The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-08

iF'ANs " WV wv WV l. llNl
three, your hunor"-"Dory the enofmuy
Of your offence demands that you he sen.
fenced To the State Prison for twenty
Yeas. But, Doly, We are reminded 10y
the words of Holy Writ, that The days of
a mans years are three score years and
;cu-l shall therefore, in clcmency toward
yur. aud in being guided by the scriptu-
nal limit of human life, sentence you Ia
the States Prison for ORiy seventeen
years. Doty was almost overwhelmed
with a sense Of his deep obligation to the
cIemency of the Julge.-Dt AIDE.
FAsuIoN AND PigTY.-In the Edinburgh,
Review we fluid a queer story of a fash
louabIe lady. Being at a watering place
uuce with her daughters, it suddenly oc
cured To her that lur the example she
might as well 60 to church. According.
ly on Sunday, her Iadyship entered the
chapel most in request, attended by the
young ladies', aud having boldly marched
np the aisle, asked the pew woman to
give them the best seats for hearing the
preacher. "A private pew, fy"u please.
with a curtain; let it he the warmcst you
have, with IA stove init; pat the fnurmau
close by, that he may be in the way TOO
pen the door. | prefer, ifyou please, that
pew lined with red cloth it looks cnn
fuitable."
MADAM" said the startled pew Wa.
man, Il am very sorry, but we have no
il pew To give you.'
The lady paused, tururd round to her
daughters aud said as she walked out,
with the complacency ola satisfied con.
science, "WelI my dears, at all events, wc
hare donc tie ojoA M,ng!'
~ The New York Herald contains an
announcement that we think is highly i'm.
porlaul for the Stetesmlu; aud we take
pleasure in calling the attention Of our
neighbor To the pleasant aud profitable
Job here So temptingIy Offered. About
the QYahfca''oas there will M higglinG!
1t can come in at once. A loug life of
practice on Tie c0mmOA cOuAtS, aud II
Slight, but satisfactory exhibition of capac
ity for defamation in this peculiar case,
would almost certainly secure a job, and
perhaps a heavy contract:
"Il aaici hmeiiairjy Several hun.
dIrd newspapers and politicians, be'ong
lmg to any party, are wanted immediate.
Is, To cat up, abuse aud dcfame the con.
qlrfor" # Mexico. Gnnl references re
quircd from Tanmauy Hall and the Five
Points. Gaod wages given Fnr fnuhcl
information, APP, ly, IN the ninth day 81
every week, al the office Of Buncombe.'
- O. s. JHrAal.
MALrRAcucn. - The irry in the case
Of DR.. Smith at Boston, for killing tw'
hilIren by malpractice, could agree ii
one case, though ready t" convict in the
other, aud were therefore discharged.
DEPARTURE ur GAnABAlDI For CALiFuR
NIA.--Amoug the passengers by the Pr"
mrthcus, fnn New York. on Monday IT
ternoon. was Gen. GArabnl i, the dislin
gus ed I%tlIian patriot and exile, wh'
GOES out in company with a commercial
friend To establish himsalf in California
Duliug tho past winter Garnbaldi la,
been engaged ON Staten Island, in the
business Of making CANDLES, Ia ihjs hum
bic occupation he has earned enough t,
support himself comforlably.
Tnr CUBAN ExPGDlTIoN.--There are
rulnnrs annat that one delachmentnf thi.
expedition has probably sailed frrm Jack
sonviiIe, Florida.
DYING DfCLARATIoNs. - Curious De
cisjoa ofa ,Ja}gc, From an article in the
Washington tWiIkes county Gazette,
we learn that Judge Baxter, Of the Nor
thern Circuit Of Georgia, has recently de
cided that the dying declarations of a mau
cannot be given ia evidence on at:ial for
murder, This is an important decision,
and uverturns the common law MS un lrr
stood aud heretofore administered. The
point was presented ON the Trial of Lover
for the murder of B,ll, in the county ut
Warren. aud was argued by Messrs
Tnomh5, Conc and PottIc, for the prjso.
ner, and Solicitor Wecms, Glrtrcll an
Dawson, for the State, It was contend
ed by the prisoners counsel that the sixth
, article of amendments tn the Cnnstilu
tinu of the United States guaranteed ro
every man accused of a crime the Right
"to be confronted with the witnesses a
gainsl him, &c" To admit the dying
declarations OF the deceased, it was fur
,her ~contendcd, waSa virtunl lcui i NJ
this right, and the court So believing ruI
Ell ant tie ~tcstjmoay. The prisoner wa,
discharged,
ANTI Rent OUrRAGEs,--As tho agen
of Mr. Van Rensselaer, was engaged, NJ
"Wednesday last, in surveying a portion
! ofland in the town of Bernc, New York
t he was attacked by a patty IF anti rem
} ters. completely disguised, aud arme'
with tomahawks, &c, who bound hi
hands painfully tight with II rope, ban
dagcd his eyes, and then torred an,
fealhered him, In this plight he wa
marched round the neighb"rhood fo
Some hours, the fellows who had him /
y charge being fod and treated by the in
i habitauts,