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J IDFFE RS 0 NT AN RE PUBLICAN
TlmrstJay, April 4, 1850.
JPigeons. The Easton papers are boasting o
the supply of pigeons in their market. We have
seen them overhoad, but very few have been caught
in this neighborhood. The Argus says an indi
vidual in Upper Mount Bethel caught in tico hauls,
with a net, seventy dozen. From the following
it would appear that they arc very abundant in the
west. A letter from Laurel, Indiana, says :
1 am completely worn down. The pigeons
are roosting all through the woods, and the roosts
extend for miles. Our neighbors and ourselves
have for several nights built large fires and keep
up reports of fire-arms to scare them off".
While I write, within a quarter of a mile, there
arc thirty guns firing; the pigeons come in such
large quantities as to destroy a great deal of tim
ber, break limbs of large trees and even tear up
some of the roots. The woods are covered with
dead pigeons, and the hogs, are getting fat on
them. Our old friend Hetrich, formerly of Balti
more killed fifty at four shots.
Firemen's Parade.
. Last Saturday was a gala day for Stroudsburg.
The members ofthe Humane Fire Company turned
out in full uniform numbering fifty and paraded
through our streets, to the dulcet strains of music,
presenting one of the grandest and most brilliant
spectacles that has ever been witnessed in our
charming Borough. The Engine and equipments
were beautifully and tastefully decorated for the
occasion, which argued well for the exquisite taste
of the Ladies. Five little boys, arrayed in the
most fantastical costume, accompanied the Engine
during the parade, which elicited the warmest ex
pressions of admiration from the crowds that
thronged the streets After perambulating the
principal streets, the procession repaired to the
new Engine House recently erected on the south
side of Elizabeth street near the residence of
Morris D. Robison, Esq., where, after appropriate
addresses by Messrs. Dreher and Burnet, the En
gine was ushered into ts new home, with a joyous
ihrec times three.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
The proceedings ofthe legislature for the past
week are not of very deep interest. They have
not yet disposed of the apportionment bill, nor
done anything with the appropriation bill, both of
which will yet occupy some time : and yet the ses
sion prolonged to nearly its usual length.
Neither of three prominent divorce cases have
passed, (those of Mr. Forrest, Mr.Wetherill, and
Lieut. Middleton). Nor should they. The two
latter cases we believe are killed ; and that of
Mr. Forrest is ditto , but hopes are entertained by
some of its advocates of its revival. Money will
do a great dealt; but has not procured the passage
of these bill.
A strong remonstrance from the Philadelphia
Friends, against a repeal of the law of 1347 in re
lation to fugitive slaves, was read in both houses
on Monday.
A bill to provide for the election of Auditor'
General and Surveyor General passed both hous
es. A4)ill in relation to Banks passed the Senate.
Conviction of Prof. Webster.
UhVtrral of Prof. J. Webster, at Boston,
for the mu rile r of Drf Parkman, has been conclud
ed. It terminated on Saturday night, m near 12
"o'clock," in the conviction of the prisoner It had
occupied eleven days, exciting a deep interest
everywhere throughout the country, and the whole (
of the circumstances and proceedings from one of
the most remar.kable cases in criminal annals.
The entire evidence fiom first to last has been cir-
! cumstantial, and even if we believe all the wit
nesses testifies truly, far from complete. But the
course ofthe defence has surprised every one.
The counsel, while the government was produc
ing its strongest testimony, have, crept along with
a mildness amounting to indecision ; and no one
can carefully survey the ground they occupied
and their efforts in behalf ofthsir client without
coming to the conclusion that their hearts were not
in the" work. The reasons for this may remain
for all time a secret, but it has had as powerful an
influence in producing the conviction ofthe pris
oner, as though they had at once admitted guilt,
and, that they were at work in the face of a full
confession. There is evidently a great deal, in
the case a very great deal, which has not been
made to appear.
The arguments of counsel having been conclud
ed, the piisoner spoke in his own defence, a thing
rather unusual in our criminal trials. What he
says will be read with deep and painful interest.
He complains much ofthe course of his counsel.
The following are the proceedings in the case af
ter the conclusion of the argument ;
Tlf&' prisoner sank back into his chair with his
hands upon'the railing, and his face on his hands,
and so remained for ten minutes. '
When he lecoveied from the shock, he said to
officer Jones, " why are you keeping me here to
be gazed at V lie was immediately carried up
to the jail, and locked up for the night, the precau
.tionjiaving been taken to remove his razor and
knife. - ,
A buggy was at the door of the Court-room to
convey the sad intelligence to his family at
Cambridge.
During the whole of this trial, Prof. Webster
has not shed -a tear, or expressed any particular
interest for anything but his table of supplies.
His last order to officer Lawrence, when he. left
the jail to hear the verdict, was" Tell Parker to
send me some of his best turkey for dinner to
morrow, and a lot of good segars."
Laconic The following is absolutely the whole
of a letter received by a respectable member of
the Legislature, on the 22d inst.
44 Don't Laird's Bank bill remind you
Of some reforming ass,
Who'd pluck the sun out ofthe skies,
And light the world with gas 1
Armstrong County."
PROFESSOR WEBSTER S SPEECH. '
The attorney general having concluded his re
marks, Chief Justice Shaw, with much emotion,
stated to the prisoner that it was his privilege now
to address the jury, if he had anything to say, or
any explanation to make.
Professor ebster arose, and in a very distinct
voice, made the following remarks :
1 have desired to enter into an explanation of
the complicated network of circumstances which,
in nine cases out often, are completely distorted,
and probably nine-tenths of which, could be sat
isfactorily explained. All the points of testimony
lave been placed in the hands of my counsel, by
whom my innocence could have been firmly es
tablished. Acting entirely under their direction,
I have sealed my lips during the period of my con
finement, trusting myself entirely to them. They
have not deemed it necessary, in their superior
wisdom, (this was said in an ironical tone) to bring
forward the evidence which was to exonerate me
from a variety of these acts The government
Sir John Franklin.
The expedition now fitting out by that distin
guished philanthropist, Henry Grinnell of New
Bedford, for prosecuting the search for Sir John
Franklin, will be ready to sail by the first of May.
It consists of two vessels, to be called the 4,Ad
vance" and the 44 Rescue." They are to be fully
equipped, guarded and strengthened in the most
complete manner against the ice, and provisioned
for a two years voyage. They are to search the
shores of Wellington's Inlet and Cape Walker for
copper canisters, which Franklin was to throw
overboard enclosing notes of his voyage. Mr.
Grinnell heads the subscription for this object
with 830,000. There is some expectation that
Lady Franklin will visit this country before the
expediiion starts. It is to be under the command
of Lieutenants De Haven and GriiTen. Honor to
Mr. Grinnell for his liberal and noble hearted undertaking.
Iflexican Outrages.
We learn from Matamoros that the agents ofthe
Mexican government have recently committed
hi . - - own unit, i uuua"CA. Midi ciiu IU uc uiwuuiiL lu wig at
" ,;u"6, ....... ...e-.-.v lentMn ofthe Un ted States government or re
",ilrl cnrnact iohtipI mo jirl I hnnA It Will tifir O
could suggest against me, and I hope it will not ! , , . , . . , . , , .
:n. ' t .m 1 dress. It is known that during the war, large ship-
have an undue influence upon my jury. 1 will , r. i j . .t . fp
not allude to many ofthe charges, but there is one ents of obacco were made to the ports of I am
which touches me. and that is the letter which has Pc? monos and Vera Cruz, the duties on
been produced. It is not the first I had xead in j V" "urB ,MI" . U1K 'vn encan a. ,lloruies' a"u
the daily prints which have been distributed in m. w B , " B
my apartments, and various publications which !,!S! PM
have been made respecting them. One statement J ,c a:,Mlt' aa " ,4 ,- r ,
was that I had. after the disappearance of Doctor Mean authorities. Recently a portion of the
Messrs. S. A. Beldon & Co. to a house in Vera
l ...i i..: . tit... i...
Parkman. nnrrhml n mmnlitv .f nvalir. arid tn ' ""- ' aiaiamurob was mi hi oy
tx nmn c-tninp f ll-r-l o r A it ncl n nil v n r
curred to me that this parcel might be saved and j Cruz by whom a portion of it was sent lo San Ju
produced when necessary. For several days Mrs. i an,' bul V'" ,ls, WM; 3eIzfied a Saltillo by the
W. had reqursted me to purchase some acid for ' J"d Jf dls rl and confiscated, in addtuon to
domestic use, and as my wife had repeatedly
By the laws of New York any man and wbmhat
wishing to be married, .have only to go before a
third .person, no mattei whether 'a clergyman ma-j
gistrate or not, and declare their intention where-;
upon they are pronounced married.
So! The" Philadelphia Times says, a gentle
man of that city who ranked high in his profession,
has "quietly started for California, leaving the
Church of which ho was treasurer, minus some
$800 or $1,000, beside numerous little promises
to pay
AtBoflier Call for Divorce'
-A travelling pill agent of Dr. Brandrelh, calling
himself Dr. Yaw, put up on Thursday last, with
Mr. Perkins at the Shakespeare, accompanied
with his wife. On Friday, the doctor was found
missing, having left his wife, alone and distressed,
since which he has not been heard from. The
wife represents herself to have been formerly a
Miss Pease of Wilkesbarre, where her father
keeps a tavern ; and where the doctor was a guest,
and became acquainted with and won her. She
also says, that he has taken with him her gold
watch, and some dresses, leaving her quite desti
.... ... f . t i t
tute. The charities ot tlie ooarciers nave oeen
appealed to, to get her home. Ilarnsburg Tele
graph.
A bill has passed the Legislature making the
Auditor General, Surveyor General and Deputy,
or County Surveyors, elective by the people each
to hold their oflices for three years. A bill has
also passed the Senate giving to the peo'ple the
election of Prosecuting Attorneys. A bill to ac
complish the latter purpose passed the Legislature
of 1817, but was vetoed by Gov. Shunk, under
the advice, we suppose, of the present Democrat
ic editor of the Keystone. Then the party cried
hallelujah to the Governor for his veto, Now the
party vote for the election of Prosecuting Attor-
nies. What change has come over the sphit of
their dreams ? The cause is evident. We now
have a Whig Attorney General, and the Prosecu
ting Attornies are as a general matter Whigs.
That a Whig should hold office grates terribly up
on the nerves of Locofocos, and in order to pre
vent this calamity as much as they can, they vote
to give the selection to the people. Who will
say Locofocos do not love oflice 1 do not hang
to it as the drowning man to the last floating plank
from the general wreck 1
laughed at me because 1 had not purchased it, 1
had borne it in mv mind that afternoon, and had
gone into Thayer's store, under the Revere House, !
made the purchase, and waited till the Carnbiidge j
Hourly came along, and then jumped into the om
nibus with the bundle. I went home and gave
the bundle to my wife ; and when afterwards I
which Beldon & Co. where nned some $27,000,
and a special agent sent to Matamoros to collect
it, with instructions that if the fine was not prompt,
ly paid, to imprison the parlies. Beldon & Co. of
course protested, but it was no use. Their estab
lishment was closed, and an order for their arrest
I and imprisonment forthwith issued: and to save
themselves from a dungeon, Messrs. Belden& Co.
heard so much said about the bundle, it flashed ! ;ver.e comPelled 10 f adn JJir property and
inhabitants of Brownsville, on hearing of the order
-Cotirleous Reply.
An American travellei being unexpectedly de
tained !at the mole or quarrantine in Odessa, was
very civilly offered ' half of his apartment and a
sofa'to lie on," by a young Englishman who acted
as translator to the mole. After they had formed
an intimate acquaintance, and one evening had
retiredo restrtho young traveller asked his friend
how he could endure the blasphemy which was
so constantly heard there. The young English
man replied, thai: "as a genteman, these thinga
were disagreeable io-liiin bul as :o their be
ing intrinsicaiy wrong, it was no matter of con
cern' io him, as he denied the truth of all reve
laton, and believed Jebus Christ lo be an im
postor."
The traveller, without supposing the remark
would bo heeded, except by courtesy, replied,
" Either Chribt was an impostor, or he waa not.
If he was an impostor, we have the inconceiv
able phenomenon of a base man practising vir
lue, self denial, charity, forgiveness of inju
ries, through his whole life, in scourging, con
tumely, and even crucifixion. It is phiiosphi
cal to suppose that a bad man would lake so
much pains io make others good? Bul if he
was not impostor, then he has lold the truth,
and wo must believe him." "Is it possible that
I nover saw ihat before!" was the only reply of
the young Englishman; but the argument sank
deep into his heart; and when the traveller had
arrived at Alexandria, he received a letier from
tho former skeptic, acknowledging him as
"the best friend he ever had," encouraging him
to be equally faithful to oihers, and praying him
nol 10 forget his ' Odessa convert." American
Messenger.
Intesietiis Discovery.
It is staled in letters from Copenhagen, that Dr.
Pieire Andre Munch, Professor at the university
of Christina, has presented to the society of North
ern Archeology of that city, an extremely curious
manuscript, which he has discovered, and which
he obtained during his voyage in iS'J'J to the Ork
ney Isles. This manuscript, in a state of excel
lent preservation, and judging from the form ofthe
letters to be referred to, the tenth, or perhaps even
the ninth century, contains several episodes, in the
latin language, on tlie history ot iNorway, stating , This is ceriainlv a low fiaure. This comDanv
some important facts, heretofore entirely unknown, j lvill sell all the coal mined by the Washtngton
which illustrate the obscure ages, which, in Nor- ( Company, and the increase from ihat quarter,
A committee of ihu New York Assemly, in
their report on inte'mperance in the Siaie, esti
mate ihe amount annually expended for dt inks,
at 7000 grog-nhops in the cities of that State,
exclusive of villages, at upwards of twen'y-fivo
million dollars. They have collected statistics
from the various city and county prisons, who,
ihe exception of t wonty-ihree, whence no re
turns have been received, which prove that up
wards of 36,000 intemperaie persons were ar
rested in 1849, and that from four-fifths to nine
teruhsofall the crime committed has its origin
in intemperance.
The Coal Trade.
The following is from tho Miners Joual of
last week.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
have promulgated their rates for coals on board
at Roundout as follows' copied from iheir cir
cular.
Lump per ton
Broken
Range or Stove
Nun
Chesnul
They guarantee the freighi not to exceed 50
cents to New York, making ihe price of tho
Coal delivered in New York, $1 05 per ton.--
$3 55
3 65
3 05
3 35
3 90
Death of Zlv. Calhoun.
' The lion. John C. Calhoun died at Washington
on 'Sunday morning. Hisdealh was not unlooked
for, yet it cast a gloom over ihe city. His remains
were on Tuesday last, temporarily deposited in the
Congressional burying ground, at Washington,
with the highest civic honors.
Mr. Calhoun was in some respects a remarka
ble man during his long life, sustaining a per
sonal character of extraordinary purity and fiilied
ne.vl to the highest station known to our govern
ment. His character and public services are
known to the people of the whole country.
IE? The Elephant Columbus, which killed its
keeper at Philadelphia, about two years since, had
one of his vicious fits again on Saturday, during
which he seized his keeper and threw him a dis
tance of fifteen feet, fortunately without inflicting
any serious injury. An animal so dangerous
should be killed at once.
on my mind in a moment that this must be the
bundie. It was to this bundle, and not to any
document that 1 referred in the direction to my
wife. As regards the nitrate of copper in the
usual lectures preceding my arrest, I had occa
sion to use the influence of chemical agents in
producing changes of various subjects. Among
others on gases. I prepared a large quantity of
oxalic acid gas. A gallon jar was filled wiih gas
in order to produce the changes from dark color to
orange, and also in air. On great heat being ap
plied to the jar the gas was drawn through water.
As to the nitrate of copper spilled on the floor of
quantity, and by me. in my lectures between the
day of Dr. Parkman's disappearance and my own
arrest. So I might go on explaining a variety of
circumstances which have been distorted. My
counsel have pressed me lo keep calm. My very
calmness has been made to bear against me ; but
my irust has been in my God and my own inno
cence. In regard to money, 1 must say a word.
The money which 1 paid Dr. Parkman on the af
ternoon of Friday, Nov. 23d, 1 had saved up from
time to time and kept it in a trunk in my house
in Cambridge ; but, unfortunately, no one ever
saw me take jt out therefore, I can only give
my word that such is the fact, Several years
ago, J had students who were in the habit ol being
for Belden6 arrest, were organising to cross the
river, to wreak their vengeance on all concerned
in the outrage. No time will be lost in laying the
whole matter before our secretary of state, and
our minister at ihe citv of Mexico.
way, stating some important facts, heretofore en
tirely unknown, which illustrate the obscure ages,
which, in Norway, preceded ihe introduction of
Christianity.
A Iew Descriplion of Steam Vessels.
For some days past great excitement has pre
vailed at Marseilles, by the arrival at that port of
an entirely new description of steamer, and which,
if successful, will cause a complete revolu
tion in the present plans of building steam ves
sels. The vessel is named the Port de Marseilles,
and was built by a Mr. Lieurieur. It has not the
slightest appearance of masts or funnel ; in fact,
there is nothing to show whether she is propelled
by, wind, or steam, or oar. She glides through
the water as if propelled by some invisible agency.
ihe propelling power is. by a simple lever of suffi
cient power. European Paper.
CALIFORNIA.
A practical printer, who had cone from the
B. F. Brown. The grand jury of Washington,
on Saturday found a bill of indictment against B.
F. Brown, charged with forgery and other fraud
ulent practices on the treasury department.
How Louis ft'apolcosi became Pres
ident. The New YoikSun has been furnished with
a document, published in French, which, if true,
betrays a most infamous secret. Tt states that,
prior to the election of December 10th, 18-lS, a
treaty was executed at Madrid, and ratified at Lon
don and Naples, by which Louis Napoleon pledged
himself to the establishment of monarchy, in
France, in favor of such a person as should be
designated by a Congress of Northern Nations, of
which Russia was to have the lead. By this trea
ty Louis Phillippe, the Queen of Spain, and the
King of Naples, engaged to raise Louis Napoleon
to the Presidency of the'French Republic, from
which position he was to operate against the Re
public and in case he should not obtain the throne
of France, he was to be secured a capital of 250,
they stale will be about two hundred thousand
tons and ii is intimated pretty strongly that
it is their determination to sell all the increase.
This is ceriainlv a low figure for Coal, and it
is fortunate that their supply is limited.
The Lehigh Compan' sell their Coal in Boats
at Mauch Chunk, at $1 CO cash and it is be
lieved thai ihey will adhere to the published
rates at Bristol that U 83 62 1-2 lump and
S3 75 for prepared coal notwithstanding the
rates promulgated by the Delaware and Hud
son Company.
Some of the Schuylkill dealers have issued
their circular, naming no prices but at the
rates at which Schuylkill Coal has been oftei -ed
in New York, it will not net, for While Ah
SI 50 at Mount Carbon by Rail Road by Ca
nal ii will pay a little better. The prospect for
Schuylkill County, to say the least, are not ve
ry encouraging under existing circumstances.
Carbon County Gazette.
- Rejjeciou of Jitde Yolie.
We most sincerely regret to notice ihe rejection
of Samuel Yohe, .Esq. as associate judge of North
ampton-'County by a strict party vote, the Whigs
voiing for him, and the Locofocos, including
Speaker Best, against him. We learn that his
confirmation was solicited by the presiding judge
of that judicial district, Judge J. Pringle Jones ;
by every member of the Northampton Bar, except
J. M. .Porter, Esq., and by some eight hundred
citizens, who petitioned for it in .the strongest lan
guage. Yet in despite of.all this, and the fact
that, Judge Yohe is one of the most worthy citi
zens of Easton, he has still been rejected by a
Locofoco Senate. We cannot but regard this act
of ihe tSenate as a wanton abuse of power.
Hi Shi for Once !
i juiuo jo in ii.wi in ouj'puaiug mat iu r.
Wilrribt is entitled to all the infamy which will yet
fall upon the authors of the Wilmot Proviso. He
is not'the inventor of this humbug, which has well
nigh, proved a fireband in, the temple ofthe Union.
On the contrary, it was invented by more wily ,and
cunning political jugglers." Pennsylvania.
(L Tke Pennsylvania is perfectly correct,
Thomas Jefkbrson devised and drafted -what is
now. inaccurately denominated "-the Wilmot Pro
viso'Nin 1781 fifty-si.vyears ago long .before the
Buchanans -and Taneysihad iihought of pretending.;
toibetdcmbcrats. That their application of such'
r.pjfhcis' to Mr. Jefferson is politic'.orjn good taste-;
we sdn Nnot -affirm ;bt it seejhV to como verv
Tribune oflice to California, thus sends his well
expressed experience to that paper You may
be under the imoression. from stnlnrnnnrs nnh-
in my laboratory, and who injured my apparatus ; !ished in .,he California papers and elsewhere,!000'000 lrancs. w lo title of Prince. Ihe
therelere, 1 prepared everything for my own use in UJ,U ",0 ciimuie oi mis country is oi a. very supe
my lectures with my own hands, and that is ihe f "or order ; but the very reverse is the fact. You,
reason why I excluded persons from my laborato- j believe, have never suffered from a visitation of
ry. As regards my whereabouts from the hour of , tl,e California fever, and you have been lucky in
Dr. P.'s disappearance, I have put into my coun- I f,lat respect. Take my word for it, any man that
sel's hands satisfactory information, which will 1S ,n anything like comfortable circumstances at
account for every day I had spent during that home, doing a fair business, and enjoying reason
week for every day and every hour- 1 never aule health, is an unfortunate man to allow him
was absent from home. As to hm'ncr ,finn bv Mr. I self lo be wheedled into the opinion that mav ren-
Sanderson, I was at home every evening. One j er himself better off in life by leaving the corn
thing ihat has been omitted by my counsel was, that I frl.s f civilization, and inflicting upon himself the
on the Friday on which the alleged murder was j various horrors of this detestable country, for the
said to have been committed I had purchased -meagre chance of getting a little more money here
Humboldt's new work, "Cosmos," and while wait
ing for an omnibus, stepped into Brlgham's to take
a mutlon chop, and, in coming out to take the om
nibus, had forgotten my book ; but after my ar
rest remembered the place where I had left it, and
mentioned it lo my counsel. They had sent lo
Brigham's, and the book had been found."
The Professor here sat down, but almost instant
ly arose and said, " I will say one word more. 1
have felt very much distressed by the production
ol those anonymous letters, more so than by any
than he could at home in a given time. Tell all
your friends that have 'the fever,' thai if they know
when they are well off they will stay where they
are, and nol risk their lives in such an inhospitable
climate as this. The papers do not
publish one in a thousand of the deaths that occur
here. If any friend of the deceased will furnish
the notice, and pay for its insertion, it is published;
not otherwise. Hundreds thousands leave their
bones to rot in the soil of California, leaving friends
in me oiaies, ana elsewhere, to look for their re
document sets forth a historv of facts and ma
chinations, to prove that the conduct of Louis Na
poleon since his elevation to the Presidency, ful
ly sustains the probobility of such a nefarious trea
ty. In connection with this matter, we may men
tion that the Washington correspondent of the
Pensylvanian stated, a few days since, that a let
ter from M. Poussin had been received in the
capital, in which the ex-Minister expressed his
belief that Louis Napoleon was becoming insane,
as it was rumored ihat he was about resign
ing the Presidency in faovr of the Due de Bor
deaux, the only surviving heir of the Bourbons.
Wednesday last was a busy day in the New
York P. Oflice. The 'Canada' took out 57.5SG
letters for Europe; and the Washington, 10,107,
making a total of 07,753; which, added to tho
regular daily business of the office, makes the
number passing through it in one day, 1S0.000.
thing that has occurred during the trial. 1 call J lurn never learn their fate for many months
jjenjHj o iur yeaij,. u a man could be assured
of good health while here, he might be excused for
coming, because he may do well; but the chances
are ten to one against him, in point of health, and
he had better not venture it. 1 have observed that
of those who come here, as a general thing, the
men that have left home with a high reputation for
general health and hardiness of constitution, are
the first to be taken sick the first to wither under
the baneful influences of this detestable climate;
while, in many instances, ihose who have for
years been in the habit at home, of suffering from
various bodily weaknesses have here assumed a
new and altogether desirable temperament and
tone of health.
my God to witness, that if it was ihe last hour
of my life, I never wrote those letters. Since the
trial commenced, a letter has been received from
this very Civis' by one of my counsel. If this
person has any spark of humanity, I call upon
him to come forward. A notice lo this effect has
been put in the papers."
Dr. Webster again took his seat, having evident
ly made a. deep impression upon all present bv the
seriousness of his remarks, and the earnestness of
his manner. ...
VERDIUT OF THE. JURY
The jury retired, at five minutes past, eight
o'clock, and came into court. at eleven o'clock.
Wiiei Justice chaw, called on the prisoner to
stand up and hear sthe verdic.l... - . ;.. '
Chief Justice. Mr.. Foreman, haye.you .agreed
to a verdict-? ' ' '' I ;
'''Tdrmah.'-We Have. " ,a,?' "
.Chief J ustiqe. Dyqu; findltliejr)risonersguill.y,
or not guilty
Foreman rilTILTY '
1
The Detroit Free Press says, wild pigeons -are
very plenty. in the woods back ofuhat city. Wild
rice was found in the crops of some of those taken
)Vom which' the Free Press jnfepfliauhey'' must
Mvr 79Q miles hi less than; 1i .hour's, as the
rice is not found nearer than that disiance, arid it
Jigsts in 21 hours
Catching Wild Pigeons.
Tho York (Perm.) Republican stales ihat Mr.
Herbert, of Fawn Township, was in York on
Monday, with a wagon loaded wiih about 700
wild pigeons, which had been taken in a net.
One person in Lancaaier caught two thousand
of them in a net a few days ago.
Ireadful Accident.
A dreadful accident occurred, the 2lst inst.,
at the store of Capt. E, A Keulzner, about two
miles above Milton, Two yong men named
Wm. Emmens and Augustus Jodop, weni out
after pigeons, and after returning to tho store of
Capt. Keulzner, indulged in going ihro' military
evolutions with two guna then in ihe room and
which ihey thought where unloaded. Mr. Jo
don pulled the trigger of his gun while pointed
at Emmons, when a load was discharged and
entered the brain of Emmons above tho left eye,
killing him insianily. Tho distress of Jodon
at the effect produced, vva's truly pitiable.
The deceased was 23 years old, and has loft
behind him a widowed mother arid a yonger
brother.
May not ihis be a sufficient warning against
'.the silly if not criminal pracfice of' handlin
fire-arms unnecessarily- 'caruTcstly- or in wan
ton sport1
Wild Fowl.
The Elk ion Democrat says immense num
bers of wild ducks and geese are shoi, at this
season ofthe year, in the head waters of tho
Chesapeake, and aent to Baltimore and Phila
delphia. One gunner killed, a few days sinee,
near Havre-de-Graco, 200 ducks, and over
1000 wero shot ihe same day. It ii fair m pre
sume they averaged fifty cents a pair, amount-
A pretty good day's work.
ing to $250.
A letier in the New Orleans Picayune states
that many of the public records of L uiiana
have been materially damaged, and rendered
perfectly useless in cases of reference, by iho
ravages of small insect, the same as ihat descri
bed by Mumbolt and other travellers in South
America and Mexico. The Recorder of tho
pariah of Corroll, Louisiana, writes, ihat ihe
entire acts of 1837, '38, '39, and up to 181I aro
destroyed.
Woolen Printing.
Messra. Holt & Briefly, of Lowell, have-
in sucaessful operation a new improvement, of
own discovery, which promises io yield
iheii
a rich reward. Ii is ihe pruning of woolen
goods, in any siyle of stripe and figure that
may be desired, and in perfectly fast colors,
such as will stand ihe leal of ihorough wash
ing. Mr. Thomas Brierly is the original inven -ler
and discoverer ofthe process of this prin
ting and has Ii secured by patent. The colors
are of superior brilliancy, and ihe style of goods
is universally admired. For linings of ladies'
and genllmen.a cloakes and coals, we predict
ihat ihese goods will soon become all the rage,
For children's clothing, too, ihey are so much
prettier than any thing in the market, that they
can hardly fail of a great run-Worcester Spy.
John F. Bachman, a young graduate of tho
Ecston Argus office, now in California, has
been appointed a Polire officer in Sau Fran
i isco a. & l ,i wrck