Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-09-16


proved frnitIess. The period of tho ass
: zes at lenght came round, and being tina
BILE 10 produce the niece, the prisoner, |
T save his life, resorted to II deception. Ia
; fatal stop Of which procured his eondetft
nation and execution within forty. eigl
/ hours after trial. A Young lady was pre-
/ ducpd in court exactly resembling The sup
posed murdered fetnaIH go s%iniIar, I'm
many ~rersons in court, who were acquaih
ted with the iliebe, were sails led she WI
tho saime, Ind slime witnesses nctnalI,
sWore 10 Tie identity. An iniima.wn
however, was given 10 the counsel for I'll
prosecution, that the female in court was
not the niece Of the prisoner, bit the re-
semblanco wnzperfbtt. i}y The most ssiI
fil cross illumination Bv tie HotItis6I To-
The prosecution, tic atiifice was Mt length
detected, and the jury without besitatatIot
gave a verdict of guilty. His lofdship, pas
sing sentence Of death, said II was lmpos.
sihle the jury could have come ~ any otter
conclusion, and sentenced Tie unfortunate
man 10 be executed on the following Mon.
day. On The scafToid, with his last breath.
tho unhappy convict declared his limo.
! eance, but The clergyman rebnked him for
hardlhood, and the crowd Of spectators who
had witnessed the execution were satisfied
he died a guilty nan.-Withiu two years
after the execution, the niece actually
made her appearance, and claimed the pro.
perry to which she was entitled. 1T ap.
,,,,rat that ~, thu Inu after fRa tjpftrj,t
nate quarrel The niece elopsd from her I'm
cle's house with n stranger, to whom she
| had recently become attached. and had
never been heard Of until her sudden and
unexpected ~fetutn, and that she ltnd only
by accident heard Of her uncie's execu.
ton.
History abounds with examples illus;
trHting Tie dangef and mischief Of That
narrow policy which would Ienye Glitter
of the great branches Of productive midas
try without adequate encouragement.
When the prosperity or n country has res
ted on alone. On manufactures
alone, or agricultnFh albnti ii has hceti
found to te unstable and insecure. 1t is
only when n nation has supported each Of
those great branches, with al tEteir sub.
divisions OF industrial pursuit, within her
own borders md among the masses Of her
own people, that greatness md wealth have
ben placed on mi enduring foundation.
No more striking and instructive lessen
on this subject cnn be given than that
which may be induced from The MStofy Of
y-tI-.. VT. .z tas,,Ifx, toreas,vA
with its importance, while turning EVER, the
other day. the notes of n traveller on the
social and political state Of Europe during
the present century. II seemed 10 have n
peculiar application 10 our times. when
p%artisa ms with their incorporate zeal, and
theorists with their visionary spectlntiofs,
are combining to drive Us back TO n con.
dition of entire dependence upon Foreign.
ers for the most important articles OF con.
sumption. e g
HOLLAND was once the land Of the chlv-
airy Of the middle classes, Here they
may say in honest pride, TO the hereditary
lords and mobiles of the earth in the other
c]ontriea Of Europe. See what we grccers,
fish. curers, and shipowners have done in
days Of yore, in this little country! But.
Mas this glory is faded In the deserted
streets Of Delft, aud Leydtn, and HaerIen,
The grass is growing through The seams of
the btiek pavomehts, the laggedspettlcoat
futlcfs in the wind out of tho drawing.
room easements Of n palace, the echo Of
wooden shoes cIatteripg through empty sa-
looms. tells of past Inagpiicsnte,--of ac-
tnal indigence. This has beenn land Of
watllke deed, Of high, md independent
feeling; The home Of p%atiiots, of heroes, OF
scholIars,''ot philosophers, Of men Of sci.
snce, Of artists, of The pettrtnted for reIi,
gious OF, political opinions from e7fy coun.
try, and Of the genhfons spirits who pat.
tonlse and protected them. Why is the
Holland Of four times no longer TINT old
Holland Of the sixteenth ind seventeenth
c~enAnries7 Why are her streets silent, her
canals green with u%ndfstnrbed s%line7
THE greatness ef Holland wassfound.
ed upon commercial prosperity and cap.
ital, not Upon productive industry. Her
capital industry were not employed IN pro.
ducing what ministers 10 human wants
and qualifications; but in transmitting whit
other countries produced, Or manuofnc.
trrcd, from me country ton mother. She
was their broker. When their capitais,
APPLIED at first more beneficlally to pro
ductive industry, had grown large enough
to enter also into the business Of %circula-
ton, as well rs intothat Of prodrction,-
into commerce., property so caIled,--the
prosperity Of Holland, founded upon con-
nisrce alone, unsupported by a basis Of
productive industry within herself and
among the mass of her W population.
| fell 70 the ground. This is the history of
Holland. 1t speaks an important lesson
20 pat,ons. Mash. Banner.
From the Boston Transcript.
Ingenious Bank Robbery-The theme
of conversation in State s~treet-and, IN.
deed, all over the city--to.day, has been
The very ingenious Bank robbery switch
came to light this morning, the %particn.
lars Of which are gwen BY the Mail, from
which it appears that on Tuesday the 18th
inst, two packages of $4,000 each, in
bills IF tie MllIbury Bank, were sent to
that Bank by the Suffolk Bank, in this CT.
ty, and charged to their account Of depo.
4 sites.
On Monday, a large Quantity Of the
MilIbury bills eaG,e to the Suffolk Bank,
so as to exceed the deposite of the former
in the latter; and the Milbury Bank was
accordingly notified to redeem The balance.
The directors Of the latter, deemlng 1t i'm
noccihla that any nreat nila eIIt2 OF lnEil