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New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-22

% The CITY of Ncworlcans ha. been the scene OF sa
excitement, in consequence of the seduction OF an O
GIRL under circumstances of peculiar asgrnvaiiou; Al
Houch has also been arrested. examined and held to b
the sum of So 900 on charge of having pepe'Faied DO.
assault on the person OF girl eleven years OF age
case was one of horrible auocity aud added to the
tense excitement caused throughout the city by the occ
first mentioned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-22

~ Col Thomas Smith for several years past a Deleg
in the Virginia General Assembly. died recently Gl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-22

T&e .3ermoss-The C0rnev Stone Q; the srca, Mormon
Temple t,ha, is to ny NauvoO, ulpo was lad the
81, last. pncncr g; >eva * cish; thousand persons ana
the Nauvco Military Legion CONSISTING sly hundred aaa
sstx mcu The Warsaw {lnl woriA!, Says; M Rissoa
oRca,si a, the LAYING Of he che; stone and a
dressed the assembly very energetic manner speech
Of abou, an hours length. Or the whole ihc excuses
pas>el of with the u,ro~, order w'thOa; accident the
,ssh,cs, disturbance Gen Bennett commanded The Legion
s,dce the iir,toa q the Prophet and acquitted hisel:
truly otSccr-iiNc a,anncy,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-22

JeAs / Mssos $ the Opposition candidate ias Congress
in the With (rrcrick,owpl pis;rc ssc & rhOsa>; &;
ward A, Lypch The Wig candidate. The contest VII b
so,rv 81, SC orc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-22

u MIR. q. F. P,ioc suihm .; scrcra 0vsinA. ana oN-
eclc, cass on Grammar vii cor,ncnoe C0aF>o .;
Iectsrc on that Scar this evening AZ - Chambers street
Scc advertise rrcn,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-04-22

= s'r naraea Marssgr, Payne Eeoea.iy committed
>y,Scsic n Washington b taking a-<e-ic
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-09

Of the Board Of Trade, Earl Of Ripon Secretary Of
War, Sir H. Iiardings; Treasurer Of the Navy and
Paymasler Of the Forces, Sir Z. KnatehbaII.
Postmaster General, Lord Lowther; Chancellor Of
the Duchy Of Lancaster, Lord u. Somerset Woods
and Forests Earl Of Lincol n; Major General Of The
Ordnance, Sir q. Murray; Vice President Of the
Board Of Trade and Master Of the Mint, w
Gladstone; Secretary of the Admiralty, Hon. S,dn.y
Herbert; Joint Secretaries OF the Treasury, Sir q
Clerk Sir T. Fremantle; Secretaries OF the Board Of
Control, Hon. w. BaIing, J. Emerson Iennenl ;
Home Under Secretary, Hon. g. M. Sutton Forri
creiary, G. w. Hope Lords Of the Treasury, Alen
Prnge, ii. Barring, J. Young, J. Mines Gs,kei
Lords Of the Admiralty, Sir q. Cockhum Admiral
Sir w. Gage, Sir G. Seymour, Hon Captain Gordon,
Hon. III. l.. Cory Storekesper OF the Ordnance
X. Bonham; Clerk Of the Ordnance, Captain Bode,
ro Surveyor General Of the Ordnance, Colonel iona
than Peel; Attorney General, Sir +. Pollock So
liclor General, Sir w Foet,; Judge Advocate, DR.
Nicholl; Governor General OF Cadsds, Sir Z bagaii
Lord Advocate Of Scotland, Sir w Rae
IRELAND.
Lord Lieutenant, Earl De Grey; Lord Chancellor
SIR 4. Sugden; Chief Secretary, Lord Elliot Auol
ney General, - BIackburne, q CT Solicitor Gene
raj, SERGEANT Jackson.
QUEENS HOUSEHOLD.
Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delaware; Lord Steward
Earl of Liverpool; Master Of the Horse Earl of Jer-
sey; Master Of the Buckhounds Earl Of Rosslyn
Captain Of the Yeomen Of the Guard, Marquis OF Lo
THAN; Captain of the Geaten,en Pensioners, Lord
Forester ce-ChamberIain, Lord Ernest Bruce
Treasurer OF the Household, Earl Jer,pyn; Control
Ter OF the Household, Hon. ID. Damci Lords in
Waitlng-Lord Aboyne, Lord Rivers, Lord Hard
wicke, Lord Byron Earl OF Warwick, VIscouni sgd
ney, Earl Of Morton, Marquis Of Omonde; Groom
in Waiting, Captain Meyne; Mistress Of the Robes
Duchess OF Buccleuch; Ladies Of the Bedehamber--
Marchoness Camden, Lady LyteIion, Lady Port
man, Lady Barham, Countess OF Charemont
PRINcb ALBERT's HOUSEHOLD.
Groom Of the Stole, Marquis of Exeter Sergeant
at Arms, Colonel Perceval Clerk Marshal Lord e,
Wellesley.
cHAIRMEN OF ELECTION COMMITTEES NOMINATED
BY THE SPEAKER.
Lord Sandon, r. M. O'FerralI, Sidney Herbert
Loeb, Wilson Palten, Sir e. Grey.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-09
REPUBLICAN OreicE, Springfield, Mass,
Tuesday Evening, October o.
DREADFUL COLLISION OF RAILROAD
CARS

This afternoon the Eastern and Western passen6er
cars Of The Western Railroad, both going at greal
speed mel a curve about fDuI miles west of West
field and the effects shocking and disastrous
Wesfeld depot is the place for meeting and pa ssnp
but the train from the Yves. behind its lime
the other train went on, the conductor hoping to ar
rive at the next turnout before meeting the other
The baggage Of each train behind of course
motive and tenders. The two locomotives and two
OF three passenger of each train smashed
complete wreck. The passengers were damned and
tunbed together in the ruins in dreadful confusion
We are informed that eighteen or twenty have limbs
broken, and many more severely bruised and
lacerated in various ways Mr.. Warren, the conduc-
tor OF the train from the West is shockinsly muta.
ted but his life is not yet despared Of The eng
Of that train escaped without much injury. !.
Mr. Moore, the conductor Of the Springfield train,
narrowly escaped by Jumping Of MIR. Taylor the
engineer OF that train, IL badly wounded A young
lady, niece of Major Whistler, is said To be DANCE
rousIy hurt Colonel Harvey Chaplin, is much bruised
but not dangerously, as Is hoped. The Rev. s
Elliot, an Episcopal clergyman from South Carolina.
and family, left here this nooo, brought back OF
the United States Hotel this evening Ain sad con
dnion ihe ladies' we're not seriously hut; but his
Two sons were wounded-one scratched and bruised
aud the other had his leg broken above the knee
These are all the particular cases of which we learn
We are not sufficiently informed Of the cncum.
stances Of this sad accident to make any comment.
u " reported that MIR. Warren, mentioned above
died this morning. He formerly conductor OF the
steamboat train to Observation-Disclosures clerk Of
the steamboat Worcester.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-09

tween the two countries Of the Imperfect
sorf' stated by Ruthenorth, but nevertheless a
;. iawfisi rar,1 which furnishes, under the law
OF nations, an IMMUNITY 20 Mcleod, a soldier
engaged in il. II such would be the effect Of
thai evidence on trial Of the Indictment then,
on habeas corpus, the same incontroveriible ey-
idence authorizes discharge by the court
Another ground upon which the application
for a discharge ought 10 have prevailed. is that
our own Government has settled the character
Of this hostile attack. II has decided il TO be
an q imperfect sort Of mar" and that indyi-
duals concerned in il ought not TO be holden
personally responsible" That decision being,
as we have shown, binding and conclusive upon
courts, the prisoner ought to have been dis
charged on his habeds corpus.
We here dismiss this subject, hoping, for the
character Of our country, that the judgment Of
the Supreme Court may be reviewed, and an
opinion so unsound in all its parts, as we con
ceive Judge CowEN's to be, rendered nugatory
as an authority for the future.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-09

ANE & TUCKER, Merchant Tailoys. having
~ Just returned from New York, have now he
pleasure OF offering 20 their friends and the Public
large and splendid assortment OF british and Wrench
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, and VESTINGS, of
lected from the very latest importations and ihey
confideatly believe rich and beautiful stock Of
goods was never offered in this city They have also
received from Paris handsome and fashionable sun
Of Clothes, "a the latest French style made 10 their
order and they now prepare ed 10 execute ali order
70 iheir line in their usual elegant style of fit and
nnish lne Public are most respectfully in .i,ed 10
call and examine, at their old stand under the Nation
~ niiiiaru SALOON oct 7-.}taw2wf
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-09

ROARDING. Mrs. TuRPlN, late Of Richmond,
- Va, has taken that commodious house opposite
Fuller's Hotel, recently occupied by Mrs Howard,
where she Is prepared 10 accommodate Ladies and
time She could take few families, and some oil the
heads Of departments, not intending 10 keep house
might lind her house convenient and agreeabIe Ioca
ton.
for three OF four young gentlemen who may hay. no
objection TO lodging together.
Her terms will be reasonable, and according 10 cir
ou'''s'ahecs. Sept. st.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-09
AUG. A. NICHOLSON,
Quariermaster
CABINET AND CHAIR FACTORY, ! door.

( NABINET AND CHAIR FACTORY, 4 doors
~ west OF IL street. James Williams has re-.
ee'vcd by the schooner Ayne a lot Of high and low
back Nurse and Arm Rocking Chairs and Cabinet
Furniture.
has on band, and continues 10 manufacture by
experienced workmen, all kinds Of Cabinet Furniture
and Cain and w insor Chairs. Hair aud SbucL Mi,
'rasses, China, Glass, and Liverpool ware
Oid furniture taken in exchange for new.
Old furniture repaired and repainted.
winch VIII be sold low for cash. or on time Tor good
paper.
On hand, good assortment of Mshoosny which
will be cold low FOR cash oet5 ssw3w
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-10-09
HEAp QUARTERS, MARINE CoRPs,
Washington Civ, DEL. An. lS4I.

SEPARATE Proposals will be received al the office
~ Of the Qaartermastcr Of the Marine Corps ia
this city until IL o'clock, on Wednesday the 10Th
day of November next, for furnishing rations 10 the
United States Marines at the following stations for
The year 1872:
Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
Charlestown, Massac huseiis
Brooklyn, Long island New York;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Gosport, near Norfolk, Virginia:
Pensacola, Florida; and
W ashington City, District Of Columbia
lhe rations to consist of one pound and a ou,r,er
OF iresh heef or three quarters Of pound OF mes,
pork eighteen ounces OF bread flour at In, ONION
OF the Government; and at the rate Of six pounds ~
good clean coffee twelve pounds of good New Orleans
sugar, eight quarts OF beans four quarts OF VINEGAR
TWO quarts OF SALT four pounds OF soap and one and
halt POUNDS of good dipped candles to each hundred
rations.
Il understood that the full side Of beef meek and
sums ekcioded) be delivered, If required; IL such
quantity be not required that the fore and hind quar-
tefs he delivered alternately And the bread or our
shaii he OF superhne quality. All the articles TO be-
unexceptlonahle and 10 be issued 10 the troo, v,h
out expense TO the United States.
Proposals to be endorsed " Proposals for Ra,ons
for 1912"
AUG. A. NICHOLSON,
Qudrtermaster,
oct 5-3tawtl0thNov
ne American Sentinel, and PennsyIvanisn Phil
a,delPh'a; the Portsmouth Gazette New Hnmpshire
'he Ne" ork Evening Post the New York Herald
anu me New York Enquirer; the Baltimore Republ,-
can The Norfolk Beacon; the Norfolk Herald; the
hchinond Enquirer. and Richmond WING; the Al
ehsndna Gazette Alexandra, d. c.; and The pensa.
cola 1"xette will give the above three insertions each
per week, and send copy Of the advertisement 10
accompany the account when forwarded to this Office
Tor payment.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-27

- From he Knickertoc1s ~ y
nab1.sn's sMmAcuLous Osoxn - n, ,ons,,s
1s.ksPesre, Though - .ean.u Amon1
Ike nuns,, wnn moes 4|| 0hicides which have
uksds 50 nran.; ~ lure in the newspapers
IL the uni H% 81 the last twelve months, we
clan cali 70 mind scarcely one, which il was in
tended by the perpetrator TO conceal, that has
not, by means oftentmes the most trivial. been
Ibid open TO the eyes Of the world. A most
dliking instance was that Of the murder in New
Jersey. After the deed was done. and no human
Dye had seen il; when the body of the victim
WAS buried beneath the floor, and even an exph-
Aalion of its anticipated decay prepared for, the
berturbed spirit Of the murderer behed in every
Ihan an accuser, and inevery eyes witness. Blood
pad been spilled, and the damning dye would
pot out" So he must needs purchase two rab-
pits, ard go round with them in his hand TO his
tcquaintances complaining that they had bled
Upon his person, and on his floor, and offering
them for sale; aud in the ssblack and dark night
he dared not go near his own dwelling alone, but
offered artizans extravaganza terms to sit up with
3lm all night, for The could not sleep" Con-
science was in this case the miraculous organ"
hat ultimately plucked out the heart of his awful
mystery. So too OF a recent murder in Virginia.
Ii occurred on Friday night; all day on Saturday
he body remained; and the wrecked prisoner says
lie endured all the agonies Of hell during the day
tie drank deep, 10 keep down the feelings tnat
tlgitated his bosom. He dared not flee, for fear
q the pursuer; he was afraid TO look his fellow
ben in the face, lest his guilt should stand burn
I'D in characters FIRE upon his forehead. Al
hight he essayed TO remove the body, but the ap-
Hrehension that he was watched prevented him.
SO moving few things out of his house, he sci
Il on fire, thinking thus to destroy all evidence Of
| the murder But after the last rafter had fallen
| ih, and the dying embers had begun to pale,
there, in the midst of the fire, lay unburned the
hleadess trunk Of his victim He next bethoughl
hhm of conveying away the body; but after he had
raked it from the ashes, il was so hot that he was
compelled TO leave il to cool, before he could re-
move it. The day was dawning, and his worl
was not yet accomplished! He then dragged the
cPrpse up beside rail fence, where il lay about
| twenty steps from the road all day. frightlu
wreck of mortality; the arms burned of, the legs
| chlcined to cinder, and only small portion Of
the head clinging to the trunk! 'At night he tool
| the body and buried it in potatoe-hole; bu
| skill the fear that il would be discovered, tor
nhented him sore, and he again took it up and
| Carried ii in his arms about two miles through
the dark old forest and buried il in hollow tree
IN the course OF Monday, he again went to the
spot where the body was inferred, terrified lest the
dogs, in ranging the wood, should discover his
drime. But there was upon him an Eye from
whose glance he could not hide; and his own con-
science haunted him with its terrible thunder
ihgs!"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-27
STATISTICS OF THE LONDON
POST OEEICE.

We gather the following from report recent
ly made to our Government by Mr.. Pitt, wht
was sent out sometime ago 10 Europe, by the d
rfction Of Mr.. Van Buren,, for the purpose Of
collecting information relative 10 the post office
and mail arrangement of the Old World
The average number of letters received daily
fpr delivery in the London post-ofiice is rs, $50
| The average number Of newspapers received
daily, for delivery in the London post-ollice, j
M, 460.
The average number Of letters sent, daily post
ED in London, 80,370.
The average number of letters daily distribut
ed and forwarded, is 22,3l0.
The average number of newspapers daily
posted in London, is $3.50.
The average number of newspapers daily dis
tributed and forwarded, is 5000.
In the London district post, the average num-
Der of letters received and delivered daily, is g.,
600; number OF newspapers, $500.
Besides the letter carriers there are also attach
ed to the General Post, ninety five belmen, who
call at every house in their walk for letters to GO
by the evening despatch. They carry locked
bag, with an aperture large enough to drop in a
letter, which can only be opened at the post office
Any person having letters to Tc ~ ss man hnI, may
his fee or one penny for each letter, and then may
rest assured that they will be despatched by the
mail of the same evening.
The number ofpost towns in the United King
dom is 1898; the number of miles upon which
the mail in the United Kingdom is annually car
red by mail coaches, horse, and foot posts, is
7,464,25o, by railways. 1886. $50. The annual
cost of which, for the former, is fe- the
railways, is f19,940.
Each mail is accompanied with guard, arm
ed with blunderbuss and pistols. The business
has increased immensely, since the introduction
of the penny post system.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-27

MuRpER-A letter from Prairie du Chem, dated the
I7th February gives accopnt of murder which had
been committed near that Pace IL seems that a Mr.
Howard had been boarding with Mrs. Curtis, at
some distance from the d6cNe town. The two had
for some time been OF variance. The account says
" about IL o'clock, Howard came into the house, and
after taking Goals from the re and placing them
under the gridron, requested ts Curtis take five
minutes tune in preparing heTself to see her hear,
jumping and roasting and then sat down to sharpen
ing large knife. This was, a matter Of course,
not pleasant to Mrs Curtis and her six children pre-
sent and she fed to Mr.. Wausley's. The family
agreed to protect her Howard pursued and demand
ed her and was ordered out of the house. He wen,
out and Immediately returned, armed with anaxc.-
There was Mr.. Sanders present, who was armed
with small Ratchet. These two cnched-Howard
not being able to use his He then drew large
Indian knife and stabbed Sanders in the back extend
ing 10 the abdomcn--four inches OF the blade break
ing of in his body. Upon drawing the part out, h
hled so profusey TO make Il impossible for hm Z
live. Howard had not been apprchended.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-27
10000 100
$33.466 &C
Stag &C


Exclusive Of the buildings, machinery and enclosing
grounds apparatus, tools and fixtures
That there was here an enormous expenditure of
the public money is proposition too plain, appre
hend to be denied by any body. But it would puzzle
that ingenious unctionary, the Secretary of the
Treasury, to show that the expenditure attended
with a particle of benefit TO the country II is well
known that the mint at Philadelphia can coin nearly
ten millions; while, in 1885, there were actually
coined al the principal mint and branches but $4 2U6
$40, viz: at Philadelphia $3,979,2l7; Charlotte,
SS4 l65; Dahonega, $l02,9ll New Orleans, $40
243; and that the cost of keeping up and carrying
the Philadelphia mint is the same, under the pre-
sent system, if all the coinage made there or
in other words that all the money that coined at all
the mns in the country, could be coined, at great
cost of machinery officers &c. at the Philadelphia
mint, than is expended in coming part only of the
money there. Ii follows fcourse that each and every
of these branch minis is superfuous--a cxcre-
scence, fungus, and very expensive fungus, too,
sir to say nothing of its tendency to ndurate into
cancer OF Executive patronage. Now let me ask you,
Mi. Chairman and this House. can such extrava-
vance be rghtcan it be proper in government, pro-
Tossing administer the affairs Of the people in the
most economical mode practicabe3 No, sir; it is
wong il is very wrong il is all wrong; and in par
" which rode into power on the most flaming pro.
misses of reircnchment and frugaty, it is not only
wrong, but iidculously indecent.
must refer TO another great evil growing ou
OF these branch minis and th.t rs a want of uniform
ty in the coinage. To the government, and what u
more TO the people of the United States Is matte
of primary Importance that the coinage of their circu
lating medium should be exact and uniform. This u
atopc which needs no illustration. The planest maj
in the country can see the evils of confusion and IT
regularity in the circulating medium, and can see thu
benefits Of uniformity in that respect These bene
fits will not, il is palpable exist, where the money il
coined at different places, under the superintendent
and by the work of different individuals For tn,
sake Of uniformity in the coinage, high considera
tons Of public policy would dictate that there shou,
be only one mnt though its cost should equal
exceed that of plurality of mints. But IN cas-
like this when !, is shown that mint do all tn
coinage Of the nation without any addition to its pre-
sent cost, how can we ourselves to our consu
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-27
POPULAR LECTURES.


Now that the hustle and excitement Of the ina, GU
ration has in great subsidized, and It'll
zens are again in the peaceful possession of cir
accustomed tranquility; the pomp and circumst nee
of glorious pageantry have yielded to the calm md
quiet Of purely rational and intellectual enjoyn cn
il is natural to suppose and hope that there will ga
continuation of lectures before the various literary and
scientific societies. with which have been la, sh
y favored during the past winter.
Indeed have heard that DR.. F. Hall Profess T of
Chemistry and Pharmacy in Columbia College, has
kindly consented to deliver series Of lectures
Chemistry and Experimental Philosophy if suific en
encouragement be given TO defray the necessar, at
tendant expenses.
Professor Hall has long been known and estce ed
throughout the United States and in many part of
Europe, of research in nearly all branch of
and Chemistry; and the evidences which he has re-
tofore given of enlightened berality has placed his
reputation in envabe position.
To afford an opportunity to all be their means yer
so limited he has placed the price for the cours ut
tieo dollars.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that this opportunity will
not be lost upon citizens another such may not
shortly be presented and that the iberaty which has
been extended by this scientific gentleman, will he
met with similar response on the part Of those i no
ton ANXIOUS ScIENTI4
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-27

The LATE ACCIDENT TO PRINCE ALBERT
When Prince Albert broke through the ice on
the lake in the gardens OF Buckingham Palace, one
day last week, his royal highness's situation was
Car more perilous than the public were led to i'm
agine; and, had not her majesty and the Hon.
Miss Murray been fortunately close to the spot at
the lime there is very little doubt that the result
would have proved fatal TO the prince The wa
ter where the ice broke was upwards Of seven
feet in depth, although close TO the shore; and
the sides of the bank afforded him no footing
to enable him TO extricate himself without assist
ance. The prince was in the water for upwards
Of three minutes, and went twice under before he
could grasp the hand Of her majesty Morning
Herald.