, 1859-05-20
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
SFGIL,CsON, ". 4, FRIDlH, NAY Qo. 1850.
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NEN- ! uRk, Aofll y, lHD!.
dou' { whether YOU hav1 hal so Interesting
n batch Of news as will be brought you by this
stra,ncr in a long time The news from Europe.
The progress Of polic1l matters at home, the ac-
live urer.ratinns 60 thr Prcsid,ntii campaigl
or 1887 tic re oi rf crime, an tho mrltitu le
or inf riOr i'cns, constitute most interesting
record for your persuaL.
Tha war feeling in Euro Q Is d eide ly on y Q
increase, anil preparations on all sides chntinns
a. active as ever, while the hollow pretens oHs
10 desire E,r peace, on the Iart OF Francs. have
f,fei to deceive any one aS To the Emprrnr'Sr al
nurpnsr. Austria has concentrated in Italy an
army oi 100000 men. The German and Prus'
sian feeling was decidedly against Austria.
France is urcparing to throw large bolics Of
tro,ps unon The Italian frontier; Italian youth
arc nlrcl,iny To Slrlinia Rome is still occupied
bv French aud Austrian troaps. A secret ALI
anse Of France and Sardinia has leaked ont, Ms
rart NJ the cnnd TOYS of the irsr-aSc Of Prince
Na,n',cn with IN, P.n'css Cluhilar.
Ia England. the Iei0' m movement is the lead
ing agitatio", ard III thu Indications were that
the Governin, nj word have to make greater
c,nr's ions IN ncop'e, in the extension of the
SUIT age, and the initiation Of the secret ballot.
II M,ctiuss were beng held all aver the country,
anil the popnlar srntinCnt cOd not be aplI,asCd
,by the Government proposition.
Mr.. Charles Dickens seems tn have pToited
little bv his own very moral stories, and is now
qIarrelin. with h's son, because tiat gentleman
has hanprncd TO taii ~ love WIN the dansh,er
Of his fathers rnhh.nrr' anu rtiiS'S 10 n'SS,'o
partnership win inc dansA,rr' nrc1nSc ms ia'ner
has dissolved rHrtnership with hcr ,atnor:
The State e'cc nn IN Conneticu; Il hnlieved TO
have thrown the fur C,rcrcssmel IN thc hands
Of the Il pubwans, n also TIE STAT ticket and
the Lplis atur,. The returns. however, are not
yet fhl, and III" sncress oi the X pn,''tHns Is
disnuted. W n arm r'nceme'i"i th"ir >uccrs -
Is ir", tn n"St Horse nt Kcprcsen a,iveS VIII
he in thyr hands. 1hr canvass ~ N'rr'n a Is
coni'nn d " earnest, Lrtcher ana ooE=ln, inc
rival candidates, swnking iosroer, unon ihc
sng.csiion of Nv Laichr Nv Gngg'n IS about
TO invite Mr. l.ctcher to speak WIN MN N tiie
opnrsl;ion districts Th's or oSi''on novem'nt
Of the o'l-line Wings j. inanifs;'ns its.f to q
limited extent in New York, Aaami Com, ecu.
cut and Louisiana. AS wen as NiS hia' ana u
snccssstnl IN the latter State, may 0e ol some
account in 1851. :,
Therc Is consldcrablc competition pr inc mai
contrlet For California Aad Or'soh aEer me ex-
riration OF u" existing "Slno contract I.e
pay II ahonl Si,OVO,loO p,r annum unuVr the
r. sent arrangement, and the r,vrnne about
e3Sn,Hoo, anil sHne narti claim that under the
lar this revenue Is al The cnmfnsntin that c'n
be awarded. II j. sail t''at rcsncns'blc artes
are RlTI,rg ioealFry The mails tor tnis
Or DO ton fiienls ar, in peek OF tolble
ab'u, tie rlu"va' Of 'i'.ir Pot-nlii"e aud the
hr,acl IN TIE t"'li,Haie "aiet-MoINS nn'n
difficulties are, however, being settled spetdlly !;
the one ny The promised return 10 t''e Old ONCE,
and the other by rrtA'ring damages
Ihe hrt tliat there are in progress now IN dit
Erent parts OF the East series oi labor STRIKES
won'd seem TO indi,ate considerable poSperi'y,
and murh recup ration hom tn" disastrous CT
ieets OF 1887. Business mnst have attained
speedy reeu eraton to Justify tins SID len inde'
pen'lnee of the working classes, and ~ on the
whole the prospect IL taitc'ing tnr all hands.
AS suppressed in my last would he the case.
the ConTt Of Conmcn Pleas hss dismissed the
complaint in the case OF James II. Maloney vs.
The San Fsanc'seo Vigilance Committee Of 1876
Not upon the ucrits o. the question at issue,
but upon the purely technical aul rgal objection,
that q snit against riiiz"n of California, bv u
party at the time Of the alleged injury citizen
of the samr State, cannot be maintained in the
Courts of the State Of New York.
Stephens the wits poiSoner, Of this city, has
been sentenced To be hung on the Goth prox.,
and if his acutc, aud, perhaps, unsrruPulons
counsel d, not ed in getiis new trial, vi !
be executed on that day. They base their claim
mainly o. n cliArgs that Dr. Dorenns, tie
chemist WIN made the anarsis of the coat ITS
Of The disintcrrcd body oi the i ceased, was
overheard during the trial eonycrsing with ju-
rcr. aal
a curious coincidence with this case is pre-
sentcd in that of mrn namc1 James II. John.
son, In Rappahannock county. Both he and
Stephens administered poisou 10 their wives in
the presence Of witnesses. with the design Of
g."tting them out Of the way, because they were
older than themselves, (thc husbands) aud fr
the purpose of marrying their nicces. The most
positive evidence i offered against hoi and both
are convicted-one sentenced to be hung May III
and the other May -. ~ .Hs.