StlHjrapjjic tcfo$
if iRRtRBur.o, February 20.
SenATK Tbo Senate wat engaged to-day
chicllyin the consideration of private bills a
Dumber of which were passed.
"A hi'l relative to the f ale ef lands for tbe
non-payment of tius was pistil.
A supplement to ltd net exempting the
sale nf property to the Amount of thrco hun.
lroii JolLirt was passed a rooding in Commit-
tflS of tllO Wl.oln.
Mr. Usndatl offered a Joint riolntioo re
lutive to a line of steamship between Pbilu
drlpliia nnd Hrozil. Adjourned.
Hurst:. .M r. Ncgley introduced a bill to
encourage volunteer compnnies.
A bill commuting the rleatti penally in cer
toiii esses wet reported favorably.
A bill to authorize tbe Governor to appoint
commissioners to investigate the management
of tha Lancaster Rank passed finally.. Ad
journed tiil Monday at 3 p. JJ.
Later from Salt t.nKt.
Snow on the Mountains Preparations fur
Jiesistanre by the Murmont.
St. Loi r, l'eb. 20.
The Independence correspondent of the
HepuMicnn, uu.r d,.to or the 16th iaTs that
the mail from Salt Lake arrived the previous
night.
Couductcr Penvor reports the snow from
one to six feel deep ou tho mountains, and
the weather intensely cold. Ho left Camp
.Scott Junoary 1st, when the troops wore in
good spirit earnestly winning for good weath
er and reinforcements, to mako a descent on
Salt Lake City.
From Mormon prisoners and sttnpjling
Utah Indians (Jen. Johnson is well advised
of the movements cf tho Saints, who are
making active preparations for resisting the
troops in tba spring. Their municipal regu
lations are vory slrinifent and suspicions
fastens upon overybody in the least inclined
to favor too action of tho United States Gov
ernment. Got. Comming is performing the duties of
Lis o2"ce as for as he is able.
The outward bound mails are making good
progress. Many Indians were met on the
rente, who were all friendly.
QiT HoTst. Cni.NGBs. We are indebted to
Colonel lick for tho following items cf infer,
mutiun iu regard to Hotel changes, and as t'10
gentlemen rained ara justly entitled to all
the handsome things suid of them, we give
cur readers tbe bedufit of the information :
CitANnss. Col. Wvr. H. Hat, of Williams
port, leaves tho Eagle Hotel tho Cist o
April i.u0 crosses over to the lurfre brick on
ti mer, immediately opposite, where ho will
open a new Hotel for the accommodation of
his numerous friends cud patrc;.", and tho
"rest of mankind." That gocd eld democrat,
Captain J. H. Kei.ton, of the American poes
int j th.j Ealo Hotel. Col. V. S. Ucui.kii,
proprietor of tho United States Hotel, re
mains where ho is fowling ns eomforlublo and
as happy as you please. .
Mr. Uaviu Herb lecves the Kl'oo stand
in Lewisburg. and iutendd bettering bis con
dition by tokiner up his quarters in Milton,
nt tbe United fctotcj Hotel, J. II. Eckhkbt,
E3q., retiring.
C01.. UrFh, of tho Eagle, and Gan. ISi.Airt,
of tha Broadway, uro enjoying their military
honors with graceful dignity, aud trtatv.g
ibeir customers with tbo highest degree of
politeness.
(ST Loccst Mountain Coal and Ikon
CowrASY. Wo have received from J. W.
Anspach, Jr., tho President, thn Fix Annual
lteport of this Company. The receipts end
expenditures of this Company in 1857, were
ns follows :
Receipts, .... $73,C43 91
Expenditures, .... 6C.182 14
Ilalanco for O10 operations fer
the year, ....
Total Assitt.
Ileal estate, ...
)tills receivable. ...
17,ltl 77
S1.07O.C09 CS
12.239 8
Joau to I.eseoooriligEuo colliery, 11,195 CI
Debts due by sundry persons, " 3,464 49
Oufib ou hand, .... 1,757 41
1,099.2C7 05
- 151,964 71
Cost of injf rovemects.
C-l,"CI,2jl 7G
No dividend was declared, but the mana
gers express the belief thut they will bo ablo
to pay an annual dividend of C per cent,
regularly hereafter.
The managers propose sellins; 2-rfl0 acres
off tho Northern portion of tho property,
being an outlet by Sunbnry, for the purpose
of raising funds ta improve the balance,
without resorting to loans, or incraEiug tho
capital stock any further.
E3T Tits Lady's Kook for March Is a noto
ber of which friend Godey may well b j proud.
"The Miller's Blessing" is beautiful, artisti
cally and neatly executed. This engraving
alono fully worth tho price of a single copy
of tbe Uook. In addition to a large lumber
of engrariugs, the literary matter canuot well
bo surpussed. The Lady's Book is rapidly
increasing i'.s circulation.
Tug Jouenal or tub Fkaxkux Ltbti.
Tvre fr February is on enr table. It is
published by the Frauklin Institute, iu J'Lil.
adelphia. Tha conteot for February em
brace m tides on Civil Engineering, American
FutetiU, Mechanics, Physics, aud Cheu.iatry,
bid matter in cojnoctiua with the cconomv
of the Institute.
sty AkTian's Host Maoazini; for March
is an excellent nnmber, handsomely illustra
ted. Tih9 Home Magazine, in the hands of
Mr. Arthur, will always be a welcome family
visitor. Frice 2 per annum.
tV Tbe Lutheran Congregation, In Dan.
ville, have commenced buildirg a new church
cditico. Iu ',ix i id by 70 feet, surmounted
ly a dome aud a bell. Tko coit is estimated
between six and seven thousand dtdiars, the
irreator putt of which bus already been
secured.
PntL Fis'itxa ik Whconsis1 Ths peo
pla of Green liuy (Wis.) recently turned out
tn maise and procured a l.irgo number of
pear's froa the muueU and fresh water clams
in that vicinity, a sample of which was sent
to a fewelry concern in New Vcrk. In a
few days, an anawer was received Ibt peurls
cf that deecriptiou were rather ecureO at
present, and thai such would sul as hijjh s
4Uiy a, hi per out,m.
A dl-t'r.gniiih wrUor saya that nothing is
best 8iuev'ad by iailirectioii." The workings
of a eork scrsw woold seem to be a refutation
of that pluUiiUJs theory.
At a Late 7Vi, the defendant, after hear
log a witness jnmped up and jitldr Them
allegations it false, scd that el!e(ftor kooas
H."
Floor isss'linsr for 17 per barrel in Sao
Frj'-e.sco, and wheat at f J 30 per bushel.
We ara informed that tie bills of the Tio
' mnty Ust-W. and Crawford eoooty Bank,
tiista, ft aiiesiditea oy to ukum.
T H E AMERICA H?
SUNBURY.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1858.
II. B. 31 ASSEB, Editor and Proprietor.
To AnTTnR, . .The cirpulmlon of tti !Ji'nhary
American amniff the different towns on the S-MciaehaiuiS
nt excseifol if-quflkd brmny paper tullititl In No.Ui
ern I'rniirrlrnnm.
s)'cn BrKT.Tfo Lcpecs in Market
trect. Apply at this office.
I52T 't'nr Coldest Vft We JnesJay morn
ing was th coldest of the season. At snn
riso the thermometer stood at two degreef
below zero.
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G3T jlocb uiattet intendod for this week's
pnper has been crowded oot.
US' Ths 22d in Si-mu tt parsed cT vilh.
oJt any nnusnnl deinnnslration. excepting the
performance of Grant's Cornet Hand, mounted
In a carriage, and passing through the streets
Wo ro coder obligations to tho members
for a complimentary serenade, end trust they
mry live to enjoy mr.ny succeeding birthioys
of Washington.
CJT M AJNAxmoi's. Some would be enter
prisi:i advertising ogeut In New York, oCTers
uh, for $10 'worthi of advertising, about 55
worth of fancy jewelry and flash books. We
wonder how many gulls ho will catch with
tlii3 bait.
BJ2S" Tavkb! Licenses. Tavern keepers
who intend to apply for licenses arc reminded
that they must filo their petitions in tho of
fice of tho rrothonotary at least three weeks
before they ere presented to tho Court. No
tice must be given in two or more papers
three times, tho last insertion to be net less
than ten dnys beforo Court. All notices
therefore should be published, oot later than
ueit weeks paper or on tho 4th of March.
Tho bends can bo Lied on tho Crst day of
Court.
(V The communication cf J. W. W., in
reply to J. J. J., is unavoidably crowded out
this week. Correspondents should romember
thai condensation is tho essence and pilb of
good writing, and should make their commu
nications no longer than necessary. Besides,
personalities and diHuseucss should be avci.
dcd.
CS" We regret to announce the death of
Jacob 1'riilt, one of tho editors of tho Milto
nian. who died nt Milton on Friday Inst, at
the residence cf his brother Robert M. Fiick,
Esq. Mr. Frick was but thirty threo years
old, but thai fell destroyer, cousuoiptiou,
preyed upon his vitals and bis death was no
unexpected event. Mr. Frick was a gentle
man of excoSleut trorul chure.cter and was
highly esteemed for bis amiable disposilioB.
sSTTks St;:am Bakei-.v, of Fhiladclphia
has established a branch in Poltsvilte, where
fresh loaves of bread are sold less than the
old price.
tW Tub 22d ok Feek-jabt at Suahokin,
Our friends ut Bhamokin had a fine time
on the 2d inst., Washington's birlh.day.
A grand Ball aBd entortui.'.n:ent came oS iu
the evening at Hiltenbouder's Hall, a hand
some and commodious building, recently
erected by our old frieud Stephen liiltenben.
der, oue of the most prosperous and enter
prising citizens of Sbaaiokln. Eight cotillions
were cu tue l.oor at one tunc. 1 be music
and dancing department was under tbe di
rection of Mr. Eckert, of Northumberland
The refreshments weru scrvod ia good style
by Mr. FoiUr, of the Bhaniokin llottl.-
CT Oa Monday lust Mr. J. W. Hassler, of
this pluce, attempted to croes the river, on
the ice, with a horse nnd Eloign, but accideu.
tally took tbo wrong ror.d. Th;e was
large crack iu the ice, witbin ubout 100 yards
of tho Western shoro, at which place the
horse, nnd ono side of the sleigh, went
through. Some cf our citizens immediately
weutto his assistance with ropes and plack,
and succeeded in rescuing the horse without
any injury. I'ersons crossiug and iccrcssing
should be careful and ascertain the right
track. The ice is about S inches thick, but
there are weak places that render ueCcssary
some caution and cave.
(JT Tus 22d ok Fkijri'aht, ie.'.3, will be a
memorable duy in iho anuals of Virginia,
The great Equestrian bronze slutuo of Wash-
ingiou was iunugurated at Eicbmoud oa that
day. II. M. T. Hnnter, one cf the Virgiuia
L'. IS. Senators, wus the orator of the day
His oration is an eloquent production, Gvu
Scott was present and commanded thn mili.
tare. This rt;Uuo is the work of tho lament
ed American artist, Cruwford, who died a
short lime since iu England fruui the elite t
of a cancer in tbo eye. 'I bis stntue is said
to be tbe finsst in conception and execution
ia tbo world. It was designed and modeled
by Crawford in Italy, and ea.t at Munich.
The figure of tbo horse, poised 00 lis Laun
ches, is 22 feet long.
i" Fibi ik L ASCASTEa. A lira occurred
in Lancaster, on Wednesday last, originating
iu the Chesti.ut street iron works, nbith
extended cousiderably before it could bo
arrested. Over fifty thousand dollars wurth
of property was destroyed, aud much other
seriously endangered.
6JT wt, Kck, of Milton appears again iu
tha world or Jeuroalduni. Id the last Demo
crat he comes oflv jn favor of tbe admission
of Kansas under tbe Lecnmptgn Constitution
This can only be accounted for fioto tbe fuel
that the Colonel and President Duchanao are
both good looking ami clever gentlemen, and
as tba President Is the most venerable of tba
two, me ioionei jiuiu 10 ge and superior
wisdom, without regard to tbe opinions othe
rank and file Mo O.ffer 00 shit question from
tbeir cotbf.
Sl'itBURY At RntE RAILROAD.
Our neighbor of the VazctU takes excep
tions to the sale of tho State canals to tha
Sunbnry & Erie Railroad Company. Tha
reasons assigned ara that tha price li too
low that the Company is too poor to pay
and that it would be "more of a present than
a sale."'
The truth is, the canals firs not worth, to
the Commonwealth, one dollar, and if the
Bunbury & Erie Compjuy is poor it is still
a stronger reason that they should not pay
moro for tha canals than they are worfh.
There are, however, other reasons than
those given by tbe Gazette, but the opponents
of tho sale dou'l liko to make them public.
The truo reason is that a great many hungry
edict) holders will have to let go tho public
lest if they uro sold. Tbe Uazettt talks
about tho revenues of the canals, but says
nothing of tho expenses. Opposition to the
interests cf so important a work as tbe Sun
bury L Erio road Is, perhaps, surprising, and
as our neighbors have been surprised by seve
ral articles in out paper lately, we hopo they
will not wonder if wo are surprised to find
them advocating tho interests of a number
of hungry expectants, living off of the public,
instead of the interests of a great Railroad
thoioughfure that will enhance tbe value of
a Urge section of our State to a greater
extent than the entire worth of the canals.
TUT. JUF.ICTI.NO AT MT. CAtlMKL.
A meeting was held at the Hotel of Wil
liam H. Lerch at Mt. Carmel, In this county,
on Monduy the 15th inst., without distinction
of parly. The object of the meeting was an
expression of opinion in opposition to the
Lccomptou Constitution. Frederick Fohri
on presided, assisted by Dr. William J. Uaai
Thos. Scbi.ll, Abraham Lerch, J. II Yarnall
George A. Heeler, William Biles, end Abra
ham Martians Vice Presidents, and J. II.
.fames nnd David Lewis, as Secretaries.
Messrs. James, Haas, Scball and Keeler were
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caned r.rou lor acuresses. u. . i.ewis, o
U. James, John Dreher, Jercmiuh Gillinger
and J. 15. Woseer were a committee to draft
resolutions Resolutions were adopted ap
proving Major Dewarl's vote favoring an in
vestigation of the Leeotnploti Constitution
and also in favcr of a Uriff. As the proceed
ings reached us on Saturday, and after they
had been published elsewhere, we can, of
course, only refer to them.
IIT The editor of the Gazttu. takes excep.
ticn to our rcmnrks on acknowledging the
receipt of the President's Lecomplon Mes.
sago. Although do g:ves us cruuil lor being
"a gentleman by habit and disposition," ho
thinks that wo "overlooked tbe rules of
courtesy" ia our comments, on account of
"our dislike to that i d v'duai." We have no
such dislike, as stated by the Gazette, aud
never expressed any. On tbo contrary wo
entsrtaiu for Mr. Buchanan, personally, the
highest regard and respect. All who havo
met him admit that he is a perfect gentle
mau, with a clwractor above reproach. But
at should not prevent us expressing our
opiniou of his message. Whether it would
have been less exceptional, in a separato
paragraph, we must leave for determination
to Chesterfteld and the editor of the Gazette.
85" NoBTiirn.N Clntbai. Railroad. Tbe
grading on this wuik has progrejsc-d more
rapidly tbao could have been expected. Tho
grading of tho rond between Trevorton bridge
and this place will be completed by the Grst
of April. Active preparations are making
to lay the track and complete tho bridges,
without delay, til of which can bo accom
plished by the Crst of June. Tho whole
road, now knoau as tbo "Northern Ccutral
Zlailroad," extending from Baltimore to Sou-
bury, a distunco of 139 miles, will then be
completed. At Sunbury it will conuect with
the great Sunbnry & Erie road, extending
West, tbo Philadelphia & Sunbnry, extend
ing L,ast, nnd also oy tue acsjbury r.no
and Lackawanna & Bloomsburg road with the
New York & Erie road at Great Bend, and
thu Elmira rod at Williamsport.
C3T Snow. On Friday last we had about
five iuches of snow. The sluighiog lasted
but a day or two and wns poor at that.
CF A rrOJNTMKNTS BY TUK CoMMISSIONRKS.
Tbo Coasmissiouera cf Northumberland
county, have made tbe following appointments
for tbe year lo58 :
CommiVsi'oiwrj Cltrk. Geo. Martin, Eaq.,
Attorney for the county. Chat. Pleasant8
Esq.,
i'hjiician. Dr. II. II. Awl.
Mercantitt Appratter.Jamt$ Lyno, of
Sbamokio.
THE MI'nDKK TRIAS. AT DA VI LI K
The triul of Wm. J. Clark for the murder
of his wife, Catharine Ann Clark, commenced
at Danville on Tuesday, the 10th. Clark
and Msry Taicgs were charged with having
given poison (arsenic) to Clark's wife while
sick, and a true bill wus found against both.
Large quantities of arsenic were foand in her
6tomacb after her death. A few weeks pre.
Tious to the death of Mrs. Clark, David
Twiggs died under sujpicious circumstances,
and poison was also found in hit utmn.wl,
Clark was put 00 trial first. It wss proved
on the triol that he purchased several ounces
of urseuic and somo strychnine, and that Mrs.
Twiggs had also purchased some. Clark's
detiiul that lis purchased arsenic was a strong
circumstance egaiust bim. He also wrote to
a friend, a Mr. Thompson, at Fiiceuixvilie, to
purchase and bring him, secretly, two ounces
of arseuic and eight grains of strychnine, as
it was necessary to do so to save his life.
His friend justtad of complying, sent tbe
letter to tbe Prosecuting Attorney, which
wits', read u - evidence egaiust Clark, aud
which amount almost to a confession of the
crime." Clark also had escaped from Jail by
springing from his cell, one morning, at the
Sheriff came in, and thoo turning tbo key 00
the Sheriff, but was retaken. The motive
for the murder was said to Le ta improper
iu',iuiacy between Clark aud Mrs. Taiggs,
U was teen several timet tilting with bit
arm arm around ber oeck and waist.
Judge Jordan, in bis charge to tha Jary,
tgrcir.ed up in a clear and cc wise manner all
the facts and circumstances, giving tbe pris
oner the benefit of every doubt. Tbe Jary,
however, bad out a single doubt in regard to
the prisoner's guilt. Nor bat any one mbo
'hetic or reads the evtffMs, Tbs anvt
while the Judge was psssing wntenca apon
tbe prisoner wst most tolemn and affecting,
yet the prisoner wal almost tba only man
unmoved. Id bit speech, Clark reflects apon
the Conrt and Jury, but without one particle
of trath or justice. We give, below the
greater portion of tha Jodge't charge, and
also the tcntenee of the court, in which the
main features of tbe whole case are let out :
To enable you to tVaermlne the Irst in
nnirv. vou have the testimony of Doctor
Simington, who attended ber during part of
her illness, and tntil be Informed ber be
could do no more for her, and bis testimony,
snd tha testimony of Doctors Strawbridge,
Mnei',1, Frick and S nit zler.
Tbo appearance of Mrs. Clark after her
death has been detailed to yon, and Dr. Si
mington has related her appearauce when be
first visited her. Ho found ber skin bot
her pulse small anl frequent, some dizziuess
in ber head, eyes swollen nnd rather red.
This was about the first of May. She com
plained of pains in ber stomach and breast,
with somo tenderness in these parts her
stomach somewhat ewolleo, great heat in her
throat, which she said was burning, and in
cessant thirst, and tho attendants, Mrs.
Twiggs and the prisoner said she vomited a
great deal, and had a diarrhoea, that she was
restless and nervous, and bad some twitchings
at times; he administered such remedies as
he supposed would check tho diarrheca and
vomiting, but without success. Tho Doctor
states that ber symptoms correspond almost
exactly with tbo symptoms given in the books
as belonging to poison by arsenic. . All tbe
physicians who were examined os to whether.
from appearances, after death, it could bo
determined wjietber death resulted from the
administration of arsenic, say it conld not.
The Commonwealth charge, that William
John Clark, the prisoner at the bar, and tbe
husband of Catharine Ann Clark, ia the guilty
person. 1 his von must determine from all
tho evidence in the Court it is your peculiar
province to do so. Is tho prisoner at the
bar guilty T We are startled at the question
and our feelings are so much at variance
with snch a supposition, that we, Tor a mo
ment, are disposed to answer, no. The tender
relations of man and wife the close connec
tion between them the solemn pledges made
at the marriage altar, or love, protection
snpport. comfort in sickness and in health, in
prosperity nnd adversity, all crowd upon
tho mind, and forbid such an unnatural con
clusion. Uut all these may be broken, and
evil passions may gain such sn ascendency in
the heart as to overleap and break down
every barrier iu tho way of accomplishing
me latai ueeci.
If the prisoner ot the bar is cniltv of this
foul act, what was his motive? Tho motivo
for the commission of a crime cannot always
bo ascertained and proved, u tbo Common
wealth Tail to provo a motive, it does not
follow from that circumstance alone, that
the prisoner is not guilty, When crimo is
committed, there is no doubt a motivo for
the commission of it. Ibe motive may ex
ist in the mind, end manifest itself, by any
outward act, capable of proof. In this case
no criminal connexion is known between tbe
Daft, and Mrs. Twiggs no very improper
familiarity, prior to tbe death of Mrs. Clark.
They wore seen seated close to each other
he baving bis arm around ber, at ono time,
wbilo it appears they were engaged in read
ing the Bible, and the prisoner occasionally
visited Airs, lwiggs at ber bouse, alter oigbt
in abscence of ber husband, and when he was
at home. Mr. Twiggs visited Clark they
appear to havo been friends, working in the
same mill, iho lather ot Mrs. lwiggs, old
Mr. McClintock, was always at home at night,
aud when Clark was tbere. is attune crimi
nal however is proved between them, but a
familiarity of which we may Dot approve.
1 he Commonweallb, Iroui these acts ot Iu
miliarily, would have yeu infer, that a passion
existed between Mis. Twiggs and the prison
er, and tiint this passion for Mrs. Twiggs
cajsed him to take tho life of his wife. If
the prisoner did commit tho foul act charged
against mm, it will be ycur duty to bud
motive lor it, if vou can, irom tue evidence iu
tho cause, there is no direct proof of the
prisoner's guilt no direct evidence that the
prisoner aumimstereu poison to bis wile
This is not necessary to justify a conviction
even for so high an oC'ence as that of murder.
1 ho law does not require direct, express aud
positive proof of guilt, but it does require
such proof as fixes guilt upon the accused,
beyond ail reasonable doubt, actual, substan
tiul doubt.
What ara the material facts and circum
Blanco relied upou by the Commonweallb to
6x the mnrder of Mrs. Clark, upon her
husband I
Mrs. Clark left home, to visit some friends
in tbe city of Philadelphia, about March last.
She remained from home for several weeks,
During her absceuco David Twiggs, the bus
band of Mrs. Twiggs, died. There is evi
dence that wbilo the was in Philadelphia.
perhaps tho night before, she was sick
complained of a pain in ber bowels, and vom
ited, and appeared weak and exhuusted that
morning belore leaving the city and vomi
ted rtliiio in thu cars, ou her return home.
Some of ber neighbors saw her the day she
returned, nnd stales that eho appeared well.
The next day she was very sick or tba day
alter tuui. uue 01 tue witnesses Mrs. Ale
Mullen states that when she first saw ber,
she was in bed appeared as if she was a
getting out or a ut ea:d sbe bad taken mag
nesia coinplaiued of her stomach and said
if she could vomit, sbo would get belter,
Mrs. Twiggs and the busbaod of Mrs. ClaiU
appeared from the testimony to have been
ber attendant., priucipsiiy, during ber illness,
Dr. Simiugtoa visited ber first, about tbe lsl
of May, aud saw ber during her illness some
4 or 5 times, lie round ber in tue condition
already described by the Court.
It is alleged by tho Commonwealth, that
poison aJuiiuistered was mingled with mag.
uesia ana water, cue iocs; magnesia as
stated, and tbo Doctor saw in the bauds cf
Mrs. Twiggs a paper containing maguesiu at
ho believed. He prescribed such remedies
as he thought would control tho disease under
which bo supposed sbe was laboring, bu
without producing the desired effect, and
she lingered until tbe following Saturday,
ncn i.ie craseu id exist, uocior BiniiogtoD
wrote prescription ne am cot auuuuisier
the oi himself, but be states that in tbe hear-
ing of Mrs. Clark it was stated they were
auannistereu 10 uer, wnicn siuiemeui suo did
not deny. It it in evidence by Curtis Her
ington, who was iu the drug store ol Chalfunt
& Hughes, that he sold to tbe prisoner the
last week in Marcb lbj7 an ounce 01 arsenic
about 1st week in April another ounce
which Clark stated he got to kill rats. He
stated be dido't think thut tho first he got
wat good. He was told when he got the
second ounce if that didn't prove to be good
he should come back and be could give bim
something stronger. Ho come back in about
4 days and said the arsenic was not good it
bus done do good. He then got 4 grains of
strychnine, Jn about a week be came back
again and told me tbat he got lost bad done
first-rate, only be hadn't quite enough, and
obtaiued 4 grains of strychnine more. He
came back again about tbe last week ia May,
obtained 3 CIS. worth of magnesia, and an
ouuee of arsenic Mrs. Twiggs purchased
from Robert McCarty, a clerk in tbe same
store, about middle of last of April half of
one ounce of arsenic. If these witnesses
are believed by you, arsenio and strychnine
were purchased by both the prisooer and Mrs.
Twiggs and tbera it no evidence tbat it
was used in the destruction of rati or what
disposition was made of the poisoos purchased
if the poisons were purchased by them. The
prisonet denied, at proved by Mr. Thompson,
that be purchased any poison from Curtis
llerriogtoo tbat ba must be mistake! in tbe
ttM. Here ara tWt threw eirauontawctt
relied on by tbe Commonwealth to establish
the prisener'i guilt. 1st. That Mrs. Clark's
death wat occasioned by poison '2d. Tbat
me prisoner Mrs. Twiggs purchased poison
3d. That they waited fipoa Mrs. Clark daring
ber illaees, and la addition, a letter written
by bim while in prison, dated August 29,
tba , addressed to Andrew j. Thompson, in
rnoenixviiie. I letter read pro el 1
Tha following it the letter referred to by
tbe Judge t
Letter read at follows :
Dantillk, Montour connty, August 39, 'fit.
"Lfear Andrew :
"I boot that this will Bad
yon & Yours all well
"I now will reveal to yon what win liberate
me at the tryicl by you dowlng it for ma
Having the confidence in yoo that yon will
dow it for me k let do one be tbe wiser Of
it. Although I little deserve your aid
Dear brother yoofoe tbat it is testified Tbat
I porched Poison So if von would Be to kind
at to Bay tbe following amount it would
saive my life k inable mn to Reward ten fold
lor toe said trouble & expenre this it to liny
me three ounces of Arsnic k eight grains of
strychnine get 1 ounces by itself. Get it as
soon as this Comes To hand and bring it op
who yon on Nixt friday the 4th nnd steps at
Bloomsburg & get Mr. Robert F. Clark to
come up with yon be ismy coon eel dow not
mm sroew mat yonhave it but yon can
Give it to me when he is with yon Without
notice k the Sheriff will not be in And I will
pnyyonr expenses Look nt'it Pear Brother
yoarself k your good understanding will tell
you tbat Wbcn I Will have the same quanti
ty of Poison to show in Conrt tbat tha Will
have to liberate me I am torrey that I conld
acquenfyou of this btfore But you knew tbat
it is very few that I cau trust with ona word
in pleace of A loiter Dear Andey by Dowing
so yon Will Salvo life & Credit & I will well
Kewardyou and you will be running No risk
whatever watch that you get Honest weight.
I have certain reasons for Ureen vou to come
on inaoy or Saturday nixt The 4th or 6 iryou
uow noi get bere on some or the 1 dayi I will
take that as A Token that yoa will not do
it. But 1 have confedance in you that you
will Attend to it for me & saive my life And
I will lie yotir homblo servant As I remain
yours in tbe Bonds of Peace law k order
ever yours nffectiunately
William J. Clark."
"Let no one see this letter."
This letter as Tou nereeive. rsonesfa Mr.
Thompson to procure poison and deliver it to
him, the same quantity of arsenic and strych
mno that it appears he purchased in Danville.
The weight this letter should have as tending
to fix guilt upon the Defendant, is for you.
ii is certainly a tact worthy or your conside
ration. Mr. Thompson did not comply with
his reqnest. and it wos hizhlv nroocr be
should not. Aftir tho timo elatjsed when
he desired Thompson to come to Danville, to
wit about the 6th or 10th of September ho
broke jail, but was retaken. Tho circum
stances under which tbe attempt was made,
have been fully detailed to yoa by the Sheriff.
Such an attempt as this, is considered in law
as a circumstance from which guilt may bo
iuferrcd, standing alone, it is a circumstanco
insufficient to justify a conviction, but well
worthy of considerations ay yoo, when the
attempt is unexplained by the prisoner. Tho
attempt to escape is some indication of fear,
but this fear may not be tbe result of conscious
guilt, a variety or causes may operate on tho
raiud of one accused of, nnd imprisoned for a
high crime, who is conscious of his innocence,
to attempt avoiding a public trial, and tho
chance of a conviction. There moy be greot
excitement in the public mind against him, if
wniie ue moy nave a knowledge, and rear tout
tho truth moy not be elicited, either from
corruption in tho Commonwealth witnesses,
or a lailure on his part to procure tho neces
sary testimony to establish his innocence,
may operate on his mind, end lead to na
effort to Cfcnpe. In this case, no evidence
has been offered by tbe prisoner, explanatory
of the attempt mado by bim to escape, and
consequently it is a circumstance which yoa
should take into consideration, with the other
facts and circumstances in tho cause, in de-
tejmining his guilt or innocence. Having
thus as briefly as 1 could detailed the evi
dence introduced by the Commonwealth, uj-on
which she claims the conviction of tho pris
oner at the bar, it is proper to examine the
testimony relied upon by the Defendant, to
establish his innoeence.
The sickness or Mrs. Clark is alleged cot
to have been in consequence of pois:onad
ministered to her, but that she wm attacked
in the city of Philadelphia, to which the
Court have alieady referred. The witnesses
who have been examined on the subject of
toe manner in wnicu the prisoner and bis
w ife lived, speak of no jawing unhappy dis
cords or matrimonial strifes. Tbere is Dot
shown to have existed between them, any
others thun such fclinirs and afiections, as
should always attend the matrimonial con
nection. It is also in evidence that when Mrs. Clark
was sick, Clark asked Doctor Simingtoo to
attend upon his wife. She had been sick
some timo before the Doctor's services were
required. These fuels sliced lead you to
examine all tho evidenco with care, and in
quire whether bis conduct towards his wife
when she was in health and when tpon her
bed ol (iealb, are consistent with tbe charge
made against him bv tho Commonwealth.
After he left Philadelphia, and carr.e to Dan
ville, lie bearded with a Mrs. Uarninger and
expressed bis anxiety to get her here, and
talked much about it. 1 his was sometime
before Mrs. Clark's sickness and death.
The fact that Mrs. Twiggs and the prisoner
attended upon lurs. Ulark during ber last
illness, is not sufficient of itself to justify his
conviction. Mrs. Twiggs was living in the
same house, and it was not improper for her
to admiuister to ber comrort in ber aBiiciions 1
and it was Dot ouly propor tbat ber husband
should be with her, but it wss his duty to be
with ber, to solace and affard ber such relief
and consolation, as was in his power. 1 belr
attendance upon her in ber sickness did
afford them an opportunity of administering
pioaon, ir sucb a bellisu purpose bad entered
their mind.
There is also evidence by Thompson Fes
ter that the prisoner and Samuel McClintock
came tn where be wns, and the prisoner in
formed that wilnots that tbere was a report
that his wife was poisoned, aud wished him
to go along with him to see Doctor Siming
too. Cltrk stated that ho wanted to get the
Doctor to get, the body of tbe woman ex
amined to prove that it was not so. This
circumstance you will also take into conside
ration on making up your verdict, and yoo
will inquire whether if the prisoner did ad
minister poison to bis wife, or knew that it
had been administered to her by bis procure
ment aud with his knowledge, be would have
desired an examination to be made that might
lead to bit detection.
Yoa will also recollect the testimony of
Mrs. McMollen, in which the relates a con
versation she bad with Clark in tbe presence
and hearing of his wife. Tbe witness ttatod
tbat tbe taid to Cltrk that tbere wat a great
talk going. Ha asked what! She answered,
that the people reported tbe wat poisoned.
He inquired who taid it, and the replied it
wat a flying report all over, but dido't know
who taid it. Ha taid when the would ba
burlod bo would fix thit. Tbe witness asktd
Mrt. Clark if the blamed bim for giviug any,
and sbe answered no. It it for yoa to de
termine what weight there it in thit decla
ration of tbe wife of the prisoner. Sbe would
bardly inspect that ber husband would ba
guilty of to foul a deed.
The good character of tba defendant prior
to tbii charge against bim ia also relied upon
a ground for bit acquittal.
A good character in a doubtful case, thould
turn tha tealet in favor of tba accused but it
it only 4a doubtful case that it it of any
rtdwe. Where pilt it tx4 wjh aa Iti-
vldoal, previous good conduct cannot wlpo it
onf.
The Counsel in the case bate discnarprd
thoir duty to the Commonwealth and to the
prisoner: the Court hat endeavored to die-'
charge their duty, and now submit tbo case
to yon to prooounbe apon tho guilt or Inno
cence of the prisoner. If yon are tatitfied
from tba evidence he it guilty, it it your
duty to to find ; ir your are not satisfied of
bit guilt, acquit him.
Tbe Court do hope and pray that yoor
mindt may be directed to a righteous conclu
sion. If yon find the prisoner guilty, yon should
state in your verdict, "We find William John
Clark guilty of murder in tha first degrno, in
manner and form as be stands indicted." If
yoa find him not guilty, yoa retaro "We find
bim not guilty."
Tbe Jury retired at ono o'clock. P. VI., and
Court adjourned immediately after.
THE VERDICT.
FsiAAY Kvr.M.sa, Feb. 15th.
The Jury, at precisely 7 o'clocl:, returned a
Verdict of "GUILTY" in manner and form
be stands indicted." Tho Court nouse was
crowded in a few moments after the bell bad
been rung, and tba utmost solemnity and
quiet prevailed throughout tbe House, when
tbe verdict was renderod. The prisoner
looked down-cast and trembling, but seemed
to listen with a degree of composure as every
one of tbe jurors pronounced tho awful word
guilty." Conrt immediately after adjourned
and tbe Sheriff look tho prisoner back to
jail.
Satcedat MoRNt.10, Feb. 20tb, 1853.
Court met at P o'clock. The" House w as,
as usual, filled to overflowing. When tbe
prisoner was brought in, Judge Jordan ad
dressed him as follows :
Win. J. Clark, Have yon anything to lay,
why tentence of death thould oot bt pronoun
ced T
The prisoner then with a clear voice, and in
a fluent manner addressed tee court in suo
stance bs follows.
"1 do not obiect that sbn'.ence of Death
shall now be pronooneod upon me I am
prepared to die innocence r.f tbe foul crime
charged upon me has strengthened mo during
tue long continemeui ona uuring ine iriai
and is berving me now in this awful hour. 1
do not wish to charge the jury, or the Court
with untairness, but God, the judge or judges
the ruler of princes, who scarchctb the heart
and knows tho iumcst workings of it is my
judge, and I am prepared nnd satisfied to
go into bis presence, it makes no ditlerence
how a man dies, if he is prepared, only so be
don't kill bimeelf. The other deaths be need
not fear. Man only cau kill the body but God
can kill body and soul. 1 stand here before
God and this large audience an innocent man.
I know it is a pniuful duty to you to pass sen
tence of death upon me, and I doct envy
your Honor to pass that sentence tho law
requires it but since God has strengthened
ne, to bear tbe trial with fortitude he will do
now, and I Tell satisfied to enter into eternity,
it is co U3e for me to comment open my in
OQCence, bat I declaro it again in the presence
ot this assemblage, tho Court, and Almighty
God, who sees and hears everything, and who
is to be my judge, and knows that I am not
quilty ot tlie telonious crime ol murdering my
own wile. l;ut as 1 said tictore to comment
upon my innocence is useless in such a preju
diced community as this.
hen at the last Court an application was
made for my discharge on a point of law tho
public feeling was so strong against me, that
they cried out, that ycur Honor did so, they
woul kill mo, and it is, tberelore. tbat 1 don t
blame you for refusing to discharge me then
and giving. your own body to tbe public. I de
cline to comment upon the trial at this time
those who have inju;ed me 1 leave to God
who will judge correctly and justly ; 1 don't
want to comment upon them ; but wbat chall
the Jury nnd tbose wno nave leetiiied against
me think hereaftor, when the truth mnyecme
out, for thus having accused me without cause
and wrongfully! Here aro the lips pointing
-with bis lingers to bis lips that were never
polluted by a harlot s kiss, and Here is a breast
pointing to his breast ou winch a prostitute
never repised, end here Ls the heart pointing
to his heart that never beat Tor a stracgo
woman, and I am innoevnt of tbo foul charge.
1 have nothing more to say now. A 00, cast
proceedtopisssontcf-.ce.
SENTENCE.
I did hope that, during my official term, I
would have been spared iho pain, of passitg
upon any one the awful sentenco of death.
This hope, like many others, in which I havo
fondly indulged, has vanished. The duty of
the law imposes upon the Court, is a most sol
emn and painf ul one ; but it must be discharg
ed. The crime for which you have been
convicted by a Jury of your country, is tbe
murder of your wife under circumstances,
which if possiblo, oggravote the enormity of
tho crime, aud impart to it a deeper ted
darker staiu, than is usually fonad in cases of
murder. Catb. Ann Clark was your wife,
and from the evidence in the case, was not
wanting iu duty and affection for ynu. It is
but a few years since she gave you her heart
and merged ber name in yours since you
mutually promised nt the marriage oltar, to
support, love, comfort and cherish each
other, in sickness nnd in health, so long as
God permitted you to li.e together. Ftotn
the evidence, it appears that you lived to
gether happily. She was the mother of your
children. It was an evil hour for you, when
forgetting your duty t-j her your duly to
ycur God aud to your country, you adminis
tered to her a deadly potion that soon terv
minoted her life. She did Lot suspect that
when yoo wero in her sick room, and stood
by ber, day after day apparently anxious
for her recovery, that tho cup you presented
to her contained a deadly potion, end that
yon wero seeking to destroy her life. Sbo
did not suspeet that the agonies she wus suf
fering and the pains she was enduting were
caused by you. Ob, it was a deed of the
foulest kind, evincing a hardness of heart,
tbat has scarcely a parallel. Yonr guilt,
which is established by the verdict in this
case would in all probability not havo been
detected, hud it nut been for the examination
made by the Physicians after bet deatb. In
ber stomach was" found the evidenco of tbe
cause of ber death.
During the brief period that may elapse
between this and tbe lime when tbe sentence
of the luw may be executed, tbr Court would
most solemnly and earnestly crge upon yoo,
tbe duty of endeavoring to prepare to meet a
Judge from whose dread stiitence there is no
appeal from whose eye no one cno escape, and
who ie able, with unerring certainty to distin
guish between tbe innoevnt and the guilty.
Do not neglect this, with hope, that the Exe
cutive clemency will spare you. The Court
most deeply sympathise with you, but our
sympathies cannot pretent tbe .sentence of
death or its exwtution. You have had the
benefit of a fair triol you lave been defen
ded, and ably defended by your counsel and
you bave been condemaed by a jary of your
ceuutry.. It remains for the Court to pass
upon the sentence of the Low, and Ufct is,
that.
You, William John Clark, be taken hence,
to tbe place from whence ycu came, witbin
the jail of the county of Monteur, and from
thence to the place of execution, within the
walls or yard of tbe laid jail, and that yoa
be there banged by tha oeck uotil yoo are
dead And way Ged hart mercy upon yonr
soul.
MARRIAGES
On Monday, the 6th inst, by John D. Con
rad, Esq., Mr. Samvkl Raibb to Jks. Sasau
x obdt, 01 t.ower .angutta.
On tha IStb lost., In Ssl!-'
Re. 8. Pernor, J gnu trA '
Piw.
DEATHS.
ARiNE,wirVofja7;bry;;t
years, 0 mooths and 23 days.
In this place on the 24th inst., JANE wife
of John Bucber, aged about 22 years
r r llsa Ami. f . . .
In Selinsgrove, on the Hth inst Wit
1,1AM JONAS, infant son of Henry Ind
"aye" beeboli ,8ed 1 IMr 6 months jj
arv1 16A mU,f rll0Bj'y P0""'0' Fob""
Si?.? M -TorMr k tho 40ih
.-1.0 ,Liule Mabanoy, on Wednesday ik.
17th Inst., Mr GEORGE SWINEiaR.
aged C5 years, 10 months and 22 days '
AUDITOR'S KOTICE. ' "T
NOTICE is hereby rivfn that ik. ., 1 .
Auditor appointed bv". , '
pleas, or Northumberland co n,y tSZTZ
money i .fa. hand, or J.lc. Be, d E,a C1,U
Prothonotary, on ,lie I
lb. real .state of Thorn.. ;,.,
partition of the re.l euIe cf Jecdtn t w ir
attends the du.ie. of hi. ..id .p,oinUnent on
lue.day, the iixieenth day of March 18V
fice ir. the borouph of 8wi,lUry t wW h
and place all person. mU.egtrd m.y allrnd
WM. ROCKEFELLER, AuJilor.
February 37, 1858 ' "
. TO CARPENTER iff
CEALED prrpo..!, t,e receiveJ h
Comn..ioner. Offic (whore plan can b.
seen) rrora tin. date until Jju I5ih or M.rch next
for Iho repairing or the county Smile ftt lh iail''
CHAS. T. HOTTEN STEIN '
FREDERICK HAAS
HAMCEL EN"i',
February S7, 1858.
B. C. eHKMBRuCOll. .,.,
CHES 2 BHOTJGn & rEABSCST
Commission Merchants and Dealers in
FISH, CHEESE .mill) PROVUlOVx
Ab. 6, .V: Hner tt., 3 iluars alme Murkt '
PHILADELPHIA.
ave eonstonllyi.irj nd an assortment of
IS I'neu ami J icKieu fish, c. &r.
Mackerel,
Cudfi.
Beef.
Lard.
Skouldr ri,
Ciires.0,
Butl.r.Ae.
Salmon,
Kaiii,
Sit'-a,
Shsd,
Perk.
Feb. 27, 1853 3m.w.
TO
-10 Per ISarrel.
rlF 11 E subscriber rMnrcifoliy inform, the e'li-A-
Sent oO'unburv and vicinity that he ha j.ist
received a lupjily of FLOCK, which hn is olliriiijf
at wjieleule ur retail from $5 40. C 37 J tj
6 t7$ per Barrel. HVa! t!l (0mc as low i
70 ru. per quarter, all of which he WAR
HAM'S to Im .)01.
CA.NDI.KS for u!e, wholesale or reUil.
Thankful for part patronage be hops, to con
tiliUA t, merit the .sine.
GIVE iilM A CALL!
M. C. GEAR HART.
Market bt , Suubury, Ta.
Fc'rru.ry !7, 1608.
Estate of HEUEY FRY, sen. dee'd.
JV'TICE ;. hereby given that Irlicr. of aJ
ministration have teen granted to tho sub
.ctiber on tho estate or Henry Fry, sen. late of
Coal tuwnship, NorlhutiiLurlandJcouiity, dtrrated
Aii persona ii.dt-llcd will please make'immcdijie
payment and tho Iiavinj claims ill 1 rest nt
llitru duly authenticated for tcUltmrnt.
GEORGE II. COER, AAm'r.
February SO, IS5S.- Ct.
NOTICS.
VOTICE is hereby given thst application
A-' will be mnde y Iho .uhticriber, fur a du
plicate of Land Warrant No. 81. 218, for lid
Teres, issued to Rebecca Rear, widow or Wni.
Hear, who was a private in ("apt. Hay's co:i,pj.
r.ydated the lClhdny of .-YptemU-r ISSti, whirh
said warrant wetduly assigned ly the fatd Re
becca Rear, in blank, and aekr.owlrdited before
Jrss Weigel, and certified by the I'rothonotary
of Mountour county Pa., and purchased by tii
sutirriber from the said Rebecca Rear. 'J bat
tho uid warrn.it was lost hi the mail bt lwti 11
Union Comer Tost 0:"icc. N'trthuir-bcrlord
county, Pa., and PlrasaiU Hill Post 0 dice,
Montgomery county Indiana, from and afier the
X3lh tf Kover.ibcr I8SC, and ban i.eer been
heard of since. That in consequence of .aid looa
application wilj be made to the conunissivner of
Pensiona for a duplicate a. above slated.
CHARLES W. MKHAURV.
ricaaaul Hill, Indiana.
F.hTuary.SO. 153. 6u
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To Joseph Haukawoct,
Peter Iiaughavrcut, Jjhn Hanghawout, Xam;
intermarried wi'.h Wm. 11. Kavc, Elizabeth in
termarried with Esau Campbell, Mary Hangha
wout widow of Leffert Ilaufchawout, dee'd aud
Mary Ilttiifihawout and I'-phraini Lytle guardian
cf John J., haia'a Jane, Kpllraim L. and Mary
E. Hai'KUawnut, minor children of niJ Lellcrt
Ilaihnwout dee'd, Christopher Huughawuut,
Isaac lluughuwout, Jackson llaughawout, Cal
vin Hnuehawout, Dewitt Hauithawout and The
odora intermarried with Late Dewitt, heir, and
legal rep'eseiilative. of John Hcughawoul dee'd,
and to all other persons interested.
GREETING :
Northumberland County, ss.
You and each of you are
hereby cited to be and appear before iho Judges
of our Orphans Court, at an Orphans Cr-urt ta
bs held fur said county the first Monday of April
next, and then and there accept or refuse tJ tal.e
the real eluto of the said Jol.u Haughawout at
tli valuation placed upon it by an inquest htlJ
Ihcreon the SCth day of December 1837. or show
cause why the same shall not be sold. Aiu'
hereof fail not !
Ceitiiled from the records of our suiJ Orphtn'i
Court at Punbury, this Ulh day cf Janu.iry, A
D., ISfS., Thos. D. Grant Dept. Clk. O. if.
The above named heirs and Legal -epsenla
lives will please lake notice of the above rule.
JAMES VANDYKE, fchcrilT.
SherifTe Office, Sunbury, i
February SO, 1858.
5
FEBRUARY 20, 1853.
"I I'ST received ly Railroad another lot i
choice and desirable goods consisting in pa
of Fancy Dclaiie. new styles, It lack and Fane
Silks beautiful Madder Prints at 0,8 and
cent, per yard Persian Debege ISJ cents PUi
Delaues IS, cents 38 inchca wide ui.Meachf
Mutliu 6 cents Also loOO yarda Mtslui di
ferent widlha and qualities French Cloths, Ca
aimercs, Salmon, Kentucky Jean c., at eicec
ingly low prices And we eall particular avttri
lion to our Stock of Fresh Groceries, feeling s
sure J that their uualit and our uric will tend
entire satisfaction
comu one corsE asi
Examine our goods and lesro our prices, o
atoek presents a large and varied assortment, e
abling purchasers lo make a good selection ta t
beat advantage.
GREAT BAROAINQ,
la conaequnee or the advanced state or the Wi
ter, we will commence rVcm Ibis date to aril o
entire atoek of KeaJy Made Clothi.ig Dhuike
Vinter Hosiery, and a very nice assortment
Ladies Shawls at greatly reduced prices N
ia tha time lo secure good bargains.
A TINNY SAVED IIS A IENNY EARNf'D,
A. E. V. BKIUUI OU'.