New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-20

T surr me Court 81 East Cambridge made imlSrt.st
decision yesterday ia ihe case OF Css-y, 90 W q
thorsh Mrs TAYLOR survived the murdero1' attack Tor
Nv s,s yet she vas unable though apparently conscious
90 nor sfusip ~ st, ,ulse and IN that encre-noy she
- "a IN oueexe the hands Of those present rerson
nance " : The one who attacked her aod there we An
squeeze Of the hand Also that when otn
were asked &C which the quest"s kaes sse
SsS no k,osl ge such ss where her children. she
made no r,sponse In instan as Il abe summoned ~
her energies for the purpose she ans Ser.a yes wo"'
il Casey WAS tue man, sne never spoke a'ter~sTd
The counsel for the defense argued tia: vas dangerous
10 receive such uncertain evidence where life 1T STAKE
Mr. Choeie in,snced the OF the sgas OF dear snf
dumb person, being received evidences Tue Court ca
pre std the opinion IA where person be, been Pc-ven
I'd from ttsf,ng orally BY injuries received sSas NAY %
res.ftd a. provided the person tesyng fully aware
the, hs Is 10 diving condition WI ch Il deemed equivalent
10 he sol-mniy Of o.h AAer each testimony has hssa
received the Court and jury toudgs of the cosds
iiop Of MUD 9th person a. the time and also OF the crs
Utility of TIE statements so made.
To illustrate its position. the Court said that dying
person had the c but finger aud could point t1a
frgtr to the words Nes and Nc IN suoh msnncr aud IA
der such circumstances lead 10 the belief that he an
swsr,d the questions with full understanding ef their NJ
tpe would be legal testimony TO be received Zoe the ooa
si5efs,ion Of A court and jury Boston Traveller
~ There Is sdy Mrs Singleton by name who resides
in Williamsburg Dis'ric, c. and posses two important
advantages over Mary Rocn o. ESgl.sd lately d-oe.ssa.
hundred snd thirty first year Of her age and thu seeood
that is vet alive and hearty Her mental {. ulsies are stu
min paired and she retains al her senses except thai
~ HI ~ ~bich she was deprived the advance age q
nj, eS nine years by an attack OF measles. Her b,dy
energy exhibits dimipnii'n for many years she e.ag
.ti Ale 10 walk brkly about the She ouived
all her children her oldest descend ant living being
grand gher sixty years old The grand Daughter
az This grand dauehter'f living would bs over SIX
leon Years old We have not learned the place of Mrs
SnetoDs nativity but the greater portion at her e mas
btten spent in Williamsburg SO much for the d'aicS
said 10 be- the sckes Ia the State II contains IA propor
ton to It's population maRy full size well made, good
lock ing men, any county OF Kentucky We anuoucsds
saws III Ckleson Ssaairf but the olher day the death
"A. fba o1Can afO no n rad
and eight wears now climax closes with another hv
II G. at the age OF one huadred and thirty on. years
Which of the mountain districts can equal this showing!
Eye TIE Rposa tN Y Ccs,fer has 40 account OF TIE
desih Of Nelson Freeman (-on of Wm J. Freemsn ofDe
post but absent CALIFORNIA; an Interesting lid some
Is years Of ge who lost hs life under crcnmiuees 81!
indeed Younger brother three years Old hid strsye4
away from home 10 tho river where he 90, ssab ana
aoaed out into the stream. Nelson, missing him. stutsd
In pursuit and discovered his little brother near NIL dsm
over which DO was carried and then alter giving the alarm.
plunged in ard TO him, but from some oause vas ua
able TO eIricse himself or b brother The i1t,r how
ever was carried Of tho whr and hoad by the swu
water some fifteen rods where he taken on, aimos, ie
hss but was restored with considerable effort N-ls's
wss less fortunate He sank aud under water ssns
ten MINUTES WHEN he and taken out bat all Of
forts 70 save the young hero were unayalngi LIE "~
extinct -
ham Hag Of the freight trains also
Of Depost While the train was passing over the bridge
which crosses the Oquago creek MS head enc 10 oohsct
with II the upper tmhers OF he bridge ana NJ was
knocked into the stream below dstanoe 0 some 10 loot
Ills ho dy nosted down stream - rods before being
covered, and was taken up lif.less.
ToBAcco-PRizr EssArs.-We are authorized by
friend OF reform Offer Ons Hundred Dol.rs 10 pses OF
ego for the rst ESQ G the second aud $40 T ths thd
best essay on the delerrous ELECTS Of Tobacco on hs u
man constitution intellectually, morally and physically
with sugQ, ons for the Of the evil or how persoas
csu break The habit to be comprised W fraci ,ae
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and such other per,ons they may select to aid them "a
he xaminelisn Each essay To BE- without any Dtm- ana
The authors name and address sent in ssllsi eaysops
sla fo hg
made The essays must be- received previous TO the r.t
dsy Of November 1851 and the swards 20 be pnhshsdn
Jan 0 tor 1851 and the accepted essays T. be this prop
city of tho donor Of the prizes to be- Published TOR the
btiet Of mankindhe profits arising ifom the sale To 10
offered in like premiums for other on tue sans suo
isct Water Cure Journal. N. X.
" Tie BuRker mn dar0ra tells a story Of the COOL
mess Of an Isbwoman at Lexington, Mass. some days
since, 20 this effect She engaged In baking Bread
When fro adeiect in the ue an our building opnuectns
with pg,y took Gre, and not being able 20 lit tue pig
with she knocked away portion OF the sly 'eok
away the pig and tied IL Ut distance from the hpuso
On returning she discovered he roof OF the house "a htne.
and there being person excepting her TIRES chl-
dren her fret movement 10 carry them away trom
danger Then return ing she removed every article o far
niiuTe excepting bedstead which having lost the Key
she could take apart She then removed every door
and window safely from their places almost before any
assistance arrived and only prevented by force from
entering the flames and saving her bre I'd from the brick
oven In little more than hour from the breaking out
Of the FIRE che walked over the smoking ruins and took oat
her bread which was found 70 he nicely baked.
~ hail storm which occurred Monday last In the
northern part Of Massachusetts, extended to Manchester.
n H. breakir glass and doing much damage. The Mir
nor "a, that Of the stones large common
red cherries II Is calculated that nearly 1000 panes OF
glass were broken out Of all the mills and thu boarding
houses connected with them in that city 10 say nothing Oh
the injury done 20 private residences and gardens lbe
wind blew ana spoiled the new and partly hnishee
house Of Aiken 4 Andrews on the upperend OF herrmack
IT, on Wilson's Il II also blew pieces barn Of
Gen Andrews, a little beyond Wilson Hill.
The storm was quite destructive AZ SeabroOk n H. Ths
hail broke much glass the wndward side 0f the bald
ipgs The roof OF the new Dearborn Academy was also
taken of by the wind which very strong The fosge
Of the trees much torn in the path OF the shower AZ
Jewe corner Exeter u sheep killed by lightning
- Speaking of the recent storm The Waterloo a. ~
OstTreT OF May H s2ysi II is impossible for Us 70 ncts
the numerous instances Of individual loss and s more 80
10 estimate the extent Of damage, which viii reach many
thousands in this County alone In Seneca Falls we under
stand the loss By the unrOofng Of buildings Is much more
extensive than here We also learn that Mr. Smith shoe
maker, also severely injured BY having splinter
| driyenlBtO his leg.
The storm at rs height most appalling The air
filed with Dust which was made visible % VIVID flashes or
ightnDg1hxt occasionally disspaed heinenae darkness.
and when TO this added the roar Of the tempest and
be fear that the building In which you stool might bs
wept away, those who did not experiences u may have
ONE idea Of the terror Of the moment EYe1 those who
e comparatively secure were lled with apprehensions
! for others.
| HAIL SroRx-Retarning. on Monday, from CrestLne,
we found in the region between Wooster and Canton that
very heavy rain lad fallen during brief absence Tno
ground was completely saturated and all the small streams
3ere full Of roaring muddy water On arriving at Mas
ion we learned that very severe bail storm had passed
Window Halstones as large az hen eggs fen This
storm took place about o'clock On arriving At home
We found that heavy rain attended by some hail bad fallen
here about o'clock signs OF which were visible 70 us