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In the case Of o. Connel The specialize
~ were drawn on the 4th ul--46 Ii nun. !
Der, Of whom p were 10 be Fixed Oh next
seay-amdng those cogIizant Of he polsti.
cal feeling. tie jurors thus rank: 81 Can.
sentative, i Radical
The process OF stirling i Special Jurv
for the trial OF Daniel O'Conhel. com.
nenced on the Sd ull. On The 6th the
process was complete.
Great complaidfN are made that. The
Crown should have struck of every Cath I
Ole that turned un from the ballot 6ox.
which IS equivalent to packing Jury, as
the traversefs will now Be tried bY aiurv
composed entirely Of Protestanls.
Mr.. Steele has given instructions 10
have Sir James Graham. .he Duke Of
Wellington. Sir Robert Peel, and Lord
Lyndhurst, Immediately summoned ID
give evidence on his trial.
There is no further Intelligence OF any
import from the Cophneni.
Nqfreduction is contemplated by Gov
eminent in .he duty On tobacco, bnt il il
said that some alteration in The excise
law affecting ii WILDE made.
Three Days Later From Europe. we
are again indebted to the New York Her.
aid for an extra containing intelligence
from Liverpool 40 the 10Th. January.
brought BY the packet ship Europe. We
copy from il the annexed items:
Cotton has advanced sinde our last nc.
counts full 2-3d Of penny stefiinK-beine
one cent per pound Ia one week. In the
previous fortnight the aggregate advance
IN cotton was two, cents per pound, being
equal tolan adUdnce in The .ualus of The col.
Ton Of -fmerica Juiiy tpeniy millions Of
dollars.
Another most important piece Of news
is the aeml-official announcement, by the
London Morning Hfrald thai Mr.. pack
enham is coming oul with full instruc.
tons TO setsle The Oregon question. Here
is it -
The OREGoN TERRIroR Y.-Mr! Pack.
enham, the newly appointed British En-.
voy to the United States, carries out with
him, ills confidently stated, full instruc.
tons TO negotiate q settlement q the
Oregon territory dispute - Morning Her
| ald
MIR. Packenham may be expected hero
o. at the Chesapeake every day. having
sailed from Portmopth 90 the 10th ult,
the same day the Europe sailed from Eng.
land.
.Teros.--Th last accounts from Texas
state that an American vesse. has. been
seized at Sabine, and, With Der cargo, re-
tanned for adjudication, for an attempt 10
evade the revenue laws by carrying car.
go Of 300 bales Of Texas edition 10 New
Orleans, without having cleared at The
custom house. II is believed that the
schooner Galveston. Iof Galveston, Texas.
has been lost in the Gull Of Mexico. The
following persons we're on board: Captain
Ricketts,. the mate and athtee hands
Midshipmsn Bryant Texan Navy, Mr.
Deguers, wife and child, Mr. Klein and
a Germanfemale, name unknown presi.-
dent Houston is said to be secretly If not
openly, in favor Of the annexation of Tex
as 10 the United States, .
Fires 81 Within the past fortnight our
cItixens have beenp alarmed BY the cry or
ire-twice.in the dead hour of night, and
twice in the early part Of the afternoon
which behooves The people ofMarlinsburp
70 keep a sharp look out 10 future. The
first alarm was cccasioned BIZ tn. bhrning
out Of Mr.. Davis chime y on the nie BIT Of
the 24th ult,, which did no damage. HAe
second was occasionedeby Mr.. P. Folks
shop roof taking FIRE from the stove pipe
about 2 o'clock in the morning of5ihe 3ist
ult., which was arrested before much
damage was done. The third was the
burning an entire destruction Of Mr.. Choo.
Eperts stable in the afternoon Of the LIST
instant, and the lastS the burning OF Mrs.
Stewards stable on The afternoon Of, the
9th inst. which was arrested before much
damage was done. How the fires orfgi-
mated IN, the stables can not Be accounted
Tor AND looks very suspicious that Their
may De some incendiaries in our midst.
IJulrtinsblug Gaseas.
Shocking Murder.-A mosa diabolicay
murder was committed ia Madison Parish,
IN Louisiana, about thirty miles from
Eieksburg, about week since. The sto.
~ IS told IN the Vicksburg paper b, the
22l ult.
y seems 4 Mr.. Wilkins had threaten
ed to shoot a mule belonging 10 man
named Valley, who was the overseer Of
VIM. Cochran, Esq Some DAVIS ago
valley saw the mule floating down the
bayou-his head broken WITH an axe
Without any proof OF the deed having
been committed BY Wilkins, VALLEY got
his gun, ordered twotneg roes ID accompa-
ny him, and proceeded to WiIkinss house.
He inquired OF Mrs Wilkips.if her hus-
band was in the house, and was informed
that be was in certain field. Watiev
Immediately went there, called wilkins
10 the fence, shot him down, CON mand.
ing his negroes 10 bear~the corpse 10 the
house Of the murdered, and with the Ell.
iEontery Of a demon coolly opened The
gate himself 10 give them entrance into
the yard, He has since decafnped.
LOWELL AND ITS MANUFACTURES.
A late number of the New York Fri.
bune states thai there are eleven regular
manufacturing companies in Lowell. in.
GLIDING Locks and Canals, q or Wafer
Privilege Company. which was incorpo.
rated ir 1892. but did not commences ope-
ratiols till 1922. which NAV be regarded
as the vaar If fho fo,.- 4. II Ri,