The New York Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1846, Page 1

—_—_—_ * Wel, XIL,, No. 84—Whole Ne. 4297. NEW YORK, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 96, 1846. NEW YORK HERALD. + JAMES GORDON BENNETT, Proprietor. Circulation...Forty Thousand. DAILY HERALD—Lvery day. rice 2 cents per copy see pepe arian beat Prices—always cash FRINTING of all kinds exoented with benuty and der Sree een e ‘GORDON BENNI ag Ore open gan ier eer Cc good road horses, and TRIAL OF ALBERT J. TIRRELL, | Murder of Maria Ann Bickford, IN BOSTON. FIRST DAY. Supreme Judicial Court. Present. les, Hubbard an Dewey. Commonwealth vs. Albert J. Tirreil, for the al- Murder of Maria Ann Bickford.—For the Commonwealth, Samvet D. Parker, Esq., County Attorney. For the prisoner, Hon. Rurus Cuoats, | | and Annis and A. B. Merrit, Esqrs. | __ Tugspay, March 24, 1846. Atan early hour this morning, the Court House and every avenue leading to it was thron, | eager multitude to witness the trial of this unfor- eyes were anxious to get aPeRey eet Ss "Ewe oatcas ROSE HILL STA. tunate young man. AN a view of him who is e urdering Matia Ann Bickfo ing married woman, much celebrated in cer- her personal beau! tractive charms. At nine o’clock er was brought into the court room before r and gaping crowd of corps of reporters and eyes and ears. From the the eager multitude, and SPH tain circles for BROWN &CO., 178 Chatl ‘treet, wish to inform ps in the mance uepare we " f beauty and durability, three ty icy, thre rior fo any over before sold ‘vourself of this faet. SPRING STYLE. GENTLEMEN'S HATS. hs EX Hil y08 Diy 84.00 and 85 for a Hat, whea you B PHENIX HAT AND C. ANU! FACTORY, 103 Fulton and get as good « one for $9,507 Go ‘YO MILLINERS., CARL KING, the fame, 3 “Faney ST! iele, called spectators—besides a lawyers, who were all anxious countenances of other demonstrations in and about the Court House, one might be led to suppose some great event was ba to take place, or some new era burst upon the world. As much curiosity always exists in the human heart toknow how a man looks whe has done any 1 or bad, to distinguish him from the rest of his fellow travellers in this “vale of tears,” we will describe as he appeared to us while he stood in the prisoner’s bar duri the indictment. By order of the Ulerk, he was re- quested to hold up his right hand, while thi drawn and carefully worded instrument was clearly | di He did s0, and as he rose, he exhibited a countenance marked by sorrow and in- tense thought. In person he is nearly or quite six feet tall, slender about the waiet, full breasted, and ay nily possessing more than an ordinary share ‘examine for your | deeds, whether mri the reading of made to the shape of | and distinctly read. be sold by the case or dozen ING, 17 Dit street. ‘of all Kinds oF Boaz Goods : IN, No; 12 street, near , Bonnets, which he is selling 7 ss otetines and others are invited to eall nd Pers Ato a He wore a snuff brown colored coat with rounded ht buttons; a double-breasted black handkerchiet and shirt le being very fashi ably made and well fitted to his genteel form. countenance has nothin; and would pass among ing. His forehead is not high, n intellectual developements are fair. The most pe- culiar feature is his mouth. This is unusually large, the corners being much turned down, giving it the ir ef, it not of a worse nose is rather large, and his frame, fi and somewhat muscular in its such aterm. Hiseyes hair light brown. black Gowns te wh before purchasing it peculiarly at crowd as very wel city; our Boo. «. OUNG & J 4 FONG Socar bronbwaye New York. EXTRA EARLY FEAS—The subscribers have re- ceived and offer for sale theirannu fi-ld ued flower Seeds, which viz :-&. Warwick, Cedonulli, ‘Marrow, Tall » ke , ke.; E. pearance, if we ight blue or hazle, le wears no whiskers face or goat beard under his chin; his xion is light, but his countenance is not pal- rather florid and fresh looking for one who has come out of prison. | But for his drees which is of the dandy cut, he might be taken for some mechanic, or even a young farmer, so far as hjs face is concerned h indictmeut was being read to him he held up his head as if his nerves were not easily moved by out- ward circumstances or inward feeli firm and faced the venerable Judges, the sharp-eyed lawyers and the gaping crowd, w:th as much cool- ness and apparent unconcern as any man could der the same circumstances who was gazing upon him with such eager curiosity. Before the indictment was read the process of empanneling the jury was gone through with. The Revcould Ned supply. ofeach assortment of green house 1 of the most delicate and fragrant flow- DUNLAP & THOMSON, 635 Broadway. FRENCH HORTICULTURE. G, MAGNE has the honor to inform the amateurs, sts, and the pubhie iu general, that he oe frank France witha collection of Finnts cad twenty jurors, e ind cause for a challen, vilege to its full extent. One of side him with a paper in his hand jurors summoned, The clerk wou upon the p:ison- Preservation. many more as ni may be obtained, and the plants | ;, flowersexamined. For sale at very counsel stood ing the names of all the and told him when to challenge. call a juror, and say, ‘Ji aid look face each other and the prisoner would ”” another would be call mnged twenty, and accepted twelve jurors.— by the prisoner was sworn to make true answers before he was sworn in chief prisoner on the indictment, and true make between him and the Cemmon- Each juror thus accepted The following are the names of the jurors empan- neled—the foreman being appointed foremen ; Theophilus Burr, Ben- Nathaniel E. Ellio in 8. Magoon, Danie! Parmenter, Joseph Winsor, Jr. Semuel ral, jamin Fl] Loewen ‘William Calvin Haskell, Joh burn. After the jurors were thus empannelled, the in- dictment was read, and the prisoner put upon his trial. Mr. Parker then rose and opened the case to the court and jury in a very able, eloquent and inte- His address is as follows:— THE OPENING ADDRESS TO THE JURY. GewtLemen or THE Juay,—You are now em resting manner. young tone atthe ber, to enter uy ‘most solemn duty—the duty of presentment egainst him, which jis Honorable Court, Commonwealth, in their ity, whether the heavy accusatien be ul and atrocious mui inhabitants of this cit; se the weighty res; iscast on meectioen whether “Alber? Jol before you for ji ent, ity of that crime, Io manner end form as bg ment. Before God and this assembly you have pledged your consciences that yeu will render a true verdict 0: this issue, according to the ev: according to the evidence o: its discovery in the midst 7th of October last ; and ou to decide the NOTIC: DWELLING Hi , who now stands fe 5 Sees Pat regs ge you, tl nly. If rumor by ol press by sny of its ten , for thiaty years - ee stone in ow detey rurrer. For paruica sel aa te ean will” positively sail os osed a Dileane hark foot of Wall . £.K. COLLL New Orleans, J. Nv il ‘a ew AS. E, WOODRUFF, who will aster, will succeed reqular aeen of the West, 1250 tons burthen, II succeed 3 ean: eM Seve oh nad information of his end her history, oud their im- on en him. The piisouer then took « house street in urnished it, and Hanover House in April. He eluded the search of the | officers for some m and spent the summer partly at New Bediord and in travelling with her. It is said that he also at one time a house of ill fame with | her at od ‘On the 29th of September he was | arrested at New Bedford and brought to Boston for trial for the adultery, and was ci itted to the Leverett | street jail, where he remained until he was bailed by | Nathaniel W. Bayley his brother.in-law, on the 2d day | of October. In connection with that date I have a letter under his hand to show you. When he was taken at New Bedford he was living with her, and she was not molested. On the dey he was bailed (2d of October) he went to Mr. Doolittle’s taven in Elm street, and entered his name with his own hand as “Albert De Wolfe,” and he made search for her on that day, but could not find | her. On this or some other occasion he gave a gold tch toa ents, man to | 6th of October he wro' quiring for her. On the 10t! ed his name ir. Doolittle’s. On the is wife, his anda table merchant of Boston, severally wrote to me rs req stay of proceedings under the adultery indictme: edthat the proceedings might be suspended for six months, he paying the costs and ente: into a recogni- zance to keep the nd be of g: behaviour for six months. On of October he came into Court and paid the costs and gave the recognizance. Six days after that day, this bloody and cruel assassination was Bespeteeted. Texpect to prove that atter his ar- rest, after Mrs. sometimes been known to be severely cruel towards her end threatened her life. She remained concesled in an obscure place at the north the 15th of October, when rence’s house in Mount Ve murder was committed. was fore he came to that house; but on aday afternoon, 23d of Oct., being the next day after he entered into the recognizance in Court, she went out, and when she re- turned in the evening he eame home with her, passed the night with ber, and on Wednesday ihe in- troduced him to illa Blood, an 10! He visited Mrs. Bickford at that house e e went to Mr. Joel Law- some day be- , and in her chamber whil ai erds between him and her were overheard, which soon subsided. He went away towards ovening, and came back about 8 o'clock, and went te herchamber, where they remained alone together. At 9 of the clock they were talking together, and at thet out and got some ir, as she seid, for All Lawrence family liv they locked up the house and went to bed. end every person that was in that house that will be before you, except Mary Ann Bickford, who is now mouldering in a premature grave. There were three chambers up stairs. The kk one was occupied by the ew, and Mrs. Bickford—the middle one had a it tbat night; the front champer was occupied by Mr. Patterson and Priscilla Blood. Towards morning @ faint shriek was heard coming from Mrs. Bickfo: room, and afterwards the noise of something falling on to the floor. Soon after this, a person went down stairs, g0 out of the house and unfastening the door, anda neise was beard in the yard,and a groan, or scream of fire. Presently Mr. Patterson and Priscilla Blood saw a blaze coming under their door, and their room filling with smoke. Mr. Patterson opened the window and cried fire. Mrs. Lawrence came from below and found bed clothes -— at the top of the staircase and against the door of ‘riscilla Blood’s chamber, and burning. She wegen to pull them down to extinguish the fire, and in so doing burnt her hand or arm. The wood work of the house was ignited at the top of the stairs and in sev eral other places, and had not the alarm been given, in a very short time the staircase would have been impassabde, and no discovery of any murder or mangled corpse could have been maie, the fire destroying all suspicion ara all proof. But assistance was soon procured, and Mrs. Bickford’s room was entered. The door was found open. It w so full of smoke that nothing at first was discernible. Every one’s attention was absorbed in efforts to extin- uish the fire, which was burning in several places, in e closet, on the bed, and ina trunk of clothes. Some one stumbled over something on the floor near the fire- place. In that fireplace there had been no fire. The substance which caused the stumbling was the blacken- ed corpse of Mary Ann Bickford, her head mear the fireplace nearly cut off from her body, with no a; on but her night-dress, and that much burnt. the fire was e: |, lights re procured, and an examination of remises » Near her jay a razor open, andon the Olver side of the bed, on 7 the floor, a razor cage, A puddle of blood was et the hed of te ghar ear soother paddle a soccer faith nan domed ‘at the side, as if a bleed- ing substance had been drawn over it. On the floor un- derber body was no blood. In the wash-besin was blood and water. A part of the apparel, which I shall prove was the prisoner’s, was found inthe room—his vest, drawers, socks, (cane, &c. In the straw bed was found a cut or rip, and several extinguisned matches which had been ited and ly burot. A pert of the bed clothes of her bed been carried to the head of the stairs, and were burning there. In the misidle un- occupied room, also, the bed clothes were taken from the bed and placed ‘at the head of the stairs, and they were burning. Fire had also been applied in thut middle room, and in that room was found a sock with blood on it. There was blood also on the drawers. ‘'ne razor belonged to ne one who resided in the house, nor did the socks, drawers, vest or cane. In the pocket of the vest was found a key which fitted the prison‘r’s trunk, which had remained at Mr. Doolittle’s. Let usnow pats from this shocking scene ot blood and fire. There is a livery stable in or near Bowdoin square, kept by Mr. Fallam. Before light, or near day break on thet — morning, Mr. rey a his oro ‘were waked up by a personcalling em. son wanted horse, carriage and ‘man totake him out of town. H was known to Mr. Fullam, as he had hired horses of hi: before. That man was Albert J. Tirrell. He told Mi Fullem he wanted to be sent out of town, as he hed got into a serepe about a girl, or some such expression. Mr. Fullam o1 d Oliver Thowpson to harness a horse un- toa ice wages, _ ive — off where he wante: . Oliver Thompson drove the being aided by hls directions on the way, to hie father. in-law’s house in Weymouth, Mr. Noab Tirrell’s house, where the lites wife resides, and there he left him Constables Merrifield and Coolidge searched that house for him that and he could not be found. He was carried toa neighboring town and concealed: the next day he was supplied with money, and left Massa- chusetts. He wandered, like Cain, from place to place, and after some months was found and errested at New Orleans, from which city he has been brought here for trial. Such is the out of the evidenea I intend to produce, which will be much filled up by the testimony of the witnesses who will detail the numerous additional facts within their knowledge, bearing upon the very im- rtant issue youhavetotry, * * * * @ Row and true,and applicable to this aE hel af he avec oe af eB Solomon, describing the acts of the harlot and the young man void of pec nrreeng ogre especially the last six versel H jughter, or as @ fool to the correction of the stocks, till adart strikes through his liver; as @ bird a oth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his : ' j : iH i} it our readers may understand the motive carb one A of the context of the six last verses of pter re ‘ommonwealth, we here give the verses preceding the quotation.) [cuarren vit.) Solomon perruadeth tea sincere end kind famiharity wit h 1. My Son, keep my words and lay up my commend- ments with thee.” - ony le of thine eye. them upon thy fingers, and then upon the table heart. Bey unto vere thou aft my sister, and call un- went the — to her house; 9. In the twilight, in the cvening, in the black and dark ht; ‘And, behold, there met him a woman, with the at- tire of a harlot, and eubtie of heart. 11, (She is loud and stubborn; hor feet abide not in her house; 12. Now is she without, now in the streets, and Heth in wait at every corner.) 13. So she caught him and kissed him, and with an im- pudent fece said unto him, 14, [ have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows: 16. refore came I forth to meet thes, diligently to seek thy face and I have found thee. 16. Lhave pe sagt! Aap sch oth gd tapestry, | with carved works, 17. Thave perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes end | 18. Come let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves: 19, For the good man is not at home, he is gone a long 20. Ho bath akon * of money with him, and will come at . 21. With fot speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of lips she forced him. This atrocious case has not its perellel in New a land. In the case of Jason Fairbanks, executed at ham, for the murder of Betsey Fales, inthe year es neither of the med, nor profi Bagel far” cet of ical hoi general . The case son, indicted in New York a few ago, for the mar- der of Ellen Jewett, in one much more re- sembled this. Arson was there also resorted to to de- stroy the evidence of the murder. I shall now to introduce the evidence, Stet stating to xen, thet: the | defence proceeds upon any hypothesis the crime committed was mauslaughter, and not marder, | will osk the court for leave to cite down some authorities vpon that point at proper stage in the trial. THE TEeTIMORY. The witnesses for the commonwealth were then call- ed and sworn ina body. Janes Paatr, coroner—Held an inquest on the bedy of Masia A. Bickford ; was called from my house about 5 | know that her husband wat went to a house near Charles street, occupied by Joel Lawrence ; the stairs from the lower | soner that he called upon Maria cond floor ; I went into immedistely under deceased stairs ; there was some | ry Lunt, had occupied o'clock, A. M.. door were straight up to the ad of smoke inthe room ; it was about half-past 5 ; saw some- thing lying, covered up with the -place. [A nig it, my brother,Hen- my ary Ann Rice,slept the noise in the yard was a stifled noise, @ perso just escaped from the smoke; iheet on the floor near diagram of the room was here shown.) oke in the closet betore 1 examined the | body ; ladies’ dresses were in the closet, and a music stool ; one of the trunks in the closet was on fire ; some it it out ; [ then saw the body; y on , in an angular position, her bead about a foot anda halt from the grate ; the elbow was bent, and the head incl: large gash was seen on the left side of her neck moving ie body jon turning it uy | sure the noise came from the person who stairs and went out the top of tl fame. ‘a gash was disc , Clear round, laying it open ; letter to New Bedford in- | night clothes were burned off close up to her breast, October he again enter- | leaving a part of her stays and chemise ; her face was | alittle smeared, not burnt much ; the body was badly mother, his father in-law, the Selectmen of Weymouth, || burnt, but not deep ; a little to the right, two feet from ‘a rezor, open and sm blood the grate, which contained a lit rance of having been fire and find her for him. On | ed ber right arm, la: oping he might be reclaimed. | wood Those iatters were exhibited to the Court, whe consent | for some ti ut two feet trom the wall. wi! ; the razorcase lay on the floor ; ‘cept the pillows ; and the under one ‘ain but a sheet was over the bed, je middle of the bed there wasa Jorge spot of blood, and in taking up the mattress the Bickford knew he was bailed, she | blood had run throu; pon the straw bed: He hid herself from him, and was afraid of him. Hehad | wasin Lsigeentacenne about as tthe head of the bed; a wash bow! in the room contained nd of this city until about | water thick with blood; also blood on a gless lam the mantelpiece; in turning up the mattress we yn Avenue, in which the | flake of matches that were partly burned; theclot! th tty much up, and the wood work over the door was burnt through—the closet door; the music stool in the closet was aleo burnt; outside of the room the cai was burnt and the woodwork; in room the fire had acted some; th try had been on fire leading to the room where the body Jay; near the head of the women | found an b been torn from the ea ing was started epe ear; I took out three bo- the remnants of her dress; | took a ring from her fore finger on her left hand, and said it con- i these initials, “A. J.T. to M. .! razor, which wes in the same the marks of blood ead dresses for ladies time in mi heavy fall; pretty soon J heard so door, and then a kind of screech; I can’t | pe: describe the noise; I then saw flames rush under my | door; | was frightened, and commenced to dress myself ; Mr. Lawrence say that Maria was burning to I can’btell the time exactly; she i Jetters—one from Albert De Wolf, who sh bert J. Tirrell. On Thursday I saw prisoner looking at some letters in Maria’s room, and he threatened to make her repent of what she had done. [Witness identifiea veat, noe that Maria asked her how she liked Al- taste for stairs, open the the closet were burnt 6. ry day efter- | w! On Sunday morning, 26th of Octeber, he came ; wa ‘was there, loud and | not pulled entirely out of torn; the other ca: tained on the insi It was a plain gold time she came | uess then bert. The | condition as when found, havin; below, and about 9 of the clock | Gried upon it.) On the table some 'No | were laid; upon atable on the right as you go in the person came into that house afterward that night, | room a vest, cravat, and cane were |: produced to the jury. the pocket wasa bunch of Keys, which witness stated he carried to No. 9 Elm st., they were saidto be the keys of A. J. Tirrell.) 1 ee oa pes cMechapr meaty — to Ti in it, but no person occu; as follows: “Sir, will you tf the trank left at No. 9 by aperson who said ho was Tirrell's brot drawers and a pair of stockings; 0: ‘ings was somewhat burned; both the sto rawers were spotted with blood; the body « end was heard to stumble on the stairs, and was heard to | ceased was three orfourfeet fromthe bow]; the room and 9} feet wide; the razorjwas ht | cles w elvet one, and in to Mr. Lawrence’s hou man who said | wa: leading to the vacant lot was open and Lawrenc aid the trouble w I told thought there w "s order; the order was ase to deliver to m} ® Ya | for ‘Wes about 18 feet lon, pa le wo rea ‘from the ars jerc! in arance of th glowed, the vost, &e Dr. Josern Montanty calle quest to examine the body; | t 11 o’clock, on Monday, t! the chamber; the body was shoulders were lying he fire place; I raised thi I found no other mark or wound up: P' body was burnt; she must have died from this cut; the incision was from oar to ear, and there must have been only one cut, or the second cut must have run into the first; the cut was not to the bone; a person in ht do this at one stroke on her- : there was very little blood under the neck. Cross-ezamined —I did not make aclose anatomical w blood in the wash bowl; I should bed alter this wound; she wou! blood; I have seen cases -of suicide: larynx; after this bad taken place there might have been aur or breath from the lu: I find suicide to be a very common death; never knew person to commit murder on another person with a strength and excited mi not be able from loss of ; this wound was ; from my reading some clothes ; I saw smoke home down Pee hey alent dcbened Seine 04 | now at of Dear Point Teabel 900 men under the comm: ; ‘Det dres j,there 188 Bo ip to open the window, I shou! ve a lem) wo! oot pono = 3, one lamp stood on the phobroriltad for the ce of the —that General Ceneles te ot |. [Witness here described the room, and the | the Salt Lakes, at the junction of the roads which — Jog. Lawagxce, sworn.—Livod in the rear of 76 treet in October last. Have lived there most onse about a year and 9 half nate, 00 the ma there had been one ; ik whenshe came to my house Her bagge; ‘or four times while she was with me; think he came on Sunday, the 26th of October, a little after dinner; he ‘went out about dark, and returned at eight o’clock in the evening. My house was shut upat nine o'clock, and slept in the lower part of house under the chamber where Maria was, and m: ‘wite slept in a room above me in the second story. ria’s room is in the third story. About half past four Monday morning I was awakened by a noise which ap- peared to be some one endeavoring to out of street door. Shortly after my wife i} going out of the front door, enters ak bh what it was. My wi r stairs, and I followed; the bed clothes were all on fire at the head of the stairs, them down stairs, and I threw them into Fi 1 saw; Mr. Bowker the nd went up to Mrs. e closet; the door soner was there then; I }, and my wife was t: next; we then dressed ourselves Bickford’s room, and found fire in pen, think there was a light b tel piece; the room was full of smoke, thing which I afterwards|found was a dead body; think Mr. Bowker threw a sheet over the body. and assisted in putting and waistcoat cravat and drawers. here shown the articles and identified The razor found did not bel I don’t know who it does belong to; at this time my wife, two children, Sarah Blood, Severel persons came out the fre; found a sock Joseph T. Patters: with m: wile, were in the house irs. Bickford; once carried a lette: from Maria to No. 9 Elm street, directed te Albert J. de Wolf, and another to the post office directed I think to a Mr. Jonnson; think I carried the letter before Tirrell ever came tomy house; have heard that Maria has gone by the name of Johnson; I am 65 years old; Maria was quite cheerful while she was at my hi Keep boarders, but do not ent in no bargain as to pay, and said about what company she shoul her by any other name et my house than ford; did not know any thing about her character, but supposed it was not so good as it might be; did notknow there was any improper intimacy between ner and ou can judge as well as I can: o at first; she asked ‘was said about three trunks and to stay a few days; noth board; her baggage consisted of carpet bag; never took more than one letter to Doolit- no one came to see Maria while she was in my except Tirrell; never furmished any liq she went out one evening, 1 think the Saturday vious to her death; the family retired to bed on Sun- y night about the time! did; I @ young woman named Mi that night; don’t know that [ heard any noi heard some one attempting te get out of the d cloth same oo ike od! ee was bui onthe mantel ered; before the Coroner came, my w the body, and do not know if it was A Maria hada watch, or bracelets; never spok Maria never exhibited any uneasiness did not observe that the ear of deceased was torn, but ere found; when called to the Tirrell were con- ribe the noise I heard in stifled scream, and shorily red to by tho learned Attorney of the | Sak at een itness appeared to know very lece in Maria’ room, when |. V™- Pattenson sworn—T be in the front spember I did not feel of saw the ear-rings which jouth on Beatnena Lawannce, sworn—My husbsnd’sname is in Cedar lane, sometimes called lived there eleven years ; about two years; some- f Johnson; she was at my weeks ; she was et m; A October ; no one visited her Ti ; he was in the Court room this moi he sits now— ting to the p: I think ho about 4 o'clock, je bed dressed in silk; she called me to enquire who told me something that Ellen had saw them again at ten minutes ‘Went to bed; the next morn- Joet Lawrence ; live ident, Don Vicente Ramen , and a Vice Pre: dent, Don Pablo Merino, have been elected. e hances of war with New Granada remain about the same. The secretary of the Hacienda of Venezuela, to w the President tion ting on the side of ho slipped down one or two ste; outside door; when nt: formed, and which reform ii tained this session, has procured date from the verious custom heures, wi will be laid before Congress up a rezor from the the razor was shown to witness, and herself Maria Johnson, er known as Cassimer; it wasafter Mr. Lawrence had conveyed a letter to pri- one slept in the room the front door. To the Courl.—I know it was the same person,because no one else was there to make it; the smoke was very thick when I get out of my room, and agreat blaze on e stairs; | never have kept a house of ill y revious to her death in Hancock street; 1 was intro- luced to him on Wednesday in her room; on Sunday af- ternoon I heard some angry words between them, and he ‘king up; | was waked up in the morning by one run down ved some id was Al. it. t nd between three and feur o’clock cr on Thursday afternoon, when they had the quarrel about tho letters; he had the vest on him when she ask- ed me how | liked it; he brought her a new pair of si on Thursday, and no doubt but he known by the name of Ellen Wood; house at the corner of Oak and Ash stre« years ago, when Mar: Greenleaf; J was sick then with the influe! wards saw her in Fruit street Court; wi Lawrence’s she was alone; the last time I ever saw Al- | bert J. Tirrell was on ‘Sunday evening, previous to Ma- ria’s death, until I see him now; never saw him till she d me on Wednesday. isoner kept his eyes fixed upon this witness | bon intense scrutiny, all the time she was in the evening he cut them up; I have id with her that night; | have been was Keeping about three with Mi came to called to see P. Bowxen, sworn.—Lived at corner of Pinckney ts in October last; lam a member of the fire department; about 5 o’clock on Mon- day morning | heard an alarm of fire, and got up; went se, and on’ the way I meta | as the fire was out. The gate entered the entry ver, and the fire re up stairs. He i me not (o go up. Tatarted and he fol: If re rushing out of the closet, and rv water to putitout. | hallooed very loud for water, and after about five minutes Lawrepce’s ‘son brought a bucket of water, which I threw upon the fire, an!sent him for more. There wasa ges strong blaze coming out of the closet. Mr. Hate! then came to my I left the room, and Mr. Hatch accidentally closed the dvor upom himself. I came back soon and liberated him. Lawrence th room, but returned, saying the smoke was so thick he could not stay. He told me where the window was, ond I be tae to go into the opened it. Incoming from the window im. bled over an object which I thought was somebody lying onthe floor; it nearly threw me down; I ran out and got a light,and found a dead body on the floor, with the throat Cut 60 as to expose the bone ; the body had nothing on but a chemise, which was drawn up or the breast; did not feel of the body to see if it was wa: two watchmen came, and the corone: picked up a rezor ; [witness identified a razor as tha one picked up ;] 0 and he took a sheet from the bed, which fell heavily, as though it was saturated with blood; did not notice blood on the floor, as though it came from the wound. Cross-ecamined:—It wes three to five minutes after I heard the alarm before I got to the house; the man I met Ir. ; Pretty soon and one of them I told Lawreni cover up the body, you are too late—the fire is out ;” on with a man in it standing on the corner of id the vacant Jot ; the man I met was ye wagon, and coming from the direction y Lewewnes ;,could not recognize him ; the first per- son | saw was Lawrence, and he said there had been a little fire, but it was all out in the yard; not but | rect. We give them without other confirmation, and our stairs, induced | readers must estimate their proper value. hb he found it—alse the position of the body, which was similar to the testimony of the other w: James F. Funiam, sworn.—Is a stable keeper in Bow- doin square; | wes called up by one of my men, (Oliver Thompson) who saida gentleman wanted to 3 came down stairs, and Mr. Tirrell was there, and he said he had got into trouble; said somebod: room and tried to murder him; said him away or send a man with him; he did not thing about a man or a woman; Tirrell has freq hired horses of me; he left a few minutes and then came back, and Isent a man away with him ina covered ‘wagon; the man came back with the wagon about half t 10; did not ford ride with Tirrell; he hired I it to car- any mitly see a Mr. Britton th have seen Maria paid for teams ther said that that the fore that he said the house was on fire; have known prisoner three or feur months; have seen him seven or eight times in that period with Maria Bickford; think he was very fond of her; he told me that his wife | the object of the Mexican lived in Weymouth. ral: Ci Ouivan THomraon, sworn.—Was in Mr. Fullam’s em- ploy in October last; got up about 5 o'clock; betore I oor heard a rap at the door, and asked who he said a friend; said he wanted’a horse; gave the name of Garrett or Gerald, or some such name; don’t remember; I spoke to Mr. Fullam, and he told me to har- | from the Rio Grande by the advance of the United States ness a horse and drive the gentleman out of town; can- | Army. In this view of the case, no fight is not swear that | have seen the man since; don’t know that prisoner is the man; drove him to Weymouth; he first told me to drive him to South Boston, and then gave me disections which way to go; said he was going to his wife’s fone he got out at a small white house aouth; he told me that he had got it into a scrape, and was going out was a covered wagon, but the sides e occupied the back seat; when we got down because it was joke between 4 and 5 o'clock on the th October, by a noise; could not tell soon heard more noise, and woke my hus- band. We then saw the fire; have seen Albert J. Tir- saw him on Saturday morning, 25th October, owntia the witness, Dut ane. declined ‘sweariog tots wn to the wi I ie ows ider y.] The crossexamination of this witness elici- yt nothing of interest. Ass Haren, sworn—Live in the same block as awakened of the 27th. about the roi lit last; was awakened between 4 and 6 o’clock in the morn- ing by fire coming under the door; 1 opened the aoo! and found a pile of bed clothes it the door on fire ; rolled them up, and then threw them down stairs; then took what things I had in my room and went down stairs; Mrs. Lawrence stood on th stairs below me; did not see y of deccased. 1s ezamined—! rolled the clothes up to pat the fire out ; was not up before Mrs. Lawrence, as she had been up some timo. Francis Menairieiy sworn—Am an officer ; went to day of the murder, with Mr. Geo. L. | eand Thompson ; started about 1 o’clock ; we r Tirrell ; Mr. Coolidge searched the iask\e of the house where he stopped, and I watched outside. Cross ezamined—1 knew that a warrant was — him for adultery, but did not know he w nds peace ; Thompson went ont with us, because he hed take he hed taken out Tirrell. At seven o'clock the court adjourned to 9 o'clock to- orrow. The court room wes crowded throughout the day, and as the trial progresses the excitement seems 10° Arrains tx CentaL Amenica.—From Equador we are happy to oma that after three consecu- Fy 1s of balloting by the Congress, commended the atten! his it its recent , hes or comteded the complete fevision of the (orit at al, He says in substance joc | Executive (or — ment), wi to tod iotormatign res fon of th Congress facts respect to the operation of this law act of '41), which it is ee, desired may is d may be ob- or @ printed report, as may be de- jither in a despatch as tired.” There is 10. doubt but that the government ts of thi RT Cag for this remeins to be seen. We hope for the best. as been the most extreme scarcity of moucy hare, Je consequence of the all discounts ty tightness ©. the three per cen' per , end in Valencia tive pert thoroughly roun!, for & 5 vis, asl io, Bexar, ta io, San Patricio pa Milam.— Galveston Civilian. at the req: felicitous question were listened to with uncommon interest. A preference for peace was zealously aud feelingly avow- ed by the orator, but at the same time he declared en un- + | willingness to yield, one inch of the just ri of his | country in her c ity of the people of Texas have entire confidence in the wisdom ‘and patriotism of G w ot history. Gen. Houston's pul as President of the Republic of Texa: rejection of the'treaty, again led m was opposed to the union of Texas with the United States, and I communicated this belief tosome of my friends in this country and the United States; but being | now satisfied thet his running Ly So ‘was for the pose of facilitating and secompl Jee jincere ertions for anne: American force on the Rio G: N. 0. Jeffersonian. ‘er of despatches ft all come sick of the subject. Granted thet Me: [enn bd ‘no one can allow @ 01 "The fire was set eccidentally b; lantern Pe EA Ts tinguish it himeelf, who 4 he ranto Mr. ‘Any reasonable 1 mount | the fac bat the fames spread tog rapa. fr sera a SS News from Mexico and Texas. On the 28th ult. the Legislature adopted an set providing for the election of members of the election to take place on the 30th Tostant, She se: cond Congressional named counties; [of course ali inthe First District;] viz: Robe: istrict is composed of the following e other counties are Harris, Galvesten, Brazori ‘ort lorado, atveston, March 14th, 1846.—Our distinguished hero and statesman Gen. Sam Houston, recently elected, al- most unanimously, United States Seostor forthe new State, leaves here to-day on the steam packet Alabama via New Orleans, for bington. city. I was present ivered in the city of Heuston it of the citizens onthe llth. He was truly his speech. His remarks onthe 2 jim to Oregon. A large jority ral Houston, and will acquiesce in r course the honor and interests of his cot @ him to fees called upon te adopt. At cei re the negotiations and legislation on our jon to the United States, it was believed by many anne: that Gen. Houston was opposed to the measure. | was of that number, but lam now satisfied that my opinions were erronoous. As you are aware, | was charged as diplomatic egent, with the Gret negotiations on that sub- ject, and | do know that there was not a more zealous ay for the success of the negotiation, in or out of ‘exas, ._— Houston. Zundt, at Washington City, in 1843, to ropose a treatyfor annexing Texas to the United States, hat Gen. Houston was opposed to it, and wrote tomy deceased friend Gov. Gilmerto that effect, and stated to Gov. Henderson that I had thus written. Gov. Hender- son assured me that | had done Gen. Houston injustice; that he could assure me that Gen. Houston was a ous advocate of the treaty and of annexation; whereupen | immedtately corrected my previous representations te Gov. Gilmer. The treaty was made. The action of the ofthe United States upon its ratification is matter policy and diplomacy subsequent to the believe that he ing the great ob- yen si bis wishes and ex- ion, | feel that Lam doing coly a0 act of justice a you and other friends in the Uni ted States, es] y those who, like yourself, have ever warmly defended him, to correct any erroneous opinions against Gen. Houston which I may have, in connexion with others, aided to create to his judice. MEMUCAN NT. San Anronto, March 5.—The Apaches and Camanches have completely raked down the Mexican frontier, car- rying their ravages far into the interior. Loos Em por eoney at this moment, some of the most valuable haci- endes inthe province ya ject, and that he hi ie of Durango. Fae pmwenglhide had resiaed the last five years in Durango brings now itthere are no troops of any onseque! , and that a large portion of the inhal ane will hailwith jo: Gay weet | rinde— espondence » We copy the following catalogue of re} from, and about Mexico, from the Corpses Ci Gazette. As the Gazette says, these reports are mostly founded upon doubtful authority; though the best at hand. Some of them may be wholly true, and others, totally without foundation. They are all, pei at best, greatly colored and ¢: rated from the and imperfect sources through which th.y are derived; and yet thay all probably have some foundation in fact, however slight it may be in most of the cases. How- ever, the Gazette’s reservations are, sufficient without ony, in addition from us:— ‘here are numerous reports which have been brought in from towns on the Rio Grande, within the last four days, for the truth of which we cannot answer—as they are made by Mexicans, some of whom are known to be hostile to the United 8 and Texas. And we are bound to , that in th nce of any official informa- tion on the subject, we are induced to notice rts, ply because Mexicans who are friendly to the of Mexican affairs, believe them to be substantially oor- The substance is as follows:—It is said that there pet ‘tre erecting @ tions: from Matamores and Reinosa to San Patricio en Nueces, about one-third of the distance from the former to the latter place, with about 400 men under his mand. That Col. Saveriego, with 300 men, hed;taken sition onthe Sal Colorado, about midway between f pesca ed Salt irre Roa a comnect- those 18 Crosses the river. t Gen. had been eppointed by Paredes, commander ia ela of the Army of the North, and that he had left San Luis de Potosi, and was expected toarrive on the Rio Grande somewhere about the Ist of March. It is reported thet he is making forced marches, and has under his com- mand from three to four thousand ee: infantry, cavalry and artillery. It is said that Gen. La Vega had left Monterey for Comargo with 2000 men, and was dail: expected at also said he wou! join Gen. C: ‘Salt It is also reported that at time Capt. Hard or opposite Point mmission 'y encam| ores road, two!l from Polat eaba that anales, and Col ries erals “ . Save on this ide the ‘Ric Grande, was simply to form 8 cose. for Long piers with the United States, that they had military occu of the territory the Nueces and the Rio Grande, and that they hed been forced to retreat before, or had been driven west on the Matam It is reported But it is also thought by others, that march of the Generals Ampudie and La Vege indicates a determina- tion in the Mexican government to reinforce the troops on this side of the Grande,with the view Fhe | the advance of the American Army, and thata wil ensue whet ir and wherever the opporing forces meet each other. So far as regards the movements of the Mexi- tela ie to drive as fast as convenient without in- | can troops these are the reports made by traders and e horse; were rolled up; to South Boston | put cold; did not see any one at the house; he went into the | probabil back way; | cannot recollect the name he gave me at the stable; saw no appearance of alarm manifested by the gentleman. . Puatina G. Hatcu, sworn.—Lived in Mount Vernon Avenue in October last, in the same block with pee q of the from what direction the neise came; thought it sounded like a woman being whipped by b a travellers from the towns on the northern frontier. As we have before remarked, we cannot vouch for their rte (G but {we believe in the possibility, and even ity of their being substantially true. Should their trath = falsehood ne Soapemes aor clean paper goes to press, an extra w issued, announce: what we know to be facts. A med of another kind has for the last month been ing sf Tamaulipes, Nuovo Loon, Coahuila, ana ‘portions ‘ama |, Nuevo a ofthe States ‘of Zacateces and San Louis de Potosi, were Vocus f separate preety Ty ucatan, form a se; wi a vernment modelled after that of the Talted States, fe have hitherto refrained; from making any direct allusion to this subject, not because we were of its ex- istence, or of entire plan upon w! it wes to cerry it out, but because we were anxious to com- promise the the individuals who were La gr ‘ested in its success,byjteo precipitate mention of the sub- ject. That such a report was fonnded in fect there never did oxist a doubt. the Northern States have declared their independence or not, we have yet to learn —but if no “untoward event” has occurred to prevent it, or occasion delay, the event has taken place. We not, how but be aware that the presence rals Ampudia, La Vega, and Woll upon the Rio Grande, wwith 6000, tieoper hake posted ake tended movement. Not knowing wi mey heve in produced by the presence of this force, we have cation to the “Proclamation,” and the “ bee: thought it just toward all parties to sefrein from publteation in Onder which acéompanied it, uatil the next errival from the | frontier. The best ible evidence of the existence of these documents is te be found in the fact, that we have & printed copy of them In our possension.— Galveston Or vilian, 14th inet. (From the New Orleans Picaynne, March 17.) We learn verbal; & Mexioan who wes ir. Schatzell at Matamoras, to Gen. Taylor at Corpus Christi, had been shot by the authorities at the former place, on bis return. It is also said that 6, 000 Mexican troops are there. thrown bik jouall, ‘at his heels out of the Way at hast ——$———— Gen. Hovston mm New Onugans. i H & i: i H | Z| ff H j u fs | $3 5 see iB oe i j E i : M . wise