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that thsFsWas abundant room v doubt whether
Barrett was the person who indicted the fatal
wound. This, in law, might not under the
circumstances have entitled him either to an
acquittal or to q more favorable verdict than
he received but it is impossible to say that 1t
should mot aAsct the Judgment Of his moral
guilt, or that it does not plead more or less
strongly in favor Of mitigation Of the extreme
penalty which should ham been otherwise i'm
posed. Many around n regard the case as
coming within that class for which the power Of
Communication has been wisely provided. In as
serting this, it is not intended to assume that
imprisonmentfor life is in every instance suf-
6cient punishment. And yet it may do no harm
to remember that it is still Punishment, and
terrible one.
The offender has not been set free upon So
| ciety. We are at loss to conceive what eL-
couragement will be afforded to crime by the
contemplation Of Barrels fate. The boon which
he has received is not liberty, but the sad priv
ilege Of spending the remainder of his days
within the walls of pcnitentiary. There he
must remain while the long years pass drearily
away, while summers 90 and return, without
one glimpse of the sky or breath of the free air.
Old age will steal upon him in his gloomy cap
tivity; and he will close his miserable existence
uncheered by the presence of . single friend.
Surely this should be some consolation even TO
those who can see no safety to the public in
anything but blood.
| MEXICAN AFFAIRs.-It is stated that Senior
Tassara, the Spanish minister resident here,
has been asked by this Government for an ex-
PLANTATION of the intentions of Spain towards
| Mexico, as connected with her recent move
ments respecting that country. The impress
sion prevails that Spain purposes to interfere
in favor of Zuloaga, who is the contestant with
Juarez for the government of Mexico. 1t i:
stated that Spanish feet has already been
sent from Cuba to Tampico for this purpose,
and that another more extensive one is to fol
low at an early day.
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~RENTER,C street, in the rear of Brovrs'
lk3 Hotel, would most respectfully inform his
flerds, that, in conformity with the request of
Mayor. his Bar will be closed on THANKSGIVING
DAY. Nov. IS; but for the accommodation of his
friends his ordinary will be opened as usual. 1t
0@LADiES FAlR-A FAIR will be opened On
lS the evening of the s9th inst, at Odd Fellows
Hsl, 7th street, the object of which s to meet tire
expenditure for the repairs Of ST. Mathews Church.
The ladies have provided most attractive variety
Of Useful and ancy Articles with Retire. hmen Q
and Confec icnery, which they respectfully IN
vie the attention of the pubic. The Christmas
Herald, daily paper, viii bs published at the Fair
rooms evening from the LIST to the It'll Of Dec.
SubscrI ptIon for the series 81.
no % cost tlntel.)
o-NOTICE The Stockholders of Odd Fell
uS lows Hall, Navy Yard, are requested 10
meet at their Committee Room, on TUESDAY,
the SOth inst, at O'Clock.
BY order of the Board Of Directors.
no Is-eo2w J. ). BALL, President.
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4 CARD TO THE LADIES.

MRS. M. A. EATON respectfully informs the
ladies' of Washington and vicinity that she has just
received a. her reside no. 434 10Th street,
entirely new. unique. and recherche Patterns uf
Ladies' Cloaks, Raslsns, and Walking Dresses Call
and see. Six young ! aides wanted at the above
business =. Il. Fay iors Dress Cutting Rule taught
INV q 21 IA
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WM. p. MCCONNELL.

Has his Office on Penn. avenue, one door east OF
Ih H street AFTER nineteen years practice a.
Europe. it would look rather superhuous o1Io
to exhibit a long list of recommendations. At the
Dentists who have not established profession req
uLaiinn. 10 q ST.
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M N 8 ON HOU Sc,
w tFOkMERLY THE EBBITr House,
Nos 3l ,33 aud 3l5 Fsteset near l4th Wushins ton,
Has been newly renovated altered, improved and
magnifccntly furnished, eauat TO any hotel 4
In mis- cry. and the proprletress promises Yc.AY
TO the pubic that 1t shall in every other le.MH 1
Tespect be equal, not BETTER in table and acc0m
modatlons, and sOleits their patronage. The house
wl he conducted by an ex perIenced caterer, and
Will lie open TO receive transient ard permanent
boa ders on the isI December.
no s tDecl MRS. NJ. A. KNIGHT, Prop's
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have purchased from the asssnees of a large and
frst-c!ass Jewelry Establishment In New York
q ne stock of choice Diamond. Coral. Cameo Lava
and other rich God Jew0ry Gold and Silver
Watches; Lockets, Spectaoes, Thimbles, &c and
as wish to dispose of them in short time, will
sIve my customers a chance to buy some of the best
goods at lower prices than the same quality has ever
been sold for this city. shall run them of We ~
last, therefore ali who wish to purchase great bar
avenue.
na2 n unnn
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FIRST GRAN BALL
Logan Tribe, No. 8, I. o. of Red Men

The members of Logan Tribe, Improved Order
Ned Men. respectfully inform their friends "a
and the pubic IN general that their FIRST 81
Grald Bal Of the seaHon will take place at ~
"Pompean Hall, Union Hotsl, GeoTe etown, ~
order pledge themselves that notLIng shall be let
unoone 70 make the occasloD OF real enjoyment
10 those who MAY he pleased TO patronlze them on
this occasion.
ScOtt's Cotillon Band has been engaged for the
occas ION.
No Hats OF Caps allowed to be worn in the ball :
TO IN
Tickets ONE DOLLAR, admitting a gentleman
and ladies'.
ConiDlittts OF ATranEensests.
John ~ NeNnla.. RClt. CUNNING ham,
yohn scott, VIM. DonsldsOn,
John Manklrs, Richard Chick,
Francis Clemmeuts, George 8rown.
y9'n Marcy, Chas Robertson,
VIM. crowley, George Coius,
Jesse Chick. JOHN Hilton.
VIM. Brown, Sam'l De Haven
Joseph Wilson, mo Is dth
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OFFICIAL WORE OF ILLINOIS The Chicago
Press and Tribune publishes the official vote of
Illinois in therecent elections. The msjorities
for members Of Congress are as follows:
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nERNDON HOUSE.-TSe undersigned Ie-
specially announces to Members Off . 4
Cong rsss and their families, and other yGAv
gentlemen and ladies intending to pass the k:sHl
winter Ia Washing tOn. that he has Tehted aud fur
mis- sed the above named house in manner that oan
not fail to meet the appreciation Of ali who may honor
hi n with their patronage.
The house il pleasantly situated on the c0rner of
and 9th street t.. adjacent tbs Patent Office and
General Post Once. he rooms are larye and
chssrfu and the public paTlor superior IN It. dimen
eions and appointments to that Oh any other board
g-house in the city The house 10 intended to be,
in All respect., one Of the 6rst class, and no efort
val be spared to make il oomfortable and happy
20 ssia q p. MURRy. Proprietor, 4
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- FRIENDS TO ALL.
- N ID q X A Nd OTILLO N
OF THE
Friendship Club.

The members OF the Tlendship Cub" resDect-
fully announce to their friends and the public "A
generally, that their SECOND GRAND III
COTILLON will take place at ~
ST0TT'S HALL. -
corner Pennsylv6nlA avenue and 20th street, On
WEDN ESDAY EVENING, Nov. cath, leSe.
The Committee pledge thsmselve to spare no
pains or xpeuse to make tins equal to Their last.
Scotts Celebrated Band has Leen engag ed for the
OCCASION.
Reireshments served in schaf4ield's best style
Positively no hats or caps allowed IN the room,
except those worn by the res pe ctive Clubs.
Tickets ONE DOLLAR. admitting gentleman
and iadies-to be had CT any Of the members, or az
the door on the sveEIns of the CCtlllon.
Dear friends, stand by Us once more.
COMMITTEE Of ArraHsements.
r c. Harrison, A: j. Blactman,
III. G Mofett. w. Drury,
A. J. Collier, Freed.
w. Wha!en. nole F,S,Tr&W.
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nNO WINTER CABBAGES FOR SALE
q ,UUO None better have been or can be off -red
. 00n GIELING THREAD.
II READ. made and imported for the Potomac
Also, 81 coils PATENT GILLlNG CORD. made
from fne yarn.
Just received and for sale by
WHEAT & BRO,
no 23-- o3t Alexandra.
IN CONSEQUENCES OF A NUMEROUS
l. assault, by party of spectators, an unofeDd
j. & person while peaceabiy employed IN the dis-
charge Of his duty on the premises Of "Kaorama.''
ali trespassers the said premises are hereby
warn that they will be dealt with according to the
utmost rlsor Of the law. no zS-Sts
NoTicE;.we. the undersigned notify all per-
sons n0t to purchaf ~ the Church on AZ street,
on the Island, which has been offered for sale ~
Rev. =. A. b. Meister, 'eur late pastor. We hav 9
clains against said promises. and tax en- steps
to secai e the same By hn Injunction.
JUHN v; REhL. GEO, BAUER:
no % cost = and others,
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T ID. HAMMACK'S RESTAURANT,
". No. 2DA ana 2. 6 PENN. AVENUE.


Three doors tceSt Of Wiiidrds' Hotel.
This House having been thoroughly repaired and
rektted, Is at present the most convenient , 4
and comfortable Of the kind in Washing EAY
ton being only few steps from one Of the ~ j
most princely hotels in the country, ana in tho
mediate vicinity Of all the pub 10 departms nts
where gentlemen can breakfast dire or sup at their
more varied assortment than can be found in any
house in this country. My stock OF all kinds Of
Game cannot be equaied. Fine Old Whisky and
Brandlas. with all the celebrated brands Of Cham
payne. no n St"
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II THE ONLY ARTICLE
" A l. l. ID N NJ X X Z +
WITH IMMENSE
HOME AND EUROPEAN DEMAND.

The reason Why. is that by Natures own pr ,cess
ID: Per sI hs
thus makes grow on bald heads, removes all dan
tons: up se and ,bus en3es All head
ache, and may be relied upon To cure all diseases OF
the c ste :soI snG sssP fS I'll
and q used 10y The young two or three times We
Will never fail or 6-come gray; then, reader, read
the following and Judge for yourselves:
Ms..r.. o. J. woop co-een.iemrn' aani%s h. s1S I.
good deal about Woods Hair Restorative M
hair beng qas gray made up my mind 10 lay .side the
lad .s.iDst patent medicines short tiGe
sgo coDmenc'd using artc'e, to te, Tor myself
did So Justice you for the srco1rs---
meat Of others who may be wss but who having
willing To- give your Rrsiors trial t eg have Their
you this eter which You may show to any n h. AMI also
direct them 20 ms Iurhsr proof Who In AMI VI
My hair is It's color and nuch Improved
.rsIy xsy 0srs sOs'er and thick ana much
Csrn.r Of COiumbi. and Carroll sn, srooliyn.
LIvIxssros Ala, Feb. L. 1853
PnoE. wocD-rear Sir: y, Hair E.slSr.n ha. dore
much good ihis pat II the country. ny hair has been
slightly diminishing for several years caused suppose,
usiug Hair RestoI alive six weeks. and ma
navs nns tssa Of hal, no. having used -.
liable and advise all Who afflicted
I ak rsy 70 your s
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 8 1ss7.
Prov woop-Dear Sir: Your hair pro>f
htef highly beneneisl The 'front.' alec
part Uf cad amo Lost its ,eriUg-wss g.
have used but half pint bottles your
the top my head 10 well studded th prom ,Ipg
crop yourg hair receiving IT.
have TT ed other preparations WILTON any
think from my psrsons recomm alton can
induce mAny othe try Yours, respectfully
D. X. TsoxAs N. D.. No +si Vine Street
The Restorative is put up in bottles ofthree Sizes
VIE: large. m edlum and small; the small holds II
pint, aud retalis for 81 per bottle; the medium no
at least % per cent. more In proportion than tn
small, retails for 80 per bottle; the large holds
quart 20 per cent. more In proportion and retails
for SIS a bottle.
%. J. VOID & CO.. PROJECTORS. sl2 Broadway.
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which criminals escape merited punishment
| by the favorable yerdicts of juries are ten
| times more numerous than the cases in which
| they are saved by Executive interference
Were there no such thing as a pardonng
power, the effect would be to increase the in.
diligence of juries, to make them more reluc-
| tant to convict offenders, and thus to defeat in
greater degree the ends Of justice.
The power to discriminate between grades of
! guilt, in cases whore the law recognizes no diff
| ference of punishment, must reside somewhere
| Take it away from the Executive, or forbid, by
| denunciation and popular clamor, its exercise
| in any case, and it will be welded with tive
| times as much capacity for mischief, by every
| jury that is empannelled. Our laws may pro-
claim, as they do, that the man who kills an
| other for violating his female relative, the
incbriate who Stays friend in the madness of
intoxication, and the wretch who coolly muir.
| ders guest for his money, are deserving of the
same penalty. But it is by no means easy to
reconcile this doctrine with natural justice, nor
to induce jurors to sustain it in practice. Were
| it not that there is vested in the Chief Execu-
| tive Magistrate power to deal mercifulIy in
cases for which no general rules could have
been safely prescribed, the slightest diminution
in the moral guilt Of homicide would in nearly
| every instance produce q complete exemption
from punishment.
From the very nature of the pardoning power
it is clear that it was not intended to be con-
trolled by any well-defned rule If it could
have been subjected to law, it would not have
been left to discretion. 1t saves where the law
| condemns. 1t was not designed to apply only to
cases Of doubtful guilt; for there the jury
should acquit the prisoner. 1t was not pro-
vided to correct errors in the course of the trial
for the judiciary is invested with sufficient
power and intelligence to do that.
And yet, while We must concede that there
is IN impraeticability in reducing the exercise
Of the pardoning power to any perfect system.
and in prescribing for it any other limit than
the conscience Of the Executive Magistrate. il
seems to have been assumed, in some quarters.
that the recent act Of clemency in favor of Bar
rett, was in violation Of some Acknowledged
principle. We cannot acknowledge the JUS
tice of this assumption.
The powerful appeals made in behalf of the
prisoner to the President may be thrown out
of the account The earnest efforts of the
counsel and of the jurors who tried him may
be disregarded, and many contend from the e
own recollection Of what took place on the trial
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WANTS.

A GOOD GIRL wants PLACE to do ia. house
"a work IN n resPrca able family. Can wash IRON,
and cook. Please call at No. $50. corner Of an and
sIeets. u
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A New Albany PHYSICIAN SHOT.-A
shooting scrape occurred at Portland, oppo-
site New Albany, in which physician of
the latter place was dangerously wounded
The Ledger gives the following account of
the affair:
II appears that there's DIR. Rodgers, who
has business Office in Portland, and who
keeps his family in this city. This DIR.
Rodgers, although a man of family, has
been paying more strict attention to the sis
ter OF Mr. Whitlow, the gentleman who
sho. him, than propriety would warrant,
and the brothers Of the girl fearing that the
Doctor had no good intentions towards their
sister warned him 10 cease his visits. This
the DIR. did no, do. On Tuesday, by acct
dent or design, DR.. Rodgers and the girl
crossed the rivey at this place ON the same
boat and the Doctor entered the cars for
Louisville, and the girl proceeded in another
direction, and got on the same car.
There are several brothers of the Whit
lows who hearing of what had transpired
on the boat and ears, got into hack and
overlook the cars at Cedar Grove. Two OF
them jumped from the hack, one gathered
stone and threw it through the window
of the ear. Rodgers seeing his danger,
sprang out and-ran for life, and outstripped
his pursucrs. The remaining brother in the
hack, who is lame, ordered the hackman,
under penalty of being himself shot, to drive
to the ferry, which he did, and there at the
distance of sixty feet perhaps more, fired
from the hack several times, at DIR. r.
one OF the shots taking effect in the alb
domen. Whitlow and the hackman have
been arrested
The Ledger thinks the Whitlows were jus
titled in taking the law into their .owr
hands.
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DIR. ID. ID. Owens Health.

II appears that the Mount Vernon Adro-
cate has caused a groundless alarm among
thc.friends and admirers of DR.. Owen. In
stead of being dangerously i'll, he is in bet
ter health than usual. The New Harmony
Adrertser,in correcting the false reportsays,
what all will be rcjoiced to hear, that the
Doctors eminently brilliant career is to be
prolonged for many years. He returned
home last Saturday enjoying far better
health than he has experienced for some
time past. We sincerely hope many years
may pass ere the Doctors numerous friends
are called upon to mourn his loss, which, as
the Adroedte truly says, would be an irrepa-
rable one
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-09

Eas, Hon. Mr.. Stephens of Georgia was at
Indianapolis ON Thursday, and it is reported
he intends to do some Stumping in this State,
during the canvas, to aid his Lecomptonite
friends. BY the power and influence of the
President, who is directly intermeddling in
the election of members of Congress, and by
importing speakers from other States, and
by the free use of promises of Office and
money, it is hoped the honest convictions of
the people of Indiana may be overcome.
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p. HORNBROOK.

The LEvIATHAN.-Sixty thousand pounds
arc required by the Great Eastern Steam
ship Company to fit the Leviathan for sea,
without saloons or cabins. The English
Government has refused to loan or donate
the sum, and the friends of the enterprise
have exhausted their hope in the success of
the experiment, and their pockets. At a
meeting of the stockholders, a report that
the company had pledged the Queen that the
Leviathan should not be sold abroad, was
contradictcd. We expect that it will be left
for Yankee mechanics to put the English
hulk in motion. The submarine Tcle-
graph is fixed fact, and the steamship En-
terprise, requiring only 5000, 900 to carry it
through, should not be abandoned.
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rlsy- The Enquirer, after asserting in

Bas- The Enquirer. after asserting in
broad terms that it had proof that no candi-
date upon the Lecompton ticket had said he
was tired Of the oppressive rule Of Jesse D.
Bright, went in search osthe evidence which
it had asserted was already in its possession.
Without any authority, it addresses Judge
PERKINS as the gentleman referred to, and
gets in reply proper rebuke for its imper.
tinence and without gaining any testimony
to secure the hats. Although thus foilcd
In its first attempt we hope it will not
cease TO pursue its enquiries among the hon.
CRADLE gentlemen and also to investigate
the Shoemaker matter little further
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-08-09

Bay" The election of Monday, in Hender-
son county, n.y. resulted in giving the
American candidate for Clerk of the Court
of Appeals small majority, and in the cleo
ton of Mr.. Lugg as Sheriff; Brown, Jailor |;
Hancock, Assessor; Quinn, Coroner; Green,
County Judge; Allison, County Clerk
Walden, Surveyor; and Lockett, County
Attorney. We shall publish the result in
our next issue.
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n.y. II Mr.. B., of CLAY county, wishc

hG- If Mr.. B., of Clay county, wishes
US 10 publish any charges against one of the
candidates upon the our county ticket, he
must first furnish evidence Of the truth of
his allegations. We cannot trust to any
Saan's promise to prove his charges after
they have appeared in our columns. We
must have the evidence on which they are
predicated, before we give them currency
If they are well supported it viii be our
duty to publish them.
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them. When Gardner took the stand, how
ever, and exposed the plan of operations
arranged by the Sheriff and himself, and its
successful termination, they were almost
struck dumb. They could then see how
they had been most successfully trapped in
their villainous outrages, and made no other
defence than general denial. The entire
gang were then committed in default of
$500 bail each, on two charges Of burglary.
Other charges will be preferred, 20 which
they will be called upon 10 respond, and
othor arrests will follow.
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Esas" Mr.. Gaslin blasted rock out of the
quarry, two miles above town, estimated to
weigh 100000 pounds, and containing
1000 perch of stone. From the bluff, to
the level below where it rested, is about 80
feet, and when it struck, the earth Jared for
several miles annelton Reporter.
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u ING HARROW. Patented May 18th, 1858.
The attention Of manufacturers Of agricultural
implements and the rasers Of small grain is invt-
cd to n recent and most valuable improvement in
the construction of the Harrow, invented by V. VI.
CHAFEE, Of GRANVILLE, Illinois In this new mplc-
ment the teeth inserted in two self revolving
horizontal wheels, by which the furrow of the
teeth are made 10 the line Of the direction of
the harrow, and the teeth go round the circuit
of the wheel every time tbs harrow moves forward
the length of the diameter of the wheel each tooth
has just three times the effect of tooth in astraght
harrow, consequently II does its work far better,
and more Of II. Once passing over the ground with
this harrow. leaves il better narrowed than by two
passages with the ordinary harrow. IL is much
lighter draft upon the team, and what must be a
great consideration with every practical farmer, in
passing over corn stubble ground il keeps itself
entirely free Of stalks, by its action il scattcrs
them on each side Of IT,
The Inventor proposes TO sell the right to manu-
acturc these Harrows, for any given Territory,
either Counties or States, at moderate prices He
will also -,ll single Harrows, aud the receipt Of
SO he will ship good six feet Harrow any part
of the country, the purchaser paying freight. Adj
dress, V. VI. CHAFEE,
fftrS- q H..
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTED.

AO.IET.fEKSHIP W:9.NJED. - II
II Gentleman from the East, with a capital Of a
few thousand dollars-Sl 900 cash--is desirous of
obtaining partnership in some good lucrative bust
ness. L. thorough business man, industrious, and
willing to devote his entire time and energies to
SUCH aud doubts not but his perseverance, ability,
and general knowledge Of business, will greatly in
the returns Of any house he may engage with.
Is willing 10 engage in any description of business
that il honest and lucrative, buy out any such.
Best reference given. Address, Immediately,
+. KLINE,
of