, 1865-12-26

however, wouldht stay crrsd. Ind WI yestesdAJ
agau detected IN N attempt to tsznsse nls exist
eutt BY uhallnE chlorpfof1n. This seeond Attenpt
Ras made at the Mercantile Lbea1, whefe he WEI
discovered reclining in ~ armchair tuhAltnx the
POISONOUS odor from his bat iEto The crown Of
which he bad e1nptied vial Of ne poson' LIS lie
Bns ngaiu esycd by the Interference Of dtanEe1t.
Dr.. john IT, Hughes WAS convicted, 1t
Cleveland fsst Friday OF murder II the trst degree
for shnotinr Mis-. Tauzen Patsuna at Bedford. n
feu mill. f,o1o CIeyeland,) On &he 9Th Of Aurust
1a6s. r1e circumstances Of Tho crime were pecu-
I'm Dr.. uRshes, married man win one child
h.d settled IN Bedford. WHARF he gained the stac.
ttops Of Kiss Parsons, 4 glt, oi seyen,aen. and
cccc1ed her 1utn. They led to Ptthbu1xh, In Ge-
ccsnser, 1854, where forged divuscoHas exhihttnd
and form o. 'nat7iacce gone through, and where
HUGHES ~as AHeztad fos blgxmy. IL wa seu.enocd
10 tne pente1nar5 Of Pennsylvania IN Jaaua,y. but
soeo paroooso tafouEh the agency Of h. deserted
vile. The 1n!atu2tlon lot Tauzon Parsons an,
strong upon him. he sent his wife md cht1a IN
EnR1and. their native country, and continued b,s
Illicit suit. meeting, however. the ooposIt1on ~
Mass trso" md o hez famtly. Ba11ed, diseraood
mo stung 10 Msdness, he took to drtnl, and ended
t0e aompnc211uo In murder committed In open
aV upon the nslu street Of tho vilhsa Dr, Hughes
man OF Thirty -nine yeara, uF superior edurapon
ano refined manners, and has borne himself through
INC usA with Esmne6a that was not shaken eyen
BY ule dread senteoee.
Tbs Massachusetts estate Constabulary,"
having in charge the Sunday morals Of Boston and
The lnrgr catiea, particularly regards newsboy1,
bootblacla. harbezr, apothecares. eating houses,
etc, has come 10 grief Whist Mr. Weller called
"eudden pull up" las happened to them In the
na:ter Of prosecuting the liquor Law. and Without
that 10 work upon they are nothing. Il seems Nj,
Caleb Cushing, who 4 head counsel for the a.so-
ctaied liquor sel1er In Massachusetts,, has been
wandering among the old Laws in Washington, and
bAs there found Federal statute, paased In lssa.
and growing out Of South Csrplina's then ATTEMPTED
nuI1ihcaion Of the tariff laws, which provides that
tn any Gaze thst tnyo1yes the revenue Laws, Or N
which their authority IL concerned, the United
otafe Courts may Or eha11 itsue their maneamus
and take the case out q the State Courts, and trv
hthenselves As the United States IL now collecting
reSeuue By faxes On liquor selling cases unde, the
Massachusetts, prohibitory Law are held 10 Inro,ya
questions OF revenue and 20 at the instance Of Tho
liquor dealers lawyera, the United stn,es Circuit
Court 1sas ordered ali soch cases stopped In tho
6tate Courts and sent up to ftsclffcr further action
The impeachment and removal from of1co
Of Philip Touppen, Mayor Of Louisville, by the
Board d Aldermen Of thai city, Lat week, was BE-
Of bis fetusal to execute contract with Isha
Henderson, Ja1ncs Guthrie 1nd othets, for street
railway along Market and other gtreets, ordered
by the City Council. The Mayor gave a. written
rrafon for his rctusal that nebera Of the Council
had been bonght up, and that the resolution wns
passed By bribery and corruption; but the fact a.
proved In the trial, that he had often and openly
oeclared his determination 10 ycto tho measure be-
fore fts passage E1ves eome color to the counter.
charge {for which runor and not evidence Is re-
sponslblc,) that he was hinaself deeply in the
interest Of an existing street railroad com.
i,any, whose franchise would be injuriops]v
affected by this new rival. The t1ial com.
lnenced In the Boara of Aldermen on Nonday. The
t8th and ended on Friday with verdict declaring
he Office Of Mayor vacant. passed By vote Of |
:.even to twn. Previous to the verdict the Mayor
.ddrcsscd the Board apologis1nx for his action.
The case WAS conducted By able counsel on both |
idee-ien, Hcur. E. Reed, Qate rrbcl Congress-
nan+) Gen, William 7. Ward and Col. Marc Nun. |
y, for the Mayor; and Messrs. Elliott and Reason
,ity Attorneys, for the prosecution. Bribery yas
learly proved against n. s. Glorc, member o,
be Council, which body has etnce pursed itself by
spelling him AZ the impeachment acts a. bar
o the reelection OF Mayor Tonppert, efforts are
making for the passuge Of Law BY tie LegtalatuKe
enable him to run for the vacancy and 70 ca7y m
ppeal to the people The wur Of the rival railroads
uns high and the end is not yet