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7;.:VDIIOIOI4.IYEALTD' :vs: - Otis:in:Es -•iitnv,•:Joitiv
----;----Wiltrairigo-Aat;Pti4l.l:E.R3-j N,SAyAG.Eir...
;: . AND! OTHEDS, iOR, RIO/', AND DISTURBANCE.
Or 'ink - ATURE DECk.I4ID4D: LAST;
in . ourliatforiaf pareirmihy , re: . 7 - .
in court in. this.
.••'!•• 'all that.. We. then' felt justi-,
•7.-',',..4edin'tiaying:Altlicikla we ' had ,takeii :an •
.naiple _report the, proceedings in
_court,
We 'did not deem it• Proper -then to 'go into:
•. : :•,-Atition:Of:thetourt in the prenfees, and pub:.
•;:.' : , - ../icatieitia'relatiVe.to pending eases are •objee
myniany. _Pei the Ori,c . 7
• course - taken . :by the
`• ,'the last Reperter,'!. in :nit
garbled
. and•.party,eolored . statement
,
•transactions,. has- put:-.an entire nifty
-the 'Matter ,; :int! accordingly, to.
i ; - ; , - .rightly. info rift , the mind abroad, we.
subsequent columns af full,
Fair and' candid account orthe.'proceedings,
.....i.Y6Which we.invite the. serious attention Of.
: , our4eitilersi . • . - • • • •
„ .
This case is otie. of theniost important in
the - judicial annals of-Pennsylvania or of the
;._. -- _United - States;:rand-herice die necessity not
„ 'Only Of :Stating •the truth concerning . it 'et
.:present; but leavingte those -who shall, Come
• (tarits . 1 'correct inanity ofit,in all its - bear- -
This weltad done up:to -- the.finding
the bill Of indicfnient by the Grand Jury,
• • itthe'„Laitarrseashina of our Court, h ieh
•_!_.l:lliill,Was,:published• in Our liver of.lati,lAhOj
We•;now•tontinue:the narrative; which
s of-everrpatri.,
the very is laid in one ofthe
.itibaCoatrageous violations of lath and order
: Although conapiratore have secured a,
: 2 ' 7 relfriitelbr"a• Wilfonths; by the force of le
: '-'loliitiiblea • and' ingenious bet contemptible
- stibtlitiesOheir escape in. only t emPorallp,
"'"•:-"The',friends - - constitution &- •.laws.
• - , "• t tliititighotit the Common wealth
. may rest as
touted "that' the efforts
,to--bring-'to. -condign_
ritisithisent the men who. have - . 0 fearfully.
' th at the obitir will•ht
Meet'the - _ re ward -
,Of . : their heinous
( vlrerices,'.. 'The evideifEe against
181;1,04r roof Of lisAy rit,'-'.
• -lied if they-do -not fsel the justice of the laws
-'• they haVe _will not be-becau se
`,• • itheydo not tieservelt - ,, `but lieimuse - flies.
,powerless; to avenge dieir.a'ssail-•
• 1.6 guilt_of those,invelved in :the
-• • prOtent.propeeution, * know tfte.m. to:be
'."n,or'o4y. O 1 a bruticil but -
troii-vsEkstisc .
fire terms of Our `laws-
'Vih:our. own_ey
.
isaivth*retrelling in unrestrained licentione•-„
- •=nese• in • the Halls of the Legislature; after •1
• '• - haiirig - driven:out •that body,: and:with : bur :
oivn sail; we heard - their . . tit aaonable•deelii:
Yation3; and the, fact of their haiing erected
:::21k-gbiernme4t_Withia a gpvernment--;an int!.
' itt leferethe world; not
Init avowed by theniselves. e
iiderstatid---,that _these7offencea, will till
' '.'embraCed in the bill Or bill s which will be
.
---4aeut.up_l6' the• Grand:. Jury at the . August
:'.iessions, and *for this .reasoii • e - rather re-
regretthatiltaite b lwas quash
' • ,
, • •
1 1 1 . keivIvitY-shouid Nte rin ce the matter? i
Nirtyloreuttd-the-tpitli?---Wity—hesitate
the facts? We see no•reason for
-'doing Jib, and hence our free declarations ,
--7--L-lietere._tlie...trialdeclarationa *which
- Yhtta)Fe with the mote -freedom; inasmuch" as
tde rife *net witnesses - orso concerned in
cottrt as to render plain speaking indelicate.
Nay, plain speaking has been rendered ne
. .. , ceitaary by ,the course of -Othtr - pressea - ini
• and.they and. the. public Shall
Aire again say, 'that we are only induced
:kiotti . to give this sketch . to•the Public, to tor
erroneous imp ressions attempted td
would' a pestilence. • •
. . . _
. ~
. - ' [Reported for the Pa: Intelligcncer.)
- _4?itarter t
Seritti,otta_gf:Dittfphin Co l in ity.
dipiii - Term 11539 S
- "Ai &Court of .Quarter Sessions held in
`•" 'line ' lin4 for - We County pf Dauphinin January
''.' 'Lit,' the follOWing;bill of indictment was.re7
‘,..;, 'in 'lliad by the:Grand Jury,, "a Trut - Billto
faT, 7 -aA 7 -.respe,cti _:Charigs__P;a.. y . 2.... JAR J. ,
13 41.!Cahetti John W 4 Byer', Sohn Savage,
Joseph Hall Karon F. Cox, George 'W.
anon, ..,ITihn7Sifyaff, - 3tattin - . 7- Danlap --
, ,
~ . Amine Black,_A.daml i biller, and so. far as re
. ?spec* George Sanderson and E. J. Penni- .
•
'Ow not;' 'The Bill:"
~ , 4tittuary Bessionti r A. D. 1839.
'- - VAIIP IN dur•rry, set' 1
% 1
, . , ~
• , ‘••• The G d: I questoltheCommonwealth,
.4of Pennsyl ania,nmluiring-for -the -County s ;
. , ,ebl.Dauphixt upon their oaths and affiima
, lions respectively Do presentlhat Charles
' ' - ``Pray, late of the County Philadelphia, John
°M'
_when late of ,the county of Philadelphi4l
--- ---4--ohn:W.ltyzu.late-itifjtke tong ty - Biilia4el- 1
phis,,' Joseph Hall late of the county of
.., -Philadelphia. Sohn Savage, late of the-city
- lefPhlladelphin'Aaron.K - Cot, late Of _the :
-county of Cumberland; George W: "Barton; '
,%. , - late.ijf the eity,or, banbaster, John : Snydei,
' l . . late of - the count'y ofUnion, Martin Dunlap,,
,' • ... itde o f 'the . county - pf Cifitherland, jarnes
- -1 - - Bleck. late of-the county_:4ft Petty w aee.r",
~- . i. ,, 9-Sandersott late'of Ctunberland count.YM. J.
.7 -- itiiiniiiirliii,Tilatir of-the-county:latrhilOel ,
-"phis-and -General , AdaritzDiller,late 'Of . the'
e•'' tounty of Lancaster being' perseni - of - e - Fir
~,.- ff''nlinds ' , nit& dispositions, together ' Avith di
-11%"..,,;
:tvert*ther, ,, evil- dispos ed 'millions. ..to the
<l4llo . er oriehUndred brinore, whose.nernes '
.- : - - t ill as yet unknown;
'7 s ':!..:''''' ,„. foiirth day of " December in the e Year
‘
of, Liii(FOrier'Ttedusand Eight Ilun-"
... • . ~,,. ....,Ig t, Avitii forceanal arms,
. --- '' ' ISTAititirg in the, aunty
a;:*
ISM
INMiI
.~.a:~;8~~ u
.:.^t . .. .. .r.
. ,
• _ •
X tt. au ti 4 0 - Iry o . ttorr
Tar -_-, • . .. 4
. .
. .
such Senatrirs,
.Of the, - Commenwealtii of
...
-peli,ksyli;aniti - imaaeNTOcE;etijoitted -, upom:tern ,
( T oo .Constitution and Laths of thtl`. said:
Clomnion*eal 1-V of Pennsylvania., .• Arid - the .
jurors -aforesaid, : upcin.AlietoMthii - andialtr . . - :
matiois iiforesaid, do further - yresent„ that
the said
,Charles . Pray, John J. ltiPCalien,
'John W,i'RYan;:JnSeph Hall.' JohnSafige,
Aaron . F... box, ti9o . rge,-AV:: BarkM,- John
siiyoi,lViMiti Dimlap;Jaines 'Meek. Geo..
-Sanderion, ELI. PentioniatrandAdamlJil
ler;
_together With_liiiers 9ther:evil.dialvsed
persona, to the number of 'sone hundrell'or
.more,. wito§c nainds are: to„the: jurors afore-
gaid as yet unlit - intim, afterwards, to *it, on 1
the . flitirth 'day of DeCentber, in the Year *of '
Our Lord °One -lmas:and Eight Hundred
- and Thirty-Eight, at the Boro:ugh of Har
risburg aforesaid, in • the county 'and Com
inonwealth'iforesaid, 'with force and . arifte,.
_did -unlawfully, riotously, and.iouteusly as . -
seMble. arid m'eectOgether, at the Stoic Chp- -
itol of : the COmmoniveiltkof rdn4 1 351nia, --
at the . Borough-of Harrisburg aforesaid; and'
in the . Senate' Chamber of the said:. State
Capitol, the .Senators olthe_iaid .Com men
wealth of Perthaylvanialhei . 6liil share being
assembled and -then there holding a . -Session
Of the said' Senate of - ilie.said Common-._
4ealth — il . "Pennsylvania; :and, 'th . e. said
Charles. P.ray, : jOin J. :A.l?(Jahen, John W.
1.2,.Y . an,.. Joseph Ilan, John - Savage, Aaron
..F..Cos, "Geo. W. Barton, John. Snyder,
illarEin-Dunlap,--jaines-Blich -GeOrge-Salt
,dersOneE.-1. Petinenian, - ea - Adam - Diller, -
Aogetherlvithilivers. other-evil-disposed-per--
-sons- to-the nomberfof one hundred or more,
whose names are.to the.44lrors aforesaid as
-yet-urikno wit,. being so- as 'aforesaid assem7
bled.and met together; then and there unlavv
ftlily,'riiifouirly, and • routouslyr, did Make a
great noise; ilea, anddisturbarice i .and staid
and continued there aking such-noise,..flot,
and- dinurbance, for long-time -to -Wit,_ for_
the - Space, of three 11 'ors;
. mlll ilinieliy - fiiii:
and - during.all that f fie f gre_ally/disturbed,_
5)
disquietcdonolest . d, , o'veritlire,d; and.tiMida- ,
ted, the.said S'oriaters; of .the.said Comincid-.1
wealth of Pennsylvania; dien . and there as-,
sembled,_ Witkintent_to ,itind4 and prevent
tile *said Senators andtliere constituting' and.
lioldilika' Session of:the said Bin*" pfl ilia
'said tTommonwealth of Pennsylvania; from
disclr ' -- f Ormi» a _ tile . 41U tips_en
._
,
joined fthe-Crinigution iandl
Laws of CoMm6nyealth of Penn
sylvania; to the great damage; disqUiet, an
noyana;_and-terrer-of.Tht--said.Senatorsof
tote =said na tezofilthe said' C ornimOnw.ealth
I of Peansylvania;.to example of all
others ;in con te apt of: the_ said- .Cvpinoy-__
wealth'and. her Lawk, , and against the peace,,
-and-dignity-of tlre,Commodiorre im-_
sylvania. . .
Ana the jurors aforesaid, npon their-oaths
pa-atiirmationfi- aforesaid,' do - : ftwther.Lpro,
sent,' that the said- Charles Pray, John J.
:11PC.Ulien,:John W.. Joseph 1141,
, John •Pavage, Aaron F. Cox; George W.
Barton, John Snyder, Martin DOnlap, James
Black, George Sanderson, E. J..Venne.
man, and Adam-fillets-together with divers
other evil disposed perions to the number
,Of one hundred or more, (intim:jurors afore
l'sid •as yeto n ktow — n)onThe.fonrtli — day of
December in the Year of Our Lord One
I Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty;Eigitt
_with force and arms at The 'Borough of Bar,
-risburraforesaids—irrthei - county7afarestrui,
and in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol
of-'the Commonwealth - of Pennsylvania
aforesaidalid__unlawfully, tiOtOUSiy_fTOIA
-011913, and tumultnonsly,assemble a.nd gath
er together to disturb the peace of the said
Commonwealth af Pennsylvania, and being
so then and there assembled and gathered
riOgeder, did then and there make 'great
noises, riot, tumult and -disturbance, and
then and there unlawfully, riotously, rout
ously, and tumultuously, remained and con
ltinted together.making such. noises, riot,
tumult, and dieturbance; for a long space of
- time, to wit, -- for he space of ttifewitours
and more, then next following, to the great
annoyance, disturbance, disquiet,•terror and
al' rm not only of tit:l - Sena - tors of the Coin
intriwealth orPennsylvatria,:the said Sena=
tors being then and there. assembled and
constituting and'helding a Session of the Se
nate of the said Commenwealth of Penn
sylvania, but of all other good and,peaceiliF
citizens of the said Coininonrvealth of Penn
.sylvania. then 'and :Imre, being, in contempt
of the said'CoiliE6lQe;alth and heiLaws, to
the evil example of 'all others in like cases
- Olfoioiit - , - aiiiVaiiiiitit the peace and - digiair:
ty of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.
At the same Court, Charles Pray; John
1.11/PCalien, John W. 'Ryan, 'John Savage,
Joseph 'Hall, Aaron F. Cox, and deo. 'W,:-
Barton, having appeared in compliance with
recognisances previously entered into be=
fore Judge; Blythe, ;they having been
brOught before'him by bench warrants pre
vious issued by - him,) and being again
bound over. to Npear at the APril 'Sessions,
- to answer to the above indictment, the trial
wascontinued-atAfte instance of ThelQom
raonwearti Untirtheiiesentliiil - e(iirt.
On, Thursday. morning, (April is, 1.8384
.the C ourt 'mei at 9 *ce. cleelvi. M., and theta
being no , other indictinentlietqr for -trial,
the, court called on the trial
,egatasttthe con
spinners. ' ' - ' ' h\•
tdr.Fpurei, on behalf of the 'Colurnon
wealth rose and`stited that,theiouruiPt_for
'the Commonwealth Were disposed to:try as
Inaukittthe,diferidania.namedialiiiinliek
-rrient before the ;same jury, et possible, and,
that•they intended to;try three o r oo r e..by
the same jury if they found that,there were
jurora enough in _attendance to *- 6',40,..and
desired the COO to •direei thielerlt toicall
over,t e jurors names in,tlie patine , w itch
was
, granted. . Ou calling over the;names,
'but e i ghteen juroOs, (ogefforty eight, the
number: drawn,). answered to their names.-
Mr. fieneu, again, rid- rose a stated-that he
- perfectly P-';sfte'd etlia't the trial of , thr
Ito 'Court as soon d's ; they , shoultb - accom7,
__pli'ilijhat _object, I :__,2, L__
_=-, , , :' 1
Mr., Fisnint liero - a - gruiiiiieitibrirtiiteirtii =
the Colirt, that rigne , of the defendants had
-as „yet plead to_theindictmcnt,_and , that he
-then:called uporLthem to plead, at the manic._
tune inquiring if i there was any geunfeman
of the par -present w lid' waticqueerint. for.
.Citiiti.na 'Putili ? -,; : . • _ •
Mr. Gco. W: 'BATON replied'tliatle in.
conjunction with.MessisAmmits and - RAWN
_ropreseuted'lfinse/f apd-all-the ,other de. -
- feifilants • against ivhoin this bill'Of indik
meat had been foinufi, and that: when Mr.
PRAY Vi'aS ofidially called upon, he Would
answer. - .. • . . . • .
Mr..FisuEß stated that he. would . call
Cuantss Pray, at the same time.desiringlo
linont if lie should read the iudictriient to
Cum.Es!Pray . heforecalling upon.' hini - to
plead. , • .
•
:JudgeLimin.: It - is not..necessary_ to
read. the indietnient of CHARLES PRAY, as'
heis.repreeented here by Counsel. - .`,
'1%11%. Pistita then called—linaeas PRAY!'
and the-defendant,restionde4 !'
Mr. I.lAnTok then rose and stated that he
motion to niakg4, foOncled. :upon sonie.
allidavits which 'he. held in his hand
„and
would read totheCourt. • . .
MT. , FISIIRR objected to their being read
until examined. by the Counsel of the Coni
.in'onwealth, who (lie contended) had.i . - right
to:lie:appriAd of their poutents before they
should be- read: that . they. - had
...a right. to oh- •
feei:fdlliiiiheing . TeildirthereotiranetY
impertinent or irrelevant matter, and • that
they had a right to inspect them before being .
read in ' order "to - enable them to. determine
whether an objectiog to the - in:could he sus- . .
tamed on the grotind. that they were itot re
levant to the queStion.Labout to be -tried.
judge IhrrnE. - . The, party - has a right
-to reed his • affidavits—witlrout---previonsly
submitting them to - the opposite party.
Mr . .. : "MillEß: The sffidavitsi.proposed
to-bs read . - are• - expaiVe afildivits,. - taken -iii
the, absence of. the Coimnonivealth's coun
sel, without their having an - opportunity to
cross-examine. . Nay, . they ' have
.- been
gworizrto_in_open..Court; before:yourWon
or, without. having, been lead to - you or
in your presence. - • 'The Men who made the
'--affiti6vits-were-called4his-motningLin_our
Presence, liy -Mr. -- lParroN; and the question
asked •of - thein respectively--by-.him, .. !did.'
read-to yell the colitelifiisnf this affidavit?'
and, were _then sworn to before ytiu,:.:,Nei,
titer your Honor nor 'Ourselves • then. knew
What they contained, nor.does.your Honor
nor die counsel ortheCommonwealthnow ,
'know . thei rtentents; -- - rusk Alien,- (said Mr.
Ij - that - if yeur.XiinT3F - WiltiiiitlieTriiiitrTus
to.inspect diem, -that TOU- take them.- and
peruse thew_before_they. are .read t In order
that you may become acquainted with their
contents,- and be - enabled to .kidge whether
.they. contain matter that is pertinent-ofrele
'ven-t to the . trial or-any motion - preliminary .
thereto, or tiro ought to . be read us. used au'
this proceeding. - -- ..•
Judge BLYTHE. Kr' rite party has the
right, to read the affidciviti-withoutappris
-int,' Tag -COURT-OR—TIIR-OPPOSITE,EARTT_Ofi
1 t heir ~-
eir contents;=-- , . • .
Mr. BARTON then proceeded and read the
affidavits (as published in \ thelast .13g‘porter')
irthot-fullv
one-orvince_aturwittr
evinced the petty malignity lie entertains
towards Mr FISIIEE, and the gratification he
_felt_at-being able, as he supposed, to injure
him in the estimation-()This fellow citizens:.
-When Mr. B. had finished, his congenial
task of defamation, he coven To QUASH TILE
BILL OF .IkracTidmiTiound_againstliniselti.
and the other defendants, for reasons which
he !lad to The Court, and stated that Mr. At ;
nicks and Mr. RAWN would argue the ques
tions of law involved in them. and that as
in this motion the Defence would be entit
led to the conclusion, he would follow and
reply
,to-dre — arguirmnts - of - the Counsel-for
the Commonwealth; if necessary, The
-'reasons- submitted tvere as follOws :
the Court are respectfully asked-te quash
the above.named bill of ifidictinetitTfor Ths
following O'Wl'tz --
'l. persons who acted es grandiju
, Tors, and by .whom the said bill was found,
at the January sessiOns„ 'A.' D.,11539, had_
no authority by law to act in that capacity,
not laving- been-.selected ,
,arid returoek
cording .to - the provisions.of the several acts
__of_assembly,directingthe_modotselect ,
ing and -returning jurors. -
2.' The sheriff and cormnissoners Lad
no authority to select , and return, as grand
jurors, 'the person wh'o limed as such at . the
said• January 'sessions, A. D. 1839, 'nopre
iept having been isssed by the court, to
them, for .the purpqse, without which the
whole proceedings were erroneous and-il
lsgat '
3. the- sheriff-mid commisioners have
not el:implied with the indispensible requi
sitions` of the several .acts of assembly, in
drawingand-retuining persons who under!
took to, discharge the, functions of grarndiw
..rors at the Said sessionscif January 1839:
4. - 11 e persons WhO as grand
,ju=
rors, and found the bill of indictment above
.mentioned, Were incompetent jwlaw to per
forirLany...euch act, not 'hiving been sum
rridned according to Jar 'end -under tlie
TheritY of the epurt,-Mi.-Writ-Of-v-enirellteias
under the seat , et/to:court of Q4arler ,
.ifiro4s; Wing been - iisued - to the-sheriff* -
commissioners:Tor - that
5.• The several provisions of the acts of
Issenihly have not been 'complied. with, ei
ther in `l4:awing, ,eeleeting. summoning,, 9r.
returning the persons -who aefed as grand
jurore, andfoundiliCsaid bill.of indictment:
consequently All their,acti are null and void,
and the, defendants' cannot be 'called. on to
answer, bathe hill' %must be Otrohed, the , '
whole-process been defective,
and illegalt • .
6. The bill Of indictmenvis initself de !
fective, in the xequisite#. of sufficient and
aubdtantial'averintints.' - -
"Int is defectiVe and ~insufficient: in the
fact' that it does not set forth the. addition of
iiirrrelThifendante;; hit inentiOnsinei6
Thelr.4tnes 4 ; a. waet,i?f •
ler' 4 42e . de • -
long sp;il P
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AnCe: First An 7.
foiCAL.lti:'-s"r,
fri - 11 - 6:: 1 1Y, I
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ej,7lvarpa,. In thor report of1:808 - ,ti) the leg-
IsKtete - 91 the state:•': • •'• -
11 AMILTON A ',RICK'S, Counsel,
,CHARLES C. RA:W.N.. j for deft's
Harrisburg, April 18 , 1839.
- Mr.:B/mb proceeded With the -- argu 7
ment._ % .„Thelndietnlent , (said he) must be.
Atiatilletr;tts-ii,o,priCcpt issped,to the Sheriff
Atitti ConitfailtsioaerS'of AO
:draw-GI-add Jurors 'for the January Sea,
sions,and,there-was :no-authority-in--the-
Sheriff Commissioners tii 7 dritir . the
IGrand • Jury .. by w Itom the bill , was found. c
ThiCSO preempt was could be
found-in the Clerks. -officS, none was re
`turned and there; =and therefore: the
ISheriff,and Commissioners acted ,without
any, authority in.drawing the Grand Jury,
all', consequently all their ,acts as. Such
Grand Jury_ were absolutely void and of
I no Validity in point of
IThe Venire (said Mr: A) to which is at - '
, melte.' the panifel 'of the Grand Jurors by'
whom this :Bill Was found, 'is absolutely
Void. Ittfact, VENIRE_EIAS-EYERIS!
SUED from - the Court of Quarter-Sessions
of Dauphin County - to summOn the Grand
;Jury_ who found this Hilt. ,(pretend
ed) Venire has not-the Seal - of - th - Court of
QUARTER SESSIONS affixed to it, but
ass the -Seal of the :Court of COMMON
PLEAS utt4ereforeilis not merely votnA
nr.c, but is,bfteason or die essential
ADSOLCITELir VOID, It is in fact .a
Venire in form - Without the Seal or the
court: It is signeil by the clerk of
the Quarter -Sessionst—but but . . .:does not
'help the defeet. if the Seal of the Quarter
Sessicins had been.affixed, the Venire would
have bon good.even if the ClCrk had omit
ted-to-subscribe his-name-theretoi----But
here although the Clerk has signed the
per, that does'not cure the defect of the
want - of: Scab- - All -proceedings of Courts
of Retord can only be. attestedbYtheif
Seals.-All at events,.a n proceeding of .this_
kind; Whieh is a Writ of the Court of Quar ,
ter Sessions,: and must be . attested by the
Seal ortliat court to give-it -any__validity.
Wanting, that essential requisite, it is totally
defective and void, 'and.,.all acts done- by a
Grand Jury thus summoned, (a's - in - Ala , '
present; case) are 'totally illegal and of-- nc
-effect. -
In supportof these positiniis
cited ankread—Purdotes Digest, pages - 4
66, 567,. sections _1013,109J I% I I I; . • pagi
213, sec. 54. - 6ih - Binney; - 447, - Coetli vi
EatOn.J, 5 Sergeant and • RaWle. Black.
stone's Cominentaries paid Brown's_ Re•
ports. he %vas..proceeding - to argue these
mainitt exceptions - at - lentil, when tin
Court-requested-him - to: postpone- his - argu
anent, announcing. that the hour bf aljotire
nient had, arrived. .- • . • -
- The Court - then •aajburned - iiII - 110ITpaS)
two
.ol.cloek; P. •
ATTERNOCiN SESSIO'N.•
--- A - t - serdn - as the Court opened, Igr:Ftsu•
ER rose And stated that his colleagues, IVl r es•
ars . AvnEs:and Al'CLuat;, andliimself; ha(
given to the eXceptivs all the attention it
their power during therecess of the :Court
and tlnt_tbey-had,-come to -tt zonclusion at.
to the . course to .be pursued by the Com.
nilinwealifi; 7 —that it 'was matter.of great
doubt with them - whethor the bill of indict
ment-mustAidtbd -quashatl-on-=4.lm-jeom
the . Court qf 'Cominon .dixed_to it;
by the Clerk., through inadvertance dr_neg-•
leer; - instead -- of hp-Seal-apthe Court o f
Quarter Sessionq,—that those doubts, had
operated - upon' their'roinds so far as to bring;
theM to the conclusion that theywohld not
object to the indictment, being quashe be
cause even if this Court should
.be now of,
opinion that the•indictment should not ber,
quashed, butyvould -put the defendapts up))
their trial on the and a - -•coniiotitt
should ensue, it would be fruitless, i 07.•
inych:as after Conviction the defend is
might inove an arrest
out a writ of Error, under' either of Ihich
rempdies the judgmentwould be aiested
-or reversedif,thegieniro.should_proPto
'ctive and void. -=What therefmeithey.
LW
'the
is to
c,
were. not .disposed to.,encounter ti
.or occupy 'the lime and .attei
Court and:jury.iiii abootless ini
the guilt* innocence cof.the del
asmuch as if this venire imar
void;-andihe-,trialAdttiehLresul
viction of the defendants, jut'
be-areestearoica-Traititni-to—
versed:on a writ of Err& it
—:That as the 'motion to
ceeded from TIIR.,DEFENI
and from one Of theist in
(Mr. BARTON ' ) and. WWI i
wealth!s. counsel 'we'
quashing of the. presei
for several reasons, Al
was That they,:.-were
with. the bill, inls pal
the defendants.: NO
StrietinitieeTo4l
COthrordwealth •
to be charged
been perpetrate(
peace andTdignii
exentplary 'par
•the bea4s.of i
coontryisbon)
That they,
ortheveso
.
,a—tO-prepore-and-sent.l,',-op
toethe .y.at the, August sestiicms-a
hill or IN Arline a count
of
the
,defendat tded on the act of Assembli
of this , /wealth, of the Sd -I)ecem
ber-J7131 HIGH TREASON; as- well
•iif for t tenons charged in the 'pritient'
= • '
And .;_(said Mr. tisher,), all remarks
shoUld on my loot s were it not that - . 1
reef . ' Javittee.,trijEtirlieltind to my
fells to\noticti, - Pertain :a04 , 14..,„; t8
.beensetek ciart , tl l , l , .4 -- ern":
tdittits. - T7f: ntn..
'datits ci ' 7l 14 " 4 0
named jit this . Indict'
who. is,
_____Oy, s Tfdht.
sty,fi : Onv4lietfact,
convicted d timpoi on ..
tbr. our *oaths in the . 1 of bauphin
county. for on:nutrageousl hroal assau l t
ap4 battory.cointnitted upo a .;respectable:
eitzei. or,t4o.b?rOugh.. , : 6 Y-were drawn
up by 004,Wie acting: ta,i _ :are,- in., bi g i
huitdikilll47^, were prep
.' Vhimip se;
001;!rtgefiillit;TO)lit- *Ore Ti i v i t h..
',ot.beiti,s",ro4.ll to PO' !. ( 1 i the %du
the co
would
art - or TCI
- Court..
bad pro
neniselves,
pi persona, '
Jd solely on
the Connon 7
eppolie the
_of 'lndictment,
icipal of -which
elves _dissatisfied
it did not charge'
offence -that in
d ente:laud._ bx-01.0.'
,la.ws, Ahoy ought
.Thili -- offences
ist her laws- and, her
forf.the-mei ‘ it
to be visited inpog
'horn a. jury pf Ade;
Were guilql of;thcim---
it Oppo i se the quashing
Ipdietrnexii,,beciause it.
vitmen: and Consequently without affording
nie an oppertunity to cross-examine . • them,
and - strip them of their--exaggerationmid
false coloring and ~ to expose the" petty,
contemptible , malignity of their authors,_
- alidliteir eiders and abettors:- The object
of introducing theni, here - is' but too appa
rent; they were introduced, not becatise
they: had, any - ,.relevancy ; jo• the matters:br
contest here, but for the _purpose of
.injur
inQ mein thb estimation of the public with,
the - hopooo 'of - destroying, the effect of my.
exertions in this. cat*, and to impress up
on the! - minds of the jury and COurt theta.
faithful, vigorous and coescientien discharge.,
of my itutr - FroCeeds, front motives of mere
,personal hostility to the defendants; Sir,
(said Mr. P.):l.pity Pe'. 'mino that' could
carry into "execution so base; contemptible''
and paltry a.piece of malignily-t-and I pity
the band 'of contemptibles who Ape con
ceived and: executed this - dishonorabld
scheme, - The gentleman has said-, that in
introducing these affidavits he was not actoa
ted-by anv motives of hostility to me; ifs°,
t acquit him of. any improper ' motives.- , ..•
There are, (said Mr, F.) in and rib:lift this
town at present a number; ot iddividuals
who ate_rn± personalsAndaties—they form
a hrttd of .yelping ciTA _who_ are evetand
anon secretly and clandestinely snarling and,
barking et me, without' the ability or eour
age to_barry out their hostility'brto*ptiblie
ly evince, their-enmity or-petty 'malignity,
but who,are ever ready to strike frombe-,
' hind iany covert that Will shield them from
responsibility - ; and to the rancor of those,
' I am perhaps, principally: indebted for the
f:dow.ttow aimed et the, • If in - thtlit' acting
their greatest hope be to injure me in the
estimation of My fellow citittens of pauphin 1
county, ttrivhom ram. personall known,
I have. the satisfaction to, know that they
hale not `succeeded. If they petted to'
-mortify me or - iiii - Miir - rify - fee_ gditr - that
too they have failed; for I holy . and enter
-tain for :them feelings - of the rsest profound
and . Superlative _contempt, thttpising them
and their-petty efforts too mach to petinit
myself at - anytime - to - pay - the - least Agaid
to their futile attempts to do me. wrovig . - or to
- - - - - -Ilyjield to
nor and
ed had been reduced to writing by
himfiad been produced in Court by him ;
andiliat lie held imself re.sPonsihle - for
the.l• ale gave the gentleman full notice
thtt they luid been-prepored.expressly for.
EltdieatiOnvand-diatAb twoiltl-:take good
gre that they should be published, that the
public might.iee-the object of .this propecu
lion, the motives :which prompted it; and
the manner in which it was:carried on, He
then commenced a tirade of fow l 'vulgar,
billingsgate slang and 'abuse of Messrs. Ste
xenaAnd,,estirosetwifich we feel ourselves
constrained by a sense ,of decency to ex
clude fiom our columns . ; and ft-vas' finally
called ,to older and seatecill . tFin:43ires
Esq.-ene-.of-4he , ,connsel_for=theLeatilninonr_
; -
Avenith. •
.
Mi. Fisher rejoi n ed. That be Would
make .a few remarks in reply to the indivi
dual who had just been seated.'
,He hid
•stated when first up, that.he -- had - no — feal=
Ingo of hostility to gratify in introduciag
those affidavits—his declarations are at vat
lance-with-the-facts and tht.truth— He hal':
exhibited in his last speech the clover
hoof. lie has fully evinced (said Mr. F.)
that he too waaactuated by motives of petty
malignity • towards myself;--those feelings
are most manifestly evidenced in the affida
vits, which he now for the .first time avows
bad 'been prepared by tim, were ' in his
hand writing, and had been introduced by
hitu here. Sir,
(said Mr. F.) will now
proceed ,to allow • that' these affidavits , had
,no_beiring upon the -notion to.quash - this
indiOment, nor the anost , remote tendency
4o..drucidate or substantiate any oneottha
for:reasons assumed 411 -- a - alikrig - ;this. jet,'
ment, hut'were introduced - Merely - AO:grati : .
fy the malignity and soreness oil, that indir
, vidual towards myself, arising from the fact,
that he is here to answer criminally upoit
anindictment drawn by rne, and found ,to
e a "TRUE BILL". by the Grand Suivrof this
oinity, containing charges' of an toutrage-,
s violation of thelaws of the‘land by that
ividualoand-someof-lis-fellow - laffidaiki
. For what other- purpose-;than 'that`
of , atifyino the Spleen, ,rancor ~and batrsd
,of t t.individual and his worthy ennweera•
are tey introducecll Vone. , =-None as i
, !need 49 'thew. • And first, I am
,chargdielared_that would
-ip& .;Tiny of PaaPhin. eoinoY," , and that
'I wool! ”conviot Alum (the "rebels I V')
righter ong:9 -trq Show , the fallacy'Of
itly. necessary -to point th
Act of bly which directs Ate
fopeiectipvilraPng aell *le*
ranniuglur, 'What-duty 'lit° be ,per- ,
Drilled by ,4 , 'Sheriff and County;
tissireil i ee under 0 - 01): 'To the Board
4beet7mble,bl, am laharged
eons ekieg,OstPdi.viduel.hap;tie - tpo -
f r i en d s.o are as .deeidedlf'hio -
The: ~S heri iVre inY OPPenents•
WhOse'fidelity'aniOn"°thran I 1
-indiiidual , and 'hie ‘coa 4ied tealtjt" tg. ` ll'l4t
sit evide' P 44
9ce..0 413; ,
dot b lisn i egainst the Jaw lON
I tainly could have no •fears that the Sheriff
Would bd i accessory to paclting a Jury hos.'
tile-tO hirn enclitic+ fellow_defendants,_ and_
I can assure him of . thlifealty also of one
the County Commissioners'.'
=Besides, said (IVIr. - F,.) the declarations_
°alleged against me are said to , have been
made in the niiddle of March last (the 17th
of the await.) The7Juty : now drawn anid'';
'here to try him and' - his compeerspwere
dravinin - farrtiary last before the bill was
foWcf:'TiallienThridicidous and absurd to
say, that these affidavits were introduced to
establish, the feet; that I : had 4 pacited
Juryr. That was not the purpose for Which
they Were introduced:. Any person, even'
otthe most obtuse intellect,., or the 'most
uiskilled in the4ractice of humbugger() ,
cart,perceive that they were introduced. Witl ' t
a hope, ,a latent hope, that a majority of the
public would be ignorant enough to believe
that ,The defendants were notafraid to - rust
their fate,to a jury of honest men. They
vide, introduced bete to hide thelact, the
palpable ) open, undeniable-feet, that they
(the defendants) Wire afraid to trust the es
tablishment'of their-innutence jury of
twelve,honest men. .They were introduced
here to prevent the public mini from beirig
disabused, Thor Were:inttodueed here for
ilia purpose of keeping;he7puhlie eye and
the public_mind a little longerirotn the evi;
dences of their enormities:. And they were
introduced here with the iiiew to divert the
public attentionrfroin the odium now rest
ing Upon the defendante, - and to place apor-: -
lion tint if passible upon' the 'shoulders of
those' who .are, bound bye - Very tie of duty
- as men, es Chi:teas; and atilthe repfesenta,
fives of the -Commonwealth, to bring to pun:.
ishiaentohorie who. have outrageously vio
lated and trainpled upon the Laws and
Constitution of the Commonwealth, if they
be Iltjr* of the charges ,prefered against
the „afid_thatteo_Unanimptisly
estorpright and independent-Grand - jury
of Dauphin county. 'They Were intioduc: .
edlliere to concealthe'fadi that_ those very
men who boasted tip loudly of their inno
cence and - of _their' anxiety to submit that.
innodence to a jury of their fellow itizens,
had, when the 'moment arrived
which-was-to decide Upon their guilt or. in
nocence, sheltered themselves behind-a bat
tery of technical bubtletin,•and legal quib
bits-c-pladimilicit-Only--hok-.ofTescape—in-
the sanctum of the Seal of the court of
Common. Pleas, which hadbeen,affixed by:
mistake of the clerk-to the7„Veriire-for that
Grand Jury who had found . that they should
be put' noon their:trial for violating and
- trampling upon the - Constitution and laws of
common country: i " -
serial hOstility toWards these men; with a
desire to convict them, 'and with entertain : .
n in Secret 'ales] tO c'envie t
VirtoNo. - TliiiirTotally - deny: . 7l - enter;
tint no feeling of malevolence or illw ill to
wards.them. lam the open, avowed and
uncompromizinvadvocate of the suprema T
cy of the Laws, and so icing: as, my voice
can he heard or my life - and strength are
spared, - will on- all- occasions devote- the
-hest energies of my mind and body to their
support and niaintainance, and to the resto
ration_of the" Laws to their : former validity
and omnipotence. pub-
d - most
.ontent
7 rand
hem a-
elcomo
lorable
elusive
isel for
tolhq
should
isel had
stating
tetment
as the
Lemont
id been
might
appear
"yelp-
ig and
Jecome
ay the
lersons
I have heretofore
licly_declared in the presence of some of
these-men,
In
the presence of all of them now here, that
I will never relax my efforts in what I be
lievoto- be-the-sacred -cause-of--the-Ponsti
. .
tution and Laws; and, that every energy of
mind that I possess shall be vigorously ex
erted to producer convictiort — ir — THEY BE
GUILTY of the offences charged.against ]
theni. I again declare that Ithave fm feel
ingi of personaliostility towards them, but
that ifthe' evidence to be given on their tri
al justifies that .course, I will endeavor to
establish their:guilt, and will discharge my
duty withoutlear .ar favoi., and without re-
WeilloTertions. ,
- Judge - BLYTHE. Let the Inditdrrtientlle
quashed:. •
now_rose_and_moved_iliat_all
the defendants against whom the bill, of in-
dictment has been found, should be bound
over to , appear at the next August sessions
of Dauphin - county, to answer to such-Bill
-or Bills of Indictment as should be: prefer,
Ted against them.. . .
Mr. Auncits, one of the counsel for the
defendants, opposed -this-motioni-on-the
ground that this being the second term, and
the indictment - having ; been quashed,-the
Vommonwealth had no righrto bind them
over again to answer the'sanie charges.
I . Judge BLrrug.' I Will direct .211..1h05e
iparsons: against whom 1 issued warrants &
ibound ' over_ in .redognisances, to.lr again
hound.oVer the same amounts Condition;
d foroheir appearance'ut--the August SieV
Miolls. • ' •
iCOUUSECtior - tht : CiimrposTe4ll.7 7 -Wi 7
ash: that Johrr,,Sltyderi ..Martin Duniqp,
James Black, _and Adam against
iliii - GriftiTliiryleitiid - the - bill and
;Who are now in atiendaneemideriucognisan
.ces entered:, into after having, been , brought
in - .0n; process,- shall-be also Alotiiid "over.,
*lore one ef,the cotinsel lhic the , ' defence
etated that-.Johit Snyder, :who had been
brought !in on ,repese, and-wbo was --iheo
actendicce, :bad not enterefl into reeogni
-77111,4*X5,, one uf counsel' 'for .the
'Commenwealth; then:produced to the court
',the oath of. Alpha Durham, taken :,before.
Merdecsi.McKinney•Esq. ,charging JolUx .
.Snyder withithelWenco chaiged Ao the
;in
dictment,- and . askeit the court do.bind him
river.
Judge:ll4-m.. all Aose
:who , were -bound. over, before te 0005 r
into, reeegnisinees; ite,*it: ,Charles ,Priy,
Johit, .flyan, John
PaNiagei'Ale# l 4 l4l4 :A ir * /: :Pox , and .
George lit".' 11 Barton, and ,will F .
require
the.nthers:to Jm3„.beuvd over.
w e : have oeepheard that all those order-
ed by the envifto enter;into: iticognisances
have donceskgqr their aliflesiance'at ;August
seaSiON 2 • • ' • `-
ANT/WISING& rill - 1 „. r 57 0 ,011 mai
said of-;L4nehing,'quttrrelsi-hao temper,lke. o
Wed, their Fleotitsieeringi,iiiApatittotot l in :a „ Pink,
honorsi?le,apsa,,manner; pcifeetiy;demoeratio. • In.a-
JateLeansasa. In ;Tennessee k 'three
:hour; Goietwor_cainop.:*9..fioura, 01.001 Vote,
three hours, anti hir.diurtotiontiltaitinight,' , All the
contending • calulltistios travel•bigo4
100 . . - ti,Larrisest
• • -• • ' •
. •.„ . _
,
Daszszt'a Rertrr:szrzoN.At the March term of
the Court of Conunon Pleas for:Huron:county, Ohio,
a Misfi Marietta Washburn obtained a verdict for
$1145 damages againstini Ungallant chap named Hi
-ram-' ellsiforcertain ganders Ite,hatl-uttered.againit—.4
her fair fame. "With.tlie true magnanimity of a 4!`',
Mous. and high-tni iided glyl,'she. immediately carne
'forward and forgave the payment of all except poo
and the cosh • - - • . ,
IBROBIIEb.TO Dexru."—The death Geo-Pollock,
Esq of Roanoke, N. C. by accident,li -announced in
'the Raleigh Register... - it appearathat he left his car-,
ratge.at-one 0r hiS plantations, and had mounted a
,young horse fordlepuiliose Of riding out: horsy, becameLitfinetory , in passing the gate; and on being
struck, reared up and fell , over on its'rider, crushing
him dreadtolly, and- causing' almost - instant ;death.—r
The-accident was Only witnessed by e little boy, who
opene the Este. :. .
Ocarit or Mit. G41..--Mr. l'hotnas:Gili; partner.
, OC Major - Noah in "the.puldicatirin tli6Eveping Star,
'died at Neif• York ' - on -, TiieSilaY, frkm npopletio
attack, aged about 57 years: , lie was a mostezent.
platy man:
•
•Txna,eT Pairartsozr, N.
,0 broke -out at
Patterson, New Jersey, abont d'e)obk ou . Tuesday,
orni ng,•whi eh destroyed about a dozen houses,prin4
cipally on Main and , Van Houten streets., Supposed
to be the work of an incendiary. •
= INTERESTING, MAnnuar.=—A man named Samuel
Vilson . was married to a Miss Elizabeth Sowers, in
'the Portainouth (N. li.)jail; en - the 12th ult. and in
three days thereafter, Samuel tOok'hiszeeidence in
thestate-prison at ConcOrd.-' lie is-tO remain there(
two years. "if, Saraivel, Samivel !"
.
Iloanini.E.,--A house occupied by one Felt,• id
illichigim,Wasi.ilektroyed by fire on the' iftls
alt.; in
_whickpensliedhis_wife and lw_o chi Idren, taut
horrible to.Yelatejhe father is charged with having
hik family ; anti fired the house to'hide all
'evidence of his guilt.
.11e.is under_airest fortrial.
•
• ,
• Hortittntx Multntti.:4.The Boom imigrant
of - the4th - ultrsayti".."A - bnillii tate - of rcittider oc
curred in Cooper courrity; on . Monday the tit. A Mrs.
Veneye killed her infant" by cutting Its throat with - a
razor. Sic is suppOse4 to be deranged."
• ,
Unsinisro.—The barbarous punishraent of brand. •
isatill--continued-in-Canada,-sevenpersupos
ing recently been sentenced in Quebec to be burnt in
the hand for petty offences. .
, .
Cuitz - ron DEArnrus.—The ratt,our of acetotis ether
has been recentlydiscovered by !trainer, a 'German ,
artist, to be most. effectual remedy for a specici of , )
this distrelaing inalady, hitherto considered incurable.
Dr. tlitnpl ison states that several' physicians have tried •
lilt witirtminentauccess: - -
• • • . . . • ,
•,, . .
-..Cdirvieriroif.—The trial . of E — Gould,' for
killing. John Stnrbirtionid indicted for insuishiughter;
in Portiand,'Bfaino, was elpsegon-Pridny night, The . -
ease.wati Aoliiinitted to the Jury earlkin.tlie.evening,._ •
whii hrotight in iv - verdict of guilty: -Grould was nen-. •
feniedlo_Orght,ieitroOtharstlaborin.the state Tirison...
Tnnsc STEAMItO.IIII3 Lon.--TIit.II".IL. Kinney,
-cargo-hides;on-a-trlp-from-Str Loma - to - Louisville, -,
struck a icig, near Cape Girardeau, and . went down:
The Renown, on the Arkaiisas-river, boniul down, i, -
was snagged. - : - Loss total., . •
Leavenworth reports the Alert Sunk near •••
Portland; on :the Missaurt. Roat total_ 1050.,N0
_
• d,•
tivirErfcr:----Lie . iiiinant GoToincir Arthur 'hae
granted an„unconditional pardon-to forty-two :or. the
convict patriotri belonging to New York. . ,
- - - .
. . • ._____ .•
The Gallen L waw'ent into operation on the. 9th hi " • -
Mississippi: The Vicksburg Whig as's,' it was a • ;
Ilgofzeneml motirninnLmlyg_the Anmprieturilagj
' establislimentilispos. 7 ,1
ing l if its drinking, utensili at auction, while the dooe
of another was shrouded wilhltock •
".±....Cio_w___wito...tea. , =&young.rban..by the name of
11.7. - klac, killed in this (own a few:.daysrsiuce,T.2-
crows at one Shot- - and got kicked -over in the bar,-
gain. fit liad; . i . t: appgars, practieed.a little indium
with . thernL•ALMS , hid, in ambush and baited than -
with a dead carcass; and when they had literally • 4 .
vered the-Carcass, he let .slip a tremendous grist- of
shot from an old queen's- arms,„ There was . trouble
at-both ends of -the-gun, and the- only-Wonder-it that
any one escaped to tell thi3.news...— Woodstock Ater.
. .
The Baltimore American - stater - that - the rail-road --
between Cliambersbueg and Hagerstown will be
opened- for travel about theStli.orTuly next: A eon-
Willow' route of. rail road eoinionnication will theta =
be open between this city" and HagerefoW.n byway of _:
.Clianabersburg,-Ca' rlittlerHarrisburg-and-Loneaster.
4
.The. Court at*St. Louis, has been for sometime oc.
copied with the Vial of Gen. Gratiot.: , The Judge ,
charged the Jury strongly against admitting the Claim
:of-the-General for services periorineds Ant allerlong_:. , ._
deliberation, the jury returned court, and declar- •
ed that they . could not agree.' There. were two for 1 ,
obeying the mstrUctionSof Me Court, and ten for al.
lowing the claims of the General. There Was no
pnrty feeling in the jury. • ' , .
•
• TUE BURNING Muck.—The Pottsville Emporium. •
says : "We regret to state tkat •the Jerilar ;Vein in.
Broad Mountain, to . which we referred same weeks
ago, is yet on fire t and front personal, oliserwaticin;
we should presume that the pillars Of coal, which
are left to prop the mines, are on fire. The late rains 1
only added fresh fuel;and there is no telling when or ..
Mrs. Simmons was recently cornmifted to prison
in AVood.couinty 4 Ohio, for the deliberate murder of
her husband. She severed Ida head from bib body 4 ,„
_with_an tuce while he Was asleep. __ The reason given
for the act iris that het' husband would nst comply
'witlr-her—wish-ito-returtrio-4bercounty-fronuch
they had removed.
AN...Ayr/au—or HONOR.- —Mch excitemeh, tiro*
produced among khe men of letters on Saturday week
Baltimore; by the rumor that two members, of tbe— •
typographical fraternity had gone out to search• for -
-each other's-brains. -Both the principals and their
seconds were on 'the Lrottniklirmed - cats ! tpke,,_but ,
one party wiCsPo soon and the othei was too late,—
When--they got horde it was diniovered that they were
nll Considerably shotiii.tlit ' , •
The Washington 'Globe , states that Mr.' Orme; a
teller of the Bank of the Metropolis recently took' , •
fittylhousand dollars from die Bank. • 'The Cashier'ir •
suspicions being arouscd,he ascertained the vlefieien
ay, and Upon chargifig the teller; be confessed every _
thing, and pointed out the person who had it in pos- :,•
session, Mr. Goodrich, a clerk in the, Department.: •
Upon the 'surest of this person, the• mosthy was se- - i
The-five-men,-ho-the-newspaperssaid-weit-Avir_
Niagara - Falls; have not yet performed that exploit.
'A' ; Simn i si Hacip.—Thellillsborough, Ohio
server suites, that. A lidr-Ricbard,Lawleas,pf that
,vicinity;Was - Accidentalirkilleit -onßundarthe- 7th----
t.,tinder t h e ,thilowing Aircumstanceti--He and . *
friend started on. hat day to catch,their boreal which
were conning l loose. Affer securing th t e c upy tried
•their_harses t :liPee4.47AliTingalimPl e . °( race* " -
The gentlemen_ beosme.,somewhiit arm .7
maw for third 'race., 'They ,stArted, and while on
the. conrae,,the horse of Mr. lAwkiasSuddenly sprung
; tattle Bidet of a sapling iihlish 01;4,404p way, tiring- •
ing - tain in ,violent contact with it, te ar ing cdrtailflus --4 -
(ace And lira& • He - died imabo •
ut walk hour after. •
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Wssari;l4re"Aimadepthillo soe. idieVocrs - 01••• ----
the•MelliodiSt - .Gliiiraies in Baltimore, to
celebrate.ln a becoming-manner the close of the
dreddi yesr'of the existence of their society As amp!
The.rimains of the late Colonell , Ggdeq,,wei
terred at Elizabethtown, NM, lermy, Sidtb,ani. •
honors, and attended to thegrave b a **Como •
formiog an impodrigtribute rea*t*i hiaSixe'n
..fistrez orßittr...r4ipa tlgehera ofilaltliogre e
ing come to the conaltutianAat the present lugt!p
f
or.Otef arises :front , tlxv -attesoi*by ktto Alio!
monopolize the', .
market, have -- valued . to f
"ate-their-thaft-to-obittge-_mora thin t.
to /2 Dents per 111.,f0r th e beat:be:o4 -,;:::
• . 44,Ccoianto frotii:the.lain, growlor oictiono 1 . 1
t {
country r!prrfentihe, crops of wheat and; ie a •
*tenting a., ,most .promisint apjr.aranae. -' - .X1%
tidni luite Shin a *-ri*DellY.Lit4l l4l6 s! ti,Y 6 ge
- P • , ~. , n K • • '
A:rlot•ocenoetV Pittsbtrglsonlkurility ,
in the celtrK which' two three tenetugentis
pied by Colloid people wirer-pulled' dOwn,liu•
colored child killed: ' ' •%- ,
TheKtirrishurg Keystone stitestltst the
meal and,ruilsead tolls durivtins four week's ing on tho litli,,t4;luttotinted to,one hung
fortyAbutt thousand six hundred sod r si_xty.seven
lots nod skeveuteTt lents. exceeditim . theAuitm
durinitlie sante pe'riodlast yisaraz a ,
fiver thwginkfive Modred sad six(y-two s
eistitptbress OA!! ! , • - ". ~;
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