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The New York herald., 1851-08-25
LAKE NAVIGATION.

AXE ONTARIO ROYAL NAIL LINE OF STEAMERS
- PRINCES ROYAL. MAGNET. tbuiit o. iron,) and
PASSPORT tiron Thete steamers leave Toronto daily
sundays excepted for kingston where they the
st. Lawrence line of mail for Montreal and Quebec
calling At all the intermediate ports rae steamer CITY
OF TokoNPo leaves Lewiston and Queenston every
ere have all upper cabins atted up with state By
this arrangement leave the Niagara Fa
after and arrive At Montreal In hiryx hours
assng the thousand islands and down the rapids Of the So
Lawrence by day light.
n AKEoNTARIO.-TBE STEAMER ADMIRAL LEAVES
Rochester for Toronto, calling st Cobourg Port Hope
Bond Head Darlnston Oshawa and Whithy weather per
Dittrg every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning
NJ o'clock and mees steamer at Toronto for Hamilton
whereby proceed, delay HAMILTON
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Letter Bsss per steamer Brother Jsn,.har for cA,rs
Ptnams South Pasfc, California, OREGON. Sandwich Ia
abds China &C. m close st tbe Exchange Reaasg Room
Ca Escbsree Thursday 2sth inst at ocioek Aisp
steamer Lafayette for thaErcs v close the 18th inst
hlc stt,uer Africa, for LIVERPOOL will eiose on Wed
ueday h inst ct the ufual hour Alec, Che
nth inst. al 2o'elcek
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pARIs AND LONDON TREATmsNT on PsIyArs

diseases, in few hours, ~ vegetables appiieasoE
without pain. In debility brought BIZ
ana cor sttutonsi Affections be com medicines With
as local remedy and there
who cannot be cured without H. no has dsily o
years duration from the other pkyscans all be grs
rsnties anent he makes daily without
sauste which others caused by their srpens
former disease uis diploma,
e hundreds Of certfc shows that nothing
~ You CURED me in day.D. ~ Corbyn. One iooaf sp
pcaon cured In few hours doctor Al a
slong time-c Derond. paid $50 in year. V
De cured Of weakness from set Abuse wtLca ysS
you cured BY local and general treatment ehorS
tme:-Jn Evsns. You cured Of the worst c,aii;sic
sneotion on body sne Gco IN short time sfter 80
been under three }hyeisls for besides syy
9usck medicine could hear of-Wrn versuson, Peril
Amooy, j. Those AZ distance by enclosing fes
DO treated by msiL Ohce hours from morning sii 4
N the sterroon and 20 IN The evening" n. LARMonT
D. Resds street. svo eccrs from Bro.swAynes,p ths
store.
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Of her eabin, a. also both Of her chimueys, blown
away. The portion Of the cabin lost lodged ON .
was Aoe'ing past st the lime. So violently was the
Planter struck BY the storm that her boilers. even
were thrown little out OF place. She broke her
moorings and ated. in this dlsuantled condition,
past the city The KATE Kesruy, Whi,n boat for
tunstely happened to have steam up, started after
her and towed her back to the foot OF Plum street
The Aleck Scott WAS blown to Bloody Islsad near
the Dixie. where she was safely moored by her hands,
and the Western World drifted TO Cahoha bend
The Mountaneer, which lay the foot of BIddle
street, had both chimneys and her pilot house car
RED of. number of timber rafts, also, broke
their mGSSngs at the end Of the oy and aotssa
one tor which, We learn he had paid $2OO0 the day
previous Two or three saw log AFT, belonging to
Mr. Thos. II. West. were also carried dosu tie
had. it is said, purchased one Of the number few
days since, for s2.5OO Several men seen
on every raft as they passed the city. Several
broke completely up in the stream, and the timber
will of course prove almost total loss to the
owncrs Others, however, remained together, aud
we're towed TO various landings by the steamer Dr.
Franklin, No. z.
In Bremen, where the storm ragged in its fullest
force, its effect, learn, still more disastrous
We give such items as have been reported to US.
Very many light buildings sheds, &c, were level
led to the ground. Trees were shivcred, fences
prostrated and chimneys blown down. Tue lightning
struck Messrs. Parker & Ludlow's saw mdl, aud
passing down the water conductor collapsed it COM
pletely. ME- Buckmaster's ferry boat lost her
chimney, and otherwise damaged We have
heard Of no one that was killed during the storm,
but we cannot reasonably believe that amid the ge-
neral commotion, many lives were not sacrificed.
Leaving the Missouri side the tornado burst ON
the Illinois shore at Horseshoe Bend, just above
the head Of Bloody Island There the destruction
Of the trees was as fearful extensive. Wherever
passed it leveled trees, shrubbery fences, Sc as
1T might have levelled wheat field. OF q person
who witnessed the ravages from a favorable poiat
near Bremen, we learn that its course there is
marked by perfect road several hundred yards in
width, and ed with the ruins it brought about.
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SIilPPIN9.

ENoR RLIvERPO0T.-UNITED STATES NAIL sTEAx-
ship BALTIC, Captain j. comstoek.-This ste
si depart with the United St.tes mails for Eurore
lively on Saturday august yth, at u o'clock, from her
berth At the foot Of Canal street No berth paid
lions Cor elegance ans comfort apply To-
EDWD. X. COLLtES, So Wall streea
The steser tlantc will succeed the Baltic and sail
ember 18th.
NEW YORK AND GALWAY YsTEAM3HIPCoxPANY.-
The books for subscription open At the once
Wall street, where Information concerning shs
srprise may be obtained
The New York herald., 1851-08-25

EVERY MOTHERS BoOE.-TgE PsARS OF POvHR
~ ty and the OF large fanny
vent msny prudent people fron carrying; bnt ooh
that Will tell important which viii
come All such objections frce, 81 Fur sais by Dr. H
meraldo, at the Portuguese Agency, No. II ssrecA
Letters directed TO toI lo2 New York Pos. VIII Ss
An erad -
The New York herald., 1851-08-25

vNHE MARRIED wCMAk'S PRIVATE MEDICAL CON-
l. panion-By Dr. A. Mnuriceau Professor Of DiseaSss
OF Women-Twentieth Edition, Is pp. 2C-P Price ST.
Years Of suffering Of hysiea aud mental anguish
aectionate wife and pecunary difficulties to the has
band might have been spared by timely possession Of this
work 1t intended especially for the married., those
contemplating marriage uscloses important secrets
which should be kno wn to them particularly.
those whose health does not permit Of ncroase of
family IL is Of especial importance.
Here ALSO every female-the wife, the mothsr-the
either budding one Ia
can discover the causes symptoms and the moot eent
remedies and most certain ode cur, complaint
to which her sex is subject
Extract ola letter from gentleman in Dayton. Ohol
NJ DAYTON. Nay l. lSd.
nv DEAR SrR;My wife has been perceptbly sinking foe
three In her great
guish and suffering before during
and prostratsd her put:ng her e Ia umaen
which the last occasion dpared
this state Of things Inevitable and resigned myself
meet the worst AT this time tnow about tEo month";
ters reaching On its receipt and perusa cannot
express 20 the reiof it afforded distressed mind ana
the JOY its pages imported 10 wife, learning THAI
great discovery OF NJ M Desomeauk provided remedy 10
ble But for this another passed
hesd In all human Probability wife would been
In her grave and my children left motheriess.
ofcourse impraccabie convey fully the
rous euheots treated Of they of strictly
tended for the arried these coute Marriage
or sale ut 22 Broadway and at the Publishing ofse II
Liberty street, New Yors; Little Co., Atany joseph
Tucker Mobile. Alabama b. Peterson % Chestnut sreeA
philadelphia
,On receipt Of ST. copy will be transmitted by mail
free of to tho United Aieters
must be addressed pot paid to DR. A NJ Akureesu. Boz
l'224 New York city. oHos. l2s Liberty street.
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NusIF CkNBEis which aehore below NBedfori.
has arrived AZ u, vhtrc che 10 be partly DISCHARGES and
80 ulsn tlt faiivs sy Tor summation.
BsnE fvssr, from Rio Janeiro for Chtres.sn pot int
rerttmhu,o prev 20 !uy ~, IN distress with los
as' md lenAnE hsdly vas dischareng her zth T.
20 Upeir.
scuR CnrcsE from gavarnah Cor Tborsstou fallen
~ with itA nrt lat e l lon 20 40 BY ser Louians -
Boston tpfiicd with medicine ell being sch board
With yeliow fever siCeTting tie captsir.
FcuR yrrfcs from Navy Bsy for st Iohns. "a. n ~,
rtfa faiu p with 18Th rft bv echr sonora as aal
IN ist - ~ Ion - ., w The captain hsd died
tie 9Th rnt ~ hsncs sick The supplied tbom with
utCie.rCs, fIceh stock and one
GrohsDs
p - str,sli. Piores in Calcutta for NYort Tuy 23
itisl6S. Ion ~ frct ~ W.
iiit Tstse, Hiehe. from Noricsns le gsys outJ fer
AIfvcfp al weli 6tL inst, lat n N, Ion n ~ W
SHIP hdfise fnn~, irfm EOrloans t2j JsJsl for Br-
dssrr lftl inst n Grn Kfy.
d. fif ArofIcrsif intt Arden Lever from Cacvtss fr
res.nn. ie,t last lat "a I6, Ion "a ~
stir Iior6a frrm ~ John NIB, for Livefrooi
nsliges I7th lnft lot AZ - len g.
ser ysJ. Ism Boston for Jsskscpvs Issh ins lat 90
on Il 10.
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Sent any part Of the Union Consultations sresI,
DR.vw!A,In.snx, no, NO ! MOTT sIHsEr Is CONSULTED
cured in Nv. days DR.. ws Specific iss isssis Z
s @ :: :ssss. sss; r':' ss 81: q:
DR COOPER u DUANE sTREEr. mas. ron ras
o. nrs ss other his -. =. ss e.
ss.s.': and s Il ss.. r,%o,.s :. dsy
psrs:s,... ny have sa Duane :sssss see see
and surgery this country has produced
DR; JOHNSON, II DUANE STREET, so wrLL
sr All in' IL sss:. ri. &
yI,hou, mercury An eon.ultsicns private ''r''
iZJs have see,rsstd d.e.,e, curs yossss that .
my profs.ron sSd s.,s have devoted m.sy .
patents Those who vish 70 me on sbo.e cors.s
you ysa. your gsI Sss yss ~. :. .;.s ssr,ss,: ,s
ySa iSsr S s,y s. ssrs
os di,esse IN sll M Persons whose sss,h sss 80
1 sSSTsSossiES. Sisa r. B.. 8. fisl'y is sr.m stree.
De, TAwSETT Is coNrIDEsrrALLr oossuLrrp
he euss shss Dover street on ee tain diseases which
sf bus m |. s;% hs 2. nuss o "
ever tnovn in This country Zee III easuS i' '0'' aA''
DR RALPH,. AgTHoR or THs -PEAcrIcAL YrI-
"a 10; se..s gt;:s:1 a. oS. hour. sis:i
veh street From Ire anecas,sS Eo or.s..
hr eyoJet anensst which be would lnstsnsS
"a studying these diseases followed br ions Ard
ensve practice, devoted exclusively ths ~.
esn vsho,f heeitston PROMISE In ths mos, se,rvs
sssrs Sssin :s sss ss.. .sssi.S'y sy,.. s'.s,
~nse RON any other source In America rhoss .ss s,,y
tpe enruer s.,ges Of eoesscs, win te er,.ir.S'fy
soe sass sna rsridty Of TIE which ofsen erected
sessment by letter. address boz 20. Poet ofcs -"
Dh RALPHs PRACTICAL PRIVATE rRrArI.e
mtenaed for sll who sound prase, irfor ~
or are Afflicted with cersin dissasessivinr AZ
ms progress snd consequences Of each sss,.s vS
,v.ss M n. tsmeeles Their management &cin psin Ian
rs.t s hs ovn case or judge properly treated rc,,s
sanon-Hz pp, with plates; price rs cen,s scis ss ID
street q an e.-eeA and w m ,ss Scchs.Irs
40 D., envelopes hy addressing tpospadl 70 boz
TTNTORTUNATEs FRIEND GREAT sUccrsai-
~ Vbotles sold. fhc most rc r,.r ae, a.,
oiseates IN he world Warrautsd 40 cnre i tre a. ~
nuoet tindrance from business. Sl rer bottle uitt
prsns, pepSJ Or Wsfd'a sg Canal street, cerasr ei
oee % % ,ho no ooetor tures diseases better.
Rh{M REHAHD--uRusswAN's SPrGIFTc NJ.
~ Wv turc-Cf all remedies Yet GistoveFs1 tlis "a tha
uoe. certain nmfkcs srccdy End cure ,,S
restriction IN die drink exp ossrc or
SOC 80 The drng store, as Boadysy corner Of Ch.bsrs
also 81 No 10 hst2r Houses ~ no DroAdnv s.slcs
wilton street. oorncr wiilisr.
Gk0l REwARD-JETFRTHg AvTIIOTE . spE
WCVV cihc mixture Tor u % rTvste tis,rSarr
nakes resdy without tc hast rstricen ofdsE
7rer re,or challenges snge csss whoh lie i1s.sa "a
10y cure under She forfeiture of
ut up IN BOTTLES With fuli directions ~ AZ One bott
\ s ,os are evrea n two day. For sale ~
Ner oslssA.
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STEAn COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEW YORK
- - and oisssov,The Giassov and New York Steamship
ComIsny powerful steamsfi ip GLA SGOW, $50 tons
snd 20 horse power s.ew.rt iass Of The cunard
ersD Commander 10 eppointef 10 ssil, York a.
rect for oasgov. Saturday, th octobsr next =, IL
oeoeh noon Passage Moneyrrst cabin (sts vsrds Zee
stesrass psss.nsers taken The.s rate. include pro
board at moderate prices Carries surgeon ror freshs
n passage. apply to J. NcSYnOS, Beaver strset
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ONLY THROUGH I1rE.-THE SPLENDID o. q NAu
" stosmers No delay on the Ithuus Rates Of passse
lower thsn any other stesmers On the 2Gh instant t
t.etmcr ChhkOkkE, Captain windlo; and on the s,sh
We new .tr fpendid double cnsne steamer ILI,tNOIs
sF'.,n ,.s' IN Passengers viii take .hs u
81 slowtr rates than By any other line, apply 10
BkRIORD A. CO a Frpreas
TIo,a
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DRDiLANEY's PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE NO.
- OF Lfptnsrd street near Broadway. Dr. Del, IL the
sssh.r ,s,sss hsd.a works sna Of hoss ass:
early improper habits infabiy without snv me Heinz
sent any part Of the Union. Consultations strictly con-
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kNOR LIvERPOOL-THB rkW AND SPLENDID
y steanship CITY OF MANCnKsTER, will leave PM
afelphia for lverpool Thursday 18th August a.
relceh Tie elegant Of this Steamer NAH
ors Fare In the saloon, S0 rers Cabin, SEQ Psssenss
s1 be provided With railroad tickets by tks
~aA SSs.s = icif.sBBss5s issiif; r,.s.,.. ~
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MEDICAL,

VVATTs NERVOUS ANTIDOTE.-THE WON DERPUL
w discovery Of this powerful nervne is maK quite
stir Letters after letters published the
spectacle describing the most positive and wonder
fu IL is efecting; the
Hamilton nsq Of l52 Twentieth street. Macartney sos
Greenwich street Chas Conklin Eq W Hudson street,
Dr. Baldwin 1877 Seventh and hundreds Of
proclaim it the most miraculous thing In the world The
depot 10 l02 Nassau street.
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Herald Marine Correspondence.


Arritd-Brig Charles Kershav, RichmOnd. Charlestt
fchE u sharp Eicholstn, do.
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nR. JOHNSON, N DUANE STREET. 30 WE'LL
- know for the last twenty yeais "a the rsstsss q
diseases The Doctors reputation for those hsll
cured csses 10 eminent Dr. warrants sp~sdv c~rss
withont mercury. All consultstions private
The New York herald., 1851-08-25

FT'HE hU1AL NNIL STEANEN HEHIIN, CAPTATN
II SAMPSON will sail for Bermuda ard 50. Thamas ON
hondsy sh September At noon She has excellent accom-
modations for Price Of Bermuda
g. 81 1honas $40 There 10 regular mail
between 81 1ho-as and all the West India ISLANDS svan
Vera Cruz, NencEuca sc. The Merlin will take frerht
Alpli to X CUNARD, Jr, s. Broadway.
Merlin. N through he Poo
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DE, fAWCEIT Is coNrIDESrrAILY cossULrHp
MS once, ~ Dover street. cct tain dsssses rhirh
he cures without mercury. Recent c.scs c.r.d a.
Ills Balm OF Iura for nervous debility brorrbt q. -
eet abuse, IL the mott invgoratns r..
ever Known In this country. NO Tee Til cured
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-12

when Mr. Burke was renewed, and Mr..
E#bsnk appointed In his stead by the Gall
phii Cabinet, 70 supennlend that immense
by valushle and impOrsnt department, the
Passns Otice, there was kind Of magnetic
feeling common ever the country that great
wrong had been pcrpesrated and 6 greater
.ceil wanid rssaIi. IL was not feeling
whally ss paftizan character. II was induced
ssosn the high appreciation Of MIR. Burke's
ability and Tuiegslty and the doubtful chafac
asssuI his successor. Tho susptcions of the
caaassy are Hsw becoming tangible as the
geasaas far entertaining them arc taking
shape. The charges against Ewbahk, which
sra ansde ,0 Gungfess and the President are
grave enougll. SOD have caased considerab!s
issliag against him Of the Capitol This ".
Y. Sun. vi fhe 9Th, says---
lie d chafged by WililnmC Fuller, Of
New York city. Horace n. Dsy, nf NJ. York
.csts. Tssppnu, MeBuruey and Cheeves, a.
.ss,y.sls lSf iae Boston Betting Company, Boss )
eoas. sl.s Hadten Manufacturing Company.
Nsw Jefssy.J 9 jackson, Salem, Mass /,
mad Egahly q. 'I'ysr, of New Branswick, NJ.
1s. I'LL of whom sFe we'll known, extensive
1fMH U1SftMg ut1tt8A UHAutNEfbANt14 WHN Wfu88
nlIassies III disehaFging his Oficia: duties.
assa 81 satire incspaciis Of siifaI disre gard
IA the laws which he swsafs 70 sdmiatstsr
s,npartially, ia taking bis oaih Of Office.
TsHsv enAsasuT 10 auhstaniiase them with
I \ aErag. ,pf nlzJasilss particulaEizlng thcse
s,tssas nnd rssc4msspaces, whien mnks q
sssg AIaek Teesgd asssass the eemmissiOner;
nnH beipg sahesaansied snap bT step. with
mxsxsets AZ hia pwa Fecasd hopks snd letters,
ss,sssssft,ise Il eaae n vsfy stFoag prima facis
xys.lsssas axainai lin. !, y eaEiain that they
slsare hig, gwiIss = gixinz she 6lsh sssieDse
N Ilse Ehaies lindia rubber paieail EsFiai
h..atlxetss Al ti8saansla "a euIlass, IL Il holds
e.4sA yghsuaass adaciaioH IN bin fayof
ssa.sas ussestaaaa i ~ Fe4ipaaas wllich could
u..s ksys l.saB etsalsd. had sbs lss snd rules
" q slIi inag gllo1m ssliasly ailniaistaseds in
sssa aassirniaf csao his lstisfs Ass afpdvcsd.
tsssmssrn,;f,@ slss law and Eniea aIs way ~
~ ssAay 1assssas sFesaeAi y oppeAeAss oi y
sisx @xls,ssIbA a. sAtilbIy a1ashss wy "
TX 4#4a4 M ~ II teEtHs4 49, ~
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-12
STEAMBOAT DiSASTER-THE JOHN
ADAMS

The Louisville Journal Of the Sd Inst. has
the following particulars Of the disasssr to
this steamer, brisf telegraphic notice Of
which has been already published:
The boat left New Orleans with over two
hundred souls on board. On Monday, the
9Th ult., at 5 o'clock, when at the head of
ialand No, 81. in the Mississi ppi, the boat
struck what was supposed to be snag, and
almost immediately went down, with the
bow foremost, the eft part OF the boat stick.
ing up. She went down 30 fast that, before
the passengers could be aroused, the water
in the forward part OF tie cabin was up TO
the sky lights aud the ladies' cabin was un-
der water about Tour feet. Captain Jones
was standing 10 the main cabin al the time,
snd BY bis exertions, sided BY soma OF bis
officers the ladies and children were safely
transferred to ths hurricane deck, the only
dry spot ON the boat, but they had to wade in
water uo TO thsiE nscks. The passengers in
the forward part OF the cabin were nesrly
all drowned. Many oil them were Californi.
ans en their wsy home. OF the deck pass.
engers, cOnSisting mostly OF Irish, some Ger
manss and fve or six Italians, ell except
three were lost. One OF the deck passengers
swan five miles before he reached the shore.
There we're only two fremen, out Of 10
savsd. and ell the deekhands were drowned. I.
All the officers we're saved.
The loss Of life is estimated at l3o to
1856 souls, OF which number about 50
were cabin passengers, 30 deck passsn-
gers, and the remainder belonging 10 the
crew. We sould not ascertain the names
of any Of the sufferers. The books and
papers as we'll as the money in the clerks
office were saved, however, and the off
Ger, who stayed with the wreck, will
probably give tue names Of the persons
drowned. Some Of tbs Calilornians had
deposited their money with the clerk; o.
thers retained it in their own possession.
The cabin, shortly after the sinking OF
the boat, broke in two, and then floa,sd
down the river with the passengers on
the deck. Previous to this, however, a
raft was made with planks and on it sey.
eral men were despatched 10 the shore
for aid. Mos. Of the ladies and children
were thus safely landed. The portion Of
the cabin which Heated off was picked
up BY the steamer Peyiona, about IL miles
from where the accident occurred, and
those on II taken on board al 5 o'clock in
the afternoon following. They were 10
z very destitute condition, most Of them
having escaped in thsir night clothes and
being exposed in that rnhnnss for nearly
10 hours. Fortunately The weather wav
mild. sa ssel
I've chiIdren we're miraculously saved.
Hsles were cnt ia the boiler deck, and
through thea they were sxirica.sd from
thsir births. They wefs lyiag On The
mattresses, which we're heaiiaR sn The
water in the room. One Of them is said
10 have been asleep. They wslo the
chilarea Ofa Mrs. Hoffman, whe bad just
relurasd from California.
The survivors whs were taken asnsso
we're treated il the kindsst maanei BY
MI. Carter and aaethsr planter IL The
nsighbeEheod Of The accident.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-12
Transmitted for the Baltimore American.
HORRID MURDER IN AURORA,
NEW YORK
AURORA, Erie co., Friday, Jan. 81.

AURORA, Erie CO., Friday, Jan. 81.
A brutal murder was committed on
Thursday evening in Barrow's -four ing
mills, Aurora, under the following cir
cumslances: ltnppears that the foreman,
G. X. VIM, in the above mill had a
grudge against one OF the men under
him, ever since last spring, and had fFe.
quenily stated that it was his intention to
lake his "a. Smiih's) life. On the even
ing ofThursday last, number Of persons
were sitting around the stove in the mill,
and Winn was among them. The de-
ceased "a. Smith) came in and eat down,
when Winn ordered him away; he did
no. nind him, but 80, down. Winn then
lifted piece OF scansling that was lay
ing on The floor by the s,eve, and broke
his skull in two. A. he was falling he
slruck him again, and again while on the
floor. One OF the naen then said TO Wins,
..You have killed him." when Winn an
swered that that was what he intended. !.
Winn has been arrested,
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-02-12
IMPORTANT CASE:

We learn from the Washington Union
tina, case is pending in the Supreme
Court Of the United States, and will be
reacned in few days, on writ Of error
from the Supreme Court Of the State OF
Texas, in which is involved some very
important questions under the Constltu-
ton OF the United States.
Il seems that the late republic Of Tex
as constituted certain persons boards of
land commissioners TO decide upon tho
claims Of certain persons, generally emi-
grants, during the Mexican dominion, to
rights called "head right certificates for
about four thousand four hundred acres
OF land each; that some Of these boards
were alleged to have granted large
number oil these certificates wrongfully ;
and tha. the republic of Texas in l84O,
and afterwards by The State constitution
in l845, declared these certificates to be
null and void, and Of no force whatever; !;
and now the holders of them come for
ward and present Them and ask TO have
them confirmed and carried out as Judi
cial decrees. 10 these times Of nullifca-
tion, and disturbance, this case presents
some very essential and important ques-
tions, which we may hope to see decided
according TO the great principles OF con,
slitutonal Jaw which have for several
years past governed that high and en-
lightened tribunal The main question
arising is whether laws, or State coilstitu'
,ional provisions like these, which are al.
legged 10 violate that clause OF the feder.
al constitution which prohibi,s the enact
ment of laws impairiDg the obligation OF
contracts, can be sustained. The decision
Of the Supreme Court will have q most
saluiary operation, we hope, on the le-
aislation OF the respective States Of the
Union 10 which such acts have been pass
ed or are meditaIed. ,a