General Intelligence

A singular case of seduction carne up before the recorder, for bis adjudicaron, on Saturdny. It appears that the girl, who pasgfe'd under the name of Amanda YVright, and is 17 y en ris of age, about two years ago was placed at a boardingëchoo-l oír Staten Island, where she became perfect in Spanish, Freneband Music. W hile' there she was seduced by an whose' name she refusesto disclose. The moiher now claims that she may be sent to the Magdalen as the only meaws to save her fröm destruction. - TVis was opposod by a lawyer, who app'eared as counsel for a friend of her seducer. who wishes to oblain the girl, in order, as he s-ays, to place her at school in ConnecticuÉ, to finish' her educntion, and when it is eompleted to make her his wife. In the intermission of the court she was placed' in charge of the mat ron of the Magdalen Asylum, but managed to escape from the building, and has been taken to' Cbnwecticrut. - New York Sun. G'jv. F. C. Treadtfell, Eqr., on ilie lltli nst. mnde a motmn belore Lhe Stipreme Courr of the United Staté6 tbr n writ of habens corpus, to be issued forthwitli, to bring Gov. Dorr to' Washington-, for the pnrpose of enabling him to eign' u petition for a writ of error. An efibrt was tnode two or three weeks ago to obtain admittancc to the prison for the purpose pfenabluig Gov. Dbrr to sign a petition in person, bi.U adinission was denied on the g.round lthat Guv. Dorr wascivilly dead!" There is reason to believe, soys the N. Y. Herald, that the preéent motion will be g;raiíted .- JacJcson Patriot. Betting on Elections. - The newa of the New York election first received in New York city was fitvorable to the Whigs, and upon liiis stimulus they made numerous and heavy bets. The Demicrats i:i tlie mean time received intelligence which could b e relied pon, brought by a sleamboat express, which stopped twelve miles short of the city, and they were thus prepared to take any bets the Whigs offered. The New York Tribune says the VVhigs were ewindled oulof half a mi Ilion1 of dollars by tliie operalion. The fooi and hls money wero soon parted. ft wouldhave been betterifa' third party had run off with the etakes. Miss' Martineau's HandhöorJc. - - A magnificent table-cover, wrought by Miss Martineau, is on its way for the Anti-Slavery Fair, in Boston. The market Valuc of the work, independeritly of other con siderations, is saidtobe $100i A Hoax. - Tho report od: riot and blootïehod respecting some runnway slaves t the Red üak Setllenjent near Georgetown'. Ohio, turas out to be-' a Hoax! The particulars werestated 6O minutely, real ñames given so correcily and euch on air of renlity throvvn over the whole tale that the Ohio and Ken tucky prees were alike deccived. The object mii6t have been to exasperóte and inflame t he nnhappy border feeling, which is growing up 01 the two sidos of the Ohio River. We rejoice that it provet to have beea only & lioax.