Five Children Drowned

-Atcook, Dclaware coünly', on the ISth inst. tlirec children of Mr. Calv'n Thomas, the cltlcst :i girl of 14, anothor IS, a-nd n'. boy of ü years, wifii a tlauhter of Lena Liiwis, agoJ JU, voi;e on a small pond covered wiih icc whicli siuldonly gave way, and the three gïrls feil in. Tho boy, seeio his sisters struggHng and calling for help, attempled toassist them, when he eiilicr was pulled w slipped in, and sharcd the late of those he waa atlenijjling to rescue.Corrcspondtnce N. Y. Comni.-rciul Adven ser. Philadelphia, April 0 - 7 A. M. Kitciiik; ActtWTTB, &c. - An enilorsement úpon the wáy Lili froin Petersbtirgh, Va., received licre ilis morning, states Uiat Tilomas Kiichie, ir., íharged srifh the murder of Jolm H. Pleasanls. has been acquitted; nnd tarther, that all the porties connected with tliat unfortu'.íate aílair have been declared not guiJty.