New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-25
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VERDICT IN MARGARET DEyINEs CASE.-The
Jury came into Court on Saturday morning about
9 O'Clock, and upon their names being called over
thew retired to their room and continued to deib-
crate until o'clock, when they returned into
Court with verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree, and a recommendation to mercy,
TIE prisoner received the announcement OF the
verdict without any apparent charge, and was I'M
mediatelv after remanded to prison She Will be
brought up on Monday morning to receive SEN
tenCe.
Ep The following further Applications to the
next Legislature are announced, VIZ: 10 charter
The "Musconetcong Valley Railroad with cap
ita of $500 coo, to construct road from the term-
ms Of the Sussex Mine Railroad at Waterloo,
Sussex Co. to some point OH the Central Railroad
in Hunterdon Co; for a Plank Road from Paterson
TO one or more places on the North River, opposite
New.York with power to build bridges, and to
rent or use any road or bridges with the consent
of their owners OF inhabitants OF Van Worst town
ship, to enable them to raise by tax sufficient
sum to ,erect one or more suitable school houses
in said township also such other sums as may be
deemed expedient for the support OF Free Schools;
ofthe inhabitants of Van Worst and Jersey City,
for an act uniting the said townships under one
Municipal Government also, for alterations in the
charter of the "Passaic Mining and Manufacturing
Co.." Also to increase the capitalize s6250OOi and
authorizing the issue of stock in full or part pay
ment for lands, real estate or mining rights; for
authority to construct branch Plank Road to in
tersect the Delaware at some point between Bor
dentown and Burlington; and also to employ
steam and other vessels on the Delaware and
Raritan Rivers for authority to construct Plank
or McAdamized Road from Princeton to Princeton
Basin.
NEW CHURCH IN JERSEY CrY.-The edifce
formerly known as the Baptist Church in Barrow
st. near Newark avenue has been recently pur-
chased by number of German citizens and is
now known as the g German Evangelical Luther.
an Church of St Paul
Ia We learn from the Trc,Son Gazette, that
every cotton mill in the place, except one, has
been stopped for want Of a proper tariff and the
only one that remains is expected to stop soon
FcFY An important Patent Decision has recently
been made in the I. S. Circuit Court at Philadel-
phia, before Judges Grer and Kane, in the case OF
Joseph Battin Of Newark against James Taggart,
RatChf Johnson, John g Hewes and Thomas
Darling for the infringement of the plaintiff S
patent coal breaker. Verdicts were given aSainst
the first three defendants for $500 damages each,
and as the law authorizes the Court to treble the
actual damages in patent right cases the defend
ants will doubtless be mulcted III So 400 each, eX.
cept the last, in which the plaintiff suffered nom
suit The Importance OF the decision to the pro
Oft ba this city. shown by
the fact that the revenue from 1t IS estimated Mt
$4,000 annually, calculating one cent tun Tor
the coal broken in the mines.
EEPRevJ ]. L. Janeway, from the classes OF Pas
sale, has been received into the Presbytery OF
Raritan, and on the Goth ult. was installed pastor
of the PRESBYTERIAN Church IN Pennington.
FORTUNATE Recovery OF GoLD.-Mr. ]. Coun-
sellor conductor of one of the trains of the New
Jersey Railroad, on arriving at Jersey City on
Friday morning discovered lying on the platform
of one of the cars package containing five or SIX
pounds of the richest gold dust, and several speci-
mems of gold; on examination, he found 1t to be
the property OF a Mr., Belant, OF Newark, who has
lust returned from California, and who did not
discover his loss till he got into NewYork. He
Immediately re-crossed the ferry, when, to his
JOY, he received his treasure
~ The Br4dscton Chronicle states that a
mouth Of the Cohansee, when the Captain and
hands were obliged to cling to the rigging. Dur
ing the night of them persisted 1t is said
boat and crew were near by and heard their cries,
but being so brutalzed with rum they etthe poor
man perish without going to his aid.
AS the steamer Niagara came up on Fri
day morning, she passed along on the New ork
side Of the river, proceeding lar as Eighteenth
ST before turning, and OF approaching the dock in
Jersey City, her bow swung around, and came in
contact with the bowsprit Of a brie lying at the
foot OF York-st and broke It off, shattcring it to
splinters.
~ A man named james Pennington was run
over on the Central Railroad. between Westfeld
and Scotch Plains, by the up train on Thursday
evening. He was lying across the track, and had
a bottle ofliquor with him.
- Rev DR. Baird is delivering course Of
Lectures on Europe in Bloomfield, Illustrated
with maps made for the purpose.
~ The population of Salem County is 1851.
being an increase offs, 400 in ten years
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