The ram's horn., 1847-11-05

lo HIS hohoi dl Home :! continued the man
Iof the spurs.
IS" Most certainly" replied the man of the frock.
''Take my horse by the Bit then" said the
Officer g have business to transact with your
imaster"
Without second bidding, the man did as re-
tquested,, and the officer alighted and made his
way to the door and gave the pannel seyepsI
hearty raps with the butt of his whip-for, be It
known, in those days Of republican simplicity,
KNOCKERS and bells, like servants, were in but
little use. The good dameGof the house an-
SEED the summons in person; and having
SEATED the officer, and ascertained his desire to
see the Governor, departed to inform her hus-
band of the guests arrival; but on ascertaininp
that the officer had made Mtching-post of her
husband, she Immediately returned and informed
him that the Governor engaged in the yard,
and could not very we'll wait upon his honor and
his horse at the same time! The predicament of
the officer can be better ina gined than descril1
DOUBLE MURDER AT GRIFFINToWN.-On Sat"
ulday, about IL o'clock at night, murder OF
fearful nature occurred at Grifhntown, near the
premises of MIR. Gault. The victims were two
lrishmen, named Pat McShane and Luther Ro-
berts, both butchers and cattle ]obbers, and as
far as at present can be asceriained. men against
whom no one had any quarrel. They were re-
turning Quietly their homes, and were passing
near St. AIMS church, when they were encoun-
tered by man armed with soldiers muskett
with fixed bayonet, who took deliberate aim q
Roberts and Immediately fired. The woundY
man turned round to McShane, who was pr'Isat
act of assisting him, when the murdererfePe
led the crime by shooting him with pistol
Help was Immediately procured, and thes
fellows obtained the surgical asslsta
TTalso nd hnt "a. -
fful deed was too surely eones-,s- eones'-.o!, 4,
lana a,rY, SIcshane oi sSar,- a'aRhRlHdF; ahlH; {s
ths men could tell the name of their rac.Sk.4
7oSassign any probable reason for the act G -
had been trif1ng quarrel about Poundln ne:lzena'
cows between Roberts and another man. at On.
early hour of the evening, which Alcshane had
set 10 rights; and there seems no reason to be-
eve that this had any thing to do with their
death. All they could tell was, that the party
was stout man. in a light dress. Roberts was
about 33 years of age, and McShane aboi& a.;
both were married men, with families.
The police having received some information
which directed their suspicious toward man
named Carroll, Immediately set about his ap-
Iprehension and Sergeant Mccormack, with q
degree of zeal which does him great credit, and
also shows the highly efficient state of the force,
succeeded in arresting him on Monday morning
at o'clock-only few hours after the crime
had be committed. 1t will be seen by the
|evidence on the inquest, that he has made con-
fession of his guilt; though we do not know
whether it will be held sufficient to secure his
conviction in point of law It may be interest
ing to mention that Carroll is the same man who
was recently convicted of an entirely unproyok-
ed attack upon man named Donelly, whom he
stabbed no less than eighteen times with kpife
lin the shoulders and back part of the neck. At
that time in consideration of long imprison-
tment previous to his trial, he was allowed to es-
cape with very light punishment indeed.
Montreal Herald. Goth