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P0ET.7.7.
AllrTitiiigs Perish save Virtue.
BY •rnomns POWER.
Sweet morn—so cool, so calm, so bright,
The bridal of the earth and sky,
The dew shall weep thy fall to-night,
Fur thou must die.
Sweet rose'—shose fragrance now I crave,
To glad my sense and joy mine eyes,
'llly root is ever in it 3 grave,
And thou must die.'
Sweet spring—so full of shine and showers,
It snakes the weary spirit sigh,
To think, with all the herbs and flowers,
That we must die.
Sweet music—e'en the lovely song
Which from my harp in window nigh,
Is floating on the breeze along,
E'en thou must die.
And all the bright and glittering train
Of stars that stud the deep blue sky,
Must they all perish—none remain
To glad the eye ?
And vales, and fields, and rushing streams,
And mountains that invade the sky,
Are they as baseless as our dreams?
And must they die ?
And all that's beautiful and fair
On Nature's face—love's meletly,
That makes the sweet music of the air,
Ml—all must the ?
And man, trail form of senseless clay,
Though now his glance is proud and.higl
Perchance upon this passing day
He too must die!
Hut the bright soul !—that shrived
The quenchless light in mortal form—
Though dimm'cl by misery and sin,
Defies the worm.
When all the stars shall fade away,
And suns iu their own blaze expire,
Al trackless comets cease to stray
With wand'ring fire,
The soul shall ever live, nor know
The lapse of time, but dwell or: high,
And share—in endless Joy or woe—
Eternity.
XICIZELILANMOI 7 / 3 .
COMING TO THE POINT.-" Frank," said
a young woman to a diffident suitor, who
had fur some time been making evening
calls upon her, without fully declaring
himself—" Frank, if you wish to marry
me, I wish to know it—so that I may make
preparation."
A long pause ensued—at length Frank
broke silence and exclaimed, " No meat,
no corn, and fishing almost over! Good
Lord!—Nell. I can't!" Frank's answer
%vas at least afrank one.
" My love," said an amiable spouse to
her husband, " don't sell that horse— I
Want to keep him."
" tie's my-horse sell him," . replied
the loving lord. " Did'nt I buy hinil"
" It was my money bought Into," retort
ed the aristocratic lady.
"Yes, madam," said the lmsband, "and
by Jupiter your money bought me, or you
never would have got me !"
People who are resolved to please al
ways at all events, frequently overshoot
the mark and render themselves retlicu
loos by being too good. A lady going to
eat a plumb cake and candy at a friend's
house one morning, ran to the cradle to
see the fine boy, as soon as she cattle in;
unlortunately the cat had taken the baby's
place; but before she could give herself
time to see her mistake, and with uplifted
eyes and hands, Oh: what a sweet child
-- the Very pictvre of hit father."
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9.GP.ICVIa~I'V:?.4 w.
Early Potatoes.
Let him who wishes to succeed with a
patch of early potatoes, sieze the first oc
casion when the frost is out of the ground,
to get it ready. In the first place the
ground must be well manures broadcast,
ploughed deep and harrowed, then let the
furrows be struck oil' 3 feet apart and 5
inches deep. In these furrows strew
lung manure, leaves from the woods, or
pine shatters, say two inches deep, then
plant your potato sett ten inches apart
and cover them with lung manure, taking
care to sprinkle plaster over them. This
done, turn a furrow on either side and
cover the potatoes, then roll in order to
compress the earth. Don't be alarmed
about its being too early, the setts will
not come tip until nature teaches them
they can do so with impunity from the
frost. As soon as you see the potatoes be
gin to come up, run your harrow across
the rows, so as to lead the earth and give
the plants a chance of growing a fresh stir
red surface, 'lbis will setare a full &land
of plants.
When the plants are all up and 2 or 3
inches run a small plough through
them, turning a furrow from them, and
returning it by the return of the team.--
Di a week Irmo this, run the cultivator
through the rows so as to loosen and pul
verise the soil : and as soon us this is
done let your ploughman turn a small fur
row toward the plants, taking care to
throw his dice so as to leave a flat surface
at top to act as a receiver of the rain.—
This ploughing completed, set careful
hands with a hue to pick out any weeds
which may not have been covered by the
plough. In two weeks from this, subject
your patch to the same proceos, and un.
less the season should be very wet, you
may look upon the crop as laid by.—
Should weeds however show their thank.
less heads, the hoe and cultivator must do
the rest. —Ball. American Farmer.
Warmth in Feeding Cattle.
A late English paper states, that at the
clithere aaricultural
nicatiou was read from Y&ufeasor Play•
willea co:mimeo th e wiiimwm g iae-ts
worthy the attention of every taunter in a
cold climate:
" Heat is an equivalent for food, and
by knowledge of this fact we inuy econo
mize the latter very considerably. We
know tii.ii Lattie f.ttien much more slowly
in winter thin in summer, the reason be
ing that part of the food is expended in the
production of the necessary heat. Lord
Ducie was kind enou =h to communicate to
me aft experiment of his, on 100 sheep in
the open air, and another 100 in the same
space, with sheds to retire into at pleas.
me. The first lot ate 251bs. of Sweds
(turnips) per day, the latter only 201b5.,
although this lot, with 515.4. per day less,
had gained on an everage 21bs. per sheep
more than the other, at the conclusion of
the experiment.
ThroxEN•WiNnno lionsEs.—The
are frequently imposed upon by horse•
dealers selling broken-winded horses,
which are termed “wartis;" and which de
fect they contrive temporarily to conceal
from the purchaser in the following man
ner They thrust a quantity of leaden
shot, intermixed with a portion of lard,
down the horse's throat, which su type.
rates upon the lungs that it keeps the
health of the horse in order fur more than
twenty-four hours, so as the most ingeni
ous dealer cannot detect the disease."—
If the animal cult be sold during this time,
well and good ; if not, a dose of caster
oil removes the shot, &c. The next day
the shot is again applied, and so Ctery al
ternate day the horse is tit to be exposed
to sale which in the end seldom fails to
entrap a purchaser.
REMEDY FOR THE lIESYIAN FLY.—.-The
editors of the American Agricult urisrsay:
--To the many invaluable advantages
of the roller may be added the perfect se
carity it alfurds to the %%heat crop front
the ravages of the fly. Whenever this in
sect is discovered, whether in the spring
or fall, the roller should be applied, and
the effect of (me or more applications will
be entirely to destroy this troublesome
enemy,"
We recollect to have seen this remedy
recommended years ago, have never seen
the experiment tried, though we have seen
the turnip fly, or flea either killed, or
driven off by the application of the roller,
and that too, without doing any injury
whatever to the young plants; and we
cannot concieve any just reason to suppose,
that a similar effect would not be produced
to a wheat field infested with that curse
, bequeathed us by the Hessians during the
revolution.
A ship recently called from Mobile,
with a curgo of 3900 bales of cotton.
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
HUN
'I'INGDON, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1843.
From the U. S. Gazette of the 4th April.
Trial of Singleton Mercer,
Charged with the murder of Mahlon
Ilutchenson ifeberton, near Camden,
February the tenth.
In the Court of Quarter Sessions of Glou
cester county, New Jersey, before
Judge Elmer and the Associate Justi
ces of the Circuit.
Mordap, April 3.
Lieutenant Charles Crilion Barton,
U. S. N., sworn—l know Singleton Mers
cer ; this is he ; I have seen him often
since the 11th of February; have convers
ed with him ; between the 11th and the
18th I did not think Mr. S. M. a reasona
ble man; I had many opportunities of see
ing him ; and from his conversation due
ring this tone 1 ferined this opinion ; he
apologised to me on my entering his room
fur his lack of comfort; told me in u few
days lie would have the walls of his room
green, and the ceiling blue; he said he in
tended to have sonic terrapins, oysters,
pale de foie graa, venison steaks, and an
forth; many other things; often daring
this interval he so spoke; he wrote me a
very singular note on the evening of the
, 11th; it was asking the loan of a shirt; it
I was hurriedly written, and bespoke irreg.
ularity ; I regret its destruction, I compli
ed with the request contained in it, when
' I took the shirt he spoke to the of religion;
and in consequence of that conversation I
I carried a letter for him to the Reverend
Mr. Myth of this place ; I noticed him '
very particularly between the 11th and
18th, his manner was restless ; his rye
quick ; lie called me by different names
several times; I:is whole manner was such!
as to convince inn he had nut the right use
of his reason; I don't think I ever saw him
before; have no recollection of it; called me
Dr. Lippincott and Mr. Armstrong ; I am
a father, and my heart sent me ihere to
sympathise with him.
Cross examination declined.
Lieutenant James Francis Armstrong,
U. S. N. sworn—l reside in this place ;
know Singleton Mercer ; my acquaintance
commenced on the Monday evening after
he arrived here ; visited him frequently;
• We: r- rr,, , or ft',
Bret visit le. was very touch excited , meg
• • ••"' r
siiiim, laying down upon the bed, getting
up and walking the room ; then seating
himself, and immediately altering his pm
snion again ; miscalled my name, epuke
in a large .ay about eating; and upon one
occasion broke WI in something he was
• saying, seemed to have forgotten what he
was talking about; said "excuse me, what
I saying ?" his eye very quick, I had
not known runt before ; have repeatedly
visited him ; I went to offer him my sym
pathy, I don't think that at first he had the
perfect use of his reason, his appearance
to me was that of a man recovering from
some disorder of the mind, on subsequent
visits his manner was changed.
Cross examniation declined.
Charles 1). Hineline, sworn—l reside
in Camden at present, I know Singleton
Mercer now ; did not before know him ; '
I saw him first at Cake's /Intel; I saw hint
last Saturday, I went to Cake's on the
evenine• °
I heard that a man had been shut;
went to learn the Facts because I was
the publisher of a paper and wished to
have the facts correctly ; saw the person
said to be Mr. Mercer • observed him
closely ; wanted to see it knew him, he
was laying upon the settee, a black man
was sitting upon one end of the settee;
I
think 1 asked the black man what was the
person's name ; / think he told me he did
nut know his name and knew nothing
about him; I looked at Singleton Mercer
closely again to see if I knew him, / con
cluded that 1 did not know him; his lace
wag not familiar; his actions were very
strange, was continually . jumping up and
down; occasionally uttering imprecations,
his lace seemed distorted, I was iu the
room with him perhaps an hour, then went
into the room where the corpse was, / re
turned again to the room where the pris
oner was, I had not got the information
who the parties were, L again looked at
hint very closely to see if I could recog
nise him, his actions were very strange,
his hair was dishevelled, his dress out of
order and unfixed altogether, the features
of his face seemed unnatural, one moment
threw himself prostrate upon the settee
and then rise, during my stay in the room
he required water several times and drank
copiously, he once got up quick and cried
"come, boys, lets have something to ea , ,
1 have not eaten for six weeks," thm he
drank unusually large quantities of water,
seine one observed audibly "there's no use
of your acting so, you've got into the
wrong place to act crazy," this was said
loudly enough for him to hear, I watched
him closely, he took no notice whatever of
it, I remained sumo time, he was always
drinking water, something indescribably
unnatural about his whole appearance, es
pecially about his face and eye, my quis
ion was then that he was insane, crazy,
mad, nut in his right mind, that opinion
has been strengthened siuce.
Cross examined—l am one of the pro
prietors! and editors of the "American Ea
g e" at Camden, I have stated all the facts
I perceived, his actions were those of one
insane or one preLending to be insane, I
believed him really ansane.
James Graham, affirmed—f was called
upon as an officer to take charge of Sin.,
gieton Mercer, I took him in charge, took
him to Gray's office, Mr. Gray not in,
while we stood in die porch of Mr. G's
office he asked me where my fiddle was,
"I want to dance," I told him we had no
fiddlers there, a gentleman stepped up
who said his name was Vandyke, he said
he'd take charge of the man, he said he
was aware of all the circumstances, knew
both young men; said he was a member of
the bar; I - told him he had no jurisdiction;
that I would take charge of the prisoner;
Mr. Mercer asked ate for a drink of wa
ter; we went into die bar room, and he
drank two or three glasses of water; I told
one of my friends to take charge of the
prisoner, and I would go out and see
where Mr. Vandyke was, I went out ; he
was nut at the carriage; a black tan was,
' they said Mr. Vandyke was tu tin) room
where the body was ; I told him, the
black mu, he must not go away ; he
said lie wanted to take care of the goods
which were in the carriage; I asked him
what they were; lie said the gentleman's
ti unk a gun, and a rifle; I took out the
..-;,,,A1s mentioned, I went back and found
the crowd so thick that I took Mr. M. from
the bar-loom to a back room, then I went
ii,to the room where the corpse was, has
lug left Mr. M. in charge of another offi.
cer, Mr. Vandyke woo in the room with
Cie body ; the people advised the arrest of
''. , u tyke, advised mu to search him, I sta.
• ttd to him that I was under the necessity
of doing so, lie said I have no weapons but
riosel stave taken from the busy of the
in•eeased. he gave me a !side and a pistol,
( oduced,) ireturned to Mr. Mercer, he
t ' as - sitting on a chair, I searched Mr.
i: ei cer, I found a knife on him, he hal
leas ed out "Ruche, Rache, Ruche, bring
Me some water," I asked him to go in the
1 iriwn Where the iaquest was being held,
frig said nothing, but walked in, them he
~.1.:•,i -re.„-•.hih- he, remained dices twenty
, miesiamok4. totit . y r ‘........ 5 ni e , he
back (06111; we were thnelfitiiiitilk, (OA
returned to the room where we had been
before, he asked- me if I knew Zebedee
\Vas, told Win 1 did, I remained with
Mr. M. all night, it was between 12 and
1 o'clock, /think, lie wanted something to
eat, said he had not eaten liar 36 hours,
Mr. Vandyke asked me to•get him some
! thing to eat, I said 1 could'nt, as the lam
' ily were all pone to bed, Mr. Vandyke
said it is your duty to give him food, the
officers in Philadelphia do, I told lion I
had no more right to go over that house'
than a stranger had, I put leg irons on
Mr. Mercer from the way Mr. Vandyke
talked, if he had left the roam nothing of
the kind would have been done, Mr. M.
remained upon the chair, lie asked for a
segar, said somebody had stolen his se
gars, I said they are not stolen, I look
them when I searched you, he smoked a
segur which was given him, and laid down,
he went asleep, slept four or five hours, I
! brought[ him down to jail, I can't say
whether lie was sane or insane, he acted
very strange, he had not his right mind.
Cross examined•-/ told Mr. Vandyke
he was out of his jurisdiction, there was a
knife on Mr. Mercer's person [produced,]
nothing else, un Mr. flebertuo's person
were the arms I have produced, Zebedee
%Veils is a Quaker gentleman who lives up
On Evesham I believe, he was net there
that evening, the Mayor of Camden told
me to arrest Mr. Vandyke, there was ex
citement, I did not hardly know who to
arrest, I did not arrest Mr. Vandyke, he
went in and out at pleasure, but he was
well watched, by Mr. Singleton Mercer
not being in his "right mine" I don't mean
that he was insane, he did nut act like a
man in his right mind.
Defence resented— I am acquainted
with Evesham township, don't know a man
of the name of Wright there.
Malachi K nisei!, sworn—l live in
Woodbury, 1 know Henry S. Bender who
was examined in this case, have heard
hint make expressions in relation to the
ease in my bar room, it was just after court •
adjourned, I forget the day, he observed
"there was a bunch of hemp growing in
Kentucky to hang Mercer with," I said I
did net think he would be hanged, /hoped
lie woold'ot be, and he said ir they didn't
hang him they shouldn't hang any body,
he said it publicly. [Bender endeavors
to speak—silenced.]
Cross examined de , •lined. . •
Richard F. Loper; swern--Singleton
Mercer has been known to me frog► his
youth up; he in my cousin by marriage; I
saw him on NVednesday evenin% the Bth;
saw him at his parents' house; I was sent
fur by his parents ; I think I uri 'yeti at the
house about half past 6 or 7 o'clock; not
later than T ; I went into the front parlor ;
found Singleton Mercer by the file ; his
mother asked me to try and prevail upon
that
enured
tiv
evening;
eoadubliootoltu:
look lie t
hint ro
wild
to stay at the house; I took a chair
e
and set down witl ro i
rose
would toi minutes i n s o a e t g e ft o t e ,
and
around the roots ; I told hint to set down
and be composed; that he must not
go out; he said he must go out; I told him
he must not; said he wanted to step into
the entry ; lie went into the entry and I
followed him ; picked his hat oliol the ta
ble; advanced towards the dour; I put
myself before him and my hand upon his
shoulder; he again said he would go out;
I told him he should not; when I laid my
hand on his shoulder he trembled all over
like a leaf; his eyes were very wild ; he
had eve!) , appearance of a man deran
ged ; I ant a • judge ; I told him that his
poor mother was very unwell ; that. she
had inure trouble now than she was able to
bear; that if he did not
or
himself I
feared she would die; or that the trouble
of the family would kill her ; he said if
father, mother, and every friend lie had
in the world lay dead at his feet he would
go out of that dour ; that he had ruined his
family and e mild see him, I knew who
he meant, but I give his words; there were
several gentlemen present at the time, one
of them had hold of him too; each of us
had a hand on his shoulder; they told me
they had been with himln the afternoon;
I then told hits he might go out; I put him
under the care of two of his friends, alter
being positively assured by them that he
was not armed, and that no one furnished
him with deadly weapons, and they would
see him safe back to his parent* again—
they agreed to stay with him all night after
they returned ; on Thursday night soon,
atter the clock struck 11, my bell was
rung, the door was opened, Mr. Singleton
Mercer inquired for me ; 1 did not see
him but I knew his voice ; I was her! and
I sent word to him I would see him in the
morning, I heard him tell the driver to
drive on; the driver asked him where he
should drive to, ire on," he said ;on
Friday morning about 7 o'clock I saw Mr.
Mercer at Walnut Street House; I walked
up to the store; Mr. M. came in the door
on Walnut street went up to the bar,
drank two turahlerrof guoci ,
morning, Singleton ; he looked at me with
a vacant stare, said nothing, wheeled on
door to see S, trio; I went to t h,„
not see him, he had disappeared ; on Fri
day morning ten minutes berm. 8, near the
time of the dams starting, I was at the
Baltimore depot, I tth and Market; I was
standing by the cars ready to jump in, at
the entrance of the car house I saw Mr.
Mercer coming towards me, I extended
my hand ; never offered to take my baud ;
said I are you going to Baltimore, he said
yes, walked clear to the end of the car
house, where its side brodght him up ; he
didn't go with us, I returned in the same
train in the afternoon; about half past 5
or a little later on Friday after, I was con
rersibg with Mr. Stereos, my friend,
when the prisoner passed on the other side
' of the way; we wets, standing 111 front of
Mr. Cope'a buildings at IValout street
what f, it was very cold and disagreeable;
I went into the Walnut street house, I
was standing by the stove, Mr. Mercer
came to by the door on the wharf, walked
up to the bar, took one or more glasses of
water, passed directly by me again, went
into a room culled the oyster town, in a
• initiate, I don't think longer, I lollowed
him, I went in to see where he was, I
thought I'd take care of him, fur he cer
tainly was not himself, he was gone, his
movements were very rapid in every hi
' stance whenever I saw him ; it was later
than half past 4 on the Friday I last saw
him, the next morning I went over to Mr.
Cake's tavern to see Mr. Mercer, I found
him in a room chained, I spoke to him and
shook hands with him, which I aheays
did when I saw hint except on those occa ,
sions when he was mad; asked hint where
his counsel was, he didn't know ; I learn
ed from a gentlemen the counsel was in
the room with the deceased Mr. Heberton.
the would not let me its the room unless I
was a friend of Mr. Heberton, Mr. Van
dyke very politely showed me Mm'. Mer•
eer's counsel; I spoke to Mr. Mercer, told
him, putting my hand on his shoulder, to
try and calm himself, he was trembling
all over, very nervous, I bid him good bye,
and he jumped up chained-as he was, and
said I'll go over with you, go with
you, and looked' very wild—a gentleman
ordered him to sit down, that was the last
I saw of him until last Monday here I hare
been over a huadred days with an insane
man; in a passage I think of 1527 days; at
neither of the Interviews with him hurl he
the use of a sound, good reason, again I
say I um a judge, he was insane, a m . ads
man, did nut know what he dim i ng,
there was an immense excitement in Phil
adelphia on this subject.
Cross examined—l have given all the
facts upon which toy upioion is based—
Mr. Mercer would not have any conver•
sation with me, he shunned me, never told
me he would shout Mr. Ilebarton, uever
named hits to me, ccitnnly beltevtd co
DI/110LE No. 378.
Wednesday that he was insane, I presu - -
I surd that he was guarded or / should have
taken charge of him, they had promikd
not tO leave him until he got right in Isla
mind—one of the young men that went
out with 111111 on Wednesday evening was
Mr. Kelly, dun s % know the other, dOn't
know Mr. Kelly's first hame, he in an ar
chitect, have nut seen him in court, not
the Mr. Kelly who has been examined its
this case, be was in company with others
also on Friday mcrning at the Walnut
street House, I don't know the young man
who was with him, they went out tugethet
I believe, ant nut positive, at the car house
he was wills two gentlemen, don't know
them, on Friday afternoon not one ap•
peared to belwith him, that was the 'reason
why I started so quick, I wanted to stop
him and take him home, I have seen pro
bably twenty insane persons in my day;
been a board a vessel with them.
Mr. Thomas Meree;CnireJ but not
sworn. Adjourned..
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. Brown unexpectedly announced
that the prisoner rested his defence.
111 r. Carpenter called, and he and M.
Moilison examined.
Henry S. Bender-1 was in court this
morning,/ heard Mr. Knisell's testimony,
I was in Mr. Knisell's bar room, some one
asked me my opinion of the case, I said,
jokingly, nut maliciously, that ./ thought
" there was a stuck of hemp growing in
Kentucky to hang Mr. Mercer," I was on
hoard the boat, lid not see Mr. Vandyke
examine Mr. Hebei ton's body.
Cross examination declined.
Isaac S. Mulford, M71)::::l saw Mr.
Mercer in Camden on the evening oldie
10th of February, I saw him (weir'. twice
fur a short time during the evening, and
again in the morning, he was mostly sit;
tingquietly so far as I observed him, ap
peared sunie%vliat agitated, yet 1 observed
nothing that appeared to be very extraor
dinary, I can only say he appeared pale,
with rather an anxious and agitated ex
preesion orcountenance, as was natural
t s w e i l ce d .
under the circumstances, I believe I was
id he not w s a e s e l i t i i i in t o h i
outer r i on n n u! ,r i room
~ui,po
'either occasion worn than flue sninutes, It
was a sufficient space to enable sac to ob
serve his appearance, manner, and bear
rine,.l, did observe them, l saw his face
. eye, 1 satsv - ie) , — , ............ ,, ,,_ A A ‘ ,..,..,a ~,vsk,
aiuut his eye particularly noticeable, raz
nut know that there is any definition or
doctrine of insanity which is universal,
I believe in all cases of insanity there iS
some disorder dam body, as regards that
mysterious essence which we call the
mind, or the power of thinking, how or
I whether it may be affected independently
of the body, 1 say nothing, I know nothing
of mine except as it manifests itself limo
the organs of the body, that is all I feel at
liherty to say as a medical man, I know
nothing beside revelation; there may be
such a thing as moral insanity, manifested
through the bodily organs, there may be
passionate excitement without actual in ,
sanity, doubtless; au individual, I con
ceive, may for a while give way to the
influence of deep passion, I have nu doubt
that may be the case without his becoming
positively insane; doubtless the intellec
tual faculties may be highly excited with
out producing insanity, flushed cottOle
mince, restlessness of manner, wildness
of the eye, incoherent conversation, and
constipation, are among the manifesta
tionsuf insanity, these usually exist hi
raves of insanity, 1 do nut say that they
du certainly indicate it, they certainly
would not alone be sufficient to enable us
to pronounce a person insane, I should
have doubt as to a person's health of mind
Or bully under such circumstances, if I
found a person with a flushed face, wild
eye, excited circulation, with constipation,
I should infer that something laud oecur•
red to affect the perfect, usual, ordinary
state of health, these circumstances alone
would nut lead me to conclude a person
insane, I should think a patient affected
with these symptoms mentally disturbed,
the kind or degree would be difficult to
say, they often occur in lever, they often
occur without the must remote MlOlll6Oll
of insanity, I saw no inanifestitionS of in
sanity in the prisoner on the evening of his
art est, 1 saw him the next !tanning, at
least fifteen minutes, had an opportunity
to observe hint, 1 saw then no indications
of insanity, nothing particular ly in the ex
i
iressiun ut his eye, an unusual expression
of the eye often accompanies mere excited
paseious, I heard a part of Charles D.
liineline's teetiniony, I heard none of the
testimony of Lieutenants Balton and
Armstrong, I heard the greater pea of
Mr. Loper's trstiniony, nut the whole of
it, 1 do not know how long he had been uo
the stand nor the first question a:Act] him
after I entered the coin t, if my reculltc
: lion serves pie ; !weever, it was at that
part where Mei cer came to his house in
the night, the circumstances winch have
appeared in ev;dence, aud been by you
• (Mr. Mo ll ison) detailed, would not aloe,'
I
i lead tee to co..clude a prisoarr cenfineJ