The Arkansas advocate., 1833-12-25

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  against another? The man, he said, might be guilty but 1t behooyed the Court to act, not on supposi.ion,s hhs,. iron, esiaeace, s..s. though his iuterposition was uncaIled for, still he could not rest without expressing hs opinion.
 During tho brief speech of .hc young Lawyer, observed that the wiie of the prisoner was interpreting it to him, with & fond expression of hope and joy, which 1 never saw equaed. He hardly seemed to listen--he still kept the same cold and calm expression of eye, and the swelling of his chest was as regular as ever.
 The Justices, however, after whispering awhile with Squire MsGuflil, decided that the evidence apas sufficient. and that the prisoner should be committed. The girl uttered a low faint cry, and trcnibled all oyer--no doubt she thought 1t the sentence of death. The prisoner spoke few words to her, and she interpreted the decision.--- He raised her in his arms, kissed her brew, and again spoke calmly and almost sternly to her; and she stood up and faced the judg- es, like one who had asserted the dominpn over her own heart. There was quivering of the lip, and that was all to show her emotion, and she interpreted for her hus- band, as he spoke to the Court.
 He barred his breast, and pointing to it, said
 's Friends, my breast is open to you. know not how to lie--you have asked me did kill that man, and have told you--no. What more then. would you have Who says that killed him. look around and no one answers, Who says that killed him?-I do not hear voice. He was my friend, and have eaten and drunk with him and only white man could kill his friend, A Delaware dies for him. He was robbed too. ] do not want money--I need not your silver-for my gun gives mo meat and peltry. But if you acsH hang me ike dog, 1 must submit An Indians life Is, to be wronged by the white men. Ny brother has spoken for inc, and thank hnn. We shall meet each other before theGreat Spir- 1t, and he will then know that the heart of the Young Buffalo was clean, and his words true."
 He again composed himself, and stood silent as q statue, when the young lawyer arose again, and said that he wished to ar- rest the sentence of committal, until he could introduce witness or two, whom he had at hand; and he was of course permit 1 ted. There was smile about his lips, as he did so, that gave me an idea that he had good reason for believing the prisoner to be innocent, but as looked about, could sec
 
 Indian, except in hss cyecc cyec.
 The first witness who was introdnced,w was the Doctor, (mentioned before,) who was duly sworn, and producing bullet some what flatened in its progress, stated that he himself had extracted it from the body of Jones, and that 1t was the cause of his death.
 The next witness was the Landlord, who brought with him rifle, which he swore was that which the prisoner always carried, and which he had with him the night before.--- To this, also, one or two others swore.--- The bullet was then compared with the ri- file, and found to be much larger. 1 The prisoner, who had acknowledged his gun when 1t appeared, uttered the brief ex- clamation ]" Good p when the bullet was shown not to belong to if, but evinced no fother emotion. His wife, however, was less stoical, and while tear stood in her l eye, and gleam of joy illuminated her features, she stood bent forward, eagerly catching every word which ieil from the l Lawyer and the witnesses. The counte- nances of the men who composed the aur dience changed, and there w;.s af express sion of satisfaction, and of interest III the prisoner. murmured among them -and the young fellow who had talked with McGuf- fin the night before, said very audibly,
 "l thought twas obleeg'd 10 turn out so. 1 have knowed the Buffalo ever sence he was q chunk of a boy, and sorter didn't 'blieye be was thief no how.'' s
 Squire Grant, who had noopinion of his own, looked mysnfed, and twisted his legs, but said nothing.
 Another witness was then introduced. l who went on to state, that he had examined l the place where the murder was committed, and that he was the first man who. discov cred the body--that there was no moccasin track near it--but that on the contrary. about twenty steps from where the body lay, there were shoe tracks, appearing ss if some one had stood there while--and that he had tracked fhemto the body. and thence l to different part of the grove, where there was place trampled by horse, who must have stood there some min1tes--that they were the tracks of shod horse, whereas the animal of the Indian was bare footed. and then he produced strip of tape, con- faininr TT fbe variotIc f,,oanc,o,o <.f .t...