The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-07-04

ing table is taken from " a View OF South
America and Mexico"
States No Of inhaJ1s. Chief to7enS
Mexico ,506,900 Mexico
Pucbla 1,212,495 Puebla
GuanaXuato 6l3,150 GuanaXuato
Michoacan 563,S74 Vaadolid
Xalisco !l44,967
Zacatecas 220,29S .Xacatecas
OaXaca S01,076 Oaxaca
Yucatan G95,732 Merida
Tabasca 78.056 Hermosa
Chiapa $3.50 Chiapa
Vera Cruz 156,740 Vera Cruz
Querctaro 754992 Queretaro
San Luis Potosi 174,957 San L. Potosi
Interior of the east 10000
Interior of the north 2)9,S23 chihuahua
Interior of the west,
including Old and
New California 227 ,45G Cinaloe
Tamaulipas l66,S24 N Santander
The city Mexico is about the size Of
Philadelphia Guadalaxara is larger than
Baltimore, and Puebla, the third in size,
has 0,000inhabitants, or more than Boston.
From the Washington County Post, Of
June 20th.
CIRCUIT AND Oyer AND TERM1NER.-,
During the last week Judge Walworth
held Circuit Court at Sandy Hill, New
York. A number of causes were tried,
which excited great interest.
Among the unpleasant incidents of Grim
inal jurisprudence, was one wholly UMPIRE
cedented in this county,, and probably in
the state. 1t was the indictment and trial
Of the District attorney for forgery The
facts of the case were these. An indict-
ment had been presented by the Grand
Jury against one Thomas Hubbard, for GER
tain misdeeds which were particularly set
forth in twenty-one counts. But in some Of
these counts, the actor was called Samuel
Hubbard, and in others Thomas Howard.
These Inisnomers were noticed by the pris-
oner's counsel, and relied upon as part OF
his defence but on trial it was found Tie
indictment he'd been altered, and the varia-
tons Of the name no longer existed. The
alterations were charged upon Joseph u.
Lathorp, Esq. the District Attorney, and so
fully and incontestibly proven, that he was
indicted by the Grand Jury, then in sess-
ion. On Friday, he was tried, Mr.. l.
Williams prosecuting the Indictment, and
MIR. John L. Wendell defending. The ev-
idenee was strong and irresistible. In
fact, before the trial was finished, Mr..
Lathorp frankly acknowledged to the jury
that he did make the alterations, and had
done it iga0rantty, under belief that he
had a right to do so. The court, as we
understand, charged the jury, that, if they
deemed the alterations immaterial, or be-
lieved that they we're made, as the prison.
er alleged, without any felonious intent,
they should acquit him; and he was ac.
cordingly acquitted. 1t is acknowledged,
on all hands, that the conduct of Mr.. La
tl.orp, in the matter, was highly improper
and wholly unwarrantable. And if, after
years of experience, he was yet so igno-
rant Of his rights and duty as public prose-
cutor, as thus grossly to violate both, it
may be well doubted whether he was ever
fit for the office, or should longer be per.
mitted to hold it.
New YORK, June %. A bet Of 1000 dol
lars, to trot against time, was decided yes
terday on the Trotting Course, Long
island. The conditions of the bet, were to
trot in harness fifteen miles within an hour,
which was performed by the Long Island
horse Whalebone, in Sc minutes, notwith-
standing the heaviness of the course, ow-
ing to the rain which fell the night preced-
ing and in the afternoon of the day of the
race. The 18th mile was accomplished in
3 minutes and 10 seconds, and in the last
{ 18th mile,) in 3 minutes and 5 seconds
and what is very remarkable, the horse
came in at the end of the race in gallant
style, not appearing more distressed than
the common run of horses would in per-
forming the same distance at the rate of
eight miles the hour. The owner has of
tered to trot him seventeen miles in an hour,
for n thousand dollars
At the late session of the Court ofsCom-
mon Pleas for Cumberland, (Me.) Judge
Whitman presiding, seven hundred civil
actions and a considerable number of
criminal cases were disposed of. The par
ties, juries and witnesses were detained
only four days in court.
Edward Little, Esq. was tried on an in
dictment found against him at former
term, for assaulting a woman. The Coun-
ty Attorney, at the suggestion of the
Judge, dropped the prosecution, upon the
ground that the woman gave him great
was as much to blame as he.
and that he had been sufficiently punished
by carrying the prosecution thus far. The
Argus doubts not the correctness of this
disposition of the matter, but suggests that
t would have been as well to have let the
prosecution proceed, inasmuch as the ac-
used is a lawyer, chief Justice of the
court of Sessions and people are ready to
suspect that great folks are less severely
lealt with when they commit offences than
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