STAR OF THE NORTH. R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR. WoombirK, U etineday. Miiy lb, 1867.! Democratic Rom inn lions. FOR GOVERNOR^ WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycoming County. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, MM ROD STRICKLAND, 'of Chester County. ' ' cotin r pßoiceuuigs. The case of Jane M. Bsrninger vs. W. A. Kline involved a nice legal question as to how far a married woman inay do business for hetself and in her name while living with her husband. The suit was on a note lor 8200 given by Kline to the plaintiff and the defence consisted in a promise which Mrs. Bcrninger made to Kline after the note was given, that if ha would go bail on a note of her bu.b.nd for a horse which ii epp.„d she purchased, he, Mr. Kline should be rein bnrted or kepi safe by a set off on the note now in suit. Mr, Kline went bail and paid for the horse. The plaintiff urged that she could not part with her separate interest in her property except by release acknowledged before a judge as provided for in the act of 1848, or where it was for a tort of the wife, or for necessaries used in the family. The other part of the defence was for the rent of a tavern stand, which it appeard Mrs. B'a husband leased from Kline and which she agreed should be paid out of her note against Kline. The court admitted tha evidence on • tha first point, on the ground that if a mar ried woman roultl contract and take a note, she must be allowed to make an ancillary contract lo discbarge it, or receive ite pay ment. The evidence on the second point , was rejected as that seemed to be claiming on the contract of the husband. Verdict for the plaintiff for 898.42. Moses Gaumer, for the larceny of a gun, &c.. was sentenced to the Penitentiary for one year. Com. w. Hannah Hendershot, indictment for assault and battery. Not a true bill, coun ty lo pay the coats. Com. vs. David Miller, indictment for sel ling liquor without license. Not a true bilL On the indictment found last court against Ibis defendant he plead guilty and was fined Sis and coats of prosecution. Com. vs. George Zaner, & Samuel Sitter, indictment for not repairing roads—not a true bill. Com. vs. Joseph Hurst for larceny, a true bill—casa continued. Com. tis. Hiram Sraethers for selling liquor without license. Not a true bill, ar.d (ltd prosecutor Reuben Nicely to pay the coats. The case of Mary Van.-ickle us. the Over seers of ibo noot 0 f Oranga. Thia was an appeal ir which the, plaiuhff claims! *i ai> per wees for maintaining Iter husband, a pauper. The Overseers had procured anoth er place to hoard the pauper for $1 a week, and had given the plaintiff notice. The court instructed the jury that the plaintiff could only recover $1 per week, and the verdict was accordingly lor 314.43. Com. us. Lindley Wouley, two indictments for nuisance. Not a true bill. Com. vs. Owen McGhee, indictment for selling ! ; quor without license; not a true bill. Geo. Miller us. Nathaniel Overdorf. Plain tiff claims balance due as the price of a boat. Verdiol for bis claim 3226 80. Geo. Miller us. Clstworlhy S. Fisher. De fendant was bail for Overdorf lor the price of the boat recovered above. Verdict 3226.80 John Wagoner us. Sally Wagoner. This was an application by the husband for a di vorce on the cround of desertion for more than two years by the wife. But the defence showed that the husband assented, or at least did not object, to the separation when it oc curred some 14 years ago. The court gave it as the law that the desertion to justify a divorce must be wilful on the part of the j • deserting party, and against the will and ' consent of the petitioner for the divorce.— The jury found lor the defendant. Isaiah Shuman vs. the other heirs of Jacob Shumaa deceased. This suit was once be fore tried in this court, and reversed in the Supreme Court in some point which is not very material to the issue. The question in volved is whether a deed was delivered by Jacob Shuman shortly before his death to Isaiah Shuman with the intention to vest the title of the properly described in it, or ■Sfor some other temporary purpose as a loan. In the latter case the plaintiff would receive the same property embraoed in this deed by the will of Iris father Jacob Shuman, but as • a share of his legacy, ar.d not as a gift. Ver-' diet for the defendants. The case will again go the Supreme Court. The following is the report of the Grand Jury presented on Wednesday. To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the County of Columbia. The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania inquiring for the body of the County of Cofnmbia, respectfully REPORT, That they have examined the public build ings belonging to said cocnty, and find tbem in good condition, except a break in the wa|l of itie jail yard which is recommended to be repaired. We would recommend that the Supervisors of Briarcreek township be noti fied to repair certain roads reiurned by the constable of said township; the former inquest recommended that the Iron fence around the Court House should ba painted black wbich is not concurred in, it was also recommend ed that the Conrt House be hereafter closed against petty shows which is concurred in— nil of which ia respectfully submitted this 6th day of May, A. D., 1857. ISAAC •KWITT, Foreman. Court adjourned finally on Friday morning. tar Dr. Edward D. Worrell, formerly of Wilkesbarre, was executed in Missouri, on the 17th of April, for the murder of Gordon, a Railroad Engineer. wr Jacob Waelder, Esq., formerly of Wilkesbarre, but now of Texas, has been appointed by President Buchanan, Consul to Frankfort on-the-Maine, Germany, at a salary of #2,000 per annum. LM Ike People Think about It. * I It will be remembered that a fete year* ago ( the Know-Nothing legislature increased the I pay of members from 83 per day.lo 8600 for the mission. The silly exouse was given that When the legislature worked by the job it would not ait so long; and therefore, the inci dental expanses of the session being less, the I State would actually save money by paying the members a higher salary. The next ses sion after this increase of pay it was found that the total expenses of the Seysion were much larger than thev had been for previous years, and thus It hfe continued ever since. The present session is protracted nntil it will be by far the most expensive one in the his tory of Pennsylvania; and each succeeding one will be spun out still longer while bank bills and such corrupt projects as that for the dismemberment of tbe Slate improvements can be found, to furnish employment and money. It is now proposed to fix the pay of mem bers at 8700 instead ol 8500 fur the session ; and the extraordinary expenditures ol ibis long session will amount to a very handsome sum. It was foolishly said in 1854 by some men who pass lor smart that by iocreasing ilia pay of members from 8300 a sea •ion wa would gel a better claee of mac as members. We Leva not seen them yet, nor do we expect to very soon. If an increase of 8200 a year has given us a legislature which passes bank bills by tha score and will rob the State of her public works; we expect the next increase of 8200 pay will bring to Harrisburg a set of men who will put the old Commonwealth up for sale lo the highest bidder. It is no excuse for protracting the session to say that nn apportionment bill is to be passed Ibis winter. That fact was known, and yet no bill on the subject was introduced until more than two months of the session were gone by. As lo the appropriation bill— that must be expected every session. Tbe McKlm Case. Our readers know that we keep onr col umns pretty clear of the thousand murder, riot, rape and seduction cases which fill piany newspapers, and which can only degrade na ture, and never elevate or refine it. But the case of McKim is talked of by everybody, and especially in this neighborhood. A news paper would not contain the netvs if it had no Recount of this trial. We thorefore give IheWdence in full, and have only to add that the jury after retiring a short time re turned a verdict ol guilty of murder in the first degree, and Jedge Taylor next day pro nounced sentence of death upon the prisoner. The Governor will set the day for the exef cution. Itntilts lu Clearfield. There have been two bloody pitched bat tles on Clearfield Creek between largo bodies , of raftsmen and floaters, in which, we under stand, one or two persons were killed and several severely wounded. Rifles, shot-guns, and other deadly weapons were used. In the first fi'iht the floaters were driven from tho field, but in the eeoond-encounter ike I raftsmen seem to have been severely han dled. Wo are not sufficiently acquainted with the nature of tho quarrel to give any j explanation. l tr~ On lsit week Mr. Steele called up the bill in relation to the Slate Road between iLis place and Lnporte, and advocated its passage. Mr. Gregg opposed the bill, and it was neg atived by a vote of 11 yeas lo 13 nays, as follows: Yeae—Mftssrs. Brewer, Browne, Ely, Ev ans, Fetter, Knox, Laubach, Shuman, Steele, Walton, and Welsh—ll.. Navs—Messrs. Crabb, Flenoiken, Frazer, Gazzarn, Gregg, Harris, Jordan, Killinger, Myer, Scofield, Sellers, Souther and Taggart, Speaker— l 3. fy A lucky creditor is Jacob Freeman, of Freemansburg, Pa. Twenty years ago-he lost 86.000 by endorsing fora.man who failed and went to Ohii>. Subsequently the debtor became wealthy,btrt held his property in his son's name. Mr. Freeman then got a judg ment, but he imagined it was no ose, until recently, learning that his debtor had gone lo lowa, and was holding property in hi* own name, he went West, got a transcript of the judgment, and seized on the property of his debtor. With the interest for 20 years the claim amount* to over 812,000 •y Our readers are well aware that we have never advertised patent medicines— but we now publish an advertisement of Ayer's Pills, not because we are paid for it alone, but because we honestly believe that Dr. Ayer is one of the best Physicians and Chemists of the age, and because we know from experience that his Cherry Pec toral is the best medicine for a cough, that was ever invented. We have been cured by it of a severe Bronchitis, and have giv en it to our family with unfailing success for Colds, Coughs, Whooping Cough, Croup, &c. Our neighbors who have tried these Pills represent them as an extraordinary good ujedicine.—OAio Democrat. TUB SCHOOL DIRECTORS of Montour county met in Danville on Monday last, and elected A. B. Putnam, County Superintendent, aqd increased the salary to #SOO. It was a very bad day to turn out, which reduced the at tendance of Directors to tome 25 or 30. THE HARBISBCRQ "UNION AND PATRIOT." This able Slate organ of the Democracy of Pennsylvania, which, under the management and editorship of ANDRXW HOPKINS, Esq., has been of great eervice to the party, has been purobased, and will hereafter be conducted by R. J. HALDKMAN, Esq., wboae fine ulents will enable him lo fully retain for il the envi able reputation it now enjoye. COLLECTOR or TOLLS "AT PITTSTOM.— LeWie H. Litts, Esq., has been appointed by the Board of Canal Commissioners, Collector of Tolls on the upper division of the North Branch Canal. This is an excellent ap pointment. Mr. Litts is in every respect qualified to perform the duties of his office. t3f A eon of Mr. T. W. Robinson, of Wilkesbarre Borough, fell into the river on Monday, while catching drift wood. He ' was fortunately rescued before drowning. Catawissa Kallio a 4. At the annual pleading of the stockholders of the Catawissa Railroad, on Monday last, Thomas Kmiber, Jr., Eeg., was nflsninMinsly elected President, and Messrs. S. V. Merrick, M. L. Hsllowell, E. M. Davis, D.Solomon, Joseph B. Myers, and Joseph Paxton, Mana gers. The law incorporating the Q uakake Railroad Company, a vacated branch of the Catawissa Railroad Company, was read to the meeting and its great importanoe explain ed. This branch, which is abftdt ten miles long, extends from the Commit 6f The Cata wissa Railroad to the Beeeer Meadows Rail road above Maucb Chunk, and giyea the Catawissa road a direct connection With New York, byway of the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central railroads. It also affords to the Catawissa Road another connection with this city. On the completion of this Branch Road, which is already graded, and may be brought into requisition by the expenditure of some 8200,000 tbe trade and travel of the Catawissa road to this city will hare the choice of routes, either by the Reading or by the North Pennsylvania Railroad. The "ad vantages resulting to the Catawissa Road by the completion of the Quakake Branch and the establishment of a direct line to New York are estimated as equivalent to 100 per omi. upon ><■ pruaont business, opening out, as it would, the iron, coal, and lumber dis tricts of Pennsylvania to the great Cnau, n markets, and even enabling this chain of railroads to compete for tbe Western and Lake trade to New York oily—that it also would develop the coal prope-ty of the Com pany situated on this route, and by meaua of the Lehigh Valley and North Pennsylvania Railroads, create another feeder lo the Cata wissa Rod from Philadelphia and the South. The meeting authorized the officera of the Company to make such, subscriptions to the Qtukake Branch as shall give the Catawissa Railroad Company a permanent influence in the work, and further authorized them, qu behalf of the Company, to guaranty the pay ment of interest on the Quakake first mort gage bonds. This, however, there is resson to believe is unnecessary. Any one who will look at the map arid the favorable connection jvliicb this Branch makes of the Northwest with the New York market, must acknowl edge its great importance, and can hardly fail to see in it the complete resuscitation of tbe Catawissa Railroad. Emancipation In Missouri. Whilaflhe Black Republican journals are charging tbe "Border Roffiana" ol Missouri with attempting to force slavery inio Kan sas, the Missouri people themselves are dis cussing the propriety of liberating their slaves! From what we see in the papers, we have no doobl that the cause of emancipation is gaining ground there; nor do we doubt that Missouri will eventually cleanse herself of slavery, if the Black Republicans do not in terfere to prevent it. We fear they will in leilere, however. They cannot permit any slave State lo manage her own affairs—least of all, lo free her negroes wi-hout their ad *n4„ (ham, there ia more joy over one slave who cuts his mas ter's throat and runs away, than over ninety nine negroes who ire set free by their own ers. They are using every means at their command to make Kansas a slave State, and nothing would put them in worse humor than the voluntary emancipation of her slaves by Missouri. They do not want the free Slate settlers of Kansas lo vole, simply because they do not want Kansas made a free Stale. It would lake away 100 much of their capi tal. The gradual and peaceful emancipation of the blacks in Missouri would be worse yet. They could never stand that. It would speak too well for the "Ruffian State." It would give the quietus to anti slavery agita tion, and that would be productive of start ling results. The Tribune's oircolmion would diminish; 'he collections in tha Church of the Holy Rifles would be curtailed; .Lucy Dut loti'a hoops would contract; wooden nutmeg politick would decline, and the Duchess of Stowe and her Dred-ful Stories of Dismal Swamp Life would be lost sight of. Abolition flesh and blood could not stand all these ca lamities. Greeley would groan, Cheever would cry and Beecber would bellow.— Val ley Spirit. THE BVRDELL MURDER CASE.—Mr, Cun ningham has been acquitted of the muider of Dr. Burdell, the Commonwealth having failed completely in fastening the crime up on the inmates of the house. The verdict was received with marks of popular appro val. It was only a few months ago that she could not appear iu publio without being groaned by a mob* Sudden pupulay feeling is a very uncertain indication of guilt or in nocence, though the public mind, when pos sessed of all the facts, forms generally a very coriect judgment of a case. Its common er ror is in coming to conclusions before the facts are known ; but when the error of judg ment is discovered, tbe parly injured bas the benefit of a strong tide of popular sympathy running iu opposition to its former direolioo. —Ledger. QT We lav a notice in the papera a few days since, that four men bad been hung in Nebraska, and a number driven out of the territory because they had been jumping i claims. The hanging of these men was bor der ruffianism of the most savage kind, yet the Republican papers who are so sensitive to outrages of this character, and so alive to the wrongs of Kansas, pass it by as quietly as though but four dogs were bung. If that had happened in Kansas the democratic party would be held up to the indignation of man kind because they had not prevented it, and Pierce and Buchanan and all the Cabinet of ficers of either of them would be held respon sible. But there is no Free Slate excitement in Nebraska, and that explains it all. BSILUAMT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.— On Tues day last the Democracy of Philadelphia elected their CHy Treasurer, City Commis sioner, carried 20 of the 24 ward*—giving lbs Democrats nearly the whole of the Be leot and Common Counoilmen, and pointing the way to the triumphant election of the Democratic Stale Ticket next fall. i J Trade or Gnat Britain The exports from England continue as for several months past, unusually large and be yond -those of all former years. For the month of Fsbruary the returns sbowan export trade similar to that of January, lar exceeding the amount in the corresponding months of 1856 and 1855. The export of laxtile fabrjos alone for February amounted to <28,637,816, while in the same month in 1856 . they were $23,- 998,000, and in W55-ooly $16,672,630. Of the tyhole amount of these fabrics exported thh present year, $13,471,790 were in cotton goods nearly ana half,and adding the cotton yarn exported to lh6Hs"fcnn|, considerably mere than one half; weiieo goods, $3,007,- 265; worsted stuff goods, $1,426,86*-; and worsted and wollan yams, $1049,650. Not withstanding the activity of the export trade, the shipments of gold to.the continent still continue, and the bullion in )he Bank of Eng land is again diminishing. There is etill great cotjinliifrfluof waft of employment among out of door laborera, the number of OMotagffi librLpndort alone be ing set down at-i,ooo.°i'Atts is in conse quence of the failing off demand for shipping and houses, which is<J sure indica tion that Urge and increasing as'is the export trade of the kingdom, the business is not profitable, and there ia not only no disposi tion to add any thing to the investments, but there ia no swpbUMN .f profits, much as is always manifested when the business of a country is prosperous, by its use in the erec tion of dwellings and storße, and the employ, ment of laborers in making improvements of eyery kind. Slavery la Virginia. The duraliun of Slavery in Virginia, it ap pearc, depends altogether upon the capability of the soil for the growth of tobacco, and the continued demand ftrthe article. The Rich mond South says: "Tobacco is the support ef Slavery in Vir ginia. It creates in the State a demand for negro labor which ohecka the rapid current of eouttysrn slave emigration. Men, pre slavery men, will not keep slaves out of tnere love for the instilttion. They will sell their negroes andempley free labor when the val ue of slavea gets so high as it soon ir.ay, that they find-Jt-vo-vheir-interest to make the exohange. That can never be (be case in the cultivation of tobacco. Like oolton its growth is limited ta a particular region and a special sort of labor; and that labor will be in demand while tobacco is in demand. So, the price of tobacco will determine the vitality, strength, and may be, the duration of slavery in Virginia." This being the case, we would commend to the Black Republicans of the North, a cessation of their present mode of warfare against the "peculiar institution," and the trial instead, of the organised effort to prevent the use of the weed. The Slormoat'-Tronble Ahead. The National Intelligencer publishes a letter which presents sdme- startling views of the oownr and designs of the Minmoos. Ji jg written by a gentleman who is said to have spent twelve months in the Salt Lake Valley, engaged in the transit of the mails through the Territory, and to and from the Pacific, and, who, while thus residing in o Mormon community, studied attentively the character and Government of Brigham Young, the su preme head, as well as the customs, habits, morals and laws, if laws thev can be called, which consist simply in the will of a despot, He confirms fully ihe statements and appre hensions of Judge Drutnmond, whose letter was published two weeks ago, aud insists upon the necessity of taking some very prompt and decisive measures to protect the country from the dangers which threaten it from this quarter. He says the Mormons are 100,000 strong in Utah, besides having 200,000 spies and agents scattered throughout the country, and being in close alliance with 300,000 In dians upon our western border. The state ments of this letter are entitled to the most careful attention, and have no doubt ere this attracted the attention of the Government at Washington. Black Republicanism Always the Same. The adjournment of the Black Republican legislator; of New York, is the occasion of the following remsrks in the Albany Allot and Argue. They cannot be 100 carefully read or too extensively circulated : " The Blank Republicans commenoed with an overwhelming majority. They passed 800 laws. They emptied the treasury. Thsy anticipated its resouroes for years to come. Tbey sanctioned hundreds of illegitimate claims. They overrode the vetoes of their own chief magistrate. Tbey rejected his nominations. Tbey assailed the constitution of the United States and of the State ; declared defiance of the courts and overturned the charters of the chief cities. They reversed the rales of the common and oomnaercia! law, and unsettled every veiled right in the Stale. While doing this,they cried "Liberty, liberty, liberty—the negro, the negro,the ne gro I" But they passed no liberty bill. Tbey tossed the measure from boose to bouse,and' abandoned it.' Tbey voted for vaporixiag resolutions; bnt (be lover of liberty will look in vain through the immense statute book of the year for a single word in protection of human rights. He will find nothing b'ol ac's of spoliation and disorganization. " Black Republicanism is the same every where—corrupt, bypooritio, impudent and false." Mas. Pout.—A communication published in the Nashville Union contradicts the state ments which have lately appeared in the N. Y. Evening Post, and other papers, in refer ence to Mrs. Polk. That lady has no Inten tion to reside in Washington oily. She has never been in London, nor oat of the United State#. Nor has aba been out of the State of Tennessee since (be death of President Polk. Nashville is her home for life. DivmcMa—The Directors o( the Bank of Danville, at their mealing on last Tuesday declared a dividend of S per cent., for the last six months, payable in ten daye from that lime. Correepondenct of the Public Ledytr. Letter from Harrlsbaig. Hskhisburo, May $, 1857 .-.The Governor informed tbe legislature this morning that he bad signed the following bank bill*. The amount of capital of each ia set opposite to it, in order that it may be teen how mqob the banking capital of the State ia increased by this act. Union Bank of Reading, $120,000 Bank of Calasanque, 400,000 • Bank of Kittening, 300,000 Bank of Beaver oouoiy,- .150,000 Piltston Bank. 200,000 Commonwealth Bank or Philada., 500,000 Com Exchange Bank of Philada., 500,000 Union Bank of Pniladelphia, 400,000 Chester Valley Bank, 104,000 j Allegheny Bank, 600JJOP Lewisburg Bank (increase), 100,ONa Doylestown Bank, 150,000 Total, $3,420,000 Three million four hundred and twenty thousand dollars of an increase to the bank ing capital of tbe State in one week by the i act of a Governor who, two years ego, in a veto message to the Legislature, opposed the indiscriminate increase of banking capital. To contrast this acl of Governor Pollock with the sentiments expressed by him at the session of 1855, in his veto of the Pottstown bsuk, and show bow widely bis opinioas trtd his actions are apart, I make a few extracts from that document. It is peculiarly appli cable to the present time. "But the number ol applications Is no Just criterion by which to determine either the wishes or the wants of the community in this regard. Their number and the pertinacity with which they are pasaed, have startled and alarmed the public mind; nor baa the favorable action of the Legislature, in granting these demands, served to allay the apprehen sions and fears thus excited. The policy of the past few years may have been too severely and unnecessarily restrictive; yet this policy j should be preserved, rather than abandon the State end the intereits of her people, to the destructive influences of a wild and reckless system of banks and banking. That some inereaee of banking capital ia necessary in certain localities, will not be denied; that a large increase is not demanded, either by publio sentiment, or tbe public weal, ia a truth equally deniable. In tbe creation of banks, a sound and honest discrimination as to number, locality, and tbe demands of Itade, should be exercised. The sudden and unnecessary expansion of the currency should be avoided; and whatever tends to produce suob a result, ought to be discountenanced, and if possible, prevented." This was the deliberate opinion expressed by Governor Pollock two years ago, yet at the same session of tbe Legislature he set at nought his own doctrines, and signed nearly every bank bill that was presented to bim, where the legal requirement as to notice bad been complied with. It is fair to presume that he intends to sign all the bills passed at this session, having alresdy forgotten to exer cise that sound and honest dixriminatxon be once promised the public. No each discrim ination having been applied thus far, there ie no reason to believe thai it will be. The (act is that the Governor, although an honest and well-meaning man, has not the mm re re sist the importunity of bank applicants, and the pressure brought to bear upon him. The House was engaged all day in the con sideration of the Senate amendments to the General Appropriation Bill. They were gen erally concurred in, including the section de creasing the rale of Stale lax on real estate from three to two and a half mills on the dol lar, and increasing the pay of members of the Legislature from 8500 to 8700 for the ses sion. In order to avoid a direct vote upon the section increasing the pay of members, the amendments were agreed to in a body. Members dislike to have their names record ed in favor of voting extra compensation into their own pockets, and resorted to this artful dodge to accomplish it without seeming to do so. The Senile is at work on the bill for the sale of the Main Line, and, so far, it has had a large majority in its favor. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that this bill will be pushed throngh she Senate without being ma terially amended. M. The Outgoing and Incoming Auditor and Surveyor tienerals. Ephraim Banks and J. Porter Brawley have vacated their respective offices of Au ditor and Surveyor General and their suc cessors Jacob Pry of Montgomery and John Rowe of Franklin have been regularly in stalled. Gen'ls. Banks and Brawley each, filled the offices named for two successive terms, and discharged the duties with ability and fidelity, and bear with them into their re tirement, the best wishes of a large num bers of admirers and friends. The present incumbents are known by reputation to the people of the entire State, having beep prominent in the late cam paign, and Imving come out victorious from the great test battle fought on the 2d Tues day of last October. We have not the pleasure of a long acquaintance with eith er but believe each of the gentlemen is admirably suited for the position he now holds.— Harrisburg Patriot. How AMERICA was PEOPLED.— Rev. Dr. Hawks, a learned and eloquent seholar, has recently been delivering a series of lectures, intended to show that tbia country was peo pled by successive migrations from the old world, at different eras and by different raoae. First from the shores of the Mediterranean, which was the earliest seat of commercial enterprise, and the people from which have left their record upon the vast ruins of Yuca tan ; next from China and Japan to Mexico, Central and South America, and next from Northern Asia, from which the American tribes of Indiana cams. These theories are sustained by remarkable analogies between the languages prevailing in different parts of the Eastern continent with those to be found on this continent. A Boston merchant who, during the war with Russia, lost 860,000 by speculating in hemp, baa juat cleared 860,000 on a sugar investment. Mr. Barnum is holding forth in England, with limited pecuniary results, in favor of the Maine liquor law. The Norcross Murder—t rial of MoKlta. FOUNTH BAY. Hollidaytburg, May 5 -Yesterday's proceed ings cloaed with the examination of L. Wor melsdort, of Pettsvilie. He testified to rent ing a bouse to prisoner at thy bar, under the name of Thomas Bragg—that prisoner said he was a master builder, and was going into business early in the Spring—that be paid to witness g|o£ as advance rent, in notes of the Farmers' Bank of Reading, and that prisoner mysteriously disappeared from Pottsville. FIFTH DAY. The first witness called this morning was Robert Cline, of Pottsville; Mr. Cline keeps a furniture store, and testifies to McKim purchssing furniture of him to the amount of one hundred and thirty right dollar t, whioh sum he received in notes on the Farmers' Bank of Reading. Witness also testified that prison er said he had formerly resided al Tenth and Poplar, Philadelphia, where he bad sold a house, that be had sold some money, and a bond or bonds, and that he wished to put chase a property in Pottsville; prisoner also told witness that if he knew of any good fel lows to send them around. Joseph Lockard, keeper of iba tavern al Long Pond, Sullivan county, testified to the arrival of the prisoner a: his house on the 17ib of February last, and to bis staying there three weeks and one day,when he was • nested and taken oft by Koons and Wolf; prisoner gsve his name to witness as Samuel Whittle, and said he resided in Columbia, on the Susquehanna, where he had two sis (era residing, with one of whom he had been makiug his home. Miss Julip Lockard, the landlord's daugh ter, recogoized the prisoner at the bar. The first of her evidence corroborated that of her father; the father testified that after prisoner had been there a week, be asked her to run away with him, to whioh aba replied, " I would not ran away with you for a thousand dollars, and leave my friends;" prisoner said he would give her half a thousand then, and drew from bis pooket two pocket-books; one of thMe books witness described as being of a light red color, with a strap al each end, which she supposed bad in it nearly one hundred notes; the other was a black moroc co, and contained silver and gold; witness supposing the money to be counterfeit, said she thanked him lor his counterfeit money, to which he replied that it Was good money; told her he was a single man, but never pro posed marriage to her. Mist Lockard wu subjected to a very se vere cross-examination, but her aoewere were all etraightforward. F. A. R. Koons, one of the men who ar rested McKim at Long Pond, next took the stand. He testified to the arrest, and to cer tain admisaions made by the prisoner to htm aelf and Mr. Wolf, while taking him to Bloomsburg. Theae admisaions in effect were, that the prisoner was the man that travelled with Norcroas—that his name waa McKim—that be had left Dnnlietb in com pany with Norcroas, but that he had left him at the first station weel of .Altoena. ujaaid he knew who bad killed Norcroas—that it was n mn named Roberta. He farther admitted that ho passed Atloona when the body of Norcross was there. In answer to a question why he did not go and say he was Norcross's friend and companion, he replied that he was afraid the people would ljoch hiin. The defence instituted a vigorous cross examination, with a view probably to invali date the evidence, on the ground that the witness is influenced in getting a couviction to receive the reward. Aaron Dougherty testified lo hiring known the prisoner as a carpenter, employed on the Pennsylvania Railroad, a mile and a half above Altoona, fonr years ago. The next evidence was in relation to'the Bonner letter. This letter, which, it will be remembered, waa found in Philadelphia, upon the person of Michael Bonner, a wit ness for the defence, at the time he was sub poenaed, he being intoxioated at the time, is verbatim et literatim as follows. Letter frftro MeKlm to llonner. 1857 April A Hollidaysborg Blair connly Pa Dere Sir I Rite to Yon with Aching hart to Let Yon know my Fix at Present Dere Sir I am hobbled Both Lagea and Sometimes handcufi And Dere Sir it is yon that can clear me Irom this crape By coming to See m Be For Cort i wont yon to com Be for the Con And Swair wber Yon saw me Gil of the Cars on the morning of the lAtbof Janu ary Last Between the ours of 2 o'clock And 3 o'clock in the morning By my Self and Bid You Gude Nile and whair igot out ofthecars was About 15 or 20 Miles west ol Altoona it was at Altoena the Say wher this Man wos kild And if I oar- Prove by You aod James Youen And Gorg Worllow that Yon Al Saw Me git out of the cars 15 or 20 miles west of Altoona that will clear me of the Gales [gal lowa] And I wil go borne with yon Al that I Love So wel And I will Mtk it Al Rite with Yon Al for a turners work I cant lock to Plain on that Subject to Yon in the Letter But Yon wil under Stand and when 1 ce You wil (el You Al About it Your all Sepened By me to tend Cort on the 4 Monday in Aprill Dre Brothers Stick to me for You can clear me with Aviu [a few] words Dere Brothers You cene me have A gude Bit of Moony with Me And it was Gold 20 Dollar Peses And ten Dolara Pesea And You Saw Me Chang to fifty Dollars Bilsfora man At Pitsburght just Befor And the lo Nots wos Both Boston Note And wos very Rich Luoking Pistes i asked you Al if you tbot it was gude Moony And Said we thout it was And then You give the Man the change for the notes in gold and that wilcteare me And I wont you logo to James And Show him this Letter And be will tell Jorge Abou it Dere Dere Sir Dont Lai An other Man on this Ertb know one word that is in this But your Selfs You Can Com and Nobody know about it Dere Sir i know that it is you that I can trust to Dont Rite to me for the Shurf has lo Rede lbs Letters Before i get them But you furst tell Sarah Ann to rite lo me, And tell me that you got the Letter and Sens James and whether you would Com Dere Mikle 1 rote you a vu lines Before And Sliped them to ray Brotberotilaw to give (o you But i was afraid that you didut git them So i bad a chans to Rite A letter to You And Git it Sliped out of the Jail with out the Schurf knowen About it By a Gill coma to FM hot Brother and At Alloona it wil Be maild. David S. McKi m Be Shur And Com on or two Day* Befer Cort And Say Not About it to Eny Body But ibem menchent in the Letter. | You k now that the tram of car* Started from Pilsburgh [erasure] on theniteor the IS of Jennary Laat Between the oura of 10 And A 11 o'clock At Nite when we Al got on the cara And yon And James told Me that you wor going to Philadelphia And I Set in the Set with yon and was locking together About things in the west Sloped About 15 or 20 miles when 1 got of the cars By my Self And Bid you Al good Nile and it was between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning of 16 of Jauoary Last and wiH clear me Besure And com and then I wil eel out and Sarah And Clemaon and you and me will go to Duuleth and S-ant Pale we oan git Sj and 4 dollars Atlay lhair 1 got it thair and was going back again as soon aa i cud git Ihinga fixt at home But tha aqueaed me for the murder and Put me in Prison But Be for my God iam a innicent man No more At present But I Remain Your Afectionet friend oniil Death Parts ua. DAVID S.M'KIM. And Dere Boys I Know you wont let me Be hung for you Al Know i would go any Lenth for either of you to git you outof trouble So come ths wont Be Eny Body here that Knows Either of you from a help of Btuah So cum to me in the time of trouble and you will Al Du wel By coming. Mickle Besure you And com if Nobody Els Dos cum for yon i depend 00. John Bruhaker, lately confined in jail, tes tified to receiving the letter from McKim,di rected to Bonner; that he opened and read it, re-enveloped it, and sent it to the Post Office by Margaret Bolden, wife of one of the pris oners. Margaret Bolden testified to placing the letter in the post office. Michael Bonner was next called—Said be got a letter. [Letter shown but could not be . identified.] Said he conld not read; gave the "* letter to Ewing, who said he could not read; Ewing gave It to Applebargh, and it was af terwards taken from witness by Williams. The latter was here proved by Sheriff Fort to be m MoKim's handwriting, and was than read by Mr. Stokes.' The allegations in the letter were answered in the affirmative by witness, who said he had never bsen to Pitts burgh, never travelled with McKim, and nev er knew him to have any considerable amount of money. Charles Williams knew the prisoner al the bar; had known him for the last ten years; he resided about two miles fiom Chester, in a house belonging to him. Never knew bim to reside at Tenth end Poplar, in Philadel phia; never knew bim to own property there; his wife resided in the country last fall; nev er knew prisoner to have any considerable amount of money. He left Chester about the first of October last. I never saw hirti again unlit I saw him here. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY s—Jeremiah Stevenson, polide officer of Chester, knows the prisoner al bar; has known him from six teen to twenty years; was present when a letter was taken from Bonner to the Chester lock-up; (letter identified) prisoner never lived in Philadelphia to witness' knowledge. Claudius F. Eaton was re-called and testi fied to having been told by prisoner that be worked oue season at Alloona. George Wani llow and James Ewing were separately sworn, and both denied in tolo all allegations in the Bonner letter, in regard to having traveled with prisoner. James Funk, Coroner, testified to holding an inquest on the body. Ha also identified numerous articles. Here Mr. Stokas, tor the Commonwealth, offered in evidence to the jury, the following articles:—The carpet-bag, violin case, the ra zor, the club, coat, cap and pantaloons, of Norcross, woolen comforter, McKim'scoat, rule, and pistol case; watch and breast-pin belonging to Norcross and McKim, all of which were admitted. Thomas McGregor, brakesman on the Ex press train, testified to leaving Pittsburgh on tha night of the lath of January. That the hind car was locked between Galitzio and Altoons, and no person could get out of it without a key to unlock the door; that he stood upon the front platform of the hind car, and saw no person leave the car between said points. After tha cross-examination of thia witness, counsel for Commonwealth rest ed their case. EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE. James Fries, re-cslled—Slated that on tha morning of the 16th of January two other men got off the train al Altnona on the oppo site aide of the patform. On croae-exsmina tion, however, it appeared that he had thia knowledge from hear-eay. Evan Powell swore to living at Fleck's ho tel, end had frequent conversation with him about the Norcross murder, in none of which Fleck ever alluded to McKim taking break fast there. Charlotte E. McKenzie, Kale Nagle end John Davis were re-oalled to prove the strik ing deformity of prisoner'! fingers. [Defor mity of hand shown to jury.] James Funk, re-oalled, and testified that Fleck was oue of the jury of inquest; did not mention anything about McKim taking breakfast there at that lime; told him some four weeks ago that McKim took breakfaat there on the morning of the murder; that is since MoKim has bean brought here. Moses Domy, Esq., recalled, and exam ined as the location of the hotels and houses on either side of the railroad iraok in Al loona. THere the evidence for the defenoe closed. After argument from counsel end the Judge's charge, it will go to the jury. Oo the 11th Inst by the Rev. D. J. Waller, THOMAS RODGEBS of Bloomsburg, and BARBA RA ANN HOFFMAN, of Kingston, Luzerne Co. In Berwick on Friday morning the Bth mat., CHESTER 8., son of Jacob W. and Harriet Deitenok, sgsd 2 years, 4 mos and 10 days.
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