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UXION-SOVU AXD CHOKUsj.
er gkoroe r. Konnts.
This the word boyond a'l others,
Mukui us love our country most;
Miikti us feel that we are brothers,
And a henrt-unitod host !
V itu hw-unnii lot our bunner
Friini the house tops bo unfurled,
While the nation holds bcr station,
With the mightiest of the world I
CUORl'S.
Tnko jojr harps from silent willows,
Shout the chorus of the free ;
"Slnles are nil distinct as billows,
I'uiouoHC us is the sea .'"
From the land of groves that boro as
He's n traitor who would swerve !
By the flig now waving o'er us
We lliu compact will jircsei ve !
Tbote n bo gained it, and sustained it,
Were unto each other true,
Ami the fublc well is able
Xo instruct us ivLut to do !
Like your harps from siient willows.
Shout the chorus of the free!
".States aro all distiuct as billows,
t'uion one us is the soa 1"
Miscellaneous.
IniuT?ratioii nf ths Pirrir srir.in
iQiujetauoaor we rjrry statae.
The inaugeration of the stat.io in ion
or of Commodore Perry took pluco at
L icveiaiHi, u.'iio, on
vehind, Ohio, on the lOth int., the ;
gathering being tho largest ever witness'
cd in Ulno. Among the gue&ts Irom a
broad were Governor Spraguo ami staff,
Rhode lslar.d ; lion. Georgi il.uioroft, or
ator of tho day; J. 11. Bartlett, Secretary
of tho State of Rhode Island: Gen. Dyer
ai:d statt, 1 rovulence ; (.ten Wilson and rivca at the gulp of the convent of Piepns,
ctJitl", Pennsylvania; ovoinor's Guard of the crowd halted ; the interior enclosure
Kliodo Island ; a number of surviving tel. could only admit two or three hundred
ativei of Commodore Perry, f-c, The persons- The farr.ily, the nearext rela
ceremony opened with prayer by liev. G. ties, nnd the principal au'honties enler
1!. Perry, of Natchez, Miss., cousin of the ed, passed through ihe convent in silence,
Commodore. The statue was then un- then across the garden, and finally enter.
veiled by Mr. Wuloott, tho artist, and re- ed the cemetery. There no political ninn
ceived in beliair of the city by Mayor itestat ion took place ; nnoiatior, was pro
Scnter, in a brief speech. nounceil; religion and the inliniato rem-
Mr, Bancroft, tho historian, Ihcn de- iniacenecs of tiie tcul were present ; pub
livered tho oration, in which lie paid a lie polities assumed no place hear the
lilting tribute to tho increasing power of death-bed or the grave of the man whose
the West, and of Ohio as its reproach'. a- life they had occupied and ruled. Gui-
uve. In the course or his oration, in
which ho quoted the memorable words of'
Perry, in which ho reportod Ihe result of
tho battle of Lake Erie " tVo havo met
the enemy, and they are ours" ho said:
" This anniversary of the great action
of Ulivor I Lizard Perry, is But apart for
inaugorating a moiiuniciit to his fame.
Who has not heard how ga!l uitly, forty
seven years ago, tho young hero, still
weak from a wasting fever, led his squad
ron to battle f At if shielded by a higher
power, he encountered death on his right
hand, death on his left, ever in advance,
almost nlone, hr two hours fighting his
ship, till it beeomo i wreck, so that but
one of his guns could bo used any long'
or, and more than four-fifths of his crew
lay around him, wounded or killed ; then
unharmed, standing as beseemed his spir
it, ho passed in a boat, to the uninjuied
Niagra, unfurled his flag, boredotvn with
in pistol shot of the enemy, poured into
'hem broadsides starboard and broadsides
'mm, nnd while t';o sun was still high a-1
'".H the hortion, left no o.hVd to be done '
to thai of mercy to the vanquished. It
I' " couiparisoh does not snem fanciful, I
M"L1 call his conduct during those hours a
complete lyric poem, perfeot in all its 1
parts. Though he was carried away and
raised ubove hiinjel' by the power with
which ho was posscsed, tho passion of Ins
inspiration was tempered by in- Mie,.e
self-posse Jsion of li! fun I '..:- nuum
bis vill had the iv'no d i . t. ; i i i of fiery
, ' , . ... ! ii i ,.l -i-ved l Ii deliber
- oridti..tiou oi liMiiiony and
i.vporrinn if meu-ured order.
"v,r nmy you omit honors to the
i 'orios ol ' ho unrecorded dead ; not as
'oners who require consolation, but
'h a clear perco tion ofth" glory of
H.-ir end. The debt of nnturo all must1
. y. To die, il need he, in defiance of
the. ixiuntry, is a common ctd ij.it ion ;
I is grantod to few to exchann lito for
a victory so full of benefits f llfirtvllow
men. These are the disinterested, t n
iiuiued martyrs, who without h.pn of
fame or gain, gave up th-dr lives in I he all
'e'..iding love of country, and left In our
salesmen the lns-on to de'iiand of oiln r
i 't..ing but what is right, and to submit
!'' no wmnr."
'.!s.rr spi .king oflV'Misii veidone. by
'"I 'll the hit -nr lir"'i ;1 on, an 1 ot
'" disposition of the l'.ruislivi.MV'.'i'ii un nt
tt thi' pr -sent time to iu roaej iion too
Norm Weslein territory he concluded as
lollo'.vj ;
"Has any European sUlosnnn 1,ah
miscounting the strength of this nation.' r u . i , . .
by substituting . remimscience of our old . Ff0m f" accounts. ",,on Gen- Washing
ieebleconfederationforthe present effic. t0 w,u ,n, pa88l0ni 1 W". and one'
uiih u almost pertcct organ urn of the
body politioT IIasanvforfit ,i kl?
- -.vh.h, XJ VS4W 1
lnlA4i nf imrtan.liM. .1 : ! n "
juujibu no io i sien with nrw Hi it, ttU
of the people of Ohio. thi
... ....,,.,-.L.K uinumon r every man '
highway of national travel, will, without
exception, toll the caluruinator or the un
believer the voices ol discontent among
us aro but the evanescent vapors of men's
breath; that our little domeslio strifes
ire
no more than momentary disturban -
cesont'ue burfaco, easily seitled anions
ourselves; that the love of Union has
wound it cords indiMnl.i i .i,
whole American peonle.
. A . "
"So then our last word shall he for Un
ion. I ho Union will gurd the f ne of i
n ui-ie.mers, ena evermore protect our
entire territoiyjit will keep alive for
mankind the beacon lights of popular
liberty and power; it willdissuado nations
inastate of unripeness from attempting
to fouud republican governments boforo
they spring up naturally by an inward
law; and its .uighly henrt will throb with
delight at every true advance in any part
of the world toward republican happiness
and freedom."
Last Hours ot Lafayette.
N'o lite had ever been more passionate
ly political thun his ; no man ever placed
Im ideas and political sentiments above
all other prepossessions or interests. But
politics were utterly unconnected will?
his death. Ill for three weeks, he ap
proac'ied his last hour. His children and
household surrounded his bod lie ceased
lospoalv, and it was doubtful whether he
could soc. His son Gaoige observed that
with uncertain gestures ho sought for
something in his bosom, He cume to his
father's a-sislanee, nnd placed in his hands
a medallion which he always wore sus
pen Jed round his neck, il do Lafayette
raised it to his lips; this, wai his lasl
motion. The nmdullion centnined a min
iature and a lock of hair of Madame de
Lalayetto, his wife, whose loss ho had
mourned for twenty seven Years. Thim.
already separated from the entire world,
alone with the tho't and image of the dn-i
voteu companion of his life, ho died. In 1
arranging his funeral, it was a recognized
fact in tho family, that M de Lafayette
had always wished to bo buriod in the
v ,c'v' ' "uJ'"'g iue convent oi
rienus, by tho sido of his wife, in the
midst of the victims of the revolution, the
greater part royalists and aristocrats.
whose ancestors had founded that nious
establishment. Tho desire of tho vetetun
of 17X9 was scrupulously respected nnd
complied with. An immense crowd sol
diers, national guards, and populace a
componied the funeral procession along
inu uouitvarus anu streets of t'uris. Ar
zot s .Memoirs
SJX.Mr. V. A. Lumslen, editor of Ihe
New Oi leans Pycayune, and his wiio and
on, were annng tho lost by the disaster
to the Lady Elgin. Mr. Lumsden was a
native of North Carolina, and at tho time
to his death was between fifty and fiftv
five years of ago. He went to New Or-
'leans about thirty yeurs ago, where he
! followed his profession as a pract:cal prin
iter; he subsequorlly lormed a business
co-partnership with G. W. Kendall, nnd
established tho New Orleons Picnvune,
which jiuper is reeognized as tie il the
leading journals of the southr.in Starts.
Attack fbom a Suiru-Fiii. A hue
Saniiwic!i island paper snys; "In re
coj.pei'ing tho guano packet Josephine,
now at the wharf, the sword of a sword
fish was discovered, b;oken off in the hull
of tho vessel, under its counter, and about
four feet forward from the rudder post, it
having passed through the copper, the
feltir.
g, anu a inree-incii ook plank.
juuging irqui iuo size ol the weapon,
where broken off, it must havo penetra
ted some fifteen or eighteen inches into
the solid wood work of which the ktern is
composed In passing through the oak
plank, the Kivord opened quite a large
ei.ick. which, hail it been in any other
part of t he vese'( ,vould have caured a se
rious leak. The force with which the fl'sh
struck the bri must have been terrific.
II w many vessels founder from the at
tacks of these powerful and destructive
fishes will neve: ho known, tut it is prob
able that note jew nrrf lost from this
caue alone. In most case?, in attacking
ships, they mu.tuke them for whrlesor
O'.htr marine monsters.
ti r ii
MonAi.s of Sorrow. But for the sor
rows of the heart, where would Ihe affec
tions find their strength? Our virtue,
like the aronittie shruls of the foret, on-'
ly pive out their sweets when their leaves
are bruised and trampled. He who has
not fell soriow, may bo scarcely said to
hive known love; since the most pre
cioujoysof the soul arise fromsyn.pt
thies that are seldom known till they are
sought, and never sought till Ihey are
neeenry to soothe an infirmity or satisfy
a ifd. . ; ,
Tt.U PAnft.s1 rt tt .lint ' Ik.i. ( n
creep, into childhood bounds into youth
j-nuers inio man noon sour ns into ago
totters into second childhood, nd stum -
lies into the cradle prepared for him,
Within
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usarudeaofsuppresjedpowerof aitrengh
" "
In the volume recently prepared bv the
executors of ltichard Hush, entitled "Oc
casional Productions," we find an anec
dote illustrating this. When, in 1791, the
olhcer arrived with dispatches nnnounc.ig
the defeat of St. Clair, Washington was at
dinner. Ilia Secretary, therelore. left the
,ab!u.t0 ucfive ,,,e,u' but th niewenger
1 ",. " er w deliver them
L 0t"ett, U"1''t! Pon. The
becrettsry returned, and Waahineion left
the table to see the ofiieer.
1 ....L i. . ......I . .' r . o
lMI CU1I11II1T
ZiCL : . . ... . t r T nce
b.U..-'?.. J ." ' XW& . ? , bus'"e?s' a?d
-.-..i- . "' "u-'.u .,Dg Uie
""Zu'i" r. u.f V!m-
lZ I . 'i . " ,8"ln8n
.....e ueiu-rui anu ins
ovvreinry, wuo ueecnoeu tuo scene.
Washington walked the floor for somu
minutes, and then sat down. But it was
j.Iain that he had been suppressing a
strong emotion. Suddenly he broke out.
"It's all over St. Clair's defeated- rout,
ed-the ofHcers nearly all killed, the men
by whole sale the route complete too
shocking to think of, and a surprise into
tho bargain 1" Ho uttered this with
great vehemence, paused, got up and
walked the room, then directly stopped
short and I roke out : "Yes, hero on this
very spot I took leave of him ; I wished
lum success and houor; 'you have
instructions,' I said, from the
wil add but r. i ?ya 10 1 Americnns visiting that institution, U
r L I rloftf iT 0T-be"ar. oU ! about being removed to tho Sinitha.nmn
vonLit l:rnrKm.mr-n'i0 be placed among tho many
wen Z V, h i S W U8' 110 ! 0,her colIection. there of a somewhat si.n
ninJ trTwJ Mi I y luSt "s1C,mn WOr" i,lir cbaracter. This sarcophagus was the
Sti .l t yll 1 "Toshery of tho Roman Emperor Alex
suller lint army to be cut to pieces, hack-; nnder Sovertu, and was brought to the
ed, butchea, tomahawked, by a surprise, ! United States in 1839. on board tho frU
a ,VftyDin$ I,u"Pdl J'im "gainst .'O,1 gate Constitution, b, Commodoro Jjsse
Uod, O, Uod, hes worse than amurderorT D.Elliott, who intended it as a rostina
How can he answer for it to his country r place for the remains of Genoral Andrew
ine blOOU Of tho slain is nnon him. tli .l...l-.n Ti,. ,i...: :u.i
tne curse of widows and orphans, the curse
While making these explanations
l . n.r,. "'r'" ,W""BU . V.?
'fame shook, and lit, tossed his hands
wildly. The tempest past, and Washing'
1 1 1 1 1 -( ii n rt innSAii n .... i ... 1.
t i Z :? r J ' ' '
A Ti, c rwui.
; , unu a lungur pausu aim ne sum
in a lower tone, "General St. Clair shall
have justice I will hear him without dis
pleasure -he shall have full justice."
- j '
American Hurry.
The hurry, bustle, excitement and gen
eralgo-a-headativeness that distinguished
the 1 ankee character is thus happily hit
on ny
a cotempoiary
"Look at the theatres, the poople come
rustling in at tne miauie or the piece
ana ocioro tno curtain begins to fall, or
the tag to be spoken, or the moral ex
plained, up start a hundred people inn
tremendous hurry to pet out, as if their
lives depended on their being somewhere
else within two minutes and a half. How
many fine effects in a play how many
chef d'oouvres in a concert have we seen
utterly destroyed by this ill-mannered
and indecent haste.
"Cross a ferry, and long before Ihe hour
arrives, two-thirds of the passencers are
crowded at the head of the bos', rendv to
save ten seonds of time, a ehild'is knock-
ed overboard -a bnV foot smashed a
young man in youth's first Moom crip -
nlcd for life. What mtir Ttw, .
nowwilkinaleisurelv nn hn Btrt nt
ashore nenrly half a minute earlier than nt,1'l'er necessity to elect, is 152. If
ho would have done had he not run the I,ow' the State of New York with her 35
same risk, and caused, perhaps the acci- electoral votes can bo secured against Lin-dent-
lcoln.it defeats him in tho electoral col-
"Get in to an omnibus, and with one , les h .
foot on thestep and the other inside, the1 k 1 ennsylvnnia, without the aid ol New
driver pulls the door to, whins up his mk; with her 27 votes can defeat Lin
horses, and you aro pitched lies I first in : nn' "iere reason to believe
I ton stout old gentleman's ilinphnrrm ; or h'" vfeau'a nst him as we tuny here
jsptMcd down into a sentimental lady's uf,,;r fill",v- hi-tend of giving up i lint
ln p.
"N'mv, what, in the name of wonder W.
V-1 . ' ' "n p,Mn "?"'
o : inwp efiioy nnvtning in itns cvr
Isstinrf rush f No! Do we live nny lonjr
er or die more happily ? No I'
A rich Scene before a Grand Jury.
Tho Wa'kins N. Y.
Republican
re-
lutes tne lDi.owintr :
(Enter disconsolate looking fcmalewith
out hoops.)
Foreman Mndam, what
have you to make f
Complainant-I came to enter complaint
agin my companion.
Fore Your, husband. I suppoe well,
what is his name and what has ho done t
Cem H;s nnme is Mr. , and he
struck me, and beat me, and then threw'
mo ''out door," and threotoned to kill me
if T cume in the house aein 1 I
r r re n rsr, provociion n.'l VCU
T, . . .1 . . '
Eive
him for such treatment 7
Com. 1 dont like to tell, sir : j
Fore But, madam, rou must! Tho
OrandJury must know all the circumstan
ces. Com. Well, if T must. I must. He
done it just 'cause I wouldn't sleep rith
him.
Fore. Ah 1 that's the nature of the case,
i it T Very well, why did you refuse to
sleep with him T
Com. 'Cause ho was drunk and I did'nt
want to.'
Fore. 'Well, hntr is it when he's so
ber T Do you refuse to sleep with him
then T '
Com. 'Xo sir, but when ho's sober he
wont sleep with me I'
A general roar followed in which the
reman couiti nt ncip out jine.
03, ranny rer p says "1 lmmeniately
, love the man who blushes." Oh, dear;
we hope (he will pot come this way,
How wg Cow to Ocrsklvss. Tho fal
lowing is from the Fourth of July oration
delivered at Port Itichmond, on Staien
Island : "This day is sacred to liberty.
Other days have their peculiar consecra
tion. Thanksgiving is dear to the fillial
sentiment, both human and divine
Christmas is precious to our religious fuith,
New Year's day to ocil enjoyment ; but
the words Fourth of July ring out like a
jubilant song, and tho burden of the song
is liberty, today we are allowed to
pruise ourselves ; to say what a fine fcU
low our country is, and how wonderfully
he has grown. We aro never very slow to
do that. Like Coleridge's German, who
never poke to lumsell without lilting his
lint, so on the Fourth nfJulv n mini a
1 I ... ; .
imnuuiiii um iu uurseivrs. nui.lt la not
. a babit peeuli.tr to Americans. Tlie old
I Ko-n proudlv content to say, I am
a '" ciliirn.' Tho Englishman sin
cerely believes that Britannia rules the
waves, and that England U much Ihe lur
os, noinfo . , hill Tl. r,.nnl.,n.n
chiints the glory ol r ranee as if no other
nation were ever glorious. The German
sings tho charms of Fatherland, and tho
louder as he leaves it behind. Even tho
Irishman, with native modesty, has been
known to menticn withoutdieparngenipnt
the first gem of the sea, and to day . nier
ica flaps her wings and crows her Yankee
Doodlo doo."
Removal or rue Ancikxt Sarcophagus
, mom the Patent. Orricc The old lime
stone sarcophagus, which has so long
. been on exhibition in the basement storv
Have your of the pntent oft ee building, an object a
Secretary i like of curiosity and national interest to
however it will be recollected, while
I8 . of Cornmodoro Elliot, and anknmvlirltr.
i . ; . . o.
mg '."e nonor mten.iea to be corferred'
upon him, declined its acceptance, as bo-i
. . . . . . . .
Vp nn-.i w.ui ..s i.jeas of repuh. ;
ncan simplicity. nutntnijiou war.
tsarLoreiizo Dow is still remembered
by some of the "old logies" as one of the
most eccentric men that ever lived. On
one occasion lie took tho liberty, whilo
preaching, to denounce a rich man in tho
community, recently deceased. Tho re
sult wns nn arresr, a trial for slander, an
imprisonment in tho county jail. After
ijorenzo got outer limbo, lie announced
1 his intention to give a sermon about "an
other rich man," nnd n crowded house
greeted his appearance, With great sol
emnity ho opened tho biblo and read,
"And there was a rich man who died nnd
went to ;" then stopping Bhort, and
seaming to be suddenly impressed, he con.
tinued: "Brethren J fchall not mention
the place this rich man w. nt to, for fear
l. . .. i .. ..
-ti'":e "'"iJ? .COnrwn
who will sue me for defamation of cluirao
ter,
tei?The Hartford Times says: The
sluve States have P'O filpcmrnl vnlon not
one of which will bo given for Lincoln;
Hinoiniaiinu uregon. belli ot which may
i oe regarded as certain lo vote against Lin-
coin, have 7 more votes, ma kin a a total
of 127 as a uro basis to start on. The
Mite to i,;iiio!n. e hate the liesl reason
10 M,,:vc ' " voie agnint him.
j--TI.e red, while and Vlue-the
rea
cheeks, wl ile teeth and blue -s-yes of a
lovely girl -are as good n flag as a ynuna
soldier iu the Lnltlo of lil'o could fight,
l"01.
- . j. i i" ii :
fttf-As a man dunks i he generally grow.
reckless ; in tlna case, the more drams the
,c"cl "l'" .
Jra?-Let ayouth who stands at the bar
complaint 'lb a glnss of liquor In his hand, consid
er which he had better throw away the
liquor or hitnsolf.
8"The love of pleasure betrays us in
to pain ; and many a man, through love
of fame, becomes in famous.
floyA mar. in the finest suit of clothes,
is often tho shabbier follow than another
dre?ed in raes.
J3fWe often speak of being settled in
life; wo may ns well think of casting an
chor in the Atlantic Ocean, or talk of the
permanent situation of a stono rolling
down hill.
ftsS-What Is that whiich every man can
divido but no one can seo whoiro it has
I been divided f Waier.
8JJuPut your money into a box, if yon
like ; but not a dice box.
jeJWhy should potatoes groy belter
than other vegetables T Because they
have eyes to see what they are doing.
1. Why is a young lady preparatory
to dressing in her crinoline, like a Hour
barrel? .tocause the boons have lo bo
raised b'fore the head will go iu.
j i-A lady sometimes keeps cearms up
1 on Her watciiguard, but it w more impor-
tan; thai soo keep watch and guard upon
her charms.. '
Trial for Murder.
The trial of John Kethcart, charging
with killinizhis wife, took r.lnce in the
Quarter Sessions of Clearfield county last
R. J. Wnllace, Test and McEnally, for
Commonwealth. 1
W. A. Wallace, Swoope, and M'Cul
lough, for defence.
The case wnscilled up Wednesday Sept.
2dih. and aftor very ninny challenges, the
lollowiiig Jury was selected.
G. W. Long, Levi Di'auciier, Daniel
Goodlander, David Horn, Philip Neff, Da
vid Haines, JoabOden, Adnm Spacknian,
G. B. Caldwell, Jno. Rorabaugh, Iaao
Goss, Geo. Morgan.
The Jury being sworn, the prisoner ar
raigned, and the case opened to the Court
on the part of the Commonwealth by Dis
trict Attorney R. J. Wallace Eq.,' t he
following witnesses wore culled. .
Thot. b. Trmplcton, who said, word eatne
to my house that Mrs. Ket heart was .thot,
the latter part of aiily about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon, I ran ofer, John kotlieiirt
wns aelttnir nn the Knd I soid mv flr.dlnb Ut Ii. 'Oil Oil .Nlbl.a.ll, Martha Was Jlifll
John what is this, to which he ret.iie.l. 1
just got home half fin hour ago, un'd took
my gun down to go to deer lick, and wru
lookintfat it to see if the clmrte was fir
for business and it went off. nnd when
weni it went ' fl it bhv.ved all to thedev'l,
the bulofgr.ii laid on the floor, ami tho
balance ftood by tho door. Tho g'in wns
broken off behind the breach, 1 atkod him
if a physician had been sent for ho sni I
brother Thomas had gone j of an hour ago.
John was lamontingover her--s!io said,
go away John and don't he 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 me. I
then left for Dr. Fetzer, Elizabeth Ray
and Lydia Ray were in tho mom during
this conversation. Before I went she said,
John, I want you to live a better life and
raise my two noor children, for I will di
He said' I can t. She died about two hours
after I came with tho doctor. John wns
not there when I returned, nor when she
died. Thomus returned without a doctor.
Sho died near midnight, I liven short half
in ile li om John's.
On cross examination, witneis slated
that he had heard tho report of a gun,
n,l from that' time until he reached
the
was
house was not over 20 minutes, nnd
the house about 20 minutes before star
ting for the doctor.
Dr. D, A. Fetzer sworn. On Saturday
the 4th of August last, het-veen 9 an I 10
o'clock P. M., I arrived at John Kath
cart's, f mud Mrs. K. apparently blanched,
dark circle round the ej e, in profuse per
spiration, extreniitie.seool verging to cold
ness, puis not pi rco tib!e, and blindness
complained of. I examined the wound,
found it on the left Bide below 7th rih,
nearly triangular in form, tho two sides of
wound wns tin inch nnd a half to two in
ches in length, within the opening was
something floating that I thought was
fragments of the lungs, the blood was is'
suing from wound, liio inside of wound
was filled with pieces of bone. Tho light
went out. Candles were sent for. When
they came, I made examination with for.
ceps anu wun tue am oi my linger, succuc-
ded in extractin a bullet with a portion
1 ! . t ?.. .
of cloth, tho ball is just as 1 extracted it
(ball produced.) Tho ball was between
four and five in-hes from tho opening, it
bad passed around .oivard the buck, came
first in contact with the rib, the rib was
i v ' " 'v n o" """,
If-' the ball destroyed the SU i nl).
-hink tho wound was mortal and caused
her death-had i.nssed through a po-tion
of tho lung. She died while 1 was thero
seemed likea stout healthy women, ap
art Irom Iho tvound, Sho died nn hour
and a half or two hours after 1 arrived.
John was in Iho room when I 'arrived,
did not say how it occurred, did say that
if he had not cane home it would not
have been done, did not say where he hud
been, said he wished lie had not came
home. She told me she thought she
nould die, John was present. Hie told
li i in at one time that ho need not make so
much fuss about it that it was done. Ile
nnneared lo bo lumer:tini about it. 3
Nothing of importance was elicited on
cross exainini lion.
lydia Jlny sworn. Old Mrs. Kethcart
came over and told me Martha w as shot,
and I went over sho was lying on Iho bed.
This ,Vils btt(V(lpn 5 nn(,t; tl'cl(lcl. in llie
Rflnoon. John ,vas iwym& over her
icrvimr. and she said to him. "John I
crying,
never thought you would shoot mo"
"John, you need not cry now, I want you
to live ar.d raise my two children," nnd
he said "1 can't."
Crots rxamination. When I got there
Nancy Kethcart, Isaac Ray and Thorr as
Teinpleton werethfie. and also tho old
man Kat heart. The furnitur v.', not
disarranged.
JiC'Cxaminatiim. My daughter E'.izulei'i
went with me, but wept home siiorMy.
Nuney Kat heart is Thomas Kathcart's
wife.
Samuel liny, ttcorn. I camo inst John
Kat heart's after tho w oman was shot .
won 11 jiui. ma iiuiiu ouv 01 iou n iniiow and
told mo to come un, whicli 1 dij. John
wasstanding by Iho bed, and said, Sam-
uel. it appears that I have nil the bad l.ick
. , , , , "in
bullot holo and asked me if! didn'tthink
it was ft glancing stroke. I told him I
eti l not. Jfe then showed 1110 how the
gun , had gene oil, said ho was walking
backwards with the gun lying across his
arm, said he went to cock the gun and
in inn wn . n. ii.n lium.-a.. .ns. .i.A
iiU Mn. .upiniu iiora uiiuLT uis iiiiiinii
and the gun went oil. He then showed
me tho gun, it w as broke oll'nt the hi t ech,,
and said "she had blowed all to hell." I
looked at the gun breech- It had not
bursted there was no hole in the breech.
I said "John, rmwder never d' l thi-."
He said ho didn't know, but it had blow,
ed all to hell any how. By tho appear
auco of the gun itsccmod as if it had been
.struck anrnss something. 1 am aocuslom-
'? handle rifle. The trigger guard
wa broke and twisted off, it was a strnng
guard, a per- cission look dln t exam-
On Cross examination this witness said
the gun was a reasonable old one. Let
ting a gun fall might break the stalk, but
it could not break tho guard tire say this
was broken. Jt was afresh break soino
of the wood had been warbed before. The
gun carried a large ball,
Sarah Jackton swore. I was at .Jno. Kath
cart's nhour 4 or 5 o'clock on .Sunday
the corpse was lying on a board, John wig
on his feet opposite the bed and said, "lit
tle did 1 think at this timo yesterdny that
the devil would liife tempted ma to havo
bhot poor Martha." He was wieping very
II, uili. .
Nothing on Cross rxaminat ion.
EdzaUth Hay team. Was in tha room -heard
imthini! between John and his
wife. Mui tiia .-aid she was bad enonh,
and Jol.n allowed sli.) would get well. :
I Miiruan: MJ,:. ri om. 1 wns at Kal i , curt a
j J"d-I heard John say. r.ftrrshe was pH
ll,e coltt"' "c-tllJ 1 evc''' thlnk
. Jvl1 ,vonl,i ,' l''P'' me to an action
lil- thm. ' i his was in the room wner
'tiw 'ymg -several persons
vera! persons wero m
and about the loom door. lam Martini
Kiithcails mother. John and hi;1 into
camo to her place on Monday previous in
his shooting John wanted Mnrtha to go
ho:ne- -ho had three horses to tnko home,
it wiwiu llieoveningal'ier durkii. i cal
lod fjvo miles John swearing an I uain
ing nnl said if she didn't go hotii :s '.mi!i
him he never would bed with her hvi
he had a being ii Ihe wot Id. 1 She eii Ju'L
want to go she ?aid she. would not g
but the did go. He wont up the lane un 1
slio went round the house a near way to
tho lane. My son got out of tiio window
and followed. John came to o:ir houo
next day. 1 eskod him if ho had got Mar
tha homo srid he had asked how eho
seemed to bo, and be answered, sho is
sullen as a bull. They started about 10
o'clock it wis middling moon iijiht. I
have often heard John say he would break
his wile's back with a atovo-ivood Btick.
They wero living in the house with mo at
the time these threats weie made. They
moved last April hud livod with mo o
littlo over a year. Sho was or a very luiM
disposition. She was crying at tho timo
lie compelled her to po home, I At this
time he swore some very bitter oaths.
Cross r.vamincj. lie raisod his hand to
her while tuey lived with me and knock
her head against tne wall. I never said
that John wis kind to his wife nave
said so at Thos, Kathciirl's nor thai he
was kind lo me - never heard my daught
er say so at Thos. Katheait's thai John
was a kind husband I was but once n'
Thos. Kathcart'sin my lile. t
ll'm. Jjutficr-stcurn, On Tuesday ln-lor.;
this accident happened, inetoJolin Knth
eni tat Alexander's lording ho had went
up the creek for a lead of boards he had
stalled on Sibiiath morning told me
his wifegiving him 11 lecturo about coming'
homo, he made an o; t h that ho would as.
busennd bo with her no longer. Saw
hi 111 the next Saturday before his wife
w as shot, nt the creek. Sav him nt his
own houso on Sunday boforo tho funeral
hoard him svy 'what n deod I have 'lone,'
'.vhataderd I have done.' His wiro lec
tured him for boinj) away en the Subbath.
Nothing of importance elicited on cross,
examination.
Gcorgi hard worn.- Was called upots
as a Justice of the Peace to hold tho in
quest, f-c.
Commonwealth Bests.
The defence wivs opened by T. J. Mc
Cullough Eq., in a nent coniprenensivor
address.
Thom is Kathcart sweiriK Am brother of
Defendant. Martha cania'formo to gv
down and haul in the crain. I hitched
I up and went down. It was not long nltor
dinner had ,jut got ono sheei on the
sled when John enmn down the hill frons
Uegiirty's, t,nd said the grain was not fir.
t go in and wj had bett'jr wait till Mon
day, I turned the oxen round and un -
j hitched them, nnd turned lh ;m in th.
clover field, and went to building up my
I loneo. I then went dotvn to JolnJ's.
My wife had come out t) see xv-at kept
mo. John and his wife and children we.vt
s"ttingo:i the bed wn-ul went there.,
lookiti'i nt a little tYook John broUL'ht
from Ilegarty's, and talking, nnd 1.1 ikin
tun of Iho little one about going .to livi,
with Mrs. lleguty she waniei tie.
baby the woist kind of a way. John,
got up and took (be gen nnd went.
imt lo tl-o door Mid mapped it
he said Ihe load was loti3 eeeo; in t,
g'ir r ml he wu!d t.'-t her oil he nap
pel her twice nnd turned to'iti and hn
the gui in his hands until he ean to th.
room door, he threw the ;nn pr:v,s hi
sr. 11 iiinl reached 'or llie inoi-pourii. 1,0..
fore he got tne poitcli tlio gun went 1 fl
it iiiiuIh a great snick in the ronm an .
f'.artled us. Mai thn holow-d out ivht-r
the gun went nil "tov li'i .l,,h n v.vi h .v.
shot ii'.y poor children. 'h-
r
w 1
- in
' sitting on the bed or ! 1 ,111 1 Ni
the box 1 am not eertai'.
tho smoke cleared o f Jm,,, tar.
behind him and ran int.. tiie eh
lr
1'i.ok h-
V I I.O ,'Ji,
ldte. i
.. .
was sittingon tne leit nan'l r d'Mi'ei von
go in, 0.1 the bed. when th. g-m .vei.t'oif
John said "My (! d, Thomas it is mv wife
that is hurl." After heH.id that run ami
met my mother on the kitchen floor.
John ran and cnnghi his rrile, i hen he
s,tW the blood, I gave mv mother a si ovo
to one side and ran for pia dunir to t,to:.
uie uioou. i'roni me ornen ol the gun
something took me across the back and
tore Ihe skin oil' iu t.vo places.
I ran to hog pen and c iuld find noun
tliei". I 5:t d i.iy h.n.a .i...o .m l
juinped into whcul field before luy fath
er'ij door and found .1 chunk there, and
brought it in and said, JJin put this on.
I h ive hoard it said it wrt3 good fbrbbod,
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