Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-08-16

wildly, but her lips parted with fearful smile
And there at her feet, wetering in his warm
blood, his bosom literally riddled with bullets
lay the all-dreaded duelist, Hiram Shore, gasping
in the last agony. He artculated but single
sentence:
"Teli my mother that am dead and gone to
hell" and instantly expired.
81 did it," said the beautiful milliner-'I did
it to save my honor"
AS may be readily imagined, the deed caused
an intense sensation. Public opinion, however,
was divided. The poorer classes, crediting the
girls version of the facts, lauded her herosm in
terms of measureless eulogy. But the friends
of the deceased and of his wealthy family, gave
different and darker coloring of 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 revolving partiality. The judge COM
mitted her without the privilege of bail, and the
sheriff chained her in the feon's dungeon
Such is the brief circumstances developed in
the examination of the witnesses. The testi-
mony closed, and the pleadings began.
First of all, three advocates spoke in success
sion for the prosecution; but neither names or
arguments are worth preserving Orators of the
blood and thunder genius, they about equally
portioned their bowling eloquence between the
prisoner and her leather-robed counsel, as if 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 mo-
tonless, with his forehead on his hands, like one
buried in deep thoughts or slumber.
When the proper time came, however, he sud-
denly sprang to his feet, crossed the bar, and
took his seat almost touching the jury. He then
commenced in whisper, but it was whisper
so wild, SO clear so unutterably ringing and dis
tnct as to fill the floor from hall to galleries.
At the outset, he dealt in pure logic, separating
and combining the proven facts, till the whole
mass of confused evidence looked transparent
as globe of glass, through which the innocence
| of his client shone, brilliant as a sun beam; and
the jurors nodded to each other of thorough con-
viction; that thrilling whisper, and fixed concen-
tration, and the language, simple as a child's,
had convinced ALL
He then changed his posture, so as to sweep
the bar with his glance; and began to tear and
rend his legal adversaries. His salow face glow
ed as heated furnace, his eyes resembled liv-
ing Goals and his voice became the clangor of
a trumpet. / have never, before or since, listen
ed to such murderous denunciations. 1t was
like Jove's eagle charging flock of crows 1t
was like Jove himself hurting red hot thunder
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of inferior gods And yet in the highest tenn
pest of his fury he seemed calm; he employed
no gesture save one-the flash of a long fore
finger direct in the eyes of his foes. He painted
their venality and humanity meanness, in coales-
cling a poor and friendess woman, till shout of
stifed rage rose from the multitude, and even
some of the jury cried 'Shame!'
| He changed the theme once more. His voice
grew mournful as funeral song, and his eyes
filled with tears, as he traced vivid picture of
mans cruelties and womans wrongs, with the
peculiar illustrations in the case of his client, till
one half of his audience wept like Children
But it was in the peroration that he reached the
zenith, at once, of terror and sublimity His fea-
lures were as livid as those of corpse, his very
hair appeared to stand on an end he tossed his
hands wildly towards heaven, each finger stretch
ed apart and quivering like the flames of can
die, as he closed with the last words of the de-
ceased Hiram Shore: ''Tell my mother that
am dead and gone to hell" His emphasis on
the word hell embodied the acme and ideal of
horror; it was wall of immeasurable despair.
| No language can depict the effect on us who
heard it. Men groaned, females screamed, and
one poor mother tainted, and was borne away in
commissions.
The whole speech occupied but an hour.
The jury rendered verdict of "Not Guilty"
without leaving the box; and three cheers, like
successive roars of an earthquake, shook the
old courthouse from the dome to the corner
stone, testifying the JOY of the people After the
adjournment, which occurred near sunset, the
triumphant advocate arose and gave out an ap-
pointment: " will preach in this house tonight
at o'clock" He then glided off through the
crowd, speaking to no one, though many attemp-
ted to draw him into conversation.
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ged, and the stranger, according to promise, de-
livered his sermon. 1t evinced the same attri-
butte as his previous eloquence at the bar; the
same compact logic, the same burning vehem-
ence, and increased bitterness of denunciation.
The PRINTING PREss.-There it is, like a
huge volcano, belching forth fire, smoke, ashes,
and lava: little, compared to the mighty whole
which issues therefrom, can be converted to the
good of man. But even, as it is, let us not des-
pise the mighty engine, for it is yet designed for
noble and glorious ends-it is designed for no
less purpose than bringing about the regenera-
ton of the human species Although, as yet,