Dr. "P. "might have bee
or how many persons
way where ho was going
l
2H3c
r
n seen entering my rooms, r for the history oliptir motives, and tell me, before
he might have'told.by .iheuout'aw it,neve?prccur to you, ueiur- ueo-...
ti.o ir.toi-vir.u- who i hn&oi uz. -"antman. maun- .m, n iyu -ini
n all probability' knownt and 1 must be ready to lit to pass, would be of great ad vantage- to y ou or
.!. n it. The ooestion exercised.mo rriUch, bull at least that personal injury to himm.ght possibly
ro.. j' - '. . t ,lrt;i in.&be the result of our expected coherence with nimi
On OUllllaV Illy luuiac v lancn. i ,v .-,-- . . , e
o..,..-'.ii,a .1.- ... mvCplf th f As a dvine man, 1 charge you to answer me truly
nnrnn. at vet unknown, with whom Dr. P. had $ and exactly, or else be silent-had you not such a.
.I,. T hail-i. vitPd Mm m th Online lo'bav himS 41 No; never," said -he, with energyand feeling
money, and
upon the sur
ding'iuterest,
If 1 had thoui
not have depc
- i or-.
smmresred it. as coin so far to make up the Intable and passionate. A quick handed and brief I
- - - - " " . , - I JjMnlr.nnt !omnnv- hue rtoort o nospiimtr Sin 111 II1V1
sum which 1 was io have professed to nave paiue; ; w. ... T-j't
that I had paid it. Accoidingly 1 fixed g"os m, a uuu , u.jr .vm,,.,, . .
ii bj taking the small note and ad-a u iu, -" ,6 r.u
which it appears I cast erroneously. SUI "7 f'fc i-M,""c"' 4 , , 7
ht of this course earlier, I should jesi mea u, injur,K r. 4. um.i
wited Pence's check for 800 in thegoiow wauuuh. r. l . u67 c:c"a
. .. e..-..-.i.. i.... iw.u imfoTsharrj the most Drovokim? of men and 1 am ir-
.t. i.r' ...1.S..1. u.oa fcnpw T had hvhfe. I was an only child much inuuigea ana i
he houVof vJelv ft had not occurred tohave never acired the control over rny prions
,ne lhat 1 should ever show the notes cancelled inlth.it I ouhgt to have acquired early, and the con-
in proof oLit, ot I should have destroyed ihe large sequence is all this.
note, andwfei it
the
snat
hai
be inferred lhat it was gone with a " uut you nouneo rnuiaw iu ,
missing man, and I should only have keptthega certain nour, miu J ' '
ill one, which was all that I could pretend toftwiien you Knew you n u . .
:e paid. Mv single thought was concealments " io," ne repi.eu, i u,u ,.u -'
. - .'i.-ii m jsh . i.twi nnn i nn rn i w iiii v mi'iii rr iikii mill iiiui
I ..,n.ih nv nirn moc ttiMMonia 1 r Tin! tt.iiav ii i ill . am." uiwv u w .
e k i;i v i "iiii; tjioi. 'iio uiviutiii v mt 1 , , r. i
I was in no state to consider my ulterior pecuinaryftpo, except mv uw U u,tuu,,w U ,
L. " ' m , i. t LrnA h L mnrh Soearance. and after I had determined to take the
, .-.r.i. i 1 1 nr.rrn inn rnni i nau ua u mill . muse nuiuj ,w
account wuu me in mat. uuuuiuun wiao- ; , , . . .. . : , , .
of!
was of no
mind. If I had designed and premeditated theK1"0 mlseraD,e ussue 01 nube1' , UV, , m . . . .
r n, P-rL-n-n ? nr.lfr to nRi the nos-Icommitted from the moment I had began to con- This Annivei
c ,1, o nA mu rlaht T nnticeal the homocide. I never had a thought ol in-plv ceiebiated
onlv sholud not have deposited Pettee's check thekjug iarkman. :.,Rany gatherings o
next dav, but should have made some show of get-g I his was accompamea oy u.e ' "The day waa
.i i .u j,fXm TWwhic i Prof. Webster attempts to explain as to his uuy
. f , "1B ,nuuB ."b;",""Iu n "r ;i,ninB LiulefifiW. Snndina for bloodand of inquir-Shers of the IIu
snouiu nave drawn mv money irmu ic uami. unuS
JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
POR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
J0SFIUA DUNGAN,
OF BUCKS COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
HENRY W. SNYDER,
OF UNION COUNTY,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOSEPH G. HENDERSON,
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
The Foui'lii.
sary, we believe was less general-
than usual. We are not aware of,
A Swede of Civil War. fij ITlr. Stevens' Speech.
-Private letteis Jrom Washington inform us, says J IIon-.Thaddeus Stevens made another speech
the Pennsvlvania Inquirer, that much excitementjin the House of Representatives, a short time ago,
If prevails in relation to Texas and New Mexico. Kwhich is now before us. It is a scorcher. We
The Hon. A. II. Stevens has addressed a letter toasnoum hko 10 puuusn it enure, but our columns
I the National Intelligencer, in which he says: are so crowded just now, that we cannot find room.
The first Federal nin lhat shall be hied against We append a tMV extracts.
the people of Texasj without the authority of law, M When I venture's some time, since, to givemy
will be the signal for the freemen from the Dela-0pfnion freely of the real condition and evils "of
ware to the uio trratide to rally to the rescue. slavery, 1 expected to be assailed by the delenders
Whatever diflerences 01 opinion may exisi in wew0f ine institution. W hue that greatest, most.hon-oublic-tnind,
touching the proper boundary of Tex-Lst and most fearless, of modern statesmen, who
as, nothing can be clearer than that it is not a ques-gwas stricken down by death in this Hall, was, al-
tion to be decided by the army, lie not deceivea,imost unaided, defending human rights, andde-
and dc
Wher
;ceive not others, "Jnler arma leges silent. Snouncing the horrors of slavery, we saw him, Irpm
1 the "Rubicon" is passed, the days of thisjyear to year, the object of the bitterest personal
: will be numbered. lou may considerjfabuse in this House, and bv the slave press everv-
Rpnnblic
!he "gallant State of Texas' too weak lor a con-Bwhere. No motives were too foul to impute to
tPst with the armv 01 the uniiea o.iue&. ui youwhim: no crimes too atrocious to charce upon him.
Should recollect that the cause of Texas, in suchit was sought to expel hinr from this body, arid'it
t UIC UI1IUII, mill o-.... r- 1 . -u. Hiuigiutjl VYIIIVU lu..v.. Uuwv.u..r ui .iuuw,
Kknowing their rights, dare maintain them, cannoton account of the calumnies, the insults, and the
be easily conquered. Sapienlibus veroum sac. persecutions, which he endured m this high and
Gen. Rusk recently said in the Senate, that aanoiy cause, uut it l couia inauige sucn nopes,
collision was about to take place. Gen. HoustonHgenemen 01 ne aomn, ana nose wno are no gen-
galso said that Texas would assuredly attempt to ambilious aspiration. My late speech has
enforce her claims by arms, 11 no oiner means werejbeen deemed ot sufficient importance to attract at
left her. It is rumored also that Governor Bell, bfStention, not to it, but to its author. Sir, our acts
f much extent in this County. JsTexas, has ordered out a large force of militia, and
my money
mentioned, to the Cashier that I had a sum to make
up on that day for Dr. Parkman and the same to
Henchman, when I borrowed the $10. 1 should
have remarked that I was so much short of a sum
that 1 was to nav Parkman. I borrowed the mon-
1
Mi
statement, Dr. Putnam proceeded to argue as "Mie prjncjpai streets, proceeded to the Presbyteri-fFe ex
5uiL? lruthlulne?s. savin" mat 11 waa nmuu vviieu mca - . , ,
I rh 'IT. '!Vu 1 n flin AUn, tha ProfesJan Church, where the exercises were opened by Jwe
lnr Wehster's estate was worth several thousandjan appropriate invocation to the Throne of Graces COuld,
persons
I should, not have invited him to my rooms at an
hour when the College
and others, and an ho
to receive calls from others, for that was the hour,
just after the lectures, at which 'persons having
business with me, or in my rooms, were always
directed to call. 1 rooked into my rooms on bun
and our remarks here are legitimate subjectstpf
, ... , i. .1 E3., ... .. , ., r XT... TVf:rt nv LUUIIllciii. w......MMUu , oim nucu an;
ooservea in mis piace uy me iiiBiu-MMr. &mitn, me aeiegaie .rum xcw -m humble efibit of mine shall receive such notice in
mane Fire Company. I hey tumedgfpresses the opinion that several thousand men areptne ony waY which gentlemen will pursue, it will
ing about gases from the Vault. After reading theILul jn fui uniform, and after marching throughgnov on the route pursued by the memorable SantaBgive me pleasure to retract what I am convinced is
nedition of 1842. All this looks serious, butBwrong, ana canmy iu uuiuuu u.c now ever se-
& u ml - - -- 9 v- -i -Tiric m
trust lhat the picture is exaggerated. Texas ' remember one of the numerous cremle
no doubt, readily conquer banta J?e, but the wft0 naVe referred to my. remarks, who has
the Rev. Baker Johnston. Ihe Declarationa,authority of the United States would promptly in-auempted to deny one ot the lacis, or reiute one
Independence was read in an impressive man-terpose. And yet, such an event, according tolof the arguments ; they nave noucea mem merely
rni r11 n. 7.. r-.. u II.. . 1. ...U 1 m,,U t A KLU VIIUUCIOIC llltn au.uuii .. ...v...
1 neii luiiuweuM Mr. Stevens, wouia rany iub vvuuic uuuui; a a , , .. 1, :-, , .rii; ,.i..
' ' mm no nn rpn u nv 111111 vvi 11 hul v iiiiiiv lij 111.11 n
Ldli iiu j -- - o 1
with blackguards, l "cannot
venng in their belief in his innocence, until hisif Pied over an hour in its delivery. We did non? raerCial, alluding to the subject, says: Renter that arena. 1 will leave the nun and tho
mm - -n. . 1 . 4.1 ri- 1
B., but havea "The Mexican war was a school of training forEslime ot billingsgate 10 .ne iisu-wumen, annin
oro nrOC(nt mtWnPrsona of this class. It is reasonable to expect.Ktheir worthy coadjutors, inegenuemen irom, v ir-
i- . .1 . .1 r . R.ccil liiiuimcu uy a. iiuuiu.i !. . , - rin M.ll I r..-, .v-rtli lo.. hn 1,11-
nei mat ine coni-ssion ws uuc. m . - Uns it s nYnscted. that these men will Hock to tneMSmia, iivir. xiiiisuh,j nwui iw.H1 Lmi
Members of the council have retained a copy ongit was an eloquent and patriotic aaoress. gof-n,jrrl V Tpvns. n thf-v did to the ensign of thelStanlvl from Kentucky, Mr. Stanton, from Ten
ie peiutuu pieviuusjjr picacmcu, ciuu Huuuiu....j nu.i me e.ci-.io ai mc vuux-u, m v, v-n.f... miserable marauding leaders, vvnose piratical ai-HRness, L"ai ' "
v the advice 01 vx. rumam, wmcu win Hruua J,J"marcl
i ti a r T .
N,,,UlU' mau .c f, nhcnln P narrlnn. KeSner DV WOCl. -A.XVEEVE. JAU-SOn.
lZ' .nJ"JK?.Tn -itte Oration by S. C. Buin-t, Esq, which occu.3Washinf,to correspondent ofihe New York ComJ 0TVel with blackguards
the
t ..l.liU.4 T . nctA.ifi K i inmirionra nnrl it n 1 -
1 . .. .. T-.....u -v-cr, Slvnecht
so asserts mat i-uueueiu, ui -uuic umui poioun,
day afiernoon, but did nothing. After the first vis-
limbs from the upper well, and threw them intogplaced the remains in his room, to compass his
the vault under the privy. I took the thorax fromru,n-
the well below, and packed it in the tea chest, asj t-
found. Mv own impression has been, that thisl Beslructioia by Iigl-Uusi;.
was not done till after the second visit of the offi-ji The house of Mr. John Griimp, of Whitely
cers, which was on Tuesday, but Kingsley's tes-lownshlp Greene county, Pa., was -truck byl
ilXIlUllY 3UU9 UUll jl lliuab Ulc uccii uuuu o uuuwi
r f n r i i i li J
l ne periQrauon oi me inorax nac oeen mauu uym " . , , ,!, ,i n-Bi,i!
the knife. At the time of removing the viscera, oil 1 he fluid emered near ihe building, and pa.sed,
Wednesday, 1 put on kindlings and made a fire inlnito the cellar. A lntle girl, who was churning
the furnare below, having first poked down thejjon the porch was instamly killed, boih wristsj
ashes. Some of the limbs I cannot remembergbeuig crushed. In one room of the house, in
which or how many, consumed at that time. This2wj,lch were six persons, ihe ceiling and sides
was the last I had to do with the remains. TheS.rB ,rn attav . a cradle u which an infant!
marched to the Centre Hotel, kept by Mr. Jacobtempt upon Cuba has just so disgracefully failed.jUhem 1 can have no controversy.
With
When I want
tin box was designed to receive the thorax, thoughg , - w b ken ,u icce8 bul lhe infantlMonroe county.
1 had nolroncluded where I should finally put the j i.lured ; ihe brass ork of .he clock! SILAS L. DRAKE
box. The fish-hooks, tied upas grapples, werewas u""Jul;u.' , . , , , r . L.ori liri , no pxtAi?t T-
k rn, ri , inlr n,rtc in -n,iit ffivvere melied, and ihe bed.teadi broken up and DR. CHARLES J.
our cm
After dinner, the Company re-formed into pro-fd nl0 lh aervIce of Texas, and are recognized! I beg those respectable fish-ladies, however, to
cession and marched to the Hotel of J. J. Posten's,bY the authorities and citizens of the Slates from! understand that I do not include my colleague
where they were addressed by I. N. RucKMAN.Iwhich they go as any thing more than roving Dal-jfiom Bucks county among those whom 1 deem fit
r, n ...... .u-m.: rr BPopuvs. readv to fifiht uoon anv side inanv causeSEto be their associates. 1 would not so degrade
i ne uompany men repairea to me ijiuti iiuuv,-,ati i - . . , , . - arri
r J 1 .Siv tmh nfnmisPQ thpm c nthincr and subsistence. itrtliem.
where they dispersed, apparently much gratified M Q wnalever may be thought of the claims ofS There is, in the natural world, a little, spotted,
with the imnnsincr ceremonies of the dav. STovno r.r hpr nnvilinripo in thi? nronosed contestfLConteniptible animal, which is armed by nature
ff aoainst the general Government of the Union, the! with a fcetid, volatile, penetrating virus, which so
Appointmcuts by Hie Marsliai. Hpeople of no part of the confederacy should lor-Kpouuies wnoever auactsm iy U,.1C"
. -rr , r, ,r...i c i. t?,- t:0 ti,nt Mpr Mpv.Vn wa npvfir in the nrosessionMsive to himself and all around him for along time
in uniiea aiaieeiuarcna by u e arms of Ilndeed, he is almost incapable of purification.-
tnct ol fennsyivania, has appointeu me iouow. i,B- - fa- ben occugNolhingf sir, no insult shall provoke me to crush
persons as Assistants in taking the Census lorp . d and goveined by its officers and soldiers with-Jso filthy a beast !
gout interruption from that time ; that after this J ln speaking of the Compromise bill celorc me
conquest and occupancy, as complete as ineysenate, he says :
coum uave ueen nau iuu paruinuviiiui.ii. uu...- 0omlmfln, rnnn5 hv thp. Cnmmittee. of
XIi II -.-l-J"t--'llk j. -www- j -----
whenever I should determine how to dispose of
them, and get strains enough. I had a confused
double object in ordering the box, and making the
grapples. I had before intended to get such things
to send to Fayal ; the box to hold the plants and
other articles which I wished to protect from the
salt water and the sea air, and the hooks to be
used there in obtaining corralline plants from the
sea. It was this previously intended use of them
that-suggested and mixed Uself up with the idea of
ihe. other application. I doubt, even nqw, to
which use they would have been appned ; I had
srntiprpd z vei. stranpe lo sav. ihe inmates
!" 1 J ' ' 1
the loom were slightly siunncd.
WALTON,
CHARLES SAYLOR, Esq.
.1-:.. "i . k.....U It iinil.
treasure of the nation ; that no soldier or agent offi V l?"V " s k.
Henrv Barnes, has been appointed DeputyTexss was ever seen before the war with the Unl;0St notice t0 the alleged fugitive, proving his sla-
Dariitsr HasSiway Robberies and ar-J
real of llic Robbers.
Wre gather ihe following particulars from ihel
Wrilkesbarre Farmer and Journal. Un Mon
day night a week the store of Mr. Jacob Ber
lcf, in Wilkesbarte, was emor-d and robbed.
On the following night the siore of Mr.S. Black.
on the Hazleion Turnpike, was entered m like
nu used the hooks at the time of the discovery. Smanjier. On Friday afternoon Mr. Marx Sirousej
The tan put into the tea chest was taken from aga merchant of our town, returned home and re -j
Marshal for Pike county.
Sled otaies, oy any iniiauiia.n u. , u, fjworw nA ailsrftnHino- and. on uroducina this be-
rnntivp. nnr as such but once: and that no enoni .:"-:,' A ? 'rm.;. vrr-; "r,
i i ' : . .
I 1 ' , , -r,, or . . l iore iu xiiuu uun u. hud oi;io i x uouo-
was ever made ov ie.as io uivc wibu u uci . . ... , ;j n r
rSrt-.iM i 'a j -T,,oi;m0 oC if it haHiiers, u snail ue laueu iu u...i... viuc...
"S":" T". " . J ilri'l.t'.r and on the production of which, those
A telegraphic despatcn oi tne om insi., aiiuuuu-awi0uCU m- ..-.. ..- .-..- .-., offil.ers are reifllired to give the certihcate.ol sla
s the Mless of President Taylor with the bilious! ong after , .he conques; , b, the ; Umd S ate and extraordinary tribunals.-
uiiui uii.i i irug 4 w-w.- j i
ces
idiarrhoea.
Baltimore, July 8, P. M. A despatch received
here this afternoon from Washington, states that
'the President is still very ill, but somewhat easier
of it thaijad been in the laboratory for some! por,ed that he had been stopped a few milesln he was. Drs. Witherspoon and Hall are inB, 6
The bag of tan brought in on Monday wasPr . nn rnni his fnnnHV deman-lattendance on him, and a despatch has been sentB
pie."
Phe Cholera seems to be on the increase at
Cincinnati---ihe deaths of last week being 11S;
and for the twenty-four hours ending on Salur-
harrel
Time. he hno- ol tan DroufTht m on fliondav was?. . i i u:.. rtorT.nn-latiendance on urn. anu a oespaicu nas ueea a-ut-
....- - , r n t r rr inn u iiin I I I , i 1 1 i ni iiiiiun v iiiiiwlii mmm - mmm . . .
uotu-ed: nor intended to be used; ii belonged tol , . . , , , ., ' , , n ,on i.i.lfnr his son-m-law. Dr. Wood, of this citv. A very severe storm visited Albany on hi-
a quantity obtained by me a long time age . for ex- .Q SalurdJ ni hl 6everali While the President is now easier than he wasiday evening. The Erie Canal was greatly
penments in tanning, and was sent in by the fam-Bloaueu P'8los- w oaiuiuny m Bdnmncred-.-a bridge on the Uiica Railroad over
ilv to get it out of the way Its being sent in justltrunka were cu from the boot of the mail .iagethis morning, Co!. Bliss still considers him cnl Jda""dw " Jc nv and ?he Locomotive
at that lime was accidental. 1 was not awarelin the'same neighborhood, and robbed of iheirlcaiiv ni pie is sufferins: from a severe attack offa creeK was carriea away anu "
that l had put the kuile in the chest, lhe stickHCOnientfl.
f i . i r t r t - .. am .
loundin tne saucer oi inu, was ior maiung coarsee On S.mdnv last. Mr. Samue U. Kellum. a
diagrams on cloth. The bunch of filed keys had! nnnB,.,p frnm tMn,lch chnni.: was Monned
been used long ago by me in Fruit street, and
thrown carelessly by into a drawer. I never ex
amined them, and do not know whether they would
tit anv ol the locks of the collese or not. If there
ra.
POSTSCRIPT. Since the above was in type
we have received the following mournful news.
upon the Hazleion Turrfpike botwen Drum's
anil the Spring House tavern, by iwo fool pads
who robbed him of fifiy dollars. Mr. Kellum
were other keys fittine: doors with which I hadShad nouced at the Sprng House, a number of
nothing to do, I supposed they must have been allBvouiiff men wish rifles practising at mark. He
duplicates, or keys of former locks left there by jiaslene(j l0 he house, secured ihcir services,
the mechanics or janitor. 1 know nothing about alraced ine robbers to a piece of wood, and ihcre
ihem, and should never be likely to notice themai A .,
Stt? "jSSI Af'" lhe a"6Sl "T '?. M' Death was ea,m and peaceful. Gen. Taylor's
-f train wn nrfiMnitRtp d into the creek, bv
. ,1 I BCJC W I - tin. .
Dimous cnoiera morous. ra .... . . - Rramn QP .,r,nn-r1
, , -it ,1 UWI1ICU Ulfl C1IUIU-1 "IIU UiCUiaii ai- -j.---
O 1 J.miU un..x i.lmn hlrtiAn in Wficninflr.n 0
oe.rai ueama ua. lau.u Pia.o , , i gevera nassenaers in
1 , . V - w 0
ton, from a disease strongly resembling tne cnoie-a. , iVuch damage was one in ad ab0ui
Albany by ihe aiorm.
The receipis of the Erie Railroad for the
month of June, 1850, wore as follows :
11 o'clock, P. M. S r rom passengers, mail ana ireignt izvt
" Gen. Zachary Taylor, President of the UnitedlReceipts in June, 1849
States died to-night at 35 minutes past 10 o'clock
Washington, July 9th, ?
I. 3
UI UI! U1WU3, -U1I-UV-U ... IUJ 1UUIII3. X l.C JUllllUi .ill , , J I
had furnished me with a key to the dissectinglStrouse, as ihe persons who robbed nun anuiasl vvor(js were am prepared! have endeav-I
rooms, for the admission of medical friends visit-Pcommitied on both charges. ThSy will be ""Po-ed to do my duty." j
ing the College, but I had never used it. The ni-lat the next term of Court in Wilkesbarre. 1 Tiis SU(j(jent unexpected, and mournful event!
trie acid on tne stairs was not useo remove spoisg Thcy gave lheIr ames as uharies "ap- fa and
of blood, but wa3 dropped by accident When thegml jnnn Thomnson and are doubt esi froml v,u n , , . .
officers called for . on Friday, the 30-. I waS toB f M T.d.n fo. thci"te W" a Publ'
doubt whether 1 was under arrest, or whether aSa 3 Elamitv. -
Increase
Receipis from lsi January to June
30, 1850, were
Receipts from 1st January to June
30, 1849, wero
more strict search of my rooms was to be had; theEage
litfov ViVirtliDcic Ua'irxcr hnrrllv 1fcc annnllintr thnS
rhe,-'former. When 1 found that we went overf! Doing the Handsome 'Ihing. Ihe edi-
Cragie -Bridge I thought the arrest most proba-jlior of the New York Tribune having been mule-
uie. v en l jounu uiai tue carnage was amuping
lamity.
Increase S435.853 OOljudgment
The receipts for June in view of ihe fact that
the pleasure travel has not fairly commenced
while the business season is concluded, are
These are awful trials. Clerks of courts; mar
shals, collectors, and township postmasters, are
transformed into high justiciaries, whose signature
to a prepared certificate is to be conclusive ol the
liberty of human beings I They are the sole judg
es of the law and the evidence; and from their
judgement there is no appeal. The habeas corpus-
is annulled ; trial by jury denied- i ne eviuence,
which they are bound to hold conclusive, may .be
made up ex parte, by affidavit or record, a thou
sand miles Irom the party whose safety is involved
in it. If, on his arrest, he should be able to prove
that he was born free, and had resided in afrce
State all his life, he is not permitted to do it.f
These ex parte records close his mouth, and stop
up judicial ears. These learned judges th'Sse
tide waiters and country postmasters, who make
no pretension to legal learning, are compelled, not
to judge, but to decide without judging, that tho
affidavit of a distant soul-dealer is evidence of
slavery, which cannot be gainsaid. The slave
hunter may bring his postmaster-judge, as well as
- 60,320 02Mhis proof, with him ; for the law gires jurisdiction
mm . ... i t. o .
not only to one resioing dui oemg in me oiaio
where the arrest is made- Behold this" court and
jury to pass on human liberty ! an overseer, with
a power of attorney ; the athdavit ot a prolession
al slave-trader : an itinerant postmaster from Vir
ginia sienine- iudement in a bar room; the defend-
321,429 OOBjmt, a hand-cuffed negro, without counsel, witness.
or judge. A enly, a second Daniel has come to
$00,00 1 40
756,282 00
at the jail, 1-was sure of my fate. Before leaving
the carnage, I look a dose of strachnine from my
pocl;el and swallowed it. I had prepared it in the
shape of a pill before 1 Jeft my laboratory on the
23d. 1 iho'ight I could not bear to survive detec
tion. 1 'thought it was large dose. The state of
myhervous system, probably, defeated its action
partially. Ihe effect of the poison were ternbleStenian near WaJlham Abbey was experiment
beyond. description. It was in operation at thein a ghort ,ime a 0 wiln ejectric light, and
ted in the sum of tux and a quarter cents fn ajjon luesoay morning- tasi, in tne nenju-uu.u.u u.j
libel suit, ten of his subscribers have liberallyjthe Wharf and. Vine street, which continued to!
clubbed together and sent him one ceni, hopingRrage with unabated force until Wednesday morn-
thai iho example will induce olhers to make opPing, when a telegraphic despatch, received at Eas-J
the remaining fire-sixth of the amount.
FIRE IW PHII.ADi-l.PHIA.
A very destructive fire occurred in PhiladelphiaHabout as large as could have been anticipated.
College,,.and before I went there, but most severe
ly afterwards. 1 wrote but one tf the anonymous
letters produced at me trial the one mailed at
East Cambridge. The little bundle referred to in
the letter detained, by the jailer, contained only a
bottle of citric acid, for -domestic use. I had seen
it stated in a newspaper that I had purchased a
quantity of oxalic acid, which it was presumed
was to be used in removing blood stains. 1 wish
the parcel to be kept untouched, that it may be
shown, if there should be occasion, what it really
was lhat I had purchased. 1 have drawn up, in
ton, announced that it had been checked. Threoj
hundred houses are said to bo destroyed, andi
Curious Effects of the 1'leclrtc Light. A gen-w Uy persons known to be killed and one hun-
" r i
dred wounded.
Pull particulars next week.
having a wound in his left hand, he touched
ihe conducting wire with it, and at once felt an
irritation in his hand, it became swollen and
his whole body was topn covered witn tumors.
Be Careful, A lady in Rocheser was a-j
wakened by a noise which she supposed was
made by robbers. She arose and opened the
window, and in so doing disturbed tho slumber!
of her husband, who was impressod with the
same idea, and immediately seized a loaded
gun, and fired it al his wife. Tho ball fortun-S
lately missed her
Another Humbug The Tribjne publish-
Mr. Editor: Please correct that passage inBea a long letter from St. Bartholomew's, an Is
the article on Capital Punishment which reads.Bland of tho West Indies, giving an account of
"Benaiah slew. Jacob," it should be ,4Benaiah slew
Tlie "Funeral of the Trench.?'
The Cleveland Plaindealer,4n the account of
the horrible catastrophe of the burning- oNhe
steamer Griffieth, with the loss of nearly 200
lives, has the following :
" By far the saddest sight was tho 'funeral
of the trench. On a small hillock on the high
bank overlooking the scene of deaih, where tho
night before so many struggled in ram agjnnsi
their fate, was opened a trench thirty feetibtig,
six feot wido and eight deep, In this had been
laid in promiscuous order, man, woman, t-hild ;
husband, wife and daugmer ; the lainer-anu
son, mother and infant, layer upon layer, jjniil
wiihin four feel of the surface. t What a horrid
work ! To seo human beings arranged for
From California. The new steamship! Joab." See 1st Kings, n, 31.
(Philadelphia arrived from Chagres on Sunday
'evening, wilh two weeks latter news irom au
fornia, and $2,500,000 ol gold.
The news is
The Webster Case.
Another hearing in behalf of Prof. Webster was!
certain mysterious hounds which, by a singular
coincidence, began to disturb a family thereBcompactnes, the .rough pile and larger bodies
just aboui the time that the Rochester Knock-BOVeled up with childien and lesser bodies, so
in ga
began.
T'U T" ., T .1 l,,n.nn ti.ia ilio fnllnwinn
' . . 1 . U UA Mnnrln. Um l,rn,a UQ Pmillan iUl 1 IIU I IU IUCIIUO UUIUU. .. w- ,..,.
not ol much interest ; me mining on.,,,.-- .. . Wforciblo comments on the late gigantic Land
separate papers, an explanation of the use 1 inten-Hmg as good as heretofore, and no funhur dts-PjExective Council. Various petitions for a com-Grab &t w
ded to make of the blood sent for on Thursday, Uiejiurbances beetwen the whiles and Indians. (mutation of the unfortunate man's sentence werej ,r, p
ashinginn:
23d, and of the conversa tion wilh Liltlefield about
the dissecting vault I think that Pettee, in his
testimony at the trial, put loo strongly my words
about having settled with Dr. P. Whatever I did
Outgoing V. . Senators.
Tho following is a list of Senators whosePtjie jgtli instant.
say of the -kind-, was in the hope I entertained thatllernis expire in 1851, and whose successors
i-,snouid De able to pacily Lr. r. and make someBwtii DB .cuuseu oy me egiiaiuie iu meei uexi
arrarigement with him, and.yas 3aid in order to
, quist Pettee, who was beepmirig restive under ihe
solicitations ot Dr. rarkman
After Dr. Webster had stated most of the facts
recorded above on lhe 22d May, this question with
all therjearnestness. solemnity and authority of tone
thatiPrrPutnam was master of, was addressed to
him';
" Dr. Webster, in all probability your days are
numbered;; you cannot, you dare not speak false-
iy io me:pow you rousinptdie witn a ne in yourjjjodge, ol Wisconsin, iSaldwin, ol Uonneciicut.
that thin vast giave should present an even sur
face-to the brush and boards which were laid
over their faces, aud on which the earth which
was dug out of the pit Was thrown back. When
we ascended the bank, we found two or three
i i i j . t. i. .:... f .1 . - I
nrPQPntnrl Thp final hPirinrr nf th mop wnq . -i ' i i nunurea people aiOUnu UIO UllUK Ol Mia Uiouuu
presented, ine nnai nearing oi tne case, was,, l e 0;ven away to everybody who has everl i- i .i . i e .u i . i
b, .ho desire of Webs.cr's friends, postponed UC concerned any of the wars of .he coun J f1? " l"tfT bJJlt
lll-Q UI ItlO Tllllll uuiuu i tuigj mail Ul
exhorter was addressing the bystanders,, and
warning them in accents solemn of the uncer
tainty of life, and the fleetness and vanity of all
things here below. Although there was no
tollig bell, no coffined hearae or funeral array,
ihe scene waa aoferan and impressing. ?ifet
The Public Lands, If the public lands are
ev
my
uy we shall be in favor of extending the liber
ality to those who staid al home and paid the
taxes. If this legislation is io prevail, it is
u i
from his own side of the house. The Jacksoniwny a man wno nas oeen engageu m war is
A not Iter Kick.
winier. lhe Whigs are given in italics. j. Pnrtor flrawlv. the locofoco candidate forMolain that no further revenue can be derived
Phelps, of Vermont, Green, of Rhode Island, fstirvevor General . nets an unusual number of kickslfrom the public lands : and as we cannot see
Watton, ol New Jersey, Wales, ol JJeleware.f from .. nivn . ftf h. hnl8. The j.
Mason, of Virginia, Turney, of Tennessee,
Cass, of Michigan, Benton of Missouri, Rusk,
of Taxes, Hamlin, of Maine, Webster, of Mas
sachusetis, Dickson, of New York, Siurgeon, ofj
Pennsylvania, Davis, of Mississippi, Cortmn, ofj
Ohio, Bright, of Indiana. Yulee, of Fio;ida,
mouth,,; so, prove to yourself that your repenta
qt the sjns of your past life is sincere tejl
repentance
me
the truth, .then-r-a confidence to be kept sacred
during your Jjfe-Jime, ,and as much longer as my';
regard, 4.or the happiness of yout ;amiiy shall seem
to me ij) require, ana me interest ot trutn ana jus
tice to permit
Twelve Democrats and Seven Whigs.
. i Vontf nnllny n 1 1 1 1 A I -. n n'ralmlit rC 1 1 trtv.lH
Democrat, a locofoco newspaper, published at uea-p-Mj- .. .u B,tt,u..jr u. lu, iu-h v aQon wU1 lh, be forgol,en
ford, copies the safcastic averment of the Eastonl'"0" u,. KaBu ... Ha.woiu
Argus, .ha. he "would do very well for whiskeyl""" ; " F- ' -
inspector," and adds :
That's the talk ! Besides, Brawly has been
repuaiaiea oy tne democracy-ot nw own county, Scarcity of Labourers. We observe by
upon a level, and to give the land in suitable
quantifies to all who will settle upon it.
TTPThe Somerviile and Easton Railroad
Company are pushing towards this place. Mr.
Welch, we understand, an authorized agent.of
this enterprising company, is now purchasing
soo .ii cuiineBiea wun ine ronon .ucuon iull9 accntlnlfi frnm Ohieio. thai a SMrni.v nVlthe land of farmers in this county, mrougu
uy j. tii. fiicivinandi ot cravylord county, suniciepi," : . . 7 ' ... , v , . . . . , . Thl : Jm-no DUS,
.- i V i A Ti..L a M ahourer la hemp fell in I linoia and ntWBwhlch this road is 10 run, l nis is aoiug uuai
in 1 1 . w i ill v i u wfliu finnarri m r ti rrii 11 ru i i-KHiia mmm - - --- vi wawt mmm
rrrCom. Morris left Washington in heIintTiw foku nolhirians." ' ' - ' IWestern States, whence (he California emiffra-lness in aood earnest, and shows that the iron
Steamer Vixen, on the 1st inst.. for Havana, ill soon be thundering along tne ntus
s . j- ti - - e jl i w -7 uiwui uuuaoiuii iu uuuuii-uvw -i Mmm-.f " w v - i b win viv wiiivnaiii lesia mm . i
make a formal and peremiory demand for iheldelivered from hia friends, or from his vices, orlthat for want ofreaners ihev mav be unable tofand valleys of Warren.- Belviuere In.emgen-
Search to the bottom of your heart frelease of the Conioy prisoners. Bor Dorhans from both. cathorin their crons. Wcer.