The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-01-20

RANDALL's IsLAND,-On Monday morning Coro-
ner Gamble bed an Inquest on Randaliss Island
on the body Of John McCaffray, a boy about six
| years Of age. ,,., - s, 49,
Mrs. Jane Ley, the matron,, testified thai The
| boys :(and amongst them the deeeased) went to
lied at seven O'clock in the evening all we'll. She
lett IN charge q the boys woman named Caroline
| Eeley, WHO slept in the room and emit to bed at
eight o'clockl; Mrs. Loy heard no more until
morning, when asgnurse named Mary Baldwin
came into her room and told her that one OF the
boys was dead IN her ward; she went up stari
| and found the deceased dead, but, knows nothing
about what caused his death. .,,i,I,,s7 1T 20
John Mann, boy aged ten Years. one OF the
boys who slept in the room with deceased, stated
that he has been on the Island four years. on Sat
aFday night all, the boys went TO- bed az. usual;
sometime in the night he got up for some purpose;
he found two boys; James Crumley and, Cha les
Collins, both about seven years of seee, standing
by the side ofthe bed of deceased; the boy Crumley
took stick 81 wood and hit the, deceased on the
lace end his feet after that they took him out of
the bed and put him ou.g on the pa zza; and,w hen
there they hit him again; the deceased then laid
out there until alter the bell rang at five O'Clock in
the morning, when Crumey and Co!line brought
him in and put him on the bed; be was then dead
1t was he wae ted Caroline Veley, that he was
dead. l,s,U York Erpress.a .y9ge. y7,noa3
THE NEW spAa1sH MIs iIsr eaerick Ron
eau, Count Of lcoY, the new Premier of Spain is
The same who was lately Governor of Cuba. he
vas Originally military man, and fought for
AUuud lsdptl IN INhpafTe ne began MS
career il 1910, BY siding with Espartero, ana at
forwards, in 1886, belonged to the cabinet Of Mi
rafores, as Minister Of War. u
AsBIq TaAxsAcrfoN. bill is before the low
Legislature authorizing the commissioners Of the
Des Moines improvements to contract with. Page
and Bacon, of ST. Louis, for the complexion ofthe
works on the Des Moines river. By the terms of
this contract, the Sta fe conveys absolutely Page
and Bacon the remaining lande belonging to the
improvement, amounting 10 nearly 900, 900 acres
Page and Racon are to pa for these lands S $780,
Co., $3.50 900 each year for five years y in which
time the entire iwer to Fort Des Moipes is TO be
completed. They are to receive the tolls, water
rents, &C., for twenty five years, and the absolute
right Of the anda TO be granted and sold at their
own prices. No rai;goad is to be built within ten
miles of the nes Moinee, and running parallel with
It for forty miles. . The contractors giye lnnrt
gage the lands as security and are to keep The
works in perfect repair for the period Of twenty,
hys year, L9Ns lRspsbiear ',9loy i,,ja'
NEW JsasEv TAI os THE Raiylrrer Of Tran.
more ihan half the, revenus Of the sfare 81 New
jersey is derived from a tax on the trsrsis f nas
sengers through the State ~ tsiiroad 4HThe Della
ware and Raritsn Canal Company are proprietors
nfione OF the railroads whfctf constitute rart of
the principal route between New York and Phila.
deiphIa or the entire receipts into the New Jer.
sey state Treasury fer the year 1852 amounting
transit duties, as follows: Sco 'oi't'so hltao 5d
Transft duties from Delaware aRs Rarisan Ca ma
Tisasit irGai ddlaldsn and Amboy Rail-. ZOOS
road and TrenepertAtio4 GorPanY9mY z9,5s4
Transit from New Jersey Railroad and a 4
o transportation Company. II. ,a...r,o1 fls,0al
sass Il " q ..a!.azI x,,.si i a,yl J. So .sss.
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