STAR OF THE NORTH. R. W. WEAVER, EDITOR. Hlooiufibur?) May 13, 1857. Democratic Nominations. FOR GOVERNOR, WILLIAM F. PACKER, of Lycoming County. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, NIMItOD STRICKLAND, of Chester County. COCHI CROC KfcDINOS. The case of Jane M. Berninger vs. XV. A. Kline involved a rtiee legal question as to how far a married woman may do business for herself and in her name while living with her husband. The suit was on a note (or 8200 given by Kline to the plaintiff and the defence consisted in a promiso which Mrs. Berninger made to Kline after the note was given, that if he would go bail on a note of her husband for a horse which it appeared she purchased, he, Mr. Kline should be rein bursed or kept rafe by a set olf on die 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 releuse acknowledged before a judge as' provided for in the act of IS4B, or where it was for a tort of the wife, or for necessaries used in tho family. The other part of the defence was for the rent of a tavern stand, which it appeard Mrs. ll's , husband leased from Kline and which she j agreed should be paid out of her note against j Kline. The court admitted the evidence 011 : the first point, on the gtound that if a mar 1 ried woman could contract and lake a note, ' she must be allowed to make an ancillary contract to discharge it, or receive its pay ment. Tito "evidence on the second point was rejected as that seemed to be claiming on the contract of the husband. Verdict for the plaintifl for 898.42. .Moses Gnumer, for the larceny o( n gun, &c., wus sentenced to the Penitentiary for vne year. Com. vs. Hannah Hondershot, indictment for assault and battery. Not a true bill, coun ty to pay the costs. Com.es. David Miller, indictment for sel ling liquor without license. Not a true bill. Oil Ihe indictment found last court against this defendant he plead guilty and was lined 615 and costs oi prosecution. Com. vs. George Zattet & Samuel Sitler, indictment for not repairing roads—not n true 1011. Com. vs. Joseph Hurst for larceny, a true bill—case continued. Coin. vs. Hiram Smothers for selling liquor without license. Not a true bill, nt.d the prosecntor Reuben Nicely to pay the cots The case of Mary Yansicklo cs the Over seers of the poor of Orange. This was an appeal in which the plaintiff claimed 61.87 per week lor maintaining Iter husband, a pauper. The Overseers had procured anoth er place to hoatd the panpet for St a week, and bail given the plaintiff notice. The court instructed the jury that the plaintiff could only recover 61 per week, and the verdict was accordingly (or Sit -13. Com. cs. Lindley Wooloy. two indictments lor nuisance. Not a true bill. Com. t't. Owen McGhee, indictment for selling liquor without license; not a true bill. Geo. Miller cs Nathaniel Overdorf. Plain tiff claims balance due as the price of a boat. Verdict for bis claim 6226 80. Geo. Miller w. Clatwonhy S Fisher. De fendant was bail for Overdorf lor the price of the boat recovered above Verdict 6226.80 John Wagoner vs. Sally Wagoner. This was an application by the In sband lor a di vorce on the ground of desertion for more than two years by the wile. 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 conn gave it as the law that the desertion to justify a divorce must be wilful on the part ol the deserting party, and against the will and consent ot the petitioner for the divorce The jnry fonnd lor the defendant. Isaiah Shuman r.< the other heirs of Jacob Shuman deceased. This sui: was once be fore tried in th"? court, and reversed in the Supreme Court in some point which is noi very material to the issue The question in volved is whether a deed was delivered by- Jacob Shnman shortly before his death to Isaiah Shuman with the intention to vest ihe title of the property described in i:, or for some other temporary purpose as a loan In the latter case the plaintiff would receive the same property embraced in this deed by the will of his father Jacob Shnman, but as a share of his legacy, at J no: as a gift. Yer dict for the defendants. The case will again go the Supreme Court. The following is the report of the trtand Jury presented on Wednesday. To the Honorable lit Judecs of the Court of Quarter Sessions of llu Is ice in and for the Cemnty of Columbia. The Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania inquiring tor the body ot the County V Colombia, respectfully RETORT. That It.oy hive examined the public build ings belonging to said county, and nod them in good condition, except a break in ttie w all of tne ja.i ystu which i? recommended to be repaired. We would recommend that the Supervisors of Br.arrreek u wnship be noti fied to repair certain roads re'urned by the constable of sa J township, the iorme: it.quest reremroende.i that the Iron tei.ee around be Court House should be patn'ea t.ark which is no: concurred in, it was also recommend ed that tbe Court Hone be hereafter closed against petty shows watch is concurred in— all ot winch tt respectuliv Submitted Ids 6th day Ct May, A. D.. 1857. ISAAC L'EWITT, Foremen Court adjourned finally ot. Friday morning ty Dr. Ecward D Women, formerly of Wilkesbarre was executed in Missouri, or. the l7i) of April, for the murder of Gordon, a K*Uroac Engineer OT Jacob Waeider. Esq.. lormerty e: Wilkesbarre. but now of Texas ti as been appointed by President Buchanan Consul it Frankfort -on-ibe-Maine Germany, at a salary of *2.000 per annum Let the People Think übout It. It will be remembered (but a few year* ago the Kuow-Nothing legislature increased the pay of members from S3 per day to SSOO for the session. The silly exPuse was given that when the legislature worked by the joo it would not sit so long ; and therefore, the inci dental expenses of the session being less, the State would actually save money by paving the members a higher salary. The next ses sion after this increase of pay it was found that the total expenses of the session were much larger than they had been for previous years, arid thus it bps continued ever since. The present session is protracted until it will be by far the rnosl expensive one in the his tory of Pennsylvania; and each succeeding one will be spun out still longer while bank bills anil such corrupt projects as that for the dismemberment of the State improvements can be found to furnish employment and money. It is now proposed to fix the pay of mom bers at S7OO instead ol SSOO for the session ; and the extraordinary expenditures of this long session will amount to a very handsome sum. It was foolishly said in 1854 by some men who pass for smart that by increasing the pay of members from S3OO to SSOO a ses sion we would gel a better class of trier, ns members. We have not semi them yet, nor do we expect to very soon. If un increase of S2OO a year has giver, ns 11 legislature which passes bank bills by the score and will rob the State of her public works; we expect the next increase of S2OO pay will bring to Ifarrisburg a set <>f men who will put lite old Commonwealth up fur sale to the highest bidder. It is 110 excuse fjr protracting the session to say that nil apportionment bill is to be passed this winter. That fact was known, and yet no bill on the subject was intrnduced until more than two months of the session were gone by. As to the appropriation bill— that must be expected every session. Tlic Air KI in ( line. Our rentiers know that we keep our col umns preiiy clear of lite thousand murder, riot, ripe and seduction coses which fill many newspapers, and which can only degrade na ture, and never elevate or refine it. But the case ol McKim is talked of by everybody, and especially in this neighborhood. A news paper would not contain lite news if it had no account of this trial. We therefore give the evidence in full, and have only to add that the jury alter retiring a short time re turned a verdict ot guilty of murder in the first degree, ami Judge Taylor nest day pro nounced sentence of death upon the prisoner. The Governor will ret the day for the exe cution. Untiles lit Clearfield. There have been two Woody pitched bat tles on Clearfield Creek between large bodies of raftsmen and dealers, in which, we under stand, one or two persons were killed and several severely wounded. Hides,shot-guns, and other deadly weapons were used. In the first light the dealers were driven from the field, bin in the second encounter the raftsmen seem to have been severely han dled. We are not sufficiently acquainted with the nature ot the quarrel to give any explanation. IT* On list week Mr Steele called up the bill in relation to the State Bond between this place and l.aporte, and advocated its passage Mr. Gregg opposed the bill, acd i; was neg atived by a vote of 11 yeas to 13 nays, as follows: . YKVK—Messrs. Brewer. Browne, K.ly, Ev arts, Feuer. Knox, banbach,Shuman, Steele, Walton, and Welsh—ll. NAVS —Messrs. Crabb, Flenniken, Frazcr, Gazzam, Gregg, Harris, Jordan, Ktllirger, M>er. Seofield, Sellers. Souther and Taggart, Spelt r—l3. IT* A lucky creditor is Jacob Freeman, of Kreemansbnrg, Fa. Twenty years ago be lost $6 000 In endorsing tor a man who faded and went to Ohio. Subsequently the debtor became wealthy.but held his property in Ins son's name. Mr. Freeman then got a judg ment, but he imagined it was no use. until recently, learning that bis debtor had gor.e to lowa, and was holding property in hisown name, he went West,got a transcript of the judgment, and seized on the property of Ins debtor. With the interest for SO years the claim amounts to over Si J,OOO rvo nr readers are well aware that we have never advertised patent medicines— but we now publish at; advertisement of Acer's Pills, not because we arc paid for it alone, but because we honestly believe that Or Aver is one of the best Physicians and Chemists of the age. and because we know trom experience that his Cherry Pec toral is the best medicine for a cough, that was ovor invented. We hare been cured bv it of a severe Bronchitis, and have giv en it to our family vv.th unfailing success tor Colds. Coughs. Whooping Cough. oroup. \c Our neighbors who have tried these Pills represent them as an extraordinary good medicine —Owe Pem.xrot TUN SCHOOL PI RECTORS O; Montour county me: in Daovt.le on Monday las:, and elected A B Pniaam. County Sure rirrcndenr, and increased the salary to S6OO. ll was a very ba.: day to turn out, which reduced the at tendance os P.rectors to same 25 o: 30. THE HALUSEMO 'Twos AMI PATRIOT. This aide S'.aie orgar. of the Democracy of Pennsylvania. w.Mch.nnde* the management and editorship of AY DREW HOPKINS, E-q . has been of great service to the party, has been purchased, and will hereafter !<• conduced by R J. HAUIEMA*. Esq.. whose fine 'alerts will enable him to fully re Bin tor ine CLVl abie reputation u now enjoys. Conn ECTOR or TOLLS AT PITTSTOK —Lewts H. Ltns. Esq . has been appointed by tbe Boarc of Canal Commissioners. Collector of Tolls on the upper division of the North Branch Canal. This is ax excellent ap pointment. Mr. Litis is in evefv respect ctuujfied to perform tbe duties of his office. ty A sou of Mr T. M . Robinson, of i Wilkesbarre Borough. ieii into me river on j Monday, wane catching drirt wood He was fortunately rescued"bedore drowning 1 Catawissa -Railroad- Al the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Catswijssa Railroad, on Monday last, Thomas Klmber, Jr., Esq., was unanimously elected President, and Measra. S V. Merrick, ' M. L. Hallowoll, E. M. Davis, D. Solomon, ; Joseph B. Myers, and Joseph Paxton, Mana gers. The law incorporating the Quakake Railroad Company, a vacated branch of the Catawissa Railroad Company, was reßd to the meeting and its great importance explain ed. This branch, which is about ten miles long, extends from the Summit of the Cata wissa Railroad to the Beaver Meadows Rail road above Mauch Chunk, and gives the i Catawissa road a direct connection with New York, byway of the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central railroads. It also alTords to i 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 $200,000 the 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 tho completion of the Quakake Branch and the establishment of a direct line to New York are estimated as equivalent to 100 per cent, upon its present business, opening out. as it would, the iron, coal, and lumber dis- i tricls of Pennsylvania to the great Eastern ; matkets, and even enabling this chain of ] railroads to compete for the Western nnd Lake trade to New York city—that it also would develop the coal prope-ly of the Com pany situated on this route, and by means of the Lehigh Valley and North Pennsylvania Railroads, create another feeder to the Cata wissa Rood from Philadelphia and the South. The meeting authorized the officers of the Company to make such subscriptions to the Qoukake Branch as shall give the Catawissa ; Railroad Company a permanent influence in j the work,'and further authorized them, on j behalf of tho Company, to guaranty tho pay ment of interest on the Quakake first mort gage bonds. This, however, there is reason j to believe is unnecessary. Any one who will ) look at the map and the favorable connection I which this Branch makes of tho Northwest j with the New York market, must acknowl- | edge its great importance, and can hardly j fail to see in it the complete resuscitation of j the Catawissa Railroad. rniitliclpiition In Missouri, Whilst the Black Republican journals are charging the "Border Ruffians" of Missouri with attempting to force slavery into Kan sas. the Missouri people themselves are dis cussing llie propriety of liberating their slaves! From what we see in the papers, we have no doubt 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 ter lore, however. They cannot permit any slave Siaio to manage her own affairs—least ol all, to Iree her negroes without their ad vice and consent. Among them, there is more joy over one slave who cuts bis mas ter's tbioat and rims away, than over ninety nine negroes who are set free by iheit oat.- cts. They are using every means at their command to make Kansas a slave State, and nothing would put them in worse httmot than the voluntary emancipation of her slaves bv Missouri. They do not want the free State settlers of Kansas to vote, simply because they do not want Kansas made a bee State. It would take away too 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 "Ritlfian State."' ll would give the quietus to ami slavery agita tion. and that would be productive o' start ling results. The Ihbuae's circulation would diminish: *hc collections in the Church ot the Holy K.tles would bo curtailed; I.ncy Put ton's hoops would contract: wooden nutmeg politics would decline, and the Duchess of Stowe and her Dred-ful Stories of Dismal Swamp Fife would be lost sight of Abolition flesh and blood could not stand all these ca lamities. Greeley would groan, Cheever would cry and Beecher would bellow.— Vol i'cy Spirit. THE BCRDKLI. MURDER CASK —Mrs. Cun ningham l as been acquitted of the minder of Pr. Burdell, ihe Commonwealth having faded completely in fastening the crime up on the inmates of the house The verdict was received vvuh marks of popular appro val. It was only a tew months ago that she could not appear in public without being groaned by a mob. Sudden popular l'eebng is s very uncertain indtcaiion of guilt or in noocr.ce. though the public tninJ, w hen pos sessed of all the facts, forms generally a very cortect judgment of a case. Its common er- ror is in coming to conclusions before the tacts are known ; but whqn ihe error of jodg ment is discovered, ihe party injured has the benefit of a strong ;ide of popular sympathy running iu opposition to us former direction. —Ledger. [T We saw a notice ia the papers a few days since, that four men cad been hung in Nebraska, and a number driven out of the territory because they had been jumping - 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 cbaraner, and so alive to • the wrongs of Kansas, pass it by as quietly as thoogb but 'our dogs were fcnng. If that ha.! happened ir Kansas the democratic party would be held np to the indignation of man kind because they had not prevented it, and Tierce and Buchanan and ail the Cabinet of ficers of ei'ber of them would be held respon sible. But there is no Free State excitemen 1 in Nebraska, and thai explains it all. Bllli-LIAKT DEMOCt*TIC VicrOßT Os ToS day last the Democracy of Philadelphia elected their City Treasurer, City Commie stoner, carried 20 of the 24 wards—giving the Democrats pearly the whole of the Se lect and Common Co unci'men, and pointing the way to the tuumffoent election of the Democratic State Ticket next fall I Trade of Great Britain. The expoits from England continue as for | several months past, UQ usually large and be ! yond those of all former years. For the month of February the returns sbow an expoit trade similar to that of January, lar exceeding the amount in the corresponding months of 1856 and 1655. Tire export of textile fabrics alone for February amounted to 828,637,856, while in the same month in 1856 they were 823,- 996,000, and in 1855 only 516,672,630. Of the whole amount of these fabrics exported the present year, 813,471,790 were in cotton goods nearly one half, and adding the cotton yarn exported to the continent, considerably more than one half; wollen goods, 83,007,- 265; worsted stuff goods, 81,426,865 ; and worsted and wollen yarns, 81 049,650. Not withstanding (he activity of the export trade, the shipments of gold to the continent still continue, and the bullion in the Bank of Eng land is again diminishing. There is still great complaint of want of employment among the class of out of door laborers, tho number of unemployed ir. Ixindon alone be ing set down at 50,000. This is in conse quence of the falling elf ill the demand for shipping and houses, which is s sure indica tion that large and increasing as is the export trade of the kingdom, the business is not profitable, and there is not only no disposi tion to add anything to the investments, but there is no accumulation of profits, such as is always manifested when the business of a country is prosperous, by its use in the erec tion of dwellings and stores, and the employ- | ment of laborers in making iinprovemtinls of : every kind. Slavery in Virginia- The duration of Slavery in Virginia, il ap pears, depends altogether upon the capability of the soil for the growth of tobacco, and the continued demand for the article. The Rich mond NottfA says: "Tobucco is the support cf Slavery in Vir ginia. It creates in ihe State a demand lor negro labor which checks the rapid current of southern slave emigration. Men, pro slavery men, will not keep slaves out of mere love for the institution. Thoy will sell their negroes and employ free labor when the val no of slaves gets so high as il soon may, that they iitul it to their interest to make the exchange. That can never be the case in the cultivation of tobacco. Like cotton its growth is limited to a particular region and a special sort of labor ; and that labor will be in demand while tobacco is in demand. So, the price o' tobacco will determine the vitality, strength, and may be, the duration of slavery in Virginia." This being the case, wo would commend to the Black Uepublicans of the North, a cessation of their present mode of warlare against the "peculiar institution," and the trial instead, of the organised effort to prevent the use ol the weed. 'I lie Mommas—Trouble Ahead. The JVnfiend/ Intelligencer publishes a letter which presents some startling views of the powet and designs ol the Mormons. It is 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 • Mormon community, studied attentively the character and Government of Urigham Young, the su preme head, as well as the customs, habits, morals and laws, it laws they can be called, which consist simply in the will of a despot, lie confirms fully the statements ami appre hensions of Judge Prutnmond, whose letter was published two weeks ago, and insists upon the necessi: j 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, besvies 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, ar.d have no doubt ere this attracted the attention of the Government at Washington. Black Republicanism Always the Same. The adjournment of the Black Republican | legislature of New York, is the occasion of j the following rcmsrks in the Albany Atlas and Argus. They cannot he too carefully read or too extensively circulated : " The Black Republicans commenced with 1 an overwhelming majority. They passed j SOO laws. They emptied the treasury. They ' anticipated its resources for years to come They sanctioned hundreds of illegitimate claims. They overrode the vetoes of their own chief magistrate. They rejected his nominations. They assailed the constitution | of the United States and of the State : declared 1 defiance of the courts aud overturned the charters ol the chief cities. They reversed the rules of she common and commercial ' law. and unsettled every vested right in the Naie. While doing this.tbey cr>d "Liberty. ! l.berty, liberty—the negro, the negro,the ne- j gro!"' But they passed no.liberty bill They tossed the measure from'house to house.and j abandoned it. They voted for vaporizing | resolutions; but the lover of liberty will look j in vain through the immense statute book of j the year for a single word in protection of; human rights. He will find nothing but ac's of spoliation sod disorganization '• Blsck Republicanism is the same every whe-e—corrupt, bypocritic, impudent and '' a:Se ' ---- ! MRS POLK. —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 ; eace to Mrs. Folk. Thai lady has no inten i tion to reside in Washington city. She has never been in Loudon, nor out of the United i States. Nor has she been out of the State of I Tennessee since the death of President Polk. , Nashville is her home for life. DITTO EM. —The Directors ol the Bank of DaiiTiNf. at their meet nig on fast Tuesday j declared a dividend of 5 per cent . for the . last ais mor. 'hs. payable ia ten days from that 1 time Correspondence of the Public Ledger. Letter from Ilurrlsburg. If AKRisßi/RG, May 6, 1857.— The Governor informed the legislature Ibis morning that he had signed the following bank bills. The amount of capital of each is rat opposite to it, in order that it may be seen how much the banking capital of the State is increased by this act. Union Bank of Reading, 8120.000 Bank ol Calasaaque, 400,000 Bank of Kiltaning, 300.000 Bank of Beaver county, 150,000 Pittston Bank. 200.000 Commonwealth Bank of Philada., 500 000 Corn Exchange B<nk of Philada., 500.000 Union Bank of Pniladelphia, 400,000 Chester Valley Bank, 100,000 Allegheny Bank, 500,000 Lewisburg Bank (increase), 100,000 Doylestown Bank, 150,000 Total, 83,120,000 Three million four hundred and twenty thousand dollars of an increase to the bank \ ing capital ot the Stale in one week by the I act of a Governor who, two years ago, in a veto message to the Legislature, opposed the indiscriminate increase of bank ing capital. ; To contrast this act of Governor Pollock ' with the sentiments expressed by him at the session of 1855, in his vein of the Potislnwn bank, and show how widely his opinions and his actions are span, I make a lew extracts from that document. It is peculiarly appli cable to the present time. "But the number ot applications is no jus! criterion by which to determine either the wishes or the wtiits of the community in this regard. Their number and the pertinacity i with which they are passed, have startled j and alarmed the public mind ; nor has the ( favorable action of the Legislature, in granting these demands, served to allay the apprehen- i siont and fears thus excited. The policy of j the past lew years may have been too severely | and unnecessarily restrictive; yet this policy should be preserved, rather than abandon the State and the interests of her people, to the destructive influences of a wild and reckless system of banks and banking. That some increase of banking capital is necessary in certain localities, will not be denied ; that a large increase is not demanded, either by public sentiment, or the public weal, is a truth equally deniable. In the creation ol bunks, a sound and honest discrimination as to number, locality, and the demands of itade, should be exercised. The sudden and unnecessary expansion of the currency should be avoided : and whatever tends to produce such 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 the Legislature he set at nought his own doctrines, and signed nearly every bank bill that was presented to him, where the legal requirement as to notice had been complied with. It is fair to presume that he intends to sign all the bills passed at ihis session, having already forgotten to exer cise that sound and honest discrimination he once promised the public. No such discrim ination having been applied thus far, there is no reason to believe that it will be. The fact is that the Governor, although an honest and well-meaning man, has not the nerve to re ! sit 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 rate ol State lax on real estate from three to two and a half mills on the dot 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 Senate is at work on the bill for the r sale of the Main Line, and, so far, it has had ! a large majority in its favor. It seems to be ! x a foregone conclusion that this bill will be pushed through the Senate without being ma- . terially amended. M. The Outgoing unit Incoming Auditor and j Surveyor Generals. ; < Ephraim Banks and J. Porter Brawley | have vacated their respective offices of Au- < ditor and Surveyor General and their sue- i cessors Jacob Fry of Montgomery and John t Rowe of Franklin have been regularly in-; t stalled. t Gen'ls. Banks and Brawley each, filled i ; the offices named for two successive terms, ■ and discharged the duties with ability and j , fidelity, and bear with litem into their re- j , tirement, the best wishes of a large num- | j bers of admirers and friends. The present incumbents are known by j > reputation to the people of the entire State, ! having been prominent in the late cam- j paign. and having come out victorious from ] | the great test baftle fought on the 2d Tues- I - 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.— Hamsburg Patnot. How AMERICA WAS PEOPLED. —Rev. Dr. | Hawks, a learned and eloquent scholar, has j recently been delivering a series of lectures, intended to show that this country was peo- j pled by successive migrations from the old j world, at different eras and by different races. 1 First from the shores of the Mediterranean, j which was the earliest seat of commercial enterprise, and the people from which have left their record upon the vast ruins of Yoca- . tan ; next from China and Japan to Mexico. j j Central and South Americs, and next from j Northern Asia, from which the American , i tribes of Indians came. These theories are sustained by remarkable analogies between the languages prevailing in different parts of i the Eastern continent with those to be found l on this continent. A Boston merchant who, during the war ! with Rnssia, lost $50,000 by speculating in ' hemp, has jnst cleared $50,000 on a sugar i investment. Mr. Barnum is holding forth in England, | with limited pecuniary results, tn favor of the ; 1 Maine liquor law. The Norcross Murder— l rial of McKim, FOURTH DAY. Hollidaysburg, May 5 -Yesterday's proceed ings olosed with the examination of L. Wor melsdort, of Pottsvills. He testified to rent ing a bouse to prisoner at the bar, under the name of Thomas Bragg—that prisoner said he was a master builder, and was going iuto ' business early in the Spring—that he paid to witness SIOO as advance rent, in notes of the Farmers' Bank of Reading, and that prisoner mysteriously disappeared from Poltsville. FIFTH DAY, The first witness called this morning was Robert Cline, of Poltsville; Mr. Cline keeps a furniture store, and testifies to McKim purchasing furniture of him to the amount of one handled and thirty eigh l dollars, which sum he received in notes on the Farmers' Bank of Reading. Witness also testified that prison er said be had formerly resided al Tenth and Poplar, Philadelphia, where he had eold a house, that he had sold some money, and a bond or bonds, and that he wished to pur chase a property in Potuville; prisoner also told witness that if he knew of any good fel lows to sen ! them around. Joseph Lockard. keeper of the tavern at I Long Pond, Sullivan county, testified to the arrival of the prisoner at his house on the j 17th of February last, and to bis staying there three weeks and one day,when he was ; arrested and taken off by Koons and Wolf; prisoner gve his name to witness as Samuel Whittle, and said he resided in Columbia, on the Susquehanna, where he had two sis- * ters residing, with one of whom he had been making his borne. Miss Julia Lockard, the landlord's daugh- | ter, recognized the prisoner at the bar. The | first of her evidence corroborated that of her I father; the father testified that alter prisoner had been there a week, he asked her to run I away with him, to which she replied, " 1 would not run away with you for a thousand { dollars, and leave my friends;" prisoner said be would give her half a thousand then, and drew Irom his pocket two pocket-books; one ol these books witness describe,! as being of a light red color, with a strap at each end, which she supposed had in it nearly one hundred notes; the oiher was a black moroc co, and contained silver and gold; witness supposing the money to be counterfeit, said she thanked him lor his couuterfeit money, to which he replied that it was good money; told her he was a single man, but never pro . posed marriage to her. Miss l.oekard was subjected to a very se vere cross-examination, but her answers were all straightforward. F. A. B. Koons, one of the men who ar retted McKim at Long Pond, next took the stand. He testified to the arrest, and to cer tain admissions maiio by the prisoner to him self and Mr. Wolf, while taking him to Bloomsburg. These admissions in effect were, that the prisoner was the man that travelled with Norcross—ih.it his name was McKim—that lie had left Dunlieth in com pany with Norcross, hut that he had left him at the first station west of Ahoona. Said he know who had killed Norcross—that it was a man named Roberts. He further admitted ' that he passed Altoona 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 j was afraid the people would Ijnch hiin. The defence instituted a vigorous cross { examination, with a view probably to invali ! date the evidence, on the ground that the I witness is influenced in getting a conviction i to receive the reward. Aaron Doughetty testified to having known the prisoner as a carpenter, employ*"' * <'ie Pennsylvania Railrr~ J > 8 mi ' e Bm ' 8 above Altoona, iWir fbari ago. The next evidence was in relation to'the Bonner letter. This letter, which, it will be remembered, was found in Philadelphia, upon the person of Michael Bonner, a wit ness for the defence, at the time he was sub poenaed, he being intoxicated at the lime, is verbatim ct literatim as follows. Letter from McKtm to Ilonner, 1857 April 6 Hollidaysburg Blair county Pa Pere Sir 1 Rite to Yon with Acliing hart jo Let You know my Fix at Present Dere Sir 1 am hobbled Both Lages and Sometimes ' handcuft And Pere Sir it is you .that can clear me Irom this crape Bp coming to, See ; me Be For Cort i wont you to com Be for f the Cort And Swair wher You saw me Git of j the Cars on the morning of the 16thof Janu- j ary Last Between the ours of 2 o'clock And 3 o'clock io the morning By my Self and Bid You Glide Nite and whairigot out of the cars was About 15 or 20 Miles west ot Altoona it was at Altoena tha Say wher this Mar. wos kild And if 1 cat: Prove by You and James : Youen And Gorg Worllow that You Al Saw Me git out of the cars 15 or 20 miles west of Altoona that will clear me of the Gales [gal lows] And I wil go home with you Al that I Lore So wel And ! will Mak it Al Rile with You Al for t sumers work I carl lock to Plain i on that Subject to You in the Letter But You j wil under Stand and when 1 ce You wil tel You Al About it Your all Sepened By me to tend Cort on the 4 Monday in Aprill Pre Brothers Stick to me for You can clear me with Avin [a few] words Pere Brothers You cene me hare A gude Bit of Montty with Me And it was Gold 20 Dollar Pesea And ten Polar? Pases And You Saw Me Chang to fifty Dollars Bdsfora man At Pitsburght just Befor And the to Nois wos Both Boston Nots And wos very Rich Lucking Pistes i asked you Al if you thot it wis gude Mouny And Said we thom it Was And then You give the Man the change for the notes in gold and that wil cleare me And I wont you logo to James Ado Show him ibis Letter And he will tell lorge Abou it Dere Dere Sir Pout Let An other Man on this Ertb know one word that is n this But your Selfs You Can Com and Vobody know about it Dere Sir i know that tis you that 1 can trust to Doot Rile to me "or the Sburf bas to Rede tbe Letters Before i ;et tbem But you forst teil Sarah Anu torite to xie, And tell me that you got the Letter and >ene James and wbetber you would Com Dere Mikle I rote yoa a vu lines Before Aad tliped them to ray Broiberonlaw to give to FOU But i was afraid that you didut git tbem to i bad a chans to Rite A letter to Yoo And Jit it Slipcd out of tbe Jail with out the Schurf knowen About it By a Girl com* to res her Brother and At Altoona it wil Be maild. David S. McKim Be Shur And Com on or two Day* Befor Cort And Say Net About it to Etiy Body But them ntenckent in the I Letter. You k fiotfr that the trfltn clears Started from Pilsburgh [erasure] on theniteof the 15 of January Last Between the our* of 10 And A 11 o'clock At Nile when we Al got on the cara Ar.d you And Jamea told Me that you wor going to Philadelphia And I Set in the Set with you and was locking together About ihinga in the weal when the cara Sloped About 15 or 20 mile* weal of Altnona,'Whe!i I 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 January Last and will clear me Besure And com and then I wil eel out and Sarah And Clemaon and you and me will go to Dunleth and S-ant Pale we can git 3J and 4 dollars Aday lhair 1 got it thair and was going back again as soon as i cud git things (ixt at home But tha aquesed me for the murder and Put me in Prison But Be for my God iam a innicent man No more At present But 1 Remain Your Afectionet friend outil Death Parts us. DAVID S.M'KtM. And Dere Bovs I Know you wont let me Be hung for you Al Know i would go any Lenth for either of you to git you out of trouble So come tha wont Be Kny Body here that Knows Either of you from a heap of Biush So cum to me in the time of trouble and you will Al Du wel By coming. Mickle Besure you And com if Nobody F.ls Dos cum for you i depend on. John Bruhaker, lately confined in jail, tes tided to receiving the letter from McKim, di-l reeled to Bonner; that he opened and read ill re-enveloped it, Bnd 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 he got a letter. [Letter Rhown but could not be identified.] Said he could not read; gave the letter to Ening, who ssid lie could not read; Ewing gave it to Appleburgh, and it was af terwards taken Irom witness by Williams. The letter was here proved by Sheriff Fort to be in McKim's handwriting, and was then read by Mr. Stokes. The allegations in the letter were answered in the affirmative by | witness, who said ho had never been to Pitts burgh, never travelled with McKim, and nev l cr knew him to have any considerable amount o( money. Charles Williams knew the prisoner nt the bar: hail known him Cor the last ten years; he resisted about two miles ftom Chester, in a house belonging to him. Never knew him to reside at Tenth and Poplar, in Philadel phia; never knew him 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 ol October last. 1 never saw him again until 1 saw him here. TUESDAY AFTKHNOON, MAY s.—Jeremiah Stevenson, police officer fiT Chester, knows the prisoner at bar; lias known him from six teen to twenty years; was present when a letter was taken from Homier in the Chester lock-up; (letter identified) prisoner never lived in Philadelphia to witness' knowledge. Claudius F. K.aton was re-called and testi fied to having been loM by prisoner dial ho worked one season a' Alioona. George Wani How and James Kwing wero separately swon., and both denied in toto all allegations in the Bonner letter, in regard to having traveled with prisoner. lamos Funk, Coroner, testified to holding an inquest on the body. He also identified nnmerons articles. Here Mr. Stokes, lor ihe Commonwealth, offered in evidence to the jury, (lie following article*:—'The carpet-bag, violin case, the ra zor. the club, coat, cap aval pantaloons, of Norcross, woolen comforter, McKim's coat, 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 the night of the 15th of January. That the hind car was locked between Galilxin and Alioona, 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 the cross-examination of this witness, counsel for Commonwealth rest ed their case. EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE. James Fries, re-called—Slated that on the morning of the 16th of January two other men got off the train at Altoona on the oppo -1 site side of the patform. On cross-examina tion, however, it appeared that he had this knowledge from hear-say. Evan Powell swore to living at Fleck's ho ! Tel, and had frequent conversation with him about the Norcross murder, in none of whiob | Fleck ever alluded to McKim taking break fast there. Charlotte E. McKenzie, Kale Nagle and John Davis were re-called to prove the strik* 1 ing deformity of prisoner's fingers. [Defor mity of hand shown to jury.] . James Funk, re-called, and testified lhat , Fleck wis one of (be jury of inquesl; did not mention anything about McKim taking breakfast there at that lime; told bim tome four weeks ago thai McKim look breakfast ' there on the morning of the murder; that is since McKim has been brought here. Esq., re-called, and exam , inad as the location of the hotels and houses ;on either side of the railrosJ track in At | toona. I Here the evidence for the defence closed. 1 After argument from counsel and the Judge's ! charge, it will go to the jury. On the I lib inst., by the Rev. D. J. Waller, THOMAS RODGERS of Bloomsburg, arid BARBA ! RA ANN HOFFMAN, of Kingston, Luzerne Co. S&Ss&S&a In Berwick on Friday morning the Bth inst . { CHESTER 8., son of Jacob W. and Harriet ' Deiterick, aged 2 years, 4 mor and 10 days.
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