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——— vug. ii. THE (jiJilAtt Is published every Saturday l\ t i . L, ll(JBL\ ti(h\\ \V u> renton Ge o. at three dollars per annum winch may be discharged by two dollars and jij l y cents if paid uit tun sixty days oj <tie time of subscribing. FROM AN K\ Oi l H tWFEK. ‘orthern Circuit - Bury tit Eaminds. YITEMPT S O illUbKil. PROOF OF AFFECTION. ‘William Buikte, aged 21 years, was < pitaßy indicted f.r assaulting Leah Warren, by cutting her throat with a razor, with intent to kill am! murder tier. In a second count he was charged with intending to disable her; and in a third couni to do her some grievous bodily harm. Tiie prisoner was attired in a blue aurtout —He is wliat is called a ‘pretty fellow,’ witSi light hair, small and reg ular features, and rosy cheeks. The female whom he was char ed with atleinpiing to inurd r is a prett interesting girl, about 18 years of age, ami vv s attired in a very been mm,;, manner. Mr. Maltby, the counsel fur the pro sedition, said that it w\s nis duty bring before the Court and Jut*}- to f ts of this most painful and distres sing case. The prisoner was cliarg ed with attempting to murder a yooiit, w>man of the name of Le .h VVarrm. the. and lighter of a builder and brick layer, residing at liradw 11 Ash, m that county. The prisoner vv as in the employment of the father of thei girl, and paid his addresses to her. Pie vious to Mi( healmas last, sue was pursuaded by some of her relatives to discontinue Ins addresses. He was exceedingly distressed at this deter min at ion on her par ; and having seen the young woman with a other young mao, some few days afterwards, be was driven to a state ot dis ruction, and attempted to put an end to his life ny hanging hunselt. On tiie 7tli oi June last, the prisoner saw me young woman at her farther‘s house, and lie proposed to renew his add res - ses to her. She declined, and on the 9th of June, he saw her walking wnh a voting man named Eli Hunt. It was at lhat moment, in ail prohdUili ty, that he first contemplated the i commission of the crime that had brought him to the bar where lie was standing. On the same night he met the young woman, and ask’ and her to go with him to a place three miles off;, and when she declined, he requested her to go into a field close by in win h there was a pond. Sue refused to g>* with him, and lie seized her by the head, pulled her by the bonnet sir ngs tight under her throat, threw herd wn upon her buck, and cut her throat with a knife. He got uj and ran way as soon as he had perpetrated the d-.id; she found the blood trh kiing from her throat, and made the best <l her way to her aunt‘s and a medii ai man was sent for immediately, hue it firmed her un le and aunt where the > s ault was committed; ami on a seer ! being made near the spot, the ki ili with which the prisoner had in flictetf the wound. he bLole <>t which was bloody. w„s found. V* iien Use pi i‘< r t r was U ken before the Ivi gts trite, he voluntarily made a state meat, which would be proved in e\i dti e, ..s l ulows:— *1 was walking with Leah W': nen on T'o-m?*i evening, the 9th <>t June, and it came into r y head all af one* te do this, in constqoel (t ul her re fusdig to go with no ; I took the knd on of us’ p ‘ke and cut her *u i ss the tl.ro ) l h and on*’ band rouml oei jicck. with which 1 held Use bonnet ujirrenion, October .i, idli'.P. *■. gs; she ti il backward., and 1 ran aw y;rr ku:fo which Mr. Orridge o w si.,,\\ . oe, and which is how aid ip so my presence, 3 liie knife vin n ; did it v it!t.’ I’heJory would soe that this case did'red v*tv materially from t on.* i trn-d on S turday (tne case of Woi. .Vi il.) o t;.,s case there was an ap 1 p rem mot ve iu the jealousy nd di of tiie prisoner, by the rejet ti in of l;s addresses. He (the learned counsel) would not. attempt to reas-rn up'io tin-facts, hut would roo ed to pr >ve loem by his witness es; ad iu* should leave it to the Jury to il.-cide if Ihe intention of the jins oner was not to murder or to disable, or to do the young worn .in some griev ous bodily harm; if such was their opinion, they womd frul him guilty. Lean Warren, on being brought into the witnesses box, was very faint, and ould not proreed with her evidence for some ti ue. i'he court was crowd and with females. I'liere were twice .• no o!er ili.it were present at the rial • f Corder Sue slated; I live at iiradweli, m tiiisc unty; my father is bmklayer; I have known the pris our for iwo years and a half; h work'd with my father; lie paid ois (idresseß to me up to about three weeks b>f>re Mi haePnas last; my friends nlvised me to discootiue Ins addresses, and soon afterwards I •dd intu .hat I could not [> rout him to pay his addresses to me any long r; I w .s il servo e at the time, ami 1 (lid riot return Ii cue after that tdl near Wintseutide; i re uetuber the Tdl of June last; 1 was at m* father’s; i saw the prisoner there, ami be pressed'me to renew our former i I'inn- y; he was g.iiui to W jsri it, u I lie, asked me il 1 w oildg’ wnh Ii I said that 1 had no otj*clion, on Su; day alter mtou he came l my father's 1 hud been crying, and he asked me what had been tiie matter with me? I said that my sister and brother had bee i calling ue to an a ount for going vviiii him to \V dsham in the morning He said . they have any thing to say , why doo‘t they say it iu me, and o so you? I would rather i every dr p of biooil io my md. titan see a hair and y ,ur head wionged.* He -ts sum | (hat ue womd leave uy lath r; i p r suaded him not to and > so; he said Uiui lies ou.d never be onfortable any more, as it w mid not be agreeable to the family fir him I court me, and they would be always giving him onus abotii i ; l cold hi n that 1 was going to vV alsiiaui to meet my sister; he said tiiai lie hail rather I would not go, fur Ik*, would rather go turns el! and if my sister and brother had any tuing to say, they could say it to him sdl; a young man, named Eli Hum i rtiue into (he y ard, and asked me li w s i g- log to meet my sister, and i s.*id no; the prisoner was then gou forward; l walked with L.li Hunt anu otie of my sinters t<> my brother ami sister; tne prisoner saw me “Walking with it, i Hun , ‘ho you would come 1 will go toe ward, * ihe prisone, went on and I toliowed linn, and 1 did not see him tili hail past six o’clot k when he came to the meeting servic , which was held at my father's hous ; o<v fattier was riot me preacher, nor I lie person who p< rfortned tiie set virc; after tiie servo t 1 was with tin pi la oi r lor halt an nour; I went l ,ny unci *s to si- ep, anil oil going into Hit* y .until (evening, i saw the pri soner passing; be called me, and I went to him; <*c asked me whether 1 i w util go 1. 1 ■< B acton with him on the ! iuc (i y night to the fair; l said ibai it, i sis..rs ud brother wci-‘ going on ,hc Mohdi v, anti 1 should liavo logo w tu the n; unsaid, that notaiiu.t ihg ,n > eugag&aieot wiih mv broth. > a-.d sisters os the Monday, V hoped I sS> uid g > with hi u on the Tu sd , ; Hooui !> si past live o'clock on h Monduy morning I saw the pr.smi < again by apuointtnent; I was going I com my uncles to uiy f A th i***, tin hi’ison • had promised to meet me iiim see me home; he came into my uncleos yard he/ore i goi up; lie *e compnned me .dmut Ii til th, way home j and at that time tiie conversation w .<h renewed as io going with him on tu* Tuesday evening; he said that lie ii . pen i would go with him, and I *uid 1 would; ho said tii .t lie thought 1 was old enough io please mys lij he cam into my lii'lier*s tmuse ab ‘.it an hour and a hell Iter i had arrived at home: I Went down Jo ii rad well, and lie f>| i wed me, 1 met him as / \\ as return* iu. from flradwtdl; I onked hi u il he vas coming that way, ami he s>*id presen'h; I ii a:! previously asked him io -oeet <ur; lie accompanied me home, and S was with him ali the Monday morning; dus was *ot with the know! edge fmy frieitd*; we were walking ail ihe morning, mid his ouversation was chiefly about his hopes lhat we should become man and wife; 1 wish ed to be wi b him, and to ue ois wife, if my friends were agreeable, and 1 laid him s; I was much aliac ed to mm, and l .old him that 1 loved him, and if the marriage could not ue orougl t about with our friends’ con j sent, I would have hi.u some time or j n* other at all hazards; l know lie v r> much loves in , ami in always did. [H re tiie witness was so utlVmed bat siiC could not stand, ami a chair! was given to her, and toe prisoner wis ! also in tears. J Mr. Heron Harrow.* What do you say, young woman? Witness (weeping:) I said that 1 am sure he loves me. (ilnsavowei pro dm ed an extraordinary expression in I the Court in favor of tbe prisoner, in | vhieli tiie jury 'ta.dly joined.) Mr Malt sy had a commit iealioul wi h the father of the girl, who was iiie prosecutor, aud audressed the Cou t lie said that after wiiat nd Deesi stated by die young wumau, the l< isecuior was anxi us mat tn pro eeding sn mid b'* c rned no iurtuei ii is Lordship suouid con sent to die proposition [il re was a Hirst of ipplausc.j Mr M iltbv sad tnat the young woman itad express; and to tier an un r easing alfe. tion loi* toe y mug nidii and *e was willing to make any reparation in ms power. Mr. (Jrtinning, the t ourisel for tin* prisoner, said lhat t.is client lell mosi gratelui for the mer y wiucli had been s:n wii to iuin; and Ue trusted, when ue became u.dted to the obj ci o t ms lfc<nous, that f >t* the kindness and aiFc. ti m which she had suewn, in* woo and, as long as lie lived, never giv her a moment's pain, out behave w> wards her like agood husband. Tiie prisoner bowed, a.ni looked with great affection towards die girl. Mr. Barron Harrow said ttie pro eediug wbic.it liad taken j>! --. e vv as ,t quite regular; but he Was not at ali disp >sed to entn ise the proceed ,<tgs. lie did not foil it ios duly to aisist on the public prosecutor pro ceeding w ith tbe trial alter what nao taken place, SV en lie lirst cast ins oesopoti tiie pnri'.mer, be observed hat there was less of iie character ol ferocity about him than any man ue itad ever seen placed at the bar ol justice, aud the Judge was not die „. person to IV’ I, on witnessing one |he iuos'. dis ssiog s s miagi*. „bie; joiitefl in Ujc unvoluuUfy e*x p j hhi .i u| it J.• v in favor f the i (Used. file J d<e, liowcv , * r ed mil let private f liiig t U iUe {dace of public duty It -app. r -d iiat then* die ir* rvuifion offnf..,is f tiie yoimg wmiio having av. wdli r iuialt**t’Htde rff ri t ll fur ifn* prjN .u* r, and her wish t h> united to In <■, 11 parties \vTe ot “pinion flu* f*r|i gs f the young woman should he c ed, and site would Im hound to hi n in the dosmt firs fr |if . fr auds liad arrang. and that th ysh odd h. uni t<*l in vv dl > k; and as there w s no evident*. t< piove h* hml coinmilted die < rime impuird to liirn die J ry would say In* was not gnif \; hu> if ;ny indiiiilual in Court and a* l to . x pi’i sseidier approbation or dis <ppro baiion af d*<* verdict, he would se.id t ie ii to p isou. V erdi't Not Guihy. M. B ti*oo (lorow.• Let the pris ojot ue discharged. As soon as h<* whs set at liberty, the girl said, “dir L rd In* thanh'-d!’* at.d he rm to her wd kiss* er hetr ily— and when they arriwtl in trout of die court, the crowd g ive a loud cheer. A pretty you on widow of 19 years ot age and a roinely young man of twen ty two, strangers t • eadi other, had b. en r >inuntted >o prison for separate of. fen e*,. I'h y were brought to the btr i"i tiiai when f>r die first time the aw i each other. Both were co-vict-o) md ‘senteuced t inpiisonni'Tit fir one week. V- soon as the sentence iag pronoii iced, u swain statt'd Hint duri ig their (rials 111 *vh jd eel th it sob ary cOotinement might he noi> bo >t**d f ‘iie cMirt would g a >t lit ir r ij i st, which was that betor* ‘iey w r c nduct >1 *o prison they might b>* p-• in>4ie| t < *ro to a justice ol the peu<> to be mai rn*d. I'his wis readi y g anted by toe cmr* the par ies after liaving commiil *1 ma rimony were committed t • prison, and b, order ol tbe court euj y the s nne up u i merit. —• I'his u a u*w mp-ovem ot ii|ion the iLyuch code. —JV* uchez paper* ’ ‘Amusement n Vor th Jlmensa.’ — ,Tn der fn-In ad g ‘ln* l,ivri|>n I Time , if ,-luli 28 relge-, thg( In Salem Vlassa iu jsetts, after ihv iieavr aid and p snow f j l|, a man wa- discove-'d sti itmw sticks into a huge wait*’ f>a >k of- w. O he'iiga k* and why he imu'’ and nim e>f hu ? * \ > usi-1* sai l he,‘line mm-, m mj l (ave los my sh ip —it used to stand so nowhere ii >ar this spot ’* flu mis off -i* lly and B *tsey H nd —he f nnt! , wtl fMi * o*l Hand, arc advertised hi # w stern paper, 9 h .viog Without cause slio'vo. I *f* he bon eof ilie said Mi ha 1. I* lly, who, it is inti oated, is in ad il ate condition, may !)•**>* a hand tins way. BOILING SPRINGS OF VfKXTO. In tue evening I rambled am mg he Springs, w hich are of all forms and zes, from holes not larger than ao inch, tnrough which the water is -een b tlmg oeueatli, to a large space of several y ods in diameter; some a* tran-m ir’ nt as though di-tilled Other- wt l in a foot >f th- in, are turbid or of b ilmg nud, and tiiere is one called* KJ Pzo Verde” ia which alth'iugh peifectly clear th * witer is of a line deep gr e't she Springs are in some pla >‘S con- a it!y tranquil and varying ’ri temperance from 110 to 130; but in iai the greater numb r t’v wiier U<d* up with am zng for.’ ; aid in one well, chosen at rail Io n. I co> ked p ece ol mutton of she size >1 ao egg, in tour minutes and fifty s cnds. VII the I un .diijs which have b> en *ufficieutl\ 4 na'l to admit of it have been chock and op with -tone- and t>ush**s. to prevent cattle troiu falling into them; yet a number ot poor b at* are thu-t qu*ntl> destroyed. It is the custom “l Hie country people to >uil aud scald Uitir pigs at these springs, No. m