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(Continued.) . 1 Aaron Dougheity sworn I recognize pris oner, knew him four years ago; he worked above Altoona about a mile and a half.oo the Rail Road; don't think be was there more than from four to six months; worked at carpenter work, making truck cars, barrows, and such like. . James Warfel, re-called. Prisoner was ou my sled on Friday. ; John Brubaker sworn. Know prisoner ; knew him in prison; (letter shown) seen let ter in prison; I got the letter from Mr. Mc Kim; he asked me it I thought I could send a letter out for him,' or two of them, if he would get them ready; told him I thought I could; didn't like to do so as it was against tho rules, and they would likely be detected in the office, if put iu here; told me thought it would be best to give them to my sister wheu sue came to see me and have them mail ed at Altooua; told him I would see by the time sho would come iu he should have the letters ready; said he would have them ready; when my tister came he whispered to mo to come across; told me he had letters ready, and slipped them out to me undei the door; I then looked at them one was directed to Sa rah McKim, 31a. cus Hook, Delaware county, the other to Michael Ronner, care Sarah Mc Kim, at same place", in haste; I then came to the conclusion I would not give letters to my sister and kept them in my possession until next day; tbent broke letter open directed to Michael Bonner, and looked at it got anoth er envelope and got Penneck to direct it; that evening Mrs. Balden dame in to see her hus band; 1 asked ber if she would put a letter in the oSioc for uic; she said she would; gave it to her; other ouo I put iu the stove; read it ; don't remember a great deal iu it; looked over ic carelessly. Margaret Bold en sworn .John Brubaker gave me a letter in the jail yard; don't recol lect how long ago; gave me two; tho only two he ever gave me; one was directed to a gen tleman who lives in' Hollidaysburg, dou"t know who the other was directed to; put them in Mr. Murray's Post OflSce. , Michael Buuner sworn. Knows prisoner ; knew him in Chester, Delaware county, this State; knew him for two or three years; have not seen him in Chester for two years; seen him about the last of June or 1st of July last year; seen him once in Wilmington and once between Chester and Marcus Hook; didn't see him again until I met him in jail; (Tetter producedj cau't say I ever, saw this letter can't read. Scei iffPort b worn . Knows McKim s hand writr; thinks tho letter was wiitten by him. Letter offered to be read in evidence. Letter read as follows : " 1857 Apirle the (i Hollidaysburg Ba Dere Sir I Rite to you with akiug hart to lec you Knox my Fix at Present Dere Sir I are tiobbiad Lages aDd. soniiiues handcuft And ! Lere fair it is you that can clere me from this scrape By coming to See rue Bef'or Cort and Swear when you Saw me git of the cars the Morning of the 16 of January Last Between the ours of 2 o'clock aud 3 o'elock iu the mor uiug By myself and Bid you gud Nito and whair I got- out of the cars was about 15 or 20 Miles west of Altoona whar this man was kild And if I 'can pruvo By you and James youon And gorg warrlow that you all saw me git-out of the Cars 15 or 20 miles west of Al toona that will clere me of the gales (gallows) And I wil go horn with you Al that Live So wel And I wil make it Al Rite with you Al for A summers work I cant talk to Plain on that Subject to you in this Letter but you wil under Stand it And 'when I ce you wil telyou al About It. your Al Sepened By nie tend Cort the 4 . monday in April Dere Brothers Stick to me fore you can clere mo with A vu words Dere Brothers yo Cene me have Agud Bit of Monny with me And it was gold 20 Dollar Pesses And ten Dollar pes-and you Saw Me change to fifty Dalars bils for Aman at Pittsburght Just Beforo And the to Notes was Both Boston Notes Aud was very Rich Lucking Plates iasked you Al if you thot gude Money And said we thout it And then you gave the man tho change for notes in gold and tbat .wil clere me and I want you to go to James And Show him this Lettur Aud he wil tel J"rge About it Dere Sir DontLete Anoth er Man on this Erth know won word that is in this but your Selfs you can com and No body know About it Dere Sir iknow that it is you that I can trust to Dout Rite to me for the Surf (Sheriff) hasto Rede the Letters be fore igit them Bat yoa just tell Sarah Ana to Rite to me Bod tel me that you got tho Let ter and - Serio James and whether you would come Dere mikle wrote to you Ava (a few) lines Before "And slipped then to Brotherin law to give to you But iwas "A fraid that you did no git them So I had a chans to Rite a let ter to you And got it Slipped oat of the Jail without the Sburif knowen about it By a girl corns to see her brother aud at Altoona it will be tnaild David S M'Kiui Be sure and Com on or two Days befor Cort And Say not Abot it to Eny Body but them nienchent in the let ter mikle Besur (besure) you com and if No body els does for you indepent on ' And you know that the train of cars started from Pitts burg on the Nite oT the 15 of January Last f.s-ftn fltA ft lira tt ( Art A A 11 r.Vlrwt A Nit -when we all got nr th Cars "And yra j and James told Me that you wor going to Philadelphia and I Set on' the Sete with you and was tocking together about things in the West when the Cars stopped about 15 or 20 miles West of Altoona wbair i jjot off the cars By my Self and Bid yu Al Nite and it was between 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning of the 16 f January last And wil clere Beshur And Com And then I wil eel out And Sarah' And clemson And you And Me will go to Dunleth to Saint Pas we can get 3.V and 4 Dollars A day thain I got it their And was going Back agin as Snse and I cud git things fixt at horn but they aqused (accused) me of murder And Put me in Prison But Before my god i am an insent man No more at'present But I remain your efectnet friend until Deth parts us David S M Kim And Dere Boys I know you wont let me hung for you all know I would Go any length for Ether of you to get you out of trou ble So com Tha wont Be auy Body here that knows ether of you from Ahepe of Brush so com to Me in the time of trouble and you will Al Ua wel by coming. Bonner re-called. Gave letter to Ewing to read; was arrested, letter was taken from me by omcer imams; never was witn prisoner in Pittsburg, west of tho Allegheny Moun tains, or on the Pennsylvania Rail Road; did not see him get oS cars on morning of 16th of Jan., or at any other time; Letter passages submitted tor the purpose of negativing alle gations in letter was at West Chester on 16th of Jan. last. : Cross examined. -Saw McKim have mtfn ey before he went to the West; in Wilmington not immediately before he went; can't tell what amount; no bank notes; fold, about eighteen months ago; don't know what I was doing in West Chester on 16th of Jan.; went to West Chester last Eummer"r" " ' " Cbas. Williams sworn. I got a letter from Bonner; Letter submitted and recognized know prisoner in Delaware county; was a car penter and worked day's work; had a small house and lot about two miles from Chester ; no one lives in it uow; believes prisoner still owns it; it goes in bis name; had no other means I know of; never knew him to have any considerable sum of money; never knew him to live in Philadelphia, or have property there; have known him for ten years; last time I'saw him in Delaware county was in October last; his wife was in the county last fall, two miles from Chester. ( ' Toe8day Afternoon, May 5. ..Jeremiah Stevenson sworn. Live in Ches ter. Delaware , co.; lived there sixteen years acquainted with the prisoner at the bar some sixteen or twenty years; have not seen nlm tor the last two years; was present when a letter was taken from Bonner; am an ofEcer in Ches ter; Mr. Lyons, another officer took up Bon ner and locked him up; next morning Mr. Williams and I went into station house next morning to' seareh for this letter; searched him, and found the letter in his bosom; let ter identified. We took him to Philadelphia and Mr. Hays telegraphed to know whether they wanted him here; prisoner never lived in Philadelphia to ray knowledge; his wife and child reside in our neighborhood. Claudius b . .baton, re-called Prisoner told me ne worked at Altoona one season when the Railroad was buildine: nrisoner wnra a. glazed oil cloth cap when he left Dunleith. George Warsilow sworn Knows prisoner; knew him in Delaware co., from 16 to 18 years; saw him lat in Chester last August: do not know bis pecuniary circumstances at that time; never was with him s west of the Alle gheny mountains. Similar questions from the letter of the prisoner to Bonner asked; and answered in the negative. James Ewing sworn. Live in Upper Chi chester, Delaware co; knew prisoner in Dela ware co. for some 16 or 18 years; saw him last" some timo last Aug. in Old Chester; questions propounded froni letter, and alle gations negatively aoswered. ;v C. H. Gorbey sworn. Live in South 2d street, Philadelphia; am acquainted with pris oner at bar; have known him from 5 to 10 years; he lived in Delaware co.; never knew of him and his family residing in Philadel phia, family was not living in Philadelphia i last fall, to the best ef my knowledge; did not ! know of him having any means last fall.. James Funk sworn, Am Coroner of coun ty; on evening of 16th of January I went to Altoona, and found a man with head bruised and throat cut; next morning held an inquest Drs. Landis and Hays made post mortem ex amination; was stripped when I got there; they handed me carpet bag and effects said to belong to them; Altoona Tribune with evi dence of iuquest produced Razor recog nized, and offered in evidence. Objected by defence. Objection overruled. Club offer ed to Jury in evidence, carpet sack and fiddle bag offered in evidence, shawl, pantaloons, coat, comforter and cap identified by Coroner and offered in evidence. Watch key and oth er articles offered in evidence. Two trunks put in evidence alae; rule found in McKim's trunk; McKim's coat; pistol oase. . J. M. Bell worn. Knows where : Fleck! tavern is in Altoona; it is two squares back from the Railroad, on the corner; ig not in a public part of the town, Thomas McGregor Bworn Waa engaged as brakesman on tha express train on the night of the 15th of Jan.; left Pittsburg at half past 9 o'clock in the evening; train arrived at Al toona next morning about 3 o'clock; was bind brakesman; bind door of train between Gal litzin and Altoona was locked; train did not top between Galitzin and Altoona; was (on platform between the two hind ears; no person could get out without a key te unlock the door Crow examination elicited nothing new. " Commonwealth here rests'. . SYlBSyCB loR DETINC1. Jacob Tries, re-called. Two other passen gers besides those I -poke of got off on morn ing of 16th on opposite side of platform, don't know where they wenfc to Crpsi examined for Com. Don't know only from hearsay that two other cot off. Evan Powell sworn. -Lives in Altoona ; boarded at American House on 16th of Jan., and a month or more after; killing ofNorcross waa a frequent subject of conversation at Ho tel; Fleck participated in them; never "aaid any thing about a man having breakfasted at his house on the morning in question in theso conversations. . Charlotte E. McKenzie recalled. Noticed peculiarity about McKim had a "stiff finger on left hand little finger was bent; bare eat witji him; he couldn't bend set ond finger at alLxnoticed it the first time I saw him eating; when we went to Pottsville, we went to keep house -nothing was said by McKim about a house of ill-fame; had no visitors while we were there; Mark Behns was there once, but he came to see prisoner. Cross examined. Neither of us were rela ted - to McKim; be was to marry tho other girl. ' Miss Kate Nagle re-called. Evidence in rotation to the deformity of hand as above there waa no intention of keening a houso of ill fame. ' Cross examined. Did . not iav anvtMnir about his havinir a wife elreadv: never knew prisoner until I saw him in Reading; have a a . 11 " oaDy two montns 01a. : John Davis re-called. fEvidence in reward to deformity of fingers. Here counsel for defence submitted hand of McKim to examination of the jurv. James Funk re-called. Mr. Fleck wasonA of the jurors on the inquest; did not mention about a man haviug taken breakfast at that time; mentioned it since; three or four weeks ago; after prisoner was brought up. ; M. Dout v. Esq . re-called- Are som hou ses occupied between branch and main track at Altoona. f Nothing farther ofimnortance was elicit- ! ed.J -I Defenoe closes. Evidence closed. Bill A EES Or COCNSIL. Wbdnesiav, May 8." The Court met this mornin? at 8 o'elock and Hammond for Commonwealth, eummed up. His speech, which certainlv was an ahta effort, occupied the entire forenoon. Ho went over the whole history of the case, and discon- uecuju me evidence in a masterly manner. Before Mr. Hammond commenced, he receiv ed information that a vouner brother wraa drowned last night in the river below Wil liamsburir. This' meloncholv event did not. deter Mr. Hammond, however, from dischar ging his duty to the Commonwealth, although no vvKlvuily ta m i ease durtug tue deliv ery of his speech. - During the delivery of Mr. Hammond's speech, one of McKim's old acauaintanepa peared outside of the railing, in a high state of excitement, gesticulating to attract the at- lenuon 01 tne prisoner. Mcivirn did not re cognize him whether intentionally or not. I cannot say. His name is Louden, . and says ho is from Philadelphia. . The defence was opened in the afternoon by n. A. Bifrler. Mr Birler rpad in regard to convictions on circumstantial ev idence. This was Mr. B's maiden effort, bav ins only been admitted to the bar 1 and was very creditable for a first effort, Mr. J oily for defence followed. The main point of Mr. Jolly's argument was. to assume that through the carelessness of the conduc tor or brakesman, Norcross might have fallen from the train, severelv iniured himself and afterwards attempted suicide with a razor. mi m . . . - mis nypotnesis is Cased upon the fact that the eolicitor of the Railroad Comnanv i ns- . . . , . , r j - sistiug iu the prosecution, and free passes have ueen given 10 many or tne witnesses, in order to free the CouiDanv from theliabilitv of dam ages for the death of Norcross. L.01. liohus for defence nrt f..::-.-.l TT endeavored to invalidate the testimony of J. G. Fleck and also that of Mr -Warfel. The former because of a lack of time between the alleged murder and the time of taking break fast at the bouse of the witness; the latter, be cause of - an error in the date of the alleged time of seeing McKim. : The learned counsel advanced the hypothesis that McKim might have robbed Norcross and not murdered him, and supported tho. ground assumed in a very ingenious and able manner Thursday, May 7. - The plea of Col Hofius last evening, in be half of the defence, was concluded a little af ter 9 o'clock. It was a learned, labored and eloquent effort in . behalf of the unfortunate prisoner, and it is but justice to him to ' say that he made tho best out of a bad cause. Had it not been for the unfortunate admission of the accused made to Koons who arrested him to Mann in the Bloomsburg jail, and to those inferred in his letter to Bonner; ho wo'd have had at least a shade of a chance for his life.' . ; . v-.: .. ; y.. This morning Thad. Banks plead for defence He opened by explaining the law of circum stantial evidence quoting from Wills on Evi dence, kle next - supported the hypothesis that' the evidenee might infer robbery, but not murder. Ue said that up to McKim's appearance in Reading, his conduct did not infer the evidence of his guilt, but that his whole subseqent career, up to the time of the discovery of the Bonnor letter, proved, if any thing' that he had either received the money from Norcross for safe keeping, or robbed him, and escaped from the cars at Altoona, and that Norcross, when near Altoona, find ing hia friend and his money gone, seised his carpet bag and violin, went out on the plat form and cut his throat, and then fell upon . i 1. 1 . .. ... ... uie irac wuere ne injured himself. Nots. The learned counsel did not statosLwhen a ruffian and a traitor, stimulated bv " wiuu nave accomplished mis witn - f fiJdle baS n oo hand and a carpet bag . in the other, and he omitted to mention that the razor found was proved to be M'Kim.'. He nert took up the evidence of John . G. Fleck, which be handled with great severity. The evidence of Warel also underwent a se vere scrutiny. The raior with wbkh Nor- row throat waa cut wa next the aubjeot of comment, and counsel read evidence to con- f a . . nrm nis assumption that the razor : was not proved. Mr. Banks closed jrith a irenr1 ap peal to the sympathies of the jury. Kis plea a aiao very ingenious and very eloquent, but not very convincing. ". Mr. Stokes for Common wealth concluded the argument in the case. He opened as fol lows : - - " On this briaht and beautiful M morn ing, so genial and cheerful here, in peace and flafetv, we aroroach the last acen in the, in vestigation of a bloody tragedy, acted in cold Tf? v .1 I 11.1 t I . - umiuch vu ius j.i 1 it.g ucuy xiiouniains, last January, when Dr. Norcross, helpless and iuuwcou mBruea mu Mroeioa cruel ty almost unexampled ia the annals of human J T L uepmvuy. , 'l!or the Commonwealth, at the instance ot the aged father and mother and now unpro- J . icvmu uisiers 01 me slaughtered victim, 1 am to make the last appeal to your judgment and consciences, that truth may be vindicated, that justice may prevail, that the guilty may be punished, and that, as the result of all, the defencehsa may be protected. For to acquit the guilty is to give impunity to crime, and unless crime bo restrained, with firm will and steady hand, all the security of person and property for which human government is in stituted is withdrawn. Then the strong man may possibly protect himself, but the feeble in body, weak women, helpless children, the unprepared, the unsuspecting, the defence less the sword of the law being sheathed, or at the mercy of the merciless, by any ruffian whose interests or passions prompt him to vi olence. But while justice should detect crime and punish criminals, she must march with majes tic steps towards the great and benificent end. Let us in this case and alwavs. nroceed with calmness and caution, for we are unfit to min ister at the holy altar of law, if we are not free from prpjudice and passion resolved oa the ri jjht, and a terror only to evil doers." Mr. Stokes then proceeded to narrate the finding of the body of Norcross, to prove the corpus delicti, &fter which he gave a history of the case, blended with argument and a review of the evidence. He commenced at Dunleith, and got as far as Alttoona by noon. On the re-assemblng of Court, he took up his argu mnct where he had left off, and confined him self for a while to the particular means sup. posed to be employed in the killing of the de ceased. From this hre proceeded to the different points where McKim figured untill his arrest One by one the props of th defence fell be neath the blows of Mr. Stokes. He wound up with the following boautiful and elegant peroration " Let us pauso now in this solemn inquiry and ascertain if there be a safe guide in this land, both as regards the crime and theorim inal. You, gentlemen of the jury, are for the purpose of this investigation, the States' collected will.' Government is ordained by God. His commands, therefore, define your powers and your duties.' If the prisoner is guilty, you countenance bis acts.1 and stain your souls with the same crime, if, regardless of the blood which from the ground calls aloud for vengeance, you are so weak or wicked aa to disregard the Divine law, and refuse to ex ecute the Divine decree. ' And surely yocr blood of your lives will I require, at the hands of every man's broth er will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth blood, by man shall bis blood be shed; for in the image as God made be man. On this icfalliable teaching you may safely rely. It is not the simple commandment that murderers shall atone for their crimes by their lives, but eternal justice defines the offence as the highest human malignity ormosition to. ! ; anq ZZ cuon to acxaca and destroy the iraare ot uoa tne Dioumg irom present existence the closest resemblance to Godhead. It is direct opposition to God himself, not simply violence to man, but hostility to the immor tal soul which is the image of its Divine cre ator. " If the prisoner bo guilty, here is an in fallible guide in the conclusion of your duty. " The evidence is circumstantial. The Bi blo furnishes you reliable rules for its applica tion there is no wisdom in this world which is not found in concentrated essence iu the Holy Book. When our Courts declare the law on these great subjects which sound the depbts of humanity and concern the safety of society, they only repeat in diluted and prac tical form tho Divine philosophy. Be sure your ain will find you out,' was a threatening of vengeance upon Israel, if they should fail to obey God in inflicting military execution upon the guilty and doomed nations of Ca naan. It is a lesson to all men in all times The prisoner is now on trial for disregarding it. Toxt hereafter, and beforeOiigher Court will bo called to trial if you now disregard it. , ".Guilt is cowardly. 'The wicked flee when no man pursuctb, but the righteous is as bold as a lion.' v .- ; God, the Omnipotent magistrate, is cog nizant of the most fecret crimes, and ean dis close them by pointing with the slow-moving, but unerring finger of Providence. Ha can speak by faets as explicitly as by tcords. Cir cumstantial evidence is the testimony of God's Providence. 4 The eyes of the Lord are ev ery place beholding the evil and the good ' It will be for you to determine by your verdict whether you will yield to the combi nation of presumptive circumstances with which in this case, God has enlightened man revealed by Providential disclosures and detections The savage scene which was seen by no buman eye on the 16th of January, sarage selfishness, poured out the life-blood c : . . I L 1 -' , . ui bu iuuuccuii v.ciitu, xus ueipicbB ana couu ding friend. f ' . . Tako care, however, that your horror of the orime does not lead to injustice to the criminal. Guilty or innocent, he is equally entitled to a fair and full consideration of all the facts, and to a legitimate application of -he law, the great bw of reason for rijiht reason, said the great Roman Lawyer centu ries sinoe, is indeed a true law agreeable to nature, common to all men constant, immu table, eternal. It is the sauie eternal and in variable given at 'all times and places to all nations, because the Deity who is the author thereof, and has published it himself, it alway the sole Sovereign of mankind." t Mr. Stokes closed at 4 o'clock having spo ken just four hour hours, during whioh tim the Court House was orowded by Loth ladica and gentlemen. The Judge nommenced charging the" jury immediately after Mr. Stokes oonoluded. ....... . ,'th vaanxcT - At 20 minutes, of 7 o'clock, the bell rang, and crowdVfrbmevery portion of the town made their way to the Court Hnnm Jn th greatest possible baste. It was soon filled to its utmost capacity probably a thousand persona being congregated inside of its wall Th jury immediately after their names were cal- 1 J - . 1 . - ieu, renaerea a joint verdict of Guilty Hofius for defence then asked that tha inrv might be polled, when each and every one an swered. GUILTY OF MURDER , TV THE FIRST DEGREE" . . . ; Hofius gave notice of a motion for an rrt of judgment, . v . TB SEXTSSC1. '.V Immediately after tha oDemo r nfi h fn.i ; Hofius moved for an arrest of indsrmpnt fin th a plea that the jury had been ivdren tn b nr sons that is. thev had heard thro .r-rr.n delivered on Sunday. The motion waa sum marily disposed of. The prisoner waa then asked to stand up, and the usual question propounded. . whether he had anything to ear -whv tht un.nM yr death should not be passed upon him. , lcivim replied in a clear and audible speech, occupying some ten minutes in which asserted bis innocence most vehemently He declared that he had never seen Atticks, and that he had never cwned the razor produced in Court that the money he had was his own, and that he bad nevar tatn KrnaVfa.f Fleck's. He declared that ha hd n ' a.aMVA Norcross", and, although he would ' have to; fill fTaw if Via sTIa,! m I a. V wwa .w aW UlUU tU UJUUCCUt fiinn- n It lifo bad been swern away. He reiterated big former statement that he had left Norcross in the care of a man named Robinson on th morning of the murder, when berths r.rlfionerY got off the cars at a station about 15 miitx west of Altoona Judge Taylor, after thad very feeling remarks then passed upon th prisoner tho following sentence: "That vou David Sti-in MVTT; taken from hence to the place from where you came from, in the jail, and from thence to'the place of execution in the jail yard, and there be banged by the neck until jou are dead, and may God have mercy tn your soul " The prisoner was then removed hr f La .Tar iff to hia cell in the jail. He manifested th most unflinching composure during the whola proceedings. We understand that he baa inti mated that he will save the shcrifl tha tmnhU of hanging him, but we hope dne precaution will be taken to nrevent hia eli Jintr hi rinLW merited punish meut. Practical SfiaMov. ww.vr. . u iiiiuiaicra often excel in those qualities in which many of their white brethren are deficient, pungen cy and directness. The following sketch of a sermon, for whose accuracy the editor cf au exchange gives his personal voucher, is a good illustration of these important qualities- xm m.u .ificau raeeimg-nouae iu the outskirts of the citv. we found rh just commenced. The topic seemed to be tha depravity of the human heart, and the sable aivme inus illustrated bis argument -Ajrearen, wnen 1 was in Virginia, one ubt ue 01c Worn a u B m....r. tz..' an I was sent into de woodi to cut a tree to make a new leaf for it So I took de axa on , de shoulder and I wander Into the depth - of the forest. . . " All nature was as beautiful as a Udj R(y. ing to de wedding. , De leaves glistened an the maple trees like new quarter dollars ia de . missionary box, de sua shone as brilliant and nature looked as gay as a buck rabbit 'in a parsley garden, and de little bell round the sheep's neck tinkled softly and musically ia de distance. ' "I spied a tree suitable for de porposV and I raised de axe to cut into de trunk It' was a beautiful tree ! De branches reached to de four corners of the earth, an' rise un to high ra de air above, and de squid's W! about in de limbs like little angels flopping their wings in the kingdom of heaven. Dm tree waa full ob -rrbndse TriV f.-: . ...... like a great mauy ob you.' ' " - 1. ,UUo tfae trank makde' chips fly like tie tnlgbty scales dropping from - Pauls eye. Two three out I gave de tree and alas. It was holler in de butt I , The groans from the amen corner " of the room were truly contrite and affecting ; but ' wo will venture a small wager that that w ' the most practical sermon preached in tho citr on imi af . v " Dat tree waa much like you my friend full of promise outside, bat belle? in d butt ! Japajt Imvasion "of Nagasaki bt two Exchbu TxssicLs The Xorth Brabanderr a Dutch journal, has a letter from Batavia, da ted the 9th of January, which Btates thkta conflict has taken place between the Enjjliaa and the Japanese Two English veesela f war have forced their way into th r gasaki, the entrepot on the trade. hM Dutch and the Sapauese, where they remain ed at anchor. Nothing was known at Bata-' via as to the causes which led to thi. ceuflict; One of the ships, a kteamer, broke the chain across the entrance. , Althouch the town i. well fortified on the side of the sea. the Ja panese authorities did not rosort toforee to ie tel tho two English veaaels Eor- Cnwedon to a question ia the House tf Lords ia nktioL to this report, replied. I an on!rtoJ that tier Mtiettv ffovernmnti hr j any SnfffrmaJloa with regard to it." -1 -: . s p. T , . . ." !.' V if! . ;i t . i MS.! -- . ; . - i '. ' - i a . J 1 ! i i r - r a fc . t m ; - - , ; Z II II
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