, 1859-12-12

pto ~ O'Clock +. M., on Saturday nothing
further had been heard from the Jumpertz jury,
save that some communication passed between
them and the Court on Saturday morning
touching point on which the jurors asked in-
formation. At the hour nboyc numed the Court
adjourned to 4. n. this morning.
The utmost interest prevailed among hun
d1eds who hung about The Court House all dar,
but nothing repaid their watching but the eager
devouring Of various rumors af1oat. Vow it
was 'ten contrary men" who refused to agree
with two; and again it Was "seven to fre'';
then "ele7en TO one'; "six to SIX, until finally
We may safely announce that it is "ten to one"
no one outside Of thc jury room kncw anything
nbont it.
Men with confidence in their skill in pbysiog-
nony had " studied that jury. and knew they
never would hang Jumpertz," and per contra,
others as confidently inserted that they would
"bct any amonnt' on the contrary result. ALI
that was known was that the jury did not agree,
aud as NC 20 to press, the fate of the journey
man barber is on the minds and lips and tongues
Of our entire city. 1t isialtoyetIcr one of tue
most remarkable criminal trials that ever took
place here. has more largely elected and more
sharply divided public $ ,mpathy than any other,
aud the result, whatever it may be, will reflect
the highest credit upon the public prosecutor,
upon whom has fallen duty arduous aud un-
pleasant, but ever well performed, in a1l points
that apperta7n to the lawyer and the man.
New Enslaod socicty..Annua1 Meet
lug .f'roP0sc0 FeAtlval.
T1tn third maoti,n ,f he Nor,, r. Nv, E>..
land was held at the Trctnont House on Satur-
day evening, 10 choose officers for the ensuing
year, and to hear the report Of the committee
previously chosen to agree upon programme
for suitable observance Of the Annual Fesli-
val, the Anniversary the Landing of the Pill.
grim Fathers. December 2anI.
The Committee reported plan for Festi-
ral including Banquet. to be followed By n
ball, both ut the fremont House, the former for
gentlemen only. The plan was adopted.
4 committee consisting Of s1cssrs:A. II. Ward
of Connecticut, Gaubert Of Maine, barron Of
Vermont, Il. N. Smith of Massachusetts,, Towne
Of New Hampshire, aud Steele of Rhode Island,
| was chosen to report board Of permanent
officers for the ensuing year. T. ". Wads-
mittcee.
! fIAftcr retiring for a short time the Committee
reported the following
BOARD OF OFFICERS.
| Prtsi4tnt-GEonGE II. GAGE.
/ Fic+ Prtsideuts-E.I. I. Tinkham Of Maine, J. F.
| White Of New Hampshire, S. L. Cobb Of Yer
mont, c. Y. Pratt, of Mass, Merrill Ladd Of
| -.
| Secretary aad 1reasurr-Tertius IT. Nals-
worth.
CAaplain-Ecy z. II. Humphrey.
| Nunagers-Aessrs. Towne, Wiley. 4. II.
| Ward, L. 7. Cheency, 4. J. Steele, Lycurgus
Latin.
to Gil, ail vacancies. 4 further committee Of six
was chosen to cnlist the cooperation and sym.
patty of sons Of New England not now mcn
bers Of the Socicty-as follows, Messrs. Cole
Gaubcrt, Bridges, y. J. Wright, Jas. WLitta
ker and VIM. F. DeWolf.
Remarks were made by several gentlcmcr
present, anu the meeting was spirited aud en-
thusiastie, Fortwo years past tho New England
Society has lad no celebration. It propose:
the present year to resumc its very pleasant ant
successful mode Of observance Of The Auniver
sary oftbe e2d of December, Thursday of mex
week, when the fremont House will be th.
| sccue of one of tue most brilliant festivities o
the scason.
TUE ArpLE TRADE rEoM N1cnlcAS.-Ne re
Gently gave statement in the rough of the re
ceipts Of apples from the orchards Of S1ichiga.
along the line Of the Michigan Central Rail
road. Through the politercss Of J. 4. Smitl,
Esq, Freight Agent Of that Company here, IT.
Gre able to give the number Of barrels .of NJ
pies received from local stations on tue Slichi
eau Central Railroad, for the months Of july
August, September, October aad November, Il
follows:
's5 q 45 3 E2 ST ST.: ;'t f$! };;s f$;; 81;
lncfease i:
The larger share came from Eastern and Ger
trail Michigan. The average price Of these az
pies has been from So q to $3.50 per barre
The quality this season has been excelleu
Finer apples arc not to be found j
any murket to-day than those fror
our sister state, now very abundant here.
this respect there las been large change sins
d few years ago, when onr citizens could on1
. obtain fruit ut very high prices aad eyen the
, the scarcity was great, aud the contrast nlue
regretted By new comers from older state
Rates ia Chicago since in This past seasc
, the fruit crop Of many Of the older states VI
almost entirely fuilure, rule below tue figur,
. IN eastern CUES very eno'ee spp'es a'e SEM
= as . IL fc'a'''
The FREE CornsE OF LECTURES OF MrssT
BRAASr, BELL STRAr7oS.-Thcre has never
= better or more attractive course Of lectures be-
s announced here, certainly not By our home t:
ent than the free course, with grcat liberalii
q and with an excellent selection Of speakers,
d be iuauE uEurated by Messrs. Bryant, Bell & Str:
ton, in the Lecture By Hon. J. \. Arnold,
morrow evening. He is 10 be followed By equal
distinguished gentlemen, representing t
learned professions OF our city, list Of wilt
y is given elsewhere. This is not tue first til
n our Chicago audiences have been placed uud
like obligations by the liberal pEoprletors
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