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MILITARY SENTENCE AND IT'S coMMurArfoS.
{ WAX DEPARTMENT.
ADJUTAST GgNEnAL's OPFIcE.

Y
No u ADJrrANT GENERALS OPFIcE,
| Washington Nm T. 1853.
at the general court-martal which assembled NJ
Fort Hamilton New York. pursuant TO Orders No H.
April ~ 1906 from the headquarters of the eastern dy-
sion, and Of which Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Francis
Taylor Captain First Artillery President was arragn
ed ana ried corporal John White of Company NJ Fourth
Artillery.
CHARGE ' DraViag sceqDoa mon and oserng pioIeats
10 ms superior officer he being ne execution Of his Office
SPECIFICATION In this, that he, Corporal joins Whtso:
guard Fort Hamilton New York did leave his guard with
malicious intent to take tie life Breye Major O. Pom
berton captain 9TH artillery and with such malicious intent
did enter the quarters Of Lieutenant Wabdge 4h artillery
at said fort where the said Seve Major Pemberton VISA and
did deliberately draw loaded pistol upon, and attept to
shoot him, the said Brewer Mor Pemberto he being in the
execution OF his Office the tue, at the said fort
"This at Fort Hamilton New York. on OF about the TWEEN
y-seeond day Of March eighteen hundred aad fifty three
To which cLusge and specification the prisoner pleaded
/" Not Gully"
deberauon upon the testimony adauced finds the prisoner
Corporal John bite ofeompany NJ 18th artlerFas follows
Guilty Of the SPECIFICATION, and
"Guilty'of the charge.
And the court does him. Corporal JOHN white
feoh"as re MEMBERS coHcnrrfng ferento be shot 70
death, az sTeh time ond p,ace the President Of ~ United
States shat direct the proner 10 be k5, IN double ;,yas until
tFe ereestioa ri his sentence"
lin conformity with the 65th of the rales and arti-
cs OF war the proceedings Of the general courtaaral
in have been the Seoreary
of War; and by him submitted to the President Of the
Uni.ed States The following the iers in the
EXECUTIVE MANSION
Washington, Nay 6, 1853.
These proceedings OF The general courtmartia in the
Of Corporal John White, Of the United States array
sentenced to be shot DEATH having been laid before me,
and by duly examined and consideredy do hereby
confirm the said proceedings and order pro-
nouncedby the said TO be mtgated to solitary
nement bread and the period Of thirty days
and there 10 confinement hard labor with ball and
chain for the remainder Of the of his enlistment
and suspension of pay and allowances exsept the
cessary clothing and subsistence.
FRANKLIN eIRRCE.
IIIThs general court-nartial, of which Lieutenant
Colonel TaEaof is President is dissolved
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
o. ~ Lqter rom Calitaraia.

Ohts doy Later from California.
NEW YORK, May l2-The steamer Prometheus arriy Ell
lns morning from San JUAN bringing four hundred pas
sengers Sl0 900 in gold on freight and large amount
IN the hands OF passengers The Brother Jonathan left San
Francisco on The Eth, with six hundred and fifty pas
sengers and 100000 in gold She reached San Juan
on the Sd instant The isthmus was healthy The IT
2 soop-ot-war Cyane at San Juan all well The
Northerner for Panama left San Francisco on the
Ta iIi q passengers and with S26oOO0O in gold
Inc uoiueh uate, from Panama. arrived ON the 18th.
Inc Following are the of the persons killed by
the explosion OF the Jenny Lind: Noah Ripley wife
anu Jour children, G. A. Shelton Mrs. Kmball, Judge
mhite' OF San Jose, Frank Banvorth, L. f. Drake Mrs
Page and child, Mrs Wilnac, Mr.. Carpenter Mr. MUIR
phey Of San Jose, Mr. Bell Of Wisconsin, one Lady two
stewards anu Others unknown. Total 81.
DIT. MURDOCH, merchant at Shaster, had been killed
by gambler named james Noand The latter was hung
oy the citizens on the same evening
Raarood accident
PORTLAND, lalE. MAY l2.-The train Of passenger
cars ON the Maine Railroad was thrown off Yesterday on
account OF neglect of duty by the switchtender The
passengers escaped injury, though the consi
derably damaged.
Ne'o Boah al New Orleans.
NV ORLEANS, MAY 0. A new bank with a capital Of
100000 is about to be established in this city under
the provisions OF the free banking law recently passed
by the Legislature.
The New Orleans Canal and banking Company have
made purchase Of fyeyen squares Of ground in this
,iy with which to widen the canal The property adj
Joins the land claimed by the heirs Of Lafayette and
Bought for Ehe sum Of SI25,000
Anothey RAILROAD 4cci7ea,, Explosion, de-
BOSTON, MhY 1.-THE freight train the Boston and
Fai River railroad of the track to-day, by which m
teen cars We're thrown into heap and broken frag
MEMS None OF the passengers injured, but the
fireman and engineer severely hurt.
The steamer Canada sailed for Europe to-day with one
hundrsd passengers and SlT5, 900 in gold
The large pyrotechnic establishment of SAuNpERsoS
Cambridge, exploited this morning. killing Of the
workmen.
TIE Noraralk accident.
NoHwALK, MAY l1-Mrs. Gen. HARVEY, of New York
who severely injured by the accident this
place. died this morning.
Injunction Granted
PHLADSLPHIA, May IA despatch from Harrisburg
states thas the Court has granted injunction
the city OF Philadelphia from subscribing to the Water
Gap and Hempfeld Railroad and to reseind and vtate
any subscription that may be made, returnable the
second Monday of June next
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vIRGISI, COLONIZATION BOARD

The Virginia legislature at its late session. passed
law appropriang thirty thousand dollars per for
FIVE years. and placing under the control of the Board
addition the raised by the upon free colored
persons and the received for issuing their registers
both of which sums, tits computed will equal ten thou
sand dollars annually. And the board is authorized to
receive donations The money the disposal of the board
is be employed to aid the Colonization Society in
sporting free persons Of color Africa and subssng
them there for limited time The Governor has lately
appointed the members of the board Peachy R. Graf
TAM Thomas H. Ellis, John O. steger and John Howard,
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The Association of Medical Superintendent Of
Americnn Insfiintons for The Insane.

The Association of Medical Superintendent Of
Ameiean Institutions for the Insane.
This distinguished body Of gentlemen who have been
holding their annual session Baltimore yesterday paid
visit to this city, the invitation Of Dr. NICHOLS the
recently appointed Superintendent Of the Insane Asylum
for the Army and Navy and the District Of Columbia
is years since this Association was organized
for the mutual improvement Of its members and the ad
vancement Of the philanhrOphc caus in which they
engaged Their labors have proved Of ncalculabe ad
vantage the objects Of their Congress has ayaed
itself Of some Of the results Of its abors in set Of pro
positions drawn up by the Association, embodying it
views in relation the essentials to be kept in view il
the construction Of hospitals for the insane.
The Association yesterday visited the site Of the pro
posed new edce shortly to be erected for the insane
this District and Of the army and navy, and body
testified it's approval Of the site selected Thu
plans Of the structure, designed by Dr. NICHOLS ant
drawn up by Mr. WALTER, laid before the Associa
ton at Baltimore and these also elected their ap
probation.
On their return to the city the body paid visit to thu
Smithsonian Institution and to other Of public
buildings They afterwards honored with an inter
view with the President and then returned to their no
tel (willards) and held session for the dispatch Of
business.
The next annual meeting Of the Association is to b
held in this city the second Tuesday in May, 1854
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THE RoBBER OF THE FoRErGS MnL.-The author Of
the many obberes Of foreign letters passing through the
New York post Office detected and arrested Thurs
day by the special agent Of the Post Office Department
Mr. HoLBRooK. The rogue's name turns out to be
Theodore A. Ross clerk in the foreign letter depart
ment The agent, understand having suspected him,
laid his plans accordingly, and eyewitness to a
repetition Of his depredations the morning of his
rest appears that he has been in the habit Of break
ing open letters containing gold, German letters mainly
but he was not particular. Foreign Governments have
been complaining Of these robberies for months
past not believed at srst that the robberies
were committed this side Of the Atlantic Express.
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Mr.. sNoWDEN'S ADDRESS.

1t is due to our esteemed neighbor, Mr.. SNOW
DEN, and to the cause which he supports, to place
in our paper his excellent Address announcing him.
self a candidate for Congress in the adjoining dis
trict of Virginia. The address is model of good
sense, modesty, and sound principles as well Of
rare merit in saying every thing proper for the oc
casion in so short compass.
To the Voters Of tie SeueaM Congressional District
At the solicitation of many citizens from different
of the district have consented become candidate for
seat in the next House of Representatives The short
space OF time allowed between this and the day of the
election will necessarily prevent from canvassng the
district would wish, and it is probable that some
portions will not be able to visit adopt this method,
therefore, of announcing you the fact of my being
candidate and respectfully ask your generous support
My political principles generally well known, and
it would be needless therefore, to recapitulae them
Whilst Wing, however, my political opponents
think, will do the justice to say that my previous
course has shown that am not an ibera one and that,
whilst maintain my own views, act fairly towards
those who hold different opinions
My end and aim, and my highest ambition would be,
in the event of my election, be
and faithful representative of your particular interests,
as far as those interests be acted upon advanced
served the rights Of the States maintained the welfare
of the people advanced and the honor of the country up
held The Constitution as it was made by our fathers,
think the glorious work of political wisdom which
was ever framed by and that Constitution unchang-
ed and unperverted shall stand by cherish and sup
port against all assaults, from all quarters.
am in favor of such distribution of the proceeds of
the sales of the public lands viii give Virginia her
share of the public domanthe share to which she is
entitedand to deprive her of which, under existing cir
cumstances is to deal towards her unusty and ungra-
ciously
know the odds against which have to contend in the
contest which is going and the disadvantages I'M
der which labor in taking the field at this late day. But
when duty calls me- am not deferred appeal to you,
feow-ctzens for that support which you may think on
this OCCASION should be given me, with full determine
ton on my part to merit your confidence.
EDGAR SN0WDEN.
ALEXANDRIA, APRIL IL 1858.
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Another FRIeHrruL RAILROAD AccIDEST.-The New
Bedford lass Gazette contains some Of the particulars
Of the accident which happened on Saturday afternoon to
the New Bedford and Taunton train Of In conse-
quence Of the breaking Of axetree the tender was i'm
mediatey thrown down embankment some thirty feet
The baggage car directly behind was precptated below,
and also the succeeding car in which were twenty-five
passengers All three completely demolished As
If by miracle no lives lost. The third and last
car was displaced from the track but not thrown down
the embankment Fifteen persons less in
ured The cars and tender thrown forty feet
from the track and in the fearful passage completely
volved three times
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Prof MArEs has sent us specimen of rye, growing
upon field to which last spring he applied l25 lbs per
acre Of his improved super phosphate Of lme and then
sowed with OATS afterwards in the fall without any man
uring sowing with rye The stalks Of the latter have
already reached average height Of feet inches and
the heads well developed. -Nerark Advertiser
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The Board Of Commissioners on United States
MILITARY AsYLUMs closed their session on Friday
evening, after sitting two days The business with
which they were principally occupied, besides the
selection of Harrodsburg Springs, in Kentucky, as
site for one Of the Western asylums-subject, how
ever to the approval of the Presiden-was connected
with the Asylum at East Pascagoula, in Louisiana.
The next session Of the Board will take place on
the second Tuesday in June
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Within me last three weeks have received nteli-
gence Of less than four caasrophes of steamers and
four OF railways The Independence the Abatross the
Ocean Wave the S. s. Lewis are the steamers and the
Philadelphia and New York. the Erie, the New York and
New Haven, and the Chicago are the railroads BY the
loss Of the independence hundred and forty
were slain; by the Chicago collision twenty four by the
Ocean Wave twenty eight; while by the Norwak mas
sacre forty-our we're murdered and hiryseven wound
ed. This gives us total loss in little more than fort
night ty corporate and individual careessness, Of two
hundred and thiity-six human lves-Bau American
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SIZED or THE TRAIS-It is q disputed point how fast
the train going the bridge at Norwak when the
late disaster occurred-some stating the number at ht-
teen miles hour others at fifty 1t is said that the
locomotive eaped distance of sixty feet and struck the
abutmen the other sde sixteen feet below the bridge
If this be true the speed Of the engine must have been
about forty miles PEI hour, body falls sixteen feet IN
the first second Of time The fact is determined by the
width OF the draw and the distance the engine fell before
striking IL these distances be accurately determined
there be difficulty in finding the rate Of speed II
the train going at twenty-five miles an hour which
the most probable rate of speed the vertical distance
which the locomotive fell before il struck must have been
forty feet.
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The Falmouth Cotton Factory in the village Of that name
adjoining Fredericksburg, (va) was totally destroyed
by fire on Wednesday morning The stock Of goods On
hand saved The fire originated il is thouh, -ol
the furnace in the basement The total loss in BIZ ias,
machinery &C. is estimated S25 OO0 upon viii t&ere
is insurance of about $4,000 The property was re
Gently purchased by the Fredericksburg Water Power
Company Of ]. w. SLAUGHTER Esq.
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sr.r1srrcs or DAxcISo.-An ingenious French arith-
metican has calculated that the space which young
Partisan BELLE who is fond Of the sautary exercise OF
dancing in the gay salons Of Paris amounts in
the course Of one dancing season. to four hundred and
thirty-four miles and half He has also estimated that
French lady fond Of performing the functions Of tee
totum, will spin round ina waz in one many times
as the wheels of steamboat revolve while running the
distance between Dover and Calais
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WEr DRY CoAL.-The last trip of the Pacific from
Liverpool to New York. trip which requires avery large
consumption Of fuel proved the superiority Of coal when
had been kept dry to that which had been yns N ns
open air for long exposed to moisture TINS vessel
while her dry and well preserved coal lasted msus ~,
average of more than three hundred miles per day out
when she was compelled coal that had oeen y'ns
in damp yard through raining and freezing Nssa sd
large for many months, her speso was ieaesS>
about fifteen per cent,
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SLAVERY IN CAIuoRMA.-A bill has been introduced
into the California Legislature having for its object the
ensavement Of the Indians Of that State by having them
bound out for any given number Of years to serve such
white men will give the required security for their
maintenance and support We trust that bill so con-
trary TO the spirit Of the age in danger Of becoming
A lav.-Journaiof Commerce
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HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A FERRY CoaPASY.-General
WADE, Of North Carolina, who recently injured on
ferryboat whilst crossing from Brooklyn New York.
has obtained verdict Of six thousand dollars in suit
before the United States Court sitting New York Be-
ing passenger in the ferryboa he struck in the
head by the bolt and ring at the forward part Of the boat
which was thrown out By the boat having ran against
another ferryboat and the bridge and for the injuries
thus received he instituted suit against the Fulton Perry
Company.
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THE LONG BRIDGE.-It will be welcome news to
our readers on the Virginia side Of the river well
as to our own citizens, to learn that the Potomac
Bridge is now so far repaired to admit OF its free
use for wagons and carriages OF all kinds 1t is but
about forty days since the repair of this bridge was
commenced.
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Convicted SEsTEXoxD. rioters on the Port
age Railroad, Thomas Armstrong Patrick Ryan, John
Coughlin, Patrick Dryer, and Thomas J. Lynch, who
Court for MURDER were severay convicted Of murder in
the second degree and sentenced each five years con
inement in the penSt entiary
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The Mississippi Democratic State Convention has
nominated JOHN J. NIcRAE for Governor and VIII
LIAM BARKsDALE for Congress, to be elected by
the State at large. -Four other Representatives to
Congress, not yet nominated are to be elected by
the four districts into which the State is divided.
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"CHEcK GRABBRRs"--This is the name Of a new class
Of juvenile thieves in New York. who gather around the
doors Of the Theatres and relieve the ladies Of their
and handkerchefs they enter leave the Theatre
One night last week thirteen Of these Young thieves be-
tween IL and 10 years Of age arrested the Broad
way Theatre and committed to prison.
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RAILROAD LAw.-The Legislature Of Illinois last win
passed law to the effect that railroad companies
should pay $4,000 for every passenger lost in train
through the careessuess Of the company or its agents
The citizens Of Chicago have resolved to see this law
forced IN the letter
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The Governor of Pennsylvania has pardoned Margsre
Mccormick the woman who threw quantity Of oil Of
vtrio into the face Of young man, John McCann, de-
stroying his eyes and causing him the most horrible su
fering so that his reason gave way. His agonies long
protracted at ended in death For this helish deed
the woman was tried convicted and sentenced for what
term forget the penitenary She is at large again
by the operation Of what is called Executive clemency
which has come practically to mean Offering premium
for crime and placing the community at the mercy Of
robbers and assassns The alleged for this
are that her health had rapidly failed that her condi
ton was extremely critical that her symptoms
those of rapid consumption and that she suffered muck
from DEPRESSION All this was certified by the inspectors
warden and physicians Of the prison and they il seems
are answerabe with the Governor for the release
To us these reasons appear wholly unsatisfactory The
prisoner had been duly found guilty Of mott diabocal
act showing all the malice prepense which is the
Of murder in its worst type
Justice justice the public demanded that she should
expiate this offence to the fullest of the law.
Punishment is question of revenge, but Of
policy II the only known to society to protect
itself against its enemies Inflicted on those whom it IS
able to seize il becomes warning TO others curb their
criminal propenstes.
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Among the strangers in New York on Wednes-
day last, as we learn from the New York papers,
we're Cheyalier HULsEMANN, Hon. ex-senator j.
p. HALE, and Hon. S. A. DOUGLAS, Senator from
Illinois The latter gentleman was to sail from
New York for Europe in the steamer Pacific.
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Tue PATERSON RAILROAD CoLLrsIoS.-The two brake
men, named Farrell 0Gsra and James H. Van Cleet who
were injured the collision Of the the Paterson
railroad on last Monday evening, died in New York on
Wednesday.
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verdict Of $ls54 with interest has lately been rem
dered against the Michigan Railroad to reimburse
passenger for the loss of box containing goods and
So 700 in gold which had been committed the care Of
the company's agents for transportation.
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Hon. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS is to deliver O
eulogy on the life and services of DANIEL WEB.
sTER. at Atlanta, Georgia, on the Goth instant.
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General VILLAMEL, Charge dAffaires from
the Republic Of Ecuador to the United States, ar
rived at New Orleans on the 18th instant from the
Isthmus Of Panama
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The Rev. Mr.. SHAW, Catholic clergyman, was thrown
from his carriage at Detroit onthe 10th instant and SO
badly hurt that he died in q few hours
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NEW BOOKS.

THREE TALES Christian Van Amberg, Resignation, and
the Village Doctor, by the Countess D'Arbouville;
translated from the French by Maunsell B. Field, MA
New York, Harpers; Washington, TAYLOR MAuRY. ,
The authoress Of these stories no less parsonage
than the wife Of the Governor of French hgers and
must be admitted that she deserves wide perusal by
and women of other than the mercura people in whose
language these stories originally written Though
highly finished in fact the style of these tales is the
same time pure, classic, and simple almost to Attic
standard furnishing hope for the restoration in France of
something natural and in fiction writing and far
mote from the bedizened trickstersm and vile centious
ness that have SO weighed upon French literary and po
puar character since the days Of Rousseau and Votare
When literary dsgues like Kit North and the Editor Of
the Revue des Deux Mondes have aghted upon feast
with evidence of appetite ordinary people may sit down
with confidence. Such their dealing with these fc-
tons of the Countess DArbouve one of which has been
pronounced the most perfect specimen of fictitious
composition which France has produced in the present
century"