The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-05-10

cattle. He recommends mangel wurtzel sugar beet,
Of this diet confirmed by eight years personal expert.
ence He approved Of carrots substitute for oats for
horses.
At this stage Of the business the secretary circulated
some mamma" Of various country's growth and Col
Clarke some flower seeds of great prolific virtue
analyses of guano were referred to the oactories Of
select committee. Then came the subject Of the day
Preservation Of Animal Food. Dr. Lardner and Profess
Mapes had both been invited to furnish their expe
rence, but both were absent long communication
was read, prescribing course Of cure that included
moasses, and salt and pearl ash, and salt petre val
liable remedy. The same author wrote homily the
preservation Of eggs butter hogs lard and trout for
Delaware and cask all proving
none but sceptic" could hesitate to believe Another
member announced that he ate part of ham in Virginia.
ret and never needed smoking. At this stage Of these
interesting proceedings Professor Napes entered the
hind) fixed upon him. for his opinion on the ma.
terra medica" Of salt which he delivered with his usual
nant oft agricultural club who heard him.
This inexhausble subject will be renewed next Tues
day.
Execution OF james Eager for the Murder of
Philip Williams.-Scene Mt the Tombs, &c.
The execution of this unfortunate and guilty man
took place in the yard in the rear of the City
Prison, but within the outside walls, yesterday
afternoon when he expiated upon the galows the
penalty due for the heinous crime of which he has
been tried and convicted and which he himself has
from the first admitted and we trust that the speedy
manner in which justice has in this instance been
performed will act as preventive to crime. But as
executions have taken place before to-day, and
murderers have notwithstanding committed crimes
with impunty, we do not anticipate any very favor
able result especially wealthy criminals with in
fluential friends and relatives to back them, have
succeeded in brow-beatng and defeating the ends
of Justice, and in cases too, when murders have
been committed with less cause, and for more
worldly and infamous motives than actuated the
poor wretch who has just been sent from this
breathing world into the presence of his Maker, to
receive that after-punishment which he feared and
dreaded so much more than that which he received
in compliance with the voices of his fellow men,
who cry tooth for tooth, an eye for an eye and
blood for blood.
Eager was about thirty-three years of age, FIVE
feet nine inches in height, stout and square built
and would weigh about hundred and fifty
pounds His countenance was not unprepossessing
lie was born In the North of Ireland, of Protestant
parents, and was always brought up to worship in
that faith He came to this country when about
twenty years Of age, and has resided in this city the
greater part of the time. Here he married the
woman who has been the cause, innocently or
otherwise, we cannot decide, of his meeting an
ignomnous death. She was Of Incorporate habits,
and he was by no means a temperate man, as he
fell into low and worthless company. During the
past year he became. satisfied that Philip Williams,
an acquaintance of himself and wife, was in the
habit OF having illicit intercourse with her, and he
determined if such was the case, that he would
take some means, what he did not care, to avenge
himself upon the man that had destroyed his peace
OF mind Williams and his wife were very in
innate, and he often them together, and at last
blinded by rage and jealousy, every movement on
their parts tended to convince him more strongly
that he was right On the night of the I'd of Deceni-
Der last he went to the house, No. l2l Roosevelt street.
where Williams boarded, and went to his door where
he waited all night believing that his wife had been
and was still in the room of Williams. The next
morning when Williams dressed himself and came
out into the entry TO 90 10 work, he encountered
Eager, who stabbed him several times in the breast
with knife, one wound penetrating the heart and
causing almost instant death. He was arrested on
the spot in the very act of consummatng his purpose
and acknowledged that he had committed the muir
der, stating in extenuatiOn that his wife had been in
the room of Williams the preceding evening, as he
knew by her voice, and that he cc, not Get admit
lance; that ne went out e..d purchased candle and
returned 70 me door, but was still denied admit
tance-up0n winch he went out for Waterman,
but being unable ito find one, came back and found
that the candle had been taken inside. He then de-
termined to be revenged and waited in the hall all
night until he accomplished his purpose He also
stated TO the Waterman that the deed was done, and
ntmated that if he had the life OF another person he
shouldldIe satisfied, His trial commenced upon the
18th Of March, in the Court OF Oyer and Termlner,
before Judge Edmonds and two Aldermen, and he
was defended by James L. Brady, Esq, with ability
received every concession from Mr.. Paterson, the
District Attorney, that could Justly be grantedIrec
ceivcd fair and impartial trial, and on the 10Th of
March was convicted by the jury, after AN absence
of one hour, with recommendation to mercy, made
because some of the jurors were opposed to capital
punishment
On Friday. the 2Ist of March, he was sentenced
by Judge Edmonds 10 be hung between the hours of
~ and O'Clock on the 9Th of May, and conjured TO
Danish all hope of mercy from his mind and prepare
for his dreadful doom.
A bill Perceptions was prepared by his counsel,
but they were so weak and untenable that he was
forced TO abandon them and 81 clear was the mans
guilt, taking his own confession, that Governor
Wright refused 10 exercise the executive clemency
in his behalf.
AT the time of the sentence Eager complained
that hard to die for killing his wifes seducer,
but did not cavil al the Justice of the law. He
ignorant man, being unable 10 either read or write.
Soon after his sentence, he visited by the Rev A.
Camp, tract missionary, OF the Baptist flth, and
expressed desire 10 be prepared for death. He
afterwards visited by Mr.. Camp and the Rev. X. w.
HIATT, oil the Mulberry street Baptist Tabernacle, and
by Mr. Harrlss, who endeavored 10 prepare him TO
meet his Creator
He has expressed TO them his sincere sorrow and
pcnience for the deed uniformly. and maintained
that he believed his jealousy well founded, and
that his wife was tase acknowledges that il was not
sufficient cause 10 warrant hun IN taking the life OF
fellow creature. lie attributed all his fatal passion
TO rum and bad company. lie has repeatedly stated
that the moment after he became conscious OF ha-
wing killed Williams, he regretted il and would have
given the world i had moi happened, but that until
recently he endeavored to steel his heart against
these feelings, knowing what his fate must be-
A few days ago he expressed desire to see his
wife, and express his forgiveness To her, and on
Tuesday she visited hm his CELL and unmoved
heard the doomed man forgive her, and call upon
God TO do so likewise. On "Wednesday she visited
him again, in company with one or two women and
some other persons, oil OF them IN state of ntoxi-
cation lie extended his hand to her, but she re-
fused to take it, upon which amomeniary flush came
upon his face but soon subsidized into resigned cx-