Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1850-03-08

McGoupin couty. III. About May another
family, CONSISTING Of six, are going to tue
same county ind after the fishing season
several others. Those thst start on the 25ih
of March ara MrlRichard Kelumsand family.
Mr.. Thos. Is. iltker and family. and Mr.. Ste
phen G. Weldin lhd family. McGoupin coun-
ny. where so mad Drlawarans are settling,
is situated nor,h u Madison county, he'ween
the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. II is
splendid county Or settling. II is filled with
Drlawarisns PHYSICALLY from Brandywine Hun
dred, aud has Received the cognomeA OF
New Delaware. Among the families there,
are the iollownqllIp BHndywne Hundred,
viz: John, r. Dciny and family, Harman JUS
iison aud family David Kellum and family
Charles Talley aid family, Henry Kendall and
family, Isaac Ll5d and family, Nelson Ford
and family, Mild p. Yeaiman and family,
George Rich' rds}, and family, besides large
number Of olhefsiand what is very peculiar
about it. every laniily are members Of the
Methodist meeting and all are temperate; mo-
rum being sold II The mel ghborhood and what
is more. the ciii1ns have declared their de-
termination Of nd allowing any to be sold.
The whole Of the.ihove mentioned names be-
long 10 the most, tespenlahle and responsible
men of Brandy dine Hundred. Delauarians
are scattered oyd all parts Of the Union.
a Ghost. THY have another ghost in Bran
ldywine Hundred, abou, two miles from the
Practical FarmeI II walks about the house
Iof night and k.dT'up general row, 10 the
,lannoyance Of the ia1iiy. There's no mistake
but there is a gfssclta Of romance in Brandy
wine Hundred. What between ghosts, witch
es, srarces, kick ups in the meetings, &c., g..
/ &C., no place can held candle to il for scenes
Of ex element and interest. Rochester may
have its knockingo and strange sights, New
1 England its witches &C., &C., but Brandy
wine Hundred heats Them all t'gelher at ont
and the same time.
;, Fined jir kidnapping. Below will be iouni
the proceedings OF tie trial OF Abel Jeans, for
lmefly OF Mill Creek Hundred in this county
for Kidnapping All. Jeans was formerly on,
of the most respectable citizens in the county
and the proprietor Of Jeans lime quarries III,
most extensive in tho State. But engaging il
Negro trading and other vices, soon ruined
himself. We cory the accsunt Of the sria
from the Philadelphia Ledger:
i Abel Jeans was charged with kidnapping
under the act Of Assembly Of 1917, making i
"a peniIentiary offence to take by force, or on
tice away any Tree person Of color, to be takei
into slave Stale aud sold into bondage. Tn
; punishment, upon conviction, being not les
than five years and not more than ten for tn
first offence. The allegation was, that III
: defendant, with the assistance of others, act
0 ing as his agents, carried Henry Lee Brown
/ a colored boy, to Maryland, and had him place
in the slave Jail. The boy, it appeared, abou
a year ago, runaway from Mr.. Jeans, at Dow
ningt n, 10 whom he had been indentured
and it was in the place referred to, that h
: traced hin, aud recovered possession Of hi
= aPprentice. II was shown by the lesimon
q OF The boy, that he had been induced by III
defendant to consent to 20 to Delaware, 10 tax
. care of stock upon farm and drive carriage
/ which the defendant said he possessed in tn
Y latter Stale, and that the alleged agent Of III
defendant did not stop at Wilmington as ha
been agreed with The boy, but proceeded d
/ reilly to Baltimore, where he was put int
j cpnhnement with oil Ter colored persons. Tn
q commonwealth called the individual who
appeared had acted for the defendant in I'll
, mailer, but the .counsel objected to the admi.
Z sion Of Ills evilancc} on The esaasnd that h
j had been convicted fof an offence similar
IS that with which theS defendant was charge,
, and sentenced 10 sik years imprisonment
the eastern penientiary, which disabled hil
!, from being witness. The record of the Con
ID In Chester county where the trial was had wa
10 produced. The question whether the olfunc
', belongs to the cliss Of cases which, und-r ii
" law, excludes witness from icsiifying aft,
y conviction, WIS argued on both sides, and al
ID ihorities cited, among which was decsa
IL lnf Judge Pd'spns, reported IN the Pennsylv,
MIA Law Journal, which sustained the posito
taken by the defendants counsel. Iuda
y King dtcided against the admssibiity OF ii
le testimony, and the commonwealth closed the
10 case. The defence commended that the pros,
"a cution ought 10 have shown that the represer
talon OF the defendant in regard 10 his posse,
10 sion Of iarm in Delaware, was false III;
Of the onus prsbsndi rested upon the common
o. wealth, and asked the Court SO to instruct til
:. Jury, and also 10 say TO them that all the count
in the indictment were worthless, as they di
4 not set out that any false pretences had bee
used, except thu last, and that referred to III
pretences in so vague manner as to rend
" that count detective. The defendant oflert
+. no evidence except as to the fact that he hs
y some years ago owned, or was the repu.t
rs owner of farm in New Castle county, Sta
geI Of Delaware. Judge King, in his charge, sal
I'd he thought the absence, in such case,
4. proof of good character OF the defendant W;
a circumstances against him. II would no, |
;" safe to acqnita defendant where the evident
Sc was clear as 10 his guilt, upon his good cha
Of acier; Leilher would II be safe to convict
the absence Of good character; but in doub
iul case such testimony strongly operated @
the mind, and it WAS always Circumstance
r be taken into consideration. He reviewed Ii
s facts of the case very fully. The jury reude
Z ed verdict Of not guilty.
Terrible STEAMBOAT Explosion. The steam,
Clifton burst her boiler Saturday morning,
New Castle, Delaware, killing Manan Fosle
fireman, and scalding several other person
4 severely.
. A passenger on board the Clifton at the tim
\ Of The accident, furnishes US with the follow
/ ing particulars, Tor The correctness Of which h
! yOuehes;
Q The Clifton had igst undergone thorong
a repair. The lower part Of her boiler was er
T., tirely new, having had steam in it only ono
+ before, and that during trial "trip on FRIDAY
o She left Salem at hali-past o'clock Saiurda
h morning, and arrived at New Castle at a qua
Il ter past 10. Owing 10 vessel lying in til
}, way at the wharf, sumo difficulty occurred
= landing While attempting to land, the blow
S ing out of some stray bolts produced the c,
h lamiious circumstance. The escaping steal
f. all rushed aft, scnlding two. persons in III
j. gangway, aud three others, who, in the excil,
meni, left lie saloon. The fireman wss XII
he in the 6te room. The engineer who stoo
v at The engine was no. injured, nor any OF III
persons standing Immediately over the boile
There were no ladies' on board
!. The accident appears to have been ona