The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-06

Court or Oyer and Termlner.
Before Judge EdmOnds Aid. Adams and Downing
SENTENCE ON ALEXANDER JONES' FOUND GUILTY
MAY ALEXANDER Jones. the negro found guilty of
arson in the drs degree on Thursday last was brought
up this morning for sentence. He put the bar
and asked the usual question, had he anything to
why sentence of death should not be passed upon him
| The convict muttered something. but indstincty
could not catch his words. His honor the Judge
then proceeded to make remarks previous to
ing the sentence He said the crime Of which the
Wet had been found guilty was, that of setting fire to
dwellingho in the nggt time to which the law at
tached the penalty OF death and it the duty the
court pronounce the sentence of the law upon him
Eight Of The jury had recommended him to mercy but
proper to admonh him that the court could not
unite in that recommendation. The jurors who had
joined in the recommendation doubtless inf uenced
by the evidence given OF his previous good characters
but facts have since TO the knowledge of the
court, which, II known the trial. the jurors would
not have Joined in the recommendation 1t there
were three fires in the same vicinity the night you at
tempted set fire to Webb's House and that week
before another attempt made to fire the pre-
misses and there Is good believe that you
implicated in those incendary acts The crime of
which you have been convicted is Of the most afro
crimes known to our laws; it much more afro
than the crime Of murder in the the life
OF only one person is aimed at moreover the crime
of murder is mostly committed in the heat Of passion
and generally preceded by motives of revenge but
the crime which you have been found guilty cooy
and deliberately planned and the lives of numbers of
innocent and unoiending people placed in the most inn
minent danger under these Giro INSTANCES the court
cannot unite in the recommendation of the jury.
ton of punishment The sentence of the court there
fore is that Friday the ed day of June next you
be hanged by the neck until you are dead.
1he warrant for his execution then read, and
given to the Sheriff, and the convict removed by
two three officers The court then adjourned The
| Circuit Court opened and Judge Edmonds pro-
ceedcd with theejury calendar.
VIcToRY OF THE BLACKS OVER THE SpANIARDs
AT HAYT-By the arrival of the brig Senus we
have dates from the island of IIayt to the 10Th of
April. Accents had been received at the Cape Of
battle mt Aqua between the Iaytiens and the Domni-
cans in which the latter utterly routed with great
loss. The battle is represented to have been hoty
contested and the Haytiens did altogether
cape, losing 1t is said, from to two hundred. OF
| the Domincans three four hundred killed.
mostly in the battle number Of and children
in Aqua (Which town fell into the possession of the
conquerers) also slain The however do
not represent that there any general plumber Of
the town, ndiscrimnate slaughter of it's inhabitants
might have been feared from the undiscipned
Of the conquerng army. large quantity of provisions
five thousand stand Of arms and many prisoners fell
into the hands of the Haytiens, From Aqua Soloque
continued his march for the city of st Domingo which
would probably fall into his hands together with San
tago and the whole of the Spanish part of the island
passenger from the Cape gives curious account Of
| that portion of the Hayden army which started from
that quarter He says that they barefoot with
out sleeves tails to their coats, not cent in their
| pockets nor mouthful to eat OF course, on their
march they were obliged to live by forced contrbu.
tions upon their countrymen until they reached
the frontier 1t is actually stated that the Command
ing General before starting sent on board OF the
vessels in port to beg few biscuits to put in his KNAPP
sack. The monopoly law, it is now thought very
merchants from meddling in politics, by setting them
by the ears among themselves to the division of
coffee &c Soloque is a shrewd manager, and is per
some of his more ignorant and brutal generals, to
whom the authority would probably devolve in Of
his death displacement-Bo Boston Traveller, May L.
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR MURDER IN New ORLEANS
lose Eaentes was Yesterday tried before the First
murder OF free man of color, named Manuel
Ducre, by stabbing him In the abdomen, on the
night OF the 18th November last, in the fish market
OF the First Municipality, of which wound he died
in two days after, in the Charity Hospital. The
proceedings in the case in detail, are not of suf1i-
cient interest to demand publication. The testi-
mony was clear and direct, and its general purport
may be gathered from the charge Of the Judge to
| the Jury, as follows
If the evidence satisfies you that the deceased was
free of color; and in the market house. with fish
for SALE and that the prisoner white person applied
to him to purchase, and offered certain price took
| and removed some of them without paving for the
same, or without the consent OF the deceased and
that the deceased took the fish back Offering no VIC.
lence and that, thereupon, the prisoner drew knife
from sheath, with blade about six eight inches
in length and stabbed the deceased of which wound
he died in few daysit is murder That it is lawful
DEATH for you to qualify your verdict, by adding
thereto-wthout capital punishment and that would
be the duty of the court to him to hard
for life in the State Penitcntiary.
For the defence the only evidence was, that the
deceased used highly offensive and contumelious
language to the prisoner. This was proved by the
State witnesses. The fact, however, had no weight
upon the Jury, who brought in an unqualified yer.
dict of guilty For the State, Attorney General
Elmore and District Attorney Reynolds; for the
defence, Messrs. Frost and Upton.-N. o. Delta,
Apr7l26.
New YORK AND BUFFALO TELEGRAPH CoMrA-
NY.-At meeting OF the board of directors of the
New York. Albany and Buffalo Telegraph Compa-
ny, on motion of T. S. Paxton, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were passed.
whereas the number of daily papers west of Utica
have considerably increased in number since the
last tariff of rates was established, therefore,
Resolved That from and after this date they be fur
nished with the daily reports at 81 per week, payable
weekly
Resolved that dividend of six per cent be paid on
the capital stock of the company the 10Th day Of
May.
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH IN MExIco.-A letter from
a California adventurer, dated at the city of
Mexico, published in the Bunker Hill -Aurra
states that Mr.. Skinner, formerly lawyer from
Worcester county, but late of Providence, is get
ting bill through the Mexican Congress, for teIe-
graph between Vera Cruz and Mexico. The bill
has passed one house. The protector arrived in
weeks previous; walked from that city to this sur
yeyed the road, and expected to go to work imme-
dlately, setting up posts.
TELEGRAPH TO WARREN AND BRisroL.-The tee-
graph wire between this city and Bristol, running
through harrington and Warren, is now up and will