XXXIVTH CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION. WASHINGTON. lHireinber 4, ls.lli. In the Senate, Mr. COMF.CJYS, the new mem ber from Deluware, appeared and took the oath and his seat. The motion to print 30,000 extra copies of the Message was defended by Mr. FITZIATRICK, of Ala. He thought the pollt'c d discussion was out of place : that the President was right in devoting half his Message to a political ha rangue ; that the North ought to stop talking, and thereby stirring up the South : that ai tation ought to stop ; and finally, that posteri ty would award the meed of praise no.v denied to President Pierce. Mr W AIIF. (Ohio, would not not commence agitation, nor shrink from it when commenced by others. The President was responsible for the discussion, having provoked it by using half his Message for a political discussion of Slavery. The President had libeled a large majority of the people of Ohio. Was he to shield himself behind a constitutional privilege, and thence slander, traduce and abuse a ma jority of the people of the. Free States ? Mr Wade proceeded to show that Mr. Pierce was dropped by his party because of his course with Kansas, and therefore Mr. Buchanan's success was not an indorsement but a desertion of the Administration. He exposed the " Buchanan and Free Kaasas" swindle in Pennsylvania, and pointed to the defeat of Mr. Richardson for Governor of Illinois as the true popular sentiment there on the Administration. Mr. 81. TI.ER (S. C. ) had resolved not to dis cuss such questions, but would reply to Mr. Wade. The men of the South were as loyal to the Union as any other body, but the time might come when dissolution would be desira ble. When the North overpower with num bers, and exclude slaveholders from the Presi dency, then South Carolina would leave. He endeavored to show that the Slave States were flourishing : that the devil of Slavery was not so black as the North pained him : and he would like to know who wrote an article in The Edinburgh Review excoriating the slave system of the South. Mr. RISK (Ark.) charged that the Repub licans had changed their programme : that the wounds of bleeding Kansas had been stanched, and now Union saving was the order of the new party. He thought the Union ought to be preserved only so long as it secured equal privileges to all the members thereof. Mr. FESSENDKN (Me.) then made a splendid defense of the Republican party. He showed , the narrow sectionalism of South Carolina, in voting time and again for her own exclusive ) candidate for President rather than unite with any national or great party. lie assured the ( Senate that inflexible opposition to the exten sion of Slavery into Free Territory, was, and i is, and will be the cardinal principle of the ' Republican party ; and that it would be fought j through to the bitter end, if bitter the end must be. Mr. BENJAMIN (La.) got the floor, and mov ed an adjournment until Monday, which was carried. In the HOVSE, the SPEAKER announced the 1 Standing Committees, which are nearly the . same as during the last session. The matter of tiu Kansas Delegate occupied | the House all day. Nothing was effected.— j Adjourned. FBIDAT, Pc. 5. ISS. ! The Senate was not in session yesterday. In the House, it having been ascertained that the friends of Mr. Whitfield ns Delegate from Kan- . sus had a majority in the city, a call of the House was voted by one majority. On the call, 218 members answered to their names.— ! Question was then taken on the motion to lay on the table the motion of Mr. Grow, recon sidering the vote denying the seat to Mr. Whitfield. It was decided not to lay the mo tion on the table—Yeas 108, Navs 111. An attempt was then made to vote Mr. Whitfield straight in, but finally the whole subject was postponed to Tuesday next. The members then drew for seats, and the House adjourned to Monday. [CorivKpondeiice of the I'ittstou Gazette.) Taken from the Log Book on the First Trip via North Branch Canal Extension. ELMIRA, Nov. 20, 1856 MR. RICH ART: — Dear Sir : Tuesday morn ing (Nov. 11,) before daylight two deck boats loaded each with 25 tons of Pittstou Coal left the outlet lock, bound for the farthest point of navigation up the North Branch Ca nal, and, if possible, to Elmira. It was soon discovered that vie should breast 110 lofty surge," but instead, about twenty-five inches of water, the berme aud tow-path, like Seylla and Charybdis, staring at the mariners from either side, between which it was necessary to steer with the "utmost care. This depth of wa ter increased gradually in our progress when we reached MCK vine's lock three miles above Buttermilk Falls, at midnight, a distance of fourteen miles of the Canal, being delayed some hours, and separated from the other iia f or the " Fleet " by breaks in the Harris nar rows. We wish here to thank Mr. Elliott for his kindness and atteution, without whose aid we should have been stranded. At McK une's the water was nearly three t'eet. From this we passed smoothly along to Tunkhannock aqueduct, on Wednesday, where to our surprise we were greeted by the Band of that place, followed by a procession of peo ple, and coming on deck the band struck up a martial air, which seemed to send inspiration iuto those shadowy and everlasting hills of Tunkhantiock—echoing and re-echoing and cheering 011 the progress of the first boat thro' J their midst ria the North Branch Canal. Be ing late in the season—the old story—the old promise of the completion of the Canal, so long listened to, but so often broken to the hope— " the sixth age " about " shifting into the its' scene of air the sight of a boat freigh f ed with coal , floating up the channel, inspired an irre sistible feeling of gratification, and I heard a man with grey hairs say " Well, I have, lived to see a loaded boat come up the North. Branch Canal E Our Boat went 011 the same night around that wild Horse Neck to the Dam. Nextday, Thursday, we passed the slack water, the vil lage of Meshoppin, Skinner's Eddy to Laeey ville, where we were presented with the "Stars aud Stripes." At night we brought up at the long town of Brovvntowu, and waited patient ly the arrival of the rest of the " Fleet," from which we had been so long separated, and which might have been, for anything we knew, shipwrecked or the horse knocked down. We could, for depth of water, have unloaded one boat into the other at .Tuukhamiock. The night wore off, and the East was turning grey lefore the Chesapeake hove in sight—moviug towards IIN more like a ghost than anything cl-e ; and indeed she was ominous like a ghost, :or she brought a sudden reversal of my good fortune. It was necessary to unload her car z<> iuto the rival l>oat just now overtaken.— The Captain of tiie pioneer boat impatient of delay and nn advancing rival—the other ob stinate ns though it was a virtue—the Mules pleased with the exhibition of so much obsti nacy, their favorite quality—with all this the day breaking in the East betokened nothing pleasant—the common lot of all explorers ! ! For a time no commands, no appeal, no threats no entreaties availed ; but at last the unload ing was effected and the pioneer boat, Tona wanda, set sail once more in four feet of wa ter, winding through the rich Hats of Wyalu sing, where the people came out to greet us ' with a cannon's fire and its rolling echo. They placed the cannon on our deck, and we made • it answer back our thanks for their kind wel j come. This cannon we took with us to Elmira. | Passing along the Terrytown narrows we j tired over to the resounding shores to give some j of the people of that place an opportunity to j reverse their long declared opinion on the im ' possibility of navigating the North Branch Ca ; mil. All went on smoothly with the exception | of the lock-tender at lock No. I*2, — -graining j l<i in f/it' service, -who, in his anxiety to lock j the lir.st boat through in style, had put across the lock a temporary bridge, and nailing down all the boards but one, on which in crossing, by the " preversencss of matter " he stepped, and fell some twelve or fourteen feet into the rag ing cina.ii/. But his excited state of tnind ac knowledged no injury excepting a pretty hard twist of the neck. We passed on to Standing Stone Friday night, Mr. B. Laporte, Mr Si mon Stevens and others receiving complimen tary shots from our deck. Next dnv. Saturday, we passed through the pleasant flatlands of Wysox—the canal in the finest order—occasionally rolling the cannon's echo along its vales. I heard Mr. Rahu tell a lock-tender not to give us more than sir feet of water. Here we wish to thank Mr. Rutin, ( Sup't of the upper half of the Canal, undei Mr. Mnffet,) for his assistance, notwithstand ing he had taken no sleep for three nights pre vious. Soon the village ofTowauda appeared j in sight, the cannon announcing our approach. On the burnt bridge, now under speedy repairs, a crowd hail gathered to welcome us across the pool. Tying two tow lines to one skiff, and shooting them to the bridge, the crowd drew us in line style to their hospitable shore. De clining any further demonstration which was offered, we went on to Tioga Point, the Pack et Boat passing ns at Ulster, and its Captain I receiving a complimentary fire from our deck, i The next day was the Sabbath. With an eye to the spiritual welfare of our crew, we hesitated about proceeding on that day ; but as the good Clergy in that region, for the last two or three months, has recognized a politi cal religions excitement we thought there might be such a thing as a North Branch Religious Extension feeling, and that a crew which had courage to navigate up a canal for years eon signed bv the general voice of the people along its whole length, to its grave, and placed with the list of projects never to be revived, —that such a crew was sound in the doctrine of a resurrection. In this frame of mind we pass ed silently and reverently along the beautiful , country around Tioga Point, breaking the still- j uess of the sacred day by no cannon's echo, — | nothing save an occasional blast of the horn I to warn a drowsy lock-tender of our approach. \ When we reached the residence of Mr. Da- j vrd Shearer, (Sup't of the Junction Canal,) j Capt. May sounded the horn with a true boat- ; man's cadence, and shortly Mr. Shearer came on deck in high glee saying, " Ah, I knew that Juniata boru." He was formerly engaged 011 the Juniata Canal, and for some yearkhas been in this region " waiting for the moving of the waters "in the North Branch Canal. ''As the mind is pitched the eat is pleased,'Vand if any music ever fell pleasantly on the ear, the sound of that Juniata horn awakened joy in in his heart. Monday morning we were one mile from Klniira, when we received word to stop and wait for a welcome. An extra was issued by the Daily Gazette, calling out the citizens to escort the first Boat Ixrid of the Black Diamond of Wyoming Valley into their city. Meanwhile our Boat was prepared with flags—the mules caparisoned, and true to their natures in compliment to such honor they pre sented the most indescribable indifference. At 2 o'clock a procession formed before lluight's Hotel, (a Hotel and a landlord not to be sur passed,) aud led by Wisuer's Baud, proceeded to the Boat lilling the deck to overflowing. A gun manned and drawn by horses followed, shaking the air, and answered back by our gun, which was loaded by the citizens and fired by our cigars. The Boat stopped at the Junction of the Chemung and Junction Canals, where Col. G. S. Hathaway, addressed the crowd in an eloquent speech, welcoming the Boat to their borders, as the harbinger of another tie of brotherhood, and another means of inter course between the Keystone and Empire states complimenting Mr. Mnffet for his industry and perseverance. The Boat passed on to the Ba sin, when the procession re-formed and return ed to Hajght's Hotel, where cheers were given for Mr. Aruot, Mr. Ilollenback Mr. Maffet, Mr. Shearer, Wyoming Valley and Captain May. And the citizens of Elmira may be as sured that such a welcome as they gave us will be gratefully trmembered by the people of Wyoming Valley. So ends my Log Book. Grateful for escap ing the dangers of a perilous navigation, and thankful for the welcome we received and to Mr. Maffet and his Superintendants, Messrs. Elliot and Ilahn, I think of taking a farewell to Boating, aud the first train of cars home. Yours, truly, J. R. P. S.—Above Tunkhantiock, the Canal is in fine order. Below to Pittston some repair is only necessary to make it, another season, ca pable of floating all the Boats that can get into it. SHOT HIMSELF.—VALENTINE STTER, a ma chinist by profession, and a resident of Susque hanna Depot, lost his life a few days since by the accidental discharge of his gun. The Penn sylvania n says, " he and a friend were out in pursuit of game : it appears deceased was pas sing over some logs, when his foot slipped and he fell, IMA gnu striking on the hainnrer of the lock with force sufficient not only to discharge the load, but to break off the hammer. The ball took effect in his throat fracturing the lower jaw in several places, passed' through tbc posterior part of the mouth, the base of the brain, ami lodged within the skull at the back of the head, causing instant death. The deceased was a German by birth, aud highly resj>ected." The Wrightsville Star mentions the serious illness of Col. REAII FRAZER, of Lan caster. I'u., caused, it is supposed, bv over ex citement in money uud political matters. Snibfort ilqmlcr. E. O. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : ®l)Trsbat} fllormnn, Oacmbcr 11. 185 U. 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On the other hand, Hays, the murderer of Buffum, whose arrest by Gov. Geary after he had been released ou bail was the cause of the recent quarrel between that functionary and Judge Lecompte, lias once more beeu set at liberty by the Judge, in defiance of the Go vernor. It is said that the latter submits qui etly to this new demonstration ou the part of Lecompte. He is also about to lose bis as sistant in the arrest of Hays, as Col. Titus,the great border-ruffian leader, who rendered that service to the Governor is about to leave Kan sas for the more congenial fields of Nicaragua. A free passage from St. Louis is promised to whoever wishes to take service under Walker. Gov Geary has been denounced at a meeting of Border Ruffians at which Mr. Surveyor-Ge neral Calhoun occupied the chair. The occa sion for this seems to have beeu found in Gea ry's dispute with Lecompte and Donaldson, and in the fact that several Pro-Slavery men have now at last been indicted by the Grand Jury. WASHINGTON, Deo. G, 1856. A special messenger has arrived from Kan sas bringing despatches from Gov. Geary rela tive to the release of Hayes, and other matters in issue between himself and Judge Lecompte, which are submitted to the consideration of the Administration. Gov. Geary reiterates the peaceful condition of the Territory. The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. Hurd, Secretary of the Kansas National Committee, dated Chicago, Nov. 27 : " Gov. Geary, we learn from reliable sour ces, is beiug driven over to our side, in a mea sure. The settlers' rights were being observed at the land sales. Relief was arriving and al laying the suffering. The confidence that Kansas would lie made a free state was strong. About 80 Border Ruffians came down the riv er on their way home, in the same boat that Prof. Daniels, of Wisconsin, came down in.— Kansas will be u free state ; the tide has turn ed in our favor." THE LANCASTER BANK. —The Lancaster In tcll'g ;uc( r learns from a reliable source that there is a strong probability of this institution being put on its feet again, by a new subscrip tion of stock to the amount suggested by the Directors in their report to the meeting of stockholders. This project, if carried out, will give the bank a cash capital of SBOO,OOO to commence with, and enable it to pay its depo sitors iu one, two and three years. Of course the old stock is all sunk, and will prove a dead loss to the stockholders unless the doubtful and bad assets of the institution should turn out better than the directors anticipate. Since the suspension the Bank has redeemed over $05,000 of her notes in payment of debts due the institution, thus discharging her liabilities to that amount. II KAI.TH OK I>R. K TXE —It is stated that letters from London received in New-York by the last steamer, bring the moK-i discouraging accounts of the health of Dr. Kane, the brave Arctic navigator. He was very pale—much reduced in flesh—and his night sweats are " ter rible." His cough also was alarming. His physician had enjoined him to leave for a* warmer climate as soon as possible, and he was accordingly to sail on the 17th of November for St. Thomas and Havana. ANOTHF.R PARDON*. —Daniel J. Neff, a young lawyer of Ilollidaysburg, Pa., recently convic ted of the manslaughter of Samuel Hewitt, jr. and sentenced, on the 25th ult., to two years' imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary,was on Monday last pardoued by Gov. Pollock. APPOINTMENT. —CoI. T. A. MAGI-IRE, of Cam bria county, Pa., has received the appointment of Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Kansas. Col. M. has been for mauy years clerk of the State Senate of Penn sylvania. ACQRITTAL OK JlorpLE.—The trial of A. F. Iloppir, who was the conductor on the excur sion train on the North Pennsylvania Hail road, last summer, when a collisiou occurred, through which it will be remembered so mauy children were killed,was brought to a close by a verdict of Xot Guilty. He was indicted for manslaughter, but it seems the jury did not consider the evidence strong enough to convict him. Mr The legislature of this Suite will meet at Harrisburg ou the 6th of January next. On the 13th both houses will assemble iu Conven tion fer the purpose of electing a United States Senator in the place of the Hon. B. Bi;oi>Hr„M, whose term expires on the ith bf March next. ijital Intelligence. TRIAL Of JAMES MITCHELL & WM. HENRY WHITE, In the Oyer and Terminer of Bradford Co. The trial of JAMES MITCHELL and WILLIAM HENRY WHITE, indicted at the present sessions for the murder of EPHRAIM BOARDMAN, was ta ken up on the 4th inst. For the Commonwealth, District Attorney MORROW, and ELWELL. For defence, Messrs. ADAMS, MERCTR and D'A. OVERTON. The following jury was empanelled i George A. Johnston, J. H. Wright, Stephen I). Harknentt, Jiinics Merritt, Jr., Klam Kendall, Solomon Stevens. Abel Wheat on, C'hauncey H> Gorbin, Hiram Lacev, Henry Gnylord, Lorenzo Wing, J M. Wattles. The case was opened by the District Attor ney very elaborately, and the evidence ou the part of the Commonwealth called. We have condensed the testimony, endeavoring to pre serve the material facts. EVIDENCE FOR THF. COMMONWEALTH. J. M. Smith sworn —Testifies that he saw Boardman the day before the County Fair.— Saw him have a $1 bill, and two $5 bills, and a roll of bills as large as my three fingers. Went with him to Mr. Russell's, where he bought half gallon of whiskey and paid for it. Henry Russell —Testifies to selling the whis key to Boardman, as above, and to seeing the money. Francis Porter —Resides nt Rome—Board man stopped at his tavern on his way to the fair, and bought some liquor. Saw him have some change, and a roll of bills which he dis played. A. R. Cool ha ugh —Was employed at the Fair grounds Saw White with Boardman during the afternoon and evening. About 8 o'clock in the evening saw them together iu front of Moore's store. White said to Board man, " come this way if you want to go to the river." Boardman said this is not the road. White said it is just as good as any other. Boardman acted as if very much intoxicated. John Britton —ln the evening came along with a lantern by *lie corner of Montnnyes' store, where White and Boardman were stand ing together. White said, old man, come here, I know you well—come, I've got something good. He walked a little ahead, aud I and Boardman went together ; when we came to the corner of Barstow's building, next to the meeting house ; White said I've got a jug— a full gallon in it. He handed me the jug, and I drank ; it was whiskey. After that White took a drink and handed it to Board, man, and told him lie inns drink. They then weut through towards Mercur's store, ou their way to Patton's drug store, to get a bottle. F. IV. Hale —Saw Boardman during the afternoon. After we had closed for the even ing, Boardman and White came to the gate and wanted to come in. Boardman wanted to get his Jack and take it over the river where his horses were. I told him that it was too late—that his Jack was taken care of—that lie had better let it remain where it was. White said, you'd better let it be, I guess, it is safe where it is ; and fliey went off together. I saw them again about 8 o'clock in the evening in Button's drug store. White came in first—Boardman nfter him. Boarduian ap jiearcd to be very nuieh intoxicated and came near falling against the glass. White did not appear to be, but benight an empty bottle and they went out together. If. M. Southwell —About 8 o'clock on the first evening of the Fair, Boardman and White came into ruy saloon, in the basement of Put tou's Block, aud called for some oysters. They ate two dishes apiece, and Boardraan asked what the bill was. I told Idm one dollar, and he gave ine ass bill. I had not change, and asked hiin if he had anything smaller than that. He looked at some bills, and said he had none smaller. I took the bill and gave him in change two $2 bills. He had several bills in his hand ; I not see how much any of them was, nor any other money in his wallet. They went away. They came again that evening, and Mitchel was with them. Just as they came in, I weui to-supper. When I came back they were sit Jrng VB the stall, and hud been eating oysters. There were a great many in the saloon that evening, and I told them I'd like have them „set back, as 1 wanted to use the stall. They got up and came out and sat upon a settee.— Boardmau wanted to know what his bill was. The niau tending for me, told me the bill was seven shillings. Boardman put his hand in his pocket and handed me a quarter of a dollar and a five cent piece. I told White he ought to foot the rest of the bill. He said he had called for nothing, and he'd pay for nothing. I told them some one must pay, and Board man took out his wallet and gave me a dollar i bill, and I gave him back the change. I told him I'd go to the drawer aud give him a shil ling. White jumped up and said we won't have it in change, we'll have itiusegars. They got the segars and went out. In the place where he took out the bill there was one or two bills—aud iu another part of the wallet another roll of bills. Boardman was intoxica ted ; don't think that White was iutoxicatcd ; Mitchell was a good deal intoxicated. Think White said let us go take care of the Jack or horses. Am uot sure which said it ; it was talked of amongst them Said the hor ses were over at Whalou's. [Witness identi fies the wallet shown as the one he saw in pos session of Boardman.] A. M. Warner. —Testifies to seeing Board man with the defendants iu Southwell's, aud substantially corroborates Southwell's testimo ny as to the money. Joseph McCubc. —Saw Boardman aud defeu dants at Southwell's, early in the evening, and luter at Langhlin's. Coroborates Southwell's testimony as to paying their bill. Samuel Sullivan.— Saw the parties at South well's, the last time they were there and saw Boardman pay the bill. Mitchell got up and said let us go and take care of those old hor sea over at Whalon's, and White said come, and Boardinan got up and started. About 15 minutes after, word eaine that the old man was drowned. The run Ilayxcard. —Was in Southwell's about 8 o'clock, when Boardinan, Mitchell and White came in. White said if you are going to buy that pie, buy it now. Boardman called for the pic. Lament was tending bar, and asked if he had any money White said you need not be afraid of him, for lie's got lots of money. Coroborates Southwell as to Board nian's paving the bill, and having other money. White hud a bottle in his hand when they came in, about half full. Did not see any marks of violence on Boardman. Stephen Felton. —White came into my store not far from 7 o'clock, and w tin ted to buy a quart of whiskey. Told him I could not sell it to him because he was under age and besides my license did not allow me to sell less than a gallon. He then went out and brought in a man with light colored coat and green specs, and inquired if 1 had any jugs to sell. I sold him a jug and a gallon of whiskey. It came to five shillings, and he gave me a $2 bill in payment. He took out his wallet. lie had a gold dollar and a $5 bill, and one or two small bills—in all $8 or $9 in bills—this he laid on tlio table. Think from what I saw of t lie wallet there was nothing more ia it. White spoke about going over the river, and Board man did himself, to take care of the horses, and a>ked how they could get over. Mrs. Pkcebe Connolly. — Lives on the river bank just, above the Bridge. 1 went home about & o'clock in the evening, and after a lit tle while went to bed, when I heard an awful struggling, just as though some one was hold ing another.s mouth ; heard quite a struggle for a miuute or so, and heard some one say God d—n your soul, and heard some singing 011 the other side of the river. A little while after this heard a skiff rowing and some loud talking, and got up and went to the door and saw a light under the bridge. James lhlley, lddicard Scott, and Jesse Uroirn.- —Testify substantially alike as regards crossing the river in a boat, and hearing de ceased fall from the bridge. They, with Fran cis llall, and Michael Kennedy started from the other side of the river to come over, llol ley's testimony is that they passed through the bridge between two piers, sccoud space from the east side. Had a lantern in the boat which was placed under the 6eat. The bovs were singing most of the way until the boat got on the town side of the bridge. Told the boys they had better not sing any more. Short ly after that we heard a splash in the water. Kennedy spoke up and said there was somebo dy overboard into the water. 1 thought it was a man because I heard a noise—grunt— just as he struck the water. I sprung to the | oars, quick as 1 could. After I'd taken the oars, I heard a man upon the bridge, say, hur ry np there is a man overboard. At that time 1 heard some steps made on the bridge, as one j starting to run. The light was held up, and I saw oft the Bridge Mitchell and White. — Mitchell stood right over where the man fell in—right over where we found his hat and handkerchief. White stood, as uear as I cau guess, about 20 feet towards this end of the bridge. White then came up where Mitchell stood. Mitchell kept telling me where to come with the boat where I could fiud him. Jesse Brown got the hat. Frank llall said Oh ! \Y Lite I know you are coming some of your smart tricks ; you are trying to fool us. White said no, he was not ; there was certainly a man fallen from the bridge. On the other side of the skiff was his handkerchief. We staid around until c saw no signs of any ouc com ing up, and then come ashore. When I came on shore White and Mitchell came round dowu to us. I asked how the man came to go off, and Mitchell said that the man was on the bridge, that he put his foot up on the railing, and pitched right off. Mitchell said they had a jug on the bridge, and the old man had just taken a drink and handed the jug to him, and he'd taken a drink and set it down by iiis own feet. He said here is the jug now ; he had it in his hand. We then went on the end of the bridge, and he put liis leg up on the railing to show how he went off. I caught him for fear he'd fall off, he was so much iutoxicattd. By that time there was quite a crowd gathered around. White went ou to say how the man went off. lie seemed to be considerably frightened. White said he was on this end of the bridge when Mitchell said this man had fallen, and then he started and went that way to see. Afterwards I heard him say that lie was pretty close to hiui when he went off ; said he was near enough to see him—saw his heels as he was going over. White said Bourdmaa was going down to the bridge to take rare of his horses, and he told him lie couldn't go over the bridge, and the old man said he guessed he could. Snid lie tried to stop him, but couldn't, he was bound logo. Said Mitchell tried to stop him, and they got into a scuffle and he started away. This eon versation was on the side walk at Patton's block, after I had left the hat and handker chief at Siualley's. Samuel Wallbridge —Had conversation with White and Mitchell at the river and ou the corner of Puttou's bloek, of the same import as the above. October 3, I was searching for the body,and found it in the moruiug. Jcre Collins was along with inc, rowing the boat, and I was dragging along with hooks, which caught his vest and suspender. The body wns about *25 or 30 feet below the bridge, and about two-thirds of the way from the abutment to the first pier ']•}, water there is some 20 or 27 feet deep • f r ,, m the top of the railing to the water is 23 f m The railing is 2 feet 11 inches high from tin floor of the bridge. The body was put j n the skiff, and Collins and I staid with it until the Coroner's jury took it—and no one touched him. His spectacles were on his forehead Dr. C. K. Ladd. —Was present at the ex amination of the body, Oct. 3, after bein-- t, ken out of the river. The examinatiou "took | place out on the river in a ferry boat. ]„ t ; ; vest pocket was found a watch, and a p u i r ,' f j spectacle cases. In the right-hand pantaloons pocket fouud a wallet, in all his pockets fo u ' J( ] $1,41 ; a gold dollar and 41 cents iu change His clothes were all taken off then. Hi s were on his forehead. On the examination of j the body we found the left eye swollen, and | some little discolored. Found also a small cut 1 across the bridge of the nose where the spots would naturally come. Found a bruise on his left arm half way between his elbow ami shoul der. There were also three marks or inden tions on the right side and lower part of the abdomen. The swelling of the eye was pro duced by force, and I think a little time before ; death. My opinion is that he came to death by drowning. The wound in the abdomen might have been made after death. Dr. E. 11. Mason and Dr. C. M. Turner j coroboratcd the above testimony, as to the aj>- pearances of deceased, and his death hv drown- A. J. XoUe.—t arrested the defendants at : the co nef of Button's Block, the same nmht of this occurrence. I had no warrant. Ask ed them how it happened. (Their account a> given by this witness, does not materially dif fer from that previously given.) James Prince and Philander Saxton .—Tes tify to hearing White give an account of the occurrence from the window of his cell. William Boardinan. — lam a brother of the deceased ; he was 49 years old the day he was taken out of the water. EVIDENCE FOR DEFENCE. Dr. D. S. Pratt —\\ as present when the i body was unclothed. The eye was swollen and 1 discolored—looked as though it had received u blow on it, and was blood-shot. The latter appearance may have been received by break ing a blood-vessel. Saw the wound on the nose. If it had been done before death, it would have been oj>en. The arm was slightly discolored. I noticed some marks on the ab domen. Think they they were done while the body was lying in the water. Cornelius Coleman —Boardman's horses were kept during the Fair across the river at Wiia lon's. Ceo. E. Fox —Saw Boardinan when he pur chased the whiskey at Fulton's. Asked me if lie could get across the river. Said lie had a team across the river, and wanted to go and take cafe of it. I stood within two or three feet of him. I thought he had a mark ou the eye. 11 appeared as t hough lie had ruu against 'something, or had a blow upcm the eye. When I ffrst saw the man taken out of flu* river, I looked to see if he hod a mark upon him. James Elliott —l hate been acquainted with James Mitchell seven or eight years. 1J is re putation is that of a harmless, inoffensive man. 1 Jesse Woodruff' —Have been acquainted with | Mitchell since he was 7 or 8 years old—inof -1 tensive,- harmless man, somewhat given drink. Exra Rutty, Francis Watts. IV hi. J M'v t?er, James Simmons, Ira 11. Stephen , and Jo [ seph Powell, testitied to the general gocd char acter of Mitchell. Xicholas White —This White is a brother's son of mine ; I took him when about I*> months old. He will be 18 years old next January I came from Tompkins Co., N V. last Feb ruary. EVIDENCE FOR COMMONWEALTH RESCUED. SauiUrl Sullivan, A. M. Warner, II -V South itkll and W'lllur l Prentoe. testify s not having observed any mark upon the eye (firing the evening. The evidence was concluded at 111-1 o'clock Dec. 6, and upon consultation the ease was submitted to the jury without argument, u;-oa the charge of the Court. Judge Wii.wor hav ing charged the jury, they retired, ami iu a short time agreed upon a verdict of A ' >'. The prisoners were thereupon discharged. IN THE QUARTER SESSIONS. Com. vs. I.ewis Bull. —ludieted at present sessions for assault and battery upon Pewit- Lynch, on the 30th of October last. A erdict not guilty and comity t> pay cost-. For Com. District Attorney MORROW and B.URD. Com. vs. II IP? Cor. —lndictment for adul tery, fornication and bastardy. .V entered us to the count for adultery, and di fondant pleads guilty to the other charge.— Sentenced and committed to jail in default < • security for payment of costs. District Attorney MORROW and <• H. M * KINS for Commonwealth ; EDWARD OU-RT-'S for defendant. The Court fix upon Thursday Dee. 1 01 a hearing in reference to the application • * the new township to bo called " Alba. 8D also some day for a hearing of the apph ,Jt ' 1 for the corporation of Canton Borough . a " nlso fix upon Monday, the lath inst., loi a hef iug and final disposition of the application reference to the incorporation of the . • Brick Meeting House and also for the ' K ' l " f of the application for the incorporation o. Religious Society of Wysox." During the week the argument !>' ken up and a disposition ol some ea.-c- "
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