Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1859-04-21

The SIcKLEs TR1AL.-But one witness wa
examined on Saturday. The sitting of the cour
was otherwise occupied with discussion as t,
the admission of certain evidence offered by tn,
defence. The argument was not concluded
Messrs. Philips, Graham, and Ould, were tn,
speakers. The attempt of the defence is tx
prove the whole extent of the proyocation un
der which Sickles acted, both as showing tina
the passion by which he was driven was natu
raj and not malicious, and to show that Key
was virtually and legally aagante dezicto wher
slain
On Monday the court made decision ad.
hitting the evidence offered by the defence on
Saturday. The testimony that followed showed
that Mr.. Key and Mrs. Sickles were in the habit
OF proceeding to their rendezvous in the most
open manner; sometimes singly but often to-
gether, and apparently without an effort to es-
cape detection. A correspondent remarks -
"The wonder is that what was so well known
to others was SO long in coming to the knowl-
edge of Mr.. Sickles. There are various rumors
afioat relative to rebutting evidence which the
prosecution intend to produce as to character OF
Mr.. Slckles for confluence and good morals. OF
course the same war of words which has been
expended over the evidence now offering will
then be renewed, only that the counsel will oc-
cupy different positions on the question. Wit
nesses, it is stated, are in attendance from New
York to show Mr.. Sickles' antecedents, and to
prove that the practices of Mr.. Key were also
his"
LATE FROM EURoPE.-The steamer Europa,
arrived at New York on Monday, bringing dates
to the I'd inst. The vote for second reading
of the Reform Bill in the House of Commons re-
suited in defeat of the motion by majority of
thirty-nine votes. This will probably lead to a
resignation of the Derby Ministry. The second
Irish sedition trial at Tralee had resulted in the
conviction Of the prisoner and his sentence to
penal servitude for ten years. Austria had OBJ
jected to Baden as the place of meeting of the
Peace Congress, and France had left the choice
of the place of meeting to that Power. The
military preparations in Italy and France still
continue. Count Cavour had returned to Turin
satisfied, it is said with the result of his visit to
Napoleon. The s0th of April, it was generally
would be the day for the meeting of
the Peace Congress; though the preliminary
conditions insisted upon by Austria, one of them
being that Piedmont should disarn1, render it
even doubtful whether the proposed Congress be
held at all.
AcoUIrTAL OF THE ECHO PRISONERS The
Echo prisoners on trial at Charleston for engag-
ing in the slave trade have been acquitted
any examination of witnesses for the Gov
eminent. It was proved by the testimony of
Lieut.. Carpenter, Coxswain, Monaghan and
Captain Maffit, of the United States brig Dol
phin, and by other parties, that the negroes on
board the Echo were found in very distressed
and suffering condition that Capt. Townsend
was native of Newport, Rhode Island; that
the condition of the vessel, when captured, was
filthy, and that the charts found in
of the Captain had marked upon them,
in pencil a continuous line from the coast of
Africa to the point of her capture.
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HEH There are reports of more trouble in
Utah-of Gov. Cumming having been sent for
to Provo city-of the disaffection Of the Nor
mons-of the Indians shooting at the carriers of
the U. S. mail, &c. There are, also, reports of
some of the Mormons renouncing the falkland
of many being about to quit Utah and go to
California, it,.
H6-T The absolute ownership of the Washing
ington Union having been transferred by pur-
chase to General Bowman, late Superintendent
of Public Printing, the name of the paper has
been changed by the new Editor aud Proprietor
to that of ''7he Constitution" Like it's prede-
cessor it will reflect the opinions of the Govern
ment, and advocate the principles which the
Democratic party all over the country claim as
common property"
RIWe regret to learn the decease of the
Hon. George NJ Bib, at hisfesidence in George
town. He was long time United States Sen
ator from the State of Kentucky and Chancellor
of that State, and subsequently filled the office
of Secretary of the Treasury in the adninistra-
ton of President Tyler He died of pneumonia.
His age we believe to have been between eighty
and ninety years. National hatelzigencer.
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The FIsHERIEs.-We regret to learn that, so
far, the Fishing season has been but poor one
and that but few, if any, of the landings, have
been successful. On the 18th herring were SELL
ing-the few that came up-at $13 per thou
sand;-the same day last year, they sold at $40.
The arrivals yesterday were small and the de-
mand good, in consequence Of which prices keep
up, viz: Shad from $16 to $1S per hundred,
herring 81 to $12 per thousand. -Azerandria
GazeHe Of Tuesday.
A CHIEF JUSTICE IN WHITE GLovEs.-Chief
Justice Robinson opened Court at Toronto last
Monday week, and said to the Grand Jury, that
it gave him great pleasure to announce that in.
stead of the usual calendar of criminal indict.