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Year: 1872

that the body OF the said Mary Bodine be commit
ted to the custody OF the Sheriff OF the city and
have been held or disposed Of according to law or
until the further order of the Court. The motion
was Overruled and the empanelling Of jury to try
the case was proceeded with; but.


AFTER THREE WEEKS EFFORT TO OBTAIN JURY,
and not succeeding therein, counsel for the
prisoner stated that now reasonable effort to OBJ
tain jury had failed; and as


THE STATE OF PUBLIC FEELING,
as disclosed by the examination OF the jurors justi
fed them In believing that the difficulties in obtain
ing Jury were on the increase, they moved the
Court to suspend the trial and discharge the Jury
and grant them the necessary certificate to lay be-
fore the Supreme Court In order TO procure o
change OF venue.


The venue was afterwards changed to the county
OF Orange, where the prisoner was tried and


ACQUITTED OF THB CHARGE OF MURDER.


NoDe prose2tts were then entered on the other
indictments, and she was set at liberty. During all
this time the prisoner held In close custody All
case OF the


ITALIAN CANcEMr,
may be remembered He was tried before Judge
Roosevelt In this city, for the murder OF policeman
Eugene Anderson and three times the Jury disa-
greed, the prisoner being held In close confinement
between the dates OF trial. extending nom Sep
tember 1857, TO December, 1858. He escaped the
In the first degree.


AN INCIDENT-rHE BURDKLL-CuNNrNaHAx CASE
AZ the nnal adjournment OF the Court In the Can
HERALD Of that date, requested the reporters to
state tnat the jurors summoned. but not admitted
TO be sworn TO try the indictment against Can
ceml are expected to. attend on Monday next at
Cunningham for the murder Of Doctor Burdell.
The jury on the first disagreement In the Cancemi
trial stood as the Stokes jury are supposed 10 nave
stood-seven for conviction Of the capital offence
ana nve Tor mansaughter.


THE BccKHoUr CASE,
or Sleepy Hollow tragedy, " one, however. more to
Year: 1872




murder In the first degree"


number of Jurors-"we could not find any pre.
meditation from the clothes. We could not state
whether Fisk had pistol not There was no
belief In minds that Stokes did go into the hotel
with the design to kill Fisk. That's just what we
quarreled about"


This remark was made by seven or eight, and
others came up and assented to 1t.


"we have done the best we could under the cir.
cumstances we we're placed in,n observed Mr.
Thompson, one Of the jurors. There was nothing
definite from the Judge, and we didn't know what
to do.n


Mr.. Lenerts was one Of the seven jurors who
voted for conviction. He was inclined to make
q compromise with the three men for acquittal, II
they would come over, but the three men steadily
refused on the ground shat If there was premedi
tation there was no murder


Mr.. Hopkins. who has medical look, 1t is said
voted three different times In as many different
ways. The jury seemed dissatisfied with each
other; but there we're two men on the.jury who
would not change and the other ten "obstinateu
men had to give precedence to their strong win.
And thus this great trial has ended. 1t is not
possible that jury will ever again be procured to
try Stokes in this county, and the District
Attorney acknowledged as much yesterday
In conversation with gentleman who
related the fact to reporter Of the
HERALD. 1t viii be hard to find twelve men to face
again o twenty-one days trial and the CON-
ments Of the press in this city. Human nature is
weak and likes to be let alone. The rumor that
the counsel Of Stokes were TO apply for bail this
morning for their client Is untrue. Stokes re-
mained In the Tombs yesterday and had q good
sleep He says that by advice OF his counsel he
mrst decline all interviews with reporters, but ad-
mitted that he expected an open acquttal from
the jury. number OF his relatives called UPON
Year: 1872

The Progress of Emancipation.


LONDON, Aug. 13.--The Times says with
regard to the reference in the royal speech
to the East Coast slave trade that it is the
most significant part of the speech. We
suppose 1t is not error TO connect this an
nouncemeLt with the recent discovery OF
Livingstone and the dispatches TO the
foreign Office brought by Stanley from the
great traveller. -ns4
Year: 1872

A school teacher in one of the towns
of Oswego county, N. Z, is accused by
the Phoenix Register of great brutality
to his pupils. This fellow has been in
the habit of sharpening his nails to a
point so that he could make them meet
in the ears of the scholars When this
was not sufficient he pulled and twisted
the ears of the children until his bru-
tality was satisfied. The appetite grow
ing with what it fed upon, one day in
an ungovernable rage, he pulled boys
ear until, as he himself acknowledged,
he felt 1T give way The poor boy went
home, soon took to his bed, and in a
few days died, and the physicians who
treated him stated that the death was
the consequence of the injury resulting
from the pulling out of his ear by the
roots
Year: 1872

The Missouri Democrat announces
that shipments of corn in bulk to Eu-
rope, Vda the great water route, are
now progressing satisfactorily. Since
the 18th ult. over ere hundred thou
sand bushels of corn have been taken
by the barge, i'll bulk line for England
and France Ui0 New Orleans. This
corn is going forward on a contract
freight of ten cents per bushel, which
is slightly tough for the barge line peo-
pie, as just now they could get thirty
five to forty cents per one hundred
pounds for carrying miscellaneous
frelghts down the river, and this corn
pays but about eighteen cents per
hundred But contracts are contracts.
oven though not made in writing, and
the barge line are not the party to
break them. After all, though
the obligation to carry bulk corn
at ten cents per bushel seems not
to their advantage, it MAJ, in the long
run, turn out to be the best thing they
could do, as by moving the corn out of
store here they make room for more to
come, thus providing plenty of loading
for the barges when the rush of miscel-
laneous freight shall have ended, which
will be the case inside of thirty days.
But ii must not be supposed that the
Barge Line Company are taking no
miscellaneous freights. Only part of
their room is given to bulk grain
probably less than one-third-the bal
ance of the capacity of each tow is
taxed to its utmost with -four, provi-
slons, liquors, hay, bagged grain, corn
meal and general merchandise There
is an immense rush of freight going
southwark from st. Louis. For want
of laborers to put it rapidly aboard of
the boats, it accumulates in vast heaps
on the levee.
Year: 1872

"The London Daily News closes Its
obituary notice of Mazz1ni as follows:


In his personal appearance Signor
Mazzini was by no means the kind of
man in whom q stranger would suspect
the conspirator who would plunge a ma
ton into disorder, or the dreaded revol-
utionist whose name was a terror to
European Governments. In his early
days he was one whom a passer-by who
met him in the street would have turn
ed to look at. With lofty but some
what marrow forehead, widening toward
the top, with dark hair, and dark deep
set eyes, with countenance 'sicklied
DER with the pale cast of thought, he
had the appearance of some quiet stu
dent who was meditating on great sub
jects. In his latter years, though
there was in him a certain eagerness
and restlessness, and though his long
habit of secrecy led him to adopt a
feigned name, he looked still less like a
man who had been more than once con-
demned to death for 'treasons, STRATA
gems, and spoils His eye had not
lost its lustre, but his face had become
sunken, and his frame somewhat enfee-
hled. He was kind, cordial, and COM
municative, and there was some i'm
pressment in his manner He talked
rapidly, and, though in perfectly gram
matical English, it was with foreign
accent. He received his visitors in
small sitting room which looked out in
to the Brompton Road; the room was
filled with books and papers, though
it had none of the aspect of study of
a recluse. He smoked his cigar as he
talked and his conversation was about
his work, and never about himself


His friends treated him with a defer


ence which would spoil most men, but
which had no injurious effect on him.
Year: 1872

About three weeks ago, after an ac-
quaintance of several years, a young
lady named Ishor, living with relatives
on Michigan Ave, was married in this
city to young man named Taylor, of
Indianapolis. The ceremony was
hardly over when Taylor received a
telegram from Lynn, Mass, that
his aged mother was dying, an


in an hour he left the city cal
culating to return within ten days at
the frrthest. He wrote no letter back,
and Monday his bride received news
that mother and son were both dead


He was exposed to the smallpox some
where on the route, tooK a severe cold,
and died the day before his mother
died. The wife tainted on reading the
sad news, and up to last evening had
not regained her consciousness, the at
tending physician believing that she
will be rendered a maniac by the blow.
Year: 1872

AT the Wyandotte silver refining
and smelling works there were
smelted last month about fifty tons OF
Colorado silver ore, and twelve tons
from Silver fslet. The product will
probably reach $4,000 ounces OF fine
silver. This will work up ali the stock
on hand, but it is expected that large
Shipments of ore from Silver Islet will
arrive on the opening OF navigation.
Year: 1872

These Machines are specially adapted for the
use OF farmers, being able to sew grain sacks and
heavy clothing with the same facility as the us,-
al family work-making a more durable seam
not liable to ravel, as is the case of the loop or
chain stitch
Year: 1872

A good story is told on an editor re-
siding in Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania,
who lost his pass on the railroad, and
requested the officers to secure the ar
rest of any man who should present it.
The next day he found it in the pocket
Of his Sunday trousers, and proceeded
to take u trip upon it, As soon as he
offered it to the conductor that
faithful officer Knocked him on the
head with his fist called three brake
man and the baggage master; dragged
him despite his frantic struggles along
the floor; into q baggage car where q
brakeman sat on him while the conduc-
tor battered him up a lot to keep him
quiet; and then they searched him to sec
what other thelts he had been perpe
trating With tie exception of a ticket
to tho cirsus, thab man had upon his
person absolutely nothing but railroad
passes. He had passes over all the main
roads and branch lines and feeders and
sidings in the State of Pennsylvania
He had free passes in Eastern, Southern,
middle and Western States, and four in
territories He hud pass over a rail-
road from Yeddo to Yokohama, and au-
other from Calcutter to Bengal. He had
q letter promising him one on q new
road which is proposed in Terra Del
Fuego, and manuscript puff which he
had written for man who had assured
him he should have a pass over the
road which the man said he was about
to run under the Mediterranean from
Africa to Italy, as soon as it was built
The conductor concluded he had caught
the greatest pass kleptomaniac the world
ever saw. But when he got back to
Harrisonburg the affair was explained
and our disciple of the quill went on ali
other excursion.
Year: 1872

1t viii be to your interest to read the
following:


A fraend who quotes the authority o
n cautious physician says that people
who count handbills, should not touch
the finger on tho tongue, as is the COM
mon practice,as the bills coming from
tho east where smallpox prevails, are
liable to be infected Those who don't
handle much Of the filthy lucre-like ed
itors, for instance-can now console
themselves with the thought that they
don't stand in such danger of being in
oculated with the smallpox.
Year: 1872

There IL q newspaper reporter out
West who received the first lessons In
Journalism on the New York Tibune.
He possessed good talent but knew
nothing about newspaper work, and
was somewhat conceited.


He was taken on trial by the city
editor OF the Tribune, his first work
being to make up short report OF the
Quarantine Board. His report was ac-
cepted aud sent up to the composing
room by an elevator. He considered
this. a great success and felt elated.
The next morning he was sent to re-
port the proceedings of meeting at
the Cooper Institute. He did not like
the appearance Of the men at that
meeting, aud instead Of reporting the
proceedingsas they occurred, he penned
a burlesque Of the business they trans
acted. Returning to the room Of the
CITY editor. he found that gentleman
absent, and taking it for granted that
his report was all right, he marked It
Local" as he had done with his re-
port of the day previous, and sent it
up by the elevator.


The next morning he was called into
Mr.. Greeley's room. On his way
thither he flattered himself that he was
about to be compllmented for his work,
and probably promoted. On entering
the room the old philosopher saluted
him with:


"Are you the id fool who sent up
that report yesterday OF the meeting at
Cooper Institutc?"


The a6ashed reporter dragged out an
affirmative answer.


"Did the city editor examine your
copy before it was sent TO the compos-
Ing room?" inquired Mr.. Greeley.


mo" responded the reporter, he
was not In his room when came In,
so just chucked 1t into a little box
where had seen him put my report
the day before, sent it up, and thought
1t would be all right"


"What business had you to bur-
lesque those who were present at the
meeting" said Mr.. Greeley.


"well, l considered them n set Of
wooden heads, and thought it would
not do any harm to say so, replied
the reporter meekly.


H, man =" exclaimed the eXas-
perated philosopher, " | am President
OF that organization. That's all young
man you can 60"
Year: 1872

We, the undersigned, have been acquainted with


Miss Sawyer for many years, and believe her to be
Christian lady and a skilful nurse, and having
used her salve In families, It gives us great
pleasure in saying it is the best general medicine
Year: 1872

Ladies who have returned from
abroad report that large panicrs,
have gone out Of. fashion, and that
oycrskirts are m24lp shoit and plain.
They also report that the latest
style Of dressing the hair is in a
simple coil at the back, and the
front smoothcsll above the forehead
and put. back plainly behind the
cars,
Year: 1872

We understand that careful os-


innate has been made from actual
survey of the cost of tho proposed
canal to connect East Bay with sa-
bine Lake. and that it will. not ex-
cced $4,000 per mile. The whole
length of the canal is stated not to
exceed fifteen miles, which makes
the total cost S195,000. 1t is esti-
mated that such canal will, in the
first year, be the means of bringing
To- this market 10000 bales of cot
ton more than would otherwise
come hore, besides several million
feet of lumber and shingles. Let
any one estimate tho value of that
trade to our city, and it will be secn
il will nearly equal the entire cost
of the canal in enc year, while the
trade will increase rapidly from
year to year. That canal will bring
produce direct from the head of na-
vigation on the Sabine, Nechcs and
Angelins rivers, and tho trade of
many nelghoorinS counties VIII me-
cessarily be drawn to the different
landings on these rivers, to NEE.
the boats carrying frcights to and
from this city. Trade will also be
drawn to this canal from ten or
twelve noighboring parishes in Lou
isiana. Indeed, it is difficult TO
name any improvement that will
add so largely to the commerce of
Galveston at as small cost Tho
same amount of money would not
construct more than ten miles of
railroad, and yet it would require
almost 100 miles of railroad to bring
us an equal amount of business. We
should bear in mind that the trade
of that section of our State viii soon.
end some other market, unless scme-
thing is done speedily to turn it in
this direction Gaireston Netcs.
Year: 1872

They reported TO me that she was not,
and we considered the damage was very
slight. We then proceeded on our
way to Providence. After running a
few moments, the engineer reported
that the steamer was rapidly filing,
when I Immediately headed her for the
nearest shore, and used every exertiOn
in my power to save the passengers and
crew. At this time the wind was blow
ing a strong gale from the southwest ac-
c0mpanied by heavy rain, and ii soon
became evident that the steamer must
go down. 1t was not longer than a half
hour from the time she was headed for
the shore until she sunk. The life-boats
We're lowered and filed at once with per-
sons anxious to be saved. One Of the
boats was swamped. but was soon Tighted
by the chief-engineeT who was in Der.
He sculled her up to the wreck, and she
was again boarded with success. About
fifty persons We're left on the upper deck,
which drifted away with the gale. The
storm still continued, and although sew
eral vessels came within sight none of
them recognized US We continued in
this perilous condition until about eight


O'Clock in the morning, when We drift
ed on the beach about half a mile from
the Watch Hill lighthouse. The surf
was very high, and our danger was in
creased BY this time quite a large
numbe people from the Watch Hill
Hotel were on the beach protecting aid,
but all was of no use TO US. The roar of
the surf prevented any communication.
and it was evident to US that the deck
on which we fiOated must soon go to
pieces. In few moments a breaking
up commenced and we were all thrown
into the surf By the kindness of those
on shore nearly ali were saved from the
pilethouse and upper works. 1 am un-
able to say at present how many of the
crew and passengers were lost.


PROVIDENCE, r. l., August 30.-The
schooner A. II. Belden brought into
Newport this afternoon the bodies of a
man and a woman, picked up between
Watch Hill and Point Judith, who were
evidently. passengers by the Metis. The
bodies were buoyed up by life-preservers.
The man is believed to be Emil Stampe,
a fresco artist, Of Newark, New Jersey.
The woman is about thirty years of age,
had on a nightdress, and wore a seal
ring marked ON. A. The bodies are
in charge of an undertaken.
Year: 1872

receiving well, sunk to level with
the bottom of the river in the stratum of
sand and gravel before described. Com
munieating with this will be covered
trenches extending up and down the
river parallel to its course. These
! trenches receive the water of the river
by natural filtration and carry il to the
receiving well whence it is taken by
pipes communicating though tunnel
to the pumping well. In addition to
this, direct communication is made
with the water of Wolf river, so that at
all times when the water is not discol-
ored by rains or high water in the Mis-
sissippi the supply can be had directly
from it. In addition to this double
source of supply reservoir Is con-
tempIated capable of holding suf-
ficient water 20 enable the whole
power of the works to be
called into action for whole day even
for fighting fires; an amount of resource
which, it will be seen, almost absolutely
assures US of supply, even in the event
of grave accident.


1t will be seen, also, that the magni-
tude of this undertaking. is such as to
require time for its full Accomplishment.
Mr.. Rutherford can no doubt lay his
pipe as soon as he anticipates, but
whether all the remaining parts of the
work can be cOnsummated so soon
seems doubtful. 1t is understood that
the machinery is to be here by the first
of October. 1t is intended to have every
thing in readiness so that it can be set
up in the shortest possible time. All
interests unite in requiring a speedy
realization of our hopes as to the early
completion of the work, and no effort
will be spared to press the work to early
completion. Asking pardon for the
length to which this article has grown,
am, very respectfully yours,


u. ". PEARSONS,


Resident Engineer.
Year: 1872

. WASHINGTON, June 19.-It is thought
in official circles that the board of arbi-
traitors may possibly render an opinion
in relation to that part Of our case known
as indirect losses substantially satisfac-
tory to both governments, which may
Obviate the necessity for adjournment.


A Herald special from Geneva says
the American and British agents have
been busy holding consultations and re-
ceiving dispatches. 1t is evident that
unless the counsel on both sides come
to some agreement tonight, there will
be a formal meeting of the board on
Thursday, when a motion to adjourn
again will be brought before the board,
in which case an argument for several
days is probable. Efforts are being
made to adjourn until next week in the
hope that Granville and Fish may ar
rive at an understanding.


GENEVA, June 19.-The tribunal OF
arbitration will meet this evening pro
fOTB1d. The next adjournment will be
for longer period than the last, resolute
efforts being made to settle the cardinal
differences which have arisen between
the English and American governments.
Year: 1872

Ell DORADO, June 19.-On June first
an election was held in this county tC
determine the county seat, and resulted
in a majority Of two hundred for Au-
gusta. The people of Ell Dorado opposed
the election on the ground of illegality
and applied to court for an order re-
straining the commissioners from count
ing the vote. Yesterday about one hum
dred and fifty armed men, with teams,
came here for the purpose Of taking the
county effects to Augusta by force, but
the ElDOradO people met them in arms,
and no effort was made TO carry out the
design. Great excitement prevails, and
fears are entertained that another raid
will be made and bloodshed ensue. The
court has decided that an injunction
cannot be issued, and so the matter rests
for the present.
Year: 1872

NIAGARA FALLS, June 19.-At a
meeting of the Southern Editors to-day,
now on an excursion North, the follow
ing resolution was passed:


ReSOlUed, That in leaving Niagara we
cannot do so without giving assurances
Of fealty to the Union and the deternli-
nation of the people we represent to
share the common prosperity with their
brethren of the North.
Year: 1872

BALTIMORE, June l9.-In the United
states District Court, yesterday, Judge
Giles, IN the case of Josephine Carr
black against the master of the steam
er Chester, for ejecting the plaintiff from
the after or main cabin to the forward
cabin of the steamer, the court decided
that twenty-five dollars would be the
damages and costs. In giving his de-
cision, Judge Carr remarked that it was
not in the power Of common carriers in
transporting passengers to make dis
elimination as to color.
Year: 1872

The President Of France has ordered
Prince Napoleon to leave the country
without delay, and the order has been
regarded by the civil authorities as le-
gal, and has been obeyed. There was
no general or special authority for the
order obtained from the legislature or
judicial departments of the country,
nor were there any indications that he
proposed to do anything that did not
become any patriotic, well meaning
citizen Of France, who favored q Re-
publican form Of government. Prince
Napoleon always claimed to be Dem
ocrat, and was even 80 regarded when
the late Emperor was on the throne, and
the fact that he took no part in his
usurpations would 60 to show that he
was sincere in his professions. 1t was
generally known that he was treated
with suspicion by his cousin the EN-
peror, and that he did not share his
confidence on account of his political
preferences. During the changes OF
government since that time, he has
never had his rights of citizenship ta-
ken away or even abridged by any
form OF legislation or decree of the
courts. In banishing him from France
without any cause assigned, further
than he is Of the Bonaparte family
President Thiers has exercised despot
ic power such as is unknown in any
country in Europe, except in Russia or
the German Empire. To be q Bona
parte at one time was to be the super
ior of other men; now the name itself
is enough to render the wearer of il
the object Of suspicion, and to cause
HE exile from his native country. This
act Of the French President will be re-
garded as an indication that he dis
trusts the people, and that he has nc
great faith in tho perpetuity of the re-
public.