The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-04-01
EDITORIAL SUMMARY,

dollars,
JAMES BUCHANAN Henry Esq. has resign
cd his place as Presidents Private Secrota-
ry, aud commenced tho practice of tho law
in New York City.
The .9SbtdJuia SeAtaeL of the oath says
Grass six inches high can DO found In
some of our meadows. This is decidedly
forward for this month.
Tue schooner Alico A. vandel, arrived
at Savannah, Ga, from Havana, goth inst,
reported that cargo of GOO negroes had
been landed at Cardonas, Cuba.
STEPHENS, tried in Now York City, for
poisoning his wife, has been found guilty.
The Jury is sailbto have stood at first, ten
tor conviction, and two for acquittal.
THE Mrs Hayes, of Fort Edward, N. Y,
who claimed to have lived two years without
food, is proved, OF tho investigation of
committee, to bc an impostor Just as
We supposed.
A RESPECTABLE resident of Arlington,
Mass, whlo on tho road noar that village, Il
TOW evenings since, was attacked by four
men, robbed of 81 300, and thrown into a
pond. IIo managed to get homo alive, but
in sac plight.
The Telegraph announces the death of Ja-
cob Dewitt, Of Montreal, agod "a years
10 was ono of tho oldest merchants of that
city, President of the Peoples Bank, and
for twenty-five years a member of tho Pro-
vncul Parliament
A DISPATCH from Hamilton, G. W, of the |
18th, states that the verdict Of tho Jury H. |
the case Of the late accident on the Great
Western Railway at Dundas, exonerates the
Railway from any blame whatever. Regu-
lar trains arc passing daily.
A FIRE occurred at Napoleon, in this
State, on tho morning of the 25th, which
consumed nearly all the business part of tho
town. Loss about Sbl7 OOO--partiaIly insur.
cd. On tho same morning, a fire in Joliet,
ILL.,, destroyed five slorios. Loss from S25,
900 to $4,000.
Mr. MoRY, OF the original Lawrence Com
pany, writing from FL Passa reports the
discovery OF u plenty Of shot gold on the
banks OF tho Arkansas. Ho states that the
yield is from five to ton cents to the pan,
and thinks the prospect better than over
existed in California.
A BAPTIST preacher by tho namo of Jona-
than Post, and his wife, wero killed by their
son, in Haines, Marquette Co., Wis, on the
25th. The murderer is about 80 years of
age, and had been insane for several years
but harmless until this occurrence He
made no effort TO escape.
THE trial of Deputy U. S. Marshal Tylor,
for the murder OF Capt. Jones, of tho brig
Concord, was concluded in Detroit, on the
evening of the Goth. The Jury found him
guilty of involuntary man-slaughter, and re-
commended him to the mercy of the Court
The extent of his penalty undor tho ve rdict
is fine of one thousand dollars.
A DISPATCH from Now York of tho Goth,
states that the counsel in the Stephens
case have given notice of an application for
now trial, and tho Prosecuting Attorney
applied TO tho Court for an order to CON-
nit James llama, Susan Hanna, Isaac Bon
net and Maria Hanna, all witnesses for do
fence on charge of perjury.
The inmates of Mrs. Beetham's boarding
house, in Now York City, sixteen in num-
Dor, wcrc all poisoned, on tho oath. Mrs.
B. has since died, and a Mr.. Robinson, one
OF the boardors, is not expected to live The
Others are recovering. Margaret Burke,
tho cook, has boen arrested on suspicion of
having poisoned tho family.
The n. Y Courier D. Elnt Unis of the
25th, asserts that secret fIlibustering OK
pedition is ready to start for Cuba on the
receipt of instructions expected by the
next steamer from Havana. The head guar.
tors are in y Y. but the arms aud ammunition
mainly in southern cities Mon arc roady
to depart simultaneously from different
parts of the Union aud aecrot agents on the
Island.
u ALLUDISG to tho death of Mike Walsh, the
n. Y. EUeniHg Post says;-For u fow years
past ho has not figured before tho public
HiN VIZ oHPp'SS ""o l'o'HSu ShtliO' y
to habits OF intOxlcation. Not long ago he
lost daughter, and ho has loft two children
living. "Ofal my family" he said onco in
my hearing mot ono has died in his bod
all by accident or violence, and such will be
my fate"-a prophecy siugular'y fulfilled
MAJOR GREGG, Chief engineer of the Flor.
| ida Railway, WAS shot dead at Jacksonville
Florida, on the 10Th, by Alfred Sears, il
consequence of u previous difficulty Gregg
and Scars were both married mon, and ma,
tivos of Massachusetts. The homicide oc.
casoned great excitement at Jacksonville
and it was thought that Sears would b.
lynchod.
A DISPATCH from Albany, of tho 29th
statos:-On Saturday night young woman
named Mary Ann Snyder, aged % years
was killed by Mrs. ozeIis Marsten, whlo at
tempting to procure an abortion by mean,
of Instruments. The abOrtionist is Ga year,
of age, and has carried on this business fol
years without detection. She is cow il
Jail and will be- indicted tomorrow, by tn,
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