The New York Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1854, Page 3

4 Our Boston Bosrow, May 27, 1854. ‘A Livy Week—Arrest of an Alleged Pugitwe— Trial for Murder—Conviction of the Prisoner— Democratic Oficial Action on the Nebraska Bit— Free Soil State Convention—Anniversary Week— ‘The Vacant Senatorship—Mr. Choate, Mr. Wine throp, Mr. Lord, Mr. Grinnel—The Eclipso— Death of Luke West—The Burns Affair—Mw tiny, Riot, and Bloodshed— Water for Worcester + We have had quite an exciting week. What with mobs, a trial for murder, hopes and expectations about the eclipse itself, military parades of Boston Y' oompanies and New York musicians, the arrest and examination of a fugitive slave, the Nebraska triv umph, and“ things generally,” we have been in no danger of spoiling for want of something to talk about and keep us excited. Thanks to fortune for the same, for anything is better than stupidity and | stagnation, though all the details are not agreeable. Mr. Clifford commenced the renewal of his labors | as Attorney-General on Wednesday, with the trial of James Wilson, charged withthe murder of Wil- Tiam Adams, on the 19th of July last. Wilson ani Adams were both convicts in the’State prison at Charlestown, and served in the same division. Wil- ~ gon's term was out on the day of the murder, which ‘was committed between four and five o’clock in the morning; the deed was done atonce, by a blow from @ case knife, sharpened to a point, which out through the external carotid artery and the jugular * vein, and entered the wimipipe; thereby causing al- most instant death. The prisoner entered the plea of “not guilty” when first arrainged, but on Wed- nesday, and after the District-Attorney (Mr. San- ger) had commenced opening the case, he inter- rupted proceedings by expressing a wish nct to put the court to further trouble, and expressed a desire “guilty.” id be haa, wa friands, bs oa Seg Risen that he would be Saaved to say something to the British Consul and tothe jury, which, however, he should prefer say ing at the jail, where he ho bed to see them, rathe tnan in court. In course of the conversation that ensued, he declared that he knewhe had been bra into court before, but had no recollection of B ger The government proved the act of kil riton any difficulty, and there closed its case, the court refusing to entertain Wilson’s plea ef guilty. Mr. Clifford stated that he reserved the Pl of putting in evilence as to the legal ca: ‘ity of the prisoner to commit the act, as rebut- g “evidence, in case it should be considered ne- cessary. Mr. Sears opened the case.for the prise- ner, arguing that he was laboring under intellectual monomania, which led him to the belief that the act he was about to commit was not &@ criminal one, The evidence adduced was strong in support of this line of defence; but in spite of Mr. and Mr. Medwin (senior counsel,) and the evidence, the jury found a verdict of Gailey. This verdict has excited some surprise. Mr. Clifford made avery strong ary ent in closing, for the rnment. It may be doubted if Wilson will be ed, becausé there must be some doubt on the tind of the executive as to his guilt. But what should be done with him it would be hard to say, for to send him back to the State prison would be, if his intellects are disordered, only to give him 4 Men nities to shed more blood. t the man is in his right mind, cannot, I should think, be supposed by any one who read the evidence, or who saw his con- } duct while on trial. The democratic ward, town, and county com- mittees for Suffolk county and ‘the city of Boston, - ata meeting held on Tuesday evenin, assed, ne resolves in favor of the Nebraska bill. The vote stood 43 to8. This was an important movement, but I cannot agree with those who attribute to it the pi e of the Nebraska bill through the House. The fact that the bili was sages Aislecioel the resolves rather makes against that ; and the other fact, namely, that the resolves never would have been heard of {f the bill had been lost, may be as in the nature ofaclincher. The admin- stration will, no doubt, be pleased at such proofs of additional support that it is about to ‘receive; | for you must know that the committee (I beg their lon, the committees) speak for others as well as for themselves, as you shall see. Last Mon- day we hai an election to fill a vacancy in the Board of Aldermen, and the democratic , Vote amounted, actually, to two hundred and sixty- * one (261.) Last November, when all the Catholic democrats had been bought (and sold) by the whigs, ‘and all the ram democrate voted for Dr. Wales, ‘tl Boston “democracy, nevertheless, cast 2,455 votes for Judge Bishop, so that the loss since then has onl; been 2,194. Including hunkers, abolitionists, an whigs, there may bea thousand Nebraska men in Suffolk gee the rest of the State. Some whigs, if the question were directly before the people, might vote for it, from their desire to injure the democrats, and more abolitionists might do same, from the belief that it affords material for “ ion." Of such demo- crates aa really favor the measure now, I do not’ believe that there are ten who would have brought it forward of their own motion. Those who mow uphold it do so from attachment to their pty, which they consider identified with the wl and perhaps three thousand more in | put himself in'a position that shall subject him toa ‘sexpoce himself great danger, when there ia bat uger, wi re smi ‘chance of his exposure leading to any to his party. pbc rr tewery Meni mae should find it exceedingly difficult to leave his im- mense legal business to attend to that of politics; and his health is not exactly such as would belikely to be benefitted by a residence at Washi n, the climate of which place I take to be, about the most detestable that can be found on earth or elsewhere. Mr. Winthrop is spoken of by some of his friends as having retired from politics, and as if he was de- voted to literary pursuits. The thing that I have heard is eas Lord is to have the appoint- ment, sure. We shall eee. The eclipse was a failure in most places in this of the country. It was partially seen here, ut not for any length of time, when at its height. Two seconds were not much time to see the ring. People were much disappointed. Smoked glass was quoted low throughout the day, and rates were jst nominal. oak ‘West, one of the Campbell Minstrels, died Jast evening at about 4 o'clock, at the Adams House. He was attacked with inflammation of the bowels on Monday last, and survived but three days. He was in his bg ge year. His death will cause deep regret to his many friends throughout the country. Past refer you to the papers and tel phic despatches for accounts of what has taken’place in the Burnscase. It is not possible to speak of such @ matter in a paragraph without eying some ground for misrepresentation. The of last night— the meeting at Faneuil Hall, the riot, and the death of Batchelder—settled the matter, I think. Had the friends of Burns been quiet, they might have rescued him with comparative ease, as was done in Shadrach’s case. The action that took place spoiled Gur Albany Correspondence. “ ALBayy, May 27, 1854, Difficulties in Relation to the Susquehanna and , Northern Railroads — Probable Suspension of Work on the Former,and a Prospect of Better Times for the Latter—The Boston Road—Its im- ‘mense Patronage, §c. Judge Willard has decided that the subscribers to the stock of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad are legally bound to furnish instalments, as called for by the directors; accordingly a notice appears in print, calling upon stockholders whose second and third calis on stock remain unpaid, to “walk up to the treasurer’s office and settle” forthwith. Means will be immediately taken to compel the‘ob- stinate and refractory to comply with the original terms of their contract withthe company. This de- cision of the Judge has induced the enemies of the road to enter upon other measures to prevent its con- struction, If the directors cannot be prevailed upon to arrest the work, then the credit of the stock is to be destroyed. The origins] contractors agreed to take certain securities of the company, as the work pro- gressed, as part payment. These were expected to be tranéferred into available funds, to meet the wants of the sub-contractors. Now, if those secu- rities, by any hue and cry, can be depreciated ma- terially, then they will remain inthe hands of the original contractors; consequently, the sub-con- tractors will be compelled to abandon. their work. It is very easy to create distrust on account of any railroad yet in embryo, especially if the croakers any plan that.cooler heads may have tormed for a rescue. There is great feeling here. The idea pre- vails that the artest of Durns grew out of a deter. mination to test the cours eg Sg pepe all who said, at their Faneuil Hall mndsting it wiuter, thatno more fagitives could be here. Had ‘ebra-Ka question never come up, Barns ht ety been anid; examined, and eR to At asia without causing any excitement. The people of Worcester are to vote, to-day, on the ae bebe or Sigeecrd at a an a0 “ passed by the gialgfare, ita session, autho rizing tian, to e measures for supplying their city with pure water. Though the is not all posed to be sufficient in that was desired, heat rag igs @ commencement e its provisions to warran’ work, and future Legislatures can grant such addi- tional powersas may be found for its 3. Whereas it was passed by only nine majo- rity in a House that contains eighty democratic ma- jority, and by the aid of more than a dozen whig votes. Even that majority is something more than been as. deliberately purchased suspected of havi asever be od Men or bought the votes of mem- bers of the British House of Commions in support of measures. It was voted to send copies of the resolves to each of our members of he ops Of what particular interest ‘he action of Sui committees—almost as noumerous'as the constituency in whose~behalf the: fess tor apeak—can be to the members nt- g the Beanstable, the Berkshire and the Worces- ter districts, and others more or less remote, it would be hi \rd tosay. The recipients of the copies of the res %lves will probably read them, smile. at them, aiid then serve them as Lord Sand- wich served the copy of the circular letter that he receiv ed fram Mr. Eden, on the occasion of the latter ge utleman ratting from his political friends, his rea sons for doing which he set forth in @ circular ad iressed to each of their number. Whether our m ‘mbers voted properly or not, it will not be denied by ‘any one acquainted with public sen- timent in Massac ‘Lusetts, that they fait ara sented their const ir big vole roportion of almost forty-nine to one. ber ‘Mr. Banks will ona ), Bt, ‘ort severe answer to this specimen of Bosto 2 impertinence. Such a docu- Ment would do him , wuch good in his district. The free soilers ha ve changed the place of their Imase convention me ‘tings from Worcester to Bos- ton. It will be anot, Yer item, and, perbaps, the most formidable of all in the grand total of our an- niversary week, wi % will commence on Monday next, and bi. is fair to be a time of uncominonly great inter \t to the moral, the sae ons, the philanthropic, ‘ad the agitating world. re is to be an antimite damount of talking, and eating to correspond. Arra tgeiments have been made ~ for numerous speeches, an. {for many more dinners. There ia to be the Universal, ‘#t Festival and the Uni- tarian Festival, and the ( Sean eee Festival, and the collection at the Methodist Sabbat School celebration, and the coc ‘ks and caterers only know how many more gatherin, ¥ at the table. The Pour classea Wave always been renowned for the niceness of their palates and the Capacity of their stcmachs. ‘The cook of the-ho, spitable Gains, in Bunyanis immortal work, was i Yamed Taste-that- Which-i:-good, and he might make his fortune by re- suming business, and providing for people who go on pilgrimage after a much more a Yeeable fashion =r fed in the days of Chris: lan and Great- The vacant Senatorship has been . the cause of a “great deal of conversation, and people bave amused emvelves by speculating on the que. ion of Gov. Washburn’s choice of a successor to Mr. Everett. Some assigned the place to Mr. Choa, %, others to Mr. Winthrop, while a third class gay ’e it to Mr. Ashmun, and yet a fourth to another We Btern gen- Meman, name not specified. As soon x 8 it was known, officially, that Mr. Clifford had been @ppoint- | ed Attorney-General, Mr. Lord was named for -1¢ Senatorship ; and the chances of Mr. Grinne VJ, wha | alco tad ween spoken of, were thought to ' have fallen almost to the freezing joint; for it wi 6 ar- his Excellency would harily appoint two men high offices, how able soever and deservi they might be, from the same town; but others said t wey were not so eure of that, the Governor being & gentleman of independent mind, and exceeding ly apt to do what reemed right, without any particnla © | regard to consequences or considerations. Beside, Would it not be returning the compliment to New Bedford, seeing that Gov, Clifford had made Sa- reme Justices of two gentlemen of Worcester, Gov. a-hburn’s wn? Additional interest was given .. to these speculations by the announcement, in a morning paper likely to be wel! informed of the in- tentions of both gentlemen, that neither Me. Choate nor Mr. Winthrop would accept the appoin feme said that this was because they beli the Legislature will never elect the maa be appointed by the Governor, and that M throp, at least, had had quite enoagh of Senatorial appointments; but there did not seem to be much in such a view af the case, unless, indeed, the keutlemen believed, as indeed do most others, that the whigs are not likely to have a majority in the next Legislature, parties having got into such eon- -fusion thas it would take a man with the prescience an oracle fo say which one is likely to come up- Pemost, if any one can. It can haraly be charged against fo no matter how high his position, ghat he is id at this time, and not disposed to a h n h © ec | band, livin , Wwance of their journey. Sine » ‘eman has not seen ‘nor heard of him. ™ was d, “Overed by a farmer, wh farmer ot vys, about 10 anu‘ J2 years of the j completion. Worcester needs water, as in some parts of the city none of a good quality can pa gs is not eettled whence the water will be obtained in that event. Two places are prominertly named. be of these is Tatnic brook, which is described by ley several miles in length, and as being fed by nu- merous small tributaries and springs from the hills .that line the valley. It has various ’other recom- place is Henshaw Pond, in Leicester. This sheet of water covers forty-one acres, and can be increased to one hundred and one acres by sixty acres rage depth of ten feet, which can be mncreased ten or fifteen feet by constructing a dam of the length of fifteen rods. living streams run into it, and Srnich, however, fail in very dry seasons. The quantity of water in this Feria its ordinary elevation is shown to be 128,- the cont mn of adam, and increaseed to 414,- 125,000 Lye by flowing the sixty acres of mea- dow land. Should Henshaw pond ‘be selected, it the depth of forty or fifty feet, or to make a tunnel through the hill a distance of fifteen or twenty rods. The probable cost of the enterprise I do not find rapidly growing place, and well able to purchase good water at even a very high figure. ‘Avaowa. Our Connecticut Correspondence. Politics in Conmecticut—Shipping of New London—Waigr- ing Places, dc. On the principle that you have correspondents you have no recognized correspondent here. For | the;purpose, then, of locating our city onthe map of modern history, am induced to write this off-hand Pelitically, New London is destined to be ‘‘some” infuture history, ashaving in the year 1854 con- tained beings who were patriotic enough to bang a support the constitution of the United States and respect his own conscience as a statesman in the councils of the Union. Yes, an image | in the night season, by some miserable things, who dared not show their faces—if they had any—in the day time. Senator Toucey’s course on him the respect and confidence of all true-hearted democrats, who care more for the prosperity of the Union than for propagating abolitionism; and now doubtedly be concurred in by the Senate, the ex- citement mt upon its agitation, by such fanatics as Greeley & Co., will soon subside, and the abolitionism and its compeer, whiggery, are ed, the eonstitution is wi et Oey inion . safe. | _ Aside from politics, New London is a great port in the whale fishery; and, moreover, ing a great watering place. Time was when Newport ‘was the it of pilgrimage for the modern Mecca at which the fashionable world must needs devote their summer months; but the Koran has been reprinted, the order of things reversed, and perform their pilgrimage to New London and the ‘equot House. And let me here say, for the benefit of such of your readers as are soon to embark for healthful, isto be found in all New England than is the Pequot property at the mouth of this harbor, ae no better or more commodious house than the ru { within five hours ride of New York or Boston; and | although it has been built but two or three al- ready stands high with the public asa Sak cha is supposed that the act will be accepted, ladium as a stream running Apa @ val- mendations as a source of supply. The other of meadow-land connected with it. of an aye- it has some lesser fa@alers, , which would be doubled at least by would be necessary to excavate a ridge of earth to mentioned; but Worcester is a most flourishing and New Lonpon, May 24, 1854, “everywhere,” we should be no where, for I believe j correspondence for the columns of the Heraup. Connecticut Senator in effigy for having dared to labelled “Senator Toucey,” was hung up the Nebraska question has been such as will ensur. | that the bill has passed the House, and will un- le awake to a realization of the fact that though | for foreign shi ing, having near sixty ships en- ale fishery; a er, its fast greet pois votaries of pleasure, health, or recreation, and the the searchers after health and enjoyment now only the watering places, that no finer location, or more ot is to be found along our whole coast. It is watering place. / seach atten | PENNSYLVANIA Fpee Sort, Stare ConvENTION.— | The following are the resolutions passed by the Free | Soil State Convention of Pennsylvania, held at Pitts- _ burg, on the 25th inst.:— Resolved, That hefeafter we will not be content | with resisting the aggressions of the slave power, whenever we fight to dieadvantage, but will “ carry the war into Africa” itself ; and will not cease our | strugglanntil we have excluded slavery from all the , Territories, abolished it in the District of Columbia, rohibited the sale of human beings tor the debts of _ their alleged masters, under federal process, re- pealed the fugitive slave law, divorced the national government from all support of slavery, and used all | constitutional power to drive the iniquitous system from our country. Resolved, That the prohibition of slavery nortlkof 36 deg. 30 min. was part of a compromise which never should have been made—but that compromise having been made, and the part of it favorable to slavery having been substantially executed, it is as diegracefal to the slave interest to demand the re- ‘al of the part favorable to freedom, as it is to orthern dough faces to yicld to the demand, and as it will be to all Northern freemen if they acquiesce in its repesl. Resolved, That the eleven Pennsylvania allies of slavery in Congress, who have misrepresented the State, and sought to dishonor their constituents by the repeal of the Missouri prohibition of slavery, ought tu receive the hearty contempt ‘of all trie Americans who believe the Declaration of Indepen- dence was adopted in good faith, and not as a rhetorical flourish ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to nee our utmost exertions to Ping about union and harmony amongst true men of all parties for the defeat of all such men. Unper-GroundD Rat~roap Operations iy Mrs eourr,——The St. Louis Intelligencer of the 24th inst. says :—A negro woman and her two children were brought beck to St. Louis on the 23d inst., who had made their escape under the following circam- stances : They were decoyed away on Sanday night by a suspicious character, who indaced the woman to believe that he was commissioned by her hus- , near Chicago, to assist her to eseape. The scoundrel, with the woman and her children passed over into Llincis at one of the upper ferries, and secreting her in the woods, he lett as he said, to procure a car: € his di happen to be men of ene and determi- nation, As things now stand, there is mach reason to fear that the people tiving on the line of the road between Binghamton and this city, and thoze in the southern section of this city, will not very soon witness the completion of the Susquehanna railroad, notwithstanding a devision m made that subscribers to the stock are lia- blefor payment. The struggle is quite animated between the parties, but the contest will be decided in the course of a few weeks. The Northern road is not yet to be sold, as anti- cipated a few days since. e second bond holders have been induced to postpone further action for a few days. A resolution ye been ap aa by the Common Council. of this ity pagans tenet road the credit of the city to the amount of hundred thousand dollars. This sum, it is said, will be sufll- cient to pay interest due on the second mortgage, and have a sufficient surplus to discharge pressing liabilities. It is high time that matters ‘were arranged go as to place the running equipments of the road in a condition to the summer tra- vel, which is already beginning to flow northward- ly, to the Springs, to Vermont and Canada. # ‘The freight business on the Albany and Boston road is now so immense, that with and power of the company, they are unable to transport with promptness more than one half the amount daily offered them. Complaints are made by Western merchants of the in the receipt of their gSoda from Boston, merchants are equally restive’ because they can- not transmit flour and other produce to their Eastern customers with is needed. The Board of Trade. of this city, in- stituted a committee to ascertain whether facilities cannot be afforded. A conference was had with the President of the road, Mr. Chapin, and the Superintendent, Mr. Gray, from whence informa- tion was received that tl Somapeny. were using every exertion for transporting freight, that about a dozen new locomotives and several hundred cara were in course of construction, to be placed on the track with all convenience. Inde2d, the President stated that every available mechanic in New Eng- land was now employed in Paid Degas cars and engines. The committee were informed’ that a double track is in the course of construction, and hopes are entertained that in less than twelve months it will be completed through from Boston to Albany. The great increasing trade between the East and West Seated it Ll eae pr for bie com> pany to enlarge powers, and increase its ener- Ties for the accommodation of the immense patron- age which it is destined ultimately to receive. A competition may arise in time, if Hosack moun- tains are ever tunnelled, but business will 60 largely increase as to afford ample employment for all Failroad and water facilities between this city | still another evidence of the importance of the posi: | and Boston. Our Virginia Correspondence, Norrork, May 24, 1854. A Puff for Norfolk—Internal Improvements—Railroad Conventions—The Know-Nothings, &c., £0. Those who are not aware of the rapidity of the growth of this city, will W® surprised to learn that she is rising like the Phoenix from her ashes, and ere long will be looked upon with pride and admiration. It is a source of much satisfaction to me to gee the old. city that has been lying dor- mant, now shooting forth its energy, to nip in the- bud the lethargy that has held her so tight, and has almost, in consequence of the slothful disposi- tion of her people, nearly destroyed her ambition and devastated her influence. But that worst of all obstacles to greatness, non-enterprise, has at last been thwarted, and Norfolk, with its unparalleled advantages, will accomplish wonders to be inscribed on the pages of history, as a beautiful and brilliant example. She, in a few years, will unquestionably be the emporium of the South; and then whatgreat results will accrue to those who have been instrumental in placing this city on a basis replete with honor and dignity, consummated by the timely stretching forth of the hand of energy and perseverence! The situ- ation of this city certainly renders it an object of envy; its proximity to the ocean, the rapidity of ac- cess to every part of the world, are evidence of its imposing and beautiful position. The fruitful re- sources which she is in sion of, her on an eminence not to be disregarded by cities of larger proportions, and in view of her greatness in per- spective, wire ajl the energy she is capable of potting tort , to be Pimerine toa rasp a secure her a lasting and permanent fame. ‘his city has a daily communication with all the principal cities of thé North, and the benefits derived. from such a communication are obvious to every one who will take the trouble to look out and spy the extensive traffic between them. May it continue to improve, to bin: together by a cpt link the cities that had oc sioned such vast and profitable Its to each other. New York is in reality the metropolis of the North, at eee! in perspective, the metropolis of tlie uth. In my perambulations, I notice many beautiful and extensive improvements, which give indubita- ble evidence of its progressive march. . Manufact»- ries of various kinds have lately sprang up, which no doubt will prove excessively lucrative to our en- Shen capitalists. The Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad is being pushed on with vigor, and when completed, will put us in possesion of advantages which few cities can boast of. The spirit evinced in this lofty work is characteristic of a generous and confiding public. ‘This road will bring us in direct communication with the cities of the Far West; and this city being the natural terminus of ail roads with which it is connected, results of @ grand and healthy nature will inevitably necrae. Norfolk heretofore, through the agency ot soctional hostility, has had a great deal to contend with, and it is much to be lamented that this prejudice exists tosome extent now; but the formi able position she now occupies bids Ceflance to their futile opposition, which is no more than a drop in the bucket. So all sis- ter cities of this good old commonwealth bad hetter give up the .errqnedus effort to crush coat es rie themselves in a.line to view the long strides of a once oppressed. people, breakin from their fettets to place themeelioe on an em nence redolent with fame and beautiful to behold. An internal improvement convention is to be held here next fall. A large meeting of the citizens con- vened Jast night to make preparations for the oov.- sion. This convention was suggested by some in- fiuential gentlemen of the interior of this State—a Wise suggestion, Those gentlemen having cleared the film irom their eyes, now see the necessity of aye’ itnesty J the premises, committee of twentydive is to be appointed by the Mayor of this city to attond a convention to bp | held in your city shortly, in xegard to the New York | ay ot air line railroad. This road will be an advant ‘to your city, as it will divert the trade to Balter and Phila ipl ia to your city direct, making it an easy and rapid treneportation for freight and passengers. This en- terprise meets with general approval here, as it car | | | | tion of Old Norfolk. The kuow-nothings, it seems, are rapidly in- | Mnod concealed ali Sunday nigh Mo %day, but was induced by niger to leave hidi. "8 Place and etart up the river on the roa Altor. 10" Monday evening. About 10 miles wp ho, oti ve, brought her hack to the city. rec ea 'Y Louis Remudbtican of the 34 says :—A | Illinois yesterday arrested two negro men who y, ‘ere making off toward alton with two Javes. Th ‘Y had croseed the river ina ski, and nod travellea “bout six miles from the city when aught. The farmer ig all four to this ity. The U ‘uderground lroad agents were laced in the ca Wboose for safe keeping, and the age, were taken to | | and p. T | inevml | to be exercired. creasing here. The contagion seems to be almost univ end it is whispered about that the present new te in office who are Roman Catholics are | foreigners and are to be slayed, and a literal de- | struction of Roman Catholic pretentions to office is s This order meets regulasly on | Thurecay and Saturday evenings; and f this wonderful and homogeneons | ubt annibilate all aspirants to office | nected with it. Anexciting sceno Will be enacied at the next municipal eleotion, which takes "gakny the 24th of May, in conse- quence of this unprecedented organization, which | Will astonish the alien and Roman Catholic portion of our community. From authentic sources | under- | etand they number nearly a thousand; and the fre- | quent mectings of the order warrant the belief’| Tues accur mass will no ¢ who are not that despatch which |. a. |f | usual. | leave their villages for another coan | thither ; but, like 1 00 that they are steadily augmenting in numbers: pies strong army for a population somewhat This know-nothing fraternity will no doubt ex- | ercise great influence in the co contest; and it remains for the will-be decapitated unfortanates to Lr oe teemsclves for an absolute defeat, for sach, the sigus of the times, will be the conse- quence, IMPROVEMENT. . ‘The Vote on the Nebraska Bill in the Senate. {From the Washington Sentinel, May 27.] ‘Yeas.—Northern democrats—Messrs. Brodhead, of Pennsylvania; Cass, of Michigan; Douglas, of | Iilinois; Gwin, of California; Jones, of Iowa; | Norris, of New Hampshiie; Pettit, of Indiana; | Shields, of Ulinois; Stuart, of Michigan; Thompson, | of New sores Toucey, of Connecticut; Weller, of California; Williams, of New Hampehire; Wright, | of New Jersey.. rv Southern democrats—Messrs. Atchison, of Mis- aouri; Brown, of Mississippi; Butler, of South Carolin ; Clay, of Alabama; Fitzpatrick, of Alabama; Hunter, of Virginia; Johnson, of kansas; ‘ Mallory of Florida; ‘aason, of Vir- inia; Rusk, of Texas; Sebastian, of Ar- ansas; Slidell, of Louisiana. Northern whigs. oo Southern whigs—Messrs. Badger of North Caro- lina; Benjamin, of Louisiana; Dawson, of Georgia; Jones, of Tennessee; Morton, of Florida; Pearce, of Maryland; Pratt, of Mary- land; Toombs, of Georgia; Thompson, of Kentucky...... MCL EMVSR Hee eeet Or verse (Oe | TOD sas veccnesrerrrecnsverenrroensoeneecs . 35 ABSENT AND FOR THE BILL. Northern democrais—Messrs. Bright, of In- diana; Dodge, of Jowa. Northern whigs....... Southern whigs—Messrs. Dixon, of Kentucky Geyer, of Missouri...............eeeeeee 2 Southern democrate—Messrs. Adams, of »; Bayard, of Delaware; Evans, of South Carolina, 7 Total for the Dill...........eeeeeeee eens 42 Nays.—Northern democrats—Messrs. Allen, of Rhode Island, Hamlin, of Maine; James, of Rhode Island; Walker, of Wisconsin we 4 Southern democrats. 00 Northern whige—Messrs. Fish, of New York; Loy Maine; Seward, of New York; Wade, . of io. Southern bl nk ati Bell, of Tennessee; Clayton, of Delaware... .......6 ss. s se eeeees soilers—Messrs. Chase, of Ohio; Gillette, of Connecticut; Sumner, of Massachusetts. . . Total... 13 Northern democrate—Mr. Dodge of Wisconsin 1 Southern democrate—Mr. Houston, of Texas.. 1 Northern whige—Messrs. Cooper, of Pennsyl- vania; Everett, of Massachusetts; Fessen- den, of Maine Southern whigs. : Total against the bill 18 For the bill. 42 Against it, . 18 ‘The Election of Grand Sachem, ROW AT THE TAMMANY COMMITTEE ROOM [From the Evening Post (Van Buren-abolition organ), May 27-] E The members of the Tammany Society last even- ing held their annual election of Grand Sachem, to succeed the present incumbent, Isaac V. Fowler, the postmaster, whose term of office has expired, and who, by the constitution, is not re-eli piles The candidates in nomination were Wilson ll, Blijah F. Purdy, Daniel KE. Delavan, and Jesse West. Upon the first ballot the vote stood—Purdy 8, Small 1, Delavan 1, Weet 1. A motion to postpone the election indefinitely was made and lost, and a new ballot taken with the following result:—Purdy 9, Delavan 1, Small 1. Mr. Purdy was, therefore, declared elected. No farther business was transacted. According to immemorial usage the successful candidate ordered the usual refreshments to the committee room after the journment, with the meritorious intention of making the society, and especially the diespociiied candidates and their friends, feel as comfortable as possible. We are sorry, however, to say, that the “ old war horse’s” wine.seemed to produce precisely the con- trary result with at least two of the society. In the couree of Mr. Delavan’s response to a toast, he re- marked insubstance, that he was, and always had been, as warm a friend of Mr. Fowler as anybody else, and a better friend than many who pretended rénson to i a great deal more. ir. J. Brown, Heute ann sion was here made to himself, asked if Mr. Delavaa meant toreferto him? Mr. Delavan, we under- |. stand, did not notice the question then; but when he finished his speech he went over and asked Brown what he meant by intcrrupting him. Brown stated His reasons in such a: way as to provoke Mr. Delavan to give him the lie. An issue was prompt); made up between them as to their veracity, vat resulted in Brown’s striking Delavan, ,and being struck by him several times; Delavan, being much the larger and stronger man, Brown was the princi- msi) rer, This was the closing scene of the estival, ore an allu- 4 Another Letter by the Train Mail. {from the Cleveland Herald, May 25.) Eaoue River, May 1, 1954. The Lake has been clear of ice a week, and boats are expected every hour. In the woods there is yet remaining about a foot of snow, but in open grounds it has gone, and afew weak, yellowish green samples of vegetation are one through the dry leaves. The forest that for so Seg months has been without the presence of living things, echoes to the voices of birds. During five months that the ground was mantled in deep snows no signs of life broke in upon the solitude of nature over this broad expanse of winter, except an red squirrel or a pheasant. Even the bear had retired to some old tree top or hollow log, to live, as it is said, upon his own re- sources, by sucking his paws. What a pity the hu- man race could not in themselves thus! The bear has now resumed his wanderings to the great | apprehension of Cornishmen and pigs. The truth is, | heis hungry. Robin-red-breast has also come up from bis winter below, and now enlivens the shores of Lake Superior with the song he has played on the Gulf of Mexico, been without rains, and the spring, The winter has thus far, without storms, Along shore the winrows of grounded ice that were piled up last fall by the November tempests, have nearly all disappeared. They now present long lines that look ihe sand ridges, owing to the mixture of ‘sand with the ice. he wave again breaks on Ahe shore, after having been held in check by ® surface of ive for five months, and the monotonous roar of its diminishing ripples as they are exhausted on the beach, again dwelJs upon the ear, like the voice of a returning orate Pahsbells no} jingle al Sleigh-bells no longer jingle along the ronds—in fact, the mud is so = and the roots and stimps 80 ae communication. generally is next to im- | possible. But the sun is powerful, pouring directly down from the zenith, ‘being pe wel a J to its northern Jimit, in the snmmer golst in this lake the ice is drifted to the West end, and not to the East as it is in Lake Erie. Twoy ince, veeeels could not reach Fond du Lac until the | 12th of June, on account of easterly winds that held | ihe ice there in large flelds. The emigration to that part of the lake is likely to | t ‘ge this season. Parties have alveary lett liere atregion on foot, through the woods to the | ources of that paxt of the lake for farming are- letter thon this, and there is a fair show for mineral | wealth. | On the North shore, from Fond du Lac to our beundary at Pigeon river, the Indians étill own the ccantry back to the British line. It is the same from the falls of St. Louis river West to the Mississippi. But Indians ave feeble opponents to the advance of whije men who take a tancy to their country. The Indians are ready to eell, but want a large rice. There is no difficulty in buying their claims ut after they are bought, to get ‘them oif is a ve rons matter. These fellows understand finesse an trickery far better than we do. Aiter the bargain is concluded, and a heavy pay- | ment made, @ thousand subjects of misunderstand. | ing present themselves. They don’t want their rico lakes disturbed and flooded by the lumbermen who are the first people on the ground after an Indian treaty. They did not think the government would really need the land, but expected to hané th | Their young men and squaws don’t li ry. hi to which they are to go don’t suit therm, Pod y if whirkey is too-far off, or entirely wanting. They. finally reluctantly consent to go, and the gover ment pays 15 to 20 dollars a head to transport them young kittens, no matter how fur let loose back they come. Avaona Bonzacis. they are carried, i Ravurr Uravy Damagrs—At the recent teria ot the Cireuit Court at Noblesville, Ind., the vase of Blair ve. MeVez, for trim. con., was tricg, Th found a verdict, upon which judgiaént was rendei- , Seely the oo wei sage ag one ny oy Ma | dollars, is to be to the Supreme Court, opandedes ." | copy the following | Mr. Fannin by M. J. n On, i or to be first on the ground. | told him he would pay him all he owed lrim at fo If the railrod projects now before Congress suc- | 0 clock next day. In the meantime, Bunch bor- ceed, a heavy settlement will soon follor ‘The, re. | Tewed a thy on, saying he was going birding. | | go; that there would be a difficulty. | site Herndon’s tavern, Fannin had got nearly down | | diately; Bunch fired again, hitting F. in the abdo- Torn: Amount of Pro- ty Destroyed—HRemarkable Incidents. | The Belleville (I) Tribune publizhes an account of a terrible storm which visited St. Clair county on the 16th instant. The first intimation of the ap- proach of a storm was given by the leaves and twigs which filled the air, some of which had come from a considerable distance. The tornado, it is supposed, originated in Missou- ri, several miles below St. Louis, and crossed over to the Illinois side. The first damage we have so far heard that it did, is in the town of Waterloo, Monroe county, where a brick house on the public square, belonging toa Mr. Colman, was blown down, as wellas some four or five other houses, and all litérally demolished. Large quantities of standing timber and orchards were blown down, together with fences, outhouses; &c. It is also reported that several persons were injured. ‘ All of the out-honses, the stable, and corn-crib, on the farm of James Glasgow, tive or six miles from Belleville, on the Kaskaskia road, were blown down and carried away; but the dwelling house was not Injured, A horse was tied in the stable at the time it blew down, but was not injar There was a quantity of wool in the yard, recently sheared, | piled up against the fence, on which were placed | some heavy boards ta protect it trom the rain. This wool was not removed at all, but the boards were pee and literally broken to pieces by the pressure of the current of air, Here the course of the storm changed, and passed | in a southeasterly direction. It would descend to | the ground in whirls, scattering timber, &c., in eve- | ry direction; then, again ascending, it would travel | for some distance without doing any damage until | it again struck the ground. Rah On the farm of [saac Rittenhouse it is said enough timber was blown down to make three or four thou- sand cords of wood; serious injury was also done to the orchards, fences, &c. On the farm of Fred. Merrill, the storm was 'terri- ble beyond description. It carried away and Jestroy- ed everything within its reach for a great distance. ‘This farm suffered more than any other within our knowledge, the loss being estimated at about three thousand dollars. The house was a two story brick, comparatively new, with thirteen inch walls, stout and substantial in every respect, which was almost entirely destroyed. At the time the family were in the west room of. the house, a portion of one of the walls of which remained standing, together with a bureau, affording the inmates some shelter from the fury of the storm without. Mr. M.’s wife was stand- ing and holding on to the mantel-piece, when one of the walls was flown down, and she fell with it to the nd, a distance of some four feet, and was cover- ed up with the bricks and falling timbers. She re ceived several severe bruises and contusions, but none of a very serious nature. A child three months old, lying in a cradle, received no injury whatever, although surrounded by falling brick, timber, &c., large quantities of which fell on and in the-cradle, breaking it to a very considerable extent. A small dog, a few fect from the cradle, was killed. The tarn, which was a large one, heavy and well built, was twisted out of shape—one end blown eut from top to bottom—roof off of main building, and all of the shingles removed from the sheeting on eighteen feet in length, were blown a distance of about three hundred yards, and forced into the ground, one of them so tightly that it required the aid of four men for a considerable time to with- draw it. The gate posts were torn from the groand and blown off. There was 4 wagon aed in yard, the bed of which was raised off and blown @ distance of about two hundred yards, and entirely demolished. A choice orchard, containing trom one hundred and fifty to two hundred trees, was entirely destroyed; all of the trees, with the excep- tion of moran two or three, were uprooted, and some of them carried a distance of two hundred ‘yards or more. The shade and ornamental trees in the yard shared a similar fate. The smoke house, which was full of bacon at the time, was raised from ifs foundation and removed a distance of about one hundred feet, and remains whole. The dairy houge was blown into the air, turned over, and mashed into pieces. The fences were nearly all blown down, not forty rods remaining standing on the entire farm. The storm then passed over to an adjoining farm . tat to the Merrill estate, and occupied by Wm. Henderlighte. The house wasa good sized one, built of large and henry. logs, which was levelled to the ground. Mr. H., at the approach of the storm, was at the front door endeavoring to close it, and was blown through the house and out at the oppo- site door, thence through the yard into the orchard, where he eeized hold of an apple tree which was soon blown down, and carried by the.wind a distance of two hundred yards, Mr. H. still clinging to it. He riously injured. the house, and was forced between the wall and a door--the door lodging against portion of the wali, thus forming a kind of shelter—by which she was rotected from the logs and timbers falling around her. She was soon extricated from her perilous situation, and was but slightly injured. A Mr. Demar, in the employ Mr. H., it is said was blown a distance of some 200 yards across a meadow, and was rather seriously hurt, having two or three ribs broken. A great deal of damage was done to the orchards, fences, timber, and houses of other farms. ‘The loss of David Moore is set down at from two to three thousand dollars. He had a brick house in process ot erection, which was entirely destroyed. On a farm belonging to the brothers Pearce, an orchard of one hundred choice trees, one of the oldest in the State, was destroyed, and three miles of fence were blown down. The trees, though some of them were nearly two feet and a half in diameter, were pulled ep. by the roots, and carried along by the storm. Shingles were found on a farm three miles distant. A col ondent of the St.Louis Republican gives some additional particulars:— A mile further it encountered the double log house of Mr. Aaron Vickers, in which were Mr. Vickers, his wife and child, and three other persons. The room they occupied was torn away to the foun- dation, and yet, marvellous as it appears, they all escaped without injury. It appears to the inmates, to their best recollection, (for the tornado lasted but a moment), that the house was lifted up over their heads, torn in pieces in the air, and the fragments strewed in every direction. Half a mile further it lifted the roof from the log houge of Mr. Hall into the air, and carried it, noone knew where, for its fragments had not been found thirty-six hours after. The new buggy of Rey, Mr. Ely wasblown several hundred yards, and broken and torn into a hundred pieces. Railsfrom fences, and timber from buildings were thrown to the outermost verge of the track of the tornado, and driven three fect into the earth. A singular feature of this storm {fs seen tn the zig- zag direction of its track, making, in s»me in- stances, direct angles in its general course. Per- sons within. or near its track speak of the sudden appearance of a dense smoke or mist, and the dark- ness, almost equal to night, that came suddenly and gr in a few moments. he damages to a fences, orchards and young timber, (including Mr. Ely’s carriage,) with in two miles, may be safely timated at not less than $1,200 or $1,500. Next day the citizens rallied from several miles around to aid in repairing the fences and buildings. Native Americans and Germans were equally libe- ral and industrious. GaMpLixa aNd Murper iN Misstsstrr1—We junch, formerly a citizen of Memphis, from the Holly Springs Banner:—A gen- tleman who came paseenger ou the stage yosterda from Aberdeen, Mississippi, reports a horrible affair which occurred there on the 19th inst. ‘The circum- stances related are as follows:—Col. M. J. Bunch and a Mr. Fannin, who was a sportsman, but still repnided asa clever man among gentlemen, had been engaged at cards. Famnin bad won ything a is money, horse and buggy, and ne- ch asked time to raise some money to the time Fannin called for a settlement when Bu t xt day Faunin was cn : fis way to Banch’s of fice, when some of the ef zens advised him not to He replied that he and Bunch were friendly, and walked on to B.'s office. He found the door locked, and after knocking for avimittonce some time, concluded to leave, and started down the steps from B.'s office, which is in the eecond story of some building oppo- the steps, when Bunch came out and hailed bim. #anpin turned his face, when Bunch fired with the double-barrelled gun he had borrowed, hitting P. the shed part. Some of the rafters, sixteen to | was considerably bruised and mangled, but not se- | Mr. H.'s wife, we believe, was unable to get out of | » boy. | redectn his lost property, and at the expiration of | The Extrication of Gtraud at Lyons, EXCITING SCENES AROUND THE PLACE OF HIS £1 TOMBMENT. The following details from the Lyons freihey 6th May, relating to the extrication of Giraud the well at Ecully, will be read with interest: Wednesday evening, about hali-past seven, thirty or forty persons, amongst whom were G ellinet, the Mayor and Cure of Ecully, the mayor of the Firet arondiasement of Lyons, and others, were as- sembled at the entrance of the excavation leading to the well in which Giraud was imprisoned, Captain Robinet Tana, suncunped that only avery thin partition of ei separated the workmen from the well, and in a very “ageteed all a ee cage quired was to widen the aperture and liberate captive. ‘The workmen in the meantime their operations, and.at last the subterranean com- | munication with the well was effected, and in a few minutes more so much earth was removed as that Giraud was able to remove one of his legs. The sappers formed a chain through the gallery, and passed from hand to hand the stones and earth as they were removed. One of the stones, weigh- {ing about eight or ten pounds, had lain for nineteen days and nights on one of Giraud’s feet. It was quite warm when removed- proving that the contact of the body had been saffl, cient to impart heat to it, and that the ci had been constantly kept up in his lower extremi- ties. The stone had not chilled the limb; it was the limb which imparted warmth to the stone. Whilst the sappers were thus removing with great wution and care the mass of rubbish from Giraud’s be other men were arranging at the further end of th excavation a litter to receive the poor prisoner when released, and to raise him to the surface of the earth. At last every preparation was com- pleted, and only the word was waited for, an- | nouncing that Giraud was disengaged, The odor issuing at this time from the well wis so dreadfully overpowering that even the persons at the other end of the gallery could scarcely endure it. The sappers, however, worked on most earnestly, and at last Giraud could move freely in his narrow pri- son. The foremost sapper, a powerful man named Brandou, then introduced his body into the well, and informing Giraud of what he was about to do, caught hold of him by the shoulders, and drew him gently into the gallery, where he handed him over to the other rs, who, taking him up with great care, some the body and others by the legs, bore him along to the litter, where he was laid down and covered warmly with blankets. ‘Then, on the signal being given, the litter was raised by means of a windlags to the surface of the earth, and carried away rapidly to 2 neighboring house, where he was Reps in bed, and at once attended by two medical men. Scarcely @ word was spoken during the whole time that these in- cidents were taking placé—every person being under | the influence of the deepest emotion. A consider- able crowd was assembled in the \borhood, and on its being annonnced that the poor prisoner had at last arrived safety at the house, loud cheers and cries of foy burst out. * The greatest anxiety was then expressed to learn in what state Giraud’s body might be found by the examination of the medical men, and whether any subsequent danger was to be apprehended. Some time elapsed before this could be known, and meanwhile the rumor spread about that one of the sappers had fainted in the hestery: It was, in fact, Brandou,who, after extricating Giraud, had been so overcome with the mephitic vapor that he lost his senses, and was for nearly halt an hour insensible. He afterwards recovered completely, and no subsequent Hl effects from his tempor: illness. When the opinion of the physicians as to dB state became known, it was understood that whilst they had found the upper part of the body but little injured, the lower extremities were covered with bruises and sores of various kinds. These were well washed and dressed, and allthe lower part of the body having been wrapped: up in lint and wadding, Giraud was left to his rest. Nothin could exceed his composure and lucidity of min: during all the trying scenes of the evening. He thanked his liberators with a sincerity which could not be mistaken ; the names of Capt. Robinet, and of the sappers Bernard and Brandou were pronounced him in terms of the warmest gratitude. But unmistakeable as was the emotion of the per- | sons in the immediate neighborhood of Ecully, | during the course of the syenng in which the libe- | ration took place, the effect produced in Lyons was erhaps of a more marked description. A | faa been despatched the moment Giraud was in eafety to inform the authorities of Lyons of the fact, and ihe very noise of horse’s feet on the pavement, as he galloped through the streets, seemed to an- nounce that the poor mau whose name had been in every one’s mouth for so many days, had at last been restored to liberty. The moment the Prefect receiv- ed the intelligence, he transmmtted it to the commis- saries at the two theatrea, where Giraud’s safety was anneunced on authority to the spectators. The news of his safety then spread like wildtire through the town, and every one was eager to listen to any details that had transpired. Between nine and ten o'clock, an omnibus et along the quays of Vaise bearing from Ecully the sappers and miners who had been concerned in the works near the well. Themen whom the vehicle carried could not contain their joy at the successful termination of their exertions, and the omnibus resounded with shouts and singing. But before it had advanced far into the town, the horees were stopped by the people, who overwnelm- ed tke soldiers with questions, shook them warmly Ly the hand, and reemed to consider that a gat per- sorel service had been done to themselves. ‘The same anxiety was expressed the next morning to les; g | how Giraud had passed the night, and ~i,etner any os oA apprehended. The news brought was perfectly satisfactory; he had slept calm the whole | night, and awoke greatly refreshed. He declared that he found himseif strong and well, and towards nine o'clock ate his breakfast with a good appetite. Be medical Ley found the numerous wounds ow his legs presenting a very satisfact and have given it as their opinion, thse we some extraordinary incident should supervene, his reco- | very will be complete. Giraud is a young man of middle height; his features indicate intelligence and | resolution, but nothing in his organization betokens | any unusual strength of constitution. In the course | of the morning the dead body of Jalla, the unfor- | tunate comrade of Giraud, was taken out of the | well in a frightful state of decomposition, On his head was the mark of a violent contusion, most probably caused by the fall of a stone, and which it is now supposed, must have been the cause of his death. How any human being could exist when in close contact with a dead body in such | a state of putrefaction, it is really difficult to ima- gine, | Alexandre Dumas tn the Law Courts. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MONUMENT AND & TOMB. From Galignani’s Messenger, May 10.) Tt has been stated that Madame de Balzac, widow of the late celebrated novelist, had applied to the Civil Tribunal to prevent M. Alexandre Dumas from executing a di he had announced, of raise ing funds, by means of subscriptions and theatrical erformances, for erecting a monumental tomb to Balzac. Yesterday the matter came on before ‘Tribunal. M. Nogent Saint Laurens, advocate Madame de Balzac, represented that she had extremely shocked and pained at reading in Dumas’ journal, the Mousquetaire, that he had sa licited and obtained subscriptions from the Empresq the Minister of the Interior, M. Meyerbeer, and other personages, for erecting a tomb to her hus articulars of the shooting of | band, and that he was orgauizing theatrical per- formances and a concert for the same purpose. She considered such an intervention on his part as ex- tremely indelicate, and as an imputation that she Wes wanting in proper respect tor her hasband’s memory. fhe accordingly sent a gentleman to him to represent that his assistance was not re- | quired; and she made her architect write to the newepepers to say that she had more than @ year before ordered him to erecta monument to her hus- tond, and had supplied the necessary funds, Still M. Dimas persisted in bis project; but he wrote a etter ip bis severster to Madame de Balzac, in which he stated that he did not propose to erect a tomb to Balzac, os he thought that- might safely be left to her affection, but that he proposed to erect a menvment a6 a tribute to his literary renown, and that be was willing to leave Madame ‘Balzac herself or the government to say where it should be placed, ‘This distinction between a tomb and a monument, appeared unratisfactory; and she persisted in de- manding that her husband's memory should .not be degraded pa appeal for almg to do it honor, and that her affection should not be outraged by the meddling of a stranger ina duty she owed to her husband. She accordingly called on the Tribunal to compel M. Dumas, under the LS 4 of heavy damages, to abandon his Paillard de Villeneuve, advocate of Ale: ith five buckrhot in the face. Fannin fell imime- | men with several shot. He then ran down the steyis and beat F. with the gua until it was broken to | pieces. The above are the cirenmetances substan- tially, as related. If the facta stated aboveare trae, | it is one the most ¢old-blooded murders ever committed in the annals of Mississippi. Fannin is have served aa as an officer ia the Texin re- nd also in the late Mexican war, and was | f the celebrated Fannin who fell at the | acre. Col. Bunch had not been arrested, | 1 in At r and was still berdeen. Spxcrat. » Spain—The F Pennsylvanian of t It is rumored in, Washington that oar distingnished townsman. Sion. ¢ d Hon, Howell Cobb ot Georgia, hw ted apecial en- | “oP Spain to actin conjunction with m6. | The important aspect of our relations with that! country dex most careful attention from | the adininistration, and we shall be r «i to learn | that the great abilities of Mr. Dallas have been en- listed in the service of the nation in a quarter where interests and considerations of the most vital um- portance are at stake, | date of his birth and death andre Dumas, said that that gentleman had been greatly surprised and grieved on paying @ visit to Pire Lachaire, to find that the grave of one of the greatest writers of France was simply marked out by # plain stone bearing only his name and the nd that this stone was covered with weeds and He had, there- neeived the idea of having a becoming mo- se erected to him, and of raising the neces- ds by a national subscription. To this idea ot conceived that any objection conll be as it had Leen more than once started by; t persons, and bad not then Deenotpected o by Mademe ce Balzac. The advocate was pro= ceeding with his argumentation, when he was sto; ped by the Tribunal, which gave judgment to th¢ efiect ‘that, as M. Domas had declared that his int tention was to erect a monument to Balzac, an { not a tomb, and which monument might be con « dered asa national debt, the demand of Madame « ¢ Balzac should Le dismissed—enbject, however, t¢ the express reservation that she only should be a® lowed to erect a tomb. Thomas McDonald, of Holyoke, has been oon ilty of arson, and sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for life.