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THE JOURNAL.- The TRUMAN i 81111 Th TO TIIE
extract f WHIGS.
rom a let
ter recently addressed to the Whigs of
Connecticut by Hon. Truman Smith.—
It contains the true Whig doctrine:
"It seems to me that Whigs every
where should speak of the views of each
Other in regard to the Presidency with
moderation; good temper, and liberality!
should forego premature and unprofitpble
discussion, and unfurl the banner which
we bore alolt so proudly and so success
fully in ISO, and on which was inscri
bed the generous sentiment, " the union
of the Whigs for the sake of the Union."
If we cultivate this spirit we shall, as I
think, find in mutual consultations an
liautingdon, Tuesday, February 15. 1848 1
7 Our thanks are due to Hons. J.
J. Crittenden, A. Stewart and J. Blanch
ard, for valuable documents from Wash
ington.
Also, to D. Blair and A. King,
Esq's., for favors from Harrisburg.
Congressional Conference. 1 ark of safety ; and I trust that tLe Whigs
We learn from the Bellefonte Whig, I of the whole country, and particularly
those of Connecticut, will be prepared
that Wednesday, the Ist of .11fareh; has
Ito accord r
co
dt o ndn
the fi proposedconfidence .
Conventionb
suchn
n
been fixed upon for the meeting of the t h eir e n tire
Conference at Brown's Mills, co., agency a ticket shall be form y ed which
to appoint a delegate to represent the shall pay a proper respect to the opin.
]7th Congressional District in the Na- , ions and feelings of all sections of the
tional Convention. I Union, (as I doubt not there will be,)
we may rest assured that a large major-
Whig Ritifitation Meeting. ity of the American people will mark
The Whig National Convention, for with their signal displeasure the present
the nomination of candidates for Presi-
ill
stern
y the peace
e s t b r u a k t
e i o t tLo s f e
who affa h irs,
o a
r n t d .
l
dent and Vice President, having been ed with te peace of the country, p and
called to meet in Philadelphia on the 7th made of war and its bloody front a game
of June next, the Daily News of Monday 1 of politics."
last says a call will be issued in a day THE WISDOM OF THE PEOPLE.
Or two, for a NATIONAL RATIFICATION The North American says :—Every
MEETING OF THE WHIGS OF THE UNION, day produces some new evidence that
in that city, on Tuesday the Bth of June the American people possess a wisdom
next. The Editors tender the hospitali- which has deserted, and a moderation
ties of the city to their Whig brethern of character which is unknown to, their
of the Union. I rulers; and they do not mean to yield
Gen. Taylor, I to the ambitious projects of the latter,
On fourth page will be found a letter • to make them the Roman masters of
from Gen. Taylor, in reply to the Secre- I the hemisphere at the expense of the
tary of War, which has been brought to I democratic rights of an unfortunate pee
light by a resolution of Congress, It is pie, whose yearning desire and constant
written in the characteristic style of
effort have been to be free, and indepen
him who "asks no favors and shrinks
dent, and happy, like themselves. The
from no responsibility," and will be read re-election of Senator Pierce, the Aris
with interest. The administration, I
in I tides of Maryland, under the peculiar
its war upon Gen. Taylor, is destined to '
circumstances of the case, is n strong il
be as badly used up as was Santa Anna lustration of the popular feeling in that
at the battle of Buena Vista. State, the full significancy of which is
w hi c h „.„,, appreciated only by those who under
made a pretext by the administration for ,
The letter to Gen, Gaines,
stand all the facts connected with it,—
rebuking Gen. Taylor, has also been re- Another equally strong and most impres
!
s
published in the Eastern papers, and theive evidence, was furnished in the lit
portionstle news-paragrriph, published on Mon
suppressed in the first publics
day, describing the reception of General
lion given. We shall give this letterl
in our next. In the meantime, as the ! Quitman, at Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
old hero's views on the war are in direct " Three cheers for General Quitman,"
cried some worthy professor # the "in
opposition to those entertained by Mr.
evitable destiny" school of politics,—
Polk and his counsellors, the public may
and the crowd at the railroad depot gave
he prepared to hear him denounced by
ITeni with alacrity. "Three cheers for
the Polk presses as a "Mexican Whig."l
General Scott," and the cheers were
Braid Top Railroad. I given ; "three cheers for General Tay-
On motion of our Senator, Mr. King, lor," and these came with equal enthu
the bill to incorporate the Huntingdon siasm. "Three cheers for the annexe
and Broad Top Railroad company, was Lion of all Mexico I" cried the intrepid
taken up in Senate on Tuesday last, and adventurer—but the voice of the multi
passed by a vote of 24 yeas ti 7 nays. I tude was suddenly still. Not one shout'
This vote looks encouraging, and if the .-- ; -not one cheer—not one single accent
proper interest is taken by our citizens ! to respond to an offer such as the enemy
in this measnse, it may yet become al of wan once devised for the temptation
•
law at this session. of a spiett a bove that of men : no, not
one. There was a deep voice, however,
FEBRUAR Y INTEREST.—Governor Shook
uttered in that very silence. There spoke
sent a message to the Legislature the
the true voice, the brave voice, the just
other day, in which he states that there
voice of the American people. It was
is a deficit of about $60,000 in the !
the voice of the buried fathers of the re
amount necessary for the payment of
Public,--sounding from their graves,
the interest. He recommends that a
loan of $lOO,OOO be authorized. the old voice with which they used to
address the nations of the earth, in the
1/7.- Whether the work upon the Ben-i sublime words of the profession of their
ington railroad has or has not been sus- national faith We ask for nothing
pended, is a subject of dispute among , that is not right ; we will submit to no
the Hollidaysburg editors. The new I thing that is wrong."
Bank of "Discount and Deposite," i s ! The people of America cheer their
distinctly understood to be a " fixed fact." brave generals: but they do not cheer
• " the annexation of all Mexico." The
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* The health of Gov. Shunk hasi demagogues do not understand tis; and,
been in such a de: irate situation for some !
therefore, they are of opinion the peo
time back, as to cause the most serious pie of America are all " traitors."
apprehensions among his friends. We
are
The State Temperance Conven-
Irp
ers happy to learn, however, tat he is
• tion which assembled at Harrisburg re
improving,
ee ntly, resolved " That nothing short of
STAGE ACCIDENT.—We learn from the ! a j a w entirely prohibiting the traffic in
Bellefonte Whig that the horses ran off , li quors
,as a beverage, can ever be an
with the mail stage between Lewistown ; effectual reWedy for the evils of intern
and Bellefonte on the 4th inst. In at- ! perance," and Ohat they would never
tempting to stop them, the driver, t' m• cease petitioning t 4 legislature " until
Welker, was precipitated from the box, entire and absolute proi.ibition of the
owing to the break giving way, and the traffic in intoxicating beverawes shall be
hind wheel passed over his left arm, inscribed upon the statute book t;f this
breaking it above the elbow. He was Commonwealth."
otherwise severely injured. The pas
ra,ECTION OF JUDGES.—The Senate of
, engers succeeded in stopping the horses th i s S tate, by a vote of 18 to 11, has
without further damage. passed a bill providing for the election
„, of judges by the people.
DEATH OF R. M. Jorits.—The ew
Orleans Delta gives a list of deaths in ID" The Whigs of Lehigh county
the General Hospital at Perote, Mexico, I have nominated Dr. Lecher Trexler for
from the 31st of October to 31st Dec., Congress, in the district made vacant by
inclusive, numbering 72, among which the death of Hon. John W. Hornbeck.
we observe the name of Robe. Jlf. Jotter, row A petition of 16 poor laborers on
of thils county. He died on the 6th of the Juniata division of the canal, who
November, of diarrlima. For some time , were paid off in Lewistown money the
previous to entering the service, the de- very day the Bank failed, asking for
ceased was a student at Law In the office relief, has been presented to the Lgis
,f Gen. Wilson, in this borough. lature by Mr. Blair.
=Ors 'mamma
Perhaps, says the North American,
this venerable work of the old Greek
pedagogue was never in greater demand
than at the present moment. "After
long seeming dead," or forgotten, it
starts into sudden popularity, and every
body asks every body else, "Have you
a Copy of /Esop 1 Can you tell where I
can find IEBOO Do you understand
lEsop's Fables 1"
All of this sudden popularity has aris•
en from General Taylor, who is not on
ly great himself, but the cause of great
ness in /Esop. He has quoted /Esop ;
at all events, he has referred to one of
/Esop's Fables ; he has done it too, in
his letter to Secretary Marcy,— the
memorable letter of March 3, 1847,
which has just created such a sensation:
and one great reason of the sensation is
the prodigious curiosity to know which
fable the hero means. It is, indeed, a
source of some agitation in the commu
nity to find that General Taylor trou
bles himself with fables at all, being a
nine of facts, and such hard facts, in
particular, as Monterey and Buena Vista.
Every body is surprised to learn that he
reads ./Esop—that he thinks of lEsop—
that he wants the department to think
of /Esop. But the wonder is as to the
particular fable to which he refers so
mysteriously ; and every body asks, in
the greatest excitement, which fable is
it 1 what is the fable about 1 is it the
fox and the goose 1 the man and the
horscl the lion and the ass 1 or what
fable can it possibly be 1 In short, the
whole American world appears to be in
a state of distraction about that fable :
the Secretary is distracted, the Presi
dent is distracted, all the members of
ICongress are distracted, the letter wri
' tors are distracted, the community is
distracted, the correspondents of the
newspapers are distracted : every body
is distracted, except ourselves, who are
always composed and calm, as editors
must be, or be editors ito longer-
But which fable is it 1 " The appa
rent determination of the department,"
says General Taylor, " to place me in an
attitude antagonistical to the govern.
meet, has an apt illustration in the well
known fable of JEsop." Who knows
but that General Taylor meant the fable
of the Wolf and the Lamb I—For do
Whatever the poor lamb would, theiTitilf
was determined to pick a quarrel with
it, because meaning to devour it. We
think this supposition of a learned cor
respondent
a highly ingenious andlau-
sible one ;—only that General Taylor,
however innocent and badly treated by
the devourer of the Department, does
not seem so much like a lamb either.—
j "I ask no favor and I shrink from no re
sponsibility," says the lamb who had
just, at Buena Vista, so grievously dis
appointed the hungry wolf of Mexico.—
It may be as our correspondent says;
but we think that Mr. Marcy ought to
take warning from the fate of Santa
Anna.
In order, however, to allow every one
to form his own opinion of the applica
bility of the reference, we quote the
fable of
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB,
One hot sultry day, a Wolf and a Lamb
happened to come Just at the same time
to quench their thirst in the stream of a
brook that fell tumbling down the side
of a rocky mountain. The Wolf stood
upon the higher ground, and the Lamb
at some distance below him. However,
the wolf, having a mind to pick a quar
rel with the Lamb, asked him what he
meant by disturbing the water, and ma
king it so muddy that he could notdrinkl
and, at the sane time, demanded satis
faction. The Lamb, frightened at this
threatening charge, told him, in a tone
as mild as possible, that with humble
submission, he could not conceive how
that could be, since the water which he
drank ran down from the Wolf to him,
and therefore could not be disturbed so
far up the stream. Be that as it may,
replies the Wolf, you are a rascal, and
I have been told that you used ill lan
guage concerning me behind my back,
about half a year ago. Upon my word,
says the Lamb, the time you mention
was before I was born. The Wolf, find
ing it to no purpose to argue any longer
,;jainst truth, fell into a great passion,
snaffling and foaming at the mouth, as
if he had been mad ; and drawing near
to the Lamb, " Sirrah," says he, "if it
were not you, it was your father, and
that is the same." So he seized the poor
innocent helpless thiog, tore it to pieces,
and made a meal of it.
The moral which is appended to this
fable says—" when cruelty and injus
tice are armed with power, anJ deter
mined on oppression, the strongest pleas
of innocence are preferred in vain, and
nothing is more easy than finding pre
tences to criminate the unsuspecting
victims of tyranny. How many of the
degenerate, corrupt and arbitrary gov
ernments," it adds, "with which the
civilized world has been disfigured, have
exercised their vengeance upon the hon
est and virtuous, who have dared in bad
times to speak the truth."
Slavery vs. Harbors and Rivers.
The Pittsburg: American says :—On l
the subject of Slaiery Gen. Cass wrote
a letter of three columns in length, to '
favor the South. On the subject of Har-1
boys and Rivers he wrote a letter of
three lines, giving the cut direct to the
North. Honest General Cass! ! ! A line
to improvement, and that line not for it;
a column to slavery, and that column to
sustain it. Hurrah for General Cass ! !
The only merit of this hero consists in
the fact that he did not run in 40 miles
to surrender himself with Hull in 181'2.
He had not to fight nor run the gaunt
let. All he had to do was to, keep his I
distance from the enemy—which he did
--instead of running in to surrender.—'
History furnishes us with no other ev
ideate of this hero's military exploits
in the last war to claim our suffrages.
MR. STEWARrS SPEECH.
Letter writers from Washington say
that no speech which has been made this
session has thus far been so largely sub
scribed for as that of the Hon. Andrew
Stewart, of Pennsylvania ; more than
50,000 copies of which, in pamphlet
fokm, have already been sent out. It is
full of sound argument. There is one
paragraph which so graphically des
scribes the policy and character of this
administration, that we cannot avoid
transcribing it. There never was more
truth and humor put into briefer com
pass, to wit :
"But, this administration goes by
the rule of contrary ; their theories and
their measures are always at war.—
When they preach economy, I look out
for extravagance; when they flatter the
people as the true sovreigns of the land,
then comes a veto ; when they cry peace,
then look out for war ; when they say
democracy, look out for aristocracy ;
when they denounce paper money, look
out for Treasury notes ; when they say
54 40 or fight, look out for "slink out"
and 49 ; when they say no conquest look
out for all of .Mexico."
Bridge Allotments
The County Commissioners have made
the following allotments of the bridges
advertised by them to be re-built.
'Drake's Ferry Bridge, let to John
Robertson, at $3,395.
Bridge at Vandevanders, let to David
Irons, at $1,845.
Crooked Creek Bridge, let to John AV-
Comb, at $349.
, .
Bridge near James Entrikens, let to
J. & 0. Copelin, at $6OO.
Spruce Creek Bridge, let to .1. & 0.
Copelin, at $825.
The cost of the whole--$7,014.
CIILOROFORM.—The Boston Transcript
has heard of a case where Chloroform
was administered to relieve the suffer
ings of a dying person. The success of
the application was complete, and the
' patient's last moments were tranquil
and void of pain.
TAXING BACHELORS.—A bill vas intro-
duced into the Kentucky House of Rep
resentatives, on Saturday last, and re
ferred to a select committee, "to levy a
specific tax on old bachelors over thirty
years of age, the proceeds to be applied
to the support of indigent widows and
orphans, and for other purposes."—
Should this be passed into a law, it will
give a new impulse to matrimony in
Kentucky, and render our sister State
the paradise of ladies.
EXCLUSIVE AssimmEs.--Major Noah,
in his Sunday Times and Messenger,
says that the only real exclusive assem
blies in New York, are our aristocratic
churches. " When we pass by them on
Sunday, and see the liveried servants
waiting outside, while their masters and
mistresses are worshipping within, we
think that possibly the thing may be re
versed in the next world, when the mas
ters may have to stand outside."
CANADA.—The Montreal Courier, of
the Ist, contains an article which com
mences thus:
"Shall we have a seperation from the
Mother Country, and become a Repub
lic 1 or shall we join the United States 1—
These are two questions upon which the
country must now decide. Mr. L. Jo.
seph Papineau has declared for a Repub
lic. He has caused one rebellion to ob
tain it."
HONOR TO GENERAL SCOTT.--The Vir-
ginia House of Delegates have passed
resolutions, unanimously, voting a gold
medal, with a suitable inscription, to
Major General Winfield Scott, of the U.
S. A., for his recent services in Mexico.
FROM WASHINGTON,
The discussion on the ten regiment
bill still continues in the Senate. Mr.
H tinter, of Virginia, spoke on Menday
in favor of the bill granting supplies,
and in advocacy of the withdrawal of
our troops behind a military line resting
on the Siena Madre. A number of res
olutions, calling on the President for in
formation on various subjects connected
with the war, have been adopted.
In the House, Mr. Hunt introduced a
joint resolution of thanks to Gen. Scott,
Commander-in-Chief, and through him
to his officers and men, regulars and
volunteers, for their uniform 'gallantry,
&c., in capturing Vera Cruz, and at the
battles of Cerro Gordo, San Antonin,
Contreras, Churubusco, and in front of
the City of Mexico, directing the Pres
ident to have a gold medal presented to
Gen. Scott, and to communicate to him
a copy of this resolution. After sonic
attempts to amend, this resolution was
adopted by a vote of 197 to 1.
Mr. Stephens submitted a joint reso
lution of thanks to Gen. Taylor, and
through him to his officers and men, for
their gallant conduct at Buena Vista, and
, directing a cold medal to be presented
to Gen. T., and a copy of the resolutions
to be communicated. The resolution
Iwas also adopted--yeas 185, nays 1.
" HARMONIOUS DEMOCRACY !"
We clip from the report in the Balti
more Sun, the following abstract of a
spicy debate which sprung up among
the Democracy in the House on the 7th
inst :
Mr. Wilmot obtained leave to make a
personal explanation, and proceeded to
comment on an attack upon him in the
Union, a few days since. He was very
severe on the editor of the-Union and
upon Mr. Buchanan, and intimated that
the hostility manifested towards him
arose from an unwillingness on his part
to attach himself to a particular aspirant
for the Presidency. He denied that he
had separated himself from the demo
cratic party by any act, public or private,
and that his course here was in obedi
ence to the known views of his constit
uents.
He charged Mr: Buchanan with hav
ing opposed the late war with Great
Britain, and with having been instru
mental in defeating the election of Mr.
Woodward to the United States Senate,
from Pennsylvania. He examined Mr.
Ritchie's political course, declaring that
he had done more to break down the
democratic party than any other man in
the United States—that there were not
twenty-five democratic members of the
last House who had not been directly or
*directly assailed by him—and that af
ter having, no longer ago than 1837,
come, like a mendicant upon his knees,
begging for admission into the demo
cratic ranks.
In the course of Mr. Wilmot's remarks,
Mr. Brown, of Pennsylvania, declared
that he had good reason for declaring
that. Mr. W. himself had opposed the
election of Mr. Woodward, and was in
expectation himself, at the time, of be
ing elected lo the United States Senate.
Mr. Wilmot denied that he had any
such expectation, or that he had oppo
sed the election of Mr. NVoodward, who
was his personal and political friend—
had ever been his friend--had grown tip
at his side--and read law in his office.
The friends of Mr. Woodward believed
that he had been defeated through the
influence of Mr. Buchanan.
Mr. Thompson, of Pennsylvania, when
Mr. Wilmot had concluded, by permis
sion of the House, replied. He defend
ed Mr. Buchanan, denied that he oppo
sed the war with Great Britain. There
was no man in Pennsylvania who was
more popular than James Buchanun—
no one who enjoyed a higher reputation.
His friend from Pennsylvania, (for so he
would call him, though he had now said
much to forfeit his respect,) was only
one among the whole democratic dele
gation from Pennsylvania who enter
tains such sentimens i and in their ex
pression here, was much safer than he
would be in Pennsylvania.
THE FINANCES
On the Bth, the House went into com
mittee of the whole on the state of the
Union, and took up. the Loan Bill. Mr.
Vinton addressed the committee at
length, with a view to point out alleged
errors in the estimates of the Secretary
of the Treasury for the present fiscal
year, and probable errors in his esti
mates for the ensuing. From the facts
which he stated, he came to the conclu
sion,that instead of the $16,000,000 now
asked for by the Secretary, it would be
necessary to raise between twenty-three
and twenty-four millions. The Secre
tary, too, had estimated the revenue
from all sources, for the next fiscal year,
at $35,000,000. But the estimated rev
enue from the public lands would not be
available, because the receipts from that
source were pledged, by the loan act of
last session, for the payment of the in
terest on that loan, and for the creation
of a sinking fund for the final liquida
tion of that debt. If the anticipated
revenue from customs was put down at
$28,000,000, and the revenue from lands
(though not available) at $1,500,000, he
thought it would be rather over, than
under, the mark. Instead of the expen
ses for the war, if continued, being less,
he contended they would be larger than
heretofore. But if they were put down
at this sum, and the interest on the loan
were added, the expenditures Would
come up to $65,000,000, leafing a de•
ficit of thirty millions in the estimates
of the Secretary for the next fisctil Year;
Mr. Vinton estimated that the public
debt of the ensuing year would reach
one hundred and twelve millions of dol.'
tars. The existing debt may be called,'
in round numbers, fifty millions ; add to
this twenty-three millions, which the'
Chairman estimates for the present fiseat
year, and a deficiency of thirty-nine'
millions for the ensuing year, at the'
present cost of the war, and we have the
interesting little sum of ONE HUN-1
DEED AND TWELVE MILLIONS of,
a public debt us one of the blessings of
this Executive war 1 ! !
General Scott and the Army.
- -
"Mustang," the excellent correspon;
dent of the New Orleans Delta, in des
cribing the departure of Gen Cadwala;
der's command to occupy Toluca, says
"The brigade formed in the Grand
Plaza, this morning, at an early hour
when there was an old-fashioned bidding
'good-by' I always love to see soldiers
bid one another , good-by'—it is so warm
so enthusiastic, and so full of the sin
cerity of true friendship, and invaria
bly accompanied with the emphatic and
expressive sentiment "God bless you!"
How strongly does it contrast with the
cold, unfeeling, hackneyed phrase of ci
villinns at home, 'adieu, my dear friend.'
As the column emerged frum the Plaza,
and marched by the quarters of Gen.
Scoot, who, hat in hand, exchanged sal
rtatious, as they passed, the air was fil
led with the spirit stirring notes of 'Yan
kee Doodle.' The rank and file enter
tain the most remarkble degree of enthu
siastic feeling for the chief who has di
rected them through so trimly trying and
perilous positions, and who has conduct
ed them to the topmost peak of the
altar of fame. When they stand before
him or pass by him, they appear to look
better, and assume the more correct
chnracter of the soldier than at any other
time. This, however is one of the
great secrets of the success which has
attended our arms in Mexico. If the
rank and file had ever doubted, or ever
entertained the least want of confidence
in the officers who led them, there is no
judging what would have been the re
sult.
"As the command took the direct road
leading to Toluca, every band in the bri
gade, as if prompted by the same feel
ing, and entertaining the same senti
ment, struck up the tune of 'The Girls
we left behind us,' and although they
went off happily and cheerily, it came
upon them like an electric shock— like
a voice from their far-distant homes.—
How many recollections of the past
does this little incident bring to our mind
It recalls vividly to our view the bright
and happy days dour childhood—our
sports upon the green lawn in spring
time of life—our frolics when we atten
ded the primay school—our progress
and growth to the age of maturity—the
dear sister we have left behind--the
weeping mother, offering up urient
pe
titions to kind Providence for our safe
ty— the bright-eyed girls we promised
never to forget—our youthful associa
tions and the realities of manhood—
the friends who started with us on the
journey of life, and those who with man
ly fortitude, me still climbing up the
steep and rugged cliffs of time striving
to reach the topmost tower of fame—
and as we first survey the field of our
past operations and then endeavor to
scan futurity, we cannot help thinking
how many there are of us here who will
never again return to the 'Girls we left
behind "
A Goon IVIOVEMENT.—A bill has been
introduced into the New Jersey Legis
lature " for the preservation of newspa
pers," which nuthorises the clerks of
counties to subscribe and preserve in a
bound form all the newspapers publish
ed in them. No better general or local
history can be found than the newspa
pers, and in future years as matters of
reference they are invaluable.
A FIEND IN HUMAN SHAPE.-A man
near "%Tendon, Illinois, is charged with
starving his own mother to death. Tire
man's name is Jesse R. Hull, and the
statement is, that for some cause, sup
posed to be merely to release himself of
the burden of keeping her, he shut his
mother up in a cold room, and kept her
without food until she literally starved
to death—having first gnawed the paper
front the walls.
A Goon PHRASE.—The Knickerbocer
tells a good story of a witness, who made
a very nice distinction in the shades of
lying. Being questioned by a lawyer
us to the general reputation of another
witness was asked whether the individual
was not a notorious liar. "IV hy,"said
he, rolling an immense quid of tobacco
in his mouth, "not exactly so ; but he is
what I call an intermittent liar."
ESSENCE OF BRUTALITY.-A prize fight
took place in Geneva, (N. Y.) on Janu
ary, 26, between Smith and Featherly.—
Smith was horibly mutilated. The par
ties were arrested on the spot, and
Featherly is now in jail on charge of
maiming. In the fight he wore rings on
his fingers such as pick-pockets wear,
which enclosed blades, and at every blow
inflicted a wound as with a knife.
ir) - Since the abolition of capital
punishment in Michigan, it is said that
capital offences have increased.