The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-14

| OF a bIackish,gray powder, which. as she
held il up to the light, looked like black
lead
Would you be able to swear to the Dot
tie il you saw it?'
'Certainly should
! BY what mark or token? Ess
the name of Valpy or VulPy was cast
into it-that is, the name was in the glass
ITSELF
is this itP
1t is: swear most positively
A letter was also read which had been
taken from Bourdons pocket. 1t was
much creased, and was proved TO be IN the
handwriting Of Mrs. Arnitage. 1t con-
sisted OF a severe rebuke at the young
mans presumption in seeking 10 address
himself to her daughter, which insolent IN
J gratitude, the writer said, she should never,
whilst she lived, either forget or forgive.
, This last sentence was strongly underlined
/ in different ink from that used by the wri-
ter Of the letter.
The surgeon deposed to the cause oil
death. 1t had been brought on By the &C
{ ton OF iodine, which administered in Ger.
: tain quantities, produced symptoms as OF
: rapid atrophy, such as had appeared in Mrs.
D Afmitage. The glass bottle found in the
: recess contained iodine in pulverised
state.
!, deposed that, on entering the library on
}. the previous evening, overheard young
: MIR. Bourbon, addressing his mother, say,
e Now that it is gone past recall, | will not
shrink from any consequences, be they
n what they may!
o This was the substance of the evidence
; adduced; and the magistrate at once CON-
a mitted Alfred Bourbon to Chelmsford Jail,
II to take his trial at the next assze for 'wilful
10 murder. A coroner's inquIsition few days
Ie after also returned verdict of 'wilful muir
y der against him on the same evidence.
About an hour after his committal and
a. Just previous to the arrival OF the vehicle
., which was to convey him to the county
/ prison, Alfred Bourbon requested an inter.
view with me. very reluctantly consent
I'd ed, but steeled as was against him,
he could not avoid feeling dreadfully shocked
n at the change which so brief an interval hac
wrought upon him. 1t had done the WORK
tn Of years. Despair-black, utter despair
II was written in every lineament of his ex
r pressive countenance.
IT. Il have requested to see you, said the I'm
nd happy culprit, rather than DIR. Curteis, be
cause he, l know, is bitterly prejudicet
against me. But you will not refuse,
to think, the solemn request Of dying man
"a for dying man feel myself to below
To- ever long or short the interval which stand
between me and the scaffold. 1t is no
zee with childish hope that any assertion Q
lse mine can avail before the tribunal Of tn
"a law against the evidence adduced this day
Dr. that |, with all the solemnity BETTING
re- man whose days are numbered, declare 3
a you that am wholly innocent OF the Grim
Of laid to my charge. have no such expeC
tation; i seek only that you, in pity Of n
W. youth and untimely fate, should convey
ith her whom have madly presumed TO wol
t. ship this message 'AliIed Bourbon wa
ice mad, but not blood. guilty and of the Grim
Of laid to his charge he is innocent as an vi
re- born child.
ate The pure and holy passion, young man
said /, somewhat startled by his imPressiv
nd manner, 'however presumptuous, as far a
'as social considerations are concerned, il migt
nd be, by which you affect to be inspired,
m, utterly inconsistent with the cruel, dastarC
TO- ly crime Of which such damning evidenc
hos all hour since been given'--
Say no more, sir, interrupted Bourdor
sinking back in his seat, and burrying hi
IN face in his hands: it were bootless erranC
she could not, in the face of that evidence
Ie: believe my unsupported assertion! 1t wer
ID as well perhaps she did not. And yet, si
it is hard TO be uampled into lelon's grave
no loaded with the maledictions of those whor
he you would coin your heart to serve an
bless! Alb, sir he continued, whilst teal
Of agony streamed through his firmly -close
lIo fingers, you cannot conceive the unutters
1! BILE bitterness Of the pang which rends tn
tn heart Of him who feels that he is not onl
he despised, but loathed, hated, execrated, b
her whom his soul idolsesl Mine was n
I'D boyish, transient passion: it has grown wit
20. my growth, and strengthened with m
II strength. My life has been but one lon
dream Of her. All that my soul had drum
ng in of beauty in the visible earth and hea,
he ens--the light Of setting suns-the radianc
he Of the silver stars-the breath Of summe
th flowers, together with all which we imagin
Of celestial purity and grace, seemed to m
II. in her incarnated, concentred, and CON
y, bined! And now Dissatisfaction ever lost
n The violence Of his emotions choked hi
n utterance; and deepfully and painfully al
ey fected, | fastened from bis presence.
at Time sped as ever EDWARDS, surely, 81
1t lently; and justice, with her feet of lead
nr but hands Of iron, closed gradually upoI
m her quarry. Alfred Bourbon was arraignet
lis before jury of his countrymen, to answe
ad finally to the accusation of wilful murde
preferred against him.
10 The evidence, as given before the com
IT. hitting magistrate, and the coroner's nqui
D. sition, was repeated with some addition o
M passionate expressions used by the prisone
ne indicative of desire to be avenged on tn,
Us deceased. The cross-examination by tn,
" counsel for the defence was able, but failet
is to shake the case for the prosecution. Hi
own admission, that no one but himself hat
s. access to the recess where the poison wa
er found, told fatally against him. Wher
called upon to address the Jury, he delivered
Al a