Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-07-13

The trial Of Jacob Schegel for the murder Of
bis wife, now progressing in Philadelphia, has led
to some startling revelations We quote the fol-
lowing from the testimony taken yesterday
4 Charles Satin testified that he knew Schlegel
was quite intimate with him and his wife, and stood
for the baptism of his child at ST. Peters Church,
Franklin street; there was a difficulty between
them, originating in matters OF religion; had not
been at his house for three or four weeks before
the Sunday In question.
Was at home at my boarding house in Camden,
ON Easter Sunday; Schlegel came IN the morning
between 5 and . o'clock; had not seen him in
Camden for two or three months before that; he
looked down-hearted his eyes were red, as if he
had wept; he had his Sunday clothes on asked
| him what was the matter he said he wanted me
TO 60 10 Philadelphia with him, and he would tell
me all about II told him to wait until got dress
ed he said that his wife had left him and taken
$400 with her; he said he came home earlier than
usual ON Saturday night, and she desired him to
go out and buy cap for himself; he went after
| the cap and when he came home, about o'clock,
| the door was bolted and the key in the door, and
she gone he said he was at church that morning,
and wanted him to 60 with him, in the afternoon,
to the Franklin street church, to look after his
wife before we left Camden he showed me let
ter; he said when he came home from getting the
| cap, he found the letter on the table, Letter
read
The letter, so translated read as follows:
PHILApELAMA, the --th March, 1855.
Once beloved husband III wish to let you know
in few words, that ran away from you on Satur-
day, and that will not come back again, and for
the reason because the Messrs Priests do no more
absolve me when l stay any longer with you, be-
cause you not 60 to church, and besides the priests
are abusing you.
Hence they gave me the advice, that should
60 away secretly, and that they would help me to
get to nunnery. S
Itook all the money along for this reason that
you may be out ofmeans to prosecute me, and, at
the same time, to insure my support If should
not like it in the nunnery. And you have money
enough in Germany, and you can send for it.
Beware that you do not pursue me or put me in
the newspapers SO that the Priests do not get hold
Of you, for then you will fare badly. | shall not
20 home to you any more
1t may come to what it may. Rather would
yield myself up to the priests than the disgrace
to 60 back to you Then don't trouble yourself
any more about me, and Il shant trouble myself
about you.
Live as you please and let the Lord rule, for He
directs everything. write to you this nforma.
ton, that you may be without trouble or worri-
ment about me---that no accident has happened to
me, but that am we'll and have considered every.
thing well. 5
If we had children should not have done it,
but as it is we are like unmarried people. thank
you at last because you have always treated me
well, and the priests could do with me as they
pleased, what only you had right to do.
think that it could not long have remained
secret, for then you would have acted badly with
me. Then think that it is better as it is / send
you this letter for two reasons first, that you may
know who wrote it; and, second, (for your justif-
cation,) ii anybody should trouble you-as If you
had driven me away, or gotten me ont Of the
,corld, or what more the people may say--then you
can show this letter and justify yourself with it. for
don't wish that you should be troubled on my
account.
For tell you that should it be possible that the
priests would not keep their word then shall
never come home again, but shall soon be done
with them-tie-knife, and--poison, there is so
much ofit--have so much as farewell from your
fatbless wife.
Adi,u-hrewell. L. ScHL.
Win you shed tear on my tomb?
When letters from Germany arrive, then send
them TO the Rev. Mr.. Shenhan's at Franklin and
Fifth Street Church--for he will give them to me-
he knows where am.
III had not left you, the priests would have ex-
communicated me, and had excluded me entirely
from the Catholic church; for they said all the time
to me that my soul was lost, and / was damned, If
| remained with you, and you, too, unless you be-
came converted. | am near despatched may
help me and be merciful to my poor soul, for ]
have lost all hope 1 have had much trouble this
half year past, but had opportunity TO get away
for otherwise the wishes of the priests would have
been fulfilled long ago.
L. SOUL.
He showed me the letter; when he told me
about his wife going; / advised him to make II
public in the papers; he said he was ashamed TO
expose himself and wanted me to come over with
him; he said the letter was in his wfe's hand-wri-
ting, but not in her style OF writing he said the
only difficulty was that she wanted him to go to
the confessional, and he would not; never before
that morning heard Of that subject between them.
De QUIscEY.-The Boston correspondent of the
Evening Post says:
Ticknor & Fields have published new volume
Of De Quincsy's writings, making the eighteenth
that they have issued. II is called "The Note
Book Of an English Opium Eater" and the con-
tents quite equal to those of most of the pre-
ceding volumes. think / have detected plagia-
risn in the paper entitled "Schlosser's Literary
History Of the Eighteenth Century, where, speak
ing Of Fox and Burke, and assigning the palm of
superiority to the latter, he says "The Fox Of
17s0-ls07 sleeps where the carols Of the lark are
sleeping, that gladdened the spring tides of those
years-sleeps with the roses that glorifed the
beauty Of their summers Now, II you will turn
to Carlyles Cromwell under the head Of 1888,
you will find the following beautiful passage
Mrs. st. Johncame down to breakfast every morn
ing in that summer visit Of the year 1888, Sir
William said grave grace aud they spoke polite about
things TO one another and they are vanished, thsy
and their things and speeches-al silent, like the
echoes Of the old nightingale that Gang that sea-
son, like the blossoms Of the old roses Death
Timel" I'll be judged by you II Csrlyles isn't
the best. And, so far as l know, II was written
the earliest.
ARREST OF FuGIrrvE FROM JUsrrcE-The
Charleston Courier says:
We we're politely informed yesterday by II. w.
Conner Esq, that Captain J. G. Nichols, whose
successful forgeries Of cotton bills Of lading, are
familiar to citizens has been arrested at Brus-
sells in Belgium, where he is now in prison. Capt.
Nichols first visited Cuba, and thence proceeded
to Jamaica, where he took the British mail steam
er for Southampton, and from that port went to
Belgium. lie assumed, after leaving this city, the
aliases Of j. n. Grafton and j. Clarke, and was, we
believe, passing under the latter when arrested.
He was identified by gentleman of shis city, who
accompanied one Of the sufferers by the forgeries