The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-04-19
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such as practice upon the Hudibrastic maxim
No rogue e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion OF the law"

such as practice upon the Hudibrastic ma rimNp
No rogue esr ielt the halter draw
With good opinion OF the law"
which, by the way, calls to mind cause w. had
here on Friday last Of trial for murder and was IN
IA Of the back woods matter of no small inerest
But TO our sister cities ct the East, where deeds of
this kind are perpetratedas per steam power where
bloody assassns, armed cdpa PIE, stalk boldly
abroad. unabashed, and in the eyes of the world
take the lives OF their victims, expect the rea-
ton of il would be fat, inspld, and rather common
place. Therefore, will merely say in the premises
that Andrew Walton, man about Is years of sge,
was arralgned and tried in our Supreme Court on
r,day last for the murder OF John Carroll. on the
2Sd OF August last, man. of about 40 years,
oy lnfhcng two wounds in the abdomen Of
the deceased with dirk knife, at the landing
IN th's city. Cause-a quarrel on the subject
| OF abofuon-the deceased its advocate, the murde-
er the reverse. The jury, after hearing the proofs
and allegations, the pleas of counsel and charge of
court, retired In the evening" and came into court
| next morning with q verdict of guilty Of murder in
the first degree. Walton will be executed the frat
week In May.
The political atmosphere is not a little disturbed
hereabouts just at this time. The movements of
Captain Tyler in relation % his removals and
the death struggle he is making to climb mo the az
tections OF the democratic party, carry alarm and
dismay into the ranks of his enemies. Every wing
in this section, who holds Office under the govern.
ment, feels himself called upon in a language not to
be misunderstood to repent in dust and ashes of the
error of his ways, and to come out from among the
goats and take the right hand otherwise he is so
W oe aue 10 tel IlOSt soIcy ldt the wages OF Elm
is death
We are expecting, every mail that comes from
the east, to hear that our postmaster, w. II n. Tay-
Tor, who nephew and son. in. law TO General
Harrison has been officially decapiaed. Friend
Taylor Is a gentleman of limited dimensions, but
mighty smart, and wuhal rather non commiital ard
close. mouthed. The Captain can't souI d him. but
mstrusts that there is something "rouen in Den
mark" Some time since the President, through sn
old political packborse and lnformer aske aims Of
him in ready rhno, Tor John Jones, TO be appropra-
ted for MadsOnian purposes. To this Mr.. Taylor
returned peremptOry refusal. The poet laure-
ate" took fire, the President sympahised, Cap ain
Bob lnterered with kind and timely adv ce but the
little Buckeye held his grip.
Next came mandate through Captain Bob, for
Taylor to dismiss of his stiff -neckeG anii-Tyer
clerks, and fill their places with an old superanua-
ted political hack and his To this the post
master entered his protest, and issued his veto
Next Sir John Tyler Jr interfered as kind of me-
diator between the offended creator and the sinful
creature, and knocked the door OF the stubborn
postmaster's heart, until The NIB of his pen worn
up still the Independe functlOnary refused TO let
old I. NEEDLE with his mail bags. Here the matter
rests, and in the mean time the postmaster stands
erect, and is preparing himself for bloody shock
from the removing gullloilpe, when HE doom shall
be sealed by a voice from the White House, de-
part ye cursed''
The mail goes this morning.
Yours, quickly, D. V. B.
L. S.-The readers OF the Herald hereabouts
wish me to communicate their uneigned thanks to
its reporter for throwing lie upon the ad-
mlraby In his living, moving, speaking reports. B.