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toned. which Sulham acknowledged he
signed, and rested their case. This course
was quite unexpected on the part of the
audience, and we think on the part of the
prosecution.
The States Attorney opened the case
with a clear delineation of the facts as
above, and contended that they furnished
incontestible proof of Stiles guilt. He
contended first that it was proved beyond
doubt that Fairbrother was poisoned,
both by the testimony of Sulham, and by
the testimony of the physicians; and
second, that Stiles was confederate with
Sulham was proved not only by the tes-
timony of Sulham, but by all the cir
cumstances in the case, especially his ac-
tons on the night of the 18th of Sep
TENDER.
On the part of the defence it was con-
\ tended that there was not sufficient proof
that poison had been administered. Ac-
cording to Sulham, and he was the only
witness proving the strychnine, he must
have taken sufficient to kill forty men,
and that it was impossible from the ma
ture of strychnine that it should thus
have been taken without almost instantly
destroying life, whereas, according to the
testimony it must have been in his stom.
ach near four and half hours, and wa:
then thrown off with an emetic. The
impossibility of such result they argued
over-balanced the symptoms and the
opinion of the physicians.
As for Sulham, they threw him out o
the case, as a wretch according to hi,
own showing, and entirely unworthy o
D belief, not only because he was an accom-
plice, but because he had all along tolC
n quite another story. The unusual ap
pearances attributed to Stiles on tn,
. night of the alleged offence, and follow
5 ing day, they also attempted to accoun
a for simply on the score of ordinary hu
r mainly, and anxiety for the sufferin,
d Fairbrother.
e Mr.. Redfeld in closing reiterated TIL
if claims of the States Attorney, and yer,
+ ably labored TO fasten guilt upon the &C
cused.
II Judge Poland, in a charge of abou
n one hour, set the case very clearly an
+ fairly before the jury, so that it woul
y, seem they need be at no great loss as
a the law. And there was one point tn;
b we had rot before understood, that \
J. man should be convicted on the testim,
h ny of an accomplice, unless his testimon
5, was corroborated materially by other e,
d idence.
y The lawyers on both sides displaye
Y much ability and fairness in their mai
at agement of the case, as also a commend
Id bic courtesy, not only towards each othe
ed but towards all the witnesses.
On The arguments for the defence we
d, made by Messrs. Slade and Bartlett.
ed The jury retired, and after an absen
ed Of about two hours returned verdict
er GUILTY.
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THE GRAPE CRoP.-The Cincinnati
Gazette says of the grape crop in tha.
city:
=" We regret to learn that the rot has
injured the grapes in many of the vine
yards around Cincinnati. In some vine
yards at least one-half of the grapes are
destroyed. If, however, the weather
should be favorable, and the injury e1-
tend no further, the crop will still be
good. The vineyards this spring have
been weighed down with a superabund-
ant crop, so much so that if half of the
grapes are thinned away by the rot, d
fine crop would still be realized"
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The CoMET.-The Herald tells the

The CoMET.-The Herald tells the
following
Gan Irish laborer, while going home
from his work Thursday evening, dur
ing the shower with a tin pail in his
hand, was startled by loud crash Of
thunder. He was on Washington street
near the foot of Avery street, at the
time. He stopped for a moment as
though surprised, but as peal after pea
reverberated through the heavens, shak.
ing the earth with its solidity, and fasf
after flash of lightning blinded his eyes
he dropped his pail, clasped his hands to
gether, and with yell of the comet
the comet-Jasus the comet" rushed
frantically along the street, and did no
stop his headlong course uutil he reach
ed his home"
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GA few days ago in Liberty town
ship, Ohio, young woman was so much
affected while reading piece Of poetry
entitled, "Do they miss me home that
she tainted. Her mother suppOsing that
she was dying, became terribly excited,
causing the rupture of a blood vessel, and
she died in less than an hour. Til.
daughter was insensible for about fifteen
minutes and then recovered.
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WHAT KEPT Rory FROM COMES
sIoN.-"What may be the cause, %"
an Irish curate to his parish clerk--iaa,
keeps Rory O'Kegan from confession - Y.
from the church service, Peter Murphy
"a sad matter it is, yer honOr-if' hn !,
self that's got in a very bad way Onyh0s'
"Och, Peter" said the curate, rs ,
Deism?" @Worse, ye may depend ~
the worthy clerk. "Sowl o me- l JUS
it's not-Atheism, or the like like 0 ''l,,
Peter" exclaimed the pastor. "h0I'''
San what in the name o nature caa =
be?" cried the astonished minister. -Dl
the powers, an it's rheumatism, FsP'''
Peter Murphey, san so it is.
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FIRE IN GUILFoRD.--The School
House in District No. 8, in the south
east part of the town, was burned on
Sunday night, with the books and other
furniture in it. There was no insurance.
loss about $780, 1t was no doubt, set
on fire. We learn there had been no
school there for ten years until this
spring, as majority of the district, had
steadily voted down every attempt to get
school. By the exertions of two or
three individuals, vote had been obtain
ed for a school, the house had been re-
paired and the school in progress a week
when the house was set on fire. 1t is oil
course attributed to some of those who
have opposed the school. There had
been no fire in it, and the fire was the
latter part of the night, affording proof
positive that it was the work of an in
cendiary. How it is possible for intel.
ligent men, who have any regard fol
their own character, or the welfare o.
community, to oppose a school in theil
district and deprive the children in it, be
cause not their own, of all opportunity t.
obtain any education, we cannot com
prehend. Such men are certainly GU
Of place in Vermont, and should emigrat
to some despotic country where the PEG
pie are slaves. We hope the persol
guilty of this outrage may be brought t
Justice. BeLEoacs Falls Times.
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- 10 New - -

e. The New York Rrami,,.
making up its Revival Summary. a.,
Since our last Summary Gb,..
four weeks ago) We have noted NJ. /.
than 5000 further additions to ca :,
Gus denominations Of Christians !.
land and yet We have to obser,.
many parts Of the country almos, -.
sation Of the harvest Of souls sinet.
GUS with the commencement Of tbe..-,
ly sced-time. Christians are now H..
ing for the meat that perisheth.' ana
ever, God sends the rain and give. a
increase where our labor is bestowed -,
there only. The Southern ebu,.I.
however, begin now to show ratb..
increase of activity, as their custon !;
The confirmation in the Episcopal a.
ches are given with usual fulness a. d.
season, and make a large amount n
Baptist churches report 1926 eo,v..
sions and accessions, 218 of these 81.
Maine, 1S5 in Massachusetts; ca nN.-
Hampshire F.; 50 in Connecticut
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GTbe editor oftbe Sout6side n.

@The editor of the Southside Dsus
crat announces that on a visit to as
" dirty, Gipsey-like region" oEaa.
Petersburgh, Va, known as Pocahaa.
he saw tall embonpoint figure, slight
bronzed complexioned female in her 6sa
year, withal youthful looking, her lon:
raven black hair flowing DER shouldes
and she calmly leaning over-a Tank
tub aoashing open cork Stockings Til
last female and direct descendant If ri
Pocahontas !
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POISONED TEA.-The London Times
has terrible leader in which it asserts
the Chinese will poison our teas, and
every other eatable thing that may here
after be exported from their dominions.
-Erchange.
1t would be very sensible act, wouldn't
it, for the Celestials to poison all their
customers +? We give John Chinaman
the credit of being too shrewd to do such
a foolish thing.
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1The pastor ofthe Church IN Sv..
ton writes "For the past SIX mo.,,.
more than usual interest has bee, ma.
tested, in the preaching Of the wo,,
There has been a gradually increas,o, :.
gard for the regular exercises of n.
Sanctuary, and the weekly prayer NEE.
ings are unusually full. Many in II,
church are more alive, and number d,
the young are anxiously seeking II.
warmth and light of the Sayior's l7s,
In Georgia pastor has been recentlyh
stalled, and several additions have be-,
made to the church. There is saidss
an increasing religious interest in Hin.
gate, and the church there hope soon d
have pastor installed over them.
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At Coventry, the day was observed by
a picnic, and an Grafton from the Rev.
J. II. Beckwith. We are informed by
those present, that all passed off pleas
antly.
At Troy, they celebrated also, but in
what particular way we are not apprised,
other than that there was ball on the
evening of the Sd.
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WASHINGTON, July 2. Major Deas,
Assistant Adjutant General United States
Army, arrived this morning from Kansas
and reports Gov. Walkers complete sue.
cess in quoting affairs in that Territory
All the citizens are now in favor of yield,
ing obedience to the laws. No further
difficulty is apprehended.
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The Disaster on the ST. Law

renee.
We learn some further particulars of
the steamer Montreal, from our Mon
treal papers.
According to the Commercial Adcer-
tiser the most reckless disregard of hu-
man life was shown by the officers of the
boat. That paper says
Fire broke out in the Montreal
shortly otter leaving Quebec, in the neigh
borhood of our furnaces {; it was got I'M
der, and again broke out, the reSSel keep
ing on her aeay aoith her freight Of fire
hundred passengers; third time 1t broke
forth, and the man set to watch, came on
deck and declared that no more could be
done. By this time the fire had run
from stem to stern, and in few moments
smoke and flames broke out from end
to end. Then came an awful scene Of
horror and confusion.
|
As the burning vessel neared the
shore, she struck a rock within a stones
throw, and remained fast, surrounded by
deep water"
The calamity is said to have occupied
from first to last, but fifteen minutes. Ii
half an hour the hull of the steamer haC
sunk. Capt. Rudolf was the last tt
leave the vessel. The disaster happen
ed at considerable distance from tn
settled part of the shore, so that but it'll
assistance could be derived from tina
= quarter. Had the steamer got a fey
yards further, she ight have landed he
passengers in safety. Among the Incl
dents related, is that one woman, as sh
foated on the water, found a child nest
ling to her bosom, though she knew nc
how it came there, and though expectin
to perish herself, let it cling to her, an
exerted herself to save it, and both WEI
= taken up alive; the child is badly burr
L ed, and no one claims it.
One man who never before attempte
F" to swim, swan on shore with a little be
on his back. The Advertiser relates IL
: following affecting incident:
awhile our reporter was looking
the bodies respectfully dressed Scotc
woman came to see if any of her fami
we're among them. On the covering
ing raised she at once recognized a chu
. by little infant, of four or five mont
old, lying as placid and natural as aslee
the poor mother took it on her la
= smoothed its wet robes, rocked it al
spoke to it as though it were alive-ki,
ing it again and again, as her tears fell {
its little face. Her husband and thr
other children are yet to be account
tor. My pretty babe is here, she sa
= but where are all the rest
!; The Transcript says of the apes
ance of the bodies at the Coroner's
- quest
- There were two grown up WON
= cut down in their prime, quietly sleepi
! with their hands entwined. A girl abe
81 fifteen, dressed up in her best, with S
i gloves on, and the neatest boots;
-, about twelve smiling even in death, a
ts whose countenance was as placid as if
- had quietly gone to his rest; anotl
:. about nine, with his arm around
about thirteen-probably his sister,
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Eg A Western man, rather novice
in European travel, once visited Powers
studio at Florence, and after gazing upon
its array of busts and figures while, in
quired the price of a statue which caught
his fancy; upon being told $4,000, he
gave a long whistle, raised his eyebrows,
buttoned up his pockets, and strided away
exclaiming "sculptur's riz p
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81 We take the following from at

81 We take the following from de
CaLedonian
Mr.. EDITOR Il noticed a piece Il
your paper Of good cow belonging to
Mr.. Samuel Stanford. Mr.. Isaac Paiga
of Lowell, Mass, has cow FIVE years cd
that gave the first week in June, 1853 II
pounds of milk or an average of 81
pounds per day, the second week vi
pounds or 50 pounds per day, the third
week 381 pounds or 81 IL per day
Sixteen pounds of milk produce one
pound of butter. If all the milk had been
churned for three weeks it would ha's
produced 63 pounds 2 ounces Of butter
DAIRYMAN.
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e. Information has been received of
the arrival at Leavenworth of one of the
trading parties on the Platte. They have
been unusually successful, and brought in
about $4,000 buffalo robes.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-07-10

ca The managers of the Orleans
County Agricultural Society, haved fixed
upon the 10th and 18th of September, as
the days for holding the next Annual
Fair
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SINGULAR AporrIoE.--A CUR
pondent OF the freeman says . pa
w. Berkshire caught three young vs.
in the spring, and gave them to ,'
who had just lost her kittens si'
mediaiely adopted ihem and has
them a. carefully as IL thsy wess As' =
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ExEcUTIos.--Rock Island, ILL.,, July 8.
Andrew Ingram was executed here to-
day, for the murder Of his wife last
winter.
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GCol. D. Witcher, proprietor of the
Fulton House, Atlanta, Ga, was fatally
shot by his own son in a quarrel on Fri
day. The son fed.
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gE Mr.. II. c. WILSON, of North
Troy, is our agent at that place. lie Is
authorised to receive subscriptions for the
Standard and receipt for the same.
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eHMr. Thompgon, Who visited Liberia

e. Mr.. Thompson, who visited Liberia
in June, 1856, and travelled short dis
distance (about 100 miles) N. E. from
Monrovia, saw a wild coffee tree which
had been cut down, that was fifteen inches
in diameter and 75 feet long. In the
West Indies 20 feet is considered pref
ty high tree.
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DEMOCRACY OF 1776.-"Al men ~
created equal. '-Jeferson.
DAMocRAeY IN 1857" All men y
not created equal. = Stephen A. bas'.
Only trifling difference easlly :
planned by such demagogues As pO'
Las, who is making speeches 70
the Declaration Of independence ~
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"PRICE OF NEGROES ONE HUNDRED
YEARS AGo."-The Homestead, publish
ed at Hartford, Conn.,, has lately pub
lished an old document which gives the
price of farm stock and negroes in that
State over one hundred years ago. All
the old thirteen states, it will be remem-
bered, were slave-holding until since the
revolution. The document in question is
an inventory of the estate of Capt. Tho
mas Wheeler, one of the richest men of
his day, his estate being valued at over
$4,000. To show the great difference
in the prices then and now, we give the
price of slaves as found in the inventory,
dated December IL, 1855:
One negro man named Quash, S 8 "a
Negro woman named Juno, 2 IS
Negro woman named Cab, 139 06
Negro man named Gear, 127 81
Negro man named Cipeo, 152 rs
Negro woman named Hagar, 125
Negro woman named Flora, 105 80
Negro woman named Sarah, 1873 "a
Negro woman named Jane, 125
Negro woman named Cloe, 125
Negro woman named Pharo, "a
Negro girl named Philis, so
Servant mulatto boy Harry, Is 50
Servant Indian woman Mary, SO
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The fourth was celebrated by every
body in this county, and in the good old
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South Carolina, moved that the thanks of the
llouse be rendered to Mr. Banks for the able, i'm
puriiai and dignifed manner in which he dischar-
ged his duties as Speaker. We think Mr.. Aiken
might very appropriately have omitted this exhi-
bion of his politcness and courtesy. In the first
place. Mr. Banks WAS not impartial, and in the
second place it does not become representative
of South Carolina to ramper the vanity of man
whose principles no;oriousy opposed to
truth and justice.
An important opinion of the bcuch given
in the Supreme Court in the famous "Dred Scott
case. The opinion was, that negroes have no
rights as citizens ,ualcr the constitution of the
United States The orlinacc Of 1857 is binding,
as being the act Of the general government, ex-
ercisng powers delegated by the Sovereign States
prior to the formation of the constitution. 1t was
likewise the opinion the bench that the Missouri
Compromise was observation-disclosures no
such powers were delegated by the States.
The Hon. John Appleton, of Maine succeeds
Judge Nicholson is editor of the Washington I'm.
ion. In assuming his editorial duties he announ-
ces his determination to support the Buchanan
administration.
The following are some of the appropriations
made BY the last Congress- Forthe Coast Survey
$4,000; for the continuation of the Custom
House, in Charleston, 100000; for repairs of
Fort Sumter, 100000, and for Notifications on
the coast of Florida, SG4S, OOO The sum of $780,
900 is appropriat d for the survey of the Keys off
Florida coast.
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ExTRAVAGANCE.

Extravaganza is the most indubitablc charac-
tcristic OF the present day. That republican SIM
plicity, which once adorned our manners and hab-
its, has passed away, and we have entered on q
new career of action in which wealth is the ouly
security Of success, and display and magnifcencc,
the summum bonum Of human wishes. Though
we have no titled nobility, We are fast tending to
that evil Luxuriant banqucts, gorgeous pa
ssants and exsrayagant displays, rivalling the
prnccly splendor of Lucullus and Crassus are
now the rage at Washington. 1t is an easy matter
to account for the necessity of raising the salaries
of cur Congressman, anu also to understand why;
not contcnted with this precedent of insubordina-
ton to republican principles, they must make
speculation out Of the appropriations, made os-
tensibly for other purposes. But the same spirit
of extravagance pervades the whole country. 1t
divides us into castles almost as effectuay as the
fiat of law could do Such arc the facts; and
what are to be the inevitable consequences? The
first result is an inordinate desire to accumulate
wealth. permcnting all the lower classes, in order
to rise from the democratic ranks into that where
wealth is the sole requisite to distinction. This
accounts for that fierce passion formoney making
which presses the American people on at such an
impetuous velocity. Whenever the open Sesame to
rank and distinction is placed exclusively within
the reach Of the usurious, the corrupt, and I'M
principled-
t.Nyl, b,f In
Has coursed through scoundrels ever since the
food,"
the natural consequence is, that cur highest ranks
will be but the "guinea stamp" and the lower,
while striving to climb to an equality, will like
wise emulate their vices, and thus we will not
even have in reserve, virtuous ycomanry, on
which to fall back, when prohigacy, corruption
and extravagance, shall have emasculated the
wealthy nobility.
This effect is not yet visible, but we can see
omens foreshadowing this result, and prominent
among these, is the emigration from the Atlantic
States, westward. The expense Of living decent
ly and respectfully (which no'r means extrara-
gantly) is so onorous and burdcnsome, that many
are flying to the unsophsticatcd west to escape
from this moral pestilencc and to find once more
in the pri,neval forests-"Gol's first temples
refuge from the conventionalities and artificial
nothngs of fashionable life. But in few years
the tide Of corruption will invade the rural SIM
plicty of the Western States,
GAS wealth accumulates and men decay"
until at last enervated by luxury and our fnstid-
ious tastes, disgusted at the purity, temperance
and artcssness of natural life, we will sink into
epicures, and will leave but monument of our
greatness, on the gorgeous page of some future
Gbbon.
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TO FANNIE
(As IMITATION or BURNS CATION wArpra.'')'

(As IMITATION OF BURNS CATION wATrR.'
Flow gently sweet Tirza, and murmer thy lays,
To the soft-tinted flower that blooms thy braes-
Flow gently sweet Tirza-- for bright tis the foyer,
And sweeter than lily which leaps in the shower.
Flow gently sweet Trza, by thy murm' ring stream,
I steal frae the Hprld, on fair Fannie to dream,
Nor envy the monarch nor king gon his throne
Enriched and enraptured BY fancy alone.
Tho sweet be the songsters that sing thy groves
IT'S ma for the burdies my footstep there royes-
Tho sweetare thy bowers where Woodbfnes entWine
'Tis na' the sweet woodbines TINT make thediyine;
.'Tis Fannie clone, mair enchanting than o. ::it-
The burdies and woodbipes that everI saw;
Flow gently sweet Tirza,, you bring to my mind,
My ain fairy maiden sac gentle an kind.
How aft when the sun glimmers Tow in the sky
And on the dark piue-tops his goHden locks lie;
When the sheep and the kyea wandering hame,
blend with thy murmers her musical name!s
Flow gently sweet Tirza-tby purling ssKeet
As aft on thy green braes VII Fannie Ilmeet.
And in thy clear bosom reflected I trace
Like star fondly clasp'd her beauty and grace.
Flow gently sweet Tirzs, and murmer thy lays,
To the soft-tinted flower that blooms thy brass-
Flow gently sweet Tirza, for bright is the flower
And sweeter than lily which leaps,in the shower.