The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-26

which had committed homicide upon the person. of a child ) years old, named Jean Martin. The following are ;,icw of the passages of this im- portant scntaiiee:
 "After having considered the case and heard the testimony, having consulted the customs and usages of Bourgogne, and considering ourselves ill the presence of God, We condemn Jean Bail- lis SOW to be conscatcd and delivered to tine exccutioner, to be hung hy the neck until she shall be dead and with reference to the pigs, as it has not been clearly proved that they had any participation in the crime. We defer sentence upon them. and consent that they be restored 10 the said John Bailli, he given security for their Iappearance, should their guilt be made manifest hereafter. A reference to the report of the case shows that the little pigs were afterwards honorably acquitted,
 The French Parliament showed itself notlcss Wise III this respect. than the provincial courts. 0ne of its sentences iii iGGf. condemned an ass to be hung and burnt; and previously in l4G6. 1t confirmed sentence of the Judge of CorbeI, sentencing to death man and a hog, who were executed together. Examples o this kind might be greatly multiplicd-onc especially of Sardaigne, which might be considered still more outre. We must defer our case to our next re- bort.
 Washinrton. Dec. lS.--Letters have been re- ceised at the War Department to-day, announce
 ing the fact, that without waiting for the ratiti- Ication o the fate Choctaw treaty with the Uni- ted States, body of seven or eight hundred of that tribe have already set out for their new homes westof the Mississippi, which they will reach early in January. Orders have been promptly given by the department, to furnish them with such supplies as will prevent them from suffering in tie territory which is dcs- tined to receive them for the remainder of their Hives. This early movement on the part of the Indians proves that they are willing emigrants- ltproves their confidence in the government.-- And whatever differences of opinion may exist as 10 the right or policy of their removal, it has become perfectly manifest that the law author- Using that measure will be benevoientlY carried into effect bg the executive govern1,eiit.-l5s9. l LCgal Deoasions.--1t has been recently docid- ed in the United States district court at Mobile. ! his honor judge Crawford presiding, on an action brought by ;ho holder o.f q iiote to A. E. or bearer, that the note was transfera- ble by delivery, and that subsequent bona fae holder was not affected by tie disabilities of the nominal payee. It was also held that no offset or discount could be admitted against such a note, in the hands ofany person to whom itmight have been transferred for q valuable consiaera- l ton.
 The question was also determined that the United States in an action brought On arote given for property sold blythe government, were not entitled to toajudgmcnt at the first term of Inc court. Hence, on notes payable to the United States aad on notes assigned to them, the defcnd- ants, as in cases where private individuals are parties, are entitled to an i'nparlance. l Ccnsueof .Neu- Eork.--Nfr. Williams, the edit or of the New York Annual Register, has ob- taned. principally fromthe Marshal of the Nor thern and Southern Districts, for publication in his forthcoming Annual Register, the rcturus of the census fromthe edflerentcountiesofth State.
 The returns from somcof the counties are not of flcIal, but will not Vary much from the general result. which is as iollows:-
 1895. 1.GIG,45S
 Is30, l,934,496 MARRIED
 'Cn the 18th inst. in Jefferson County bv Yohn