The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-11-23
The Clawson Heirship,


We mentioned son etime since a Iumor
that the wife of Rev. Samuel Clawson, of
Virginia, had fallen heir to an immense for
tune in England. The Western IVA Her.
aid says the facts OF the case are as follows.
"There was originally the sum of thirty
six millions of dollars, the estate of the
Earl OF Lancaster, in England, and upon
the death of the Earl and his brother a dis.
pute arose between the House of York and
the House of Lancaster, INSTITUTED by the
former, because of an intermarriage between
the two houses, the House of York suing
for the heirship. The suit was traoted,
from the lower to the higher courts, from
fifty to a hundred years, and was finally de-
cided al III: exchequer, the Queens Bench
in favor Of the House of Lancaster Aftar
this decision, advertisements were scattered
abroad over the world ior the heirs of the
Lancaster estate, and the mother of Mrs.
| Clawson, wife of Rev. Samuel Clawson, is
one OF the heirs. Attorneys are employed
by the heirs TO secure their interest, and it
is supposed that the whole affair will BE-
settled up during this winter, when the heirs
will receive their portions.
The abov: sum of thirty-six millions has
been at interest for more than sixty Years.
which interesA~will pay the costs 0. law, and
leave the ori sin4l clear fat" ..
HoGs.-The Louisville journal Of Mon
day says: "We have no transactions 10 re-
port and quote nominally $4 @$5-the
outside hlgule being asked but nobody is
Nyi has, ,,f Sd Ia
er was too warm on Saturday for killing but
yesterday it was very favorable, and Mes
srs. Jackson, HUI, d. Go. killed 2606 head
and Messrs: Teeter, Maxcy u Co., about
500 head
PoRK PACKING AT WEsToN.-Informatior
has been received thatt work of slaught.
ering has commenced at Weston on the Mis-
sour river. 1000 to 5000 have been Gu
chiefly for rendering into lard, costing from
80, 50 to %3f2 lOOtbs, net, and engagements
can be made lor 1000 to 5000 more dellv'
cradle after the 10th at W, So The
increase in numbers on the upper
Missouri is estimated at 20 to 25 per cent
) over last years.. Louis intet
New LARD. One or two parties are offer
ing 10 contract small lots ofnew lard to ar
rive. Before the close of the present week
one if not two small lots will have been re
ceived from the upper rivers. The openiu.
price may range from to 81 cts, although
we hear that 500 tierces city rendered wa,
offered a day or two since at the lowest fiis
ure, and not sold The lard to be deliver
ed as soon as made-S. Louis Intel. NOV
9.
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TRIAL FOR MURDER The trial of Loui
De Corn, merchant of New York, ma
tive of Martinique, for the murder of Eugene
Melville, native of France, was commenc
ed on Monday IN the court of Oyer and Ter
miner of that city. The testimony for the
prosecution was closed and the defence o
pened. There is mystery about the cast
which has yet to be explained. Melvill,
was young man not long married--the ac
cused was one of the witnesses Of the mar
riage ceremony. The deceased subsequent
ly left New York in pursuit of pecuniar,
claim to which his wife was entitled; in tn,
v meantime Mrs. Melville took lodgings under
an assumed name, where she was visited b,
DeCon; OH the husbands return he fount
that his wife had fled: he sought DeCorn
an encounter ensued, the husband, VIII,
was armed with stick was wrathy; d.
Corn retired to an entry and came iorwarc
with pistol and shot Melville through tn
heart, who died in ten minutes. The de
v fence is that that the accused was subiec
to alterations OF mind, and that he assaiIet
DeCern with his stick, who in self defens
used the deadly weapon. The prisoner i
= a man, as appears by the statement of tn
Dirtsict Attorney, ofhigh attainments, gooc
character, and distinguished family, hi
father having fought and hled for the hon
or Of his country.