. 444. " 0 1 ° \ 1;1 Li 11 bL 1 4' A . i •~ WILLIAM BREWSTER, DE 'TORS. SAM. G. WHITTAKER, J cJct Vottry. Published by Particular Request. The History of a Heart. Bo—spread the whole wide universe Before your spirit as a chart; You'll find no sadder study than The history of one human heart ; Behold it thrilling with delight— Then bound witlimisery's heavy chain; We have in south one common heart, Whose euinmou heritage is—Pain In youth it strewn the earth with flowers And secs bet cloudless skies above, But soon there risesTrom its depths Tile presence of tlid new4orn Love ! A dim delightful vision o'er ' The mirror of the soul is thrown r We own the magic of a glance— We feel the music of I; tone— We stand in beauty's smile, nor see The dark clouds gloaming overhead ; The bolt descends—the light returns— Bat the sweet hopes of youth are fled And all is desolate within, And all is doll and cold without ; A shadow rests upon the mind— One feeling—universal doubt. And virtue seems an idle sound, Religion but a worldly strife, And love a frenzy of the brain— The beantiful has gone from life Another hour—another change— Love ta k es Anfbition's sterner name, And from the chaos of the heart Up springs the bright creation—Fame It wearies, and the laurel crown, Like a vile weed, is thing aside ; The hope of glory is fulfilled, Grown abill and hardened into Pride, Next conics the lesson of contempt— To walk alone amid the crowd ; Fate stands between on and our will— It yields, and pride itself is bowed. Yet in that lone and dreary hour A solace to the heart is given, For Hope has vanished from the earth, But sought its native home, in Heaven, Its voice is heard within the soul, It calms the tempest of despair ; The shadow passes from the brain, Awl the love of cud is thees 1 Oh, it-is sad, our :human heart Must know the gloomiest m-mtl 111:411, Tin purified into muddy slain, • It struggles into perfect light I Then spread tie whole •vide universe Beforelour'spirit as a chart. The strangest mystery of all Is that dark scroll—tire human heart. R:~ ~~,J .s cc.o.o~c 1~ u~ . TRIAL OF NM M, THURSDAY AFTERNows, APR] :loTa. [reported for the Mira Inning Awned.] At twenty minutes to live o'c:ock. on Thursday afternoon, the case of the Com monwealth vs. David Stringer llcKun was called up for trial. l'he room was dense ly crowded with spectators, and the whole male portion of the town appeared to have concentrated itself in the Court. The .Bppearanee of the Prisoner. David Stringer M'Kiin nt five o'clock entered the romp, preced-d by the Sheriff. He came in with a firm step, and with an air that, though api arently cool, showed him to be inwat'Jly agitated by the excite ment of the occasion. His features w ire a forced calmness, and now and then, du ring the reading of the indictment, his fin gers twitched convulsively. Ho was ra ther pale, but a slight flush appeared up on his cheeks. [-le stood perfectly erect, and regardless of the gaze of the crowd a: round him. Any one not knowing the charg, of which he stood charged, would have taken him for a quiet, hard-working hum, had it not been for a certain restless motion of the eye, as quick as lightning. His gaze was mostly towards the clerk, but never firm and steady. “Guilty or Nut Guiby” The indictment wag read to him by the Clerk of the Court, Mr. Joseph Baldrige. To the hrst count he answered in a firm and strong voice, "Not guilty, air." To the second, third and fourth counts he returned the same answer. When the fifth count was read, in refer ence to the alleged cutting of the throat with a razor, the accused winced consider ably, and his hand contracted itself into a tight grasp. To this charge he also re plied as before, 'Not guilty, sir," and ac companied the words with an emphatic shake of the head. The usual question was then put to hint as to how he would be tried, and the response was, "By God, and the laws of my country." M'Kim then took a seat by the side of his counsel. Immediately after the formation of the jury, the Court adjourned until afternoon. AII'EIINOON SESSION, The Court met nt two o'clock on Priday afternoon. Floor, doors and windows were thronged. District Attorney Hammond opened for the prosecution. Mr. Hammond continued at lengeh, and detailed the circumstances that have oc curred since the arrest, such as the finding' of the letter to Bonner, &c. We have ne ver in our experience, listened to such a . lucid and concise statement of facts, Evidence of an .filtoona o,ftieer. Squire Doty, sworn,-1 am a justice of the peace at Altoona; on the morning of ' the 15th of January, I went into the Ex change, and saw a ton,, lying upon the set tee; there Was a contused wound on his temple, and four other wounds. lie was still living, but insensible, his extremeties being cold, as though frozen, or nearly so : bo said nothing, but lived until about 20 minutes• pat three o'clock in the afternoon, on his person we found letters, on search- ing . for some clue to his identification : they are here, (two letters shown ;) there was a watch on Isis person also ; that, I be- ! lieve, is it, (watch shown ;) in his port' monnaie was one ten dollar gold piece, five ono dollar pieces, and n one dollar note on the Fox Lake Bank; a huge breast pin and box, which I have here, we took • from his pocket; the body was put in the possession of Mr. George Kramer. I think, and put in the Company's warehouse ; the razor was handed to me during the day that the body was in the house ; I was pre sent at the post moriein examination ; Des. [lays and Stark weru present. '!'he Victim. at Pittsburg. . . John 1103fasters sworn,—l ' keep the Eagle flute! in Pittsburg; I have seen that bank note before, (identifies the 11l note found in Norcross' porttnonnaie;) f gave the note in change to Norcross on the pay ment of his bill, the evening he left my house, where he had been staying, (Eagle Hotel Register shown witness,) Norcross arrived at my house on the evening of the 11th of January in company of a man whose name was given as David AEKin ney ; Norcross gave his own name ; he eau.: int, oh, was at die bar and Norcross told me to register his name, The prisoner .is the man who was in company with Norcross. Both he and Norcross were present in the house fre quently, remaining there about twenty-four hours. They staid and conversed togeth er) they arrived in the Western train on the 14th, and left in the evening train on the 15th ; Norcross had, 1 think, a $2.0 gold piece in his poste-inommie; the two slept together. orosslextunined by Mr. Elofics for the defence More at Pitlsbarg. Same McMasters 'sworn.—On the 16th of January I was clerk at the Eagle Hotel, Pittsburg; 1 recollect very well the two men who were there, spoken of by my brother. The young man's name, was S. T. Norcross, the other one's' name, just below his, was David McKinney, Phila delphia. I first saw them on the I.sth January, immediately after breaklast to the morning ; I had a conversation with McKinney. Mr Haus objected to the prisoner be ing designated as McKinney, when he did not himself thus write his name on the re• gister. Mr. Stokes replied, and was sus tained by the Court. The witness conti• nued : I had a conversaiion wilt the prisoner; picked up a fur cap that was lying on the hotel counter, and when I laid it down, Norcross picked it up and put it on and walked front; the prisoner then walked up to the outside of the counter, and leaned over the counter on one arm ; to tile, who was inside, in rather a confidential manner he said that no one could believe the trou ble he had with that young man; in tithing him from the . Wost to his friends in the East; that he had been sick, and was sub ject to fits of insanity, and he had a great deal of trouble with him; that at tunes it would take three or four men to hold him; that he had slipped out of tied from him the night previous, and commenced to hammer his head against the wall, and waked him up, and that be had a great deal of trouble with him ; he said he (Nor cross) when he had those fits, took every plan to destroy himself. Cross-examined—l was much struck with Norcross' appearance and his quiet demeanor. After the two men left the house, the prisoner came back to the hcuse for two or three nails, saying that the bot tom had come out of ono of his trunks, which had been left at the depot, only a square distpnt ; there was no conveyance to the depot, Recalled by Mr. Stokes- Question—Did you observe anything extraordinary in the conduct of the young man called Norcross. " LIBERTY . AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE. " HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1857. Objected to and exception token by 11.. Ilofius, on the ground that the opinion of the witness was not evidence. The Court ruled the question a proper one, and the witness replied : '[saw him do nothing peouliar or singu- John . McMasters recalled—l heard no peculiar noise in the room that night that they slept in my house. Cross examined—Witness detailed the position of the room occupied by the two young men. In reply to the question of Mr. Stokes, he saki that the corner of his sleeping•room was two feet or less distant from, the sleeping room of the two men. The Departure for the East. Jacob Shimbro, sworn—l was hestly. of Mr. NlcSloster, at Pittsburg, on the Nth January last ; the two trunks before me I brought out of the baggage-room of the Ohio and Pennsylvania liall.road on 'Thurs day, the 15th of January; the trunks were those of Norcross and M'Kiin ; the oldest man of the two who were at the Eagle hotel gave me the checks to get the :n ; I cannot recollect whether I seen this vkati here now or not; I brought the trunks to the Engle and the oldest man came out and said, 'Hold on, troll not take them out —we'll go right up with them;" then they both got in the wagon, and I took them up to the Central Pennsylvania R.tilroad de pot, in the sitting room; I left them there; I put the trunks also.in the sitting rosin ; it was about eight o'clock, and was dark then. Cross examined—The bottom of the yel low trunk was loose, and drove a nail in t.) it at the Pittsburg depot; I had the nail in my pocket. The Trunks of Norcross and M'Kint. Joshua Cresson, swilit—On the 16th of January 1 was baggage.master on the Ex press train on the Pennsylvania Railroad ; the first place 1 can identify these two trunks is at Philadelphia, when they were not claimed ; that was on January 16th, the train left Pittsburg at 0.30 o'clock mi the loth; the chocks on the trunks are • phin; no owner appeared for these trunks that night ; the trunks being unclaimed 1 delivered them into the charge of the Bag gage Agent, Philadelphia. T. M. Garrett, sworn—l was baggage agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Phi. ladelphin on January 16th last; 1 received the trunks from Mr. Cresson, baggage !nester of the Express train—Cwitness ex ambled the trunks]—one of thorn is mark ed en the bottom, M'Kim, Dunleith, Illinois;" the trunks were unclaimed; an other trunk of Norcross was delivered by me to Mt. Poland, a relative of the de ceased, on the 35th of January. ' On Saturday morning the trunk of Nor cross will be opened and exumined. The Court then adjourned. PROCEEfq NGS uG sAruntaY At eight o'clock. Saturday morning, the Court met. Jonathan `iresson was recalled, and i dentified the checks given Milt, Joseph Trout.—Recognize the prisoner at the bar ; knew him when he worked on Mr. Thurlow's job about a mile and a ludf above Altoona; think he worked with him in 1853 and 1654, he was ompl.led as a Koss carpenter, erecting shnntieq, &c., saw him when he was here in the jail; 'P.'s job was on the new Penn's. R. it, a mile and a half above Altoona. Andrew Purcell.—Was running an en gine on the Penn'a. R. R., in "the middle of January last ; on the pith was coming 1 from the tunnel to Altoona; observed a roan lying about a mile and alalf from Altoona, between hell past eight and nine; he was put on the engine; ho was hurt and was lying on his back beside the track; he ap peared to have two or three wounds on his neck, and some on the head. 'l'ook hint to near the round house in Altoona, and saw hint carried toward the Exchange; the man appeared to have life in him. Saw carpetbag, fiddle bag, shawl and cap like these. Croes•oxamined—The Wound in the neck looked like a cut; didn't nonce on which side of the head the wound was; suppose the skull broken. Don't think his eye was bleeding; saw no tther wounds he was not able to speak. Ile made nu eflort to speak as l observed. Snow was on the ground. Claudius F. Eaten.--Live in Dunlieth, 111., by occupation I am a blacksmith, but during last'winter kept four boarders ; a mongst them Niger°. and AV Kim: recog• nize the prisoner at the bar as being M'. Kim; Norcross and AVKitn slept in one bed. After their first actinaintance seem ed quite intimate. Did not know Al'Kun to have any large amount of money. At two or three times M'Kint said he had no means of paying for his board, but as soon US Mr. Curry paid him ho would pay ate. The day befog he and Norcross left he paid what he owed me except nine dollars fur which he gave me a due bill on Mr. Curry; at the same time . he said he was short of means, and if delayed on the road he would be short, but when he got to Pitts burg he had friends there, and could get any amount of money he wished; that's all he said on that point. He represented him self as being tolerably well off; he said he did not expect to work more than would pay expenses; his business west was to look for n location, and he and a brother with whom he was concerned, intended to invest about $30,000 in some mechanical business; he spoke of starting in some town as master builders, and connecting with the building such machinery as would be necessary in that line of business. Nor cross woo in bad health; lie bud an abcess under his left arm; he also had a burl cough. Never heard of his having fits, being cra zy or attempting to destroy himself. Nev. er knew of his being unruly, or any per son having to hold him; he was very qui• et. Recognize the shawl soil comforter us being Norcross', and also the other Articles. The aboess was very sore and painful.-- M'Kim and Norcross left my place, Dun leith, on the morning of the knh of Janu ary last, think they left my house togeth• er; did not see them on the cars. Whilst Norcross was at my place he was under the medical aid of Dr. Umbold; M'- Kim dressed his arm most of the time ; did sotnetimes. M'Kim said he was going to Philadelphia ; owned a house there, No. 10 Poplar street. He said he hod a wife and one child; that his house was well furnished and pleasantly situated; his wife and child were in Philadelphia.. He invi ted Air, Norcross to stop at his house and rest—that he could stop there any length of time, he had a family physician who was t,n eminent surgeon, and it should be of no expense to Norcross while at his house, and when his health was unproved he would see hint home. This last con versatina was two weeks before th-v left. Can't sacar 110,itively: to truer having, a razor like that with him at my place; see no di derence hi.tween this ate and the one had. :11'Kini had whiskers when out West. Norcross' first na s trie was Sam ar t 'l.'.; prisoner gate his nitrite art David M . l