The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1858,

4, 57 deg. ; 6, 57 deg. ; 8, 65 deg. ; 10, 67 deg. ;
12, .79 deg. At night_the temperature sometimes
fell to 30 deg.. and frequently ranged from 40 deg.
to 43 deg. Midday is oppressive in tents and in
the open air, but the Mornings and evenings are
charming. I\To climate can be more healthy.
Here are the distances I spoke of somewhere in
this letter. Victoria to Sand Heads, or mouth of
Fraser River, 65 miles ; do. to Langley, 35 miles ;
do. to Fort Hope, 70 miles ; do. to Fort Yale, 15
miles ; do. to Fort Dallas (forks of Fraser and
Thompson), 90 miles; Fort Dallas to La Fontaine,
65 to 70 miles.
Late news from this upper region encouraging,
but provisions very dear.
OCT. 27.
The whole party, soldiers and civilians, roused by
the sound of the bugle at five a.m. ; tents struck, all
packed in the batteaux, and away by 6 o'clock. On
a journey recommend me to an engineer, clever,
handy, intelligent, and full of resources. These are
your true pioneers—to a new country invaluable.
Our-party of them, as well as the marines, behaved
admirably, barring the misfortune that two of the
latter gave their officer the slip at Fort Yale. " No
great loss. They had only just joined the Satellite,"
was a criticism I had heard made upon this circum-
stance.
We procured at Fort Hope the best bread (baked
by a Frenchman) I have tasted since I was in Paris.
Supplied with this, and with salmon, so abundant
in the river, we breakfasted on the beach near the
mouth of the Harrison river; and, after duly "for-
tifying the inner man," dropped down to Smess
Rivet, where Major Hawkins left us to pay a flying
visit to his party of the Boundary Commission en-
camped in Smess Valley, some 12 miles inland.
Left the soldiers encamped on the bank of the river
opposite the mouth of the Smess, and we, that is,
the "carpet knights," pursue our voyage to Fort
Langley. While we drop down the stream, some
enjoying the scene and others reading with much
interest the last news from England, I will explain
how the affair of the reported collision between the
miners and the Indians turned out, which in-
duced the Governor to ask for the military escort.
A Frenchman stole away and deforced an Indian
girl of the "Kequeloose' tribe, or of some other
Indian community on the Fraser, above Lang-
ley. After the endurance of much indignity, the
Indians retaliated, caught the Frenchman, and cut
his head off and sent his body down the river as an
example, perhaps, to all poachers on other men's
manors. Altogether four headless trunks came
down from the upper waters, and were pickedup by
miners between Fort Yale and Fort Hope. The
sight naturally roused the inhabitants to action; and
a fellow named Graham, a Californian, burning to
distinguish himself, raised a company of volunteers
to fight the Indians. His plan was very simple.
He was •to commence killing the Indians at the
nearest village just beyond Fort Yale, and keep
killing as he went up the river as far as the Forks,
90 miles. No investigation, no discretion, no segre-
gation of the
.guilty from the innocent. It was to
bean exterminating raid. This fellow was not only
a beast but a vain fool. One tribe of these Indians
would have sent him and his party of raggamuffins
after the lecherous Frenchman. But he was accus-
tomed to Oregon practice, and would try his hand
at it here. The bulk of the Yale miners were guided
by more humane and prudent counsels. Some 50 of
them enrolled themselves under a /Major Snyder,
" a free and independent citizen" of the great and
glorious Republic which produces such abundant
crops of military knights.
Snyder exercised some degree of common sense
in his proceedings. He called at several Indian
villages on his way up, sending a flag of truce be-
fore him, declared amity with all the tribes who had
not been guilty of murdering white men, and made
peace and brought about a good understanding
" generally," as he himself summed up his ex-
ploits. In his grandiloquence he called his very
commonplace and vulgar palaver with the Indians
" treaties."
He must have concealed the fact of his being a
" Boston," or he would have had but poor success
with the Indians. However, he has the merit of
having had sufficient discretion to prevent bloodshed.
It may be wellfor fiery spirits of this class, who pant
for glory, to know that it is a very dangerous pro-
ceeding to make war on any of her Majesty's
subjects, and that she has not yet delegated to any
" citizen," however' " distinguished," the treaty_
making power. A message from the Governor or
a visit from one of the Hudson's Bay Company's
officers would have produced a better effect upon
the Indians than all Major Snyder's eloquence,
backed though it might ,have been by a display of
physical force. Now theaters are more amicable,
and. the establishment of law and order as far as
possible with miserably inadequate means is pro-
gressing slowly, but surely and firmly. Any way,
we do not want the services of any military adven-
turers. If they will, contrary to good advice, enter
the lists, they may depend upon it they do so with
a halter round their necks. Experience shows that
the Indians do not require these irregular and illegal
displays of force, and humanity demands that the
Government shall protect them.
Turn we now to the other " man in buckram,"
the biave _Major Graham. He offered to unite his
forces with those of Major Snyder, but the latter
prudently " repudiated.' In this dilemma Major
Graham proceeded on his own hook. He seemed to
have been firmly convinced of the truth of the trite
apothegm, that " prudence is the better part of
valour," and to have acted upon it. In going up he
cautiously avoided all the Indian villages, and
sneaked along through the forest for some 40 miles
above Yale. Here he and his party were encamped
one fine night,
,when about midnight some one of the
" braves," hearing a rustling in the bushes, cried out
" Indians!" As they had set no guard, and were,
like most mobs, great cowards, the scum of Yale soon
became as much frightened as they were disorderly.
On the first alarm the Major, as was proper, jumped
up and fumbled with his revolver. A shot im-
mediately followed, and the doughty Major fell to
rise no more.. By this time his Lieutenant got
upon his legs. Another shot, and he too fell
dead. The camp was now a scene of ludicrous
confusion some fired right, some fired left, some
fired " all round," and some ran away. Among
the latter was an Irishman, who was so horribly
frightened that he never pulled foot until he got
to Yale, where he told a tale whi-h harrowed the
feelings of that refined population to a degree of
intensity altcgether indescribable. The Indians had
massacred the whole party but him, and had then
mutilated the bodies of these Christian men in a
manner too.horrible to mention. Here was the
" fiery cross" brought by an accredited henchman,
and it had its effect. Late at night " indignation
meetings" were. held ; resolutions of great power
and energy and breathing vengeance were passed,
and the crowd of blackguards proceeded to the
Hudson's Bay Company's house, and demanded arms
and ammunition to go and fight the Indians with.
The officer in charge told them he would not
admit a mob into his house, neither would he give
arms, or anything else, under threats such as were
being made by this enlightened " deputation ;"
that if they broke into the house they would do so
at their peril ; but that, as he was armed, the first
man who entered, and " likely enough the second,"
would be shot ; that as he had'a sick child in the
house, wife alarmed, other children disturbed, &c.,
he begged they would make less noise; and finally,
that if they retired and sent a "reasonable deputa-
tion of their number," say two or three, lie would
admit it and see what could be done. This
suggestion was adopted, and the officer counted
out a number of muskets which wouldn't go
off, as he candidly told them, and, taking a receipt
for them, closed the door and returned to bed.
Of course, he knew that these fellows were more
frightened than hurt, and that their present valour
`was of the Bob Acres' quality. The "excitement"
once aroused, however, must be kept up. They
sent a. deputation with the Irishman's tale down to
Fort Hope, where the same scene was re-enacted to
the great astonishment of the Company's " servant"
there, and the deputation, now charged with the
united suffrages of the good people of Yale and
Hope, started off without delay in a canoe for Vic-
toria, with a most piteous cry for help. They
effected the passage in a marvellously short time,
and looked, certainly, when they were presented
themselves before the Governor, like men who be-
lieved their own story. Soon other wayfarers from
" above" drop in, and they more than confirm the
tragic story. One of these deliberately and cir-
cumstantially told, to my knowledge, that he had
seen 14 headless trunks picked up beyond Yale.
Every horrible detail was given with a minuteness
that carried conviction. It was now the Governor
asked for and obtained the soldiers. Before we

started a letter arrived from the Gold Commissioner

at Fort Yale with a denial of the massacre, but I
only learned the facts when I got up.
The important question of " Who killed Major
Graham and his lieutenant" is still unanswered.

Their fate looks like a just retribution. The un-
lucky major being a " politician" and not a sodgcr,
handled his pistol so clumsily that he shot himself
by accident. His wound proved this. The lieu-
tenant was killed by one of the stray shots of his
own men, which were discharged " all round."
There were no Indians in the case. There was a
suspicion that the men shot both the major and his
lieutenant, and the "balance" of the party which
came back to Yale reported that there really were
Indians-who fired upon them when asleep ; but
that the Indians ceased firing when, they were in-
formed that Major 'Snyder had made " a treaty"
with their chief.

This is the fable which found its way into the
papers, and which has made a wide circuit before
my contradiction will appear. I refrained from

writing on the subject until I had investigate& the
matter personally.
A moral may be drawn from the story. We want
forces, civil, judicial, and military, to maintain the
law. It is not for me to suggest what these should
be ; but if we are not to be made a laughing stock
of, and if we are to save ourselves from the disgrace
which the neglect of good government has brought
upon California, we must have such means as will
enforce the execution of the law. This accom-
plished order will follow. There is not the
slightest reason to fear a general outbreak of our
American visitors in the mines. The majority of
them are well disposed, and do not wish their
labours interrupted by raids or forays, and they
will always be found on the side of law and order,
and ready to lend a hand in their maintenance. If
I had to extirpate American rowdies I would enlist
their own countrymen.
On the whole, there has not been much crime in
the mines'. A few murders one of which was
promptly taken cognizance of, and the murderer
punished ; and another man charged with a similar
offence is now about to be tried by due course of
law. Insufficient as the legal machinery is no
punishment takes place except by its agency. _

OCT: 28.

I am obliged to cut my letter short here,asihe
mail steamer, which came in an hour ago, leaves in
a few minutes unexpectedly.
A party of engineers have arrived, under Capt.
Parsons, this morning. It was said half of them
had deserted in San Francisco. Howeier this was,
they are all here now.

The Ganges, 84, with Admiral Baynes, is here,
She arrived on the 17th from Callao, in 47 days.
Satellite and Plumper also in port, all well.
The mining continues successful ; although vast
numbers of miners have left for California, dread•
ing the winter, and for other causes.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 27.

MANSION-HOUSE.—John Hopkins, a ferocious
looking fellow, 50 years of age, was brought before
Sir R. W. Carden, upon remand, charged with
having committed a desperate assault upon his
wife, and breaking her leg.
Harriet Hopkins, the prosecutrix, who hobbled
into court supported by crutches, and remained
seated during her examination (her evidence being
given with evident reluctance), said—During the
last six weeks I have been an inmate in St.Thomas's
Hospital, on account of injuries inflicted upon me
by the prisoner, to whom I have been married.
about 17 years. On the 'l7th of November last my
husband came home in a state of intoxication, and
desired me to go up stairs. I was cleaning one of
the offices of which lam in charge, and refused to
do so, upon which he struck me with the poker,
and I fell down. He then gave ,me a tremendous
kick, and broke the bone of my leg just above the
ankle. I called for assistance, and a policeman
came, and helped me up to bed. On the following
day I was taken to the hospital, of which I am an
inmate.
By Sir R. W. Carden—He has been four times
to see me in the hospital, and has begged of me not
to press the charge. He has been in the habit of
ill-treating me for years past, especially when ho
got intoxicated. I have not been free from bruises
caused by his violence for years. He formerly
went to sea. He was afterwards a labourer in the
docks, but has done no work for some months.
When in employment he only gave me very little
out of his wages—in fact I have kept myself by my
own industry.
Foulger, the officer, said that the last time the
prisoner called to see the prosecutrix at the hospi-
tal he was so drunk that he was refused admittance.
Prisoner—l never had a poker, in my hand at
all. She was drunk when I went home, and as I
did not wish her to be seen I wanted her to go up
stairs. We then had a bit of a scuffle, and it was
then that her leg was hurt.
The prosecutrix denied having been at all under
the influence of liquor at the time of the assault.
Mr. H. Jervis, house surgeon at St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, said he examined the leg of the prosecutrix
shortly after her admission, and found both bones
fractured just above the ankle joint. He noticed a
good deal of bruising and swelling near the fracture
—both of which might have been caused by the
blow.

The prisoner, who, after the usual caution, denied
having raised a finger against his wife, was fully
commited to the Central Criminal Court for trial.
Ellen Desmond, a prostitute, who has been seve-
ral times in custody for robbery, was charged with
robbing a labouring man of his purse, containing
nearly £7.
J. Shifford, prosecutor, said—lreside at Plaistow,
Essex. On Friday night, as I was leaving the
railway station, Fenchurch-street, the prisoner ac-
costed me, and said, " I thought youwere my friend,
and had come to see me." I told her she was mis-
taken. She asked me to treat her to something to
drink, but I refused. She then wanted to treat me,
but I told her I would neither drink with her nor
have anything to say to her. She then suddenly put
her hand into my waistcoat pocket and stole my
purse, containing five sovereign's, two half-sove-
reigns, and about 17s. in silver. She bolted away,
and a friend of hers pulled me by the coat, and
said, " She's run down there," pointing to a different
direction to that which the prisoner had taken. I
pursued and caught her with my purse in her hand,
but found she had abstracted from it two half-
crowns. I then gave her into custody.
Trinder, constable 586, said that nothing was
found on the prisoner upon searching her at the
station-house. The prosecutor's purse was examined
and sound to contain five sovereigns, two half-
sovereigns, a halkrewe, six shillings, and a three-
penny piece.
Sir It. W. Carden—ls the prisoner known ?
The Gaoler—She has been here before for at-
tempting to pick a gentleman's pocket.
Prisoner—l've only been here once for assault.
Officer—She was here three years ago on a charge
of picking a gentleman's pocket of his purse on
London•bridge. She was then dischsrged, as the
gentleman did not attend to prosecute.
She was fully committed for trial.
Henry Hallard, a shabby genteel dressed fellow,
25 years of age, was charged with stealing two
sets of bagatelle balls from the houses of licensed
victuallers.

It appeared that on Friday night the prisoner
entered the shop of Messrs, Baker, , pawnbrokers,
Houndsditch, and offered a set of bagatelle balls in
pledge.
Smith, the pawnbrokers' assistant, recol-
lecting that on a former occasion the prisoner had
pledged some bagatelle balls which he afterwards
ascertained were stolen, detained till an officer
arrived, when he gavehfin into custody.
Mr. Harris, proprietor ofthe Equestrian Tavern,
Blackfriars-road, identified the balls as his property,
and said they had been stolen from his billiard
room on Friday last. They were missed shortly
after the prisoner had been seen in the parlour of
the establishment. They were worth £4 10s.
The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence,
was fully committed for trial.
A second case was then gone into, the prisoner
being charged with having stolen a set of bagatelle
balls, worth £6, from the Palace Stores, in Pall-
mall, on the 24th Nov. last.
The evidence was of a similar character to that
adduced in the foregoing case, and the prisoner wan
committed upon this charge also.

BOW-STREET.—Henry Bous, a foreigner, was
charged with an assault on Mr. Thomas, a respect-
able tradesman.

Mr. Thomas stated that on Christmas morning,
about one o'clock, he was passing through Middle-
row, Holborn, going home with his wife, when the
prisoner and -two others, each accompanied by a lady,
passed them. One of the prisoner's friends accosted
witness's wife, saying, "Good night, my dear."
Witness turned round and said, " What do you
mean by speaking to my wife ?" Upon this the pri-
soner and his two friends attacked him together,
and the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the
face with a cane, which was broken by the force of
the blow. The prisoner was about to strike him
again, when witness seized the end of the stick, and
the broken part came awavin his hand. But for a con-
stable, who came up at the time, he would probably
have been very much injured. He was bleeding
from the blow in the eye, and it continued to bleed
for some hours.

Cross-examined by Aft Lewis—Did not strike the
person who addressed his wife. Did not knock him
down or strike the prisoner, at least not before ho
received the blow from the stick, which so stupified
him that he could not tellwhat occurred afterwards.
There were three ladies with the three young men.
This statement was corroborated by Mrs. Thomas.
Police-constable Lockyet, F 139, said that his at-
tention being attracted by the disturbance, he went
up and inquired into the circumstances. Prisoner
and his friends were so excited that he was unable
to obtain any intelligible statement from them.
Complainant made the same statement as he had
given to-day. He was quite sober. Defendant was
slightly intoxicated,•and one of his friends was very
drunk.

Mr. Lewis, for the defence, admitted that one of
the prisoner's friends had very imprudently ad-
dressed the complaitant's wife, upon which tho
complainant, who wotild have acted more discreetly
by taking no notice,tsrned round and knocked him
down. He got up again, and complainant again at-
tacked him. Defendant then interfered to prevent
further quarrelling, ivhen complainant struck him,
slightly cutting his temple. (Defendant showed a
slight scratch.) Defendant being a much smaller
man than complainant, used his stick in self-defence.
He (Mr. Lewis) submitted that, whatever provooa-

tion his friend had given, the defendant was not to
blame-in the transaction.

Auguste Sauve and Frederic Lewis, the frien Ids
of the defendant, corroborated Mr. Lewis's state-
ment, except that neither would admit that he had
spoken to Mr. Thomas, or that he was knocked down.
Mr. Jardine could not see that Mr. Thomas was
to blame in resenting an insult to his wife. Pri-
soner and his friends were in the wrong, and must
take the consequences. lie must pay £3, or 14
days' imprisonment.

CLERKENWELL.—A fashionably-attired man
with a profusion of black hair and moustache,
who gave the name of James Saunders, aged 35,
and described on the charge sheet asa general agent,
residing at 22, Loughborough-road, Brixton, was
charged before Mr. Corrie with uttering, at 70, St.
John-street, a bill for £2OB 165., for the purpose of
defrauding Mr. John Whitmee.

The prosecutor stated that the prisoner called at
his warehouse on Wednesday last, and stated that
he wanted a quantity of plated goods. Although
he (prosecutor) had not them in stock, he volun-
teered to get them. The priioner said he had an
estate at West Thorpe, in Suffolk, but that as his
agent knew more about farming than he did, he
let him to manage his affairs, and he should receive
his rents in the early part of the ensuing month.
He then produced a bill, of which the following is
a copy :—" £2OB 16s. London, 18th Dec., 1858.
Two months after date pay to me or my order the
sum of £2OB 165., value received. W. J. Saunders.
To Mr. William Scott Grimwood, Rookery Farm,
Westhorpe, Suffolk." This bill was crossed,
"Accepted, payable at Messrs. Barclay, Bevan,
and Co., London.—W. S. Grimwood." The prisoner
said the bill had been given him for hay his agent
had sold for him some time back. The prisoner
selected plated goods to the extent of about £3O,
and ironmongery articles amounting to about £3O
more, and be was promised the prosecutor's cheque
for the balance of the bill. From inquiries that
had been made it was found that no such person
lived even in the neighbourhood of where the pri-
soner stated, and some parties at Westhorpe wrote
to say that the prisoner had not sixpenny worth of
land in that neighbourhood. The prosecutor told
prisoner on Friday to leave the bill, at the same
time stating that it would be submitted to the
bankers, and if it was found correct it would be
honoured. The prosecutor called at Barclay's and
made inquiries, and they said they could not tell
whether the bill was good or not at that
time. Finding that all was not correct the mat-
ter was placed in the hands of Sergeant 'Harvey,
9 G, and the prisoner was taken into custody, when
it was stated that money was offered to allow the
prisoner to escape, which was of course refused.
Prosecutor asked for a remand to make further in-
quiries, and stated that he would communicate with
the Trade Protection Society upon the matter.
In answer to the prisoner the prosecutor stated
that he first saw him on Saturday week last, and
although he (prosecutor) has had the goods sent to
him, he had not let the prisoner have them.
The prisoner said he would not at present say
anything in answer to the charge.
Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoner for a week.
A solicitor afterwards applied that bail might be
taken, but the magistrate at present declined to
interfere.

WESTMINSTER.—Thomas Jennings, a person
of gentlemanly appearance, was charged with in-
decently assaulting Jane Dennis, a girl, aged 15.
Complainant said—l live in the service of Mr.
and Mrs. Brown, at No. 6, Belgrave-street South,
Pimlico, and have been in it 12 months. Prisoner
was a lodger at Mr. Brown's. On Chrigtmas night
I went to bed at about half-past 11. On Sunday
morning, about 2 or 3 o'clock, I was awoke. I sleep
at the top of the house by myself, in the next room
to Mr. Jennings. This man (prisoner) was in tho
bed undressed. I called out to my fellow-servant,
and the prisoner then jumped out of bed and ran
into his own room. I ran down stairs and awoke
my master, who went upstairs. Prisoner never
spoke to me before. He did not say anything when
he woke me.

Cross-examined by Mr. Solomon for the prisoner
—That was the first night I slept in that room. It
had previously been occupied by a gentleman who
had gone into the country for a few days. I had
slept downstairs before with another servant.
heard the prisoner's breath, but cannot say whether
he was intoxicated. There are other men lodging
in the house. He has been lodging there six weeks.
Aly door was not locked. lam sure the prisoner
was the man.

Thomas Brown, the girl's :master, said—l went
upstairs to ask him why he had assaulted my girl.
He denied all knowledge of the matter. I said.
" She could not have been mistaken ; she came to
me trembling like a leaf." I consulted my wife
about what was to be done, and he was given into
custody. He came home out half-past 1, and did
not appear to be intoxicated.
Mr. Solomons at great length dwelt upon the
facts of the case, remarking that the capital offence
had not been committed, that prisoner had been
out dining and had drank two bottles of wine, and
that he mistook his room and got into the girl's
bed, jumping out directly he found out his mistake.
He had never said anything offensive to the girl,
and there was nothing to show that he had any
intention of assaulting her when he entered her
room. He was a most respectable man, and would
not think of doing such a thing. He hoped the
worthy magistrate would not send him for trial.
Mr. Paynter said he must leave it to a jury to
decide whether or not he had any carnal intention.
The depositions were ordered to be prepared
accordingly.

THE CONVICT MARY NEWELL.—A feeling of very
gdneral sympathy has been evinced in Reading for this un-
fortunate young woman, who, on Wednesday last, was tried
and sentenced to death at the Berkshire assizes, for the
murder of her child by throwing it into the river Thames,
near Caversham-hill, after the heartless treatment she had
received at the hands of her seducer, William Francis.
Immediately after the trial a memorial to the Queen, pray-
ing for a commutation of the sentence, was prepared, and
in a few hours it received a large number of signatures ;
among them are those of the Mayor of Reading, borough
and county magistrates, town councillors, clergymen, mem-
bers of the medical and legal professions, tradesmen, &c.
Up to Friday evening last, several htndred persons had
appended their names to the memorial, which, it is under-
stoiod, will be presented to the Secretary of State during the
early part of this week. On Friday, the Mayor of Reading,
Mr. Charles Jas. Andrews, the late mayor (Mr. George
Palmer), and the Rev. H. Mant, the chaplain of the Berks
empty gaol, attended at the Home-office, and represented
to the authorities the feeling of the town on the matter, ap-
prising them that a memorial, praying for a reprieve of the
sentence of death, was in preparation, and that it would be
presented to the Secretary of State in the course of a few
days. It was currently reported in Reading, on Friday
evening, that the answer which the above gentlemen re-
ceived from the authorities was such as to give them strong
hopes that the extreme penalty of the law will not be in-
flicted upon the prisoner. The poor woman has, since her
trial, been in a low, desponding state, and she is constantly
attended by two of the female warders.
FLINT IN COTTON BALES THE CAUSE OF FIRES
IN COTTON MILLS.--On Monday, Edwin Abbott Wright,
Esq., one of the partners of the firm of Messrs. Collinge and
Lancashire, of Oldham, and William Henry Robinson, a
workman employed by that firm, appeared before the Old-
ham Bench and male declaration relative to a number of
stones being found in bales of cotton purchased at Liver-
pool. In one bale, marked S E Y—C &L, 741, Robinson
found upwards of 950 flint -stones and other pebbles, vary-
ing in weight from half a grain to 2foz. ; the total weight
being 31b. 2oz. These pebbles were spread over several
layers of the cotton, generally extending to about eight
inches from the edge, but in few instances to near the mid-
dle of the bale, and Robinson was of opinion that they were
wilfully put in during the packing of the bale. In several
other bales of cotton marked S E Y, pebbles were found,
generally of flint, and in some iron nails lf in. long were
found ; one of the nails, notwithstanding all the vigilance
used, got into the machinery for opening and cleaning cot.'
ton.—Mr. Wright said he had no doubt that pebbles being
in the cotton caused many of the fires in mills by striking
fire on coming in contact with some portion of the machi-
nery.-1-Mr. Worthington, one of the sitting Magistrates,
said he had no doubt but that the last fire which occurred
in their mill (in the spring) was caused by stones being in
the cotton.—The Bench expressed an opinion that the sub
ject should be taken into consideration by Chambers of Cora.
merce.—.lfancheeter Examiner.

FRIGHTFUL CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM.—We learn
by the St. Paul (Minnesota) Timesthat John H. Brownson,
Esq., son of Orestes A. Brownson, editor of Brownson's Re-
view, was found' dead at the foot of a high bluff in that city
on the morning of the 4th instant, having probably fallen or
leaped from the window of his ryiom while in a somnambulic
state the night previous. His head was cut in the most
horrible manner, his face bathed in gore, his left shoulder
crushed in, and his body othervise shockingly mutilated.
Mr. Brownson had for several months occupied a room in a
building which was built upon a steep bluff, along the river
side, and the distance from the window to the spot where he
first struck the ground, is 80 or 90 feet, while the distance
to the base of the bluff is 120 feet. From the testimony ad-
duced on the inquest, it appears that Mr. Brownson has
long been subject to attacks of somnambulism, frequently
arising in his sleep and wanderine, about the room, and
even venturing into the street unknown to himself, until
aroused to consciousness. About six weeks ago he met
with an accident from this cause, in which he sustained a
severe cut on the head by falling down the flight of stairs
leading to his office. Mr. Brownson was married, and was
daily expecting his wife from the east, whether she had been
en a visit. He had a wide range of scholastic attainments,
speaking French, Italian, and other languages with fluency
and accuracy. He had resided for two years in St. Paul,
where he practised law. He was about 35 years of age.
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in Holloway's remedies finds a perfect and indisputable
policy of assurance against most of the diseases by which
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an attack that without them would leave desolation in its

track, and cause the heart-rent mourners unavailingly to
regret that these two policies, Holloway's Pills and Oint-
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