cer's, I mai at ttwir huase on tho Wed tie. day spoken of, breakteast 1 went in to Mr. M's. bingletuu had nut returned at the time 1 ii cut in, 1 went home again, before lung some of them cause after me, I went in again, when 1 K ent in Single ton's mother had hold of him un the stairs, he was going up stairs, he told nue lie was going to kill his sister,/ taught hold of Will myself, and called liar assistance, one o 0 two gentlemen Caine and through our force we gut him down, Mrs. Mercer asked me in the kitchen as she was going to speak to Singleton, 1 went in with her, in a few minutes he made a second attempt to go, up, I again caught hold of him, he said he' would kill her, that she had ruined and disgraced the family, I kept hold if him, there were many gentlemen present, they , assisted and we got him into the parlour , again, he cried and went on very much' about the disgrace brought on his father and mother, lie went in the trout parlour, and the gentlemen followed him, he ex pressed himself much about killing his sis ter, we all kept around him to prevent his going up, nuthing peculiar about his face ut that time, the gentlemen got him a lit tle pacified, and I went home, they wish ed to send for William Band to come down, 1 went myself fur him, he is a neph ew of Mr...bercer's, thought he could do something with Singleton, when 1 went again Mr. Baird, Singleton, and Mrs. Quinn were in the back room, I took my seat alongside of Singleton, two gentles mu had been sent after Heberton, to pac ify Singleton they said they would bring lam dead or alive, Mr. Baird went out of the room, every once in a while he was impatient to see Heberton, he wanted to \ go, I said no, they'll bring him, and I have) a cowskin,and then you can give it to him,, tie made no answer then, some time after lie turned his face upon me, and when /' saw it, /was frightened at his looks, his features were entirely changed to me, his face was streaked with red and white stripes, his eyes looked as they would come out of his head, he look 4 wild, 1 was alarmed, 1 was so afraid of him, 1 was going into the kitchen; Mrs. Quinn said don't be afraid, for we have taken his weapons from him, we talked to keep him quiet until a gentleman came to take him away, I have seen two insane persons, Seen them often, they are friends of mine, I never saw them look so wild as Singles ton did, they are decidedly insane, his eyes had the saute expression as one of them, a young lady she is who went crazy, I told him about the cowskin to pacify him, and because 1 would have liked to have seen Singleton cowskin lieberton. Cross examined—My husband, Win. Shankland, is a sea captain—no person lives in my house but my own lentils— Miss Holland lives with ins, she is "my Sister. The Rev, Azariah Pryor, sworn —lam , a minister of the gospel, belong to the , Protestant Episcopal Church, Sarah went , to school to me, her character was uni• formly good, in every particular, she com menced school in the fall of 1841 and left , in the fall of 1842, she was in a class of her own age, and was during that time under my immediate care as a scholar— ] knew Singleton, met him frequently, always recognized and spoke to me, 1 found him an tittelligcot rut, th, / met him tin Friday, the 10th, the ;lay of this occur rence, ou two occasions, the first time was about 9 in the morning, 1 stopped with a view of speaking to him, stopped at Front and Queen street, / had heard of the fam ily difficulty, he Caine up, saw me, stood a moment with his eves oh the ground, suddenly turned and went the way lie came, the second time was in the after• noon, about 2 o'clock, in Catherine above Third street, I looked at him, to catch his eye, /wished to speak with him, but he passed right by tile, without speaking, which he never had done before, /observed a peculiar wildness in his appearance, and thatihe was remarkably hut t ied in his move- Inents;l observed immediately to nit wits, un in return home, that he had a wild and frantic appearance, Sarah's mind is not strong, her unileratanding is rather weak, she was so modest and retiring a child, that Mrs Pryor and myself used to set he r up as an example to others for good con duct, her disposition is confiding, it is a family trait, I think. Cross examined•—l reside at No. 520 south Front street, have a church in Southwark, rector of a newly formed chard), the church of the Messiah. William M. Baird, sworn-1 was at Mr. Mercer's on the Bth of February, Mrs. bhankland sent in to say office for toe to go down to Mercer's, I went and found him in an agitated state, he took me Into the yard with him, he detailed to me the dishonor of his sister, her having told him herself, asked my advice as to what was best to be done, in this conversation he cursed arid swore all the time, I advis ed him to wait until his father and brother in-law returned from the Alderman's Office, where the hearing was, then he would known how to act, we went back into the house, Singleton threw himself upon a chair, passed his hands into his hair, would jump up, walk about, utter some curse or orther, seat himself again, his father and brother-in-l a w returned, and announced that the law would not take hold of lieberton, at this juncture he became hectic, perfectly furious, raved about the room, insisted upon going out, intercepted by myself and several others, made repeated efforts to get out, his con., dition was such that I advised the tuth er , to have him taken care of—several gentle then volunteered to take charge of him• they and he left the house, he used hurt id oaths to his father and brother-in-law, to tar self, to all, tt ties out his habit. Cross examined-1 reside at No. 11) - I.iitie. street, No. 46 south Wharves ii my place ot business, am a commission trier chant ; in the vard my advice was, when hie lather and brother-in law returned, then, to put on his manliness, and act as the case showed i 1 know the Reverend Mr. Lo ughridge, 1 saw him in the house; by being perfectly furious, 1 mean that Singleton cursed his father, Mr. Quinn, ;'and all that opposed him, by incoherent, 1 ; mean short, abrupt, beoken, - unmeaning expressions—his father implored him to bel quiet, and Singleton told him to " go to I 11-II ;" the father and brother-in-law an nounced that they had proposed marriage I to Heberton, and he had rejected it in the , must uncourteous manner, Singletotris a relation of mine, have known him since childhood. Adam Johnston, sworn--I live at 467 lie got upon the front, and they started ; Race street, 1 know Sarah Mercer, 1 it is a part of toy duty to watch people, became acquainted with her by her atten- that was one rrikholl why I did watch him, ding the Church and the Sabbath School and another, was there were stolen goods 'of which I was superintendent ; she was about, because of the trunks being there. very modest, chaste, mild, as much so as !do not believe he was a reasonable man, any female I ever knew, confiding and or had the use of reason at that time.— unsuspicious. (t itness gives meetly reasons based upon Cross examined—Sarah ceased atten- Mr. Mercer's actions as reported above.) ding Sunday School when we sold the Cross examined-4 have ev ry reason church at sth and Gaskill street, which to believe this is the man, lie louks paler broke up our school lot about a year, she that is the titan (alter close sere tiny—M r. was better behaved than any young lady Mercer standing) I have seen persims I ever knew of her age, she attended the wild in liquor, but I stood close to him, wl church since we have built it at 12th and that lie was clear, I observed hint well, Lombard street, never heard a word smelt his breath, no taint ef liquor, ac• against her, have always heard she was a tiuns entirely different from Omar caused , very innocent girl: by drunkenness, I have never stated that Charles Paynter, sworn—l reside at I believed Ida actions were caused by in -ll,' German street, 1 saw Singleton at his toxication, l have never said that he was lather's house on the Wednesday spoken either crazy or drunk; I wetit to Captain of, in the morning, lie was greatly agitated, Bennett and told him at the watch house, I think he had a pistol in each hand, came brought him on the ground ; then Mr. lup to me, and said II eberton hail ruined Mercer was gone. his sister, 1 asked him how lie knew, said Jacob Bennett, sworn—l am one of the she told him so ; he wanted very badly all Captains of the City Watch; I saw Sin• the time to get out ut the front door, say gletnii Mercer about 11 o'clock on the ing lie would shoot any man that dive to night before the occurrence in an Oys,',,e stop lien, I said you can Shout ine if you Cellar under the Adelphi Builtlin;,„,rms below Walnut ; I went in:o 't . ne cella' in like, but you can't go out tit the duo in . • the condition you are ; I got uric consequence of informs, 'tm hum watch from his hand and got him into the pal tor, Mercer was slain. man Davis ; ti t acif yment 10 , twin, lie g being ientlemen n such a state to of at a table ; I ',traced at him a moment; he ; exciteo offired *" got op '.ethe act of folding a letter in a i and bring Ilebertun—nu body with lion hurried minuet; lie came toward, me and just then but Mr. Lougbiitlge and 1, lie 'said you WAS with me last night at the appeared anxious to get out saying that ca rd of Sixth and Chesnut street ; I re-1 they knew very well liebertun would not lojea "no, you are mistaken ;" he intitte • come; Mr. Cougbridge tried to teasonidiately turned mind, called far a wafer with him, (corroborated Mr. Lougbridge's and nose paper; at lite same, time Neville testimony.) A' l .l°L" . "edb bt you shall be paid for all 1 have ;" sat AFTZIIIIOON SINSION. 'down again ; commenced "writing ; looked ' On the openingol the Mist, Mr. Browne lat me again ; got up and came towards submitted tile next question which it was me; repeated you was with me last night proposed to ask the witness ; and for the at Sixth and Chestnut street ; a gentle convenience of all concerned. the same man elongeitle of me who knew hint in was committed to writing. It is as follows: traduced me to him ; told him my-name " From the condutt and actions of the and office ; lie then went back to the ta ;defendant which you have stated, and ble ; he set down, and again repeated iliat lwhat you observed at that time, do you which he twice before said to me ; the not think that the prisoner had nut the gentleman again told hint who 1 was; lie use of his reason 1" then asked nie to retire to a distant part of The question (tithe admissability of this die cellar with him ; atd conuuence,l t.'ll - was argued at length. The ing me of the disgrace of his sister, the debate was opened by Thames P. Curti. narration appeared very painful to hint ter, EN., on the part of the State. Ile and I told hits I was acquainted v ith the was replied to by William N. Jeffers, Esq. facts ; he placed both hands upon my fur the defence. Abraham Browning, shoulders and said his sister, his father, Esq., followed on the same bide. The his mother, were all crazy, my family is lion. George P. Mullieon, on the part of i ruined ; I atn the only one left to redress the State, clued the argument. their wrongs; that lleberton hail dune Judge Elmer delivered the opinion of this thing; a prosecution tel been brought the court, deciding that die question against IMO and he %vas attempting to es should be put. cape, his trunks are now on the epposite The defence then called, side of the street at a barber's shop; his Charles Punter, resumed-4 do not manner became very wild; his counien• think that he had the perfect use of his ance was hagg,a,il; there was something reason at the time I have spoken of. about him 1 cannot at all describe; I left Cross examineti--/ was with Singleton him and went to the gentleman toe o had the Wednesday morning from six o'clock introduced him to me; said to hint the until his father and brothersinslaw came man is nut in his senses, you must try and Irwin the Alderman's office; the first I saw get him home ; the young man with him of a pistol was when he came down stairs said they hail been trying to get lien home with two in his hands--1 took it from him; all day ; that lie had nut been hone since then I thought he had not the use of his the tnurniug previous; 1 s .id if per wish reason, filth erred it from the fact of his to get him home, I can sow. do that for actions being so different from usual, you ;he said no, don't make use of ,nv strange, wild, and violent towards ire; violence; if you du lie will hlitiot us ; * I his teeth clenched, he frowned, showed then asked is he armed ; if so, 1 will arrest great passion; I stopped him and lie told him at any rate; the answer was, I doe'. me he would shoot any man that preven- know that he is; I then said 1 would try ted hem from going out of the door; (de- and persuade him to go thence; / did sit; tails conduct oldie prisoner as in chief, ;) he said no, he would never go home till he he would become pacified:for the space of knew where eberton had guile to, that five minutes or SO and then be violent his home was destroyed ;he said he knew again; during these short periods when he couldn't go without Ibis trunks and he, he was pacified I am of the opinion he was deter brined to watch them, about that was nut ui the possession aright reason. time a black man cattle down ; there was. I think so because of his jumping up sod- some laths stir, and the tonversation was denly without cause, I was then satisfied stopped; 1 aghin asked him to gn home; of it and I now think he had not the use told him 1 would take his place, anti of his reason. watch the trunks, if they attempted 10 Julin 0. Davis, sworn-1 live back of take the trunka away I would intonsi, 44 Spruce street, lam one of the Night lie said he lived tut) far oft', I cnulit mitt: io- Police of city, 1 saw the young man fortu him in time, I found it was vain to at the bar at the S. %V. corner of Filth and attempt to get him to et, humor, si e tiette n a Walnut, it was about 20 minutes of ten had been sett' ithuut lliotidgmel's. and 7 nn the Thursdav night before the occur- said go there, that is nearer, anti I can rence; I saw three or four cab drivers send you the information, 1 think it close by the door of my box, the young man was about that time I.e culled me again was standing at the corner, and there was apart, and again told me his story,l again a black man with some trunks on his bar- told Into to go to Bloinlgood's, fake a row j think ; Mr. Mercer came over to night's rest, and he would feel bitter in me and asked me if 1 was on duty, I told the morning —after a good 'teal of persua him I was, he said /elmd want you di- sion, he said If you will pledge Ise your rectly, he appeared to be very wild, so word end 11.,n0r as a gentleman (bait you that I looked at hen rend thought there will not permit those trunks to leate that was boinething, wrong-:omit hint, his eves barber's shop, I will go to Bloodguotla ; were very wild and flying. wtoretteck tiro t gave him that pledge; that relieved him lion, he ran *town Filth sneer, teen return very much, and lie said in a livelitt inane ne.l and asked me if I had ink and paper, nee than he Lad shown before, 4 ' I told him Iliad not, 1 then went with him boys, let's take a drink; " l di to allot her corner, from the N. %V, to the tiro king, and told he h;.11 better nu S. IV. corner , after we got there, he Paid himself ; he in•ieteil upon it t his I want you to go to Capt. somebody and again became violent and wild ; I get $25, tell him to *end it to somebody, the best way to• calm lino was to some names he mentioned, I don't remelt'. him in his request, he invited two ber tathernatne, neither name was Mercer, and the four of us went up to the he said the person whose name he first bottle of ale was drawn for Mr. M mentioned lived in Pine somewhere near he put the glees of ale to his lips; end tti cc!, 1 told him I lush out atletid ,due n the glans of ale-‘ittiout tan to that, as it was of A private nature; 1 said I would attend to a else of theft\ or any thing like it, he said it Was suck a case, he was then very wild, his eyes nil. ling, flying in every dirletion, he sa id there was a man running away wit his, sister, those words woe uttered w very; he viewed the street in every direc tion, his head and eyes turning ways; then he said there's some of my acquaint ance, and away he started from me, looked after him, and could see no person else ; 1 saw a man and woman at the northwest corner, going up the street ; ~ Mercer halted among the cab men, he then !returned down, and passed rather below Walnut street, in Filth ; lie then ran lback and called fur a cab mall, and order :;ed the cab man to drive to the Walnut !street House as fast as ever he could, and and said let us eat some oysters; 1 told him I would nut; he insisted ; said lie had. no: eaten any thing since this tiftYrning be fore; three fried oystere were put on a plate for him, w hich be c*t up in several pieces; without touching either the oys• ters ur the ale, he Wok me apart to tell me the store of his wrongs ; I again told him about Bloodgootra ; Ire scented to have forgotten nay pledge ; I repeated it ; he I said, if I would watch the trunks, and riot let them go*, it hoat giving the information, he would pay use any antouot ; he said I'm not of age myself, but I'll pledge my word to you it shall be complied with; I told hit. 110 pay would be required ; to go to Bloodgood's, get a night's rest, and leave the trunks to me ; after a good deal of persuasion, by the aid of his friends, and alter exacting a pledge of me repeatedly, I got him into a cub and down to Blood ' good's ; I saw no more of him till I saw I him here yesterday ; I was several times near enough to take his breath ; not the slightest appearance of liquor about him. Cross Examined—Davis the watchman, came and told me that there was a young man in sth at. behaving in such a strange manner that he did not know what to make ol it ; (detailed his conversation with Davis) I was in bed at my station house when Davis came for roe. Pollowing this, arose a discussion in re gard to the vdoussion uncertain tertimony, which lasted until the Court adjourned. [The reporter has en.' eavored to omit every remark that would be oll'ensive in this day's proceedings, as he did in tin , reports which appeared in the proceedings of the days previous. Ile re',', s rets that owing to the lateness of th , ,. Kour which he teturned to the city oe;:fharsdav night, with notes of the cage; lie was so much hurried as to sull'et portion of the testi• ffi t y rar t?; cores his scrutiny, and appear toills own intention, and especi agiTinst the positive injunction of the Editor, touching the details of the pro• c fi o u n ceedings.] From the U. S. Gazette of the :,rd April. Capt. Bennett—cross examination re sumed—One of the gentlemen in the eel lar with us was ;Mr. Hector Tindiol, 1 think; Mr. Mercer did not say what he was going to do With Mr. Hebermo ; lie said a suit had been commenced for Se. duction, Ileberton wished to get out of the way, and he was determined to know where he went to; 1 have stated the sub; stance of ill Davis told toe; after I got Merur off to liiiiidgood's Davis said the young man was not right; I don't know which of the gentlemen it was, perhaps• both, that said in the oyster cellar titer' Ler would shoot if I used violence, in the its stet. cellar; /did not arrest Into on sus picion of being armed because he was in toe hands of hi, friends; I dim: know of tov knowledge that 3lr. M. went to Binoiltiood's; the two gentlemen got hint unto the cab and got in them-rives and they were driven away. Alex. knclonlenk, sworn--/ saw Sin gleton,Mercer On the Friday of the occur rence; I saw him on the North West corner of Shipper' and Fourth st,eet, it was between 3 and 4 in the afternoon; observed his manner some time before / came up to him—/ saw him stop and walk Imchwatils and forwards, lie appeared greatly excited before I came up to him— /approached him and shook hands with him —I was going to address him upon the state of his family, to hear how his father and 'outlier were—his trimmer being so singular, his face and eyes so different. from what they kid been, his eyes rolling like a crazy man, that I was at a loss to know how to address him—one side of his face was blanched, the other side flushed, /did not know what to say—/ felt agita , ted myself—/ tried to lead him into some tiillingconsersatiun, in hopes of some one , passing that svould t-11 the family in order that lie might be taken home—no person came along that /knew, there were few in the streets—/ knew he InAl some busi ness relative to a bon of mine—/ thought to fix his attention by speaking to hint—/ found the answers he made wilt wild and strange; he spoke of men that he knew nothing of--/ was still anxious to get him taken care of ; he went a few steps with me, he turned abruptly from me, 1 left, him there, 1 went to the market to see if / could see some one to take care of when I got to the corner again flint nil him, gone, I saw no more of him that day, his, whole personal appearanCe was very re kable, I had know him from his loran ry I believe he had not the use of his leitSon. Cross examined—l think he was look tog for some person: have known and visited the family ; ou business; I was. master of a vessel; last of the brig II arri et last voyage I made was to Jantacia;, I have seen crazy men; I thought of a promise he had made to get my son a sit uation ; he said he would get it without, any doubt; I said my son wculd go back to his old situation; he said he knew all those parties, and my son could not geld that situation; I then observed to tint Mercer you must be out of your head or mad ; he said I can fix tinhat situation fUr, you and Inns; he spoke of no other men; I know he did not know them because they were out of his line of business alto gether ; I have repeatedly seen Mr. Sin- . gleton Mercer ; l sailed in his father's vessel ; I belive he had not the use of his reason from his appearance and cativo', sation. ' come dined drink found )otoor' there ar ; A rcer ; .; i %ll: Henry Kelly, affirmed- live in Union greet, No. 2 , Southwark ; am a ship car• petite'. ; I know Singleton ; was at the liotr,•e on ‘Vetluestlay the 13111 at about ten o'clock; ( , :orrobora tea pre% hats itnessea to tv . tt:t nrto .11 derman Mitchel's office ; when I atrived at the office the lather of Mr. Singletoo Mercer was there and lawyer Hanna too; alter waiting a few tooniehts Mr. Vandyke ;and Mr. lleberton came in ; I don't know, (that they came in together;. Quinn, the brother-in-law was there too; 1 went back to the house ; Mr. 'Thomas Mercer ; and Mr. Quinn went back with me; (again corroborates previous witnesses as to Mr. Singletori Mercer's conduct,) I left the :house about 12 o'clock ; he was in the 'condition 1 have described when I left; do nut believe he lied the use of his reason. Cross examined--I went first to the 'house about ten o'clock; he was more wild at 12 than he had been at 10 o'clock ; the nly time he left the room while 1 was there was when he went for the pistols; this took place during my first visit ; the statement made to him on the return from the office 1 don't know; I understood Alr. Minna was at the office as the counsel a!, Mr. Mercer; 1 understood Mr. Varalyke was there us the counsel of Mr. llebertoh; 1 did not hear what was said; the pat ties were taken into a back room ; i did not hear Mr. Vandyke ask for an investigation on the part of Mr. netierton; I Saw Mr. fleherton leave the vile,. Eliza Jane Quinn, sworn—l am the sis ter of Singleton I%;tereer; My. Bastido was at my house to:, the i7th of Becember ; my brother ha?, a small party of gentlemen there; i, was his birth-day ; Sarah was there ; she was in the trout parlor, Mr. 13,0.t010 was in the back parlor; the fold ing doors were partly open, but the ladies were not in the room with the gentlemen ; I have seen Mr. Ileberton, he and Mr. Bastido might very easily be mistaken for ( each other; I was at the house on the %Vednesday spoken of; Singleton was in la very distracted state; when I went in, lie pot his arms round my neck and burst into tears, his head on my shoulder; after a few moments lie began to rave ; pushed me away ; said if I did not leave the room,, he'd kick me me out; I had said nothing, l given him no cause; lie became so very v to-, lent that I got the gentlemen to take care of him; mone one said they had better get Mr. Cozens the police officer; Singleton asked me to send for my husband ; I sent, but in . .) , hUshand had guise up town; he! came in smite titbit alter, and without him saying anything, Singleton ordered him out of the house; his features - were 'coin pletely changed ; he behaved in a very , rude manner alter my Wher returned from the t squire's' office ; I tell the room shortly alto that ; (corrii'mrates previous witnesses as to Singleton Percet's other behaviour,) I do not believe he Was sane ; ' I have seen insane persons ; have seen two insane persons; one was a near and ' dear relative; I attended her until she, ' died ; it was my husband's mdther. she ' died insane; his eyes had a much wilder , appearance than either: . erdss examined-1 was at the house from it little alter 9 o'clock that morning until about 12; he %yrs particularly violent after return [rum Alderman's office ; 1 saw Mr. Ileberton but once. at my rather% house: on the Monday evening my sister was mistin* _ Daniel C. Cat man, sworn—l reside in Camden, /saw Singleton Mercer on Fri• day, the 10th, from ab•tut half pas; six to seven o'clock; when 1 first seen him at the inquest, and was in the room with him until tilT o'clock next morning; for the first two or three hours in the evening, lie sat sideways on a chair, with his arm on the back, :did his head resting on his aim ; did not appear to recognize any one, or be aware of the presence of any one; was in that position until about 10 o'clock ; while in that position lie hallowed out, " Rachel you wench, why don't you bring me some water!" repeated it a second time, did nut appear to know where he was; about 12 or 1 lie asked fm• sotnething to eat, at the same time saying lie bud eaten nothing but a plate of oysters fur thirty-six 111111rti—nothing, was brought him then, they hail ail gone to bed.--two of us went into the kitchen, we found some bread, cold potatoes, and cold pork--we took it to him, he ate but very little—l re marked that--he then asked fur the septa which had been taken from Vandyke gave him a segar—he smoked, and was calmer after sinuking--it appear ed to sooth hits—l don't think lie had the use of his reason-1 watched him particu larly--did tied appear to be conscious of seri - rig the corpie"—tuwardsi 2 o'clock, - 1 as k e d him if be wantt any thing, he said no, a little water—he iaid he hail not slept for three days, except maybe a little on a step or cellar dour—u ,ter was furnished, he drank copiously-1 irge draught—the next morning he appeased touch excited; he wrote a memorandum for me to tirin g him segars trout Philadelphia, and could scarcely hold a peti or write--I asked him where his sister was, if (lie was at home, he said nu, in the Insane 4 . y turn. Cross examined —M r. Vandyke was in the room, lie appeared U 11141116 to do ever y. thing that Singleton Mercer wanted ; I have never said that 1 did not believe that Mercer was insane, not expressed such an idea in other words he smoked more than one segar that night. Franklia Lippincott, M. 1). affirmed—. 1 know Singleton Mercer, have seen him since the 10th of February ; um a doom of medicine f 1 was in the habit ut meeting Idol three evenings in the week about lour years or so ago; have seen Inin daily in prison ; conversed with him ; have seen, mune persons at the Philadelphia llospi• tat, by attendance there ; 1 attended one year; 1 walked the Illispital tlifee years previous to that ; (difleience between walking" unit "attending" a hospital explained,) 1 have noticed him in every way daily ; from my observation, 1 do nut Van'. test- dike in flie prison ; I have attended ail trial, listened to the testimony ; the wit nesses detailed many symptoms of insanity ; I had nu particular'lnotive for ; visiting him; 1 thought he requ i red c uss . ) . Ilatiun; it was my impresstun that he would never, recover his intellect, unless he re ceived consolation. Cross examined-1 arrived at the con clusion /have expressed on any fir s t vi s it doubted his sanity then; subsequent in tercourse confirmed my doubts of his sau• ity ; when I first visited him, I found hire laboring under great excitement, mini footed by a flushed countenance, restless ness of manner, wildness of the eye, inco herent conversation, and constipation; I believe / have stated all the facts upon o hich 1 have based any opinion; I made no inquiries of the prisonei himself as to his physical condition on the occasion ut t tl first Inter% iew with him ; I inquired a number of times subsequently ; he cum, plaiiied a number of times of his head ; think once mai the next day ; any second , visit—complained of a pain in the head ; in the intercourse I had with him some years back /tearer' nothing about his con stitution; mental derangement may be caused, but I believe it to be a disease of the mind, and not of the body---that I be lieve to be the opinion of eminent medical men ; is conveyed to the nand through the channel of physical sensation—sensation physically reaches the mind through the nerves•-•such conveyance would disturb . the healthy condition of the nerves to some extent.—the nerves would then be ; in an unnatural state, (distinction drawn between the " unhealthy" and " unnatu • ral" conditions of the frame, at great length ; in my walk through the hospital ; I had many cases of insanity to deal with; I have never, 1 think, met with a case of insanity in which there wes nut some ab normal condition of the brain; I should I require to tell this condition the existence ul a strange idea or a delusion, or any al. teration in the natural function or func• ions of the brain ; the evidence to estab lish the latter arc the symptoms I have be. fore given; (repeated as above i) it is by comparing the symptoms in a state of health with those of disease that we resell ill conclusions; I cannot say that on my first visit Mr. Mercer manifested any strange idea ur delusion ; his brain is nut now in a perfecily healthy condition; I shied think he was now very scscurrteus Unit the least; I decline answering the quesilliii Whether lie is now perfectly Mile nut; I have been his ptei'essional at tendant since lie has been here ; 1 have not consulted any other medical man on Mr. Mercer's case I my treatment on :hr, first day was principally of it moral char acter; endeavored to console him; admin• istered acathartic ; have kept no daily me. inuranda. Adjourned. ArTzßxooll sEssION Dr. Lippincott —cross eaatninat ion re. ,uaned-1 think this morning 1 acid delu• :too was an invariable attendant of insert. ity ; 1 did not mean to; sometimes it is present, not ulwa3s, in cases of insanity; have conversed since tt e. adjournment with no person on this subject; Lieutenant 9rinsti ong, U. S. N., told me I had said I did nut mean to say sti. the patient's natural character compared with that of s Iperson supposed to be insane, then to ob serve the !mints upon which he deviates. the roost predominant idea in the mind of die prisoner was his sister's disgrace, 1 mean not deviation in physical but in ',venial character, lie is a man of high ner• vous temperament, when I am called up on to visit a patient, 1 inquire into his whole history, / did upon this occasion, in as delicate a manner as / possibly could, on the first visit I was with him about one flour, 1 give my opinion ass medical man —I have bad no interview with Mr. Drown during the adjournment. Isaac C. Field dfilmed—Nly store is No. 11 south Front street, Philadelphia— more than too squares Irons Carson & Newbold's where he was a clerk--we had deulings with them-1 saw him un Friday after noun the 10th a lew minutes before 5 o'clock—he came into the Walnut street terry house-1 had known Singleton Met , ' cer two ur three years—he came in from the door neat the wharf, and walked to. wards me, without noticing any one—and much to my surprise, he said how are you. Mr. Adams—in rather a loud tone—lns face appeared reddened—more than I ev er saw before--lie looked me directly is the face with an earliest gaze—passed di. rectly into the adjoining ruom—aud I hays never seen him till I saw him here—l told my clerk the neat morning of this occur rence. Adjourned. MILLEDISDI AND Moamorfism.•-•/a the Nauvuo "Times and Seasons," of March ht, Joe Smith, the Mormon imposter, ad dresses a cotnmunication to the editor, which closes as follows: "'Therefore, hear this, 0, Earth! the Lord will not come tu' veien over the righteous in this world in 1643, nor until everything for the bride. groom is ready." FAMILY PoisoNzo.---The whole family of Mr. Morehead,tesiding near the Yazoo Pass, Mississippi, were lately poisoned by eating peaches dried on a painted board. One of the slaughters was to have been married on the very day that she died. Ilanxernusie.—MlS. Bal'lldSlide of Meadville, Pa.. died on the 16th inst., ut this disease. She had been bitten by a dog about seven weeks before. Pout utb• er persons were bitten at the same time. EARTitquAKE.--.11)h the 25th ult., C-500 dead bodies had b‘:eti . dug out of the ruinu at livadalurr, Ltd `..`,:': 4 1 ~o uttEd t 1;,;
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