xxxirrll CONGRESS. SECOND sESsiON W.v.ttlmyroN, December 4, Issu. In the Senate, Mr. Costrove,•=the new metu iwr from Delaware, appeared and took the oath and his seat. The motion to print 30,000 extra copies of the Message was defended by Mr. Pirsenruicx, of Ala. He thought the pol:fc it discussion was out of place ; that the President wasright in devoting half his Message to a mlitield ha rangue ; that the North ought to stoPlu!king. and therein• stirring up the South that agi tation ought to stop and finally, that posteri ty would award the tweed of praise no-A-denied to President Pierce. Mr WADE (Ohio; mould not not commence agitation, nott„shritik from it when, commenced by others. Tric President was responsible for the discussion, having provoked it by using half his . Message for a political disenssion of Slavery. The Preside 4 had libeled u large majority of the people of Ohio. Was - he to shield'himself behind a constitutional privileg..„ - and thence slander, tradnee and abuse ,a joritv of tluepeople of the Free States ? Mr, Wade proceeded to show that Mr. Pierce wa;; dropped by his party because of his course with Kansas, and therefore Mr. Buehanon's success was not an indorsement but a desertion of the Administration. Ife exposed the " Buehanan and Free Kansas" swindle in Pennsylvania, and pointed to the defeat of Mr. Richardson for Governor of Illinois as the true popular sentiment there on the Administration. Mr. Run ta (S. C.) had resolved not to dis - eitss such questions, but would reply to Mr. AV dc. The men of the South were as loyal to the Union as any other body, but the thne might come when dissolution would be desira ble. When the North overpower with num bers„and exclude sfaveholders from the Presi deney, .then South Carolina would leave. lie endeavored to show that the Slave Stales were flourishing that the devil of Shivery was not so black as the North- pained him ; and he would like to know who wrote an article in The Edinburg4 Iteriew excoriating the slave system of the South._ Mr. Rust: ( Ark.) charged that the Repub licans had changed their programme : that the wonnds of bleeding K ansas had been stanched, and now Union saving n•as the order of the new party. He thought the Union ought to be preserved only so lowg as it secured _equal privileges to all the members thereof. Mr. Ft.ssEsm. ( Me.) then made a splendid defense of the Refinblican party. He showed Atte narrow sectionalism of South Carolina, in voting time and again for her own exclusive candidate for President rather than unite with any national or great party. He assured the Senate that inflexible opposition to, the exten- I Edon of Slavery into Free Territory, was, and i is, and will be the cardinal principle of the Republican party ; and that it would be fought through to the bitter end, if bitter the end must be. 31r. 13 FyJ.urMN (La.) got the floor, amlmor ed an adjournment until Aionday, which carried. In the Horsr, the SITAKFR announced the Standing Committees, which are nearly the same as during the last session. The matter of the Kansas Delegate occupied the House all day. Nothing was effected.— Adjourned. The Senate was not in session yesterday. In the !Louise, it having been ascertained that the friends of Mr. Whitfield as Delegate from Kan sas bad a majority in the city, a. call of the House was voted by one majority. On the call, N 8 members answered to.their names.— Question was then taken on the motion to lay on the table the motion of Mr. Grow, recon sidering the vote denying the seat to Mr. Whitfield. It was decided not to lay tho mo tion on the table—Yeas 108, Nays 111. An attempt was then made to vote Mr. Whitfield straight in, but finally the whole subject was postponed to Tuesday next. The members then drew for seats, and the House adjourned to Monday. (Correspondence of the Pittston Gazette.] Taken from the Log Book on the Find Trip via North Branoh Canal Extension. ELMIRA,. Nov. 20, 1856 MR. 13.1C11111T : Tuesday morn ing (Nov. 11,) before daylight two deck boats loaded each with 25 tons of Pittston Coal left the outlet lock, bound for the farthest point of navigation up the North Branch Ca nal, and, if possible; to Elmira. It was boon discovered that we sbould'breast no "lofty 'surge," but instead, about twenty-five inches of water, the berme nod tow-path, like Seylla and Charybdis, staring at the mariners from either side, between whieh it was necessary to steer with the - utmost care. This depth of wa ter increased gradually in our progress when we reached McKune's lock three mires above Buttermilk Falls, at midnight, a distance of fourteen miles of the Canal, being delayed some hours, and separated from the other lull or the " Fleet " l,y break+ in the Ilarris nar rows. We wish here to thank Mr. Elliott for his, kindness and attention, without whose aid we should have been stranded. At WKilue's the water leas nearly three feet. From this we passed smoothly along to Tunkhannock aqueduct, on Wednesday, where to our surprise we were greeted by the Band of that place, followed by a procession of pee ple, and coining on deck the band struck up a ' martial air, which seemed to send inspiration into those shadowy and eyerhastiug hills of Tunkhannock—eehoing , and re-echoing and cheering an the progress of thC first boat thro' their midst rid. the North Branch - Canal. Be ing late in the season—the obi Story—the old promise of the completion of the Canal, so long listened to, but so often broken to the hope— " the sixth age " about " shifting info tht last scene of all" the sight of a boat freighted with coild, floating up the channel, inspired an km; sistible feeling of gratification, and I heard a man tee grey hairs say " I hare lited to see a loaded boat come up the 'North Brancit Canal!" Oar Boat went on the same night around that wild ilorse Neck to the Dam. Nekt duy, Thursday, we passed the slack water, the vil lage of Meshoppin, Skinner's Eddy to Lacey vine, where we were presented with the "Stars and Stripes." At night we brought up at the long town of Browntown, and waited patient ly the arrival of .the rest of the " Fleet," from which we - had been so long separated, and which might hare been, for anything we knew, ship?, recked or the horse knockd down. We could, for depth of water, have unloaded one boat, into the other at .Tutikhannock. The night wore off, and the East was turning grey before the Chesapeake hove iu sight—moving towards us more like a ghost than anything eke ; and indeed she was ominous like aghost, the first boat through in style, had put across the lurk a temporary bridge, and nailing down 1 all the boards bat one, on which in crossing,,hy 1 the " prererseness of matter" he stepped, and fell some twelve or fourteerr feet into the rag ing again/. But his excited state of mind ac knowledged no injury excepting a pretty hard twist of the neck. We passed on to Standing Stone Friday night, Mr. B. Laporte, Mr Si mon Stevop, and others receiving complimen tary shots from our deck. 'Next day. Saturday, we passed through the pleasant flatlands of Wvsox—the canal in the tint order—occasidually rolling the cannon's echo along its vales. I heard Mr. Rahn tell a lock-tender not to give us more than sir feet of water. Here we wish to thank Mr. Rahn, (Sup't of the upper half of the Canal, maim Mr. Maffet,) for his assistance, notwithstand ing he had taken no sleep for three nights pre vions, Soon the village of Towanda appeared in sight, the eanpon announcing our approach. On the burnt bridge, now under speedy repai•s, a crowd had gathered to welcome us across the pool. Tying two tow fines to one skiff, and shooting them to the bridge, the crowd drew os in fine style to their hospitable shore. De clining. any - further demOnstration which was offered, we 'went on to Tioga Point, the Pack et Boat passing us at Ulster, and its Captain receiving a complimentary fire from our deck. The neat day was the Sabbath. With an eye to the spiritual welfare of our crew, we hesitated about proceeding on that . day ; but as the good Clergy in that region, for the last trio or three months, has recognized a politi cal religions excitement we thought there might be such a thing as a North Branch Religious Extension feeling, and that a crew which had courage to navigate up a canal for years con signed by the general voice of the people along its whole length, to its grave, and placed with the list of projects never to be revived,—that such a crew was sound in the doctrine of a resurrection. In this frame of mind we pass. ed silently and reverently a l9 ng the beautiful country around Tioga Point, breaking the still ness of the sacred day by no cannon's echo,— nothing save an occasional blast of the horn to warn a drowsy lock-tender of our approach. When we reached the residence of Mr. 'Da vid Shearer, (Sup't of the Junction Canal,) Capt. May sounded the horn with a true boat man's cadence, and shortly Mr. Shearer came on deck in high glee saying, " Ah, I knew that Juniata horn." Ile was formerly ngaged on tbt Juniata Cunal, and for some yea • as been in this region " waiting for the moving ot,the wafers "in the North Branch Canal. "As the mind is pitched the ear is pleased,'Yand if any music ever fell pleasantly on the etir ; the sound of that Juniata horn awakened joy in in his heart. Monday morning we were one mile from Elmira, when we received word to stop and wait for a welcome. Au extra was issued by the Daily Gazette, calling out the citizens to escort the first Boat Load of the Black Diamond of Wyoming Valley into their city. Meanwhile our, Boat was prepared with flags--the mules caparisoned, and true to their natures in compliment to such honor they pre sented the most ind:scribable indifference. At FRIVIT, Dee. 5, 1856 2 o'clock a procession formed before Haight's Hotel, (a Hotel and a landlord not to be stir- passed,) and led by Wisner's Baud, proceeded to the Boat filling the deck to overflowing. A gun manned and drawn by horses followed, shaking the air, and answered back by our gun, which was loaded by the citizens and fired by Our cigars. The Boat stopped at the Junction of the Chemung and Junction Canals, where CuL 0. S. Hathaway, addressed the crowd in an eloquent speech, welcoming the Boat to their borders, us the herbinger•of another tie of brotherhood, and another means of inter. course between the Keystone and Empire states complitneating Mr. Maffet for his industry and perseverance. The Boat passed on to the Ba sin, when the procession re-formed and return- ed- to Haig:la's - Hotel, where cheers were given for Mr. Arnot, Mr. Hollenback Mr. Meet, 311'. Shearer, Wyoming Valley and Captain May. And the citizens of Elmira may be as sured that such a welcome as they gave us will be gratefully remembered by the people of Wyoming Valley. So ends my Log Book. Grateful for escap ing the dangers of ti perilous navigation, and thankful for the welcome we received and to Mr—Maffet and his Stiperintendants, Messrs Elliot and Rahn, 1 think of taking a farewell to Boating, and the first train of cars home. Tours, truly, J. R. P. S.—Above Tunkhannock, the Canal is in flue order. Below to Pittston some repair is only necessary to make it, another season, ca pable of floating ail the Boats that can get into it. SHOT lIIMSEI.F.-SVAI.ENTESIE STIER, 8 MR ebinist by profession, and a resident of Susque hanna Depot, lost his life a few days since by the accidental discharge of his gun. The ...Penn sut vanio n says, " he and a friend were out in pursuit of game ; it appears deceased was pas sing over some logs, when his foot slipped and he fell, his gnn striking on the hammer of the lock with force sufficient not only to discharge the load, bnt to break off the hammer. The ball took effect in his throat hectoring the lower jaw in several places, passed'through the posterior part of the month, the base of the brain, and lodged within the. skull at the back of the head, musing instanOintli. The deceased was a German by birth; and highly respected." air The Wrightsville Star mentions the serious illness of Col. REAR FRAZER, of Lan caster, I'a., embed, it is supposed, by over ex citement in tummy cud political matters. • for she brinighia middenrere - Vaal of toy good fortune. It was necessary to unload her car. jutck the rival boat just now overtaken., The Paptirin of the.pioneer boat :impatient' of delay'aud art:4ltivaitcrigirival-the other ob stitrati'as though it .was n virtae—the Mules pleased with. the eihibition of so much obsti nacy, .their favorite - qtmlity—with all this the day breaking in the East betokened nothing pleusant—the common tot of all explorers ! For a_time , no commands, no appeal, no threats no entreaties 'availed ; but at East the unload ing was effected and the picineer boat, Tona wanda, set sail once more in four feet of wa ter, winding through the rich fiats of Wyalu sing, where the people came out to' greet us with a cannon's fire and its rolling echo. They placed the cannon on our deck, and we made it answer back 'our thanks for their kind wel-- efitne. This cannon we took with us to Elmira. Passing along the Terrytown narrows we fired over to the resounding shores to give some of the people of that place an opportunity to reverse their long declared opinion on the im possibility of navigating the North Branch Ca nal. Alt wont on smoothly with the exception of the lock-tender at lock No. 12,—growing old in the service,- —who, in his anxiety to lock Nrabicals 4tporter. E. V. GOODRICH, EDITOR. TOWANDA : Othorstiag Morning. Clamber if. taw TnassLl-One Dollar per annual, invariably in advance.— Fbur Loeb previous to the e.rpiration ofa subscription, notice will be peen by a printed wrapper, and if not re newed, the paper will in all cases be stopped. Ci.vvoixce—The Reporter will be sent to Clubs at the fol lowing extremely low rates : 6 topics for $5 001 I copies f0r.... 812 oe • 10 copies for 8 00 120 ropier f0r....1.5 00 Aow earls trawren—For a square of ten lines or Ws, One Dollar for three or less insertions, and twrntylive ants for each subsequent insertion. Jon-Wonx—greetsted with ateuraty and despatch, and a reasonable prigs—with every facility for &ing Books, Blanks, iland4ills, Ball tithes, 4-e. Mosta may be sent by mail, at our risk—enclosed in an envelope, and properly directed, toe will be responsible for its safe delivery. Latest from SanBllll. Several of the Free-State prisoners confined at Tecumseh have made good their escape ; they are pursued, however, and may be retak en. On the other hand, Hays, the murderer of Buffum, whose arrest by Gov. Geary after he had been released on buil was the cause of the recent quarrel between that functionary and Judge Lecompte, has once more been set at liberty by the Judge, in defiance of the Go- vernor. It. is said that the latter submits qui etly to this new demonstration on the part of Lecompte. Ile is also about to lose his as sistant in the arrest of Hays, as Col. Titus,the great border-ruffian leader, who rendered that service to the Governor is about to leave Kan sas for the more congenial fields of Nicaragua. A free passage from St. Louis is promised to whoever wishes to take service under Walker. Gov Geary has been denounced at a meeting , of Border Ruffians at which Mr. Surveyor-Ge neral Citilhoun occupied the chair. The occa sion for this seems to have been found in Gea ry's dispute with Lecompte and Donaldson, and in the fact that several Pro-Slavery men have now at last been indicted by the Grand Jury. A special memenger has arrived from Kan sas bringing despatches from Gov. Geary rela tive to the release of Hayes, and other matters in issue between himself and Judge Lecompte, which are submitted to the consideration of the Administration. Gov. Geary reiterates the peaceful condition of the Territory. The following is an extract of a letttr from Mr. Hurd, Secretary of the Kansas National Committee, dated Chicago, Nov. 27 : " Gov. Geary, We learn from reliable sour ces, is being driven over to our side, in a mea sure. The settlers' rights were being observed at the land sales. Relief was arriving and al laying the suffering. The confidence that Kansas would be made a free state was strong. 'About 80 Border Ruffians came down the riv er on their way home, in the same boat thit Prof. Daniels, of Wisconsin, came down in.— Kansas will be a free state ; the tide has turn ed in our favor." TUE LANCASTER BANR.—The Lancaster In tell.gam r learns from a reliable source tbat there is a strong probability of this institution being put on its feet again, by a new subscrip tion of stock to the amount suggested by *the Directors in their report to the meeting of stockholders. This project, if carried out, will give the bank a cash capital of $300,000 to commence with, and enable it to pay its depo sitors in one, two and three years. Of course the old stock is all sunk, and will prove a dead toss to the stockholders unless the doubtful and bad assets of the institution should turn out better elan the directors anticipate. Since I the suspension the Bank has redeemed over $65,000 of her notes in payment of debts due the institution, thus discharging her liabilities to that amount. HEALvn or Da. Ett—it, is stated that letters from London received in New-York by the last steamer, bring the most discouraging accounts of the health of Itr. Kane, the brave Arctic navigator. lie was very pale—much reduced in flesh—and his night sweats are " ter rible." His cough also was alariuiug. His physician had enjoined him to leave for warmer climate as soon as possible, and he was accordingly to sail on the 17th of November for St. Thomas and Havana. ANOTHER PARDOX.—Daniel J. Neff, a young lawyer of Hollidaysburg., Pa., recently convic ted of the manslaughter of Samuel Hewitt, jr. and sentenced, on the 25th ult., to two years' imprisonment in the Western Penitentiary,was on Monday last pardoned by Gov. Pollock. A PPOINTIIIM.—CoI. T. A. MAGUIRE, Of ei4R-: brio county, Pa., has received the appoiktiniXt of Prothonotary of the Supreme Court ot!file: Territory of Kansas. Col. M. has been many years clerk of the State-Senate of Penn- 1 sylvauia. ACQCTITAL OF Horrtx.—The trial of A. F. Hopple, who was the conductor on the excur sion train on the North Pennsylvania Rail road, last summer, when a collision occurred, through which it will be -remembered so many children were killed, was brought to a close by a verdict of Not Guilty. He was indicted for manslaughter, but it seems the jury did not consider tt*e evidence strong, enough to - convict him. gar The Legislature 'this State will meet at Harrisburg on the 6th .of January nut. On the 13th both houses will assemble in Quaren• tion fer the purpose of electing o United States Senator in the plem of tho.flon. . li. Baenur..o, wbuse term expires on the 4th Li .Mareh next. WAsnINGTos. Dee. G, IM6 Hug. White jumped up and said we won't have it in change, we'll have it in segars. They got the segars and went out. In the place where he took out the bill -there was one or two bills—aud in another part of the wallet another roll of bills. Boardman was intoxica ted ; don't think that White was intoxicated ;. Mitchell was a good deal intoxicated. 1 1'hink : .,7hite &Ad letits go take care of the Jack or horses. Am not sure which said it ; it was talked of amongst them Said the hor- ses were over at %%lefoe's. [Witness identi fies the wallet, shown as the one he saw inpos session of Boardman.) Warner.—Testifies to seeing. Board man with the defendants in Southwell's, and substantially corroborates, Southwell's testimo• roialMyatt. TRIAL OF JAMES MEL & WM, HENRY WHITE, In the Oyer and Terminer of Dradford.Co. The trial of JAMES-Mir ium.' and, :.WILLIAM Hexay Wurrz, indicted at the present sessions for the murder of Emma: BADMAN, was 18- ken up on ,the 4th inst. For the Commonwealth; District Attorney Monnow, and ELWELL. For defence, Messrs. ADAMS, Mkacca and D'A. OVERTON. The following jury was empanelled t George A. Johnston, J. B. Wright, Stephen D. Harkness, James Merritt, Jr., Elam Kendall, Solomon Steven., Abel Wheaton, Chauncey H. Corbin, Hiram Lacey. Henry Gaylord, '`n , Lorenzo Wing, J M. Wattles. The case was opened by the District Attor ney very elaborately, and the evidence on the part of the Commonwealth called. We have condensed the testimony, endeavoring to pre serve the material facts. . EVIDF.NCE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH M. Smith sworn—Testifies that he saw Boardman the day before the County Fair.— Saw him have a $1 bill, and two $5 bills, and a roll of bills as large as my three fingers. Went with him to Mr. Russell's, 'where he bought half gallon of whiskey and raid for it. Henry Russell—Testifies to selling the whis- key to Boardman, as above, and to seeing the. money. Frond-, Porter—Resides at Koine—Board man stopped at his tavern oil his way to the fair, and bought some liquor. Saw him have some change, and a roll of bills which he dis played. A. R. Coolbaugh—Was employed nt the 1 Fair grounds Saw White with Boardman I dUring the afternoon and evening. About 8 o'clock in the evening saw them together in front of Moore's store. White said to Board man, " come this way if you want to go to the river." Boardman said this is not the road. White said it is just 'as good as any other. Boardman acted as if very much intoxicated. John Britiort—ln the evening came along with a lantern by the corner of Montunyes' store, where White . and Boardman were stand ing together. White said, old man, come here, I know you well—come, I've got something good. He walked a little ahead, awl I and Boardman went together ; when we Caine to the corner of Barstow's building, next to the meeting house ; White said I've got a jug— a full gallon in ft. lie handed me the jug, and I drank ; it was whiskey. After that White took a drink and handed it to Board_ man, and told him he mus drink. They then went through towards Mercur's store, on their way to Patton's drug store, to get a bottle. E. W. Hale—Saw Boardman during the afternoon. After we had closed for the even ing, Boardman and White came to the gate and wanted to come in. Boardman said e he wanted to get his Jack and take it over the river where his horses were. I told him that it was too late—that his Jack was taken care of—that he had better let it remain where it was. White said, you'd better let it be, I gu e ss, it is safe wliere it is ; and they went off together. I saw them again about 8 o'clock in the evening in Patton's drug store. White came in first—Boardman after him. Bourduian ap peared to be very much intoxicated and code near falling against the glass. White did not appear to be, bat bought an empty bottle and. they went out together. 11. M. Southirell—About 8 o'clock on the first evening of the Pair, Boardman and White came into my saloon, in the basement of Pat ton's Block, and called for some oysters. They ate two dishes apiece, and Boirdman asked what the bill was. I told him one dollar, and he gave me aB5 bill. I had not change, and asked him if he had anythingamaller than that. He looked' at some bills, and said he bad none smaller. I took the bill and gave him in change two $2 6itis. lie had several bills in his hand ; I dric? not see how much any of them was, nor any other money in his wallet. They went away They came again that evening, and Mitchel. was with them. Just as they came in, I went to supper. When I came back they were sit liwirr the stall, and'had been eating oysters. There were a great many in the saloon that evening, and I told them I'd like have them _set back, as I wanted to use the stall. They got up and came out and sat upon a settee.— Boardman wanted to know what his bill was. The man tending for me, told me the bill was seven shillings. Boardman put his hand in his pocket and handed me a quarter of a dollar and a five cent piece. I told White be ought ',*.foot the rest of the bill. lie said he bad 'nc nothing, and he'd pay for nothing. Ahem some one must pay; and Board -, 1 60 0 -1,.0ut his wallet and gave me a dollar gave him back the change. I told I'd go to the drawer and give him a shil- y es to the money. Jvsepit 31cCabe.—Sativ Bordwan and deka- AiintS at Sindhirell'S; and' later at Laughlin's. Coroborates Sonthwell's testimony - as to paying their bill. Samuel Sultiran.—Saw the parties at Soath thelast time they were there and saw .Boardraan'pay the bill. Mitchell got up and said let us go and take care of those .91d hor ses over at Whalon's, and White said come, and Boardman got up and started. About 15 minutes after, word came that the old man was drowned. Theron Haprard.-L-Waa in Southwell's about 8 o'clock, when Boardman, Mitchell and White came iri. White said if you are going to buy that pie, bay it now. Boardman called for tke pie. Lament was tending bar, and asked if he had any money. White said you need not be afraid of him, for he's got lots of money. Coroborates Southwell as to Board man's paying the bill, and having other money. White had a bottle in his hand when they came in, about half fall, Did not see any marks of violence on Boardman. Stephen Pellon.—White came into my store not far from and wanted to buy a quart of whiskey. Told him I could not sell it to him because he was under age and besides my license did not allow me to sell less than a gallon. He then went out and brought in a man with light colored coat and green specs, and inquired if 1 had any jugs to sell. I sold him a jug and a gallon of whiskey. It came to five shillings, and he gave me a $2 bill in payment. He took out his wallet. He had a gold dollar and ass bill, and one or two 'small bills—in all $8 or $0 iu bills—this he laid on the table. Think from what I saw of the wallet there was tatting more in it. White spoke about going over the ricer, and Board man did himself, to take care of the horses, and asked Itow they could get over. 41Irs. Phtebe Ccnndly.—Lives on the river bank just, above the Bridge. I went home about 8 o'clock in the evening, and after a lit tle while went to bed, when I heard au awful struggling, just as though sumo one was hold ing another.s mouth ; heard quite a struggle for a minute or so, and heard some one say God d---n your soul, and beard some singing on the other side of the river. A little while after this heard a skiff rowing and some loud talking, and got up and went to the door and saw a light under the bridge. James IL.lley , Edward Scott, and Jesse Brown.—Testify substantially alike as regards crossing the river in a boat, and hearing de ceased full from the bridge. They, with Frau ei.4 Hall, and 3lichael Kennedy started from the other side of the river tocome over. Vol ley's testimony is that they passed thrOugh the bridge between two piers, second space from the east side. Ilad a lantern in the boat which was placed under the seat. The boys were singing most of the way until the boat got on the town side of the bridge. Told the boys they had better not sing any more. Short ly- after that we heard a splash in the water: Kennedy spoke up and said there was somebo- dy overboard into' the water. I thought it was a luau because 1 heard a noise—grunt— just as he struck the water. I *rung to the oars, as quick as I could. s A fter I'd taken the oars, 1 heard a man-upon the bridge, say, hue ry up there is a man overboard. At that time I heard some steps made on the bridge, as one starting to run. The light was held up, and I saw on the Bridge Mitchell and White.— Mitchell stood right over where the man fell in—right over where we found his hat and handkerchief. White stood, as near as I can guess, about 20 feet totrards this tad of the bridge. White thee came up where Mitchell stood. Mitchell kept telling me where to come with the boat where I could bud him. Jesse Brown got the hat. Frank Hall said Oh ! White I know yon are coming some of your smart tricks ; you are trying to fool us. White said no, he was not ; there was certainly a man fallen from the bridge. On the other side of the skiff was his handkerchief. We staid around until. e saw no . signs of any one corn ing up, and then come ashore. When I came on shore White and Mitchell came round down to us. I asked how the man came to go off, and Mitchell said that the man was on the bridge, that he, put his foot up on the railing, and pitched right off. Mitchell said they had a jug on the bridge, and the old wan had just taken a drink and handed the jug to him, and he'd taken a drink and set it down by his own feet. Ile said here is the, jug now ; he had it in his hand. We then went on the end of the bridge, and he put his leg np on the railing to show how he went off. I caught him for fear he'd fall off, he was so much iutoxieattd. By that time there was quite a crowd gathered around. White went ou to say how the man went off. lie seemed to be considerably frightened. White said he was on this end of the bridge when Mitchell this man had fallen, and than he started and went that way to see. Afterwards I heard him say that he was pretty close to him when he went off ; said he was near enough to see him—saw his heels -as ho was going over_ W hite said Boardmaa was going.down to the bridge to take care of his horses, and he tort} him he couldn't-go over the bridge, and theold man said he guessed he could. Said he tried to stop Lim, but couldol, be was bound to go Said Mitchell tried to stop him, and they got into a scuffle and he atarted array. This con- versation was ea the side walk at Patton's block, after I had left the hat and handker. chief At Smaller& Samuel Walaridge—liad conversation with White and Mitchell at the river and on the corner of Patton't block, of the same import as the above. October 3, 1 was searching for the body,and found it in the morning. Jere Collins was along with me, rowing the boat, and 1 was drugging which - Caught his vest and suspendl.. The body was about 25 or 30 feet below the bridge, and about two-thirds of the way from the abutment to the first pier. Th water there is . some 26 or 2'i feet deep ; f rom the top of the railing to the water is 23 feet. The railing is 2 feet 11 inches high from the floor of the bridge. The body was put in the skiff, and Collins and I staid with it until the Coroner's jury - took it--and no one touched him. His spectacles were on his forehead. Dr. C. K present at the ex amination of the body, Oct, 3, after being t a . ken out of the river. The examination took place out uu the river in a ferry boat. In th e vest pocket was found a watch, and a pair o f spectacle cases. In the right-hand paiitah,ns pocket fouud a wailer, in all his pockets found $1,41 4 a'gold dollar and 41 cents iu change. His clothes were all taken off then. His T en were on his forehead. On the examinatio n of the body we found the left rye „„ d some little discolored. Found also a •tuali cut across the bridge of the nose whete the 1 / 4 p, :e „, would naturally come. Found a braise 1 4 , his left arm half way between his elbow aw l s k ill. der. There were also three marks ur inden tions on the right side and lower part of the abdomen. The swelling of the rye aas p r ., dared by force, nod I think a little tim e before death. My opinion is that he came to death by drowning. The wound in the abdomen might have been made after death. Dr. E. H. Mason and Dr. C. .11. coroborated the above testi_.iony, as to the ap pearances of deceased, and his death b• dro p ing.