing it. The last time in the series the face will .re in aiu nearly buried in the pillow, aud sbo does not breathe for ten or fifteen min utes. Once she remained sixty-two min utes without breathing. When this is-'o-ver, and the spasm passes off, she strug gles for br.eath, and. her head is rolled from side to side almost with the velocity of lightning for a moment or two i tho face becomes red with the ru-h of blood to the head, and the skin quite moist with per.-piratioD. Theu the spasm subsides into a gentle motion of the jaw and shoul der, keeping time as one would think, with the acti..-n of the heait. Her skin about the chest, neck, head and arm, though exceedingly delicate, are quite rcgular. ller hair docs uot grow, nor is it worn;bfF .her head, as one would naturally suppose, except a little just upou the crown. The action of the liver is entirely suspended, of course. The action and state of tlfo lungs are perfectly healthy. They havo been thoroughly examined by skilful phy sicians with tha aid of a stethoscope, and aru supposed to be perfect. IK-r nour ishment is w holly from the atmosphere. The lust nutriment, indeed the last swal low of water she was known to take, wa in tbe last of June, 1657. Tbe last time she was known to be conscious was lat December. When she comes out of tbe?e long spasms she seems to cry for a mo ment, like an infant in distress. At such times her husband thinks sbo ma be con scious. It is most distressing to hear it. She is not alove the ordinary laws of disease. She has recently had a tborocgh case of the mnmps, precisely as others have them. Her nails upon her fingers,, like her hair, do not grow at all." A Tale of Horrors An Tncanate Rend Can it be ? Governor MeWillie, of Mississippi, Is charged by the Vicksburg Sbtithroti with having pardoned a man out of the peni tentiary named Dson, who had assas sinated another man named Ncltns, for which he was simply scute need to tbo prison for fourteen years. That paper says of the criminal r- Ile waylaid his victim, with whom be bad a deadly feud; brought bim down at t In; first shot, and ihn, emerging from his hiding place taunted his djing victim with words of iu.iult and reproach, and dually concluded by placing the muzzle of his guu to the body of Nelms and fi ring a second time. This shot produced instant death, aud so close was the gun to the victim that the flesh of the murdered man was burnt by the explosion. Hav ing completed the work of slaughter, bo deliberately mounted bis horse, rode" to tho house of Nelun. culled his wife out, informed her that he-had murdered her huiband, and directed her where to find his mangled corpse. Dyon i- a bloo l-stained, blood-thirsty incarnate fiend, lie is not a man; hut ?a ferocious tior, and Governor McWillie Has: no more right to turn such a bcat loose upon tho" couuiuoify than he hasMo open the cagns of a whole caravan" ofti- -'ers. i J is antecedents aro wen Known, too, and-they should havo forbidden, all hope of Executive clemency. The "tnor dcr of Neluis was not hU first tastbrof blood. -Ho h'ad previously, iri om6st baso and cowardly manner, mut'ddfed'a lawyer named Moss," of 'Dtf'Soto'ciouar'j, by shooting him in the- bacjc, a' MoSs rouVfrom him. lie btfd murdered three of his own negroes, arid'-ohe" of thens iua manner so horribly appalling as to cause tbe denth of bis own wife. This oa;e oc eured at his own table, and .the. victim his fiendish rage was a woiaan. Xakiag offence at something the woman. didf( omitted to do, whilo waiting at-tho Uble, ho roc drew a bowic-kuifvaadt;wjtba singlo blow, ripped her opeu.: His; wife swooued, aud whcuFBhcu&'w.oke: tQ.eB sciousiicss, he had. cut' tie negroe'H heart out, aud, withrit upon his kuife, ho tkrtfsi il into her face She swooned again, aad the result of her horror a nd.fcigk thought on convulsious, from the ,eflec,u.tof which she soon died. -a .. The extent of official rascality in the city of New-York is but imperfectly com prehended. Jt is enormous, however,, beyoud parallel. Tho Boston Traveller sap1 that 'Mayor Tremann informed & Boston gentleman recently, that hV hlidi no doubt but that tho city of NewTork had been swindled out of eihlit miUwftioi dollars, within tho past" few years, .of ficials and others "
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