The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1860-08-15

though he did not steal the mules him.
self, he knew that they were stolen,
and was Iidingone of them hack to
the States, being anxious to get home
again, and haVing no other way to 90.
The jury, of course, faandahim guilty, Il
and he was sentenced TO receiye TWEEN
ty-fve lashes at seven o'clock last
evening, and to leave the country
within twenty -fonf hours In reply
to the question, where wonli the pris-
oner be whipped, some said on the
back, and Others said he would be
whipped on the bottom According.
" at the appointed hour the sentence,
to the extent of nineteen lashes, was
duly. executed in the presence of
large crowd of Spectators, assembled
to witness the agony and dehasenent
of a victim quicker than they could
have been drawn together by the in
angnration Of a President or the coro-
nation of Prince. At The nineteenth
stroke the poor fellow fell and the flag
citation ceased. His wounds as well
as himself were dressed, and he is
probably now far on his way hence,
realizing the fact that "the way of the
transgressOr is hard"
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. A most
mysterious murder has lately occupied
public attention in England. A fac
tory inspector, living near Frome in
Somersetshire, one morning missed
his Youngest child, q boy OF about
four years of age, from the cot in the
nurse's room, where he usually slept
and after a tedious search, found the
body thrust down the vault of an out
house, with the throat cut from ear to
ear, and a large stab in the region of
the heart, evidently inflicted after
death. The mystery enveloping the
whole affair battles even the famous
detectives lf London. This may bet
ter be appreciated when it is known
that in one of the bedrooms slept the
nursemaid, and in the same room the
deceased in little cot, and in another
part of the room another child in
second cot. At FIVE O'Clock the next
morning the nurse awoke, and missed
the deceased The impression of the
child's body still remained on the bed
and pillow, but the under blanket was
gone, and the coverlid carefully folded
down. The father and mother were
applied to by 1.-THE nurse, to know if
they removed the child into their bed,
but they had seen nothing Of it since
the previous night
Further search was made, and the
drawing room door window, and shut
ter-all of which had been fastened
the previous night-were found lit
tie opened After time the body of
the poor child was discovered ia his
night-clothes, as above stated Every
inmate of the house was searched, but
not spot Of blood, or the slightest
clue tending ia criminate. any one in
the commission of the crime, could be
found. How an individual could have
taken the child from his cot, placed
the bed-clothes tidily, carried him
through the drawing across the
lawn, through shrubbery and stable
yard, where q watchdog was loose
roaming about, thence into the water
closet, deprived the child of his life,
and decamped without leaving behind
them the smallest clue to their guilt,
or disturbing the inmates, or awaken
ing the child, or coming into collision
with the dogs mystery which
time alone can unravel. A reward
has been offered by the government
and free pardon to any accessory,
not being the actual murderer, who
may give such information as may lead
to the detection of the murderer.