, Dol.in, and his wife Uridyl, have been tried at
i Tutvand a, l'a., f it the inurdi-r of Uufus ( i. 1 li re,
; on thrr J t of AuUit last. The testimony closed
; uu Wednesday, and the t'oiu t ehai geil the Jury
j on Thin sd.i) the l.h lilt., who irtirrd, and after
i an a', sence of one hour returned w ith a vcidiet of
suil'v of iiiui h r in tlio first de-ree. Jude
j l uiyiiliain, on iturd ay the 1 )lli, sentenced
both the piisuneis to In- ha::-d."
Spiiic. The 1'hiliidi Iphia fNin says: '''I'he
dilh-renco between the old and new coinage of
gold, is owing lo the tl'prmtili'nn of the latter by
ihe Mint alloy, The new coinage is seldom ex
ported ; but the old lieitijj t-ijnal t sterling Ihig-li-.li
gold, is always in demand at a small per
rentage above ils intrinsic value. This policy of
debasing the coin, in onlcr to keep it in the coun
try, pai takes Ijo much of (iothic ignorance, to be
allowed long to disgrace our statute hook ; und
inuu atrs to wlial extravagant cxpciienis a people
' r.'rl, who do not appreciate ihe value ol the
Mmplo elements of true political rcmoiny ; which
i i
"eh, that a specie currency can only be retained
u country by the great magnet oi.uir,- en
rr,-..,l l.v .,., ..tV,mmm.ii..ii nn I I'.o o.liiv
in llie importation of foirigti luxuries. A country
lh.it would debase ils coin, I ruin llio love of luxury
or idleness, would hesitate at no expedient lo
evade llie j.iiuciples uf nature. We hope that our
nrxt Congicss will wipe this blot from our law
hooks, und reinstate the gold coinage in its pris
tine worth and jluc. If we cannot he prosper
ous without resulting lo dishonest expedients, let
us continue poor, till poverty instructs us in the
truth of airiving al lit lies."
.1 l'l'.ilni'fl.ir. Mr. Severance, editor of the
Kennebec (Maine) Journal, congratulates himself
after failing to be rlei ted to congress, upon his
election as chairman nf the committee upon swine,
to report ul the great cattle show the present
month ; and this he thinks will not he quite so
diity u business as some which is done by M. C's.
