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Wanton Act.

A man named Daniels was charged with the
following wanton act before Que of the London
Police Courts. A man named Lawrence stated
that he went to the Britannia theatre. which was
so crowded that he was obliged to take seat in
the pit close to the back, which brought him in
direct line with the front of the gallery. Near
him was seated young man named Wilkinson,
who, with himself, was repeatedly annoyed by
pieces of orange peel and other such missiles
b ing flung down upon them, and this nuis lnce
so much increased towards ten O'Clock that he
looked upt to ascertain the persons who were so
misconducting themselves, and saw the prisoner
leaning over the front rail with pewter pot in
his hand, in which there was evidently something
very heavy. This, from the manner in which
the prisoner held it, caused him so much appre-
hension that he kept his eye on him, and directly
after saw him tilt the pot upside down and delib-
erately drop out of it stone-ware ginger-beer
bottle upon the people below. The bottle unfor-
tunately descended upon the head Of he young
man Wilkinson, whom it struck with such force
as o lay his skull open in a very terrible manner,
inficling cash near three inches in length, and
causing the blood to pour out In such protuslon
as to completely saturate his clothes. The
young man was Immediately carried out of the
house by his friends and supported into the shop
OF neighboring uTgeon, by whom the wound
was dressed, but he was found to be in such a
dangerous state as to render his attendance i'm
possible. The witness added that the act was
manifestly intentional, and he could not possibly
be mistaken in the prisoners identity, as upon
seeing the serious consequences of it upon the
head Of Wilkinson, he called out to the prisoner
that he had nearly killed him, and the prisoner,
so far from ex ressing any regret for the occur
renee, merely turned round and laughed at him
He assembled to the gallery with an officer, and
at once pointed out the prisoner When called
upon for his answer to the charge the prisoner
still denied that he had committed the act de-
claring that another person who sat near him
had done so but the witness Lawrence unhesi-
tatingly persisted in his Identification of him,
and the prisoner was therefore ordered to be re-
manded
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whose harbor was then for weeks bridged over
with ice. At the time Burr's store in Man
hasset valley was robbed and the owner shot,
he was patrolling with gun, and saw whale
boats as they silently dropped down the bay,
and he came in contact with one of the crew
who escaped, wounded in the chin. He had
often to serve as WAGNER to the British
forces in carting wood and warlike stones,
and was once sent with his fathers wagon to
transport soldiers rations from the Dutch
church in Jamaica to Col. Wormb's quarters
at Westbury. At the evacuation of the Island
he assisted In removing the baggage Of the
camp followers from the Dutch church at
Success to Newtown He witnessed the exc
cution at Jamaica Of the persons who robbed
the house Of Thomas Thorne, at Manhasset.
He also saw one Of the spectators of the exc
cutioD Of Nathan Hale, (Who was captured
near Huntingdon from whose lips he heard
q circumstantial account Of Hale's last mo-
ments He was present at the inauguration
Of Washington as FIRST President of the United
States, and saw him and Gov Clinton walk
arm in arm in public procession.
His experience and observation Of British
insolence and severity during their armed
occupation Of the Island, left an indelible
impression on his mind, which length of
years could not obliterate.
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NIurdor an Tho HIob coos


Two seamen named Argent and Morarti, were
recently tried for the murder of a seaman named
Gettand, in Mobile Bay, in the Criminal Court
of London. The particulars of the murder are
as follows :-lt appeare1 that in the month of
January, 1850, the prisoners, who are Italians
and the deceased, who was a native of Norway,
shi ped on board British vessel called the AL
berts, at Liverpool, as able seamen, a, they
sailed in the vessel from that port on the Both of
January. Nothing particular occurred on board
until the 18th of the folio wing April, at which
time the Alber was nearing the American
coast, when it appeared that shortly after the
crew had had breakfast, dispute and fight took
place between the prisoners and some of the
other men, and q ~as raised that the prison
ers had got knives The captain and the mate
Immediately interfered, and by their orders the
prisoners were seized, and cheese-kni'e was
taken away from Argent, and he and his COM
paniOns were then, by the order of the Captain,
lashed to the mizen-mast. After they had been
thus for some time they begged to be releas d,
and promised to refrain from further violence,
and the captain aftey they had been so secured
for two hours, directed the crew to unbind them
No further quarrel took place at this time, and
all was supposed to be forgotten, when two days
afterwards, the act was committed which had
led to the present charge being preferred against
the prisoners. 1t appear that on the I7th of
April, the vessel anchored off Mobile, the captain
and most of the crew being on shore, and no one
Delng on DOard Jne vessel except tue prisoners,
the prosecutor and two or three others of the
crew. About O'Clock in the evening Getlsnd
was sitting on the windlass, smoking his pipe,
when the two prisoners were observed to go upon
the forecastle, which was about six feet over his
head, and Argent, who had an axe in his hand,
without sayieg a word, struck the prosecutor on
TIE head with the bls de of the axe, and the eff
feet of the blow was to cut his skull open to the
extent of inches. After the occurrence the
prisoners made their escape into the rigging,
weere they made sort of bar ioade with ropes
and refused to come down until the captain Of a
revenue vessel came on board and threatened to
fire at them if they did not come upon deck, Civ
ing them at the same time five minutes to decide
at the expiration of which time he declared he
would carry his threat into execution Before
they left the rigging one of them exclaimed that
he would come down for an American, but he
would not do so for d. Englishman and it
appeared that they we're under the impression
that in America the killing of man would only
entail upon chem an imprisonment of three OF
four months Morarti did not appear to have
taken any share in the act of violence that was
committed by his companion, and was merely by
his side when the axe was made use Of The iu-
~ rendered verdict of guilty, and the court
sentenced them to be transported for seven
years.
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10, and pulled bottle of Wbiskey cut of his pOck-
et, which the whole party began to drink. The
prisoner then propo7ed as q TOAST, "The prosper
ity Of Ireland and Scotland, and the downfall of
England F" The prosecutor refused to drink he
toast, as being derogatory 0 the country wheTe
he gained his bread snd this led to quarrel
and tight between the prosecutor and prisoner
The men were fepRraiei aad the prosecutor and
his party returned TO M'AvOy's They had been
there two or three h0urs, when the prisoner
came in and esked Che prosecutor ''ifhe was ia
the same humor then as he had baen p TIL
prosecutor thanked God be was always in coed
heaith, and in good humor - The prisoner
then vas standing with his hands in bis pockets,
and he imme0istely iook cut bis hands aud
struck the pro ecutor en- the left side, and the
prosecutor felt thas hs was abbed. He cried
out that he was stabbed aad tried TO get away,
but the prisoner repeated the blow. and stabbed
him sgain on the left side Mrs Forsytb then
took him ont of the room bleeding The Police
In pect0r was sent for, and be took the prisoner
into custody, and found upjn him a clssp-knife,
bloody, which no took from him. A surseon,
named Pat, was called ia, aud found the pros-
ecutor stabbed with two incised wounds, likely
TO be made by the knife produced Tha wounds
Ware about an inch aud h2lf deep. Ons was
against The ribs, and, bu' for tho ribs, would
have been very dangerous wound. He dressed
the wounds, and saw no more Of the prosecutor
Ths prosecutor was III about thrse weeks before
he recovered
Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-28
THE ARISTOCRACY OF WEALTH

We cannot refrain from publishing the
following candid and just structures on a
certain class of mammoa- worshippers in our
city, which appeared in the editorial COL
umns Of the Day Book lately. Read the
article 1t will repay perusal
A great deal has been said and written
about the aristocracy of wealth A great
deal Of prejudice has been created, bad feel
ing eDgendered, aud many oppressive acts
committed, because of it-and yet very few
people have ever seen or known much about
it. The poor and ignorant suppose that eve
ry man who dresses we'll and does not labor
hard with his hands, is an aristocrat, while
the rich ignorant or ignorant rich seem to
think that the only way a rich man can
show his Importance or power is by treating
the poor roughly and with contempt There
are some, however, mot ignorant, who de-
mand for every ono not known to be as
wealthy as themselves. degree of homage
and seryility that renders them contempti-
BILE. Persons in their employ are treated
with a sort Of naughty, commanding air
which seems to say, g wish you to under
stand the infinite distance there is between
thee and me, and keep your proper place.
There are some, and we are proud to say
that the number in this city is large, who
behave like gentlemen at all times, in all
places, and under all circumstances. Meet
them where you will, they will not remind
you Of your poverty or intimate to you that
you are not their equal To puff and swell
is no part Of their character, and as they
never attempt to ascend like a balloon or
bubble, so they never descend to the low
and vulgar, OF pander TO the base and un-
principled.
Go into one of our Wall street bank par
lors covered with Wilton carpets, and be-
hold the cashier in his cushioned chair, be-
fore his highly polished mahogany desk
ask him a civil question, and see with what
profound look he will roll up his eyes to
see if your hat is off, and if not, how his
brow knits, and with what q froWn he re-
plies to you, as if you had committed NOR
tai offence by daring to speak to him. Go
into any of the highly respectable banking
houses, and ask to see the principal or head
Of the firm-Why, there is good deal more
ceremony than there is to see the President
Of the United States
A servant goes to see if the lord Of the
household is seeabe if so, you are ushered
into his august presence. How he turns on
his large arm swivel-chair to look at you,
and with what an air he says, &c Well, sir,
what have you to say !" Why, one would
think he had just been let down in golden
basket from the throne of heaven by Jove
himself, to hold a short, very short converse
with mortals. His chest and shoulders seem
to swell out to twice their natural fulness,
his eyes dilate, and one involuntarily starts
back expecting the creature will surely
burst. His little sanctum is furnished in
the most costly and gaudy style, and an
iron or wooden railing enclosing it, gives it
the appearance Of a nicely furnished cage,
made on purpose to keep a wealthy aristO-
crat in.
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An awful ARRAY recently occurred in the neigh.
borhOcd of Pensacola, Florida, in which two ne
groes were killed and another supposed to be
mortally wounded. It appears that slave who
had committed a number of thefts in the neigh.
borhood, was pursued by his owner, Col Bro.
ward, his two sons, and two faithful negro
slaves, on the 9th inst. Col. Broward and his
two sons, were armed with shot-guns. and two
trusty negro slaves, John and Brutus, concealed
themselves whore it was known the runaways
had to pass. They soon appeared, and Col B
called on them to surrender, or he would shoot
them. They Immediately turned and fed, pur.
sued by the whole party. Brutus first overlook
Belfast; but as soon as he laid his hand upon
him, the villain quickly and unexpectedly drew
long sharp pointed butcher kniie, with which
he inflicted what is considered a mortal wound
on Brutus. The knife penetrated deep into the
region OF the liver, and nearly the whole of the
bowels prOruded from the wound. The negro
John next came up with the desperado, and had
scarcely seized him by the collar when he re-
ceived his death wound. The weapon entered
the chest between the collar bone and the first
rib, and took a downward direction for FIVE
inches, towards the heart, dividing the main ar
teries and producing almost instantaneous death.
nc two sons of Col. Broward were now in I'M
mlnent danger, the murderer brandishing his
bloody knife, while their gun, from some cause,
would not go off. But, fortunately, at this mo-
ment' Col. B. himself arrived and ended the
villains career by blowing his brains out
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flrIInIfV 10 nm Ialinf nhiIh

In one of the London Police Courts about
three weeks ago, woman named Murray was
brought up for examination, charged with as
saulting and cruelty maltreating a little girl
named Ellen Mahony, an idiot, about ten years
of age. The officer who arrested her stated that
he was hastily summoned to proce d Immediately
to an adjoining court, for the protection of fe-
male child from the violence Of her mother, who
was'subjecting her to brutal ill-treatment, and
threatened to murder her, and, on reaching the
place in question, he found the prisoner standing
in a menacing attitude over her daughter, who
was lying senseess on the ground, and whose
forehead exhibited severe cash, from which the
blood was streaming down her face On raising
the girl in his arms, the prisoner, who was in
toxicated, made a rush at him, and striking the
child violent blow on the face, endeavoring to
force it from him, declaring that it was only an
idiot, and that she was determined to kill it out
right. He succeeded, however, in protecting it
from further ill-treatment, and secured the pris-
oner, who renewed her efforts to get possession
of the child on her way to the station-house,
and repeated, with dreadful imprecations, that
it was a born fool, and she was resolved to de-
roy it. married woman, named Harriet
Spiers, living next door to the prisoner, stated
that she had repeatedly been compelled to inter-
fere on previous occasions to protect it from the
brutal and systematic course of ill-usage which
its unnatural mother was in the habit of practi-
oing towards it. The woman was sent to the
House of Correction for two months for her
crueltv
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CURE FOR RHEUMATIsM.-A Partisan
Correspondent Of an English paper says 81
picked up the other day, from one Of the
most eminent and intelligent physicians in
France, the favOrite pupil of Dupuytren,
some curious scraps of medical lore, that
perhaps may amuse you; and coming from q
man whose hberality Of opinion is only
equalled by his great skill and intellect, they
ara certainly worthy of perusal, and might
afford valuable hints to science A lady who
had formerly been a patient Of his, but whom
IN consequence Of her removal from Paris, he
had not seen for some time, came to him late
ly to say that her daughter was afflicted with
violent rheumatic pains. AS she still resided
in the country, however, DR.. c. could not do
more than give her some general consuel.
deferring the actual treatment till she could
bring her daughter to Paris. In few davs
she returned, telling him that her sufferines
were completely removed, in the following
singular manner One night, being seized
with an attack, the violence Of which was in
tolerable, the mother, in despair, sent to the
only medical practitioner of which the vii
lage boasted-a man who, by the help OF a
little self-taught lore, and certain knowl-
edge of simples and old woman's remedies.
treated the peasants satisfactorily enough.
No sooner did our Galen arrive, than he di-
rected that all the empty bottles that could
be collected should be placed on the floor,
the mattresses laid over them, and the suffer.
er extended thereon. The effect was maei-
cal in Q few minutes the patient experienced
the greatest relief, and finally complete
cessation Of suffering; and though the at
tacks had afterwards returned, they never
failed to yield to this singular remedy. The
solution of the mystery (of which the village
doctor was quite ignorant) Dr. G. found at
once. Electricity, it appears, is the great
aggravator of all such maladies and Of this
force, glass is a non conductor. If then. the
electric current is cut off from contact with
the patient, immediate relief is the conse-
quence. Profting by the hint, DR.. C. has
since, in all such cases, caused thick glass
cylinders to be put under the feet of the
nalade's bed, and with success the most
complete Another case was a cure where
consumption had actually commenced, and
had made some progress, by passing five or
six hours day in a butchers shop. A third
where what was considered fatal affection
Of the spinal marrow in young girl, COM
pletely yielded to the process Of sun-burp-
ing, the patient being stripped to the waist.
and placed facing south wall during the
hottest part Of the day.
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A Young Murderer.

A rather singular trial recently took place
before thq Court Of Aisne, France. says GaLig-
naal's Messenger Il was that Of boy, aged
ten years. named DelOtrie for the deliberate
murder Of playfsIlow, aged five, named Paul
Couyreur 1t appeared that some time ago Del
otrie's little brother, Alfred, was playing with
Paul and some other children in a street at Laon,
and that Alfred was knocked down, and had his
leg broken BY cart. DsIotrie accused Paul of
having wilfully pushed his brother under the
wheel, and repeatedly declared that he would bs
rsvenged. Oae day shortly after he enticed
Paul into meadow in which there were several
cisterns connected with a manufactory. snd
watching his opportunity, pushed him into one
partially filled with water and three yards in
depth The poor child struggled in the wster,
and EXTENDED his hands for nelp. A little boy
named POytevin. who was present, attempted to
pull him out, but Delotrie prevented him, and
pushed Paul beneath tha water BY means of q
long stick In a few minutes, Paul disappeared.
His parents, not seeing him reiura homo at the
usual hour, oau'ed inquiries to bemsde, and POr-
tevin stated what had occurred Paul's father
went TO the cistern and found the dead body of
the poor child. DelOtrie was proved to be of a
brutal character, aud it was sta ed that be had
often beaten his companions with heavy sticks,
had threatened to stab them, and had ill-treated
his mother. The Jury declared him guilty, but
said he had acted without disceramsnt The
Court ordered him to be detained in house of
correction until his 10Th year.
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Bloody AHraV.

At Lancaster, Kentucky, on the 18th instant,
bloody affray occurred which resulted in the
loss of two lives and some wounds to several par
ties. correspondent of the Louisville Courier
narrates the circumstances: Last evening about
o'clock, Russell Hill, Isaiah Hill, Frederick
Hill, and two or three boys, sons of Isaiah and
Frederick, were returning homeward from Tee
tersville, accompanied by DR.. o. P Hill. Just
as the party got opposite to a tobacco house,
(Which had been fortifed) on Scott's Fork
sugar Creek, they were fred upon, and Russell
Hill fell, mortally wounded His brothers and
nephews hastened to his assistance The fire
from the house still increasing, he remarked,
G You can do me no good, boys they have killed
ne do the best you can," and expired. The
Hills then charged upon the house, and Isaiah
Hill was killed just as he was getting over the
fence The door Of the house was forced by the
remaining Hills, and the fight continued with
short arms and bowie knives John Sellers was
shot by a son of Isaiah Hill az or IA years of
age) and fell and expired after having received
five other shots through the head. VIM Girls
man was shot by the same boy, when in the act
OF stabbing Frederick Hill with bowie. knife.
Crisman di' d, having on his body one pistol shot
and fifty-three wounds with knife A man by
the name of Alverson and another by the name
of Samuel Sellers, (of the house partly were
slightly wounded. Two of the boys (Hills) were
wounded with rifle shots, and one of them, a
mere boy, but lies in a critical condition.
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SURNAMES.

Men once were surnamed rom their shape or
estate,
Cou may all from history worm it,;
There was Lewis the Bulky, and Henry the
Great,
John Lakeland, and Peter the Hermit,
But now, when the door-plates of Misters and
Ara read, each so constantly varies,
From the owners trade, figure, and calling, sur
names
Seem given by the rule Of contraries.
Mr.. Box, though provoked, never doubles his
fist,
MIR. Burns in his CRATE has no fuel,
Mr. Playfair won't catch me at hazard or whist,
Mr.. Coward was winged in duel
MI Wise is Ounce, Mr. King is a Wing,
MIR. Cofln's uncommonly sprightly;
And huge Mr. Little broke down in gig,
While driving fat Mrs. GOlightly.
Mr.. Drinkwater's apt to indulge in a dram,
Mr.. Angels an absolute fury
And meek Mr.. Lion let fierce Mr.. Lamb
Iweak his nose in the lobby Of Drury
AT bath, where the feeble go more than the
stout,
Ga conduct well worthy of NeroO
Over poor Mr.. Lightfoot confined with the gout,
Mr.. Heavyside danced q Bolere.
Miss Jay, wretched maid when she chose Mr..
Dove,
Found nothing but sorrow await her.
Ohs hOlue III WeulOch, as true as uOVe,
That fondest Of mates, Mr., Hayter.
MI Oldcastle dwells in a modern built hut,
Miss Sage is Of madcaps the archest
Of all the queer bachelors Cupid eer cut,
Old Mr.. Younghusband's the starchest.
Mr. Child, in a passion, knocked down Mr..
Rock,
Mr.. Stone, like an aspen leaf, shivers,
Miss Poole used to Dance but stands still like
stock
Ever since she became Mrs Rivers.
Mr.. Swift hobbies onward, no mortal knows
how
lie moves as though cords had entwined him /;
Mr. Metcaf ran off on meeting a COW,
With pale Mr.. Turnbull behind him.
Mr.. Barker's as mute as fish in the sea.
Mr. Miles never moves on a journey,
Mr. Gotobed sits up till half after three,
Mr.. Makepeace was bred an attorney
Mr. Gardener can't tell a flower from a root,
nv. Wild, with timidity, draws back,
Mr. Ryder performs all his journeys on foot,
Mr Foot all his journeys on horseback.
Mr.. Penny, whose father was 70 olling in wealth,
Knocked down all the fortune his dad won;
Large Mr.. Leievere's the picture of health,
Nc Goodenough is but bad ono
Mr. Crookshanks stepped into three thousand a
year
By showing his leg to an heiress.
Now l hope you'll acknowledge Pve made it
quite clear
Suraames ever go by contraries.