American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1825-10-14

MAysvILLE, KEN. SEPT 25.-- Uesha's TTial-
We learn from Cynthiara, that, on Saturday eve
ming last (being the last day Of the September term
OF the Harrison Circuit Court,) the jury ernpannel.
led to try Isaac b. Desha for the murder OF Francis
Baker, brought in verdict of Guilty We learn
further, that Immediately the result of the trial
being made known, the counsel Of Desha prayed a
new trial, on the ground Of informally in The indict-
ment--the counsel Of the commonwealth having
neglected to name the County in which the murder
was committed. Judge Brown, it is said, without a
moments hesitation, granted the prisoner another
trial. Counsel for the prosecution, William K.
Wall for the prisoner, William Brown, Thomas
p Taul, James Crawford, and VIM. Bayley.
One of the public institutions which our country
exhibits for the education OF youth, and which is
we'll deserving of attention. is that established by the
Society of Quskers, in Providence, R. |. under the
name ofthe Friends Yearly Meeting Boarding
School," This Quaker College. (lor such dis,inc.
tion it merits) was established in the year 1919.
1t has been muni6centIy endowed {; and presents to
view, edi6ce about 220 feet in length the height
Of the main story being three stories and that of the
wings two stories. 1t will accommodate $50 pupils,
rs Of each sex. Three teachers, of each sex are
provided; and besides the ordinary elementary
branches Of education the pupils are taught astron
omy. chemistry, drawing and colourng Of maps,
algebra, surveying, navigation, SC. Latin, Greek,
and French languages are also taught. When the
moral discipline OF this unpretending sect is called
to mind, it will be admitted that there is little me-
cessiy for adding that every attention is paid to
the cultivation of correct princpes-.Nat. Journal
National Rond-The first division of the con.
tinustion Of The Cumberland Road beyond the Ohio,
is now under contract, and undergoing the opera
tion of grading. Contracts have also been made
for the construction OF the bridges, and prepara.
tions are making for building them. The road, as
we'll as the bridges were taken at very low prices,
compared with the cost Of making the road ON the
east side of The Ohio river
There is no scarcity Of laborers they can be
had at almost any price; six dollars per month for
common laborers, we understand, is the highest
wages given, and many work for less. The robust
hardy sons Of Hibernia are, with few exceptions,
the only persons employed on the road. They
come in great numbers from different sections oi
the country to find employment, but at least nine
tenths Of them are disappointed.
Manner of making the Road.-The bed Of the
road is 10 be formed thirty feet in width. the hills
cut down, and valleys filled, that no elevation in
any part Of the road when finished shall be greater
than an angle of four and half degrees with the
horizon. The road to be covered twenty feet in
width with stone, to be broken in pieces weighing
formed nearly fiat, having slope of one inch to
three feet from the centre to the sides. When the
stone is inspected and passed by the superinten
dent they are to be sown or scattered upon the
road with the shovel. Limestone 10 be used iD all
cases where it is to be had. Bridges, culvers, and
sewers, to be made on and across the road, and
bitches cut along its sides wherever it shall be ne
cessary.
All filings exceeding TWO feet, on the line OF the
road now contracted for, are to be made before the
first OF December but no stone to be put on before
the 18th of May next. Ohio paper.
A somewhat singular freak of dame fortune is
mentioned in the N. York Commercial Advertiser.
poor man who had fallen into "durance vile,''
besought the officer in whose hands he was, to
take three tickets in the last Literature Lottery
(Which was all he had in the world to offer him,
though not equal to the demand,) and to let him
20. The officer took the tickets, handed them
over to the creditor and the prisoner was released
from his confinement. In few days after, one oil
these tickets came out prize OF taoeny tice thou
sand dollars This identical ticket had been offered
to the officer by the creditor. gratuity for his
services, who declined taking it he did not like
the number, but chose another which drew blank.
1t is to be hoped the holder of the ticket will at least
divide his good fortune with the poor man who was
its owner, and who gave up his claim to the whole
upon the compulsion of the law.
POPULATION OF IRELAND.
.arranged from the first number of"He Dublin
Philosophical Journal and Scientific Reriew."
In the returns made pursuant to an act Of Parlia-
ment the population of Ireland in 1921, is said to
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