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tees for the slaves, upon the ground that the first may be good-or, 1t may perhaps be contested by other parties, upon the ground that neither of the wills Is good-and in this case; that the whole property should be distributed according to the provisions Of the Act of Assembly.

 It is probable, indeed, that the subject may give rise to some litigation-in which case, 1t may become hereafter the duty of the court of Appeals to decide the whole matter.- Richmond Eng.

 The following, which we take from the New York Courier and Enquirer, is an apt illustration of the impropriety of filling newspapers with accounts of murders, du- els, suicides and other crimes.

 Dangers of mistaken sympathy.-A fel- low who lately murdered his wife without the least provocation, being asked what could induce him to commit such an out rage, made the following remarkable reply: "Why, the fact is, am very ambitious man; and having no opportunity of gaining fame by fair means, thought would take this method, for 1 saw how the moment a man committed murder he became an object of public attention; the newspapers were full of him; his appearance and dress, the color of his eyes and hair, and the most insignificant particulars, were described, just as if he was great hero and had saw ed his country. Then the ladies all ran af- fer him: attended his trial, shed tears, and tainted away, so that he had all the atten- tons and sympathy of a martyr. Besides all this, he was pretty sure of being con- verted at last, and dying good christian, which he very likely would have done, had he been moral man and peaceable citizen. Thus you see that murder is the shortest cut to glory in this world and sal vation in the next"