Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-02-22

fre1fV hDllat NOES: anu rom ana aItet me hHst
day Of January next, on all their bills, checks Ger.
,iGca,es Of ,leposite. and other evidence nf debts,
upon presentation of the same nj their respective
banking houses, and opnn a failure TO comply with
The foregoing provisions, their corporate powers.
privileges and franchise, shall thereupon cease, be
nuIl and void. and Of no effect, except for the pur-
pose Of liquidation.'
Murder from .hahusy-The Baltimore Sun
Of Thursday contains an account Of a d'sbo''cal
MURDER, com nitted On The eastern shore OF Mary
land on the 4th inst, in Kent coup,y-the mo
wing cause beieg jealousy. The victim was MI
James ? Worth, and HE pstpetrstor Of tbs feu'
deed. Edgar Newman, son Of a widow lady now
residing in fhilaJe|pEia. The following are the
particulars given 10 The Sun:
Il appears ,l,a, Newman, while on 81 visit TO
tina. neiahbo,hooj, became acquainted with q
v.,,ng lady by the name Of Lavins Pines. daugb-
to, Of The late u Piner Of Kent epupty. lnser.
course assured him tba. bis passion was uu'eani-
ted. lie perceived m intimacy between Miss
iper and the unfortunate deceased, and revenge
seized his son. In an interview with Miss =. he
7 GtNtFn MS lfetlVES. ANU ''lit u W SSt''fF
tina, he would satisie his revenge either on Miss
Finer or Mr.. Wrc,h. When tho hour for ten az
rived. they all assembled, and Newman and
Wro,l, took their seats together at the table, ap-
PATIENTLY On good terms. They remained together
in the room until ten O'Clock. Newman then re-
tired, apparently with The intention Of going to
bed. in company with n Mr.. Pennington. lie
however did not GO to bed, but remained out Of
doors come time, and then came into The room
where Pennington was, and endeavored TO open
his trunk. He succeeded finally IN this, and Ia
king from it n bottle, he swallowed sons liquor
and snatked his lips, observed, "No~ | will Try
suain. He then went out, and in n very shor
time came TO the window Of The room IN whict
Wroth was sitting with the family, including
TIRES females, and presenting a gun, with deliber
ate aim fred, and literally bowed The head Of ths
unfortunate victim to atoms-ihe brains wer'
scattered all over the room, and those who were
sitting abound. Miss Lsvinn was sitting on allow
chair in A line with the shot, which passed. owe
her. and the surposit,on il that the design was t.
kill both by tho same discharge. Immediately
upon firing. Newman ran TO The room where Pen
nins,on was in bed. and exclaimed. II have don
it. + asked. "Done what" and n replied
"killed Wtoih.' lie insisted upon being arrest
cd. md followed Pennington TO the door Of tb'
room, anu asked if Wro,h was dead He wa
shortly after tied hand and foot, and taken |,
Chnrlestowp jail. He did not ex press much re-
gtet at the occurrence. until he spoke Of bis mo
,hst, when temorso seemed 10 seize him,
We do not rocoIlect tina. we have seen any il
Iusiration of the extrnvsgant more transcendentI,
luJlcrous than the following, "a nero invention
evidently copied from n Buffalo paper, said tt
have been uttered by a live Hoosier.
Stranger-I expect you arc about the TALES
kind Of n coon thore is in these disgins. You
little Bunalonian walks straight into things, lik'
a squash vine into a potato patch.
I come down the other day in the steamboa
Cleveland. She's a pretty Gxin, Golly! amt sh'
a smasher7 Once coming down, a streak Of ligh.
ming followed three miles and better. The Cap
tain sec it was gaining on us a little, 80 be toll,
the man to starhoard tho helm and let it 20 by
# did 20 like a horse, and we were 50 near it tina
the deck passengers smel. birthstone.
Inc tapta'h Ieit q ht'e cheap, AZ nfst, abou
letting it beat him, and said the steam wasn't ~
but | told him he did perfectly right to turn on,
as there was so many women on board, and the,
there was so much iron that it drew tho lightning
and helped it along. so i. warn't fair play. Yo
should have heard the thunder that come alc,,
after it. 1t would have given you a new idea 70
Que Of your articles. National IaieAgeneer
Wsronsin.-The Legislature Of this T'erritor,
have passed resolutions providing for the election
of a Convention "to assemble at the Capitol il
Madison, on the first Monday Of November ne xt
for the purpose of celebrating upon ana adopiin,
such lawful and constitutional measures as ina,
seem to be necessary and proper for the early al
justmcnt Of the southern boundary and admission