1 0. 'I: Mt ' OMR D. I'. tIE4,A / 4 4 Editor. 3 . VOLUME 20, t (grit B. OE4E, CO F. ""4 . , TERMS OP THE PAPER. City sobseribers by the earner; et . - , , et4Ott By mail, or at the orrice, in advatteK 1 1,50 3-rir niS paid in advenee,or within three months front the thee ofaieb,eribing, two dollars will be °barged. 3.7A1l communications mint be post paid. RATES OF ADVERTISING. " end* not exceeding I lines, one year. e 3,00 One piplare' 'do. do. plx menthe. 6,00 do. do. three months, - SOU Thansient ativerlig.inente, cents perequare. of fifteen lines on !eq.: for the tint inPerilon; 2 cents for each autsequent insertion. %T Yearly ail rerll erahatstheprivilegeofchangingofpleasure, have but at no little areAlloncd to occupy more than two *moored, and to be limited to !brit immediate tmeinces. Advertioemen es not havlngotherdirectlons, will he inserted tit lurid and charged uceordinAly. DORECTORY. J. W. , WETMORt, j .ATTOILNEr <I7 L In W alker'{ Otlice,ou eeventh str • HENRY CADWE L. • • /Aber. and Retail I)edicr in Dry Good., Groccriea. Crockery, Glassware, Carpeting, flarths are, Iron, Steel. No its, Spikts, &c. Empire Stores time Street, PAO' doors, below lirown's lion% Erie, l'a. A 1:0.—.%111 U... Vices, Bellow F. AVe Sin.inge, and a general a.sortinent of Haddie and earrhge Trinnning.r S. AIERVIA SMITH, ATRORNET AT Law and JUSliee o the ream—Office One door It'oo. of Wright's store, Erie, W. KTNCTIVLTON & SON, PrALEas in IVaiclres, Clocks, Looking Ghes.s., nano Fortes, Lampe, Britannia IVare, Jewelry., and a ariely of other Fancy Article, Keyelotie Buildings, four doors I chow Brown's link Stale Street, Erie, J. WALL/LNG MI sett (NT TAttott, avid habit Malier.— ,, ltorrl, gonth side of the Po blic rtquare, three doors East of the Erie Bank. , . _____—_ S. g. DPAVEY, • tyunr.Esa.e %c 1 RFTA DUlller . in Dry Goode:second door below Lkowted Howl, State Street. Erie. Pa.. GEORGE H. CUTLER, Arronscv AT I.IIV, Girard, Eric County, Va. Collections and other business attended to with promptness and dimueli. WILSON LA-1111) ATTOTLNET J.T LAW—Oirire over J. H. Williams' exel Imo office., next door to Judge Thom puon's offlee. Cullrelnig and other professional business attended to u i.h prompt, IiCAB flint di q,alc4. BROYVN'S HOTEL, rormERLY TUR £ to Lc. corn alVietil Mr tern at, 11.011 L tvnal.Es•LE and Retail tit Lipton , . elgarg, Dt Creopsitle. Erie. J. • 11. 13 HAVEItBTICK. , • . Na. !limn nom:. r aler is Dry Goode , Hardware, crockery, Groceries, B.c. • T'• W. MOORE, F** DE AL in rocerlex, ke.. No O. Poor People's now. State tnrect, NV. 11. CUTLER, Aitornoy & Connsetler at Law, ((Alice In Spa 1,1111',1 Emil, ngl Iltillalo, N. Y. C meotiii:: •% 1 commercial tmeinec.F will receive proliipt altenion Sta.sitnetwts.—A. P. Maus, P.m., BENJAMIN Eill4NE. LIElt• JOSIAH.. KELLOGG. ror %raid lag & connois!•ion 31erchanl, on , the Public Dock, east of Stat6,'Ftreel.. Coal. Shit, l'ln,ter and Whit,: Fish, coustanly for sale. J. -- Danl4r end thehanxelcr Bins or Exchamze, Draft, coil! ticatrNi of Urpoeite. Gold and stiver cum, &c., Office,4 doors below Brown's lintel. F.rie, ' Ar - rottwr AT LW, CieVCitllla,olo-0111CC on StlpetiOr SlreCN in Atwater's Muck. Reba to Chief itt:tice Parker, gail!britl4.te. Late Fettool lion. Rle lintel Fletcher, 10 S. t.fte At. Bostditt lion. K111111(111. I'orklos..l.lll Wnhurt st.. Philadelphia; Richard 11. E..,33 Wall larva, New York. For toslintoti als, re fer to tlsis AIARSJIALL & VINCENT. A rroavrrs , T LA i"—Otlice up .Wire in Tammany Hall notili of tne Prothonotary's office. Fele. AIURITAY WHALLON. - ATTORNEY AK'. AT LAW-01 , 11GO Met V. 13. Wright'. Store, entrance oue door wort of State street, MI the Diamond, I:rie. I. ROSENZWLIG & Co Witor.rzy.f.: Awn Rrrert, DE t1.1104.1u ForeUtialtd fry Goodo, ready ulnae ()loth INT. BUOLI and NO. 1, nein ifig Ithick, state street, Erie. , C. M. TIBBALS, MALTA in fry Coortoi, Dry Grnieries, Croc hery, Ilanhvare. No. 111. Chez poitle. Erie. A. U. HITCHCOCK, inGenteries and Provi, , ions or all hinds,elateslrect, three doors north of the Diamond. ❑rfe. JACKSON. DrALER In bry Goods.:Groccries,lfardwarr, Qu cci Iron. Nnlts, &e 4 131, Cheapoble, Erie, Pa. WILLIAM Ceetrer3Lrcer Unitylater. and Undertaker, corner of State and tiotenth ettreets, Erie. KELSO & LOO3IIS, GISIRRAL Forwarding', Frioduee Oorrentoon Merchants; dealers iu coar Re and (Inc salt, Coal, rlasger, &c. Public dock, we't side of the bridge, Erie. Elm .i. Krt.fflo, W. W. Looms • - - WALKER & COOK, GtvivlßT. rorwarding, Cominfm.ton and l'rodnee Mereliant2;See otl4 Wart-house eael of tho Bridge, Erie. • • G. LOOMIS & Co. DE 4 !SR!, i n Watches, Jewelry. Silver, Gcrnian ilcer, Plated and Britannia Ware Olden - . Military and Fancy Cooan, State nearly opposite the Eagle !total, Lite. i G. LOOM lA, T. M. Arcrti CARTER & iritoyitErt,. • Wilot.rsal.e and Retell dealers In Limas, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-stutn., &c., No. 0, Reed Erie. JOEL JOIINSON. REALER in Theologieal, hliscellancoul, Sunday and Clatinteal School Hooke, Slntionnry, &c. No. I, Perry lllock, Eric. ', JAMES Ltri ' r imure %TILT! Merchant Tailor, on the public 'plate, a fetv dooin wret of State Erect, Erie, - L. WARREN, SAtor, Mind nod Poor Manornctorer, nod dealer In ipso, pout"' east corner orPth and State meets, Eric. I). S. CLARK, WIIOLTAAtE AND nr.TAII.PCaIef in GTOCCrICA, PrOVi 4 jOTIF„ Sbir Chandlery, Stone-ware, &C. &0., No. 3,.lionnell Block. Erio. 0. D. SPAFFOItD. Dealer in Late. Medical, scatted Miscellaneous Books stationary, Ink, &c. State st., four doors below Vic Public soifare. - DR. 0. L. EI.LI I Resident Dentist Office and dwelling in the fleeheßlock, on the East side of the ruhlig Square, Erie, Teeth inserted on Cold Plate, ttonf one to an entire sett. • Carious teeth filled with pure - Gold, and restored to health and usefulness. Teeth cleaned wl th I tegrinuents and "leaflike so as to leave them of a pellucid clearness. All work warranted. MOSES KOCII, • IVROLEAALE ATM RETAIL I)ealer in Maple and Franey Dry Go -4.- ods, (traceries. Crdekery. Ready hlnde Clothing, Commercial' Dulldin4,, corner of French and Fifth streets, Erie. S. DICKERSON, rnsslClAt a to Romeo's—Office at Ills residence on Seventh street, omsndta the MedsodlAClturelai rzie. - C. 13. WRIGHT,, WWLESAL6 ItorAltdealef in Dry floods, Groceriof, Hardware, r•roekery, Gjagg-wllte. Iron Nails Leather, Oils, ire., corner of tita te sheet and the public square, opposite the Drule Ilotel, Erie JOIIN ii. BUitTON.,. wiToLrp., Li A ito RET.4,JL dealer in Drugs, Aleclici nee, Dye &las, Gm - et - lee, &e. No. 5, Deed Demme, Eric. ROBERT S. 1 UN'l'Elt, ii I ' • 1), ,LEF. note , . Caps •and Pura of ticteriptlon. No. 10, Park Ito ~.?„, Erie. Pa. PLAIN and Figured , DO Lela all wool,' and ;Mel cheap De Laini at the store of , • S JACKSON, 111,11 CK from s'2 to 40 per yird.sfrllngt/toN BLACK, Ittown Green and Cadet Mixed !Iron Cloth.% at at puce* for *ale at , S JACKSON, GHEt N, ISietk, Notelet Clarlt, Stoma, And Blue French Ma ft.no, for nle cheap et the Stem = ' 14.4 JACKSON. I,II„ACK, Blue, flail,. Striped and other Tane9 , calisitikres for sale by - JACKSON. BLACK, flue, and mixed Math:cis, Tnceds, Kentucky= Jeans , &C. for sale cheap by ti.f JACKSON. LADIEB UR GOONS . • The Ladles will find a 'gold Ili; - 1 -Asarttnent, French Mariam% Cashaectes„De La tit, (Ituuniliou Lustre, Mohair Logue, Alapachasrol„ all colors, 6 normals, Cali. ens, &c : Just Opened at • OF.O. SELO 'rbf & SON. AG001) assortment of %Vaster Vestings, some - cry, nice, tin cheap at the store of • l. JACKSON. AA I,APMJA. any ilty Black Figured and plain chanzable •LI- Silk wall , . chameliartsi Mohair lustre & e;; for role by • ct.2l. - JACKSON. G OIA, Silver and Ftomucci .call Gold. Silver and Composition Bronzes; Japanned tins, wtorted cOtati• Nor. 01. CARTER & ROTEHR. ws Goes° roathers Wanted. A round . oflive Uccle Fenthers Minted, /of c..! kJ p. 14 half C9di at lay eture ou the corner opi - U. !101l U, t.::, ' r : .:,.. •, Tr i:, ' i l t ' . , ! .',;,, 2:,.. ‘ , ; : , r . - 1 :1 'r''''.:VJ: . >' 4 . •,` ': : 6 . - 4 , i i:" ., , .' • 1 1 i r (.. I ~, ..` If ; '_e .' . ' _=. = _ ; .1;. ri . , , •:. , ) f-1 - ~ :I . ... F L . , . ~, I • trilci -'I i Vill 'I ',Vi . :: . q - ',l' , . • , . . . .- , . - . ,_.„ 4, J. , .• ... ...,- i ' . ... -,. . • -- r, .1•• . . F. . . • • . iienter. ND PUBLIC et, Lrie, Pa .Ithe Publiesqunre ice. 4 Prov (mg, IVineg, Crackers. &c. &c. Candies, }' f ruit, ie. Vrare,Lime, which I will •+lie Urown's WIUGUT. A t3netrg 110 311i5telltuttl. TUE 51101111tAltiall. - o.ef4 well your part. Mere ail Ow biter /10. 4 The phoentaker lilt amid wax and leather - . With lap•elone on his knee, Where giatig in hli . shop, he defied all weather Drawing hie'quorterek end sole together— A happy aid man was he. This happy old man wars° wise and knowing, The worth of his time he know, d Ho bristled Moen& and kept them going. And fell to each momenta stitch was owing. Until tie got round the shoo. Of every deed his wax was scaling, - Thetiosing was dun and faet;' The prick orbit awl never caused n feeling ' Of n pain to his toe and his skill in healing Was petted and true to the inst. Whenever you gave him a foot to measure. With ientle and skillful hand, lie took Its proportions with looks of pleasure As if yuu Were giving the costliest treasure Or dubbing him king of the land. . And many a one did he savefrom getting A fever, or a cold, or cough, And many a foot did he save from wetting, When, whether in water or snow !twos setting, Ills shoeing would keep them off. When he had done with his makingandenending With hope and a peaceful breast, Resigning, his awl, as his thread was ending, He passed from his bench to the grave' descending As high as the king to rest. THE DOUI3LE TRIAL. A TALE ,or cinOrrMsTAN VIAL EVIDENCE. CHEERILY shone the bright sun, one morning in the month of March 18—. The roof of every brtildidg in the county town of--, and the country for miles around, was lit up by ill welcome beams. For weeks previously the weather had boon cold, dark and tempestuous; and.the exhilarating chatige to a placid, mild, cloudless day, was of itself sufficient to create feelings of gratefulloy in eve. ry bosom. But few, indeed, in the town to Which 'We allude, gave a moment's thought to the weather. Men, women and children—rich and poor, old and young-- were alike filled with emotions so powerful and absorbing, that ordinary business of all kitids was that morning at an absolute stand-still. The streets loading to the court honso had been thronged from day break by masses of people, and at every few doors thror(ghout the tolvu, groUps stro eagerly talking together; with grave anxi ous conntenances; and even the ragged street urchins suspended their nano] occupations. to thrust their shaggy beads among the adults, in order to listen, open-eyed and mouthed, to the observations which full from tho lips of the speakers. Meantime vehicles of all descriptions, from sliringearta to noblemen's carriages, came rattling into the town from nearly every burgh and village within many miles; some instances' parties came expressly for the occasion from places a hundred or more miles distant. Numerous pedestrians also came hurrying in along with them. Evidently some event of a nature-sufficiently powerful• to enlist the interests of the entire populatiotrof the die 'trim' was about to take place. That it was not an elec tioa was obvious. from the entire absence of all party wrangling or display. The assizes was thew holding, and this was their third day. Assuredly thie,mere feet in itself could not account for a tithe of the commotion ekhibited in the public mind; but, in a word, a Certain trial nt them, which was that morning to commence, was the bona fule and sole cause which enlisted the sym pathies of every one. A powerful pow of officers of justice and special constables was drawn up in treat of the county hall, and at eight o'clock tho great doors were opened and tho public admitted. A tre nie ndous rush en ' sued', and in ten minutes the Winans° building was cranimed to suffocation. Previously to this, above three hundred of the respee4ble itihabitailipad been privately admitted from the back entrance, b tickets famed for the express purpose. The galleries were thickly throng ed with elegantly dressed ladies, and nitnibers of thane bility and gentry. In fact, nearly all the ranks and fash ion of the county were present. The people in the streets had fully anticipated that the accused would be brought to the court-house by the front entrance, and therefore they should have at least a chance of obtaining; glimpse of her person; but In this they were dleappointed,'aiehe had been quietly introduced 'into the back part of the building some hours tWeviously: in Consequence of a pru dent arrangement of the authorities. In another hour, the judge was seated, the accused placed at the bar, the jury sworn, and all formal prelim inaries preparatory to the opening of the trial duly got through. When the prisoner teas brought into 4urt, all noise merged into Imo deep-drawn murmuring aspiration, which seemed involuntarily to break from the immense asteMblage, as though "knit one single breast.'" Every (ramo Was raised on tiptqe—overy neck stretched forward to the, utmost—every thought absorbed in the ondesire to obtaia a position insuring a full view of the ''o erved of all observers:"' Many- a manly tongue fait 'red an ejaculation of sincere pity; many a gentle heart sickly palpitated; many a lovely eye filled with the tear fswect humanity, when the pieoner stood f9lly revealed o pub t,3 lie view. In not a fen: instances th 6 spectators turned to each other to express in tx tel pithy tvards tticioindivi dual expression of the moment. - ~ i While perfect order is.bbing restqred, -we cannot ido better thaii speak of the personal appearance Of the prig- I ?nor. She was a young Irish lady. Simply atqed 4,n the deepest mouinitig, and her ago about twenty—certabv : ' ly not more. Sho'ivas . tall ; and notwithstanding Ike sit 'nation in which she was pliseed, the elegance and grace :of her form and demeanor were 'conspicuous. Her au burn hair ; upon which, as if in mockery of woe, :he golden ounboame played, , ivitit , moitowed . radiance, was Partly gathered la massive folds . upon the top, of her head, and partly bung down in rich treaties. , Iler features . Wnro not what, in the parlance of the world, , would, be 'designated beautiful, for they worq by no moa ns regular: yet her eyes wore those large, dark,-all-expressive !Attie orbs, aid her forehead was . ono of the lofty, ample pro portions which , we so often nod characteristic of her. in trllectu et countrywomen; It wee very %e aer to • conceive Olefin herhapplor daysi she was it fine,type of Erttee daughter's—.4-warm-hearted, open•eonled. merry. hap• pr. bewitching ;' loveable young creaturrawho irresistibly ititraetid you by her transparent goodness; and who weak!: Were you at all a' kindred' spirit, becomi your familiar friend ere you had-sat an hour by her aide from your first introdtictiom l • Bat alas! we have only.tZt - describe her as She now is. Her , features are deadly pale; her eyes tiny aturally luminousand enlarged, her lips quivering; and \ hcr hands tightly , pressed inifbre her': - O r a hei'ontctinee, I her realities wer e composed, and sheivalked With ketei dy Step to the dock; aid when Owed' 'Mere, Idled hitt h cad and geVo, a !alibi glanea round 'itt tkOngi toted sea of hunien coo atetiOucesi bet almost instantly Shrank,' silt I seemed, within herself, clasped her hands coninfaivefir - .. together l and Itttered, a prayer to God Willie A , 11T 3 11 o f ' scarlet idlam!).-pUti ' !}titt 110 , A Isar it,. — This pu away quickly its it Caine, and i rk . iterateed a _marble whiteness , permanetitty.easued.!',Ote,tyve. t!nr°,461”"Oi!'lli!"!:".4 ' rolled' down her pailid.e:healts;,t; she arinetttymo - oaay cud shed no tnere:' Near Yolter sat tier cennsel; a mid. SATURDAY. MORNING,MUARY 16, #350.. dle-aged gentleman, r un : . known as a glfted. ; and,,most suecassful pleader. lie was"anxiously paring over .bis, brief and glancing at hie noters.. , ~ , What was the crime with . which this interesting young creature stood charged?, Muno*o.!-rcommitted, and \ the most mysterioueaud, inexplicable circamstance. The jury haying "boots onspanoelled. Ili" jodietmen . TO. &Q.. the trial opened by , thp pommel for the tweed cOon, Sergeant Drake, making a circumstantial relation Of the whole !Ads—detailed. of course. to snit ,hie . posi, .tion. We will very briefly give the suhstauce aa fellows: For many pus, Sir James Fanslnvwe, a, baronet- of ancient family and largo estates; had , resided, at —,—,-, Abbey. abouUeven miles from the county town. Ile wasp widower; and had, but ono .ichild, a beautiful and accomplished daughter.whei upon Ilia decease. (oho bo-, ing just twenty-ono years of age,) became solo possesior of his property, and. also continued to dwell at the same pities. Shortly after her father's death, MisOaushawe benevolently adopted as her companion a distant relative —.a high-burn young rish lady, named Evolecu O'Neil.. who had just , been left, not merely fortuneless, but a to tally friendlesis orphan. .IVell, (his, Orphan; cousin, this depondenti - this prisoner at the bar, how.did she evince, her gratitude ?, Why, after the expiration of eighteen mouths—in'tehich interval Miss fanshaive had made a mill, leaving her vast property to ercicoi.,in case she her self should die unmarried—oho murdered , her henefac-, tress! . ~ . . A thrill of horror, at this part of the narrative. passed through the hearers, and when it subsided, Sergeant Drake resumed,by saying that, revolting and incredible as thitact might seem, lie should bring forward, such wituesses nod such a mass of circumstantial evidence as would prove, beyond a shadow of doubt, that the prison er committed the Aranl ded7—idnulitless principally in stigated by knowing of the existence of the will in her favor. In pursuance of his painful dot). ho should now call his first witness. Thomas Cooper, being sworn, depoled that for twenty two years ho was butler, and confidential house steward to the Into Sir James Fanshawo and his daughter, .Knew the latter from an infant in arms. Knew tho prisoner at the bar perfectly well. She resided, in the, quality of iu• finial° companion, with his late mistress. The last time ho saw the letter alive was about ten o'clock of ,the .27th day of July. She was then at supper, end appeared vo; re cheerful. Sereennt Drake-" Pow did tho prisoner, oppeari" Witness--"Vert/ rotnarkably melancholy." Hero Mr. Collies. tho concise! for the rose, and observing that ho could not permit his learned brother to mislead the jury by layingstrops on a matter which ho could vouch was not at all an ,undsual one. proceeded to clues-examine the witness.:. - wished to know whether, tho latter had naver,,beforn icon the, prls oncr.exhibit as depressed a manner? , Witness—"Cortainly. several times; although gene rally she was of nanny. e i beerful 'disposition." Witness resumed / his deposition by saying that a few minutes after four o'clock, on the morning of the 28th of July, ho was arous d from bis sleep by repeated violent screams, issuing a parently from the sleeping room of his mistress. In g eat alarm, ho partially dressed. and hurried, as quicklyhe possibly could, towarde,the r 0011!? I The door slightly a I T , and pushing it , slightly open. he, , crossed the thresh() il, and was horrified by tvkathe Im. 'mediately saw. On tho carpet, by the side , of,ther bed, lay the body of his mistress. in her night dress, bathed' iu blood. Kneeling close by her was: the prisoner at the bar, with, her left hand resting on lila ndstreassahOSOii, and her right hand uplifted With a emall.drawu dagger, which was npparently about to be plunged into his mis tress's body. Both the dagger and the hand that held it were dripping.with blood . A shudder of horror ag tilted tht whole court at this part of too deposition, as the accused sank 'her bend between her hands, groaning heavily. . Mr. Collius—"Will you hero describe the exact post • Von in which your mistress lay when yon first saw hirl" ' IVitness.—"Bhe was stretched out upon her: backs'her knees drawn up some height !Vont the carpet, which. - be ing it lsose One, vras ruffledlif a heap tinder and around her, as though a great struggle had taken' place. ' Her head lay on one side, with the right cheek resting on the carpet, and her hair was torn:from underneath her cap; and hung backward over her head." ' Mr. Collins.—? You say Olt' the prisoneewas kneel- ing by her side, and holding a dagger. which you thought she was - about plunging in your mistress's breast?"' - Witness—.*Yes." Mr. Collins- 7 "Ntivr sir. on your oath; was the point of that dagger directed downwards?" 'With Considerable hcsitation, -the witness confessed that he could not speak positively In this respect. Mr. Collins—" What sir, do you acknowledge that you really are uncertain whether it was the haft cri•the point of the so-palled dagger which pointed downwards?" Witnese="l do." " "Gentleinen of the jury!" Oatmlyexclaimed . the coon eel, • ael, "you will now begin to form' an idea of witat'depen dine° can be placed on the evidence of this man!" Then turning round to the agitated tind2contused butler,' be cried; in tones of the profoundest contempt and indigna tion—"Go on. sir! ip on!" Alter a pause, the witness proceeded to relate that on his advancing nearer, the prisoner, win; before seemed unaware of his presence, started on her feet, dropped the dagger on the carpet. and uttered a scream. Then, ere ho had time to speak. she stepped nearer, and ,falling ,upon her knees. clasped her hands, and up to "!Have mercy on me!' Tiioso mere, the exam words and she repeated thenyouce or twice." , , Mr ,Collias—Theri you , heard the acrelm4 first alarmed you, by whom did you suppose them uttered?" Wittiess—"By my anistreaa.!' • Mr. Collius—,"Why aoT , f • , Witness—'•Because they appeared to proc.oad her bed-room." Mr. Collins—" Oh. that is °all! Very - when the prisoner at the bar uttered a screen). i presence. could yeadistingaieb the slightest dilTere sound between it and the (IMAMS, youeard wh your own rootnlP • ;, • • • • • , The witness continuing silent. the coatv?ol —"On your solemn noth c sir. answer ,Inet , , Miusess—"l Could uot.'" I . i " Collina—you you distinctly adirdt aught you know. ',the screams you heard from first t mighthe. And most prObably • wore. tmoro,d . lol th sener:ouly 7" Witness- o 'lde." . blr.Colliee-.."Gentleaten of the jury. you hove and will net forget this, Proceed. sir.", ~ Witeess stated in coutinuation, thot "immediate! tar the prisoner, had Spoken the-Nor4 he ..had rapt several of his fellow-servants. Mid abo,Lord G, visitor at the Abbey.). came ip, l fining 0 5 .9 b 4 911 la • lay . the screams. The boOy, Iva* quite ,watlth apparently. had been extinct only a few tninutea.!! It is sufficient !ftt'pfesent th'o itiipertent • of the Share evidence Iwhish folloiked, tts r ei conies, form:' le aptiadietf. then, that when tb battertfaki by the parties 'above maatlattad, !Evaleatt4tia atillo kite's; bat thaton thaitemtian'eo eke 'apiang,ta her vanted-tvild•ijitaatatiana rot and deepnir:`• Yef, 6n ihini'llektirtarelf:poiol with fittfingioi thedeiii; tilteleoled 1t wit most yeltesuont 001100letuti q6tititintiotitt,OVlter-0, SZE MEI WON WAL 6.ei innocence; which; hisiidvet, en far from being belieVe'd, ortly indueedare'parties pftsent to express their , atill Eit• met convietioti that she had murdered her benefactress; and'svas thus detected in the iota Eventually; overcome by the damning nature of appettraacei;agalitat:et. ilia wretched girl fell down' on her knees once me' . and, 'witheiiies and screams, InCOhermitlY"Orayed -Or' mercy, alterirqelfeddreiiing God quit theiiiiec stilt ii"testipg her innocence iiiitti fr antic ' - gestieulitlinisi Ns dy 'trill ,lieved ier. " ' • ' • - Ne'iltne was lost 111'm:thing a strict and r tiell- r coridnc• ttd 'examination of the'aPintitineilt; and the matt was, brought that several most extraordinary matters worn to tight., .'The bed in which.the ilhifated,lady, had plepl r.r completely saturated with blood, end the shams tumble nod twisted in a way that clearly evinced that at must hove fought Mid with tho murderer. ,By push ng 'the cuitaial aeide.Mtas FatudtaWe could roach the p ,I !ref a bell. hanging in her.'own maid's room. cud so su Mon her tit any mother:it ebb required. • Tide bell-pull was found &Irefully kind round the adjoining bed-post, 9orn pletelpinat of thtialeeper's reach. This apParently indi dated Nee implant cadet—first , that the murder must ',Act haVe bben borstal,- Planned affair; secondly. that It meet Nevi been committed by some , one - intimately ac quit:Add with . he apartment.. On - the victim's body _being examined, it was found that she was . stabbed in nine different parts, and her hands and arms were also gashed in many plaCes. in a way that 'showed how des perately she mut have . fought for life. On tho bed was found a very ler e lock'of hair, torn up by the roots.— t This bide was a first thought to be Miss Fanshawo's own, but, on eic mination; none was torn from her head, neithei didt k correspond i n the least with hers, e either in c or 9 1 length. This was also the case with c it4tfe Eveleon. and, after a most, patient investigation et the_ inquest, all concerned unatihnousq admitted tho inexpli cable fact that Ilan lock of woman'e han l i ?nut neither the' Urdered lady's, nor that of the accused. ] Consequently. and no lees ovidently.there mug have been •an ancetn-, plies In the e nu re. and this female accomplice, it was conjectured, hat! been deprived of the, lock of hair from her head bylli s Fanehawo grasping it in the agouy of the death struggle. for great, violence must have been ex erted to tear it 4 by the mote. . . Thek,degger.by which the deed had been committed on witness even pretended to have previously seen in the possession of.F.veleen.. This. indeed, was not a great stumblingblock,laS she might have bad fifty. dagger?, and nobody been the wiser. ?tut the single circumstance 1 of the existence of the lock of hair, which could not, by any ittletch of co science, be affirmed to be either the murdered lady's or that of the accused, was admitted to be. a signal proof that another had aided the latter to ef fectlhb deed.. ? T illie was.that other? Not a vestige of her, presence. beyond that mentioned, could be discover ed, andnio stranger, neither woman nor man. had been seen, for days previously to the murder. about the AbbeS' or Wasteighborhood. In fact, up to the time of the trial, notanototo of intelligence, poiuting out the unknown. was obtained., The examination of the Abbey hell prov ed that the object of the munitior could not have beep thatakordinary robbery or plunder. for no article. from the moat valuable to the most trivial. was missing or had been removed from Its place. This circumstance. to the apprehension of the Public gendrally; ton did • ilia. i fu Oh er to fut the guilt of Eveleen, for Yanshawe's t+3ll was (Quilt!. bequeathing the whole of her property to Eveleen, nke,fra' nkly avowed that she knew of its exlsteued, Miss Fanshaw'e hiving ehowu it to her some timnprevionsly. .This declaration, fo 'the. minds of most people. removed the last lingering tliought they' f mlght hairi 'entertained that Etteleen was ; bY . a bare 'Pdssibility. iiincieent, for they argued that it positiveli'tantattiount to ft con fession that her kndwledge of the' will's existence Wes the 'motive which induced her to por • pit a rato the deed', •wbich, `but for the:providential cireumst"co Of the vie. tim's screams being hoard, she would probably have sec ceeded iti doing In a manner sufficiently secret to have . , avoided auspicion.,_ . , '' , On the inqueil, tveleen herself gave the' following voluntary explanation tl the position in which the was found:— "1 was aroused," said she, ..from, Friy sloop, by hoop; ing what I conceived to be s struggle. .mingled I With smothered screainis, going on in the 'sleeping apartment of Apse Fanshowe, I listened, and hearing s r scream still more rlistinctly, and also whet I ttiOnght to be a cry for help, l hesitated . not n unnini in hurrying towards the room. As I approached the door, which wan at tho end or a tong corridor, and at a considerable distance from the sleopingrroom of any ono ofso, my own cham ber being the newest to it, 1 heard what I thought to be the, voieeseiridividualeihurriedig cotteetsilig; but when I reached the door, which Miss Fans h awe never locked, I found it slightly' open; end on enierint.discoverod bor lifeless body on the door, in _ n pool of blood.• Theiewore no persons visiblo in the room. i I screamed repeatedly at the eight, and,. in dreadful !Igitalion., eat* on my knees,;and thou fell across the body, by which t became besmeared, with the tlood of my, dear., murdered friend, whom I loved as myself. Oft arising. I happened to see a dagger, and lifted it up • by the end °law Wade, hardly knowing what I ,did. At this,inentent the puller enter od the room." , Tho whole oldie above and additional evidence wan fully sustained and gone through; and then, amidst a breathless silence, the counsel for the defence arose. In a most lucid and masterly manner slid he address. the 1 jury in ti speech of three hours . Not a quibble did he attempt. nor did he make a, single effort to avail himself of any legal mystification. Ho soberly addressed the ' jury as men - of Common sense., Ile told them he scorn ed to work upoil their feelings, when he wall knew thut an unvarnished appeal to their reason. would pot and could not fail to open their eyes to the ,monstrous injus ace of trying ble cheat on a charge which the very evi dence for the prosecution clearly proved she was h inno cent of. What were the ime facts9l the Case? They were these:—Some per on or p !send -- unknown, did' early on a certain mo sting. inh manly, murder miss pj ) Fanshawe in herbed-roc re een O'Neill, the per 7, son who slept nearest T le, in or, yr roused from sleep by 1 hearing ,what she conceive bo a struggle going on , _ , the pleeping- ro om of bliss Fan haws. Ou this, Evcleen instantly hurried towards it. 8 e foinisi the door. which Miss Fanisintwe was in the habi of pimoy latf4ii, slight. ly,ejltr, atut„ pushing ! ii.open. 'liked in. and, was howl- - 1 1 fled by. beholding hetAtidove 61;nd:0/tondodon the.car _, .. pet a mangled v , orpse- ' T terrible shock of-the sight ed 'oterekma Eveieeß that hegave several lead screams; and. atoll vainiiioaking r and for the tnyrderet , or mtir darer% she sank. in an ag y,of grief, on her .knees, by I -the aide of her .whom she trade' in' her own emphatic words, "toted as her eirrit fe'." In doing this the hap pened Oreille roas, the body . and so beeatnettabbled with 1 blood; end itielagthrriital intrirtimeni of death lying in' a pool - Of bfaii,•sheiitithis dreadful - agitation Of tho ma.' meitt,plettedit tip by,the'estreniity or tho Wade, entrap conicieuely heid it rabied'itith Nei right hand. • 'lt was of this'inetnent that the Butler.' alarmed' by AM, 'screams vented by riniteen ithetiette 'first' discovered the etre eiCtufdied,"citiste iti: atik-iiii' he hint deposed; beheld her ktitieliniwitii the - dagger Uplifted' lit a , maimet which, eittier - fintirwilfulPenteritiai. Yr donfaalon'tif memory, he slates he thougiit iodinating their it iitssabourre be prang-' id inttittidirlatiniiii tinily' Vie*: ' ''Nothing eanki bit more minifeetlY atiinitid'aildltitie's , theff this statement.' since i tliti'diiiii. as airway stared, was imlield - by 'the point, and nci,the hilt; andlthe ,jury would icturiiher 'the Wit: which to bo from Now. yoUr co ill !ME] 2213 I, (or to lad pri• I , :card. I Died ?ed. 1, life, . f .1 nevahl , slearly admitted thatfie,Could not guil4l4 thitt fact. 4 ante:wer, Mise, Feast/ewe was already illit° dead, and probably had been se for leis minutes. .lUlts behold ing the Dotter, Eveleen rose to her foot, let the dagger fall, tattered avieftetn, sank on her knees again, and clasping her hands, twice 60131in:id - **Daye Morey on me!" . And whent i the other witnesii-i came' in' find taxed her With, ' eho eho , sours°. vehemently ` God it, and fell on her knees, 1 9 1 1 4611 11 Mercy train ,and man; Now thesissetion.s and these words, Which4by what ho could not help designating airemarkable an W hine° of general stupidity and °bailout° pervereion,of the 1)4 lens natuid . of a simple fact, that ho ever knew—had been construed into undoubted proofs that she: 'we' the guilty party. What astonishing stolidity: narrow minded, shampful,arp,iameet: What wilful; cruel, wick ed blindness! Why, surely he-need not tell intelligent manlike those he had the honor to addretei,• that what Eveloen did end said throughout was nothing hot what, was perfectly, natural, and rightly appreciable, bi- the dul lest Intellect that viewed it in a right light. iyhm the Dutliw entered, th'e thought that ho would, seollig her in the position shei was in, entertain (ho Wee opinion of her which Subsequent events proved he actually 'lid—thla awful thought shot like lightning through her br;ain; and 'she rose, dropped the weapoti, screamed, nndt In the stunning.•bewildering agitation of tho moment; terrified and beside herself with dizzy dread, even felt on hor knees, crying for mercy from hint whom she hild never harmed. This was censtrue4. by the stolid bring she addressed.-into proof positive ofseitscious guilt. Others entered, and joined him in the seine opinion. What was the result? Distracted beyond measure, the poor girl protested her entire innocence, and) ferveistly ap pealed to the great God who know it. Only the morn did those around harden their hearts—only the more savagely did they tas her with the crime. In imadoity amouuting to delirium, she then franticly ; alter netelyon God-and man for mercy. The Lord heard the voice of her Supplication, and in His own goad time, will enswer it; but as to her fallow-beings, their seetnful in credulity only waxed stronger; and better had ?she ap pealed to the boasts of the forest than to them:* • [At this part izir the powerful address of the cdtinsel, a murmur of admiration and assent heaved the bo d y of the court; and men looked at each other. as if t heir eyes we'll opened for the first time to the construction which they had heard hint put °pin the action and avords of the accused. As to tlio prisoner herself, she furtively lifted up her hoad, nod sighing deeply, let it fall again. .Mr. Collins was riot slow to perceive the faVorattle turn lie had already succeeded in giving the defence; and be resumed, with a warmth and euthnsiasco which for once Was perfectly unfeigned, and with an 'indignation he really felt.]•.- 4' • He solemnly , avowed before the whole his that, on his sacred houor, ho. from tho 'einem of his soul, firmly behoved his injured client to ho ea, innocent of foul deed with which 'she was ehurgod as the vener; ido and Upright judge presiding olio; the trial. Ile halm Id tho plain unvarnished troth, in describing—as elivered from bee own lipa—the explanation of the situation in which she was funnd. Yes, ho hid told them the truth,. the whole'truth.,and nothing hitt the truth; and:he ve'n tured to affirm that whoever, after hearing it, ifill har bored any opinion of Eveleen O'Neill other than, that she was one of the moat injured and innocent of her Sex, that even was placed at the bar otjustioo.--whosver be jieved, or pretended to beliein (for he did, not think the reality Of etichlbeliet possible) that elle was guilty of the crime laid to her charge'—anust ha utterly incSpahle of distinguishing between right and wrong. They had heard it roundly asserted that the prasuinablsi motive which bad induced her to commit the Illeged dyed was 'that of •nvaricis—idnsomuch as she knew she would sua ceed. by the death of Miss Fenshaw, to that lady* estates. Now. supposing that such an Internal desire as i that' of murdering her benefactress on that account had entered her' head. Would any one of Common sense bill hardy enough to assort that' she could do it in the manner rho was reported to have committed It? Would she have littemtly butchered- Miss Ijoushawe in her own own bedroom on hour aftef suittieS4 Would she have risen to do this la her night dress? Preposter ' oust No: bad she resolved on murder; it wild rather I. have boon by sweet poison, or by violence in loam re mote place.. A lock of long black hair, which overyboby admitted had been freshly plucked from the head of a wo• man, was discovered in the fatal bedroom. and it was proved to he neither Miss Fatishavre's or , the prisoner*. Beyond a shadow of a doubt ft was from the head of the real ennederesis; but an Impanotrablii mystery cat. 4 present shrouded dm latter from humatiken. God only knew who she Was. or whore she was, or what her Itootivos were, or how she moped; but it was fair. to faresume that, when she beard the approaching footsteps of the ac cused, She fled by some egress, or slid out nqierceived while the latter was transfixed , with horror by' what she beheld; atid, in the alarm which ensued; sucqeded in leaving the abbey without leaving a trice of her preseueo. Perhaps, added he, with impressive emphasis, pierhaps at this very moment she may be listening to tho felble voice which I am lifting up—perhaps she, the real m u rderess, is within a few yards of the martyred one in whime place she ought to stand. tf so—and it was by no means en improbable or biwelesi fancy. for such things lad been, and Were, and Would be 7 he fervently hoPed • ati;d prayed that the arrow of conscience might so pierce hiy callous heart that she would at once confess her guilt ' t and not add amoral murder to the sum of her inquiries. • ' The court was • here powerfully agitated, and at the dense mass of human heads swayed to and fro hike the heave of ocean's' waves—women oohing t hysierically. mop ejaculating an? protesting. Owler being !catered. Mr. Collins continued.] • i . ~ I . . , He would allude to the circomstence that t he accused had mentioned that she had heard. as she approached the chambei of Miss Fanshawas, what she conceived to be the voices of penions therein. This was very iMportant as it would seem to indicate there :Mist have been two engaged in the murder; but at any rate. ono of them was a'Women with long black hair, and it was of her be had just particularly spoken. His learned brother.' who bed addressed them 'on behalf et the prosecution i had oh sciwely'hinted the possihility that the accused bpd a fe male - green - viler. , The , idea that a person meditating the commission. of such a great crime as murder. foil the mike of oialaining undisputed possession of vast wealth. would Ongligo another to assist her, was ono that almoid refuted itself; for was li inedible that . the principle party would be int infatuated 'as to the place herself at the it igr6y of a hireling. 'whit at any moment would hare it to her power to bring the employer to jusiice, or wring from hpr a mo iety. of ,or all the property, as tho price of 'Herr, and fidelity. Again, they had been toldibet the *imp fact qr the prisoner frankly admittlog that she kriew of the axis, tence of the will in her fever_ ?id much tovrardii.entivin , , eiag people of her guilt, and its motive. Fa/se riissonieg on (ale reasoning, One of the strongest moral 'pivots In 'ftwor of the prisoner's.innocanco was this very 041 of hers. Bite voluntarily. and with ehildlikesimpheity. ,informed ;these who wore thirsting to ratio ojievidenee to. consign her tei die Eihilet. thiS. Would she hive' done so had oho bcenguilty?" N'olsholarculd, t4itaye evedtfOg. hive 1 been anxious to conceal the feet ihat she knew of 'lle will's existence, . B4Onsieild . Of Ibis, with the strong "oneiopt." , or %Vairasy foirtienitite ihdreaner-that me finuristnten counsel so tar. was precisely the defence inette,by Eveleeo heiself M i mansions. ~Not one there believed hal. ne4 whoa the repea led Itio'a twilit functionary who visited her in prison.ne 41(1111jf f ebUkett Ufa mut bade tun bap no Mei e Ilea Oh bet toW I ; , ' • BIIMI S 1 s,O A TZIAR, in *dvvance. NUMBER 40. , . nisi of in nocence; filling her breast, she avowed her pre- , vioue kinisvledgeof the Will 'tho ;Ward it was alluded to. ,After eluding to the evidence of some witness he had called; who proved how deep en attacitmer Eveteen bad ever monifested towards Miss Fatishaws, he concluded with a grind peroration. When ,lie inoitp l i, said 'he. at the amiable yonng lady whom it was alike his pride and duty that l rlay to defend, he could hardly contain this In dignation Which he felt. 'Let all who heard'him endeavor to conceive a thottearldtb parts of agony she had endured for many dreary put Mouths. lie cupid not in his heart but cry Amine, burning shame, on those who had caused Itera friendless °Obeli in a strange laud—to bo marci lossly immured in a : dungeen, , acWa, orate blackest crime of which human nature was ,capable—her name was branded and !awned forth fr n end to end 6f the kingdom—her inilt opisnly, publicl • insisted on by those it who a had they posseised ;I grain o common sonata. on atom of proper feeling, or a spark 4r sweet humanity In ' their breasts.' would-have revol t edrein such i disghsting conduct. 'W0114141 ho know that the of au honombiejury would in a few hours proclaim her injured innocence to the. walla, end restore tier to the freedom of society; : but let hint tell them that no jury, no society-, no earthli power winktever could ever compensate her for the men tal martyrdom sho had suffered. Could the coming ver diet of I'inuocent" restore tho radiant, the phri, the_ ' blessed happiness which hwt erowhile hors? Could •it heal the deadly wounds - of a crushed'spirit, and yent up the fires of .a broken heart? Could it make her oblivious to the 4gain ignomy she had been subjected to-scOuld f she over ap ear in public without the whispered innendo. ' the curious are, the unfeeling laugh, the coarse remark or question being perpetually passed io relation to the pr deal she had undergone? 7 Even did she Withdraw her aely entirely from the world. where could she find a place wither the story of her trial had not preceded her. °sag ger.itel. per Chance. and distorted far beyond the bounds of truth? Or did she, indeed, find a place where no one knew her former history, could she ever taste of human felicity? could she ever enjoy a single hour of untanned • happiness more', Would •not the th i ought of the pass fiery ordeal intrude itself le the brightest Scene?, turning her joy into gleam. her pleasttres into sorrows. her mirth into . signs, and casting a mournful 011 over all MO future?... Yes, 'twos too true, that, come what might, they beheld one who was lately a very accomplished, &Seim:ding. lovely young creature of life and gladness; but whose ex panding happiness war now withered in the bud—whew, young soul had been steeped" in thit blackest woe. !Ong before it ought to have known more than what transitory saditese was—whose 'sparkling visions of the golden future. were ail o`ercast Withthe solemn gloom of the Merril past —whose loftiest aspirations would. henceforward, never dare to look beyond the present hour—whose hope, -that once had paintsd earth in the glorious hues of heaven, I was 'lad to return no more- r and whose every thought. whose every Wish, whose elvery longing - desire would henceforth centre in the silent tomb, her ouly place of perfect refuge from the piercing stings of a pitiless world: And yet. sho on whom this inconceivable misery nod penalty was chaged, had never done theleast thing in the sight of men to deserve it—had never heedlessly "redden on even the poor earthworn crawling beneath her feet; but bad, ha her brief span of life, existed a t pure; bright spirit, shelling a "halo of goodness, love, and joy on all around her. He talked not of vengence for her mighty wrongsl God htmser would avenge her as ho deeemed it best. To the jury he bad but one word more to say, ere he eat doWn,fairly overpowered with the feeling! which chok ed his utterance. Reparation for the the.past, and happi ness for the future, wore not in:their power to bestow on her; lint they could arrest the further infliction of legal justice by doing that which he knew they would hasten to do-Lby saying aloud, with ono voice, ono heart.- one soul—**We proclaim tothp 'world that she is intoessaq" At the conclusion of Air. Collins? speech, a buzz of admiration. tind'a partial clapping of bands, and ap plauding cries, proceeded from every part of the Court.— It had wrougal a mighty change In the sentiments of the greatest bulk of the auditory, for certainly a majority of them came intb court more than half convinced of_the prisoner?! gra,: but these wore now converted, b y the defence they had heard, into a through conviction of her innocence. Sergeant Drake briefly, replied, in the sneering. canatie manner habitual to him. Be spoke of tho defence as as ingenious one enough-4Eoml, a very fair specimen of le. gal acumen and eloquenne—a sample of what a clever man could do toward making black white. 'But as to an intelligent jury being misled by such subtle cansisir.k. such transparent artifice. shah simulated • indignation, and pretended reliance on the truth ofa cause which tho speak. or himseif well knew wee emphatically a bad one, wax an idea no . matt of sense would indulge in. Illetaphori-, cal argument and rhodennontade disquisitions would not alteritubborn facts. As to what the prisoner had been —as to her former amiability—that was a matter entirely beyond their consideration. All the jury had to do in the matter was to be guided by the evidence before them; and that evidence proved Evelcen O'Neill , to he guilty of the crime of which she was charged, as clearly as it was possible ter human evidence to do. Therefore. however painful it might be to their feelings as men. the jury, to perform their duty' to God, •their country, and themselves. had uo alterustive but to return a verdict of guilty. , The vion,erable judge ably summed up. fle dwelt par ticuliarly upon the danger of convicting on merely circum - stantial evidence; and also observed that he did not con sider that the counsel for tho defence had at all gone be yond the,hountls of atria truth in what he had mention ed in respect to the !RM. It was generally considered that his charge to the jery, on the whole, manifested a decided leaning toward tho prisoner. More than ever'was her acoo ittitl reckoning upon many. But it 'obviously ma:tora little whedeverybody's apinion might be, if the jury themselves thought differently. and they had mani fested little emotimithroughout the trial., Life and death were in their hands; and not iu tho breeth of the public. • 41a they filed-from• the box to consider their verdict. poor Eveleen raised her head, and tliiroW towaah th em : eU appealing look of such concentrated anguish—eo pathetic. in wildly imploring"—that one irQd have im agined it would have moved louts of g ime , - • Coldly and composedly did the twelve men /*IVO the court, and still more coldly and composedly did they delib ergoty rte-enter. after au absence of one hone add forty live minutes--a time of suspense and incertitude distress - lug in the extreme. even to the least interested spectator. Above all. the doubts end anxiety of Collins began to be paiofallyApparent ut the lengthened absence of the urn arid it was evident that his cona . deu c e in tux acquit tal wan, means so surely based as it had been i do i ring too Warmth ofdds delivery. ,As to -Eveleen. she gazed piercingly at the jurymen. ono alter the other; ands as though she road enough to tenable her to anticipate the verdict. a deep shade of bitter :lapis!, passed over her fontrwest and. With O•heart ttnisting grotto, she dropped ltor face between her hands once mere: Hushed was the faintest whisper or rustle—suipeaded was every breath--strained was every eer—u the fore mmrprepared to deliver the verdict. Amid a boding ai ivuce. hie deep; bat somewhat tremulous voice tittered a word which made the warm* blood rebotind in the ,velatt of everifiearer.. The ,word was—!'Gottavi" , • Far a i'ate fleeting moments the people seemed hardly able'to realize what they heard; and then exehunailoue aE dimatisfaetion with the venhcl. and df aympathY with the prieoner, were freely handled. Order. with same dia..
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