Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-08-03

Augusta, Georgia, for horse-stealing, had OBJ
tanned glass at the jail, and having powdered
it up very fne, mixed il with his bread, fol
the purpose Of killing himself The iailor
as soon as he discovered what Stewart hat
done, gave him very violent emetics, ont
after another, until he had taken six, with
out avail. A physician was also sent for
who expressed the opinion that nothing could
be done to save the wretches life, but that
he might lnger and suffer for six or eight
days. The physician alluded TO the way in
which glass poison affects its victim; slowly
cutting its way through the stomach and
bowels, causing suppuration and horrible
torture. Stewart had resisted taking the
emetics, until they were forced down his
throat, but the thought of the lingering death
before him was uncomfortable, and he deter
mined TO take a shorter road TO that bourne
from which no horse-thief or other traveller
returns. Watching his chance, he dashed
by the guard, who were stationed around
him to prevent him from killing himself and
plunged headformost from the third story
floor, down the staircase, a distance of thirty
feet He struck the iron bars which consti-
tute the railing, and tore them from tleir
place, and yet, strange to say, not bone
was broken, and in few moments he spoke,
declaring that he "wished de place had been
three hundred feet high"
The indianapolis Herald of recent date
says: zone of the most fatal and astonish-
ing cases of tickling child which has come
within our knowledge, was enacted night
before last, by woman living on Massa-
chusetts avenue, upon her daughter, girl
about fourteen years old. The mother had
been up town 10 witness the rope-walkine
feat, and upon returning home commenced
playing with and tickling her daughter
Whether she took that as mode of punish
ing the child, or was doing it for mere
amusement, we are unable 10 say; but sAt
tickled the child until it was completely eX
hausted, and continued until the child, il
struggling to free itself, bursted blood
vessel, and in short time. after expired"
In bar-room fight at Hartford, Conn, ol
Saturday night, three men were badly stab
bed, one of them it is thought fatally.
Oliver Allison was murdered by mar
named seever near Philadelphia, ON Sunday
night. The murder was committed wlthou
provocation and in mere wantonness. Tn,
police are after the murderer.
A dandy negro from Chicago was arrestet
last Thursday in Mobile for swindling ne
groes by means of a new variety ol tn,
drop game. He had shot bag nearly ful
of new copper or brass coin, somewhat re
sembling ten dollar gold pieces. His gam
was TO pretend to find it on the street, an,
to sell it, or portion thereof, to some unso
phistcated negro for greenbacks. He wa
arrested in his first attempt
John Smith, alias Kendall, the notorou
safe robber, died at Lafayette, Indiana, oi
the 9th ult., after making a full confession @
all his crimes. AT his bedside stood his wife
a sweet faced, low voiced, gentle woman
who clung to him with unwearied devotion
from the first, and who, until very recently
would not believe the bad reports about he
husband, and regarded him solely as I'll
\ victim of conspiracy.