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MORNING NEWS.
BY JOII.1V HI. COOPEIS.
W. T. THOMPSON, EDITOR
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[Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.]
NEW YORK, April 12, 1350.
• Tips steamer Florida was launched in fine
style yesterday, and when in her proper element
looks a noble specimen of naval architecture.
A broadside from her would make an enemy
tremble. She is now lying at tho novelty
works, waiting for her machinery.
The dinner of the American Dramatic Fund
Association, on Wednesday, was one of the
most delightful meetings of the kind I ever
eqjoyed. It was, in truth, “a fenst of muon,
and flow of soul.” Stetson, the Prince of
Hotel keepers, served up a dinner ‘as was’ a
dinner, and attended himself, in long white
apron, to sae that the wniters did their duty.
I may state here, par parenthesis, that the.
1 reaid cot, David 0. Colden, Esq., was abs($l t
from sickness, and, I regret to say, died
‘•yesterday afternoon. He was playing in u
Tennis Court a few days since, and received n
violent blow on the head with the ball, which
JpEoduced an nbeeaa in the brain. lie was a
fino, gentlemanly tnan, a Itberal patron of the
Arts, and promoter of charitable insiitutions.
In his absence, Judge Edwards presided, and
if not with much dignity, (lor he is not a
dignified min,) at least to the satisfaction of
the company.
The great speech of the night was delivered
by B*s; it was, in fact, un oration on Shaks-
pearc; and it is much to be regretted that no
stenographer was present to give a faithful
report of it. After speaking of tho works of
the Swan of Avon, and explaining the causes
of their popularity; ho introduced us to *he
early life, and tho humble home at Stratford; to
the room iu which ho was born; to the Church
In which he was buried, and beautifully told
how different were tho emotions excited as you
stand on the slab thnt marks his last resting
place, to those produced on viewing the gor
geous mausoleums of the great and powerful—
emotions which could find no utterance; for the
tribute to Shalcspeare’a memory is the tribute
of silence. Man can offer no fitting tribute to
bint; the simple violet that blooms on tho way
side, and the dew that is wept upon the tender
rose leaf, these, and indeed, all the up-spring
ing glories of nature are tributes to Shakspeare,
and render his memory immortal. Such was
something of toe stylo of his address, and so
great was the effect produced upon the compa
ny, that a second collection was taken up, and
added $150 more to the {Jund. Merit and elo
quence succeeded, where charity failed. Mrs
Kemble, and Charlotte Oushmun, each sent
$100, and Miss Davenport $50, and the whole
amount collected, I suppose, would not fall far
short of $800. The Association has now some
$5,000 of funds.
Ttie marriRge of ‘Toots’ Raymond, as nn-
uounced in your paper, has surprised a few,
who thought ho left hero with a breaking heart,
arising from crushed hopes. I don’t know
what ‘‘Our Maiy” will say. He is not the first
gentleman, however, that that young lady has
driven into the matrimonial noose. ‘‘Toots’
a fellow, and his friends I am sure hope
that he has found a ‘‘Carpenter” that will ef
fectually repair any damage his heart may Imv
previously sustained.
Tho Cherokee leaves hero to-morrow for
Chagros, and will take out u very largo number
of passengers, a great many being sympathetic
females, who, taking pity on tho desolate con
dition of the poor wretches, voluntarily sacrifice
home and kindred to render their conditiou
more tolerable. Good, self-sacrificing cren
lures, won’t they he snapped up eagerly ! Gold
dust and gratitude will do wonders.
The mun Crowe, who deliberately followed a
man in the street, with whom he hud had some
difficulty, nr.d shot him dead, has been found
guilty of manslaughter in the 4ih dgree! What
a contrast to the Boston jury. The truth is.
that jurors in New York have a very queer
opinion of law and justice; they don't assimi
late at all.
The Huvana Opera Company made a splend-
opening Inst night, at Nihlo’s. Slclfenaui,
Hffl 3 a screamer and no mistake—her triumph
'fjHp Nns complete ; it is the best Norma I have seen
^ in this country. And then that magnificent
basso Marina ; a sort of Leblache, drawn out.
They will draw like a blister, or I am much
mistaken. Stellenani has a slumbering volca
no ill her bosom, and when she does fire up,
the sjffuct is thrilling in the extreme.
Grecly 1ms increased the Tribune to twice its
former «i*e, and comes out with his editorial in
lurge clear type. Do you know that uil the
principal persons employed on this paper, hold
a share in it ? Such is the fact. Grecly and M : -
0 Elrath of course, being the lurge.-t share-holders.
This is not a bad illustration of his association
principles—he keeps tho solo control* but us
each person is interested in the success of tho
paper, they work cheerfully, to promote it.
Bennett of the Herald is savage enough at the
change, which he lms talked about making so
long. They have stolen a march on him this
time, and be is chop-fallen.
OHARLEMAC.
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Mist 1 ** New York.—A letter from] the
Ho'a. Geo. Briggs received yesterday, says :
|y$ "I regret to inform you that our Mint. Bill has
ytTimrtd in the Committee of Ways aud
as, and they do not intend to report fuv ,r.
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Thnreduy Morning, April 18, fSilO.
LARGEST CIRCULATION!
(rf? r l he Daily Mornino News has now r strew-
UsUm larger than that of BOTH TUB OTHER DAI-
BIER TOGETHER, and consequently is the bust
advertising medium. We State this fact in justice
to ourselves and for the benefit of the advertising
public.
See first page for our rates of advertising,
tty’ Advertisements should be handed in at nn
early hour, to insure their uppeurtuicc in the paper ol
the next morning.
The Steamship Georgia.—We stated yes
terday thnt this steamer touched at our Imr on
her voyage to California, and received the
mails and passengers from this city. She did
touch, but did not communicate with the steam
er sent down with the mails. The steamer
Secretary Matey, Cnpt. Trescott, left our
city at II o’clock, 'A. M. uod reached Tybee
Light at 2, where she came to anchor, and
waited the arrival of the Georgia. About G£
o’clock P. M. the Georgia came in sight, nod
anchored about a quarter of u mile ahead of the
Secretary Marry, which vessel lowered her
boat and sent her mails and passengers towards
the Georgia : but before they reached tljat ves
sel, she bore away on her voyage, leaving the
passengers and mails to return to this city. The
failure to connect has occasioned serious dis
appointment. Who is to blame we are not pre
pared to say. The matter should be looki d
into and the recurrence of such unnoyunces pre
vented.
'Ihe Gas Works.—The rapid manner in
which these works aro progressing, has quite
astonished our citizens. On Tuesday, a great
day’s work was performed by the contractors.
We doubt if a greater amount of work could he
accomplished by the same number of hands.
Sixteen hundred feet of earth was excavated,
tho pipes laid, and the ditches filled up, within
the usual waking hours. At this rate, the 1st
of July will find our city lit with Gas, and the
old lamps, which have for a long period given
token of a mature old age, will be permitted to
take their , quiet rest among the things that
S3 1 " Our neighbors of the Georgian surpris
ed us yesterday morning with a whole column
of “ Latest News from California,” which we
published in the Morning News exactly one
week ago to-day, besides several important and
interesting paragraphs of news from Rio Janei-
ro, Huyti, Buenos Ayres, and other points,
which we published on Monday last, bo much
for the advantages of a Telegraphic Monopoly.
Mr. Hewlett and the Temperance
Cause.—This gentleman lias been lecturing
for several evenings in our city, to large and
interesting audiences.
Coming in our midst with nn established
charactei, crowds have gone to hear him, and
have been delighted. Mr. Hewlett unques
tionably has but lew equals, as a temperance
lecturer, and must accomplish much good in
the department of moral reform, which en
gages his time and talents.
His discourses are of a character calculated
to amuse and instruct, and no one can hear
himwithout admitting tho great importance
of thecause he advocates.
Wo much regret that he tarries in tho city so
short a time, us we have no doubt that much
good would result from his labors.
The meeting last night was well attended,
and we have never seen a larger or more res
pectable audience assembled on a similar oc
casion. Mr. Hewlett’s discourse abounded
with wit and suitable anecdotes, aud the audi
ence evinced their approbation by frequent
hearty plaudits. He leaves our city this eve
ning for Charleston, and we bespeak for him n
cordial welcome among the friends of temper
ance in our sister city.
The White Powder.—The Republican of
yesterday noticed the fact that Mr. John Car-
RUTHERS, of this city, had succeeded in prepar
ing a quantity of the new explosive substance,
recently discovered by Mr. Napier, of Swan
sea, Wales, and by him communicated to the
Scientific Institution of thut town Yi sterdav,
while a workman in the employ of Mr. C., was
preparing a quantity of the powder in a mortar,
by soino accident it exploded with a loud re
port, severely burning the face of the man.—
The powder is said to be much more power
ful than that in ordinary use. It is composed
of ihe following ingredients:—One part yel
low,prussiate of potash, well dried; one part
sugar, well dreid ; two parts choloride of pot
ash. These materials .are finely ground sepa
rately, and then intimately mixed.
State Agricultural Fair.—We under
stand says the Macon Messenger, that the
committoe selected at tho last Agricultural
Fair, to determine upon tho time and place of
holding the next exhibition, met on Friday last,
and fixed upon Atlanta as the place,and the 15th
day of August next, as the time. Thu citizens
of Atlanta through their public authorities,
guaranteed to the committee ten acres of land,
and the sum of twelve hundred dollars, to be
expended in tho construction of buildings, and
for The defrayal of tho necessary expenses of
tho fair. We have no doubt the committoe
have acted wisely and properly in the
premises, and that tho selection will prove to
he most advantageous to the cause of Agricul
ture in the State. Tho committee also unan
imously reccmmend, that the fair shall here
after be held at such places as may he deter*
miped upon, and ns shall offer the greatest in
ducement to the society.
Notices of New Hooks.
I I kite-Jacket: or the World in a Man of
War. By Herman Melville. New York:
Harper ft, Brothers.
Tho author, who has gained nn enviable rep
utation by his Tvpee, Omoo, and other works
of Fiction, gives u«, in lieu of a preface, the
statement that in 1843 he shipped as an ordi
nary seaman on hoard of a U. S. frigate then
lying in a harbor of the Pacific Ocean, and tlmt
his experiences on hoard thnt vessel are incor
porated in the present volume. From this we
might infer that he expects the reader to take
what he has written ns u narrativo of fucts, but
we apprehend that few will regard it—however
authentic it may he—in any other light than as
a delightful romance in which the author lias
given free scope to his^upei ior powers of des
cription and graphic delineation of character.
It is enough to say that tho production is wor
thy the author of Omoo.
Miscellanies. By J. T. Headley : Authorised
edition. New York : Baker & Scribner.
This is a collection of Miscellaneous Essays
and Reviews by Mr. Headley,published under
his sanction and authority. Some publisher
having taken the liberty of putting forth a vol
ume of his writings without his knowledge or
consent, is charged by the author with having
done him great injustice, and the volume be
fore us is published in self defence, with a view
to protect his reputation from injury, aud the
public from imposition. He complains that
many of tho p ipers contained in the spurious
collection are unfinished nn.d that others were
never written by him. Mr. Headley’s books
have found popular favor and have been very
generally road,though we confess that we are not
am mg his most ardent admirers. The present
volume contains several of his best productions,
among the rest a very just review of Gris
wold’s ‘‘Prose Writers of America,” in which
that industrious Book-Joiner receives merit
ed castigation.
The History of England from the Invasion
of Julias Caesar to the abdication of James
the Second. By David Hume, Now York:
Harper & Brothers.
We have received the first and third volumes
of the Harpers’ cheap edition of Hume. It
is uniform with their Cheap Library edition
of Macaulay’s History, which takes up the
subject where the former leaves off. They will
form together a complete work of unrivalled
interest and morit as historical compositions.
Posthumous Works of the Rev. Thomas Chal
mers D. D., LL. D,, vol. IX. Edited by the
Rev. William Hanna, LL. D. New York :
Harper & Brothers.
This volume of this popular series contains
Lectures on Butler’s Analogy, on Palky’s
Evidence, Notes on Hill’s Lectures and vari
ous addresses.
2'he Life oj John Calvin By Thomas II.
Dyer, New York: HarperSf Brothers.
This is a reprint of the latest English Biog
raphy of tho great Reformer. The author hus
addressed himself to his task in a spirit of mod
eration and impartiality, and hus availed him
self of all the authentic materials within his
reach.
Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord. By Rich
ard Chenevix Trench, M. A. New
Y'ork : D. Appleton & Co.
This is a judiciously arranged and very elab.
orate commentary on tho Miracles, in which
the author, who is a professor of Divintv in
King's College, London, has displayed much
learning and research. It is certainly a very
valuable addition to Theological literature.
Women in America: Her Work and her Re
ward. By Maria .1. McIntosh, author of
“Charms nndCountei Charms” “To Seem and
to Be,” &e. New Y'ork : D. Appleton, &
Co.
Miss McIntosh is a Georgia lady who for
several years past has made New York her
home, and has given to the world, besides the
works above men-ioned, many exquisite minor
productions,which have won for her a high place
in the esteem of the literary world. The little
volume before us is a very pleasant ami instuc-
live one which cannot fail to do good. We
cordially endorse what the N. Y. Evening Mir-
or has so justly said of Miss M. and her new
volume. “She is” says the editor, “no tran
scendental dreamer, who seeks to elevate her
sox above the sphere in which the Creator
placed her ; and yet she claims for women the
highest “work” and highest “reward”.
She yields the fact, which no true woman ever
denied, of the physical and political subjection
of tho “gentler sex,” wtiile insisting upon her
social and moral equality with the rougher
hall of creation. She rejoices in the exemption
of woman from the conflicts of the battle field,
and tho strife of tho political arena ; and pla
ces her lot among the duties and affections of
the fireside, where she never fails to find hap
piness in proportion to the depth and purity of
Iter own domestic devotions.
Tho New York Commercial, high authority
in such matters, is not less decided in its com
mendation of the book, which, says the editor,
"contains many good and noble sentiments, and
counsels that any lady may study, and practical
ly illustrate in her demeanor, with honor to
herself and profit to her associates.
YVe have given these extracts in preference
to what wo might say ourself in order that
Miss McIntosh’s friends, here, may know in
whutesteem she is held as a writer, in literary
circles, in tho great metropolis.
Modern Literature and Literary Men. By
George Gilf:llan New York: D. Apple-
ton & Co.
- Two handsome volumes in the Appleton’s
superior style of letter-press. Tie nuthor
whose first work with the same title was so
well received ly the literary public in England
and in this countiy, has given us in the hook be
fore us a gallery, of portraits of eminent literary
men of both countries. The sketches are well
written and mainly just itt their appreciation,
while the tone is somewhat more subdued and
the stylo of criticism more discriminating than
in his former work.
Ned Allen, or the Past Age, By David Han
na. New Y’ork : Harper & Brothers
This romance takes its place in Harpers Li
brary of Select Novels, of which it makes the
138th volume. It begins in tho good old fash
ion—“Toward dark, upon a dry chilly Octo
ber evening, in the year 1778, a stranger, ap
parently about fifty years of age, rode slowly
up to the Lesley’s Arms Inn, in tho small town
of Aulton in Scotland,” Jfcc., &c. How that
opening sentence reminds one of the wavorlv
series. How sugge-tive are they tff truthful
days, long autumnal evenings, bright blazing
fires, and tho lovely and dear ones who listen
ed us we read 1I1030 ntagic pages, and whose
hearts beat responsive to our own with the
emotions of joy or sorrow excited by the deeply
interesting narrative.
The Mestico, or the War Path tfiid its inci
dents. By YV. C. Hodges. New Y’ork : IV.
H. Graham.
This is an interesting nnuvolette, from the
pen of a young gentleman of Columbus Geot-
gia, and is founded on incidents in the Creek
Indian disturbances of 1836. Jim Henry, the
well known Chief of that day, figures as the
hero of the Sli>ry, and many of the leading
events of the time are ingeniously and effective
ly interwoven in the narrative.
The above books are to be had at tho Book
store of Mr John M. Cooper.
Gas Fixtures.—We desire to refer our
readers to the advertisement of Mr. Crans
ton, in another column, who, it will he seen is
prepared to supply gas fixtures in every variety.
We will soon have the gas and it is well t-.i be
gin in lime to prepare for if
The Webster Trinl.
The following article, which we copy from
thnt excellent paper, the Newark Daily Adver
tiser, accords so well with the views which we
have already expresed in relation to the move
ment now going on to interpose popular sym
pathy ill behalf of Prof. Webster, that wo are
induced to republish it. Tho editor of the
Advertiser speaks as becomes an editor, who is
in favor of preserving the safe-guards of society,
and who is opposed to granting impunity to
rank and position. No one will deny, that had
Prof-Webster been a man from the humbler
walks of life, with rho same circumstances, and
the same weight of testimony against him, we
would never have heard of exceptions to the
proceedings in his case by the press, or of peti
tions and appeals in his behalf, out of the city
ol Boston. In such a cuse, any interference will,
the authorities having jurisdiction in the case,
hv the press, or citizens of other communities,
would have been considered highly indelicate
and improper.
The Webster Trinl.—We understand thnt
Attorney General Clifford, is preparing a reply
to the strictures made in other cities upon the
manner in which the tiial of Prof. Webster was
conducted.— Boston Transcripl, Wednesday.
Such appeals from judicial judgments to pop
ular feeling, are fraught with mischief. If such
an appellate power is to he recognised, there
can he no security lor the steady administration
of justice, and every established tribunal known
to the laws, must bo continually exposed to
overthrow. In a thousand wavs influences will
be invoked to overrule the decrees of justice,
until all the securities of person and property
will he utterly destroyed. It is but the other
day that a jury in Kentucky Wits burnt in effi
gy for not convicting a prisoner, and popular
sympathy is now invoked in another quarter to
overthrow a verdict of conviction.
Earnestly do we deprecate such innovations.
Nothing could sooner shake public, confidence
in our institutions, than the admission of this
right ol popular interference with the adjudica
tions of the com ts. Let it once he fully under
stood, thnt their decisions must, be made sub
ject to public opinion, and the Legislature may
as well abrogate the whole system of laws and
judicial tribunals, and leave questions of right
and justice to be settled in mass meeting by a
show of hands. If the ultimate decision of
lawsuits, the interpretation of law, and the ad
ministration of justice, are to lie dependent on
a popular vote, let that vote be given directly
and immediately, and the whole cumbrous ma
chinery of the courts which now stand between
itund its object, be done away.
The statement of the Transcript in relation
to the Attorney General, we are glad to see,
since these paragraphs have been in tvpe, is
thus contradicted by yesterday’s Courier:
We understand that Attorney General Clit-
ford is not preparing a reply to the “strictures
made in other cities,” and that the learned gen
tleman concurs in the general sentiment preva
lent here among intelligent persons, that in ali
the strictures made in other cities upon tho
maimer in which the trial of Prof. Webster was
conducted, 1 there has not been one made yet
which should call for a reply from him. Mr.
Clifford’s management of the trial lias received
the approbation of every one here, whose pra se
is worth huving, uml it mutters little to his name
or fame, whether certain lawyers und editors of
New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—men
who go for admitting ali doubts, and for shutting
out uil testimony—are vexed, and seemingly
astounded at the result of the trial.
Another Murder.—The Alabama Patriot
states that John Sinalien was shot iu the neck
un the night of the 7th init., in Alabuma, by a
man named Hiram Woodall, and died of the
wound in a few minutes. Woodall delivered
himself up, and upon investigation was com-
mited to await his trinl at the next term of Ba
ker Superior Court.
rl 6 „ ■> l,tgea *e m the S
1 he Glasgow Examiner relates a cu«o ‘ ,1
ed by tlat most respectable uuthoriiv'" r
young woman named June Curri k u|- 1
been 11 confirmed paralytic cottfim d p, 1 " , 1
for eight years, that hus'been cornnletek-" ' t ' 1
by tho application of air vessels, on the * l ll|v ^
of cupping on tho back ( without
blood) and taking no medicine. Her actl "?
been restored toils proper position, nndU.
weeks treatment, was enabled to wall- k
Experiments can easily be made to te st
reel ness of this mode of treatment f, lr „ ,1
winch generally bullies the skill of 0Ur J'Z"
merit physicians, if there is any tiatl, T
statement, it cannot bo two widelv know'" ““
too soon. • ""itinr
Manufactures.—The Montgomery \ 1
user states tlmt there are now in the
Columbus, Gu., nine or ten extensive
and two or three in process of construS'
I hose of more particular interest, are tW I
Island paper-factory, on the Alabama 1 •
the river, about two miles above tl„. ot r
Columbus, and tho tub and bucket f„ ? " f
within the limits of the city. The f ormer
extensive establishment, inamifn,-turner '
tor the press alone, so fur, hat it will smm cTm
mene.e the manufacture of letter, foolscap Z
alter vnnet.es.^ Large quantities are alrinpedu
New Orleans Mob.le, Montgomery nnd*
other towns in this and adjoining State- tv’
notice it is very highly spoken of in the ZZ
he tub and bucket factory j g the only,, ,
of the kind in Columbus ; in fact there
very few- any where in the South. They
fac.ture here, large quantities of these article,
which find a ready sale throughout the 8ouil,'
ern States.
The other establishments are of cotton go,ah
of which there are five; of woollen, there are
two, and fer the preparation of cotton rnp c
one. Flour is ulso made at two mills in Colum’
hus. We are glad to h orn that they are all en-
gaged in maft profitable business.
There is no town in the South, if we except
Augusta, which can boast of so many facilities
fin- manufacturers, us Columbus, aud should
there he a proportionate increase in the lutnr,.
that city will soon be considered the Lowell
of tiie South.
From tho Boston Traveller of Friday.
Arrest of a Desperate Young House Break
cr arid his Female Accomplice.—Since (be 1st
of March last, accounts have been received at
the marshal’s office of no less than eighteen
houses in the vicinity of Boston, which have
been broken into and robbed. Iu many of these
robberies a man and woman of suspitiuus ap
pearance. were seen lurking about, and were
described to the police. The description of
the man answered in some cases to that of John
Dunnakin, a well known housebreaker, who
was, in September, 1848, sentenced to three
year’s in tho stutes prison, for storebrenkitig.
While on trinl, a juryman identified a coat 011
his back as one that was stolen from his house,
but for this he was nut tried. He was pardon
ed by tho Governor and Council, in January,
1849, when ho hud about eight months to serve.
Alter his pardon, he one day very impudently
swaggered into the marshal’s office,and thus the
police were made acquainted with the fact of
his being at large.
After accounts of the out of town robberies
began to come in, the marshal remarked that he
had no doubt that Dunnakin was connected
with the matter. On Wednesday a search-
warrant was procured, and at four o’clock yes
terday morning, officers Heath, Ham, Warren
and Whiting, pioceeded to Alvalt Dunnukin’s
bouse, Bookliue street, where John resided,
and found young Dunnakin abed. A search
was instituted, arid in the trunk of a girl mim
ed Mary Ken field, was found a large lot of mis-
cellanoons articles, supposed to be the fruit of
many a house breaking expedition.
Dunnakin and the girl Kenfield were taken in
to custody, and the articles found cairied to the
houses robbed for identification. In several
cases they were identified, among others, about
$150 worth of jewelry stolen from the house
of Mr. J. Stedman, in Newton, on Tuesday
lust. Dunnakin.' in height, is about five feet
nine inches, is twenty years of age, with grnv
eyes, yellowish hair, complexion rather dark.
He is of slender build, and when not intoxica
ted mnkes 11 very good appearance.
They will he examined to-morrow on .1
charge of breaking into the house of Maria II-
Phelps and John J. May-, of Dorchester. Joseph
Stedman, Geo. Hyde, und Silas A. Nash, «f
Newton. The vnlueof articles stolen from these
houses is between $400 and $500.
First Towns in America.—Tho National
Eia relates the following curious facts,which
will l-o news to some of our readers:
“It will seem curious to those who are not
aware of tho fact, that the first towns built by
Europeans upon the American continent,
were St. Augustine, in East Florida, and Santa
Fe, the capitol of New Mexico. The river
Gila was explored before the Mississippi " ai
known, and gold was sought in California l |,n ?
ere the first, white man hud endeavored to M
a home on the shores of New England. 1 here
are doubtless trees standing within the fallen
buildings of ancient Panama thnt had not com
merced to grow when the sites of Bostonian
New Y’ork were covered with the prime'®
vv ildertiess. ”
Pray Or Die.—On Tuesday night, u perse”
was committed to jail in Northampton, and ph'
cod in a room with a maniac, who had been cm
fined there tempornrilv, previous to his hetag
token to the Insane Hospital, at Brntilri’ 11 ]"'
After the new coiner had “turned in” f” t , il
night, his crazy chum rudered him up, tnlnntw
to dress himself, and then make a prayer, "
he would choke him to death. There was""
way but to obey, and after milking what lie s 11 !
posed to be a sufficiently long prayer, he f, ”I’
ped His inquisitor told him to keep on, a”
he actually kept him praying all nigh"
poor man was not relieved until the jailer ‘ J
ried in his breakfast.
A Great Defaulter.—The loss snst’im''
by the Globe Assuranco Company,
f aim the recently discovered defalcation 011
of the clerks, the manager of the Olympic a'
Marylebone theatres, will, it is said, amount t
$250,000 or $300,000.
Stephen H. Weed, a pupil of tho N ■
York Free Academy, has received the api’" 1
ment of Cadet for West Point. He wa3
lected by the Faculty of the Academy ‘ |l
the most distinguished scholars of the
tution, agreeably to the conditions, b T1 P°
ed by tho Hon. James Brooks who bar!
gift of this Cadetship. f "‘