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"o''oo' 'hASH hSA SioFO Ill d
fit at her.
The examinant laughed.
Judge. What do you laugh at
,SusaunaA. Well may at such
folly.
Judge. Is this folly to see these
so hurt ?
SusannaA. I mover hurt man,
woman, or child.
"Mercy," Lewis cried out, 'sshe
hath hurt me great many times:
and plucks me down ~
Then Martin laughed again.
Mary Walcot said this woman hurt
her a great many times.
Susannah Seldom also accused her
ofhurting her.
Judge. What do you sag to this?
'SusannaA. I have no hand in
witchcraft.
Judye. What did you do? Did
you consent these should be hurt
Susannah. No, never in my life.
Judge. What ails these people !?
Susannah. I do not know.
Judge But what do you think ails
them 4?
Susannah. 1 do not desire to
spend my judgment upon it.
Judge. Do you think they are
bowitchod ?
Susannah. I do not think they
are.
Judge. But tell US your thoughts
about them.
Susannah. My thoughts are mine
own when they are in, but when they
are out they are another's.
Judge. Who do you think are
their master?
Susannah. If they be dealing in
the Black AIT you may know as we'll
as |.
Judge. What have you dcne to-
wards the hurt of these =?
Susanpah. have done nothing.
Judge. Why it is you, or your
appearance.
Susaunah. / cannot help it.
Judge. That may be your master
that hurt them
Susannah. I desire to lead nv
life according to the Word of God 2
Judge. Is this according to the
Word Of God?
Susannah. fl were such a per-
son. would tell you the truth.
Judge. How comes your ap-
pcarancc just now to hurt these ?
Susannah. How do I know.
Judge. Are you not willing to
tell the truth.
Susannah. I cannot tell he who
appeared in Samuel's shape, a glori-
fed shape, can appear in any ones
shape.
Judge. Do you believe these ac.
flicted persons do not say true
Susannah. They may lie for aught
| know.
Judge. May not you lie
Susannah. l dare not tell lie if
it would save my life.
Judge. Then you will speak the
the truth, will you .?
Susannab. | have spoken nothing
else: | would do them any good.
Judge. | do not think you have
such affection for those whom you
just now insinuatcd had the Devil for
their master.
The marshal who stood by her
said she pinchcd her hands, and
Eliza Hubbard was Immediately aE:
ilictcd.
Several of the afflicted said they
sax her on the beam.
Judge. Pray God discover you
if you be guilty!
Susannah. Amen, amen! A
false tongue will never make a guilty
person.
"You havo been a long time COM
ing to the court to day" said Mercy
le"is' you can come last enough
in tic night
A few lines of the manuscript we're
here rather unintclligiblc.
Jchn Indian fell into fit, and
cried it was that woman. "Shc bites!
She bites :"
And then said Martin was biting
her lips.
Judge. Have you not compass.
sion on these afflicted
Susannah. No; | have none
They cried out, there was the
black man along with her; and
Goody Bibber confirmed it. Abigail
Williams went towards her, but could
not come near her. Nor Goody
Blbber, though she had not accused
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tom, whom did you say our friend
B married 2 He married forty
thousand dollars, / forgot her other
name !! was the answer.
Dick, say, why don't you turn
that buffalo robe t'tother side eout?
hair side in is the warmeat.'
Bah, Tom, you get out. Do you
suppose the animal himself didn't
know how to wear his hide? I fol.
low bis Style
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Correspondence Of the Baltiapore Sum-

Correspondence Of the Baltisore Sum.s
WAsHINeros. May 4.
General Pierce declared before he left Concord
that he had never perceived the necessity Of Gov
eminent organs, and did not intend 20 hAve one
during his Administration But he has found rea-
son to change his opinion. An organ is needed BY
the Executive for many purposes. He has already
found the want of one on many occasions. and the
Union has been employed by the job, rather than
on a regular engagement. The Union frequently
finds itself embarrassed by its condition of quasi
and unacknowledged organship, and sometimes
embarrasses the President and Cabinet. Thus last
week it announced ia terms not to be misunder-
stood, when used by an organ, that the acts Of
Governor Lane, in taking constructive possession
Of the valley of Mecilla, were approved by the Ad
rninistration. Two days afterwards this announce.
bility that had been incurred on point upon
which peace and war between two nations might
result. II 81
It is very important TO have an able exponent
and defender of the policy of the Administration
The misfortune now is that neither the Union nor
any other journal is recognised as such expo
nent; and, secondly, the Union bring necessarily
used for some official purposes, has not the full
confidence of the President 1t is understood that
General Pierce has become very lately satisfied
that the public interest would be better eerved by
return to the old system of an official gazette,
with responsible editor. Some of bis friends
have urged upon him the propriety of calling to
the seat of Government in that capacity, Mr.. hut
terfield editor of the leading Democratic organ of
New Hampshire.
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eminent IN iss organisation; aud that such sfl be
the result sofar a. the me may depend upon the
oncess themselves, and the scientific corps
ciated with Them we EulIv h.Ii.ve. Many have
contounded this expedition With that OF Japan,
under the command Of Commodore Perry, and we
have even seen Instances in which newspaper ar.
tces m gising list OF the vessels competing the
Japan expedition have enumerated those, or some
of them, belonging to the present one This IL a.
error. Our understanding il, that there is no
necessary connection between the squadron Of
Commodore Perry and that of Commander Ring.
gold, and that they are organized for entirely
separate and distfnct urposes. F.
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found in the consciousness of right, and the
character Of disclaimers.
Tire same principles will continue to animate
the Republic; and the Jossnal may rest assured
that we could gladly embrace any political or
ganization, if 1t would relieve VI from the re-
sponsibility of further association with the
faction Of which it is an organ-a faction
which would sacrifice the blessings and violate
the covenants Of the Cons itution-sever the
bonds of the Union, and drench the land in
horrent TO good faith and common humanity.
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VIOLENT STORM visited Terra haute, Indiana.
on the 23d utimo, when several houses were blow a
down and a number Of others more or less injured.
The cupola of the Congregationalist church was
blown down, making sad wreck of nearly the
whole building.
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Just then 20 low, 20 base thin g,
And uow-beyond tie stars"

REAL EsrArs.-Some twenty EIGHT years ago
one OF our most respectable citizens nov living
purchased large quantities Of land in the upper
part OF Manhattan Island. basing his projects Of
gam 90 me calculation that the population of the
CITY ooooied every sixty years. and that the leland
capable Of containing popula ton Of 500 900.
Of bis land 10 handsome account. A few dav.aSo.
ne sod lot on the corner of Fifth avenue and
lush street, which cost S4Oat,he time mentioned,
io' % ua o.ner iots in Yorkviiie. for which
$500 and upwards, according to location
lN' r Journal Of Commerce, %M.
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Captain EaIossos, with the consent of the pro-
prietors of the New York Post, will send the
caloric engine he had constructed for them to
France. This is rendered necessary to secure his
patent in that country, which will be forfeited
unless he has an engine in actual operation
there by the Goth Of June. W
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RHODE lstASD.-The Concord Democrat says
that the two Democratic Representatives TO Con
gress just elected in Rhode leland, are both anti.
slavery men, both opposed to the Fugitive aLye
law, and to the Baltimore Platform -
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tbs RrLraIoUs AssIvERsARIEs take place the
coming week in New York, and hence that city il
represented to be overrun with strangers.
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FLoRrDA.-The Governor. of Florida has ap-
pointed j. J. Finley, esq.,, Judge of the Western
District of that State, in place Of Hon. George S,
Hawkins, who has accepted the post of Collector
at Apallachiola. :.
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The Hon. AsoREw JoHssos, of Tennessee, has
been nominated as the Democratic candidate for
the Governorship Of that State. Ed
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The Hon. ASDRsw JoHssoN has been nominated
az the Democratic candidate for the Governship Of
Tennessee.
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The New York Zynes states that the calebrsted
singers Mario and Grisi. will visit that city dur
ing next autumn In season tc open the new opers
house, 84E AZ -
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5 ILLINois.-Hon Buckner Morris has been
elected Judge Of the Circuit Court in the Chicago
District, by large majority.
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TIE FAuouIkR CousrY CoURr-HoUsE at War
renton, Virginia, was destroyed by IRE on the lst
instant. The building had cost $4,000.
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Col. A. J. Pickett, of Alabama, refused to al
low himself TO be placed before the Democratic
State COW enton of Alabama for the nomination of
Governor -.. .... .Ia .s.. 4I.t
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THs CooHIsEAL CaoP.-A correspondent of the
New York Herald writing from Guatemala. says
that the unusually heavy rains have nearly de.
amount to one-fourth its annual product. p,
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On Tuesday passengers were conveyed through
Railroad in fourteen and q half hours.
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FsoM LONDON TO CANTON BY TELEGRAPH.-It
appears that company of Englishmen have un.
der contract proposed telegraphic line from
London to the East Indies and China. According
to a Genoa correspondent of the Newark Daily
Adr<rfiser, the work ia already commenced, and
the line has been actually made from London to
Genoa. The following are extracts from his let
ter
"Amopg the fruits of the present truce in Eu-
rope may be signalized the projected line of teie-
graph from London to Calcutta and Canton. The
great work is already CONNIE need, and the line
has been actually made from London to this city.
The government Of this country has also just en-
tered into contract with Mr.. John Brett, who re-
presents large company of British capitalists
the same which carried the line across the British
chancellor carrying it on from the main land at
Spezzia to the farther extremity of the Island of
Sardinia. in the midst of the Mediterranean and
France will see that il ia continued thence to the
province of Algiers, on the coast OF Africa. The
interest that England has in its continuance to her
rich posse ssions in the East ia obvious enough with
out specification.
"The company has engaged to have the line
from Spent to the island completed within eigh-
teen months at its own risk and expense, and the
government gives it a monopoly for fifty years,
when 1T will become the property of the State. The
cost is estimated at 100000 1t 10 provided,
ment shall have the free of the line for its de-
spatches, and certain small interest in the in
come OF the business, for which it guarantees to
the company an interest of FIVE per cent. on the
capital or cost of the work. The price of all de-
spatchss is fixed at fifty cents for twenty words
Tho whole line from Spexzia, the nearest point
OF the main land to the termina ton of the island,
port of Cagliari will be Ala miles, of which SO will
be under water and 33l over land, (ncluding the
intermediate French Island Of Corsica,) thus
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CAMp has been sent to the Connecticut State
prison for seven years for burning. his tannery in
Goshen With intent to defraud an insurance COM
pany.
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SUDDEN DEArH.--Ws were witnesses the
other day of a sudden death-one of those instan-
taneous and unaccountabe cases where the silver
cord 10 not loossd bot suddenly snapped where the
golden bowl falls and is broken, where the tower
and fabric of humanity, without premonition or
seeming cause, drops into ruin.
We were walking along one of the main streets
of the city, and just before Us was walking man
whose size and seeming strength contrasted strik
IN gly with the miserable and tattered garments be
wore-too mean and too poor for the poorest and
meanest occupation. Suddenly be stopped, or ra
Their half stopped, and, without word or a motion
10 oetray cause or consciousness, fell dead upon
the sidewalk. he was Immediately lifted up by
the passersby and put upon his feet for il seemed
to no one, certainly not TO Us, that this could be
deatn-so quick, 80 sudden, totally unexpected,
and without the shadow Of warning. But all as
sstapce was useless. The great conqueror had
been present, and left to Us only the memento and
moral of bis visit.
The man thus smitten before our very eyes was
evidently of thS lower, il not of the lowest class
and had broug SO0pon himself bis own fate by ex
cesses whose trace was clearly perceptio!e But
for all that he was a man, similarly constituted
with other men, with their hopes and fears, aspi
rarions and oepressions joys nd troubles-in life
perhspsfnfertor 10 most, but made royal by death,
and lifted into region of reverence. He, poor,
degraded, and despised-a drunksrd and an out
cast, the object Of ridicue, contempt, and commits
GRAFTON, perhaps without a home to sheler him
friend to aid-passed in one instan ard ar'ons
breath from his lettering, staggering dehasement
in this world, TO the presence of such grandeur as
it ''has not entered into he heart of man to con
ceive." just now groveling here before eyes
in such sin, shame, and squalor as il was painful
contemplate fit object Tor police and paroc hal
regulations, be scared suddenly into the reaixa
ton Of truths that neither the learning of Loo re
nor the piety of Pascal could conceive, and became
in IN instant ages in advance of all the sages and
sayans he has left behind.
"Just then 20 low, 20 base thing,
And now-beyond tie stars.
We have seen deaths in many shapes, bat never
in any 20 terrible this. There has always before
been some premonition-some warning, no matter
how brief-and the possibility Of escape. But In
this the wisdom of . thousand physcian'
would have been worthless, and the strength OF an
army without avail-N. o. Picay1ne
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From the Nerork Adrrliser.
Spare that Tree.

Why are you cutting down that fine tree, friend {?
Ii is the most beautiful of the row. Don't you
know how long it has taken it to become so large
and ornamental IL IL now9 What perils of
horses and boys and wagons at has ped, till ut
last like child that has weathered the host Of dis
eases incident to early life, it has grown up to
pay the labors and cares hich have been besow ed
upon il. What can the handsome thing have
been guilty Of to make it thus subject of capital
punishment
"Why, Mr.. Downing SAYS it grows fast, and
has beside On Nv holesome BREATH" Really, and
are you such smpeton to take the testimony
Of any witness, when you have the demonstration
Ofyour own senses for your guidef Are you such
poor fool as to condemn TO the axe a poor child
of your Affection because it ia a quick sturdy
grower " Bot IL emits = nauseous, il not noxious
enovium " Does your own nose tell you 50, dear
sir, or has Mr.. Downing, some other noted man
Rno mas nis peculiar reasons, informed you OF II
w ho told you tba. il is UNIV holesomel 90 This for.
eigner smells badly when in blossom in the hot
season OF July and August" Are you sure il 10
the splendid ailanthus that poisons and annoys
you 30, or the nasty gutter fosming and reeking
With fostering filth beneatnitf What nice percep
lions there are, 10 be in the city Of New York
thar are able to distinguish the smell of this poor
sianoered creature from the innumerabic yeasty
Seuches that are ming into one's nostrils from
every side ! All the cholera, the typhus, and the
other death dealing scourges of our race, would
remain forever far distant from cities, if they
only would wait for invitation from the allan
thus to give the blow. You talk of foreigners.
you nave the maple among you; you harbor IL and
md no FAULT Yet on every summer day we have
seen the pavement underneath il black with dead
Hies, " hich have been destroyed by its scent
:" Why, everybody denounces tho ailanthus
Even Congress itself, not very nice, you know, in
lis tastes and instincts, and able to bear the pres
ence of many things that smell rank to other
people; even this sense-blunted body thinks the
allanthus not sweet enough for Washington,
where their donors Nigh be injured by its odors
o, dearl and so they do. They very tender
persons, and jealous of every thing that threatens
violation Of The constitution. We would not have
the public grounds entirely planted with these
trees, any more than the two Ho sea crowded with
loooy-members and contractors. But If these two
excellent bodies will expel these nuisances, to-
getber with al unworthy and incompetent mem
ters, from the inside of the Capitol and keep its
honorable air untainted there, will underta Ike
that neither the moral nor physical health of the CT
tizens without shall suffer fro m the presencs of the
healthy and magnificent aianthus.
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SAcRFIcs OF HUMAN LrE.-Within the last few
days, besides several minor disasters of the same
wreck and burning Of the steamer independence,
the Pacific coast; Is by the collision of the Gen.
trail and Southern (N1ichigap) railroad; and IS by
the burning of the Ocean Wave, on Lake Ontario.
To this must be added scores of persons maimed or
dis6gured for hfe. AGtEfI
aiaalls IN Y. Journal Qf Commerce, 4h,
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THE PLANK RoAp IN MoSreoMERY COUNTY
learn from the Rockville Journal, 10 about
to be carried vigorously through. The company
has just held ON election, Of which the Journal
says:
1.-The election of officers lie peculiarly fortuna e
to the company; better selection could not posi-
bly, have been made. Mr.. A. B. Davis, the presi-
dent, is the very man for the position, being a
thoroughly practical man and of most
prominent, intelligent, and pubc-sprited cti'
Gems. We congratulate the company and all in
terested upon the fortunate result of having Sc
cured MIR. Daviss services as president of the
company. We take pleasure in stating that fifteen
thousand dollars have already been subscribed in
stock, and the company will go on to complete the
road as coon as Ave thousand more shall have been
taken. survey is to be made at once, and we
learn that skilful engineer has been employed to
do the work. We have long felt lively interest
in this road, and are reoiced to be able to state
that il certainly will be made"
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SANDWICH IsLASDs-The Providence Journal
contains semi editorial, of which the following
are extracts:
Private letters of recent date from Peru bring
very important intelligence concerning these
islands. The independence of the young Kingdom
IS seriously threatened, and urgent demands for
assistance have been forwarded TO Washington,
asking protection against the impending danger.
The French government have made deman ds upon
that of Hawaii of an extortionnte and totally mad.
missoe character, incompatible with the liberties
of the nation Perha ps with view of taking pos
session OF the whole Archipelago. these claims are
TO be supported by squadron consisting Of two
sixty gun ships and four other vessels of war-a
fleet fully capable of seizing the islands and sub
vering the government. as was done with the So
ciety group few years ago. The infamous con-
duct Of France towards the defenceless Queen Pc
re leads US to expect no better fate for unforu
nate King Kamehs meha III unless the protection
now 30 urgently asked is extended by our Govern
ment or by that Of Great Britain. A people 90 re-
Gently emerged from barbarian, now struggling
into civilization, and aboring to sustain their indie
pendence, should be supported and protected by
all civilized nations.
"That a prompt and decided stand upon this
question, assumed by our Government conformity
il need be, with that of Great Britain would be the
means OF preserving the independence of the islands
without endangerng the peace of the world IL not
! improbable; but should the domestic policy of the
| imperial Court require foreign war, occasion
ia readily presented in the pending question If
war with France be the consequence, let it come I;
but at all hazards the independence of the Hawaiian
Kingdom must be maintained. How far the decla-
ration made on the Let of February by the new
/ French Minister at Honolulu, that France enter
tains ambitious designs against the islapds' ia
calculated to aay the fears Of the nation, depends
| upon the position which that functionary may As.
sumo with regard TO the claims he is sent to en-
force. Upon this point nothing has yet been made
public" ..'i ti If.-
The Evening Post, copying part Of this article.
says:
1--WE have reason to believe that these move
ments Of France have already attracted tie atten-
ton of the Government, and that every precaution
will be taken to protect the interests Of the United
States insthe South seas"
Our own Impression is that this affair is essen.
TALLY q mares nest. At the same time admit
that the conduct Of France in the South seas for q
few years past has been such to justify the most
unfavorable suspicions.-N. Y Jour. Commerce..
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"Thus you see that within eighteen months we
are to have the benefit of a telegraphic line from
London to the very bosom of the Mediterranean
France it is updersood will bear her share in the
work on the Island Of Corsica. The distance be.
tween Consantinope, Algiers, Egypt, the Islands
of the Sea, distant India and China, and the seats
OF European civlz ton and commerce, tor ali
purposes OF correspondence, will thus be greatly
diminished, which will be a great achievement,
even II the projected work should go no further.
But II will not stop there, unless the course of
things is unfortunately changed by war"
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The CRoPs,-With few local exceptions, the
papers throughout the Great West speak of the
growing grain crops being in the most promis-
ing condition. and giving token Of an abundant
harvest. We have never seen or heard of fewer
The Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and wisconsin
papers all concur in saying that present indca-
lions warrant high expectations Of the coming
crop. From Illinois we have some complaints
but not more than at this time last year.