New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12

REMARKABLE CASE OF CIRcUMsrAsTIAL EVIDENCE
"A caee Of siderable interest occurred m Mon
County, Ark, which sho va how strong cnan OF
circumstances arso against an innocsn. person.
Two men, named Psssmore and lie WIS., had rats con
;iguOus to each other in White RIVER. An oar eg-
capped from the raft Of r. AID lodged in the shbor-
hood of that OF L. who secured IT, and the former had
the latter arrested for stealing it, but be scqu-
ted. Very naturally L. gave vent to soma hard words
against T.. The later did rot resent tneD, bntvDwed
~ give l.. ga not bed in bell before three dsys." A
short tine alter, Passmore was seen going 10 canoe
toward Lewiss raft, armed with double bsrrelsd
shot gun and q bowie. knife. When about sufficient
tine had elapsed for +. TO resch L.s raft, two dis
a-ges of gun were heard. Next day Lewis wss to
oever bis raft At mill IN Clarendon, close by, but
he did not do so Suspicious VI sonsthing wrong were
excited ard number OF psrsors velt 70 whers tue
raft hsd been, but IL as gvne and 40 recss OF any
BODY connected with II could be found. Some weeks
after this period, ap gong up tue river found, IN
sume drift wood, body, ~hoee size and dress an
swered a description Of Lewiss The body nsd In il
bucksbot holes and stsbs. Passmore arrested and
ted in heavy bail. Shortly after tins, tue steamer
Sam Hale arrived az Charleston, and the olot, Bate
mao and the captain, Dougterty, csHed Psssuiore OF
s suspicion by iestying that tosy had Lewis At
Napoleon three weeks after the occurrence, ara tbas
The boat had paid him money that ed been owing
him. Passmore was Of course discharged.
BURIED ALIvE.-On Fndsy, the 23i uL, while two
men by the names OF Bu-h ard Richmond were ea-
gsssd in digging well a. cooyderable depth at Am
Aibor, Mich tne cuTb'ng gsve wsyffom the pressure
of the surrounding earth, s.d suddenly buried them
10 the depth Of twenty feet 80 5000 az Il was
known that they were thus entomoed alive, the or
citemeIt IN the vicinity became intense, ard from
every quarter the people rallied to the rescue. Tne
first thing 10 be done was TO remove the remains OF
the old curb and sSk larger for the protection
Of the laborers engaged IN removing t1o drt- Ihis
was phshed At great personal rsk, ss tne hdes
OF the PIT entirely uDsscured it was ho~evsf,
dons, larger curb wss Pu. 10, sna tSe wsin o. sax
Their situation must be imagined. Oae of tnsm
had been caught nearly erect, tie other IN sitsng
posture. Every sound from above was audible ~
them. while int,ms'ion Of thor exist encs reached
their fiisIds above. Dsskness made NJ interruption
ID the work but relays Of succeeded eseh other.
At sugth after twenty hours of toll, the frs, man
taken cut almost unirjured though exhausted by
his cose confinement. Some tine longer was con
sued in react ibg the second 10 con equence cf his
position bat rescued, and thus the labor OF
tbe day was richly rewarded. Altogether this . re-
marx abe instance Of danger and sucessful rescue.
MErrIsG or THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH CoNPAsY.
-Ata meeting Of the Directors of toe Magnetic rele-
graph Company, held IN this city yestsrdsy, qur-
terly dividend O three per cent payable on and ser
tts 18th Instant was made TO tae stockholders Of tho
Magnetic Telegraph Company ard semi- annual div-
oeLd per cent 70 the stoCkeoIaels Of me wasn
ineton ard New Orleans Telegraph Com ,any. The hne
of the lstter Company beng worried under lease to
the Mssnetlc Company, the whole forms oossinsoos
ard unbrckeD lIne, under the same management, Fom
New. York 70 New-Orlesps, and by oonnscs'on a.
N.w-York with the Boston u On Line 70 within few
oIles Of Portland Male which point viii probably be
rescped IN the esrly part Of fbe com,g month. The
OTIS of the officers the lines Of the two
pares to be in excellent working condition, and the
fn.nce, as rosperous ever before. Mr. Swain, for
yesrs the President OF the Magnetic Teie graph
Con psny being forced BY the pressure of his prvsts
bu,lhess pcsivsIy declined reelection, ana Zsnsss
Bayrum esq, OF Baltimore, wa unanimously elsctsd
the President of the Company. Jossph Sssr VS. re-
elected Secretary, ssd George IL. Hart, ssq, nsss-
uer. Professor More, Hon. Amos Kendall, WIian
NJ. ssaiD, b. b. French, A. y Abel, Msri. Csoby,
John ThoILey, Alfred Vail, Col X. n Hoe sad
dsI, esq, was sppointec Genera Superintendent.
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