The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-04-18

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sentence 81 "Tell my mother that am dea
and gone to hell '' and instantly expired.
I,9 "Ia the name of God, who did this ~ ex
claimed the appalled, spectators. ...lraea
'Idid it," said the beautiful milliner, e
did il TO save my honor" ,c--..- ,e.-
As may be readily imagined, the deet
caused an intense sensation. Public opin
ion, however, was divided. The poorc
classes, .crediting the girls version of The
facts, laudedher heroism in Terms of mea
sureless eulogy. But the friends of the de
ceased, and of his wealthy family, gave 9
different and darker colorirg to the affair
and denounced the lovely homicide as an
atrocious criminal. Unfortunately for, her
the officers of the law, especially the Judge
and sheriff, were devoted comrades OF the
slain, and displayed their feelings in a re.
voting partiality. The Judge committed hel
without the privilege of bail, and the sheriff
chained herin the felon's dungeon! .
Sucn is brief abstract of the circumstan-
ces developed in the examination of witnes.
ses. The testimony closed and the pleading
began. ,..
First of all, three advocates spoke in sue
cession for the prosecution; but neither
their names nor their arguments are worth
preserving. Orators of the blood ana ,hun
der genus, they about equally partitioned
their bowling eloouence beiwixt the prisoner
and her leather-robed counsel, as il in doubt
who of the twain was then on trial. As for
the stranger, he seemed to pay not the slight
est attention to his opponents, but remained
molionles, with his forehead bowed on his
hands, like one buried in deep thought or
slnmber. s"
When the proper time came, howe ever, he
suddenly sprang to his feet, crossed the bar
and took his position almost touching the iu-
ry. He then commenced in whisper, but
it was whisper so wild, so clear. SO unut-
terably ringing and distinct, as to fill the hall
from floor TO gallares. AT the outset, he
dealt in pure logic, separating and combi-
ming the proven facts, till the whole mass Of
confused evidence looked trarsparet as q
globe OF glass, through which the innocence
of his client shonc, brilliant as a sunbeam !;
and the jurors nodded TO each other signs of
thorough conviction: that thrilling whisper
aud fixed concentration, and the language,
simple as child's, had convinced all.
He then changed his posture, SO as 10
sweep the bar with his glance; and began
10 tear ard rend his legal adversaries. His
sallow face slowed as heated furnace his
eyes resembled living Goals; and his voice
became the clangor Of a trumpet. have
never, before or since, listened 10 such mur-
derous denunciations. 1t was like Jove's
eagle charging flock of crows; it was like
Jove himself hurling red-ho. thunderbolts a.
mons the quaking ranks of a conspiracy of
inferior gods! And yet, in the highest tenn.
pest of his fury, he seemed calm; he en-
ployed no gesture save one-,he flash of a
long, bony fore-f finger direct in the eyes of
his foes. He painted their venality and un-
manly meanness, in coalescing for money,
10 hunt down poor and friendless woman,
till shout Of stified rage arose from the
multitude, and even some of the jury cried,
stShame !"
He changed his theme once more. His
voice grew mournful as q funeral song, and
his eyes filled with tears, as he traced viv-
id picture of mans cmellies and woman s
wrongs. with particular illustrations in the
case of his client; till one.half of tho audi
cnce wept like children. But it was in the
peroralion that he reached his zenith, at
once, of terror and sublimity. His features
were livid as those of corpse; his very
hair appeared TO stand on end his nerves
shook as with palsy; he tossed his hands
wildly towards heaven, each finger stretched
apart and quivenng like the flame of can
die, as he closed with the last words of the
deceased Hiram Shore: "TelI my mother
that am dead and gone to hell" His em-
phasis on the word hell embodied the same
and ideal Of all horror-it was wall of i'm
measurable despair No language can de
pict the effect on us who heard it. Men
groancd; females screamed, and one poor
mother tainted, and was borne away in con-
vulsions. r.
The whole speech occupied but an hour.
The jury rendered a verdict of 'Not Gull.
iy," without leaving the box; and three
cheers, like successive roars of an earthquake
shook the old court house from the dome to
The cornerstone, testifying the Joy of the
people. l.n .i.,..- g 3. r..... 3,
After the adjournment, which occurred
near sunset, tho triumphant advocate arose
and give out an appointment; 81 viii preach
in this hall tonight at 8 o'clock" He iher
then gliied off through the crowd, speaking
to no one, though many attempted 10 draw
him into conversaiion.1
At 8 o'clock the Court House was agar
ihrongeG, and the stranger, according tt
promise, delivered his sermon. 1t evincet
the same attributes as his previous eloqvence
of the bar; the same compact logic, the
same burning vehemence, and increased
bitterness of denunciation. Indeed misan
thropy revealed itself as the prominen, emo
ton The discourse was TRADE against in
filels, in which class the preacher seemef