The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-06-29
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Correspoudence of the Tribune.

Correspondence of the Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA. June 81. P. NJ.
The LATE SEDUCTION CAsE.-Nathn'l
McColouge, well known gamb er, WAS
brought before Alderman Reese ypster-
d'y, charged with having seluced Miss
Mary Matilda Hoffman, who is now
rnving maniac. confined wi hin The walls
of the In3ane Asylum The Office was
filed with DULLES aad b!a:kIc.s, all ready
to periure themselves in order to screen
their lie assoc ae from the punishment
he so richly meris. They avowpd them
selves ready to prove an 0Lt6l! The cx-
ciement, pending the examination was
intense. The distressed AMI afilictt
mother Of the poor girl WAS pres Mt, and
evinced the gre llesl suffering at the TO-
cita If her daughters wrongs. The
The vi la n, however, was he to bail
in the small sum of $4,000 FIR farther
hearing on the 80 h inst, wheo, | doub'
not, he wi lie sut'red to so urwhip! of
justice, and po'Iute sociNy with his
presence
STILL ANOTHER. -An1lher cls1 of
equal rocly with the above will cone
before AID. Redman this afternoon At 5
O'clock An artist, residing in Pine
street, ais, a MARI d MN, is oh Tged
with lorciby eff Icing the ruin Of poor
girl, who resi- lei in his house as do
nestle. There is consi lerabl5 excite
ment existing in the nelghborhood where
the paItes reside, ami l have card
threlts of vi looce freely usol. What
il the word are the peop.e Of PhiAdel-
phi' coming to
MELANCHOLY DEATH.-On the
9Th inst, an interesting young lady
the beloved object of her parents
named Lucretia Hall, aged nine
teen, left her home near Westpott
Essex Co. N. " to visit her sister,
about mile distant, and in crossing
brook which was much swollen by
a previous nights rain, she was pre-
cipitated into the rapid current and
drowned. We learn from the West
port Times that she was not missed
until her dead body was discovered
on the bank Of the stream.
EASTERN RAILROAD. Last weeks
work was, we suspect, thu creates! that
has ever zen reformed GA the Eastern
railroad Sew nteen thousand six hun
d.ed and ity-four passengers we car
ried over the roa IA large propo"ti n
were tor long dista ces, exclusive OF th
mi i airy, who must have added thou
sand more to the number. On Sandy
thirty.tight trains w,re run during tn
day, from five in he morning uni half
past one at nigh, without accident.
List evening the t. aios due after six
o'c ock brought down over thousand
passengers from Portl'nd, leaving anoth,
er train which arrived at eis ht O'Clock
with heavy frtight--Salem Gazette.
Saunders, he miniature painter, who
came from Eng AMI to this country, by
the advice of Mr.. n. P. Wi lis, en-
barked from New York in the Great
Western, with twenty-five thousand dbl,
lars which, it is sal !, h. accumu ated by
his profession. -P0uiaad Trj5une.
About four hundred Mormon men
and women. with no less than a
hundred children, passed here yes
terday on board the Valley Forge on
their way to Nauvoo. Another.par-
| ty, somewhat smaller, passed on the
Monongahela three or four days ago.
Many if not the most of them are
! from New York and New England.
There are many beautiful girls
among them. Joe Smith will be up
ohis lips in clover.-Lou;srjUe Jo@ra-
= al.
La I week, company eff twenty run
away slhyes passed through CT vrlind,
on their way to Can ida. Fifteen Of m
be onged to one p'antat on in Virgin ii.
Their master arrived three days afer,
and off red a rewarl Of 81 goo for Their
apprehension, but was unsuccessful in
his efforts. --POHIand Tribune.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-A traveller
named Ira Bliss was waylaid and
robbed of $35 in gold on Monday
evening, while coming to this city
from Troy, on the canal towpath,
and was left senseless on the ground,
heavy wounds having been INFLICTED
on his head. He was found in this
situation by Mr.. Briggs Of this city,
who was passing on the road shortly
afterwards. Mr.. Bliss was thrown
into the canal by the rulfians. He
was brought to Albany and placed
under the care of DR.. March, who
dressed his wounds and he is now
doing as well as could be expected.
No trace has yet been discovered of
] the ruaians who nernelraled the act