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 THOMAS DAY, SECRETARY.

SELECTED ITEMS.
SELECTED ITEMS. Quartus Morgan Webb, who stole the money from

 letter tn the North6ed post-olce, was tried before the Circuit Court of the United States at Boston last week and sentenced to ten years imprisonment- the least punishment allowed by the post-ofice law.

 John Fuller, late Teller of the United States Bank at Boston, was indicted for embczzling money from the Bank, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two years confinement to hard labor in the county jail tn Boston. The restoration ofupwnrds of 40 0O0dolars and the surrender of himself the operation ol the laws probably induced the court to temper judgment with mercy.

 4 Madnnan-At the election at CIncord Pa. on Tuesday, man fired into the collection of persons on the ground, and wounded five persons, one of whom was sho, in the lower part of the abdomen dangerous. Iy. Wha. melted him to this outrage, does not ap. pear; he was not dru0k, nor was he engaged in any conflict. He is now ia prison.

 EIe at Columbus, OhiO.-'rhe Ohio S'aie Journal. Of the 14,h mentions that the Friday night previ- ous fire broke out in the south range of shops in the Peniienary yard which, with most of their con- teots were destroyed before the fire could he arrest ed. The loss of property is estimated at $5O0O The fire is believed to have been the result of scheme recently ma,ured by he cOnvicts, for ihe destruction of the whole establishments and is s stated that the Keeper, tn consequence Of tho destruction Of she workshops, has determined O keep them all in sOI- ary confinement until the meeting of she Legis. lature.

 In the Circuit Court of the Un,sd States yesterday morning, George q. Smith was sentenced to years Imprisonment a, hard labour, and [" pay "e ot 500 dollars for pa+sing couuterfet note and committing EDrgerv on inc Bank of the United States Calvin S. Carpenter was also seniencrd to ten years mprso"- meM,, and to pay fine of three thousand dollars, or passing counterfeit note on the same haak. PhiiadeiphiG Inqmirer. During . severe thunder s'"Tm on the evening of the 2d inst. Mrs Brundage, of Batavia village, was killed ly lightning.