The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-03-28
Encf and Fancy.

,v,rrrxvr,v,, sr,r-Op Of The most interesting
suits aud one that will certainly provoke a deal ct
discussion. will take place today IN the criminal
court The defendants IN this case are Adolphe
Conpor and 4. Csnnor, and they are charged with
Decorating the tomb OF Madame Ternan, of Point
Coupee, bv robbing her corpse of large amount of
Jewels That they have committed offence
against the laws of society, al the enormty OF which
the heart sckens, isbeyond all doubt. But, unfor.
tunaey, the of the law strong though II is, and
while though its scope does not in the opinion % OF
leans embrace the present indictment. A dead per-
son cannot be said TO own any thing therefore The
prisoners did not rob Madame Ternan. The heir IN
succession sold the ground on which her tomb was
built and which her body laid, and the person who
bought II is now dead In whose name, therefore,
shall the prosecution be brought? Not in the States
AND unless I'll proven that Madame Ternans dead
BODY was the property of the person who owned the
ground at the time Of the unhallowed Dissertation,
no punishable crime have been committed II
Is expected that the court room will be crowded, as
Mr. Soule appears for the defence, andthe Attorney
General on behalf oil the prosecution.-N. o. PIC.
MILITARY CouRr MARTIAL.-The General Court
Martial which met short time since at Fort Ohm
son, Sm,thvle, for the trial OF 1t Fremont, Of the
conduct" in that he inflicted blows upon three
soldiers OF his command, who were engaged in an
ARRAY at that post some months ago, found him
guilty, we are informed, of the charge, and SEN
fenced him Ito be suspended from rank and COM
mand tor four months and to be confined TO the
limits OF the garrison during that tme'' but uani-
mousy recommended TO the Secretary of War that
the whole sentence should be RENTED. 1t. Free
mont. In has defence, admitted the truth of the
specifications justyng himself by the necessities of
the case. He alleged that the blows were not used
tor the purpose of incting punishment, but for that
oil restraining mutnous conduct. So well satisfied
were all the members Of the Court that 1t. F. had
acted as the circumstances urgently required, that
they united IN the recommendation referred 10, the
law making IT obligatory upon them to find the &C,
cused guilty. The Secretary of War (Spencer) did
not think proper 10 comply with the recommends
ton he RENTED that portion OF the sentence sus-
pending from rank and command, ordering 1t F.
10 duty, al the same time approving the other, con-
filming him to the limits of the garrison fer four
months Wilmington, ~ c., Chronicle.
LATER FROM MExIco.-By the schooner Colorado,
Capt. Swan. arrived at New Orleans on the 18th
inst. from Tampico, the editors of the Picayune
have received dates from that place to the oath ult
An lnsurrecon had been discovered at Tampico
about the 10Th OF February, and twenty of the ring
leaders, among them priest, had been arrested.
SUICIDE BY FEMALE.-The Akron (Ohe) De-
mocrat says that Mrs Goodspeed of that place,
committed suicide last Friday week, by hanging
herself by clothes line, which she tied TO rafter,
whist standing on chair, and then kicking away
the char, renamed suspended until the return of
her husband. She was affected by some scanda.
lous reports, which were the of the rash act
She left no children
ADJOURNMENT THE PENNSYLVANIA LreIsLA-
TURE-Both branches Of the Legislature have fix
ed upon the 18th day of April for adjournment sine
die.
AN ABOLITION HALL BURNr.-The Bowling Green
tMo) Radical, OF the llth inst. says:-"By letter,
which we received from Palmyra on yesterday, we
learn that the main building of the Abolition insttu-
tlon, near Quincy, illinois, was burned down du-
ring the night OF the 9Th inst. The same letter adds
That company OF armed men from Hannibal and
Palmyra started for Quincy the same night, with
the avowed ntentlan OF destroying the building
above alluded to, but finding that Providence had
torestaled them, they returned peaceably to their
homes"
The NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.-We have been
favored with slip from the office of the Norfolk
Herald, which furnishes with the following -
The Court Martial for the trial of Commander VIM.
Ramsay and others, assembled on board the u S.
ship Pennsylvania Saturday last at IL o'clock,
and after its organization adjourned until this day
at ii o'clock. The following members were pre-
sent:-Com. B Pepdeton Kennedy, President ;
Com. w. Brandford Shubrck, Capt Charles W.
Skinner, David Geislnger, John Paul Zantzinger
Thomas F. Webb, Bladen Delsny, Commander Da-
vld G. Faragut, and Lieut.. William Green, mem
bssr. John L Upshur, Esq. Judge Advocate, Capt
Joseph Smoot, Commander William Jameson and
Charles Lowndes, and Lieut. Sidney Smith Lee,
members of the Court had arrived at It's organi-
zation.
MURDER IN PENTTRNTIARY Ohio States
man says Two black woman killed white wo-
man in prison last Friday, by beating her brains
out with the shovel and tongs. The reason they
give is that they want to get of the penitentiary
into the county Jail.