New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-28
News Items, sc.

Cry PRlsoN STATIsTcs.--During the past
week there were committed the City Prison l57 whit
men, lo4 whits wofen Ia coiored men, coored women
total 2s4 Discharged, 81 white men, Of white wopsa,a
colored ~ coioveu wcmen-tcrai io9 or these
were sent TO the Pent4nary Remaining in prison. Is
white men. % white women, IS coored men, IA cooEed
womeu-total liS.
MuRDEE.-Three negroes, the slaves of a Mr.
Chapman, near Athens Al4. decoyed their mis-
trcss into the woods and murdered her OF the llth
ult in the absence Of their master When he returned they
attempted him IN the way, they had Pre
ousIy conpired do, and him word that OF them
sick down in field, and wanted him there
the negro rolling the ground countrf.ltlng great pu
bur with concealed under him but Mr.. Chapman
oiled the plot by taking friend with him. Becoming
EARNED by the strange conduct Of his slaves. Mr. c. sought
Tor his wife and found her dead body The slaves then
arrested the murderer escaping and whirlng al ht
he the woods the masters approach. Tbs
murderer 81 years old from Virginia, and states
that he murdered his and mi,tr-s, in that State
ATTEMFT TO PosoN.-Thc oycrseer of Mrs.
FzhuSh il Stafford Co. Va recently badly wounded
By slave whom he attempted to make work in
field, contrary their Will They beat him with thei
h-es and would have billed him. bu, for the timely arrival
Of ueghboIs. He had C al severely whipped for
poisoning him BY boiling the heads Of snakes and
reptiles and nfusing the liquid into his medicine He es
capped however, his "f- detecting the poison. The n,go
boz who their instrument administering the 2ol:os
has been tried and acquitted
1J' The Cherokee Advocate, "a new Loco-Foco
paper from Marietta, Cobb Co. Ga issued The ls,h,
brings intelligence Of the destruction by FIRE Of vilins'
Bridge the State Railroad !, was $50 feet long, l2s
-t high, Uhe hghe, in the union) ard cost $4,000 |,
burnt by the careesone, OF the consuming
the trash gathered around the bridge
u An afEray occurred short time since at
Dsroit Mich between the of the steamer Chesapeake
and for one Of the German hotels, which the lst
fell of from the dock thrown into the h'er and
probably drowned every effort to him vas hsl
fectual.
u The steamboat Champion is running from
Buffalo 10 Detroit opposition the combination and na
reduced the fare to something like reasonable rate cary
Ing passengers the cabin for s5 deck 81 so On he's last
P up she through IS hours beisg seven hoa''
less than the running tine OF combination boats
u Two forgers, named Peter Walters ana
Robert French arrested in H,getor", Pa on the m
wh- attempting pass off counterfeit BUSINESS aoe'
They wsre from franklin Co. Pa
il The Madison and Indiana Railroad, from
the Oao River to the capital of .t:ana, go miles, no"
completed from Madison Columbus, 40 miles. aud tns
tack nearly sead! Tor the rais thpbugh t"" nie
farther TINS work passes through. rieh farming county
u Sir Charles Me,calie, Governor General
Of Can4aa, the Lower Province: aud II 'a'
by the Kingston paper; taG he is making Effort to ' 'h'
Scat Of Cosrsamelt removed 20 Montreal.
y Jonah Fox has been arrested in the Cisy
Of Rochester io forging the Of jonathan 4 BURKE"
a of $50.
YoCyG Mr.. CoyvERsg.-This young gentle,
man, We learn, hat restored 70 reasoa !eSF's
anu enabled 10 gave Of his abduction ~
Previous He say he attacked by three me r.;
from his hOEse is clothes of, his hands t'ed 90" ~
eyes bandaged when he then tied the root o.
They robbed hum Of what money they had, some 800 ~
pistol MS head and forced him duk some iqnic -
bottle they presented him. They then took the
from MS eyes and left him. but returned, when o"
the party proposed shoot him, but finally conciuord
II the liquid they had gwen him die Kill him. u'e 80 -
would when they left him How he go, loose. or no" ..
got home scarcely knows; but he says the INST
gle ne drew kni and thnks he marked Of me i
mans on the face y. o. 1fopie, i''
RuN,wAy.-A negro woman belonging to one
made her escape Galeua board o oee
our steamboats, few day. She succeeded there III
procuring passage further north The OF the oo
have discovered thar tev earned expensive
they Will have pay her full value with the expenses iacu
red in tndeavoring TO aPprehead her. -,
[s,. Loui. Rep 9Th