The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-25

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Melinda Hoag has been put till next term by consent
of the District Attorney. The affidavit of Mr. sorre
robbed IL 10 be read in evidence no ATTEMPT
to be made by the counsel OF oag the meantime 10
procure his or her release on bail
ANorfuR REvof uT1ovARY SOLDIER CONE Died
at Hanging Rock. Lancaster District, South Caro-
lima the 2sth ult Francis p Connel, IN The sad year
of his age MIR C. a native of Mecklinburg county,
Virginia and entered the service of his country the
early age Of l6. He served under Gen Lafayette, who
IN 1881 had been entrusted with the principal command
in Virginia and closely watched and impedcd the opera
tons OF Lord CORVALLIS, in that state The deceased
was also present participated in the honors Of tho
siege aud capulaon the British army under Cornwall
lis ut Yorktown, which may be justly regarded as tho
closing scene OF the revolution
MoRE COPPER RocKs.-The Wisconsin Demo.
crat, abiding 10 the Ontanagan cooper rock
which recently conveyed through this city and 70
GREETING that II had passed from the hands OF Mr. Eldro
by whom removed Detroit, adds: owe believu
long cease to be curiosity Colonel Do Gnrmo Jones, OF
Detroit who last week passed through this place on his
way to Mineral Point and Platteve informed us that
another mass Of copper much larger and purer than thai
taken from the Ontanngan had recently been discovered
In regard to the prospects ot those who are
Lake Superior, Col Jones informs us that they are pretty
fair"
MURDERS IN AMERIcA.-At least four trials for
murder now IN progress IN the country; James
Brister coorcA man in Philadelphia for the murder OF
William Thomas also coored in October John Dcnnng
for the murder of an old gentleman named Wanser in Put
nam CO.. New York; Adam Horn, for the murder Of his
wife in Baltimore and Peter Williams for the murder of
Daniel stanley in New York That these affecting scenes
very little effect upon rogues is rendered sufficiently
evident by the ghtngered gentry have been repeated
y detected at ther WORK III the NeLy pes.. =. Wv.
Courts. AT the trial of Horn on Monday gentleman OF
had his pocket book dcXterousy abstracted con-
tanning small amount OF money an expert effort was
made TO deprive gentleman of his watch and another
gentleman found himself minus OF large gpa sea- t mo
dense crowd 1t is clear that there must DE oher and
effective to reform men than the terroIs ca
the lawndspens indeed but no substitute Tor other
and better NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ADVERTISER
TRAGEDY IN ORANGE.-A woman, between hfty
and sixty years of age, living at Wheelers Farms,
in Orange about five miles from this city was found dead
on the ground short distance from her house with her
throat cut from Gar ear She the wife Of Samuel
Wolcott, man of dssoute habits and by some was
others was believed that she had committed suicide as
she had been at times deranged When our ,niormah.
Of the verdict had not been rendered As stated
that Mrs. Wocott has maintained good character
and that she the chief support of her family Her
corpse first discovered by negro man. who. on en-
tering the house, found blood upon the floor which ne
| traced upon the ground to her hody-N H. Palladium
| EARTHQUAKE IN CANApA.-A correspondent OF
| the "Canaden," writing from 81. Pierre les Bee
quest states that the earthquake shock, felt at Cap
Sante on the 10th inst was perceived at the former
| place the same day and AT the same hour Gap
Sante s on the north bank Of the st. Lawrence ST
Pierre is twelve leagues higher up, on the south
shore He represents it to have taken place at halt
past five o'clock in the evening and 70 have been
of sufficient violence to rock the dwellings, and TO
| cause much apprehensons among the people OF the
village. He also describes II as having been more
violent than that of the 18th November, lo42 ana 10
| have taken an apparently different direction Inc
latter took its direction from north TO south, that oi
| which he wrote proceeded from south TO north We
shall probably hear further of this unwelcome vis-
ter Cope Senate is between Sd and ~ miles above
Quebec The shock of an earthquake mentioned
by us as having occurred lately on the banks OF the
| Saint Lawrence not far distant from Quebec, II
would appear was felt about the same time III the
United States Last year the same effects were 81
simultaneously felt in Canada and IN the unlon; IN
| both places we are happy to remember without IN
ljury.-Qucbec Mrcmu Non IL
| SEIZURE OF TIE LORD SypENHAM.-A great SEN
sation was created here on Saturday night, by the
| seizure of the Lord Sydenham steamer, Oh suit OF
| the Hon. John Nelson, and the st. Lawrence CO.,
| under warrant of the Admiralty Court, and BY Its
Marshal The seizure arose out OF suit onglna.
ting in collision between the Lord Sydenham and
the Queen, belonging to the St Lawrence Company.
| The defendants complain that the seizure was both
| illegal and veXatlous, the Court having no lurlsdc-
ton, and the Marshal having come mp passenger In
the boat and seIzlng her, not at Quebec but IN the
port of Montreal, where there Is no Judge to take
| bail. Passengers and freight remained over, until
taken by the Lady Colborne. -Dfontreai Cour1er.
ARREST OF FART OF THE GANG OF BURGLARS
DISCOVERY OF STOLEN PRorERTY.-George French,
alias stevens one that class of thieving oaers with
which our city is infested, observed last evening
ternp the canal boat Mount Norris lying in the BASIN
and wned by Captain VIM. Ten Eyck, whose reputation
in city has been Of the hest Information
was given to officer Nixon, who with VIM Vandenburgh
and Schemerhom paid the canal boat visit In company
with II Bromley who had been OF the sufferers by the
gang The visit unexpected that the parties had
no time for conceament and the officers in consequence
made fine haul The arrested were French alias
Stevens Ten Eyck, Charles Dngley, James Farrell and
lady well known in the annals Of our Police by the
name of Susan Bell, alias some half dozen others
| A large quantity Of dry goods, &c, found on
board the boat, most of which were identified By MT
Bromley and others having been stolen from his
warehouse the occasion of the burglary heretofore de-
scribed in this paper. II will be remembered that four
boxes Of dry goods the property Of sherman Godfrey
Collins Erie county opened the best goods careful
" selected and the more common lett behind The par
ties all taken 20 the watch house This morning
they examined at the police office and the proof OF
guilt and the identity OF the property was SO clear thnt
they all fully committed for trial The lady wore
rcss which had been cut from OF the pieces taken
from Mr. Bromley's warehouse. This is, we trust the
beginning Of the end" Great credit is due TO the ON
GERS made the Their arrangements were well
made and what is better were crowned with complete
success Three watches have been taken from the par
ties and awaiting their owners AZ the police once
full description Of these will be found in our advertising
columns One is full jewelled gold ever-one silver
English double cased-and the other pinchbeck--dt
| bdnu journal. Nor Q
| SINGULAR SERIES OF LARcENIEs By a WOMAN
The Barre Mass Gazette relates the following
painful circumstances great degree Of excitement has
prevailed in for day two past. in conse
of the discovery of large quantity oil stolen goods
quarter where they would have been last looked Tor
II has been known for than year past that very
extensive game of perng from several dry goods shops
in this town carried and suspicion has changed
into arious quarters without settling with certainty upon
any On Tuesday woman was seen in the store Of
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