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TEE UNITED, STATES'
The Governor of\ the State
annual Message, coriimunim
the last national miens of the UlaA
furnished to him (subject to final cozrectios) by the
Secretary of the Interior. The total populatiom
numbers 31,374,856, classified as follows :
Free population of the 33 Stato .. 27,112,000
Slives in the same .. 3,87(3,000
People of the Territories (including Kansas) 384,85 G

hardly be more agreeably spent than lin t con-
templatifig its curiosities ; for it must be n mem-
bered that. ;they are all lessons or illustratic mis of
real life, art I only attain their excellence b y the
fidelity with which they pourtray it. The t niter-
tainment is a . better cure for melancholy anc I. low
spirits than an, )7 recipe in the doctor's prescription
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book. It is a elief from dulness to be able to step
into the new world which Mr. Woodin has era ated
without the nem 7sity of having to pass through the
ivory gate or the
*glass gate of the ancient poet, and
there enter into ne, w companionships, which Jive' in
the memory long at,,er leaving the scene, and whit 'h
are often familiarl7a recalled by the fireside, and
give occasion for nnuch social conversatica) anti
mirth. It is somethirt,c2; to be able to shake off the
cares and anxieties of tin.' world for two hou rs, and
we hardly think that any, one can revert t o it in
thought while Mr. Woodin ,is unfolding his ( labinet
of Curio

CRUELTY BY A SCHOOLiVASTER NI'AR

Total .. .. .. 31,374,85 G
Census of 1850 .. • . .. .. 23,191,074

At the Leeds Town-hall, on SatardaY, 3orge
Purchon, schoolmaster, Hun slet, was charged before
John Crofts, Esq., and Wm. Kelsall, Esq., with an
aggravated assault upon John Warringtaa, u boy
nine years of age. The defendant was the m, aster
of the school belonging to Messrs. Wilkinson, flax
spinners, and the complainant was a half-g 1 ner,
and worked at Messrs. Wilkinson's. The mot her
had made a complaint to Mr. Chorley, surgeon, on
Thursday night, and a warrant was thereupt m
issued against the defendant. The boy had bee u
examined by Mr. W. N. Price, surgeon, and in
reply to Mr. Chorley, that gentleman, on being,
sworn, stated' that he found he had been severely
beaten (Aver the back and shoulders, and was
covered with contused wounds. , Both on the
shoulders and the back there were long weals,. but
though there was considerable discoloration the .skin
was not broken. The beating had been very severe
and though he could not speak positively, he far ivied
there had been twolve or fifteen blows struck.
Mr. Chorley—Did, you notice the right thigh ?
Mr. Price—Yes, gLnd I found one mark ext end-
ing from the buttock tAo the knee.
Mr. Chorley said he thought the magistrates
ought to see the boy stripped, for he had hinaself
counted 12 blows on one sa.de. The boy was I;hen
taken into a private room, ro2d on being stripped
his body presented a most pitiable spectacle, the
shoulders and back being covered with discoloured
contused wounds. On returning' into court the
boy was sworn, and stated that he was a hialf-
timer. On Thursday morning another Ny said he
was talking, and the schoolmaster called him. 'up,
and told him to hold out his hand. He tefutsed,
and then the master flogged him.
The mother said that the master was sorry;. and
she hoped, therefore, that the bench would
dttal
leniently with him.
Mr. Purchon, in reply to the charge, said th
the half-timers were very saucy and difficult to dela
with, and unless he got master of them it was im
possible to go on. In this case he asked the bov
kindly to hold out his hands, but he refused, and
commenced laughing. He sat by him nearly two
minutes, and then became irritated and excited by
the boy's conduct.
Mr. Kelsall—What did you use ?
Mr. Purchon--A gutta-percha whip.
Mr. Chorley—Did he make use of bad language
to you ?
Mr. Purcheon—No ; he only laughed.
Mr. Chorley—Have you any witnesses to prove
that he provoked you.
Mr. Purchon—No ; I whipped him because he
laughed at me and irritated me.
Mr. Crofts—Then you are not fit to be a school-
master.
Mr. Chorley said that, whatever might be th'e
decision of the magistrates, in which he should take
no part, he should report the case to the factory
inspector.
Mr. Purchon—l will be more careful in future.

Increase in 10 years .. • • .. 8,183,782
Increase per annum .. • • ' 818'378
Percentage of increase in the decade 35
Eight States contain more than 1,000,000 in-
habitants each. These are :-
1860.
New York.. .. 3,827,000 3,097.394
Pennsylvania .. 2,91,441 2,311,786
Ohio .. 2,283,982 1,980,329
Illinois .. 1,789,496 851,47C*
Virginia • • • .. 1,658,190 1,421,661
Indiana .. • . 1,347,000 988,416
Maosachusetts 1,331,499 924,514
Georgia .. .. 1,075,977 906,185
Of these eight States only the fifth and last are
slaveholding. During the last 10 years Illinois
has overtaken the four States last on the list. In
other respects their relative positions are unchanged.
since 1850.
Virginia, which in the census of 1790 occupied
the first place, has gradually sunk to the fifth. The
growth in population of three other north-western
States is remarkable :

Mr. G. Elmsley, solicitor, said he had known the
defendant for many years, and he was a very
respectable man.
The magistrates having conferred together,
Mr. Crofts said—We think it a very disgraceful
case indeed, and though we shall not go to the full
extent of the law, as it is your first offence, we shall
commit you to prison for two months.
Mr. Kelsall—We could send you for six.
The defendant, who was astounded with the
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1860.
1850.
Michigan .. .. .. 749,969 397,654
Wisconsin .. 777,771 305,391
lowa .. .. ~676,435
..
192,214
The cities containing a population of more than
40,000 number 21. They are as follows :-
1860. 1850.
New York .. .. 814,277 515,647
Philadelphia .. 56g.034 408,762
Brooklyn
. .. .. 273;426 96,838
Baltimore ..
.. 214,057 169,054
Noston ..**
.. 177,902 136,881
New Orleans .. .. 170,766 110,375
St. Louis • • • • 162,179 77;260
Cinch. aati ..
.. 160,060 114,4,35
Chicago; .. .. .. 109,420 29,96;3
Buffalo (sew York) .. 8_4,132 42,26 L
Louisville ("Kentucky) • . 75,196 43,194
Newark (New Jersey) .. 72,055 38,894
Albany .. .. _ 67,453 _
San Francisco ~ • . M7OOO 34,870
Washington .. .. 62,400 40,001
Providence (Rhode Island) 50,,569 41,531
Rochester (New York) 48,006 36,403
Detroit (Michigan) .. 46,834 21,018
Milwaukee (Wisconsin) 46,323 20,061
Cleveland (Ohio) .. 43,550 17,034
Charleston (S. Carolina) 40,194 42,985
The increase in the cities of Brooklyn, St. Louis,
and Chicago is particularly noticeable. The oily
decrease occurs in Charleston. In reference to the
relative position of Baltimore and Boston, it may
be observed that were the suburbs of both taken
into account, Boston, which is surrounded by so
many flourishing satellites of thin kind, would rank
fourth on the list. The citizens of Cincinnati, dis-
contented with the results of the national census
taken in the summer, which place her below St.
Louis, have since ordered and taken a wunicipal
c ensus, and find that in the autumn they numbered
1..71,293. Of the above-named 21 cities, 1,5 are
noo-slaveholding and six slaveholding. The
slaveholding cities (including the national capit,al)
occupy the fourth, sixth, seventh, eleventh, fifteentil,
and twenty-first places en the list. The cities
numbering between 25,000 and 40,000 inhabitants
are numerous, and include, among others,
Troy, New Haven, Richmond; Lowen, Jersey City,
Portland, Syracuse, Cambridge, Charlestown (Mas-
sachusetts), Roxbury, Worcester, Savannah, Mobile,
Hartford, Nashville, and Columbus.
The intensity of the late electoral contest for the
Presidency is revealed by the aggregate of the votes
cast, as compared with the number of the popula-
tion entitled to a vote. The total free population:
of the 33 States (the Territories do not vote) was
27,112,000. To find the number of the population;
qualified to vote, deduct therefrom all women and
minors, all free persons of colour and unnaturalised
foreigners, and others who, through recent change
of residence, incarceration, or non-registry, were
unqualified to vote last November. The remainder
cast no less than 4,710,548 votes, and there were
few or no complaints of fraudulent voting. Of this
number the 18 free States cast 3,426,903, the 15
slave States 1,283,645.

EXECUTION 01 A MURDERER IN

The British And North American Royal Mail
New York on Saturday:. Besides the usual dais she 'aka
out about 60 passengers, among whom was the Hon. John
Ross, Attorney-General for' Canada. She also took out
£226,000 in gold.
THE CORFU AND OTRANTO TELEGRAPH
The accident to the English screw slea.mer William Cory,
having on board the cable to be laid bolwaen Corfu and
Otranto, referred to in a former number, sw°B occasioned-
by the French man-of-war Ciomer running into her in a
very unseamanlike manner, in mid-day, them
.being little
wind and sea on at the time. The Gomer was I.:ding as
tender to the William Cory, which vessel, when the acci-
dent occurred, was laying the Toulon and Minorca ("Ale.
It was expected that this mishap would detain the.Williama
Cory at Toulon till about the 3d of January, when she
would leave to complete the laying of the cable, the end of
which has been left fastened to a buoy within 80 miles
of the French coast, where there was no less than I,Boo'
fathoms water. She may be expected here about the end.
of this month, when Mr. Andrews, who returned Last weep
aftt:r completing the land line at Corfu, will proceed in her
to Ottantat and lay the submarine cable she has on board
to conne:
t Corfu with the mainland of Italy, a distance
52,000 naui..ical miles.—Malta Times, Jan, 11.
GREAT STOTING MATCH.—An exciting skating
match, open to 11,11 England, took place on the Ouse oz
Tuesday in the pres,qnce of a great number of spectators,
whom the comparad:e novelty of the proceedings
attracted to the spot. Tw river at Huntingdon, where'
the match took place, was crovded, and the ice must haver
been of unusual strength to hai.
e borne such an extra-'
ordinary pressure. The most exciting races were betweetV
See and Smart, both of Welney, and Waatieson of IV ogneYs
and Sharp, of Crowland. See has computed six or seTeZ
times during the frost with Smart, who was beaten ; but the
course on those occasions was two miles. At the =etch or;
Tuesday the distance was only one mile, and SmaYt, car 7'••
ing off the principal prize, regained his position as eikating
champion of England, which he has held for some years.
Prizes to the amount of £3O were distributed during tht,
day, and the proceedings afforded a striking proof of MO
readiness with which Englishmen extract amusement era
from what is generally regarded as a dreary winter.
THE CHESIL BANK.--If the diligent reader will
take a map of England and glance at the towns we have
named, he will see that we tax his powers of faith some-
what largely when we bid him believe that every pebbld
which rolls beneath the feet of Portland fishers has crossed
the West Bay, performed a journey varying in distance
from 30 to 40 miles, and been finally arrested where wo nod
stand. Such, nevertheless, is the fact, and the south.,
westerly gales which blow upon those coasts throughout
almost the entire year, are the immediate agents in MO
work : these, sometimes slowly, sometimes rapidly, "
calmer or rougher times prevail, clear out ton after ton of
pebbles from the localities mentiou4a, and roll them
alo
the shore ; the exoduus of stones going on until 0002 e
obm
stacle crossing the roo. of the prevailing wind arrests
their progress • .nd this obstacle is found in the Chesil
Bank.—owe a Week.
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Alfred Hooper Nevill and hie agents ; and the pretence"
that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du
Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false.
No canister is genuine without the name Barry Da Barry
and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, onthe seal and wrapper.
Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must
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On Friday morning, shortly after eight o'clock,
Patrick Lunnay, who was sentenced to death at
the last Glasgow Winter Circuit Court for the
murder of James Cassidy, at Alexandria,
Dumbartonshire, on the 11 th of November last,
suffered the extreme penalty of the law in
front of the County Buildings, Dumbarton.
Lunnay and his victim were bedfellows—had been
so for several weeks—and on the evening prior
to the murder had supped together in their lodging-
house in Bank-street, Alexandria. In consequence
of some jocular expressions made use of by Cas-
sidy, Lunnay became excited, and insisted that their
difference should be settled by a fight. The unfor-
tunate Cassidy did not appear anxious to fight, and
the inmates of the house having, to all appearance,
pacified Lunnay, the men, after some little delay,
left the apartment for the purpose, as was believed,
of retiring:to bed. Lunnay, however, returned to
the apartment he had shortly before left in such a
condition that the inmates of the house had no
doubt that he had been after mischief. This sur-
mise proved too true ; for it was ascertained that
he had attacked his unharmed opponent with a
clasp-knife, stabbed him, and left him lying on the
street, with blood oozing from fourteen wounds.
By six o'clock on Friday morning, a few spectators
had assembled in front of the County buildings,
probably to secure a good position. A posse of
policemen was stationed at the gate, and some time
afterwards the whole police force was mustered,
and formed a semicircle round the scaffolding, leav-
ing an open space in front. The crowd gradually
increased; but there was little excitement in the
town, and the number of spectators at the time of
the execution may be estimated at 2,500. The pri-
soner retired to rest about ten o'clock on Thursday
evening, and, after lying in bed for about an hour,
he rose and resumed the devotions in which he had
been previously engaged. Shortly after midnight
he went to bed again, and slept soundly till he was
awakened at five o'clock by the Rev. Mr.
M'Donald, Roman Catholic clergyman, who
remained with him. Bishop Murdoch, who
came from Glasgow on Thursday night, arrived
at the prison at seven o'clock, and in
company with Mr. M'Donald continued with the
prisoner till the execution. Shortly before eight
o'clock, after the governor of the prison had handed
the prisoner over to the charge of the provost and
magistrates of the burgh, Calcraft pinioned him in
the vestibule of the jail, in presenee of Bishop Mur-
doch and Rev. Mr.M'Donald. The murderer evinced
no emotion while being pinioned. He did not utter
a single word, but appeared firm, and exhibited as
much as possible the same callous indifference, as,
indeed, he had done from the moment the murder
was discovered. His appearance was nevertheless
haggard, and his face very pale. The precession
was then formed, headed by two oonstables with
drawn swords. The prisoner, behind whom was
Calcraft, attended by the Roman Catholic bishop
and priest. There were also present the Rev. Mr.
Gray, the chaplain of the prison, and Sheriff Steele.
At the prison gate they were received by Mr.
Macintosh, provost of the burgh, and the magi-
strates. On the scaffold the bishop offered up
prayers, the unfortunate man repeating the words
distinctly after him, but with some degree of tremor
in his voice. The white cap was drawn over his
face, prayers still being repeated, and he still
uan-
swering. On a signal from the bishop to the ledce
tioner, the spring was touched, and, with n a the air.
jerk, the unfortunate man was suspended
He struggled slightly for a minute and
as aihaltafter
taken down
whioh he ceased to
at ten minutes past lnine o'clock ive. The bodydw
interred within
the precincts of the prison. and
conv.ict. repeat-
edly assumed a cheerful deportment his
but it was always evidently much forced, and for
the purpose of" make believe." On Wednesday—
although he had slept badly the previous night, and
rested worse that evening—he whistled some
Irish jigs; and subsequently asked the warder, in
rather a facetious style, whether the locks of the
cells were on Chubb's patent, and whether they
could be picked inside. Lunnay made no public
acknowledgment of his guilt, and indeed, in the
latest letters he despatched to his friends, he con-
tinued to affirm himself innocent of the crime for
which lie has suffered. He was recommended to
mercy by the jury, but the recommendation was not
noticed, and an attempt to get up a petition in
Dumbarton in his favour completely failed. Lunnay
was born in Tarravally, county Fermanagh, Ire-
land, and was 28 or 29 years of age. He was a
strong-looking, middle-sized man; was bred to the