, 1866-05-31

confess his deed Id detail. There was, OF
course, no defence, and the prisoners counsel
confined themselves TO proving that be had
disessc OF the hcart, nnd to argufng that his
crime must have been done without premed-
utatIon. The Jury brought In 4 verdict Of
guilty OF murder III the first degree, after
Three OF four tours' dc1ibcratfon, and tho
death sentence was passed. Previous TO this
the prisoner made remarkable speech. taxi
ing nearly bali an hour In delivery, In which
With the murdered girl, nccused Ler iatl1er Of
Infamous cruelty. reiterated his undying love
for her. and declared that his crime was un-
Fremeditated aud was Prompted BY passion
ate Jealousy.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Another odd case las just been tried here,
being suit brought BY an 1riahman agaiust
Or. Bowditeh, one Of the first phYsicians OF
Boston, for damages In branding the plajntif
on the breast with letter D, in uitrate Of
silver. 1t was done while examining the
plaintiff previous to his enlistment il the
Union army. and under mistaken lmpres.
he was deserter from the British army. The
verdict was for &, ,000.
Messrs. Tfcknor e. Fields have added to
their long list Of books In press, the ANNOUNCE
ment Of biography Of John Leech, the ar-
tist, by D: John Brown, Of Edinburgh; the
AAkAbA "a 4AAN AAG 4Ala HlltAOSt 2HAt0
Hours" and several other books, to be pub
li5bed simultaneously with Its appearance In
England. This firm now promise to Issue
during the next SIX months works hy Long.
fellow, Lowell, Whittier, Browning, Bayafd
Taylor, Thorean, Agassiz, Parton, Ms. Stowe,
Ward Beccher, F. 2; Whipple and William
literature.
Mrs. King, daughter of Pcttigrue, the
South Carolina UnionIst, Is to give public
readings IN this city next week. The wa,
she has supported herself By The bee exhibition @
of her talents ns an elncutIunfst.
Tic only newspaper in this State pretend.
fng 10 Republican antscedents which endorses
the Presidents policy Is the Ncwbmyport
Herald, md the editor Of the sheet Is to be
the Sewhuryport district It Is also reported
that the editor Of the Boston Commercial,
better known perhaps by its old name OF The
Boston Courier as the most vfrulent Copper
head paper in New England, Is to hare the
The position Of Collector Of Sewburyport
The Senate will undoubtedly have etLing
to say about both these appointments before
confirming them.
The grand lodge Of the order Of Good
Temp1ars has been In session here this week,
and adjourned to meet in Detroit next spring
Hon. 8: D. Hastings, Of Wisconsin, was re
S'tctcu 4ses!ueut oi tue ClueE+ HNQ LUG lnCIn
bcrs generally enjoyed good time IN tcm
! pcrauce fashion.
The excdus from the city, which began
with such a rush few weeks ago, hos beer
Interrupted by the unseaaonably cold wealth
er. so tnat the boarding houscs aud theatre:
I are still full, and the railroad lines and rura
landlords have to walt longer than usual fol
their harvest.
Your readers are probably aware TINT tht
alumni Of Harvard college propose 10 ercc
some sort Of memorial, probably hail, bu
perhaps monument, ID honor Of the gradu
ates y ho fell in the strEnele for the supprcs
sion Of the rebellion: The amount required
subscriptions, Of 5000 each, have been Oh
tanned, and the twentieth h rendy Hhcncye
the nineteenth shall be secared.
REYTXE.