The Washingtonian., 1845-08-02

was the man who through your agency fell
into one of the vats at Deacon Giles distillefy.
| Here the prisoner was shown one of the en-
cravings representing the fact.] That, said
ne, is one of my anatomical preparations; il
would have cost the medical student thrice the
same length Of time-I prepare them at once,
without the usual form of dissecting, but the
student usually waits till the subject is dead.
The prisoner having SO strenuously contend
ed that in either of the cases mentioned he
had not destroyed the personal identity, was
reminded that some twenty years ago he
had been accused of pushing man into
boiling caldron Of soap, in or at the factory Of
p Il Sons, in the town OF L. only made him
into soap, was the reply; the same chemical
process is only observed. Blu, in the event of
the soap being taken to the washer woman,
and there made into suds, would not the per-
sonal identity of the man be destroyed? was
the question. Here the accused appeared
and for a moment remained sullen
and silent, and then frankly confessed that he
had contributed not little to the suicides and
other murders committed throughout the
length and breadth of the land.
In reference to the charge of compelling
men to break laws, human and Divine, have
only passing observation to make; that is
this, that have no direct control over the
volitions of the will; but confess that in all
| have somewhat influenced the
passions Of men Of choleric temperament, and
they have been led to deeds of violence; and
as for my having been the cause of SO much
domestic misery as SET forth in the indictment,
this charge is usually reiterated by some poor
heart-broken wife, or beggarly set of half
naked and halfstarved children. But, contin-
ued the prisoner, there is the charge Of my
having asserted kingly prerogatives or rights.
In this pride myself; to this end was born.
MY father, as have already informed you, was
a Mr.. Beledona-or, permit me to add, King
Beledona; as you perceive, | am descended
from King, even Beledona. Metaphysics to
that, said T, what kind of foreign mixture is that
YOU have. You must be very ignorant, said
the prisoner; have you not scrap Of Latin
in your garret? Is ii the same as Alcohol in
the English. was the inquiry? vulgarly so.
called, said he. Then, said l, smell the
import Of the term.
The criminal here remarked, that Of all the
several charges in the specifications, the
one accusing him with having desecrated the
Capitol is the most unjust; for, said he,
was invited there by the members Of both
houses, and requested TO remain throughout
the entire session. have, indeed, greatly
assisted members in delivering their speeches.
Did not assist distinguished member in
delivering one Of the most brilliant speeches
ever heard in the Halls Of the Capitol; and
then falling in with the SAVAGE party he be-
came one Of my most powerful opponents,
abusing me both in public and private. But,
said 7, you are charged with having desecrated
the Sabbath. Yes, said the prisoner, and that
too in relation to the race that came off with
so much brilliancy, where the Count displayed
so much skill in horsemanship, considering
the blood, &c. The prisoner here seemed
disposed to give pedigree; spoke Of Balaam,
of his horsemanship, &C., but was reminded
that Scripture quotations were out Of place on
the present OCCASION 1t was not me, but
a Cousin of mine, thrice removed by the
fathers side; it was Lieutenant Champagne.
Thus, said he, am accused of many things
that am not guilty Of; as, for instance, having
some agency in burning Pittsburg. But how
came the event to happen, was the inquiry!
To give you the philosophy, said the prisoner,
in the abstract, there is no such thing or mat
ter as FIRE; fire, so called, is circular motion,
or air put in motion. Solomon understood the
of fire, for he makes the following
iudicious observation: "Where there is no
wood the FIRE goeth out" But, said I, this
circular motion, or air put in motion by some
means, came in contact with the out buildings.
and thus the sad event happened. To be
honest, said the culprit, with his finger to his
lips in token of silence, and in rather low
tone of voice, the old washerwoman was
little how came We so. I am, continued the
prisoner, charged with many or most Of the
marine disasters which occur Of late; as for
my agency in the loss of the Swallow, never
professed great skill in the art Of navigation
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