The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-04-19

sShSu. lls DOuY was found Heating
10 the Merrimaek River on Tuesday
horribly mutilated, and in such manner
as to leave no doubt that he had been tho
victim Of violence. The throat was cut "a
the bone, and there were several large
wounds upon the scalp. The skull wa,
badly fractured, and lock Of hair wa.
found driven through the wound 10 the
Drain. II Is believed that the body of the
murdered man was thrown into the
'Plscataquog River, near his residence. and
that the thick ice which formed soon af.
forwards frustrated all the attempts to iind
It, The murderer, whoever he was. evident.
y 'ook great pains to prevent the bodys
being identified, it having been stripped Of
clothing, and the hair and whiskers closely
shayen. No arrests have as vet been
made, though suspicion is directed towards
several parties, who are detained as
witnesses.
Ihe Grand jury System has recently
been the subject of investigation by a
select committee of the Illinois SENATE
This committee has unanimously reported
u bill to abolish grand juries on the ground
that under the present system an innocent
person may be subjected to arrest and i'm.
prisonment, and that every accused person
Is entitled to have both sides of his case
heard before he is deprived even TEN.
porarily Of his liberty. The committee
recommends that all persons accused Of
CRIME shall be examined by Judge of a
Court OF record or by three Justices ofthe
Peace, who shall hear all the evidence,
aud who may discharge or commit the
prisoner for trial
The State Department, at Washington
mas received information of the p,yn IN
by the Haytien Government of an award
OF ten thousand dollars against that Gov.
eminent, for the Illegal arrest of Consul
Lar Agent of the United States, a Mr..
Teal, at Miragoane. The agent, it an
pears, suffered indignity and Imprisonment
at the hands of the military authorities at
That place, under a charge of having in
his possession and circulating false money.
Secretary Fish praises the diligence and
patriotic spirit of the United States Min
ister to Hayti, through whose exertions
Teal was cot onl y proven guitlcss of the
charge, but was consoled with the above
award.
The Presbyterian Ministerial Association
at Philadelphia recently resolved" against
the proposed religious amendment to the
National and State Constitutions, basing
their opposition, among other reasons,
upon the fact that it would be certain to
create "Christian" and Anti Christian y
party in politics, which they hold to be
zone of the greatest calamities which could
befall the Church"
In Gambia, N, H., Tuesday night, boy
up stairs in bed in farmhouse had his
head aud face terribly cut with an axe
found lying on the floor of the room. II
is supposed to have been done by boy
who is somnambulist.
Another Indian war is imminent Tel.
egrams from farther Kansas state that the
kiowa, Cheyenne and Arrapahoe tribes
are preparing to give battle to the govern
ment. The Quaker policy seems to be a
failure.
The French residents of New York are
preparing to celebrate the approaching
evacuation of France by the Germans.
The celebration will take place on Sept.
9th, the anniversary of the birth of La
fayette.
In Matteawan, Dutchess county, Tues
day, chimney, the remnant of burned
residence, fell, burying FIVE little girls,
killing three and so injuring the others
that they are not expected to recover,
The Halifax divers charge the White
Star line agents as premiums for the re-
coyery of bodies from the wrecked Allan
tic, $50 for the body of cabin and $40
for that of a Storage passenger.
In the Circuit Court for Caroline county.
at Denton, on Saturday, the trial of John
Barwick for the murder of Thomas c.
Arringdale was ended, by a verdict Of
Guilty of murder in the second degree
Later dispatches from Rome represent
that the Pope is in excellent spirits, that
his condition is not critical, nor his disease
dangerous.
George Bryan, negro, Was hanged by
mob at ChilIicothe, Ohio, on Wednesday
night of last week, for assaulting white
lady
The First National Bank Of Toledo
Ohio, was robbed few days ago of securi-
ties and money amounting to $4,000.
1t is announced that the Government is
about to purchase another batch of archives
of thu dafunct Confectionery.
A young lady has just received the de-
gree of doctor of dental surgery from the
Baltimore dental college.
The epizootic is prevailing in Washing
ton, Dorchester and Caroline counties
Nd. and Franklin county, Pa.
jamestown, Va, the oldest village in
the United States, was, for the first time,
honored with postoiice last week.
4 snug berth--the Office of Sheriff of
New York city, is worth 100000 year
Twenty lives were lost by the hurricane
in Mississippi, on the 18th ult.
There are thirty thousand blind persons
in Great Britain.