Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-06-07
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'Jaror-s'I can't come. I'm rubbin' my
boss for the colic.n

nelLneft because lie 8 drunk, ana
"a fool when he's SOBER" shouted
another finishing the sentence that might
have ended worse.
AT length twelve jurymen were select.
ed and sworn; and the State preceded
with the evidence, which was clear and
LUCE amounting only to this
! That Henry Martin challenged Col
Wallace for words spoken against his sis.
ter. They met, and Col: Wallace fell al
the first fire. .-
The defense examined but one witness,
(Mary the beautiful sister. who testified
TO most revolving insult at the hands OF
the deceased. The State answered with
rebutling testimony. attacking the cha
racter ofthe girl by the vilest acts of per-
jury. 'e'5'15
Up to this time the strange counsel for
the prisoner had remained calm and ap-
parently abstracted, putting but few cross
questions. and these evincing no particu-
lar ingenuity; bu. when the witnesses
were offered for the impeachment of Ma
ry's creduIity, Pete Milestone bounded
10 his feet as suddenly as though he had
received shock of electricity and his
small eyes of reddish blue, literally bla-
zed. until they seemed to cast blaze OF
livid light over the faces of the adverse
attorneys. that momen tariy blinded
them and made their .quivering fingers
wander 10 their dagger hilts in vain.
" II you dare touch her character by
even the shadow Of imputation. cried the
indignant young advocate in tones rolling
sweetly loud, like the richest peals of an
organ, will Sc: on your shameless
l. II g ;,,f, 81,
shall bear till your dying day"
Major General Sheabornly Sneed
sprany from his chair, .excIaiming
will hold you resposiblo for those
words. at
General Saeed was the bully of the
Fayetteville clique; and. perhaps. there
was but one name in the world that he
really feared.
Very we'll; am responsible man."
retorted Whetstont. with an icy sneer;
and the case proces led as though there
had been no interruption. Such episodes
were too common to excite serious appre-
hedAion.
Finally, the argument opened. fter
several had spoken for the prosecution
with some show OF dccency aul regard to
moderation, General Sneed. on the same
side, bursts all bounds, and poured forth
in the genuine style OF Lord Coke, such a
merciless volley Of abuse against the pri
soner and his friends, the "wood rats
that many of the latter cooked their guns,
yelling, ''Uake it back or we'll sho )L."-
The friends Of the clique displayed equal
activity and the forum instantly asSu-
me the aspect Of battle field. where
adverse IegiUns were about to encounter
the shock of mortal strife. Then had
one gun been fired, il would have been
the death kneIlo hunlreds but in the
awful emincnce Of the peril both parties
pauSe-rhen a'voice of majesty and com.
mand rose high above the tumult Of
threats and curses
" Fools! 10 Is! do not render the wives
ofyonr bosomS widows. and the children
of your loins orphans, for the sake Of Two
mercenary advocates who would hang
you all for hun lrel dollar fee. Leave
General Sneed AMI myself alone TO settle
our quarrel after the adjournment"
ILwas the voice of the strange lawyer.
Pete Milestone, and tho wi i,dom AMI
advice was so obvious rs to calm for a
moment the fury OF faction. Besides. ma
ny of the clique besAn To have fearful
mis- sivin IS that this Pete Milestone was
no other than F'4nt Nolanl in dis 5Suise.-
The impression as to the inco3Hito deep
enerl when the s ranger came to address
the jury. He be- gan with such an arrow
aiSht of min slei Jest, anecdote and ridi
Guile, that the very walls of the court
house appeared To be exploding with
laughter. He changed the thene,' and
hailed such torrents of-icry wrath and
fiery indi gnatlon upon! the heads of the
clique, that they all stood aghast. AMI ma
ny OF them Stool aslf they, heard the an
gel Of death calling them 10 jul -5m; It. =
He boldly charged them wi h peri Try ami
murder, and enumerated every spot In tne
street which had been stained with the
blood of their aSsaSSinsted victims; and
what eyinced the boliesl daring Of all,
he solemuly accused them of robOing the
bank-a tact not publicly detected Until
two years afterwards. rs
Again he passed to another topic and
Vrged the innocence AMI depicted The mis-
fortune Of his client. AMI dwelt upon the
injuries OF that beautiful sister. till scores
Of eyes lately heated with rage and look
ing like globes Of flame, melted into fOun-
Lains of gushing tears. His face redden-
ed as his soul few his form dIlated =
there was lightning in his glance. white
foam on his lips, wiIdness in his gesture.
and yet all the while the very echOes of
his voice. as they rolled through the gal
leries and died away in the Vaulted cell
ing of the dome. were the IDEAL and uItl-
mate perfection of music.
He ceased and then the silence, deep
as the grave. was broken by shout that
seemed to shake the solid stones OF the
pavement 1t was an instructive cheer.
spontaneous tribute to exalted genius