The Litchfield County post., 1827-11-15


the physician, who persisted in remaining.
The ninth hour at length sounded hollow from
the castle tower, SeIlner's face was transfer
med, and stong impulse glowed on his pal
lid cOuntenance!
"Josepha," he cried - if impeIIed byhea-
ven, "Josepha, hail me yet once ttD0relOn
my departure, that mag feel thee near, aud
may overcom' death Nv my love!" ~
Then rang i:o striag9 of the harp in tones
loud and brilliant us the songs of victory,
and over the departing one waved gllmmer
ing light!
g come come y he said, and sunk back.
struggling for life. -. =,
Vet lower and.ower rang the tones of the :
harp. his last strength Was nnw exhausted by
consuision, and as he departed, the harp strings
broke at once, as il torn by spirits hand .
The physician trembling, closed the eyes of
the deceased, (who, notwithstanding the con-
test of death, lay as in a gentle sumber,)
and left the house in deep emotion. For
long time, he was unable to dismiss from his
mind the impression of this scene; and he
observed strict silence as to the last mo-
ments of his friend; until at length, ia an
hour of social confidence, he impaired 10
some friends the occurrence of the evening,
aud at the same time showed them the harp,
the deceased From the German of Kernor.
The Rochester Daily Advertiser of Thurs
day, distinctly quotes the boast of one who
pretended to trace the hand of Providence in
the discovery of the body, viz thati uGs 80
good enough Morgan for their purpose TILL
AFTER ELECTlON."-Andw we have this
morning received letter from gentleman
in South LIE Roy, dated Oct. 90, with the y
following postscript -" will Just say to YOU
that am told the three candidates now in
nomination to represent this county ia the
next Legislature. are all Jackson men but
they in truth obtained their nomination on the
ground that they were dnti-masons. and with
out any reference to their feelings towards Ell
Their of the candidates for the presidency"
In Heavens name, we say, let the murderers
of Morgan be discovered and punished: but
let not men more base,if possible avail them
selves of an excitement produced from vi
olation OF the laws, to become lawgivers them
selves. N. Y. Spec.
From the Rochester Telegraph.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The following is brief statement of the
testimony taken before the jury of inquest at
Batavia, on the % inst in relation to a BODY
found on the 9TH at or near the mouth of
Oak Orchard Creek, in the county of Orleans.
The whole testimony will be published as
soon as time will permit.
Here follows the atfidativc of Mrs. Sarah
MunrOe, as published in our last Tuesdays
paper -
Mrs. Munroe was corroborated by her son
Daniel, and by John Cron, in relation to the
clothes. A very minute description was Civ
EN- by Mrs. Munroe Of the clothing before
they were shown.
Human Holdcp, Ia member of the Morgan
committee of Batavia) sworn--said that he
with Timothy Fitch, Esq. first saw the body
at the mouth of the Oak Orchard Creek on
the 18th of Oct. inst. 1t was disntered.
Witness examined the body particularly, but
could not discover any natural features. The
head was bald on the crown, and bald
streak ran down each side to the forehead.
On the top of his head there was tuft of
hair which ne supposed grew there. The
body had one whisker on and il was appa-
rent that the other was either clipped or pull
led of. The whisker was quite grey.
Thoaght the whisker had been sandy. The
hair on the head was considerably greyish.
A lock of hair was brought to Batavia. III
notify Fitch Esq, was present, and we
thought the hair too dark for Morgan's; but
upon Mrs. Morgan stating how il was, we
thought it might be Morgan's Mrs. Morgan
was much afflicted at the sight of the hair.
and thought it was her husbands. There
certainly was tuft of hair between the bald
spot on the crown of the head and the fore
head on the body which they examined on
the 18th inst. Miller and others informed me
that Morgan was wholly bald on the top of
his head. | charged the persons who went
down the second time, to see if his hair was
turned up. At the time supposed the hair
grew on the head, and still suppose so. On
the examination at first thought it was Nor
gan, but afterwards concluded it was not. On
hearing description of Morgan's head, I
was more strongly impressed with the belief
that it was not Morgan. | could see nothing
but the color of the hair and the shape of the
forehead which induced me to believe that it
was Morgan, and if it had not been suggested
to be Morgan's, did not know enough about
him to have said or thought it wasshis body.
! DR.. II. Vinton, sworn--said that he saw
the body at the mouth of Oak Orchard creek,
when the second inquest was held. The head
was bald on the top, but had considerable
| quantity ofshair between the bald spot and
! the forehead.a The head was not entirely
bald on the sides. | started the hair from the
forehead and know that it grew there. It
! was not merely scattering hair on the top of
the head; there was quite handful. The
hair OF the tuft was quite long knows that
the hair grew on the top of the head; can
| not I've mistaken about it after starting the