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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-04-19
SENTENCE OF MuRpEuER.-Judge

SENTENCE OF A MURDEnER.-Ju
Hart, in sentencing the murderer Dick,
at Dayton, Ohio, few days since,
made use OF the following laDguage.-
In terrible severity it almosts equals
the figures used by Mr.. Webster in
his famous speech on the trial of the
Crowningshields, at Salem, Massachu-
sets, many years ago, for the murder
of White
What bloody devil seized upon
your human nature, God knows but
this is certain, that issuing from your
lurking place, you fell upon an old and
deienccless woman, dragged her, per-
haps, from her wagon, aud with terri
bic force her grey hairs. her face, and
hcr skull. into mere mass that you
fell upon her son, a lad about ii years
old; that i'll his young love of life, he
He'd upon the wings of despair before
your lifted and murderous weapon !;
that he fled in vain; you out stripped
him; the deadly blow fell upon his
tender skull, and he, too, was in etcr
nifty. Your motives are not revealed.
That they were cruel and bloody, and
backed by purpose which no consid.
cratlons ofmcrcy could for moment
shake, is plain. There is no assigna.
bic motive to your deed, but an mex
orablc revenge.
"sFrancis Dick, you are guilty.
Francis Dick, you must die. 1t is the
law ofGod it is, and ought to be, the
law of man, that the murderer shall
die. Let no hope deceive you; no
hope allure your mind from the stead,
last conviction that your days are mum.
bcrcd. The sentence of the Court is,
that you be taken hence to the &C m.
mon Jail ofthe county, and be safely
kept that on the second Friday of
April, 1854, the l4th,) you to be Ia
Ken to the place of execution and
that between the hours of 8 O'Clock in
the morning and 4 in the afternoon of
that day, you be hanged by the neck
until dead. y Charleston Standard
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-04-19
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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

Exr'ct fr"m n letter by the Rev. n
Churchill, Of Boston. who IL now tnvelli
for his health in tho East.
ut gives one an ever present idea OF d
expansive enterprise Of his countrymsn,
find their commodities Of commerce col
t%inually in his path wherever he goes.
have not yet visited any considerable CT
Of Turkey where | did moi find the Med
c'ncs of my country represented by Aver
Ch'rry PICTORIAL. In Smyrna, AlepE
Jaffa, Jerusalem and C~onstantinople, we $
in each, on the door post of some bazad
he peculiarly American locking Iroa ca
of DIR. Aver, saying in a language whic
not one in a thousand OF The passers by Cd
read, "Aycr's Cherry PICTORIAL for Cough
Colds and Consumption, Sold Here"
a shelf behind the cross.legged mussul I'M
are scea the ibo,tlcs with their Englis
Spanish, French and German faces turnd
TO the crowd, and OIL cnquiring We are I'd
that foreigners are not the only purchaser
but the true believers themselves wai|
their trust in fate to try this product
American skill, when they find there is
other cure for them"
was told here yesterday that the Cher
Pictorial had been presented to the Sulta
and is now in constant use in his harel
and in the Hospitals of the Empire"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

1T Many lives have been lost from the
lazlness or ignorance of paper-hangers
who have laid on one paper above another,
instead Of tearing off the old one before
hanging the new. There was a very
handsome house near one Of the best pro.
vincial towns in France which could never
keep its tenants, and at last stood empty and
became worthless, because a detesiable
fever seized upon every family that lived in
il. A ready -witted observer promised the
owner to find out the cause. lie traced
the mischief to one room, and presently
conjectured what was the matter there
lie let a slip Of glass into the wall, and
found it the next day dimmed with feiid
condensed vapor. lie tore down a strip Of
the paper, and discovered abundant cause
for any smoun of fever. For generations
the walls had been papercd afresh, without
the removal Of anything underneath and
there was the putrid size and the ierment-
ing old papers, inches deep A thorough
clearing, scaping. and cleansing. put an
end to the fever, and restored the value Of
the house.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

HONORARY DEGREEs.-The Board of
Trustees Of Union College, Schenectady,
at their last annual meeting, adopted the
following
Whereas; the present method of con-
ferring Honorary Degrees is not calculated
to promote high scholarship and eminent
professional merit in so great Il degree AS
is desirable and, whereas, it may be hop
ed that, by corresponding with the anthori-
ties of other Colleges, some general prin-
ciples can be agreed upon which shall here
after govern action in such cases [; there
fore,
Resolved, This Board will confer no
Honorary Degrees higher than that of Ma
ter of Arts during the next three years.
Resolved, That the Rev. Alonzo Potter,
Rev. J. Trumbull Backus, and Rev. Ebcne-
yer HALEY, be committee to open a CORE
spondence with the Faculty and Trustees Of
other institutions, with a view OF securing
the general adoption of principle applicable
to these cases"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

A "PmcH" OF MEDICINE AN IMPRoMPTU
CURE.-The. Gazette des Hopitaux" of
the 10Th, publishes a remarkable cure for
cholera by mistake. DR.. Roger (de rOre)
having been called upon to visit a person
in the worst stage Of cholera, prescribed,
but with scarcely the slightest hope that it
would be eficacious, an emetic of | IA
gramme of ipecacuanha, to be taken in three
doses (priseS,) ..at intervals of an half-an-
hour. The person who was charged to
administer the ipecacuanha, seeing the word
prises, and finding that the medicine was
a powder, imagined that it was a kind of
snuff, and that the three priseS meant three
pinches. He consequently made the pa
tent sniff up a third. The ipecacuanha
thus administered, instead of making the
patient vomit, caused him to sneezo with
such force, and for so long a time, that n
violent reaction took place. Heat return
ed TO the surface, all the symptoms of
cholera ceased, and when the physician
paid his next visit he found the patient cur
ed.-Galignani's Messenger.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

A RovISG ELEpHASr.-On Wednesday
night, the elephant accompanying the me-
nagerie Of MIR. Batty, which had been en-
hibi,ing in this town, after the performance,
was safely lodged in a stable, near The
George Hotel. The keeper on going to
feed the animal in the morning, found at
his great establishment, that lis charge had
a%bsconded. Riders were sent about in ev-
cry direction to find the missing brute, but
they returned without any success. In the
forenoon he was discovered laying fast
asleep in the wine cellar of the hotel-hav-
ing, it seems, opened the door of his lodging
in the night, in a rowing disposition, and
quietly walked up a long flight of steps to
the George, and afterwards descended to
the cellar. Several bottles iwere broken
and the contents drank by the elephant, till
he was satisfied he had enough. When
found, he looked the picture of cortentment.
This does not show that all animals are dis.
ciples of Father MATHEw.-NorM Wales
Chronicle.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13
Dte0,

In New York, Tuesday, Of typhoid fev(
James CoggcshalI, E.q in tho 6Slh year
his age, mmcrly Of this city.
Funeral from the residence Of Timothy Cd
geshali, this afternoon, 2 O'clock. Wild
relatives and fr,ends are invited to attend will
out further notice.
In Providence, on thr 23d Inst. Mrs. FRA
ces Earle Whitaker, widow Of Thomas Wild
kcI, in The 57th year Of her nke.
IN thi, city. Saturday morning, Miss NM
Stratton, aged 65 Years,
On " ednrsday, 2Olh init, in New OrIeauI
oil yellow fever, Valentine Mott. Junr., NJ. n
son Of Professor Mott, Of New York. in the g
yenr Of his age, on his way 10 New York.
In tins city. 2S'h inst. Mrs. Mary r. Mod
{ on, aged 80 years.
In North Attleborough, on Sunday, 6ep|
2ath, Mary Lila, youngest child Of Samuel y
Ham ,b Potter, aged 7 years, 3 months.
Providence and New Bedford papers plea|
copy.
In this city. 81 inst, Mary Elizabeth. or
child Of Thomas and Elizabeth Munro, aged
months.
In Philadelphia. Both ult. Isaac r. Cook
eldest sou Of Charles d.. Cooke, in the iS|
year Of his nge.
In Savannah, Ga, on the 18th inst, OF vello|
fever, Caiharine Davis, wife Of Mason NJ. Dav
late Of Newport.
In this city. on the 9Th inst. Isnac Cory, d
Of Nathan Cory, Jr., aged 5 yenrs and s month
In Providence, Sunday afternoon, Eliza, WI
OF Freeborn Coggeshall, daughter Of the la|
Jhomas sherman. in The 35th year OF her Az
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

THE SQUADRON TO GREYTowN.-A de-
spatch from Washington, to the Tribune
of yesterday, learns sit has been determined
by the Administration that the razee INDIE
pendence, Com. Martin, now lying in New
York harbor, nearly ready to sal, shall 90 to
San Juan de Nicaragua, by way of making
a decided manifestation against the British
Mosquito protectoratc. She will b, be ac-
companied there by one steamer at least, it
lot by any o.her vessels. 1t vas at first
designed to give the command of this steam
er to Capt. l%Iollins, but Gen. Pierce finally
concluded that he had better not. When
the squadron arrives at San Juan, the INDIE
pcndence will begin by running up the
flag of Nicaragua and saluting it wheth-
er Com. Martin is to be ordered TO 60 fur
Their, and actually put Nicaragua in possess
sion Of the town, does not appear, but it is
not improbable that something of that sort
may be attempted. However, the British
man-of- war Boscawen, with u irigate and
corvette or two, will also be on hand, and
Il is possible that in the course of six weeks
or so, there may BE- some interesting news
from that quarter"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

UTThe X mnan Catholic Council in New
York closed it, session on Sunday tho
Express gives the foil wing account OF the
closing ceremonies -
The procession was formed nj half.past
ten o'clock, at the house Of Archbishop
liighes.
AT tn hal of the procession was borne
n large ,ruciiix supported by a Sub-Dea-
con, followed by a~colytes robed in white
aud The inferior officers of the mass, bearing
wax tapers and flowers.
Thirty priests in cassocks (two vest
mcnIs) came next then two chaunters in
copcs, with the Secretary of the Council.
Then came the following Bishops, robcd
and with copcs, mitre, and c%roziers -
Right Rev. Bishops McClosky, Filzpat.
rick, Timon, O'Reilly, Loughlin, Eayley,
Goesbriand.
The archiepiscopal cross was next borne
before the Archbishop, fright Rev. DIR.
Hughes,) who followed, attended by a dea,
con andkub deacon, deacons Of honor and
an assistant priest.
As the procession moved towards the
Ca,hcdrd al, the chanting Of the officers,
(Which was in Latin.) the swinging Of GEN.
sors, the wax lights, and above all, the
splendid robes Of the Bishops, with their
trains borne by their attendants, formed an
unaccustomed sight in our streets, aid far
more characteristic of a South American
Republic than our own.
Tn, Archbishop having arrived at his
,hroneiln the chanccl, the usual services of
High Mass proceeded. Itch sermon on the
occasion was preached by Bishop McClos-
key, after which the tossing ceremonies of
the Council took %rlacc. A psalm c'Vcni
Creatcr,) having beenlssung, the DEGREES
adopted by The Council were read in L'tin
to the Bishops, who solcmnly asscnied TO
them, when they were laid on The altar and
signed by each of the fathers.
The decree for closing the council was
then read and affirmed. re Deum and a
hymn of acclamation were then sung in
succession, the Archbishop gave solemn
bencdiction, land each of the bishops reciev-
ed the par from his hands, when the pro-
cessicn reformed and proceeded back to
The Arbhbi,hop's house, As in tho morning.
A considerable police force was present.
to maintain order, clear The way, and pro-
tcct the procession. a large crowd of per-
sons was attracted, and not only the church
but also the streets in the vicinity were
lhronged with spectators. No disturbance
occurred that we could!earn.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

THE McDoYoGH EsTATE.-The New
Orleans Crescent speaks Of this estate as a
''vast expense Of swamp and ph,irie lands
and miserable shanties," and intimatcs that
it will be a long while before that city and
Baltimore will be able to secure the pro-
ceeds to be invested as directed by the tes-
tator. IL is yet, it says, in the hand of the
executors, whose attorneys 1ill receive
their handsome salaries, and adds hat the
two cities must organize their ~almshouse,
their school farm and other institutions
contemplated by Mr.. McDonogh, and CON-
ply with various other conditions of the
will, before they can get possession of the
property.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13
VAYlSrREEr SELECT SCHOOL.
IN NEwPORr, X. !.

Winter term beg,ns on the LIST Wednesday
Of November. Expense $50 Tor term Of 81
month. 1.-TWO quarterly including tuition, boar
room. fuel and light. For day scholars, 81
per term.
Pupil, nader IL years Of age, $50, per ter.
or SIS per quarter.
The un l~ersigncd proposes to open at IN
above time and place, II Selec, School, for youd
Ladies, where they will ENJOY every facility ID
Obtaining a thorough and conn letc education.
The pupils Will he select in character, aH
so limited in number as to insure particular Al
tention to the peculiar bent OF each mind. tn
course OF study will Ike elevated and we'll defined
and the methods Of instruction., both critical I'D
comprehensive.
Circulars containing n fuller statement OF III
plan OF the school and other particulars may
found at The bookstores, or will be sent In I'd
address on application to the Principal |
Newport. A. DALTON.
Refers to Hon Geo. Bancroft, Hon. Ed
ward Everett. Henry Waisworth L.ongfello1
James Walker. ID. ID Pres. of Harvard Cd
leye, Jared Sparks, l.. LID. Prof. G. C. FeltoI
l.. l.. DIV. A. S,carns,D. d., Prrst. Of An
herst College. Prof. Agassil. John D. Choule1
ID. ID. Rev. Charles +. Brooks, Henry Jackso1
ID. D.'and Rev. Benz. Watson, Nswptr ri. SIS
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

SoFTENISG OF THE BRAIS.-This awful
disease is said always to terminate fatally,
as for instance the case of DR.. Olds. At a
previous election he was a Hard abolition
lists, and referred for approval TO Mr.. Chase
and Mr.. Giddings. His brain soon began
to soften to the consistency ~ofdough, and
all through the last session he was an UNI
mistakable ''dOUsyace." his brain getting
rapidly more soft and doughty, until at a
period so soon as 10 disappoint his friends,
and sooner than could have been expected
from the apparent progress of the disease, it
was discovered to be all over with him, and
he settled down beyond the aid of affection
or medical skill into a melancholy "dead-
hedd."-Columbus Ohio journal.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

WHAT THE French Know OF Us.-In
the preface to a French translation of Un-
Gle Toms Cabin, the writer, NJ. La Redol-
liere, informs all France that
Pursued throughout the entire world by
the generous coalition of France and Eng
land, slavery has taken refuge in South
America. 1t has completely disappeared
from the States of Indiana, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio and YER
mont" (Whata Classification y at is
abolished in principle" Wou see tn, dis
tinction,) ain Connecticut, Illinois, Penn
sylvania, Michigan, New York, Delaware
Rhode Island, Columbia, and New Jersey
but they tolerate in these States some
slaves who remained in household servi-
tude at the time Of emancipation
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

OBrTuARY.-The following item from
the Charlestown Advertiser will be perus-
ed with different emotions by our readers.
The writer omitted to mention that a 10.
BILE monument has been erected in memory
of the deceased, and that, in the lines of the
poet, with a slight "emendation,"
The ojor Of his virtue, lives
Now he has passed away,
The funeral procession was long and i'm
posing, the chief mourners however doclin-
cd to join therein, but they tolled the bells
and grcuned most Justify in fact, their
grief was indeed great.
Died, In this city, Oct. I'd, by exposure
and neglect, Charles Town, a native and
long a resident of Massachusetts,. The
remains will be inferred in Boston. Aged
225 years.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

The steamer "Sou,hcrn Michigan" met
with a singular accident on a recent trip to
Monroe, Michigan. When about twenty
miles itom that place Gays the Toledo
Blade) one of the wheels which had been
racked a little in a previous storm burst its
bands, and the whole mass of timber and
iron composing it fell into the lake, leaving
the shaft and ianges bare. The boat ca
reened over and there was great conster-
nation a mong the passengers (about four
hundred) for a few minutes but ,the Off
GERS and crew, with good presence of mind,
set to work, shifted the freight over, so as
to balance the boat, and she made her way
into port with one wheel. She was after
wards taken to Detroit for n new wheel.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

WHO ORIGINATED THE.NEBRAsKA BILL
The st. Louis Democrat says that Davy
Atchison boasts that the Nebraska bill was
his W work, and that Douglas was only
his tool-that he told that Senator he must
bring in a bill for the repeal Of the Missou-
ri Compromise, or resign his position at the
head of the committee on terrilories-that
he (Atchison) would then resign his place
as President of the Senate, and get him
self appointed on the territorial committee,
for the purpose of reporting such a bill as
he desired. Stephen took time to consider
the matter-agreed to do what was requir-
ed Of him-did report a bill indirectly re-
pealing the Missouri Compromise, and was
ordered to take it ont and bring in another
accomplishing the object directly. Spaniel
like, Douglas obeyed,-that is, if Davy tells
the truth, which is not by any means GER
tain. This whole Nebraska bill, and every
thing connected with its inception, pro-
gress and corsummation, is such a con.
glomerate Of insincerity, mendacity, and
wickedness, that we despair of ever being
able to assign 10 each conspirator his due
share of contempt and indignation.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

A STRANGE FIsH.-Capt. Reed, of the
brig Crocus, reports that on the afternoon
of the ID at 4 O'Clock, in lat. Al, Ion. II
30, n fish passed under his stern different
from any that he had ever seen. II was IS
or 81 feet in length, with a hump on the
back like that of the camel. The fins SEEM
ed to be formed like the hukes of a propel-
lor. Capt. Reed is we'll acquainted with the
whale, and has never seen one that resem-
bled this. 1t passed within 20 feet of him.
-Pror. journal.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13
Bp Qcleorapb.
DETROIT, October 9.

DETROIT, October 9.
last night, the steamer "E. X. Collins"
LETT this port, between 10 and IL o'clock,
with a large number of passengers on. board,
bound from the Sault ST. Marie to Cleye-
land.
About midnight, when a little below
Maiden, near the lighthouse at the mouth
Of the river, the vessel was discovered to be
on fire, and before she could be got ashore,
she was completely envcloped in flames.
The greatest CONSERVATION prevailed
among the passengers, most Of sswhom
aroused from their sleep by the fearful
alarm, ran wildly about the decks or plum
gcd at once into the water.
Twenty three persons persisted by fire
or drowning
The names Of those missing as far as
can be ascertained are as,follows.:-
MIR. Dibble, Of New York Samuel
Powell, Lawrence Wlalen, Thomas Cook,
the Pittsburgh Railroad Agent, all of Cleve-
and Mrs. McNeilly, Mrs. Waters and
child of Ashtabula.
The body Of the child has been recovered
Fifteen of the crew are missing.
Among the passengers from ithe East
saved, are B.F. Dubois, Philadelphia Mr..
Patterson, of Westfeld, Chuatauque county.
A number. of passengers from the Saul
left the vessel al. Detroit.
The origin of the fire has not been as.
certained.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

SUICIDE FOR LovE.-A gentleman in
forms us that Mr.. VIM. liuling, of East
Greenwich, in this State, committed sui
eide on Monday OF last wee k, under the fol-
lowing circumstances He bad been pay
ing his attentions to a young lady, and
seeing her ride past with another gentle
man, and knowing that they would soon
return, he went and hung himself upon an
apple tree by the road side, in full view of
his lady and rival as they passed by. His
age was AZ years.-W oonsocket Patriot.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

1JJohn Brown, of the firm of Brown,
Bowen g. Co., Bankers, Of Philadelphia, on
Saturday last, purchased three contiguous
tracts of land in this city, the Dixon lot Of
S. p. Townsend, of New York, n lot Of
Edward Hammett, and another of Henry
Rice, Jr.. in all about 7 IL acres, for $27,-
600. The land lies on East Touro street.
Dixon Lane and Spring street, forming a
square, we learn that Mr.. Brown intends
to build a residence upon ii Immediately.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. - At Greene,
Chenango county, a returned Californian
named Davis had a misunderstanding with
his wife, which led to a separation. Davis
met his brothcr-in-law, with whom his wife
resided, and after IA brief conversation, they
parted, when he drew a'revolver and shot
his relative in the back, killing him Instant
ly. lie then proceeded in search of his
wife, whom he also shot, and she expired a
short time after. AS q climax to this scene
of horror, the wretched man turned the
weapon upon his W breast and slew him.
self.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

Mozi,r, IN American sculptor nj Rome,
has lately finished a statue Of Truth, in
which the personiiicaiion is u female fig
ure, armed with n ,wo-edgcd sword, wear
ing upon her head a hemlet, and pointing
with her sword to a mask near her feet. Just
struck from the wearer, while with her left
hand she gathers her garments about her
tn avoid contact with Falsehood. On the
front Of the hemlet are serpents supporting
a ring emblematic of wisdom, and on her
breast plate a lily, symbolizing urity.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13
NEW MATERIAL FoR PAPER.-We. have

New MATERIAL FOR PAPER.-We have
received a specimen Of this paper manu.
featured from a plant called Ganphalium,
or Life Everlasting, more generally known
as White Top, a weed which grows spon-
t~aneously all over the Northern states
The specimen at hand, though slightly def
cient in Wilderness, is very fair indeed, and
Of peculiar strength. The complexion can
~doubdessly be improved when the new
material Is better understood. Paper
makers state that a fine article Of smooth,
strong, beautiful paper can be manufacture
ed from il about ten per cent, discount on
paper made from rags. The adhesive
qualities of the shrub are so great that no
animal matter need be- used in manufactur-
ing ordinary printing paper and II also
a surface Without sizing Portland
A~3csrr'er.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-10-13

The New STEAM FRIGATEs.-With the
exception of the Niagara, at New York,
each Of the new United States steam frig-
ates which are being constructed at the
different navy yards on the Atlantic coast,
is to mount thirty four 80 FOUNDER shell
guns. The Niagara will probably carry IL
inch guns, weighing 10000 pounds each
shell guns, Of course, and twelve or four
teen Of them. 1t is contemplated that in
eighteen months, at farthest, six of these
five vessels will be ready for sea.