a
Mr. Watt &rel. own request. Mr. Lang
ford sat by , aie 'ide of his wife on the bed.—
Before sherwentao the bed he said he should
be It ~ but notfor this act:" Magid, do tell
- I en all a out it, while Pori can speak. -
' • said you litiow it was not intentiOnally
one, my dear.: I don't recollect of any . reply
that be made. 4,dt was liefare .Idrs Moody left
the house, I think. I don't think of anything,
of importance: was said, till Dr. Icutney
, gat
tame.•:',. --
*
Miss AmaMoody sworn.—l was lit Al
/
len's , when Lan o fd came there. He intinied
w h art ak er aws q lien was. ', Mr. Allen asked
whale wanteOf his son. He said .to go af
ter th doctor: ti He said he had, shot his wife
an d rited Dnk Kinney and Rice. The boy
w ent., -Iwent "artihere with Mrs. Allen.-
- rd- came is the.road where we steppe&
• handliefinwehoulder and asked me if I
venal not go ink / *eat in.' She was sittine ,
in the chair nett e he stove and 'said she thong
she toildkel d. Mr. Langford said there
.biasattill . ring- to pave him from the gallowa•-.-
Shistid Inn kinermy dear you did not do it
iateationally.o Ile said it would not be , this
. ast that , would* it. Langford asked her if
Ai would not lie down oil the bed and helped
hits it: ShOspoke and said she would like
UMW her folObefere she died.' Be asked if
fine one"wanktnot go down and 'lee if =Wat=
the folks wouldcomely. _..1.t01d lint that /
Would go, and *ant. He Waited them to go
ftiber folks. When I returned, Dr; Kinney
,hid came. Albinah Wattles ' came np with
Inefrom Mr. Wattles. After be helped her to
the bed, he salted held her up because she
Gould not lie dont.
.-- , Cross4e.utmlned.—There was nothing said
abbot the wouil or whether the ball went
thirough. We *mile no examination of the
wound before Dr. Kinney came.
-De .Witt• Wilittles sworn.—l was at Lang
ford's half an WIDIIr or so after' the affair hag-
Perm& • I went into the room and was there a
fi,e`minntes.lr. Langford came to me and
Wanted I shoa l
go to Towanda after Mr. I
Briggs' folksd Dr. Huston, and if Dr. Has- '
tiro could not come to have Doetor Wes
ton come. (hr 'horses. bad bAn at work,
and he wanted 4 should girth Mr. Allen's or;
Maj. Elliot's f(tr a, horse. I got one of Mr.
Allen. He said when I come down to call at
his house. I done so and asked him what word
s _he -wanted to send to Towanda. Be told me
to telt Briggs' folks that Mrs. Langford was
shot,' and have'Ahem come as quick as they
could and Dr. Heston with them. He wanted
I shOuld hurryl ' .
Septimus Whitney sworn.—ln the latter
part of Octobei or the Ist of November )eame
cop from down the river in company with Lang
ford, Esq. Wofidburn and Albert Hicks. We
went aboard o(a line boat at Selin's Grove.
The Captain's name was Fentz, and the bowe
r:mite's name wa d Walls. Walls, Langford and
rays& were infthe cabin, Walls asked me if I
did not want ttl bay &pistol, and reached up
sti the shelf and got it. I told him I had no
use for a pistot Langford then came in and
said be wanted Ao buy it himself and asked him
what he would,.ke for it. He said 10 shil
lings. L. saiVie would give but a dollar. '
He thought 'a ppell and said be would take it,
. and L. gave hitp , the do ll ar. Wall said be
might have- th 4, box of caps and a quantity of '
polder fi r Is. Be`6 took_ them but I don't
as he pad for them. The Capt. said
Walls would eft have sold it,if he had not sto
len it the last rune he was down to Phil's. 'I
kept , in cempagy with L. up ; rode with him
ikom Monroe ti Rome. Mr. Whiting was the i
driver. On thp road from Monroe to Rome '
'heard nothing :.id by L. about shooting his 1
wife with the '`-tot or any body else—believe
he was little , ,-, er—his talk was considerable, 1
Gail could heir them now and thee. I rain- 1
al all the way 4 There were 3 seats in the 1
wagon and an umbrella to each seat.
. Cross-e.zar—Whiting and Langford
Sat on the fron seat. I sat on the back seat 1
—we stopped at Sickler's—he took a - drink
there; I did
. nit pay much attention to what
Wll3 going on to, the wagon, did not care was ,
petty tired an was in a hurry to get home.
I W. Woollium,re-called.—l was not pre- 1
matt when the iistol:was bought. I come 'up
with Langford Whiting was the driver from
Monroe:: I On% recollect of hearing much
, eenversation'fittun Langford, They might have '
talked and I gilt heard them.
. Jiin"athan i / b'WOrit.—l. was at Rome •at
one time talki , .._ with Langford, talking about
- buying his pis ;• - He asked one fifty or two
tielhuas, I forget which. I think it was fore
Part of winter,r in the winter some time.— 1
gaiething it . said about trying it. He got '
spore ammunition of some hunters that were .
there. I don't remember what kind of ammu
nition. • We Went out to the, stoop to try it,
11 4 Whiney said we hadn't better shoot it
thereiut there i as horses there. It was net fi
xed. k askedadm what, he 'would take for it.
- Thtss-ezaniiteki.—Mold him I would not
give him As' he asked for it,
f.'
.411bert c
i
p s sworn.—l came np from down
. "lieiiver wit
, Langford last fall. I rode in
- . , -
~.::-. 7 ',thectist intit h l
m y: o Fred M be cm t r wee e i tAl M ß onr 9m oe e. and l
• '''' ' wile I think it was fi red. I donut
E
kiiiiir Whoit, once near Sickler's next
fil
near Piollete I rode on the second, scat
part the - wa y, . I did not hear Langford
tell 'Whiting* would shoot .any one with the
pistol ' I load ed the ' , pistol at Monroe and
kept it in my possession until we got to Sick
/ens. Then Ante one shot it off. Woodburn
and myself thin loaded - :it together as we both
bad sonib of tkammunition. It was very rai
ny. I can't eey who fired 'it at Piollets.—l
kept it in myoM -u
ession ntil- wegot to Mr.
Langford's h use and, then gave it up to 'WI.
I did not ire . I tliit&langford did not fite
t i
it. .1
-Crons-exa' ivied . —fthink I should not have
been likely have beard conversation betwedn
the driver - an dilangfor4. ' - - '
.., . 1 -1 3 C . .4 . FRIDAY, June .18.
- ;George *Ads strarn.—l recollect ?f
Langford's ~ng in my grocery the day the
Goa h pened ; -think it was in the -
tertian; I he
~ nett different *rad* a smah
knife for a elfd, some candy, nuts'and power.
- -esteere he§ bought the knife ' the 11tI if
_January 1 '4141 -know but be botight the other
ar ti c l e a lit !beftire that day. either on that
day, ce ii > tune previous he purchased
nt
Noe ill ; : y 1k.e . .; think it wee I *bent
the time o ft Wilays. - lie, spoke-about his
. children e pt ,s ta m ag iwthing efthatkind; b&l.
limbs said ' ' • ieboat'Eseta Ciane.--, 1
After be iiiied Ille - ;-eg be" handed me,
minlei&oll a ai li nd I gave- osa a ‘ email *:
of e ere. Ile i thiew :lea the same
. ' ge Mel be minted someTOwdet to kill
S 6
& . 4it Ia ma ll quantiaY.-=Stitit recollect
Wietkar' [lc 0 itor. 4 9t, . .--, .. .-
- tegi&s.
__ . steo*,44lNneldivA psi
lr.
4 } oi
family one k ; thinks it was new,- yesei,
•1I . • '
' - iii.'4olo I -
there
wet, ,s was there; *ere. anil e o4z
iuMei, bo th; the day o time ind diglA : trent 5
aboim the , more than ceitAight , while I
**Aire • ey lappened.=.' That. Vito! tWn
mate*, ' uented the himself. 'MLA. :Mid
r
~.....,,, „h....a...0e/ .ilifiy iritid
'iotinake ' midi mist artetnd ; said be iiiill
itsiOt t '' ,I saw hiinbri4 home Odle pow
lid
derine• ' t.; h e imil him" paper inlbis %mtl '
-:-.-iiiid be; ' 0 th! powder Willi die *;
he brough the teat iced itOtetheilim new-yeire
.evifi don'4 knoviietctglief iltly oge we : , iu the
bogie eiiMi it theidiiele:csine home:
Crooe-e#Letiped.—Mon't know whether be
shot the 040 ortot; they did not belong to the
hoist), do pot know how the:i got in ; believe
they; got inithrough the nail ; think I heard
thine . , one Veit ifter,lie. got the powder, whetli
-ler 114 was et , beta or* not I dont remember
soNlhieolitire the pistol one night : be went ioff
wititit afte r , he loaded it.
,•,
Anrect..7-: .Dod't know whether these eats fre
quiiii, . W.. the barn. .1
, grs, Etrabeth' Wattles re-callecl.--I;Tos
at Ltingfold's house the first day of January ;
le* himpay that a cat troubled them ; think
he i tiiid he; r auld kill Lib's cat.' He referred to
.Ml44l.ieth attles a daughter of mine ;it was
not(hur cat but one that frequented our' house
niidAtie children 'called it Lib's cat.
.4ninacWaltles re-called.--On Wednes
dayi the dt, i of ,TanuarY, , l was passing by the
'house of L's and beard the report of a gun ;,
thought from the. repat. that it was in; L's
house. I drove my horses up to the hlrs,
hitched them, and thought I would go in the
house and'see what' was the matter ; it; was
three P. M. The second thought I took I I
thOnght IWould not go into a man's house; in
the, day titne to see what he was shooting it ;
went on and came back in about fifteen min
utes, and sa' Mr. L. in the road a few reds
from the house : asked him what he had been
shooting at: told him I heard the report - of a
pistol in his house ; he said he didn't know,
be had been to the burg with his wife to the
store ; I passed on and left him there Ile
had apparently just aritved.. The neat : ay,
Mi. L. came to the saw mill where 1 woe and
told me that whilebe was gone, little...l3oly bad
got his pistol off the clock and shot it off and
came. very near killing Eliza, his little girl.
Silas F. Washbant,re-called.-11pon fur
ther. reflection I recollect that Mrs.. Merkur
spoke to Me in the room a short time after I
arrested Vito, and said "don't take him away, it
will almost; kill Rebecca." I remember that
she then turned to Langford and says either I
or we dont recollect whioh, "don't think it Was
4one on Purpose:"
Cross-examitiecl.—l recollect Mrs. Mencur
was somewhat eicited at the time ; thick she
was crying. Thomas P. Woodruff vaii . pres
ent. .: '
_Pr. _gee re-ealkd.—Vbad attended the
family of Mr. Langford for some time as a phy
sician. I recollect of one instance of L being
feint froni the distress of his wife ; my reCol
tection is that it was during her copfinement ;
think she was in very severe suffering. Be
was faint 'and pale don'keeellect whether; he
fell or not but my impremsiop is than he did . lie
down.
__
Cross-examined,—This was when I think I
had• net heard of any difficulties—think five
or six years ago.
Dr. C''...,C Worthing sworn.-1 attended
Mrs. L hi her confinement, 1 think in . June,
1845. Mr. L. was present at the time, said l
he was faint and lay down on the floor. I did
not. particularly observe his situation myself,
it was night and the room not very light, !his'
wife rents4ed.that he was subject to. be faint
on such °cessions.
John F 1 1./Walls siporri..-Since the, court'
house has I lie,en burnt down, L. has been in the.
north upper room of the fire Firoof--never has I
made any attempt to escape, to my knowledge .
—has behaved himielf remarkably well—bas
submitted cheerfully to the discipline of the
prison. . I
Cross-aratained.i—He has worn shackles'
since he has been there made fast to the floor!
by a staple: A man has slept in the room with
hint--11.1rJ Rateheler, who was partially put in j
as a guard, ! 1 ,
Dr. Sa i i,ineli.llsston sicora.=t-I first saw
-Mr. Langford - the next day after he. was
br k ought here ; . I was .sent s .for. He was very
earnest to have me go and see his wife ; , be
'said she was under the care of Dr. Rice. I
- lhtltice was competent and
that, could' be done; he' would'
itil I promised to go;--did hot j
and had a conversation, with'
.W situation, and deemed it
eall,!, and told Rice she could
ling:, - -
;el- tworn: r 4 am a gun sniithd
my experience in the business!
y pl_____ig a cap on the conduit or nipple,'
and letting the hanimer down on . to it, thenl
raising the hammeriand ding the.eap off,tben
snap it, y n will Ben the smoke and - hear .a '
slight rep rt at thOame time. The Contexts-
shin or bl explodes powder. ,I went home
yesterday fter court adjourned, tooka cap and
' tried it wi bout loading the gun ; took 'an . un
loaded glen put theleap on, pat the hammer
down, raised it up,' look the cap cig snapped it
and saw the smokeland heard the report.—
This morning
I loaded tot pistol with powder
put on a cap, let the hamther down on it in , the
rdeseuee i ot* another person ; then raised! the
hammer and took the cap Off. A third person
was close by and i went th him; told him I was
going toltry an experiment ; drew back . the '
hammer,; snapped and the pistol went off.
Creasi.examised.Made only one experi
ment bylloading i knew before that a gun
Would ge Off if percussion, powder was on; the
conduit. i .
- =
Horatio Black swot .—I bays lis4 the
charge of L. since his confinement; havariev
ar discotered any attempt of his to' ensile.—
At his *eels he had table knives to eat, with.
grequeritly the etildren Carried the meals.. to
kiln. linforsed Mr. L. Of the death of his
wife. • Tills appearjinee liit - Itit the* hal Was
vnili meth abeelied. . Hei ma under' 1 - a Ihigh
aft% of) exciteinent. I think he burst, out into
*Taro:Yam at that time,!and threw Ilium& on,
the led:4 r thinit-he shed taus at that time, and
110-teroFie , ' . ._ 1 1. t r•
- liiista-sworw ~.L. I law :Len tee dar
*libi*a
s wifewas abet, he went . with m e
folo4 , dfs &Wee biatrlth IhOp to faith
*: :. , -*liars he 1.1 some beer, and
;ii laNe.- The knife was a little thee)) i
dig 4... , , . Mr. Niehela seidli was eight lasts;
, the knife aid thariroutaip,-wheth
-01eA0-Ihe ether tweeeete,Tdon't know; he
tbervi4 ink* a tuttier-Vgb Thomas if ' ,
im iham
Old Wedt.dovnlhe read-lowsak. Millee . shop
j'ilid 04,buy say _tiding Ailey flat ' ' . ,_ 1
it At 2t) oblides Weal il,ithe--_O4, on
, : ',- 'o3hedefinei 44443 .: - :,-
~' '. ; i
' 44 1Kliti -4 441 10 0 -was,
on tili Fig d rollitillit ; ' .l' ''' ;
''
1
i
S
. _ ..... ,
gas P. Washburn sworn.-1. wai
officii.of Squire Woodburn at the time
tiikeii there ' • *celled that L. drew a
twerftydollari that he said Cranmer'o
I and Pannterl-abibed it,; it was' , for
, Monk c. pia'sa -.
3 • &d r Ilfercitr Oarn.—At
Of t ' - frirre# I reholleetAspeaking to
p„
guru, but dOtot recollect .1 distinctly
tiaidk Oink' soomafter Wt.: arrested IA
L. *hat his; object was in ;tilling Mrs,
made no reply. •
qurries liask tit/QM—Mr , .T.oirifffe
ea t sell me a plistol. It was the firs
lastijanuary: he asked me two bu
wheirt for it ; I offered him a bush
halli I think be:said'he would - not t
thingiess than two bushels : in the'
told. , ..him I did not care about buying
haditore conversation about it, and
tokkhim I would give him two bushels t
He Oen said he did not care about si
he said he wanted to keep it to kill a
The testimony here closed, and the
legsk gentlemen employed, proceeded
ehafge their remaining duties by addr
juri. The case was conducted with s
andability by Messrs. Hazard, Elwe
arnd'Esgrs. on behalf of the Comm
andlMessrs. Wilmot, Knox and Bair.
prisbner.
'the cause was then fully, ably and
ourify summed up by Messrs. Knox a
motifor the defence, and Messra„- , El
Ad4ms on the part of the prosecution
thirrg , was done for the prisoner that
gentiity and industry could accOmp
every indulgence granted, by the c
counsel for the commonwealth, compa
justice.
At five o'clock, on Saturday after
191), the cause was submitted to the
derta most able and lucid charge fro
or dodge Conyngham ; and at half a
theiertming of the same day, a verdic
turned "guilty of murder in the first
I'M Court soon after adjourned to 8 ti
Mei:lday morning.
At the opening of thee Court on I
morning, the Court room and gallerie
lletlito overflowing, with anxious spec
Hods to hear the sentence of the C
nolinced upon the wretched criminal
A deathlike silence pervaded the h
Isolamnity marked, every countenan
Ms honor Judge Conyngham thed
"thii prisoner at the Bar, or his co
1 anything to say why the sentence o I
sho)tld not be passed" : whereupon 14
onebf the prisoners' counsel arose
thetConet to grant a rule to show ea
ne*' trial should not be granted and
support of the Teflon two points.-!--1s
verdict of the jury was against the e
20hat the jurors had, during the ,p
the trial, en one or two occasions bet
ted e nontrary to the express instructia
Cogrt. The motion was ably and
argited by Mr. Wilmot and Mr. Bair
The court granted the the nil,
cadhe, on the 2d position taken, vi ,
rattan of the jury : as a possibili ,
that, when so separated improper
might hare been used, although no
I offered to sustain the presumption.
was accordingly suspended.
' ' September it
The prisoner was again placed at
Depositions taken in behalf of the p
I sustain the motion for a new trial 1
and the motion fully and. ingenuous)
by flls counsel, but sufficient ground
laid, the motion was of course, overru
tipot being asked, by the court,
'any:thing to so say why sentence
shoald not bepassed upon him, the
rosy, and addressed the Court at so
in vibich be undertook to explain thi
ocorrence, into an excuse or palliat
corifluct. He denied all intention of
lifelof his wife, but confessed he had
thOatened to do so. He charged
I tholwitnesses with swearing falsely a,.
averred to the 'nit, the absence of
corimit murder. - Her appeared sem'.
r
1 tatH, and his language was rather
and. inaudible through most of his sp
cloited, by giving notice that he wont
serinent day, make a full and detai
meht of this melanchedy tragedy.
flis Honor Judge Conyngham, th
ded', under feelings oI deep emotion,
theyrisoner in a clearl forcible and fe
ner b ; and e,oneliidett y pronounein
of death aponfthe pri oner. His
evillently much affee ed, and at the
ly flverconie by the i ensity of his '
Thfi conflict between the stern dila
Judge, andi.he symp mthetic and war
of the man, was grelt. But the n
thejlaw must be obeyed ; andAhe of
of Ironouncing sentence of death upi
belpg, though painful in the extreme
formed in this instance in the most
and feeling language; ,
ii
tti
SENTENCE ere TEE COURT
,3 -
1, 3IES P. LANGeonr)—After a f
trial, and your defence conducted I
an zealous counsel, You have been
V l ig 'Murder in the first degree, an
cerise the duty of the Court, to pass
.thisentence, which the law awards
coryticted murderer. We feel for
sit u ation, and gladly would we slit
plea sant and painfull duty, if a coi
regard• to our official obligations wo'
it i bat the Jury 'have returned you
weisee no reason to disapprove of th
- Anxious however *at; whatever might be
otit i opinions of your guilt, you shou d be con
vieted only in actor nce with the strictest
foiins and provisions f the criminals law of our
Stite, when your coo sel, in their e ertions in
Y 4
r behalf after the verdict, bro ht before
AuOcircumstances, ten *ng to a su icon that
thki jury might have een guilty of ome mis
ccibduot, or at least i regularity, aff ' ting their
velidiet, we deferred your sentence the,pres
eat time, so that proper enquiry con d be matiel
info the alleged
,matters. This eiquiry has
nut availed yolk; the i suspiciona are shown to
beim been unfounded, and the. rule, delaying
y4r sentence, his been necessarily discharg.
.• • ,
Ina y wife, the
yio r children, her; ham - you ha
vcitred to protect, to herish, and to
the various changes this mortal
ditlied by you;--tha you bad malt
alined, her ois previo a occasionals
a4d at the time of. th -.commission
fcifi, which you have n tried you
i lr
deeting yourself tat ds her so true
!curly, and so wanton , that your
tbfor candor have bee obliged to,*
tit" .7*.that the pis I wound. °cc
NO,- mai leading to h r death, must
ItIA e MOP** /4 kO, though to
any tbe malice, I the ititulie
11111
ini
premeditation iiecossaryito Constitute the °rim,
of Which you have;bitialbund guilty. This a jn-1
ry, however, have Inillei;ed that you. killener
of your anger andlyour lanai* end that yon•
did so wilfully
, ,
ally. • .. . J ' •
remeditatedly, aft& inktation-
Upon th e cool t en d- m eentuderatioft bf the
evidence in thi maim,. ! e cahoot but beflispw!,
etid to think : that the,
~ vise the result of Vie..
lent and ungovarged anger, le a ding,you, 'tinder
the excitethent °rap*, to -the cruel deter
inination tO take 'tier life, rather than the de
liberate resolvi.o(ire ek i or even days. - Your,
declaration to Mr. Whiting, we regard more as
ithe rash and foolish observation of an intoxi-
Icated man; than the exPression of a preformed
Intention to do violet eel, to ilite persons, against'
whose lives yoti se ill:310y made your threats.
the purchase of the pistol Apparently aeciden-,
'tal, the procurement (ifi the - powder, with the
object, we'befievei of destroying the animals
which infested your house and premises, your
conduct throughobt the } darof the eleventh of I
'January, and almost iiii to the very-time 'when
the new and unhappy dispute with your wife''
began, and indeed too, we Would say, your be
havior
afterwards; when your feelings were a-
wakened by the tipparfint consequences of the
act—death to yotir wife. and the doom which ,
awaited yourrelf-Lhav,a brought us to the con ,
elusion we have stated: but we can go with
'your defence no further, '
The declarations of
,your. wife, made under
'the certain•expeciationt of speedy dissolution.
as well as under the solemn. sanction of an oath,
furnish, the only distinct evidence- of the trans
action—the other witnesses of the killing of
their mother, your children, are too young to
testify before the Court. She, told her story
but a short time before death sealed her lips
I and its truth cannot bO doubted. No . ill-will,
no passion, no disposition to do you injury, lip
! pear in her conduct; but in the same spirit
which. induced her to send :yon the message, ' ,
"that she would tell you the truth, and freely
forgave you, and ; prayed that God" would for-1
give you," the. dying wife, ; whin the, Justice I
asked her if she was willing to narrate • t i tre
facts, as if communing ; with her own soul, in
the abiding feelings oi, a Woman's love ; could
', only exclaim, " Must I condemn him." She!
felt herself bound under the power of consci.•:l
ence to tell the truth; , and , though her weak
and feeble situatihn would pot permit her to ,
istate the commencement ofthe dif fi culty with!
you, we learn that, atter harsh and• abusive!
:treatment upon your part, you deliberately!
loaded the instrument 0/death, and cocked anal
pointed it'at her , with /threats against her life.!
She pleaded witlyyou as a husband not to
l
• shoot her- 7 -in her langaageto Pr. Weston, she I
had still a confidence-or hope that you would
I not take her life • but you still continued to
press upon her, and her hope in man's human
; ity, and et'en in a husband's mercy failing, she
appealed to her Prod try save her, when the pis
! tcl was discharged. The jury have found that
this act was but the filfillnient of your aeenm
pany:mg t hreats and previous conduct, and that
the pistol was then shdt by! you wilfully - and
intentionally. Iler drifts burnt by the poWder,
her fears of you, whieltAfter the arrival of Dr.
Kinney and daring your temporary absenee,
induced her to say to trim, that she wished him
" to take care of her, to take care of himself.
' and that she did not ;runt y , ou to come near the
bed," the centineance - of this desire, shown by
her unwillingness to here You approach her, as
several witnesses testify, tall corroborate , the
truth of her story. ,` ; •
In your defence before the Jury, you have
not denied . the general accuracy of her state-,
merit: but allege! that t the !firing-of the pist.dl
wait accidental, and unexpected too by you, as
there was no cap upon it, and thatyour threats
and other conduct, hoirever cruel toward your
wife, were only intended to intimidate : the Ju-
I ry, however, have pot believed this expluna
lion. It differs, wideliy, very 'widely, from the
story of the then aliened accident, as yousies
cribed it to Dr. Kinney and Mr: Wattles, upon
the eveningof the ntappy occurrence, - when
, the , truth of the facts , ust!have beenvivid in
your recollection, and when the,. powder stains
nrin the wrists Of both , yogrseff and wifa as
well as the position of the Wound, compel all at
' this time to admit to Chave been untrue—yet
this was thee nssertedLby you to he the truth,
land why shohld- the j'itry, unless the evidence
showed to them! the probability or truth of your
latter representations s tyield to them their cen
finenee and assent. 't'he account given nn the
11th Jan., it is (mac presumed ton was the one
to which your unhappy wife referred, when,
either in her fears of von, - nr in the last linger,
in" , of her confidence and t' st, she assented to
I t he statement Mad 0 e Dr. Kinney and others,
t ti
on their first afTivarat t o honse, that the
melancholy act was not int o tionally done—the
truth of this allegation front her terror at the
time of your atthck upon Fier, as her evidence
fully discloses, sire could not have known Air
believed, but for some une4lained or unknown
reason, at first seemed,disOised to adopt from
your assertion. Midterm! may have been her
motive for pot then dentradicting the details
of a transaction; pow, ! admitted to have lien
untrue, whatever Luny! have been your =Aires
in thus seeking!to mislead, the jury here not
given credence to your present defence—they
believed and have found by their verdict, that
your language dnd Yonr act,but carried out the
wicked purposes of yourcart, and that you
are the-deliberate murderer of your wife. -
I:
We have not interjded to refer to all the
facts and eiremnstances, either of the - charge
or the defence;, we !have; alluded merely to
their leading features, tt show the general
grounds of your conviction, and, to cause Yen
to reflect, that the jury, dip only constitution
al triers of your acts afati your motives having
negatived the Only bone Of your escape, the
awful penalty of the:iniv certainty awaits you.
We would not ivoun'dipurifeelings by the tin- {
necessary repetition or thOr tale; we would
not add one paftiele to thti weight of borrow,
and of trouble irtrich l i no* crests upon youl:—'
God knows, udhaptwy mad, that we feet; for
you, and in roflrring• to thi past, would it all,
sincerity call !Upon ,you to repent of t ese.,
things, which are behind, tind to look. fo ord . !
to the fute-io lay ' s sidet all 'temporal 11 pea ,
i t,
iiha earthly considerationsi.and to turn to the
ors "of IllercyJ for hilt forgivepeis and par on, -
We iindOriland that Fu Imve at perieds en
al reader of the Holy ibhiclook 'no* in . our
h'eavinOsi of spirit to that blessed .book ' eek 1
fni spiritual itistructiO and guidance, in it
may Yet he; tbat theprayer of your dying, ifs,: ,
tba
,God Would forgife yod, may be in his' ei.- '
cy; nairered }i-That,tbre, God's' graccik y
by o
I,
,is the earnest and feivent prayer 'to 'of
'hi , whnie;oolee the flaw has' isow ' require to
ptonounCeltii solemn mtence.'
The #o4enen,of 60 coui t , is, Olt you igi 'o'
' I Langlard, l l4-takin •hckince to the
,pkieO ',or t
cei P 701,1001 by liqr .furl:.tbp . safe kecpui of
peritOna .1:1 ping sitiagon',.l - t-fttliii ;.thenc* 'to
tie - 01,0 Of eiecutiot
it ' .. - fridicoryiiid
• 1 - - .-..,.:1:. ; -. •
j. -, • - r , F . - .
at the
he • was
.ote for
wed him
orrowed
the time
Wash
what I
I asked
L. He
d oget.
day of
:hell of
= and ...a t
e atty=
.
start
it. We'
nally
.if wheat.
lling it ;
t with.
= several
Ito dig
ssing the
nal tact
and Ad
-I,inwealth,
fur the
ingenu
d W il
•ell and
Every
egal in
ish, and
nrt and
'Me with
on June
jury un-
his lion--i
+st 8 in
was re
degree"
'cluck on
Monday
were fit
ators eu- !
nr_t, pro-'
t the bar.
,use, and
asked if!
usel had
i the law
!r. Baird,;
! I nd asked:
se why a•
urged in
that they
1
idenee--
egress of!
In separa-I
Ins of the'
I 1 I
I L oquent y
to show
—Sepa
existed
linfluence
roof was
Sentence
IRE
the bar.
goner to
ere read
argued
not being
ed.
to tail
of death
risoner a
e l ength,
: tragical
on of his
al:ing the
regnently
•evernl of
l ainst hint,
design to
what .agi
,
oennerent
I I Mi. lie
at a sub
',
• stnte-
• n procee
n addrcss
ling man-
sentorp
1 r.Tior Vlll3,
lose rear
eelings.—
ts of the
rim
feelings
Mandate of
Oeial duty
n a fellow
Was per
ppropriate
1 11 and fair
y talented
ound guil
it has be
upon you
gainst the
L. our awful
this un
seientions
Id permit
ilty, and
it verdict:
*other of
solemnly
ardlthio'
oe, Is not
bested and
conceded;
of the , aet
'were con
y, wreck
counsel in
mit before
stoned by
be regard.
yourma
lla .
and the
'of l 3 'df c o t w hen ii I"
ra o • o .•4 y, e Area
' rrant ,shall tw i i . mi.,, it, ind Do there
. rthe : ne4 i till ipw he dcrad..—.an c t
hare in • Oti yoo ; souk, , ;
~
1 - ,
.. Awnctrzmew
..,.. I • , ,
, 2 - t LYS -
i Q. A 1 - Ar , ,l•
teamei Ma y Wngslitid atii lie(1'10 N.
on thelth,lwitb lat4s dates fi'ma Ve-,.
She brings accounts of t_be',4two vie
•attlet-of Contrerali , and (.1111trubusco,
. fro* • the field iforkof the manly.—
, position fore an armistice was pad° by
, ott, supposed to have been ate the in
o' f the embassy. :1
tter frqm Mt. Kendall, of the I -Netti Or
fricayune, dird Tacubaya A4urst 2nd,
ttl , Archbish p's palace at thik place is
pied by G n. Scott and a pbrtion of
S., A ft er defeating the enernY in two
ardest fought battles of the ir, on the
~ a reconnoisance Made by • al. Dal
tring satisfied , Gen. Scott that ard
i ii
i lery could be oat from Citallo to ..an
in., Gen. Worth's division tooted in
ection on thio-14t14follawed by Genet
itman, Pillow and ''Twiggs.'i i By this
new lino of operations was :taken on
ithern and western sides of the city of
1, and the 'strong works of Pienon and
ilsingo, on which Santa Aram; had he
such immense- labor, were Ompletely
of the
utive
hangimi
may Go
The
Orlean
ra
toriOflB
so call
The pr
- Gen. S
stanoo
. Ale
leans '
,
says th
TIOV OC
bhe or
of tbo
14trf i
can h.
for 'art
Augus
that di
lila Q
move
the so
Mexico
Mexie
stowed
turned,
On the 16th of August, Gem Wolh mart‘h
ed out as far .as the hacienda of the . E.an Gre
gorio, beyond which' it was found thit the en
emy. had cut up and ditched the Mit 'NM -able trail
along illieli the artillery and wagon were o- 1
bilged :to pass.—lle would have gonp to Santa
Crnz, another haeihnda a league fOrther on,
1 1
haifnop, an order came lip from Gen Scott for
a halt.; It seenied that Gen. Twiggs I
had met
a !argil force of th many drawn front of'
himlnwr Chalco,.i s
if with the in ention of
&I:fluting his advance. cutting him o)r from the
main s dy of the army, and perhapt bringing
on tE &era] actin 1. Gen. Twiggsil promptly
ordlreil some of the heavier guns to the unlim
bered, ipnd after a I few discharges tie enomy
was dispersed, wit theloss of sve er!Six killed,
but Ithe.demonstva ion made by the :I%lexieans,
as 1 have before sid, eaksed a ha* of Gen. i
W orthrs division, efore 'half a clay's mar*
.)
was mode.;; ''
the morning of fhe 17th,
ed his march, his )toute run
fields ajtd,narrowiand. rocky
carriages had nester passed
up of the ditches caused
nt by 8 o'clock the advance
At o'clock on
Gen. Wort]) resit
ning t}irough corn
along whioli i
before ) The
some little delay,
- -
was sight inl sof Santa ernz. and the .;'spires and •
1 1-• ,
domes t of the nntet capital of 3lexien could be
discerned in the. distance. Tlie•-blistructinps
in the read, of which I have spoken," were oh
vionsli of recent einstretioti—evideqe that the
enemy had but just got Wind of (eir4ipf)roach;
ands that Gen. Set tt had 'completel§ stolen 'a
,
mare n ; upon Santa Anna.. ..
Other than the 'ditches and reckslwhich had
been relied down from the preeipitouS liill-side.
no 4minsitinn was made to the advatiee of Gen. ,
- Wnrtli until he hald reached a point in the road
not Ifar from Santa Croz--but now 4 scatter
ing fire was opened upon the head' 4f his dol
-1
amts b'y' a force stationed at advantglreen po- ,
1 AtitinS above the road to, the left. i' The enemy
was , quickly dispersed, however, by Col. C. F.
Smith's( light Batt lion and the •2tell artillery, , 1
ia
tinder 'Major Gal . As the divii'm neared
thelhaelenda of L 'Segni, the a r„
p t ce was a
ro Sired upon, t again lie e ern is pickets
were driven in, without less', . : • -
A turn oe the . road beyond . tt niia brought
the pleasant village oT San Au ' 4ifie in sight,
and after two or three light - le 'nishes, in
which; the Mexicans had two or i l th laneers
killed and wounded, our:troops adi 'etPos
sestina of• San Augustine. Oar nnly•les • du- .
I ring t 4, day was One man, a snider ior./iri h's
I light hattalion. 'who was atemidedfiloin scori -
I field near Xechinfileo. , •
• i
•• •,
Before going farther, it may bclell to state
[ that the oity of Mexico lies' abtrut urine miles
I nearly north of San .Augustine, -that San An
tenio is about three miles in , the -seine direc
tion, While. the point occupied liy G n. Valen
t cia, near CoutierS, for he had emit, n'a at that'
I
place, IS .at least three miles in a it aight -linC, j
i and in a direction nearly west. At was ten l i
I miles the way many otnar troops had to-mare!),'
Ifor you cannot imagine g•irtore rough, uueven,''
I - •
and jagged aurfaCe. - • I
At "il o'eloCk,err the 18th, Gen. Schott arrived'
at San 'Augustine, and ail() o'elo4k General
Worth Was in full march for the' eitY of Mexi- 1
en by . the' main read, Majors &nth -and
t TurnbUlL Capt. Mason and'other Ongineer of.
deers 'W r en sent in advance, suppoited by Capt.
I Blake's Squadran of Dragoons,' trir.pconnoitrittf
when was opened "upon them,
and the first ballfrom an • eighteen-pounder
killedVapt. Thornton, of the 2ndi,Dragoons,
(-,
besides' seriously-wounding a guide.; •
• • Coll Garland's brio•ade was arderN to °cell-.
Ipy a partition in lain sight of the mierny's bat-
Iteries •ut San ntonio, whilst Col. •Stark'S
' brigade and Dun an's -battery took i their sta
tions in the rear lose by. A partY: was 'then
sent nit to reeon oitre to ascertain' lip practi
cability!of findin n road by which 14 village
of San Angel eon d be reached; anditho strong
hold Of gall Anto lo _thus turned, thisi party
had a ' i sik ' innish w th theienenry, kill/ g five or
six !lad taking as ' - any. prisoners *it ID
rout losing
a' man. ' _ . . i
,
Thq trestilt of :t
. ble, and it lvas : •
be made. The i
force near Brant I
night,l't was dd . .
meinill . Whilo
k 1
on, Ge , Worth
'hacien a . of Bilve
i e6urkqe a -nglithpr
a reennnotsatico
certained that a
exicans were plat:
ms; and at a &mum
mined to 'attack, t i l
this reconnoiianed
ad established hid
a, from the.wiiulo*
of 'the enemy emil
Itteries of San An .
Tie: A.
, . n ed on the heel, On iiith .
• nil shell. N4nityl . ''.,,e . ,ry ihbi
Ino dinnar ekell).t, to iii4l
i n the *Tening,thoi. were si-;
e night, 'ITO' . , finrheen.
: nan,might live k :it torn'to
tire comm an eo , pOlecf.t4 ,
the niprning, oftli : liltli; - the:
riened on :Oen,' V,i 'P.,..,Pc.lkr,
the firi)•that ; t4 O. 44, weii.
A i
sheiterl , behilid t eir"ljuild
l!iveup . their . " p - to*n ± l.,, A:,
i 4, : (11 * 1 15a. mi o f_.:ggft: l 4
4 'II ,f 9 iiiimsh in thi direction_
II ki . one"e!erook in ' , the iittor;-
ifsigh t4ettlie 4
' egoinkejf,lii,•:,Y
nge of the heOliTali,
'l. Smith' raglotillio . i4i
oirarde the ...
e.4nife - Work/4,
ni,
1 1 1 . Rily'noeed owerlisWeniall
lt:inol thus en l ,
offs: th,.. - relq..,
ligitit big ' 4i4 lileniti
at wo lc on the .b.
bout (ion,they o
bath and allot •
tooki t
et but di
'bull n' s. Late
' lent ail
,during t
kept # , ,the ham
pieces, h a nd the o
rattrei ',
At, o'clock o
battct a again i
tiop, _so ha 1 i, , , ?
comporeo to ga
ine, bit did nit
boat Olo'elpel t i
Pilhivt !woo? o*
of litirMteriklcin.
noon wpre hi plat
torleaAnd Nvlttiiii
The 4igode' o l' 0
vaneel dime - fir ,
'wbilstlihat or Co
yipm,4 41:4 rig
tarceSeat *Mau
r ' --- e„ f e ! - 4..... i.,%... , 4 --..-- — l ---- r
&Om the Ofty. t iira MeOstant fire;rasilimee e a
einftqL=Staith'S command, and so tie' r ifi es
w o re engaged With the pickets ofAbeieneray
&Mat theta 4b:The twelve pounderlbatteri
eriCae...Maoder and the mountain 'howit zer
:let4Rastliow 6°nm:tended by Li t. Calle n d er
of tha s Ordnanee department, was rested "for.
en
rd aid oped on the enemy, ut Ilov
, , • ere s o
mneh expos ed-to a fire from heavi r gine, des
they were serbn silenced. !! Lieut. ohnson sea
Callender443 * seriously 1 Wounds . I ,
At 3 o'clock the Brigade ofX:44n. Varlet.
ader :was ordered out to suppo Col. Riley
heavy reinforcements beitig seen their we r
out front the' city, while Gen. Pi beathrigia l
was sent to iustain Gen, Smith., : Ir i s
! ew er
from the batteries of the enemy i ' tlidit is
oeotaqe:witilelrom4 bill just ou sidtt of th e
range of their I guns, the -spectate ter moss
el
grand and iiiiiesing., ' ' -- 1 , 1
l At ibeit 4 . 'o'clock pep. 13004 fliied, lei
seeing the iiiimense streilith - of tlfis 3 exicans,
at once ordered Gen: • Shield's 'ri de fried
San Angustine--a plit of Ge . Iman's
cerntreted:Ltiethe right to supra ! t - le,' 'tali
Cadwalader, i and prevent if pe.ssibl ”ijuniti4 o
r,
of tite forebs coming nut from th '. 'city Wilk
those of 'Valencia. -Bet, few of this xlveineas e
`of our owe troops could be seenfrom the la
where we were posted, owing to kir dens
chamois], 'sharp reeke and ravines, tftit not j
motion of tile enemy but waspllinitf i Tidbit,
The order of battle of!Valeacealwasieertaiee
ly most impesing—infantry were !seep awe
up to support the batteries, while tang lima
of the enemy' s" °- cavalry were 'heti:med. its
as
the rear, i awaiting the shoele2of isattle.e.a
Two separate charges of the latter Were die
-1 tinetly seen repulsed by Col. Riley4whe led
moved his brigade'at one time to a position
) partially in ehe rear of the enemy's ?eerie—
t Col. Barney was exceedingly anxious to ma rc h
this cavalry to the seeneOt action; but it vas
'deemed utterly impracticable. The Oaten. of
the ground vas such that the infantry elm
had great difficulty in finding the Way across°
the pedregal, as the Mexicans term ifs—ground
covered with sharp, jagged rocks. o
Until night had fairly closed iri, the fire from
the enemy's battei ice did not slickein—it had
been a eystinnots roar for nearly d hours.—
Gen: Scott retired to San Atigesti4e about a
o'clock, and in the inulst of a hard rain which
[bad just Comm-need falling. Go,
,os. Twig
and Pillow came in about -11 o'cloek, wetand
completely exbanste I. , It was impossible to
use horses on 'the singli and exceedingly boa
ken ground on whieli they had beenloperatir;
tor nearly 1 . 2 houre.
• Nr t antieipatingi the immenseeskrenetli of
the worice of the enemy, cr the ale o::: Instr.
mountable i difficultii. • s of reaching t m, it lid
i t o
been at first thought that the butt ' wool
[
be taken at a dash,LaniT that the tr ps worth
he all comfortably guarteied in San AnFel for
the night ; instead ,of this a lark ortien of
then, were &Impelled to hiiouae St • silk nt blank•
ets, in the !midst of to pitiless rafii, and nn
L , rannd where Chef cdpl4 not eve!' stretch
thein,eives out Add to this, the prospects of
the morrow, were far from flatterin—were to
noterli to dismay ariv but the set:date:lt heath—
that the enemy would doubtless :reinforce and
, erenethen his works dark. , the !tilt, „
Lavine
~
!every sugri?rity is knowledge of t Je ground
t —and a in to this that the men irere weak.
erterl.. by long exertioest, want of, food, and
eliPled by 'the continuous night rain, and it in
not sa , ,iiiir too much to assert that the bivouac
of tire 19th of Anaust was gloomy i in the ex
treme. - - !
On iiie ineirring of tic'ilith, Ge T l W or th
w n ie
s ordered to nve a pert of • I' s diticine
ilGarlanil's brigi\rie}to aid In the att iek on 'Va
lencia, tor to force this zisition Wassleerned in:
!dispensable, • . n
II
At 7 o'clock, a few dischargesllof , eannon
Were heard. and the rattling of nuf 'ltetry, and
s•rine exec said that in the diAtai e lwrsesof
the enemy, erld be seen 11 ing t sw ards the
f
eity, yet' few deemed that the batteries hail
been stfirnied and carried, , vet it Was so f "—
! ,
&en. .Ectitt,"accompanied- by qen. Werth;
`..tarted for the seen.o Of action, Whop they vero
acct let:t'apt. 11Iasnn, with the ioyful intellif
frieneP that Valencia had been completely rest-'
ied after a terrible struggle. ! 1
..
The attack upon his works was planned It
Generiol'Sreith, and resulted in t eaptured
'l5 pieces car artillery and some 15 0 prisoners,
among then . Gees. 131neo, Garei Meador,
and the netnrioug Sales. Ile els aptured at
the aramueition and canna furrature, and tie
road over which those who eseaptfil fled. Int!
strewed with inuskete.`l t o less {,lran 700 of
the enemy, known? them many offieors, were Ifft
-dead upon the field, whilst .the nuinter,of
!wounded Was far greater.;, !'
, The works at Contreras complitely in the
i power of the American army, Ge sal Scott at
!once ordered Gen. Worth to fal back. upon
San Antonio; to turn and cap) that wort,
and then to push on towards the capital by the
main roarb • while the main' body or the arm
;tinder Gans. TwiggsoPillow, Srriith, Pierce!
'and Cadwallader, inoved,en towarda San Angel
;and Cohoyean., Seirrebly bad .the *drafted'
Gen. ,fwiggs got half a mile Vey° d the latter
i i u
village,before a ratilieg tire of ti fiketr3 7l . ll '
~,
nounced that it wee actively engaged withtle
, out-posts Of the enemy, and the heavy homing
oleannon ;now gave! token that ttto noted 2i
division !hail fallee epon another strong work.
A few iutinutes mbre and a s trepa whirs firing
•'from the right made - it evident tl at General
Wortlt'ardieision Was also actively, ongageir ,
Ire had ooinplately,tutied, the, str ng Works of
! San Antedie,' , but *bile doing so tla enemy hia
abandoned the place, with a loss Of 3 heavy
~e'etnec• sulk ball fallen_ back en secotel and
I,itr o n,Yi line .of iorks. '
1 , -,,1t. vos tign , one. o'clook,,, P,>.. M., anti shag
;the - commeneenient of. . ;they
fk bat,' and,sucht
:ratan Of flivarais has' seldom o never !wen
hc`iti . if ihti 'contin6nti of Amadei aceonipani.
Cd iiifi s'sitell liainnin4 ''or iitille 44 this
'pas eonqiuod 9reftwolidills, whe the evenly
Wei oeial4OtoljA'Outedl'froli"o%* poititt an d
';
;tintl‘thelei e wlei were nat - klllii4'ltatan Os
oiirs tierepsiftillfilglA,Tor ti'e i ky.
Jets ni c etiihileivbi iCtiorai , to 'gkii) the read.
I' . , ,i _ ,
Or an illeaoA tile ps,342in_a.kttEworits ot tne c
( 0 . 1,.!`; AB 11 , ) , 1i 5, akthe• aisatCthi , , (I' leading, ,
' rriatii`, gAiiiVagaitflillii-t% pOl ' i ana irnit7:,
diat:4o l 6"o4etlio 'iliitao'al link
M6xicanstsd throiiif n , a stiOn - ind
O*) ° _Sk l k
INly Well bull botes,c ;',in ' : g the*
, r,.-
,
aloX'Oi"the'iiii , )q .fiiial
Iritirfcli l ainf foilii*MO. f iali
inii,i *
,h, todia the I)aiik . '• .
,4 4 ilf
0114' 1 1 n - iiii illilialai-ja , 0
I k ',itetti*
cifeir:' eittilift''':Of the itile a
, orkallhobridgi, th# o h are P • ,
I r
,taLitti i sfte!kolitittedilof Ch 'nil scot tt,..r
rabto,qtvapopbititei wiili','orlc for infailt
[ P7rAndAllit ) laving* iell 'in': trn ed bowl
ablitaini,tii:kal e inther t 4g4aa' Cl' v WOO.:
I f' 'lliii f v r iiiptait a Aft* i 4 0 frO#rt tle
c f .
tdelefiiii`sneliiiiil ill s ' ii b e Wiest- A
1
ae favom-
lon i a could
[ly seem in
held that
, eua in' the,
was going
zelf at tlie'
: of which
.d lip,. seed'
I