Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-18

Mr. Rogers saw you and Major Loring each with both
hands raised He could not say whether Major Lorine
had hold Of the not but he says that you had
hold Of the with your right hand and that after
1t was drawn you Immediately gave stab to Major Lo
ring wie his hands upa in moments that at the
moment when the stab was given Major Loring gave
sort of lunge sort of lefthanded cnch with his left
hand you and that he falling when he put his
arm around you, and Mr.. Rogers thought that he did
this not to give blow but to himself from falling
According to Mr. Rogers's observation you retreated
stepped back half the width Of the hall before the
fatal stab was given, and Major Lorug followed you
you STILL however holding the sword cane the sword
part Of it, According to Cozinno's observation il was
Major Lorng who fell back and you who followed
Mr. Rogers's observation confirmed by another wit
ness, and probable from the position Of the
partiesthere room for Major Loring to retreat
as he had been standing at the Of the sirs Your
stepping back cannot properly be called retreat Ma
jor Loring entirely unarmed and you had deadly
weapon in your hands ready for use
Connahan, the witness called by you, the fatal
aroy, but mostly from higher position than Rogers
and Cozinno According to his statement he heard you
call Major Loring liar Major Loring then raised his
hand and gave you blow with the fiat of his hand on
the side of your head but with much force that you
came near losing your balance You then made effort
to draw the cane Major Lorng got his left hand the
cane between your hand and his right hand the lower
end Of it; he and you struggled for the cane about
cond or so he got the sheah 1t fell Immediately from
his hands to the floor instantly you went back about
two feet and INSTANTLY closed again, placing your left
his back, and the fatal stab was given by you. Major
Loring staggered and fell, and in few minutes
corpse
There were witnesses who thought they saw motion
Of your hand while the sword in the body, intended
to make the death Of the victim Of your passion
certain The medical evidence tended to make this i'm
probable and the jury by their verdict have acquitted
you Of any such design still the circumstances which
have been detailed such that if there had been in
statutes description Of manslaugher in the first degree
applicable to cases Of ARRAYS and the jury had found you
guilty Of this highest grade of offence the Court would
have been bound to carry out their verdict.
You first insulted Major Loring and his wife at his
door, You next met him at the stairway you armed and
he unarmed he demonstrated with you your previous
misconduct pehaps as angriy as he had done before
You again nsulted him and his wife, and called him
liar; he returned these insults with blow from his
naked hand and you the original aggressor, drew your
on the spot is proper therefore, that the extreme
punishment applicable to the offence of which you are
convicted be inflicted and your sentence accordingly is
that you be imprisoned in the State prison for seven
years
Ny duty as Judge is discharged As man who
would not to feel for convicted Of the
greatest crime may say you have my compassion be-
cause would believe, your counsel suggested, that
felt most bitter pangs rather for the rreparable
Loring than from the dread Of any suffering which the
law would intct upon you For ALL it would be well to
remember that if spirit Of Cancellation of kindness
could have ruled you but for few moments, you
and your friends would have been spared this disgrace
and Major Loring might still have been the enjoyment
of Life in the bosom Of his family.
Tat the conclusion of the Judges remarks the prisoner
remanded to prison. there to abide the result Of
q motion for new trial.