Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1853-07-14
CapInre Of NankIn.

From the same highly respectable and relia-
bic source to which we have been previously
indebted for important information from China,
we have received copy Of private telegraph
ic dispatch received in London, from Trieste,
by one Of the first mercantile firms in the Brit
ish metropolis
"The India and China mails have arrived,
with advices from Canton to the goth Of April,
and from Hong Kong to later date. The
capture of the city Of ankin by the insurgents
is fully confirmed.
"The Hong Kong Gazette of April 22 con-
firms this information, and says that the cap
ture was effected on the 2lst Of March. 1t adds
however the important intelligence that the in
surgents were subsequently compelled to va
cuate the city, and that on the 6th'of April
they were defeated in an engagement with the
Imperial troops, about thirty miles South ofthe
city OF Nankn."
/ There was also in circulation at the closing
of the Africa's mails, report to this effect
"Shanghae abandoned. THE information,
however, was too vague to produce much effect
for it was impossible to decide whether Shan
ghae was abandoned, by European residents,
by the people generally, by the Imperial for
ces, or by the insurgents. The most probable
version seems 10 us the latter-or that they
had abandoned all attempts or Shanghae after
being compelled to evacuate Nankin.-Com.
/ Gdz.
THE WAY TO SToP IT.-In Philadelphia, one
day lately, respectable looking man, by the
name Of Richard Suttle, who occasionally gets
drunk. was before Judge Kelly for sentence,
having been convicted Of an assault and battery,
with intent to kill. He had stabbed an acquain-
tauce, in a fight, in four different places. Judge
Kelly, in sentencing him, said:
ut was NY duty, few days since, to SEN
tence man to twelve years imprisonment, for
using knife just as you did. His case grew
out Of meeting number of his acquaintances,
/ at drinking shop. on Sunday. The place was
fall, and the fight was with an acquaintance,
Just your case precisely. Yours occurred near
the same place. But there was this difference
in your case; the man you stabbed was able to
be in Court and testify against you, because
you happened to strike the feshy part ofhis bod
y-the other sent his victim to an other world.
By the merest chance, you were saved twelve
years imprisonment. You have proved good
character when you are sober. When you are
out of prison, and about to drink again, just
think that you see the galloaOs at The bottom of yOa'
olass! The use of the knife has become too
common, and we intend to make an effort tc
stop it; l, therefore, shall give you sentence
proportionate to our rule. and fix the period al
seventeen months in the Eastern Pententiary
This is the penalty for getting drunk"
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs SPECULATIoNs s-Dea-
lers in these articles made "wide miss" this
year, and il majority who purchased largely
wind up at the close Of the season with bal
anced accounts, they may deem themselves for
tunate. The difficulty has been this: The crop
was an increased one, ard not knowing precise
ly to what extent, dealers bought too heavily at
an early day, at what was then considered low
figures. The stock almost from the beginning
was large, and still continues so. At no time
has there betn anything like scarcity Of either
but receipts have been constant and steady,
with less animation and greater uniformity in
prices than we remember to have ever noticed
of season before. Sugar opened at about 81
to 42c, and these figures are the quoted ruling
rates at present. Molasses has declined, and
is now fully as low or lower than it was at the
opening OF the season. We have no means oil
ascertaining the precise amount of either in
store, but we are assured that it sufficient for
ut least two months, should not another hogs
head or barrel arrivc.-S. Louis Ne~s.