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Off HI.
l'MO. (.'; AM) C'HOIU'S.
bv GB-inur. r. morhis.
'i'l.U the word be.vond a'l others.
Makes us love our country most;
Makes its feel that we are brothers,
And a heart-united host!
AVitli hiL-nnim let our banner
From the houso tops bo unfurled,
While the tintion holds her station.
With the mightiest of tho world !
CHOIUs.
Tiike yo.r harps from silent willows.
Shout the chorus of tho freo ;
"States are all distinct as billows,
t'uiun one as is tho sea !"
From the land of groves that boro us
He's a traitor nho would swerve !
Hy the 11 -g i.ew waving o'er us
li e tho coir.pn.ct w ill jireservo !
Thoco who fame J it, and misuineu it,
Wete unto each other true,
Aul tlio fil,j well is able
To inr-ti uct us what to do !
"Has any Kuropenn etnlosnan been
miscounting the strength of this i.nii-.n
ly substituting a reminiseienco of our old
Washington in a Storm.
From all account, when (Jen. Washing.
Iceblo con federation for (lie present rllic- t0.n ''8 in a P"1"". t a grand one,
ient and almost perfect organism of tho w,lh ."t ''at ort of intensity that givos
body politic T Ilaaany foreign ruler been U8al. ,doaf8UHrc8!iedpowerofaslreiigh
so foolish as to l'ston with credulity to tho I WV,0.Uwl V" "ee'
tales af impending disunion ' Fvt-rv ram I volume recently prepared by tho
of the peoplo of Ohio, this great central 1 cxecuto1r" of Kichurd. Kush, entitled "Uc
highway of national travel will u iihout caMl,nal Productions," we find an anoc
exception, tell the euluminktor or the un-1 d,'e 6 '"tg.lj". When, in 1791, the
believer the voices ot discontent atKOne ' , ?1inv:. ,,h dlMl'otehe8 "nnouncig
us aro but the evanescent vaporsof mon' I tiele,lt ol Stl- Clttir Washington was at
breath; that our little domestic BtriTea d,"Ilur' Secretary, thereloro, left the
are no more than momentary dtsturban-' 1 , ,'.0 rewlvo them-but tho messenger
cesontho surface, easily 6e tied among 8,11 d llls lnstrictions were to deliver them
ourselves: that the h.e nf tr.,in i.. lo General Washington in person. Tho
ords indissolul.lv n,,.,,! ii,,'S,'crelal'.v returned, and Washington left
the table to see tho olliccr. Un coining
back, ho made an apology for his absence,
wound its cords indissoluble around the
wnoie American people.
"So then our hist word shall be for Un
ion I he Union will guord the Line of
us (leicnuers, and evermore protect our
v' ",. Y", Ul -v 11 wi Keep ft'ivo for
i iuiiuim me Deacon lights of popular
liberty and powor; it will dissuade nations
in a state ol unripeness fioni attempting
to fouud republican governments before
uiey spr ng up naturally by nn inward
law; and its mighty heart will throb with
delight at every truoadvunce in any part
of the world toward republican happiness
last Hours ot Lafayette.
No lilts had ever been more passionafe
v political than his; no man ever placed
his ideas and political sentiments above
ull other prepossessions or interests. But
politics were utterly unconnected with
his death. Ill for three weeks, ho ap.
proac'iod his last hour. His children and
household surrounded his bed he ceased
to speak, and it was doubtful whether ho
could sea. His son George observed that
with uncertain gestures lie soug.it for
something in his bosom, lie came to his
father's assistance, and placed in his hands
a medallion which ho always wore sus
pen Jed round his neck. M do Lafayette
raised it to his lip,; this WM his last
motion. 1 ho madallion contained a ruin-
UttUie Uli'l .1 10CK Ol ll.lir Of Marian, .1-
Outsiuu nothing ot Hie business, and
maintained his usual allubility during the
whole evening. At ten o'clock the com
pany had all gone, and Mrs. Washington
retired, leaving only the General and his
Secretary, who described tlio scene.
Washinglon'Valked tho floor for some
minutes, and then sat down. Hut it was
plain that he had been suppressing a
strong emotion. Suddenly ho broke out.
"Its all over St. Clair's defeated- rout,
ed-tho oilk'ers nearly all killed, the men 1
by whole talo the route complete too !
shocking to think of, and a surprise into
tho bargain!" He uttered this with
great vehemence, paused, got up andj
walked tho room, then directly stopped1
short and 1 ruke out ; "Yes, here on this
very spot 1 took leave ol him; 1 wished
mm success and lienor : 'vou have,
How we How to Ouhsilvbh. Tlio fal
lowing is from tho Fourth of July oration
delivered at l'ort Richmond, on Slat en
Island : "This da is gaci od to liberty.
Other days have their peculiar consecra
tion. Thanksgiving is dear to the fi 1 1 in 1
sentiment, both human and divine
Christmas is precious to our religious faith.
New Year's day to kocul enjoyment; but
tho words Fourth of July ring out liko a
jubilant song, and the burden of the song
is liberty. To-day we ate allowed to
praiso ourselves ; to ly what a fine fel
low our country is, anu how wonderfully
he has grown. We are never very slow to
do that. Liko .Coleridge's Gorman, who
never spoke to himself without lifting his
hat, so on the Fourth of.Julv we make a
. C .... 1 I .
pmiomid oow to ourselves. lint it is not
j a habit peculiar to Americans. The old
Roman was proudly content to say, 'I mil
a Iloman citizen.' The Knglishman sin
cerely believes that Britannia rules the
I waves, and that England is much the lar
i gust potato in the hill. The Frenchman
I chants tho glory of Franco as if no other
nation were ever glorious. Tho German
sings tho charms of Fatherland, ami tho
louder as he leaves it behind. Kven the
Irishman, with native modesty, has been
kno'yn to mention withoutdispnrngement
the lirst gem of the sea, ami to day Amor
ica Haps her wings and crows her Yankee
Doodle doo."
Trial for Murder.
The trial of John Ketheuit,
. 1 1 1 1 1 r . t 1
witn Killing ins wite. 100K niacc in
Quarter Sessions of Cleailielil county
ween.
It. J. Wallace,
Commonwealth.
W. A. Wallace,
lough, for defence.
'struck aon
rlmrrrirur O.l to hand
Tc,:t and MeKnally, for
Swoopp, and M'Cul-
1 FOinethirtr. 1 am accimtnm
e a rifle. The (rigger nnard
the w'111 oiokeuiKi twe-ted ott, it wn n strong
lust cuard, a per- fission lock didn't exani
1 inn the lock to see if it was strong or not.
! On Cross examination this witness sid
itho gun was a reasonable old one. Let
I tin;; gun fall might break tho stalk, but
jit could not break the guard the -vay thi
Tho case wnsc:illed up Wednesdav Sept. ,vnR ''en. 11 was a iresn i.renK some
20th. and aftor very many challenges, tho jof tll(1 Wf.l0(1 'wn vnl',jC'1 More. The
followii g Jury was selected.
G. W. Long, Levi Dntuciitir, Daniel
Goodlander, David Horn, Philip Xell', Da
vid Hnine.-, Joab Ogden, Adam Spack man,
G. 15. Caldwell, Jno. Rotabuugh, Isaac
(loss, Geo. Morgan.
The Jurv be ing svvoru, tho pri.souer ar
ta.gned, and the case opened to the Court
on tho part of the Commonwealth by Dis
trict Attorney R. J. Wallace l.'.-fj ,' tho
following r.itt.csscs wore called.
Tim. li. Tanjilelon, who said, word came
to my nouso mat .Mrs. Kethcart was shot,
the hit tt r part of tuly ubout 5 o'clock
the afternoon, I ran over, John Ketiic
gun carried a large- ball,
Sarah .Mi'tmii ,w-.ir. I was at Jno. Kath
cni t's abour 4 or 5 o'clock on Sunday
the corpse was lying on a board, John was
on his feet opposite tho bed and said, "lit
tle did I think at this time yesterday that
the devil would ha'-o tempted mo o have
shot poor Mar! ha." 1 1 0 was weeping very
much.
Xotliing on Cross-examination.
K'hulictk Uay sic'jrn. Was in tho room
heard nothing between lolin and his
wife. Martha "aid she was bad enough.
;,. 'and John allowed she would pet well.
.,.1 j Maraart MJ.i S sirnrn. I was at Kat hearts
Removal or tije A.ch:nt Sarcopiiaui-s
moil the Tatest Out te. The old limo
stono sarcophagus, which has so long
been on exhibition in tho basement sioi v
an object a
vonr ,.r ,i. ...1 1 ,
instructions,' I sa.d from the Secreturv 11 V " , M("n' ftn 0,'J0Ct u"
of War.' I had a strict o,e to 'li V "r,0!",y- a"d nVio,",, to
will add but one wor l-boae of a . ' " ' mfir.lcuns visiting that institution, is
nri,e I r 1 i..,,t ii 1 wnflr.e 01 a s about being removed to t he Smithsnnian
ou knoV r , i' , :e,T"':ec0f" 'rT t he M among the nianv
other collections there of a somewhat sim
il .ir character. Th IS HjrOOtlhllirtt.1 tV'K tl, k
vet (n : r -e-.. ...... .....
sullerthatarinv to been, , l"ru" .7 01 11,0 JU.""an W Alex
ed. hni,.,eo .,, .,..1,...... :: i-ier .-ever.n, and was brought
. '"".' "eu, ny a surprise, 1,'n ted States in TX.'tl
jou anoiv now the Indians tight us. He
went oil with that ai my iatt solemn war
ning thrown into his
to the
the verv tiiin.. r w ,1 1 1 ' A' suites in on board tho fri- un fi
(hiJ O ( 11M ' fi11'" detl him against.' 0, g,0 Constitution, bv Commodore J-sse f,
HJ?;r""T! ru",'! 'V o in.omdedit asros,rng!n"
itiicni-i un 11. in iiih Piiinii'ii 7 i f 1 . m r. . '-'i
Th bln.,,1 .1. . " r. ' l"ucu lor l,lfi ffimainrt ol Ueneral Andrew
e curse of aid . ..i " ' . "V. . V . 1 aist.ngu.siied 1
ir.,.; . curse , jiowever it will be recollected, while
pressing Ins appreciation of the kindness 1
ot commodore hlliot, and acknowledg-
""-"'"I'l.i nist, tun 1 irii.snmg
ton seating himself, said in A film vni in
about noon on Sabbath, Martha w.is then
dead - I heard .ohns iy, after jlie was rut
was settir.g on the bed, I said my God
John what is this, to which he reniie.l. I
just got homu half an hour ago, and took 1,1 o'othn, "0, did I ever think tlio
my gun down to go to deer lick, and was 1 devil -vou Id e er tempt mo to an action
looking at it to see if the charge was fit like this." This was m the room whero
for business and it went ofl', and when It 1 s'10 ,v,ls lying several persons wero in
went it went oil it blowed all to the devil, I Rn' about the room door. I am Martin
tho but of gun laid on tlio ljor. and the ivatncaris mother. .10011 and Ins wile
Thus
(Honrs.
'Like your lmrpsfroia jiicnt willows.
.Miout tlio t'l.uius uf tho five!
"State? uri.' ull d 1 f t net in IiiIIuit?,
" I'iiioii 0110 nsi.Ui !o,i!''
iUiscfilancoits.
; Inmjeratioa of Itid Parry Statae.
j Tlio inatigeration o( the statue in 1011-en-
of t'otntnodoie I'env took place at
Oevchnid, Ohio, on the filth in t., tho who
lathering, being tho largest ever witne
fd in IMiio. Among tho guests from a
.road were Governor Sina.'iie ami stall',
I.' 1 1 ... 1 1 1 I 1 1-. I - IL,,, li .1 H.,, ... 1 .... .1 1
- - ...-.iii, .ji ".- -., i...tii.imi guards, aim populace ae
ntor .C tlio day ; J. R. li.u tlctt, tectetaly f componied the funeral procession along
t'l the State o! Rhode Island : (ien. Dyer , the boulevards and streeis of Paris. Ar
ui:d stall", Irovidence; Gen Wilson lind ' lived at the gate oT the convent ofl'iepus,
Matt', Pennsylvania; " 'ovornor's Guard of the crowd baited; the interior enclosure
jiioue isianu ; a number ot surviving 1 el.
luives of C01111110 lote Perry, t'c, The'
fvieinony openctl with prayer by Rev. G.
'Ji. 1'ciT), of Xr.tciiez, Miss., cousin of tho
iiimodor . The statue was then un
xeiloil by Mr. Wideott, the artist, and re-
eived in behalf of the city by Mayor
honter, in a brief speech. " !
1 Mr, Bancroft, tho historian, then
t act 111 the family, that M do Lai
HUM aiways wisiiea to be buried in the
smal cemo'er adjoining the convent of
Piepus, by the. tide of his wile, in the
midst of the victims of the revolution, the
greater part royalists and aristocrats.
c-ancestors had foundnd tl lilt. Tiiniu
- establishment, l'he desire of the veteran
o, !(,-. was scrupulously respected and
compile-! wiin. .n immense crowd sol-
,1 . 11... , ...I
uaiance stoou uy ino u-)or. 1 lie gun was
broken oil behind the breach, J asked him
if a physician had been sent for he said
brother Thomas had gone J of an hour ago.
John was lamcntingover her she said,
go away John and don't be crying here
you did shoot, me. She then looked him
fair in tho face and said, John little did I
think that you ever would shoot nie. I
then left for Dr. Fetzer, Elizabeth Ray
and Lydia Ray weie in the room during
this conversation. Before I went she said.
John, I want you to live a better life and
raise my two pour children, lor I will di-.
said 1 can I. .-ihe died about two hours
I came with I ho doctor. John was
not there when 1 returned, nor when she
died. Thomas returned witho it a doctor.
. . .. . - "hi. v.vji - m 1 . ,a uiiifii nil, 1 n i....i-nAH 'I'l. j:.it -, 1 ,. .. . -
l.:i!ayetto, his wife, whose loss he had 1 the curse of widow nnd ... 1. "I r ".. 1 ".V. '""inguisiiea individual, lSho died near midnight. 1 live a short half
up ii ..1, , uwnctn nn ub reeuiieciou. u-11 110 o v . ... :t . c . 1 . 1
S Jietivcii. I. 1 ....' ... nine 110111 joilll s
... .-. 1 ....
mom oe j iur iwcniv seven years
a.rea.iy separated from the entire world. While making these exnlanation, 1,U 1 Vv. 1 7 , Klni n On cross examination, witnei state.l
alone with tnetho't and image of the de. frame shook, and h tossed his hands i. u, . hZZ 1 a x acKn0lVPJ; that he had heard the report of a gun,
voted companion of his life, he died. In ! wildly. Tho tempest past! an.l Wasldni J 1 I,:"'' ,',ed ,0 bf corferrod all(l froin lhat timo lln,n hl0 roaclie(1
arranging bis unern t. r..r..-,: ..i I Ion sniitin i.;n,cni . . . 0 ; rt "" ""it'i a ncceiuance. as 00- .n,lca ivn. nni r.,- o,, ,,, ,i
' ' - ii iiiiiint'ii. Mil 1 ill ft rii i-ai . . . 1 n-'u -m uvu uivi iiiumii.i, iiki
. . " 8 ""-en, earn in a cairn voue. ng licon.-istert n-lll. ,!.!,!.. ,.f
yette luismust not go beyond this room licim simnlicitv H , 2,"'
Another, and a longer pause and ho Hindi - '
in a lower tone, "General St. Clair shall ' tevLorenzo Dow is still remembered
"jve justice I will hear him without dis- ' by some of tho "old logios" as ono of the
1 ...-uto -uC Mian nave iuii tislice. ' most eccentric mm I nl .or i.o.l
could only admit two or three- hundred
persons- The faraily, the nearest reln
lives, and the principal authorities enter
ed, j nissed through the convent in silence,
then across the garden, and finally enter
ed thecemetory. There nopolitic'al man
ifestation took place; nooiatior. was pro
nounced; religion and the intimntn rein.
do. iniscences of the frnl ivri-a ..r.,u., , u
iverod the oration, in which ho paid 11 lie politics assumed no place near the
fitting tribute to tho increasing power of death bed or the grave of the man whose
inemeynad occupied and ruled. Gui
zot's Memoirs.
me vi est, and ol Ulno as its rci-resen'a.
live. In the course of his oration, in
which heipioled the memorable words of
Perry, in which he. reported the result of
the batlleof Lake Frio "A 0 have met
tl.e enemy, and they are ours" ho said:
"This anniversary of the great action
of Oliver Hazard Perry, is sa apart lor
liiaiigeratiiig a monument to his fame. .
AVhu has not heard how g.i!lintly, foity
feven years ago. the voting hero, still
fever, led his squad
v . ok from a itasiing
foil to battle? A if slue Mod bv .1 hn-her
power, he encountered death on his right oo-partnershi
Hand, deitli on his lelt. ever in advance,
almost alone, .W two houri fighting his
tbip, till it become 1 wreck, so that but
one of his guns could be used any long -cr,
and more than four.-fi.'ths of his crew
lay around him, wounded or killed ; then
unharmed, standing as beseemed his spir-
it, lie passed in a boat, to the uninjuicd
Viagra, uniuiied bis Hag, bore down with-
BMt. F. A. Lumsden, editor of the
New ( 'i leans Pvcavuno mid hi 1
- ion, were nnnng ih0 lost by tho disaster
to the Lady Flgin. Mr. Lumsden was a
native of X01 ih IV.tolina. and at the lime
to his death was between fifty and fiftv.
fire years of age. He went to New Oi
lcans about thirty year-, ago, where he
' followed his pnile-ilm a j'raereal prin
Iter; he .ti.,,,., th- ' ,,,,.,1 ... bnsmes.
lib ' ' . . K lllflnl 1 ami
Cidabhshed the New Orleans Picavune,
which paper is recognized as one of the
11-auing journals ot the southern States.
American Hurry.
The hurry, bustle, excitement and gen
eralpn.a-h".i.Jativeness that distinguished
the Yankee character is thus happily hit
otrby a cotempotary.
"Look at tho t heatres, the people come
rushing in at the middle of the piece;
and before tho curtain begins to fall or
tho tag to bo spoken, or tho moral 'exs
plained, up Mart a hundred doodIa in -1
tremendous hurry to get out, as if their
ono occasion he took the liberti
On
while
in the house about 20 minutes before star
ting for the doctor.
Ir. I. A. Fetzer sworn. On Saturday
the -Jth of August last, betYeenanl J
o'clock P.M., I arrived at John Kath
cart's, fjund Mrs. K. apparently blanched,
preaching, to denounce .1 rir.1, .,., i. Urtlk c"'L'le round ti.oeie-, in profuse per
community, recently deceased Tho re- 'P'r-i'ion, extreniilieicool verging to cohl
suit was a'n arrest, a trial for slander un T)'iA' ,,M.'!,- "ot P' rjc'I lib:'' n,l(l windnca
imprisonment 111 tho countv iail Aftn complained 01. 1 exiiimneil ti.o woiin-l,
Lorenzo got out of limbo, he
his intention to give a sermon abotit "an--other
rich man," and a crowded house
greeted his appearance, With great sol
emnity he opened tho biblo and read,
"And there was a rich man who died and
went to :" then atonninn elinrf ...wl
liuos rlo.ien, led nn 11, i !,: t . . . ' '"l" B
' ' ciiil u ilUll. iJOW
many fino effects in a play how many
chef d'oeuvres in a concert have wo seen
utterly destroyed by this ill-mannered
and indecent haste.
Cross a ferry, and long before the hour
r 1 a it ( t: -l ii a i
lounu it on tne leu side below i tn n.).
nearly triangular in form, (he two sides of
wound was an inch and a half to two in
ches iu length, within tho opening was
something floating that I thought was
fragments of the lungs, the. Mood was is--suing
from wound, tho insido of wound
was filled with pieces of bone. The light
tinued : "Rrilirt.i I ctmii went out. Canoles wore sent for. When
... . S.I.I., un, ijiruiiuil . , .....
tho place this rich man vent to. for fear lhey cu,?'. mnde examination with for..
he has some relations in this congregation c,ep,S.anJ . -ln' "V1 0 my ,l"sor' succoc"
who will sue me for defamation of charac , '," , T'1,1"?, ll.bl.,1,et "'itl' ft P0'1,'"!'
ter." ,0' cloth, the ball is j ist as 1 extracted 11
j (ball produced.) Tho hall was between
JiaSfThe Hartford Times says: Tho four and five inches from tho opening, it
slave States have 120 electoral votes, not l"d passed mound .oivard the back, came
one 01 wnicn win bo given for Lincoln : nisi in contact with the 11b, the lib vas
Attack
Sandwich
prom a SwoRo-Fisii. A late
Island PHper savs: "In ro.
coppering tho guano packet Josephine,
now at tho wharf, tho sword of a sword-fi-h
was discovered, broken off in ih 1ml!
In pi-to! shot of tho enemv. i.oured into '"i vos;el' un.u,:r lU counter, and about
!,,..,, i.,....!. ,.i ...... 1 1 .. 1 1 1 1. . 1 lour leet
...... ii,iu,.-,uii-, mk miiiii i i tiroitiisi-it's
forward from the rudder tmst it.
having passed through tho copper, the
hove the horizon, left no o.hco to be done V'1 rp' nu I'lreo-incli oak plank.-
to that of mercy to the vanquished, j i'" the size of the weapon,
1 llO COlnliarison tloen not ai.mil I'unnil'iil T
port, and wlrlo tbe sun was still high
"liOVC the boti7.in Inff nn n,Ku In I.a .Ir.
arrives, ij uiiris 01 tne passengers are
crowded at tho head of the boat, ready to
save ten seonds of timo n ; iB.t,.
ed overboard a boy's foot smashed n : Califoi nia ana Oregon, both of which ni.iv blown to pieces the length of tho wound.
young man 111 youth's first bloom crip- 1e regarded as certain to vote ugainst Lin- JJ-nk the ball destroyed the ft'i rib,
pled for life. Wjat matier? The man I com have 7 more votes, making a total Think the wound was mortal and caused
now walking leisurely up tho street pot of as a "uro basis to start on. The l r death had passed tlnough a po-tion
ashore nearly half a minute earlier than!,lumbPr necessary to elect, is 152. If of tho lung. She died while I was there
ho would have done had ho not run thornow' t'lp "de of Xew York with her 3" seemed liken stout healthy women, ap
same risk, and caused, perhaps the acci-' elect',;l voles can bo secured against Lin- nl t trom tho wound, She died an hour
dent- I coin, it defeats him in the electoral col- and a half or two hours after 1 arrived.
"Get in to an omnibus, and with one1 'pPes John -vas in the room when 1 arrived,
foot on thostep and the other inside, the' , Pennsylvania, without tho aid ol New tliil not say how il occurred, did say that
driver pulls the door to, whips up lis ! Y' with her 27 votes can defeat Lin- if 'l0 'iuti not ca no home it would not
horse, and you are pitched he.vJ first in-1 1 co'n V$' nn( "icro is reason tobelievo Lave Lei-n done, Jid not say wherehehad
ton stout olti pentleman's ilianhrairm or bl'0 lyi" vote against him ns we mnv here- been, said ho wished he had not came
nettled down into a sentimental lndv' Sltvr sliow. In-tead of giving nti that l'r"i". She tol-1 mo she thought she
lap. I State to Lincoln, we have the be;t reason would, dio, John was present. Mie told
.nw, wnat in tho name of wonder i - lu "encve it win vote against him. 11 "L "0 n not m.iue so
;! .,n'i.:. -- . . . . V '
" - .! 10s conduct during those Hours a
f complete lyric poem, pel feet in all its
parts Though ho was carried away and
raised above himself by iho power with
Which hn was possesed, tho passion of his
Inspiration was ti.m, 1... ,1...
8elf-poseision of his faultless court -.. riou" ll'ak 1 ,le frcewilh .vhich theflVh
Ins ,vill had the winged rapidity of fiery trlK,k Uw "lust have been terrific,
thought, and yet observed with doliber- Iw.w niany vesqt'1 founder from the at-
ai:on tho combination of lui inony and 1 f- ll",Se I"1"'"'''"' nnfl destructive
,tlie proportion of measured order. fishes will never be know n, but it is prob
"Xor may .you omit honois to the Mo ,hat not " ,w M !on f "in this
) --miorics ol tho unrecorded dea-1 ; not as cau-ie "'ono. In most ens fs, in attacking
.iiounics who req-iire consolation, but b1,'Ps' riiMake them for wl.plcs or
M iih a cleat pcrce t ion of the rloly 0f 0ll"-T "anno monsters.
'oeiren-i. 1 no netu 01 nature all must
.p.t.V. To tlio. if need he. in defiant n of
the cause of all this, do we gain nnvthing t
No ! Bo we enjoy anv'hiri? in this ever '
lasting rush? No 1 Do we live any long
er or die more happily ? No!"
A rich Scene before a Grand Jury, j
The Walk ins fN. Y. Republican re-1
lates tho following :
(Enter disconsolate looking female with-1
t'The red, white and blue
cheoKs, wl.ite teeth and blue eves
i..t ., . J
uneiy pin are as good Hag as a young
soldier in the battle of life could fight
for.
firAs arnan diinks he generally grows
reckless ; in this case, tho more dra-ns the
fewer scruples.
where broken ofl; it must have ponetra p r j , 1 f5? , ay0r,-U ,", at, 11)0 ,,ar
telsome fifteen or eighteen mrifr. tn.n . ' oreman Madam, what complaint H,th.n u of '"l'i"r in Ins hand, consid-
tho solid wood-WQi k of which the Kern is! Iia y? . nk( ? ' wh,ch '? beHvr lhrow wy-tho
composed. In passing through the oak1 rmP,am(,"f-i came to enter complaint "or or himself,
plank, the sword opened o,7i.. b,r ' nPLn c"mPn"io".' . I n-,.. , 'TTTT "7".
crack, which, had it b i. "..i "reour, husband. I suppose well. ve vl P'casure oetray. us in
r.r.i. ..'1 ..... what is his name and whfll ha 1, 10 pain ; ana many
...i.ui uiu i---t-., nuuiu nave can; eo. a se-1 ... . "
in. ,1 n iimiiiu is air. 1 nn, j,e
struck me. and beat me, and then
pain ; and many a man. through
of fame, becomes infamous.
, ' much fuss about it lhat it was done. Ilo
the red appeared lo bo lament ini? about it :t
(,f Nothing of importance was elicited on
cross exainin; tion.
yti.1 R,iy sworn. Old Mr:. Kethcnrt
came over ami told me Martha was shot,
and I went over sho was lying on the bed.
This was between 5 and ii o'clock iu the
afternoon. John was standing over her
crying, ami sho raid to hiui. "John I
never thought you would shoot me"
"John, you need not cry now, I want jou
to live and raise my ttvo children," and
he said "I ciiti't."
Vrots examination. When I got there
Nancy Kethcart, Isaac Kay and Thor: as
lempleton were there, and also the old
love
M-
threw
mo ' out door." and thrralened to kill me
if I csmo in the house agin !
Fore. What, provocition did ycu give'
htm for mic'i treatment f
Com. T dnnt like to tell, sir :
horn But, madam, vou must! TIia
man Kathcart. lho furniture nas not
feaTA man in tho finest suit of clothes, M'Taugod.
is often tho shabbier fellew than another -"'i"''-My daughter Elizabeth
dressed in rags. w.Cllt w,l1 ,no but vcnt ''"'"o shortly.
I Nancy Kathcart 13 Thomas Kathcart's
lsf" i 0 often sjieak of being settled in wile,
life ; wo may as well think of cas-im? mi-1 Hamut-1 lt,m ,r.-.r T r.,.,n,,i ,.ntt t,.t.
. . - , r - ... . ...i,. 11,,,-iv t;iui 11
GrandJury must know ail the circumstan- i P01-"1"'1.'1 tuation
t the country, is a common obligai ion ;
j i i grantod to few to even nig- life for
,,a victory so full of benefits 1 their lell-nv
(men. These are the disinterested, 111-
nanie-t martyrs, who in;hout h ipe -il
'! ieo g:t n. gave up their iive in the ull
' ' liii ; love uf country, and left to Our
men tiie les-on to demand of others
''"'no b.it what ii right, and lo submit
' no wrong."..
Vitfrspeiikiiis! of British aggressions, 'v
1 mill, 1 1... 1 ... . . . ' .
. him war tirough' 0.1, an t ol
"18 ui.i,ii 11 1
1 , i-i 1 in-nrmsii government
" Ulo present tim in ..U.:, n.
ortl. V . " "1"" '.'"-
, ,, '"lern
follows :
IORAI.S of 0KI:tl-. Hut for tho cm.
rows of 1 he heart, where woul.l theatric-i""-
find their strength? Our virtues,
ike the aromMie shrills of the forest, on
ly li.ve out their meets when their leaves
lebiuw,.,! a,,a trampled. Ho who has
not le . sorrow, may bo tcarcoly said to
have known love; since tho most pre
emus joys 0f thosnul arise from sy nip,,
ihies hut are seldom known till they are
fought, and ne.-er sought till they aro
necessary to soothe an infirmity or fatisfy
a need.
The
cos.
Com "Well, if T must, I m-i-d. Ho
done it just 'cause I wouldn't sleep rith
chor in tho Atlantic Ocean
of a
or tmk of the
stono roll in
territory he conclude 1 a
IteifWhat is that whiich every man can
divide, bill, no nnn n.n m-1.aa Ii- 1
, i "iicic lb lilts
I been divided 7 aler.
Foie. Ah ! thatV the nature of thecaso, -n "
is it ? Very well, why did you refuse to " ''ouf morioy info a bor, if vou
sleep wit him ? ! llke ! ,,ul a dice box.
rv,. 1. . 1 1 j 1. 1, , I "
e "us uniniv an-i 1 cnti nti jw ,y should potatoes grow better
PnM m- 11 1 , , , fan other vegetables! Because they
Taro.-. ell. how ,t when he'i so, have eyes to see what they are doing.
her T Po you refuse to sleep with him , b
then? 1 .Fhyisa young lady preparatory
Com. 'Xo sir, but when he's sober he' lo dressing in her criuoline, like a flour
wont sleep with me 1' .barrel? ecuuse the hoops have to Jm
record of Ufa runs tin,.. xr A general roar followed in which th raised before the head will go in.
creeps into childhood bounds into youth foreman could'nt help but "jine." 1 1 : . '
stibers into manhood snf.n, int n r . vr mU--T . . . hdy aometimes keeps cearma up-
f ft fori inl1 tr 1 1 1 A m1 1 1. 1 U .-.1'.. , . . "VA'anny rem savs 1 immcniatelv' on her walchguard. but it is morn imtitir.
Miimiini ntl(Ilim. nr lh n-i.n I. ,.tl. rtu j ' 1 t . . .
' .v...'... " i.v -iiiDiit-s. .-11. tipnr tuiu tuui Btm Kppn u Mtrirt nn.i nn... .......
-
St.o mtr. 1 v ji, . . , . . ,-"""'' onibiics. -n, near; mnj mat scm
MeBintothecradlerrfpare-lfornim. wC hope M,o will not come this way. hcrrharms.
nast
Jvathcarts after the woman was shot.
John put his head out of the w indow an-l
told mo 10 eon. e uii, which I del. ,h hn
ivas standing by the bed, und cml, Sam
uel, it ap pears that I have nli the bad I jel;
in the world. He then showed me the
bullet hole and asked me ill didn't thi.ik
it was a glancing stroke. 1 uld hi,,, I
did not. He then showed limv il,..
gun had gone oil. s.ii-1 h.; ivu. wal :-; in:;
backwards with the gun lying aero his
arm, said he w. ut to cock" the gun and
the cock slijipcd from un-ler his thumb
and tho gun went oil. do then showed
me tho gun, it was broke oil at the bieecb,
and said "rIio had blowed all to bell." I
looked at the gun brepch- It. hail not
bursiod there was no hole in tlio breech.
I said "John, powder never did this.''
Ho said ho didn't know, but it had bio v
ed all to hell any how. l?y the appear
ance of the gun it seemed as if it had been
canio to her place on Mon'iay previous to
his shooting John wantrd Miriha to jo
home- -ho had three hordes to taKe home,
it was iu the evening after d irk it is cal
led live miloi John swearing and darn
ing and said il'sho didn't go home witli
him he never would bed with her while
lie had a being pi tho world. She didn't
want lo go she "aid sho would not go
but she did go. He went up the lane and
she went round t i 0 house a ncai' way lo
the lane. My son got out of lho window
and followed. John eitne to our houso
next day. I puked him if he had got Mar
tha home srid he bad a-ked hoiv she
seemed to be, ami be answered , she is as
sullen as a ball. They started about Id
o'clock it wis middling moon light. I
have olten heard John say he ivould break
bis wifc'K back with a stove woo I stick.
They were living in the house with me at
tho time, these threats weie made, 'lhey
moved last. April had lived with mo rt
little over a year. She was of a very mild
disposition. She was crying at tho time
he compelled her to go home. At this,
time ho swore some very bitter oaths.
Crw examined. lie raised his hand to
her while they lived with 1110 ami knock.-,
her head against tlio wall. I never said
that Jo'iii wis kind to his wife neve-
said so at Thos, Kal heal t's no- that he
was kind to me never heard my daught
er say so at Tho-. Kathcait's that John
was a kind husband I was hut oifo at,
Thos. Kathcai t's in my Hie.
TFi. Li.ih- r pit'--, On Tuesday before,
this accident happened, met John Knth
cat t at Alexander's fording he had wenr
up tho sreek tor a lea 1 of boards ho had
staited on Sabbath morning told mo
his wifegiving him a lecture about coming.,
home, he mnde an oi'th that ho would a,
buseand be with her no longer. Saw
him tho next Saturday before his wifo
was shot, at the creek. Saw him at bis
own house on Sunday before the funeral
heard him tsvy 'what a deed I have done,'
'what a doicl-1 have done.' His wi'o lec
lured him for beinjj a'.vay on tlio Sabbath.
Nothing of importance elicited on cross
examinat 1011.
Gcorgi Ei hard m orn. Was called jpou
as a Justice of the rente to hold the in
o;uest, fc.
Commonwealth Rests.
The defence was opened t,y T, J, Jfc,
Cullough Es.j , in a neat comprcnensivn
address.
TAom-is Ka'hcart w,-Am brother of
Defendant, Martha C11112 for me to g
down and haul in tho grain. I hitched
tipand went down. It was notion a!t-i.-dinner
hud just l'H one s!a.vi nn tin
sled when John c one d-'-'vu (he UII front!
Hegaity's, and said the grain was not fi
t J go in and we had b : ter wait till M011
day, I tinned the o.;en round and un
I hitched them, and turned them in th
clover field, and went to building up mv
1 fence. I then went do Mi to John's.
My wife had come out to see what kept
me. John an-l bis wi.'o and eii il.Ir.-11 we,-,..-'setting
on Umbel when I went there,
looking at 11 little frock John brought
from Hegaity's, ami talking, an-l making
tun of lb... htlie .-lie a'.-Mlv -oiiig tohv.,
w.ih Mrs. Ilegmty she wanted tin'
baby the v,oi-t kind of a way. Johir
got up nr:d took the gun and went-
out to the door and snapped it
he said the load was long enough in the
gun ami he would put her off he snap
ped her t'vice and turned lonn ami ha i
the gun in his hands until he came to tie.
loom door, he threw the gun across hu
.inn and reached 'or tho thot-poi.ch. be
fore he got the poudi the gun went t (!'.
it nude u great snick in tho room an-l
str.! tied us. Mai'.ha hollowed' out when
the gun went off "my find John you pi -sliot
my poor children. 'Vhnther Vwe
sitting oli the be 1 ! r.-:li" lh , rr.i jn
tho box I .-i!i in.,: r. ,;
II. sni'.k... cleared oil .b.'i -- - . . ,
behind bill! ,':i-l ran ,it 1 1 -11.
.1-1
I-
-lit ol
IV Wife
i-d't ha 1 i
.vhen Hie
I.Tii -in 1
r h- s.ii-i 1 11.1t I rio an I
on I !r- k it- hen fbvir.
gld In-. i'p, when ! e
was sitting on the
g ) in, on he bed.
John sai.l "My tin
that is htt:t." AT-
m l mv mother
1 1 .
.1 nn 1 mi an 1 ei
s.w I lie l.ler.d, I Lave mv in-'her a sh vo
to ono side and r in I' -i pig d-ing to sio
lho blood. I ron 1 th 1 '-aek ofthn gun
something took me acro-i the i,n ' and
tore tint fkin oil' in tV-i p ces.
I ran to hog p,'.n and o.iul-l find note"
I here. 1 laid my hand on fenct. ail
.jumped into wheat field before my falh
er's door ami fonn-l acli-mk tlnTro, and
brought it in and sni-1, .I din j -it tlti i on.
I h ive heard it sai l it wis ! fr ; I..; o ) I,