The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-12

Loans DAY CONVENTION We learn from the
Baltimore American that the Convention Of Del
egates favorable to proper observance Of the
Lords Day, assembled in the Light street Me-
thodist Episcopal Church in that city, on the
10th inst. Upwards Of three hundred delegates
were IN attendance from various parts of Mary
land, Delaware, and the District of Columbia
REFORM IN New YoRK-A report was pre-
scented 10 the New York Board Of Aldermen on
Wednesday evening, January 3, on this impor-
tant subject Among other radical measures it
recommends the Imprisonment in the penitentiary
Of all keepers of gambling houses for one year,
common gamblers for two years, all .adul,erers in
the city prison for twelve calendar months An
guilty of seduction to the State prison for three
years; any person selling liquor to an habitual
drunkard or boy uuder fifteen years Of age, to be
find 1925 for the first offence $50 for the second,
and imprisonment one month for the third. Any
theatre manager who admits women of i'll fame
into his establishment is to be fined 800. ase
THE EXECUTION OF HORN, THE MURDERER
The execution of Adam Horn, for the murder Of
his wife, will take place in Baltimore this day. at
noon precisely. The gallows on which the cul-
prit is to be hung will be erected near the north
west corner of the Jail yard, and will be of such
a height that the execution may be distinctly seen
from without the wall. We learn that the Sheriff
of Baltimore City and County, deeming it to be
his duty under the law will superintend the exc
cution in person.
MORE CoNFEssloNs.-The Providence Chron-
icle states that there are rumors in circulation
that b. X. Avery has confessed the murder Of
Sarah Maria Cornell, and that the statement may
be looked for in few days. The Chronicle says !:
"5The story goes that Avery has lately died in
Ohio and that on his death bed he made con
fession, which he desired should be transmitted
to this State. BY this confession he not only
|acknow lodges the death of Miss Cornell, but of
two other females likewise. IIe says he went
to the spot of the murder in Tiverton for the
express purpose of numbering Miss Cornell
that he had resolved if all contingencies failed to
conceal his guilt, long before he undertook it
or that he only delayed taking life after this de-
termination in the hope that the drugs which had
been Administered to produce abortion might re-
lieve him of the crime We learn he further
says (recollect This is but rumor) that Miss Cor
nell begged hard for her life when she found what
was his determination; but that seeing nothing
but disgrace in the birth Of her child and counts
ing everything upon sustaining the adventitious
reputation which he held in the community, be-
sides feeling hellish desire to Continue his bdi-
nous course under the cloak Of sanctity which he
then wore, and which SO much favored his unholy
desires, he did the work of death, and then left
his victim in the position in which she was found,
in the hope that it would be believed that she had
cd Cn ba SfO flrth hat
since the moment Of his first murder Avery ack-
nowledges that his brain has been covered with,
Goals of living fire." These, it should be recol-
lected, are but rumors of a confession, and should
be received as such--M Y Suu. .5
The MURDER OF Mr. SrRAGuE-The Provi-
dence Journal says---77"A girl, ten years of age,
who lives in the family of Nicholas Gordon, has
been examined in relation to the. murder of MIR.
Sprague. Her testimony has not been made pub
lie, but it is said to be Important and to fasten.
suspicion still more strongly upon the men ar