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Cuanrorretown, January 15, 1868.
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Tb.
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Do roa) dil to Gd
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Veal, per lb, 8d. to dd
Ham, per mi.) ; oA “ ry
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Grain, :

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Oats per do., ‘ 2s 6d to 2s GAd

crags alfi4s Vegetables. :

Peas.per quart 4

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Poultry.

Geese, 2s to 2s 6d

Turkeys, each, 4s to 7s Gd

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Mackerel, per dozen,

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. HISTORICAL.

Lingard’s History of England,
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Gibbons’ Rome,
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Popular Ancient History, .
The English History of America,
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European Civilization, (Balinez)
Minister of Btate, (Guizot,)
Two Sicilies (Kavanagh,)

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French Women of Letters, (Cavanagh)
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Indian Sketches, (De Smet,)
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Fandanrental Philosophy. (Balmez,)
History of the Chureh, (Pastorini.)
Sermone of the Paulists (tor 1861.)
Life of St. Cecilia.
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The Precious Blood, (Faber)
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History of my Religious Opinions, (Newman)
Meditations, (Challoner)
The Mouke of the West, (Montalambert)
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Art Maguire,
The Confessions of an Apostate, (Mrs. Sadlier)
Para Sastha, q
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Story of the Warin La Veudee,
Heroines of Charity,
The Poor Scholar,
Arabian Nights, 0)
The Woman in White,
Catholig Legends,
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Twice Taken,
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CHAPTER OF CRIME,

ce ener eee

A terrible case of destitution has been made pub-
lie in New York, An English lady, the widow of
Mr. Boone, an actor of considerable ability, being
reduced to the lowest depths of poverty and misery,
poisoned herself and three children last week, It
appears that the vafortunate lady lived in some poor-
ly furnished apar'ment at 29 Atmiry street, and here
she and her three children were found, apparently in
the azonies of death. They were conveyed to the
hospital and though still alive, their recovery is
doubtful. On being asked what had led her to com:
mit such a dreadtul crime, Mrs. Boone replied that
she-had been entirely deserted by her friends and
was entirely destitute, avd not being able to support
herself and family, preferred that they should all
terminate their existeace by poisoning than starve,
which seemed the only alternative,

[From the Norfotk (Va) Journal, Dec. 11.]
BRUTAL HOMICIDE OF A WIFE,

We have to record this moruing the murder, by
menos of a process rivaling the most diabolical con-
trivances of the inquisition, of a young woman and
mother by the naine of Johanna Moore, by a fiend
io human shape named Edward Moore. whom 1t
was her misfortune to. call husband. The brute
literally kicked his wife to death. a torture which he
inflicted by degrees, and, in the language of one of
the witnesses before the jury of inquest, * dascet
on her body onrtil her breath went out.” Cries of
the dying woman brought several of the neighbors
to the door of the domicile, but they were prevented
from entering by the man-mons:er, who stood in the:
doorway, with a dirk knife io his hand, and threaten-
edfo * rip open ” the first whoentered, This bloody
affray took place at the residence of Moore, on Sugar
Hill, that part of Newtown adjoining Gosport. Moore
is known to have been habitually addicted to the ill-
treating of his wife. and this assault, maddened by
an excess of drink, proved to be the * finishing
stroke,”

When we entered the building where the tragedy
occurred, it had the appearance, we may say, of a
slanghter pen. ‘Blood was bespattered in every di-
rectiou, and signs of a struggle, as ifthe deceased had
attempted to defend herself, were very apparent.
The appearance of the corpse was truly ghastly, and
evidences of the terrible beating to which the victim
was subjectad were apparent on every portion of the

| body. The skull alone was fractured in seven places,

and one large hole found in the back of the cranium
was said fo be the result of a stamp of the boot heel.
This man, or monster, Ned Moore, was a laborer
in the Navy yard int inance deparsmenty-and.
knocked off work on the day of the murder at diuner
time and went on a frotick, He is suid 10 be a very
pleasant mao when sober, but when drauk is easily
provoked to a perfect frenzy, when he savagely
arinds his teeth together and exhibits other symptoms
of a ferocious nature. .,He often carried a dirk knife,
and when intoxicated was given a“ wide berth” by
tho-e who knew him. | He has frequently figured ic
the Mayor's court as principal in domestic eruptions.
He is about thirty years of age.

The wife and victim, Mis. Johanna Moore, was
a pleasant looking lady, about twenty five years of
age, and was the morher of one child about six weeks
old. She was very much devoted to her husband,
norwithstanding his brutality to her, and bore her
sufferings with singula® fortitude. When he gave
her a black eve she world stay in the hotse and re-
fuse to show herself until the mark disappeared, to
to screen him from public censure.

HOMICIDE OF A HUSBAND BY A WIR,
(From the Belville, 1ll., Democrat.)

About one year, ago. aman named Frederick
Wauzener, living about three miles west of Centre-
ville, in this country, was missing from his home,
and nothing was known of his whereabouts until
about the 15th of last November, when some excite-
ment was created in the neighborhood where the
man formerly resided. by the revelations of a man
named Michael Mallory, who told a neighbor that
Wagener was dead, and that he was buried in a cer-
tain spot about fifty yards from the house. in a kind
af sink hole, formerly used as a stock well, and that
he (Mallory) had been employed at one time by Mrs.
Clara Wagetier, wife of the deceased, to throw some
earth upon the body, which had been shallowly bur-
ied, which had begun to sme!l so badly us to taint
the air, and for which service she paid him five
dollars.

The information naturally caused some excite-
ment among the neighbors, a number of whom col-
lected together and proceeded to examine the sink
hole, where they found the body of Wagener as in-
dicated bv the man Mallory, who had left the vicin-
ityeas woll as the woman, who are reported to have
gove to New York. The body of Wagener exhibit-
ed evidence of foul play ; a rope was found about
his neck, as if he bad been dragged there by that
means. The coroner, David Miley, was sent for,
who held an inquest, resulting in a verdict that the
deceased came to his death by violence at the hands
of his wife. Clara Wagener, The body of the mur-
dered man had been covered by ovly a few inches
of earth, stones aud peices of wood, and his clothiog
had uearly all rotted off.

TRIAL OF A SUPPOSED PARRICIDE.

J. Joseph Schneps is now ov trial at. Portage
City, Wis., for the murder of his father iu Water-
town, in April last. The case is one of circumstantial
evidence merely, and is likely to puzzle court and
lawyers considerably, ‘I'he last seen of tho missing
man was while he aud the prisoner were engaged
in clearing timber in the woods. On the evening
of the day in which the murder is supposed to have
been committed, the prisoner fired a Jarge brush
heap, in the ashes of which fragments of bone were
afterwards found, but so thoroughly barned as to
leave it a matter of doubt whether they were human
bones or not. The father aod son were known to
have quarreled in regard to some property which
the former had assigued to his wife on the occasion
of bis evliatment in the army, and sought on his re-

tornthe boy taking sides with his mother, who

* et ene '9

ISLAND, JANUARY 15, 1868

NO, 18,

(Further particulars from the Chicago Times,
Dee. 10.)

It is apparent from the testimony that the defence
contemplates an effort to establish the theory that
Schoeps, if murdered, was the victim of ove Frank
Meyer, his neighbor To-night we learn by tele-
graph, and also by parties who arrived from Wator-
town, that Mever committed suicide this moruing,
by hanging himself in the barn. It seems that sus-
picions have existed that he was the murderer, but
there was not sufficient developemeuts to warrant
his errest.

A MAN SHOT BY A POLICEMAN.
(From the Eimira (N. Y.) Advertiser, Dec. 10.)

A policeman by the name of Van Sickles, last eve-
niag shot an Irishman, named Riley, who resisted
arrest, dead, The latter struck or kicked the for-
mer badly, when he drew a revolver and fired upon
him. The act created an immense excitement, es:
pecially among the Irish population, who called for
vengeance. It wasthought at Port Jarvis among
those best able to judge, that shooting was justi-
fixable. The attempted urrest was for disorderly
condnet, Riley wasa brakeman in the employ of
the Erie railway,

HOMICIDE OF A POLICEMAN.
A few days sincea man oamed Frank Carsoa,
who supposed that officers were after him for som

oTevee he had committed, met an ex-policemau

name Rodepouch. io Julesbury, Ill, and accosted
him :—* I presnme you are after me?” * Not that
T know of,” said Rodepouch, * but ifit was, Iwould
have you;” wherenpou Carson drew two revolvers
and emptied them both, wounding him five times.
Rodepouch was able to draw a revolver at Carson,
killing him almost instantly. Rodepouch is severe-
ly but not dagerously wounded.

DOUBLE HOMICIDE IN KEN‘UCKY,

A terrible affray oceurred in the bar-room of
Richardson & Jacobs’ hotel in Irvine, Ky., last week,
betweeu Robert Riddle and Pat, Lyree. Riddle was
instantly killed. having his brains blown out with a
rifle, aud Lyree is mortally wounded, being shot
through the body and also in the abdomen. Jacob
L. Troton was shot through the arm accidextally
while trying to prevent the affray. It seems that
Riddle and Lyree had quarrelled some days before,
and at the first meeting afterwards they immediately
commenced shooting.

THE EARTHQUAKE AT PORTO RICO,

A letter from Ponce. dated Dee. 2, says :—* The
18th of November will ever remain a memorable
‘late for the iphabitatts of these vales. The day was

ry, Rud'ationt ove o'clock heavy, sullen lead-
“¢ clouds began settling down upog the moun-
aioe. the. ace, The air became close and
stifling ; not a leaf stirred ; not a bird was heard to
sing ; an overpowering calmness of the atmosphere
prevailed ; the clouds appeared immovable, and the
sun shone with a strange light, its rays tinting the
earth with a fiery copper color; the mountains ex-
haled thick vapors; at intervals deep, rumbling
sounds were heard, as proguosticatory of a coming
tempest. Finally, at 2: 42 o’clock, came the crinis
Ic is said that the shock lasted forty-five seconds,
but others say ouly forty. The oscillations were re-
gular, excepting the few last, in which some little
variations were observed; the direction was from
southeast to northwest, Since the earthquake of
Santa Rosa, in 1835, no such severe and prolonged
shock hasbeen felt. Many persons were in the streets,
diseussing the probabilities of an earthquake, and
visiting the points that suffered most on previous oc-
easions, when suddenly a cry was heard. One second
after. this cry was repeated by thonsands of souls,
aud instanteously, as if by Magic, the town of Ponce
was left deserted. ‘ The sea! the sea!’ shouted the
populace, beside themselves with terror. ‘The sea
is coming !’ cried several men rushing past, carrying
children in their arms. * Run! run! to the cerro!
to the cerro!’ shouted others. Such was the severi-
ty of shocks, that in the faces of all was pictured an-
guish and terror. Men, women and children rushed
toward the cerro, or heights, with such rapidity that
in a minute itsbroad fields had the appearance of an
immense camp. The people—no doubt terrified by
the fabulous stories that had been circulated about
the submersion of the islandof Tortola—did not stop
to reflect, but rushed towards the nearest heights,
self-preservatiou being their only thought. At the
eries of ‘The sea! the sea!’ the mother called to
her children, the wife to her husband; the air was
filled with shouts that caused the stoutest heart to
quail, Lere a young girl fell tothe grouad fainting ;
there a young child was secking its mother, lost iu
the crowd; a little further on, a poor, infirm old man
vaialy endeavoured to reach the high ground; cbil-
dren were clustered around their parents ; coaches,
and men on horseback were going to and fro, briug-
ing weeping women and children ; aud amid all this
disorder and horrible contusion, nove seemed to give
an instant for ascertaining what was in reality taking
place. Aa hour afterward, when calmoess avd order
were beiug restored, it becaine kuowu that the sea,
half an hour after the tirst shock, had receded to its
natural level, but only to return again, submerging
that portion of the town nearest the shore. Belhold-
ing the first advance of the sea, several persons had
rushed icto the town spreading the alarin; the sub-
sequent pauic accomplished the rest.—At 5:30
o'clock on the same afiercoon a few oscilliations
were felt, as were also some more severe shocks at
4 o'clock on the morning of the 10th, since which
time to record of the shocks experienced has been
kept. To consequence of the earthquake, all buildiugs
of masonry have been abandoned, many of them
having sustained considerable damage, particularly
the theatre, which has ove of its lateral walls cracked
from foundation to reof, The Gevernmeut build-
ings aud warehouses vear the wharves have also
been damaged, and almost all the chimnies of the
boiliag-honses on the estate have beea leveled to-the
ground—All business is paralyzed, the stores are
opened and shut to vo purpose. The number of
masons and carpenters are inadequate to the amount
of work to be done. The time for gathering the crop
is upon us, and there is no material wherewith to
replace the ruined buildiugs. Add to this the misery
aud suffering of those rendered destitute, the exor-
bitant prices asked for articles of food and raiment
that gave be dispensed with, and what will come
foxt

CHARLE# DICKENS AND THE STORM,
HOW 11S AUDIENCE CONDUCT THEMSELVES,

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Of Dickens’ third reading at New York, on Thursday
night, the * Tribune” says :—

A silly. infatuated snow storm, as if it thought itself
a mateh for Charles Dickens! Mow it howled as It saw
the thickening carriages, and the merry, crushing
crowd! How maliciously it lay in wait round the most
advantageous corners, and hoped, b uncing out
with a screaming whistle and its hands full of snow.
bulls, to drive et the ily 27 tpl ey rosy, laugh
girls and sweet-faced women clinging in mock terror to
lovers’ and husbands’ arms! An ignorant, pompous,
hard-headed storm, that had no notien what all these
people were after, and was made angrier and angrier b
seeing that the worst he could do only made the drivers
whip up their horses, and the lovers and husbands
cheer up their bright companions, and the pretty litte
feet trot along faster and faster, and his worst fu
vain to ngs the people away from Charles Dickens and
Stemway Hall! If, as we bear from several seurces,
Jickens is reading much better here than he did in
Boston, it is also true that he read lust night better than
he bas thus far read in New York. He seemed in unu-
sual spirits, and threw himvelf with all his force into
every part. The reading eonsisted of the chapters of
Nicholas Nickleby relating to the hero’s life at Dethe-
boy’s Hall, and that loveliest of domestic fairy tales,
** Boots at the Holly Tree Inn.” It is plain that Mr,
Dickens, lke all great actors, is very much affected by
his audience, ‘Those who heard bim in Boston say that
alter the first night the people acted on hiai more and
more, like a wet blanket, and that, though be
struggled manfally agamest the tide, nothing but a vig-
ovous dash fur New York at the end cf the week saved
Lim from being utterly drowned and lost to vs forever,
The audiences in Boston were irreproachable in
corum, They came with meek punctuality, the ladies
with their kulttin and German gramunars. the gentle-
men with the North American Review, and the children
with Our Young Folks; they steraly frowned down ap-
plause, and if any ill-bred person laughed, he was very
properly insulted, and held up to ridicule in the even-
ing papers next day; they grew stiller with each suce
cessive reading, until on the last evening the loveliest
and most embarrassing silence reigned in Tremont.
femple for the whole two hours. The audience was
perlect in discipline, perfect in decorum, but, like per=
fect people in general, it was disagreeable to know,
When Mr. Dickens wes pathetic, the Bostonians be-
came critical, and counted their tears; when he was
funny, they hesitated to laugh till they saw whether the
best people were laughing too, and, in fine, not only
were all the seats reserved, but the people who sat in
them were fifty times as reserved as the seats, The
reason why Mr, Dickens reads so much better here
than in Boston is simply that his audience is thorough-
ly sympathetic with him. We regret to say that it is
not at all a well behaved auvience. It has never done
coming in. It walks in at all stages of the performance
with a lady on its arm, and the offence is not lessened,
vat rather aggravated, by the fact that all the ladies
are pretty, and wear enchanting bonnets, because
ahble assembly is seized ht 4 7 ‘ "6

‘au Ca

and look at thom. The

Dickens in his very funniest moments,

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as loud ag it could, and making the reader laugh too,
than which, of course, nothing could be more repre-
hensible. © But. somehow or other, all this bad behaviour
does notin the least damp the spirits of the reader.—
With a generous consideration for human weakness, be
reflects that they cannot help laughing and crying when
he is working his spelis, and he accordingly works
them with a will. The more they laugh, the funnier bo
wets; the more they ery, the more tears be wrings from
them; and so far from being displeased with conduct
for which our Boston neighbors, if they could only see
it, would have nothing but reproof, he actually gets
into higher spirity, and leaves the stago with a step that
seems as if he were leading in a contra dance with the
whole audience for partners.

PASSION OF PRISONERS FOR TOBACCO.

A deprivation of spirits and beer a prisoner may
grow resigned to, and have no great yearning for
when he obtains his liberty, but bis passion for smok-
ing is unconquerable, and towards gratifying it his
ingenuity ix boundless. The friends of prisouers who
have visited them, although rigorously searched betore
they are permitted to approach the gate through which
the conversation must he beld, have been known to
evade the prison rules by carrying in their mouth a
neatly rolled ** quid,” and deftly shooting it through
the bars, should the warder’s attention be fur an ine
stant withdrawn, Tobacco so obtained, a prisonur—
having somehow become master of a lucifer match—
bas been discovered smoking # cigarette, a bit of paper
or rag forming tae envelope, having first of all, with
infinite pain and no small peril, climbed up to the ven-
tilator in liis cell, so that the tell-tale smoke might not
lead to detection. A more extraordinary instance than
this of a prisoner's passion for tobacco was given me
by an officer attached to Portland prison. Somehow a
bit of tobacco and a pipe Were smuggied in uw manner
that made it a joint-stock property of three of the con+
victs, and it was treasured until there transpired a fair
opportunity for its enjoyment. At last the long-lookeds
for time for the treat artived, and then came the ques-
tion, how was the luxury to be fairly shared. Ono
suggested six whiff each till the pipe was exhausted,
but he was a strong-lunged villinn, and his device was
at once seen through—it was clear that he could
‘pull? as much in his six wiiffy as the others ‘could in
ten, It was a nice puint to decide, but presently one
of the patty, whose ingenuity somewhat exceeded his
delicacy, bit on the exact thing, Two straws were pro-
cured, and possession of the precious pipe was tossed
for. This preliminary seitled, the trio sat dowa, and
the pipe Was It, the holder of it taking in his lips one
ot the straws asx wellas the pipe stem. The other
end of this straw the second man took in his
mouth as well as the tip of the third straw, at
the further extremity of which eat the third
man, Then the ‘*treat” began. The man with
the pipe took a whiff, enjoyed the mouthfal of smoke a
while, and then caretully blew it through the straw to
the second man, to be by him as carefully transmitted
to the third man, who, in consideration of what virtue
the tobacco might have lost coming to bim, as it did, at
third hand, was permitted to swallow it——a precaution
rendered necessary lest the warder should get sovnt of
the probibited indulgence,

Saraw-napine Extra.—Vake, lady, vake! The
moon is bigh, the twinklin’ stars are beawin’, while
now aud theu across the sky a meteor are streaming !
Vake, Sally, vake! and look on-me—avake, Squire
Nubbio’s daughter! If I'l have you avd you'll
have me—(by gosh! who threw that water!)

Misror:unes or tae Great Eastern.—It would
almost appear from what is taking place day alter
day, that the troubles of the Great tern steam
ship are vever to cease,—Kor months she has been
auchored iv the Sloyae, doing nothing except con-
tributing 10 a daily accumulation of expenses, and to
the fu deterioration of the huge fabric. —daver-
prot Moreury. ‘ : i

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