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The trial of Mrs Van Valkenburgh, in
Fulton county, New York, for the murder
other husband by poisoning, in March last,
has come to close. From the nature of the
evidence it was clearly established that her
husbands death had been occasioned by
arsenic, quantity of which she was proved
to have purchased a short time before the
deceased was taken ill. In accordance
with these facts, the jury on Saturday re-
turned into court with verdict of guilty,
andsentonce ofdeath was Immediately passed
upon the wretched woman by Judge Wilt
ard. The day appointed for the execution
is the Gath day of next January.


SEIZURE OF AMERICAN CLocKs,-Last
week, upwards of $50 American clocks were
seized, in consequence of the importers un-
dervaluing them, and on Saturday they were
sold at Revenue-buildings, for much high
er amount than they were originally valued
at. They were disposed Of in lots of
three each, and the average price was from
forty to fifty shilling per lot.--Liperpool
Mail, Nor. Is,


1t is said fat lady in Dedham, the other
day, undertook to commit suicide by drown
ing herself. Just as she was about to take
the fatal plunge, a huge bull frog came to
the surface of the water directly beneath,
her, and fairly frightened her from her pur-
pose. Who says croakers are not sometimes
useful