Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-02-14

remained in an awful slaig for ueurIy six.
Weshs-att6uded by DR.. @. for three
weeks, aud Df. o. tho balance. Bfdwss
Ter found hat tho girl was going TO die,
and Insisted That clio must leave tho house!
therefore tbs unfortunate creature vas
conveyed back again 10 her fathers house
In Westminster county, when sho made n
confession Of The whole affair, and closed
hor uhtimoIy existence by dying IN the
most sscrueiaIing agony. This case 10 II
very remarkable ona-tho abortion was
committed in Now Yofk-ths child died
thofe, aud the mother in Westehsstor eouh.
ty. Tbs authorities Of WosIehesier ooun
ty arc taking measures TO havo the dslin.
qbants punished. Before tho girl died, she
gave d full account Of Tho herrifying pro.
cess TO which shs submitted.
RESTORATION or ST.. DomtNgo no Sra
IH,-Ths q. 8. Gazstto Of Tho stst 1If.,
quotes from n late Port au Prince paper,
The effect that thg Spanish fleet, lately TO
ported nj Havana, has arrived At st, Do.
nlnEo and established a pFoteoi0rato over
tbs Dominican Republic, with tbs appfo.
baton Of President santana and bishop
Psftes. The black government Of ttb q.
Their part Of The Island, controlled by Ptesi.
dent Plofot, IL IN 1naged by France, IN con
sequence Of insults offered to tho Consul
at The Cnpa, for which nm indemnity of
100000 ts denim nded.
EEHouFtoN or Mus. Van V%AtEBsBU=
na.-Ihe Faltt0n County Dsmneral eoa
talDg un account Of the execution Of this
WretGbed woman, from which it appears
that shs acknowledged having poisoned
Two husbands. After stating tho course
pursued by tho Governor In this case the
statement thus proceeds.
The prisoner had, previous to ths timo
the sheriff received the Governor = eommu.
nlthting, refused IN confess hsr guilt. and
maintained herself with much stoicnl
firnnesB; but on learning that lhsrg was
no longer any hope for her, her foftituds
began some measdfo 10 fad, and she began
to feel more sonsibly hor awful situation.
On Thursday, the g3J instant two days
previous to h8f execution, she made a fnII
e0afessi6n of the efimo for which she was
10 die. and acknowledged The justice Of
tho sentence which was shortly 10 end her
existence, IN The presence Of Judge Wat.
son, John ". Cady, late District Attor.
ney, shsflT Thompson, Rev. james Otter.
son, aad Roy. David Eyster. La lh 9 con
fesslon she denisd having poisoned her first
husband, whom it had been reported sho
bad also murdered. But on Friday naor-
ming, the 23d instant, as hgr ond tapidiy
approached, she made an additional eOnfes~
sion, admitting That she had given her
first husband u dos3 Of arsenic. which al.
though he did moi die Immediately, was
ultimately tbs cause Of his death"
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0TZ mon L8d u, IT,, was on ths 7th
inst, appointed secretary Of state by Gov.
Monton, IN The plags Of Robert Garter Nj
eholss, resigned.
THn GuuAr lfoer nAgg.-Thg great
sporting ''gv5ht Of the season" cams off
yesterday, IN presence Of about five thou
sand persons assembled on tbs Metairie
Course. The Hurdle Race eame of frst.
and was n very pretty affair thsre were
two competitors for tho purse, sewatd Of
Connecticut, and Fitzgerald, late Of Ire
land the former won easily in Two slrai-
ghi heats Thu big race" was n very
iin0 one, all Tho entries started. Jackson
giving his three competitors 600 yards
tho seventh milo jackson not up
to Gilderslgeve, and together they kept for
beafly eight miles. ut the close Of tho last
mile Gil gained slightly on his man, nod
won by about three feet. Desmond and
came in about Z or 8 minutes be.
hind. Tho fifteen miles was performed in
IN hour and SO minutes. This IL what
10 call great running T't0pic OH.
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The New Orleans Delta of the ION
suys.
8BRgNABBt-- Inst night fhq dem9cracy (
1f the city formed n procession nt tho St.
Louis Hotel, and proceeded TO the 1T.
Charles Hotel, headed by the Bfass Band,
he members Of which were dressed IN
heir new aud SPLENDID uniforms. The
Band was stationed underneath tbs Ladies
on Common street, and executed (
totne Of The r be5t piee . N D style which !
effected much credit on their musical :
,kiIl, The object was TO seruade tho Go. 1
1ernor md Lieutonant Goyefnor elect. !,
The sounds Of " Yankee Doodle - /
lad died away upon the oar, Governor
Johnson came TO the balcony, and addres. =
nd Tbs immgnse cgncourso nearly as fol- )
:
Fcitom, Citizens II thank Won for this 4
enowed mark Of your respect aud conf. =
BY tho voice of The people Of =
louisiana, and Nth your assistance, | have !,
zen elected TO the high and responsible i
flee which, il the Divine Being spares :,
ny life, | shall IN u few days be called u. 6
Ion TO fill. In the performance Of my du. +
as chief magistrate | shall endoavor q
0 act with justice to all, and always study =
best interests Of Louisiana. Again / =
cordially thank you, and now bid you 4
most aflectloBale good. night. Il
Lieutenant Governor Landry then fol. \
owed, in a short speech, containing sen. Il
Iments Of gratitude for the confidence 70. d,
oaed IN him, by electlng him to the second 81
ighsst office in The gift Of tho people. al
LARGE CARoo.--The steamer Marin, =
ON Evansville, brought down 1910 ba. =
o. of corn, 1871 pigs Of lead, SOB barrels i.
T flour, 40 bales Of Memphis cotton, 405 ~
Of pork, beef, &c, 40 bags Of r.
heat, $40 of oats, ia tierces Of haxseed, :.
) hogsheads of tobacco, 1I3 barrels of r
,ans, DO bagso Of potatoes, 1913 kegs Of -
I'd, 40 head of cattle, and 1900 chic. y
ms, turkeys, &c, making a grand total ~
thirteen hundred tons Beat this II p