The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-05-19

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"We are told that negro man was lately
whipped to death by his master, one Elijah
Fisher. Two physicians, who afterwards ex-
amined the lifeless body of the slave, pro-
nounced it, in the language of our informant,
a clear case of manslaughter.' This occurred
in the parish of St. Landry, but near the bound
airy line with this parish, and, strangeto say,
Fisher has not as yet been arrested, though he
has not gone away from his usual place OF
| residence"
The TEXAS INDIANS TO BE REMovED.-We
have seen copy of an official document from
| acting Commissioner Charles E. Mix, of the
| Department of the Interior, in which he init
mates that instructions have been issued to
| Superintendent Neighbors in regard to the re-
moval of the Texas Indians to the country
north of Red river, leased by the Federal Gov
eminent as an Indian Reserve. The acting
Commissioner remarks to Major Neighbors:
1t is not believed to be practicable to COM
mence the removal of the Indians before fall
or winter, and it is hoped that they will be per-
mtted to remain in peace and quiet where
they are until then. You will communicate to
the authorities and people of Texas the fact,
| that the Indians are to be removed, and that
this is to be done as early in the fall or winter
as it can be, and use your best exertions to in
duce them to refrain from molesting them
| State Gazette.
LAW IN NORTH CARoLINA-We mentioned
yesterday, that Elias Neville had been convicted
| in Halifax county, n. c., of the murder of
man named Phillips, and sentenced to be hung.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express
says:
''That the conviction of Neville was the re-
suit of the cruel hardship of the law as our SUI
| preme Court has laid it down, all will admit
| That he ought to be pardoned if new trial Is
not granted him, all concede. He is a poor
man, with a large family. He killed one, be-
cause he had made base proposal to his wife,
and when she rejected it, seized her with vio-
lence, (she far gone in pregnancy threw her
down, and endeavored 6y force to accomplish
his object! For killing such a brutal and 6J7t-
tish ,ptfdn Neville is guilty of murder. Sic
kles killed Key for adulterous intercourse with
his wife-that wife being willing and consent
ing to the act, yet he is guilty of no crime, and
the verdict of his acquittal is received with
shouts of applause and burst of enthusiastic
approval. But what of all that? Fhe one is
poor humble mantle other a member Of Con-
greSS!
The ENGLISH ELECTIoNs.-The money ques-
ton enters as largely into English politics as
it does here. The London Times calculates Ia
Yankee word, by the way, which the Thunderer
has stolen from u.s. that at least million and
half sterling (el 100000 or $7,500,000) will
be spent in the Parliamentary elections for the
new Parliament. How much Of it should be
placed to the account current of bribery and
corruption, we are not informed. A favorite
method of electioneering with some of the
stripe candidates is, "to engage all the public
houses, and retain all the lawyers"
Mr.. Golden, we see, has been nominated by
the Liberals in Rochdale, to represent them in
Parliament On recent occasion, Mr.. John
Bright addressed public meeting in Cobden's
favor, and alluded to the United States, in
which he was just now sojourning, as a coun-
try sin which every sensible man must feel the
liveliest interest, as one to which men look
whose eyes are in the front, and not in the back
of their heads."-N Y Express
COMING SoUTH-We understand that several
gentlemen from Canada left here few days
ago, who came for the purpose of examining
the farms advertised by William NJ. Mitchell
land agent. They came not only to look out
for themselves but were deputized by their
neighbors to examine and inquire for them
also. So well pleased were these gentlemen
that they have returned to Canada for the pur
pose of selling off, prior to their removal to this
part of Virginia. 1t is unquestionably true
that the lands of Spottsylvania and Stafford are
cheaper, in view of all the natural advantages
they possess, than the lands in the far West or
extreme South.-Fred. Herald
The New York Erpress advises the Gotham
ties to take comfort from comparison, and to
congratulate themselves that the average mum.
Der of murders there are only one a week, or
about fifty per year, while in London. /" the
seat and centre Of civilization, Christianity,
good municipal government, and all that"
with population only some three or four times
greater than that of New York, fee hundred
and t1centyfr deaths from violence were re-
ported during the first quarter of the year, com
mencing January lst, 1859 1t is sorry conso-
lation to find that there is one city in the world
worse even than New York
A colored woman of Lexington, Kentucky,
claims, like Mrs. Hayes, whose humbugging
was so recently exposed, to live without eating.
She is a slave, belonging to a drygoods mer-
chant by the name of Johnston, of Lexington.
She says she has not eaten any food for the
past eight years. She has been in Mr.. John
ston's family nearly three years, and neither he
nor any of his family have ever vet detected
her in taking any food whatever, though they
have watched her at all times, and in every way
they could think of. The man of whom Mr.
Johnston bought her declared that he sincerely
believed she did not eat any food, and said
that he had once confined her for some weeks,
to ascertain whether she did or did not eat and
during that time he could not detect her in
eating anything whatever. She says herself
that she does not eat She drinks water freely,
but nothing else. She is stout, and in good
health, never complains Of being sick; and.
also, is a protested and practical Christian
Exchange.
COOP AND BAD LUCK.-Good and bad luck
are much more intimately connected with char
acter than is generally acknowledged. H. w.
Beecher, in a recent lecture, says:
There are men who, supposing Providence
to have implacable spite against them, be-
moan in poverty of wretched old age the
misfortune of their lives Luck forever ran
against them, and for others. One, with a good
profession, lost his luck in the river, where he
idled away his time fishing, when he should
have been in the office. Another, with good
trade perpetualy burnt up his luck with his |
temper which provoked all his employers to
leave him. Another, with lucrative business. !
lost his luck by amazing diligence at every |
thing but his business. Another, who was
honest and constant at his work, erred by
perpetual misjudgments; he lacked discretion |
Hundreds lose their luck by endorsing; by |
sanguine speculations; by trusting fraudulent
men and by dishonest gains. A man never
has good luck who has a bad wife, I never